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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 159 | Saturday, 9 June 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,767.65 (-0.70) qSENSEX 35,443.67 (-19.41) qDOW JONES 25,184.95 (-56.46) qNASDAQ 7609.18 (-25.89) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 67.50 (-38) qRUPEE/EURO 79.71 (-0.26) pGOLD/10GM 31,950 (+80) nSILVER/K 41,000 (00) ‘21% OF DELHI BUDGET MAOIST LETTER RELENTLESS GOOD SCRIPT ALLOCATION FOR EXPOSES PLAN RAFA REACHES NOT ENOUGH FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION TO KILL PM HIS 11TH FRENCH FILM’S SUCCESS: YET TO BE SPENT’ PG3 MODI PG5 OPEN FINAL PG15 SAQIB PG16 INDIA’S FOCUS ON COMBATING TERROR FORMER PREZ VISIT TO RSS HQ Over 2.25L cos may PM Modi arrives today in be struck off list Qingdao for SCO summit Advani hails Pranab, In FY’19 for not filing financial statement QINGDAO: Top leaders of India, Russia, and China and some of their close allies will converge here on Sat- Cong also sings paeans urday for the annual Shanghai Coop- eration Organisation (SCO) Summit which will explore concrete ways to Former president Pranab Mukherjee speaks during the bolster cooperation in the fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalisa- closing ceremony of ‘Tritiya Varsha Sangh Shiksha Varg’, tion besides deliberating on pressing an RSS event to mark the conclusion of a three-year global issues. training camp for Swayamsevaks, in Nagpur FILE PHOTO In his address at the two-day SCO summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is arriving here on Sat- MPOST BUREAU urday, is likely to articulate India’s position on dealing with significant NEW DELHI: The government on Friday said challenges facing the world including for President Xi Jinping and his Rus- it has identified over 2.25 lakh companies and ways to tackle terrorism, and boosting sian counterpart Vladimir Putin to 7,191 LLPs which have not submitted the req- trade and investment in the region. portray a shared vision for the region uisite financial report for 2015-16 and 2016-17, The summit in this eastern Chi- and present the bloc as a powerful and they may be struck off during the current nese port city is taking place under voice to deal with pressing global fiscal year. the shadow of Washington’s pullout issues. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) from the Iran nuclear deal, its sanc- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has already struck off over 2.26 lakh companies tions regime against Russia, and fric- is also scheduled to attend the sum- for not filing of financial statements or annual tions with China over the trade tariffs. mit which will give leaders of India, returns for a continuous period of 2 years or Diplomats from several member Russia, China and other central Asian more. countries said all these issues might countries a chance to deliberate on the Also, over 3.09 lakh directors were disquali- figure at the summit as well as during Iran nuclear deal. fied for not filing financial statements or annual deliberations on its sidelines. The SCO leaders are meeting returns for preceding three years (2013-14, 2014- In the wake of Washington’s ahead of a much-awaited summit next 15 and 2015-16). strained ties with both Russia and week between US President Donald “For the second drive to be launched during China and Iran, officials said the SCO Trump and North Korean leader Kim HIGHLIGHTS 2018-19), 2,25,910 companies have been further summit would provide an opportunity Jong-un in Singapore. See P7 identified for being struck off under section 248 SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE »»‘Significant event in our country’s contemporary rect about the Congress’s ide- of the Companies Act, 2013...for non-filing of history,’ says LK Advani ology. Senior Congress leader financial statements for 2015-16 and 2016-17,” a Same gun used to kill Gauri & NEW DELHI: The dust refuses Anand Sharma said he hoped finance ministry statement said. to settle on former President’s »»Hope RSS will absorb former’s president’s message, that the RSS would absorb the These companies and LLPs will be given an decision to attend the RSS says Anand Sharma former president’s message. opportunity of being heard by way of notices Kalburgi: Forensic report event in Nagpur on Thursday. The RSS said that former regarding their default and the proposed action. BJP patriarch LK Advani »»The RSS said that former president Pranab Mukherjee president Pranab Mukherjee “Appropriate action will be taken after consid- MPOST BUREAU The SIT mem- on Friday described former ‘reminded the glorious history of the nation’ while ‘reminded the glorious history ering their response,” the statement said. bers had earlier president Pranab Mukherjee’s highlighting inclusiveness, pluralism and unity in of the nation’ while highlight- A task force headed by Finance Secretary BENGALURU: talked about the visit to the RSS headquarters diversity as the foundation of India. ing inclusiveness, pluralism Hasmukh Adhia and MCA Secretary Injeti Srini- The same gun same-gun theory, and his “illuminating exposi- and unity in diversity as the vas was set up in February 2017 to check the was used to kill but for the first tion of the noble idea and ideals »»Morphed photograph showing the former President in foundation of India. menace of shell companies through a coordi- journalist-activ- time it has come of Indian nationalism” as a “sig- a prayer position identified with the RSS creates flutter Reacting to a morphed nated, multi-agency approach. ist Gauri Lankesh out in the open to nificant event in our country’s photograph showing the for- The task force has compiled a database of and rationalist show that Kalbur- contemporary history”. mer President in a prayer shell companies and classified them into three M M Kalburgi in gi’s murder was the Advani lauded Mukherjee, retary Ram Madhav tweeted Pranab Mukherjee, saying the position identified with the categories-- Confirmed list, Derived list and Karnataka, the state forensic science handiwork of the same gang. who has had decades of asso- his appreciation of former former president had emerged organisation, the RSS on Fri- Suspect list. laboratory has confirmed in a report, The bullets in both cases “have ciation with the Congress, for president Pranab Mukherjee’s “taller” after telling the RSS day blamed “divisive politi- The Confirmed List has a total of 16,537 con- sources in the SIT said. been fired through a single country accepting the invitation of the speech at an RSS event calling about India’s pluralism, a day cal forces” for first trying to firmed shell companies from the information The forensic report submitted to made pistol chambered for 7.65 mm Hindutva organisation and its i t ‘g r e a t ’. after many from the party had make former President Pranab received from the various law enforcement agen- the Special Investigation Team prob- calibre pistol cartridges,” a source said chief Mohan Bhagwat for invit- The mood in the Congress criticised him for visiting the Mukherjee “refrain” from cies of the companies found to be involved in ing the killing of Lankesh is part of quoting the report. ing him, saying there was sig- camp, however, kept chang- Sangh headquarters. attending its event. illegal activities. the first charge sheet filed recently by The report also pointed out that nificant concord and resonance ing. It started with stunned The former President on Mukherjee’s daughter The Derived List has 16,739 companies iden- the SIT naming KT Naveen Kumar the scratches formed by the firing pin in the views expressed by both silence over the former presi- Thursday in Nagpur warned Sharmistha Mukherjee, a Con- tified from 100 percent common directorships as an accused. on the bullets tallied among them- of them. dent’s decision to attend the that any attempt to define India gress leader who had opposed with the confirmed shell companies. This is the first official confirma- selves. Lankesh, who was known for As a lifelong ‘swayamsevak’ event, changed into ‘anguish’ through “religion, hatred, dog- his visit to the RSS event, had The Suspect List has 80,670 shell companies tion of the link between the two kill- her firm anti-Hindutva stand, was of the RSS, the BJP veteran said expressed by a few leaders, mas and intolerance would highlighted the photograph and has been drawn up by SFIO using specific ings which happened after a gap of shot dead in front of her house, trig- he believed that Mukherjee including Mukherjee’s daugh- dilute our existence” and said and said, “See, this is exactly red flag indicators by the task force. two years of each other. gering nationwide outrage. and Bhagwat have genuinely ter, and finally came the sigh of public discourses must be freed what I was fearing & warned The task force has directed all member of Kalburgi (77) was shot dead in his The SIT formed to investigate set an excellent example of dia- relief after the former president of all forms of violence. my father about. Not even few law enforcement agencies to send to Institute of house on August 30, 2015, in Dhar- her murder has formally arrested logue transcending ideological had delivered a sharp speech. Former Finance minister P hours have passed, but BJP/RSS Chartered Accountants of India, the details of wad and 55-year old Lankesh on Sep- Naveen Kumar of Maddur as one of affiliations and differences. Several Congress leaders Chidambaram said Mukherjee dirty tricks dept is at work in action taken against Chartered Accountants by tember 5, 2017, here. the accused. BJP national general sec- on Friday heaped praises on had told the RSS what was cor- full swing!”. See also P5 them, the statement said. In today’s Peak power demand at all Bengal finally gets allotment of Birbhum coal mine paper time high of 6,934 MW OUR CORRESPONDENT “With an estimated reserve of 2102 districts and the entire state. My best ... ROUSHAN ALI million tonnes, it is the 2nd largest wishes to all.” CITY KOLKATA: The second largest coal coal mine in the world. The min- It may be recalled that almost DU: FEW PSYCHOLOGY SEATS FOR BOYS 4 mine in the world, Deocha Pachami ing project has a huge potential of three years ago, the Centre had NEW DELHI: In midst of Harinsingha Dewanganj coal mines generating nearly a lakh of direct finalised to allocate 17 blocks of esti- NATION the sweltering heatwave, the in Birbhum district has been allo- and indirect employment opportu- mated coal reserve of 8,500 million FIVE DIE IN KANPUR HOSPITAL ICU 6 peak power demand of the cated to Bengal after a long wait of nities in #Birbhum and neighbour- tonnes including Deocha Pachami national Capital on Friday three years. ing districts.” Harinsingha Dewanganj coal mines. EDIT soared to an all-time high On Friday morning, Bengal The allocation of the country’s The coal blocks in Birbhum were AMONG WORST PEACEFUL NATIONS 8 of 6,934 mega watt, fig- Chief Minister Mamata Baner- largest coal mine to Bengal will offered to Bengal and other states ures released by the Delhi jee tweeted: “I am very happy to not only ensure a massive devel- including Punjab, Bihar, Karnataka INTERNATIONAL State Load Despatch Cen- share with all of you that after a opment in Birbhum and its adjoin- and Tamil Nadu. However, apart XI, PUTIN COME CLOSER 10 tre showed. This is the fourth time long wait of 3 years, #Bengal has ing areas but would bring about ited (BBCL), was formed to develop from Bengal none showed inter- “Highest electricity load in the current month that got the allocation of the Deocha a considerable change in various the block. est and subsequently, Chief Min- BUSINESS ever of 6934 MW at 3:28 last year’s all-time high Pachami Harinsingha Dewanganj sectors, mainly power, in the state. In her tweet, Banerjee has stated: ister Mamata Banerjee expressed ` DIVES TO 1-WEEK LOW 12 pm on Friday in Delhi. record of peak power Coal Mines in Birbhum district.” The Bengal government is taking “It will also involve investments her intention to operate it solely. May cross 7000 MW this demand of 6,526 MW has Stressing upon the possibility necessary steps to ensure initiation worth Rs 12000 crores in the inter- An inter-ministerial committee had SPORT year,” Delhi Power Minis- been broken, a spokesper- of employment generation with of work as early as possible and a mediate run. Altogether, there will examined the proposal and finally, ANAND BEATS KARJAKIN 14 ter Satyendar Jain tweeted son of power distribution the development of the coal mines, Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), be a huge socio-economic develop- the Centre has agreed to allocate the on Friday. company BSES said. See P3 Banerjee further stated in her tweet: Bengal Birbhum Coalfields Lim- ment of Birbhum, the neighbouring coal blocks to Bengal. STILL ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain This Saudi fashion show had drones instead of models dead at 61 NEW YORK: Renowned chef, food JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia broke down bar- image to Harry Potter creatures dementors, critic and writer Anthony Bourdain riers in the fashion industry when it held commenting: ‘Where’d they get the mod- has died of a suspected suicide. He its first ever fashion week earlier this year. els? Hogwarts?’ was 61. However, it seems that there is still a way However, while many saw the funny Bourdain, best known for his to go after a video has emerged of the very side others were quick to remark on how CNN series "Parts Unknown", was unusual models chosen for one of the show. uncomfortable they found the footage. in Strasbourg, France, to shoot for The clip of the catwalk show was shared One wrote: ‘Saudi Arabia, where drones the new season of the show, reported on Twitter by user Jina on Wednesday and have more rights than women’. the network. sees clothes make their way down the run- Another added: ‘This is sad and "It is with extraordinary sad- way via drone. disturbing.’ ness we can confirm the death of Hung from the airborne machine, the April saw the country hold its first ever our friend and colleague, Anthony bodyless ensembles have been compared fashion week in response to prince Moham- Bourdain," CNN said in a statement. to a ‘ghost fashion show’ on social media. med Bin Salman Al Saud’s ‘liberalising’ "His love of great adventure, According to reports, no female models reforms. The catwalk shows came with new friends, fine food and drink were used because male audience members strict rules, however, including female-only and the remarkable stories of the were present, proving an issue when it came audiences and a ban on social media and world made him a unique story- to the country’s modesty customs. male designers were banned from back- teller. His talents never ceased to However, many were left in stitches by stage ahead of their shows. amaze us, and we will miss him very the unusual means of displaying the clothes. allowed female models.’ 24 hours since it has been shared with many would look good hanging from my drone However, the women of Saudi Arabia much. Our thoughts and prayers are Sharing the video Jina wrote: ‘I’m dying The tweet has thus far amassed more of her followers finding it equally amusing. next season.’ deemed the occasion a big step forward for with his daughter and family at this at this fashion show in Saudi, they weren’t than 79,000 likes and 54,000 retweets in the One wrote: ‘I was wondering what Meanwhile, another likened the ghostly the country. AGENCIES incredibly difficult time." See P10 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018

MOVIE OF THE Get picture perfect hair, make up in WEEK Revealing the dirty side of slum redevelopment “KAALA” Director: Pa.Ranjith; EASY WAYS Cast: Rajinikanth, Huma Qureshi, Easwari Rao, Getting fabulous photos for your social media accounts has Nana Patekar, Pankaj Tripathi and Anjali Patil; Rating: become a need for today’s generation. Experts suggest ways a. Ranjith’s Kaala, showcased how he will get out in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, is of his troubles. The for seemingly perfect and classy hair to rock the camera a captivating socio-drama. It plot has its graph chalked to perfec- is a family-friendly tale with tion, despite major edit jump-cuts. Pall the trappings of a South Indian There is never a moment that drags. fare. It is a superhero film of a differ- The dialogues are peppy with the n the age of selfies, it’s important to hairstyles; you don’t want a hairdo big- serums, masks and sun pro- ent variety. right amount of humour, emotions get your hair and make up in place ger than your head. Try not to completely tection is a must to maintain The film begins on a weak, unim- and melodrama. to get the best frame. So make sure pull your hair back from your face, as this your hair’s health and protect pressive note that represents comic With age, Rajinikanth has mel- you are opting for the perfect trend could make you look older. it from damage. book graphics, but soon, it builds lowed, he plays his age and perfectly Ito keep the like button buzzing on social 4Eliminate flyaways: Ladies 4Go a little messy: the momentum that is expected of portrays the comical aspects of a media. obsessed with picture perfect hair Messy hair never goes out a Rajinikanth film. It is a pot-boiler petty gangster with all pride but no Experts list down ways for seem- understand the necessity of mois- of style. So, just when you packed with Rajinikanth antics, albeit substance. ingly perfect and classy hair and make turizing the hair to avoid flyaways. think you’ve styled your hair, toss your Zinc oxide based sunscreens are consid- in diminishing proportion. His action scenes definitely seem up everyday. When our hair lacks moisture, it coif around to loosen things up in a right ered to be best for the sensitive skin type. Nevertheless, it would appeal not laboured. But fortunately for him 4Select hairstyles that are flattering tends to look and feel dry, brittle and amount and you are all set to rock the Summer make up kit must have a spray only to his ardent fans and scepti- since the director focused his ener- to you: The hairstyle you opt for, should unhealthy. Spending time outside in the camera. sunscreen or a gel-based sunscreen with cal viewers, but also to every “urban- gies on the tale and not on him, he complement your face cut and the out- sun can majorly influence the moisture 4Select hair colour that enhances minimum SPF 30. poor” living in the slums of the city. was spared the embarrassment of fit that you are wearing. Avoid extreme (or lack of) in your hair. Thus, use of hair your hair: If you are planning to get 4Kind of make up products: Use A fiction, set in Dharavi – Asia’s performance. those natural hair coloured, try the lat- only long-wearing, smudge-proof, water- largest slum in Mumbai – the film Nana Patekar as the uncompro- est colours which go well with the Indian proof cosmetic that stays for long and cheerfully exposes the anguish of the mising and ambitious Haridada stands skin tone like honey brown, wine, cara- gives a perfect finish to your makeup. Use “urban-poor” migrants living in the tall as he matches Rajinikanth in stat- mel, chocolate brown in a balayage with face powder to set makeup and reduce the slums of the city. ure and demeanour. But then, this is highlights instead of going for global or excess shine on your face. Foundation It is their struggle against the land not his story about his bumpy quest simple highlighting. You must choose a with a matte finish works as a miracle. grabbers who are trying to exploit for more power and money. hair colour that matches with your skin 4Avoid the catchy look: Everyone them in the garb of government Huma Qureshi as Zarina, the head tone and don’t just go for any random loves a nice glow that shimmer gives us, schemes and city redevelopment. of an NGO interested in uplifting the hair colour. but there is a big difference between a The film is uncomfortable but con- slum, Easwari Rao as Kaala’s wife Selvi, 4Don’t shy away from volumizing healthy radiance and an over-the-top vincing, illuminating the inconvenient Anjali Patil as Charumati aka Toofani products: A regular and a great haircut shine. Do not use any cosmetics with a sides of the development. as an aggressive resident of the area is the foundation of any great hairstyle shimmery, shiny or glowing finish it can Haridada (Nana Patekar), a goon and the girlfriend of Kaala’s son Lenin, for fine hair-one that provides with vol- make you look bad in the photographs. who has been elevated to the post of are earnest. The trio balance the gen- ume in appearance. Other than this, a A concealer and a nude lip colour is all a Union Minister, along with his cro- der scale with each one of them hav- bit of strategic teasing along with volu- you need this summer. nies is hell-bent on usurping Dharavi. ing their moments of on-screen glory. mizing products will work wonderfully 4Maximise the impact of those With the help of his supporter Vishub- Mounted with grand production on the camera. eyes: Curled lashes and mascara are hai (Sampath Raj) he tries to evacuate values, the set showcasing Dharavi FOR THE PERFECT MAKE UP musts as both open up your eyes, and the people from there. How, Karikaa- appears to be a synthetic and antisep- 4Sunscreen is a must: No matter the eyes are the focal point of a picture. lan (Rajinikanth) aka Kaala, a migrant tic place. 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OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT Following this, Swaraj unveiled the bust Gandhi’s symbol of resistance against colo- ria Ruchira Kamboj, had requested KVIC opportunity, Pacharne by spinning a ‘charkha’ there, which sym- nial rule and a fashion symbol in India’ truly Chairman, to provide different Khadi fab- said, “It is a matter of pride THE EXTERNAL Affair’s Minister Sushma bolises the production of khadi that was a represents Gandhi. ric, including silk and muslin – in both TO SUGGEST the idea of that the artworks of emi- Swaraj recently undertook a train jour- part of the Civil Disobedient movement. Meanwhile, KVIC Chairman Vinai embroidered and printed forms, for a Prime Minister’s office beau- nent painters and sculptors ney from Pentrich to Pietermaritzburg - She also inaugurated a two-sided bust of Kumar Saxena said that it was a pride for fashion show by designer Gavin Rajah. tification, the Chairman of will be exhibited through a railway station in South Africa where Gandhiji, known as the ‘Birth of Satyagraha’. Khadi that it was showcased in such a his- Acting quickly on High Commissioner’s Lalit Kala Akademi, Uttam the Lalit Kala Akademi.” Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of a 1st “These busts will act as a constant reminder toric event. “If Khadi reaching South Africa request, the KVIC immediately dispatched Pacharne, visited the PM’s Talking about the selection class “Whites-only” compartment, around to all of mankind of the momentous moral means anything, we are moving in the more than the double length of the desired office on June 7. The Akademi criteria, he told that the 125 years ago. journey that young Mohandas Karamchand direction of economic freedom now. Khadi fabric, which was delivered to them on will exhibit Modern and Con- Akademi will be organ- Hundreds of metres of Khadi – the hand Gandhi undertook,” she said. is all set to bring economic freedom as the March 24. temporary artefacts in the ising an art workshop spun and hand woven signature fabric of Khadi and villages industries commis- ‘national fabric’ has echoed its piousness The show, which was choreographed Prime Minister’s office, dis- through which it will final- India synonymous with Mahatma Gandhi sion (KVIC) has gifted the entire fabric to and economic feasibility in the land of by the most eminent figure in the fashion playing Indian culture and tradition. ise exhibits from its collection as well – adorned all the compartments and engine the Indian high commissioner for this occa- Madiba,” he said. landscape and a household name in South- Expressing his gratitude towards the as from the workshop. of that train in the commemoration of the sion. Ruchira Kamboj, Indian high com- It may be noted that earlier in March, Africa, Gavin Rajah, was held on May 30 in peace icon’s expulsion. missioner said that Khadi’ which became the High Commissioner for India in Preto- the presence of Suresh Prabhu. Blending traditional music from South and North India

OUR CORRESPONDENT in absolute chemistry together. Jugal- which Pandit Ronu Majumdar played ‘puri’ bandi which was based on the ragas from and ‘Sohini’ Raga on his flute while Jayanti xperimenting in the field of art, the 13th-14th century – the time when Kumaresh chanted the song of Saraswati The Indira Gandhi National Cen- there were no such things like the Car- Veena on the string of Saraswati Veena – ter for the Arts (IGNCA) recently natic and Hindustani style in India but which was composed in metaphor rhythm. organised a mesmerising program only the Indian classical After this, both of them performed Ein its auditorium where two senior art- music existed Karharprariya, Kaphi , Alap, Joda, ists from two different genres of The evening Jhala, Ragas, which were com- Indian classical music tradition started with the posed in aadi taal and teen taal. performed. North-South Jayanti Kumarasad performed aadi taal Enlightening the eve- Ragas in on the Veena and Ronu Majumdar pre- ning in the capital were sented teen taal on the flute. The pro- well-known flute player of gram concluded with “Sri Ram the North Indian Music tra- Chandra Kripalu Bhajaman” dition (Hindustani style) Bhajan. In this Jugal Bandi Pandit Ronu Mazum- the performance of Arjun dar and Saraswati Kumar, well-known tabla Veena Maestro Jayenti player and Abhijeet Banerjee Kumaresh, who per- on Mridangam were also appreciated. formed a ‘jugalbandi’. This unique event witnessed the presence Doing justice to the of many scholars of Indian music includ- theme of the event, the ing the famous dancer, Dr Sonal Man- artists who mastered Well-known flute player of North Indian Music tradition singh, Dr Sachchidand Joshi, Member in two different styles of Pandit Ronu Mazumdar and Saraswati Veena Maestro Jayenti Secretary of Indira Gandhi National music were seen engaged Kumaresh, performing at the event organised by IGNCA Art Center and others.

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ROUSHAN ALI demand had crossed the 6,000 MW- mark only twice (6,021 MW on May NEW DELHI: In the midst of the 16 and 6,001 on May 26). sweltering heatwave, the peak power In 2016 too, the peak power Weather likely to turn demand of the national Capital on demand had crossed the 6,000 MW- Friday soared to an all-time high of mark twice (6,044 on May 19 and 6,934 mega watt, figures released by 6,188 on May 20). the Delhi State Load Despatch Cen- The fact that the city’s power pleasant later this week tre showed. demand crossed 6,600 MW shows On June 1, the peak power the robustness of the Capital’s dis- OUR CORRESPONDENT Reports noted that at present, During the next two days, the demand had been recorded at 6,651 tribution and transmission system, a trough is extending from north mercury is expected to drop fur- MW, breaking the previous record which has been able to measure up, NEW DELHI: The national Capital west Rajasthan to Bihar across ther, in view of the upcoming rains. of 6,526 MW on June 6, 2017. the spokesperson said. on Friday recorded the maximum plains. As a result, some relief is “Highest electricity load ever of The peak power demand in temperature at 41 degrees Celsius, Apart from this system, there is expected from the scorching heat. 6934 MW At 15:28:33 Hrs today BSES discom BRPL areas – south with humidity recorded at 45 per a cyclonic circulation over North- Along with the north western in Delhi. May cross 7000 MW this and west Delhi – had reached 2,745 cent, while the Indian Meteorologi- west Madhya Pradesh. Thus, it is plains, north west Madhya Pradesh year,” Delhi Power Minister Satyen- “Highest electricity load ever of 6934 MW At 15:28:33 Hrs today in Delhi,” Delhi MW during the summers of 2017 cal Department predicting a weak anticipated that districts in Pun- will also witness pre-Monsoon dar Jain tweeted on Friday. Power Minister Satyendar Jain tweeted on Friday FILE PHOTO/NAVEEN SHARMA and is expected to cross 2,880 MW storm later this week. jab, Haryana, north Rajasthan activities until June 11. This is the fourth time in the cur- this year. “Weather conditions are and Delhi will see a dust storm Thereafter, the impact of these rent month that last year’s all-time The Delhi Power depart- in the summer months, Jain had In BYPL’s areas of east and cen- becoming favourable for another and thundershowers in the com- systems will shift to the southern high record of peak power demand ment and distribution companies in March said, “We have enough tral Delhi, the peak power demand spell of pre-Monsoon rains in the ing days. parts of the country and rain in of 6,526 MW has been broken, a expected the peak demand to breach backhand arrangements to meet – which had reached 1,469 MW last plains of northern India. Moreover, moderate rainfall north India will reduce in intensity. spokesperson of power distribution 7,000 MW mark later this month. the power demand, that is expected year – is expected to touch around “Humid winds have already may also occur in some regions. As a result, several areas in company BSES said. Jain had earlier predicted the to soar up to a historic 7,000 MW 1,670 MW, the spokesperson said. increased the moisture levels across In wake of the change in wind the north western plains, such as “In addition to today’s highest number to reach 7,000 MW, saying level in June.” Tata Power DDL, which sup- the northwestern plains. As a result, pattern, the temperatures have Amritsar, Ambala, Karnal, Jaipur, level of 6,934 MW and the previous that enough electricity was avail- This year, the peak power plies to north and north west Delhi, light to moderate rains and thun- already decreased in north west Chandigarh, Gurugram and Delhi, high of 6,651 MW on June 1, the able to meet the rising demand of demand crossed the 6,000 MW- expects peak demand to touch 1,850 dershowers are likely on June 9 and India. However, the humid weather will witness fewer pre-Monsoon peak power demand was 6,562 MW the citizens. mark eight times, the BSES spokes- MW and said it has prior arrange- June 10 across the region,” noted is expected to keep the discomfort showers until the arrival of the on June 5 and 6,568 MW on June 7,” Announcing the action plan person said. ments of meeting up to 2,200 MW the agency noted. levels high. south west monsoon. the spokesperson said. for electricity supply arrangements Earlier, in 2017, the peak power power demand. Major reshuffle: Health, Jan Lokpal Bill: BJP MLAs AAP raising SDMC reduces composition edu depts get new secys storm out of Delhi Assembly statehood issue charges for hawkers, vendors SAYANTAN GHOSH held additional charge of Edu- to cover up its OUR CORRESPONDENT been reduced from Rs 15,000 cation Secretary, has now been ROUSHAN ALI sent it to the Centre through they staged the walkout. to Rs 10,000. Composition NEW DELHI: In a major appointed as the permanent the Lieutenant Governor for The three BJP leaders also failures: Maken NEW DELHI: After the Stand- charge for workshop repair of reshuffle in the Delhi gov- Education Secretary. NEW DELHI: Three legislators approval. wrote to Kejriwal, demanding ing Committee meeting on Fri- cars has been reduced from Rs ernment bureaucracy, eight Kumar will, meanwhile, of the Bharatiya Janata Party on “After sitting on the Bill for that files related to the Bill be NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress day, South Delhi Municipal 7,500 to Rs 3,000. In case of officials of the Indian Admin- holding additional charges of Friday staged a walkout from 21 months, the Centre wakes tabled in the Assembly with- chief Ajay Maken on Friday Corporation said that compo- unlicensed rehris, it has been istrative Services were handed the Information Technology the Delhi Assembly, after their up and says there should be a out delay. claimed that the AAP govern- sition fee and other charges in brought down from Rs 6,000 over different charges. department and Managing request for the government’s discussion on whether the Bill The Jan Lokpal Bill pro- ment was raising the demand respect of goods seized from to Rs 2,500. For unlicensed A letter sent by the Princi- Director of Geospatial Delhi reply on the Jan Lokpal Bill was comes under the competence poses strict punishment for for full statehood to hide its hawkers and squatters have rehris selling juice, it has been pal Secretary of the Lieuten- Ltd. For the last few weeks, The turned down, even as Deputy of the Delhi Assembly or not. corrupt government officials “failures” to perform and said been drastically reduced. reduced from Rs 7,500 to Rs ant Governor noted that these Education Department had no Chief Minister Manish Sisodia “The Centre is raising the in the national Capital. the people should take a deci- Overall, a reduction of 60 3,000. Composition charge on appointments should be appli- permanent secretary. accused the Centre of sitting on question on the right of the During the sit-in, Gupta sion on the issue. to 80 per cent has been granted water trollies is down from Rs cable in an immediate effect. Rajiv Yaduvanshi, who was it for 21 months. Assembly. If Delhi was a full told reporters that Sisodia Maken also demanded that to traders, hawkers and squat- 20,000 to Rs 15,000. By means of the order, the the Principal Secretary of the Leader of Opposition state, Jan Lokpal would have had “misled” the House on the Arvind Kejriwal-led gov- ters, whose wares were seized Rai added that charges for Education and Health depart- Health Department, will take Vijender Gupta and BJP MLAs been enforced in Delhi,” the Wednesday, saying that the ernment to come out with a during the anti-encroachment removal of seized articles have ment of the Delhi government over as Principal Secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Jag- Deputy CM said. Jan Lokpal Bill is pending with ‘white paper’ to tell the Delhi drive. also been reduced substantially. have received new secretaries. (Urban Development). dish Pradhan, after staging the He, however, did not coun- the Centre. people the benefits and draw- SDMC Standing Commit- The rates for loads up to 40 Sanjeev Khirwar, an IAS Moreover, G Narendra walkout, sat on a ‘dharna’ out- ter the Opposition’s allegations “The (Delhi) government backs of full statehood. tee chairperson Shikha Rai said kg has been reduced from Rs officer of the 1994 cadre, has Kumar, the Principal Secre- side Chief Minister Arvind that the file related to the Bill is running away from replying Asserting that Delhi’s status that for hawkers and squatters, 750 to Rs 300. For load above been appointed as the Secretary tary of Services Department, Kejriwal’s office in the Assem- was still pending with the Delhi on the status of the Bill. The should not be altered, Maken composition charge has been 40 kg and up to one quintal, it is of Health and Family Welfare has been given additional bly premises. They sought his government. CM and Deputy CM should said, “It is fine if any other ben- reduced from Rs 1,500 to Rs down to Rs 800 from Rs 1,500. Department. charge of Technical Education apology for spreading “lies” As the House proceed- apologise to the House over the efits come beside it. AAP lead- 600. For shopkeepers, it has For loads between one and five Meanwhile, Sandeep Department. that the file of the Bill is pend- ings began on Friday, Gupta, issue,” the BJP MLA said. ers are raising full statehood been brought down from Rs quintal, it is down to Rs 1,000 Kumar, a 1997 batch IAS cadre Sanjay Goel, Mahima ing with the Centre. Sirsa and Pradhan demanded a Sirsa, meanwhile, said the issue to cover up the failures of 3,000 to Rs 1000. Composi- from Rs 2,000, and for loads officer, who was earlier the Gupta, JP Agarwal and Viren- Sisodia said that the Assem- reply from the government on Opposition will fight for the Jan their government... (Statehood) tion charge on transport com- above five quintal, the rate has Secretary of Information and dra Kumar also got new posi- bly had passed the Jan Lokpal the Bill, but their request was Lokpal Bill and ensure that it is is a complex issue that needs to panies, timber merchants and been brought down from Rs Technology Department and tions in the reshuffle. Bill on December 4, 2015, and turned down, following which implemented in the Capital. be deliberated.” MPOST heavy machinery dealers has 5,000 to Rs 2,000. End boycott Ozone levels perilously high in for students’ sake: DU urges Delhi’s residential areas: Report SAYANTAN GHOSH “This shows a progressive pens in polluted areas in a teachers increase in ozone pollution, cyclical process, the CSE said. NEW DELHI: Prominent with the onset of summer. Sev- “The Dr Karni Singh Shoot- OUR CORRESPONDENT residential areas of the Capi- eral densely-populated areas ing Range near the Asola Sanc- tal, including Patparganj, RK have shown a high frequency of tuary (in south Delhi) has NEW DELHI: The Delhi Uni- Puram and Nehru Nagar, as days violating the ozone stan- recorded the highest number versity administration on Fri- well as some industrial areas dards. With high pollution and of days exceeding the ozone day urged the striking teachers and low-income areas of temperature levels, and grow- standards,” the analysis said. to come back to work and start Najafgarh and Sonia Vihar are ing heat stress, the formation The posh Lutyens’ Delhi evaluating exam sheets, in the among the places most severely of ozone has accelerated and area and prime places in cen- interest of the students. affected by high levels of ozone is frequently exceeding the tral Delhi were also affected, In a meeting on Friday, gas, which has reached danger- standards,” the CSE said in a it said. The analysis stated several deans and college ous levels in the Capital. statement. that air quality monitoring in principals expressed “serious Delhi and its neighbouring According to the analy- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, concern” at the strike, fearing cities of Faridabad and Gur- sis, at least on 23 days, ozone near Lodhi Road CGO Com- that it may lead to delay in dec- gaon of are witnessing “sub- emerged as the “dominant pol- plex, and Major Dhyan Chand laration of results of thousands stantial ozone build-up” from lutant” along with particulate National Stadium, near Delhi of undergraduate students. February to May, the Centre matter in the daily air quality High Court, has shown that “It is appealed to all teachers for Science and Environment index. “These are early signs of the number of days with levels concerned, in the larger inter- (CSE) on Friday claimed, cau- a dangerous trend,” the green exceeding the standards were est of the career of students, tioning that these are early body said. “47 percent and 22 percent to immediately join the pro- signs of a “dangerous trend”. It also claimed that green of all days” during the entire cess of evaluation work at their The CSE said it has analysed areas on the outskirts of Delhi period, respectively. respective evaluation centres real-time air quality data avail- were “most vulnerable”. Micro-mapping of ozone and evaluate answer-scripts,” able from 31 automatic mon- Ozone is formed in polluted levels across the city, done to the varsity said in a statement. itoring stations of the Delhi areas and some of that escapes understand the vulnerable Hundreds of DU teachers Pollution Control Committee with the wind to cleaner envi- areas, showed that there were are on strike, demanding ad (DPCC), the Central Pollution ronments. It builds up there some locations where over “50 hoc teachers to be made per- Control Board (CPCB) and the because it has no opportunity per cent” of the days during manent and colleges not be India Meteorological Depart- to further react with other pol- February-May, ozone levels given ‘financial autonomy’. ment (IMD) for February-May. lutants to dissipate, as it hap- exceeded the standards. ‘21% of Delhi Budget allocation for health, education yet unspent’ SAYANTAN GHOSH is to get at least 2,000 cameras, which will be put up in consul- NEW DELHI: Nearly 21 per tation with RWAs and market cent of the money allocated associations. under the Budget for educa- However, later in March, tion and health expenditure is the LG formed a committee of still unspent, due to the tussle his own to review implementa- between the Lieutenant Gov- tion of the project, which was ernor, the elected government slammed by the AAP govern- and the Municipal Corpora- ment. Eventually, the project tions, recent data has claimed. was stalled. The report, prepared by The lack of expenditure has been attributed to the tussle between the The IndiaSpend report IndiaSpend, analysed the Bud- AAP-led Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor noted, “The 2015 manifesto of get data of Delhi government. AAP focused on three issues: The report noted, “On edu- attributed to the overlapping come under the jurisdiction of Education, health and infra- cation, the utilisation rate was jurisdictions of the Centre, the the Union Home Ministry, rep- structure. The Budget pre- 62 per cent in 2014-15 and 57 state and the three municipal resented by the LG. sented on June 25, 2015, for the per cent in 2015-16, but picked corporations.” Since coming to power, year 2015-16, allocated 26 per up the pace to 79 per cent in The Budget allocations in AAP has always had a bitter cent and 9.5 per cent to educa- 2016-17. On health, the utili- the government happen on the relationship with the Delhi LG, tion and health, respectively – sation rate ranged between 83 basis of visions of the plans and first Najeeb Jung and now his one of the highest allocations per cent and 79 per cent. Under the making of the schemes or successor. for the education sector by any the previous Congress govern- the plans come next. The Delhi government’s state in India.” ment, the average utilisation In the case of the AAP gov- ambitious project to install However, the analysis also rates were 100.5 per cent and ernment, whenever it tried 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras along noted that the previous Con- 79.6 per cent in the education to implement the schemes, it streets and in markets was gress government in Delhi, led and health sectors, respectively. needed an approval from the scheduled to have been rolled by Sheila Dikshit, had an aver- “Part of the under-util- LG, as administrative issues in out belatedly in March. Under age utilisation of 98 percent isation of the budget may be the National Capital Territory the project, each constituency between 2008 and 2013. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS IN DELHI UNIVERSITY Dearth of seats for Over one lakh applicants approved psychology course under SC, ST, OBC categories in DU leaves boys vexed

ZAFAR ABBAS OUR CORRESPONDENT in the academic year 2017- 18, around 71,000 applicants NEW DELHI: After online With rise in reservation, NEW DELHI: A majority of – both male and female – registrations for admission to the male students who were enrolled for the BA (Hons) undergraduate courses in Delhi seeking admission in the BA Psychology course, with the university came to a close on applications under PwD Psychology (Honours) course number of seats remaining the Thursday, varsity officials said at Delhi University were left same at 462. that a total 2,78,574 applicants disappointed, as most of the “Because of limited seats in have completely filed their category rise by 34% seats for this are available only psychology for boys, we have forms for various courses, and in women’s colleges. to settle with subjects that we also paid the registration fees. The number of seats avail- do not wish to study. It basi- Among these, the number OUR CORRESPONDENT an aspirant could apply for able in the University for this cally changes our entire career of applications received for the PwD quota. The increase coveted course dwarfs in front plan,” said Harinder Bajwa, an undergraduate courses under NEW DELHI: This academic is clearly due to the increase of the number of applica- aspirant, who opted to go to the SC, ST and OBC categories session has seen an increase in the number of categories,” tions received, with more than private university after realising is 1,02,055, the varsity stated. of 34 per cent in the number an official added. 80,000 applicants vying for a that there are not enough seats Further examination of the of undergraduate registra- The new categories intro- mere 462 seats. in DU for psychology. various sub-categories revealed tions under the Persons with duced this year include intel- Moreover, there are only “Despite scoring well, I that a total of 60,376 applicants Disability (PwD) category lectual disability, mental 10 colleges in the varsity that could not get a seat to study registered under the Other at Delhi University. A total behaviour, disability caused offer an undergraduate degree psychology as there are fewer Backward Calsses (OBC) cat- of 1,574 aspirants registered due to chronic neurological in Psychology. Of the 10, col- seats for boys,” said Rohit, egory in the non-creamy layer. under the PwD category for conditions and blood disor- leges, seven are for women. another aspirant. This means that of the total Varsity officials said that a total 2,78,574 applicants have completely filed their forms undergraduate courses, com- der and multiple disabilities. Women’s colleges in DU Questions have often been applicants, OBC applicants pared to 1,385 in 2017. A total of 208 candidates that offer the course include raised as to why there are not comprise 21.6 per cent. have the caste and the OBC Apart from these, the Uni- The total number of under- The increase in percentage registered under these new Indraprastha College for enough co-ed colleges offering The administration said certificates in their own names, versity also received 12,423 graduate male applicants with has been witnessed after DU categories. The number of Women, Mata Sundri Col- the psychology course. that it exercised due diligence to make up for successful com- applications for admission in DU this year is 1,44,248, while decided to increase the PwD candidates registered under lege for Women, Aryabhatta A few DU colleges had even while accepting OBC certifi- pletion of the registration,” said the sports quota category. the number of undergraduate quota from three per cent to physical disability category College, Daulat Ram College, filed applications with the Uni- cates from applicants, as it had a University official. Officials said that trials for female applicants is 1,34,297. five per cent for undergrad- this year increased to 1,574 Jesus and Mary College, Kes- versity Grant Commission made it quite clear that OBC Talking about the sched- admission under sports quota In the unreserved category, uate admissions in the var- from 1,385 last year. hav Mahavidyalaya and Lady (UGC) to start the course in the certificates should be latest and uled caste (SC) aspirants, will kick-start on June 22 and 1,75,719 applications have been sity, which was caused due to This year acid attack vic- Shri Ram College. upcoming session. However, an must be valid at the time of the the official said that a total last till June 29. received this academic year. introduction of new catego- tims were also given a chance According to an offi- approval from the Commis- candidate’s admission. of 34,932 applications were The sports trials will be In the Kashmiri migrants ries under the PwD quota. to register for undergraduate cial of the university, this is sion is still pending. “Many col- The varsity also made it received, comprising 12.5 per conducted for 33 sports and category. the University hasre- “Ever year, we see an admissions under the PwD the courses are where mostly leges are seeking BA (Hons) clear that the caste should be cent of the total applications games at 22 venues. ceived 533 applications, while increase of five to ten per cent quota, in the physical dis- female candidate apply. “We Psychology programme and clearly mentioned and should successfully registered on the The centralised sports tri- the number of applications in the number of applications ability category. In 2016, the can approximately measure the there is a great demand for it. be a part of the castes specified University’s website. als for various sports categories received under the Children/ registered under PwD quota. categories under PwD quota student ratio of female students But the proposal are stuck with in the central government list. Additionally, there are 7,547 will be held at a dozen colleges Widows of the eligible Armed But this year, the increase is included visual disability, to male students at 60:40,” the the UGC. We have not been “Certificates in the name of Schedule Tribe (ST) applicants of DU and about 10 other stadi- Forces Personnel category, i.e. much higher. We had 21 cat- hearing disability and ortho- official said. able to get through the bureau- the parents are not accepted, this year, who make up 2.7 per ums (both outdoor and indoor) the CW quota, is 3,558, the offi- egories this year under which pedic disability. According to the official cratic struggles so far to get the rather the candidates should cent of the total paid applicants. located at DU and elsewhere. cial said. data provided by the varsity, course,” said an official. Man dies in Posing as customers, cops Rashtrapati Ganja barter for liquor in Bihar: rescue infant from traffickers Bhavan servant New vehicles used for each trip ABHAY SINGH Police said that the kingpin started dealing in barter sys- ABHAY SINGH the accused convinced her "The deal was finalised for Law enforcement officials quarters of the gang has been identi- tem. "We believe that a vehicle poor parents by saying that more than Rs one lakh. The further claimed that the gang NEW DELHI: Investigation fied as Vipin Kumar, who pro- carrying ganja comes to Delhi NEW DELHI: A newborn girl they would provide the girl a fake customers first gave the has several members, who in NEW DELHI: The body of in the recent seizure of 700 cures ganja from his contacts once or twice each month. They who was on the verge of being better life. accused Rs 30,000 and after the on the prowl for poor people a man was found in the ser- kg marijuana by Delhi Police for Rs 1,500 per kg and sells it exchange it for liquor from the sold to a random childless cou- "The family had a more accused showed them the girl, living in remote areas and have vant quarters of the Rashtra- Crime Branch revealed that the for as much as Rs 10,000 per Capital and take to Bihar," said ple in the Capital was rescued children. Convinced that the they signalled the nearby police more children than they can pati Bhavan, Delhi Police said accused gang started the barter kg, depending on its quality, to the investigator. after police personnel posed as daughter will live a good life, team to nabbed the accused," properly take care of. on Friday. The man, identified trade of liquor and marijuana various wholesalers in Delhi, Deputy Commissioner of decoy customers and arrested they gave the accused their girl, said the police official. The gang targets families as Trilokchand, was a Class IV soon after the liquor ban came Gurugram, Samalkha, Ghazi- Police (Crime) Bhisham Singh the traffickers who had brought reportedly without taking any The arresting team was having kids till the age of five. employee at the President's Sec- into existence in Bihar. abad, Meerut and Noida. said that the ganja is exchanged the girl to be sold off in Budh money," said a police officer. formed by DCP (Crime) "Another group of the gang retariat and had been unwell Each month, vehicles car- "Ganja is sold in exchange to procure illicit liquor from Vihar area north west Delhi. The officer further claimed Rajesh Deo, and led by ACP works in metropolitan cities, for some time, cops added. rying ganja from Bihar come for liquor from Delhi-NCR, for various godowns in Haryana Delhi Police on Friday that after getting the girl, one Jasvir Malik. where they search for childless On Thursday, a foul smell to Delhi, after which either the distribution in the dry state of and Punjab. Certain godown claimed that the two arrested of the accused gave her to a “The accused woman was couple. After finding them, a was found coming from the same or different vehicles car- Bihar. The gang has over 50 owners readily accept ganja as accused, including a woman, woman, who reached Delhi to found to be pregnant, while contact is made by the accused, quarters, following which the rying liquor go the other way. members and is spread in many payment for the liquor. were operating a gang which sell her. her associate was identified as who ask for some amount of staff alerted the police. On Thursday, three men states," said a police officer. This illicit liquor is then used to lure impoverished cou- On May 24, the Crime Pradeep," said an investigator. money for the child. After the The room was found to be were arrested from Najafgarh Cops claimed that the gang supplied to Bihar in the same ples in remote areas of other Branch of Delhi Police received Soon, the girl’s family was deal is finalised, the child is locked and later broken open and a truck carrying 700 kg uses new vehicles and new truck, where it is sold for hefty states into giving away their a tip-off about the woman, after traced and she was reunited brought and given to the fam- to find the 50-year-old’s body. ganja was seized. driver for transport of every profits. young ones, on the pretext of which a trap was laid wherein with them. The family claimed ily," said the investigator. The body was sent for The gang procures ganja new consignment, so as to The modus operandi is giving them a better life. a female and a male consta- that they did not take any The gang usually would sell autopsy and no foul play was from Naxalism-affected areas dodge suspicion. aimed at multiplying the profits Police claimed that in this ble posed as decoy customers money from the accused, and a child to a childless couple for suspected, cops said. They sus- of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, An investigator told Millen- of Vipin Kumar, and even saves case, the girl was brought from and approached the woman in willingly gave her away to the anywhere between Rs 60,000 pect that the body was lying Jharkhand and Chattisgarh for nium Post that soon after the him from the hassles of mov- Fazilka district of Punjab, after Budh Vihar area. accused. and Rs one lakh. there for a few days. MPOST distribution in Delhi-NCR. liquor ban in Bihar, the accused ing money from Delhi to Bihar. CITY BRIEFS Three persons dead in two road Murder of three-year-old in 31-YR-OLD IIT-DELHI ALUMNI JUMPS TO Bisrakh: Juvenile nabbed HIS DEATH, COPS SUSPECT DEPRESSION mishaps in Gzb, Greater Noida OUR CORRESPONDENT “Based on the CCTV foot- NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old man allegedly commit- age fetched from the local- ted suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of the OUR CORRESPONDENT The three injured persons The deceased men have Police said the accident GREATER NOIDA: A ity, it was clearly seen that the IRD building in the Indian Institute of Technology–Delhi were seated in the back, and been identified as Ravi Shan- occurred at the 130-metre road 13-year-old has been appre- boy took her from the house. in the south west district of Delhi on Friday morn- GHAZIABAD: In two sepa- are reportedly battling for life kar and Ganpati, both natives near Tilapta round about late hended by police, in con- Upon further investigation, he ing. Police said that the man was an IIT-Delhi alumni rate road accidents in Greater in a hospital under the Masuri of Rajasthan. Thursday night. nection with the murder of a was identified and nabbed by and the reason behind his death is suspected to be Noida and Ghaziabad, three police station area. “We believe that due to "The deceased, identified three-year-old girl, whose body police from his house on Fri- depression. According to police, the deceased has persons lost their lives on Fri- According to a police offi- drowsiness, the driver may lost as Vishvajeet Bhati, was trav- was found lying outside a tem- day. He will be presented before day morning. cial, the pick-up truck was trav- control of the vehicle. How- elling in his car with his three ple in Bisrakh area of Greater the juvenile court and will be been identified as Anshum Gupta, an alumni of the In the first incident reported elling to Uttarakhand from ever, only a detailed investiga- other friends, when a car mov- noida earlier this week. sent to correction home” said 2010 batch. He was living in Greater Kailash area. from Ghaziabad, two persons Rajasthan along with some tion would provide complete ing ahead of his car suddenly According to police, the a senior police officer. "We are investigating what he was doing in IIT," said died while three others were laborers. details,” said a police official. applied brakes. This made juvenile accused is a neigh- Police further said that Deputy Commissioner of Police (South West) Milind injured, after a speeding pick- Police suspect that the Meanwhile, in Greater Bhati to lose control over his bor of the victim. He report- the boy also tried to crush the Dumbere on Friday. Police said they received a call up rammed into their trac- driver of the pick-up may Noida, the director of a pri- vehicle. edly abducted the girl from girl’s face with a heavy stone, in around 10.55 amm about a man lying in a pool of tor on National Highway-24 have lost control over vehicle, vate company lost his life in a “The car collided into the her house and took her to an order to hide the identity. around 5 am on Friday. because of drowsiness. How- fatal road accident, after a car divider, killing Bhati, while the isolated place, where he tried “Upon interrogating the blood. “We reached the spot and rushed him to AIIMS The tractor was carrying ever, locals at the scene said moving ahead of him suddenly others were critically injured to rape her. As he failed and juvenile, we came across the Trauma Centre, where he was declared brought dead long iron bars, hanging out of that it was because of the sud- applied brakes and he lost his and have been admitted to a the girl started crying loud, he fact that he was obsessed with on arrival. Initial investigation has revealed that Gupta its trolly, killing two persons den brakes applied by the trac- control over the vehicle, caus- hospital," a senior police official strangled the girl to death in a sex, as he used to watch an was under depression and was unhappy with his pro- sitting in the front of the pickup tor, that the speeding pick-up ing him to ram his car into a of Gautam Buddh nagar police fit of rage and immediately fled excessive amount porn videos” fessional life. Facts were also coming that Gupta had truck. rammed into the vehicle. road divider ahead of him. said on Friday. away the spot. added the officer. worked with a company in another country but left the job,” a senior investigator said. Mystery shrouds death of WATER ON THE WINGS 16-YEAR-OLD BOY FOUND DEAD IN FIELD IN NARELA woman found in hotel room NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old boy was found dead OUR CORRESPONDENT “Her male friend had gone in a field in Narela area of Rohini district on Friday to meet his father a day before morning, with Delhi Police saying that a PCR call of NEW DELHI: The body of a the body was discovered,” said the body found lying in the fields was received in the woman was found under mys- the DCP. morning. A team was sent to the spot immediately, and terious circumstances inside Law enforcement officials the body later sent to the mortuary. During investiga- the bathroom of a luxury hotel claimed that the male friend tion, the deceased was a identified to be resident of in Mayur Vihar area of east made several phone calls on the area. Family members of the victim were informed Delhi on Thursday, with Delhi Thursday. However, all his Police claiming that an inves- phone calls went unanswered. and the body later handed over to them after post- tigation is underway from all He then informed the hotel mortem. “The deceased used to live with his family angles. staff to check on the woman, members in Pana Paposia village and had recently Cops said the woman was but the room was found to be cleared Class XI. He was reported missing since Sun- working in a beauty parlour in locked from the inside. day evening,” said a police official. south Delhi and living at a her On seeing the she was not relative’s home in Delhi. responding to knocking on the BUILDING COLLAPSE NEAR VAYU BHAWAN Deputy Commissioner of door, the door was broken open NEW DELHI: A building collapsed on Krishna Menon Police (East) Pankaj Singh on by hotel staff, only to find her Friday said they are waiting body lying on the bathroom Marg near Vayu Sena Bhawan on Friday evening, with for the post-mortem report to floor with head injuries. Delhi Police saying that nobody was injured in the in- ascertain the cause of death. “The hotel staff knocked the cident and the debris was removed in an hour. A Delhi Police said that the woman door several times, but did not Fire official said that they received information about had checked into the hotel get any answer,” said the police the collapse at 5.30 pm. on June 6 with a male friend, officer. A police team reached and her body was found on the hotel around 6 pm on Fri- A mayna bird cools itself at a fountain, at Raisina Hill in Delhi on Friday PIC/PTI Thursday. day, and later began its probe. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 mp ‘ANOTHER RAJIV GANDHI-TYPE INCIDENT’ Govt serious about PM’s security: Rajnath OUR CORRESPONDENT Maoist letter exposes JAMMU: The government Ambedkar’s followers can’t be is serious about the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Naxals: Ramdas Athawale Singh on Friday said, amid reports of an assassination plot MUMBAI: Union Minister plated in the Constitution, by Maoists. Ramdas Athawale on Friday and it was "wrong" to accuse plan to kill PM Modi "We are always serious condemned an alleged plan him of working to strengthen about the prime minister's by Maoists to target Prime a particular religion, Atha- NEW DELHI: The Pune police security. The Maoists are fight- Minister Narendra Modi, wale said. have intercepted an internal Fadnavis gets ing a losing battle. They are but said the Elgar Parishad The Pune police yesterday communication of the Maoists, now active only in 10 districts and subsequent violence at claimed that a letter found in which talks about the ultras threat letters in the country," he told a press Bhima-Koregaon near Pune the house of a person arrested planning to assassinate Prime conference here after a two-day had no Naxal connection. for alleged Maoist links talks Minister Narendra Modi in the over anti-Maoist tour of Jammu and Kashmir. ing suspension of operations Followers of Dalit icon about the ultras mulling a manner of a ‘Rajiv Gandhi-type The police in Pune yester- against the militants in Jammu B R Ambedkar can never be "Rajiv Gandhi-type incident" incident’. operations day told a court that they had and Kashmir beyond Eid, he Naxals, Athawale, a prom- and suggesting Modi should The letter was allegedly seized a "letter" from the Delhi said an appropriate decision inent Dalit leader, said in a be targeted during his road found in the house of one of the residence of one of the five peo- will be taken after reviewing statement here. shows. five persons arrested for “links” ple arrested on Wednesday for the ground situation and in Several Dalit activists The letter was recovered with the banned CPI (Maoist), having alleged "links" with the consultation with all people were among the organisers of from the house of Rona Wil- the Pune Police told the court banned CPI (Maoist). concerned. Elgar Parishad held in Pune. son who was among five peo- on Thursday. The purported letter alleg- Maintaining that the Cen- "We condemn the anti- ple arrested in connection A day earlier, the police edly mentioned of a plan to tre's stand since beginning was national elements hatching with the Elgar Parishad held arrested Dalit activist Sud- "assassinate" Modi in "another that New Delhi was willing to such a conspiracy," Athawale in Pune last December and hir Dhawale, lawyer Surendra Rajiv Gandhi-type incident", talk to everyone, Singh said, said, referring to the Pune the subsequent Bhima-Kore- Gadling, activists Mahesh Raut the police told the court. "Our neighbouring country police's claim that Maoists gaon violence, police said. and Shoma Sen and Rona The letter refers to MUMBAI: Maharashtra Singh said the Naxal vio- Pakistan should prevent terror were planning to carry out a "Ambedkarites were Wilson from Mumbai, Nag- “Modi-led Hindu fascist Chief Minister Devendra lence will come to an end soon emanating from its soil." "Rajiv Gandhi-type incident". attacked at Bhima-Koreg- pur and Delhi respectively in regime is bulldozing its way Fadnavis has received two as their area of influence has The home minister also Former prime minister Rajiv aon. No Naxal was involved connection with ‘Elgar Pari- into the lives of indigenous threat letters allegedly from come down from 135 districts said the central government Gandhi was assassinated in in the Maharashtra bandh shad’ held here in December adivasis.” Maoist organisations which in the country to 90 but they was ready to hold dialogue May 1991. which was called to protest and the subsequent Bhima- “Inspite of big defeats were handed over to the are very active in only 10 of with all "right-minded" people Modi is following "sab ka the attack. Nor was there any Koregaon violence in the dis- like Bihar and West Ben- police, sources in the state these. if not "like-minded", a state- saath, sab ka vikas" policy to Naxal in the Elgar Parishad," trict, according to PTI. gal, Modi has established Home Department said on Asked about the possi- ment seen as an olive branch build an India as contem- Athawale said. MPOST All five were produced a BJP government in Friday. bility of extending the ongo- to the separatists. before the sessions court which more than 15 states,” it The letters were received remanded them in police cus- adds. by the chief minister’s office tody till June 14. The lawyers But not everyone is a week ago, they said. Congress doubts of the accused said the doc- convinced the letter was “The letters came after Kumaraswamy steps in to pacify uments cited by the prosecu- authentic. Sanjay Nir- the recent anti-Naxal oper- assassination tion were fabricated and the upam of the Congress ations in Gadchiroli, in accused had been framed. felt the letter may have which 39 Maoists were disgruntled Congress MLAs plot of PM Modi The letter found in Rona been planted. “I am killed. The letters have been Wilson’s house in Delhi refers not saying this is com- handed over to the police to the requirement of Rs 8 there is a good chance pletely untrue but It has been for further investigations,” OUR CORRESPONDENT Congress) to immediately act NEW DELHI: Raising doubts crore to procure M-4 rifle and we might fail but we feel the PM Modi’s old tactic, since he the sources said. to find a solution,” he said. over the Pune police’s findings four lakh rounds, and also party must deliberate over our was PM, whenever his popular- According to the min- BENGALURU: With his gov- Ahead of Kumaraswamy’s of an alleged plot to assassi- mentions”another Rajiv Gan- proposal,” it goes on to state. ity declines, news of an assassi- istry sources, both letters ernment facing birth pangs of visit, senior Congress leaders, nate Prime Minister Narendra dhi-type incident”. The letter even mentions nation plot it planted, he said. mentioned the Gadchiroli coalition politics, Karnataka including Deputy Chief Minis- Modi in a fashion similar to “We are thinking along the how this plan can be achieved. CPM’s Sitaram Yechury, encounters, and threatened Chief Minister H D Kumaras- ter and state Congress chief G Rajiv Gandhi’s killing, the Con- lines of another Rajiv Gandhi- “Targeting his road shows meanwhile, chose not to com- Fadnavis and his family wamy on Friday stepped in Parameshwara, and ministers gress party on Friday said it is type incident,” the letter says. could be an effective strategy,” ment about the ‘truth’ behind members. MPOST to check the disquiet among D K Shivakumar, K J George Modi’s old tactics to plant sto- “It sounds suicidal and it says. the letter. AGENCIES newly elected Congress law- and R V Deshpande met Patil ries like this. makers who were left out dur- at his residence to smooth his “I am not saying this is ing the Cabinet expansion, but ruffled feathers. completely untrue but it has We’re a democratic, they remained defiant. power. This (government) is According to Congress been PM Modi’s old tactic since Gadkari meets Salman, Salim Khan Kumaraswamy, who was only temporary,” he told a press sources, Patil will be travelling he was chief minister. When- argumentative sworn in as the chief minis- conference. to the national capital to dis- ever his popularity declines, ter on May 23 and proved his “The workers are not cuss the developments with the news of an assassination plot is family: Sharmistha as part of outreach programme majority in the Assembly on happy with the coalition of the party high-command. planted. So it should be probed May 25, has not been able to twoparties which were at log- A group of disgruntled how much truth is in it this OUR CORRESPONDENT distribute portfolios to his min- gerheads before the elections. MLAs, including M T B Nag- time,” said Sanjay Nirupam. isters two days after Cabinet Therefore, the coalition will araj, Satish Jarkiholi, Sudha- The Pune police, which MUMBAI: Union minister expansion, largely due to the be short-lived,” Kumar said. kar and Roshan Baig, among on Wednesday arrested five Nitin Gadkari on Friday met tumult among Congress MLAs, Making a desperate bid to others, had yesterday met at persons, including a Dalit Bollywood actor Salman Khan some of whom were ministers set his house in order, Kuma- Patil’s residence. Several such rights activist, a professor and his father Salim Khan, a in the previous government. raswamy met M B Patil, who meetings have taken place over and a former Prime Minis- noted script writer, at their The chief minister and sev- has emerged as the leader of the the last three days which were ter’s Rural Development Fel- residence here as part of the eral state Congress leaders met dissident MLAs, and later told attended among others by for- low, for alleged Maoist links, OUR CORRESPONDENT BJP’s “contact for support” these lawmakers, who appeared journalists that despite the mat- mer minister H K Patil. have seized an email that sug- campaign. in no mood to relent, at least ter not being directly related Meanwhile, Jarkiholi, an gests plans to assassinate Modi NEW DELHI: Congress The former BJP presi- not for now, after which Kuma- to him, he had gone to pacify AICC secretary, said he is con- in “another Rajiv Gandhi type leader Sharmistha Mukher- dent presented to Salim Khan raswamy asked the Congress the legislators as the leader of templating resigningfrom the incident” by “targeting his jee on Friday said theirs was some booklets highlighting the ment and initiative of Modi government last month. high-command to act immedi- the JD(S)-Congress coalition party post. roadshows”. a “democratic, argumentative achievements of the Modi gov- government in last 4 years,”the As many as 4,000 function- ately and resolve the situation. to ensure the stability of the Declaring that he and sev- An excerpt of the inter- family” and she had no prob- ernment in the last four years. Union minister tweeted after aries of the party will contact With the ruling coalition government. eral other Congress MLAs nal communication of Mao- lem expressing differences The meeting that took place the meeting. one lakh people, who are rec- in ferment, Union Minister for “This is an issue that is not were unhappy overthe Cabi- ists intercepted by the Pune with her father, former pres- at ‘Galaxy’, Khan’s apartment Though Salim Khan and ognised names in their fields, Parliamentary Affairs Ananth related to me because these are net expansion and are hold- Police reads, “Comrades ident Pranab Mukherjee, in in Bandra, lasted for 30 min- Salman did not comment or to inform them about the gov- Kumar called the JD(S)- Con- decisions made within Con- ing talks, Jarkiholi said theywill proposed concrete steps to end public. utes. Gadkari was accompanied tweet about the meeting, Gad- ernment’s works during its four gress government “direction- gress party... I have understood meet again on June 11. Modi-raj. It is a lesson she learnt by Raj Purohit, a senior party kari’s post was liked by the year tenure. less and temporary”. his (Patil) feeling of pain that he “I’m thinking about resign- We are thinking of Rajiv from her father, Sharmistha leader from Mumbai. father-son duo. Two days back, BJP chief “Even though the peo- has worked for Congress party ing as AICC secretary because Gandhi type incident. There is Mukherjee, who has publicly “Met Sri Salim Khan ji and The ‘Sampark for Samar- Amit Shah had called on actor ple gave the highest number when it needed (him), but feels despite holding that position good chance we might fail but opposed the former president Salman Khan as part of Sam- than’ (contact for support) Madhuri Dixit and industrialist of seatsto the BJP in the elec- let down now,” Kumaraswamy I could not become aminister the party must deliberate on it. visiting the RSS headquarters park for Samarthan campaign. campaign was launched to Ratan Tata in Mumbai as part tions, JD(S) and Congress said. “I have gathered his feel- nor was able to secure a min- Targeting his roadshows can be and delivering a speech there, Have discussed the achieve- mark the four years of Modi of the initiative. made a backdoor entry to ings. I request Delhi leaders (of istry for others.” effective.” MPOST said in response to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s reported comments backing her. Pranab made no mention of “This is something you YSR cong, Cong release ‘charge sheets’ against AP govt must grow up to. My own daughter doesn’t agree with my Hedgewar, Savarkar’s views OUR CORRESPONDENT Leader of Opposition in four years in the states new cap- the state has faced many prob- views and I don’t agree with the Andhra Pradesh Legis- ital city Amaravati despite the lems post-bifurcation while hers. But we are a happy family. AMARAVATI: The principal lative Council Ummareddy Centre releasing Rs 1500 crore, implementation of GST caused We must learn that individu- on nationalism: Togadia opposition YSR Congress and Venkateswarlu released the he said. revenue troubles. als have opinions,” Swamy was Congress on Friday released 31-page ‘charge sheet’ on behalf “That’s the biggest failure of “The state had a debt bur- reported as saying. ‘charge sheets’ on completion of YSRC, while former Union this government,” the former den on 1.17 lakh crore (in “Exactly! That’s how I grew OUR CORRESPONDENT of four years of the Chandra- minister M M Pallam Raju union minister added. 2014) and we had to pay inter- up, & that’s why I don’t have babu Naidu government, alleg- released the Congress ‘charge Congress leader Pal- est on it. And, to fulfil our any problem expressing my INDORE: Former VHP leader ing that not one promise the sheet.’ lam Raju said the TDP gov- promises and implement wel- differences with him on issues Pravin Togadia on Friday said TDP made ahead of the 2014 Both parties alleged that ernment betrayed the state’s fare schemes, we had to bor- even in public. We are a dem- former President and Con- polls was fulfilled. the TDP government “grossly youth by failing to create job row at least Rs 20,000 crore per ocratic, argumentative family; gress veteran Pranab Mukher- While the state’s debt, prior failed” in implementing main 2014 have not been fulfilled opportunities. annum,” Ramakrishnudu said. & I learnt this from my father jee did not talk about the views to bifurcation in 2014, stood at promises like loan waiver to speaks of biggest failure of the “There are 30 lakh unem- The state government has been only,” Sharmistha Mukherjee of RSS founder Keshav Baliram Rs 1 lakh crore, the state gov- farmers. Chandrababu government. ployed youth in the state but implementing 103 schemes for replied on Twitter. Hedgewar and Vinayak Damo- ernment borrowed over Rs 1.49 “Sand mafia, land mafia and The Chief Minister mort- the government cut down “peoples happiness.” Late last night, she said her dar Savarkar on nationalism been taken out from the lakh crore in just four years, liquor mafia have been ruling gaged the special category the number to just 10 lakh. It “We spent over Rs 5.20 lakh her fears had been affirmed during his address at the RSS Supreme Court to Ayodhya,” taking the total debt to Rs 2.50 the roost in the state. status for a special economic promised to pay unemploy- crore in the last four years on after a morphed picture show- headquarters yesterday. he said. lakh crore, the opposition par- Even the National Crime package and pushed the state ment allowance but four years various welfare and develop- ing the former president raising “Mukherjee mentioned Replying to a question on ties said. Records Bureau data exposes 15 years backward,” Ven- since it assumed power, the ment schemes that was unprec- his hand in salutation, like RSS about the ideology of Mahatma the Rs 8.5 crore funds col- The government, how- the worst law and order sce- kateswarlu, a former Union TDP did nothing,” he said. edented. The opposition parties leaders and cadres, appeared on Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru lected from people for the ever, defended the borrowing, nario in AP,” Venkateswarlu minister, charged. Countering the opposition do not speak about the injustice social media. on nationalism during his construction of Ram temple claiming it was needed to fulfil said. “That the promises made Not one permanent struc- claims, state Finance minister being done by the Centre to the “See, this is exactly what I speech yesterday. But he made in the 1990s, he said there was the promises made to people. in the AP Reorganisation Act, ture has been built in the last Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said state,” the minister said. was fearing & warned my father no mention of Hedgewar and no need to raise doubts over about. Not even few hours have Savarkar’s views on national- that money. passed, but BJP/RSS dirty tricks ism,” Togadia told reporters at “We have maintained a dept is at work in full swing!” the Indore Press Club. proper account of those funds,” Kushwaha seeks to downplay absence at NDA get-together she tweeted. “There are two ideologies he said. Sharmistha Mukherjee, on nationalism in the country- Refusing to reveal the name senior NDA leaders here last night that he had some differences with his cent of Bihar’s total population and who heads the Mahila Con- first propagated by Gandhi and of his proposed organisation which he said was due to “personal rea- colleagues in the NDA, Kushwaha shot hence his projection as the NDA’s leader gress and the media depart- Nehru, while the other one that despite queries from media, sons” and asserted that the coalition back “Amit Shah too did not attend the would benefit the coalition in elections. ment of the Delhi Congress, of Hedgewar and Savarkar,” he he said he would make an was “intact.” dinner. Would you pose such a ques- He had also claimed that Chief Min- had cautioned her father added. announcement about it and its Kuswaha excusing himself, citing tion to him?” He also evaded queries ister Nitish Kumar had a “disadvantage” that his speech would be He demanded that the Cen- future action plan in New Delhi his preoccupation in Delhi, from the about a statement issued by his party’s since he belonged to the Kurmi caste, forgotten but the visuals tre should pass a law in the Par- on June 24. gathering of the NDA leaders, first since working president Nagamani yesterday which is numerically small. would remain, giv- liament to pave the way for Before heading to Mand- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar returned that the NDA would immensely benefit Though the RLSP chief tried to show ing the BJP/RSS a construction of Ram temple saur today to take part in the to the coalition last year, had indicated if the coalition declared Kushwaha as that everything was fine in the coalition, “full handle” to plant false sto- in Ayodhya. ongoing protest by farmers, discontent within the BJP-led grouping its leader in Bihar and then fought the sources close to him pleading anonym- ries and spread rumours. The Ayodhya issue is still he also alleged that due to the over the prickly issue of seat-sharing. Lok Sabha polls next year and the state ity, however, said that the Minister of “Hope @CitiznMukherjee pending in the Supreme Court. wrong policies of the central “I could not attend the function assembly elections a year later. State for HRD has been miffed over now realises from todays’ inci- Taking a dig at BJP veteran L and state governments, farm- because of personal reasons. But, other “This is a question you should ask “shabby treatment” meted out to him dent, how BJP dirty tricks dept K Advani over this, Togadia ers were reeling under debts leaders of my party did. Please do not Nagmani,” Kushwaha, who is on a three- by NDA leaders in Bihar. operates. Even RSS wouldn’t said, “Was this case not under and forced to commit suicide. try to read anything between the lines. day tour of Bihar, said before leaving for They alleged that Chief Minister Nit- believe that u r going 2 endorse the Supreme Court’s consider- He said farmers should be OUR CORRESPONDENT The NDA in Bihar is intact,” Kushwaha, his Lok Sabha constituency of Karakat ish Kumar did not invite Kushwaha at its views in ur speech. But the ation when Advani had taken given one-and-a-half times of who heads the Rashtriya Lok Samata in Rohtas district. an Iftaar party he had hosted at his offi- speech will be forgotten, visuals out the rath yatra? Then why their production cost as the Party (RLP), told reporters at the air- Nagmani, who was among the lead- cial residence earlier this week nor has will remain & those will be cir- did he take out rath yatra from minimum support price (MSP) PATNA: Union minister Upendra port here on his arrival from New Delhi. ers of the RLSP who attended the feast, he been invited to a similar function culated with fake statements,” Somnath to Ayodhya? for all the crops by calculating Kushwaha on Friday sought to down- Asked whether his unexpected had claimed that Kushwaha represented organized by Deputy CM Sushil Kumar she said. “Rath yatra should have the input costs. play his absence at a get-together of absence at the feast did not indicate a caste group which comprised 10 per Modi today. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 Rajnath: J&K border residents to get Hry Govt seeks share of athletes’ reservation in 5 new IRP battalions OUR CORRESPONDENT

earnings, withdraws after flak SRINAGAR: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on OUR CORRESPONDENT Coast CWG, was the only one and Olympic bronze-medallist Friday said the Centre had to react to the move, calling it Yogeshwar Dutt, also a Rail- decided to raise five Indian CHANDIGARH: The Hary- disheartening. ways employee, was harsher in Reserve Police (IRP) battalions ana government on Friday “This notification will ham- his criticism of the move. in which people from border courted controversy when it per an athletes preparation. “God save us from such areas of Jammu and Kashmir asked sportspersons employed How can the government give officials, who are taking sense- would be given 60 per cent by it to deposit one-third of such an order? We pay taxes less decisions like this. Their reservation. their earnings from commer- over whatever we earn and now contribution to development The minister was speak- cial and professional com- this notification to pay one- of sports in Haryana has been ing after meeting people living mitments to the state sports third,” Phogat said.“Can the zero but I am sure, they will in border areas in the frontier council but put the notification government understand how play a big role in the decline of Kupwara district, on the sec- Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh interacts with the families affected on hold after drawing sharp much sacrifice an athlete and sports in the state,” he tweeted. ond day of his two-day visit to by the cross-border shelling on the second day of his tour, at R S Pura in criticism from elite athletes. his or families have to make “Now, athletes will move to Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu on Friday PTI “I have asked for the rele- to earn a medal for the coun- other states and these officials vant file of Sports Department try? The Haryana government will be responsible for this,” to be shown to me & the noti- should immediately take this he added. There were political Rajnath Singh was fication dated April 30th to be order back and review it,” he reactions to the move as well accompanied by CM Only 10 districts ‘worst hit’ put on hold till further orders,” added. with Haryana Congress presi- Mehbooba Mufti Chief Minister M L Khat- Some other Haryana ath- dent Ashok Tanwar saying that tar tweeted. “We are proud of letes, not employed with the the move will demoralise the and Minister of State by Maoist activities: HM the immense contribution by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal interacts with the youths at a state government, also reacted players. The party’s Rohtak MP in the PMO Jitendra our sportsperson & I assure programme, in Rohtak on Sunday PTI with shock. “I have not yet seen Deepinder Singh Hooda said Singh to Kupwara JAMMU: Union Home Min- of rule and if we go further them of a just consideration the notification, I am only com- the present government has ister Rajnath Singh on Fri- in describing it, only ten dis- of all issues affecting them,” he had hit the headlines during employee generates commer- ing to know of it through media made a mockery of the state’s day said out of 135 districts tricts have been left where added. His intervention came his stint as head of land reg- cial income or professional reports. I can only say that the athlete-friendly policy. Singh reached the north affected by Maoist violence, there is high influence of after athletes reacted sharply istration department by alleg- income, then he shall have athletes who compete in Olym- The Haryana government Kashmir district this morn- only 10 districts remained Maoists," he said. to the notification issued by ing irregularities in land deals to deposit one-third of such pic sports are already from had earlier stirred up a con- ing and later, took a flight to "worst hit", asserting that On being asked about Principal Secretary (Sports involving Robert Vadra a few earnings,” he added. The ath- very poor families,” said dou- troversy when it decided to the state’s Jammu region, offi- there had been a consider- reports that Prime Minis- and Youth Department), Ashok years ago. Sports and Youth letes employed with the state ble-Olympic medallist Sushil reduce the prize money for cials said. able fall in left wing extrem- ter Narendra Modi was on Khemka. Affairs Minister Anil Vij had government include star box- Kumar, who is with the Rail- those Commonwealth Games He was accompanied by ism in the country. the radar of such extremists, “One-third of the income also defended the move, insist- ers Vijender Singh and Akhil ways Sports Promotion Board. medal winners from the state Chief Minister Mehbooba He said the Maoists, Singh said, "We are very cau- earned by the sportsperson ing it was not aimed at income Kumar, both of whom are “The government should who were employed with other Mufti and Minister of State extremists and militants were tious about the security of our from professional sports or generated from amateur sports DSPs in state police, hockey make policies which encour- departments or states. in the PMO Jitendra Singh to fighting a losing battle. prime minister". commercial endorsements “... here we are talking about captain Sardar Singh and wres- age athletes. I haven’t heard The felicitation function Kupwara, they said. "As far as the Maoists are The senior BJP leader will be deposited with the income from professional tlers Geeta and Babita Phogat. of such a policy anywhere planned for the prize money “We have decided to create concerned, they are fighting added that the north east has Haryana State Sports Council. sports,” he said. Sardar, Geeta and Babita are else in the world. The athlete distribution on April 26 had to two battalions from the peo- a lost battle. Extremism by also seen a dip in extremist The money shall be used for “It is government’s old also employed with the Hary- should be competing with a be eventually cancelled indefi- ple living from zero to 10 km Maoists has shown a signifi- activities. the development of sports in rule/service rule, Rule 56, as ana Police.Of them, Babita, free mind, not with stress like nitely when the athletes threat- distance from the border, and cant decrease ( in the coun- He said there has been 85 the State,” it stated. Khemka per which if any government who won a silver at the Gold this,” he added. Fellow wrestler ened to boycott it. also create five IRP battalions try)," Singh said at a press per cent decrease in extrem- having over 5,000 personnel in conference here. ism in the north east. METTUR DAM MISSES WATER RELEASE DATE which 60 per cent reservation The home minister said Singh, who reached will be given to people living Maoist influence was spread Jammu and Kashmir yester- Five die in Kanpur hospital in zero to 10 km range from across 135 districts of the day for a two-day visit, also the border,” Singh said. country. visited the border belts of Tamil Nadu CM unveils Besides, two female bat- "Now it has come down Kupwara and R S Pura. He ICU; kin allege AC failure talions will also be created, to 90 districts. This is the also addressed a sports con- he said. The Home minister achievement of our four years clave in Srinagar. MPOST package for farmers OUR CORRESPONDENT met several local delegations, including that from the Gujar Singh also visited the Dis- decision on extension of Cen- OUR CORRESPONDENT KANPUR: Five elderly patients and the Bakerwal communi- trict Police Lines in Kupwara tre’s unilateral ceasefire would died in the ICU of a state-run ties, at the Dak Bungalow, the where he paid tributes to police be taken after reviewing the CHENNAI: Citing poor stor- hospital here during the last officials said. The delegations personnel killed in the line of security situation in the Valley. age, the Tamil Nadu govern- two days, with their attendants informed him about the initia- duty, the officials said. “We will have a meeting ment on Friday ruled out alleging that AC plant failure tives taken by the state as well He also addressed police after a few days and will review opening the sluice gates of was the reason for their deaths, as the central government, they and CRPF jawans at the police the whole security situation. Mettur Dam on June 12 for a charge denied by hospital said. “They also talked about lines. We will also talk to some of the ‘kuruvai’ (short-term) paddy authorities. what needs to be done in this Talking to reporters in Kup- representatives from here to crop in the Cauvery delta, but ister said. The incident brought back area,” the minister said. wara, Singh reiterated that a take a decision, he said. announced a Rs 115 crore He then announced the memories of the Gorakhpur package to help farmers take package for farmers, which hospital deaths last year alleg- Naxal commander up cultivation using available included subsidies on seeds edly due to shortage of oxygen. BRIEFS water resources. and farm equipment and other While the attendants of NATION The dam, built across the initiatives to enable farmers patients alleged that the AC killed in encounter Cauvery river which is the life- take up ‘kuruvai’ cultivation in plant in the ICU of Lala Lajpat CRPF JAWAN AWARDED PM’S MEDAL line of farmers in delta districts around three lakh acres of land. Rai Hospital was not working Rasool Baksh (62) of Sand- patients by opening windows with SF in C’garh NEW DELHI: A CRPF jawan, who saved the lives of in the state, is opened on June However, this did not cut for the past several days leading eela Hardoi, Murari Lal (65) and doors of the ICU, but it 12 annually for irrigating the ice with the opposition par- to their deaths, the principal of of Azamgarh and another per- could not be of much help due OUR CORRESPONDENT Vaishno Devi pilgirms trapped in a landslide in 2016, short-term crop, but the tra- ties which walked out of the the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi son whose identity could not be to the blazing summer. has been posthumously decorated with the PM’s police ditional date had been missed assembly. Medical College, under which established immediately. He said attendants had to RAIPUR: A naxal commander medal for life saving. A spokesperson for the para- on several occasions in the past Leader of the Opposition the hospital functions, said the Accepting that there were use hand fans to bring some was on Friday gunned down military said Head Constable Harvinder Singh of the too due to inadequate storage. M K Stalin of DMK criticised patients died due to serious ill- certain air conditioning prob- respite to restless patients. in an encounter with security 6th battalion of the force has been decorated with Chief Minister K the chief minister’s statement ness and not because of any AC lems, ICU in-charge Saurav On getting the news about forces in Chhattisgarh’s insur- the Prime Minister’s medal for “showing exemplary Palaniswami, in a statement in on inability to open the Met- failure. “There were problems Agarwal said the AC plant of the deaths, senior officials gency-hit Bijapur district, the Assembly, said the sluice tur dam according to sched- in the AC plant yesterday. The the medicine department’s including district magistrate police said. ideal of self-sacrifice in a life-threatening incident” on gates of the dam in Salem dis- ule and then led a walkout of problems were fixed, but they ICU had shut down just two and additional district magis- The gun-battle took place August 24, 2016. trict would not be opened on his party legislators. Stalin had again cropped up,” Principal days back. “Superintending trate (ADM) rushed to the hos- early this morning in the jun- June 12 due to low storage been demanding release of Navneet Kumar admitted but in-charge of LLR Hospital, pital for making on-the-spot gles of Jaramongia jungles 3 KILLEDAS JEEP FALLS INTO RIVER and blamed Karnataka for not water from the dam on June 12. emphatically denied the charge chief medical superintendent, assessment. Last year several under Bhairamgarh police sta- JAIPUR: Four persons were killed and seven others releasing Cauvery water last DMK’s allies, the Congress that the patients died due to air power department officials and deaths took place in a state-run tion limits when a joint team of injured in two separate road accidents in Rajasthan, year, resulting in the lower real- and IUML later staged a walk- conditioning problem. the agency concerned were hospital in Gorakhpur alleg- District Reserve Guard (DRG) police said. A couple died when their car collided isation of water. out on the issue. “The ICU has serious informed and the problem edly due to shortage of oxygen. and local police was out on an head-on with a truck in Churu district on Friday, they He said against the dam’s Earlier, Palaniswami said patients but none died due was rectified. But the compres- More than 60 children, anti-naxal operation, Bijapur maximum level of 120 feet, water could not be released to AC failure,” he told report- sor again got burnt yesterday,” mostly infants, had died at the Superintendent of Police Mohit said. The incident occurred at the Hanumangarh mega the water level in the reservoir from the dam on June 12 for ers here. He said technicians Agrawal said. “Although it was Baba Raghav Das Medical Col- Garg said. highway in the Sardarshahar police station area. The presently stood at 39.42 feet the last six years due to stor- have been asked to rectify the hot inside, life-saving machines lege there within the span of a “When the patrolling team deceased were identified as Subhash Jat (45) and his and it can be opened only if age issue and recalled that problem in the AC plant at the like ventilators and monitors week in August 2017, trigger- was cordoning off Jaramon- wife Sunita Jat (44), police said. the water level reached 90 feet. chief minister J Jayalalithaa earliest and a probe has been were not affected and were ing a massive outrage. There gia jungles, located around 500 “There is a situation where had announced similar instituted into the matter. working properly. Only the were allegations that the deaths kms away from the state capi- 9 MEMBERS OF A FAMILY RESCUED it is not possible to release packages. The deceased patients were AC became defective,” he said. occurred due to disruption in tal, it came under heavy fire by KANPUR: Nine members of a family, including two water for kuruvai crop with Palaniswami also said that identified as Indrapal (75) of An attendant of a patient oxygen supply over unpaid bills a group of 25-30 ultras follow- minors, were rescued by police from an ashram run by this storage level as per sched- he himself had announced a Nurwal, Ganga Prasad Yadav said that the LLR Hospital to the vendor, a charge denied ing which gun-battle broke out sadhvi Shalini Shukla in Kesri here after a girl escaped ule on June 12,” the chief min- Rs 56 crore package last year. (75) of Budhi-Khera Unnao, staff tried to provide relief to by the state government. between the two sides,” he said. from captivity and informed the villagers about their ordeal, police said on Friday. “The family comprising SC refuses urgent hearing on an elderly couple, their two sons, two daughters, a Ukrainian model released from Gorakhpur jail daughter-in-law and two minor grand children were OUR CORRESPONDENT illegally confined in the ashram in Navada area since trict court on April 12. After govt formation in Karnataka February 8 against their wishes,” Shivli station house that, the bail application was GORAKHPUR: Ukrainian filed in the high court which NEW DELHI: The Supreme rity purposes”, told the bench officer Mahendra Pratap Singh said. model Daria Molcha, who was granted her bail about a week Court on Friday refused to that people of Karnataka had 17-YEAR-OLD BOY SHOT DEAD arrested by the special task ago. Molcha had crossed the accord an urgent hearing to voted for the BJP which had force of Uttar Pradesh Police Indian border without any a plea which questioned gov- won 104 seats in the recently THANE A 17-year-old boy from the city was found from a private hotel here on valid travel documents and was ernment formation in Karna- concluded assembly election. shot dead in Nala Sopara in Palghar district, police April 3 for staying in the coun- arrested by the STF from a pri- taka on the grounds that Chief “People of Karnataka had said on Friday. Shubam Bhumak, the victim, hailed from try without a valid visa, was vate hotel on Park Road here. Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s voted for 104 MLAs from the Ghodbandar locality in Thane and was working with a released from jail on Friday. Police said that she had party JD (S) had not emerged BJP and somebody else became builder in Nala Sopara, Palghar police said. Bhumak, The 20-year-old model sneaked into the Indian terri- as the single largest party in the the chief minister. People have who had rented a room with some other boys in Nala walked free on Friday after civil tory through the porous Nepal Assembly elections. not chosen him (Kumaras- judge Surendra Pratap Singh why she was released today,” jail man Anuj Poddar had also border. “Sorry”, a vacation bench wamy as CM),” the lawyer said, Sopara, spoke to his mother last night. However, when issued her release order yes- superintendent Ramdhani said. helped her, SP (Crime) Alok She stayed in the Himala- comprising justices Adarsh adding, “why should the peo- she called him again sometime later, there was no terday. “Daria Molcha, who Two persons from Kolkata Sharma said. Molcha has been yan country with her friend Kumar Goel and Ashok ple of Karnataka suffer”. The response. was jailed under various sec- - Chandari Rawat and Adarsh sent to the Ukrainian embassy Imran Kashif for 15 days and Bhushan told the counsel Karnataka Assembly elections tions of the Indian Penal Code - had come here on a chartered in Delhi under police protec- after that she came to Gorakh- who mentioned the matter for held on May 12 for 222 of the TWO BROTHERS AMONG THREE DROWN (IPC) and the Foreigners Act, plane and they went to the chief tion, Senior Superintendent of pur on a fake driving licence. urgent listing. 224 seats had resulted in a hung SIDHI: Three teenagers today drowned in the Sone was released around 1.00 pm. judicial magistrate court for the Police Shalabh Mathur said. The STF sleuths had recov- The counsel for petitioner, assembly with the BJP getting River near Bhitari village in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi We had received the release release of Molcha. The application of the mod- ered USD 18000, a smart phone who has withheld his original 104 seats, the Congress win- district, a senior police official said. Two of those who order very late yesterday that is Gorakhpur-based business- el’s bail was rejected by the dis- and a tablet from her. name in the petition for “secu- ning 78 and JD(S) 37. MPOST drowned were siblings, the official added.”The incident occurred at 9am on Friday. The three teenagers and their family members had gone to the Sone river for a Culling of stray dogs in UP: SC refuses to pass interim order bath as part of a marriage-related ritual,” said Sidhi Add’l SP Suryakant Sharma. OUR CORRESPONDENT ing Justices Adarsh Kumar culled at Sitapur due to "fear animals were responsible for the lawyer had said. unless it was established that Goel and Ashok Bhushan said psychosis" which was created these deaths. The court had earlier agreed dogs were behind such attacks. UPENDRA RAI GETS BAIL NEW DELHI: The Supreme the matter would be heard in by the administration as the Earlier, one of the lawyers in to hear the plea filed by Gargi According to the plea, the NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Court on Friday refused to pass July. The counsel appearing district magistrate had given the case had told the apex court Srivastava against alleged ram- attacks have increased due journalist Upendra Rai, who was arrested by the CBI any interim order on a plea for one of the parties urged the statements that children were that there were two conflicting pant culling of stray dogs in to lack of proper and timely seeking a direction to author- bench to pass an interim order killed by stray dogs. reports on deaths of children in Sitapur. efforts by district adminis- for his alleged involvement in dubious financial transac- ities to stop alleged rampant directing authorities to stop The lawyer argued that one Sitapur district. The plea has sought a direc- tration and magnitude of the tions. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann granted culling of stray dogs in Sitapur culling of dogs in the district. of the committees, which had One report said that chil- tion to the state government to problem grew this month when the relief to Rai on a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and two district of the northern Indian "We are not issuing any gone to Sitapur to look into dren have died after being bit- ensure that no more killings unconfirmed reports of attacks sureties of like amount. Seeking bail in the case, Rai state of Uttar Pradesh follow- direction now. We will see it in reasons behind the death of ten by wild animals like hyenas, of community dogs take place being carried out by stray dogs had claimed that no purpose would be served by ing deaths of several children July," the bench observed. children, had said that none while the district magistrate's in the state as an after-effect appeared in the media after keeping him in further custody. in the region. At the outset, the counsel of the children were killed by report suggested that deaths of death of 13 children in the statements given by the dis- A vacation bench compris- alleged that dogs were illegally dogs and perhaps some wild have occurred due to dog bites, past seven months in Sitapur trict magistrate. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 mp Wuhan consensus between PM & No review of India’s stand on China-Pak Corridor: Def Min Xi to be reflected in SCO summit OUR CORRESPONDENT K J M VARMA our cooperation in these areas. tion between India and other CHENNAI: India does not India will work with the other member countries in the SCO.” view its relations with China BEIJING: The consensus member countries in this direc- He also highlighted the sig- through the prism of China- reached between Prime Min- tion,” he said. The SCO mem- nificance of Modi’s informal Pakistan ties, Defence Minis- ister Narendra Modi and Chi- bers include China, Russia, summit with Russian Presi- ter Nirmala Sitharaman said on nese President Xi Jinping in India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, dent Vladimir Putin at Sochi Friday, but ruled out the possi- Wuhan would be reflected at Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and on May 21 “where they dis- bility of New Delhi reviewing the Qingdao summit of the Uzbekistan.He said that India cussed how India and Rus- its stand on CPEC project, a Shanghai Cooperation Organ- would take part in the SCO sia view global developments major irritant in Sino-Indian isation, India’s envoy to China enthusiastically. Bambawale and the position they take relationship. Gautam Bambawale has said highlighted the consensus on these issues . “As all three She also said New Delhi is on the eve of the meeting reached between Modi and Xi countries, (India, China, Rus- alert to the economic assistance tomorrow. at their informal summit at the sia) are members of the SCO, provided by China to India’s Modi would attend the two- Chinese city of Wuhan in April we believe that the organisation neighbours and ramifications day summit of the eight-mem- and said it would be reflected at can play an important role in it could have for the country. ter,” she said. “As a result, even a strate- ber SCO in the estern Chinese the Qingdao summit. areas where we have common not have any doubts about our global affairs,” he said. “One thing I want to assure The CPEC comprises a gic presence could be enabled. city of Qingdao. This is the first He said the two leaders approaches. We will see that in wisdom and our abilities, espe- The main areas of the SCO’s here...we do not view our rela- bunch of projects aimed at I see a linkage. This is some- summit of the organisation reached consensus in two areas. Qingdao summit,” he said. cially of our leaders to achieve work is security, counter ter- tions with China through the upgrading infrastructure in thing which I think all of us, after the admission of India The first was that India and On India-China security this objective and this goal,” rorism and economic devel- prism of China-Pakistan rela- Pakistan and strengthening you (Chennai Centre for China and Pakistan as full members China are partners in progress cooperation in view of their he said. opment and economic growth tions,” the minister told an the economic ties between Studies) as a think tank, and we last year. During his stay in and development. differences on the border, he “...If we are able to achieve and cultural harmony and cul- event to mark the 10th anni- the two countries. The corri- as a government, constantly be Qingdao, Modi will also hold “Second there are many said, “India and China must this, then we will have an tural exchange, he said. versary of ‘Chennai Centre for dor will link Gwadar in south- alert to and understand its ram- several bilateral meetings with more commonalties between work together in the security impact on security, not only “So India and China worked China Studies’ here. western Pakistan to China’s ifications,” she said. the leaders of the SCO member India and China, many more area too”. “We might have our within this region, the Indo- very closely in the past one year Sitharaman brought up the Xinjiang province, and would Sitharaman said Pakistani countries including Xi. areas where we cooperate with differences in terms of where Pacific or the Asia Pacific in all areas and to enhance the issue of China-Pakistan Eco- pass through Pakistan-occu- military was becoming increas- “The focus on of SCO mem- each other than where we differ our border lies. We don’t have a region but it will have impact Shanghai spirit of the SCO,” he nomic Corridor (CPEC), and pied-Kashmir, a territory India ingly dependent on the Chi- bers is in the areas of security with each other,” he said. final resolution of India-China across the world,” he said. said. Asked about the opportu- made it clear that India will claims as its own. nese for arms and equipment. cooperation, countering ter- “Obviously, between any border. But I think it is very On India’s participation in nities and challenges faced by not “entertain any thought” of “The kind of economic “The focus of the reforms rorism, economic development two countries, including India important for India and China the SCO, he said, “We have the SCO, he said the SCO has reviewing its stand on it, as it assistance being extended to is therefore evidently moving as well as cultural exchange,” and China, there are some to ensure that peace and tran- been a very enthusiastic mem- many opportunities to reiter- concerned its sovereignty. many of our neighbours are towards the PLA (People’s Lib- Bambawale told state-run areas which we do not see eye quillity is maintained in the ber of the SCO. We have par- ate the values that it stands for, “It is an issue of sovereignty, all very clearly impacting the eration Army) Navy, PLA Air- China Daily and China Global to eye, where we have our own India, China border areas,” ticipated in all the meetings of including multi-polarity, the and we shall not entertain any economies there, probably force and PLA Rocket Forces as Television Network (CGTN). opinions. But the two lead- Bambawale said. “If we are the SCO. We are looking for- positive effects of globalisation, thought (other than the stated helping to bond a relationship opposed to erstwhile emphasis “We will continue to expand ers decided to work on the able to achieve this, we should ward to much close coopera- adhering to global rules. Indian position) on that mat- with those countries. on just the PLA,” she said. Kejriwal to oversee Hry Rahul Gandhi to KVS allows students to Increased rainfall activity between address national travel by air for events June 9-12 in Mumbai, says IMD political campaign OBC convention OUR CORRESPONDENT The new provisions laid OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Congress presi- down by KVS would be a great OUR CORRESPONDENT It is very likely to extend Corporation told PTI today. dent Rahul Gandhi will address NEW DELHI: The Kend- relief for the KVs located at to north coastal Maharash- "Our officers are ready and NEW DELHI: The AAP will a national OBC convention riya Vidyalaya Sangathan, hilly terrains as well as remote MUMBAI: The IMD on Fri- tra, including Mumbai, from are keeping a close watch on launch its political campaign here on June 11. an autonomous organisa- locations as it would save day predicted increased rainfall tomorrow," the statement said. the situation. Their weekly-offs from Sunday in Haryana, Top OBC leaders from across tion of the Human Resource their time. The deputy com- activity, including extremely "Extremely heavy rainfall at have been cancelled as well," where Assembly elections are the country would participate Development (HRD) Minis- missioner of concerned KVS heavy rains in isolated places, isolated places in these regions the official added. due next year, with Delhi Chief in the convention that would be try, has decided to extend air region has been empowered to between tomorrow and June is also very likely during this The IMD, in its forecast Minister Arvind Kejriwal say- held at the Talkatora stadium, travel facility to the students assess and allow the air travel. 12 along the north coastal belt period. The rainfall activity issued for today, said that a few ing it will be done under his the party said. The Congress of KVs for attending and par- The escort teachers/officials of Maharashtra which includes over these regions is likely to spells of rain or thundershow- “micro supervision”. is seeking to woo OBC voters ticipating in different activities accompanying the participat- Mumbai. reduce from June 12," the state- ers were likely to occur in the The Aam Aadmi Party for upcoming assembly polls organised by the KVS at the ing students would also be enti- A statement from the Indian ment informed. city and suburbs. (AAP) will contest all the Lok and the 2019 general elections. national level in different parts tled to air journey, the latest Meteorological Department It has also warned that Heavy rain is likely to occur Sabha and Assembly seats in Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the country. order said. (IMD) issued today informed winds, with speeds ranging at one or two places, it added. Haryana on the strength of Anti-Corruption Bureau was is an OBC and has touted his As per the order, the stu- In another development, that conditions were favourable between 40 kilometres per Earlier, Municipal Com- the development work done in snatched from us and taken out humble background to attract dents would be allowed to the KVS on Friday launched for the further advancement hour to 60 kmph, were likely missioner Ajoy Mehta had held Delhi by the AAP government, of our jurisdiction,” said Kejri- the backward classes in the avail air travel when the dis- an internal portal for monitor- of the Southwest monsoon along the coasts of Goa and a meeting of top civic officials Kejriwal told a group of Hary- wal, who hails from Rewari in past. MPOST tance between KV (starting ing the upcoming 49th KVS into more parts of the central Konkan between June 8-12. and those from the IMD yes- ana journalists here on Friday. Haryana. Siliguri Jalpaiguri point) and the venue (reach- national sports meet. The data Arabian Sea and Maharashtra, "We are on alert mode and terday in view of the forecast The AAP will launch a “We planned to deliver Development Authority ing point) of the event would be management of this mega event including Mumbai, during the precautionary measures are of heavy rain in the city during state-wide ‘Haryana Jodo’ food grains in sealed bags at above 500 km. The KV students would be digitised from this next 24 hours. in place. Preparatory work to the weekend. (Connect Haryana) campaign the doorsteps of people under would also avail air services in year, including lodging, board- "Increased rainfall activity coordinate with various agen- The city witnessed heavy from Sunday under which 15 PDS scheme but were told that case of any natural hazard, non- ing, eligibility certificates, over coastal Karnataka, Goa cies for any eventuality is also rains yesterday resulting in to 20 party volunteers will link we will have to take permission availability of confirmed tickets I-cards and points tally of the and south Maharashtra is likely in place," a spokesperson of water-logged streets and late up with people at the block and from the Centre and we could in AC class, etc. participants. to continue till June 10. the Brihanmumbai Municipal running suburban trains. village levels, he said. not do so,” he said. The AAP recently held a “Our volunteers will tell day’s training camp for its over Haryana people that how we Oppn disrupts proceedings in Kerala ED appeals to court to issue 2,500 workers at Kurukshetra will be able to implement our to teach them how to connect schemes in a better way in the with the common public and state if we were in power,” he House over CM’s ‘extremist’ remark NBAs against Nirav, others tell them about development said. works done in Delhi despite “The campaign will be car- THIRUVANANTHA- to allow a debate, the Speaker House plunged into turmoil ‘hurdles’ created by the Modi ried out for at least for two PURAM: The Kerala Assem- said Congress parliamentary with ruling bench legislators OUR CORRESPONDENT government. months across all 90 assem- bly on Friday witnessed noisy secretary K C Joseph, MLA, also joining the issue. “During our 49 days of bly seats in the state under my scenes with the Congress-led has written a letter to the Chair UDF members had come to MUMBAI: The Enforcement the first tenure in Delhi, we micro supervision,” Kejriwal opposition UDF protesting seeking to expunge the remarks the house wearing a badge ask- Directorate on Friday appealed curbed corruption but later the added. the remarks of Chief Minister terming it as ‘undignified’ and ing the chief minister whether to a special court here to take Pinarayi Vijayan that a section ‘defamatory’. they were extremist. cognisance of its charge sheet IAF fighter plane Siliguri Jalpaiguri of it was encouraging extrem- ‘The chair is examining the As the commotion contin- and issue non-bailable war- Development Authority ist elements. letter of Joseph, the speaker ued, Chennithala announced rants against diamantaire Nirav develops snag, The opposition sought to added. Leader of Opposition that they were boycotting pro- Modi and his family members raise the issue as an adjourn- Ramesh Chennithala insisted ceedings and trooped out of in the over USD 2 billion Pun- (PMLA) in the over Rs 13,000 pilot ejects safely ment motion during zero hour, on a discussion, saying the the house. Making a statement jab National Bank fraud case. crore PNB scam case. which Speaker P Sreeramak- chief minister’s remarks were in the House in the absence of The agency had last month During the proceeed- JAMNAGAR: An IAF Jaguar rishnan disallowed saying that very serious. the Opposition, Vijayan said he filed a 12,000 page-charge sheet ing today, ED’s counsel Hiten fighter jet on Friday developed a debate could not be allowed He alleged that Vijayan had had reminded about the dan- in the court against Nirav Modi Venegaonkar appealed to spe- a technical snag during land- on a remark made by a mem- insulted the entire opposition ger of extremism and need for and 23 others, including his cial PMLA court judge Salman ing at the Jamnagar Air Force ber in the House. Vijayan yes- and also the people of Aluva. a vigil against militancy. father Deepak Modi, sister Azmee to take cognisance of base. The pilot of the aircraft is terday, while replying to an As UDF members con- He said his stand on the Purvi Mehta, brother-in-law the charge sheet and issue non- safe as he ejected in time, said adjournment motion notice tinued anti-government slo- issue was very clear and Maiank Mehta, brother Nee- bailable warrants against Modi the official. “At around 9:20 am, related to an incident of alleged ganeering near the well of the stressed that it was a fact that shal Modi and another relative as well other accused persons, the pilot of a Jaguar aircraft, on police torture of a man at Aluva house, the Speaker accepted the there was intervention of Nehal Modi. including those from his family. a routine mission from Jam- in Kochi, had stated the pro- chief minister’s request to speak extremist forces behind the The ED has charged the The court said it would pass nagar, safely ejected when the test against police that followed on the issue. protest against police in Aluva. accused persons under vari- its order on June 12. aircraft developed a snag dur- the incident had “an extremist When Vijayan rose to Encouraging such ele- ous sections of the Indian Nirav Modi is said to have ing the landing phase. It was a character.” speak, opposition members ments would be a danger to Penal Code and the Preven- left the country before criminal minor accident. Pilot is safe,” Justifying his decision not disrupted his speech and the the nation, he added. MPOST tion of Money Laundering Act cases were lodged against him. said the official. MPOST Government of West Bengal North Bengal Development Department Government of West Bengal Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri Centre asks states not to give 15 cases of fire in trains North Bengal Development Department Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri ABRIDGED -NIT Auction Ref Name of work Estimated Amount Last date of bid any documents to Rohingyas ABRIDGED -e-NIT submission in last 5 months; railway NIT-11 Repairing of concealed water pipeline Rs. 57,442.00 26/06/2018 Auction Ref Name of work Estimated Amount Last date of bid OF at PIU-II, Vivekananda Bhawan, 1st upto 14.00 OUR CORRESPONDENT submission 2018-19 floor, Hill cart Road, Siliguri in the hours “After getting the infor- NIT-13 OF Construction of Science Block at Rs. 5,33,00,185.00 10/07/2018 District of Darjeeling 2018-19 Birpara up to mation from the state gov- board sounds alarm College, Birpara in the Dist. of 15:00 Hours Alipurduar, Sd/- Superintending Engineer JAMMU: Union Home Min- ernments about the number North Bengal Development Department ister Rajnath Singh on Fri- of Rohingyas, we will hand OUR CORRESPONDENT sons like miscreant activities, West Bengal (G+1 storied). day said all states have been over the case to the Ministry improper maintenance of roll- Sd/- Superintending Engineer Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in asked to conduct a survey of of External Affairs (MEA). We NEW DELHI: Fifteen cases of ing stock, loading of prohib- North Bengal Development Department Rohingya Muslims living in will talk to the Burma (Myan- fire-related accidents have been ited items... Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in the country, but have been cau- mar) government for starting reported in trains in the last “Above incidents indicates For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in tioned against providing any the process of their (Rohing- five months primarily due to laxity in maintenance of rolling legal documents to the com- yas) deportation,” he said. improper maintenance of roll- stock and lack of supervision, munity that would help the lat- The MHA had written to ing stock and lack of supervi- slack supervision of commod- Government of West Bengal ter claim Indian citizenship. all the states, asking them to sion, a Railway Board letter has ities being loaded, insufficient North Bengal Development Department He was responding to ques- identify the Rohingyas living said, instructing zonal railways security...”, the letter dated May Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri tions about the steps taken in their respective states and a to take corrective measures to 31 said. by the Ministry of Home survey be conducted to know minimise such incidents in the In the letter the board has ABRIDGED -e-NIT Affairs (MHA) to deport the their numbers in order to start future. pointed out zone-wise how lack e-NIT ref. Name of work Estimated Last date Rohingyas. the deportation process. The letter addressed to all of proper maintenance as well no. Amount of Bid “Advisory was issued to More than 10,000 Rohingya General Managers of zones as monitoring of goods being submission NIT-10 Construction of Road from Maharajpur to Chattar ` 02/07/2018 up them (all states) that no docu- Muslims are living in the state states that such incidents have loaded in trains had led to such of (Zero Point) via Kumarganj at Maharajpur GP & 2,99,38,160.00 to 15:00 Sripur GP Ratua - II Block, Dist. Malda.(Length 6.14 Hours ment should be given to them of Jammu and Kashmir. Their shown ‘laxity in maintenance accidents. 2018-19 Km) (Rohingyas) so that they claim presence is most found in of rolling stock’ and preven- In Agra Division a coach NIT-14 Improvement of Road by Cement Concrete from ` 02/07/2018 up citizenship of the country in Jammu and Samba districts of tive action must be taken in caught fire due to electrical of Kochpokhor PMGSY Road to Sonokol via Kananpara, 2,41,43,817.00 to 15:00 2018-19 Mouza, Daulatpur, JL No. 92 under Masaldah GP, future,” the minister told a press the state. this regard. short circuit and in another Harischandrapur-II Block , Dist Malda. (Length 3.785 Hours conference here. Chief Minister Mehbooba “In the last five months, instance, in NR zone in Delhi KM) Singh said the process of Mufti had in January said in there are 15 cases of fire acci- Division, another fire broke Sd/- Executive Engineer deportation of the community the state assembly that some dents/incidents reported over out because charged electronic North Bengal Development Department would begin once the survey madrasas were associated with zonal railways involving loco- goods or mobile batteries were Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in information from all the states the Rohingya Muslims in the motives, coaching stock and stored in the luggage portion For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in reaches the ministry. state. freight stock due to various rea- of the coach. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 EDITORIAL Among worst peaceful nations Putin no ‘tsar’ Terror, instability, and internal conflicts affect the peaceful ussian President Vladimir Putin said he and US President Donald Trump “regularly talk over the status of India, elaborates Gyan Pathak phone” and that the pair work well together in the fight against international terrorism, but suggested gainst the popular belief Ra formal summit between the two was not imminent despite among Indians that India mounting speculation. Speaking to Austrian television chan- is one of the most peace- nel ORF, Putin said he “fully agreed” with Trump on the pos- ful nations of the world, it sibility that a new arms race between the countries could Ahas been declared 28th worst peace- break out and hoped the two leaders could work together ful nation ranking 136th out of 163 to prevent it. When asked why there had been no US-Russia nations measured for peacefulness by bilateral summit since Trump became President, Putin said the Global Peace Index 2018. In com- he had met Trump more than once at international events parison to last year, India scored only a but signalled that there were no immediate plans for a for- little better by 0.025 pushing its rank up mal meeting. “I think that the possibility of these meetings by four from 140th rank. The country’s depends on the internal political situation in the United The economic overall score is 2.504 on a scale of 0-10. States,” Putin said. “The congressional election campaign is The slightly improved overall score getting underway and then there will be the next Presiden- cost of violence for India was due to the government’s tial election and the President of the United States is com- for India was efforts to tackle violent crime, falling ing under attack over various matters.” levels of military expenditure, particu- Trump and Putin had spoken over the phone eight 806,236.9 larly on weapons imports, resulting in times, according to readouts distributed by the White million dollars improvement in its Militarisation score. House. They have met in person twice, once at a formal However, the concentration of power in bilateral meeting in Germany and once on the sidelines of in 2017 while the office of Prime Minister Narendra a leaders’ summit in Vietnam. It is interesting that Putin is the economic Modi led to deterioration in India’s score well up with all that is happening in the US. And this, at a for Political Instability, and the country’s time when Special Counsel Mueller is busy investigating impact was of scores on the Political Terror Scale and who were involved colluding with Russia during the 2016 1,190,509.6 Internal Conflicts, at 4 and 4.7 respec- Presidential elections. Several Russian oligarchs keep get- tively, remain elevated, says the report. ting asked by the media how much if at all, they had paid million dollars. While referring to South Asia, the some of the individuals who had or are likely to face sum- As percentage report said that the strengthening scores mons from Mueller. Putin has never ever spoken on the on the Political Terror Scale, refugees matter and it is hardly likely that he ever will. of GDP of the and IDPs, and terrorism impact were His visit to Austria, his first foreign trip since his re- country the total partially offset by deterioration in exter- election in March, is seen by some as a move to provoke. nal conflicts after a border dispute with After all, the Far Right has taken over the reins. Their tak- cost of violence China flared in the Doklam Pass. The ing over inspired some young Germans who managed to was 9 per cent, three-month standoff involved India, External conflicts after a border dispute with China in Doklam have impacted India’s peace rating (Representational Image) grab 13 per cent of the total votes and made it very difficult which sent troops to the area. for Chancellor Angela Merkel to form a coalition with the ranking 59th in On relations with the neighbouring 1970 or have withdrawn since signing. ranking as the 16th most militarised dollars. Social Democrats who were in a position to set the terms the world. The per countries, the report said that India kept India is estimated to have around 700 country. It means, in terms of peaceful- It is of great concern that global for a government to be formed. The Austrian Far Right peace until 1980 but it declined since nuclear weapons in 2015 compared to ness, that India is the 16th worst coun- peacefulness has deteriorated by 2.38 also stood out for showing its support and understanding capita loss due then. Diplomatic exchanges increased around 800 the previous year. try of the world. Israel is the worst in per cent since 2008. It deteriorated for for Russia at a time when most Western powers were busy to violence was but at a much slower rate. China main- In the GPI domain score, relating peacefulness with most militarised sta- eight of the last eleven years, with the expelling diplomats and ordering them back to Moscow. 595.4 dollars tained a lower number of diplomatic to ongoing domestic and international tus. Afghanistan and Pakistan are even last improvement in peacefulness occur- Austria did nothing of the kind. This visit of Putin, there- exchanges until surpassing Russia and conflict, India scores 2.826 securing the more militarised than India, being at ring in 2014. The current year is thus the fore, has also been his way of recognising the gesture and India in 1980. India is thus far behind position of the17th worst country in 14th and 12th in the world. In other fourth successive year of deterioration. showing his gratitude. Precisely what ramifications this will China in diplomatic exchanges, which the world. Syria is presently the worst words, Pakistan and Afghanistan are Global Peace Index is prepared by have in the long run remains to be seen, but Austria could is not only a tool for deterrence to other country. Afghanistan and Pakistan are 12th and 14th worst peaceful countries the Institute for Economics & Peace always do with a powerful friend. For his part, Putin said countries, but also for conflict preven- 2nd and 4th worst countries. All other in terms of militarisation. Keeping in headquartered in Sydney. It is an inde- that the EU sanctions “are hurtful to all, those who initi- tion, apart from other economic and countries in South Asia are faring bet- mind the legacy of conflicts between pendent, non-partisan, non-profit think ate the measures and those who they are targeted against,” political benefits. ter than India. India and Pakistan, the militarisation of tank dedicated to shifting the world’s but insisted that Russia has “overcome all the difficulties On safety and security, the report On societal safety and security, India both the countries to such a high degree focus to peace as a positive, achievable, associated with the external restrictions.” said that India’s military personnel rate scores 2.356, which is indicative of the is a cause of great concern not only for and tangible measure of human well- Interestingly, Putin dismissed claims that the Russian almost tripled in the 1960s and the fact that the country needs to give more both the countries, but also for South being and progress. The GPI covers 99.7 leadership is seeking to maintain links with nationalist par- 1970s, but has since declined slowly. attention to improve the situation. The Asia and the word. per cent of the world’s population, using ties in Europe in a bid to sow division on the continent. “It It reflects the changing nature of war- scores of majority of the countries of The GPI has also estimated the cost 23 qualitative and quantitative indica- is not our aim to divide anything or anybody in Europe. fare, which increasingly relies on tech- the world have been deteriorating on of violence. The economic cost of vio- tors from highly respected sources, and On the contrary, we want to see a united and prosperous nological strength rather than the sheer this account. Therefore, in comparison lence for India was 806,236.9 million measures the state of peace using three European Union, because the EU is our biggest trade and number of personnel. In this context it to other countries it ranks 60th in the dollars in 2017 while the economic thematic domains: the level of Societal economic partner. The more problems there are within the refers to successful detonation of nuclear world. This rank is not a matter of sat- impact was of 1,190,509.6 million dol- Safety and Security; the extent of Ongo- European Union, the greater the risks and uncertainties for weapons by India among Pakistan and isfaction for India, because its score is lars. As percentage of GDP of the coun- ing Domestic and International Conflict; us.” Putin also rejected the accusation, prompted by his 18 North Korea, the countries which did still higher enough to make people mis- try the total cost of violence was 9 per and the degree of Militarisation. IPA continuous years spent either as President or Prime Min- not sign on the Treaty for Non-Prolif- erable with great sufferings. cent, ranking 59th in the world. The per (The views expressed ister of Russia, that he is a ‘tsar.’ “It is not true. It is false eration of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) of On Militarisation, India scores 2.413, capita loss due to violence was 595.4 are strictly personal) and completely detached from reality because Russia is a democracy and we all live under the constitution,” he said. However, when asked if he will remain in power as dear Prime Minister after his current Presidential term ends in SUSTAINABLE POWER EDITOR millenniumpost.in 2024, which the constitution dictates must be his last as Quote martial Log on to write letters to the President, Putin did not rule it out. Indeed, constitutional After seventy years of Independence, two hundred million people of India remain deprived of grid- compulsions had him serve a term as Prime Minister once When it comes to connected electricity as World Bank reported recently. Although the total installed power generating editor or send them to upon a time with his friend, Medvedev, as the President. 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Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah where he can always call the shots. Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 AMARNATH BHADRA Via email From pelting Weaves of change stone to sports There is a quiet revolution brewing in the world of textile and it is happening all around us he expression of agitation by the youth of Kashmir of late has its genesis in the antago- ears ago, as a journalism stu- nism instigated by the local security forces. dent, I had visited the weav- The personal narratives of young Kashmiris in ers of Kanchipuram in Tamil Tanguish not only blemish the police but also speak of Nadu for a college depriva- violation of human rights. Nabbing minors and keeping Ytion trip. The beautiful craft of the them in custody shadows the provisions of the Juvenile SHUTAPA PAUL silk, the intricate gold and silver zari Justice Act, the aim of which is to secure the juveniles work, and the meticulous attention in a place where they’re not exposed to negative influ- to detail left me stunned, as did the ence which may etch an irreversibly negative impact on squalid conditions of the weavers’ their psyche. A serious concern here is how such ongo- existence. Traditional weavers across ings run a grave risk of the youth fostering more hatred the country have struggled to eke out for the authority which they should be ideally looking a living. Their art, which often takes up to; instead, they admire the separatist ideology and few days to complete, has been super- feel motivated to (unknowingly) side with the organised seded by modern, convenient cloth- crime segment. Union Home Ministry’s move to retract The change in ing. In some hearty news, much has cases against the stone-pelting minors reflects the Cen- changed in the textile world in the last tre’s determination to settle the unrest in the valley. our consumption decade. Consumers like you and me Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on his two-day patterns are rediscovering traditional weaves, visit to Jammu and Kashmir, announced to withdraw and hopefully even our own roots. cases against those “misled into stone pelting”. In a bid and greater There is a quiet revolution brewing to help them secure their future, the Centre and the state inclusiveness in the world of textile and it is happen- government had initiated several schemes that serve to ing all around us. We are now proudly rehabilitate and reorient youth. “The power of educa- in fashion is parading our handloom saris, tussar tion and miracle of sports will lead you to new successes. gradually making dresses, and khadi shirts. The ‘100 Seeing so many youth together here at the stadium, I Sari Pact’ witnessed women across can now assure you that no power in the world can stop real changes the spectrum pledging to wear saris, ushering in a new dawn here,” Singh said while address- on the ground. especially traditional ones, more often. ing a gathering. He also felicitated several sportspersons The Khadi campaign has never been from the state including nine-year-old Tajamul Ismal A women as strong as it is today with the coun- who won the kickboxing world championship against entrepreneur try’s topmost designers opting to cre- competitors from 90 countries. With the sanction of ate Khadi-based clothing lines. The several projects, including development of stadiums running a government has been encouraging in all districts of the state which is estimated to cost Rs traditional sari and Textiles Minister Smriti Irani even 88 crore, the Home Minister said that J&K youth can started an online campaign. While all change the destiny of India and the government is com- brand from these are but optics, it was exciting to mitted to changing the fate of the strife-stricken Valley. Kolkata today see the response of hundreds of neti- Indigenous weaves are getting a boost as they are steadily gaining renewed popularity (Representational Image) Pain and misery catalyse a feeling of retribution, which employs 130 zens who too decided to brandish can take a superlative form depending on the severity of their wares. This change in mindset, making real changes on the ground. community. From Benarasi and Kerala community will need lots of sops and the pain induced and immaturity of the person. In this women weavers; the ability and desire to love one’s own A women entrepreneur running a Kasavu to Chanderi and Bengal Tant, handholding to strengthen itself. Till case, children, lacking appropriate wisdom to look at all a few months traditions was a long-time coming and traditional sari brand from Kolkata all are getting a modern spin, thanks then, the more we buy and wear tradi- aspects from a neutral and mature point of view, may I am glad that it has finally arrived. today employs 130 women weavers to these crusaders. tional weaves, the better the plight of end up taking arms against those who inflict misery. On ago, it was just 30 This is also marvellous news for from the districts of West Bengal; a The handloom sector is the second the weaver in India. As for the weavers the brighter side, positive development through initiated the traditional weavers who have been few months ago, it was just 30. At the largest employment-provider in India in Kanchipuram, I hear that they have schemes in sports and employment gives the youth an debt-ridden and sometimes compelled crux of this silent revolution, are a after agriculture. It directly provides received a helping hand from a Finn- undeterred path towards future. This move highlights by circumstances to take their own clutch of independent designers who livelihood to 4.3 million people. With ish technology company that plans to the government’s belief in the youth and counters the lives. More often than not they have have picked up the cudgels to create so many mouths to feed, the increased start a cluster development programme separatist influence that may have worked its way inside stared at a bleak future for themselves an ecosystem between the weavers acceptance of handloom does not, to digitally empower them. their heads while urging the youth to scale their poten- and their progeny. The change in our and consumers. Of course, they too however, mean that it will be a quick fix (The writer is a journalist and tial and perform without obstructions. consumption patterns and greater are making a tidy profit but may their for the weaver community. It is, how- media entrepreneur. The views inclusiveness in fashion is gradually tribe increase for highlighting a dying ever, a step in the right direction. The expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 mp in focus Uncertain macroeconomic stability While GDP growth is on the rise, some serious problems persist

he Indian economic growth figures for January-March 2018 quarter announced early June are certainly encouraging. The CSO figures say K R SUDHAMAN Tfourth quarter of 2017-18 recorded 7.7 per cent GDP growth, which is an eight-quarter high. Following this growth momentum, the overall GDP is now revised upwards to 6.7 per cent for 2017-18. This indicates that the impact of demonetisation is fad- ing and GST related glitches are getting resolved, rating agency Crisil says, adding the broad take away is that there has been a sharp upturn in economic activity. The cor- porate results, too, are healthy and looking up. There is no doubt that the economy is on a recovery mode but there are several problems in the economy, which are not getting reflected in the GDP figures. These irritants could derail the growth process if correctives were not found immediately. Demonetisation had, in fact, done long- term damage to the economy and it is going Inflationary to take several years to overcome it. The pressure is impact on growth could never be recov- ered as growth lost for some period is lost another area for all time to come. The entire informal where one needs sector, small-scale sector and agriculture are in doldrums. What is important is to to keep a watch. make this growth inclusive so that there is The fact that the a big push in the efforts to eradicate pov- erty. There are still over 400 million people Reserve Bank of in India who do not get two square meals India hiked the a day. The government may boast of improved short-term rates agriculture growth at 2.8 per cent in 2017- by 25 basis points 18 as against 1.8 per cent in the previous year. There is bumper harvest this year for the first time with food grain production at a record 275 in four and a half million and horticulture, including fruits years this week and vegetables, at over 300 million tonnes. There is surplus production of pulses and indicates that all milk. All these augur well for economy. is not well with But farmers are not happy because they are not getting remunerative prices. While the economy, the input costs like seeds, fertilisers, pesti- especially on the cides and so on are going up manifold, farm products are fetching prices which are not Though there are signs of economic recovery and green shoots in corporate spending, the economy is still sick and needs much done for it to stabilise (Representational Image) inflation front enough to even meet the production costs. More than three lakh farmers have com- mitted suicide in recent years and there to 7.5 per cent. Global institutions have the economy is the high diesel and petrol growth. Pick up in exports will happen nomic recovery and green shoots in corpo- is a sort of great depression in agriculture forecast GDP growth ranging from 7.2 to prices, which have a cascading effect on the when big-ticket exports reform happen rate spending, the economy is still sick and in India. It is a piquant situation wherein 7.5 per cent. This looks good. But are we economy. This is bound to push inflation. and that seems to be not in sight in the near there are problems with macroeconomic there is surplus production but no buyers; in a comfortable situation? The answer is a This is a double whammy for farmers. On term. Infrastructure is a major bottleneck to stability. Inflationary pressure is another as a result, farmers are forced to agitate and big no. Crisil itself has forecast Rs five lakh the one hand, they are not getting just price exports and that cannot be fixed overnight. area where one needs to keep a watch. The dump their products on the streets. Tomato crore slippages in non performing assets of for their products because of surplus pro- With crude oil prices ranging between fact that the Reserve Bank hiked the short- fields are being allowed to be grazed by farm banks in 2017-18, which mars their profit- duction and on the other transporting their $75 and $80 per barrel this year, current term rates by 25 basis points for the first animals as it is not fetching prices enough ability. As a result, the total slippages in the produce to markets is becoming increas- account deficit is expected to widen to 3 time in four and a half years this week indi- to cover the cost of production. Garlic sell- past three years have gone up to Rs 13.6 ingly expensive due to high fuel costs. To per cent of GDP or $80 billion during 2017- cates all is not well with the economy, espe- ing at Rs 8,000 a quintal has dropped to less lakh crore. This meant that overall non- top it all, farm labour, who are construction 18. Besides, the combined fiscal deficit of cially on the inflation front. It is time that than Rs 500 a quintal in a matter of a couple performing assets as on March 31, 2018, workers during off-season, are not getting the Centre and states put together is in the Modi government started thinking out of of years. This is a worrying situation as over was Rs 10.3 lakh crore as against Rs 8 lakh jobs as the construction industry has slowed range of 6.5 per cent of GDP. This is despite the box to fix the ills of the economy – farm 50 per cent of the 1.25 billion people in the crore in the previous year after taking into down considerably after demonetisation. So the fact that states got a bonanza by way of distress, jobless growth, lack of consump- country are farmers. account the restructuring of loans. This is their earnings during farm season as well as 10 per cent hike to 42 per cent devolution tion demand, particularly rural demand, The high growth does not reflect the not a happy situation as lending is going to off-season are badly hit. from the central pool of taxes as recom- infrastructure bottleneck, problem of whole story. There is significant jobless become a major problem unless the banks Though there has been some pick up in mended by the 14th Finance Commission. exports, twin deficits of current account growth. Only 8 lakh new jobs have been are adequately recapitalised, which means exports, trade deficit is widening because This means that though states revenue and combined fiscal deficit. It is a tall ask created against the requirement of nearly a heavy financial burden to the exchequer. of high oil imports due to increasing crude improved considerably, their revenue defi- and Modi will have to wield his magic wand 50 lakhs over a four year period. The fiscal health of the economy has gone oil prices and the depreciating rupee. Also, cits are going up, which is not a good sign to straighten things up. IPA Crisil says the growth momentum will for a toss. the pick-up in exports is not commensu- as they are indulging in fiscal profligacy. (The views expressed help in pushing overall growth in 2018-19 Another important worrying factor in rate with the global economic and trade In sum, though there are signs of eco- are strictly personal)

tweet Towering heights of waste RETWEET Kushagra Dixit explains how despite new rules of waste management, Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill is growing 15 metres in a year RAMACHANDRA GUHA @Ram_Guha ven as the country’s waste man- agement rules call for effective recycling and have fixed a cap of 20 metres on landfill sites, A Congressman I know used a cricketing EDelhi’s huge un-engineered dumping metaphor for the renegade’s speech in grounds have grown taller by two to 15 Nagpur: It is one thing, he said, to score metres in the past 12 months, officials runs on flat tracks at home in front of an in the know have told IANS. adoring crowd. What Pranab did was akin to India revised its decade-old solid hitting a hundred on a bouncy Perth wicket. waste management rules in 2016 but several norms seem to have collapsed at Delhi’s three un-engineered and over- According to the saturated landfills -- Ghazipur in the east, Okhla in the south, and Bhalaswa KNOW YOUR LEGACY 2016 solid waste in the north. Only the one at Bawana @INCHistory management in the northwest is a “engineered solid waste dumping and processing site”. rules, a landfill A source of air-pollution and acci- site must not dents, nearly one per cent of the Ghazi- 8th June 1948: Air India's aircraft, Malabar pur landfill collapsed in September 2017, Princess took its first international flight exceed 20 metres claiming two lives. Over past year, Ghazi- from Bombay to London via Cairo & Geneva. in height, must pur has grown taller by 15 metres, from Chairman of Air India, JRD Tata carried not be older than 50 metres in 2017 to about 65 metres at messages of goodwill from PM Nehru to the present, officials told IANS. Besides, the PMs of Great Britain, Egypt & Pres. of Swiss 22-25 years and landfill at Bhalaswa has grown by about About one per cent of the Ghazipur landfill collapsed in September 2017 and killed two two metres and that at Okhla has gained Republic. must have a five metres in height and acquired 14 for constructing a 74 km stretch of the has stopped growing after adding five no less than 65 to 72 million tonnes. This clay-lining at the acres of additional area. 137-km-long Delhi-Meerut Express- metres in the past year. Waste is now figure is expected to rise to 436 million bottom to save “It’s gaining height rather than losing way. There’s been no forward move- dumped at another recently-acquired tonnes by 2050. as planned. At present Ghazipur land- ment on this. 14-acre plot. Delhi is also a top producer of plastic RAKSHA MANTRI the land and fill site must be around 60 to 65 metres. According to the 2016 solid-waste “We have stopped further dumping waste -- 689.52 tonnes daily, while India @DefenceMinIndia ground water About 50 per cent is bio-degradable management rules, a landfill site must as the landfill grew to 55 metres spread produces over 25,000 tonnes every day, while about five to seven per cent is plas- not exceed 20 metres in height, must over 32 acres. Additional 14 acres of area of which only 60 per cent is collected and tic,” Pradeep Khandelwal, Chief Engi- not be older than 22-25 years and must is partially operational for now,” Tufel processed, according to Union Environ- Smt @nsitharaman inaugurates 12 MW neer, East Delhi Municipal Corporation have a clay-lining at the bottom to save Ahmed, an SDMC official, told IANS. ment Minister Harsh Vardhan. (EDMC), told IANS. the land and ground water. He added that the plan is to reduce the According to business analysts, the Solar Power Plant , Heavy Vehicles Factory “We have been successful in avoiding “About 2,000 tonnes of mixed gar- height of Okhla landfill to 30-35 metres, Indian waste management industry has at Avadi,. Tamil Nadu. The new solar power untoward incidents; there have only been bage is dumped here everyday,” Sanjay for which the process of cutting and slop- a potential of $15 billion with promis- plant will provide green energy to the factory two fire incidents since October 2017,” Jain, Engineer, Department of Environ- ing is underway. ing growth prospects. Inability to tap & promote #GreenIndia. Khandelwal said, adding that EDMC, in ment Maintenance Services (DEMS) at According to Ahmed, a new waste- this potential, according to experts, is a collaboration with IIT-Delhi, is working North Delhi Municipal Corporation to-energy plant at Okhla, for which the “major inaction”. on giving a proper shape and slope to (NDMC), that manages Bhalaswa land- tendering process is being worked out, Swati Singh, waste management the landfill so that it does not collapse. fill site, told IANS. The Bhalaswa landfill will help divert 2,000 to 2,200 tonnes expert at the Centre for Science and The Ghazipur landfill, spread over is spread over 40 acres and has gained of garbage being dumped there every Environment, told IANS: “In January MAHESH BHATT 70 acres of land, holds about 150 lakh about two metres in height since 2017, day. In 2016, while India produced 62 2018, solid waste management bylaws @MaheshNBhatt tonnes of waste. It was supposed to be officials said. million tonnes of solid waste annually, were formed in Delhi, under the 2016 shut in 2008 as it had been polluting the “Our plan is to cap the height here... of which only 12 million tonnes were revision of old waste rules, yet there has air, water and soil since 1984. a tender for waste to energy is awaited, treated, Delhi produced over 14,000 been no progress in Delhi’s landfill sites, Officials at EDMC reiterated a two- so that it does not grow any further,” tonnes daily. they should have ideally been completely Freedom isn't a destination; it's a state of year-old story that solid-waste from Jain added. There are no clear figures for 2018 shut.” IANS mind. Ghazipur will be used by the National The Okhla landfill site under South but experts estimate that the current (The views expressed Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) annual solid waste generation must be are strictly of IANS) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 Trump calls for Russia return to Xi touts Putin ties as US G7 ahead of showdown with allies

LA MALBAIE (Canada): Donald Trump made a shock tensions bring them closer call on Friday for Russia to be readmitted into the G7 as he headed for a showdown with BEIJING: President Xi Jinping US and South Korea. America's closest allies at a gave China's first friendship Putin also said they dis- summit set to be dominated medal to Russian counterpart cussed Iran but didn't provide by a roiling trade dispute. Vladimir Putin on Friday as details. Trump was to be the last the neighbouring giants touted Maria Repnikova, direc- Group of Seven leader to their close ties amid diplomatic tor of the Center for Global arrive in Canada for the two- and economic challenges from Information Studies at Geor- day summit, and on Saturday the US. gia State University in the US, he will probably be the first to Xi placed the large golden said China makes Russia look leave, in a hurry to move on medal around Putin's neck at "stronger and more relevant" to his nuclear summit with US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House the grandiose Great Hall of the on the global stage. North Korea's Kim Jong Un People in front of dignitaries For its part, Russia allows in Singapore. But battlelines Washington's traditional allies. able US leader, made it clear from both countries. China's China to show the US that it were drawn even before he The "America First" presi- that they would prefer no con- "highest honour" is bestowed has "other options" in interna- arrived, in a series of dueling dent's broadsides before leav- sensus to a climb down on on foreigners who have made tional negotiations, she said. tweets and statements between ing Washington reinforced trade. "The American President "outstanding contributions" "Trump's policies justi- Trump and his former friend predictions that the G7 summit may not mind being isolated, to the country's modernisa- fied (the) growing closeness, President Emmanuel Macron in Quebec might be the first but neither do we mind signing tion drive and helped maintain especially for Russia but also of France over Washington's such get-together to end with- a six country agreement if need world peace, Xi said. for China given the volatile imposition of tariffs on imports out an agreed joint statement. be," Macron said in a tweet. "This medal of friendship relationship with the United from US allies. "All of these countries have "Because these six countries represents the Chinese peo- States," Repnikova told AFP. And Trump caused more been taking advantage of the represent values, they represent ple's lofty respect for Presi- Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, congratulates Russian President Vladimir Putin after presenting him But, she said "it's an asym- eyebrows to be raised by tell- United States on trade," he said an economic market which has dent Putin, and symbolises the with the Friendship Medal in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday AP/PTI metrical relationship with Rus- ing reporters that he wanted before flying out. "We have the weight of history behind it profound friendship between sia more dependent on China Russia -- which was expelled massive trade deficits with and which is now a true inter- China and Russia," he said. Gabuev, senior fellow at the recovery of the world econ- Xi "is approachable and than vice versa, especially in from the group of the world's almost every country. We will national force." Trudeau told The most powerful Rus- Carnegie Moscow Center, told omy. Economic globalisation sincere", Putin told CGTN. the economic sphere". most industrialized nations straighten that out. And I'll tell reporters that the US justifica- sian and Chinese leaders in AFP. "Both share scepticism and regional economic inte- "But he's also a very depend- After the Beijing visit, after annexing Crimea -- to be you what, it's what I do. tion for the tariffs on steel and decades, Putin and Xi have towards American hegemony gration are the trend of the able man to work with." Putin will join Xi at a weekend brought back into the fold. "It won't even be hard and aluminum on national security forged closer ties as US Pres- and distrust US intentions, times," Xi said. Putin told reporters that summit of the Shanghai Coop- "They threw Russia out. in the end, we'll all get along." grounds was "laughable," trig- ident Donald Trump has both are authoritarian person- Putin noted that bilateral the two leaders had discussed eration Organisation (SCO) They should let Russia come Host Canada and its Euro- gering a riposte from Trump on labelled both countries eco- alistic rulers," he said. trade between Russia and the situation on the Korean in the eastern Chinese city back in because we should pean allies are striving to put Twitter. "Please tell Prime Min- nomic rivals that challenge US Putin was re-elected to a China hit USD 87 billion last peninsula. of Qingdao. China and Rus- have Russia at the negotiating together a united front to ister Trudeau and President interests and values. Before the fourth Kremlin term in March. year and rose by 31 per cent "It is positive that the inter- sia lead the regional security table," he said before boarding oppose Trump's opposition of Macron that they are charging medal ceremony, Putin said That same month, Xi was given in the first quarter of this year. Korean negotiations which group, which includes former Air Force One. tariffs of aluminum, steel, cars the US massive tariffs and cre- the two heads of state had a path to indefinite rule when "If we are able to keep up have begun are moving along Soviet states and new mem- With unmistakable sym- and other exports, but the mar- ate non-monetary barriers," he enjoyed "fruitful" talks. the Communist-led rubber- this rate of growth we may be the lines of the Russian-Chi- bers India and Pakistan. Putin bolism, the fractious Western kets are rattled. wrote late yesterday. "The relationship between stamp parliament lifted presi- able set a record at the level we nese roadmap for resolving the told CGTN that the SCO had democracies were meeting on European stock indices Macron is due to huddle Russia and China is a friendly, dential term limits. discussed achieving over the Korean situation," he said. "small" objectives when it was the same day that China's Pres- were down across the board with Britain's Theresa May, neighbourly one, developing... China is mired in tough period of several years -- USD "Recent Russian-North founded two decades ago but ident Xi Jinping welcomed his today following a slump in German Chancellor Angela in the spirit of overarching negotiations with the United 100 billion," Putin said. Korean contacts confirm the that it was now evolving into Russian counterpart Vladimir Asia -- despite a week of largely Merkel and Italy's new Prime strategic partnership," he said. States to avoid a trade war, Putin played up his bond willingness of Pyongyang to a larger global force. Iranian Putin to Beijing and awarded strong gains in the wake of Minister Giuseppe Conte ahead The two leaders later while Moscow has deep dif- with "good friend" Xi in an work constructively," he added. President Hassan Rouhani, him a friendship medal. robust US jobs data and eas- of their talks with Trump, as attended a youth ice hockey ferences with Washington on interview with China's state Russia supports China's whose country is an observer Three decades after the end ing political headwinds in Italy Europe seeks to forge a com- game in the coastal city of multiple diplomatic fronts, broadcaster CGTN this week. proposal for a "suspension- member of the SCO, will also of the Cold War, the G7 nations and Spain. mon approach. Merkel has said Tianjin. Analysts remarked on including Syria and Ukraine. He said the Chinese presi- for-suspension" approach that attend the summit at a time are split over trade, climate and Even Canada's Prime that it may be "more honest" for their similar leadership styles. "We both believe that the dent was the only state leader calls for North Korea to stop when China and Russia are multilateral engagements such Minister Justin Trudeau and the G7 to avoid coming up with Xi and Putin are "soulmates current trade protectionism to have celebrated his birthday its nuclear and missile testing seeking to save the Iran nuclear as the Iran nuclear deal, and France's President Emmanuel a joint statement at the end if who want to make their coun- has increased, and there are with him, with the pair sharing in exchange for a halt to joint deal following Trump's with- the US president seems more at Macron, who had tried to forge it means compromising its tries great again", Alexander many uncertainties in the vodka and sausage. military exercises between the drawal from the pact. AGENCIES home with autocrats than with friendships with the unpredict- principles. AGENCIES S Africa's Zuma graft case Pak bans social studies books Indian man charged in Dubai for showing Kashmir in India for abusing former boss delayed by funding issue DUBAI: An Indian sales execu- that she dismissed him after LAHORE: Pakistan has been directed to confiscate all future, the board says, "No per- tive has been charged in Dubai he claimed his "financial dues". DURBAN: South Africa's ex- banned social studies books these books from the ware- son shall, except with the prior for allegedly engaging in crim- He denied at the Court of president Jacob Zuma appeared in private schools in Punjab house of the private schools. approval of the board, print, inal threats, verbal abuse and First Instance charges of making in court on Friday ahead of a province for showing Kashmir PCTB Managing Director publish, sell or prescribe in online slander against his for- criminal threats, verbal abuse corruption trial, raising ques- as a part of India in the map of Abdul Qayyum issued a noti- an institution any textbook or mer female boss after he was and online slander. tions about ballooning legal Pakistan printed on them. fication yesterday banning the supplementary material." The fired from the job, according The businesswoman, 34, said costs before addressing ador- The Punjab Curriculum books on social studies in pri- notification also states that the to a media report. According to the defendant worked for her ing crowds outside who con- and Textbook Board (PCTB), vate schools across the Punjab board shall not approve print- public prosecution records, the firm for about 8 months prior demned his prosecution. a government body, also lodged province with immediate effect. ing, publication or sale in an 30-year-old Indian man threat- to the incident. "I had to dis- In front of Durban's stone- a complaint with Lahore police "The books on social studies institution of any textbook or ened the complainant, an Uzbek miss him when he no longer fronted High Court, thousands for registration of a criminal for Grade II, IV, V, VII and VIII supplementary material which national, that he would destroy showed commitment to work. of Zuma supporters sang anti- case against the administration have controversial/objection- contains anything repugnant to her life and circulate inappro- He would not drop the workers apartheid struggle songs, flew of the private schools and pub- able contents, especially with the injunctions of Islam or con- priate messages of her, Khaleej at the work locations and often flags bearing Zuma's face and lishers of the books for com- reference to the map of Paki- trary to the integrity, defence Times reported. did not show up at work. He chanted his name as he was mitting a 'grave mistake'. stan" showing Kashmir part or security of Pakistan or any He also allegedly posted ignored my notice mail regard- swept into court flanked by All the district executive of India, the notification says. part of Pakistan, public order her picture on Facebook with ing his performance and often tight security. officers of the province have To stop such mistakes in the or morality. AGENCIES defamatory captions, alleging absconded from work." AGENCIES "We are not afraid to face Former South African President Jacob Zuma dances in front of supporters this case," Zuma, who wore after appearing in the High Court in Durban, South Africa, on Friday a dark charcoal suit, red pat- terned tie and white shirt, told before he has been judged," a Mjabuliseni Madondo post- Canada Senate passes law legalizing recreational marijuana supporters. "A person is not firebrand speaker told the ani- poned the case to July 27. guilty until the court says so." mated crowd. "We believe in "I'm here to support him OT TAWA: Canada's Senate legal pot sales called for it to doing," he said. He sang and danced along Jacob Zuma." Zuma is accused because he's innocent until passed a law legalizing recre- be available by July 1, Cana- "They recognise that Can- enthusiastically to a rendition of taking bribes from French proven guilty -- he is not ational marijuana, moving it da's national day, but fall now ada is being daring... and rec- of his signature soundtrack arms maker Thales over a treated fairly," said Sandra closer to becoming the first appears more likely. ognize that the current regime "Umshini Wam", a campaign contract worth several billion Ndlamlenza, 43, who travelled member of the Group of Seven It would then be up to Can- (of prohibition) does not work, song from the apartheid era dollars during his time as a pro- to court to back Zuma. nations to legalise the produc- ada's provinces and territories that it's not preventing young that means "Bring me my vincial economy minister and Zuma's legal team has tion, sale and consumption of to set up distribution networks people from having easy access machine gun". later as deputy ANC president. sought to delay prosecution by the drug. Bill C-45, or the Can- and enforcement. to cannabis. "In many coun- Police equiped with shields, Thales, which supplied arguing that the issue of his spi- nabis Act, passed the Senate The sale of medical mari- tries, especially in Canada, it water cannon and armoured naval vessels as part of the deal, ralling legal costs has not been with 52 votes for, 30 against and juana has been legal in Can- is easier (as a minor) to buy a vehicles mounted a major also faces charges of corruption adequately resolved. one abstention after months of ada since 2001. Bill C-45 would joint than buy a beer," Trudeau security operation outside the and a company representative Zuma has already spent debate over the ramifications of allow individuals over the age said. "Organized crime is mak- court, but the hearing and from France appeared in court 24.2 million rand of pub- legalisation. The Cannabis Act of 18 to possess up to 30 grams ing huge sums of money on speeches were peaceful. alongside Zuma. lic money defending himself will now go back to the House of marijuana for personal use. the illicit sale of marijuana." Zuma, 76, who was forced Zuma is accused of illicitly against corruption allegations of Commons, which passed Sales to anyone under 18 Trudeau insisted that creating to resign in February, has been pocketing 4,072,499.85 rand linked to the arms deal affair, the bill in November 2017 but would be banned under fed- A woman waving a flag with a marijuana leaf on it to celebrate a regulated market would take charged with 16 counts of graft -- USD 340,000 at today's rates according to a government esti- needs to sign off on changes eral law but provinces and ter- National Marijuana Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa it out of the hands of crime linked to an arms deal from -- from 783 payments handled mate. Lawyer Billy Downer, for made by the Senate. ritories could set their own age groups and "better protect before he became president and by Schabir Shaik, a business- the prosecution, said an agree- Legalising weed was a 2015 limits. Statistics Canada has reational usage of marijuana last month, Trudeau said the communities and children." is expected to face trial from man who acted as his financial ment had been reached to post- campaign promise of Prime estimated that the market will five years ago and nine US world is closely following Can- However, he added the allies November. adviser. After about 30 min- pone the case to next month Minister Justin Trudeau, who be worth Can 5.7 billion (USD states have too but Canada ada's plans and predicted sev- he spoke with "are interested in "It is very wrong to tell the utes of pre-trial legal discus- in the hope that by then there has admitted having smoked 4.5 billion US), based on last will be the first G-7 country eral nations would follow suit. seeing how things go... before people of this country that sions in a packed courtroom of would be "answers related to a joint with friends "five or six year's consumption data. to do so. "There is a lot of interest they try it," without specifying president Jacob Zuma is guilty the Durban High Court, Judge his funding". AGENCIES times." The initial timeline for Uruguay approved the rec- In an interview with AFP from our allies in what we're which nations. AGENCIES Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain dies of suspected suicide at 61

NEW YORK: Renowned chef, The TV personality's for the series. Soon after the news of his homes and inspired so many food critic and writer Anthony friend, French chef, Eric Rip- Bourdain joined CNN in Bourdain became death broke, tributes started people to explore cultures Bourdain has died of a sus- ert, found him unresponsive in 2013 with a new travel and popular with pouring in on social media. and cities through their food. pected suicide. He was 61. his hotel room today morning. food series "Parts Unknown", CNN political commen- Remember that help is a phone Bourdain, best known "Tony was an exceptional which is currently in its 11th his best-selling tator Keith Boykin, said: "So call away," he tweeted. for his CNN series "Parts talent. Tony will be greatly season. The same year, Pea- book ‘Kitchen sorry to learn of Anthony "This is utterly heartbreak- Unknown", was in Strasbourg, missed not only for his work body Award judges honoured Bourdain's death. He was an ing. Thank you for opening our France, to shoot for the new but also for the passion with Bourdain and the series for Confidential: inspiration to me as a broad- eyes to parts of the world both season of the show, reported which he did it," CNN Pres- "expanding our palates and Adventures in caster, an athlete, and a citizen cherished and unknown. What the network. ident Jeff Zucker said in an horizons in equal measure." of the world. Just two days ago, a legacy. Sending peace and "It is with extraordinary email to employees. "He's irreverent, honest, the Culinary I was telling a friend how Bour- love to his family," singer-song- sadness we can confirm the Bourdain became pop- curious, never condescend- Underbelly’, which dain's example inspired me to writer Mandy Moore posted. death of our friend and col- ular with his best-selling ing, never obsequious. Peo- return to MMA training." "Breaking Bad" star Bryan league, Anthony Bourdain," book "Kitchen Confidential: ple open up to him and, in was an expose on Actor Busy Philipps said Cranston wrote," According CNN said in a statement. Adventures in the Culinary doing so, often reveal more the world of haute she was "truly devastated" and to American Foundation for "His love of great adven- Underbelly", which was an about their hometowns or called for people in need of Suicide Prevention, there are ture, new friends, fine food and expose on the world of haute homelands than a traditional cuisine help to "reach out". nearly 45,000 suicides every drink and the remarkable sto- cuisine. reporter could hope to docu- Celebrity chef Gordon year in the US. Shocking. I was ries of the world made him a He began his television ment," the judges said. rite of former US President, Bourdain was married Busia and they had a daugh- Ramsay said he was "stunned" saddened to hear of the deaths unique storyteller. His talents journey in 2002 with "A Cook's He also served as a nar- Barack Obama. In 2015, when twice, firstly to his high-school ter, Ariane, born in 2007. He by the news and shared the of Kate Spade and Anthony never ceased to amaze us and Tour" on the Food Network. rator and executive producer Obama visited Vietnam, he sweetheart Nancy Putkoski in blamed the split partly on his number of suicide prevention Bourdain. RIP. It illustrates we will miss him very much. In 2005 he joined the Travel for PBS series "The Mind of a met Bourdain for a special 1985. They divorced after 20 constant travel for work. helplines. that success is not immune to Our thoughts and prayers are Channel with "Anthony Bour- Chef" and frequently appeared meal and also appeared on years. Last year he was romanti- "Stunned and saddened by depression. We all need to be with his daughter and family at dain: No Reservations". He as a guest judge on "Top Chef". one of the episodes of "Parts Two years later he married cally linked with Italian actress the loss of Anthony Bourdain. more aware of our friends who this incredibly difficult time." picked up two Emmy Awards Bourdain was also a favou- Unknown". mixed martial artiste Ottavia Asia Argento. He brought the world into our are suffering." AGENCIES 11 New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp Would invite Kim to WH if talks Gaza anti-blockade protest near Israel on ‘Jerusalem Day’ in Singapore go well: Trump GAZA CITY: Palestinians burned tires and Israeli troops fired heavy volleys of tear gas WASHINGTON: US Presi- "Maybe we'll start with the "The letter was just a greeting. on Friday to push back large dent Donald Trump on Friday White House," he told report- It was really very nice. Perhaps Gaza crowds from the area of said he would consider inviting ers after he was asked whether I can get approval to put it out. the fence separating the block- North Korean leader Kim Jong- he would invite the North It was really a very warm letter, aded territory from Israel. un to the White House if their Korean leader to the White a very nice letter". It was the latest in a series Singapore summit on Tuesday House or his Mar-a-lago resort "I appreciated it very much, of protests against the decade- goes well but made it clear that in Florida. and nothing other than. 'We long blockade of Gaza by Israel he is ready to "walk away" from He said it was possible an look forward to seeing you, and and Egypt. Friday's march also the meeting if his goals were agreement to end the Korean we look forward to the summit, coincided with the annual not achieved. War could be reached, though and hopefully, some wonder- "Jerusalem Day," instituted by The US and its regional he called that "the easy part" of ful things will work out'. So it Iran to protest against Israeli Palestinian protestors run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during allies want to see North Korea the negotiations. was really very warm, very nice. rule of the holy city. a protest in Gaza Strip, Friday, June give up its nuclear weapons. "It's what happens after that We appreciated it," Trump said. Israel and Iran have been Trump and Kim will meet is really important," he told US Secretary of State Mike arch enemies since Tehran's After Muslim noon prayers shouted, "America is the big- on Sentosa, a smaller island reporters. Pompeo, speaking later at the 1979 Islamic Revolution. today, thousands of Gaza resi- gest evil." The mass protests off the coast of Singapore's He, however, made it clear White House, said Kim had In the capitals of Iran and dents began streaming toward have been aimed at a border main island. The June 12 sum- that he was ready to "walk indicated to him personally Iraq, thousands of Shiite Mus- five protest tent camps that blockade imposed by Israel and mit would represent the first away" from the meeting if his You have to be able to walk Iran, he said, is no longer that he was willing to denucle- lims marched in Jerusalem Day had been erected more than Egypt in 2007, after the Islamic ever meeting between a North goals were not achieved. away. looking so much to what was arise - although it is not clear protests, some chanting "Death two months ago, each several militant group Hamas over- Korean leader and a sitting US "I am totally prepared to "If you're not going to be going on in Syria, Yemen and if that means North Korea is to Israel" or burning Israeli hundred meters (yards) from ran the territory. The marchers president. walk. It could happen. Maybe able to walk away -- we didn't other places. coming closer to the US vision flags and effigies of President Gaza's perimeter fence. have also pressed demands for a Trump made the remarks it won't be necessary. I hope walk away from the horrible "They're a much different of what that entails. Donald Trump. From there, smaller groups "right of return" for the descen- after meeting Japanese Prime it won't be necessary to walk, Iran deal that was signed, and country over the last three Earlier, Trump said he did Today's Gaza protest was walked closer to the fence. dants of Palestinian refugees Minister Shinzo Abe at the because I really believe that if you look at what's happened, months. And again, I say that not think preparation was accompanied by concerns In a camp east of Gaza City, to ancestral homes in what is White House to discuss the Kim Jong-un wants to do since I signed that deal, Iran with hope that maybe some- essential for his meeting with about renewed bloodshed. At activists burned tires, releas- now Israel. More than 700,000 June 12 summit. Abe's visit is something that is going to be and in all fairness, I say it with thing can happen," said the US the North Korean leader. "I least 115 Palestinian protest- ing thick black smoke into the Palestinians were expelled or part of a flurry of diplomatic great for his people, and also great respect for the people of President. think I'm very well prepared. ers, the vast majority unarmed, air. Israeli troops fired heavy fled in the 1948 Mideast war activity in the run-up to the great for his family, and great Iran, but Iran is acting a lot About Kim's personal let- I don't think I have to prepare have been killed and close to tear gas volleys, including from over Israel's creation. Two- summit, as countries try to for himself," Trump said. differently. They're no longer ter delivered to Trump by the very much. It's about attitude, 3,800 have been wounded drones, sending protesters run- thirds of Gaza's 2 million ensure their interests are not "I am totally prepared to looking so much to the Medi- North Korean leader's top aide it's about willingness to get by Israeli army fire since the ning for cover. residents are descendants of overlooked. walk away. I did it once before. terranean," he said. last week, the President said, things done," he said. AGENCIES marches began in late March. One man with a bullhorn refugees. AGENCIES Austria to expel up Suspected Russian strikes kill 44 IS jihadists retake parts of UNSC picks 5 Syria town in major attack new members to 60 imams, shuts civilians in northwest Syria UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly elected Bel- BEIRUT: Air strikes thought BEIRUT: The Islamic State "caliphate" IS proclaimed in gium, the Dominican Repub- seven mosques to have been carried out by group seized parts of a key 2014 and its recapture by pro- lic, Germany, Indonesia and Russian jets on a rebel-held town on the Syrian-Iraqi bor- government forces last year South Africa on Friday to serve residential area in northwest- der on Friday in a massive was the final nail in the proto- as non-permanent members on VIENNA: Austria could expel no place in our country," Chan- ern Syria have killed 44 civil- operation that further con- state's coffin. According to the Security Council for two up to 60 Turkish-funded cellor Sebastian Kurz of the rul- ians, a Britain-based monitor firmed the jihadists remain a the Observatory, the jihadist years starting in January. imams and their families as ing centre-right People's Party said on Friday. force on the ground. organisation that once ruled a All but three of the 193 UN part of a crackdown on "polit- said. Six children were among IS used at least 10 suicide self-proclaimed state roughly member states cast paper bal- ical Islam", Interior Minister In several cases the process those killed when the strikes hit bombers in its offensive on the size of Britain now holds lots. Germany and the Domin- Herbert Kickl said on Friday. of expelling imams connected the Zardana area of Idlib prov- Albu Kamal, which lies in he less than three percent of Syr- ican Republic each obtained "The circle of people possi- to the Turkish-Islamic Cultural ince late yesterday, the Syrian Euphrates Valley in eastern ian territory. It faces parallel 184 votes. South Africa got 183 bly affected by these measures Associations (ATIB) organisa- Observatory for Human Rights Syria and swiftly took several operations from US-backed votes, Belgium 181 and 144 - the pool that we're talking tion was underway, Kickl said. said. The Russian defence min- neighbourhoods, the Syr- Kurdish-led forces west of the went to Indonesia. "Belgium about - comprises around 60 The interior minister added istry dismissed the Observa- ian Observatory for Human Euphrates and Russian-sup- will make sure to be a construc- imams," said Kickl of the far- that the government suspects tory's reports of strikes on Syrian civil defece workers and civilians inspect damaged buildings after Rights said. ported pro-government forces tive, reliable and open partner right Freedom Party (FPOe), them of contravening a ban Zardana as having "nothing airstrikes hit the village of Zardana, in Idlib province, Syria, on Friday The offensive is the latest on the eastern bank. during its mandate at the coun- the junior partner in Austria's on foreign funding of reli- to do with reality", in a state- in a string of IS attacks which IS had on Sunday launched cil and for the international coalition government. gious office holders. ATIB is ment carried by the TASS news pulverised several buildings. port in 2015, the government confirm predictions that the an operation on villages along community as a whole," Bel- In total 150 people risked a branch of Turkey's religious agency. At night, dozens of wounded has regained control of around jihadist organisation would the river that lie between Albu gian Foreign Minister Didier losing their right to residence, affairs agency Diyanet. Zardana is largely con- streamed in to the local hospi- half of the country. continue to be a threat even Kamal and the provincial capi- Reynders said in a statement. he said at a press conference The photos of children, trolled by Islamist rebels, with tal, including children, women, More than 350,000 people after the collapse of its "caliph- tal Deir Ezzor. The Belgian government in Vienna. published by the Falter weekly, a small presence of the Hayat elderly people and rescue vol- have been killed in the Syr- ate" last year. According to the Observa- said it was joining the coun- Seven mosques will also be showed the young boys in cam- Tahrir al-Sham alliance led by unteers, the correspondent ian war since it started in 2011 At least 25 government and tory, at least 45 government cil at a "pivotal moment." "It's shut after an investigation by ouflage uniforms marching, Syria's former Al-Qaeda affili- said. Dust dashed with blood with the brutal repression of allied fighters were killed in and allied forces were killed a period when multilateralism the religious affairs authority saluting, waving Turkish flags ate. An AFP correspondent at covered the twisted bodies of anti-government protests. the operation, one of the jihad- in the offensive, mostly mem- no longer seems obvious to all, into images which emerged in and then playing dead. the scene saw volunteers with a the dead. The Observatory says it relies ists' largest this year, said Rami bers of Shiite militia groups with some even questioning April of children in a Turkish- Their "corpses" were then crane still searching the rubble Most of Idlib province is on sources inside Syria for its Abdel Rahman, the head of from Iraq and elsewhere. The it, even as the planet is con- backed mosque playing dead lined up and draped in the in the early morning. held by an array of Islamist information, and determines the Britain-based Observa- monitoring group said at least fronted with multiple global and reenacting the World War flags. Half a dozen men in civilian and jihadist groups with only who carried out strikes on the tory. "It's the biggest attack on 22 pro-government fighters challenges, including climate I battle of Gallipoli. The mosque in question clothes helped carry a person parts controlled by the Rus- basis of flight patterns, and the Albu Kamal since they lost it" were also killed in an IS attack change, the (UN) Sustainable "Parallel societies, political was run by ATIB and is one of in a black body bag away from sian-backed government. Since type of aircraft and ammuni- in November 2017, he said. in a desert area of the south- Development Goals, the fight Islam and radicalisation have those that will be closed. AGENCIES the site of the strikes, which Russia intervened in its sup- tion used. AGENCIES "IS now controls several ern province of Sweida on against terrorism and illegal parts of the city. Fighting is Thursday. migration." AGENCIES ongoing in the centre," he said, IS also launched an attack adding that at least 18 jihadists, near the ancient oasis city of After rape-murder shocks Germany, suspect captured in Iraq including the suicide attackers, Palmyra last month after some were also killed. There was no of its fighters were transferred BERLIN: A failed Iraqi asy- hunting the fugitive admit- only thing that is worse than bers of the Jewish community, than a million asylum seekers immediate comment from the out of their last Damascus lum seeker suspected of raping ted that Bashar had fled with the murder of a child is the the Central Council of Jews in over two years. government camp. bastion of Yarmuk. Observ- and murdering a teenage girl in his family. They managed to murder of a child by a crimi- Germany urged a "swift and Far-right party AfD, which Albu Kamal lies in Syria's ers had warned that the organ- Germany was arrested in Iraq fly out of Duesseldorf airport nal who should not have been comprehensive" probe into the had railed against asylum seek- Deir Ezzor province, about isation likely had sleeper cells overnight, German authorities even though the names on in our country. case and tough consequences ers, jumped in to push its point. 440 kilometres (270 miles) across the country that could said on Friday, after his escape their identity documents did "Crimes like these are for the perpetrator. "Susanna is a new victim of east of the capital Damascus. launch deadly attacks against sparked outrage and raised not match those on their air- explosive for our society It is unclear if Bashar would the egotistical and hypocritical The area was the heart of the government forces, mostly in questions over immigration line tickets, police said, add- because they are the bitter be tried before a German court welcoming policy of Chancel- once sprawling, self-styled remote areas. AGENCIES and police failings. ing that their identity was only proof that this country does as there is no extradition agree- lor Angela Merkel," charged Ali Bashar, 20, who is checked against the photos on not have sufficient control ment between Germany and AfD chief Alice Weidel, who believed to have strangled the papers. Bashar also turned over who is residing within Iraq. But Seehofer said authori- called for the German leader's 14-year-old Susanna Maria out to have chalked up a long our borders." ties would seek his return for resignation. Feldman after sexually assault- police record over his less than The newspaper Frankfurter trial. The party has called a pro- ing her, was "arrested by Kurd- three years in Germany and Allgemeine Zeitung said "it is The case puts renewed test Saturday under the banner ish authorities in northern Iraq should have been expelled time to wonder how far the pressure on Chancellor Angela "That's enough" while coun- at the request of German fed- months ago. credibility of the government Merkel's government over ter-demonstrators plan to rally eral police", said German Inte- "The government should is being undermined when it is the decision to open Germa- against racism on the same day. rior Minister Horst Seehofer. beg for forgiveness from surrounded by so many absur- ny's borders at the height of Bashar arrived in Germany The arrest came after an Susanna's parents," said the dities". Revealing that Feldman Europe's refugee crisis in 2015, in 2015 along with his parents outcry in Germany as police top-selling tabloid Bild. "The and her mother were mem- resulting in the arrival of more and five siblings. AGENCIES NASA rover finds building blocks of life on Mars, says US space agency

WASHINGTON: NASA's Curiosity "I am confident that our ongoing atmosphere over the course of nearly rover has discovered potential build- and planned missions will unlock even three Mars years, which is almost six ing blocks of life in an ancient martian more breathtaking discoveries on the Earth years. This variation was detected lakebed, advancing the case for possi- red planet," Zurbuchen said. by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars ble life, past or even present, on the red "Curiosity has not determined the (SAM) instrument suite. planet, the US space agency said. source of the organic molecules," said Water-rock chemistry might have The new findings published in Jen Eigenbrode of NASA's Goddard generated the methane, but scientists the journal Science describe "tough" Space Flight Center in the US. cannot rule out the possibility of bio- organic molecules in three-billion-year- "Whether it holds a record of ancient logical origins. Methane previously had old sedimentary rocks near the surface, life, was food for life, or has existed in been detected in Mars' atmosphere in as well as seasonal variations in the lev- the absence of life, organic matter in large, unpredictable plumes. els of methane in the atmosphere. martian materials holds chemical clues This new result shows that low levels Organic molecules contain carbon to planetary conditions and processes," of methane within Gale Crater repeat- and hydrogen, and also may include Eigenbrode said. edly peak in warm, summer months oxygen, nitrogen and other elements. Although the surface of Mars is and drop in the winter every year, While commonly associated with life, inhospitable today, there is clear evi- NASA said. "This is the first time we organic molecules also can be created dence that in the distant past, the mar- have seen something repeatable in the by non-biological processes and are tian climate allowed liquid water - an methane story, so it offers us a handle in not necessarily indicators of life. These essential ingredient for life as we know organic matter," said Eigenbrode. understanding it," said Chris Webster of findings are a good sign for future mis- it - to pool at the surface, NASA said. "Finding ancient organic molecules NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) sions exploring the planet's surface and Data from Curiosity reveals that bil- in the top five centimeters of rock that in California. subsurface, NASA said in a statement. lions of years ago, a water lake inside was deposited when Mars may have To identify organic material in the "With these new findings, Mars is Gale Crater held all the ingredients nec- been habitable, bodes well for us to martian soil, Curiosity drilled into sed- telling us to stay the course and keep essary for life, including chemical build- learn the story of organic molecules on imentary rocks known as mudstone searching for evidence of life," said ing blocks and energy sources, it said. Mars with future missions that will drill from four areas in Gale Crater. This Thomas Zurbuchen, associate admin- "The martian surface is exposed deeper," he said. mudstone gradually formed billions of istrator for the Science Mission Direc- to radiation from space. Both radia- Scientists also discovered seasonal years ago from silt that accumulated at torate at NASA Headquarters here. tion and harsh chemicals break down variations in methane in the martian the bottom of the ancient lake. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 Council’s next meet to take up Notices shot off to firms for bringing natural gas, ATF in GST NEW DELHI: The GST Coun- less IGST input credit claim cil could consider bringing nat- ural gas within the purview of Goods and Services Tax in its Analytics were based on data of July to March, the first 9 months of GST rollout next meeting, an official said on Friday. GST Council Joint Secre- NEW DELHI: The tax authori- to be set off against the actual tary Dheeraj Rastogi said avia- ties have started sending notices GST paid by the final consumer, tion turbine fuel (ATF) would to businesses who have claimed or claimed as refund. be another petroleum prod- less IGST input tax credit while According to the results of uct that could also be brought filing sales returns as against the the analysis, importers includ- within the GST ambit among credit claims generated by GST ing bigger companies are pay- five petroleum products. Network (GSTN). The effort of ing IGST on imports but not The inclusion of natural gas this exercise, officials said, is to claiming credit for the same. within the GST purview on an product that could come in well ing Industries Minister Har- find out whether the mismatch This essentially means that the experimental basis would be within GST network," Rastogi simrat Kaur Badal today met is on account of genuine errors supply of imported goods to put before the GST Council in said, according to a PHD Cham- Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the businesses or with a view domestic channels is being done its forthcoming GST Council ber release. to thank him for the govern- to evade taxes. without a bill, the officials said. meeting, a PHD Chamber state- Addressing the workshop ment's decision to reimburse the The notices follow a big data A similar situation has been ment quoted Rastogi as saying. on GST, Rastogi also indicated central share of GST on items for analytics conducted by the rev- witnessed on cess charged on He, however, did not pre- government's possible inten- 'langar' and 'prasad'. The delega- enue department which has luxury and sin goods with com- scribe a specific timeframe for tions for revision in definition of tion also consisted of members prepared a list of dealers and panies paying it at the time of bringing natural gas and ATF supply under GST. On advance from Shiromani Gurdwara Par- businesses who have claimed The analytics was conducted beverage, inputs for exempt sup- ment of GSTIN in GSTR -1 by imports but not claiming credit within GST. While petroleum ruling issue, the Joint Secre- bandhak Committee. less IGST Input tax credit (ITC) based on data between July to plies). However, these e-mails supplier, among others. or setting it off from final GST products like kerosene, naphtha tary held that in the recent past, Under the 'Seva Bhoj Yojna' in summary returns GSTR-3B March - the first nine months of (notices) from the government "Another reason could be paid by consumers. and LPG are under the ambit of some states have given a con- scheme, the government will than what they have passed on GST rollout. The GST Council, could also be constructive input non-reporting of procurements Deloitte India Partner M GST, five items in the basket — tradictory ruling on these to reimburse the central share of or is reflected in GSTR-2A. headed by Union Finance Min- for businesses who have inad- which are then supplied in black S Mani said:"There could be crude oil, natural gas, aviation concerned stakeholders and, CGST and IGST on items for Such notices have been sent ister had in March had directed vertently missed claiming cred- markets, leading to massive tax several legitimate reasons for fuel, diesel and petrol — have therefore, a policy decision is 'langar' and 'prasad', offered to a number of businesses in officials to conduct further anal- its (like airline credits, hotel evasions. Industries like mobile the differences noticed, which been excluded during the ini- likely on setting up centralised free of cost by charitable reli- Mumbai, Chennai and Ban- ysis of the data to zero in on the credits)." phones, LCDs, footwear prod- would have to be evaluated care- tial years. advance ruling authorities to gious institutions, including galore, officials said. As per chain leading to evasions and AMRG & Associates Part- ucts, expensive bags/apparel/ fully before proceeding further. "Petroleum is a considerably address relevant issues relat- Gurdwaras. The delegation the notice, GST officers have initiate adequate action thereof. ner Rajat Mohan said lower jewellery may be prone to such "There can also be inadver- larger source for revenues not ing to GST rather than keeping also thanked the prime min- pointed out the discrepancy EY Partner Abhishek Jain claim of tax credit could be modus operandi," Mohan said. tent errors on the supplier side, only for centre but states also redressal of such issues confined ister for the series of measures and has asked taxpayers to claim said: "These mismatches could due to multiple reasons, some Importers typically pay inte- which are beyond the control of and on natural gas front, there to one particular state advance taken by the government to ease the input credit or refund in be on account of credits reflect- of which would be genuine like grated goods and services tax or the buyer. All of these should be is some consensus for bringing ruling authority. the burden on sugarcane farm- the returns of the subsequent ing in GSTR-2A not being eli- delay in recording/processing IGST on goods they bring into considered by the tax authori- it into GST ambit and there- Meanwhile, a delegation ers, an official statement said month. gible (like rent-a-cab, food & of invoices, incorrect endorse- the country. This tax is supposed ties". AGENCIES fore, it could be first petroleum led by Union Food Process- here. AGENCIES Mittal leads WTO trade India to be top talent supplier in port ` dives to 1-week low dialogue on e-commerce and maritime: Shipping Ministry of 67.50 on oil scare, NEW DELHI: Bharti Enter- NEW DELHI: Skill Develop- from Andaman and Nicobar, prise and ICC Chairman ment in the port & maritime Bishnu Pada Ray lauded the Sunil Bharti Mittal, along with sector is an opportunity to efforts for skilling youth of the capital outflows incoming ICC Chairman Paul improve the country’s coastal coastal districts and providing Polman and new ICC Secre- areas and be the leading sup- them with employment oppor- MUMBAI: The rupee tary General John W.H. Den- plier of skilled youth in the tunities. A testimonial booklet on Friday plunged by Rupeevs Dollar ton AO, led business delegation sector globally, a top shipping highlighting the success stories 38 paise or 0.57 per ` per for trade dialogue held at Word ministry official said on Fri- of trainees trained in Phase -1 cent to close at a fresh US $ 66.92 Trade Organisation headquar- At this year’s Trade Dia- day. The Ministry of Shipping of the Sagarmala-DDU GKY one-week low of 67.50 +23p ters. “Led by ICC Chairman logues, ICC chaired discus- under its flagship Rs 14 lakh convergence programme was against the US currency 67.11 67.12 Sunil Bharti Mittal...business sions on e-commerce, trade crore Sagarmala Programme released on the occasion along amid worries over ris- -5p -20p delegates discussed a range of and sustainable development, a world class Centre of Excel- with skill gap studies for 21 ing global crude prices ideas to enhance the contribu- and investment facilitation. lence in maritime and ship coastal districts. and capital outflows. tion of global trade to inclusive Digital economy is changing building (CEMS) is being set A shipping ministry state- Sustained demand for 67.06 +35p 67.15 growth and sustainable devel- the composition, nature and up in partnership with Siemens “Skill Development in the Shipping, Gopal Krishna said ment said it has completed skill the greenback from -4p opment as part of the WTO’s speed of global trade leading and Indian Register of Shipping Port & Maritime sector is an addressing a workshop here. gap studies of 21 coastal dis- state-run banks, likely ‘Trade Dialogues’ process,” ICC to policy friction - today’s trade (IRS) at a cost of Rs 766 crore. opportunity to improve our The shipping ministry in tricts in eight states and three on behalf of oil import- 67.50 said in a statement. rules reflect 20th century pat- CEMS aims to become an coastal areas, usher in port association with Deen Dayal Union Territories - Maharash- ers and some foreign -38p The trade dialogue process terns of trade. With the size of international nodal centre in led prosperity and provide the Upadhyay Gramin Kaushal tra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, portfolio investors was launched in 2016 with the e-commerce touching USD 25 South Asia, attracting students world with skilled youth. We Yojana (DDU GKY) and Min- Karnataka, Odisha, West weighed on the Indian 154 67 8 support of ICC and the B20 in trillion, digital infrastructure is from neighbouring countries are one of the leading suppli- istry of Rural Development Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, currency, forex dealers June 2018 which over 60 business leaders a key determinant required by like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, ers of seafarers in the world and conducted a one day workshop Puducherry, Andaman & Nico- said. (Inverted scale) KBK Infographics and policy makers from across SMEs in developing countries Thailand, Malaysia and Indo- now want to be the leading sup- on “skill development in the bar Islands and Lakshadweep The home currency the globe participated in the to be a part of the global value nesia for skill development in plier for all talent in the Port port and maritime sector” here. and currently its implementa- collapsed to a low of latest dialogues. chain," Mittal said. AGENCIES the port and maritime sector. and Maritime sector,” Secretary Member of Parliament tion is underway. AGENCIES 67.79 in day trade against while, Indian bond markets the dollar before recouping staged a rebound after two- some of its losses on sus- day intense selling and the pected market intervention 10-year benchmark bond Reliance Retail to 'leverage' IBC amendments to eliminate 'fly by the RBI. The rupee finally yield finished lower at 7.95 closed at 67.50, showing a per cent after briefly climb- loss of 38 paise or 0.57 per ing 8 per cent in early trade. Jio to consolidate position by night' realty players: Jaitley cent. The RBI, meanwhile, For the week, the home fixed the reference rate for NEW DELHI: Reliance Retail ised retail has a 9 per cent share currency depreciated by the dollar at 67.5228 and plans to continue its “aggressive in the overall Indian retailing NEW DELHI: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on is now treated as financial creditor, Jaitley said. 44 paise after two-straight for the euro at 79.5824. In expansion plans” in the organ- market, providing significant Friday said that the amendments to the Insol- "He can initiate a corporate insolvency for week pull back rally. The the cross currency trade, ised retail segment and con- growth opportunities to the vency and Bankruptcy Code will eliminate "fly a resolution against the errant developer. He selling bias appears to have the rupee continued to drift solidate its position to keep up formal sector”. by night" operators in the real estate sector and acquires the right to be on the committee of re-emerged at the end of against the pound sterling to with evolving consumer shop- Reliance Retail’s revenues ensure timely completion of proj- creditors. He gets voting right. the week due to macro- end at 90.40 per pound from ping habits, said RIL in its latest grew 104.9 per cent YoY to ects. Earlier this week, President He can influence the resolution economic concerns, a forex 90.01 and also declined fur- annual report. Reliance Retail, Rs 69,198 crore, sustaining a Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent process. In the unlikely eventu- dealer said. ther against the Japanese which crossed USD 10 bil- revenue CAGR of 45 per cent to promulgate the Insolvency and ality of liquidation, he stands at Global crude prices were yen to settle at 61.75 per 100 lion sales and became the first geographical reach, innovat- over the last 5 years. “Reliance Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) par with other financial credi- once again on an upward yens as compared to 60.98. Indian company to enter the ing newer store concepts and Retail is the only Indian retailer Ordinance, 2018, which allows home tors," he added. spiral leading to renewed The local unit, however, world’s top 200 retail chains, is channels, enhancing customer to rank among the world’s top buyers to be recognised as finan- Stating that in and around fears over widening fiscal recovered against the euro getting future ready and set to experience and leveraging 200 global retail chains,” said cial creditors under the insolvency major townships massive real deficit and rising inflation- to finish at 79.21 from 79.30 further strengthen leadership technology. “Reliance Retail RIL Chairman and Managing proceedings. estate projects have been coming ary pressure. on Thursday. In forward position in organised retail. has the ambition of reaching Director Mukesh Ambani in Jaitley said the changes brought up, and many of these are being Brent crude futures was market today, premium It will leverage the strength the hinterlands of the country his message to shareholders. about through the Ordinance will help in formal- developed by professional real estate developers. trading sharply higher at for dollar showed a mixed of group’s telecom vertical, Jio, and is putting together a frame- During the year, Reliance ising the real estate sector. "Sound and structured However, many 'fly by night' operators have USD 76.69 a barrel in early trend owing to lack of mar- to further consolidate its posi- work of expanding each store Retail rolled out and expanded real estate developers would remain. The 'fly by entered the sector, he said, adding some devel- Asian trade, driven up by ket moving factors. tion in the organised retail sec- concepts across tier 2 and tier newer store concepts like ‘Proj- night' operators would be eliminated. Projects opers have very little resources of their own. supply woes as Venezuela The benchmark six- tor in India through aggressive 3 cities and beyond to achieve ect Eve’ and ‘Trends Woman’. would be completed in reasonable time and inves- "They use the homebuyer's money to develop, struggles to meet its supply month forward premium expansion plans, according to market leadership,” RIL said in “In order to cater to growing tors would get their share of allotments expedi- invest in land banks and then get caught in debt obligations and by ongoing payable in October softened RIL’s latest annual report. As its annual report for FY 2017- and diverse customer needs, tiously," he said in a Facebook post. trap. The homebuyer is the worst sufferer. He has voluntary output cuts led by to 109.50-111.50 paise from per its strategy, it would con- 18. It further said, the company Reliance Retail will continue He said construction is recording a double a triple whammy. He has invested his savings producer cartel OPEC. 110-112 paise, while the tinue to expand network in tier “will leverage and interplay to innovate and partner with digit growth and real estate regulator RERA with the developer. He may be paying EMIs on The escalating trade far-forward April 2019 II and III cities in the country. strengths with Reliance Jio to revered international brands to and the new ordinance would only catalyse this the loans taken and may continue to pay either battle in the midst of G-7 contract gained to 252-254 It has identified four key execute this.” According to the bring world-class products and process further. The new ordinance equates an rent of his currently occupied property or live in summit also weighed on paise from 251-253 paise pillars to achieve expansion company, the retail sector has services to Indian consumers," 'allottee' of a 'real estate project' to be a person some alternate accommodation under compul- the trading front. Mean- earlier. AGENCIES that includes -- augmenting huge scope to grow as “organ- the company said. AGENCIES having a commercial effect of borrowing as he sion," Jaitley said. AGENCIES Foreign direct investment to India rises by 3% to $61.96 billion in FY18

NEW DELHI: Foreign direct In the last four years, the try’s balance of payments situ- Prabhu said that complaints majority stake acquisition of Their (Walmart’s) operations of investment (FDI) in India government has liberalised for- ation and strengthen the rupee related to violation of FDI Flipkart. business-to-business and cash increased by about 3 per cent eign direct investment norms in value against other global cur- norms by e-commerce players Traders body CAIT too has and carry is separate”. to $61.96 billion in 2017-18 on sectors such as defence, medical rencies, especially the US dol- are forwarded to the Enforce- filed complaints with the min- Walmart Inc last month account of steps taken by the devices, construction develop- lar. Speaking on foreign direct ment Directorate (ED) and RBI istry on the issue and violation announced acquisition of government to improve business ment, retail and civil aviation. investment issues, Commerce as they are the right agencies of FDI in e-commerce rules 77 per cent stake in Flipkart climate and liberalised policy The main sectors that received and Industry Minister Suresh to look into them. “Suppose by certain online retail firms. for about USD 16 billion (Rs norms. Major sources of foreign maximum foreign inflows Prabhu said that the govern- I receive a complaint...we for- Department of Industrial Policy 1.05 lakh crore) in the largest inflows include Mauritius, Sin- include services, computer soft- ment abolished foreign invest- ward it to the right agencies and Promotion (DIPP) Secre- e-commerce deal which will gapore, Japan, the Netherlands, ware and hardware, telecommu- ment promotion board to because they are the ones who tary Ramesh Abhishek said that give the US retailer access to the US, Germany, France and nications, construction, trading facilitate overseas investments. are supposed to take cogni- after the policy is made by the the Indian online market that the UAE. and automobile. Most of the sectors are under sance. We are not making any department, it is notified under is estimated to grow to USD Foreign direct investment However, according to an automatic approval route for value judgement on it. Viola- the FEMA (Foreign Exchange 200 billion within a decade. inflows stood at $60 billion in UNCTAD report , foreign direct FDI purposes, he said. Asked tions are looked into by agen- Management Act) by Reserve Domestic traders alleged that the previous fiscal. The -fig investment to India decreased about the issue of iPhone maker cies mandated for them,” he Bank of India with Department the deal is nothing but a clear ure includes equity inflows, to $40 billion in 2017 from $44 Apple and US-based electric car Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh told reporters. of Economic Affairs. attempt to control and domi- reinvested earnings and other billion in 2016, while outflows major Tesla, he said India would Prabhu was replying to a Any infringement of the law nate the retail trade in India by capital. from India, the main source welcome investments from all Prabhu said, complaints related to query on the ministry’s action or allegation is investigated by Walmart through e-commerce Department of Industrial of investment in South Asia, companies, including these two. violation of FDI norms by e-commerce on allegation of violation of for- the ED, Abhishek said. On the in the long run. Policy and Promotion (DIPP) more than doubled. Foreign “We are awaiting a formal eign direct investment norms Walmart-Flipkart deal, he said: Replying to a question about Secretary Ramesh Abhishek inflows are crucial for India, proposal from them and then players are forwarded to the ED and RBI in the e-commerce sector. “Under the e-commerce FDI US demand of cutting customs said that during the four years which needs huge investments we will look into it,” he said. The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran policy, only the marketplace duties on Harley-Davidson of the Modi government, for- to overhaul its infrastructure Cupertino-based iPhone and unit in the country. tric vehicle maker Tesla recently Manch (SJM) had alleged that model is allowed. So the invest- motorcycle, Prabhu said that eign inflows jumped to $222.75 such as ports, airports and high- iPad manufacturer Apple has “We will be very happy to cited a challenging environment US retail giant Walmart was ment that they have is being every country wants more and billion from $152 billion in the ways to push growth. asked for certain concessions receive a proposal” from Tesla for not making it to the Indian circumventing rules for a back- made, what we have heard, in more market access for their previous four-year period. It helps improve the coun- for setting up manufacturing also, he added. US-based elec- market. door entry into India with its Flipkart is a marketplace model. products. AGENCIES business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 mp India to Russia: We can have Goyal announces panel to set up Asset Reconstruction Co

joint 3rd country N-projects MUMBAI: Acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Fri- day said that a committee will 'India won't back out of buying S-400s from Russia despite US pressure' come out with its recommen- dations on setting up an asset MOSCOW: India and Rus- ing at ways to insulate the deal reconstruction or an asset man- sia can work together in third from the sanctions announced agement company for faster countries in various fields by the US against Russia under resolution of bad loans. Goyal including nuclear energy and its Countering America's announced this after a meeting talks are presently in a pre- Adversaries Through Sanctions with public sector banks from liminary stage, India's Ambas- Act (CAATSA). The US had western and southern region at sador to Russia Pankaj Saran announced sanctions against State Bank of India's headquar- said here on Friday. India has Russia under the stringent law ters here on Friday. signed an agreement with Ban- for its alleged meddling in the "A committee has been gladesh for civil nuclear coop- American presidential election formed, which over the next eration, under which India has in 2016. two weeks will come out with extended expertise and proj- CAATSA, which came into their recommendations to set issues related to the banking accounts where some of the ect support for its Rooppur effect in January, mandates the up an asset reconstruction sector, including improving the banks that are under Prompt Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Trump administration to pun- company (ARC) and/or an credit flow, while mitigating the Corrective Action framework which will be built with Rus- ish entities engaging in sig- asset management company risks associated with that, to of RBI are also the part of con- sian technology. nificant transaction with the (AMC) for faster resolution further strengthen the grow- sortium, do not face any diffi- Bangladesh's first NPP is defence or intelligence estab- of stressed assets," Goyal told ing economy and methods to culty in meeting their working equipped with two VVER reac- lishment of Russia. reporters here today. The com- achieve global standards for the capital needs. tors of 1,200 megawatts each. by Moscow and Delhi, Saran added. India has concluded India has a long history of Asked about the reason for mittee will be headed by Punjab country's banks. The RBI has put 11 banks, These reactors are similar to said that both sides are of the price negotiations with Rus- military-technical coopera- organising the informal sum- National Bank's non executive "All the bankers are now including Allahabad Bank, the Kudankulam NPP in Tamil same opinion that they can sia for a nearly Rs 40,000 crore tion with Russia based on trust mit between Prime Minister Chairman Sunil Mehta. looking to set up such a mech- United Bank of India, Corpo- Nadu. In an interview with the work together in third coun- deal to procure S-400 Triumf and mutual benefit. There is no Modi and President Putin, The finance minister said anism which will enable a ration Bank and IDBI Bank, state-run TASS news agency, tries in various fields includ- air defence missile systems for change in the approach of India Saran said that the summit was the committee will consider faster resolution of the stressed among others, under PCA Saran, who has recently been ing Nuclear Energy and Oil and the Indian Air Force, officials to our partnership in this field," characterised by a special per- whether such an arrangement accounts in a very transparent framework. Goyal said many appointed the Deputy National Gas sphere. "The talks are pres- in New Delhi said last month. Saran said. sonal chemistry between the will be good for the banking and speedy manner. They will suggestions to strengthen the Security Advisor, also touched ently in a preliminary stage," India will not back out of Asked if Russia could two leaders. system and, if any such sug- put up with their boards for governance process and to upon the subject of the Roop- he said. buying S-400s. Military-Tech- expect signing of an agreement "The reason for this gestion is advisable, it will also necessary considerations," the improve the performance of pur NPP in Bangladesh. India, not being a mem- nical cooperation between on supply of S-400 by the end unscheduled meeting was that consider the modalities by finance minister added. PSBs were discussed today. Asked about how exactly is ber of the Nuclear Suppliers India and Russia was dis- of this year, the Indian envoy both sides wanted to exchange which such an ARC and/or and A proposal on having an "The government, the India going to participate in the Group (NSG), cannot partici- cussed during the informal said he would not like to fix any opinions on key global and AMC should be set up. Asked oversight committee, compris- owner of 21 PSBs, stands com- NPP, he said that the trilateral pate directly in the construc- meeting between Prime Min- time-frame. "I can only say that regional issues including about the funding for the ARC ing of retired judges, vigilance mitted to support each and agreement provides various tion of atomic power reactors. ister Narendra Modi and Rus- we have achieved significant development of situation in and/or AMC, Goyal said it was officers, regulators and external everyone of these banks. We options for India's participation But Indian companies can be sian President Vladimir Putin progress in the negotiations," Afghanistan, Syria and Iran as too early to go to that level. experts, to help faster decision believe that these banks have in the Rooppur NPP includ- involved in construction and in Sochi last month, Saran Saran said. well as to discuss matters of "We will have to wait till the making in the banking system a very important role to play ing training of personnel, installation works and in the said. The envoy said the date Officials in New Delhi have bilateral interest. "Today rela- committee has discussed with was also discussed. in the economic and social participation in construction supply of equipment of non- for the annual bilateral summit said that India and Russia are tions between India and Rus- all the bankers and come up Banks also decided to come development of the country," work, supply of equipment and critical category. between Prime Minister Modi now trying to find a way out sia are important not only for with their recommendations, together and take faster deci- the minister said. ensuring security. "The compa- India will also not abandon and President Putin has not to evade the provisions of a US our two countries but also for whether we should look at this sion to resolve issues related to The government will sup- nies will have to negotiate the the purchase of the S-400 air been announced but he expects law that seeks to punish coun- the region and the whole world. as an option, and what should credit flows to MSME sector, port to strengthen the opera- exact format of cooperation," defence missile systems from it to take place sometime in tries and entities engaged in And we would like to build a be the structure or modalities exporters and other small and tions of PSBs and to protect the envoy said. Russia despite US pressure as October in New Delhi. transactions with the defence multi-polar world where India of this proposal," he said. medium borrowers, Goyal said. the interest of depositors, cus- To a question of a possibil- New Delhi is committed to all "We are committed to all or intelligence establishment and Russia will contribute to The finance ministry -offi Lenders discussed on a tomers and all the stakehold- ity of other joint projects in a its military-technical coop- our agreements in this sphere, of Russia. global stability," the ambassa- cials and the state-run banks process to ensure credit flow ers, including the employees of third country being considered eration with Moscow, Saran including purchase of S-400. Both sides are now look- dor added. AGENCIES on Friday discussed a host of to good borrowers or good these banks, he added. AGENCIES Europe, USA Air India seeks `2,000 crore see gender Cut in oil duties best solution to pension gap more funding from Govt of over 35% check fuel price rise: India Inc

MUMBAI: Cash-crunched Air NEW DELHI: The gender LUCKNOW: Reducing taxes India, which delayed salaries pension gap in Europe and is the best solution to check the for three months in a row, has the US stands around 35-40 spurt in fuel prices which would sought an additional funding per cent, and government also tremendously help India of around Rs 2,000 crore from and employers need to help on the exports front, industry the government to tide over even the playing field, says a body Assocham said on Fri- the situation, a senior com- WEF report. Gender pension day. It will make India's exports pany official said. The airline gap is expected to balloon to competitive, bring down cur- is expecting these funds next USD 400 trillion by 2050 in rent account deficit and we may month when the government the world’s eight largest pen- also no longer see the rupee moves the first batch of Supple- sions systems, including India, depreciating, Assocham Secre- mentary Demands for Grants China, Canada and the UK, tary General D S Rawat said in a for 2018-19 in the Monsoon according to the new World statement released here. session of Parliament, the offi- Economic Forum white paper. The chamber further sug- cial said. Women are at a “savings gested to the Centre to bring The national carrier has Employees may have to wait disadvantage” in making up oil products within the ambit already received more than Rs for the gender pensions gap, of the Goods and Services Tax 26,000 crore of the 10-year Rs till June 15 for May salaries largely owing to their lower sal- (GST) so that India's fuel prices 30,231-crore bailout package aries, fewer working years (on match international rates. The announced by the former UPA MUMBAI: Air India’s employees will have to wait at average), and their more con- prices then do not have to be government in April 2012. servative investment attitudes”. administered by the govern- "We have requested the gov- least till June 15 for their May salaries. “Disburse- “The resulting difference in ment and people would treat ernment to restore equity infu- ment of salary for the month of May is delayed and retirement balance for women oil as just another commodity sion in the airline, which was the payment is likely to be made on June 15,” Air is estimated to be 30-40 per which depends on international stopped because of the pro- India said on Friday. This is the third time in a row cent in Europe and a similar prices, Rawat added. ‘This will ensure that India’s exports November 2014 and January posed disinvestment. We are that the airline has delayed salaries amid cash percentage in the United States, Higher oil prices signifi- 2016, Rawat said. seeking an additional Rs 2,000 compared to a gender pay gap cantly impact not just India's are competitive, bring down the current As per recent reports, the crore funds to deal with the crunch as even March and April payments were that currently stands at around economy but household bud- Centre earned over Rs 660 crore present situation," the official not made on time. Air India employees generally 15-20 per cent across high- gets as well as it leads to increase account deficit and we may also no as revenue from excise on oil said on condition of anonymity. get paid by the 30th or the 31st of every month. AI income countries,” the report in cost of transportation and longer see the rupee depreciating’, per day and the states got over Air India had been receiv- had on June 5 floated invitation of offers seeking added. According to the report, therefore impacts a lot of other Rs 450 crore per day from auto ing on an average Rs 3,000- governments and employ- products in the inflation bas- Assocham Secretary General fuel. The Centre had earned 4,000 crore funding per year government-guaranteed short-term loans from ers should work together to ket, he said. D S Rawat said in a statement a whopping Rs 2.4 lakh crore from the government till finan- banks and financial institutions of Rs 1,000 crore address the underlying struc- Highlighting the maths while the states earned Rs 1.6 cial year 2013-14. However, to meet "urgent" working capital requirements. tural causes of the gap, or the behind the process of deter- lakh crore as excise duty from the amount got substantially gains in reducing the gender mining fuel prices in India, the and the value added tax (VAT) While the excise duty was Rs the petroleum sector in FY17 reduced after that. up in the Monsoon session of avail within this month, in one pay gap will reappear upon paper noted that one litre of charged by the state govern- 9 per litre in 2013 when global and the figure is set to increase For 2018-19, the carrier was Parliament next week," the offi- or more tranches. retirement. imported crude oil costs over Rs ment on fuel and dealer com- crude oil price was USD 110 further this fiscal, he said. allocated only Rs 650 crore in cial said. Civil aviation minis- “Women have the pension 26, which is then procured by mission and you get selling per barrel, today it is Rs 19 in Noting that higher crude view of the privatisation plan, Amid cash crunch, during ter Suresh Prabhu yesterday odds stacked against them, oil marketing companies which price of petrol, the statement case of petrol and Rs 15 for die- prices adversely affect twin defi- which failed badly last month which Air India also had to had said the future course of so we need government and add entry tax, refinery process- said. sel, he said. cits -- fiscal and current account as the government did not defer staff salaries, the airline action for Air India disinvest- employers to help even the ing, landing cost, and margins Therefore, from about Rs 30 While both the central and deficits of the economy, which receive even a single bid to borrowed Rs 6,250 crore from ment process will be decided playing field, said Han Yik, and sell it to the dealers at a cost that it costs to dealers, price of state governments have enor- will have major impact on mon- acquire the 76 per cent stake various banks between last Sep- by the group of ministers. He WEF Head of Institutional of over Rs 30 per litre. a litre of petrol goes up to over mously benefitted from taxes etary policy, consumption and on offer in the airline. tember and this January. The said that all alternatives will be Investors Industry. “If women Thereafter, over Rs 19 per Rs 77 for consumers, thereby on auto fuel, it may be noted investment behaviour in the "It (the issue of additional carrier has already approached discussed by the Air India Spe- follow the same retirement litre is added to the cost on clocking an increase of over that the Centre garnered major economy, Assocham said reduc- funding) will be decided when banks and financial institutions cific Alternative Mechanism plan as men, they fall short as account of excise duty levied 130 per cent on account of state share of taxes on petrol and tion in oil duties will be of big the first batch of Supplemen- seeking Rs 1,000-crore working (AISAM), headed by Union on average they earn less and by the Centre. Add to this the and central taxes, Rawat said in diesel by virtue of increase in advantage to the country's tary Grants for Demands come capital loans, which it want to minister Arun Jaitley. AGENCIES work fewer years.” AGENCIES dealer commission of over Rs 3 the note. rates on nine occasions between exports. AGENCIES

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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaking at the inauguration of a 16-mw grid-connected solar power plant set up by BEL at Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF), Avadi, on Friday. BELChairman IndianOil Corporation Ltd organised a day-long ‘Sports Conclave 2018’ in New Delhi to & Managing Director M V Gowtama and OFB Member (AVHQ) P K Shrivastava were also present felicitate the sportspersons who have been associated with the company and made a mark in Durgapur Steel Plant Chief Executive Officer A K Rath at a safety exhibition, which was on the occasion the sporting arena. IOCL also announced fresh initiatives to boost sports in the country organised inside the plant premises at the Merchant Mill from June 4 to 8 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018 Individual errors cost us the Anand beats Karjakin to finish joint second match, admits Constantine STAVANGER (NORWAY): Playing out his his third suc- MUMBAI: India's chief coach in one of the most bizarre ways game and he wanted other play- cessive decisive game, Viswa- Stephen Constantine has immediately after the resump- ers to perform. Jeje (Lalpekhlua) nathan Anand got the better of blamed "individual errors" as tion of second half. was never going to play after the Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the the reason behind the hosts' 1-2 We started with the seven of first two games. I didn't want to final round to end joint second defeat against New Zealand in the bench. You're not going to play Sunil, but you know why in the Altibox Norway chess the Intercontinental Cup foot- have 11 Sandesh's (referring to he (was) playing. Hali (Holich- tournament, here on Friday. ball tournament here. Sandesh Jhingan) or 11 Chhe- aran Nazary) was never going to In a solid start, the Indian The Sunil Chhetri-led India tri's (referring to Sunil Chhe- play, Sandesh was never going ace started off with as many scored resounding 5-0 and tri) or 11 Thapa's (referring to to play, Anas (Edathodika) was as six drawn games and ended 3-0 wins over Chinese Taipei Anirudh Thapa). never going to play," he said. with three decisive games in and Kenya before producing "We are going to find these It was time for others to a row. But for his loss against a below-par performance to players and this is why we use come in and stake a claim for Fabiano Caruana of United slump to its first defeat in the these games. Today some play- their place. Some did and some States in the previous round, tournament on Thursday. ers didn't take this opportunity didn't." the Indian ace could have been And Constantine said silly to put themselves in the spot- Meanwhile, Kiwi coach Fritz at the helm in the strongest individual errors cost India the light," Constantine said. Schmid said he was proud of the chess tournament of the year. match. Look, whenever you win We knew that we were in performance of his boys. Having lost the tourna- control for Anand for a long sive games and Magnus Carlsen two games 5-0, 3-0, maybe you "This is part of the learning because we are using this tour- the finals, unless we lost 4 or It's of course a fantastic feel- ment-opener itself, the rise of time in the middle game till was the first to split the point get a little-bit carried away. New process. We are not going to nament to prepare for the Asian 5-0 to New Zealand, that was ing and I can say that the boys Fabiano Caruana continued Karjakin cracked under pres- with Vachier-Lagrave. The Zealand were a young and dis- beat every team 3-0. Cup. We were always going to not going to happen. It is not must be proud of their perfor- as the American scored a fine sure. The fateful 26th move Norwegian had black pieces ciplined side, they played quite The Englishman made as change the team. Obviously we the end of the world, we are mance. We knew playing the victory over compatriot Wes- gave Anand chance to win a and he felt it was risky to try well. We made some mistakes. many as seven changes to India's didn't get the result we wanted, into the final and job done after hosts, scoring 8 goals, conced- ley So to win the tournament pawn and six moves later when for more. In the other game of We didn't start off as we did in starting line-up yesterday and he but it was important that the the first two games. We got the ing none, we knew it was the with five points. faced with loss of his second the day Levon Aronian signed the previous two games. We said it was pre-planned after the youngsters got the opportunity first six points (and) can't ask toughest opponent. But look- Caruana capitalised on pawn, Karjakin resigned. peace with Nakamura. scored first and we let two silly hosts had registered two con- to play, Constantine said. for more, he added. ing at our performance and the a huge blunder from Wesley With Caruana winning his The Caravan now moves to goals in. Individual errors cost vincing wins on the trot. New Zealand scored a come- The coach also made it way we played on the pitch, I So when the latter could have third super tournament of the a double Rapid and blitz tour- us today," the coach told report- It (making seven changes) from-behind win after skipper amply clear that the seniors must say the team did a great drawn through repetition on year after Grenke and Candi- nament as part of the Grand ers last night. was always going to happen, Chhetri had given India the lead were never going to play this job, Schmid said. AGENCIES the 41st move. It was a hard loss dates, Anand, Hikaru Naka- Chess tour. Anand will par- for Wesley as he could have tied mura of United States and ticipate in both events at Paris for first and forced a play-off for Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Luven starting on the 12th FIFA World Cup: Lanzini injury the first place if he had spotted ended tied for the second spot of June. Brilliant Rashid helps Afghanistan the drawing variation. on 4.5 points apiece. Results final round: Ser- blow for Argentina Anand faced the Queen Wesley So and Levon Aro- gey Karjakin (Rus, 3) lost to pawn opening from Karjakin nian of Armenia finished joint V Anand (Ind, 4.5); Fabiano BARCELONA: Argentina's preparations for FIFA complete 3-0 rout of Bangladesh and went for the Queen’s gam- fifth on four points, a half point Caruana (Usa, 5) beat Wesley World Cup suffered a blow as attacking midfield- bit declined. Karjakin showed clear of Shakhriyar Mame- So (Usa, 4); Levon Aronian DEHRADUN: Wonder spin- five consecutive boundaries some preparation as he played dyarov of Azerbaijan. Vachier- (Arm, 4) drew with Hikaru er Manuel Lanzini was ruled out of the 32-nation ner Rashid Khan once again to bring down the equation to fast in the initial stages and Lagrave of France and Karjakin Nakamura (Usa, 4.5); Maxime football tournament after suffering a suspected came to his side's rescue and nine off the last over. faced a new idea by Anand on ended joint eighth on three Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 3) drew serious knee injury during Friday training. AGENCIES produced a brilliant final over But then Afghan cap- move 13. points apiece. with Magnus Carlsen (Nor, to help Afghanistan beat Ban- tain Asghar Stanikzai went The situation was under The final day had two deci- 4.5). AGENCIES gladesh by one run in the nail- to his trump card Rashid, bitting third and final T20 who responded brilliantly by Rashid consolidates International, en route to a removing a set Mushfiqur with World Record: NZ women 3-0 series whitewash here on his first delivery and then did Friday. enough with his guile to snatch his position at top of Afghanistan scored 145 for the narrow one-run win for his score mammoth 490/4 vs six after electing to bat, a target side. T20 Int’l rankings which they defended riding on Besides Mushfiqur and Rashid's brilliance. Mahmudullah, no other Ban- DUBAI: Afghanistan spinner Ireland, highest ever in ODIs Bangladesh were well on 21 runs, Bangladesh were the gladesh batsmen could make Rashid Khan consolidated his course to winning the incon- firm favourites to win the duel any substantial contribution. position at the top of the ICC DUBLIN: New Zealand wom- sequential match after senior but Rashid single-handedly Even though he didn't T20I Player Rankings after en's cricket team posted the In men's cricket, the pros Mushfiqur Rahim (46 off turned the game upside down take too many wickets, Rashid returning with 12 wickets from highest ever total in One-day highest total in ODI 37) and Mahmudullah (45 not by defending nine runs off the (1/24) eventually turned out the just-concluded T20 interna- cricket by scoring an incredible out off 38) stitched 84 runs final over. to be the difference between tional series against Bangladesh 490 for four against Ireland in is 444 for three, for the fifth wicket. In fact, With Bangladesh needing the two sides. Earlier with at Dehradun. the first match against Ireland made by England after the penultimate over of 30 runs off the last two overs, the series already in its bag, The 19-year-old wonder in Dublin with skipper Suzie Karim Janat which yielded Mushfiqur struck Janat for Afghanistan wasted a good spinner has gained 54 points Bates leading from the front against Pakistan start to be restricted to a mod- to finish with 813 points, 80 with a blistering 151-run knock. in August 2016 at est 145 for six. AGENCIES more than second-placed Sha- The total posted by the dab Khan of Pakistan. 'White Ferns' is the highest Nottingham

millenniumpost.in His compatriots, Moham- ever in ODIs including men's mad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rah- matches. Danish women's team to score millenniumpo NO H ALFst TR U THS man have also made remarkable In men's cricket, the high- 412 for three in Mumbai in improvements in the ICC T20I est total in ODI is 444 for December 1997. CHANGE OF NAME Player Rankings after playing three, made by England against In men's ODIs, a 400-plus I, Girish Pokhriyal S/o important parts in a 3-0 defeat Pakistan in August 2016 at score has been achieved 18 Sh. Ram Prasad Pokhriyal of Bangladesh. Nottingham. times by different teams. R/o H.No. 316,Block-6, Rashid, who was named With their incredible bat- Bates blasted 151 off 94 Asha Pushp Vihar ICC's Associate Player of the ting, New Zealand women team balls, hitting 24 shots to the Kaushambi, Ghaziabad Year for 2017, touched a career- bettered their own 21-year old fence and two over the ropes. Uttar Pradesh, do hereby high rating of 816 points after world record of 455 for five Maddy Green minted the Ire- a haul of four for 12 in the sec- against Pakistan at Christchurch land bowlers to score 121 off 105 solemnly affirm that i have ond match. Nabi has gained 11 in January 1997. balls with 17 fours and two sixes. channged my name from spots and reached a career-best It's only third time that a Amelia Kerr contributed Girish Chandra Pokhriyal eighth rank after taking four 400-plus score has been made in piling the misery of the Ire- to Girish Pokhriyal for all wickets and Mujeeb has jumped in women's ODIs. Australia land players by scoring 81 off 71 purposes. 62 slots to 51st place in the lat- was the first team to touch the balls with nine fours and three est update. AGENCIES 400-plus mark when it thrashed sixes. 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He put out seeded players Pablo Carreno Busta and David Goffin before the seismic shock of knocking out 2016 champion Djokovic in the quarter-finals. Thiem, who swept past sec- ond seed Alexander Zverev in the last-eight, broke the Italian in the first game. By the sixth game of the opener, Cecchinato had claimed just one point off the Austri- an's serve. However, he reclaimed the break in the eighth game before edging ahead to 5-4. PARIS: Ten-time champion hard work and going through "But I believe I will be ready Thiem was quick to respond, Rafael Nadal reached his 11th tough moments. You have to be for the final." World number reeling off the next three games French Open final on Friday focussed and keep your passion one Nadal went into Friday's to take the set in 46 minutes. when he demolished Juan Mar- for the game. I never dreamed clash with a 9-5 career record Just as he had against tin del Potro in straight sets, set- in 2005 when I played my first against Del Potro, including all Djokovic, Cecchinato was then ting up a title showdown with final here that I would be in three meetings on clay. locked in another marathon Dominic Thiem, the only man another one." However, it was Del Potro tiebreak. to defeat him on clay in the last Thiem is the only man to who was in the ascendancy in This time, however, he lost two years. beat Nadal on clay in the last the rallies in the first set. it 12/10 despite having three Nadal, a 16-time Grand two seasons -- in Madrid this The fifth seed, playing in set points. Slam champion, claimed his year and Rome in 2017. But the his first Roland Garros semi- That 61-minute set sucked 85th win in Paris against just Spaniard was impressive on Fri- final in nine years, had three the life out of the crowd favou- two losses after weathering a day, finishing with 35 winners break points in the third game rite and Thiem pounced, big-hitting opening from 2009 and 19 unforced errors to Del and three more in the ninth. quickly moving to a double US Open winner Del Potro to Potro's analysis of 20 and 32. However, the 29-year-old was break at 5-0 in the third set. win 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. "Thiem is an amazing player. unable to capitalise and Nadal Cecchinato, whose career "It was a very difficult first He beat me in Madrid, he has made him pay in the 10th game was almost derailed two years set and Juan Martin had lots big power so I have to be at my when he claimed the opener off PARIS: Dominic Thiem ended 10-time champion, and world record against both Nadal (3-6) Thiem, who was playing ago by a match-fixing scandal of opportunities. He was a lit- best and improve," said Nadal. a netted backhand. AGENCIES Marco Cecchinato's French number one, Rafael Nadal or and Del Potro (0-4) but he is in his third successive French before his name was cleared, tle unfortunate," said Nadal, Open fairytale on Friday, reach- Juan Martin del Potro, the fifth- the only man to have defeated Open semi-final, admitted the stopped the rot in the sixth who reeled off 14 of the last 17 ing his first Grand Slam final seeded Argentine, in Sunday's the Spaniard on clay in the last second set had been a nervy game. But Thiem went for the games, having seen Del Potro with a 7-5, 7-6 (12/10), 6-1 final. two years. encounter after needing five set kill in the seventh game, leav- fail to convert any of his seven victory. World 72 Cecchinato had He believes he has a partic- points to get through it. ing an emotional Cecchinato to break points. Seventh seed Thiem is the knocked out three seeded play- ularly powerful weapon on his "The big key was the second take the applause of the crowd. Nadal is now just the sec- first Austrian to make a final at ers to reach the semi-finals, side -- breakfast. set," he said. Despite the defeat, a cheque ond man to reach 11 finals the majors since Thomas Mus- including 12-time major win- "I need to regenerate and "It was a really close tie- for 560,000 euros ( 658,000) at the same Slam, equal- ter was champion in Paris in ner Novak Djokovic in the have a good breakfast to keep break and I didn't want that will help ease the pain as will ling Roger Federer's mark at 1995. quarter-finals. up my good level. especially after I missed an easy a move into the top 30 next Wimbledon. Thiem will face either Thiem, 24, has a losing "Full power on Sunday." volley at 6/4. "That was not a week. AGENCIES "It's impossible without Cricket South Africa announce new T20 league

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket be played in November and South Africa (CSA) announced December. on Friday that it will stage a However, it seems unlikely Twenty20 tournament later to be as ambitious as the this year featuring the coun- aborted T20 Global League, try's top players and interna- which was planned for last sea- tional stars. son but did not take place. South African television The Global League was to company SuperSport will be be a city-based franchise tour- partners in a deal which CSA nament, with foreign owners of acting chief executive Thabang seven of the eight teams. Moroe said would be "the big- But it fell through, leading gest in the history of South to the departure of then CSA African domestic cricket". chief executive Haroon Lor- A CSA statement gave no gat because no television deal details about the format of and no major sponsors were in the tournament, which will place. AGENCIES Premier League agree historic winter break

LONDON: England's Premier League has agreed to intro- duce a winter break in a his- toric move to give players a rest during an increasingly crowded season, the Football Associa- tion (FA) announced Friday. The break — which falls short of those taken in main- land European leagues -- will give the 20 Premier League teams a weekend off football in February beginning in the 2019/20 campaign. Five matches will be played one weekend with the sec- ond batch of five the following weekend. The FA's part of the bargain — also agreed with the English Football League responsible for the divisions outside the Pre- mier League — is to switch FA Cup fifth round ties to mid- week in that period. In addi- tion they will have to be played to achieve a result with no pos- sibility of a replay as was the case before. "This is a significant moment for English football and one that we believe will greatly benefit both club and country," said FA chief execu- tive Martin Glenn. "It's no secret that we have a very congested fixture calendar and over recent years we have been working with the whole game to find a solution. "Today's announcement proves that football can come together for the good of the game." Glenn added that the hectic schedule over the Christ- mas and New Year period — which has become increasingly a controversial issue with fans and players alike — had been retained. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Saturday, 9 June, 2018

I think I should get more opportunities to showcase my talent. I am confident about Race Good script not 3... that will give me certain kind enough for film’s success: Saqib of reach to the mass audience

Saqib, who has always been appreciated for his work, believes that good theatrical release and marketing are also important to get a proper visibility

ctor Saqib Saleem says nowadays a good script is not enough for a film to become successful. Starting his career in Bollywood in 2011 with Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge which was Aproduced by Yash Raj Films, Saqib had to wait for quite a long time to get a big budget mainstream Bollywood film. He is now excited about his forthcoming multi-starrer Eid release Race 3 which is backed by names like super- star Salman Khan. On being asked what kept him away from getting the deserved visibility, the actor told: “Collaborating with the right people helps a young actor to build a stable career. I have taken projects where in the end, the studio or pro- ducer disowned the film before its release. “Filmmaking is a time consuming process. If the producer loses interest or director loses its vision in the middle of the process, the film suffers.” “With two of my films Dobaara and Dil Juunglee such things happened. I think these days, a good script is not enough for a film to get success. Good theatrical release and good marketing are also important to get a proper visibility,” added the actor. His performance was appreciated in films like Bom- bay Talkies and Hawaa Hawaai. Asked if coming from a different city made his journey tougher, Saqib said: “Well, if you look at my career graph, I did not choose my first few films. They chose me…since I come from Delhi, I had no idea how the film industry works.” “I lived under the impression that for the first few years people will call me for work once my film releases. Slowly I realized that is not how it functions. Acting skill is not enough for someone to survive here, networking is needed,” he shared. “Yes, I think I should get more opportunities to show- case my talent and that will happen with each film I sign. I am confident about Race 3... that will give me certain kind of reach to the mass audience. That is what I need as a young actor, reaching a larger audience with a film which is commercially successful,” he said. Talking about films he would prefer to work in, the actor said, “I have to find the balance I guess. Film- making is an expensive art form. Unless the producer is making a profit out of it, they will not encourage the content-driven one.” ‘I don’t wish to do In his upcoming film, Race 3, which is releasing on June 15, Saqib will be seen sharing screen space with some of the celebrated actors like Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and television at this point’ Salman Khan. IANS

MUMBAI: Actor Pulkit Samrat says he declined an offer to judge a dance reality TV show as he wants to concentrate on his career in Bollywood. Michael B Jordan says “I was recently offered to be the judge of a dance reality show. But I didn’t take it up because I don’t wish to do television at this point,” Pulkit said. “If I am adding value as an actor to something that’s offered he wanted roles meant for white actors to me on television, why not to do it? But it must challenge me and I must add some value to it,” added the actor. Pulkit feels television has a wide reach.“The content is so after ‘Fruitvale Station’ diverse, be it dance or comedy reality shows that people really enjoy watching these days as compared to the LOS ANGELES: Michal B. Jordan saas-bahu sagas.” has said that post his criticially- But at the moment, Pulkit is happy acclaimed film Fruitvale Sta- with the way his career is turning out to be.IANS tion he only wanted to play roles that were meant for white actors. During Variety’s Actors on Actors series, the he told fellow actor Issa Rae after the Ryan Coogler- directed film he made a decision to not audition for roles which were specifically I want to only written for Hope ‘Pink’ magic gets black people. go for roles written “I said, I for white males. don’t want it. I want to repeated: Taapsee That’s it. I don’t only go for, want any pre-bias like, (roles MUMBAI: Taapsee Pannu will gets repeated. When people written for) be teaming up with megastar say, Bachchan sir and I are a hit on the character white males. Amitabh Bachchan for Sujoy pair, it excites me. We will start That’s it. I Ghosh’s next and she hopes shooting from June 14,” Taap- don’t want any pre-bias on the character and to recreate the magic of their see said. Me playing that role is going to make it what blockbuster Pink. The actor was recently seen it is,” he said. The film is an official remake in short film Nitishastra in Rae, discussed the positive change in Hol- of the 2016 Spanish filmCon - which she plays a self defense lywood and recalled how she was sent roles she tratiempo also known as The instructor. was not sure she would be able to get because of Invisible Guest. Taapsee, however, is happy her race. “People have been receptive. Even just “I am very excited about with the roles being offered to the confidence that a movie like Black Panther this film. People wait to work her in the movies and has no and other films by other filmmakers of colour, with him (Bachchan) and I got plans to venture into the digital that have come out, have really just changed what to work with him twice in two space. But it was the concept of people perceive as a leading lady,” Rae said.PTI years. It gives me lot of excite- Nitishastra that made Taapsee ment and I hope the magic say yes to the short film. PTI Now we’re all close: Hathaway on Ocean’s 8 cast

LOS ANGELES: Actor Anne other so much and it was so Hathaway says the entire cast of special,” she added. Hatha- the upcoming film Ocean’s 8 has way said that the support she grown close to each other. received from her The film has an ensemble cast colleagues was including Rihanna, Sandra Bull- “really signifi- ock, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paul- cant” as it was son and Helena Bonham Carter. her first appear- “I’d met a couple of them before ance in a film after but I wasn’t close with anybody. giving birth to her Now we’re all close,” Hathaway now two-year-old said on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres son Jonathan in Show’, reports dailymail.co.uk. April 2016. “It just was this huge, huge “After I had my love fest, which is great, cause son, the weight was there’s this terrible rumour out really slow to come off there that women can’t and I was a different get along. And man, size than I normally am. did we just murder And the director Gary Ross told that rumour. me, ‘That’s great, we have eight We just women in this movie and need loved to have as many body types as we each can’,” she said. IANS