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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 349 | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,388.75 (+138.71) pSENSEX 33,601.68 (+55.50) pDOW JONES 24,868.72 (+216.98) pNASDAQ 6,984.18 (+47.60) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.24 (-0.20) qRUPEE/EURO 75.83 (-0.39) qGOLD/10GM 29,525 (-155.00) nSILVER/K 38,100 (000.00) BJP wins after fierce Cong fight Star-studded campaign led personally by PM Modi catapults BJP to 6th straight win in Gujarat

OUR CORRESPONDENT epicentre of the Patidar reserva- tion agitation. AHMEDABAD/ NEW As the victory became clear, BJP to start new HP DELHI: The BJP fought off party workers gathered in the a strong challenge from the streets and headquarters, dis- Rahul Gandhi-led Congress tributing sweets and bursting to win the Gujarat Assem- firecrackers. The BJP’s dip this innings... but loses bly polls for the sixth straight time was touted by the Con- time on Monday. However, gress as a reflection of Gandhi’s the euphoria in the BJP camp efforts during the campaign, was tempered by the lower when he appeared to have CM face’s wicket than expected margin of vic- improved his reputation as a tory— it took 99 seats in the politician. OUR CORRESPONDENT 182-member assembly, down The BJP said what matters from the 115 it won in 2012, is the victory. “Jo jeeta wohi SHIMLA/ DHARAMSALA: and far lower than the 150-plus Sikandar (whoever wins is The BJP wrested power from seats it had hoped for. However, the king),” said Union minis- the Congress in Himachal the party’s vote share rose by a ter Smriti Irani, when asked if Pradesh with a close to two- little over 1 percentage point to the Congress gave her party a thirds majority on Monday. 49.1 per cent compared to the tough fight. The victory in the Himalayan 2012 Assembly polls. The December 9 and 14 state tightened the BJP’s grip OUT: Prem Kumar Dhumal The Congress won 77 seats, elections took place in the over the country’s politics with up by 16, at the end of count- backdrop of GST and demon- the Congress losing one more time Chief Minister Virbhadra ing of votes in the Gujarat etisation, which the opposi- state with general elections Singh won the Arki constitu- polls on Monday night, which tion had claimed would inflict only 18 months away. ency with a margin of 6,024 was marked by acrimonious a huge dent in Modi’s popular- Amid the victories, there votes against the BJP’s Rattan exchanges and rhetoric dur- ity. The BJP has won every elec- was some disappointment Singh Pal. Virbhadra’s son, ing the high octane campaign. tion in Gujarat since 1995. for the BJP — Prem Kumar Vikramaditya Singh, also won The Congress also improved Gujarat is a prestigious Dhumal, the party’s chief in his maiden attempt from its vote share, which touched trophy for the BJP, given that ministerial candidate in the the Shimla rural constituency, 41.4 per cent, a 2 percentage both Modi and BJP President hill state, lost to Congress’ which was earlier represented point increase. The Congress Amit Shah hail from the state. Rajinder Rana in Sujanpur, by the outgoing chief minister. was also helped by young Pati- The two leaders personally after he changed his tradi- The BJP’s Inder Singh Gan- dar and Dalit leaders Har- led a high-pitched campaign tional constituency of Hamir- dhi defeated Congress cabinet dik Patel, Alpesh Thakor and to counter Gandhi, who grew 99 80 44 pur. He was made the CM minister Prakash Chaudhary Jignesh Mewani in its campaign in influence with well chosen 21 face only nine days before the in the Balh constituency. against the BJP. homilies, one- liners and clever 182 68 polling. Seniormost minister Kaul Chief Minister Vijay Rupani barbs to target the BJP on issues Regaining power in Him- Singh of the Congress lost retained his Rajkot West seat, such as GST, corruption and 182 68 achal Pradesh, the BJP bagged the polls from Drang and his defeating Indranil Rajyaguru of development. Majority Mark: 92 Majority Mark: 35 44 seats, falling short of a two- daughter Champa Thakur Congress. Deputy Chief Minis- The elections became a vir- thirds majority by two seats suffered defeat at the hands ter Nitin Patel won the Mehsana tual trailer for the next Lok in the 68-member house. The of the BJP’s Anil Sharma in seat against Congress candidate Sabha elections, which should GUJARAT 3 HIMACHAL 3 BJP, which had won 26 seats Mandi. State BJP chief Satpal Jivabhai Patel. Mehsana was the be held before May 2019. in 2012, recorded a 10 per Singh Satti lost to Satpal Singh cent jump in vote share that Raizada of the Congress from MODI-SHAH POLL JUGGERNAUT CONTINUES TO ROLL touched 48.7 per cent. the Una constituency seat. The Congress bagged 20 In Dharmshala constit- Rahul hails Congmen for seats and was leading in one. uency, Urban Development The ruling party had 36 seats Minister Sudhir Sharma was PM Modi cheers vote for ‘our politics earlier, and its vote share defeated by ex-BJP minister ‘fighting anger with dignity’ declined by 1 percentage point Kishan Kapoor with a margin to 41.8 per cent. The CPI-M of 2,820 votes. OUR CORRESPONDENT and an independent bagged In Bharmour constituency, of good governance & development’ one each. An independent was Forest Minister Thakur Singh NEW DELHI: Displaying also leading in one seat. Bharmouri lost to Jia Lal of the OUR CORRESPONDENT grace and humility in his par- Congress veteran and six- BJP by 6,873 votes. ty’s twin defeats in the Gujarat Politics of dynasty, caste and Himachal Pradesh Assem- NEW DELHI: Prime Minis- bly elections, the Congress ter Narendra Modi on Mon- party’s newly elected President In today’s day accused the Congress of have been defeated: Shah Rahul Gandhi said on Monday trying to sow the seeds of cas- that accepts the people’s verdict paper... teism in Gujarat in its “hun- OUR CORRESPONDENT and thanked his party work- CITY ger for power”, asserting that ers for handling the extremely the BJP’s win in the Assembly NEW DELHI: Displaying a tough, bitter and often acrimo- MOSER BAER EMPLOYEES BLOCK ROAD 4 elections had underlined the rare flash of visible emotion, nious poll campaign by “fight- NATION people’s acceptance of his gov- the usually reserved BJP pres- ing anger with dignity”. ernment’s reforms. Address- ident Amit Shah on Monday Gandhi also thanked the people of the two states for the love 12 CHARRED TO DEATH IN MUMBAI SHOP FIRE 7 ing BJP workers at the party that the victory this time was described his party’s victo- they showered on him. “The Congress party accepts the verdict headquarters here, he was not ‘samanya’ (normal) but ries in Gujarat and Himachal of the people and congratulates the new governments in both EDIT unsparing in his attack on ‘asamanya’ (especial). Modi, Pradesh as the triumph of states. I thank the people of Gujarat and Himachal with all my POLITICAL PRICE FOR ECONOMICS 8 the Congress and critics who, who was the chief minister of performance and develop- heart for the love they showed me,” he tweeted. he said, could not accept his Gujarat from 2001 before he ment over a “negative cam- “My Congress brothers and sisters, you have made me very INTERNATIONAL party’s victory in Gujarat and became the prime minister in paign” based on “casteism, Pic/ Naveen Sharma proud. You are different than those you fought because you Himachal Pradesh. May, 2014, said attempts were nepotism and appeasement Prime Minister Narendra fought anger with dignity. You have demonstrated to every- 40 ROHINGYA VILLAGES BURNT IN MYANMAR 10 He returned to his plank of made to “demoralise” the state politics” run by the rival Con- Modi’s popularity and the one that the Congress’ greatest strength is its decency and BUSINESS development and pitched for BJP leadership after he moved gress. He summarily rejected public welfare works carried courage,” he added. social harmony in his home to the Centre. suggestions that the fight with out by the Centre and the Reacting to the election results, senior Congress leader and ADANI’S $2.6 BN OZ PROJECT CANCELLED 12 state, which had seen several He said the state govern- the Congress in his home state government. The vic- former finance minister P Chidambaram said that the Congress caste agitations in the run up to ment was attacked from all state of Gujarat had been tory of the BJP in Himachal has given a morale boosting performance in Gujarat under SPORT the Assembly polls, saying that sides and there was a “storm “close”. Pradesh and Gujarat assem- Rahul Gandhi and the battle will now be for five states in 2018. the people should forget the of disinformation”. “The Con- Addressing a Press confer- bly polls is a win for Modi’s “The battle is now joined for five states in 2018,” he said. AUSTRALIA EARN ASHES ‘URN’ 14 past and embrace each other. gress might be visible on the ence at the party headquar- development agenda against An atmosphere for develop- ground but there were many ters here on Monday, Shah the politics of dynasty, cas- ment had been created after forces at work beside it. ‘Bring also asserted that the poll out- teism and appeasement, he the BJP took power at the Cen- down the BJP once’. come in favour of the BJP was said. Hardik stays unmoved, dubs EVMs villain tre in May 2014, he said, add- All sorts of conspiracies a victory of performance and The BJP chief also con- ing that nobody should derail were hatched,” Modi said. development against political gratulated and complimented OUR CORRESPONDENT would have won had the BJP wherein WiFi networks were it as his “decisive” government There could be anger over the dynasty. Asked if it had been the party’s state leaders in not “indulged in cheating”, detected during polling,” he was working overtime to issue of development but some a close fight with the Con- both states for the victory. He AHMEDABAD: Patidar Ana- alleged the 24-year-old fire- claimed. Patel also alleged that strengthen cooperative feder- were making fun of it, he said, gress in Gujarat, he said that thanked BJP workers and the mant Andolan Samiti (PAAS) brand leader. seals of EVMs were found bro- alism and had clean intentions. apparently targeting the Con- having a 8 per cent victory people of Gujarat and Him- Convener Hardik Patel, who “I congratulate the BJP ken before the counting started With the BJP — which gress and Patidar leader Hardik margin over the rival cannot achal Pradesh, and expressed scripted a poll alliance with which has won by tampering today at many places. recorded its sixth straight vic- Patel, who had run a campaign be taken as ‘kante ki takkar’ satisfaction with the fact that the Congress, alleged on with the EVMs. Though the “I urge all opposition par- tory in Assembly elections in with the meme “development (close fight). there was a gap of 8 per cent Monday that the BJP played people of Gujarat had taken tampering with EVMs,” Patel ties to start a movement against Gujarat — drawing its low- has gone mad” to attack the Shah also attributed the between the BJP and the Con- an “unfair game” by “tamper- a decision (of uprooting the told reporters. He insisted that the use of EVMs and demand est tally this year, Modi said BJP. party’s victory in Gujarat to gress in vote share. ing” with EVMs and using BJP), the ruling party won EVMs can also be “hacked” like that the next elections be held “money power”. The Congress though money power and by ATMs. “There were instances through ballots papers only.” In the end, BJP’s formidable organisational machinery sealed Cong fate Gujarat Assembly Elections SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE ers. All the 12 seats (Olpad, Man- bly seats, Congress 30 seat and oth- 2017 Outcome BJP 2012 Outcome grol, Mandvi, Kamrej, Surat East, ers 1. Shock BJP defeat in Modi’s home Unjha Cong AHMEDABAD: Despite the Con- Surat North, Varachha Road, Karanj, The BJP seemed to gain a positive gress bagging 80 of 182 seats in the Limbayat, Udhna, Majura, Katar- mandate in north, central and South Others Gujarat Assembly elections, the elec- gam, Surat West, Choryasi, Bardoli, Gujarat. Of the north region 32 seats, VADNAGAR: The Unjha constituency, 81,797 votes as against the BJP candi- tions exposed gaping holes in the Mahuva) of Surat were returned to the BJP won 16, Congress 16 and under which Prime Minister Narendra date’s 62,268 votes. party’s organisational apparatus and the BJP, which shows the trade com- others drew a blank. In the central Modi’s hometown Vadnagar falls, on The 79-year-old BJP veteran had showed that it is still no match for the munity has welcomed GST. region which has 68seats, the BJP Monday slipped out of the BJP’s hands, defeated Ashaben, 40, in the 2012 assem- cadre-based BJP, which has strong “We expected around 100 seats… bagged 36, Congress 23 and others with the Congress winning the north bly election, winning the seat by a mar- Total seats: 182 booth-level coordination com- but our weak organisational struc- 2. In the south region with 35 seats, Gujarat seat. Congress’ Ashaben Patel gin of over 24,000 votes. Out of the total Vote Share Seats Won Seats Won Vote Share plemented by the formidable RSS ture is the main reason for our the BJP won 25 and Congress 10. wrested the seat, falling in the Pati- 2.12 lakh voters of Unjha, over 77,000 are BJP machinery. After the results were out defeat,” admitted a senior Congress Meanwhile, of the six Congress dar-dominated Mehsana district, from Patidars, while around 50,000 belong to BJP on Monday the Congress leadership leader from Gujarat. He added that rebel MLAs who joined the BJP dur- BJP’s five-term MLA Narayanbhai Patel. the Thakor community. 49.10% 115 47.85% 99 asserted that they expected a good lack of funds was also a major factor ing contentious Rajya Sabha elec- Mehsana was the epicentre of the Pati- Both Modi and Congress president 77 mandate in many regions but failed for the sloppy campaign. tions in August, only two won and dar agitation, which flared up in 2015. Rahul Gandhi had held poll rallies in Cong 61 Cong to gain the trust of voters. However, in a major gain the four were defeated. Mansinh Chau- The BJP was trying to contain the Vadnagar. Overall, in the Mehsana dis- 41.40% 38.93% The Congress leadership also party managed to capitalise on the han (Balasinor), Ramsinh Parmar damage in Unjha by playing up the fact trict, BJP won five of the seven seats, with 6 6 Others Others avouched that the party is disap- Patidar’s trust in both Saurashtra (Thasra), Tejashreeben (Viramgam) that its local candidate heads the Umiya two going to the Congress. Apart from 9.50% BJP Cong Others BJP Cong Others 13.22% pointed at losing southern Gujarat, region and Prime Minister Narendra and Raghavji Patel (Jamnagar, rural) Dham Temple, which is revered by the Unjha, Congress bagged the Becharaji vs especially Surat, where former Prime Modi’s home district of Vadnagar. were defeated and only Jadeja Dhar- Patel community, but it clearly came a constituency while the Mahesana city, Swing Factor: 2017 2012 Assembly Polls Minister Manmohan Singh held a On the other side, in the Saurashtra mendra Singh (Jamnagar city) and C cropper. Ashaben defeated Narayanbhai Kheralu, Visnagar, Kadi and Vijapur Seat Swing Vote Swing group discussion with local trad- region the BJP won 23 of 54 Assem- K Raolji (Godhra) won. by a margin of 19,529 votes. She bagged seats went to the BJP.

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DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS Indian chefs go ga-ga over

Bengal Association initiated their Diamond Jubilee celebrations on Saturday evening at Muktadhara, New Delhi. The evening saw the presence of Kathak exponent, Shovana Narayan, soaking in the melodious music of singer lndra Mukherjee, Dr Kamala Shankar and vocal recital by Pt Vidyadhar Vyas. PICS/NAVEEN SHARMA MUSTARD OIL When Kathak and Sufi Apart from bringing tremendous flavours to any dish, maestros came together mustard oil has an edge over other oils due to the OUR CORRESPONDENT ernment hopes to present and develop quality optimum ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids Sindhi programmes,” said the Deputy Chief AN EVENING of Kathak and Sufi music, organ- Minister. ised by Sindhi Academy on a Saturday evening Sindhu Bhagia Mishra, Secretary, Sindhi Koithara explained. enthralled the Delhi audience with its unique Academy Delhi said, “Sufism is the strength of Umesh Verma, DGM at Puri Oil grace and presentation. The cultural evening Sindhi Poetry and Shah Abdul Latif’s poetry Mills Ltd said, “Mustard oil is the – ‘Sajan Saan Rooh Rihaniyoon’- at Kamani is rated to be of the highest level when com- preferred choice of generations of Auditorium saw the presence of Deputy Chief pared with world Sufi literature, which has chefs across traditional Indian cui- Minister Manish Sisodia gracing the occasion been the basic guiding principle for the Sindhi sine spanning Kashmir, Punjab and as the Chief Guest. Community.” West Bengal as it bring alive the fla- ‘Sajan Saan Rooh Rihaniyoon’, which means With a total of six breath taking perfor- vour of food.” two lover’s souls are talking to each other, fea- mances, ‘Samskritiki Shreyaskar’, performed by “Indians like to carry the taste of tured an amalgamation of the graceful dance the senior disciples of Padmashree and Sangeet India to whichever country they move form of Kathak and the soulful rendition of Natak Akademi awardee, Rani Karnaa started to – and find ingenious ways to track Sufi music. Six Kathak choreographic presen- off the evening’s programme. A rendition of down their favourite brands in those tations – Leela Chanesar, Shu- mar, Naale ‘Leela Chanesar’ followed the performance by countries. We keep hearing of our Alakh, Raqs, Kiyan Rijhaya, Tarana in ‘Samskritiki Shreyaskar’. mustard oil being available in the US Raag Darbari – were show- cased at The third performance was based on ‘Shu- and in various European cities. It’s a the event. maar’; three abstract elements, magical num- great feeling.” “Sindhi art and culture is bers, and musical notes come together with the Are there any foods that particu- a valuable part of Delhi’s cul- mystic ‘Aum’ in this composition performed larly lend themselves to being cooked ture. Programmes like these by Debashree, Sohini, and Shamila. Next per- in mustard oil? are a great way of bringing formance by Debashree, Sohini, The oil is one of the best-suited for forth the best of Shamila, and Somdatta was Indian homes because of its versatil- Sindhi tra- RAQS – the concluding piece ity, Sundararaj said, adding it comple- dition to a ushered with a quintessential ments Indian spices and beautifully new audi- presentation of the multiplicity brings out the flavours of our food. ence. With of Kathak as a dance form. “While mustard oil complements a talented In the Fifth performance, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian new Sindhi ‘Kiyarijhaya’, the devotee ingredients, dishes such as pickles Academy implores to of all kinds taste best when made in committee have one mustard oil. In addition, mustard oil in place, glimpse of can be used as a salad dressing along the Delhi his Supreme ustard oil has been used Noting that mustard oil has culi- also benefits the heart as it contains with lemon and honey. Gov- Beloved. The sixth and final for centuries as a food nary as well as therapeutic uses, rich amounts of MUFA and PUFA as “Also there are many Bengali fish performance was of Tarana, additive and remains a Koithara said, “It has an edge over well as omega-3 and omega-6 fatty preparations like sarson bata maach, presented by Debashree, staple in a majority of other oils due to the optimum ratio acids. These good fats lower the risk paturi fish and other dishes Sohini, Shamila, Som- MIndian homes. Incorporating mustard of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids of developing heart diseases and like mangsho (mutton), datta, Tultul, and oil into your daily diet is known to and its low content of saturated fats. is also a very powerful natural murgir jhol (chicken) Surangama. protect against heart disease. The oil It contains about 60 per cent mono- stimulant and improves are best enjoyed when is rich in monounsaturated fats and unsaturated fats (MUFA), as well as digestion and appe- cooked in mustard oil,” polyunsaturated fats, both of which polyunsaturated fats (PUFA), and tite by stimulat- he said. help lower bad cholesterol and raise saturated fats. These fatty acids are ing digestive For, Koithara, the handicraft heritage. One can shop for good HDL cholesterol hence main- considered ‘good fats’.” juices,” use of mustard oil in Ben- DAYINDAYOUT Afghanistan Carpets, dry fruits, Saffron, taining one’s cholesterol balance, He also pointed to research which gali food “is immense and Jewellery, Asafoetida, Onyx as well as which in turn leads to healthy car- suggests that mustard oil has it absolutely complements diac functioning. strong cancer-fighting the Bengali palate. Foods like What’s on Around Town Bhagalpuri Silk, Punjabi Jutti, Leather “Mustard oil also works well as an properties and Shorshe bata ilish and Chingri Bags Rajasthan all under one roof. antibacterial, antiviral and antifun- that it contains bhapa are delicacies that can- NEW YEAR’S EVE BASH WHEN: Till December 20 gal agent and can help fight bacterial ample amounts not do without the generous Bid adieu to 2017 with a spectacular WHERE: DLF Cyber Hub infections in the digestive system,” of linolenic acid, use of mustard oil”. farewell and step into the New Year TIMING: 11 am – 10 pm said Executive Chef Arun Sundararaj. which when Any other with unlimited and delectable gourmet “From the taste point of view, mus- converted to thoughts meals, mouth-watering concoctions and KASHMIR ON A tard oil is an acquired taste for most omega-3 fatty acid, they’d like to groovy foot tapping music. Let your hair PLATTER people. Although pungent in helps prevent share on the loose and dance the night away to cap- From time imme- character, mustard oil cancers. subject? tivating and energetic Punjabi and Bol- morial Kashmir, brings tremendous flavours “Mus- “There are lywood beats played live by the Funky the crown jewel to any dish. I believe that there tard oil some ingre- of India, has been is no ingredient that comes close to dients that can Boys and the tunes of talented Sonali it – mustard oil has a unique texture never be replaced in the Ajay Bahuguna on one of the largest called ‘heaven to it. At the Taj Mahal Hotel, New Indian kitchen and mustard oil dance floor in the city. EMCEE Priyanka on earth’. But it Delhi, we use mustard oil in dishes is one such essential because of its Bhalla will enthral you with her elegant isn’t just the scenic such as Mustard Prawns and Bhatti unique and pungent flavour,” Sun- and graceful performance, making it beauty of Kashmir that mesmerizes you; Murgh,” he said. dararaj said. one of the most memorable evenings! it is also the scents and flavors of Kash- At the same time, Sundararaj adds, Pointing to mustard oil’s immense WHEN: December 31 miri cuisine that truly give the region a “It is recommended that one does not health benefits, Koithara said it is very WHERE: The Leela Ambience Convention pride of place in India’s cultural lexicon. use mustard oil as the sole medium good during winter as it produces Hotel TIMINGS: 8 pm onwards This winter, ‘Elan’, at The Lodhi, takes for cooking and instead uses a com- body heat and protects the body from diners on a mouth-watering culinary bination of different oils depending cold. THE GLOBAL GATE on the dish you are cooking. Mustard “For this reason, people in Rajas- DLF CyberHub is hosting a cultural journey through Kashmir. The menu oil has a high smoking point and as a than use mustard oil on their bodies exchange festival The Global Gate in includes the region’s famous chicken result, is ideal for deep frying.” during winter to keep the skin supple association with One World Foundation. yakhni, gushtaba, koftas and a wide Executive Chef Sonu Koithara had and themselves healthy. Addition- The five-day long handloom exhibition spread of other traditional delicacies. a similar take on the benefits from ally, mustard oil has been used exten- presents an amalgamation of ethnic WHEN: Till December 24 WHERE: Elan, the health and palate point of view of sively as a cure for cold and cough for Indian and Afghani fashion with a core The Lodhi TIMING: 12 noon – 3:30 cooking in mustard oil. decades,” he added. 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YOGESH KANT based train control (CBTC) the boundaries of Delhi, while domestic terminals of Indira signalling technology will Kalkaji Mandir will be an Gandhi International Airport, NEW DELHI: With the facilitate movement of trains, interchange station between and the journey from Botanical chiming of Christmas bells on with a frequency of 90 to 100 Magenta and Violet Line. Garden station to the airport December 25, the Delhi Metro seconds. Meanwhile, once the will take about 40 minutes. network will add another However, for a starting other section of Magenta Line Meanwhile, travel time feather to its cap, as the Kalkaji period of two-three years, between Kalkaji Mandir and between Noida Sector-18 Mandir to Botanical Garden these trains will be driven by Janak Puri West becomes station and NHPC Faridabad, The NGT’s direction to the Delhi government comes keeping in mind the section of Magenta Line the metro operators. operational, travel time which takes around 58 will be flagged off by Prime Currently, to reach south between Noida and Gurugram minutes, will come down to health of school children Minister Narendra Modi, the Delhi, commuters from Noida will come down to around 36 minutes – if one changes at NEW DELHI: The National “In the last 12 years, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation have to change trains – from 50 minutes, with another Kalkaji Mandir from Magenta Green Tribunal on Mon- Delhi government has not (DMRC) stated on Monday. Blue Line to Violet Line – at interchange at Hauz Khas to Violet Line. day directed the Delhi gov- taken a single step to bring The 12.64 km long section, Mandi House Metro Station. Metro station. The official added that the ernment to consider shutting down the ambient air quality having nine stations, was After the Magenta Line Presently, the journey new station building has been schools whenever air quality within permissible limits. If the granted safety approval by the The Magenta Line, between Botanical Garden and Janak Puri West, will section is opened, commuters from HUDA City Centre connected with the help of a touches emergency levels to lungs of children are affected Commissioner for Metro Rail will be able to travel directly to in Gurugram to Botanical slab about 100 meters long. save the children from inhal- today, imagine the disease they have will have driverless trains PIC/MPOST Safety (CMRS) last month. Kalkaji Mandir Metro station, Garden in Noida takes about 90 “There is platform to ing pollutants. will have after 20 years,” it said Apart from Kalkaji Mandir, all which also happens to be the technology. located on the Violet Line, minutes, with an interchange at platform and concourse A bench headed by NGT while directing it to consider other stations will be elevated. foundation day of DMRC. A DMRC official said reducing travel time by about the busy Rajiv Chowk Metro to concourse connectivity. Chairperson Justice Swatanter the suggestion. In 2002, Delhi Metro’s first Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line that the new generation of 45 minutes. station. Therefore, there is both Kumar asked the Aam Aadmi The NGT also rapped ever corridor, from Dilshad – between Botanical Garden Metro trains on this line will Botanical Garden is being The DMRC official said that paid area and unpaid area Party-led Delhi government to the AAP government for not Garden to Rithala, was also –Janak Puri West – will have have driverless trains, where developed as Metro’s first-ever Noida, for the first time, will connectivity,” the official look into this aspect and incor- installing air purifier in govern- inaugurated on December 25, trains equipped with the latest an advanced communication inter-change station outside directly be connected with the highlighted. porate it in its action plan to ment schools as per its earlier deal with the problem of air direction. pollution. During the proceedings, the “Why don’t you close Delhi government submitted Yamuna: NGT tells DJB to LG tells agencies to rework detailed schools whenever the particu- its action plan for the period late matter levels are found to when air quality touches emer- action plan to combat air pollution be beyond 900 microgram per gency levels which it divided in submit plan on drains in 14 days cubic metre? Ask the schools to three categories dealing with OUR CORRESPONDENT He also asked them to procure run on Saturday and Sunday if different levels of pollution. NEW DELHI: The National Green Tri- January 8, 2018 would be attended by adequate number of mechanical required,” the bench observed. The NGT said that it would bunal on Monday directed the Delhi senior officials of the National Mission NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Governor sweepers, litter pickers, water sprin- Advocate Tarunvir Singh pass detailed order on ways Jal Board (DJB) to submit a complete for Clean Ganga, Delhi government, Anil Baijal on Monday directed the klers, within a stipulated time. Khehar, appearing for the Delhi to handle air pollution after action plan with regard to the drains in DJB and Delhi Development Authority. Principal Secretary (Urban Devel- Delhi Environment Secretary government, said that this was perusing the action plans sub- the second phase of the Yamuna clean- It also directed the principal com- opment) and commissioners of the apprised Baijal of the progress on difficult to implement because mitted by the Haryana, Delhi, ing project and ensure that no effluent mittee, headed by secretary of Ministry three municipal commissioners to the constructive plan and regula- the children will have to suffer Rajasthan, Punjab and Uttar or waste enters the river. of Water Resources, to submit a time- rework their action plan, keeping in tory plan, focusing on the Trans- academically. Pradesh governments. A bench headed by NGT Chairper- bound plan for laying of sewer networks mind 100 per cent management of LG Anil Baijal (right) at the review port department, industries, diesel He said that air quality is The tribunal had on Decem- son Justice Swatanter Kumar directed and installation of sewage treatment day-to-day generation of solid waste gensets, solid waste management, bad in winter season for three ber 6 slammed the AAP gov- meeting on Monday PIC/MPOST DJB to submit the plan with regard to plants in the national Capital. – including biodegradable compo- road dust and fugitive emissions to months and if schools are ernment and the neighbouring the six drains to the principal commit- The matter will now be heard on nents, as well as construction and Baijal said the plan should combat air pollution. closed during this period it states over their action plan on tee, formed by NGT, within two weeks. February 12. The tribunal had earlier demolition (C&D) waste. cover a time-frame not exceeding A detailed presentation was made would be difficult to complete ways to deal with severe air pol- The green panel directed the prin- noted that work on the Phase-I of the Baijal chaired a meeting at Raj 16 months and should indicate the by the Principal Secretary (Urban their syllabus and examinations lution in the city and directed cipal committee to hold a meeting to cleaning, christened as ‘Maily Se Nir- Niwas to review the detailed action exact requirement of funds. Chief Development), and Transport Com- will have to be postponed. them to file a detailed docu- examine the action plan and submit mal Yamuna’ Revitalisation Project, was plan of agencies/stakeholders on Secretary Anshu Prakash was asked missioner in this regard. The bench, however,ment to tackle the problem. a final plan to the tribunal within two already in progress and it would now measures to combat air pollution to coordinate and finalise the plan. Finally, Baijal stressed that agen- expressed dissatisfaction and It had observed that air pol- months from Monday. monitor the work of the next stage. in Delhi. The LG also directed all three cies/stakeholders concerned must said, “You don’t do your duty lution was never at “normal The six drains are – Kalkaji, Teh- The Phase-I of the clean Yamuna Other attendees at the meeting MCDs to ensure that no methane prepare intensive campaigns to and now you are giving rea- level” in the national Capital khand, Maharani Bagh, Qudsia Bagh project aims to lower the pollution levels included Delhi Environment minis- fires break out at the three landfill spread awareness on issues, such as sons. You are spoiling the lives and directed the neighbouring and Mori gate, Barapulla and Shah- in the Najafgarh and Delhi Gate drains, ter Imran Hussain, Chief Secretary, sites and to take help of experts of the fire crackers, plantation, anti-pollut- of children. Infants are tak- states of Punjab, Haryana, UP dara drain. while Phase-II deals with Shahdara, Environment Secretary, Transport Ministry of Science and Technology ing vehicles, old vehicles, lane driving ing antibiotics in Delhi. Why and Rajasthan to file the action The meeting scheduled to be held on Barapullah and other drains. AGENCIES Commissioner etc. and IIT-Delhi. and active participation of eco-clubs. should they suffer? plan afresh. DCW brings Dengue season ends JEWAR AIRPORT: Six firms meet YEIDA Vintage cars unscrupulous with over 9,000 cases can ply on road contractor, recorded in Capital to make financial bid for feasibility report for rallies, engg to book RAHUL SINGH officials, the six companies following which the Financial as per the norms,” Bhatia said. exhibitions: NGT OUR CORRESPONDENT include Engineers India Ltd, Bid will be open on Decem- For the first phase of the OUR CORRESPONDENT Of the 9,214 GREATER NOIDA: In a bid KPMG Advisory Services Pvt ber 29” said Shailendra Bhatia, 3,000-hectare four-phase proj- NEW DELHI: Vintage car afi- NEW DELHI: The season dengue cases, to expedite construction of the Ltd, Jones Lang LaSalle Prop- officer on special duty (OSD), ect, YEIDA has to acquire 1,387 cionados in the national capi- NEW DELHI: Attempts by the for vector-borne diseases has much awaited international air- erty Consultancy, Pricewater- YEIDA. hectare of land across eight tal have a reason to rejoice. In Delhi Commission for Women come to an end, with a munic- 4,704 patients port at Jewar in Greater Noida, houseCoopers Pvt Ltd, Deloitte The OSD further said that villages. a breather to several classic car (DCW) to bring unscrupulous ipal report on Monday saying were from Delhi, the Yamuna Expressway Indus- Touche Tohmatsu India Ltd the process for completing pro- The meeting was chaired by lovers, the National Green Tri- elements to the book received that only 45 dengue cases were trial Development Authority and CBRE South Asia Pvt Ltd. ceedings under Section 11 (for- the OSD and attended by Gen- bunal on Monday allowed the a fillip, after the Delhi Trans- reported last week, taking the while 4,510 had (YEIDA) on Monday held a “Six companies have merly Section 4) of the Land eral Manager (Planning), Gen- vintage cars to ply on roads “for port department directed the total number of people affected come to the city meeting with six companies expressed their desire to pre- Acquisition Act has been com- eral Manager (Project), General exhibitions, rallies and main- Delhi Transport Infrastruc- by the disease this year in the who came forward for the pare the TEFR for Jewar air- pleted and a report of the same Manager (Finance), General tenance” and exempted them ture Development Corpora- national Capital to 9,214. from other states financial bid of the Techno- port. We are going to check the has been sent to the district Manager (Engineering). from the ambit of the ban on tion (DTIDC) to blacklist a The numbers of malaria and for treatment, an Economic Feasibility report eligibility. administration. Key infrastructure devel- 15-year-old vehicles. contractor managing toilets at chikungunya cases recorded (TEFR), officials of the Author- “A technical presentation “The farmers will be paid opment group from Airports At the same time, it Anand Vihar bus station and this year, till December 16, SDMC report said ity said. will be given by the eligible compensation as per the Act Authority of India participated observed that the applicant take action against a junior stood at 1,140 and 933 respec- According to YEIDA companies on December 27, and will also be rehabilitated in the bid committee meeting. association of vintage car engineer in Anand Vihar for tively, the report said. ties due to dengue at the Lok owners should contribute to extorting people. The total number of peo- Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan environment conservation by DCW chairperson Swati ple affected by dengue in Delhi (LNJP) Hospital and the death Driver rams car planting trees and providing Maliwal had recently visited this year, till December 9, was of a boy at the Ram Manohar DSSSB question paper leak: BJP dust bins. toilets at Anand Vihar bus sta- 9,169. Lohia (RML) Hospital due to into road divider A bench headed by NGT tion at night and discovered an Of the 9,214 dengue cases the vector-borne disease. Chairperson Justice Swatanter extortion racket. this year, 4,704 patients were According to the RML in west Delhi takes on govt, AAP hits back Kumar said that vintage cars It was found that the con- from Delhi, while 4,510 had Hospital authorities, Shaurya which satisfy prescribed norms tractor running the toilet was come to the city from other Pratap Singh (7) had died on OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT Earlier, Gupta had said that On this matter, Deputy under the Motor Vehicles Act charging huge sums of money states for treatment, the report November 22, two days after he will meet Lieutenant Gover- Chief Minister Manish Siso- would be allowed to run. from users running toilets. On said. he was admitted to the hospi- NEW DELHI: A man was NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi nor Anil Baijal over the issue. dia had said that it was a seri- The tribunal in a Novem- one occasion, the fee for using Cases of vector-borne dis- tal, the latest dengue death to injured after the BMW car he Party (AAP) on Monday Commenting on the issue, ous case of corruption in the ber 26, 2014 order had banned the toilets was as high as Rs 50. eases are usually reported be reported from the national was driving crashed into the hit back at the Delhi unit of AAP MLA from Greater Kai- teacher’s recruitment process from Delhi roads cars which Moreover, a caretaker was between mid-July and Novem- Capital. iron grill of a road divider in Bharatiya Janata Party, after the lash Saurabh Bharadwaj said, and there have been numer- were over 15 years old, thus dis- found lying near the ladies toi- ber-end but this period may The number of dengue West Delhi area early Monday Leader of Opposition in Delhi “Tell me, what was the BJP ous complaints of exam papers qualifying vintage cars from let in an inebriated state, while stretch up to mid-December. cases recorded in the city stood morning. Police said they have Assembly Vijender Gupta appointed LG doing,” adding being leaked. participating in any rally. two other caretakers were This year, however, the dis- at 2,022 in October, while 816 registered a case in this regard. blamed the Delhi government that despite Chief Minister There have also been com- While granting the relief found sleeping next to the ease had spread much earlier. cases were reported last month. According to police, the for not conducting the primary Arvind Kejriwal’s request to plaints of question papers being to the vintage cars, the green ladies toilet. The toilets were The mosquito-borne tropi- Fifty-nine cases were incident came to light on Mon- recruitment test (PRT) prop- halt the PRT, the LG has not set from a particular guidebook panel referred to Rule 92 (2) also found to be filthy. cal disease had claimed its first reported this month, till day after they received a PCR erly and called for cancellation cleared the file. and servers not functioning (c) of the Central Motor Vehi- Maliwal then issued a victim in the city this year on December 16, the report said. call around 3.00 am at Rajouri of the entire examination. After the incident, Chief properly at the time when doc- cles Rules, 1989 and Section notice to DTIDC, seeking August 1, when a 12-year-old Dengue and chikungunya Garden police station. Gupta had said that the Minister Arvind Kejriwal had uments have to be uploaded, 59 of the Motor Vehicles Act, a report on the action taken boy died of dengue shock syn- are caused by the Aedes aegypti A police team reached the Delhi Police Crime Branch had sought Baijal’s nod on the Delhi the Deputy Chief Minister had 1988, which grants exemption against the concerned persons. dromes at the Sir Ganga Ram mosquito, which breeds in spot of the accident on Ring recommended cancellation of government’s decision of can- claimed. to “antique/vintage” vehicles. DTIDC transferred the same Hospital (SGRH). clean water. The female anoph- Road near ESI Hospital and the entire PRT process for the cellation of DSSSB examina- Sisodia had said that all “We direct that antique cars to the Transport department. Three more deaths were eles mosquito, which causes found that the car was mangled post of primary teachers, on tion, question papers of which these issues were already which satisfy prescribed norms Special Commissioner reported in October by the malaria, breeds in both clean after crashing into an iron grill account of massive bungling. were allegedly leaked. being referred to the LG, under the Motor Vehicles Act (Transport) expressed shock South Delhi Municipal Cor- and muddy water. installed at a road divider. This, the BJP leader said, “Almost 70,000 youth even as Gupta met the LG would be allowed to ply on the at DCW’s findings and directed poration (SDMC), which tabu- According to the SDMC, DCP (West) Vijay Kumar “exposes inefficiency and cor- affected. We also need to put and demanded a probe by the road for exhibitions, rallies and DTIDC to issue a show-cause lates the data for the entire city. mosquito breeding was said the lone victim was identi- ruption of the DSSSB (Delhi in place a system to stop such Central Bureau of Investigation maintenance and will not be notice to the sanitation con- The civic body, however, is reported from 2,11,435 Delhi fied as Rishi, a resident of West Subordinate Service Selection incidents in future,” the CM into the alleged DSSSB exami- allowed otherwise,” the bench tractor and blacklisting him. yet to acknowledge two fatali- households till December 16. Punjabi Bagh Board).” had said. nation paper leak case. said. AGENCIES Negligence notwithstanding, many Ggn Jain inspects Sushrut Trauma Centre OUR CORRESPONDENT patients as well as doctors. had ruled administrative fail- The minister inquired the ure and asked the Delhi gov- pvt hospitals did not pay commercial tax NEW DELHI: Delhi Health patients about their levels of ernment to fix accountability minister Satyendar Jain on satisfaction with treatment at at the earliest for the death of OUR CORRESPONDENT small and big private hospitals The hospital was alleged ted to Park Hospital on admitted to the ICU of the Monday conducted a surprise the hospital. the patients. avoided paying commercial tax of medical negligence and of account of a stomach infec- hospital. inspection at Sushrut Trauma The minister further In its earlier decision, the GURUGRAM: Already under- and dues of more than Rs one overcharging the parents of tion– died under mysterious With the culprits having Hospital here, and checked directed the hospital authori- DMC had said that there was going a crisis of credibility in crore are pending on them. seven-year-old Adya Singh, circumstances. been arrested, the family is now the availability of medicines, ties to keep stock of all medi- no medical negligence on the light of recent occurrences of After action was initiated by who died last month after being The boy’s family alleged that holding protests demanding equipment and performance cines up to date and run the part of doctors. medical negligence, findings of Haryana government against admitted for dengue. he died due to negligence on closure of the hospital. of doctors. emergency section with more The Council had claimed a RTI query has further dented Gurugram Fortis Hospital, In addition to Fortis, there the part of the doctors. Cur- “Private hospitals must According to sources, the attention. that lack of oxygen supply the image of most of the pri- people who have been victims have been numerous private rently, the Chief Medical Offi- realise that their rogue atti- Health minister had received In 2012, five patients lost caused the deaths, and asked vate medical institutions in the of negligence and malpractice hospitals where shocking inci- cer is investigating the matter. tude will not be tolerated. If several complaints against the their lives at the hospital the Delhi government to fix National Capital Region. at the hands of other private dents of negligence and apathy Another horrific incident there are any instances of lack hospital, based on which he reportedly due to a shortage of accountability and initiate cor- The RTI plea, filed by Guru- hospitals in the city now want recently took place. was reported at Shiva Hospi- of responsibility, the govern- conducted the visit. oxygen supply. rective measures to prevent gram-based activist Mohit action against the management On November 22, 12-year- tal, where two staff members ment will take action,” said Anil In his half-hour long Following the incident, the such incidents from occurring Khatana, revealed that over 80 of such hospitals. old Prateek – who was admit- molested a minor girl who was Vij, Haryana Health minister. inspection, Jain talked to Delhi Medical Council (DMC) in the future. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 Forested park with defunct lights Moser Baer employees block make it safe haven for criminals

ABHAY SINGH less light or no light. road to press their demands People who were working NEW DELHI: Defunct high there stated that they came to mast lights, lack of security know about the incident in the RAHUL SINGH guards and broken boundary morning as the there shift was The employees allege walls are the features of the over before the incident. There GREATER NOIDA: Over a thousand that the company park in North West Delhi's were two guards at the spot of enraged Moser Baer employees from Shalimar Bagh area where the who stated that they close the the company’s plant located in Sura- management has 16-year-old girl was raped by park on 8 PM every day and jpur area of Greater Noida staged a suspended a large three persons. Police claimed in the morning they open it massive protest by blocking Greater that they have questioned sev- at 5 am. Noida-Surajpur main road on Mon- number of workers eral youth in this regard but no “A body was found here day morning. without giving any arrests have been made. few years back, after which The workers sat on road and The park, which is just such things never happened. blocked the traffic for nearly an hour prior notice and even close to the police station, is It is the first time, we have wit- to press their demands, creating a mas- their dues have not widely spread connecting the nessed such type of incident. sive traffic snarl. The employees alleged slums of Haiderpur area. “The The park where the 16-year-old They themselves face a lot of that the company management has been cleared park in the night becomes the girl was gangraped problems due to unscrupu- suspended a large number of workers hub of thieves as many of the lous elements in the park,” said without giving any prior notice and associates. We are currently in discus- lights which were put there assaulted in the park. ''I was the guard. even their dues have not been cleared. sion with them and looking at their was stolen,” the residents of standing at my house when I Deputy Commissioner of “We have not been paid any wages concerns. We hope to find the solutions slum stated. heard people talking about the Police, (north-west) Aslam for the last six months. Two months survival,” said one of the protestors. are just giving us dates instead of find- to their problem at the earliest,” compa- One of the residents, Suraj incident,” said a woman. Khan stated that no arrest has back, the company suspended hun- The employees have been staging ing a solution for the problem. Some ny’s spokesperson said in a statement. stated that many people play In the park, one can eas- been made in the case. dreds of employees, citing financial protests outside gates of Moser Baer of our colleague workers have died of A large number of police person- gambling over here and it ily see the broken streetlights Police are now trying to crisis. We have been raising our voice Company for past few months and heart attack following the suspension nel immediately reached the spot and becomes unsafe, so instead of many of children were playing make sketches of the accused since then but our words fell on deaf alleged that there has been no attempt while some are forced to do odd jobs managed to clear the road blockage. going to park in the night, they cricket. Somewhere enjoying involved in the rape. She years. This time, we have decided to to find a solution to their grievance. to earn for their two-time meal,” said However, the agitation of the employ- opt to stay indoor. the time in swings which were claimed that the police have intensify the protest as the company’s “We are running from pillar to post another protestor. ees continued for around an hour cre- The women residents inside the park. zeroed down few suspects. decision has brought us on roads and to make our words heard. The senior “We have always maintained very ating a huge traffic snarl from Pari stated that they have heard The other side of the park “For the case, we have formed we are struggling hard to earn for our officials from company’s management cordial and familiar relations with our Chowk to Surajpur. that the girl was sexually was totally forested and have 15 teams,” said the DCP. Gangster involved Fake notes having face value in five criminal MCG hopes to improve swachhta ranking in 2018 PIYUSH OHRIE With the cleanliness survey which in turn will also reduce landfill site. cases nabbed now expected to kick off in the mounting garbage at Band- Further there have also of Rs 5.50 lakh seized GURUGRAM: The last rank- the first week of 2018, chal- hwari site. Initial challenges in been complaints that how OUR CORRESPONDENT ings obtained by Gurugram in lenges that were there earlier the project have resulted in var- vacant areas around the colo- OUR CORRESPONDENT the cleanliness survey organ- still remains. Amid all this, ious roadblocks in this initia- nies are being used by the MCG NEW DELHI: Involved in five ised by Union government’s the sceptical residents have tive. While MCG has sounded officials to dump the garbage. NEW DELHI: A team of Spe- cases of murder and attempt urban development ministry started questioning that will optimistic that steps are being There have also been protests in cial Cell (Southern Range) has to murder, a 46-year-old gang- among various cities in the city’s ranking improve or slide taken to ensure citizens effec- the past by the residents of Sec- busted an international syndi- ster was nabbed by Outer Delhi country was something the further. On their part, the offi- tively segregate waste generated tor 17 and Sector 56 over the cate indulged in circulation of Police. The accused identified officials were not very proud cials from Municipal Corpo- in their homes not many seems large disposal of garbage in the Fake Indian Currency Notes as Shiv Taj, a native of Sonepat, of. Out of 434 participating ration of Gurugram (MCG) to be impressed by the claims of vacant areas. There have been (FICN) into various parts of Haryana, was arrested with one cities, Gurugram had got the says that proactive steps have the MCG. various complaints also sent India including Delhi and loaded Mouser with 08 live car- 112th rank. Though, the pub- been taken to improve the city’s Most of the environmen- to the Prime Minister Office have recovered consignment tridges of 7.62 bore and car. lic officials can take consola- cleanliness. tal activists and members of (PMO) who highlighted their of FICN having face value of Rs Additional Deputy Com- tion from the fact that the city The Gurugram civic body resident welfare associations grievances of how a vacant site 5.50 lakh in the denomination missioner of Police (Outer) has performed better than cer- in cooperation with a Chinese have claimed of the slow prog- near a school was converted of Rs 2000 notes. The police Amit Sharma stated that in tain areas of NCR, the rank- company has begun the process ress by MCG towards improv- into a waste dump by the MCG has arrested three persons in the night of December 15, a ing is still way below the mark. of effective recycling of waste ing the situation at Bandhwari officials. this regard. were deputed to develop the FICN racketeers in various PCR Call regarding the acci- FICN is being suspected information about members parts of the country including dent on flyover next to Bhairon to have been routed through of syndicate. Secret sources Delhi” said DCP Special cell PS Enclave Gole Chakkar towards Gurugram Two held for robbing Another person Malda in West Bengal and were deployed to gather more Kushwah. Janakpuri was received at Pas- being pumped in Delhi, UP, information in this regard. Sur- First Zulfikaar was nabbed chim Vihar police station and Bihar and West Bengal. The veillance was mounted on the from Thomson road near it was learned that a car had police busts abducted in arrested men are identified as movements of members of this New Delhi railway station banged at the back of another naval officer’s son Zulfikar Alam a resident dis- syndicate and requisite intelli- on December 17 and later car. “The PCR van reached the sex racket Ggn, robbed of trict Motihari (Bihar) Age-45 gence was collected. Deepak and Uttam Mandol spot and from Paschim Vihar, years, Deepak Kumar Mandal “The systematic and pains- were arrested on his instance. Emergency Officer and ERV OUR CORRESPONDENT and daughter and Uttam Mandal, both resi- taking efforts of team resulted Deepak Kumar Mandal pro- staff also reached the spot. In Rs 1.75 lakh dents of Malda district in West into revealing of information cures FICN at a rate of Rs 300 the meantime, the driver of the GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Bengal . that FICN is being pumped in per thousand from the border offending vehicle started run- police on Sunday busted a sex OUR CORRESPONDENT Special Cell received infor- India from Bangladesh through of Bangladesh and then fur- ning and finally jumped down racket that was functional in a mation regarding attempts of porous border in Malda, West ther supplies it at the rate of Rs from the flyover but with the guest house in Sector -39. Six- GURUGRAM: If there was a reviving circulation of FICN Bengal and also from Nepal. 450 per thousand Zulfikar was help of PCR team the accused teen people including 12 girls feeling that after abduction and by the members of an inter- It was also revealed that FICN selling FICN at rate of 500 per was apprehended,” said and four boys were arrested by murder of Sunil Bhatt, situation national syndicate. Officers was being pumped by these thousand in Delhi. the DCP. the law enforcement officials. will change, there was another This is not the first time when bad news in store. Just two days such acts have been exposed after the horrific chain of event Released after in the city. that started from Gurugram, Killers of Ggn executive did On December 10, the dis- a resident of Bengal was held serving term, trict police uncovered an ille- hostage in a shared auto beaten gal sex racket that was being and was looted Rs 1.75 lakh run in a spa of a renowned mall which he was carrying. The help again tries OUR CORRESPONDENT shopping after murder in Sector-53. The law enforce- mobile phones– one from the brazenness of the criminals can ment officials have arrested six complainant and one from his be gauged from the fact that the to rob house PIYUSH OHRIE criminals can be tracked. about security of commoners women, including two foreign- NEW DELHI: With the arrest cousin sister– and fled. The crime was carried out not only According to sources, this in Delhi –NCR, this trend is ers, and a man for operating a of two persons, Delhi Police complainant came out of the in the posh area of the city but OUR CORRESPONDENT GURUGRAM: Shocking horrendous crime has been not unfamiliar especially in sex racket from a spa here. have solved a robbery of a park shaken and saw a patrol- also in the morning. The com- details have emerged about committed by organised group Gurugram. After a tip off, the police Naval officer’s son at Amar ling Emergency Response plaint has been filed and the GURUGRAM: Once bitten, the activities carried out by of criminals who had a planned In May this year, a Delhi on Saturday night raided the Colony. On December 17 at Vehicle (ERV) of Amar Colony district police have begun their twice shy was not the case Sunil’s killers after murdering modus operandi for commit- based executive was abducted Auwa Thai spa centre in the around 1:30 am, complainant, police station nearby,” police investigations. in one of the houses at Bad- him brutally. After committing ting the crimes. on Sohna road and taken to Central Plaza Mall on Golf aged 19 years, who is a Naval said. The murder of 27-year-old shahpur area in Gurugram. the crime, the dreaded culprits 27-year-old Sunil who was Rajasthan where on the way Course Road in Sector 53. "The Commander’s son, along with “Upon being informed, the MNC executive Sunil Kumar Released after serving term rather than finding a hideout to attend a family ceremony he was forced to make various accused, including a woman his cousin sister was returning staff of ERV comprising ASI Bhatt has again highlighted the for a theft, the servant identi- went to one of the prominent in Haridwar was left with no transactions using the ATMs. from Thailand and another to their residence at East of Kai- Ashok and Head Constable dangers of unregistered cabs fied as Pawan again re-entered retail chains in the city and did choice but to avail the services His abductors who were later from Kenya, were booked lash, after attending a function Mahender immediately rushed in the city. Reportedly, the the house where he worked in shopping of Rs 8,000 which of a cab that is shuttling at the held did it so that he can get under the Immoral Traffic Pre- held at Varuna Naval officers to Sapna park and caught one deceased took one of the cabs some time back. According they had stolen from the ATM heart of city centre. The car some money as they had lost vention Act and sent to judi- mess. The father of complain- of the fleeing robbers namely from Gurugram bus stand as to the family members their card of the deceased. Making which he took had two people. the amount in betting. Even cial custody for 14 days," said ant is presently posted at Vizag Mohan on the spot by chasing he was unable to get a bus to former domestic help entered sure that they were not tracked, After a while, he becames sus- after arrests, the brazenness Inspector Ravinder Singh, while the complainant and him and recovered one robbed Haridwar. The investigations their house at around 11:00 the criminals very shrewdly picious and texted the detail of of these crimes did not cease spokesperson of Gurugram his cousin sister are pursuing mobile phone from him. The later revealed that the regis- pm Saturday night when the shifted their places and from the cab to his wife. An hour and in October this year, a police. On June 29, the police undergraduate professional second one Sumit was arrested tration number HR29SB5524 family members were about to Gurugram they moved to Delhi later he became untraceable. businessman along with his busted sex rackets in shopping course in Delhi. from his house,” police said. was a fake number. While retire for the day. Pawan was and Noida. On Friday, his severed body friend were kidnapped from malls and arrested 10 women “They left their cab near “Accused Mohan disclosed crimes range from robberies however caught but managed Meanwhile, the Gurugram was found in the jungles of Manesar. According to police, aged between 20 and 25 and a Sapna park at East of Kailash that he works as cook in a bun- to attempt of rape and now a to escape. Shockingly though, police in their investigation Southwest Delhi and the rob- gangs from Mewat, Alwar, and man. In January, 14 women and and took a short cut through galow at Defence Colony. He gruesome murder, their popu- before escaping he fired two have begun to issue notice to bers drew more than Rs 60,000 Delhi carry out such acts in four men were arrested on sim- the park. Inside the park, two also works as a cook in parties larity remains due to shortage rounds from the country made various banks and retail chain from his account. While the Gurugram so that they can get ilar charges from DLF 2 area men stopped and pushed and functions,” said Chinmoy of public transportation system pistil he was carrying. so that the movement of the case has again raised the issues enough money. and another shopping mall. them and robbed them of their Biswal, DCP South East. in the city. In most of the residen- tial colonies like Palam Vihar, Ardee city, Sushant Lok and Sector -56, residents have E-rickshaw driver looked on helplessly In past three years, nearly 8,500 complained that burglars not only are targeting but are even successful in their rob- as armed men snatch woman’s purse unidentified bodies found in Delhi bery attempts in the daylight. The dangers of daylight rob- ZAFAR ABBAS kept pointing the gun at me ABHAY SINGH The bodies which are been bery was witnessed earlier this till they vanished on the bike,” found in railway track police year when a group of robbers NEW DELHI: “I tried to save recalled Pappu, whose brave NEW DELHI: In past three Man’s body found in drain contact other states in order to entered a house in Sector-28 madam, when she started efforts were just not enough to years, the national Capital have check whether any person went and beat up the elderly woman screaming, I looked back and save the woman from snatch- seen more than 8,000 uniden- NEW DELHI: An unidenti- incident was reported on missing from there. who was alone in the city. saw two bike-borne men trying ing. Later, Southeast Delhi tified dead bodies in the differ- fied body of a man was found Monday morning after they In Zonal Integrated Police “Robberies have been a to snatch her purse. She held it Police registered a case under ent areas. Police claimed that in the drain in Welcome area received a PCR call regard- Network (zip net.in) police put major law and order problem tight but as I tried to intervene 392/34 of IPC in the incident. they did everything to iden- of North East Delhi area. ing the body. The police team the information on the dead in the city. However the biggest and get down, they took out a The incident is of grave tify the bodies and also tried Police claimed that they have reached the spot and found bodies and also advertisement concern is most of these crimi- pistol and pointed at madam, concern as the armed rob- to search the family members registered a murder case and that the body was inside a is also given in the newspaper nals are targeting houses even she left the bag after that. They bery happened in broad day- of the deceased. started their investigation. plastic bag and was thrown to identify the bodies. After the in the day light and are also suc- also threatened to shoot me if light. Snatching incidents are The police data accessed by According to police, the in the drain. effort police were able to iden- cessful in their attempt. Ironi- I resisted,” said Pappu, a bat- Pappu, a battery rickshaw driver, on the rise on stretch from Millennium Post stated that in tify the dead bodies and con- cally, not only are these people tery rickshaw driver in Jasola, witnessed the incident Jasola Apollo Metro station last three years (2015 to 2017), places. The investigation has a senior police official. tact their parents. If the bodies targeting wealthy houses but Sarita Vihar. to Jasola pocket 11 as the long 8,486 dead bodies were recov- been a tough ask for the police. In September a man com- are not identified last rites even the middle classes are not Ritika, 40, a school teacher, two men in helmets. Now, the road at night is poorly guarded ered from different parts of In some cases, the police team mitted suicide from a building been done by police and now secure,” said Ranjit Dhawan, was on Friday morning going two men took out a pistol and by policemen. Several cases of national Capital. The year 2015 had to check CCTV footages in GTB Nagar area a suicide NGOs are also coming for- a city resident. “As the pop- to her school on battery rick- held it towards the lady. Ritika, snatching have been reported witnessed 3,063 dead bodies of the spot where the body was note was recovered from the ward for conducting the last ulation of the city increases, shaw when she experienced again shouted for help though on the dark stretch as the whereas in the year 2016 more found in real time to know possession. Handwriting and rites. In some cases, police have crimes like robbery also will the nightmare. Two men on her grip loosened. criminals find easy prey and than three thousand dead bod- from where the person came. the grammar usage in the sui- the unidentified body through be reported on a large scale. bikes intercepted her and tried “As I tried to get down and target passengers on the bat- ies were recovered. The current ''In some cases more than two cide note were checked. Police tattoo in the body and in some We have taken cognisance of to snatch her purse which she challenge them, they pointed tery rickshaw. Few days back, year saw 2,415 dead bodies till police personnel continuously sources claimed that dialect cases the type of clothes what it and are taking actions. In held tightly. She resisted and the pistol towards me. I could another girl became the vic- November. checked the footage’s for sev- used in the suicide note indi- the deceased is wearing help most cases we have been able screamed for help. The battery not get down else they would tim of snatchers as her mobile The dead bodies were eral hours in real time if one cates that the man can be either them in the identification of to attain success,” said a senior rickshaw driver Pappu tried to have either shot me or madam. phone was snatched on the recovered from railway tracks, takes break another came to the from Uttar Pradesh or from age and also some clues about Gurugram police official. intervene and save her from the They snatched her purse and same stretch. street, parks, and many other seat like that it happened,” said Bihar. the person. 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 mp nation PM’S ALLEGATION AGAINST FORMER PM MANMOHAN SINGH Dengue epidemiology Day2: House adjourned after uproar study initiated: Minister OUR CORRESPONDENT virus infection in different geo- OUR CORRESPONDENT issue was raised by Mallikar- the proceedings for the day. Some other opposition graphic regions of states. jun Kharge during the Ques- The five Bills which were members raised the issue of NEW DELHI: A multi-cen- “This in turn, will enable NEW DELHI: Both the tion Hour. In the Rajya Sabha, introduced are the National floods in Odisha. As soon as the tric cross-sectional study span- the government to take a pol- Houses of Parliament were Anand Sharma of the Congress Council for Teacher Educa- House met, Mahajan referred ning five different geographical icy decision on introduction of adjourned for the day on raised it as soon as the House tion (Amendment) Bill, the to the deat`h of people in a boat regions, has been initiated by the dengue vaccine into the coun- Monday following uproarious met for the day. Payment of Gratuity (Amend- accident in Andhra Pradesh, Centre to estimate the seroprev- try,” Nadda said. Three states scenes by opposition Congress Members from the Con- ment) Bill, the Dentists the devastation caused by the alence of dengue virus infection would be selected in each region members, who demanded an gress and the Left, who also (Amendment) Bill, the Indian Ockhi cyclone, earthquakes in in the country, the government by simple random sampling, in apology from Prime Minister souwght to raise certain issues, Forest (Amendment) Bill and Mexico and Iran-Iraq border said. three different age groups: 5-8 Narendra Modi for his remarks trooped into the Well dur- the Representation of the Peo- and terror attacks in various Union Health Minister J years, 9- 17 years, and 18-45 against former Prime Minister ing the Zero Hour. Amid the ple (Amendment) Bill. parts of the world, including P Nadda in a reply to the Lok years. “A total of 10,000 sam- Manmohan Singh. uproar by the Opposition, five Earlier, soon after the House the US, the UK, Afghanistan Sabha has said that the study is ples will be collected from all Earlier, the Lok Sabha and Bills were introduced after the assembled for the day, the pro- and Egypt. The Speaker also being coordinated by the Indian age groups and will be tested the Rajya Sabha witnessed brief papers listed for the day were ceedings were adjourned till congratulated Indian men’s and Council of Medical Research- for dengue IgG antibodies,” adjournments on the same laid. Various standing commit- noon following noisy scenes women’s hockey teams, boxer National Institute of Epidemi- Nadda said. The five partici- issue. The issue was raised for tee reports and statements by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan conducts the proceedings of the Lok Sabha amid sloganeering from both Mary Kom and weightlifter ology, Chennai. pating regions are: Maharash- the second day in the Rajya ministers were also tabled. during the Parliament's winter session in New Delhi on Monday PIC/PTI sides of the House. While BJP Mirabai Chanu for their “out- “A multi-centric study has tra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan; Sabha. The agitating members Finance minister Arun Jait- members raised slogans hail- standing achievements” as well been initiated to estimate the Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradsh; in both the Houses trooped ley tabled the Supplementary slogans against the Prime Min- raise certain issues which could ing the Prime Minister and as wished them success. When seroprevalence of dengue virus Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karna- into the well of the houses forc- Demand for Grants—Second ister and demanded an apology not be heard in the din. As the the party, the opposition raked the House met for the day, it infection in India with the main taka; Bihar, West Bengal, Odi- ing their adjournment. Batch for 2017-18. for his remarks against Singh. protests continued, speaker up the remarks made by him stood in silence in the memory objective to establish age-spe- sha; and, Assam, Meghalaya and In the Lok Sabha, the Congress members raised Left mwembers were trying to Sumitra Mahajan adjourned against Singh. of the departed souls. cific seroprevalence of dengue Dibrugarh. Bill to extend proxy voting to Govt moves to fix prices of syringes ‘No adverse DHIRENDRA KUMAR impact of GST on

NEW DELHI: Cracking a foreign tourist overseas Indians in Lok Sabha whip on private hospitals and syringe manufacturers, the arrivals’ OUR CORRESPONDENT government has decided to cap the prices of consumables items OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: A bill seeking --- syringes. The move has been to extend the facility of ‘proxy initiated after it came to light NEW DELHI: There was no voting’ to overseas Indians, on that Fortis Hospital charged adverse impact of the Goods the lines of service voters, was over 1,700 per cent more for and Services Tax (GST) roll- introduced in the Lok Sabha consumables that were used on out on foreign tourist arriv- on Monday. The draft law also a dengue patient. als (FTAs) in the country, seeks to make the election law According to sources, Union Tourism Minister K gender neutral by replacing the the National Pharmaceuti- J Alphons informed Parlia- term ‘wife’ with ‘spouse’ to ben- cal Pricing Authority (NPPA) ers opposed the initiative. Man- ing Authority (NPPA) in its ment on Monday. In a writ- efit service voters. has asked all stakeholders, ufacturers were in the view that report stated that the hospi- ten reply in the Lok Sabha, According to the provisions including syringe manufac- government must ‘consider a tal charged Rs 200 for some he said FTAs grew by 13.9 of ‘Representation of the People turers, importers, to provide workable margin’ prior to final- brands of disposable syringes, per cent in the July-Novem- Act (Amendment) Bill, 2017’ the ‘actual cost’ of syringes and ising the price of consumable which were procured by the ber period this year, as introduced by Union Law Min- profit margin on a single unit. items,” the sources said, add- hospital for just Rs 15.29, which against the corresponding ister Ravi Shankar Prasad in the on the issue had in 2015 for- to overseas electors. Another forces, personnel of state police “The decision in this regard ing final decision in this regard is a blatant violation of the pric- period last year. Lower House, overseas Indi- warded the legal framework to provision in the amendment forces posted outside their state was taken during a recently would be taken after a few more ing law. The report had further The GST was rolled out ans, who are entitled to vote in the law ministry to amend the bill relates to spouses of ser- and employees of the Centre held meeting with all stake- meetings. highlighted that the family was by the Centre on July 1, 2017. India, can now appoint a proxy electoral laws to allow overseas vice voters. As of now, an army- posted outside India are eligible holders, including NPPA offi- “The government is com- charged around Rs 350 for bed “The number of FTAs in voter to cast their votes. Indians use proxy voting. man’s wife is entitled to be to be enrolled as service voters. cials. The meeting was called mitted to provide affordable bath towels and wipes, which India, during July-Novem- As of now, overseas Indians Unofficial data with EC enrolled as a service voter, but The wife of a service voter, if to discuss pricing formula of healthcare to all and such prac- was procured at Rs 33.60 by ber, was 41.16 lakh in 2017, were free to cast their votes in shows that only 10,000 to a woman army officer’s hus- she is residing with him, is also syringes after NPPA found that tices need to be stopped at ear- the hospital. The hospital had as compared to the 36.14 the constituencies where they 12,000 overseas voters have band is not, according to the entitled to be enrolled as a ser- the private hospitals are ram- liest. As NPPA has already made a 942 per cent mark- lakh during July- November were registered. But, according exercised their franchise provisions in the electoral law. vice voter in the constituency pantly violating drug pricing fixed the prices of coronary up on consumable items, the 2016, registering a double- to the draft bill, they would now because they do not want to But the draft bill proposes specified by that person. laws and inflating treatment stents, cost of syringes would NPPA report had stated. digit growth of 13.9 per cent. be allowed to use the option of spend foreign currency to to replace the term ‘wife’ with But children and other rel- bills,” the sources said. also be controlled to avoid For- As per the DPCO 2013, As such, no adverse impact proxy, which till now was only come to India and vote. ‘spouse’, thus making the provi- atives residing with a service “At the meeting, syringe tis like incidents in future,” a the retailers are ‘permitted’ to of the implementation GST available to service personnel. The bill said the necessary sion gender neutral. voter cannot be enrolled as manufacturers ‘supported’ senior official in the gov- 16 per cent mark-ups for was seen in tourist arrivals,” An expert committee of the provision of coming to India Members of the armed service voters, according to NPPA’s move of fixing the ernment said. Notably, the scheduled drugs, which was the minister said. Election Commission working to cast ballot caused “hardship” forces, central armed police EC website. syringe prices, while import- National Pharmaceutical Pric- violated by the hospital. Over 12,000 cases HC dismisses SC ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT of stubble burning Parrikar announces 2018 as plea for martyr in Haryana in ‘anti-drug’ & ‘anti-accident’ year status to Bhagat No funds shortage but lack of 2017: Govt OUR CORRESPONDENT Singh, Sukhdev & willingness on part of states NEW DELHI: Over 12,000 PANAJI: Admitting that the Rajguru cases of stubble burning have cases of sale of narotic drugs in OUR CORRESPONDENT been reported during the the state have more than dou- NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Kharif season in Haryana in bled in Goa this year, Chief Court on Monday dismissed a NEW DELHI: Terming solid 2017 while satellite data has Minister Manohar Parrikar petition seeking that freedom waste management as a “huge revealed that more than 42,000 announced on Monday that fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev problem” for the country, the such cases were reported in 2018 would be observed as an and Rajguru be given the status Supreme Court has said that Punjab in the same period, the “anti-drug” and “anti-accident” of martyr, saying it cannot issue there was no shortage of funds Rajya Sabha was informed on year. such a direction. under ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ Monday. Parrikar, while addressing “The plea is dismissed. We but there was “lack” of willing- The written reply by min- the state Legislative Assem- cannot issue such a direction,” ness on the part of states to take ister of state for environment bly here, also announced that a bench of Acting Chief Justice positive steps in this regard . Mahesh Sharma in the Rajya a detention centre would be Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari The apex court noted the Sabha came at a time when the launched in Mapusa town from Shankar said. submissions of the Ministry shortage of funds, but there is its members, number of meet- entire northern region of India next month to keep those for- The petitioner failed to of Environment, Forests and only absence of any initiative ings held, the decisions taken is facing a severe crisis of air eign nationals, who are found reply to the court’s query on Climate Change (MoEF) that or lack of any willingness to and steps taken for implemen- pollution. overstaying in the state. whether there is any law under there was a total outlay of Rs take any positive steps for solid tation of the 2016 rules. “As informed by Cen- He made the announce- “The construction of the also trying to set up or make which the court has the power 36,829 crore under the mission waste management,” it said. The bench made it clear to tral Pollution Control Board ments while responding to a centre is completed. We will active de-addiction centres,” he to issue any such direction. out of which Rs 7,424 crore was Additional Solicitor Gen- the state governments that in (CPCB), total number of stub- calling attention motion moved put the foreigners involved in said. Parrikar said the number The plea filed by advocate made available by the Centre. eral A N S Nadkarni, appearing case they do not provide full, ble burning cases reported in by Congress legislator Prata- such activity in the detenion of officers in Anti Narcotic Cell Birender Sangwan sought grant A bench of justices Madan for MoEF, referred to the Solid correct and accurate details to Haryana during Kharif season psinh Rane during the ongo- centre and later deported,” he (ANC) of Goa Police should be of ‘shaheed’ (martyr) status to B Lokur and Deepak Gupta Waste Management Rules, the MOEF, they would likely to in 2017 is 12,606 out of which ing state legislative assembly added. increased as currently the num- Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and said that the issue pertaining 2016 and said that one of its be burdened with “very heavy 236 FIR have been lodged and session, in which he expressed He claimed that many for- ber os small. Rajguru who were hanged by to solid waste management was provision required setting up costs”. Rs 39,85,000 collected as fines apprehensions about the sale of eigners come down to Goa and “We need to strengthen the the Britishers in 1931. needed to be looked into with of a state level advisory body “The state governments for 1,493 cases. drugs in the coastal state. burn their travel documents. ANC. The current strength of “The grant of shaheed sta- all due concern and seriousness (SLAB). should keep in mind the fact “As per satellite data “Let us consider 2018 as “We cannot keep them in the cell is 30, which needs to tus is very much essential for a by the state governments, par- When the court was that availability of funds is not a received from Punjab Remote anti-drug and anti-accident jail and hence will keep them be increased to 100,” he said. martyr and it is the legal right ticularly in context of ‘Swachh informed that some of the problem under Swachh Bharat Sensing Centre, total num- mission for Goa. We will make in a detention centre,” he said. Responding to the state- of a martyr to have such a status Bharat Mission’. states have not had even one Mission and also keep in mind ber of stubble burning cases sure that we will deport those The chief minister also said ments made by the Congress declared to them, thus it is an The ‘Swachh Bharat Mis- meeting of the SLAB, the bench that solid waste management reported during Kharif season foreigners, who are overstaying that the state government will legislators during the discus- expression of gratitude towards sion’ is a cleanliness campaign said, “It is quite clear from the is a huge problem being faced in Punjab in 2017 is 42,337,” he in the state,” he said. take on board experts with the sion on Monday, Parrikar said, them,” the plea said. launched by Prime Minister above that there is no seri- by the country at this stage,” it said. He said steps taken by the Responding to the sugges- knowledge about drugs, so that “while I appreciate why mem- Bhagat Singh and Rajguru Narendra Modi. ousness attached to the man- said in a recent order and fixed central government, the CPCB tions made by the Congress the state police know about the bers have said that the impact had in 1928 fatally shot a Brit- “It is stated in the affida- agement of solid waste to the the matter for hearing on Feb- and the state boards include legislators, Parrikar said the new kind of narcotics intro- of it is not as deep as you think.” ish junior police officer, John vit of the MoEF that the Gov- extent that even the SLAB has ruary 6 next year. banning of stubble burning, total number of cases of sale of duced in the market, which The chief minister said that Saunders at Lahore in present ernment of India has launched not been set up and in some The court had earlier mass awareness programmes, narcotics booked this year has needs to be tracked. supply of drugs in the educa- day Pakistan, mistaking him for a Swachh Bharat Mission for cases where the body has been expressed grave concern over constitution of a task force to increased by 2.6 times as com- He also said that the state tional institutes is not a new a British police superintendent. which there is a total outlay of set up it has not even met once deaths due to vector-borne suggest remedial measures pared to the annual average. government is planning to thing. “The supply of drugs is A special tribunal was con- Rs 36,829 crore out of which Rs in six months”. diseases like dengue and for crop residue burning, To avoid the number of launch an online portal, where not new to institutions, where stituted by Lord Irwin, the then 7,424 crores have been made The court asked the MoEF chikungunya and said that including options such as use foreigners who overstay, the people can file complaints there is high student per- Viceroy of India, which had available by the central govern- to issue a communication to lack of waste management was of innovative farm implements chief minister said from Janu- about drugs and their name centage. I have seen drugs in sentenced the duo along with ment,” the bench said. all the states requiring infor- the cause for several lives being like ‘Happy Seeder’ among ary onwards, a detention centre would be kept confidential. 1973 in my college days at IIT,” Sukhdev to death by hanging “Therefore, it is quite clear mation from them about set- lost across the country from others. MPOST would be started in Mapusa. “The state government is he said. at Lahore Jail. MPOST that there is absolutely no ting up of the SLAB, names of such diseases. Govt spent Rs 970 crore on ads in 2016-17 Sporting potential of tribals extraordinary: Patnaik OUR CORRESPONDENT In 2015-16, the expendi- OUR CORRESPONDENT forming well in the sports like organised across 119 tribal- ture on advertisements was hockey, archery and athletics,” dominated blocks along with NEW DELHI: The govern- over Rs 906 crore, including BHUBANESWAR: Odisha the chief minister said, inaugu- the 30 districts of the state. The ment has spent around Rs 970 Rs 508 crore for print, Rs 281 Chief Minister Naveen Pat- rating the meet through video upper age limit for participants crore on advertising through crore for TV channels and Rs naik today hailed the “extraor- conferencing. in the event is 35 years, he said. the Department of Audio 111 crore for radio, the min- dinary” sporting potential of He pointed out that many Besides individual games Visual Publicity (DAVP) in ister said. tribal youths and hoped they from Odisha have become part like archery and athletics, 2016-17, the Rajya Sabha was The expenditure for adver- would bring laurels to the state of the Indian Hockey team and teams can also participate informed on Monday. tisements on social media in and the country. even become captains. “I hope in football, hockey, kabaddi, An amount of about Rs 468 the 2015-16 fiscal through the Inaugurating the first Tribal that our tribals will bring pride khoko and volley ball. crore was spent for publicity DAVP was over Rs 21 lakh. For Sports Meet in the state, Pat- for the state as well as for the The prize money of Rs through print media (news- 2016 -17, no expenditure was naik said the objective of the country,” Patnaik, who also 3,61,200 will be distributed papers and periodicals), while incurred on advertisements event is to bring out the hidden unveiled the logo for the event, among the winners in each dis- around Rs 315 crore for adver- through social media. potential among tribal youths. said. traditional culture, said SC/ST trict, he said, adding, a total of tisements via television chan- for Information and Broad- Besides, over Rs 5 crore was In 2015-16, over Rs 4 crore “Their (tribal youths) There are 62 tribes in Odi- Development Minister Ramesh Rs 1,08,36,000 cash prize will nels and Rs 182 crore through casting Rajyavardhan Singh also spent for multi-media cre- was spent for multi-media cre- sports potentials are extraor- sha and all of them inherit Chandra Majhi. be given to winners in all the radio, Union Minister of State Rathore said in a written reply. ative works, he said. ative works. dinary. They have been per- sports qualities through their The sports meet is being 30 districts. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 No longer a cakewalk for BJP ‘Guj poll outcome will not have any bearing on K’taka election’ in 2019 LS poll: TRS leader OUR CORRESPONDENT BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah OUR CORRESPONDENT on Monday said the results of Great success for Congress the Gujarat Assembly polls HYDERABAD: The lower- would not have any impact on than-expected poll perfor- the Assembly election in the mance of the BJP in Gujarat in Gujarat: Sharad Yadav state, which is due early next suggests that the 2019 general year. elections are not going to be “The election results of one a cakewalk to the NDA lead congratulates Rahul Gandhi state will not have an effect party, a senior TRS leader said on the election of another on Monday. NEW DELHI: Rebel JD(U) state. The issues will be differ- “The key takeaway (of Guja- leader Sharad Yadav on Mon- ent. Whatever may the Guja- the BJP’s performance in Guja- the saffron party’s favour. rat Assembly elections) is it’s day congratulated Congress rat poll results be, it will have rat, despite anti-incumbency Though there was an not (going to be) a cakewalk for president Rahul Gandhi on the no impact on Karnataka,” he and a strong undercurrent undercurrent and a strong anti- the BJP any more in 2019 elec- He claimed that business- stable Government & a vibrant improved show of his party in told reporters at Yadgir in the against it, the chief minister incumbency factor against the tion,” Telangana Rashtra Samiti men have been “suffering” due opposition. Let’s hope Good the Gujarat polls, dubbing it a northern parts of the state. said the poll results lent cre- Gujarat government, Modi had Floor Leader in Lok Sabha, A P to the introduction of GST, and Governance takes centre stage “great success”. The Congress leader also dence to the doubts regarding asked for votes pointing out Jithender Reddy said. said the trading community & politics the backseat,” Rao The JD(U) faction, led by claimed that by ensuring the the electronic voting machines that he was from the state, Sid- “They (BJP) have to basi- in the state has seen “very bad tweeted. Yadav, had contested four seats party’s victory in the Assembly (EVMs). Raising apprehen- daramaiah said, adding, “Most cally again check their admin- times in the last three months”. The BJP workers in the state in Gujarat in alliance with the polls, Karnataka would give the sions that the EVMs could be probably, this worked.” istration,” he said. Though the “So this is a reflection of celebrated the victory of the Congress and won two. The “first gift” to newly-appointed tampered with, Siddaramaiah Noting that the trends of BJP is set to return to power in that, and also anti-incum- BJP in both the states by dis- rebel JD(U) leader said in a Congress president Rahul Gan- had recently demanded the the results showed an improved the western state, Reddy saw bency,” Reddy added. tributing sweets. statement the BJP had barely The JD(U) faction, dhi for his leadership. use of ballot papers in the next performance of the Congress, the electoral verdict as being a Meanwhile, Telangana Telangana BJP chief K Lax- managed to hold on to power led by Yadav, had Claiming that there was no Assembly polls in the state. the chief minister gave the setback to the party. Minister for IT and Indus- man said the victory in both in the state and claimed that the anti-incumbency against his Suggesting that in Him- credit for that to Rahul Gandhi. “Definitely (it’s a setback). tries K T Rama Rao congratu- the states is a result of faith people of Gujarat would soon contested four government, Siddaramaiah achal Pradesh, the BJP was “I feel, in Gujarat, we have 103 seats (the projected BJP lated Prime Minister Narendra that the people have reposed be very unhappy. seats in Gujarat in said if it was there, the Con- expected to win because of the won despite losing. The peo- tally this afternoon) is not com- Modi for his party’s “victory” in in Modi. “People of Gujarat “It is a matter of satisfaction gress would have got to know anti-incumbency factor against ple have shown their support ing back to power (it should Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. did not believe in the nega- that the Congress has achieved alliance with the about it in the Nanjangud and the Congress, he pointed out to Rahul Gandhi’s leadership,” have been bigger number of He also appreciated the tive campaign undertook by a great success in improving Congress and Gundlupet bypolls, which the that Prime Minister Narendra he said. seats),” he said. Congress party for putting up a the Congress on GST and its tally in the Gujarat elec- party won by big margins. Modi and BJP president Amit Pointing at Modi and Shah’s On the Gujarat Assembly strong fight in Gujarat Assem- demonetisation. tion. I would congratulate won two “I am sure that in 2018, we Shah were from Gujarat and Gujarati origin and the fact that election results, Reddy said, bly elections. People there did not forget Rahul Gandhi for his untir- will come back to power hun- claimed that the duo had taken the BJP was in power both in “This is what I think is the “Congrats to BJP & @nar- the development that the state ing efforts,” Yadav said. Stating were “depressed”. “The youth dred per cent,” he added. the Gujarat election as a “pres- Gujarat and at the Centre as demonetisation and GST effect. endramodi Ji on retaining witnessed in BJP and Modi’s that he respected the mandate, does not have jobs, women are The Congress has already tige issue”. factors behind the saffron par- People have not really liked Gujarat & being victorious in rule,” Laxman said. the JD(U) leader said he was suffering from inflation, farm- announced that Siddaramaiah He also acknowledged that ty’s performance, the Congress what has been done by the BJP Himachal Pradesh. Congrats He exuded confidence that sure that the people of Gujarat ers are completely under pres- will be its face in the Karnataka the strategy of Modi and Shah leader accused it of polarising government, and this is a ballot INC on putting up a spirited BJP will win in Telangana in would soon feel like the rest of sure and quitting agriculture,” Assembly polls. of using the “Gujarati pride” the voters by systematically result they have given.” fight. Democracy needs both a future. the people in the country, who he said. MPOST Expressing doubts about card had effectively worked in playing the communal card. Tamil CM, DMK congratulate Bihar’s Nitish Modi may become more dictatorial BJP for poll victories congratulates NATION BRIEFS Modi, Shah on KCR CONGRATULATES MODI FOR BJP now, says CPI on poll outcome CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief WINNING OF GUJARAT, HP POLLS Minister K Palaniswami and Guj, HP victory OUR CORRESPONDENT opposition leader M K Stalin on HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K Chan- overcome “anti-incumbency”, edly,” Reddy asserted. drasekhar Rao on Monday congratulated Prime and that it was a pity that “secu- The veteran communist Monday congratulated the BJP OUR CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD: With the BJP lar forces” could not defeat the leader also had a word of praise as it headed for victory in the Minister Narendra Modi for BJP’s victory in Gujarat looking set to win Gujarat and saffron party. for newly-appointed Congress Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. In a state- Himachal Pradesh elections, “Anti-BJP forces should president Rahul Gandhi, saying Assembly elections. Nitish Kumar on Monday con- ment, KCR said he is congratulating Modi on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi come together to fight against he did a good campaign and gratulated Prime Minister Nar- the people of Telangana and his party the Telangana may become “more dictatorial”, communal forces,” he said, could clearly carry the “mes- Palaniswami called Prime Min- endra Modi and BJP chief Amit ister Narendra Modi up to felicitate him for the Rashtra Samiti. The BJP fought off a strong challenge CPI general secretary S Sud- adding that an electoral under- sage of anti-communal forces” Shah for winning the Assembly from Rahul Gandhi-led Congress to win the Gujarat hakar Reddy said on Monday. standing between the Left and during campaigning. BJP’s show in the two states, an official release polls in Gujarat and Himachal assembly polls for the sixth straight time on Monday, The Left leader said he now such parties may not be easy to When asked if he expects said. DMK working President M K Stalin said, Pradesh. and also wrested power from the Congress in Himach- expected the BJP to pursue forge at the national level. Gandhi to emerge as a “good “I congratulate the BJP for winning the polls in The Janata Dal (United) the “Hindutva policies” more “But wherever it (electoral leader”, Reddy said it depended president also took a dig at the al Pradesh in a sweeping victory. Meanwhile, Telan- vigorously. alliance between anti-BJP on how he was going to imple- Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.” The poll results Congress, saying that while the gana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president “Narendra Modi may forces and Left parties) is pos- ment reforms inside the party. indicated that all secular parties should come party was aiming to defeat the N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the outcome of Gujarat become more dictatorial. It is sible, it should be thought of. “The policies of the Con- together to “protect secularism and democ- BJP in Gujarat, it “ended up los- Assembly elections was a clear indication that Con- not a positive sign for Indian We have to discuss and gress also have to be changed,” racy”, he told reporters outside the DMK office. ing even in Himachal Pradesh”, gress was on its way back to power across the country. democracy,” Reddy said. come to conclusions. Right he said. The Left leader said the The BJP on Monday headed for its sixth victory where it was in power. The CPI leader said now, we cannot come to con- Congress should come “closer “Congratulations to hon- Speaking to media persons at AICC Headquarters in although the Congress clusions in haste. There is a to poorer sections of people” in Gujarat and is all set to evict the Congress in ourable Prime Minister Nar- the national capital, Reddy said despite being out of improved its tally in Gujarat, necessity for secular forces to and get rid of the “brand of Himachal Pradesh. MPOST endra Modi and the Bharatiya power for 22 years, the performance of Congress in the ruling party (BJP) could fight more strongly and unit- being pro-corporate”. Janata Party for the victory Gujarat elections has been tremendous. in the Gujarat and Himachal BJP’S WIN REPOSES PEOPLE’S FAITH IN Notice Inviting e-Tender No. 14 of 2017-18 (2nd Call) Pradesh Assembly elections. EE/TD/PWD, Purba Medinipure invites e-tender for the work “Conservation The Congress, which had UP House adopts resolution claimed it would wrest power DEVELOPMENT: JAITLEY and restoration of Rangibasan Palace at Mahishadal in the District of Purba Medinipur (2nd Call)” from the BJP in Gujarat, has NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday Estt. Amt.: Rs. 36,24,854.00 Tender ID-2017_WBPWD_143859_1. ended up losing even Him- said the BJP’s victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Bid Submission End Date is 02.01.2018 at 16.00 Hours. achal Pradesh,” Kumar tweeted For details visit the website http://wbtenders.gov.in congratulating BJP on Guj, HP win reaffirms people’s trust in the development agenda Sd/- in Hindi. and policies of the Modi-government. The BJP retained Executive Engineer, PWD, An official release issued Tamluk Division OUR CORRESPONDENT walk out. Leader of the Oppo- pained Ram Manohar Lohia here said the chief minister power in Gujarat and snatched Himachal Pradesh sition Ram Govind Chaud- and Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. spoke to Modi and BJP presi- from the Congress. Results of the elections were an- Government of West Bengal LUCKNOW: The Uttarhary also joined him and led SP “As to what they said about dent Amit Shah in the morn- nounced on Monday. “This victory reiterates pan India North Bengal Development Department Pradesh Assembly on Monday members out stressing that he Rashtrapati Bhawan and Raj ing over phone and extended trust of people in the development agenda & poli- Branch Secretariat adopted a resolution congrat- would not be party to any new Bhawan being made during the his greetings on the poll vic- cies of our government led by PM @narendramodi Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri ulating the BJP for its victory tradition. All Congress mem- British regime, they should not tory to them. ji,” Jaitley said in a tweet. In another tweet, he said ABRIDGED -e-NIT in the Gujarat and Himachal bers, meanwhile, joined their forget that it was not made by Once considered a potential Pradesh assembly elections leader in the Well and raised the money of the Britishers... political rival of Modi, Kumar election results show trust of the people in national NIT ref. Name of work Estimated Last date of development agenda of the BJP. no. Amount bid submission amid a walk out by the Oppo- anti-government slogans. it was the sweat and grit of now maintains a cordial rela- 43(2nd Renovation, Modernization and Up 1,95,09,522.00 09/01/2018 sition Samajwadi Party and the Earlier speaking on the the nation’s labourers and it tionship with the prime minis- KHATTAR HAILS BJP’S WIN IN GUJARAT, Call) gradation work of Black box Museum upto 12.00 BSP, and a protest by the Con- BJP victory, the chief minis- should not be rejected,” he said. ter, following the formation of (EL/SE) of Nattya Academy of Balurghat, in the hours 2017 - 18 district of Dakshin Dinajpur.(Electri- gress in the Well of the House. ter said Gujarat results showed Adityanath had earlier a JD(U)-BJP coalition govern- HIMACHALW AS ‘PEOPLE’S VICTORY’ cal works) As Chief Minister Yogi there was a need to rise above said the BJP’s performance in ment in Bihar in July. CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Sd/- Adityanath rose to move the negative politics and it would Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh The Grand Alliance, com- Superintending Engineer Lal Khattar on Monday congratulated Prime Minister North Bengal Development Department resolution for the “historic be better to move ahead with assembly polls was a lesson to prising the RJD, JD(U) and victory of the BJP and for set- a positive attitude toward those who forgot political cour- Congress, had come to power Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah after the Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in ting clean democratic tradi- development. tesy and indulged in unparlia- in Bihar after the 2015 Assem- party’s win in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assem- For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in tions”, Congress leader Ajay He congratulated Prime mentary language. bly polls. The anti-BJP coalition bly polls, hailing it as a “victory of people”. “After Kumar Lallu barged into the Minister Narendra Modi, say- He said the party’s perfor- had, however, collapsed over 2012, the BJP has emerged victorious in most of the Well to press for debate on law ing the win reflected that steps mance was a victory of Prime corruption charges surfaced elections which have been held and now the party is and order situation which had taken by him were appreci- Minister Narendra Modi’s poli- against the then deputy chief West Bengal Government Tender earlier figured in the House ated by the people. “There is cies. “Gujarat and Himachal minister Tejashwi Yadav, the ruling in 19 states. In 2014, the BJP formed govern- Abridged Notice to NIT NO. — 02 of 2017-18 through an adjournment no alternative to victory...if they Pradesh results are a lesson son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad. ment in Haryana with full mandate. Since then, it has Sealed quotation is invited by the Executive Engineer (A-I) notice. learn to shun negativity, they to those who forget political The reunion of the JD(U) been running successfully under the guidance of the Kalyani (Agri-lrrign) Division, Bidhan Bhavan, Central Park, BSP legislature party leader would benefit themselves as courtesy and indulge in unpar- and the BJP came four years prime minister and Amit Shah,” Khattar said here. Kalyani, Nadia for Engagement of Security Guard at Kalyani Lalji Verma stressed that since well as the country,” he said. liamentary language. Those after Kumar had severed ties When reminded that the BJP was expected to do bet- (A-I) Division & at different (A-I) Sub-Divisions under Kalyani the resolution had been moved, Referring to an issue raised raising question mark on the with the saffron party in June, ter than what it had fared in the Gujarat polls, Khattar (A-I) Division during 2017-18. there should be a discussion in the House earlier in the day, prime minister will now have 2013 over the elevation of Modi Last Date & time for submission of quotation - 27.12.2017 (up to 2-00 P.M). on it. But as Speaker Hriday the chief minister said what to accept his leadership,” he as the NDA’s prime ministe- replied, “Nothing succeeds like success, a win is a win Further details will be available from, the office of the Narain Dixit did not allow it, he had been stated by the SP and told reporters in the Vidhan rial candidate in the 2014 Lok after all. Now, whether the vote percentage is less or undersigned at Bidhan Bhaban, Central Park, Kalyani, Nadia and his party members staged a the BSP leaders would have Bhawan complex here. Sabha polls. more, what factors were at work...there are local and on any working day between 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. Sd/- other issues, but in the end, we got majority”. The in- P. Goswami creasing mandate of BJP is taking the country closer to Executive Engineer (A-I) the prime minister’s vision of “Congress-mukt Bharat”, Kalyani (Agri-Irrign) Division Kalyani, Nadia. Guj mandate for BJP’s politics Khattar told reporters. On anti-incumbency, Khattar said it had always been there against Congress gov- Government of West Bengal ernments, “but so far, there is no such factor against North Bengal Development Department Branch Secretariat of vishwas & vikas: Maha CM the Centre or in states which are ruled by the BJP”. Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri OUR CORRESPONDENT Modi and national president GUJ BJP CHIEF JITU VAGHANI RETAINS ABRIDGED -e-NIT Amit Shah,” he said. BHAVNAGAR (WEST) SEAT NIT ref. Name of work Estimated Last date of NAGPUR: As the BJP is set to Fadnavis was speaking no. Amount Bid submission retain power in Gujarat for the to reporters outside the state AHMEDABAD: Gujarat BJP president Jitu Vaghani NIT- Construction of 09 Nos. Dwelling Houses 3104698.00 02/01/2018 121 OF Named ‘Adiwasi Niwas’ for beneficiaries upto 12.00 record sixth time, Maharashtra assembly. retained the Bhavnagar (west) assembly seat, defeat- 2017-18 at Meteli, Jalpaiguri Sadar and Dhupguri hours Chief Minister Devendra Fad- “It was the common man’s ing Congress candidate Dilipsinh Gohil by a margin of Block in the District of Jalpaiguri. navis said on Monday that the trust that Modi can bring peace 27,185 votes. Vaghani, a prominent Patidar community NIT- Construction of 10 Nos. Dwelling Houses 3451756.00 02/01/2018 mandate is for the party’s poli- and prosperity. It is very impor- 122 OF Named ‘Adiwasi Niwas’ for beneficia- upto 12.00 leader, was appointed the state BJP chief in August 2017-18 ries at Malbazar Block in the District of hours tics of “vishwas” and “vikas”. tant that even after 22 years, a Jalpaiguri “The BJP came up with the party gets almost 50 per cent 2016. His appointment came after Vijay Rupani, NIT- Renovation of Roll Call Ground and 2289908.00 02/01/2018 who held the post then, was made the chief minister. 123 OF inside connecting paths of Police Lines, upto 12.00 politics of vishwas (trust) and votes of the people and retains 2017-18 in the District of Coochbehar hours vikas (development) for Guja- power...It is very significant,” Vaghani had cut his teeth in politics as a leader of Sd/- rat and people responded to he said. ABVP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). He Executive Engineer North Bengal Development Department it positively. The Opposition According to Fadnavis, on the leadership of Modi and in Gujarat as compared to the made his maiden entry into the Assembly in 2012 elec- tried to spread wrong mes- with Himachal Pradesh, the Shah in the party and in the 2012 assembly polls, Fadnavis tions from the same seat after unsuccessfully contesting Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in sages against us, but we pre- BJP has won the 19th state in national politics,” he said. said, “The BJP has won 49.9 vailed because of the leadership the country. When asked about the BJP per cent votes so far. It is a very from Bhavnagar (south) in 2007. of Prime Minister Narendra “The results are a stamp winning less number of seats significant win for the party.” 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 mp nation We got better pricing for 12 workers charred to death in Mumbai shop fire MUMBAI: At least 12 work- Rafale jets: Defence Minister ers were killed and one injured Visually-impaired when a massive fire broke out at OUR CORRESPONDENT “crony capitalism” and causing a snack shop in Sakinaka-Kurla woman raises a loss to the public exchequer. area in the early hours today, NEW DELHI: The govern- The party had claimed that police said. alarm ment said on Monday that the UPA was negotiating a The blaze erupted in the there cannot be any compari- price of Rs 526 crore for each ‘Bhanu’ farsan (snack) shop OUR CORRESPONDENT son between the cost of the 36 fighter jet under the MMRCA in Makaria Compound on the Rafale fighter jets it inked with deal. As per the negotiation Khairani Road at around 4.25 MUMBAI: A visually impaired France and the price negotiated during the UPA tenure, 108 am following which the struc- woman ended up saving a few by the previous UPA regime for aircraft were to be manufac- ture collapsed, a senior police lives when she alerted her son the original 126- fighter aircraft tured in India after transfer of official said. in the nick of time as a major deal as the deliverables were technology (ToT) and 18 jets As per the official, it is sus- fire broke out at a farsan shop in different. were to be supplied in direct pected that a short circuit, fol- Commissioner of Police (Zone- suburban Saki Naka-Kurla area Replying to a question on fly-away condition. lowed by LPG cylinder bylast 10) Navinchandra Reddy told in the wee hours of Monday. the issue in the Rajya Sabha, Under the deal inked by triggered the fire. At least 21 PTI that prime facie the fire Twelve others, mostly Defence Minister Nirmala the NDA government, each of persons were inside the shop started from the electrical workers sleeping in the shop Sitharaman said a better price the 36 Rafale jet will come at a when the blaze erupted, he switch board and it spread in located at Makaria Compound was ensured while finalising price of around Rs 1,610 crore said, adding nine of them the shop following which there on the Khairani road, died in the deal for 36 Rafale jets and which includes a lethal weap- managed to escape, whereas was a LPG gas cylinder blast. the blaze. that there was no increase in ons package. 12 persons got trapped on the Police have called forensic “We live in a room in the its cost. She, however, did not “In the present procure- loft inside due to intense heat science experts to ascertain the front side of the building give the rates at which govern- ment, 36 Rafale aircraft are and smoke, he said. exact cause of the fire. (which also houses the far- ment is procuring the combat being procured in direct fly- The fire spread quickly due “We are also waiting for san shop-cum-factory). My jets from France. away condition to meet the to the presence of electric wir- fire brigade report in this case. mother, who cannot see, heard “The cost of the 36 Rafale operational necessity of the ing and electrical goods, huge However, the procedure of reg- loud noise between 3 and 4 Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flashes victory sign after BJP’s success in Himachal and Gujarat aircraft cannot be directly com- Indian Air Force. There is no stock of eatables and furniture istering an offence has been ini- am. She woke me up, thinking pared to the cost of the original assembly elections, during the winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Monday PTI increase in the cost. Instead, a inside the shop, the official said. tiated. After enquiry we will that some thieves have broken MMRCA (Medium Multi Role better price has been ensured,” All the 12 workers were register an offence against those into the building,” said Tushar Combat Aircraft) proposal as agreement India had signed Rafale fighter jets at a cost of from September, 2019. Sitharaman said. pulled out of the debris by fire who are responsible for the Pawar (27). the deliverables are signifi- with France last year for the around Rs 58,000 crore, nearly The Congress recently To a separate question, brigade personnel and taken tragedy,” another police official “We then rushed out and cantly different,” she said. jets. one- and-half years after Prime raised several questions about Minister of State for Defence to the civic-run Rajawadi Hos- said. Of the 12 deceased, iden- heard loud explosions. The minister said better India had inked an inter- Minister Narendra Modi the deal, including the rates, Subhash Bhamre said 19 con- pital in suburban Ghatkopar tify of 10 has been ascertained Realising that there was a pricing, better maintenance governmental agreement with announced the proposal dur- and accused the government of tracts amounting to Rs 11,739 where they were declared dead so far, the officer said, adding fire, we raised alarm, and five or terms and better delivery France in September last year ing a visit to Paris. The delivery compromising national interest crore were finalised by the before admission, a civic offi- the injured has been admitted six people who live in the front schedules were ensured in the for the procurement of 36 of the jets is scheduled to begin and security while promoting Army to procure ammunition. cial said. Meanwhile, Deputy to the Rajawadi hospital. side came out,” he said. Exit polls failed to project victory 100% match in random vote count on margin for BJP in Gujarat EVMs and paper trail slips: EC official OUR CORRESPONDENT 50 seats in the 68-member seats in Gujarat and predicted was likely to clinch 112 seats OUR CORRESPONDENT ery said. the counting concluded today the votes from the EVMs dur- Assembly were not accurate. a measly 47 for the Con- and the Congress 70. The polling stations were evening, Swain said. ing the mock poll ahead of the NEW DELHI: Almost all the According to the final gress, 14 less than the opposi- A survey by India Today’s NEW DELHI: There was a decided through a draw of lots “This was basically a con- voting on December 9 and 14. exit polls were spot on in pre- results by the Election Com- tion party had in the current ‘Aaj Tak’ news channel had “100 per cent match” in the in which the candidates or fidence-building exercise. We In addition, four such dicting BJP’s victory in Gujarat mission (EC), the BJP won Assembly. predicted that the BJP will random vote count on EVMs their agents were also present. did this at one polling booth new cases had emerged dur- but a majority of them were off 99 seats, securing a majority However, the exit poll was win anywhere between 99 and and paper trail slips carried out The EC had decided to each in all the 182 seats after ing today’s counting at Vagra, the mark when it came to fore- in the 182- member Gujarat correct in predicting a votes- 113 seats. Aaj Tak was the lone by the Election Commission match the tally in select poll- the counting ended today. At Dwarka, Ankleshwar and casting the victory margin for Assembly. The Congress won hare of 49 per cent for the BJP channel which said the BJP’s in 182 Gujarat polling stations ing stations amid allegations all these booths, vote count Bhavnagar- Rural seats, Swain the saffron party. 77 seats. as according to the EC, the tally could slip under 100. It today, a senior official said. that the EVMs were compro- of a randomly selected EVM said. Most of the exit polls had Almost all exit polls by var- BJP’s voteshare stood at 49.1 projected 62 to 82 seats for the The EC had said it would mised to help the BJP. matched with the slips of the “There was a mismatch predicted over 110 seats for the ious media houses had pre- per cent. Congress. conduct random vote counts In Gujarat, Chief Electoral connected VVPAT. There was of some votes on one booth party but it could only man- dicted over 110 seats for the The Times Now-VMR Exit The News X Exit polls gave on EVMs and VVPAT slips Officer B B Swain also said no mismatch at any of the each of these four seats. This age 99 seats in the 182-mem- BJP in Gujarat where the party poll predicted 113 seats for the 110-120 seats to the BJP and in one polling station in that the vote count through booths,” he said. occurred because the Return- ber Assembly in Gujarat, the has been ensconced in power BJP and 66 for the Congress, 65 to 75 seats to the Congress, each of the 182 Assembly the EVMs matched with the Besides, as announced ear- ing Officer must have made the home state of Prime Minister for close to two decades now. with the remaining going to leaving 2-4 seats for others, constituencies. VVPAT in all the constituen- lier, VVPAT slips were taken same mistake but it could not Narendra Modi and BJP chief In the 2012 Assembly polls, others. The ABP-CSDS exit while the News Nation exit “There was a 100 per cent cies where the paper trail slips into consideration during be detected earlier. So we took Amit Shah. the BJP had won 115 seats, the survey by ABP News predicted poll gave the BJP as many as match in the results of the were counted. today’s counting at 10 booths into account VVPAT slips for In Himachal too, pre- Congress 61 and others six. a BJP victory in 117 seats as 124- 128 seats and the Con- EVM and the slips produced by Officials did not find any across seven constituencies as these booths during the count- dictions by some exit polls An exit poll by Today’s against the Congress’s 64. gress between 52 to 56 seats the paper trail machines,” the mismatch in the EVM vote the presiding officers of these ing and resolved the issue,” he that BJP will get in excess of Chanakya had given BJP 135 The NDTV said the BJP and 1-3 for others. official of the election machin- count and VVPAT slip count as booths had failed to wipe out said. 60% posts of EC to set up specialist doctors Bill to amend Payment of panel to suggest No construction activity within 50m lying vacant in UP Gratuity Act provisions amendments in from Ganga edge in hills: NGT LUCKNOW: Of the total election law OUR CORRESPONDENT “We reiterate that an area river, ordering that every sanctioned posts of specialist NEW DELHI: The government falling within 50 metre from offender would be liable to doctors in Uttar Pradesh gov- today introduced a bill in the NEW DELHI: The Election NEW DELHI: Construction the edge of Ganga would be pay a penalty of Rs 50,000 per ernment hospitals, 60 per cent Lok Sabha that will allow it to Commission (EC) on Sun- activities will be be prohib- considered as ‘No-develop- default. are lying vacant, Health Minis- notify the period of maternity day decided to set up a panel ited within 50 metres from ment zone’ in hilly areas and The NGT had directed reg- ter Siddharth Nath Singh said leave and gratuity that can be to suggest amendments to a the edge of river Ganga in no construction or any other ulation of activities on banks in the state Assembly today. availed by employees under a provision in the election law hilly areas as it would now be activity will be allowed in that of the Ganga and its tribu- He was answering a ques- central law. barring campaigning 48 hours treated as ‘No-Development area,” the bench, also compris- taries and ordered UP and tion raised by SP’s Nitin Agar- The Payment of Gratuity ahead of polling, following Zone’, the National Green Tri- ing Justice U D Salvi, said. Uttarakhand governments to wal and Independent MLA (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was complaints that it has failed bunal said on Monday, modi- With regard to industries formulate guidelines for reli- Amanmani Tripathi. introduced by Labour Minister to keep pace with information fying its earlier order. located in Haridwar, the NGT gious activities on the ghats “In Uttar Pradesh, 7,300 Santosh Kumar Gangwar in the The proposal comes against the technology. “No-development zones” said that all units would be during festivals. specialist doctors are needed House, amid continued slogan- backdrop of the Maternity Benefit Act In an order issued tonight, are areas where no construc- connected to common efflu- On the issue of maintain- against which there are 2,970 eering by opposition members it said the proposed commit- tion including commercial ent treatment plants and in ing the flow of the river, the doctors posted at present,” he and counter-slogans by those (Amendment) Act, 2017 enhancing the tee will have members from or residential buildings can case of failure they would be tribunal had directed that the said. of the BJP. maximum maternity leave to 26 weeks the poll panel, the information come up. shut down. minimum environment flow Agarwal said only 40 per The Payment of Gratuity and broadcasting, law and IT A bench headed by NGT The tribunal had earlier should not fall “below 20 per cent specialist doctors available Act 1972 was enacted to pro- ministries, in addition to those Chairperson Justice Swatan- prohibited dumping of waste cent of the average monthly in Uttar Pradesh and termed it vide for gratuity payment to 2017 enhancing the maximum Generally, the ceiling from the National Broadcasters ter Kumar said that keeping within 500 metres from the lean season flow.” a matter of concern. employees engaged in facto- maternity leave period to 26 under the Act follows that of Associations (NBA) and Press in view the topography of Replying to another mem- ries, mines, oilfields, planta- weeks. the Central Pay Commission Council of India (PCI). mountainous regions, there ber, the minister said the state tions, ports, railway companies, "It is therefore proposed to recommendations. They will “examine these was a necessity of revisiting government was recruiting shops or other establishments. empower the central govern- "Therefore, considering the provisions in the prevail- its direction. doctors and was making seri- It is applicable to employees ment to enhance the period of inflation and wage increase ing context of communica- In a detailed judgement, ous effots to meet the shortage. who have completed at least existing twelve weeks to such even in case of employees tion technologies and suggest the tribunal had said in July “We have raised the retire- five years of continuous service period as may be notified by engaged in private and public required changes”, it said. that “till the demarcation ment age of doctors from 60 to in an establishment that has ten it," the Statement said. sector, the entitlement of gratu- The order comes in the of floodplains and identi- 62 years. Online recuitment has or more persons. With respect to gratuity, ity is also required to be revised wake of controversies over fication of permissible and been started and doctors are According to the Statement the amount is calculated on the for employees who are covered Prime Minister Narendra non-permissible activities by applying and walk-in interview of Objects and Reasons of the basis of a formula which is 15 under the Act. Modi’s FICCI meeting, Rahul the state government of this are also being held to meet the bill, the amendment would days of wages for each year of "It has also been proposed Gandhi’s TV interviews and the judgement, we direct that 100 shortage. Besides 2,800 doc- allow the central government completed services, subject to to empower the central govern- release of BJP manifesto -- all meters from the edge of the tors will be posted in PHCs,” he to notify the maternity leave the ceiling of Rs 10 lakh. This ment to notify the ceiling pro- after campaigning had ended river would be treated as no said. “1,816 doctors have been period for "female employees limit was fixed in 2010. posed, instead of amending the in Gujarat. development/construction recruited through the UPPSC as deemed to be in continu- After implementation of said Act, so that the limit can The poll panel accepted that zone between Haridwar to and they will be posted soon. ous service in place of existing the 7th Central Pay Commis- be revised from time to time Section 126 of the Representa- Unnao in UP.” In over eight months, we have twelve weeks". sion, the ceiling of gratuity keeping in view the increase in tion of the People Act does not However, the bench on engaged 5,500 doctors and the The proposal comes against amount for central government wage and inflation, and future take into account the revolu- Monday said the area falling process is underway,” Singh the backdrop of the Maternity employees has been increased Pay Commissions," the State- tion in communication tech- between 50-100 metre would added. Benefit Act (Amendment) Act, from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh. ment said. PTI nologies. MPOST be considered as “regulatory” zone and there would be ban on construction activity in this area till the state comes Govt for ‘new museum’ on all PMs at Teen Murti Estate: Minister with a specific policy. OUR CORRESPONDENT India will showcase the life Government of West Bengal and works and significant O/O The Superintending Engineer PWD South Western Electrical Circle NEW DELHI: The govern- contribution of all the Prime Sahid Mangal Pandey Sarani, Midnapur-721101 ment is considering a proposal Ministers of India to nation Abridged NIT for the construction and set- building. The idea behind the ting up of a new museum concept is to have a dedicated Notice Inviting e-Quotation No. - WBPWD/SE/SWEC/ on all the Prime Ministers museum highlighting the NIQ28/2017-18 of India on the premises of contribution of all the PMs of Tender ID: 2017_WBPWD_143846_1 the Teen Murti Estate here, India”, said Sharma. Name of Work: Supply, Installation, Testing and Culture Minister Mahesh The written statement Commissioning of fire detection and alarming system Sharma informed Parliament from the minister is significant and public address system at Jhargram district hospital, on Monday. Sharma told the as it comes amidst opposition Paschim Midnapur Lok Sabha that the museum from certain sections over Work Site : Jhargram District Hospital will reflect the life and times whether the Nehru Memo- Last date of submission of bid :-02/01/2018 up to 14:00 Hrs. of all Indian prime ministers rial Museum and Library Further details can be seen in the above mentioned office during and highlight their contribu- (NMML) at Teen Murti Bha- working hours or in Official Website www.pwdwb.gov.in tions to the nation. van should remain the pre- or if room should be made for liament indicates that there struction” of a “new museum” For all details and online tender submission visit https:// “The proposed museum serve of India’s first Prime other prime ministers. will be no changes in the pres- in the premises, virtually wbtenders.gov.in on the Prime Ministers of Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Sharma’s statement in Par- ent structure, but the “con- resolves the issue. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 EDITORIAL Political price for economics Result-day The burden of compliance creates suspicion in the minds of people f ever an election was in fact, anticipated this and revelry fought and decided on had allowed exemptions. But the undertones of eco- then, the system put compli- fter a long time has a result day been as gripping as nomic issues, Gujarat ance burden to those who were December 18. Enthusiasts were at the edge of their Ione was. exempted by requiring reverse seats through the morning as the results kept flip- ANJAN ROY The astute politician that charges and what not. These ping their sides. In the end, though, the wave went Narendra Modi is, he had have since been partially rec- Ain BJP’s favour. However, beating all expectations, the winds realised this and even stated tified, true. But then, the ini- weren’t as smooth as BJP would have desired. A victory is a it upfront. He was prepared tial damage has been done and victory, yes; but the margin of victory is an essential aspect that to pay a political price for his suspicion raised. cannot be discounted, especially when battling out in the bas- economic policy decisions. The Thirdly, the company tion state of the ruling party—Gujarat. All eyes have been glued Gujarat election results vin- entrusted with formulating for the last few months, tracing the trajectory of the Gujarat dicate that assessment. How? the IT backbone for the GST elections that have witnessed key leaders taking centre stage to BJP should have turned out system had done — to say the woo votes in their favour. Rahul Gandhi surfaced with renewed a far better result in the state least — sloppy work and the vigour and Congress, for once, were touted to positively capi- than it did. Here was a Guja- huge initial system bugs had talise on the strong sentiment of anti-incumbency bustling rati Prime Minister leading the spoilt the new mechanism, to in the Western state of our country. BJP is coming back for country, with confidence, scor- begin with. The systems faults a comfortable sixth term in Gujarat, yet, today hasn’t been as ing several domestic and inter- have now been openly recog- easy as probably February was, when they sailed through Uttar national wins. He had met the nised and are hopefully being Pradesh without a single barrier cropping up in its way. Dis- It is an era of global leaders and dealt with addressed. concerting BJP in Gujarat is an onerous task. It has been their global affairs successfully. Paki- And then, trying to take bastion and their pride, the whistle they blew to victory at the drift as coalition stan, after all, was somewhat credit for introducing what was Centre in 2014. The Congress was in for a tough task to even in the Centre cornered and the US, even if a simple tax makeover with unnerve the giants in their hometown. Beating all odds, the could result in for its own reasons, was bearing a historic mid-night session Congress, despite not securing a victory, did come very close down on it much to our rejoice. of Parliament and doing the to shattering the dreams of the BJP. The Congress has shown fuzzy times as The economy had gained entire pageantry about a so- a rejuvenated spirit and a strong perseverance that is essential we had in the global acceptance and money BJP has consistently steered clear of multi-crore scams and this has counted in its favour yet again PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA called culmination of a Second to continue the endless battle in the game of politics today. was flowing in. Stock markets Freedom for India was a crass The Gujarat elections have shown that the people still har- times of second were somewhat dizzy and giv- clay that the in-house prince leader Narendra Modi and through a myriad of instru- miscalculation. ness a strong faith towards the Prime Minister; yet, their faith UPA. At least for ing good returns. Prices were of the first family was. regretted that the government ments from multiple GST Going by the account of towards the lotus party is dwindling. Saurashtra, the traditional stable and continued growth All these factors might have policies of demonetisation returns every month to the Saki Mustaad Khan in his stronghold of the party and a region dominated by the Patels the next couple was taken for a given. Money contributed their mighty lit- and, worse GST, had ruined requirement of stating PAN Maasir-i-Alamgiri (History of and the farmers, voted contrary to its trends—tilting favour- of decades, we matters, and in Gujarat it does tle. But it is the enormous eco- their small businesses. “If our and still lately Aadhaar num- the Court of Aurangzeb Alam- ably towards the Congress. The Gujarat verdict has exhibited more intensely. nomic policy decisions of last business was going full steam bers of buyers and sellers. The gir), the subject is reported to a clear regional split in voting as urban Gujarat continued to would continue And yet, BJP has just man- one year that appear to have ahead, do you think we would end result of all these tracking, have said; “Life changes in a sway in favour of the BJP, with big centres like Ahmedabad and to have a strong aged to retain its government done the trick. have had the time to spend people feared, would complete moment”, this could be life- Surat expressing their support for the lotus party, whereas, rural in the state. It has lost margin- Demonetisation, immedi- two weeks here and get to see data transfer about every busi- changing moment for national Gujarat has displayed some hesitation towards the erstwhile Centre, which ally here and there, but by and ately followed up with intro- some places”, he put a counter ness and trade to the hands of politics just now. government, gradually shifting in favour of Congress. The pri- should at least large kept its hold. The pow- duction of the so-called “Good question. the government. We were riding on the crest mary concerns that had governed this election were the failed erful Gujarati Prime Minister and Simple Tax”, as Modi once But then, what was so wrong Mind you, sharing infor- of a wave. BJP was unconquer- implementations of demonetisation and GST, and prevailing not give rise to had campaigned indefatiga- described it, would have subtly with such a right policy – that mation is the bugbear in this able. Its march has not been rural distress. There is a growing sense, especially among the the umpteen bly, along with his formidable changed the Gujarati mindset is, a nation-wide regime of a country. Every sample sur- checked. But somewhat slowed rural population that the government is tilted to favour the political strategist to lay out to their leaders. single tax framework replac- vey data collectors at villages down at least for the present. If urban elite, turning a blind eye towards the problems of rural numbers of the ground plan for the elec- The indications had come ing a plethora of taxes of vary- and towns had encountered this is the verdict in Gujarat, India. This sentiment has worked in favour of the Congress. scams tion battle. These are weighty quite early. In October, I was ing rates across states and even this problem. While collect- then getting an absolute major- To make further inroads and continue with the momentum plus points to have swung the travelling in Uttarakhand and within states? The young busi- ing consumer expenditure data ity in 2019 could look askance. gained in this election, the Congress must make unhindered voters and create favourable trying to assess the impact of nessmen read out their litany of or even employment data or That will mean an era of drift inroads into rural India, where the population continues to atmospherics for achieving at the Mudra loans in creating problems with the GST regime, other economic surveys, the as coalition in the Centre could remain severely aggrieved by the policies of the government. least a Congress-free Gujarat. either jobs or giving a boost to which was making their busi- numerators had invariably result in fuzzy times as we had For BJP, the victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh is a major And yet, it is the Congress, small businesses. While pass- ness a hugely onerous task. It found reluctance on the part in the times of second UPA. propeller that has further cemented its position in the Centre, under its callow leader, that has ing by Haridwar, I happened to was not the policy of a uniform of the people being surveyed to At least for the next couple of and it can now be said, that BJP is almost set to assume office resurged in the state. It is as if, come across a couple of young tax throughout the country, but even part with information on decades, we would continue in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The results in Himachal have despite the party’s lackadaisical Gujarati young men. Hoping the paraphernalia of compli- family income and sources of to have a strong Centre, which tilted entirely in the BJP’s favour, unsurprising, since the hill- record from similar leaders, the that talking to them would offer ance that was doing the wreck- income. They invariably hedged should at least not give rise to state has had alternate governments in power across alternate proverbial phoenix has come some clue to the newer kinds ing, he explained. and hawed. the umpteen numbers of scams. elections, since 1977. Anti-incumbency is the strongest senti- back into life from ashes. Was of micro-loans which the gov- Indeed, the over-burden of Secondly, GST is a piece of If there is just one single ment that has ruled across the northern state. Coming in for a it due to the metamorphosis ernment was claiming to have compliance had for one created impeccable public finance wis- score in this innings of BJP, sixth term in governance in Gujarat, BJP will now surely attend of Rahul Gandhi as a politi- worked wonders, I struck up a a fear of government interfer- dom. But bringing into the tax it is this: so far, we seem to to the loopholes that have surfaced in this election, allowing cal leader under some unseen conversation. ence in the day-to-day life of net in one stroke when they have avoided the multi-crore the Congress to make some inroads in the state. The Congress hands, mostly suspected resid- It was a kind of mild sur- businesses and of business- were used to paying none, scams. IPA was never going to win Gujarat, it has a long way to go before ing abroad, that carved out this prise that the Gujaratis were men and women. It was con- generates inescapable resent- (The views expressed that victory is secured. Nevertheless, its performance has been new image, out of the plastic indignant about their supreme stant tracking of their activities ment. The GST regime had, are strictly personal.) commendable and is sure to send BJP into a drawn process of introspection. 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The SAMIR CHAKRABORTY Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 Congress can pat its back for a commendable performance in Gujarat, it could not have done much better. Yet, the night is young and 2019 is just within sight. Death with Rare privilege of reflection dignity In India, there are so many things that need to be done and all to n a propelling step to improve the underlying conditions be done yesterday. How do you choose your priority? of healthcare in the country, the Centre has proposed a move to legalise passive euthanasia, providing relief to enguin has published in our work to bring a new way patients who are stuck in a condition of irreversible coma- my book, Conflicts of to manage wildlife so that peo- Itose, reliant entirely on the functioning of artificial life support SUNITA NARAIN Interest, which I am ple also benefit. The list is long. systems. The haunting case of Aruna Shaunbag had shed light hoping will provoke But the war is about the mind. on this problematic, when she spent 42-years in coma after a Presponses. The book is a jour- And as I write this, I am brutal incident of sexual assault had shut down her biological ney, one I would never have conscious, that this war for system. Keeping in mind the escalating expenses of maintaining undertaken, because in our a space of the mind, is only life support and the trauma that families undergo living with a work looking back is a privi- going to become more difficult half-dead relative, the Centre has accelerated a move to allow lege. Every day there is a new in the years to come. I explain only for passive euthanasia, to discontinue artificial life support challenge that forces us to this in the book. The fact is we systems for individuals who are stuck in a permanent comatose learn more and to push more. may believe that the world has condition, displaying no signs of reversal or coming back to In fact, in the kind of work we become smaller; and we have life. This is distinct from active euthanasia, which in fact means do, which is mostly frustrat- become more connected and to propel death by consuming drugs or medicine that would We had to fight ing and often deeply disturb- media has become “social” but shorten the life-span. The Centre also said the misuse of this ing the only way to stay ahead this is far from the truth. In provision would lead to ten years of imprisonment and a fine the “established” is to keep a tunnel view—focus reality, we are living in our indi- of up to Rs one crore. This move comes as a relief for many, yet, science of diesel on where we need to go—with vidual bubbles, reading who we there must be strict supervision of hospitals to ensure that they single-minded obsession. Or “like” and “unfollowing” views do not mould this move to suit their own conveniences. For in our fight for desperation. That is what keeps we don’t. instance, there must be a check that correct information is met cleaning air; the my adrenaline going. And For people like us, who have out to patient families. To continue to accrue income, hospitals frankly, it’s the only way not to to push the envelope of status may not disclose that a patient is in an irreversible coma, con- established science let the sense of helplessness— quo, this means that going will tinuing treatment by instilling the false belief that an adequate of pesticides in our the immensity of the task and be tough. But we cannot give end may be met. Further, the opposite could also be possible. often the sheer futility—make up; we cannot say let the inter- As a quick fix to shed responsibility off their hands, negligent work on toxins and you go under. ests prevail. The conflict is real doctors may refuse to undergo the process of thorough inves- food safety; the There are many lessons— and it must be contested. tigation and treatment for patients who are in a critical and dif- or let me say inter-connected Representational Image This is the real nub. The fact ficult condition but may be rescued with the correct delivery established science strands in our work’s tale that is that there are two distinct of medical treatment. Given the abysmal state of healthcare in of conservation in I find. problem of the problem itself. ence and Environment (CSE) To engage in this contest versions of environmental- our country today, either stands as a strong possibility. While First, there is the issue of In India, there are so many to back us. The fact that Anil requires research and an abil- ism—of the rich and the poor. this move is indeed diligent, in the best interest of patients and our work to bring the issue itself. Often we are things that need to be done and Agarwal in 1980, returned from ity to stand against the stated There is a technic view of the their families—supervision in its functioning must be practised a new way to so lost in the problem, that we all to be done yesterday. How his job at the International truth—or what I have called the future, where machines and to ensure that the policy sees the light of the day. The escalat- manage wildlife have lost our ability to propose do you choose your priority? Institute for Environment and established fact. This is where automation will smoothen our ing costs of healthcare and the pitiful aspect of forcing life into what should be done. This push This, when you know that Development (IIED) in Lon- we have faced our biggest ene- blips. Then there is the view an almost dead body do not bode well for the patient or the so that people also for answers is what I believe has each problem is a world in don to set up CSE, is our most mies. Not because of the con- that unless we can develop in immediate caregivers. Having a loved one in a coma is a most benefit been our most important con- itself. Our work of over 30 important asset. After him our flict of interests but because of ways that are more humane and traumatising aspect for families to live with. Passive euthana- tribution. But it is even more years shows that each issue challenge—my colleagues and the conflict of ideas, which is more inclusive we will not be sia, in this aspect, is a bright step. Yet, hospitals that are now difficult to stay the course to is contested, and it takes time mine—has been to ensure that driven by interests. able to build better futures. This mushrooming across our country are not the most respected push for implementation. There to get results. Take air pollu- the institution continues to be Read any chapter of my is the politics of environment. spaces. There is rampant corruption and underhand dealing, are a billion plus Indians; we are tion. We started work in mid- driven by passion and not by book and you will see what I It cannot be neutered. with illegality taking place on a daily basis. It is shameful how borne with ideas—no solution 1990s, got some victories by the tasks that should be done. am talking about. We had to DOWN TO EARTH the corruption of both the body and dignity have become a is perfect—and of course, we early 2000s but are now back This is then the third thread. fight the “established” science of (The author is Director proliferating business. After declaring this policy, the Centre are well-oiled critics. So, what is in the fray. The circle is round The fact is that every issue is diesel in our fight for cleaning General of Centre for Science must appoint boards that will severely scrutinise hospitals and really difficult is not to fight that and it requires you to persist contested because of the con- air; the established science of and Environment and the maintain a check on their activities. Our lives are traumatic contested reality; but to fight and persist. flicts of interest. It is contested pesticides in our work on tox- Editor of Down To Earth enough; we must at least be able to die with dignity. so that you do not lose focus. And this is when we have an because it is the contest of ideas ins and food safety; the estab- magazine. The views expressed Then, of course, there is the institution, the Centre for Sci- and the contest of realities. lished science of conservation are strictly personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 mp in focus How India can emulate FBI model India needs an integrated approach to counter the increasing threat from terrorism, writes Pathikrit Payne

ast Wednesday (December 13) mooted during UPA era. The answer to this marked the 16th anniversary of the lies in the fact that UPA was proposing to horrific attack on Indian Parliament put NCTC, with pre-emptive strike capabil- by terrorists from Pakistan-based ity and police powers, under the purview of LLaskhar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad in IB which is beyond the scrutiny of the Parlia- 2001. It was a terror attack aimed at the very ment. That kind of approach inherently has foundation of Indian democracy. Since then, some flaws. Even FBI is accountable to US much has been done to fortify the Parliament. Congress. Therefore it is always better to have However, the vulnerability of the nation to such a powerful integrated agency to operate such kind of terror attacks remains profound. under some kind of a Parliamentary oversight FBI is a national Over the last three years, India has wit- subject to certain confidentiality clauses. Both security nessed a considerable number of terror cells NSG and NIA have been created under acts and modules being neutralised in addition of Parliament. IB can be merged into them to organisation. to foiling many terror attacks through pre- create NCTC with law enforcement powers. It means the emptive actions. One cannot deny that the incumbent National Security Advisor Ajit The integrated entity should have a pan- US has a clear- Doval with his vast ground level experience as India presence cut approach a career intelligence officer has made a distinct Not only is there a need for an integrated difference, albeit with unconditional support approach, but also for the physical presence of delineating from the Prime Minister so far as internal of such an integrated counter-terror organ- national security security scenario is concerned. Yet certain isation with pre-emptive special operations pertinent issues remain to be taken care of. capability across the length and breadth of the issues from law country. Delhi headquartered NIA, in spite of and order issues Changing landscape of terrorism being India’s premier counter-terror investi- The fundamental dimensions of terrorism gation agency, has its presence limited only unlike in India have been undergoing a profound metamor- to eight branch offices and around fourteen where everything phosis and thus the counter-terror archi- camp offices. NSG, too, is restricted to some tecture needs reform as well. Today, when regional hubs. This has to change. Creation of related to internal lone-wolf attacks have become more of a an integrated entity would empower it to com- security is still norm than an exception, the biggest chal- bine and leverage the presence and strength lenge is to identify a terrorist who may not of each other and create a potent entity with in the domain have had any history of anti-social work or a presence in every major city and district. of the states. legacy of being in contact with any radical There is a need for reform within India’s counter-terror architecture (Representational Image) group. Incidents of recent terror attacks in Integrate states into the idea of Joint Ter- the Central Europe and US increasingly show the man- Unfortunately, in spite of being one of the What should India do? Define terrorism as separate divisions of FBI, in India’s case, are rorism Task Force government ner in which even a bus or a car could be biggest victims of terrorism, India continues a national security issue different organisations for each often under It is important to keep in mind that creat- needs to amend used to crush people on the road or pave- with the archaic system of defining law & Therefore, to make the case for a com- different ministries. There is NIA for post- ing an integrated central agency like NCTC ment and wreak havoc. This is not to say that order as a state subject with Central agencies prehensive, integrated and pre-emptive incident investigation of terror cases and that should not mean that state-level entities get laws to define organised terrorism is on the slide but it may having little or no authority to move in and act approach in the fight against terrorism, the too only if sanction is given. There is National marginalised. In fact, the ideal architecture categorically that well also be possible for perpetrators to just voluntarily unless proper sanction is given to Central government needs to amend laws to Security Guard (NSG) for special counter-ter- would be where the Centre continues to get radicalised through the internet and use them. Even though NIA has been created as a define categorically that internal security is ror operations. There is CBI for investigation finance and push state agencies for strength- internal security very routine stuff available in the market to Central counter-terror investigation agency, an integral part of national security and that of white collar and violent crimes but that too ening their ATS, SWAT, CID, and intelligence is an integral make cocktails of explosives. it also needs sanction from the Central gov- issues related to national security are strictly only if sanctions are given. Further there is units. Here, too, the US model in the realm On most occasions, the time in hand to ernment before it can initiate investigations outside the ambit of conventional law and a separate Intelligence Bureau with no legal of creation of the Joint Terrorism Task Force part of national react is so little that there remains no luxury of on a particular case, which often results in order issues, which are state subjects. This power or mandate to arrest and prosecute. (JTTF) by FBI may come handy for India to security hold-up between the moment an intelligence avoidable delay and destruction of evidence. key reform is necessary if India has to defeat This apart, among several other agencies, not only make the whole concept of NCTC input is availed by a central agency on ground This has to change. the deadly combination of organised crime there is National Technical Research Organ- more acceptable to states but also more effec- and action is initiated by the concerned state- and terrorism. isation (NTRO) for collection of technical tive. FBI defines the JTTF as ‘front line on ter- level law enforcement agency after inputs are Learning from the FBI model intelligence. Different organisations headed rorism: small cells of highly trained, locally passed through official channels. In other The website of FBI states that ‘FBI is Why Integration of NIA, NSG, IB & NTRO by separate hierarchy only mean needless based, passionately committed investigators, words, time has come to authorise the cen- an intelligence-driven and threat-focussed are important gaps in coordination which, even in the best analysts, linguists, SWAT experts, and other tral agencies themselves to neutralise threats national security organisation with both Secondly, FBI is a classic case of an inte- circumstances are difficult to avoid. specialists from dozens of U.S. law enforce- without going through the tumultuous ordeal intelligence and law enforcement respon- grated approach toward fighting terrorism. Therefore, India has to emulate the Ameri- ment and intelligence agencies’. Spread across of passing inputs to others and wait for them sibilities’. It further states that its personnel It is at the same time an intelligence agency can model of counter-terror architecture for 104 cities, JTTF consists of around 4000 per- to act. ‘work around the clock and across the globe as well as a law enforcement and prosecution more effective outcome. To the least, it needs sonnel ‘hailing from over 500 state and local Recent media reports indicate that the to protect the US from terrorism, espionage, agency. FBI has its own intelligence branch, to integrate NIA, NSG, IB, and NTRO into agencies and 55 federal agencies’ as per the Central government may have initiated some cyber attacks, and major criminal threats’. divisions for dealing with terror investigation, a singular entity preferably working directly FBI website. deliberations to revive the National Counter There are three important lessons to draw counterintelligence, cyber crimes, transna- under PMO and of course with legislation Passing through the scrutiny of Parlia- Terrorism Centre (NCTC) which was first from the US FBI model. In the first place, tional organised crimes, public corruption as backed pan-India mandate for suo motu ment would not be easy for this kind of struc- mooted by UPA. In this respect, it would be FBI is a national security organisation. It well as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). action in case of a terror or terror related tural reform in internal security. However, interesting to understand why there is a need means the US has a clear-cut approach of Its Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is USA’s incident, including transnational organised the Modi Government has shown enough for such an integrated approach and what delineating national security issues from prime counterterrorism tactical team for crimes. conviction to push through major economic kind of architecture countries with a sound law and order issues unlike in India where special operations. reforms. NCTC’s need is indisputable. Only history of countering terrorism have in place. everything related to internal security is still Contrast this with the India scenario How different is this from UPA’s NCTC time will tell how soon this would become legally in the domain of the states and rarely where there are numerous separate organ- model? a reality. Need to change archaic Indian counter- with the Centre. isations doing what ideally an integrated One can argue about how different this (The views expressed terror rules organisation should do. What stand as mere approach is from that of NCTC that was are strictly personal.)

tweet Towards a more robust digital economy RETWEET The mass usage of digital accessories has changed the way business is conducted. Seamless electronic transmission of money and financial intermediation assume greater significance NARENDRA MODI ith the thrust scribed even if it is priced. RBI @narendramodi on application has made it clear that genuine of Information, customers will be protected communication against loss of funds on account K. SRINIVASA RAO Wand technology (ICT) in com- of cyber frauds if the incident Election results in Gujarat and mercial space and internet of is reported within three days. things (IOT) transcending the Customers should always Himachal Pradesh indicate a lifestyle of every section of the check their transactions and strong support for politics of good community, the size of digi- remain alert towards SMS mes- governance and development. I salute tal economy is well poised to sages originating from banks. the hardworking BJP Karyakartas in reach US $ 1 Trillion by 2025. They need to be an aggressive Policy initiatives have been well partner in quickly identifying these states for their hard work which calibrated to accelerate digitisa- any lapse in cyber security. has led to these impressive victories. tion under ‘Digital India’ policy The way forward campaign across geographies. With enhanced thrust on The baseline digital infrastruc- digitisation, banks, and other ture is made up of over a billion financial intermediaries have When the mobiles and around 450 mil- to constantly work towards OFFICE OF RG lion internet connections. In providing safe payment infra- @OfficeOfRG economy is terms of average internet speed, structure and impart digital driven towards India is ranked 89th in global literacy to customers. When ranking with an average speed the economy is driven towards more digitisation, of 6.5 mbps. Such penetration more digitisation, the various The Congress party accepts the verdict the various of connectivity catapults digiti- The exponential growth in payment network has transformed the digital payment space (Representational Image) stake holders in the payment of the people and congratulates the new stakeholders sation to a new height. Already space have to better collabo- governments in both states. I thank the 83 per cent of rural population may slow down after re-mon- tal push in payment space in payment system. The expo- rate and protect cyber space people of Gujarat and Himachal with all in the payment access web through mobiles etisation but is expected to sus- hinterland. nential growth in payment by roping in social network and it is expected that mobiles tain in long term as a matter Rising Digital infrastructure network has transformed the and NGOs. The policy initia- my heart for the love they showed me. space have could hit the mark of 1.2 billion of convenience and habit. The There has been substantial digital payment space. Freeing tives are specifically designed to collaborate by 2017 end. noncash transactions through growth in electronic payment the transactions up to Rs.2000 to expand formal economy better and protect With a policy of net neutral- electronic mode has become infrastructure, more so after which will cover most of the through digital integration. ity permeating the economy, the new normal with neighbor- demonetisation. The data of retail payments will further add It is up to intermediaries to OMAR ABDULLAH cyberspace by digital access and online con- hood shops readily accepting October 2017 indicates that to the density of usage. ensure that payment gateways @OmarAbdullah nectivity will be within com- cards. Merchant Establish- the number of ATMs have Safety of payment system are kept protected and users roping in social mon reach. The mass usage of ments (MEs) are provided reached 206793 while the num- While banks have devel- are made aware of intricacies network and digital accessories has changed electronic swipe machines by ber of bank branches stands oped robust protection to elec- of using electronic mode. With NGOs. If all the way business is con- acquiring banks. Such enlisted at 136000. The Point of Sale tronic payment system with better internet connectivity ducted where seamless elec- MEs have to pay a fee to the (POS) terminals have scaled spill-proof fire walls and dual and speed, electronic payment Anyway you look at it after 41 rallies by stakeholders in tronic transmission of money banks for the incremental busi- up to 3 million that reach far authentication, yet providing mechanism will be a better the PM in Gujarat anything less than cyberspace work and financial intermediation ness that they get from card and wide in commercial estab- safety is a collaborative func- experience provided the users a sweeping victory will be a cause for assumes greater significance. holders. It is only in July 2012 lishments to enable acceptance tion. The customers, vendors, proactively guard themselves. If much concern for the BJP. in cohesion, the The end state of every com- that Merchant Discount Rates of card payments. Contact- merchant establishments and all stakeholders in cyber space aspiration of mercial/personal transaction (MDR) has been reduced for less cards based on Near Field banks have to work together work in cohesion, the aspira- begins and ends with transfer debit card to 0.75 per cent for Communication (NFC) has to keep fraudsters at bay. The tion of moving towards a more moving towards of funds. Hence, infrastructure transactions of up to Rs.2000 also entered the payment space. cyberspace is always vulner- robust digital economy can be a more robust for settlement of transactions and at one per cent for over It also stretched to hinterland able but unless the identity realised. Looking at the pros- SYED ATA HASNAIN through digital mode can ramp Rs.2000. with banking correspondents system is compromised, the pects, the year 2018 can witness @atahasnain53 digital economy up digital capability. But in a strategic move, working as rural touch points chances of breach are rare. The substantial synergy in digital can be realised Digital payment system government has decided to as part of financial inclusion. customers using the payment space for the policy initiatives Digital banking is revolu- compensate banks towards The number of credit cards network at shops and online embedded in the economy. In tionising even rural markets MDR for electronic transac- are 34 million and debit cards payment systems have to be this league, doing away with with wider acceptability of tions of up to Rs.2000 from Jan- work out to 826 million. The sensitive towards likely risks. MDR can prove to be a game Just remember the Jihad industry debit/credit/prepaid cards by uary 1, 2018 for next two years. Rupay cards are increasingly The look alike websites tech- changer and a winning streak wants war. But we will always keep even small/micro-merchant This will make card payments issued by banks supported by nically known as spoofing has in furthering digitisation. escalation under our control. If establishments. Reach of dig- of up to Rs.2000 free to enable National Payment Corpora- to be cautiously avoided and (The author is Director, ital banking picked up new micro member establishments tion of India (NPCI) that are telephonic enquiries on login National Institute of Banking war is the only option, after deep pace after demonetisation due to readily accept electronic pay- becoming more popular while id and password should never studies and Corporate consideration, then so be it. to cash crunch. The cultural ment mode in a big way. This Visa international and Mas- be responded. The SMS ser- Management. The views shift towards digital payments initiative is intended for digi- tercard continue to rule the vices of banks should be sub- expressed are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 Suspect arrested 40 more Rohingya Myanmar wields colonial-era over death of British diplomat villages burnt in in Beirut law against Reuters journalists ISTANBUL: A suspect has Myanmar: Report been arrested over the death of a British diplomat in Bei- rut, a judicial source has told the Guardian. The body of Rebecca Dykes was reportedly found on the side of a motorway in the early hours of Saturday morning. The circumstances surrounding her death were unclear, but local police offi- cials suggested she had been strangled. Her body was found with- out any identity papers on the Metn highway, which leads out of the Lebanese capital to the north-east suburbs. A forensic examination sug- gested she had died at about 4am on Saturday. NAY PYI TAW: The Human mitting murders and rapes, A Lebanese judicial Rights Watch (HRW) on Mon- among other abuses, during the source told the Guardian that day reported the burning of 40 military operation that began Dykes, who was believed to additional Rohingya villages after several armed assaults be 30 years old, had spent in Myanmar in a military cam- by a poorly armed Rohingya the evening with friends at paign, which has led more than insurgent group against secu- a cafe in Gemmayze, a dis- 655,000 people of this Muslim rity forces, which left 11 Myan- trict of Beirut known for its minority community to flee to mar security personnel dead. bars and restaurants. She is Bangladesh. The Myanmar Army denied Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo thought to have left on her The HRW used satellite all allegations of abuse despite own at around midnight. images to identify the new inci- the UN High Commissioner NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar has exploit anti-colonial unrest in of an official secret in the act is under which to charge alleged army officer who was jailed The suspect arrested on dents, recorded between Octo- for Human Rights calling it a accused Reuters reporters Wa its South Asian empire. “incredibly broad”. offenders. in 2010 for allegedly having Monday morning has been ber and November, raising the textbook example of ethnic Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, The act, which amended “Just about anyone in pos- In 1990, a military court secret information on his lap- named as Tariq H, a taxi total number of villages com- cleansing. 27, of breaching the country’s earlier anti-spying legislation, session of unpublished gov- sentenced two leaders of the top that he passed to foreign driver. Lebanese officials have pletely or partially razed to 354 The non-profit Doctors Official Secrets Act, a little-used was controversial in India even ernment documents could find then opposition National news agencies. said they believe the killing since the beginning of the mil- Without Borders reported hangover from colonial rule. at the time, according to a his- themselves facing prosecution League for Democracy (NLD) The most well-documented was not politically motivated. itary offensive on August 25, last week that at least 6,700 Sam Zarifi, secretary general of tory published in 2009 by the and the harsh penalties a con- to 10 years in prison under recent case involving the Offi- The British ambassador reports Efe news. Rohingya have died since the International Commission United Service Institution of viction may carry,” Zarifi said. the Official Secrets Act after cial Secrets Act came in January to Lebanon, Hugo Shorter, In a statement, the rights August as a result of the of Jurists (ICJ), said the law can India, a New Delhi-based think “Under this law many good they passed an official letter to of 2014, when the Yangon- tweeted about Dykes’ death: group said that some of the violence. ensnare working journalists “at tank. journalists could be prosecuted foreign embassies. The pros- based weekly, Unity Journal, “The whole embassy is deeply cases detected occurred the Speaking to BBC’s Pan- any time”. British military officers at any time.” ecution was part of a broad published a front page article shocked, saddened by this same week that the govern- orama, which is due to air on The two reporters were pushed for the stronger law over In India, where the same crackdown following an elec- it said exposed a secret chemi- news. My thoughts are with ments of Bangladesh and Monday night, the UN’s High arrested on Tuesday evening concerns about an “increase in law also remains on the statute tion won by the NLD that the cal weapons factory run by the Becky’s family, friends and Myanmar signed a memoran- Commissioner for Human after they were invited to meet Bolshevik activity”, along with book, courts have ruled that it junta ignored. military in central Myanmar. colleagues for their tragic dum on November 23, to begin Rights said it would not sur- police officers for dinner in the geopolitical threats including even applies to parliamentary They were freed in 1992, in Police arrested the newspa- loss. “We’re providing con- the repatriation of the hun- prise him if genocide charges north of Yangon. “the possibility of racial war papers such as budget propos- an amnesty, according to a New per’s CEO and four journalists sular support to her family dreds of thousands of refugees were one day brought before The Ministry of Informa- between Japan and the USA als if they are leaked before they York Times report at the time. involved in publishing the story, and working very closely who have crossed the border. the country’s leaders. tion said they had “illegally affecting India”, the history said. are presented in the legislature. Reports of at least two other raided its offices, and attempted with Lebanese authori- HRW Asia director, Brad He said: ‘The elements sug- acquired information with the The Official Secrets Act Legal experts say prosecu- cases brought under the act are to seize all copies of the edition ties who are conducting the Adams, said the continued gest you cannot rule out the intention to share it with for- covers trespassing in prohib- tions under the act have been recorded in the online archives from newsstands. police investigation.”A fam- destruction of Rohingya vil- possibility that acts of genocide eign media”, and published a ited areas, handling documents rare in Myanmar in recent of the Asian Human Rights A civilian court in Pakkoku, ily spokesman said: “We lages shows that the commit- have been committed. photo of the pair in handcuffs deemed secret and communi- decades. The military junta Commission in 2009 and 2010. near the alleged factory, sen- are devastated by the loss ment signed to ensure the safe ‘It’s very hard to establish standing behind a table with cating with “foreign agents”. It that ruled until 2011 frequently The first case involved a tenced them in July 2014 to 10 of our beloved Rebecca. return of refugees is merely a because the thresholds are high documents laid on it. carries a maximum penalty of used other laws or the Penal man jailed for trespassing on years in prison with hard labour We are doing all we can to public relations stunt. but it wouldn’t surprise me in The law dates back to 1923, 14 years in prison. Code – also inherited from the military land and recording – later reduced to seven years. understand what happened. “The satellite imagery shows the future if the court were to when Myanmar, then known Zarifi of the Geneva-based colonial era – to lock up its crit- video footage to allegedly send The case was widely seen by the We request that the media what the Myanmar Army make such a finding on the as Burma, was a province of ICJ – a human rights group ics alongside common crimi- abroad. He had been helping domestic media as a warning respect our privacy as we denies: that Rohingya villages basis of what we see.’ British India. At the time Brit- made up of 60 senior interna- nals. The sprawling code was a farmer file a land grab com- that military affairs remained come together as a family at continue to be destroyed. The If the country’s leaders are ish administrators worried tional judges, lawyers and legal drafted in 1860, and gives mag- plaint against the military. The off-limits even though direct this very difficult time.” Myanmar government pledges aware of the violence - which that rival powers could seek to academics – said the definition istrates more than 500 sections second concerned a former military rule had ended. AGENCIES Dykes worked as a to ensure the safety of return- has seen dozens of people programme and policy ing Rohingya cannot be taken raped, killed and maimed and RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED manager with the Depart- seriously,” said Adams. received vast media coverage - MOSCOW: The Russian Presidential campaign was officially launched on Monday. ment for International The organisation accused they could be ‘culpable’, Al Hus- Development. AGENCIES the Myanmar Army of com- sein said. AGENCIES The Russian Central Election Commission will approve the plan of the upcoming election campaign later on Monday, reports Xinhua. A total of 23 candidates have declared their intention to run for President, including Vladimir Putin, CEC chairperson Ella Pamfilova said. To be registered as an independent Presidential nominee in Rus- Protests in Vienna as far-right sia, a candidate has to collect at least 300,000 voters’ signatures. AGENCIES ministers enter Austria’s government 10 KILLED IN VIENNA: Austria’s president BANGLADESH has sworn in a new govern- STAMPEDE ment amid protests against the far right’s prominent role in DHAKA: At least 10 the cabinet. persons were crushed At the weekend, the new to death and over 50 chancellor, Sebastian Kurz of injured on Monday in the Austrian People’s party, a stampede during a struck a deal with the Free- dom party, a nationalist group funeral rite of a political founded after the second leader in Bangladesh’s world war by former members Chittagong city. The of the Nazi party, now headed procession was that of by Heinz-Christian Strache. lower number than the tens of that read “Refugees welcome”, former Mayor Mohiud- The coalition deal makes thousands who turned out the “Nazis out” and “No Nazi pigs”. din Chowdhury who was Austria the only western Euro- last time the Freedom party Police fired a smoke pean country with a far-right entered government, in 2000. grenade when some pro- also a leader of Prime presence in government. At 31, A heavy police presence of testers tried to break Minister Sheikh Ha- Kurz is the youngest head of about 1,500 officers, helicop- through a barricade, an sina’s ruling Bangladesh government in Europe. ters and water cannon trucks Agence France-Presse photog- Awami League party . Kurz’s People’s party won blocked off the area around rapher said. The stampede occurred 32% of the vote in October’s Hofburg Palace in the run-up The coalition treaty agreed in Chittagong’s Rima elections, securing 62 seats in to the swearing-in ceremony by the two parties vows to Community Centre, one the 183-seat national council. by the Austrian president, restrict illegal immigration The Freedom party came third Alexander Van der Bellen. As and speed up deportation of of the 14 venues where with 26% of the vote and 51 marches by leftwing and anti- refused asylum seekers, but the funeral ritual food seats. About 5,000 people were fascist groups converged at the also emphasises the state’s was arranged. AGENCIES expected to attend protests in central Heldenplatz Square, commitment to the European Vienna on Monday – a far people brandished placards Union. AGENCIES Twitter to begin penalising hateful, abusive accounts: Report SAN FRANCISCO: Aimed to promote free speech and at reducing hateful content curb violence and sexual on its platform, Twitter will harassment. start penalising accounts from “We hope our approach Monday that include “hateful and upcoming changes, as imagery and display names”, well as our collaboration or those who “use username, with the Trust and Safety display name, or profile bio to Council, show how seri- engage in abusive behaviour”, ously we are rethinking our the media reported. rules and how quickly we’re According to a report in moving to update our poli- ReCode late on Sunday, “for cies and how we enforce Twitter, the two new restric- them,” Twitter said. tions are attempts to com- “We will immediately bat rampant harassment and and permanently suspend abuse on the site”. any account we identify as Twitter announced the original poster/source of new guidelines covering self-harm, among others. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey non-consensual nudity and/ abuse, hateful conduct, vio- The changes are part of has also announced plans to or if a user makes it clear they lence and physical harm revamp to Twitter’s policies act more aggressively on vio- are intentionally posting said in November. surrounding online abuse. lence and sexual abuse. content to harass their target,” Facing criticism over the The biggest updates on In an internal email which the email read. years for its poor handling of the platform include abu- was obtained by Wired.com, “If the account appears to “abuse”, Twitter “updated” its sive behaviour, self-harm, Twitter’s head of safety pol- be dedicated to posting non- rules in October and Novem- spam and related behaviours, icy in October emailed consensual nudity then we will ber, clarifying its policies on graphic violence and adult members of its Trust and suspend the entire account graphic violence, spam and content. Safety Council on new rules immediately,” it added. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 mp Trump not considering Russia kills Theresa May to pitch status quo five Islamist firing Special Counsel militants in Robert Mueller Brexit transition to Parliament Caucasus WASHINGTON: US Presi- LONDON: British Prime Min- year which left her needing the MOSCOW: Five militants dent Donald Trump has said ister Theresa May will pitch support of a small Northern who pledged allegiance to he is not planning to fire Spe- her plan for a Brexit transition Irish party. the Islamic State group have cial Counsel Robert Mueller, period with unchanged access On Saturday, some Conser- been killed in Russia’s volatile who is investigating possible to European Union markets vatives who want to see Britain Northern Caucasus region, the Russian meddling in the 2016 when she briefs lawmakers on make a more radical break with national anti-terrorism com- presidential election. Monday about her latest nego- the bloc baulked at a sugges- mittee said on Monday. Returning to the White tiating trip to Brussels. tion by Finance Minister Philip Armed militants were House from Camp David, May secured an agreement Hammond that the implemen- killed in a shootout with Rus- Trump was asked on Sun- last week to move previously- tation phase would amount to sia’s FSB security service and day whether he intended to deadlocked talks forward onto recreating the status quo with other law enforcement agen- fire Mueller. “No, I’m not,” he the topic of interim and long- the EU. cies in the Karachay-Cherkes- told journalists, insisting that and Russia, has faced increased term trading arrangements. May will say that during the sia region, the committee said there was “no collusion what- scrutiny in recent weeks, with On Monday she will report interim period, Britain wants in a statement. soever” between his campaign reports about potential political back to parliament on those to begin registering EU citi- Automatic rifles, ammuni- and Russia. bias within Mueller’s team and talks, setting out the frame- zens’ arrival in the country in tion and improvised explosive The President’s comments reports of potential conflicts of work of a time-limited imple- preparation for a new immigra- devices were recovered from came a day after a lawyer repre- interest within the Department mentation period designed to tion system, and would hope to the scene, authorities said, senting Trump’s transition team of Justice. smooth Britain’s EU exit and agree, and possibly even sign, adding that a senior militant accused Mueller of wrongfully Several Democratic law- provide clarity for businesses post-Brexit trade deals with was thought to be among the obtaining thousands of emails makers had expressed concern, and citizens. non-EU states. casualties. “It is known that sent and received by Trump and on Friday the top Demo- “This will help give cer- As well as briefing parlia- members of this band have officials before the start of his crat on the House Intelligence tainty to employers and fami- ment, May is expected to meet pledged allegiance to the ISIS administration, the Washing- Committee, Adam Schiff, said lies that we are going to deliver key ministers on Monday to international terrorist organ- ton Post reported. he feared Republican members a smooth Brexit,” May will discuss the even thornier issue isation and planned to com- Trump criticised Muel- wanted to shut the probe down. say, adding that the guide- of what the country’s long- mit terror-related crimes in ler for gaining access to those However, the President’s lines agreed last week point May is reliant on the backing of all members of her term relationship with the EU crowded places,” the com- emails, telling reporters the sit- advisers insisted that he is not to a shared desire with the EU should be – the first time since mittee said. ISIS is another uation was “not looking good”. directing his ire over the collu- to make “rapid progress” on a party to put her Brexit plans into action, having lost the June 2016 vote to leave that widely used name for IS. The “It’s quite sad to see that,” sion probe at Mueller. deal. The outline of the transi- her parliamentary majority in an ill-judged snap she has broached the topic with announcement came after the Trump said. “My people were “As the White House has tion period that May will pres- senior cabinet members. CIA helped Russia thwart a ter- very upset about it.” repeatedly and emphatically ent is consistent with plans election earlier this year A full cabinet discussion ror attack on the Kazan Cathe- Mueller’s spokesman said for months, there is no she has previously set out, and on the so-called “end state” of dral, one of the most famous denied wrongdoing and some consideration about firing or remains subject to negotiation left the European Union,” May new systems that will underpin some even the principle of leav- the Brexit talks is then due on landmarks in Saint Peters- legal experts questioned the replacing the Special Counsel in Brussels. will say according to advance our future partnership.” ing the EU. Tuesday. One of the key pro- burg. President Vladimir claim that the emails were with whom the White House “During this strictly time- extracts of her statement. But the plan is not guaran- May is reliant on the back- Brexit voices in the cabinet, for- Putin praised the “exemplary improperly obtained. has fully cooperated in order to limited implementation period “But we would propose that teed to be universally accepted ing of all members of her party eign minister Boris Johnson, on cooperation” between the US The Special Counsel’s permit a fully vetted yet prompt which we will now begin to our access to one another’s mar- by lawmakers in May’s Con- to put her Brexit plans into Sunday set out his own long- and Russian security services Office, which is investigat- conclusion,” said Ty Cobb, a negotiate, we would not be in kets would continue as now, servative Party, which is still action, having lost her par- term view, warning May that and in a phone call Sunday ing allegations of collusion White House lawyer oversee- the Single Market or the Cus- while we prepare and imple- deeply divided over the best liamentary majority in an ill- Britain must avoid becoming thanked his US counterpart between the Trump campaign ing the Russia matter. AGENCIES toms Union, as we will have ment the new processes and route out of the bloc, and for judged snap election earlier this subordinate to the EU. AGENCIES Donald Trump. AGENCIES Trump in strategy ABU DHABI HOLDS SUMMIT ON WOMEN, Possibility of nuclear war in South Tense vote count PEACE & SECURITY document to cite ABU DHABI: A conference on women empowerment to promote international peace and security was held in the China, Russia as Asia cannot be ruled out: Pak NSA as S Africa’s ANC United Arab Emirates’ capital on Monday. The conference competitors ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s was titled “Women, Security and Peace Summit: The Gen- security czar on Monday said elects new leader der Dimensions of International Peace and Security: Keys that the stability of the South to Prosperity and Peace” AGENCIES WASHINGTON: President Asian region hangs in a deli- JOHANNESBURG: Vote On Sunday, rival sup- Donald Trump will declare that cate balance and the possibil- counting began on Mon- porters sang and chanted in China and Russia are competi- ity of a nuclear war cannot be day after thousands of del- the conference hall outside tors seeking to challenge U.S. ruled out. egates from South Africa’s Johannesburg as the vote was power and erode its security National Security Advisor ruling ANC party cast ballots repeatedly postponed as argu- and prosperity, in a national Lt Gen (retd.) Nasser Khan to choose their next leader, ments raged over delegates’ security strategy he will lay out Janjua also accused the US of in an election seen as a deci- credentials. in a speech on Monday. conspiring against the multi- sive moment in the country’s “I have not slept for the past “They are determined to billion China-Pakistan Eco- post-apartheid history. There 24 hours, but I don’t care,” said make economies less free and nomic Corridor (CPEC) with are only two candidates in the Patience Nomodi, 62, a party less fair, to grow their militar- India, The Express Tribune hotly-contested race: Deputy member for 40 years, wearing ies, and to control information reported. General Nasser Khan Janjua President Cyril Ramaphosa, an ANC blanket on her shoul- and data to repress their soci- Addressing a seminar on a wealthy businessman, and ders and supported by a yellow eties and expand their influ- issues of national security here, onto Pakistan,” he said. na’s restive Xinjiang region former minister Nkosazana walking stick. ence,” according to excerpts of Janjua claimed that India has He also alleged that as part with Pakistan’s Balochistan Dlamini-Zuma, who is Presi- “I want a woman to be pres- Trump’s strategy released by been stockpiling a range of of its policy to counter Chi- province. dent Jacob Zuma’s ex-wife. ident before I die.” the White House. dangerous weapons and it nese influence in South Asia, “The US-India alliance Whoever wins will be well- In the early hours of Mon- The strategy, a product of threatens Pakistan continu- the US is conspiring against has an identical stance on the placed to be South Africa’s next day, fatigued delegates wear- months of deliberations by the ously of conventional warfare. the China-Pakistan Economic Kashmir issue, and America president in the 2019 general ing the ANC’s official colours president and his top advisers, “The stability of the South Corridor along with India. frequently gives India pref- election. Voting started soon of yellow and green napped does not repeat former Pres- Asian region hangs in a deli- “The US has given India erence over Pakistan,” Janjua after midnight on Sunday and around the conference centre, ident Barack Obama’s 2016 cate balance, and the possibil- role in Afghanistan’s political said. continued for nearly 12 hours while others prayed exuber- description of climate change ity of nuclear war cannot be process, giving New Delhi pri- He said Pakistan encoun- after repeated delays due to antly for their chosen candi- as a U.S. national security ruled out,” he claimed. ority over Islamabad, and has tered the menace of terrorism disputes over which delegates dates. Ramaphosa-supporting threat, aides said. The NSA stressed that sup- opposed the CPEC,” he said. only after it started supporting were qualified to vote. Hun- delegate Siya Kolase told AFP Trump has vowed to with- porting US forces in the region The nearly $50 bil- the operations of US-led forces dreds of attendees were banned after voting early Monday that draw the United States from had given birth to the rise of lion CPEC, a flagship proj- in Afghanistan. from the poll creating the risk he was confident his candidate the Paris climate accord unless terrorism inside the country. ect of China’s prestigious “Pakistan has been bat- of legal disputes. would emerge victorious. changes are made to it. “The “As the Taliban grow stron- One Belt One Road (OBOR), tling with security problems The 4,776 delegates cast “He will address the issue United States will continue ger in Afghanistan, America passes through Pakistan-occu- for the past forty years. Peace secret ballots for the six senior of corruption. He is going to to advance an approach that has started to shift the blame pied Kashmir (PoK). in Afghanistan remains our positions in the party, with the stabilise our economy,” Kolase balances energy security, eco- for its failures in the country The CPEC links Chi- top priority,” he said. AGENCIES result expected later Monday. said.The ANC, which has ruled nomic development, and envi- Allegations swirled of del- since 1994 when Nelson Man- ronmental protection,” the egates being targeted with dela won the first multi-racial document will say. 8 killed in Indonesia’s central Java landslide bribes, but ANC spokesman vote, could struggle to retain Trump’s national security Khusela Sangoni told reporters its grip on power in the 2019 posture reflects his “America JAKARTA: Eight workers of a sand pit ported. “There was no rain when the that the process had proceeded election due to falling public First” priorities of protecting “smoothly”. support. AGENCIES the U.S. homeland and borders, in Indonesia’s Central Java regency landslide took place. They were exca- rebuilding the U.S. military, of Magelang were killed in landslide vating the sand when it suddenly oc- projecting strength abroad and on Monday, while eight others were curred, burying the workers. We don’t pursuing trade policies more rescued, Indonesia’s disaster mitiga- know the exact number of workers in favorable to the United States. tion agency BNPB said. The agency’s the location at that time,” Sutopo said, The singling out of China and Russia as “revision- spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho adding that the landslide occurred at ist powers” in the document said further search for other workers around 10:00 a.m. local time. Deadly reflects the Trump adminis- possibly buried in the landslide was landslides in sand pits around the tration’s wariness of them underway involving a task force of fire location have occurred several times despite Trump’s own attempts fighters, military, police, volunteers and previously. The almost-vertical high to build strong relations with Chinese President Xi Jin- Magelang disaster mitigation agency’s sand walls in the pit were apparently ping and Russian President personnel, Xinhua news agency re- dangerous for the workers. AGENCIES Vladimir Putin. AGENCIES Oppn MPs in Albania throw smoke bombs in Parliament TIRANA: Albanian lawmakers from the rightwing opposition on Monday Several thousand threw smoke bombs into a hall of par- activists also protested liament to protest the election by the ruling socialists of a new attorney gen- outside parliament, eral. Before the vote, rightwing opposi- chanting: “Rama, go tion leader Lulzim Basha had criticised socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama for away!” wanting to appoint a “puppet” to fol- low his commands. attorney general should fall to the pros- The accusation comes amid an ecutor’s office high council, as a plan to investigation into Saimir Tahiri, a close reform the current law, which has not ally of Rama’s and until March Alba- yet been voted on, has laid out. nia’s interior minister, who is accused Rama “is asking us to violate the of having links to international canna- constitution because he wants an attor- bis trafficking. Opposition MPs tried ney general under his thumb,” Basha in vain Monday to stop the proceed- added.Marku is due to fill the role for ings, but Arta Marku was eventually the next two to three months, or until a sworn in as interim attorney general new prosecution high council has been as smoke still filled the room. Marku’s created. Several thousand activists also appointment “is a constitutional vio- protested outside parliament, chanting: lation and can lead to a destabilisation “Rama, go away!” Some demonstrators of the country,” Basha had said Sunday tried to enter the cordoned-off build- night. He said the job of naming a new ing, which led to stampedes. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 GST Network brings in option for Adani’s $2.6 bn Australian monthly, quarterly filing of forms

NEW DELHI: Goods and Ser- mining contract cancelled vices Tax Network (GSTN), the IT backbone of the new tax MELBOURNE: Beleaguered cancelled a conditional 2.6 bil- regime, on Monday said it has Adani Australia on Monday lion dollar contract as part of its put a new function on its portal said it has cancelled a 2.6 bil- cost-cutting drive spurred on by to allow taxpayers choose the lion dollar contract with an Aus- the Queensland Government's frequency of filing GSTR 1 form tralian mining services firm to veto of its 1 billion dollar Com- on quarterly or monthly basis. cut costs, days after the Indian monwealth loan bid, the ABC Taxpayers with annual energy giant failed to get a con- report said. aggregate turnover up to Rs cessional loan for its contro- Earlier this month, China's 1.5 crore in the previous finan- versy-hit Carmichael coal mine two major state-run banks said cial year or anticipated in the project in Queensland. they have no plans to finance the current financial year can avail The split with Downer Carmichael coal mine project. the option of filing quarterly comes after the Australian firm The Carmichael project, returns. Form GSTR 1 sum- was the target of a nationwide expected to create hundreds marises all the sales of a tax- activist campaign pressuring it of jobs in Australia, has been payer. This has been done as per Too early to comment on GST to quit the 16.5 billion dollar facing opposition from envi- decision taken in the 23rd GST Carmichael project in central ronmentalists and indigenous Council Meeting. After giving Queensland, claiming it will (NAIF) loan worth 900 million groups. their option, taxpayers can file collections, House informed harm the iconic Great Barrier dollars for building the 388-km In a setback to Adani, the Queensland The Adani Group has for GSTR 1 for the relevant return NEW DELHI: The government has said that it is Reef. rail line to connect the major government last week vetoed a plan to over five years battled the oppo- periods, the GST Networks said. In a setback to Adani, the coal mine to the sea port. sition to any expansion of the It further said that taxpayers too early to comment on GST collections, which newly-elected Queensland The 16.5 billion dollar Car- give a $900 million concessional loan Abbot Point port, saying it will who opt for quarterly filing will slipped about 10 per cent in November - over the government led by Premier michael coal mine project when for the construction of a rail line for the cut into the Great Barrier Reef have to select the last month of previous month - to Rs 85,931 crore. As per the Annastacia Palaszczuk last week completed would be one of the World Heritage Area. the quarter from the drop down information provided by the finance ministry to vetoed a plan to give a 900-mil- world's largest. Carmichael coal mine project The Adani group entered menu. Further, all taxpayers the Lok Sabha on Friday, as many as 33.2 lakh lion dollar concessional loan for The move to cancel the Australia in 2010 with the pur- who opt for monthly filing can the construction of a rail line contract raises further ques- ect and the split with Downer statement said. chase of the greenfield Carmi- now file GSTR 1 from August new taxpayers have registered themselves under for the Carmichael coal mine tions about the fate of the mas- was "simply a change in man- "Adani and Downer have chael coal mine in the Galilee onwards till November. Filing GST till December 11 from the day of roll out on project. sive project, with Downer one agement structure". mutually agreed to cancel all Basin in central Queensland, of return of previous month is July 1. “It is too early to comment on the changes She vetoed the loan to Adani of only two mine contractors "Following on from the Letter of Awards and Downer and the Abbot Point port near mandatory. in the tax collection as a result of changes in the Australia, fulfilling a major poll along with Thiess considered NAIF veto last week, and in will provide transitional assis- Bowen in the north. Adani Aus- GSTN has been set up to tax base because of factors like overlap of tax- promise she had made during capable of handling an opera- line with its vision to achieve tance until March 31, 2018. tralia currently employs over provide IT infrastructure and the election campaign to put a tion producing up to 60 million the lowest quartile cost of pro- Adani remains committed 800 people and has invested services to the central as well payers pre and post introduction of GST, variation stop to the NAIF loan on her tonnes of coal a year, the Aus- duction by ensuring flexibility to develop the Carmichael proj- over 3.3 billion dollars in as state governments, taxpay- in exemption limits between Centre and States first day. tralian Broadcasting Coropra- and efficiencies in the supply ect and will ensure the highest Queensland, which is the big- ers and other stakeholders for and among States and mechanism of apportion- The Adani group had tion reported. chain, Adani has decided to level of standards and gover- gest investments by an Indian implementation of the GST, ment of fund under IGST,” Minister of State for applied for the Northern Aus- Adani said in a statement develop and operate the mine nance," the statement said. company in Australia, the com- which came into force on July tralia Infrastructure Facility that it is committed to the proj- on an owner operator basis," the Adani said both parties had pany said on its website. PTI 1 this year. PTI Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said. PTI I-T dept unearths Over 3 lakh directors disqualified; undisclosed income Farm loan waivers to raise state of `7,961 crore 2.25 lakh companies struck off deficits by` 1.08 trillion: Report NEW DELHI: The Income- NEW DELHI: More than 3 lakh Tax Department has unearthed persons have been disqualified MUMBAI: The farm debt "These states will have to undisclosed income of Rs for holding the post of director waivers announced by the five either generate additional 7,961 crore post demoneti- at registered companies for fail- large states together will widen resources to fund farm debt sation, from November last ing to comply with regulatory the combined fiscal deficit of waivers or cut their budgeted year to March, Parliament was requirements, the government the states by Rs 1,07,700 crore expenditure," the report said. informed on Monday. said on Monday. or 0.65 per cent of GDP this If such announcements are Minister of State for Finance Under the Companies Act, financial year, warns a report. funded through expenditure Pon Radhakrishnan said the directors of companies that fail The combined fiscal defi- compression, the axe usually department, during this period, to file financial statements or cit of the states for FY18 has falls first on the budgeted cap- conducted searches on around annual returns among others been budgeted at 2.7 per cent of ital expenditure, followed by 900 groups, wherein assets for three consecutive financial GDP or Rs 4.48 trillion. social expenditure, the report worth over Rs 900 crore were years are disqualified. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, said. seized and undisclosed income "On account of operation of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and ers, there is a fear that the com- the analysis of 29 state budgets, "Both cuts do not augur well of Rs 7,961 crore was admitted. Section 164 read with the sec- Karnataka have announced bined fiscal deficits of the states the impact of the farm debt from the point of view of the The minister further said tion 167 of the Companies Act, farm loan waivers this year could be much worse than the waivers announced outside the medium to long term growth that as per the data available 2013 a total of 3,09,619 directors after a string of farmer suicides budgeted figure," India Ratings budgets and implementation of prospects of these states," the to National Crime Record have been identified as disquali- off for remaining inactive for hary added. in these states. said in a report on Monday. GST from July 2017. report said. Bureau, after cancellation fied directors up to November a period of two years or more. Section 248 provides powers Nine states have budgeted The report estimates that While the farm debt waiv- Andhra Pradesh and Telan- of Legal Character of Speci- 30, 2017," Minister of State for "Registrars of Companies to RoCs to remove the name of an increase in their fiscal defi- the combined fiscal deficit of ers announced by UP and Pun- gana, which announced a farm fied Bank Notes, an amount Corporate Affairs P P Chaud- (RoCs) have removed 2,24,733 a company from the register on cits/gross state domestic prod- the states in FY18 at 3 per cent jab are part of their respective debt waivers of Rs 43,000 crore of Rs 18.70 crore FICN (Fake hary said in a written reply to companies...up to November various grounds, including that uct (GSDP) ratios this year of GDP or Rs 4.99 trillion. This FY18 budgets, the waivers and Rs 17,000 crore, respec- Indian Currency Note have the Lok Sabha. 30, 2017 after following the due the entity was not carrying out compared to 19 states in FY17. is higher than the budgeted fig- announced by Maharashtra, tively, in 2014, however have been seized by State Police till Further, nearly 2.25 lakh process under Section 248 of any business for two preceding "With several states ure but considerably lower than Rajasthan and Karnataka are adopted a staggered payment November 30, 2017. PTI companies have been struck- the Companies Act," Chaud- financial years. PTI announcing farm loan waiv- FY17. The report is based on outside their budgets. mechanism. PTI Trai mulls NPPA notifies prices of 65 Bitcoins: I-T to issue Gross NPAs of banks cross reduction of 80% notices to 4-5L HNIs `8.50 lakh cr in 1st half: MoS MNP cost to `4 essential formulations NEW DELHI: National drug NEW DELHI: Widening its NEW DELHI: Gross Non-per- fund based outstanding amount Replying to another ques- NEW DELHI: Telecom regu- pricing regulator NPPA on probe into bitcoin investments forming Assets (NPAs) of banks greater than Rs 5,000 crore and tion, the minister said there lator Trai on Monday started Monday said it has notified and trade, the Income Tax crossed Rs 8.50 lakh crore at the with 60 per cent or more clas- is no proposal under consid- consultation process to bring prices of 65 essential formula- (IT) department is set to issue end of September 2017, Min- sified as non-performing as eration of the government to down mobile number porta- tions, including those used for notices to 4 to 5 lakh high net- ister of State for Finance Shiv of March 31, 2016, to initiate withdraw bank cheque book bility charges from to Rs 4 from the treatment of diabetes, infec- worth individuals (HNI) across Pratap Shukla informed the insolvency process under the facility. Rs 19 levied at present. tions, pain and high blood pres- the country who were trading Lok Sabha. Insolvency and Bankruptcy "While the government is The Trai in a statement said sure. "NPPA has fixed/revised price by 10 per cent annually. on the exchanges of this unreg- "Reserve Bank of India Code, 2016, the minister said. committed to transform India that considering the upsurge in ceiling prices/Retail Prices of 65 The calculation for essential ulated virtual currency. by them, identity of counter- (RBI) has informed that the These 12 accounts consti- into a less cash economy and the volume of porting requests scheduled formulations under drugs is based on the simple The taxman had conducted parties, related bank accounts growth in provisions for NPAs tuted about 25 per cent of the promote digital and electronic with effect from July 3, 2015, Drugs (Prices Control) Order, average of all medicines in a par- surveys at nine such exchanges used, among others," they said. of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) gross NPAs of the banking sys- transactions through multi- and the financial results of both 2013," it said. NPPA fixes ceil- ticular therapeutic segment with last week to check instances of A survey action under the IT in the first half of the current tem, he said in another reply. pronged initiatives, cheques are the mobile number portability ing price of essential medicines sales of more than 1 per cent. tax evasion. law pertains to the tax officials financial year (as on September In addition to these an integral part of the payments service providers (MNPSPs), of Schedule I under the Drugs Since 1997, NPPA has The department, official making a surprise visit to the 30, 2017 over March 31, 2017) accounts, Shukla said, RBI has landscape and form the back- the present ceiling of Rs 19 is (Prices Control) Order (DPCO) been entrusted with the task sources said, found that out of business premises of the party was 9.5 per cent," he said in a also issued directions to resolve bone of trade and commerce, by quite high as compared to cost 2013. of fixation/revision of prices the estimated 20 lakh entities under action but not their resi- written reply to the house. certain other accounts within being negotiable instruments, and volumes of transaction In respect of medicines of pharma products, enforce- registered on these exchanges, dential ones. RBI has issued directions to six months, failing which insol- which often serve as the secu- involved. It has sought pub- that are not under price con- ment of DPCO and monitor- about 4 to 5 lakh were "opera- The trigger for the action is certain banks for referring 12 vency proceedings under the rity for underlying trade trans- lic comments on the matter by trol, manufacturers are allowed ing of prices of controlled and tional" and indulging in trans- understood to be the huge spike accounts, with fund and non- Code will need to be initiated. actions," he said. PTI December 29, 2017. PTI to increase the maximum retail decontrolled drugs. PTI actions and investments. being registered in the value of Sources said that the Beng- bitcoins and other virtual cur- aluru investigation wing of the rencies in the recent past. tax department, which super- Suspected black money Markets breathe easy after BJP noses ahead in Gujarat, HP vised last week's operations, has being converted into white, post now dispatched the informa- demonetisation, through the tion of the individuals and enti- use of bitcoins was also under MUMBAI: The stock market ket Strategist, Geojit Financial ties found on these databases to the department's scanner, offi- rallied 139 points on Monday NSE NIFTY BSE SENSEX Services. Intra-day on December 18, 2017 ` regains strength after early eight other such wings across cials said. on prospects that the BJP is set Intra-day on December 18, 2017 The rupee, which had earlier the country for a detailed probe. Earlier this month, there was to keep power in Gujarat and High:10,443.55 Low: 10,074.80 High:33,801.90 Low: 32,595.63 crashed, making up much of its "Those individuals and enti- a spurt in the value of a bitcoin. topple the Congress in Him- Close: Close: losses against the dollar came as plunge, ends 20 paise down 10,388.75 33,601.68 ties whose records were recov- It rose from under $10,000 at achal Pradesh, but not before a big source of support. ered by the department are now the start of the year to close to it got a big scare from count- M&M hit it big in the MUMBAI: In line with Rupeevs Dollar being probed under tax evasion $20,000, before a sharp 20 per ing of votes early on during the Previous close: Previous close: Sensex team, soaring 2.71 per local equities, the rupee too ` per US $ charges. Notices are being issued cent plunge within hours. session. Open: 10,333.25 33,462.97 cent, while Sun Pharma and recouped its massive initial 64.04 and they will have to pay capital Bitcoin, a virtual currency, The start was ominous as the 10,263.10 SBI gained up to 2.06 per cent. losses but ended still lower by +30p gains tax on the bitcoin invest- is not regulated in the country benchmark Sensex crashed 867 +55.50 Open: +138.71 In contrast, Yes Bank, Coal 20 paise to 64.24 a dollar after ments and trade," a senior offi- and its circulation has been a points to go below the psycho- (0.54%) 33,364.52 (0.41%) India, Infosys, ITC, Kotak Bank, the trends showed the BJP will 64.34 cial privy to the operation said. cause for concern among cen- logical 33,000 while the NSE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 HDFC and NTPC succumbed form governments in Gujarat About 4-5 lakh HNIs and tral bankers the world over for Nifty plunged 258 points within to rush for taking profit, which and Himachal Pradesh. +10p 64.36 their businesses are being issued quite a while now. one hour of counting of votes narrowed the gains. Scripting its biggest single- +9p 64.40 notices which will first seek their The Reserve Bank of India that showed both the parties high of 33,801.90 and settled up It was an extremely vola- The metal index advanced day fall in the recent past, the -4p 64.24 relevant financial details and (RBI) has also cautioned users, were locked in a tight race. 138.71 points, or 0.41 per cent, tile session, borne out by the 1.83 per cent, followed by auto rupee nosedived by a whop- -20p subsequently establish the tax holders and traders of virtual But then, the tide turned as at 33,601.68, its highest closing Sensex swinging over 1,200 consumer durables and health- ping 70 paise to 64.74 in early demand, if any, he said. currencies. The government the BJP started to take lead in a since November 29 when it had points through the day and the care. However, realty finished in trade after a sense of panic 64.44 As the bitcoins or the virtual has also said that it does not majority of seats. According to closed at 33,602.76. Nifty 369 points. the negative zone. and disbelief rippled through -4p currencies (VCs) are illegal and recognise 'crypto-currency' as Election Commission tally at 5 The gauge gained 409.93 “While market sentiment Given the improvement in currency trading after initial unregulated in the country as legal tender in India. p.m., the BJP had won 70 seats points in the previous two ses- ebbed and flowed, as elec- sentiment, the broader markets trends suggested that the rul- 1112 13 14 15 18 of now, the IT department has In March, the Union finance and was leading in 29 for a pos- sions after exit polls had pre- tion results trickled in, PSU played along, with the mid-cap ing BJP was lagging behind in December 2017 taken action as per the existing ministry constituted an Inter- sible total of 99 in the 182-mem- dicted BJP win in Gujarat and bank stocks marched ahead in index rising 0.76 per cent and Gujarat election results. (Inverted scale) KBK Infographics provisions, they said. Disciplinary Committee to take ber Gujarat assembly. Himachal Pradesh assem- anticipation of bank recapitali- small-cap 0.45 per cent. Domes- Though, the domestic cur- The survey operations con- stock of the present status of vir- In Himachal Pradesh, the bly polls. The 50-share Nifty sation updates from the Parlia- tic institutional investors (DIIs) rency managed to recover a a fresh three- month high on ducted last week, under section tual currencies both in India and BJP won 17 seats and was ahead reclaimed the key 10,300-mark ment’s ongoing winter session. offloaded equities to the tune of major chunk of the lost ground Friday. Encouraging domestic 133 A of the Income Tax Act, globally and suggest measures in 27 seats while the ruling Con- to close higher by 55.50 points, Investors will now also focus Rs 635.44 crore while foreign against the dollar, the overall macro data along with robust were undertaken for "gather- for dealing with them. gress won 10 and was ahead in or 0.54 per cent, at 10,388.75, its on developments on the GST portfolio investors (FPIs) net weak sentiment kept the rupee capital inflows and bearish ing evidence for establishing the The committee has submit- 11 in the 68-member house. A highest closing since November front, including implementa- sold shares worth Rs 921.03 under continued pressure dollar undertone predomi- identity of investors and trad- ted its report which is being majority will come with 35 seats. 27. It moved between 10,074.80 tion of e-way bill mechanism,” crore last Friday, provisional throughout the day. The rupee nantly helped the domestic ers, the transaction undertaken examined. PTI The 30-share BSE index hit a and 10,443.55 intra-day. said Anand James, Chief Mar- figures showed. PTI had gained 30 paise to close at currency. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 mp Will return `190 crore subsidy About `5,000 cr spent on printing of new 500 notes to original A/Cs: Airtel to NPCI NEW DELHI: The govern- ment has informed the Lok Sabha that about Rs 5,000 crore Taking a lead earlier on Monday, Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd wrote to Airtel was spent on printing of new Rs 500 currency notes post asking it to revert the subsidy to the customers’ bank account or to the oil companies demonetisation. As per the information pro- NEW DELHI: Within days of per to Airtel Payments Bank vided by Minister of State for getting a rap on its knuckles, and hence the LPG subsidy is Finance P Radhakrishnan in a Airtel on Monday offered to getting sent to the new bank written reply, as many as 1,695.7 return Rs 190 crore subsidy that account in the Airtel Payments crore pieces of Rs 500 denomi- had flown into the ‘unsolicited’ Bank,” it had said. nation note were printed till Payments Bank accounts of its In order to check diver- December 8. 31 lakh mobile phone subscrib- sions, the government pays The amount spent on pro- ers, sources said on Monday. subsidy equivalent to buying duction of Rs 500 notes was Rs from the RBI to the government tion. About 99 per cent of the Airtel wrote to National 12 LPG cylinders of 14.2-kg 4,968.84 crore, he said. has declined by Rs 35,217 crore scrapped currency was returned Payments Corporation of India each in a year, directly into the The minister also informed in 2016 -17 mainly on account to the RBI. (NPCI) on Monday promising bank accounts of beneficiaries. that the RBI printed 365.4 crore of increase in expenditure on "Subject to future correc- to return Rs 190 crore (along Unlike in the past, LPG now pieces of Rs 2,000 notes. The printing of currency notes. tions, based on verification with interest) to the consum- is only available at market price. cost incurred is about Rs 1,293.6 The RBI had transfered Rs process, the estimated value of ers’ original bank accounts that Beneficiaries get subsidy for crore. 65,876 crore as surplus to the Specified Bank Notes (scrapped were linked to the Direct Ben- one cylinder in advance and are Similarly, Rs 522.83 crore government in 2015-16. The currency) received as on June efit Transfer (DBT), the sources replenished the moment they have been spent on printing of amount reduced to Rs 30,659 30, 2017 is Rs 15.28 lakh crore," familiar with the development use it up to buying LPG refill. 178 crore pieces of Rs 200 notes. crore in 2016-17. the minister said in reply to said. Airtel declined to comment "New design notes in the The government on Novem- another question. NPCI is an umbrella organ- when asked about its offer to denomination of Rs 50, 200, ber 8, 2016 announced to As part of its remonetisation isation for all retail payments return Rs 190 crore subsidy to 500 and 2,000 have been intro- demonetise old Rs 1,000 and exercise, the Reserve Bank came in India. original bank accounts of its 31 duced after demonetisation," the Rs 500 notes, which together out new notes of Rs 500 and Rs Both Airtel and Airtel Pay- lakh customers. minister said. In another reply, accounted for about 86 per 50. It also introduced notes of ments bank came under fire ing body UIDAI also ordered tel, the state-run oil companies revert the subsidy to the cus- Responding to the state- he said the surplus transfered cent of the currency in circula- Rs 2,000 and Rs 200. PTI after Airtel allegedly opened PricewaterhouseCoopers to had begun writing to the bil- tomers’ earlier bank account ment issued by HPCL, Airtel accounts of its mobile phone conduct an audit of Bharti Air- lionaire Sunil Mittal-led firm or transfer them same to the Payments Bank spokesperson subscribers without seeking tel and Airtel Payments Bank to asking it to transfer back the oil companies. said, “as per government rules, NTPC's capacities their “informed consent”, and ascertain if their systems and LPG subsidy that got credited In a statement earlier in the DBT subsidy goes to latest Aad- SAIL supplied 6.20 LPG subsidy worth crores was processes are in compliance to its payment bank accounts. day, HPCL said oil marketing haar linked bank account. Cus- dwindle after CEA deposited to these accounts. with the Aadhaar Act. The subsidy that the gov- companies and the oil ministry tomers can withdraw this at any The government acted “The government has taken ernment pays to households has been getting a large number of our designated outlets. No deletes 325 MW lakh tonnes rails to swiftly in the matter and the a stern view of the entire issue for buying cooking gas LPG of complaints from LPG con- charges for such withdrawals Unique Identification Author- and Airtel has been forced to has got credited to these pay- sumers on not receiving LPG are levied”. Patratu plant ity of India (UIDAI), in a stern return the amount to original ments bank accounts, lead- subsidy amounts into their ear- However, “given that some move late last week, temporar- bank account of these custom- ing to inconvenience to users lier bank accounts for the past customers have experienced NEW DELHI: State-run power railways in 2016-17 ily barred the company from ers,” said a government source many of whom did not know few weeks. inconvenience of not being giant NTPC revised its installed conducting Aadhaar-based who did not wish to be named. that their entitlement was not “In many cases across the aware of which Bank account and commercial capacities NEW DELHI: State-run against the order of 10.05 lakh SIM verification of mobile The mechanism of the coming to their regular bank three oil marketing compa- the DBT has gone to, we are downward to 51,383 MW and SAIL, the only supplier of rails tonnes, the minister informed customers using eKYC pro- DBT benefits floating into account but going an account nies (Indian Oil Corp, Bharat fully committed to resolving 50,583 MW respectively after to the Indian Railways, sup- the Lok Sabha through a writ- cess and e-KYC of payments the accounts is also being which they had not applied for. Petroleum Corp Ltd and this immediately”, it added. the Central Electricity Author- plied 6.20 lakh tonnes of rails ten reply. bank clients. tightened, to bring in greater Taking a lead, Hindustan HPCL) where the Aadhaar The company said it is “in ity (CEA) deleted its 325 MW to the national transporter, SAIL has taken steps to aug- Suspending the ‘e-KYC accountability, he noted. Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) linking of LPG consumers has the process” of taking appro- capacity of Patratu plant. Parliament was informed on ment its capacity by setting up a licence key’, the Aadhaar issu- Mounting pressure on Air- wrote to Airtel asking it to got changed in the NPCI map- priate steps in this regard. PTI In last May, the company Monday. rail mill at its Bhilai Steel Plant had informed BSE about addi- This supply was about 40 in Chhattisgarh, the minister tion of 325 MW of Patratu Ther- per cent less against the demand said. ‘Committee set up for mal Power Station of Patratu of 10.05 lakh tonnes made dur- "During April-November Govt expects to achieve 1.5 bn Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd ing 2016-17, Parliament was 2017, SAIL supplied 5.55 lakh (PVUNL) to NTPC's Group informed on Monday. tonnes to the railways, which is revival of SAIL, RINL’ capacity. "Based on the deci- To a question whether SAIL an increase of 43 per cent over tonne of coal output by 2022 sion of the Board of Directors is "lagging behind to meet corresponding period last year, NEW DELHI: A committee tenance, product mix, raw mate- of PVUNL, CEA has deleted the demand for new rails of when it was 3.89 lakh tonnes," has been set up for revival of rial handling etc for improving capacity of PVUNL units the Indian Railways for track Sai said. loss-making steel PSUs such performance," he said. The min- NEW DELHI: The country is gareni Collieries," the secre- from the database of All India renewal and capacity aug- Until now, as per an MoU, as Steel Authority of India Ltd ister put the losses in the two expected to achieve the coal tary said. Installed Capacity," NTPC said. mentation," Minister of State state-run Steel Authority of and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, PSUs down to adverse market production of 1.5 billion tonne The world's largest coal Accordingly, NTPC Group's for Steel Vishnu Deo Sai said India (SAIL) is the only com- Parliament was informed on conditions and lower net sales by 2022, Coal Secretary Susheel miner Coal India accounts for installed capacity is revised from in 2014-15, railways ordered pany supplying rails to the Monday. realisation of steel products. Kumar said on Monday. over 80 per cent of the domes- 51,708 MW to 51,383 MW and 5.81 lakh tonnes of rails and railways. SAIL manufactures The committee consists Increase in imported and indig- Of the 1.5 billion tonne, 1 tic coal production. commercial capacity now stands received 5.84 lakh tonnes. 260-metre long rails at its Bhilai of members from the Minis- enous coal prices and down- billion tonne would be con- "This may further increase at 50,583 MW from 50,908 MW. In 2015-16, the PSU steel Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattis- try of Steel, PSUs and techni- turn in the global steel industry, tributed by Coal India and the till 2030 to about close to 2 bil- PVUNL was incorporated major supplied 6.46 lakh garh. The Ministry of Railways cal experts, Minister of State among others, are also at work, rest by private producers and lion tonnes if we have some in October, 2015 as a subsidiary tonnes of rails as against the recently floated a global tender for Steel Vishnu Deo Sai said the minister added. Singareni Collieries, the offi- faith is CCU (carbon capture of NTPC with 74 per cent stake order of 8.12 lakh tonnes. In to procure 7 lakh tonnes of rails in the Lok Sabha. "A commit- Both the companies, he cial said. fuel to bolster growth. and utilisation) technology," in the company and 26 per cent the following fiscal, the PSU worth Rs 3,500 crore. This is the tee... has been set up for revival said, have taken various steps Earlier, the government had "We hope that by 2022 he said. held by Jharkhand Bijli Vitran supplied 6.20 lakh tonnes to first time that the railways has of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd to bring down cost of produc- announced to achieve a coal the domestic coal production India being a country which Nigam Ltd. PTI the public sector transporter as come up with such a tender. PTI (RINL) and Steel Authority of tion, namely slashing consump- output of 1.5 billion tonne by should be around 1.5 billion believes in international trade, India Ltd (SAIL). Experts have tion of BF coke in blast furnaces 2019-20. tonnes of which about a bil- not all imports can be stopped, submitted reports covering sev- (BF), increasing production The coal ministry had set lion tonne will be (produced he said, adding that but the eral functional aspects of SAIL from new facilities, product the target of 1 billion tonne by by) Coal India (CIL), 0.4 billion government's endeavour is to Mahindra Powerol launches all and RINL like improvement in mix enrichment, reduction in 2019-20 for state-run miner tonnes would be (produced by) reduce the import of thermal techno parameters, marketing specific power and water con- Coal India to cut imports and private producers...and a small coal specially for inland power new range of Diesel Generators and branding, equipment main- sumption and the like. PTI increase availability of the dry portion will be done by Sin- plants. PTI KOLKATA: Mahindra Pow- erol, a business unit of the $19 Govt extends billion Mahindra Group, on Iraq overtakes Saudi as main timeline for public Monday announced its entry into the higher kVA diesel generators (DG) segment with comments on data the launch of its all new range oil supplier to India: Pradhan of250/320kVA DGs in Kolkata. privacy till Jan 31 These diesel generators NEW DELHI: Iraq has over- chase from Iran. Kuwait, which are powered by the Mahin- taken Saudi Arabia for the first was the third largest supplier in NEW DELHI: The govern- dra mPower series of engines. time to become India's top 2013-14 has steadily slipped, ment has extended the deadline Designed at Mahindra Research crude oil supplier in the cur- supplying just 6.4 MT in the for public comments on white Valley, its R&D hub in Chen- rent fiscal, helped by sales of first seven months of the cur- paper pertaining to data pro- nai and manufactured at its discounted heavy crude, Oil rent fiscal. It had in 2014-15 tection framework by a month Chakan plant near Pune, this Minister Dharmendra Pradhan supplied 17.9 MT crude, which to January 31, 2018. new 9.3 litre engine range is said on Monday. came down to 9.8 MT in 2016- "The last date for submis- the latest addition to Mahin- launched 250kVA and 320kVA sumer group for us. At Mahin- Saudi Arabia traditionally 17, Pradhan said. sion of response to the white dra Powerol’smPOWER series DG Sets. dra, it is our constant endeavour has been India's top oil source He said India imported paper is extended up to January and comes equipped with the The 250kVA diesel genera- to offer advanced and accessible but in the April-October period 125.8 MT of crude oil in the 31, 2018," The Ministry of Elec- technologically advanced CRD tor is priced at Rs 12.5 lakhs technologies to our consum- of 2017-18, Iraq dethroned it, April -October period for 45.1 tronics and IT said in a note. engine. excluding GST (ex-works) & ers and our all new range of supplying 25.8 million tonnes ond biggest supplier of crude oil nian supplies jumped to 27.2 billion. In 2016-17, crude oil The data protection frame- The CRD engines are 320kVA diesel generator is 250/320kVA DGs with CRDe (MT) of oil. after Saudi Arabia till 2010-11 MT to catapult it to the third imports stood at 213.9 MT, cost- work will have an impact powered with superior and priced at Rs. 16 lakhs exclud- technology bears testimony In a written reply to a ques- but western sanctions over its spot, Pradhan said. ing $70.2 billion. on privacy of people in the advanced Common Rail Die- ing GST (ex-works) to this philosophy. This future tion in the Lok Sabha, Pradhan suspected nuclear programme Venezuela is India's fourth In 2015-16, India imported country. sel Engine (CRDe) technol- According to Hemant Sikka, ready CRDe technology is set said Saudi Arabia supplied 21.9 relegated it to the 7th spot in largest supplier with 11.5 MT 202.9 MT crude oil at $64 bil- The Supreme Court in a ogy. This technology is future President – Chief Purchase Offi- to deliver lesser emissions and MT of crude oil in the first seven the subsequent years. In 2013- during the period, followed by lion. Pradhan said India's judgement on August 24, 2017 ready and best known for heavy cer, Powerol & Spares Busi- higher performance at a lower months of 2017-18. 14 and 2014-15, India bought Nigerial with 10.6 MT, Prad- dependence on the Middle declared right to privacy a fun- duty performance and fuel effi- ness, Mahindra & Mahindra operating cost, thereby raising For the second year in a 11 MT and 10.95 MT respec- han said. India is 80 per cent East for its crude oil needs has damental right, a far-reaching ciency. It significantly reduces said,“This launch marks our the bar in customer centricity. row, Iran continues to be the tively from it. Sourcing from dependent on imports to meet increased from 58 per cent in verdict that could impact a pollution by going beyond the foray into the higher kVA Die- We will continue to innovate third largest supplier to India Iran increased to 12.7 MT in its oil needs. Easing of western 2014-15 to 63.5 per cent in the range of life choices of Indi- standard emission norms. The sel Generator segment, with our andthus offer the best-in-class by selling 12.5 MT oil during 2015-16, giving it the sixth spot. sanctions in 2015 has led to the April-October period of this ans, including food habits and same advanced technology is own engines, which in turn will products and services from the the period. Iran was India's sec- In the following year, the Ira- Indian refiners raising their pur- fiscal. PTI sexual orientation. PTI now being used for the newly define a new segment and con- Mahindra Powerol stable”. MPOST UCO’S NEW BRANCH INAUGURATED Xiaomi launches Redmi 5A starting at `4,999 AAI allocates `1.38 cr for

KOLKATA: India’s No. 1 smart- ers including Mi Preferred Part- phone brand, Xiaomi, on Mon- ners in the subsequent weeks. cervical cancer screening day launched Redmi 5A in In addition to this latest Kolkata, starting at Rs 4,999. launch, Xiaomi also recently NEW DELHI: As part of Cor- carry out various social welfare The Redmi 5A comes with a announced that it has become porate Social Responsibility, activities, for organising a series metallic matte finish and fea- the number one smartphone AAI has taken several steps to of Cervical Screening Camps for tures a dedicated microSD card vendor in India, as per IDC’s sustain and empower under- underprivileged women in 12 slot for storage expansion. latest Quarterly Smartphone privileged communities near its cities in next three years. Xiaomi’s latest launch offers Tracker, Q3 2017. airports and provide necessary Kalyanmayee will be organ- a great all-round experience With a market share of 23.5% help in socio-economic devel- ising screening camps at Delhi, for users looking for their and having shipped 9.2 million opment of the region. Lucknow, Varanasi, Mumbai, first smartphone. Redmi 5A smartphones in the quarter, the AAI is working in health, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Kol- UCO Bank MD R K Takkar inaugurated a new Branch with ATM is powered by the Qualcomm® company has become the fast- sanitation, paper recycling, kata, Bhubaneswar, Chen- at Rajouri Garden in New Delhi. 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Redmi 5A tional Data Corporation (IDC) crore for three years and has mately 7,200 women from the Head Rajeev Sharma, AGM Alok Kumar and Dinesh Kumar and other the Indian consumer. The 2GB tion of Mi fans that has helped will be available from 12 pm also states that Xiaomi is the recently given responsibility underprivileged section of the executives from Circle and Zonal Offices were also present at the RAM with 16GB storage vari- the brand emerge as Number on December 7, 2017, across leading smartphone vendor in to Kalyanmayee-AAIWWA, society are expected to benefit occasion ant is priced at Rs 5,999 and the 1, Xiaomi is offering the 2GB Flipkart, Mi.com, and Mi Home the top 50 Indian cities in Q3 an extended arm of Airports from such camps over a period 3GB RAM with 32GB storage RAM with 16GB storage vari- stores, followed by offline retail- 2017. MPOST Authority of India committed to of next three years. MPOST 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 ENGLAND SKIPPER ROOT DEFENDS VETERANS MOHUN BAGAN ROPE IN AUSTRALIAN POLICE PROBE MANCHESTER CITY’S — COOK AND BROAD AFTER ASHES LOSS MIDFIELDER CAMERON WATSON STERLING RACIAL ABUSE CASE PERTH: England captain Joe Root defended his senior players KOLKATA: City football giants Mohun Bagan on MANCHESTER: Greater Manchester Police on Monday started after his team handed back the Ashes to Australia. Former Eng- Monday announced the signing of former Bengaluru their investigation into the alleged racial abuse of Manchester land batsman Kevin Pietersen said one of the opening bowlers FC’s Scottish-Australian defensive midfielder Cameron City midfielder Raheem Sterling which occurred before their EPL needed to be dropped. Ian Bell also suggested it was time for Watson for the rest of the I-League season. Watson, 30, clash with Tottenham. The 23-year-old was kicked and racially Alastair Cook to retire, having scored just 83 runs at 13.83 in replaced Diogo Ferreira who was roped in at the start abused as he arrived at City’s training ground on Saturday this series so far. of the season but did not play a single match for them. ahead of their game against Tottenham later that day. Injury-laden Mohun Bagan aim for win against Neroca Australia earn Ashes ‘Urn’, KOLKATA: Grappling with injuries, Mohun Bagan will be retain title after innings win desperate to return to winning ways when they face debutants Neroca FC in an I-League foot- PERTH: Steve Smith praised WACA staff worked furi- ball fixture at the Saltlake Sta- his “exceptional” team as Aus- ously with leaf blowers to try dium on Tuesday. tralia reclaimed the Ashes with to dry the patch out as more Star Haitian forward Sony an innings win over England showers passed through. Norde and Ansumana Kro- in the third Test in Perth on Umpires Chris Gaffaney mah, who sat out in their 1-1 Monday, and set his sights on and Marais Erasmus would not draw against Shillong Lajong a series whitewash. allow play to resume until they FC, are still carrying niggles Australia dismissed Eng- believed the pitch had been and remain doubtful starters, land for 218 in their second returned to the same condition while Arijit Bagui and Azha- innings after rain delays and a as at the end of day four, which ruddin Mallick have been news conference. — the two games we dropped pitch controversy on the final ended up being after lunch. ruled out. Defender Kingsley “We are missing Yuta of points in. We conceded after day in Perth to win back the “It was a shame that was Eze Obumneme is serving a course but it does not mean scoring the first goal and it is urn in the last Ashes Test to be some water was able to get suspension after his red card the team was wholly reliant on imperative that we don’t drop played at the WACA Ground. through the covers in the first against Shillong Lajong and him. He played the lone match points in our home games.” That gave the home side an place at an international venue,” coach Sanjoy Sen will have task and he was good and every- Sen, however, said the fight innings-and-41-run win and Smith commented. cut out against the debutants one termed him as the man to for the championship is still not an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the “The umpires made the who are fresh from two succes- look out for. We might never a lost cause. “For the last three five-match series, having won right call to get us back on to sive wins against Chennai City know if he would have been years I have been harping over the opening two Tests in Bris- play the game.” and Gokulam FC. However, that important for us until and the lack of consistency and sel- bane and Adelaide. “Credit to the umpires for Sen did not want the injuries to unless he plays more games. So dom has it been that Mohun “It’s been an amazing cou- making the right call on the be an excuse, especially to that it is unfortunate but there is no Bagan have won three games ple of weeks,” said Smith. start of play, they gave it time of Yuta Kinowaki who has been point crying over split milk,” he back-to-back,” he said. “If you “What the boys have deliv- to dry out as when we got to ruled out for at least five weeks. said. Sen urged his side to buck look at it, right now we are kind ered has been exceptional. Eng- the ground it wasn’t fit to play “It is a part and parcel of the up after dropping points in two of in a similar position in terms land have had their foot in the on,” Root said. modern game. games out of four. of points compared to out title- door in a couple of games and Wickets tumbled quickly Unfortunately this season “We have to learn from our winning season,” he reasoned. we’ve been able to claw our way for England upon the delayed the injuries are a bit more but past mistakes. It is not that we The former United SC man back to get back in the game, resumption, with Jonny Bair- we have to make results from haven’t scored goals in the game only had words of praise for and then keep the foot on the stow bowled for 14 by the first what we have,” Sen said at the against Minerva and Lajong the visitors. AGENCIES throat.” delivery he faced for the day Having confirmed his sta- from Hazlewood, which kept tus as the world’s best batsman low. Australian skipper Steve Smith celebrates with head coach Darren Lehmann Churchill eyeing with a match-winning double Hazlewood also removed Tlang’s strike century, Smith added victori- England’s last hope Dawid first victory ous Ashes captain to his ever- SMITH PRAISES BOLD SELECTORS AFTER ASHES VICTORY Malan — who backed up his expanding resume. PERTH: Steve Smith has paid tribute to some bold selections after his team regained first innings century with a over Chennai That CV also includes a role the Ashes in Perth on Monday. Smith said the comprehensive result, which has Australia fighting 54 before being caught sinks defending in the 5-0 whitewash of Eng- behind — to finish with figures land on their last tour to Aus- on track for its third Ashes whitewash in four home series, was vindication for the na- of 5-48. City FC today tralia, and Smith said his team tional selectors for making some imaginative selections. Wicketkeeper Tim Paine was Malan’s first day heroics, would now seek to repeat that not even keeping for his state side Tasmania when he was named for the first Test at which helped England a dom- champs in derby VASCO: Former champions achievement. the Gabba, while the recall of 34-year-old Shaun Marsh raised plenty of eyebrows. inant position at 368-4 from Churchill Brothers would look “It’d be fantastic to do that “I thought they were really good selections,” Smith said. AGENCIES which an innings defeat would to snap their four-match los- and we’ll talk about Melbourne have appeared almost impos- ing streak and post their first when we get there.” While it was a comfort- land 132 for four at the conclu- through to Monday morning, sible, seemed a distant memory win when they face Chennai “Right now, I’m just really able win for the home side sion of the fourth day, still 127 with Australia needing just six as he trudged from the field. City FC in their opening home satisfied with what we’ve in the end, there was high runs behind, but a rain-dam- more wickets to win. Only seven sides in Test history match of the I-League here on achieved in these first three drama on the final day cour- aged pitch threatened to foil Complicating matters fur- have been beaten by an innings Tuesday. Test matches.” tesy of yet another WACA pitch the home side. ther was a damp spot on the after scoring 400 in their first Churchill had a disastrous “I’d love to do that again, controversy. Showers had caused play pitch, just outside the popping innings, and it has happened start this season, having lost but we will just take it one step Victory seemed assured for to be abandoned early on the crease at the southern end of to England three times in the all their four matches they have at a time.” Australia when they had Eng- fourth day and they continued the ground. last 12 matches. AGENCIES played so far and they desper- ately need a win when they take the field at Tilak Maidan. Gyeltshen’s They were unlucky not to Gambhir, Chandela seize control vs Bengal collect a point in their previous goal helps KOLKATA: Meghalaya-based lang Kharpan secured his berth match as Willis Plaza’s stoppage PUNE: Gautam Gambhir was GAUTAM GAMBHIR the rise off Shami set the tone. outfit Shillong Lajong defeated in the attack. time goal saw East Bengal col- patience personified while There was no stopping Gamb- Punjab defeat Aizawl FC 1-0 in the season’s The home side enjoyed the lect full points. unheralded Kunal Chandela hir as the sparse crowd egged first North Eastern derby of lion’s share of possession as they Earlier, Churchill failed to showed maturity beyond years him on. “Gambhir bhai, make I-League at the Rajiv Gandhi had control of the proceedings collect a point against defend- as their twin tons took Delhi Manoj Tiwary chase all the way Arrows 1-0 Stadium on Monday afternoon. from the start. In the 9th minute, ing champions Aizawl FC. to a commanding 271 for three to the boundary,” shouted one. Redeem Tlang registered the Lalmuankima beautifully set They are now lying at the bot- against Bengal on the second When Dinda intentionally PUNJAB: Chencho Gyelt- winning goal in the 60th minute. up the ball for Yugo Kobayashi tom without a point from four day of the Ranji Trophy semi- threw a ball towards Gamb- shen struck in the 80th min- The hosts lined up in a 4-4-2 but the Japanese striker’s shot matches. Chennai City FC are final, here on Monday. hir on follow through — all in ute to hand his side a 1-0 win shape with Lalbiak Thanga lacked power. Three minutes one point above Churchill. With Bengal scoring a below very bad taste, he simply swayed over Indian Arrows in their replacing the injured David later, Lalram Hmunmawia, from Churchill coach Alfred Fer- par 286 in their first essay, they away from the line and didn’t I-League match held at Guru Lalrinmuana in the midfield. inside the box, released a left- nandes, who is looking after the are sure to concede first innings react. He hit two back to back Nanak Stadium in Punjab on As for the visitors, Bobby Non- footed long-ranger which flew team in the absence of sacked lead. The only positive aspect for boundaries off Amir Gani to Monday. Arrows were on the get made two changes from the over the bar. Mykola Shevchenko, said his Bengal was final session where reach his hundred. Identical receiving end of a 0-2 defeat side which shared spoils with The second-half changed team can bounce back in the Delhi scored only 51 runs los- cover drives — one that raced when these two sides met a few Mohun Bagan in their last fix- the nature of the game as The league with a win tomorrow. ing three wickets including only his third first-class match. this season has been his attitude. through the ground and another weeks ago in Goa. ture as Alen Deory was demoted Reds outclassed the home side., “It’s frustrating to see the Gambhir (127 off 216 balls) off The manner in which Gamb- He has remain attached with a lofted to reach the milestone in Khogen Singh made three to the bench with Kynsailang The ball reached Redeem Tlang team lose in the stoppage time Mohammed Shami. Gambhir hir-Chandela duo humiliated a goal of guiding Delhi with cru- 122 balls. When he raised his changes from their 2-1 win Khongsit replacing him in the on the rebound who swung it twice. We did well against East was an epitome of calmness dur- Bengal attack comprising Shami cial runs yet remained unin- bat, the Delhi players sprinted over Chennai City FC. Rak- starting XI. Also, Samuel Lal- towards the right-side of the Bengal and deserved a point ing his 42nd first-class hundred (23.2-3-83-1) and Ashok Dinda volved like an isolated island. A down the stairs from dressing shit Dagar made his way into muanpuia was ruled out due net, beyond the reach of cus- which would have boosted our in company of Chandela (113 (18-2-86-1) looked pedestrian. pull in front of the square fol- room to give him a standing the lineup for Arshdeep Saini to injury which meant Shaibor- todian Avilash Paul. AGENCIES confidence,” he said. AGENCIES off 192 balls), who is playing The best part about Gambhir lowed by a square cut played on ovation. AGENCIES in goal. Sukhdev Singh and Amandeep Singh came in as Lago Bei was relegated to the Rohit moves up two places to 5th in ICC batsmen rankings bench. Souvik Das was not Ton-up Nair ensures first even in the 18-man squad. DUBAI: Indian opener Rohit batsmen. It’s the first time that ing of third in February 2016, he After a break of thirteen Sharma’s third career double hun- Rohit has crossed the 800-point reached a personal high of 825 days from their last game, which incidentally was the dred in the just-concluded series mark as he ended the three- points after the second match in innings lead for Karnataka 2-0 defeat at home against the against Sri Lanka has pushed him match ODI series which India won Mohali when he struck an un- same opponents, Luis Norton up two spots to fifth in the latest 2 -1 with 816 points. Though he beaten 208, his third ODI double- de Matos made two alterations KOLKATA: Vice-captain of his own. ICC ODI Player Rankings among has enjoyed a career-high rank- century. AGENCIES PIC/PTI Karun Nair struck an unbeaten Abhijit Sarkar and Aniket century to put former champi- Anil Jadhav were relegated to ons Karnataka in a strong posi- the bench. West Bengal duo tion on the second day of their Rahim Ali and Abhishek Hal- Don’t think Rahane’s form is a concern: Ganguly Ranji Trophy semifinal against der were ushered into the first Vidarbha at the Eden Gardens, eleven. PUNE: Ajinkya Rahane’s est captain. here on Monday. The Portuguese chose to wretched form will not be a big “Rohit Sharma did well in Nair’s unbeaten 148 go with four men at the back. concern for the South Africa- the two chances that he got. ensured Karnataka take a vital Goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh bound Indian team, feels for- If it’s a flat track, may be we 109- run first innings lead over Moirangthem had a backline of mer captain Sourav Ganguly. should have that extra fast Vidarbha. Resuming at the Boris Singh Thangjam, Deepak Rahane has scored only 17 bowler in the XI but if it’s a overnight score of 36 for three, Tangri, Jitendra Singh and San- runs in five innings against Sri green top, we should definitely Nair hit 20 fours and one six in jeev Stalin lining up in front Lanka at home but his record have an extra batsman,” he his stellar knock and batted all of him. outside sub continent makes opined. the three sessions. Suresh Singh Wangjam, him a vital cog in the wheel. Ganguly, who is the presi- Nair thwarted an onslaught Amarjit Singh Kiyam and Hal- “ No, I don’t think Ajinkya dent of the Cricket Associa- from young Vidarbha pacer der played in a tight-knit three- Rahane’s form is a concern tion of Bengal (CAB), picked Rajneesh Gurbani, who man midfield. On-loan from as he is a quality player. Virat Shikhar Dhawan as his choice returned with his third succes- Bengaluru FC, striker Edmund Kohli, Rahane, Cheteshwar as opening partner of Murali sive five-wicket haul (5/90). Lalrindika was deployed cen- Pujara and Murali Vijay have Vijay. The second Indian to score trally and he had Rahul Kan- all been to South Africa. The “Shikhar Dhawan has been a triple century in Tests, Nair, noly Praveen and Rahim Ali best thing is that they are going in such great form and Murali found a fine ally in his skip- offering him support from the back to South Africa as better Vijay has also played well per R Vinay Kumar (20 not flanks. AGENCIES players,” Ganguly said during the best bowling attack or not. Hardik Pandya at No 6, some- against Sri Lanka,” he said. out) as the duo batted sensibly an interaction on the sidelines They have got pace for sure. thing a lot of experts are scepti- While India have talent to amid the ruins in an unbro- of Ranji Trophy semi-final Umesh has pace, Bhuvneshwar cal considering his technique in do well, winning a series will ken 69-run ninth wicket part- between Bengal and Delhi. is in good form, so let’s wait,” bouncy conditions is not well be easier said than done. nership that took Karnataka’s The former captain is he said. documented. “India are a good team but lead past 100. At close, Kar- impressed with current bowl- While conditions will “You will not realise till you it won’t be easy that much I can nataka were 294/8 when bad ing attack but wants to wait till determine the playing XI in give Hardik a chance. Depends tell you. If the batsmen put up light stopped play at 93 overs pacer Umesh Yadav (2/71) ending Nair’s overnight part- he watches them in action. Cape Town on January 5, Gan- on how you want to go about runs on the board, this attack with three days left in play. gave Vidarbha their first break- nership with CM Gautam (73 “We will find out if this is guly is not averse to trying out it,” said one of India’s shrewd- can get wickets,” he said. PTI Bowling with a short run-up, through at the stroke of lunch off 139 balls). AGENCIES 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017 mp Entertainment

‘Influence of women in any FIELD IS GOOD’ Farhan Akhtar talks about the influence of women in the industry, box office numbers, and his idea of fitness...

NEW DELHI: Actor-filmmaker-singer Far- to lose money,” said the co-founder of Excel han Akhtar hopes that actresses backing films Entertainment that has produced blockbust- as producers is not just a passing trend as he ers like Rock On!! and Zindagi Na Milegi believes that women’s influence, irrespective Dobara. of the field, is good for everyone. The first look of his next co-production Over the years, actors like Dia Mirza, Pri- 3 Storeys, starring Pulkit Samrat, Sharman yanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Chitrangda Joshi, Richa Chadha and Renuka Shahane, Singh and Richa Chadha have shown interest was unveiled recently. in contributing to filmmaking as producers. So, is a multi-starrer the formula for a Asked what he thought about the trend, hit film? Akhtar said, “That’s how it should be. Not just “I don’t think so. Eventually, a good story actors, there are also a lot of female produc- should be the formula for success... whether ers and women who are working in different it is about one person in a room or 21 people companies and handling the creative aspect in a colony like in ‘3 Storeys’. Our emphasis is of those companies.” on trying to tell good stories. “It is amazing to see that. The more influ- “Arjun Mukerjee, who is the director and ence that we have of women in any field, why writer of this film, has truly put together just films... it can be sports or politics also, it’s something that we consider very special. Now good for everyone because they have a differ- we are excited to share it with others,” he said. ent perspective on things because they have Farhan is also passionate about fitness, experienced life in different ways from what among other things. The actor, who has we (men) have; so, it makes a difference,” fronted ads of vitamins and dietary sup- added the brother of director Zoya Akhtar. plements brand, is now endorsing Apollo Farhan’s latest co-production, Fukrey Munich Health Insurance. Returns, registered an opening day collec- Is he deliberately focussing on health- tion of Rs 8.10 crore on December 8. Are related brands? box office collections more important when “It is not deliberate. I do feel good he produces a film? about doing it when it does happen. “The reason you do a film is because you I don’t go around looking for it, but I want to share it with the world and when a guess the lifestyle that I lead, the kind of When Hema Malini played Rani Padmini lot of people see your film, the most tangible work that I do, information on my life and recognition of it is the box office collection, focus on health and fitness, encourage peo- MUMBAI: Deepika Padukone of the characters she played in Padmavati’s role, that is Rani because you can aggregate a number through ple to come and speak to me about it,” said is still awaiting the release of the series, which aired in 1986 Padmini in ‘Tera Panhey’.” it,” he said. the 43-year-old. Padmavati but veteran actor on Doordarshan. She then quipped, “Mine But for him, success of a film also means When did he start taking fitness seriously? Hema Malini has revealed The 69-year-old actor was already got a release.” “conceptually what is done to get people to “I got serious about it in 2003-2004. I was she once played Rani Pad- speaking at a panel discussion, When asked where she sees think about things”. shooting for ‘Lakshya’ in Ladakh. We were mini, a character now mired “Seventy is the New Seventy herself in the next five years in “There are many films that were released there for five months and I felt incredibly fit in controversy. – Who the Hell Wants to be politics, she said she does not in their time and not considered box office by the time I came back from there. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Thirty?” along with author- harbour “big political” ambi- hits, but what that film meant, the kind of “When I returned to Mumbai, my energy period drama is yet to receive a columnist Shobhaa De and tions and wants to serve people. story-telling, the work that went into that levels were really high... it was a feeling that I certificate from the CBFC. Sev- Ram Kamal Mukherjee, who “I was offered to be in Rajya film have sustained and at times (they are) didn’t want to lose. eral Rajput outfits and political penned Malini’s biography Sabha, but because I was com- considered as landmark films and way ahead That’s when I started training with Sam leaders are accusing the direc- “Hema Malini: Beyond the ing from another background, of their times. (Samir Jaura), who is my trainer,” said the tor of “distorting historical Dream Girl”. it was tough. But I really enjoy So, success of a film can be gauged on many Bhaag Milkha Bhaag actor. facts” in the movie. When asked if people have it. Being a politician, I get so fronts; but is box office important? He believes fitness is not about “going to Historians are divided become a little too sensitive much love from the people. I “Of course it is, because people are put- a gym and getting big biceps. It’s much more over whether Padmini actu- about issues, especially in the don’t have any great ambition ting money in a film. You don’t want anyone than that”. IANS ally existed. ber historical characters on the depicted 13 chapters from the case of Padmavati, Malini said, to be a minister or anything. I Malini had played a num- TV series “Tera Panhey”, which history. Rani Padmini was one “I feel very happy that I’ve done just want to serve people.” PTI Minaj responds to ‘white rapper’ COMMENT LOS ANGELES: Rapper Nicki She wrote: “It’s a great time Minaj has hit back at the crit- to be a white rapper in Amer- ics who slammed her for say- ica, huh? These are the top 10 rap ing that it’s a “great time to be songs on US iTunes... Congratu- MCU to include ‘X-Men’, ‘Deadpool’ a white rapper in America”. lations to Em (Eminem) on his A number of social media new album.” users slammed Minaj when The post immediately sparked she posted the comment, call- a debate with many fans support- POST DISNEY-FOX MERGER ing her a “racist”. ing Minaj’s decision to call atten- But Minaj hit back say- tion to the white rappers, but LOS ANGELES: Disney CEO The announced deal is a coming, ing that she is blocking all others criticised her for singling Bob Iger announced the Mar- massive turnaround for Mar- we think “you sensitive d**k riders”, out white rappers. vel Cinematic Universe will vel as the company can finally we can reports aceshowbiz.com. In response, Minaj followed incorporate franchises such reclaim many of its lost char- manage “It is a great time to be up her hit back by posting a now- as X-Men, Fantastic Four and acters after it licensed them out that fine,” a white rapper in Amer- deleted clip of hip-hop artiste J. Deadpool after the acquisition to prevent bankruptcy in the he said. ica! I want to sign one Cole commenting on white musi- of 21st Century Fox is compete 1990s. The MCU for my new labels. You cians who infiltrate various music in the historic merger. Iger also addressed the has already taken up The know anyone? I speak my genres. Disney is set to buy 21st potential of Deadpool, the R- Avengers with Guardians mothaf***in mind and if Nicki captioned the clip: Century Fox assets for USD 52.4 rated Marvel franchise at Fox. of the Galaxy, Doctor you don’t like it get off my “Be mad at this too. I work in billion in the Hollywood deal. “It (‘Deadpool’) clearly Strange and Spider-Man page d**k riders.” the music business. Therefore, AceShowbiz quoted Iger has been and will be Marvel (now being played by Minaj made the white I post on new developments in saying, “We’re also looking for- branded. But we think there Tom Holland). rapper comment on her Ins- the music industry. Whenever a ward to expanding the Marvel might be an opportunity for a Disney also tagram account on iTunes’ black women speaks on anything Cinematic Universe to include Marvel-R brand for something announced its ambitious hip-hop/rap songs chart on she is labelled as ‘mad’, ‘angry’, ‘X-Men’, ‘Fantastic Four’ and like ‘Deadpool’. As long as we plan to launch two stream- Sunday. and ‘bitter’.” IANS ‘Deadpool’.” let the audiences know what’s ing services by 2019. PTI Sofia Richie not joining KARDASHIANS’ SHOW LOS ANGELES: Singer Lionel Richies daughter a ton of time together, but he’s usually in front of Sofia Richie won’t be a part of the popular TV the reality-show cameras when he’s around his show “Keeping up with the Kardashians” even cute kiddos: Mason, 8, Penelope, 5, and Reign, though she is dating reality TV personal- 3. Apparently, the lovebirds just aren’t at that ity Scott Disick. hang-with-kids point in their relationship yet. Sofia is not interested in join- On top of that, Sofia simply doesn’t really ing the show because she is yet know the rest of the huge family, including to create a bond with Dis- sisters Kim Kardashian West and Khloe ick’s three children, who Kardashian. he has with reality TV star It is also reported that Kourtney Kardashian, Kourtney “didn’t influence reports tmz.com. producers to keep Sofia off “There are absolutely camera” as the Kardashian zero plans for ‘Keeping up sisters don’t personally know with the Kardashians’ to cast Sofia. her. The show features the Kar- While she has been with Disick a lot, dashian and Jenner families. Dis- she is not with him when he is around ick is also a part of the his children – Mason, Reign and show. It centers around the Penelope,” a source said. day-to-day life of the whole Scott, 34, and Sofia, 19, spend family. IANS 16 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 19 December, 2017

High fees no longer an obstacle in reaching your dreams!

DELHI GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES HISTORIC SCHEME FOR STUDENTS FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME

Delhi Government has launched the 'Fee Assistance Scheme' for economically weaker students enrolled in undergraduate courses in Delhi Government educational institutes, colleges and universities

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi Delhi Technological University, Delhi

Ambedkar University Delhi Indira Gandhi Delhi Technological University For Women, Delhi

National Law University, , Delhi Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi

Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research University, Delhi

Students enrolled in the above institutions can avail the beneit of the 'Fee Assistance Scheme' on the basis of income/economic and academic performance under the following categories:

Eligibility Qualifying Marks Fee Assistance (Annual Family Income from all sources) (All subjects)

Category 1 - Ration card holders under National Food Security 60% 100% Category 2 - Annual Income Up to Rs 2.5 L 60% 50% Category 3 - Annual Income Between Rs 2.5 L to Rs 6 L 60% 25%

Note: Relaxation of 5% in Qualifying marks for SC/ST Students Dip/Shabdarth/D/0142/17-18 Apply Online https://edistrict.delhigovt.nic.in/ Last date to apply: 31st December 2017

Students of Delhi who are recipients of the 'National Bravery Award' and are pursuing higher education in India are eligible for 100% Fees Reimbursement and other inancial assistance. For more information, contact: Directorate of Higher Education, 5 Sham Nath Marg, Delhi Helpline No.: 011-23930517 Manish Sisodia Directorate of Higher Education Dy.Chief Minister and Education Minister, Delhi

, Government of NCT of Delhi