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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to have a web portal ready by January extended to Mar 31 10 next year to enable citizens to register com- plaints of child sexual abuse, child pornography industry for banking crisis MPOST BUREAU and gangrape videos. The Centre apprised a bench of Justices M B DHIRENDRA KUMAR NEW DELHI: The govern- Lokur and U U Lalit that a portal has been pre- Highlights ment on Wednesday extended pared and it would be ready within a month, and NEW DELHI: Prime Minister by three months until March standard operating procedures were also being Narendra Modi on Wednesday »»Banks were pressured to 31, 2018, the deadline for developed for the use of the portal. launched a blistering attack on the give loans worth thousands mandatory quoting of Aad- However, the bench said it was “high time” previous Congress-led UPA regime, of crores of rupees to select haar and PAN for all bank ing to extend until March 31 that the Centre gets the portal ready and avail- saying that banks were pressured industrialists accounts and certain finan- the deadline fixed for manda- able to the public at large. to give loans worth thousands of cial transactions. tory linking of Aadhaar to avail “The matter has been pending for quite some crores of rupees to select industri- »»Government is formulating The government had made various services and welfare time, and we find from the affidavit filed by the alists in a scam bigger than 2G, coal policies keeping in mind the quoting of the 12-digit bio- schemes. CBI on October 8, 2015, that steps are being and Commonwealth Games scams. metric identifier Aadhaar On December 7, the dead- taken to enable complaints being filed through Speaking at the 90th AGM of need of businesses, abolishing mandatory for old and new line for linking PAN with Aad- a portal,” the bench said in its order. P7 industry association Ficci, Modi archaic and obsolete laws. bank accounts as well as for haar was extended by three said the non performing asset »»The government is working to any financial transaction of Rs months to March 31, 2018. (NPA) or bad loans problem is a 50,000 and above. Under the PMLA, Aad- Sex determination: SC asks “liability” handed over by “econo- protect the interest of bank The previous deadline was haar, PAN and other official mists” in the previous regime. customers and their deposits December 31, 2017. documents are required to be Centre, 3 search engines to meet Hard-selling his government’s “It has been decided to obtained by banks and finan- pro-poor policies, he listed out ini- ishing archaic and obsolete laws. notify 31 March, 2018 or cial institutions from anyone NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednes- tiatives like free cooking gas con- Talking about an obsolete law six months from the date of opening a bank account as well day directed the Centre to hold a meeting with nections to women, bank accounts that prohibits cutting of bamboo commencement of account as for any financial transaction stakeholders like search engines Google, Yahoo to every household, loans to the trees, the PM, said, “We were sur- based relationship by the cli- of Rs 50,000 and above. and Microsoft, to find a solution to ensure that youth and affordable housing, taken prised to know that there are two ent, whichever is later, as the The notification issued on materials violating Indian laws prohibiting since 2014. laws for bamboo — first law puts date of submission of the Aad- Tuesday stated that accounts, prenatal sex determination are not hosted on Questioning the role of insti- it under the tree category while haar number, and Permanent where Aadhaar and PAN are websites. tutions like FICCI for not raising another terms it as grass that pro- Account Number or Form 60 not furnished by the date noti- A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak their voice against the wrongdoing hibited MSME sector from using by the clients to the reporting fied by the government, will Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y of the previous governments, the the tree for manufacturing of agar- entity,” an official release said cease to be operational. Chandrachud also directed that the meeting is PM said, “I want to know whether batis, matchstick, etc. We changed here. If the account holder “fails held within six weeks from Wednesday and the FICCI raised its voice when banks the law. ” The decision to extend the to submit the Aadhaar num- suggestions of the petitioner be also considered. were pressured to give loans worth Slamming prominent indus- deadline was taken after vari- ber and PAN by such date as Sanjay Parikh, appearing for petitioner Sabu thousands of crores of rupees to visions of the Financial Resolution opposite. Organisations such as trialists for delaying payment to ous representations as well as may be notified by the central Mathew George, said search engines Google, select industrialists.” and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) FICCI have a responsibility to gen- MSME entrepreneurs, Modi said, inputs received from banks, it government, the said account Yahoo and Microsoft, were competent to remove Hitting at the opposition for Bill, Modi said, “The government erate awareness about such issues.” “The big corporate houses must pay added. shall cease to be operational till materials on sex determination from the web- misleading people by spreading is working to protect the interests Modi said his government is the dues of MSME entrepreneurs This is in line with the Cen- the time the client submits the sites on their own. The contention was vehe- rumours that depositors’ money of the account holders, but rumours formulating policies keeping in on time as they don’t enough funds tre last week informing the Aadhaar number and Perma- mently opposed by the counsel for the search has been put at risk through pro- that are being spread are the exact mind the need of businesses, abol- to run their businesses.” Supreme Court that it is will- nent Account Number”, it said. engines. P7 BJP, CONG IN SPARRING MATCH Records tumble as India, Asean have Manmohan Rohit extends lead attacks Modi RO-HIT SHOW in 200-plus club profound historical links EC notice to Rahul DHARMENDRA PRADHAN again on Pak ROHIT SHARMA Strikes over TV interview collusion issue Third Double Ton in ODIs OUR CORRESPONDENT In today’s NEW DELHI: Former GANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI: prime minister Manmo- Runs paper Rahul Gandhi’s interviews to Gujarati han Singh on Wednesday 208* TV channels aired on Wednesday on hit out at his successor ... the eve of final phase of the Assem- Narendra Modi again on Balls 153 CITY bly elections sparked a complaint by the eve of the second and the BJP with the Election Commis- final phase of the Guja- DTC RIDERSHIP SEES RISE 3 sion which sought his explanation for rat polls, accusing him of Strike rate 135.94 “prima facie” violating the poll rules. spreading “falsehood and NATION As the BJP and the Congress canards” to score politi- 4s 6s UP APPROVES DRAFT OF UPCOCA BILL 5 were locked in a war of words over Section 126 (3) of the Representation cal points and seeking an the interview, the Election Commis- of the People Act, 1951 and display of apology for his “ill-thought EDIT sion issued a show cause notice to the such election matter within 48 hours transgression”. 13 12 Congress president-elect to explain ending with the hour fixed for con- Upping the ante two INDIA SHOULD WAIT AND WATCH 8 by 5 pm on December 18 as to why clusion of the poll, amounts to a vio- days after his sharp out- OUR CORRESPONDENT after Sri Lanka opted to field that was the main highlight INTERNATIONAL action should not be taken against lation of the prohibition contained in burst, Singh put out a video at the Punjab Cricket Associa- with Rohit targeting medium- him. Counting of votes is due to be Section 126 (1) (b) of the Act, 1951. message to attack Modi MOHALI: He was the only tion Stadium. pacer Suranga Lakmal. The DEMOCRATS DEFEAT ROY MOORE 11 taken up on December 18. “...by giving such interview and its over his remarks insinu- batsman with two scores of Rohit got off to a steady sequence was: 43.2: Low full- The poll body in its 2-page order display on TV channels on Decem- ating that the Congress 200-plus in ODIs. On Wednes- start with Shikhar Dhawan. toss whacked over midwicket; BUSINESS on Wednesday night also said it ber 13 you have, prima facie, violated leader colluded with Pak- day, Sri Lanka’s nightmare The duo brought up India’s 43.3: Full toss outside off would decide the matter without any the...provisions of para 1 (4) of the istan in the Gujarat polls, from 2014 when Rohit Sharma first 100 runs in the 20th over stump put to the stands behind I-T DEPT SURVEYS BITCOIN EXCHANGES 12 reference to him if he fails to respond Model Code of Conduct, Section 126 and said it was unfair to hit the world’s highest individ- with Dhawan doing bulk of the square-leg; 43.4: Full toss on SPORT to the notice. (1) (b) of the Representation of the question the nationalism ual score of 264 returned when scoring. The Delhi batsman middle stump dispatched over In a press statement earlier, the People Act, 1951 and Election Com- of public servants. the explosive opener smashed was also the first to reach 50 off square-leg; 43.5: Slower one OZ HOPE TO CLINCH SERIES 14 EC said it had asked TV channels to mission’s lawful instructions in this “I am deeply pained 208 in the second ODI to add 47 balls. He, however, fell two rocketed beyond midwicket. “forthwith stop” airing interviews of regard,” it said. and anguished by the false- to his tally of double centu- overs later — allowing Rohit The writing was already Rahul Gandhi as they violated the The BJP in its complaint alleged hood and canards being ries. Thanks to his strike rate to take over. on the wall. A barrage of sixes FOR ADVERTISING election law and directed the Guja- that Rahul Gandhi has turned so “des- spread to score political of 135.94, India managed to The Mumbai batsman followed Lakmal over as wife kindly contact at 9810195709 rat poll authorities to lodge FIRs perate” fearing defeat in the Gujarat points in a lost cause by set a target of 393. first brought up his 50 off 65 Ritika could hardly contain her or against anyone for infringement of polls that he “violated” the Model none less than Prime Min- Captaining the side in the balls — courtesy nine fours smile from the special enclo- [email protected] legal provisions. Code of Conduct to giving the media ister Narender (sic) Modi. absence of Virat Kohli, Rohit’s and a solitary six. Soon after, sure. In the stands down below It said Rahul Gandhi talked interviews. The Congress on its part Fearing imminent defeat performance was under scan- he switched gears and batting and all over, it was a cricketing about the Gujarat assembly elections accused Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Gujarat, desperation ner — especially after a dia- with young Sheryas Iyer, pul- carnival. FOR SUBSCRIPTION in which the polling for the second and others of threatening journalists of Prime Minister to hurl bolical batting collapse in verised Sri Lankan bowlers Rohit dedicated his third kindly contact at 8800854665 phase will be held on Thursday. for airing Rahul Gandhi’s interview every abuse and latch on the first ODI in Dharamsala. with carefree aggression. He double century to his wife or The notice said the display of his and urged the Election Commission to every straw is palpable,” More than making up for the brought up his 16th ODI ton Ritika Sajdeh on the occasion [email protected] interview by channels falls within the for action against them including reg- he said. P6 nightmare in the hills, Rohit as India captain off 115 balls. of their second marriage anni- definition of election matter under istration of cases. unleashed batting mayhem It was the 44th over though versary on Wednesday. CBI takes over probe into BOTH LEADERS GREET EACH OTHER WARMLY Chhattisgarh ‘sex CD’ case Modi, Manmohan pay tribute to Parl attack martyrs OUR CORRESPONDENT The journalist had denied the allegations. MPOST BUREAU in Gujarat. “We pay homage to those NEW DELHI: The CBI has According to the Raipur Singh had hit back at Modi who laid down their lives pro- taken over investigations of the Police, a case of blackmail and NEW DELHI: The bitter slug- for allegedly spreading “false- tecting the temple of our democ- two cases related to the alleged extortion was registered at the fest ahead of the Gujarat polls hood and canards” to “score racy on 13th December 2001. circulation of a “fake sex CD” Pandri police station based receded into the background on political points in a lost cause”. Their sacrifices will never be allegedly involving a Chhattis- on a complaint by BJP leader Wednesday as political leaders, On December 13, 2001, five forgotten,” he wrote on Twitter. garh minister, agency sources Prakash Bajaj who had said including Prime Minister Nar- heavily-armed gunmen stormed Union ministers Smriti Z said on Wednesday. that he “was being harassed endra Modi and his predecessor the Parliament complex and Irani and Rajyavardhan Singh Chhattisgarh Public Works Department over the phone by an unidentified caller Manmohan Singh, gathered to opened indiscriminate fire. Rathore also paid their tributes. (PWD) Minister Rajesh Munat had lodged who told him that he had a CD of his ‘aka’ pay homage to the martyrs of the Five Delhi Police personnel, “Homage to martyrs whose complaints against senior journalist Vinod (master)”. 2001 Parliament attack. a woman Central Reserve Police supreme sacrifice to protect our Verma, who was arrested from Ghaziabad After an investigation, a search team Modi and Singh greeted each official, two Parliament watch temple of democracy will never in October, and also state Congress chief was sent to Delhi and Verma was held from other warmly at the sombre cer- and ward staff, a gardener and a be forgotten by a grateful Nation. Bhupesh Baghel for allegedly tarnishing his Ghaziabad, the police had said, claiming to emony, held in the Parliament camera person were among those #ParliamentAttack,” Irani said in image through the CD. have recovered 500 CDs, pen drives etc. House complex. who lost their lives in the attack. a tweet. According to the procedure, the CBI has The case against Baghel, Verma and Vice President and Rajya PM Modi and formerPM Manmohan Singh exchange greetings during the “The nation is ever grateful to “13th December, 2001. Today re-registered the FIRs of the Chhattisgarh others was registered under section 67 (A) Sabha chairman M Venkaiah the martyrs who laid down their marks 16 years since the cow- tribute paying ceremony for the martyrs of 2001 Parliament attack PTI Police which were registered against Verma of the Information Technology Act follow- Naidu, the prime minister, Lok lives to protect the Parliament, ardly terrorist attack on our on Munat’s complaint. ing the minister’s complaint, Station House Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, showered petals at the portraits ceremony, the latter cupped his the temple of democracy,” the Parliament: the shrine of our The two cases are related to alleged Officer (SHO) Civil Lines, Raipur, Hem Manmohan Singh, BJP veteran L of the bravehearts killed in the hands. vice president tweeted. democracy. I pay homage to all possession and circulation of fake porno- Prakash Nayak had said. K Advani, Congress chief Sonia attack 16 years ago. Earlier this week, Modi had Prime Minister Modi said the the brave security personnel who graphic video and allegations of a ransom Both the cases have been taken over by Gandhi, her son Rahul, several When Singh greeted Modi accused Singh of colluding with sacrifice of those killed will not laid down their lives protecting demand, CBI sources said. the CBI, the sources said. senior ministers and politicians with a ‘namaste’ just before the Pakistan to ensure BJP’s defeat be forgotten. it,” Rathore said. 2 mp town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 Writer’s desk: How writers build THE SANCTUMS WHERE THEY WRITE Some find solace in a small corner in the library, some in a park, beneath the open blue sky and some on a bus. Writers curate the existing surroundings to suit their mood

olitude and silence are what most writers whose books are published in 30 languages and tially nomadic in this essential practice, seek to produce a full-length novel or non- have been adapted for screen and stage world- and carries her little notebook and pens fiction book. But what do writers do when wide. The writer’s highly acclaimed book “Every- on buses or on the subway. Sometimes all around them is chaos and noise? They one Brave is Forgiven” was written in a corner of when she is walking in the park, she is sitS back and build a peaceful environment where the The London Library, surrounded by stacks writing her poems in her head, in inner their creative juices flow seamlessly. of books. There was no view but the one that he space, so that the colour of the sky, or a There is no denying the fact that some of the brought with him. Usually the light from the small child suddenly running across the path best novels have been written by writers with window was leaden and the soft buzzing of the enters into what she is composing, the few resources at their disposal, often at the early electrical transformer box drowned out any dis- words and breath co-mingling in that stage of their careers when they struggled to tracting background noise. fluid state essential for the creation of make ends meet. A perfect writing universe, thus, “The writing desk was steady and just the poem she composes. may not be a prerequisite for quality writing. the right age, 50 or 60 years, I should think – But Alexander also has a deep desire But even then, some writers carefully curate the so that it offended neither with antiquity nor to be tethered, to be housed. existing surroundings to suit the mood of their with recency. Scratched into it were the ini- “I have a favourite bench I sit on in novel. tials of people I couldn’t guess at. As a place a crowded café with a cup of coffee. The Consider, for to write, it was neutral. It was notable for not clatter and bustle do not trouble me. In instance, Brit- even belonging to me, so that I felt no irritating a strange way they comfort me, provide ish writer Chris obligation to fix anything broken, or to clutter it a fellow feeling. We are all in this world Cleave, with proofs of my existence. Apart from my lap- together and the poem, even as it nestles top and water bottle, I never took anything with in the crevices of the brain, is in and of me to the writing desk. I kept the laptop clean and the world,” elaborated Alexander, who my mind in the early 1940s. When the novel was lives and works in New York City, where finished, I was finished with the space I had writ- she is Distinguished Professor of English ten it in,” said Cleave. at Hunter College. Then there are those like Meena Alexan- In her apartment in Washington der, one of India’s foremost poets, who like to Heights is a desk where she sits exclu- move around when they write. Alexander is, sively to write. It is made of solid wood in her own words, essen- and behind it is an old piano that her son rescued when it was being thrown out. It is on this desk that Alexander sets her pen and paper leaves of the elm tree outside. The hope is that, bit to create books that have been adored by by bit, the rhythm of thought and feeling can be readers and critics alike. sculpted into form,” she added. “And then there is another desk, in the While both Alexander and Cleave are studio I have recently rented, in a room based outside India and seek a rather simple, above a stone church, part of the Cor- unadorned environment to pen their books, nerstone Studios. I go there when I some of the most popular contemporary Indian can for the utter quiet it gives, the writers like Ashwin Sanghi, Amish Tripathi and seclusion that protects the soul, Shashi Tharoor have built rather fascinating writ- a space of meditation. Out of ing rooms for themselves, in the very heart of noisy the window, I can stare at the New Delhi and Mumbai. IANS

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No. 011-47777500 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 mp city Between June and October, DTC reaped benefits of Metro fare hike SAYANTAN GHOSH a significant rise in DTC ridership. But the In 2016, the daily ridership of DTC buses ticketed. The rest (16 lakh) use passes, it “Even when we plan to buy the buses, the proposed “claw back”. total yearly ridership is less than that of last was 30 lakh, which dropped to nearly 28 noted. The DTC official noted that in 2012, bus companies do not want to take care of Puri, however, said that neither the Cen- NEW DELHI: Since the second hike this year,” the official told Millennium Post. lakh in 2017. DTC had nearly 6,200 buses. Now, it has maintenance of these buses and the whole tre nor the Delhi government has powers year in Delhi Metro fares was effected in He said that after the first Metro fare hike A study by the Centre for Science and only 3,944 buses. pressure comes to DTC. But this time, the to rollback the fares fixed by the fixation October, buses of the Delhi Transport Cor- came into effect in May, the ridership per Environment (CSE) showed that DTC’s “The number of buses has declined and Cabinet has approved and we have said that committee headed by a retired judge and poration have witnessed nearly a 20 per day of DTC buses in June was nearly 25.8 daily average ridership declined by over 35 later, the frequency of buses was affected. DTC will do the maintenance. The process claimed that the ridership on three differ- cent rise in ridership per day between June lakh. In July, the ridership per day jumped per cent between 2012-13 and 2016. From The combination of these factors is the main of buying 1,000 buses is on,” he said. ent days in October this year were higher and October. by over two lakh to 27 lakh. 47 lakh in 2012-13, it dropped to 30 lakh reason behind the decline in ridership,” he Meanwhile, Chief Minister Arvind than the last year. However, the yearly ridership saw a dip The official added that the daily rider- by the end of 2016, the CSE report said. said, asserting that after the Metro fare hike, Kejriwal on Wednesday wrote to Union Hitting back, the Union minister said of 5 per cent from the last year, a senior ship in August was 28.7 lakh, followed by As per latest available DTC statistics, there has been an extended need for DTC Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, seeking a that the 35 per cent fall in the DTC riders DTC official said. 30.8 lakh in September. In October, the about 30 lakh passengers are carried daily, buses; but the Transport department has review of the hike in Metro fares and reit- and shortfall of buses called for an urgent “After the Metro fare hike, there has been number was 31.2 lakh. of which a mere 14 lakh (45 per cent) are failed procure more buses. erated his offer to partially bear the cost of attention. Eighth arrest Delhi govt cracks Nine-member expert panel in Mansarovar murder case the whip against pvt OUR CORRESPONDENT to suggest hospital norms NEW DELHI: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on schools hiking fee Wednesday arrested eight OUR CORRESPONDENT dent Dr Arun Gupta, former president the margin of profit availed from the people in connection with the ROUSHAN ALI mittee of the respective districts of Delhi Medical Association, Dr R K sale of medicine. So, it will tell what per- gruesome murder case of four in the prescribed proforma NEW DELHI: The Delhi government Gupta, and experts from our govern- centage of profit margin can they go for,” women and a security guard in NEW DELHI: Cracking the along-with a processing fee of on Wednesday set up a nine-member ment,” he told reporters. the health minister said. their residence in Mansarovar whip against private schools Rs 100,” the notification stated. expert committee to recommend it the The panel has been requested to sub- They will also recommend measures Park area of Shahdara district. arbitrarily hiking fees under The notification also norms to be followed by private hospi- mit its recommendations by Decem- for norms to be followed in medical Police said they have the pretext of implementing the directed all recognised unaided tals in the city, including on capping the ber 31. investigation and suggest behavioural arrested one Rahul, the Seventh Pay Commission, the schools to make available their margin of profit from the sale of medi- “They will not be mere recommen- protocols, he said. nephew of another accused Delhi government on Wednes- records and submit their cines, in medical investigation and for dations. The Delhi government will use The government, later in a state- Sunny who is in police cus- day released notification for accounts to the Fee Anomaly behavioural protocols. them to come up with protocols related ment, said the panel will suggest mech- tody, for his involvement in the setting up the ‘Fee Anomaly Committee. Making the announcement at a press to medical services,” Jain said. anism so that all private hospitals and murder-cum-dacoity. Committees’ in each district, The formation of the com- conference here, Health Minister Saty- Asked if the step was prompted by nursing homes should, as far as pos- Rahul had a contractual job as recommended by the Justice mittee comes in the wake of endar Jain said the committee will be Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain at a the recent alleged incidents of over- sible, only prescribe drugs mentioned as a sweeper at the office of the Duggal Committee constituted many parents approaching the headed by Director-General Of Health charging and medical negligence by two in the National List of Essential Medi- Election Commission of India. by Delhi High Court. Delhi government with com- press conference PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA Services Kirti Bhushan. upscale private hospitals, he said: “No. cines (NELM). DCP(Crime) G Ram Gopal As per the notification, any plaints of illegitimate fee hikes. The minister, in response to a ques- in providing immediate medical care We have been pro- actively working on Price to be charged by them for Naik confirmed the arrest. parent/guardian of a student of Chief Minister Arvind tion on the Centre’s Clinical Establish- to victims of crime or road accidents, it for months.” medicines and consumables and not Police sources claimed that any recognised unaided school Kejriwal and Deputy Chief ments (Registration and Regulation) or hospitals compelling patients to buy Registered private hospitals and compelling patients to buy drugs from after several hours of question- individually or jointly aggrieved Minister Manish Sisodia had Act, said the city government is work- drugs from in-house pharmacy, rude nursing homes will come under its in-house pharmacy and price charged ing, the accused was arrested. by the amount of fees or any met at Delhi Secretariat on ing on its own Delhi health act, which behaviour by healthcare workers and purview. for various diagnostic investigations “We have recovered cash other charge being levied by the Monday to discuss the issue. should come into being soon. delay in initiating medico-legal cases. “We have been saying that open loot would also be deliberated by the panel. and bloodstained clothes from school may register a complaint Meanwhile, the Delhi gov- On what prompted the setting up of “So, we have formed this commit- and criminal negligence by any private They will also offer suggestions that the accused. He was present at with these committees. ernment has also called a meet- the panel, Jain said his department had tee, which would also include Indian hospital will not be tolerated. And, the will seek to “develop a mechanism for the house where the incident “Aggrieved parents can file ing of all MLAs and officials of received several complaints related to Medical Association president Dr K K panel will, among other recommenda- eradicating cuts and commissions in happened and was involved in complaint with committee and the Education department of alleged overcharging, refusal or delay Aggarwal, Delhi Medical Council presi- tions, also suggest the capping limit on medical practice”, the statement said. dacoity,” said police sources. can be registered with the com- Thursday. Delhi pollution: Apex court tells Days after drizzle, air quality drops to ‘very poor’ Centre to notify action plan OUR CORRESPONDENT 21 monitoring stations across ber of areas exposed to toxic tor-125 in Noida and Vasund- at noon, as compared with 219 NCR was ‘very poor’, as against air jumped from four (Tuesday hara in Ghaziabad. at 4 pm on Tuesday after 7.8 SAYANTAN GHOSH NEW DELHI: Air quality in only four regions on Tuesday night) to 11 towards Wednes- PM2.5 levels in these areas mm rainfall. Delhi-NCR on Wednesday night. day noon. ranged between 123 and 194 As per the India Meteoro- NEW DELHI: The Supreme morning again dropped to In Delhi, the concentration The most-polluted areas units — five to eight times the logical Department, on account Court bench of Justices Madan ‘very poor’, after staying in the of major pollutant PM2.5 was included Anand Vihar in east permissible limit. of high moisture, Delhi-NCR B Lokur and Deepak Gupta ‘poor’ category on Monday, in 133 units at 15 active monitor- Delhi, Delhi Technical Univer- According to SAFAR (Sys- has no chance of rains on on Wednesday directed the the wake of moderate rain. ing stations, and 131 units at sity in north Delhi, ITO, Man- tem of Air Quality and Weather Thursday. “Currently, Delhi is Union Ministry of Environ- According to the Cen- 21 stations across NCR, con- dir Marg and Lodhi Road in Forecasting and Research), the experiencing north-westerly ment, Forests and Climate tral Pollution Control Board sidered ‘very poor’. central Delhi, Siri Fort and RK overall air quality index across winds with low speeds of 5 to Change (MoEF) to notify the (CPCB), air quality at 11 of the On Wednesday, the num- Puram in south Delhi, Sec- 10 stations in the NCR was 252 10 kmph,” an IMD official said. comprehensive action plan for- mulated by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Delhi Cabinet Control) Authority (EPCA) for Delhi-NCR within the next two approves weeks. The Supreme Court also relaxed the ban on the use of furnace oil at “This is the first ever com- prehensive action plan that power plants till December 31, 2018 free coaching has been adopted officially to by at least 74 per cent from the as much as 54 per cent of the mandate time-bound short, current level of annual average days were in a severe category, scheme medium and long-term mea- PM2.5 to be able to meet the this year in November it has sures to clean up the air of clean air standards. reduced to 41 per cent. OUR CORRESPONDENT Delhi and National Capi- Such a daunting chal- However, for lasting and tal Region with a compliance lenge can be met only with enduring results, the com- NEW DELHI: The Delhi cabi- strategy. time-bound action and strong prehensive action plan must net, in its meeting chaired by “This also helps create a compliance and deterrence be implemented with utmost Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal template of action for all other framework," said Anumita urgency and stringency. on Wednesday, approved the cities of India," said Sunita Roychowdhury, executive Meanwhile, the apex court proposal of the empowerment Narain, member, EPCA. director-research and advo- allowed the cement industry of the weaker sections. The Centre for Science and cacy, CSE. to use pet coke as a feedstock, Earlier, the Social Welfare Environment (CSE), the think She added that the Graded after it was banned last month department had approved free tank for the EPCA, also wel- Response Action Plan (GRAP) to clean up the air in Delhi and coaching to target the mar- comed the apex court order. has already helped to reduce its neighbouring states. ginalised sections by way of "This is a very important the frequency and intensity of The SC also relaxed the running a pre-examination step forward as according to smog episode this winter in ban on the use of furnace oil at coaching centre at Ramjas the comprehensive action Delhi-NCR. power plants till December 31, Road, Karol Bagh, through the plan, Delhi and NCR will have In fact, CSE’s analysis shows 2018, saying its usage stands at hiring of teachers on the con- to reduce particulate pollution that while in November 2016 just 0.03 per cent. tractual basis. MCDs allowing Max group moves 15-year-old illegal govt authority on boy stabbed construction, licence cancellation to death in alleges AAP NEW DELHI: Max Health- registration". scuffle care on Wednesday moved a "Earlier, we had also OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi "government authority" against requested the Delhi govern- Party (AAP) on Wednesday the cancellation of licence of ment to review their decision NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old alleged that BJP-led MCDs its hospital in Shalimar Bagh and restore the registration," the boy was murdered and two were allowing unauthorized in north-west Delhi, even as statement said, while claiming others injured in Pul Prahlad- construction in the city -- if it appealed to the DGHS to that the "decision has caused pur area of south east district bribes were paid. "reconsider" its decision. significant inconvenience to on Tuesday night, after they AAP Leader Dilip Pandey The development comes thousands of patients and local were assaulted by three men. told the media that the AAP four days after the Director- residents and this is further Details of the sudden mur- had filed a petition against the ate General of Health Services compounded by unavailability der are not known, though South Delhi Municipal Corpo- (DGHS) of the Delhi govern- of suitable alternatives for their police said that on Tuesday ration (SDMC) in this regard. ment's heath department had medical needs in the vicinity". Rajesh and associates Danish He said the SDMC was cancelled licence of the hos- Max Healthcare authori- and Tinku met Tara Chand, unable to provide complete pital for alleged medical neg- ties declined to share details who was accompanied by two information on the “sealing, ligence in multiple instances, on the appropriate government persons, in Pul Prahaladpur de-sealing and demolition of including a case in which one of authority approached by them. market in Lal Kuan, where a the illegal construction and the twins was found alive after However, Delhi High commotion ensued between action taken. being declared dead by doctors. Court advocate Ashok Agar- them. Tara Chand and his asso- “Despite all efforts to gather "Following the due process wal, claimed, in such cases, "the ciate Ramji Lal survived the this information, we have been of law, we have filed an appeal appellate authority is the Lieu- knife injuries in the bloody unable to do so. The solitary with the appropriate author- tenant Governor's office". scuffle, but 15-year-old boy reason in all probabilities ity against the cancellation of "As per the Delhi Nurs- Rahul sustained multiple inju- appears to be the corrupt prac- registration of Max Hospital, ing Homes Registration Act, ries. Passersby soon called tices of the SDMC,” he said. Shalimar Bagh," the Max group 1953, in cases related to can- police, and a police team sub- Pandey showed what he said in a statement Wednes- cellation of licence, the appel- sequently took the injured to said was a vague SDMC reply day night. late authority is the L-G office," the hospital, where Rahul suc- which showed no action was A spokesperson of the Max Agarwal, also a member of the cumbed to his injuries. taken against more than 5,000 Healthcare, when asked to Delhi High Court-appointed “We have registered a case illegal constructions. He said elaborate about the appropri- EWS Monitoring Committee under sections 302, 307, 341, 34 the MCDs had become a hub ate authority approached, only for hospitals, said. of IPC at Pul Prahladpur police of corruption and it was impos- said, "It is not a court author- Max Hospital, Shalimar station. Two accused Danish, sible to undertake construction ity but a government authority. Bagh on a monthly basis treats a resident of Nainital in Utta- without bribing civic agencies. And, the appeal was filed around 14,000 patients in the rakhand, and Mohan Singh, a Earlier this week, the party today." OPD, attends to over 1,600 resident of Baghpat presently had launched a protest against The hospital group also emergency patients and addi- resided at Lal Kuan have been East Delhi Municipal Corpora- appealed to the government tional 3,000 are treated in inpa- arrested. Search of the other tion against its proposal to hike to "reconsider their decision tient wards, the hospital group accused is on,” said Chinmoy property tax. MPOST of cancelling the hospital's said. AGENCIES Biswal, DCP South East. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 In surprise move, JNU scraps False robbery case in south west Delhi solved, 3 held OUR CORRESPONDENT integrated MPhil/PhD course A police officer investigating the case NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on said all the accused in the incident Wednesday stated that they Aspirants will now have to sit for a separate entrance examination for PhD course solved the case of a shooting were known to the victim and they had incident, in which a woman cooked up a story about a gold chain YOGESH KANT MPhil students with adequate no discussion or even unilat- was shot in south west Delhi pass percentage to pursue PhD eral announcement regarding last week, with the arrest of robbery to dodge police investigation NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal without having to sit for an delinking the MPhil and PhD three people. Nehru University (JNU) has entrance examination. Even programme for the ongoing A police officer investigat- near Dhaula Kuan flyover. Police said Bunty – who had scrapped its integrated MPhil/ the MPhil students, from out- admissions,” JNUTA president ing the case said all the accused He was now carrying her to recently been released on bail PhD programme, with the side the university, could pur- and an AC member, Ayesha in the incident were known to Safdurjung Hospital for treat- – fell in love with the injured aspirants will now have to sit sue the doctorate programme Kidwai said. the victim and they themselves ment, he told police. Piya, who lived in Dev Nagar for a separate entrance exami- after clearing an interview. But The JNUTA demands the cooked up a story about a gold Sensing the gravity of the area of Karol Bagh with her nation to avail the varsity’s PhD the recent notification makes it immediate withdrawal of the chain robbery to dodge police incident, a police team rushed grandmother. programme. compulsory for PhD aspirants announcement, she said. The investigation of their crimes. to the hospital and met with The two soon began a court- “Candidates who have to crack the varsity entrance JNU Entrance Examination for The arrestees were identi- the victim, identified as Piya ship and planned to marry each applied for MPhil/PhD for the examination. 2018-19 academic session is fied as Bunty Grover, Tushaar Malhotra. other. Bunty would often ask academic year 2018-19 will However, the JNU Teach- scheduled between December Barua and Akash Tyagi. Incidentally, the police Piya to give up drinking, but be considered for MPhil pro- ers Association (JNUTA) 23 and 27. Revealing details of the inci- team found the caller, Grover, she refused. gramme only. The programme called it an “illegal move” Accusing the JNU admin- dent, the police officer said that in a drunken condition. On the night of incident, will now be a ‘terminal degree’ and claimed that the Aca- istration of crossing all lim- in the early hours of December DCP (South West) Mil- Bunty’s friend, Tyagi had an as per the decision taken in the demic Council meeting had its of ethics and responsibility 10, a caller – identified as Bunty ind Mahadeo Dumbere said, illegal loaded pistol with him. 144th Academic Council (AC) not taken any such decision. over the latest move, which Grover – dialled at Police Post “During the course of inqui- The accused, with his associ- The JNU Teachers Association called the move “illegal” and claimed meeting held on December 1,” “Rather it was the Vice-Chan- she says ‘unprecedented in the Subroto Park informing them ries the conduct of Bunty was ates, reached the residence of said a notification printed on that the Academic Council meeting had not taken any such decision cellor who announced that he history’ of JNU, JNUSU presi- about a gold chain snatching found suspicious. On suspi- Piya, who was in a drunken admit cards for JNU Entrance “The new UGC regulations from across the country, can would be setting up a commit- dent Geeta said, “JNUSU will incident. cion of his false stories, he was condition, and an altercation Examination (JNUEE). allow even MA (postgradu- apply for the JNU’s prestigious tee to look into the proposal. It fight tooth and nail against this The caller also informed cross-checked with the version ensued between them. An official of the university ate) students to compete for doctorate programme,” he said. was not endorsed by any other undemocratic and anti-student that a shot was fired at her ‘wife’ of injured Malhotra and finally In a fit of rage, Bunty took claimed the move would ben- the PhD programme directly. Earlier, the integrated MPhil/ member of the AC. It should policy of integrated M.Phil by four unidentified armed he disclosed about the whole the pistol from Tyagi and fired efit a wide section of students. Now, MA and MPhil students, PhD programme had allowed also be noted that there was PhD delinking.” persons injuring her right leg incident.” at her, injuring her right leg. Ryan murder case: JJB refuses Three months Mastermind of Ashok Vihar later, two held businessman murder arrested plea to treat accused as minor for murder of OUR CORRESPONDENT investigation. on September 8 inside the OUR CORRESPONDENT A cash reward of Rs 50,000 resident of Ashok Vihar, Phase- taking the bag containing cash The court directed the CBI washroom of Ryan Interna- MNC director had been announced for his II, Delhi, on their bikes from Rs 4.15 along with them. NEW DELHI: In a major set- to take fingerprints of juve- tional School Bhondsi – asked NEW DELHI: The Crime arrest in the Ashok Vihar mur- his hosiery factory at Shastri The entire incident was back for juvenile the accused in nile accused on December 19 to treat the juvenile accused OUR CORRESPONDENT Branch of Delhi Police on der case by Delhi Police. Nagar to his house in Ashok helplessly witnessed by Sanjiv’s Pradyuman murder case, the in presence of his parents and as adult and not minor. The Wednesday said that they have 27-year-old Rajesh was Vihar. elder brother Ashok, who was Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), counsel. The accused has been accused is 16 years and five GURUGRAM: The Gurugram arrested a most wanted and arrested on Tuesday, around 4 Gajwani was travelling on standing on the house balcony. Gurugram on Wednesday lodged at Faridabad’s remand months old. Police said they have arrested dreaded inter-state gangster, pm, from near the Ring Road his scooty and carrying a bag “In the month of Septem- rejected the petition filed by home. The juvenile, a student of two people involved in the Rajesh Kumar, alias Raju, who Mall at Sector-3, Rohini, Delhi. containing cash. ber 2017, both first timers, the juvenile’s family to treat the On Friday, the court is Class XI, was booked by CBI murder of Ramesh Kumar was wanted for a robbery and On sensing that a police As soon as Sanjiv parked Dalip and Sanjay were appre- accused as minor till the time expected to deliver order on after investigations by the Vij, the director of the Japa- murder case at Delhi’s Ashok team was approaching him, his scooty in front of his house, hended by Ashok Vihar police. chargesheet is not filed by the the bail application of juvenile agency revealed that he killed nese auto ancillary company Vihar police station. Rajesh took out a loaded coun- Rajesh jumped on him and However, the main accused, Central Bureau of Investiga- which was filed by the family Pradyuman because he wanted in Manesar. The accused, a resident try-made pistol to fire at them. tried to snatch away his bag. Surya and his associate Ravi tion (CBI). of the accused on Wednesday. school’s exam and parents- The arrested persons have of Haryana’s Kaithal district, However, he was overpow- When Sanjiv resisted, Surya were never caught. Delhi Police The JJB also accepted the The court has asked the inves- teachers meeting to be post- been identified as Rahul and had earlier escaped twice from ered by the police team and shot him 3 times at point blank headquarters had announced application filed by the agency tigative officer of the case to file poned. CBI also identified the Ajay, who reportedly killed police custody in Haryana and apprehended. range. a cash reward of Rs. 50,000 for in which they had requested a reply on the bail application. shop from where the accused 53-year-old Vij to rob his Punjab, while being produced On August 22, Rajesh’s gang Sanjiv fell down and the their arrest.” said Joy Tirkey, to take finger-prints of the Earlier, the family of Prady- had purchased the knife to kill valuables. in the court in his cases. followed Sanjiv Gajwani, (42), a gang escaped on their bikes DCP Crime. juvenile accused for further uman Thakur – who was killed Pradyuman. On the night of August 30, while on his way home, the victim had withdrawn money from an ATM, at which point Afrazul murder: Protesters gather Modified ‘katta’ a new challenge for cops the accused threatened him on knifepoint and entered his car ABHAY SINGH “The gang members were to abducted and rob him. under ‘Not In My Name’ banner illiterate but they had skills in When he resisted, the NEW DELHI: Homemade modifying katta,” said a police accused assaulted him and ZAFAR ABBAS firearms - ‘Katta’ - have long officer. subsequently stabbed him to featured strongly in Indian The accused would make death. According to police, the NEW DELHI: As part of the ‘Not In My Name’ criminology. the barrel with a fine quality brazen incident occurred after campaign, people from all walks of life gath- Earlier, the weapon had of iron rod, after which they he had left his office around ered at Parliament street on Wednesday, hold- shorter range, but now gangs cut the rod and drill it in such 8 pm. After having diner, he ing banners and posters protesting the brutal indulging in illegal activities a way that it can be attached had decided to withdraw some Killing of Afrazul, a labourer from West Ben- have modified country-made easily. from a nearby ATM, so as to Some of the country-made weapons seized by Delhi Police gal, in Rajasthan. firearms such that they can give PIC/MPOST The cost incurred on man- celebrate his daughter’s birth- Amid heavy police presence, many profes- maximum firepower and effec- the range increases. With the have seen a trend of shooting ufacturing one improvised pis- day, which was on the same Protesters at Parliament street on Wednesday sionals gave speeches defying the hate that led PIC/MPOST tive range. modification, it can easily hit from long distance and also tol was about Rs 1,200. Pistols day. to the brutal murder of the migrant worker and exist in peace as we always did,” said KK Kohli, Delhi Police investigators an object of 80-90 metres afar; these modified weapons have were manufactured in three However, as he ventured filming the whole episode on camera. who runs a performing arts organisation. claimed they recently saw a whereas without any change, been used to show supremacy sizes and sold at Rs 8,000 for out towards his Toyota Corolla Filmmaker Saba Dewan, along with eminent “Let us say this loud and clear, we stand with spike in the sale of such modi- the shooting range of a pistol in the area,” an investigator small, Rs 10,000 for medium car, the two men dragged him personalities, spoke against the barbaric kill- the people of this country, we stand for their free- fied guns. is around 20-25 metres,” said a disclosed. and Rs 14,000 for large size. The forcibly into his car and forced ing and the need for propagating brotherhood dom, for their right to live in peace and dignity.” Police sources told Millen- police source. Recently, a team of Anti price may go up to Rs 15,000 him to drive few kilometres and saying ‘No’ to hate on the basis of religion said Jayshee Shukla, a photographer. nium Post that the demand The increased demand is Auto Theft Squad (AATS), per piece, depending on the away from his residence in or region. Nonagenarian Urdu poet Gulzar Dehlvi also for such modified Katta has coming from rural parts of the Dwarka – formed under super- urgency of the customer. Gurugram’s Sector-5 area. “It is an organised hate campaign ..... Murder made it to the event, denouncing the hate crime increased not just in rural Capital and Baghpat, Meerut vision of ACP (Operations) According to NCRB data, After reaching Dhanwapur could be in any country, but nowadays murder that took place in Rajasthan. areas of the country, but also from neighbouring Uttar Aditya Gautam and led by around 686 cases of such ille- Road in Sector-4, one of the on the basis religion is the worst possible thing The speakers advocated the need for peace- in the outskirts of the national Pradesh. Inspector Raj Kumar – busted a gal activities were reported in assailants, who was seated on we could afford in our country. If my name is ful co-existence and denounced hate at every Capital. “In urban areas, most gang from UP involved in sup- Delhi last year. Around 765 the rear seat, pulled the victim Kashif instead of Kamlesh, I could be murdered. level to foil the attempts of hate mongers across “The gangs are now add- shooting cases happen from plying illegal arms of different unlicensed country-made arms and stabbed him multiple times This is where the problem comes. We want to the country. ing barrel in the Katta, so that close range. In rural areas, we calibres in Delhi-NCR. were seized. till he died. CITY BRIEFS Noida Authority begins financial Now, make online payments AAI TO HELP DEVELOP INTERNATIONAL in GDA against your property AVIATION HUB IN HISAR audit of builders’ projects RAHUL SINGH or net banking” said an official of GDA PIC/MPOST finance department. OUR CORRESPONDENT collecting funds from homebuyers” also be revealed in the audit report, GHAZIABAD: Residential, commer- According to the new system, in said a senior official from Noida who have been actively helping the cial and industrial plot/flat owners can order to get started, a person needs to NOIDA: In order to end the buyer- authority. builders in investing the money col- now pay installments and all type of fee install the application in their android builder impasse and help those The authority also is planning lected from buyers in other new linked with their properties to Ghazi- or IOS mobile phone through applica- aggrieved investors get their homes, to act tough against the defaulting projects. abad Development Authority, online, tion store. the Noida Authority has expedited builders who have made home buy- Home buyers, for a long time, said GDA officials. Post download the person has to the financial audit of various errant ers suffer. have been demanding forensic audit The authority’s move is aimed at col- enter the bank account details and then developers in the area who have The authority is focusing on the of each errant builder’s accounts. lecting revenue and other fees through has to click on the authority’s website- failed to deliver flats to home buy- fact that nothing is done wrong to the The home buyers have alleged digital payment system which they www.gdaghaziabad.com and select the NEW DELHI: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has ers on time. home buyers. that the builders have diverted their believe will curb corruption and will payment details by clicking on make the signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Officials said that audits will be “Once a report is submitted to hard earned money into other busi- bring transparency in the system. payment online option. the Haryana government for development of civil avi- completed by the beginning of Jan- the CEO, a list of such builders who nesses or realty projects in the wake The move is also aimed at providing “A person can easily pay the install- ation infrastructure in the state, especially for creation uary next year, report of which will have cheated home buyers and have of which the authority ordered to relief to the allottees as one can make ments, lease rent, development fees, be submitted to the Chief Executive diverted funds into some other proj- probe the alleged diversion of funds. payments by sitting at their home and mutation charge, freehold charge and of a world class international aviation hub in Hisar. The Officer of Noida authority by Janu- ects or businesses will be prepared. The diversion of money by the in just few clicks. other such payments through the pay- MoU was jointly signed by Ashok Sangwan, Advisor ary 10. Strict legal actions will be followed builder to start new projects instead “The authority will now accept pay- ment gateways. A person can also Civil Aviation, Civil Aviation Department (DCA), Hary- “The audits are covering accounts against such builders. The authority of investing them in the complexes ments through online payment system. download Bharat QR code mobile ana government and Anil Gupta, General Manager and construction status, including will also black list such builders” the for which they had got the funds, ICICI bank, HDFC bank, PAYZAPP, application and can get the payment (Business Development) AAI, on December Monday. other aspects that are required to official warned. has resulted in delaying the projects BHIM App are among such payment done online though other government determine as to why the builders Sources also say that the names by four to eight years in area, hence gate ways through which payments can owned banks such as SBI and PNB” the THREE MEN HELD FOR TRIPLE MURDER have failed to finish projects despite of some senior authority officials can making the home buyers suffer. be easily made via debit card, credit card officer continued. IN SOHNA FARMHOUSE GURUGRAM: Three men were arrested on Tuesday for murder of three labourers in a farmhouse at Sohna Gurugram’s killer roads claimed 368 lives this year who were strangulated to death on December 7. The accused Dalip (33), Rajkumar (23) and Lalit (19), had PIYUSH OHRIE Faulty road designs, poor sig- safety, with over 108 fatal accidents most two-wheelers try to violate the reportedly killed the victims to recover the grass cut- nages and mismanagement of traf- reported this year. traffic rules and makes themselves as GURUGRAM: Crores of rupees may fic on Gurugram’s major roads make The loss of valuable lives can be well as other susceptible to accidents,” ting machine, which the farmhouse’s owner Satbir had be pumped in by the state government them accident prone, claim experts. gauged from the fact that on Wednes- he added. seized after Dalip failed to pay him Rs 3 lakh. to improve the condition of city roads, There also are 108 lives lost to day, a three-year-old girl died while Shortage of useful infrastructure, DMRC CHIEF INSPECTS TRIAL RUNS AT but safety of commuters and pedestri- over-speeding and rash driving. crossing the road at Manesar. like foot over bridges (FOBs), on busy ans continues to be a big challenge in While the highest number of fatal Several factors make driving city roads also adds to the dangers for MUNDKA-BAHADURGARH CORRIDOR Gurugram where an average of two accidents was reported from outer extremely unsafe in Gurugram. To pedestrians. NEW DELHI: To check overall progress of the Mundka- people lose their lives daily due to areas of Gurugram, such as Pataudi, begin with, there are no proper cuts In the past, local residents forced Bahadurgarh corridor of Delhi Metro’s Phase-III, Delhi road mishaps. Bilaspur and Farukhnagar, within the and diversions for commuters. district authorities to build FOBs, after This year, till October, already 368 city centre, areas of Sector-10, Shivaji “There is negligible action taken by death of pedestrians due to high speed Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) MD Dr Mangu Singh deaths have been reported due to road Nagar have been deemed to be unsafe. authorities for over-speeding and rash vehicles at Gurugram-Faridabad area. inspected the trial runs on Wednesday. Singh, accom- accidents. The figure has surpassed National Highway-8, popularly driving,” says Rajeev Verma, a Guru- Yet, residents complain that poor Accidents like these are becoming panied by senior officials, travelled from Tikri Kalan to last year’s 357, with pedestrians and known as Delhi-Jaipur Highway, is the gram resident. maintenance and incomplete work City Park and thoroughly inspected the progress. people on two wheelers the most vul- busiest route in the city. But it seems “With the area seeing massive jams has resulted in people still not using common on National Highway-8, where nerable groups. to not have fared better in terms of due to ongoing construction activities, the FOBs. 108 lives were lost this year PIC/MPOST 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 mp nation AMARNATH CAVE IS A ‘SILENT ZONE’ Parliament session: Govt UP cabinet approves convenes all-party No chants or bells at the meet today draft of UPCOCA bill OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT LUCKNOW: The Uttar Amarnath shrin e: NGT NEW DELHI: The govern- Pradesh government on ment has convened an all-party Wednesday approved the draft SAYANTAN GHOSH it and said there should be no meeting tomorrow, ahead of of a bill to enact a stringent law noise pollution near the sacred the winter session of Parlia- on the the lines of the Maha- NEW DELHI: In a bid to structure. It also restrained ment where the opposition rashtra Control of Organised preserve the eco-sensitive carriage of personal belong- is likely to raise the issue of a Crime Act (MCOCA) to com- Amarnath cave shrine in ings including mobile phones delay in calling the session. bat land mafia, mining mafia south Kashmir Himalayas, beyond the last checkpoint and The parliamentary affairs and organised crime in the the National Green Tribu- asked the shrine board to con- ministry has sent out invites to state. nal on Wednesday declared it struct a place where pilgrims the leaders of major political The bill is expected to be a “silence zone” and prohib- can keep their valuables. parties that have representa- introduced in the winter ses- ited chanting of ‘mantras’ or The green panel also tives in both Houses of Parlia- sion of the state legislature, ‘jaykaras’, or ringing of bells directed the committee of ment for the meet. which commences here on in the shrine. A bench headed experts headed by an addi- The winter session will be Thursday. legislation has been prepared acquiring contracts on the by NGT chairperson Justice tional secretary of the Minis- held from December 15 to Jan- The Uttar Pradesh Con- in consultation with the law basis of muscle power, organ- Swatanter Kumar said the try of Environment and Forests uary 5. There would be a total trol of Organised Crime Act department to check organ- ised exploitation of forest pro- Amarnath Shrine Board should (MoEF) to submit an action of 14 working days. (UPCOCA) was approved in ised and white-collar crime, duce, trade in wildlife, fake ensure that proper infrastruc- plan on providing facilities Last year, the session began a meeting of the state cabinet and mafias, he said, adding that medicines, grabbing of govern- tural facilities are provided to to the pilgrims within three on 16 November and ended on chaired by Chief Minister Yogi there are 28 provisions in the ment and private properties, the pilgrims so that they are weeks. Environment activ- 16 December, with 22 sittings. Adityanath here, state govern- draft bill which are not present and ‘rangdari’ (extortion) will not deprived of a clear ‘darshan’, ist Gauri Maulekhi, on whose The opposition has claimed ment spokesperson and power in the existing Gangsters Act. come under the ambit of the and the ecology of the area is plea the directions were passed, that the ruling BJP delayed the minister Srikant Sharma told The committee set up to new law,” Sharma said. maintained. nal for not providing proper be declared silence zone,” the welcomed the NGT order and session fearing that it would reporters. examine the draft bill also took He said that arrangements The NGT had earlier asked infrastructural facilities to pil- bench said. “You are giving pri- termed it “progressive”. “The raise various issues ahead of “The rule of law is the top into account a similar act in have also been made to check the committee to consider grims going to the cave shrine ority to commercial activities Amarnath cave is located in a the Gujarat assembly polls priority of the government Maharashtra. It was headed by the misuse of the bill and that declaring the area around in south Kashmir Himalayas, over pilgrims. This is unfair. delicate ecosystem. The direc- government. and for this it is essential that the home department’s secre- cases under it will be filed only the Amarnath Shrine cave as saying it can’t “deprive people The sanctity of the shrine has tions would make the Amar- The government has, how- those indulging in mafia and tary with the additional direc- on the recommendations of the “silence zone” to prevent ava- of proper darshan”. to be maintained but you can’t nath Yatra safe and convenient ever, maintained that there ‘goonda’ activities, and dis- tor general of police for crime committee of divisional com- lanches and ensure there is the “Nobody would be permit- deprive people of proper dar- for the devotees. This would were precedents of session turbing peace in the society are and special secretary law as its missioner and range deputy prohibition on carrying of reli- ted to carry anything from the shan,” a bench added. protect the shrine from deg- dates being changed in view identified and a special drive is members, the minister said. inspector general of police. gious offerings inside the cave stairs leading to the holy cave The green panel ordered the radation and ensure it is of elections. launched against them... The “Organised crime has been The permission of the zonal to maintain its pristine nature. and everybody should be prop- removal of iron grills in front of protected for the coming gen- Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra bill is being brought with this defined in detail in the (draft) inspector general of police will The Amarnath Shrine erly frisked at the entry point. the ice stalagmite resembling erations. It is indeed a very Mahajan will also host a dinner purpose in mind,” he said after bill. Kidnapping for ransom, be required before filing of Board had faced the wrath From the point of stairs and the ‘Shiva Linga’ so that devo- good and progressive direc- for the leaders of all parties on the meeting. illegal mining, manufactur- charge sheet after thorough of the National Green Tribu- the area inside the cave should tees could get a better view of tion,” Maulekhi said. Thursday. The draft of the proposed ing illicit liquor and its sale, inquiry, he said. Sonowal, Gadkari discuss Assam NIA to probe 6 cases with India to push for deeper strategic road connectivity issues suspected

OUR CORRESPONDENT would ease the problem of traf- Khalistan angle cooperation with ASEAN The CM apprised fic congestion in Guwahati city GUWAHATI: Assam Chief the minister about and also ensure speedy devel- OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT ber countries have already historical and civilisational month, Prime Minister Naren- Minister Sarbananda Sonowal opment of the city’s outskirts. confirmed that their participa- links with the resource rich dra Modi had invited the lead- today called on Union minis- the state’s initiative The ring road would add NEW DELHI: The National NEW DELHI: Eyeing to play tion at the summit as well as at region. India’s presence defi- ers of the 10 South East Asian ter Nitin Gadkari at New Delhi to expand to the beauty of the SCR area Investigation Agency (NIA) a more pro active role in the the Republic Day celebrations nitely helps balance the power countries to attend India’s next and discussed various issues and would prove to be a vital has taken over the probe into Indo-Pacific, India is expected will be at the level of heads of dynamics in the region, they Republic Day celebrations as related to road connectivity in Guwahati city asset, he said. six cases in Punjab in which to push for a deeper strategic state, they said. The summit is said. well as participate at the com- the state, officials said. for establishing a During the meeting, the the role of terror groups owing cooperation with ASEAN to being hosted by India to cele- A number of ASEAN mem- memorative summit marking The chief minister apprised chief minister also invited allegiance to the so- called balance the China- dominated brate 25 years of India-ASEAN ber countries have territorial 25th anniversary of the coun- the Union minister for road state capital region Gadkari to Majuli on Decem- Khalistan movement are sus- power dynamics in the region engagement. disputes with China over the try’s ties with the bloc. transport, highways and ship- ber 29 to inaugurate the Rs 237 pected, officials said. Earlier, when the two sides hold talks The sources, while referring South China Sea. Modi is also expected to ping about the state’s initia- to the proposal and asked the crore project, for protecting the these cases were being probed here next month. to the evolving security situa- Widening the security have separate bilateral meet- tive to expand Guwahati city chief minister to allot land for island from erosion, the release by the Punjab Police. A range of key issues includ- tion in the Indo-Pacific, said cooperation under the pro- ings with all ASEAN leaders. for establishing a state capital building the proposed ring said, adding, the Union minis- An NIA spokesman said in ing effectively tackling threat India supports the ASEAN’s posed quadrilateral coalition, India has also invited region (SCR) and also pro- road, an official release said ter accepted the invitation. a statement that the cases relate of terrorism, boosting mari- centrality and the bloc’s unity officials of India, the US, Japan groups from all the ASEAN posed construction of a ring here. The state government The issue of construction to the killings of Hindu leaders time security cooperation and in the regional security archi- and Australia had held exten- countries for performance on road for improving the road would take steps for providing of express highways on both and a priest, and firing at an enhancing connectivity will be tecture, in the wake of “emer- sive talks on the sidelines of themes based on Ramayana as connectivity within the state land for building the ring road. sides of the Brahmaputra river RSS ‘shakha’ (centre). the other areas of deliberations gence” of China. the ASEAN summit in Manila it reflected India’s civilisational capital region area, they said. According to the Assam also came up for discussion in The first case relates to the at the India-ASEAN commem- They also said, at the same for pursuing common interests links with the bloc. The Union minister agreed chief minister, the ring road the meeting, the release added. firing at the Rashtriya Sway- orative summit to be held on time India believes there must in the strategically important The ties between India amsevak Sangh (RSS) ‘shakha’ January 25, sources said. be a balancing factor in the Indo-Pacific region. and ASEAN have been on an in Ludhiana city on January 19 They said there is no fric- regional security architecture The sources said India upswing, particularly in the Maha launches ‘Chintan Shivir not an last year, the spokesman said. tion point between India and when there have been com- wants to see further deepen- areas of trade and investment. Two people riding a motorcycle ASEAN over formation of the peting claims of various coun- ing of ties between India and The ASEAN region along programme to and wearing monkey caps fired proposed quadrilateral coali- tries in maritime disputes, in a ASEAN in the strategic and with India together comprises excursion, blueprint of new a single shot at the ‘shakha’. tion comprising India, the US, clear reference to South China political spheres, besides rekin- combined population of 1.85 help undertrials The second case relates to Japan and Australia which is Sea issue. dling its focus on “commerce, billion people, which is one Haryana to be prepared’ the attempt to murder of Pun- seen as a move to counter Chi- The sources said India’s connectivity and culture” with fourth of the global popula- who got bail: CM jab Shiv Sena youth wing pres- na’s expansionist behaviour in benign presence in the Indo- the bloc. tion and their combined GDP ident Amit Arora in Ludhiana the Indo- Pacific region. Pacific region would be a While attending the India- has been estimated at over USD OUR CORRESPONDENT in February this year. All the 10 ASEAN mem- welcome one considering its ASEAN summit in Manila last 3.8 trillion. Thirty-five-year-old Arora, NAGPUR: The Maharash- a hosiery unit owner, was at tra government has referred Basti Jodhewal Chowk in his around 589 cases to a commit- car waiting for someone when tee headed by a retired High the two motorcycle-borne men Court judge wherein under- fired at him and fled. He was trials continue to remain in rushed to a local hospital and jails despite securing bail from survived the bid on his life. various courts, Chief Minister Another case relates to Devendra Fadnavis has said. the killing of Shiv Sena leader In a written reply to a Durga Dass Gupta in Khanna starred question submitted in OUR CORRESPONDENT the chief minister said. in Punjab on April 23 last year. the Legislative Council, Fadna- “A blueprint to take the state The two cases of killings vis said a programme has been BHIWANI/ROHTAK: Chief and the society further ahead of Amit Sharma, the publicity launched by the government in Minister Manohar Lal Khat- on the path of economic devel- manager of Sri Hindu Takht, collaboration with Tata Trust to tar on Wednesday said the opment in the next two years and two followers of the quasi- offer help to undertrials who ‘Chintan Shivir’ (brainstorm- would be prepared during the religious cult Dera Sacha Sauda have been granted bail. ing session) at the Timber Trail Shivir. Various welfare policies were also taken over by the He said the programme resort in Himachal Pradesh and laws would also be deliber- NIA. Amit Sharma was killed has been introduced in central would not be an “excursion” ated upon in the Shivir,” he said in Ludhiana on January 17, jails at Taloja in Navi Mumbai, and asserted that a blueprint in Rohtak. while the killings of the Dera Yerwada in Pune, Aurangabad, of a “new Haryana” would be Asked about the opposi- followers took place on Feb- Nagpur, and Nashik Road. prepared. tion’s criticism that the session ruary 25. The NIA also took The chief minister stated The session, set to be held to be held at a luxury private over the case of killing of the that the committee was set up from December 15 to 17, faced resort was a waste of pub- pastor of a local church, Sultan under Justice (retired) Dr Rad- flak from the opposition, which lic money, Khattar said, “The Masih, who was shot dead by hakrishnan on the directions of dubbed it as “holidaying in the chintan shivir is not being two assailants in Ludhiana in the Bombay High Court. hills”. organised for the purpose of July this year. The panel was set up to “Blueprint of a new Hary- excursion.” All these cases were claimed give recommendations on the ana would be prepared through Former chief minister Bhu- to have been cracked by the release of undertrials who have deliberations on development pinder Singh Hooda said the Punjab Police in the first week been granted bail by courts. at the Shivir,” Khattar said ruling BJP’s concern should of November when Chief Min- He said the government here, adding, “Various ongoing have been the deteriorating ister Amarinder Singh said that has forwarded the informa- development works and other law and order situation in the four people had been arrested tion to the committee about schemes will also be reviewed.” state and not “holidaying in the in connection with the kill- the undertrials facing cases in The BJP government is hills”. He alleged that the gov- ings of Sharma, Gupta, Masih which they could be sentenced making all out efforts to bring ernment was wasting public in Ludhiana and Dera Sacha up to seven years conviction. a positive change in the system, money. Sauda followers. I&B ministry asks Assamese channel to go off air for 3 days, Gujarati channel for a day

OUR CORRESPONDENT the air without a “shred of care However, the channel had In another order, the min- and concern”. claimed that by airing the istry asked a Gujarati chan- NEW DELHI: The informa- The video, aired in June last “informational” video, it had nel to go off air for a day on tion and broadcasting minis- year, was reportedly meant to tried to “educate the masses December 16. try has ordered an Assamese expose a superstition prevalent against such evil practices”. The Gujarati channel had television channel to go off air in some parts of Assam, as per “The Central Govern- telecast a news programme for three days and a Gujarati which it is believed that the ment...orders to prohibit the in March, in which a man channel for a day for violat- dangerous practice of tossing transmission or re-transmis- was seen brutally beating up ing the cable television net- a child up and down in the air sion of the...channel for three children. work rules. would keep it safe. days on any platform through- The order said the video of The Assamese channel had The ministry said the visu- out India with effect from 0001 the incident, which the chan- aired a news report on a ritual, als were “extremely disturbing hrs on 15.12.2017 till 0001 hrs nel claimed took place in a wherein a man was seen toss- and not suitable for unre- on 18.12.2017,” the order of Gujarat school, had started ing a newborn up and down in stricted public exhibition”. the ministry read. trending on the social media. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 Manmohan again slams Nation missed Manmohan’s anger when loot took pl ace under his watch: Shah Modi on ‘Pak conspiracy’ OUR CORRESPONDENT Rajya Sabha first OUR CORRESPONDENT gravitas, as expected of the high NEW DELHI: BJP chief Amit office he holds, instead of con- Shah on Wednesday hit back row seat for Shah; NEW DELHI: Escalating his centrating his energy solely on at former prime minister Man- attack on Prime Minister Nar- scoring “erroneously conceived mohan Singh over his criticism 3 Oppn leaders endra Modi, former premier brownie points”. of Narendra Modi and asked Manmohan Singh on Wednes- “I sincerely hope that he the “angry” Congress vet- bid adieu day released a video message will apologize to the nation for eran why he was silent when a on the eve of the final phase his ill thought transgression to “monumental loot” took place OUR CORRESPONDENT of the Gujarat polls, accusing restore the dignity of the office during his tenure at the Centre. him of spreading “falsehoods he occupies,” he said. “We want to ask respected NEW DELHI: BJP president and canards” to score politi- Strongly rejecting the Manmohan Singh ji why was Amit Shah will join Prime cal points. “innuendos and falsehoods” he not angry and anguished Minister Narendra Modi and The sharply-worded attack made by Modi, Singh said he when a CM of his country was Union minister Arun Jaitley was virtually the same as the did not discuss Gujarat elec- called Maut Ka Saudagar’. Why in the front row of the treasury written statement that the tions with anyone else at the is he still silent when PM of his benches, adding weight to the 86-year-old Congress leader dinner hosted by Congress country is called neech ,” Shah NDA’s voice in the Rajya Sabha. had released on Monday fol- leader Mani Shankar Aiyar as said in series of tweets. With M Venkaiah Naidu at lowing Modi’s remarks insinu- alleged by Modi and nor was The BJP president’s ref- the chairman’s seat in the upper ating that Singh had colluded the Gujarat issue raised by any- erence was to remarks made house of Parliament, the front with Pakistan in the Gujarat one else present at the dinner. against Prime Minister Modi row position he occupied as a polls. “The discussion wasby Congress leaders. senior leader will now be taken “Fearing imminent defeat confined to Indo-Pakistan “When it comes to up by Shah. The seating arrage- in Gujarat, desperation of relations. respected Manmohan Singh ments have been issued by the Prime Minister to hurl every It is wrong and unfair to ji s honesty, I would not like to Rajya Sabha secretariat for new abuse and latch on to every question nationalism of jour- say anything. The monumen- members. Shah will be in the straw is palpable,” Singh said nalists, diplomatics and public tal loot and plunder under his week when he accused Modi Shah said, asking him why he front row, on the other side of in the message released to TV Rahul Gandhi locked horns with party chief Amit Shah servants present at the dinner,” watch speak for him in abun- of “spreading falsehood and had not apprised the govern- the aisle from Prime Minister stations. repeatedly. and senior leaders including he said. dance!,” Shah tweeted. canards” to score political ment of the meeting. Shah also Modi and BJP’s leader of the The second salvo by Singh “I am deeply pained and Piyush Goel questioning the Singh also asserted that He said the nation missed points and sought an apology took Singh on over party leader house, Arun Jaitley. in three days serves to ensure anguished by the falsehood former prime minister’s track Modi “is setting a dangerous Singh’s anger when the “monu- for his “ill- thought transgres- Rahul Gandhi publicly tear- While Shah will add to the that there is no let up in Con- and canards being spread to record when he headed the precedent by his insatiable mental loot and plunder” were sion”. On the eve of the second ing up an ordinance during the strength of the ruling party, gress’ charge against Modi score political points in a lost UPA government. desire to tarnish every consti- taking place during his tenure and final phase of Gujarat’s UPA rule. the opposition side will be ahead of tomorrow’s polls in cause by none less than Prime “We are seeing a very angry tutional office, including that as the prime minister. Assembly elections, Shah also “Where was his concern weakened with the absence of 93 constituencies of Gujarat. Minister Narendra Modi,” he Manmohan Singh ji these days. of a former prime minister and “Amused to see the Con- accused Singh of taking a for the dignity of the Prime three leading and vocal occu- The remaining 89 constituen- said and demanded an apology. We just want to ask him Army Chief”, and described it gress party so desperate before U-turn in declaring that he had Minister s office,” Shah asked. pants of its first row -- rebel cies voted in the first phase on Singh and Modi ran into whether he was so angry when as sad and regrettable. the Gujarat elections. Just a day attended a meeting with Paki- Describing the attacks and alle- JD(U) member Sharad Yadav, December 9. Results will be each other earlier on Wednes- monumental loot and plun- The Congress Party needs before polling, both Shri Rahul stani diplomats after denying it. gations by both Singh and Gan- CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury and known on December 18. day at an event to pay hom- der was happening under his no sermons on “nationalism” Gandhi and respected Man- “Only after the secret meet- dhi as the “desperation” of the Mayawati of the BSP. The campaign was marked age to the victims of the 2001 watch? The nation missed his from a party and prime minis- mohan Singh ji are only mali- ing was exposed, respected Congress party a day before With Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) by a fiesty and often acrimo- Parliament attack, and greeted anger then!” Shah tweeted. ter, whose compromised track ciously attacking PM,” he said. Manmohan Singh ji said that polling, Shah said both leaders joining the NDA, its members nious speeches where Modi each other briefly. Singh urged the prime min- record on fighting terrorism is Shah was responding to the discussion was confined had “maliciously” attack the will move from the opposition and Congress president-elect The BJP hit back at Singh ister to show “maturity and well known, he added. Singh’s remarks earlier this to India-Pakistan relations,” Prime Minister. to the treasury benches. Govts talk of poll HC notice on BJP demands NIA or CBI probe journalist NATION BRIEFS sabotage when promises killing PRESIDENT KOVIND TO GRACE ANNUAL into mysterious death of youth CONVOCATION OF MNNIT OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT ALLAHABAD: President Ram Nath Kovind would be trict have been hit by violence in coastal Karnataka and else- fail: Varma of JD(U) the chief guest at the 14th annual convocation of since then. Mesta’s family and where in the past a few months. AGARTALA: The Tripura BENGALURU: Rejecting the local residents have alleged he Speaking to reporters OUR CORRESPONDENT Gujarat. Prime Minister Naren- High Court has issued sepa- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) ruling Congress party’s charge was abducted and killed amid on Wednesday, senior BJP dra Modi had insinuated at a rate notices to the state govern- to be held here on Friday. Uttar Pradesh Governor that it was fomenting commu- reports the body bore marks of leader and Lok Sabha mem- NEW DELHI: When govern- recent rally that former prime ment, the Centre and the CBI Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would nal trouble, the BJP on Wednes- attack by sharp objects. ber Shobha Karandlaje accused ments fail to keep their prom- minister Manmohan Singh had seeking a reply as to why a CBI be the guest of honors, said Professor Rajeev Tripathi, day demanded an investigation Police, however, have the Congress party of “shying” ises, they talk about a former colluded with Pakistan in the probe should not be ordered Director MNNIT, while addressing the pre-convocation by the CBI or the NIA into the rejected the claims, citing a away from a National Investi- Prime Minister “conspiring Gujarat polls. into the killing of TV journal- press meet on Wednesday. “MNNIT has created mysterious death of a young report by doctors, pending a gation Agency probe. with Pakistan to sabotage a par- Varma, who, along with ist Shantanu Bhowmik. fisherman last week, which has postmortem examination. Rubbishing state Home ticular party”, Janata Dal (U) Congress leader Shashi Thar- The journalist was hacked a coveted niche for itself in the field of education, sparked tension in the coastal The BJP has blamed “jihadi Minister Ramalinga Red- leader Pavan Varma has said. oor, took part in a panel dis- to death on September 20 last research, industry-institute interface at large,” he said. Uttara Kannada district. elements” for Mesta’s death, dy’s claim that Mesta’s death The former Member of Par- cussion on “Populism is the when he went to Mandai in In the last academic year, MNNIT had organized seven Paresh Kamalakar Mesta while Chief Minister Siddara- was not mysterious, she said liament and spokesperson of Greatest Threat to Democracy” West Tripura district to cover a International Conferences and 18 patents were filed, (19) had gone missing on maiah has accused the saffron he was ignoring eyewitnesses the JD(U), an NDA ally, yester- at the curtain raiser here of the protest by the Indigenous Peo- he added. Professor Ramesh Tripathi, Dean Academics, December 6. His body was party of using the incident for account that the victim’s face day said democracy was threat- 11th Jaipur Literature festi- ples Front of Tripura (IPFT). said that around 655 recipients, including 875 BTech, found near a lake in Honna- “political gains”. was blackened. ened by populist governments val, said populism devalued The writ petition filed by 337 MTech, 90 MCA and 78 PhD scholars will receive var in the district on the night The party has been saying “There were injuries on his which made emotional state- democracy because it shifted the journalist’s father Sadhan of December 8 under mys- that nearly 15 activists of the face. ‘Jai Sri Ram’ tattooed on ments to deflect voters’ atten- the focus of attention from gov- Bhowmik, seeking a CBI probe, the degrees in various disciplines at the convocation on terious circumstances. Sirsi Sangh Parivar and pro-Hindu his hand was burnt and his pri- tion from governance. ernance to promises. came up for hearing yesterday. December 15. and Kumata towns in the dis- organisations have been killed vate parts were mutilated. “When faith in the prom- When populism was turned A division bench compris- ises made by you is lost, when into a tool to win an election, ing Chief Justice T Vaiphei and RAID NETS 1000 LITRES SYNTHETIC eNIT No. 15 of EE/MD of 2017-18 it becomes transparent to peo- never-to-be-fulfilled promises Justice S Talapatra served the MILK, FOOD INSPECTOR SUSPENDED ple and they rather wish to talk were made, he said. “It becomes notices after studying the sub- Tender ID : 2017_PHED_142601_1 to 5 about governance, then you a contest about who can tell the mission of advocate Samrat Kar MORENA: Authorities raided a factory in Chinnoni Sinking of INDIA Mark-II Tube wells at different Primary & Upper start talking about issues like biggest lie,” Varma said. Bhowmik, who represented the village here on Tuesday and seized 1000 litres of syn- Primary Schools in Paschim Medinipur District & it’s Corrigendum ‘Khilji ki aulaad’, ‘Aurangzeb’... “When there are false petitioner. thetic milk, a senior official said. A food inspector had Notice Memo No. 1519/MD, dated - 13.12.2017. or say that a former PM is con- promises all around, com- Tripura Advocate General been suspended for failing to check the malpractice, For details please see website: https://etender.wb.nic.in. spiring with Pakistan to sabo- mon people don’t trust even Bijan Chandra Das said the Sd/- Executive Engineer, the official added. Additional collector KP Mishra said tage a particular party. That is the legitimate ones,” he added. court had issued notice to all that a joint team from the food and revenue depart- Midnapore Division, PHE Dte the ultimate threat to democ- Former Union minister the three parties. The petition racy,” Varma said. Though the Tharoor said populism pre- will be again heard on Decem- ments had raided the factory at Chinnoni village and former diplomat did not name sumed it spoke for the masses, ber 20, he said. The journalist seized 1000 litres of synthetic milk on Tuesday. The any party, the reference was to often ending the scope for s father had filed the case on team recovered glucose, detergent and other ingre- the BJP’s electoral campaign in pluralism. December 7 last. dients that went into making the synthetic milk, he added. He said that the raid was carried out following TENDER NOTICE Rs 305-crore complaints to the district collector. Mishra informed that Sealed Tender are invited by the collector had yesterday suspended food inspector Siliguri Jalpaiguri the Medical Superintendent- central aid for Savita Saxena. “She did not pay heed to senior of- Cum-Vice principal, North Development Authority Bengal Medical College & ficials who had been asking the food inspector to crack Hospital, P.O. Sushrutnagar, Manipur, Kerala, the whip on people involved in milk adulteration,” Dist Darjeeling from intending Mizoram Mishra said. Mishra said that the adulterated milk ICA/T 6211(3)/2017 bidders for “TENDER FOR from the factory used to be supplied to Nova Dairy in SUPPLY OF DEAD FETUS BOX / BABY MORTUARY Malanpur, Gwalior. The owner of the raided factory CHAMBER REFRIGERATOR has been under Food Safety and Standards Act. FOR NBMC&H” FLIGHT OPERATIONS RESUME AT For more details visit office of the undersigned SRINAGAR AIRPORT during working hours or departmental or official SRINAGAR: Flight operations to and fro Srinagar air- website www.nbmch.org/ port resumed on Wednesday after remaining suspend- www.wbhealth.gov.in. ed for the first half of the day due to poor visibility Sd/- caused by intermittent snowfall in Kashmir, officials Medical Superindent-Cum-Vice said. Earlier, 12 inbound and as many outbound flights ICA/T 6216(2)/2017 Principal had to be cancelled due to bad weather and poor vis- NBMC&H,Sushrutanagar, OUR CORRESPONDENT Darjeeling. ibility, according to an official of the Airports Authority NEW DELHI: A total of Rs of India. “The flight operations at the Srinagar Interna- 305.14 crore has been sanc- tional Airport resumed in the afternoon as the visibility Government of West Bengal improved. We were able to operate 10 inbound and North Bengal Development Department tioned as central assistance to Manipur, Kerala and Mizoram, as many outbound flights,” the official added. Intermit- Branch Secretariat which faced various natu- Uttarkanya, Annex Building, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri 734015 tent snowfall in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley ral calamities in 2016-17, the has snapped the state’s transport links with the outside home ministry said. A decision to grant the world as the arterial Srinagar-Jammu National High- amount was taken at a high- way remains closed since Monday night. The air traffic level meeting chaired by Home has also been affected due to poor weather conditions Minister Rajnath Singh and since on Tuesday. attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Agriculture Min- HOUSEBOAT EMPLOYEE HELD FOR ister Radha Mohan Singh and TRYING TO MOLEST TOURIST Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba among others. ALAPPUZHA: A houseboat employee has been ar- The central assistance has rested here for allegedly attempting to molest a British been approved to Manipur and tourist on the pretext of giving her a body massage. Mizoram affected floods and The accused, Anjelose, was arrested on Tuesday, landslides, and drought-hit Deputy Superintendent of Police P V Baby said. The Kerala, according to a home ministry statement. tourist along with another woman was on a boat ride The committee approved on Monday when she enquired if they could be taken an assistance of Rs 130.65 to a massage parlour. The accused volunteered, saying crore from the National Disas- he was a certified masseur following which the woman ter Relief Fund (NDRF) to allowed him to massage her, police said. Manipur. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 mp nation

COAL SCAM Make portal for complaints Ex-J’khand CM Madhu Koda, ex-coal secy H C Gupta, 3 others convicted

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2005, in which the name of on sexual abuse videos: SC Singh has been dragged as an OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Former accused along with then Coal Sex determination: SC Jharkhand chief minister Secretary P C Parakh and NEW DELHI: The Supreme Madhu Koda and ex-coal sec- industrialist Kumar Mangalam Court has directed the Centre retary H C Gupta were on Birla besides others. to have a web portal ready by asks Centre, 3 search Wednesday convicted in a case The proceedings in the case January 10 next year to enable of coal block allocation scam by was stayed by the Supreme citizens register complaints on engines to meet a special court for corruption Court on April 1, 2015 after child sexual abuse, child por- and criminal conspiracy. Singh moved it opposing the nography and gangrape videos. OUR CORRESPONDENT They were convicted along order of the special court which A bench of Justices M with three others for irregulari- had on March 11, 2015 sum- B Lokur and U U Lalit was NEW DELHI: The Supreme ties in the allocation of Rajhara moned him and others. apprised by the Centre that a Court on Wednesday directed North coal block in Jharkhand In the present case, Koda portal has been prepared and it the Centre to hold a meeting to Kolkata-based private com- and eight others were earlier would be ready within a month with stakeholders like search pany, Vini Iron and Steel Udyog pronounced. summoned as accused after the and standard operating proce- engines Google, Yahoo and Ltd (VISUL). Koda is also an accused court had taken cognisance of dures were also being prepared Microsoft, to find a solution to With today’s verdict, four along with Gupta in another offences under sections 120-B for use of the portal. ensure that materials violating of the 30 cases arising out of case pertaining to alleged (criminal conspiracy) read with However, the bench said it Indian laws prohibiting pre- the coal block allocation scam irregularities in allocation of 420 (cheating) and 409 (crimi- was “high time” that the Centre natal sex determination are not unearthed during the previ- Amarkonda Murgadangal coal nal breach of trust by public gets the portal ready and avail- hosted on websites. ous UPA regime, have been block in Jharkhand. The case servants) of IPC and under able to public at large. A bench comprising Chief decided. also involves Congress leader provisions of Prevention of “The matter has been pend- Justice Dipak Misra and Jus- Besides the former chief and industrialist Naveen Jindal Corruption Act. ing for quite some time and we tices A M Khanwilkar and D Y minister and Gupta, others and former Minister of State The CBI had alleged that find from the affidavit filed by report, it is found to be more in explore technical solutions to Chandrachud also directed that who have been held guilty are for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao the firm had applied for allo- the CBI on October 8, 2015 that the nature of comments rather block videos of sexual offences the meeting be held within six ex-Jharkhand chief secretary A as accused. cation of Rajhara North coal steps are being taken to enable than a status report”. on social sites. weeks from today and the sug- SC also directed K Basu, Koda’s close aide Vijay Gupta, who was the coal block on January 8, 2007. complaints being filed through “We expect the Union of Earlier, cyber security offi- gestions of the petitioner be that the meeting Joshi and the company VISUL secretary from December 31, It said although the a portal,” the bench said in its India to file a proper detailed cials who function under the also considered. be held within six under section 120B (criminal 2005 to November 2008, was Jharkhand government and order. status report rather than com- CBI, had told the bench that Sanjay Parikh, appearing conspiracy) of Indian Penal earlier awarded two year jail Steel Ministry did not recom- “Therefore, we direct that ments on the orders passed by internet was a “wild high- for petitioner Sabu Mathew weeks from on Code and section 13(1)(d) of term along with then joint mend VISUL’s case for coal the Union of India to have the this Court,” the top court said. way” and blocking objection- George, said search engines Wednesday and Prevention of Corruption Act, secretary K S Kropha and then block allocation, the 36th portal ready on or before Jan- The apex court was hear- able content at the source was Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, which entails maximum pun- director K C Samaria in the Screening Committee rec- uary 10, 2018. We would like ing a letter sent in 2015 to then a technical challenge for which were competent to remove the suggestions of ishment of seven years. Ministry of Coal, for cheat- ommended the block to the the report to be given on the Chief Justice of India H L Dattu clear guidelines needed to be materials on sex determina- the petitioner be Special CBI Judge Bharat ing, criminal conspiracy and accused firm. next date of hearing i.e. Janu- by Hyderabad-based NGO Pra- issued to stop circulation of tion from the websites on their Parashar will hear arguments corruption in a case relating to The CBI said that Gupta, ary 8 with regard to the prog- jwala, along with two rape vid- such material. own. The contention was vehe- also considered on the quantum of punishment irregularities in the allocation who was chairman of the ress made,” it said. eos in a pen-drive. The Centre had informed mently opposed by the counsel tomorrow. of Thesgora-B Rudrapuri coal screening committee, had The bench has been hold- The top court had on its the court that it would set up for the search engines. ing which would endeavour The court also acquit- block in Madhya Pradesh to allegedly concealed facts from ing in-camera hearing on this own taken cognisance of the a specialised agency to block The apex court, while dis- to find a “holistic” solution to ted four persons VISUL’s for- Kamal Sponge Steel and Power then Prime Minister Manmo- matter. The court also noted the letter about posting of these and curb the sharing of sexual posing of the PIL, said the the problem of posting of such mer director Vaibhav Tulsyan Ltd (KSSPL). han Singh, who at that time submission of the petitioner’s videos on WhatsApp and asked offence videos on social net- Centre, its nodal agency and materials on websites which and two public servants Bas- Gupta is currently on bail. headed the Coal Ministry too, counsel that the portal should CBI to launch a probe to appre- working platforms. experts “shall take steps so that violate the PCPNDT Act. ant Kumar Bhattacharya and Among the politically sen- that Jharkhand had not recom- be given adequate publicity so hend the culprits. The NGO’s letter had also mandate of the Pre-Conception “However, we make it clear Bipin Bihari Singh and char- sitive cases in the coal block mended VISUL for allocation that people could make com- On September 18 the mooted the idea of maintain- and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Tech- that we have not expressed any tered accountant Navin Kumar scam is one which also involves of a coal block. plaints on it. apex court termed it as “very ing a national sex offenders’ niques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 opinion on merits,” the bench Tulsyan of all charges levelled the name of then Prime Minis- Koda, Basu and two It also took note of a sta- strange” that internet majors register which should contain are not violated”. said, adding that the petitioner against them. ter Manmohan Singh. accused public servants con- tus report filed by the Centre were objecting to making pub- details of persons convicted for It directed the representa- would be at liberty to file a All the accused per- The case relates to the allo- spired to favour VISUL in but said that, “unfortunately, lic certain recommendations offences like eve-teasing, stalk- tives of search engines shall fresh plea if he felt aggrieved sons were present before the cation of Talabira II coal block the coal block allocation, the on going through the status in a report of a panel set up to ing, molestation and other sex- also take part in the meet- in future. court when the verdict was in Odisha to M/s Hindalco in agency had alleged.

Memo No./0976Dated. NBMC&H the 12/12/17 CBI books 5 E.O.I. NOTICE Rlys introduce bill tracking Examine economic loss of health Sealed E.O.I. are invited by customs officials the undersigned from the reputed firms for for the job of system for contractors hazards due to pollution: SC disposal of use of X-ray film in duty scam and hypo solution of North Bengal Medical College and OUR CORRESPONDENT status with dates through vari- OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT Hospital, Sushrutanagar, District ous stages of processing of bills, Darjeeling, Pin-734012. NEW DELHI: In a significant the stage at which it is lying, the NEW DELHI: The Supreme NEW DELHI: The Central The detail information provided from the office notice board move to enhance transparency amount for which it is passed Court on Wednesday asked Bureau of Investigation (cbi of the MSVP, NBMCH on any in the processing and settle- and other details. the Centre whether they have has registered five cases five working day from 12/12/2017 ment of bills, Indian Railways The history feature is also looked into the aspect of eco- Examiners of the Customs to 18/12/2017. have introduced a bill tracking available so that a vendor can nomic loss due to health haz- Department, Air Cargo Com- Medical Superindent-Cum-Vice Principal system for contractors and ven- see the history of the bills sub- ards caused by severe air plex, Mumbai Zone-III, one NBMC&H,Sushrutanagar, dors of Indian Railways to track mitted. The bill tracking facility pollution in the Delhi-national customs house clearing agent; Darjeeling. status of their bills. is available to the vendors/con- capital region (NCR). three Importers and some oth- 1ST CORRIGENDUM NOTICE This is in line with the tractors of goods and services. The top court raised the ers for duty evasion, leading to The u/s on behalf of the NADIA ZILLA PARISHAD emphasis given by Minister of The infirmities in the bill question while referring to a loss of Rs 17.39 lakh to the Government of West Bengal Krishnagar, Nadia Railways & Coal Piyush Goyal that need to be addressed are an affidavit filed by Minis- Madan B Lokur and Deepak “In our opinion, it would Customs Department, dur- circulate the lst corrigendum E-Tenders have been invited on increased use of informa- also visible to the vendor/ try of Environment and For- Gupta said. “Have Union of be appropriate if the high level ing import of mobile accesso- notice against memo by the under signed from the tion technology to go digital contractor. The bill details are est (MoEF) which said it had India looked into it? Have you task force also take assistance ries through five bills of entry no. A-61/992, dated:- bonafied Contractors for the and online with a view to pro- available on http://ireps.gov. constituted a high-level task looked into the aspect of eco- of medical professional .... and in April. 05.12.2017, that read as following works at different sites mote transparency and effi- in. It has been further reiter- force to look into the issue of nomic implication and eco- also discuss the issue of health The Customs Officials No. of Vacancies 4 (four) nos. NIT- 70 / NZP of 17-18: ciency in the system. ated that all bills will be settled stubble burning and options nomic loss to the state,” the impact of air pollution,” the had also allegedly conspired and last date of Submission Supplying of veterinary of Application within 5.00 The vendor/contrac- within 30 days of its receipt. to discourage the burning of bench asked Additional Solici- court said. Nadkarni said he with Customs House Clear- Hospital instruments as per tor need to register with the To facilitate the vendor, crop residues. tor General A N S Nadkarni. would inform the chairperson ing agent and importers to pm of 29th December 2017. All other terms and conditions list. Total estimated cost is online IT platform developed a help facility has also been “Air pollution also causes The bench also said that of the task force about it. not properly examine the con- Rs. 14.31 Lakh. Last date in house by CRIS, New Delhi added. Detailed user Manu- lots of health hazards. Large no one concerned with health At the outset, the bench told signments after comparing the remain same. Details may be downloaded of submission of e-tender called Indian Railways E-Pro- als are uploaded on the site for number of people were admit- like medical professionals were Nadkarni that the task force imported goods with the pack- is 26.12.2017. Please see curement System (IREPS). The easy access and is available on ted to hospitals, particularly involved in discussions of the has held meetings but what ing list. from the following website. (https.// www.pwdwb.in .) website www.wbprd.gov.in registration enables the ven- the learning centre link of the children. So there is a huge eco- task force about the impact of have been the result of these The accused allegedly gave Sd/- or contact to this office. dor/agencies to see their bill home page of IREPS. nomic loss,” a bench of Justices air pollution on health. deliberations. false examination reports S.E/N.H.Circle-III, Matigara, Sd/- District Engineer about the type of articles Siliguri Nadia Zilla Parishad imported and number of arti- Kannada tabloid editor gets cles imported which exceeded Maneka writes to top filmmakers to the quantity mentioned in the packing lists, resulting in interim bail on health grounds revenue loss to the Customs Department. provide safe workplace for women OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT The police had Siliguri Jalpaiguri BENGALURU: A city court got the lead NEW DELHI: Women and on Wednesday granted interim Development Authority Child Development Minister bail on health grounds to about the alleged Maneka Gandhi has written to Kannada tabloid editor Ravi plot to eliminate leading film production houses Belagere who was arrested of Bollywood, urging them to for allegedly hiring a con- Heggaravalli comply with the prevention of tract killer to kill one of his when contract sexual harassment law to pro- colleagues. killer Shashidhar vide a “safe, secure and inclu- The 65th Additional Chief ICA/T6245(3)/2017 sive” work environment for Metropolitan Magistrate Mundewadi was women. Court granted a three-day bail questioned in Top filmmakers like Aditya till December 16 to Belagere Chopra, Karan Johar, Anurag who made the plea for relief connection with Kashyap, Ekta Kapoor, Mahesh citing his health condition. a probe into Bhatt, Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Belagere, who brings out Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Sajid “Hai Bangalore”, was sent to the killing of Nadiadwala, Sanjay Leela Parapanna Agrahara Cen- journalist Gauri Bhansali, Ashutosh Gowari- The minister has also asked the tral Prison two days ago after kar, Subhash Ghai, among oth- filmmakers to acquaint themselves of a local court remanded him Lankesh ers, were personally written a the Act and other relevant laws and to 14-day judicial custody till letter by the minister. December 23. the killing of journalist Gauri With this effort, the minis- implement all relevant actions He was staying in the hos- Lankesh. try wants to extend the reach without delay pital ward of the jail. Based on the inputs, Bel- and implementation of the Sex- The court had directed the agare was arrested and a pistol ual Harassment of Women at police to provide proper medi- and double barrel gun were Workplace (Prevention, Pro- tions, they are “ethically and minister had said. cal treatment to Belagere, who seized from his possession. hibition Redressal) Act, 2013. legally accountable to provide a This portal is an initiative is suffering from different ail- The Karnataka Legislative The minister has also asked safe, secure and inclusive work to provide a platform to work- ments, at the prison. Assembly had earlier passed the filmmakers to acquaint environment for the safety of ing women to file complaints Belagere was arrested from a resolution sentencing Bel- themselves of the Act and other not only their direct employees, related to sexual harassment at his house here on December 8 agare and Anil Raju, the editor relevant laws and implement all but all outsourced and tempo- workplace under the Act. on charges of hiring a “supari” of tabloid Yelahanka Voice, to relevant actions without delay. rary staff as well”. Late last month, Gan- (contract) killer from Vijaya- one year in jail for their alleged “The aim of this law is to On November 7, Gan- dhi had tweeted, “Thanking pura in north Karnataka to kill defamatory articles against ensure that no woman is sexu- dhi had launched an online Finance and Corporate Affairs Sunil Heggaravalli. state legislators. ally harassed at her workplace. complaint management sys- minister Arun Jaitley for con- He was produced before a The assembly recently This is to be followed in letter tem titled ‘Sexual Harassment sidering the WCD’s request to magistrate at the latter’s res- rejected a plea by both the and spirit by all organisations electronic Box (SHe-Box)’ amend relevant rules under idence on December 8 and journalists to reconsider its in the country and I expect you for registering complaints the Companies Act, 2013, for remanded to police custody. decision. to personally lead these efforts related to sexual harassment at women’s safety”. The police had got the On a petition by the jour- with sincerity and commit- workplace. The amendment would lead about the alleged plot to nalists earlier this week, ment, in accordance with all The complaint manage- ensure that the Board of Direc- eliminate Heggaravalli when the Karnataka High Court the applicable laws,” she said in ment system has been devel- tors of all the companies duly contract killer Shashidhar directed the assembly not to the letter. The minister said that oped to ensure the effective report on the constitution of Mundewadi was questioned in pursue the proceedings against as the leaders of their organisa- implementation of the Act, the ICC under the Act. connection with a probe into them until further orders. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 EDITORIAL India should wait and watch Regulation Left victory in Nepal may ensure stability

he first national parliamentary before restriction elections in Nepal in the post- royal era connotes the most he biggest challenge for the Indian economy today is spectacular political transition undoubtedly managing the rapidly increasing popu- Tfrom the bullet to the ballot, fitted into lation of our country. Standing at 1.324 billion and a Constitutional revolution from the presenting a 1.2 per cent annual growth rate, the num- SANKAR RAY world’s only Hindu state into a secular Tbers in the near future are only expected to escalate. Given the democratic polity. The UN Secretary numbers, what is even more frightening is that 23.6 per cent of General Antonio Guterres hailed the our population still lives below the poverty line: a staggering 276 elections as “a historic moment for Nepal million people. The lack of education, the absence of access to in implementing its federal structure as basic resources and a general disengagement from the panthe- enshrined in the 2015 Constitution”. This ons of modern civilisation has further cemented their position was preceded by a decade-and-a half at the bottom of our society. What plagues their condition is civil war, ended in 2006, killing of about possibly this: the endless entrapment in a vicious cycle of illit- 17000 people. But perhaps even more eracy, growing population, lack of access to facilities, disease, significant is the victory of communist debt and further poverty. Given this milieu, the need to advo- alliance of Communist Party of Nepal cate for contraception to nip the problem at its bud is categori- (United Marxist-Leninist) and Com- cally enhanced. Families living in rural areas or those among munist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center) the urban poor dwelling on pavements and under flyovers, are that achieved a near-two-thirds majority, commonly witnessed having over five children in each family, The Constitution its pragmatic and nationalistic cushion sometimes exceeding even ten. The lack of access to contracep- puts a bar on the notwithstanding. tion and birth control measures, along with the physiological The CPN(UML) will just miss the need of coitus, has left them distraught. Amid this crisis, the Opposition from majority in the new national assembly. new regulation to discontinue the broadcast of condom ads on registering a It has won 80 out of 165 seats in the Fed- television between 6am-10pm, is a distant departure that does eral Parliament in direct election (First- Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli might return as Prime Minister not attend to the imminent need of our society. Despite pov- no-confidence Past-The-Post system), and is expected erty, television and educated advertisements still continue to vote for two to win another. It polled 1637694 votes its chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Indian blockade by the NC-led gov- employment potentials. But it cannot permeate the sensibilities of even the poorest. With commu- years, but does (36 per cent) in the seats already won. Prachanda will most probably be offered ernment and inability to curb wide- reverse the cancellation of Budhi Gan- nity watching, or huddling up before electronics showrooms to In the second Constituent Assembly the post of President by the CPN(UML) spread corruption – together building daki hydel project (storage type) with the catch a game of cricket—the average Indian, even the poorest, not bar coalition (2013), it got less than 30 per cent. Its which is almost certain to choose the anti-incumbency, afflicting the Deuba Chinese Gejuwa as it was a sequel to a remains connected to technology, first through the television partners from ally CPN(MC) has got 36 seats, thanks former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad government. recommendation by the parliamentary and the radio. This decision emanates from the view that con- to seat-sharing with the CPN(UML). Sharma Oli as the PM. He won by a The Constitution puts a bar on the committee, which having gone into the dom advertisements are unsuitable for children’s knowledge. pulling out. The latter got 649136 votes (14 per cent) margin of 28,000 votes from Jhapa-5. Opposition from registering a no-con- doings-on during the gestation phase, Given their explicit content, often bordering on sensual dis- Observers await .In the last national elections to Con- He polled the highest number of votes - fidence vote for two years, but does found that the agreement was. ‘marred play of sexualised tendencies, they do, unquestionably present stituent Assembly in 2013, the Maoists 57,139 votes. Consider the contrast with not bar coalition partners from pulling by irregularities and lack of transpar- content not viable for children. However, this reason cannot be how the political who fought alone bagged 26 out of 240 his comrade and a prominent leader out. Observers await how the political ency”. Whether the new regime will keep sufficient to discontinue the entire act of advertising condoms parties which FTPT seats and over 17 per cent of votes. Deepak Prakash Bhatta who scraped parties – mainly CPN (UML), NC and the Indian government in loop on this during the prime hours of television viewing. Regulation could Rashtriya Prajatantra Party, formed by through by a slender margin of 258, CPN (MC) which together received 84 issue, is to be seen. Nepal is a natural be utilised as a far more critical tool than complete restriction. together received merger of six Madhesist Parties bagged defeating the Nepali Congress heavy- per cent of votes – build the Himalayan buffer between China and India. Authorities could control the appropriate broadcasting of these 84 per cent of 11 seats. Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal, weight Ramesh Lekhak from Kanchan- state into a model of secular democracy. Political analysts are keen on assess- advertisements, by preventing their telecast on channels that are opened its account winning 10 seats. pur-3 constituency. Bhatta secured Well-known constitutional expert Bipin ing the modalities of merger of the two meant for children or young adults. Further, regulation could votes build the Naya Shakti, Jan Morcha and Nepal 26,364 votes whereas Lekhak garnered Adhikari observed in a precautionary communist parties, particularly the pat- be exercised in the nature of these advertisements. Instead of Himalayan Majdur Kishan each won one each. An 26,106 votes. tone that nothing – no rule or statute tern of sharing leadership. The impera- displaying the act of sexual engagement, the advertisements independent candidate too was elected. CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman – can ensure guarantee for stability, tive for togetherness is stronger after the could come out as statutory warnings without graphic details. state into a The final shape of the law-making Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda implying that all this depends on the spectacular performance of Left in the The act of entirely dismantling these advertisements, sight- model of secular body will be known after proportional has been elected from Chitwan-3 by a players – not only the law-makers but national elections. The leaders of two ing the concern for children, does not suit the sensibilities or seats are filled in. The strength of NC margin of 9,327 votes. Nepali Congress political parties and individuals too. The parties announced the move for merger requirements of our society today. In fact, measures should be democracy will be larger than the Maoists. FSFN President and PM Sher Bahadur Deuba land-locked state confronts “a constitu- almost synchronously with the forging undertaken to further propel the knowledge and information will also have a significant presence as won from Dadeldhura constituency for tional experiment, and we are yet to see of Left alliance. This had an effect on the propagating the use of condoms and birth control pills that it got 3 per cent of votes. In the election the sixth time. He bagged 28,044 votes, whether it works in our favour.” elections. But the question is whether safely prevent unwanted pregnancies, putting a cap on our to provincial assemblies, CPN(UML), almost 7000 votes more than UCPN The CPN(UML) mixing pragma- Maoist party accepts the status of junior growing population while assisting those who are entrapped CPN(MC) and NC got 168, 73 and 40 (MC). The NC, despite fractured within tism and developmentalism have to partner, as the CPN(UML) is way above in the vicious cycle of poverty-overpopulation-illiteracy-dis- seats respectively, followed by FSFN and by internal bickering, is the second larg- strengthen the emerging democratic the CPN(MC) in poll performance. ease. Repeated pregnancies have been a growing concern that RJP winning 24 and 16 seats respectively. est party, having polled 1,437, 709 votes polity. Both K P Oli and Prachanda are The Left alliance with big majority, has today made India the country with the largest number of Janmorcha and Nayashakti got one each. (34 per cent). In 2013, it got less than 30 keen on bonhomie with China but the has enough leverage to start the pro- stunted children in the world. Malnutrition among children NMK won one, while three went to Inde- per cent of votes. Sagaciously enough, spirit behind this is more emotional than cess of economic rejuvenation in Nepal. and a low mortality rate for new mothers has plagued the health pendents. Others drew blank. K P Oli promised that the new govern- political. Which is why the new govern- For India, the moot issue is how the of our society. Amid this, a new study by The Lancet Global The mass support of CPN(MC) ment would take the Opposition into ment may scale up the priority on exten- new Communist leadership shapes Health medical journal, disclosed on Monday that a total of is shrinking, if one looks at the per- confidence. sion of the Chinese railway network into Nepal’s future relations with India 1.56 crore abortions had been conducted in India in the year formance in the Federal Parliament. One of the main reasons for the set- Nepal and implement hydroelectric, air- and China. IPA 2015; of this, 81 per cent has been done at home through oral Whether the party will learn the les- back of NC is the inept handling of port and other infrastructure projects (The views expressed medication, shying away from visiting hospitals and clinics in son from this is to be awaited, although nationwide economic crisis during the which are expected to open substantial are strictly personal.) the fear of stigma. While oral pills do not impinge upon health, provided they are consumed within a nine-week gestational period, they do present complications if not consumed at cor- dear rect intervals under proper guidance. These figures of growing Quote martial DRUG ABUSE IN KOLKATA EDITOR millenniumpost.in population, numbers living in abject poverty and the reality of abortions conducted behind closed doors, should be an awak- The proverb “Give the devil his due” is now more pertinent to the drug peddler Log on to write letters to the ener for our authorities and members of the civil society to It is hard to begin a motivated drive to control the entire process of birth who destroys youths irrespective of class and condemns our country into hell. editor or send them to understand addiction and birth control in our country. Rather than being forced to Due to the abysmal spate of unemployment, split of family, etc. people indulge [email protected] follow the crude measures of forced sterilisation or adopting unless you have You can also send your a one-child policy, we must open our perceptions to the possi- themselves in crimes regardless of magnitude with an addictive euphoria inject- bilities of utilising the technology that is at our disposal today. experienced it comments to The Editor, We cannot regress into further primitivity by dismantling the ed by some demon-like businessmen at the length and breadth of the country--- Millennium Post, idea of contraception. Our society needs condoms to be used Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah correctly. Television access paves the way for an effective dis- KEN HENSLEY our Kolkata has now succumbed to dreaded drugs. semination of this knowledge. Besides advertisements, the gov- SAMIR CHAKRABORTY Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 ernment should concentrate more efforts to discuss the need for birth control measures in and propagate its use among the poorer sections. We mustn’t deny that better birth regulations will protect our children and their health more effectively than constrained television viewing. Diseases of a lifestyle Shameful servants Can we not go from being poor and unhealthy to being rich and n a welcome move, the Centre has instructed the estab- healthy? Why should we inherit diseases that can be junked? lishment of 12 special courts for the trial of 1581 MPs and MLAs, who have found themselves on the wrong Why should we inherit the diseases of side of the legal ladder. This decision addresses two pri- a lifestyle that can be junked? Imary concerns that have been impinging upon the success- SUNITA NARAIN This is where change is essential. This ful functioning of our democracy in modern times. First, the is where we need to make crucial link- nature of ministers and their discrete nefarious activities that ages—between our health and the health show little regard towards law or towards the preservation of of the environment. Today, it is polluted any kind of ethics in the face of maintaining the decorum of water, which is visible in the deliberate public administration. And second, the onerously long time murder of our rivers, that is also one of that is spent in the judicial conundrum without an adequate the largest-killers of babies in the coun- final verdict ever being reached within respectable time. Over try. Today it is the lack of clean energy the years, there are a handful leaders in our country who have in homes that makes women cooking managed to escape the flipside of power—the possibility of on biomass fuel suffer from killer respi- manhandling it, leading to widespread corruption. This phe- Rural areas have ratory disorders. It is also responsible nomenon was particularly potent during the tenure of the for pollution that is making air toxic successive UPA governments, with endless scams coming to lower diabetes to breathe in our cities. So, health is an the forefront and regional parties too flourishing with their rates than urban indicator for the environment. underhand network. From the RJD in Bihar to the AIADMK The good news is that our health is and DMK in Tamil Nadu to the TMC in Bengal to the BJP in ones. But most also the only real trigger for environ- Maharashtra, never have we found a political party that pres- worryingly, the mental action. We will act to improve the ents an entirely clean chit. The current BJP government rose to environment, when we know it impacts power partially with this sentiment, that it would undo the cor- study finds that the us directly. For instance, today, in Delhi ruption that has plagued Indian politics. The Commonwealth poor in urban there is an outrage against the pollution Games scam and the 2G scam being the most noteworthy, for We are going from malnutrition to over-nutrition because of bad food (Representational Image) in the air. This is because the 2016 win- which DMK leaders Kanimozhi and A Raja still await a verdict. well-off states ter’s public health emergency—when The Narada scam had shown the shameful face of how Bengal’s have a higher n June 2017, British medical jour- most worryingly, the study finds that poor—everything from malnutrition to pollution levels spiralled out of control— leaders practice a freehand, despite the Chief Minister abstain- nal Lancet published a review of the the poor in urban well-off states have cholera. But we also have the diseases of has brought about a clear understand- ing from any kind of illegal engagement. These instances just incidence of prevalence of diabetes in 15 states of a higher incidence of diabetes than the the rich—cancer and diabetes. Worse, as ing of the link between toxins and our bring to fore the fact that Indian politics is synonymous with diabetes than the India. This study by a group of med- rich in the same cities. In other words, the ICMR study shows, the poor, who bodies. It will drive change. corruption. From the days of intellectuality being central to rich in the same Iical practitioners, funded by the Indian the rich in rich cities have started to can ill-afford the diseases of the rich are It is for this reason that the United political authorities, the ability to launder money and engage Council of Medical Research (ICMR), learn good food habits. now afflicted by them. Nations’ sustainable development goals in illegal scams now forms the pivot. cities. So, the rich has worrying numbers. It finds that But the poor are now falling into the But this is where the policy of preven- (SDGs)—13 global goals that the world BJP at the Centre has, from the days of its campaign, spo- while some 7 per cent people in India trap of bad food. The study also found tion must kick in. We know that these needs to achieve by 2030—must put chil- ken unequivocally in favour of eradicating this generic disease in rich cities have (based on 15 states’ data) had diabetes, that conversely, in rural areas it was the diseases—called non-communicable by dren at the very centre. Every goal has from the roots of our society. Coming closer to the 2019 Lok started to learn the prevalence of pre-diabetes (early more socio-economically advanced the health community—are connected a link to the child and every goal has a Sabha elections, this promise is being converted into reality. good food habits signs, particularly elevated blood sugar that were falling prey to diabetes. “It is to our lifestyles. What do we eat? What link to the health of the child and so the Though this may entail BJP in bringing down the curtains on levels) was a staggering 10-15 per cent, an epidemic that is in a state of transi- air we breathe? And what environment health of the Planet. This is the human some of its members and allies, this initiative is compulsory to depending on the criteria used. This is no tion,” the study noted. With such large we live in? These are part of the pack- face of the SDGs that would define our set a new precedence in our society that has become so habit- small health burden on a poor country. numbers of poor in urban areas and age of “toxic” development. A model progress, or not. uated of leaders being petty thieves. 228 Members of Parlia- Their conclusion is we are undergo- such large numbers of the getting-rich of development where we first pollute It is the health of our children that ment will be tried in two special courts while the total number ing an epidemiological transition. States in rural areas, this can easily get out of and then think of cleaning up. A model must be put at the centre of the health of pending cases stands at approximately 13,500. The judicial with higher GDP—Gujarat, Maharash- hand. We are going from lack of food or where we first industrialise-chemicalise of our planet. One can’t survive without system must now buckle up to fulfil this duty, coming out of tra, Tamil Nadu, and Chandigarh—have malnutrition to over-nutrition because our food, eat unhealthy junk and then the other. DOWN TO EARTH years of slumber, to ensure that our democracy receives bet- a higher prevalence of this disease as of bad food. This is a transition that must think of going to the gym to exercise or (The author is Director General of ter servants. Tainted leaders must be harshly reprimanded for compared to Bihar or Jharkhand. Delhi be avoided. eat organic food. But the question is can Centre for Science and Environment compromising upon their service to the Nation and thereby and Goa, with high-income levels, are The fact is that India has what can we not avoid the transition? and the Editor of Down To Earth failing the holy Constitution. still awaiting sampling. Rural areas have only be described as a double burden Can we not go from being poor but magazine. The views expressed lower diabetes rates than urban ones. But of diseases. We have the diseases of the unhealthy to being rich and healthy? are strictly personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 mp in focus Governance out of sync The famed three pillars of governance are stacked as columns in tension and spatial contest

he scales of governance The non-performance of the Exec- have become unhinged and utive has been highlighted through appear to be leaning heav- many public interest petitions and ily towards the Judiciary, at the Courts had to compel the execu- RAJ LIBERHAN Tleast in the eyes of the Executive and tive agencies to provide answers. In the Legislature. And to add insult the ensuing consequence, domain to injury, this is not because of any distinctions have blurred and some- embedded Constitutional design times even disappeared. In a sense, of our forefathers, but has been the it is open season where every Exec- incremental consequence of what is utive action and inaction is under ubiquitously called ‘judicial activ- court scrutiny. The resulting pre- ism’. The political executive has been scriptions from the Bench could not unanimous in their acquired con- provide better answers nor could viction that deep inroads have been their interventions make the exec- made into their imagined domain utive competent in handling their and with the full assistance of the domain any more efficiently. The permanent executive, atmospher- trademark lethargy of bureaucracies A biased ics are being generated that this combined with lack of inspirational extended reach of the judiciary leadership have failed to ignite the commitment, if needs to be cut to size. changes that are so obviously needed any, has to be To be sure, governance rests on to get a performing executive. The the three pillars of Executive, Leg- judicial ‘overreach’ thus becomes a towards the rule islature, and the Judiciary fulfilling much-needed alibi for the execu- of law rather their respective mandates under tive as well as a counter-offensive to the Constitution, yet it often hap- limit and restrict the expansive ten- than to the rule pens that one set of actors overplay dency to the minimum. Alongside, of personalities. their roles, thus endangering the del- is the obvious inability of the judi- The latter will icate balance within which the three ciary to conceive or manage public wings function best. Restraint has policy as they have no decision sup- and must invite always been a virtue in the perfor- port systems of any calibre for deliv- judicial reproach mance of Constitutional duties, yet ery of such frameworks. And over it is not unusual, in our times, to see the years, their own systems needed and intervention. personas overtake the competing re-engineering, which has impacted The Judiciary, egos to establish a ‘new normal’ or image and credibility, in particular in engrave their place in history. But so far as the subordinate judiciary is on its part, must the institution will suffer, in such concerned. Nor is it humanly possi- do the same a contest. ble for every person to seek judicial Walter Bagehot, who wrote help, as it is an expensive process and and do all it can extensively on the English Consti- can take a long time to coming to to retrieve its tution, as far back as 1867, asserted one’s rescue. At the end of the day, in that, ‘a Constitution needed two every circumstance, the citizen is left dignity beyond parts, one to excite and preserve the short-changed and bereft of his due. doubt while the reverence of the population and the A way forward has to be found. other to employ that homage in the The executive arm has to fulfill its Executive must work of the government. The first mandated obligations in governance. enhance its he called ‘dignified’ and the second, The image and credibility of the Judiciary has impacted as systems are in need of re-engineering (Representational Image) It is the prime doer and the only ‘efficient’. The monarch was the one that can bring prosperity to the capability to be prime example of dignity and the the testing times, on occasions, the without demur. sion and spatial contest. every needed service the citizen was country. Yes, it can be helped by the efficient cabinet of efficiency. The distinction inter-institutional relationships were The recovery and reconciliation It is true to say that the Execu- bound to receive as per law. And other co-pillars of governance, but is relevant even today, particularly cordial with the Executive having the from this assault had necessarily tive has been guilty of many failures the crowning deficit of governance the leadership role, truly, belongs in parliamentary democracies and necessary leeway to arrange its man- acquired a tinge of vengeance with of governance. For one, the country has been the complete absence of to the political and the permanent should be respected as the prime ele- date autonomously. The first serious mutual suspicion amongst the three is, in any event, a hugely complex accountability and responsiveness to Executive. Therefore, it necessarily, ments of the sanctity of the oaths of assault on the dignity and sanctity pillars of governance. The evident nation to govern and it has to be said the people thus driving them to judi- has to be fair and impartial in its governance. This is the only way for of institutional spaces came in 1975 propensity of the Executive to pan- that against many hostile winds and cial platforms for redressal of griev- performance. A biased commitment, the Executive and the Judiciary and with the declaration of Emergency der to political masters induced the forces, the Executive has preserved ances and enforcement of rights. if any, has to be towards the rule of the Legislature to harmonise. by the government of that day. overt effort of the Judiciary to insu- the integrity of the country, which It really started in 1979, when law rather than to the rule of per- Sure, we are all witness to the The Constitution got mauled, the late itself from any further Execu- is indeed a no mean achievement a petition was filed on the condi- sonalities. The latter will and must debasement of public discourse with Judiciary was intimidated through tive manipulation and over a series by any standards. At the same time, tion of the prisoners detained in invite judicial reproach and inter- the contenders for the right to gov- supersessions and the Executive got of pronouncements of the highest public policy has been by and large Bihar jails, whose cases were pend- vention. The Judiciary, on its part, ern reaching for the depths of gut- the run of the entire play and it did Court, all appointment matters were inclusive in content and approach. ing in the Court. This was not filed must do the same and do all it can ter exchange, but this is a sure road not respect any law except to per- appropriated within its own exclu- However, it is in the process of by a single prisoner but by vari- to retrieve its dignity beyond doubt to anarchy, which is closer than we form as per command. The Legisla- sive jurisdiction. The last effort of the implementation that the Executive ous prisoners in Bihar jail. It was while the Executive must enhance like to think. We have got as far as ture abdicated too and was prepared legislature to move the appointments has been found wanting, and very in the name of a prisoner, Hussain- its capability to be efficient. Our col- chaos and the next stop is only anar- to even amend the Constitution to in higher Judiciary to a judicial com- woefully wanting, on account of ara Khatoon and came to be known lective and only homage has to be to chy, let no one be in any doubt. To suit the convenience of a personality mission has also been thwarted and various reasons. Implementation through that name. The Supreme the rule of law. begin with, our journey since Inde- instead of being attuned to the aspi- the famed three pillars of governance failures have been compounded by Court held that the prisoners were (The views expressed pendence was quite staid and despite rations of the people. And it did so are again stacked as columns in ten- demand overtaking the supply in entitled to legal aid and fast trials. are strictly personal.)

tweet Gender divide, too, goes digital RETWEET As per a Unicef report, internet in India is a ‘Male Preserve’, elaborates Aditya Aamir NARENDRA MODI @narendramodi

No Gujarati will let go off a golden opportunity of development of our youth and coming generations. Victory of BJP is a guarantee for a bright future. The report says that girls in SANJAY JHA India will face @JhaSanjay isolation in the socio-cultural President Donald Trump has unleashed sphere if they perpetual turmoil in West Asia through are deprived of his Jerusalem decision, that will access to digital boomerang on the USA itself. It has technology. already started. The report also says that the ARUN JAITLEY benefits of digital It is worrying that girls are largely kept out of the Internet experience (Representational Image) @arunjaitley technology can he male of the spe- report says. – too little is done to protect The report says the Inter- picked up and was tossed into help the most cies hogs the Inter- “Inability to access online them from the perils of the digi- net increases children’s vulner- the caboose with bars. disadvantaged net in India says the services and information on tal world and to increase their ability to risks and harms. That The new POSCO was pretty On 13/12/2001 our brave soldiers Unicef, warning that issues related to their health; access to safe online content,” includes misuse of private infor- clear: A girl or woman alleges children, Tthe gender digital divide could inability to further their educa- says the report. mation, access to harmful con- sexual harassment, you better dispelled a terror attack on the including those have serious consequences for tion; and no chance to further This was Unicef’s first look tent and cyberbullying. look forward to a long stay in Parliament house and displayed growing up in girls. That said, when they get skills that could help them par- at the different ways digital The easy availability of the caboose with bars. The girl, exemplary courage. We remember the chance to access the Inter- ticipate in the global economy technology affects children’s mobile devices has made online in this case, was Internet savvy and salute the valour and national poverty or hit net, they can take a man to jail of the 21st century.” lives and their life chances – access for many children less and had access to the Internet. like it happened on a flight to The report titled ‘The State “For better and for worse, supervised – and potentially She was not one of the girls in service of our security forces and pay by humanitarian Mumbai. of the World’s Children 2017: digital technology is now an more dangerous. India deprived of access to the respectful tribute to the martyrs. emergencies “The Internet in India is still Children in a digital world’ was irreversible fact of our lives,” The Dark Web and crypto- benefits of the Internet. She has a ‘male preserve’, with on aver- released globally on Monday. said Unicef executive direc- currencies are enabling forms the money and the status to get age only a third of users being After the event a Unicef rep- tor Anthony Lake. “In a digital of exploitation and abuse that on the Internet bandwagon and female,” says the Unicef report resentative acknowledged that world, our dual challenge is to includes trafficking and ‘made go to town with any troubles MAHESH BHATT on the well-being of children in there was a strong push for digi- mitigate the harms while maxi- to order’ online child sexual that come her way. @MaheshNBhatt the digital space. The report says tisation in India. “It is important mising benefits of the internet abuse The report uses current How many parents in small- girls in India will face isolation to see who is being left out of the for every child.” data and analysis to line up the town India and the villages have in the socio-cultural sphere if experience,” he said. The report says the benefits dangers the Internet presents the means to provide access to they are deprived of access to Globally, every third inter- of digital technology can help to children. Internet? The answer to that will Social media world over is tearing digital technology. net user is a child. Up to 71 per the most disadvantaged chil- But the fact remains that be ‘Very few’. And that was the down every society to shreds. This is “There are potentially seri- cent of children use the Inter- dren, including those growing girls are kept out of the Internet message Unicef wanted to con- ous consequences for girls net. But not much was being up in poverty or hit by human- experience and that is worrying. vey to the decision-makers of the age of mistruth & misinformation. excluded from the digital age: done to protect children from itarian emergencies. But the In all the din at the politi- India: Women and girls should Today it's scary how politicians can continued isolation in coun- threats that digital exposure report shows that millions of cal plane, social media, which not be barred from being part manipulate large swathes of people to tries and cultures where girls pose. children are missing out. About is very much part of the Inter- of the ‘Smartphone Generation’. do anything they want. "It’s just a really, are restricted in their movement “Despite children’s massive a third of the world’s youth – or net, allowed a teenage filmstar IPA or activity online and offline online presence – 1 in 3 inter- 346 million young people – do to scream molestation and a (The views expressed really bad state of affairs." because of their gender,” the net users worldwide is a child not have access to the Internet. man with an offending foot got are strictly personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Thursday, 14 December, 2017 NORTH KOREA CRISIS San Francisco Palestinians no longer native becomes Tillerson overture to N Korea: US city’s 1st black accept US role as woman mayor mediator: Palestinian prez LOS ANGELES: San Fran- cisco native London Breed ready to talk without pre-condition became the city’s acting mayor Tuesday following WASHINGTON: US Secretary yang, offered to hold explor- the sudden death of Mayor of State Rex Tillerson offered on atory talks. “We can talk about Ed Lee, and is the first Afri- Tuesday to begin direct talks the weather if you want. We can-American woman to with North Korea without pre- can talk about whether it’s lead the city in the midst of conditions, backing away from going to be a square table or a seemingly endless technol- a key US demand that Pyong- a round table,” Tillerson said ogy-driven economic boom. yang must first accept that any “Then we can begin to lay out Breed, 43, is a lifelong San negotiations would have to a map, a road map, of what Francisco resident who was be about giving up its nuclear we might be willing to work raised by her grandmother arsenal. towards,” Tillerson said, sug- in the city’s predominantly “Let’s just meet,” Tillerson gesting that any initial con- black and lower-income said in a speech to Washing- tacts would be about setting Western Addition neighbor- ton’s Atlantic Council think the ground rules for formal hood, part of the same dis- tank, presenting a new diplo- negotiations. trict she now represents as a matic overture amid heightened Tillerson – whose influence city supervisor. She said she Mahmoud Abbas tensions over North Korea’s has appeared to wane within and Lee bonded over their nuclear and missile advances the administration – said in his shared experience of grow- JERUSALEM: The Palestinian to unite to defend the rights of and harsh rhetoric between the speech that Trump “has encour- ing up in public housing. president, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians. two sides. aged our diplomatic efforts. “He was from the dawn has formally declared that Pal- The summit was opened by The White House later Trump, however, of his career an advocate for estinians will no longer accept the Turkish president, Recep issued an ambiguous statement tweeted in October that the powerless,” Breed told the US as a mediator in the Tayyip Erdoğan, who regards that left unclear whether Presi- Tillerson was “wasting his reporters and a crowd of sev- Middle East peace process fol- himself as a champion of the dent Donald Trump – who has The apparent shift in Til- United States was “ready to talk Pyongyang, and that Beijing time trying to negotiate with eral hundred city workers lowing Donald Trump’s rec- Palestinian cause. He hopes to said in the past that Tillerson lerson’s thinking came nearly any time they’re ready to talk.” had been given assurances that Little Rocket Man,” using his who gathered to honor Lee ognition of Jerusalem as the unite Muslim leaders behind a was wasting his time pursuing two weeks after North Korea But he insisted there would if US forces had to cross into derisive nickname for North in City Hall. Breed, like Lee capital of Israel. tough final statement from the dialogue with North Korea – said it had successfully have to be a “period of quiet” North Korea, they would pull Korean leader Kim Jong a Democrat, graduated from In his strongest public state- meeting. had given his approval for the tested a new intercontinen- without nuclear and mis- back across the border into Un North Korea, for its part, a San Francisco public high ment since Trump’s announce- Erdoğan called for the speech. tal ballistic missile in what sile tests to have productive South Korea. has made clear that it has lit- school and earned a bach- ment last week, Abbas called acceleration of the recognition “The president’s views on it called a “breakthrough” discussions. But he made clear that tle interest in negotiations with elor’s degree from the Uni- the move a “crime” that of Palestine by international North Korea have not changed,” that put the United States main- Tillerson also disclosed the United States wants to the United States until it has versity of California, Davis threatened world peace. He institutions, denouncing the the White House said. “North land within range. that the United States had been resolve the North Korea developed the ability to hit the and a master’s degree in pub- demanded the United Nations US move as an unlawful and Korea is acting in an unsafe way. While reiterating Wash- talking to China about how to standoff through peaceful US mainland with a nuclear- lic administration from the take charge of the peace process provocative “red line” for Mus- … North Korea’s actions are not ington’s position that it can- secure North Korea’s nuclear diplomacy, and in terms far tipped missile, something University of San Francisco. as Washington was no longer lims, and describing Israel as an good for anyone and certainly not accept a nuclear-armed weapons in the event of a col- more tempered than Trump’s most experts say it has still not She got her start in poli- “fit” for the task. occupying and “terror” state. not good for North Korea.” North Korea, Tillerson said the lapse of the government in recent threats against Pyong- achieved. AGENCIES tics as an intern in the city’s Abbas was speaking at a In a sign of cracks in the housing department dur- hastily convened meeting of unity of Muslim countries – ing the tenure of Mayor the Organisation of Islamic and reflecting the wider ten- FBI agent removed from Russia South Korea’s Moon visits China to discuss Pyongyang Willie Brown that ended in Cooperation in Istanbul, where sions in the region – Saudi 2004. Brown has not held members were called upon to Arabia and Egypt were rep- SEOUL: South Korea’s President Efe news reported. They would public office since then but recognise a Palestinian state resented at a relatively junior investigation called Trump an ‘idiot’ continues to exert consid- amid strong condemnations of level, and took a backseat in the Moon Jae-in on Wednesday left also discuss ways to improve erable influence on city pol- both the US and Israel. proceedings. for China on a four-day visit. He bilateral relations strained itics, and helped elect Lee. “Jerusalem is and will for- In comments pointedly MOSCOW: Two FBI officials who Peter Strzok, an FBI counterintelli- will meet his Chinese counter- in the wake of the installation Nationally, Breed’s politi- ever be the capital of the Pal- aimed at Saudi Arabia, Rou- would later be assigned to the spe- gence agent, was removed from spe- part Xi Jinping to discuss the of US-built anti-missile system cal positions on issues like estinian state,” Abbas told hani said the only reason cial counsel’s investigation into cial counsel Robert Mueller’s team funding housing projects for delegatees. “We do not accept Trump “dared” recognise Jeru- Donald Trump’s presidential cam- earlier this year following the discov- North Korean crisis and bilat- — the Terminal High Altitude the homeless and support any role of the United States in salem as the capital of Israel paign described him as an “idiot” ery of text messages exchanged with eral issues. Moon and Xi are Area Defence (THAAD)— for marijuana legalization the political process from now was because some in the region and “loathsome human” in a series Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer. Hundreds of set to hold their third summit on South Korean soil. Beijing re- are viewed as solidly liberal. on. Because it is completely were seeking to establish ties to of text messages last year, according the messages, which surfaced in a jus- on Thursday, when they are gards the missile system as But within the insu- biased towards Israel.” Israel. Rouhani’s remarks – and to copies released. One said in an tice department investigation of the expected to discuss Pyongyang’s a threat to China’s internal lar politics of San Fran- Also in attendance were the prominence of countries election night text that the prospect FBI’s inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s cisco, she has had to King Abdullah of Jordan, the closer to Iran at the summit of a Trump victory was “terrifying”. use of a private email server. AGENCIES nuclear weapons program, security. AGENCIES defend her credentials Lebanese president Michel – suggest that the contentious from attacks from the left Aoun, the emirs of Qatar and issue of Jerusalem risks being that she is a moderate and Kuwait, and the Iranian pres- sucked into the escalating con- beholden to Brown, Lee and ident Hassan Rouhani, who frontation between Riyadh and other Democrats. AGENCIES called on all Muslim nations Tehran. AGENCIES

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Division Panvel ever,P according to a new Notice for Re-Inviting E-tendering Email : [email protected]. 022-27482778 US government report that Sr. Name of work Esti- Earnest Period Tender also found Arctic seawater is No mated money con- of com- Fee NOTICE INVITING e-TENDER warming and sea ice is melt- cost (In tractor/ pletion (NIT No.39) ing at the fastest pace in 1,500 lacs) socicty years. 1 Rehabilitation Sardhana 19.56 2% 1% 3 1000/- The annual report Disty from RD. 32000 to months EE.PWD/PNL/Tender/NIT-3 9/ /20 17- 1 8 Date:- 48000 (CM Announce- Bids for the work detailed in the table given below are invited online (e-tender) on released on Tuesday by the ment Code No. 18084) National Oceanic and Atmo- NIC Portal of Government of Maharashtra through website http://mahatenders.gov.in 2 Internal clearance of 0.85 2% 1% 15 days 500/- spheric Administration 1.-R Rajpura Minor by the Executive Engineer, P.W. Division, Panvel on the item rate basis (B-2) from the showed slightly less warm- from RD. 0 to tail bidders meeting the basic eligibility criteria as stated in the bid document. The bidders ing in many measurements before Rabi 2017-18. are advised to examine carefully all instructions including addendum/ amendments to than a record hot 2016. But Key Dates:- ITB, conditions of contract, contract data, forms, terms, technical specifications, bill of scientists remain concerned 1. The last date/time of online submission the tender is 19/12/2017 upto quantities etc. in the bid Document. because the far northern 5:00 PM. region is warming twice as 2. The last date/time of submission of document physically is 20/12/2017 upto 12:00 PM. Sr. Name of Work Approximate Bid Secu- Cost of fast as the rest of the globe 3. The time & date of online opening of tender is 20/12/2017 at 3:00 PM No. value of work rity (Rs.) Docu- and has reached a level of For further details visit website:- www.etender.hry.nic.in in Rs. ment (Rs.) warming that’s unprece- dented in modern times. Executive Engineer 1 Improvement & Maintanance for two 2.64/- Crore 1,50,000/- 2360/- Rai Water Services Division, years to Panvel Wavanje Road SH-85 Km. “2017 continued to show PRDH-Advt. No:-1069/11/3460/1718/58776 Sonipat 2/00 to 16/100 Tal Panvel, Dist.Raigad. us we are on this deepening trend where the Arctic is - Improvement & Maintanance for two 2.84/- Crore 1,50,000/- 2360/- a very different place than years to Kan Savle Road SH-106 Km. it was even a decade ago,” 0/000 to 8/400 Tal-Panvel Dist.Raigad. said Jeremy Mathis, head of NOAA’s Arctic research pro- 1) Period of Download- :- 02/12/2017 to 20/12/2017 (From 10.00 Hrs to gram and co-author of the ing of bid documents 18.00 Hrs) 93-page report. Findings were discussed 2) Bid Submission :- 02/12/2017 to 20/12/2017 (From 10.00 Hrs to at the American Geophysi- 18.00 Hrs)) cal Union meeting in New 3) Pre bid conference :- Chief Engineer, Mumbai (P.W.) Region, Mumbai Orleans.“What happens in Date and Place Dated 13/12/2017 at 15.30 the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic; it affects the rest of the 4) Online opening of :- Probably on date 22/12/2017 at 15:00 Hrs. in the planet,” said acting NOAA Technical bid. office of the Superintending. Engineer, Raigad chief Timothy Gallaudet. (P.W.) Circle, Navi Mumbai “The Arctic has huge influ- 5) Online opening of :- The date of opening of financial bid will be noti- ence on the world at large.” Price bid fied later. Permafrost records show the frozen ground that many • Bid documents are available on http://mahatenders.gov.in buildings, roads and pipe- • Right is reserved to reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason thereof lines are built on reached by the authority. record warm temperatures last year nearing and some- Executive Engineer times exceeding the thawing DGIPR/2017/2018/4737 P.W. Panvel point. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Thursday, 14 December, 2017 mp Democrats defeat Roy Moore, dealing Theresa May faces parliamentary huge blow to Trump showdown with Brexit rebels LONDON: Prime Minister wills,” he told Sky News. “This is the terms of the withdrawal Theresa May’s control of the a completely pointless exercise. agreement. The government Brexit process will undergo its They need to listen to the point has been forced to give ground stiffest parliamentary test yet that’s being made and they need on several issues to ward off on Wednesday, when she faces to respond to it.” other rebellions over the Brexit a showdown with rebels in her May is in a precarious posi- laws. party over the laws that will tion. In June, she gambled on a On Monday, it accepted a take Britain out of the Euro- snap election to strengthen her proposal to allow lawmakers pean Union. May’s government party’s majority in the 650-seat greater scrutiny over the pas- is trying to pass a bill through parliament but instead bungled sage of EU law into British law. parliament that will repeal the her campaign and ended up Still, after striking a deal with 1972 legislation binding Britain with a minority government Brussels last week to move exit to the EU and copy existing EU propped up by the 10 votes of negotiations on to the next law into domestic law to ensure a small, pro-Brexit Northern phase, covering trade and tran- legal continuity after ‘Exit Day’ Irish party. sition arrangements, May won Doug Jones on March 29, 2019. Since then she has struggled approval from both the Remain After six days of debate in to assert her authority over a and Leave factions of her party, ALABAMA: The Democrat margin of 55-38 in 2016. parliament ranging from the Conservative Party which is suggesting attempts to unseat Doug Jones has beaten his Jones emerged to a euphoric legal minutiae of Brexit to the deeply divided over the best her were on hold. Donald Trump-backed Repub- reception just before 10pm gaping differences between route out of the EU. The government has not lican rival Roy Moore in the local time. “Folks, I gotta tell ‘Remainers’ and ‘Leavers’, May The government has said ruled out making last-minute diehard Republican state of you, I think that I have been could face a defeat as lawmak- on any deal before it is finalised. to send May back to the negoti- that he did not want to “sabo- it is listening to parliament’s concessions to appease Grieve Alabama, setting off a polit- waiting all my life and now I ers demand more say over the If passed by a simple majority ating table if they do not like the tage” Brexit, but to make sure concerns and has conceded and the 20 or so Conservative ical earthquake that shook just don’t know what the hell final exit deal. vote, the amendment would deal. The opposition Labour parliament was allowed to play that a separate piece of legis- rebels who could join forces Washington. to say,” he said, beginning a Wednesday’s likely flash- require parliament to approve Party has said it will support the its role of holding government lation, allowing members of with the opposition to inflict His victory in a special elec- 10-minute speech. “I have point is an amendment put the government’s final Brexit amendment, with some believ- to account. “My impression parliament (MPs) more say on defeat. “I think what the MPs tion for a US Senate seat – by always believed that the peo- forward by a member of May’s deal by passing a separate ing it would give lawmakers a of the last few days, when I’ve the deal, would be necessary. are looking for is clarity … a margin of 49.9 to 48.4 with ple of Alabama had more in own party, the government’s written law once the terms of greater chance to reopen talks been talking to the government, The government is planning We’re looking at the amend- 100% of precincts reporting – common than what would former attorney general, Dom- the withdrawal agreement are – something that might not be is it seems to be a bit of a dia- to pass another bill once the ment and will respond in due is a major personal blow to the divide us.” inic Grieve, who wants parlia- known. supported by EU negotiators. logue of the deaf. They’ve sort final Brexit deal with Brussels course,” May’s spokesman said president and his efforts to pass The election had never been ment to have a meaningful vote That could allow lawmakers Grieve said on Wednesday of turned this into a battle of is agreed which will implement on Tuesday. AGENCIES tax reform on Capitol Hill. either about him or Moore, he Jones was able to become insisted. “This entire race has the first Democrat in a decade been about dignity and respect. Pak court orders police to Omarosa resigns to win any statewide office in This campaign has been about No evidence New York bomb suspect Alabama by beating Moore, the rule of law. This campaign explain activist’s disappearance from Trump who had faced multiple alle- has been about common cour- gations of sexual assault dur- tesy and decency and making ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court on Wednes- linked to Bangladesh militants administration ing a campaign which exposed sure everyone in this state, day called on the police to explain the disappeara Republican party faultlines. regardless of what zip code nce of Raza Mahmood Khan, an activist who DHAKA: Bangladesh has six-month-old son, Islam said. Moore, who late on Tues- you live in, is going to get a fair found no evidence linking “Usually, he did not mix day was refusing to concede the s h a ke .” formed a group to promote peaceful relations a Bangladeshi man charged with any of his friends or rel- race, had been favored in the His speech was met with with India. Judge Anwar ul Haq ordered the chief with an attempted suicide atives here. Most of the time deep red state until two women cheers and applause and chants of police in charge of the investigation to update bombing in New York with he spent time in the house,” came forward to claim that of “USA! USA!” the court on December 19 on the progress of militants in Bangladesh, its Islam said. Moore assaulted them when The Democratic victory will the inquiry into the disappearance of Khan, who counter-terrorism chief told “We’re looking for his they were teenagers; a number reduce the Republican major- Reuters on Wednesday. associates who he used to of other women said the Ala- ity in the Senate to 51-49 once was last seen on December 2. The hearing was U.S. prosecutors on Tues- go to college or school with. bama Republican had roman- Jones takes his seat on Capitol conducted on a petition filed by Hamid Nasir day brought federal charges We’re looking for them, we’ve tically pursued them when Hill. This significantly reduces Mahmood, the missing activist’s brother. Khan, against Akayed Ullah, a Akayed Ullah not identified anyone yet.” they were underage. Moore the margin for error as Repub- in his late 30s, reportedly formed a group called 27-year-old Bangladeshi and Members of the family Omarosa Manigault Newman has denied all the allegations. licans attempt to push through self-described supporter of not found any connection or declined to talk to Reuters Alabama has long faced a a major corporate tax cut. Aaghaz-i-Dosti, a platform to further the cause of Islamic State, accusing him of have not been able to identify when approached at the apart- WASHINGTON: Omarosa profound racial divide, which They already have one peace between India and Pakistan. He was also supporting a foreign terrorist any of his associates who were ment on Wednesday. Manigault Newman, one of was reflected in the results. defector in senator Bob Corker, active with a group working for environmental organization. or are involved with any ter- Islam said Bangladesh Donald Trump’s most promi- According to an exit poll, and Jones’s election means a protection. The activist is also known for posting Ullah set off a pipe bomb rorist groups.” had passed on information nent African American sup- Jones won 95% of the African- single additional Republican messages on social media critical of the Army and in an underground pedes- A U.S. enforcement official on Ullah to U.S. security agen- porters, plans to leave the American vote but only 27% breaking ranks would sink the trian corridor between New familiar with the investigation cies, although there was no administration next month, the of the white vote in the Yel- legislation. its alleged links with extremist groups. Activists York’s Times Square and the of the attack said officers had joint investigation. White House has said. lowhammer State. However, Moore’s defeat also marks belonging to various rights groups, along with Port Authority Bus Termi- found evidence that Ullah had “I‘m not sure whether FBI agent removed from Rus- widespread African-American a major personal blow to friends and family, have been agitating for Khan’s nal at rush hour on Monday watched Islamic State propa- they will send any formal sia investigation called Trump an turnout on Jones’s behalf over- Trump, who endorsed the Ala- release. Amnesty International strongly criticized morning, injuring himself and ganda on the internet. request for an investigation or ‘idiot’ came Moore’s margins in rural, bama Republican and held a Khan’s disappearance and called on Pakistani three others. Islam and his team inter- inquiry. If they do, we’ll com- White House press secretary predominantly white parts of rally on his behalf just over the “We have collected evi- viewed Ullah’s wife and other ply with the request because Sarah Sanders says Manigault Alabama. state line in Pensacola, Flor- authorities to take all available measures to locate dence and information from relatives for several hours, we’ve given highest prior- Newman’s resignation is effective Jones also made significant ida. Although most national him. “Scarcely does a week go by without Amnesty his family members: his wife, after picking them up at their ity on this issue because we 20 January, one year since Trump’s inroads among college-edu- Republicans rushed to dis- International receiving reports of people going father-in-law and mother-in- rented apartment in central have a zero-tolerance policy inauguration. cated whites. He won well- tance themselves from Moore missing in Pakistan. Many of them may have been law,” Monirul Islam, head of Dhaka. Ullah, a US resident against terrorism.” Ullah’s rela- Manigault Newman’s educated Madison county by in the aftermath of the allega- subjected to enforced disappearances, which is a the Bangladesh police’s coun- since 2011, had come back to tives were under surveillance decision comes at the start a margin of 57-40. A center tions, Trump reaffirmed his ter-terrorism unit, said in an Bangladesh to see his family and would not be allowed of what’s expected to be a of the aerospace industry, the support through tweets and crime under international law”, it said. AGENCIES interview. in September, spending most to leave Dhaka without round of departures heading county voted for Trump by a public statements. AGENCIES “In Bangladesh we have of the time at home with their police permission. AGENCIES into the new year. The White House said last week that deputy national secu- rity adviser Dina Powell will leave Islamic summit declares East Nepal’s CPN-UML emerges the administration early next year. Manigault Newman is a for- mer contestant on Trump’s reality TV show The Apprentice. Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital largest party in historical polls She joined the admin- istration as director of ISTANBUL: A summit of lem as the capital of Israel, the Israel”. KATHMANDU: Nepal’s said the Election Commission. communications for the White Islamic countries held in Istan- communique was cited as say- The communique said CPN-UML emerged as the It became the third largest House Office of Public Liaison, bul on Wednesday declared ing by Efe news. Washington will be held “fully largest party in the Hima- party this time. working on outreach to various East Jerusalem as the capital The OIC communique liable for all the consequences layan nation as vote count- Though the Election Com- constituency groups. AGENCIES of Palestine. declared Trump’s move “null of not retracting from this ille- ing of the first-past-the-post mission announced the final The summit of the Organi- and void” and considered it an gal decision”. (FPTP) for Parliament and outcomes of the federal and zation of Islamic Cooperation “attack” on the rights of the Pal- The leaders at the summit provincial assembly elec- provincial assembly elections (OIC) also invited all the coun- estinian people. asked the UN to assume its tions in Nepal came to an end on Wednesday, vote count- tries to “recognize the State of It accused the US of “delib- responsibilities and reaffirm on Wednesday, the Election ing for the proportionate rep- Palestine and East Jerusalem erately undermining” peace the city’s legal position. Commission said. resentation category was still as its occupied capital”, said efforts and warned that it has Turkish President Recep The Communist Party of underway. the draft final communique given “impetus to extremism Tayyip Erdogan described Nepal-United Marxist Lenin- Navaraj Dhakal, a spokes- unveiled at the conclusion of and terrorism”. Trump’s Jerusalem decision a ist was able to secure 80 out of man for Nepal’s Election Com- the one-day meeting. Palestinian President Mah- “threat to all humanity”. the total 165 seats under the mission, told Xinhua news The heads of states and gov- moud Abbas earlier said the “The US decision ... FPTP category of the Parlia- led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal The Nepali Congress (NC), agency that the vote count- ernments present at the sum- UN should take over. In a means punishing Palestin- ment. The party garnered 166 “Prachanda” became the sec- which was the largest party ing for the proportionate rep- mit “reject and condemn in the speech to the OIC summit, he ians who have proven numer- out of 330 seats in provincial ond largest party by winning in the last election, man- resentation category was also strongest terms” the unilateral said it would be “unacceptable” ous times that they side with assembly polls, the Kathmandu 36 seats in Parliament and 73 aged to win 23 seats in Par- coming to an end and the decision by US President Don- for the US to be the mediator peace instead of violence,” Post reported. seats in provincial assembly liament and was elected in results will be made public ald Trump to recognize Jerusa- “since it is biased in favour of he said. AGENCIES The CPN (Maoist Centre) under the FPTP category. 45 provincial constituencies, soon. AGENCIES Baby survives after being born with heart outside her body in UK New York to adapt New

LONDON: A baby girl born with her heart outside her body is believed to be the first in the UK to Year’s Eve security survive with the extremely rare condition after NEW YORK: New York police undergoing three operations, the first within an will adjust security plans for hour of her birth. At a nine-week scan, Vanellope the traditional New Year’s Eve Hope Wilkins was discovered to have the condi- celebrations attended by hun- tion ectopia cordis, with her heart and part of her dreds of thousands of revel- stomach growing externally. Her parents, Naomi ers in Times Square after a botched suicide bombing Findlay, 31, and Dean Wilkins, 43, of Bulwell, Not- in a subway tunnel beneath tinghamshire, were advised “termination” was the the famous district, the city’s only option, they said. But three weeks after her counter terrorism chief said premature birth, by caesarean section on 22 No- on Tuesday. The New York Police vember, Vanellope, who is named after a Disney Department will conduct princess, has survived three operations at Glen- both an immediate and an field Hospital, Leicester, to move her heart back in-depth review of Monday’s Reuters in an interview. beneath Times Square. Chem- inside her chest. Experts, including the consultant incident for lessons on how The New Year’s security icals inside the pipe bomb cardiologist, have said they do not know of another to deal with this type of attack, plan will also consider other ignited, but the pipe itself did said John Miller, deputy com- attacks such as the Las Vegas not explode, officials said, lim- case in the UK where a baby has survived such a missioner for intelligence and sniper shooting on Oct. 1 that iting injuries to the suspect condition. Describing their emotions on first be- counter terrorism. “This is the killed 58 people and wounded and three bystanders. As a ing told of her chances, Findlay said: “I burst into first time I believe that we have more than 500, Miller said. On result, New Yorkers will see tears. When we did the research, we just couldn’t seen an individual with a sui- Tuesday, a 27-year-old Ban- an increased police presence physically look because the condition came with cide bomb in mass transit and gladeshi man was charged in around mass transit and places actually have that bomb func- federal court with terrorism where people gather, Miller so many problems.” AGENCIES tion. So we’re going to take a crimes for detonating a pipe said. He did not elaborate on hard look at it,” Miller told bomb in a pedestrian tunnel the specific measures. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 SAIL okays JV with I-T dept carries out ArcelorMittal for Banks to refer 23 of 28 national survey of automotive steel large dud A/Cs to NCLT Bitcoin exchanges NEW DELHI: Domestic steel MUMBAI: With the RBI's NCLT," said the banker. NEW DELHI: The Income Tax giant SAIL on Wednesday said deadline ending on Wednesday "For these accounts, there is Department on Wednesday its board has approved the pro- to resolve the 28 large stressed hardly any traction for us to do conducted survey operations posal to enter into a joint ven- accounts that the regulator had it in another 10-15 days," said at major Bitcoin exchanges ture with the world's largest identified on its second list, a senior official from a state- across the country on suspi- steelmaker ArcelorMittal for banks are set to refer as many owned bank. cion of alleged tax evasion, offi- manufacturing high-end auto- as 23 of them for insolvency The lenders have the cial sources said. motive steel. proceedings. restructuring option under S4A They said various teams "The Board of SAIL in its In August, the Reserve (Scheme for Sustainable Struc- of the sleuths of the depart- meeting held on December 12, Bank had asked banks to turing of Stressed Assets), SDR ment, under the command 2017, has approved the pro- crore auto-grade steel plant either resolve the 28 more large (Strategic Debt Restructuring) of the Bengaluru investiga- posal for signing of a legally project with a capacity of 1.5 stressed accounts by Decem- or 5/25 schemes till Wednesday. tion wing, on Wednesday vis- non- binding term sheet with million tonne per annum could ber 13 or refer them to the Many bankers said that ited the premises of nine such ArcelorMittal S.A for entering be scaled up to 2.5 MT. Singh National Company Law Tri- though they asked for exten- exchanges in the country into a JV for automotive Steel had said that ArcelorMittal has bunal (NCLT) by December 31. sion on Wednesday's deadline, including in Delhi, Bengaluru, Bitcoin, a virtual currency, Business," Steel Authority of the technology and they are These 28 accounts together they don't expect the RBI to Hyderabad, Kochi and Guru- is not regulated in the country India Ltd (SAIL) said. keen to have a JV with SAIL. account for 40 per cent of bad oblige. gram, since early morning. and its circulation has been a However, definitive agree- The minister has said that in loans of around Rs 4 trillion. Once these accounts pass The survey, under section cause of concern among cen- ments in this regard will be the next 3-4 years, India would "Except for Anrak Alumin- Uttam Galva Metallic, Uttam -- the lenders are seeking the the resolution deadline, banks 133A of the Income Tax Act, is tral bankers the world over for finalised in due course subject be a hub for car manufacturing ium, Jayaswal Neco Industries, Galva Steel, Visa Steel, Essar Reserve Bank approval for a will have to refer them to the being conducted for "gathering quite a while now. to financial viability, the PSU and that it is estimated that the Soma Enterprises and Jaip- Projects, Jai Balaji Industries, "deep restructuring", another NCLT in the next 18 days, that evidence for establishing the The Reserve Bank of India said in a filing to the BSE. country would manufacture rakash Associates, all other Monnet Power, Nagarjuna Oil banker said. is December 31. identity of investors and trad- has also cautioned users, hold- SAIL and ArcelorMittal had about 28 per cent of the total accounts are going to the NCLT Refinery, Ruchi Soya Industries The lenders have also Banks will also have to ers, transaction undertaken ers and traders of virtual cur- entered into an MoU in May cars manufactured in the world. (for resolution)," a senior and Wind World India. sought RBI permission to make a provision of 50 per cent by them, identity of counter- rencies, including bitcoins. 2015 to explore the possibility Steel Authority of India Lim- banker said. In the case of Anrak Alu- extend the December 13 dead- on these accounts by March parties, related bank accounts In March, the Union of setting up an auto-grade steel ited is one of the largest state- Some of the large accounts minium, the lenders are look- line for Videocon Industries, 2018. It can be noted that of the used, among others," they said. finance ministry had consti- manufacturing facility under a owned steel making company which are likely to go to the ing for a one-time settlement where they have huge exposure, 12 largest accounts that the RBI The survey teams, sources tuted an Inter-Disciplinary joint venture in India. based in New Delhi, India and NCLT include Asian Color while for Soma Enterprises, said another banker. had named on the June list, 11 said, are armed with various Committee to take stock of the Steel Minister Chaudhary one of the top steel makers in Coated Ispat, Castex Technol- the banker said the account is "If the RBI gives us some of them are under the NCLT. financial data and inputs about present status of VCs both in Birender Singh last week had world, headed by P K Singh, ogies, Coastal Projects, East closer to resolution. extension for Videocon Indus- These 12 accounts were worth the working of these exchanges India and globally and suggest said that the JV was likely soon with an annual turnover of Coast Energy, IVRCL, Orchid For Jaiprakash Associ- tries, then it is fine. Otherwise, a quarter of over Rs 10 trillion and this is the first big action measures for dealing with such and the proposed Rs 15,000- 43,337 crore. AGENCIES Pharma, SEL Manufacturing, ates -- its EPC business arm it will also have to go to the dud loans in the system. PTI against them in the country. currencies. PTI India’s CAD more than doubles to $7.2 bn in Q2 SC stays NCLT order giving MUMBAI: India's second inflow and outflow of foreign vices receipts increased by Further, portfolio invest- quarter current account def- exchange that has a bearing on 13.1 per cent on a y-o-y basis ment recorded net inflow of icit (CAD) more than dou- exchange rate. mainly on the back of a rise in $2.1 billion, lower than $6.1 Unitech management to Govt bled to $7.2 billion or 1.2 per "The widening of the CAD net earnings from software ser- billion in second quarter last cent of GDP fiscal on annual on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis vices and travel receipts. year on account of net sale in NEW DELHI: The Supreme basis, mainly due to higher oil was primarily on account of "Private transfer receipts, the equity market, the RBI said. Court on Wednesday stayed the imports. a higher trade deficit ($32.8 mainly representing remit- In the quarter ending Sep- December 8 order of the com- However, CAD in the sec- billion) brought about by a tances by Indians employed tember, there was an accretion pany law tribunal NCLT allow- ond quarter narrowed sharply larger increase in merchandise overseas, amounted to US$ of $9.5 billion to the foreign ing the Centre to take over the from $15 billion (2.5 per cent of imports relative to exports," the India imported 124.6 mil- 17.4 billion, increasing by 14.7 exchange reserves as compared management of embattled realty GDP) in the preceding quarter, RBI said. lion tonnes of crude oil and per cent from their level a year to $8.5 billion in similar period firm Unitech Limited. the RBI said on Wednesday. On a cumulative basis, the petroleum products in April- ago," the central bank said. of 2016-17 and $11.4 billion in A bench comprising Chief Though, it was substantially CAD increased to 1.8 per cent September for $43.5 billion (Rs In the financial account, the preceding quarter. Justice Dipak Misra and Jus- higher than $3.4 billion (0.6 per of GDP in the first half of 2017- 2.8 lakh crore) as against 126.1 net foreign direct investment India's trade deficittices A M Khanwilkar and D Y cent of GDP) in second quarter 18 from 0.4 per cent in compa- MT imported for $37 billion at $12.4 billion in the second increased to $74.8 billion in Chandrachud considered the of 2016-17. rable period of last fiscal on the (Rs 2.48 lakh crore). quarter of 2017-18 moderated the first of 2017-18 from $49.4 statement of Attorney General In general terms, CAD back of widening of the trade During the September from its level in similar period billion in comparable period of K K Venugopal that the govern- refers to the difference between deficit. quarter, the RBI said net ser- of last fiscal. 2016-17. PTI ment should not have moved the National Company Law Tri- bunal (NCLT) when the apex 89% of India's auto sales court was seized of the matter. the eight directors of the realty Unitech shares Trai to give views on in-flight The apex court, which had firm over allegations of mis- on Tuesday expressed unhap- management and siphoning of piness over the Centre's move funds and had authorised the collapse by 13%; digitally influenced: Study to approach the NCLT, said the Centre to appoint its 10 nomi- connectivity by month-end stay on the company law tribu- nees on the board. m-cap declines BENGALURU: Almost 90 per nal's order would meet the ends The NCLT order had come NEW DELHI: Telecom regula- cent of India's car buying has a of the justice. after the Centre moved the by `278 crore tor Trai will come out with its "digital influence" as a major- The top court had on panel with a view to protect recommendations on allow- ity of buyers research online Tuesday the interests of nearly 20,000 NEW DELHI: Unitech shares ing in-flight connectivity by and watch videos before mak- asked the Centre why it had home buyers. settled 13 per cent down on the December-end, a top official ing the purchase, a report by not taken the apex court's per- Unitech alleged that the bourses on Wednesday, erod- said on Wednesday. Google India-Kantar TNS on mission to move the NCLT for takeover of the management ing market capitalisation of the Also, the regulator will Wednesday said. suspension of Unitech's direc- of the company by the Cen- company by Rs 278.5 crore after “soon” provide its inputs to This is higher compared to tors and their substitution by tre would make it difficult for the Supreme Court stayed the the telecom department on trends in 2016 when the num- government nominees. them to deposit INR 750 crore NCLT order allowing the Centre the proposed New Telecom ber stood at about 75 per cent, Senior lawyers Mukul as directed by the apex court to take over the management of Policy (NTP), which is cur- the report titled 'The Drive to Rohatgi and Ranjit Kumar, to safeguard the interests of the embattled firm. rently in the works. Decide' said. appearing for the real estate firm homebuyers. During the day, Unitech Trai has formed four work- The report said these auto and that is a real game changer, and its promoters, had said that Sanjay Chandra, head of the stock fell to an intra-day low ing groups to discuss various lines of a conference on ‘Accel- separate consultation paper shoppers exhibited three key he added. the apex court had given time embattled real estate group, was of Rs 6.39 on BSE, down 16.90 aspects of the NTP, including erating Satellite Broadband for on the same. The new telecom digital behaviours -- 96 per The report said 41 per cent to Unitech chief Sanjay Chan- asked on October 30 by the apex per cent over the previous clos- licensing, infrastructure, and Inclusive Growth’. policy will exemplify all those cent said they searched online, of the videos watched were dra to negotiate from jail to sell court to deposit INR 750 crore ing price. At the end of Wednes- broadband, among others. On the NTP, Sharma said issues, Sharma noted. 80 per cent said they watched vehicle safety tests; 41 per cent assets to generate INR 750 crore with it by December end for the day's trade, the stock was quoted Referring to recommenda- Trai has already held various Trai had begun the con- online videos and 88 per cent showcased the technology and for refunding money to home sake of the homebuyers. at Rs 6.63, down 13.78 per cent. tions on in-flight connectivity, rounds of discussions -- both sultation process for framing said they prefer to research on features of the car, 38 per cent buyers but, in the meantime, The apex court had on Octo- Accordingly, the market Telecom Regulatory Authority internally and with the telecom guidelines for full-fledged in- their smartphones. were about performance and the Centre has approached the ber 30 said Chandra will be capitalisation of the company of India (Trai) chairman R S department, which is working flight mobile services in late "Online video has emerged 33 per cent were customer NCLT. granted bail only after the real declined by Rs 278.5 crore to Sharma said: “We are working on the new policy. September. as the biggest disrupter for reviews. Rohatgi had claimed that estate group deposited money Rs 1,733.50 crore. on this and certainly in the cur- “We will soon be giving In its consultation paper on the four-wheeler industry in Gabri Herrmann from Kan- the NCLT did not issue notice with its registry by December On NSE, the stock opened rent calender year, it will come them our inputs,” he said. In-Flight Connectivity (IFC), India... auto content (on You- tar TNS said the modern auto to the firm and its directors and end. at Rs 7.55, but fell to a low of Rs out... which means in next 15 On the open sky policy, the regulator had then said, Tube) itself has witnessed an shopper walks into the dealer- passed the interim order, which Chandra's lawyer had told 6.35, down 16.99 per cent and days or so.” Sharma said that while the pol- “Given the rapidly expanding astounding 225 per cent year- ship armed with a staggering was virtually a final order, and the apex court that he has been finally ended the day at Rs 6.65, Sharma declined to divulge icy mandated that the service demand for In-Flight Com- on-year watchtime growth," array of information. allowed the Centre to take over required to be produced in vari- down 13.07 per cent. more, but said “the broad point provider or anyone that wants munication, there is a proposal Google India Industry Direc- "Delivering on research the firm. ous courts, consumer forum The Supreme Court on is that in-flight connectivity to provide broadband will be to introduce In-Flight Con- tor Vikas Agnihotri said. needs and inspiring the con- Earlier, the apex court had and commissions on a regu- Wednesday stayed the Decem- shall be allowed”. able to contract satellite opera- nectivity for voice, data and From an advertiser per- sumer is critical -- brands that agreed to hear on Wednesday lar basis which hampered his ber 8 order of the National “Basically the recommenda- tors, there were still some “defi- video services over Indian air- spective, what makes this trend succeed in this will win the the appeal of Unitech Limited endeavour to arrange money Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) tions will set broad parameters ciencies” in the system. space for domestic, interna- even more relevant is that car sale," he added. challenging the NCLT order and hence, the production war- in the case. of that,” he said. Sharma was “That, we will need to work tional and over-flying flight in manufacturers can now mea- The research covered over allowing the Centre to take over rants issued against him by vari- The NCLT, on December speaking to reporters on side- out,” he said, but ruled out a Indian airspace.” PTI sure the exact impact that 13,800 respondents from 27 its management. The NCLT, on ous judicial bodies be stayed for 8, had suspended all the eight online is having on offline sales, markets. PTI December 8, had suspended all 15 days. PTI directors of the realty firm. PTI For first time, UAE sells North Korea overseas financial network being squeezed by USA

shares of state oil firm SEOUL: North Korea's intri- -- followed the general busi- cate overseas financial network ness pattern of "moving coal ABU DHABI: Investor interest international, and the rest to is creaking under the strains of out of North Korea and mov- S Korea bans its banks was strong on Wednesday as individual investors. Abu Dhabi, Washington's economic screws ing illegal goods -- including Abu Dhabi's state energy com- the UAE capital which holds on the impoverished nuclear military munitions and items pany listed a stake in its retail more than 90 per cent of the armed regime, a research report -- into North Korea", it added. from dealing in Bitcoin distribution arm, the first time country's 98 billion barrels of said. But the North's strategy of the emirate has sold shares in crude reserves, has never before The United Nations, United offshore finances may backfire SEOUL: South Korea on from less than 1,000 in January one of its oil firms. offered public shares in one of States, European Union and sev- in the face of stronger sanctions. Wednesday banned its finan- to 17,000 this week. The Abu Dhabi National Oil its oil companies. eral individual countries have Washington has been fil- cial institutions from dealing And at the weekend futures Company said it had raised $845 Hit hard by the sharp drop slapped multiple sets of eco- ing civil forfeiture complaints in virtual currencies such as trading in the digital currency million by floating 10 per cent of in oil prices, energy- depen- nomic sanctions on the North against funds held by North Bitcoin, as the cryptocurrency started on the Chicago Board its subsidiary ADNOC Distribu- dent Gulf states have resorted for its menacing nuclear and Korea-linked companies since soars in a bubble fuelled by retail Options Exchange, the first time tion, a landmark share offering to a string of reforms including ballistic missile programmes, September last year and con- speculators, many of them from it has appeared on a traditional as Gulf energy firms open up to hiking fuel and power prices, forcing Pyongyang to come up fiscated 84 million from DHID the country. platform. It is also expected to outside investments. imposing taxes and selling off with illicit ways to evade them. are inherently vulnerable," the ment Co. (DHID), Dandong funds across 25 bank accounts The hyper-wired coun- list on the rival Chicago Mer- The initial public offering part of their strategic assets to The North operated a com- report said. Zhicheng Metallic Material Co. and 12 banks alone. try has emerged as a hotbed cantile Exchange next week. price for the shares was at 2.5 raise funds. plex offshore financial network The report, citing find- Ltd (DZMM), Dandong Tianfu "The Department of Justice's for cryptocurrency trading, The Prime Minister's Office dirhams (68 US cents) and by Neighbouring oil kingpin to maintain the flow of hard ings by the US Department Trade Co., and Jin-Hou Inter- seizures since September 2016 accounting for some 20 per cent said Seoul would ban financial 0915 GMT they were trading Saudi Arabia is planning to currency, said a report by Wash- of Justice, said a network of national Holding Co. Ltd. -- amount to three times what of global Bitcoin transactions -- institutions from dealing in vir- at 73 cents. ADNOC said the eventually float up to five per- ington-based security research China-based firms had raked accounted for 30 percent of the was frozen in 2005 from Banco about 10 times its share of the tual currencies -- including buy- IPO brought the subsidiary's cent of its national oil company group C4ADS and the Sejong in billions of dollars for the North's coal exports, the report Delta Asia," the report said. world economy. ing, possessing, or holding them market capitalisation to 8.5 bil- Aramco, in what many expect Institute in Seoul. North Korean regime for years found. The US Treasury Depart- About one million South as collateral. Prices on Bithumb, lion, making it the fourth-largest would be the biggest IPO in his- But doing so meant Pyong- through the coal trade -- with "During this four-year ment placed restrictions on Koreans, many of them small- South Korea's biggest Bitcoin firm on the Abu Dhabi Securi- tory. With 360 fuel stations and yang had lost control of its Washington estimating 95 per period, these imports would the Macau-based institution time investors, are estimated to exchange, fell nearly five per- ties Exchange. more than 235 stores, ADNOC assets, it added. cent of the funds were prob- have provided an estimated in 2005 under suspicions that own Bitcoins, and demand is so cent after the announcement. The statement said the IPO Distribution is the UAE's largest "By nesting its illicit activ- ably funnelled to the weapons 1,331,024,223 to the North it was laundering millions for high that prices for the unit are But the measures fell short was oversubscribed several operator of petrol stations and ity in its overseas networks, programme. Korean military and WMD pro- North Korea. The Macau gov- around 20 percent higher than of speculation that authorities times and that 90 per cent of the sole retail fuel operator in North Korea has maintained From 2013 to 2016, four gram," it said. DZMM -- the top ernment subsequently froze in the US, its biggest market. might ban Bitcoin trading in the shares were sold to institu- the emirates of Abu Dhabi and its access to the international Chinese companies -- Dandong importer of North Korean coal roughly fifty accounts held in World Bitcoin prices have South Korea altogether, or tax tional investors, a third of them Sharjah. PTI financial system, but its assets Hongxiang Industrial Develop- to China from 2014 to 2016 the bank by Pyongyang. PTI surged globally this year, soaring profits from it. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 December, 2017 mp IndiGo, Jet Airways submit Small towns get 35,000 seats bids to operate Udan flights NEW DELHI: IndiGo, Jet Air- under Govt BPO scheme ways and SpiceJet have sub- mitted bids under the regional DHIRENDRA KUMAR connectivity scheme's second Prasad, IT leaders round of bidding wherein the NEW DELHI: In a major government has received 141 boost to Prime Minister Nar- to discuss how to initial proposals, a senior offi- endra Modi’s vision of Sabka cial said on Wednesday. Saath, Sabka Vikas through create $1 tr digital The financial bids in the digital inclusion, the Ministry second round of the scheme of Electronics and IT has allot- Indian economy -- Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik ted over 35,000 out of 48,300 (UDAN) -- would be opened seats under the India BPO pro- NEW DELHI: IT Minister Ravi on Thursday while the tech- motion scheme. Shankar Prasad is slated to meet nical bids were opened on According to Electronics the industry on Thursday to December 5. and IT Minister Ravi Shankar discuss the roadmap for India IndiGo, SpiceJet, Jet Air- Prasad, the process of allot- to become a $1 trillion digital ways and Zoom Air are among ment of remaining seats would economy in the coming years. the applicants that have put in be get completed in the next This is a follow-up to a simi- their bids for the second round six month. lar meeting held in June this year of UDAN, according to the VGF. For the second round of and helipads. These include 49 As of now 10,297 people with tech leaders where the min- civil aviation ministry official. bidding, as many as 25 propos- unserved and 15 under-served have been employed under ister had exhorted the industry UDAN seeks to connect als with zero VGF requirement airports as well as 24 helipads, the BPO scheme and once all to help India build a $1 trillion unserved and under-served have been received, including the ministry said last month. 35,000 seats become opera- digital economy over the new airports as well as make fly- from IndiGo and SpiceJet, the Out of them, 108 are for fly- tional, it will create employ- few years by creating afford- ing more affordable. The par- official said. ing fixed wing aircraft and 33 ment opportunities for over able technology and an inclu- ticipating airlines are provided A total of 141 initial and 55 for operating helicopters. 70,000 people, the minister aims to promote BPO opera- The minister further add after four rounds of open bid- sive environment. The country's Viability Gap Funding (VGF) counter proposals have been In the first round of bidding said, adding that more funds tions in smaller towns and cit- that of the 48,300 seats that the ding process, 18,160 seats had digital economy is estimated at -- which is contributed by the received. There are altogether under the scheme, 128 routes would be pumped into the ies, provides special incentives ‘India BPO Promotion Scheme’ been allocated to 109 units of $450 billion presently. ministry and respective state 18 applicants, including 17 who that would connect 70 airports scheme to give a major push of up to Rs 1 lakh per seat in provides, as many as 35,160 87 companies across 60 loca- "There is a presentation on governments. have put in their initial propos- were awarded to five airlines. to BPO scheme. form of viability gap funding seats have already been allo- tions (19 states). Of these, 76 digital economy on Thursday... The official said IndiGo and als, the official added. Some of the routes are already Terming the BPO scheme and disbursement of financial cated after the multiple rounds units have begun operations on This will be a follow-up of a SpiceJet have not sought any Routes would be awarded operational. a game changer in the growth support is directly linked to job of bidding. 13,480 seats distributed across meeting held earlier this year," VGF for their proposed flights in a phased manner in the sec- The official said that Air of rural economy, the minister creation. “I think it will be completed 48 locations. This has already Prasad said. under the scheme. ond round wherein consider- Deccan would start operations said, “We are planning to open “BPO is becoming a plat- very early. In six months, it resulted in initial employment IT industry representatives While SpiceJet is already ation would be given to zero from December 23 while Air BPO in every home. The min- form for digital aspiration in (target) should be complete,” for 10,297 people, he pointed as well as secretaries of various operating UDAN flights after VGF proposals as well as those Odisha is expected to get its istry is also planning to write to smaller towns, as part of this Prasad said when asked about out. government departments are winning bids in the first round, for operating fixed wing planes aircraft by end of this month. Chief Ministers of all the states scheme. BPOs in smaller cit- the timeframe for allotting all Moreover, in the fifth round expected to participate in the this is the first time IndiGo and helicopters to priority areas Both airlines won routes in the to encourage setting up of ies and towns will be the big- the seats available under the that closed last month, 68 closed-door discussion, which and Jet Airways have officially under the scheme. first round of bidding. BPOs focused on sector issues, gest accelerator of digital ambitious programme. companies submitted bids for will also review the progress expressed interest to partici- The initial proposals Under UDAN, fares are education, amenities, etc.” empowerment,” Prasad said Providing an update on the 17,000 seats, and these are cur- made after the first meeting in pate in the scheme. In the first involve 502 routes that seek to capped at Rs 2,500 for one- The flagship scheme, which on Wednesday. scheme, the minister said that rently under evaluation. June. PTI round too, SpiceJet did not seek connect a total of 126 airports hour flights. PTI Airtel rings in its Volvo launches new IOC POWERS SECURITY DRIVE VoLTE services Chola inks deal to finance JCB in Chennai XC60 at `55.9 lakh India construction equipment NEW DELHI: Cholaman- Chola said in a statement. we will explore opportuni- CHENNAI: Telecom major dalam, a Murugappa Group "India is today witnessing ties of growth in the construc- Bharti Airtel, as part of expand- firm, said on Wednesday that massive development wherein tion equipment sector in the ing its services, has launched it will finance earthmoving the infrastructure sector is a country." Voice over Long Term Evolution and construction equipment key driver for the Indian econ- A fully owned subsidiary of (VoLTE) facility for its custom- for JCB India's customers. omy...this alliance is also in line UK-based JC Bamford Excava- ers in the city. Announcing the tie-up with our continuous endeavour tors, JCB India has five state-of- Airtel VoLTE works over 4G between the two companies, in enabling our customers to the-art factories in the county services that will enable custom- Cholamandalam Investment enter a better life," said N Srini- and manufactures over 50 ers across the city to enjoy HD and Finance Company (Chola) vasan, Executive Vice Chair- products in 8 product catego- IndianOil commenced countrywide observance of Security Week quality voice calls with faster call said that as part of the agree- man and Managing Director, ries. Chola with assets under 2017 at its Corporate Office in New Delhi on Wednesday with the set up time, a company state- ment, it will finance JCB's Chola. management of Rs 35,000 crore theme “Respect All, Suspect All, Inspect All” and by felicitating ment said here on Wednesday. entire range of construction Managing Director and and 725 branches across India select Territorial Army (TA) personnel in the company for their Customers can call any equipment and machinery. CEO of JCB India, Vipin Son- offers financial services such outstanding contributions in times of natural calamities and mobile, landline network using Volvo XC60 launch Pic/Naveen Sharma It will also customise the dhi said: "JCB India is a full as vehicle finance, home loans, national emergencies. IndianOil Director (Finance)AK Sharma Airtel VoLTE and would not be products and offerings to suit range infrastructure equip- home equity loans, SME loans launched the Security Week charged for additional data for NEW DELHI: Swedish luxury tor Charles Frump told report- the needs of JCB customers, ment partner and together and investment advisory. PTI VoLTE. Calls would be billed as carmaker Volvo Cars on Tues- ers here. The XC60 is not only per the existing plan, it added. day launched the new version of one of the company's largest "Having built a world class its SUV XC60 priced at Rs 55.9 selling models globally but has Hawa Badlo Movement 4G network in Chennai, we are lakh (ex-showroom all India). been received well in India too, BIS holds national workshop on NBC delighted to extend our service The company plans to sell he added. portfolio by rolling out VoLTE 2,000 units this year, a growth The model accounts for reaches common man calling in the city," Bharti Air- of 25 per cent over the last year. almost a third of company's 2016 & Recently Revised Seismic Codes tel Ltd, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, "We are confident that the sales in India, Frump said. It NEW DELHI: Hawa Badlo is HUB CEO, Manoj Murali said. all new XC60 with its segment is imported as fully built unit. an movement for Indians citi- KOLKATA: Bureau of Indian "We invite our customers to defining features, modern Scan- The new XC60 comes with zens motivating them to help in Standards (BIS) jointly with the experience the service. We plan dinavian design and luxury will various advanced safety fea- protecting the environment and Indian Association of Struc- to expand our VoLTE footprint prove to be an attractive prop- tures including technology to reduce pollution levels. It aspires tural Engineers (IAStructE), across Tamil Nadu over the next osition for customers," Volvo detect pedestrians and cyclists to transform India’s current air and the Consulting Engineers few months," he said. PTI Auto India Managing Direc- and steer assist. PTI quality index and spread the Association of India (CEAI) awakening in rest of the coun- organized a two-day national try. Hawa Badlo intents to con- workshop on "NBC 2016 & REC raises $400 million via dollar bonds nect with the citizens who are Recently Revised Seismic currently at massive health risks Codes on Design, Construc- NEW DELHI: State-run Rural Electrification Corp on Wednesday said it has due to constant rise in lethal things one can do to save our tion & Safety of Built Struc- raised $400 million through Dollar Bonds in London on December 11. "The pollutants in the air. planet, our environment and, tures" in Kolkata recently. the large number of high rise implementing authorities to Its objective is to create indeed ourselves. Governor of Tripura, Tatha- buildings being constructed in suitably revise and revamp REC concluded a $400 million Reg S bonds deal in London on December 11, awareness about the conse- Hawa Badlo movement is gata Roy while inaugurat- the country are safe against nat- their building bye-laws. 2017," an REC statement said on Wednesday. According to the statement, quences of environmental con- also a step towards building a ing the same, urged the state ural disasters like earthquakes. In the workshop, a series of the bond is priced at 115 basis points over three years US Treasury and is for tamination caused by human sustainable environment for the authorities and all local bodies Shri Roy mentioned that the technical presentations were refinancing the existing ECB, being first of its kind by any Indian PSU. The activity and it motivates people country and creating a mean- for urgent implementation of Indian Standards including made by various experts from- equivalent pricing of 6M Libor plus 83bps spread is the best for any Indian to inculcate air-friendly hab- ingful difference. Hawa Badlo the recently revised National the NBC 2016, although vol- different IITs and practicing its such as switching to CNG/ connects with the citizens to Building Code of India 2016 untary in nature, incorporate structural engineers, who are PSU in the last decade. REC priced its bond at the tighter end of the pricing electric vehicles, carpooling, a single platform and protects (NBC 2016) and the seismic comprehensive administrative chairman and members of the guidance, highlighting a strong appetite from investors, it said. PTI and use of public transport. As human health and country from codes to ensure that all build- and technical provisions which BIS technical committee and by individuals, there are multiple the effects of Air Pollution. MPOST ings and structures including can be readily adopted by the BIS officials. MPOST MFs up Nov SIP flows India, Asean have profound historical links: Pradhan

by 52% to `5,900 cr NEW DELHI: A conference of north-east an an impor- titled India-ASEAN Partner- tant engine of future growth NEW DELHI: Retail inves- as it helps in rupee cost aver- ship@25 was held on Decem- for India. ‘Govt is concerned about tors are preferring systematic aging and also in investing in ber 13 at the Taj Mansingh. The inaugural session was investment plan (SIP) option a disciplined manner without The eventwas organised by attended by the ambassadors of for investing in mutual funds, worrying about market vola- Kalinga International Foun- Philippines to IndiaHer excel- middle class & poor man’ with the industry garnering tility and timing the market," dation (KIF), a think tank lency Teresita C. Daza and Viet- around Rs 5,900 crore through Amfi noted. that brings together the east nam to IndiaHis excellency Ton NEW DELHI: With crude in fuel prices witnessed in the the route in November, an It is an investment vehicle and north-eastern region of SinhThanh,. breaching two-year high of $65 previous three months. increase of 52 per cent from that allows investors to invest India with our neighbours, the Lalit Mansingh, former for- per barrel, Petroleum Minis- After the cut, petrol price the year-ago period. in small amount periodically ASEAN states and the wider eign secretary of India and the ter Dharmendra Pradhan on came down to Rs 68.38 per litre With this, the total money instead of lumpsum. The fre- Indo-Pacific region. Chairman of KIF, said that KIF’s Wednesday said the govern- and diesel to Rs 56.89 in Delhi garnered by fund houses quency of investment is usually The Conference started at 2 mandate is the entire spectrum ment is concerned about mid- on October 4. Rates have since through systematic investment weekly, monthly or quarterly. It PM and had as its Chief Guest, of foreign policy and secu- dle class and poor man, but did climbed to Rs 69.07 per litre plans has touched Rs 40,780 is similar to a recurring deposit Dharmendra Pradhan, Minis- rity issues but its focus is on not say if it will cut excise duties for petrol. crore in the first eight months where investors deposit a small ter of Petroleum and Natural two critical geographies, the to cushion the price hike. The excise duty cut cost the of the current fiscal, according or fixed amount every month. Gas and Skill Development and Dharmendra Pradhan to galvaniserelations with the North-East and the Eastern He attributed the spike in government Rs 26,000 crore in to the Association of Mutual As per the latest data, the Entrepreneurship, at the inau- spoke of Odisha’s deep inter- economically vibrant ASEAN region of India and the east- international oil prices to "some annual revenue and about Rs Funds in India (Amfi) data. industry garnered about Rs gural session. actions seeped in history with region. The upgrade from the ern and south-eastern periph- pipeline turbulence" in Europe 13,000 crore during the remain- In comparison, Rs 27,468 5,893 crore last month through There were five thematic- South-East Asia. LookEast to Act East policy, ery of India. and winter demand. ing part of the current fiscal crore was collected through SIPs against Rs 3,884 crore col- sessions that included the inau- “Our interactions over cen- with the ASEAN at the core, Paraphrasing Rabindra- "Let us wait and watch," he year that ends on March 31, the investment plan in April- lected in November 2016. In gural and valedictory,with the turies have extended beyond was among the earliestinitia- nath Tagore who invited people said. "Today, price is under con- 2018. November 2016-17. October this year, Rs 5,621 participation of distinguished Indonesia to includeexpres- tives of the Modi government,” from across the oceans to con- trol in India." The government had The increased interest in crore was collected. scholars, former diplomats and sions of shared heritage and he added. Guest of Honour, gregate on the shores of India Asked if the government is between November 2014 and SIPs can be attributed to strong The industry added about 9 ambassadors of the ASEAN culture that are dotted across Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of and celebrate their human- considering excise duty cut, he January 2016 raised excise duty performance of equity schemes lakh SIP accounts each month states. the region and findexpression State (Independent Charge) for ity, Mansinghsaid that it is in said excise duty was cut recently on petrol and diesel on nine and investor education initi- on an average during the The inaugural session called in strands of everyday life of Development of North-Eastern this spirit that Prime Minister and some states also reduced occasions to take away gains ated by Amfi and mutual fund ongoing fiscal, with an aver- the India-ASEAN Strategic the people. Historically and Region, touched upon practical Modi has invited the 10 heads VAT. arising from plummeting global houses, Bajaj Capital CEO age SIP size of about Rs 3,250 Partnership and the Act East culturally,the links between initiatives for overall economic of State and governments of "Let us see how things are oil prices. Rahul Parikh said. per systematic investment plan Policy was followed by a session India and South-East Asia have development of the North-East ASEAN countries as Guests unfolding," he said. "But the In all, duty on petrol was SIPs have been the pre- account. on economic co-operation with been deep and profound,” Prad- and its economic integration of Honour for India’s Repub- government is very concerned hiked by Rs 11.77 per litre and ferred route for retail investors Currently, mutual funds ASEAN, Regional and bilateral han said. with the larger region. lic Day next month. Calling about middle class and poor that on diesel by 13.47 a litre to invest in mutual funds as it have about 1.8 crore system- co-operation, Security Chal- “India embarked on the Specific sectorsthat he Pradhan “a true Kalinga per- man." in those 15 months that helped helps them reduce market tim- atic investment plan accounts lenges, and The Importance policy of ‘Look East’ for a long mentioned were tourism, sonality” he thanked him for The government in October government's excise mop-up ing risk. through which investors regu- of the North East and Eastern time. However, ourPM, has cross-border trade facilita- making “millions of the poor- cut excise duty on petrol and more than double to Rs 242,000 "SIP has been gaining pop- larly invest in Indian mutual Region of India for the Act East given further impetus by ini- tion, connectivity, start-up. He est homelands in India glow diesel by Rs 2 per litre in a bid crore in 2016-17 from Rs 99,000 ularity among MF investors, fund schemes. PTI Policy. tiating the policy of ‘Act East’, emphasised the importance with energy”. MPOST to moderate the relentless rise crore in 2014-15. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Thursday, 14 December, 2017 AZARENKA GETS AUSTRALIA OPEN EX-REAL MADRID DEFENDER HEINZE GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE PLAYMAKER WILDCARD AMIDST CUSTODY BATTLE NAMED COACH OF VELEZ SARSFIELD GOULART SET FOR BRAZIL RETURN MELBOURNE: Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Aza- BUENOS AIRES: Former Manchester United and Real RIO DE JANEIRO: Guangzhou Evergrande’s Brazilian midfield- renka, who has been locked in a custody battle over her baby Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze has been named er Ricardo Goulart has told the club he wants to return to his son, was handed a wildcard into January’s Australian Open. coach of Velez Sarsfield, the Argentine club announced. homeland in a bid to play at next year’s World Cup. Goulart, Tournament director Craig Tiley said every assistance would be The 39-year-old replaced Marcelo Gomez on Tuesday, who is contracted to the Chinese Super League side until Janu- provided to the former Belarus world number one so she can who was named interim manager in November after the ary 2020, said his representatives were in talks to “resolve the compete where she has achieved her greatest success. sacking of Omar De Felippe. matter the best way possible,” reports Xinhua news agency. ‘World changed for English Hitman and his men paint Mohali blue cricket after MOHALI: Skipper Rohit 13 fours. for Rohit and Co. who exploited the conditions to Sharma rose to the occasion After completing his first Though Rohit ran amok in good effect. when it mattered most as his 100 runs off 115 balls, the styl- the death overs, he took time Rohit and Dhawan got the Stokes incident’ record breaking third dou- ish opener was simply unstop- early on. It was Dhawan who measure of the pitch in the first ble hundred guided India to pable, blasting the next 100 attacked the opposition bowl- Powerplay, where they made a series-levelling 141-run win runs off 36 balls to complete ers initially before the danger- just 33, and started playing against Sri Lanka in the second a famous double ton in the ous opening duo completed their strokes thereafter to take ODI on Wednesday. 50th over of the innings. His their 12th century stand to lay India to 108 for no loss in 20 Rohit smashed an unbeaten last double hundred, 264 at the foundation for a big total. overs. Rohit and Iyer then got 208 off 153 balls to fire India to the Eden Gardens three years En route to his double hun- together to hammer the Sri a mammoth 392 for four, a total ago, had also come against Sri dred, Rohit crossed the 100- Lankan bowlers all around the that proved to be too much for Lanka while the maiden one run mark in ODIs for the 16th park. Lakmal tormented the ALASTAIR COOK Sri Lanka as the visitors ended (209) was recorded against time in his career, sixth this Indian batsmen two days ago PERTH: Senior batsman way behind at 251 for 8 with Australia at Bengaluru in 2013. year and first ever as captain. but today he bowled too full or Alastair Cook says the world Angelo Mathews’ unbeaten 111 Sachin Tendulkar, Viren- Another record shattered too short. Most of his low full- has changed for English cricket going in-vain. der Sehwag, Chris Gayle and was of the highest individual tosses were sent sailing over in the wake of the damaging Ben While Rohit stole the Martin Guptill are the others score here with Rohit surpass- midwicket by Rohit, who bat- Stokes affair, and warned the show with another sensational who have breached the 200-run ing the 154 Virat Kohli made ted like a six hitting machine team cannot afford any more knock, Shikhar Dhawan (68 off mark in 50-over cricket. against New Zealand last year. in the last 10 overs. One such “mistakes”. 67) and rookie Shreyas Iyer (88 However, the Rohit spe- After Dhawan departed, instance was the 43rd over The star all-rounder is cur- off 70) played the supporting cial came on a batting beauty, Iyer batted well alongside Rohit when Rohit smashed Lakmal rently banned from the inter- role to perfection. two days after Indian batsmen and came up with the big shots for four sixes off four legal balls national game while authorities India virtually batted Sri failed miserably against the just when his team needed to in an over that went for 26 runs. probe his alleged involvement Lanka out of the game by post- moving ball in Dharamsala. step on the accelerator. It was raining runs in in a late-night fight outside a ing the highest-total at this Sri Lanka pacers were on It was cold and overcast the last 10 overs where India nightclub. ground, surpassing the 351 for the money in the series opener over the past two days but the added as many as 147 for Cook, a former captain who five South Africa made against but they put up a performance sun came out just before the the loss of three wickets. In will become the first English- Netherlands in 2011. they would like to forget sooner start of the game, sucking the response to India’s huge total, man to play 150 Tests when It was not the only record than later. They offered too moisture out of the pitch to Sri Lanka were never in the he appears against Australia in that was shattered on a day many freebies including lead make batting easier. game despite a fighting effort Thursday’s crucial third Ashes when India were under pres- pacer Suranga Lakmal who had Sri Lanka had no hesita- from Mathews. clash in Perth, admits his side sure to perform after the deba- an off day leaking 71 runs in tion in bowling first, just like BRIEF SCORES: has been slow to learn from the cle in Dharamsala. eight overs. The other pacers, they did in Dharamsala, but the INDIA: 392-4 (Rohit Sharma fall-out. Dubbed a “behavioural Rohit Sharma celebrates his Rohit, captaining the side in captain Thisara Perera (3/80) conditions changed quickly to 208, Shreyas Iyer 88; Thisara cleanskin”, Cook senses Eng- century as Shreyas Iyer greets his first full series, singlehand- and Nuwan Pradeep (0/106), the favour of the hosts. Perera 3/83). land should have learnt their edly won the game for India too were guilty of bowling too Unlike the first ODI, there SRI LANKA: 251-8 (Angelo lesson months ago that stan- him, during the 2nd ODI match with an innings that comprised many low full tosses and half was not enough swing early on Mathews 111, Gunaratne 34; dards would be intensely scru- against Sri Lanka in Mohali PIC/PTI as many as a dozen sixes and trackers, making the job easier to trouble the Indian batsmen, Yuzvendra Chahal 3/60).AGENCIES tinised in the wake of the Stokes scandal. PRESS NOTICE “It has been a very strange HARYANA PWD (B&R) thing,” he told reporters in ‘Was looking to keep my shape, hit through the line’ Perth on Tuesday. “The world Notice for inviting Tenders The Governor of Haryana invites the bids from eligible bidders through online bids in the website: https:// has obviously changed for the haryanaeprocurement.gov.in for the work detailed in the table. MOHALI: It was difficult to If I am not wrong, the first 100 I got we did, right from the start, English cricket team from Sep- Sr. Name of work Approxi E/Money Cost of docu- Time Date & time believe that someone complet- with Shikhar (Dhawan) giving tember. We have taken a couple No -mate value Societies/ ment / E- ser- limit for bid prepa- ing his first hundred before the was around the 38th or 39th over. So I was us a brilliant start, and Shreyas of months to really realise that. of work Contractor vices fee (Rs.) ration to Hash start of the back 10 would be Iyer - it didn’t look like he was “These last two incidents (Rs.) (Rs.) submission telling myself, if I have got this far, I am not 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 able to reach his double hun- only playing his second ODI,” have proved that. I’ve seen 1. Special repair by improvement of various 6 271.00 lacs 2.71 lacs / 15000/- 06 (Six 09.12.2017 dred by the end and Rohit going to get out. I was only looking to keep Rohit said. words written down, ‘trivial nos. roads in Palwal Hodal Constituency in PD 5.42 Lacs 1000/- Months) 17:01 Hrs. to Sharma did just that en route “There was dew later, so it misdemeanour at best’, but since PWD B&R Br., to Palwal under CM Announce- 26.12.2017 17:00 his unbelievable 208 not out my shape and hit through the line. It was was important to get that big the Stokes incident times have ment Code 15203 in Palwal Distt. (Re-invited] Hrs. 2. Special repair by Improvement of various 3 nos. 159.00 lacs 1.59 lacs / 15000/- 06 (Six 09.12.2017 against Sri Lanka in the sec- the same thing I did in my first two 200s. I total. changed for the English cricket roads (Road IDs: 3574, 3573 & 3606) in Prithla 3.18 Lacs 1000/- Months) 17:01 Hrs. to ond ODI. India beat Sri Lanka Sri Lanka captain Thisara team.” Cook was referring to an constituency to in PD, Palwal under work pro- 26.12.2017 17:00 by 141 runs to level the three- started off pretty slow then too Perera rued the below-par per- off-field alcohol-related scan- gramme for the year 2017-18 in Palwal- Dis- Hrs. trict. ,[Re-invited] match series 1-1. formance of his bowling unit dals involving Jonny Bairstow 3. Collection of Toll on TP-50 [Palwal- Zewar- - 127.26 Lacs 20000/- 18 09.12.2017 Asked to rate his three “The Australia one was a The stand-in skipper is and said no plans worked for and Ben Duckett on the tour Aliagarh Road Km. 0.000 to 15.660 .(Haryana 1000/- Months 17:01 Hrs. to double ODI centuries, Rohit decider, the Sri Lanka 264 - I happy because of the turn- them against Rohit. “Unfortu- of Australia. “It’s sad in ways Uttar Pradesh (Eighteen to Border) [Re-invited] (Eighteen 26.12.2017 17:00 Months) Hrs. refused to pick one. came back after a three-month around that happened. nately our bowling didn’t click. because we have always been a “Very difficult to pick one. layoff after a big injury, and “It was a great day. Win- Especially, Rohit batted really bit different to football and been For further details and e-tendering schedule visit website http://haryanapwd-bandr.org/ https://hary- All three came at crucial times. this one also - after a humili- ning the game was important well. That is cricket. We will able to go under the radar and anaeprocurement.gov.in For & on behalf of Governor of Haryana 264 is obviously very close to ating loss, we wanted to come for me and the team after that take positives from this match enjoy cricket for England and me. I’ve said it many times, but back as a team, as a batting unit loss in Dharamsala. I can keep and flush out the negatives,” enjoy seeing the country out- PRDH-Advt. No:-1081/11/4407/1718/58777 Superinding Engineer I honestly cannot pick one. especially,” he said. talking about the batting that he said. AGENCIES side that,” Cook said. AGENCIES Dated: 14.12.17 Gurugram Circle

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Dhoni decided to take on 24-year-old Hardik Pandya in a sprint during the pre-match warm-up session in Mohali, ahead of the second One Day International against Sri Lanka. Dhoni emerged victorious in the 100m dash Australia aim for series clinching 3rd win vs England 1] All eligible/ intrested tenders are required to be enrolled on portal https://mahatenders.gov. PERTH: After winning two in before down loading tender documents and participate in e-tendering consecutive matches, hosts For England, on 2] Tenderers are reaquested to contact on following telephone numbers any doubts/ information/ Australia will aim for a series the other hand, it difficulty regarding on line enrollment or obtaining degital certificate [NIC] The 24x7 Toll free clinching win when they take Telephonic Help Desk No 180030702232 Mob. 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All or any one of the tender may be Australians proved superior in they have not rejected by the competent authority every department of the game as the hosts beat the Joe Root- won a match here 6] The electric tendering system for Public Works Department of Government of Maharash- led side by big margins. tra will be available on separate sub portal with URL https://mahatenders.gov.in as part of since 1978 the Electronic Tendering system of Government of Maharashtra which is available on the On paper as well as on portal https://mahatenders.gov.in the field, the Australian side “Other people might be looked solid. For England, on unlucky to miss out but Mitch- 7] Search Organisation === Public Works Region === Department === Public Works Region the other hand, it will be an ell fills the role we need for this Nashik - and get list Select Tender uphill task to stay alive in the particular Test match,” Aus- 8] The Bidder shall submitted the Hard Copy in “Sealed Envelope” of Technical and Finan- series as they have not won a tralia coach Darren Lehm- cial Bids as specified in NIT after the Online Submission of Bid (“Bid Lock”) within 72 hrs. match here since 1978. focused on this Test match. behaviour. Off-field behav- Cricket Council (ICC) website. ann said. “As a batter, he was Apart from the game, the “As professionals — with iour needs to improve and we Australia also gave a hint in some good form. But we DGIPR/2017-2018/4714 Executive Engineer English team is also battling the young kids watching and all know that,” England spin- that all-rounder Mitchell needed his bowling as well. Public Work(North) Division Nashik off-field issues. So it might hearing all the news — it’s very ner Moeen Ali was quoted as Marsh might be included in Now he’s bowling, we can con- be tough for them to remain important we are on our best saying by the International the squad for the WACA Test. sider him,” he added. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Thursday, 14 December, 2017 mp Dortmund take Chelsea rebound, down Mainz Aizawl FC defeat Churchill 2-0 in Burnley climb Bundesliga BERLIN: Struggling Dortmund Brothers 1-0 at home to 4th position returned to winning ways after AIZAWL: Defending cham- beating Mainz with two second- pion Aizawl FC defeated HUDDERSFIELD: Chelsea half goals in the opener of the Churchill Brothers by a solitary salved the wounds from last The visitors 16th round of Bundesliga foot- goal to garner full three points weekend’s loss to West Ham jumped out to an ball action. from their first home match United with a decisive 3-1 vic- As the first game of new of the ongoing Hero I-League, tory here over Huddersfield early lead with head coach Peter Stoeger, here on Wednesday. Town, while surprising Burnley a goal in the Borussia Dortmund were able Yugo Kobayashi scored a beat Stoke City to claim fourth to snap their eight-game win- late goal in the 88th minute place in the English Premier 3rd minute by less run as goals from Sokratis to bring a sigh of relief for the League (EPL). Daryl Janmaat and Shinji Kagawa were enough home fans. The Blues, who were never to edge Mainz on the road on William Lalnunfela, who really tested by the newly pro- and remained Tuesday, reports Xinhua news scored a brace for Aizawl moted Terriers, are now tied on in control of the agency. against Kingfisher East Ben- points with second-place Man- Mainz grabbed a promis- gal, was the notable absentee chester United, though the Red contest until the ing start going into the game against Churchill Brothers. Devils have a game in hand, 87th minute as Suat Serdar came close with Shylo Malsawmtluanga, the reports Efe. six minutes played after rattling most experienced player in the Playing without the injured Wednesday. the crossbar from 18 meters. squad again had to sit out today Alvaro Morata and David Luiz, Tuesday’s other match was The midfielder remained in the meaning he will have to wait Chelsea led 2-0 at the half on in London, where last-place thick of things as he had another longer to make his debut for goals by Tiemoue Bakayoko Crystal Palace hosted Watford, chance to open the scoring, but Aizawl FC in I-League. and Willian. Pedro Rodriguez who are ninth in the table. he pulled the assist from Emil Churchill coach made it 3-0 soon after the re- The visitors jumped out to Berggreen over the target at 13 Shevchenko made three start and Laurent Depoitre got an early lead with a goal in the minutes of play. changes to his playing XI that a consolation goal for Hudders- 3rd minute by Daryl Janmaat As the match progressed, faced Mohun Bagan in their Yugo Kobayashi scored a late goal in the 88th field in the final minutes. and remained in control of the Dortmund took control of the previous match. Meanwhile, 41 kilometers contest until the 87th minute, minute to bring a sigh of relief for the home fans ball but were unable to produce Suraj and Israil Gurung (25 miles) to the northwest in when they went down to 10 clear-cut opportunities. Pierre- took the field as Karthik Gov- Burnley, the hosts needed a men with Tom Cleverley’s ejec- Emerick Aubameyang wasted indswamy and Emuejeraye the forward who have played dominated possession for the from the game Kobayashi ues as the Red Machines con- goal in the 88th minute from tion for a second yellow card. Dortmund’s best chance before Precious failed to retain their for Aizawl’s rival Chanmari FC better part of the first half, they scored the only goal of the tinue to totter at the bottom of Ashley Barnes to beat Stoke Palace’s Bakary Sako got the the break as he missed the target place in the starting line-up. earlier could not convert the could not create any clear-cut game in the 88th minute. the table. City 1-0 and continue their equalizer a minute later and from inside the box. After the The home side did not golden chance. chance. After the hour-mark, Having calmly tucked in The Goan team have to improbable rise into the top James McArthur completed restart, the “BVB” increased the waste time in carving out their His header was parried the home side upped the Dodoz’s pass, the shrewd for- quickly shrug off the loss as four. The team have won three the comeback with a goal in pressure and their efforts were first chance of the match. away by Churchill goalkeeper tempo and created several good ward slotted the solitary goal they travel to Kolkata to play of their last four matches, vault- the 90th minute. It was only eventually rewarded 55 min- Centre back Saighani per- Kithan. Japanese forward chances but Kobayashi failed to of the match. the high-flying Kingfisher East ing over Liverpool, Arsenal and the third win of the season for utes into the match as Mainz fectly weighted a through ball Kobayashi’s shot from inside convert the opportunities that Aizawl with four points Bengal on December 16. Tottenham into the Champions the South London club, but were unable to clear a free kick which was chased down by the box was blocked by cen- fell on his path. from two games now move up Aizawl will play their next League spots. the fans at Selhurst Park were cross, allowing Sokratis to drill Mka to deliver a perfect cross tre-back Osagie Monday a few Just when Churchill to the fifth spot on the table but home game against Shillong Burnley’s grip on fourth ecstatic to see their side climb the ball past Mainz goalkeeper for Ivorian forward Dodoz, but seconds later. Though Aizawl thought they deserved a point Churchill’s nightmare contin- Lajong two days later. AGENCIES place may be short-lived, how- out of the cellar and into 17th Robin Zentner. Mainz remained ever, as Liverpool can take place: out of the drop zone, at dangerous and collected a num- back the spot with a win on least for a day. AGENCIES ber of chances but they lacked in accuracy to restore parity. Saha, Shami boost for Bengal Ranji semi-final vs Delhi Dortmund punished the host’s wastefulness after Shinji Kagawa KOLKATA: Wriddhiman Saha and benefitted on a square pass from Mohammed Shami were on Wednesday Bengal edged out Aubameyang to seal all three named in Bengal Ranji squad for their defending champions points. semifinal against Delhi in Pune from With the victory, Dort- December 17. Gujarat on basis of first mund secured their first vic- The duo are part of the India Test innings lead to seal tory since October and jumped squad for South Africa tour but the to 4th place for the moment, Board has allowed them to represent their semi-final berth whereas Mainz slumped to 15th their state team for the upcoming Ranji place after suffering their eighth semi-final. young side. But we just need to execute loss of the season. AGENCIES Lanky young pacer Ishan Porel who our plans.” is in the India Under-19 camp for the Squad: Manoj Tiwary (captain), World Cup, however, will miss out in Sudip Chatterjee (vice-captain), Abhi- the squad led by Manoj Tiwary. Ishan manyu Easwaran, Wriddhiman Saha will be joining the India U-19 camp. (wicketkeeper), Shreevats Goswami, Bengal vice-captain and No 3 Sudip Anustup Majumder, Abhishek Raman, Chatterjee, who was indisposed missing lead to seal their semi-final berth. importantly, everyone is a performing,” Aamir Gani, Pradipta Pramanik, Ashok the quarter-final, is also back in the side. “We are playing well. We want to Bengal coach Sairaj Bahutule said. Dinda, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Bengal edged out defending cham- carry the momentum against Delhi. The “The semi-final is going to be a Kumar, Kanishk Seth, B Amit and Writ- SOKRATIS pions Gujarat on basis of first innings team is in a very good shape and more tough one. Delhi are a very good and tick Chatterjee. AGENCIES Mohun Bagan not taking Shillong Lajong lightly

KOLKATA: Plagued by inju- big win saw four players sus- myself. With the treatment, I an idol,” Kromah said. ries, former champions Mohun tain injuries on the artificial feel much better. I believe I can Gurjinder Kumar and Shil- Bagan will look to continue turf of Barasat. play. I watched Lajong’s game. ton D’Silva will look to reprise their winning run when they Japanese Yuta Kinowaki They have a good team. They their roles as Nikhil Kadam has face Shillong Lajong FC in a (collarbone) has been ruled out run a lot,” Kromah, who scored been kept as standby to Norde. fourth round encounter at the for about a month with Arijit and assisted a goal in the last After opening his account Salt Lake Stadium on Thursday. Bagui also on the injured list. game, said. The opposition in with a brace, the spotlight will Having held by Minerva by Sony Norde and Ansumana its rank has Kromah’s Liberian be on Aser Pierrick Dipanda a last-minute equaliser in the Kromah still have hopes of countryman Lawrence Doe. Dicka who welcomes his season opener, Mohun Bagan making it into the squad “Lawrence (Doe) is my old side as he steps out onto have bounced back in style despite training through pain senior player. When he started the pitch to play against the with a derby win followed by on the eve of the game. playing I was small. He left the team he won the Golden Boot a 5-0 thrashing of Churchill “It is not a major injury country as his style was not last season with 11 goals for Brothers at Barasat. But their (that I have). I believe in liked by national coach. He is the Reds. AGENCIES

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Kareena says that she has rarely been intimidated by anyone but if there’s one person in the family she is completely in awe of, it is Soha NEW DELHI: Entertainment ary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and rec- MUMBAI: Actor Kareena Kapoor continued to fuel India’s Search reated by vocalist Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is all praise for her sister-in-law momentum in 2017 with Baahubali Khan. Soha Ali Khan, saying she is the fam- 2: The Conclusion topping Google’s Songs like ‘Despacito’ and Ed ily’s torchbearer and someone they trending charts and six other bolly- Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ also fea- all turn to for advice. Lauding Soha’s wood movies featuring among the tured in the top trending tracks. knowledge, Kareena said she is always ‘Top 10 Trending’ queries this year, Sunny Leone once again featured nervous while listening to the conver- Google said recently. among the top entertainers this sations between husband Saif Ali Khan Bollywood and cricket remained year, followed by Big Boss entrant and Soha as she struggles to understand the top two themes that ruled the Arshi Khan, Sapna Choudhary and what they are talking. charts, acccoding to Google India YouTube singing sensation Vidya Kareena said she finds herself in a 2017 Year in Search results. Vox. similar position as that of Soha’s hus- “After breaking several records “CBSE results, UP elections, band Kunal Kemmu, who said he can’t at the Box office, India’s most expen- Goods and Services Tax (GST) and get some of the English words Soha uses sive movie also broke the language Budget featured among the trend- while they are talking. boundaries attracting humon- ing news events that witnessed “I have rarely been intimidated by gous search interest from movie huge interest among Indian users,” anyone and media knows. But if there’s buffs across the nation,” the search Google said. one person in the family I am com- giant said. Indian users were also interested pletely in awe of, it is Soha. I’m always Baahubali 2: The Conclusion was when it came to knowing more a little nervous when I am having din- followed by searches around Indian about Bitcoin prices or expressing ner with Saif and Soha, I’m like ‘Oh my Premier League and searches on interest about ransomware. India’s God, I am never going to understand ‘Live Cricket Score’. Also making it historic win at the Miss World this conversation’,” Kareena said. to the Top 10 list were Bollywood ceremony generated much traffic “If Kunal can’t, there’s no way I can! blockbusters Dangal and Badrinath which catapulted Manushi Chhil- Soha has always been so polite, like Ki Dulhania. lar to fame. Among the top ‘What ‘Hi, what’s up, did you buy anything, Among the top trending songs is’ queries this year, GST, Bitcoin, so what’s the gossip?’ I’m like, ‘Oh God, this year, ‘Hawa Hawa’ from the Jallikattu and BS3 vehicle remained I feel so small and lame! But it’s okay. Arjun Kapoor starrer Mubarakan the most trending themes. Top- I think we have found our way,” she held the top spot on the charts, fol- ics like ‘How to link aadhaar with added. Kareena was speaking at the lowed by sufi track ‘Mere Rashke PAN card’ to buying Jio phone were launch of Soha’s book, ‘The Perils of Qamar’ originally sung by legend- majorly searched. IANS Being Moderately Famous’, last night. In her book, Soha talks about find- ing herself in different capacities – as legendary cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and veteran Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore’s daughter, and actors Saif Ali Khan’s sister and Kareena Kapoor Khan’s sister-in-law. “If there’s anyone in the family who we all can turn to, when Amma (Sharmila) is all worked up, if there’s one person that can control the situa- tion, that’s Soha. I truly believe that she is the torch-bearer of the family and this title doesn’t do justice (to her) because famous or no famous, she is the ground- ing on which all of us stand,” she said. If you’re a victim, The Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor also recalled how Soha took care of her father in the last days with compassion come out and talk about it: Neha and a “breaking heart”. “I’ve never seen any other daugh- NEW DELHI: Neha Dhupia ter, I am a daughter myself, I don’t know if I all of this,” Kareena added as Soha became teary feels ‘#MeToo’ – the campaign could’ve done the way she looked after him. eyed. Also present at the launch were Sharmila to raise awareness about sexual And that to me, is a solid woman. So here’s Tagore, Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Kemmu and Saba harassment – is not only valid to you Soha. I’m sure Abba is listening to Ali Khan. PTI for people associated with the entertainment industry, but for everyone. The actor says a vic- tim should not hesitate to share one’s ordeal, and instead save Chastain was worried innocents from facing same fate by talking about it. Life is getting more and her stance on assault more gender neutral, Neha Life is getting more and more Charlie Sheen, Dustin Hoff- it is about women across brave, so be the braver one in said, adding that there are still gender neutral,” Neha told in man, James Toback and Kevin whatever profession they this situation,” said the actor, miles to go. an interview. “It is getting bet- Spacey, have been accused for are in. This is happening to who has never shied away from “Things are changing for ter, but unfortunately there is sexually harassing people asso- them at their home. Any- calling a spade a spade. could hurt career women. They are getting a always that question of #MeToo ciated with showbiz. body could be a victim. My Neha, a former Miss India position of power, and profes- and there is a Harvey Weinstein The controversy has rocked plea is that if you are a vic- who eventually turned to Bol- sionally they are doing excep- that comes across.” the entertainment industry the tim come out and talk about lywood, said: “Life is getting LOS ANGELES: Actor Jessica Chastain tionally well. They are getting Neha was referring to the world over. Like many other it because you are not only just better, but there are things that said she was worried that she would face roles with projects like Secret slew of sexual misconduct actors, Neha too asserted that protecting yourself but you are are being questioned and it is a consequences for her outspoken stance Superstar, Tumhari Sulu or allegations levied against the harassment is not restricted to also putting a lot of other inno- good thing that people are talk- on the recent wave of sexual harassment Padmavati that are made Hollywood mogul. Numerous showbiz. cent women in danger.” ing about it.The fact is why stay and assault allegations. around women. There are leading men from Hollywood “I promise you that is “Talking about it doesn’t quiet for that long. You need to Speaking with The New York Times many films which I can name. like Ben Affleck, Brett Ratner, not just in this business. But make you weak. It makes you speak up sooner.” IANS about her Golden Globe nomination, Chastain said she was afraid that her career would be hurt after she spoke out Jada Pinkett Smith slams against the many alleged harassers and assaulter’s in the entertainment industry. The actor has taken a strong stand Golden Globes for ‘Girls Trip’ snub on social media ever since the first alle- gations against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein were reported by The LOS ANGELES: Actor Jada Times more than two months ago. Pinkett Smith is upset with “To be honest, I’m mainly surprised the omission of her film and about my nomination. As an actor, I its breakout star from Golden have a lot of fear, thinking that if I speak Globe nominations. TheGirls my mind, or something that feels like it Trip actor took to Twitter to deviates from the norm as a woman, am voice her displeasure, alleg- I going to be made to disappear in my ing that the Hollywood For- industry?” eign Press Association did not “When the article came out about even watch the film. Weinstein, I immediately started tweet- “I’m not upset about Tiffany ing. I’ve got a good group of girlfriends Haddish or Girls Trip not get- on WhatsApp, and I said, ‘I’m really ter- ting a (nomination)... I’m dis- rified I’m destroying my career right now. couraged about the fact that the I wonder if people will still see me as an Christina Perri Hollywood Foreign Press/ Golden actor and want to work with knowing I Globes wouldn’t even watch the have these opinions.’” Chastain said. movie,” Pinkett Smith wrote. Girls The 40-year-old actor credits her Trip stars Pinkett Smith, Haddish, friends for helping her stay strong. marries Paul Costabile Queen Latifah and Regina Hall as a “In the way that only good girlfriends group of friends reconnecting, after can do, they helped me eliminate fear LONDON: Singer Christina dream girl and best friend. years apart, on a trip to New Orleans’ and understand that the only way Perri has tied the knot with Pretty sure I’m the proud- annual Essence Music Festival. to change something that’s wrong longtime partner Paul Costa- est I’ve EVER been to be able The actor continued her condem- is to change it, not ignore it. bile. The couple got married in to call the most bellissima nation of the Globes by relating their And rather than saying it’s New York City. person plus woman I’ve ever nominations to Hollywood at large, an industry-wide issue, it’s “On this day four years ago, known now my wife!” tweeting, “Hollywood has systems more than that. It’s a we met,” she shared on Insta- “Whoa. I thank Gof for the in place that must learn to expand its society.” PTI gram while showcasing her gift of her, our relationship, our concepts of race, gender equality and wedding attire. “Today, WE bambino on the way, our fam- inclusion in regard to its perceptions GOT Married!” ily’s love and support and this of art across the board.” Paul added, “Four years unforgettable year.” Pinkett Smith has also been very ago today I met my dream Back in June, the couple vocal in the past during the #OscarsSoW- girl in this room. Four years first announced to their follow- hite campaign the last two years. PTI later today I married my ers that they were engaged. PTI