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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 200 | Friday, 20 July 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,957.10 (-23.35) qSENSEX 36,351.23 (-22.21) pDOW JONES 25,199.29 (+79.40) qNASDAQ 7854.44 (-0.67) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 69.05 (-0.43) qRUPEE/EURO 80.02 (-0.25) pGOLD/10GM 30,825 (+25.00) qSILVER/K 39,150 (-50.00) OVER `1,000 CR LS PASSES FUGITIVE ISRAEL ADOPTS ‘DON’T WANT TO FOR DEVP WORK ECO OFFENDERS CONTROVERSIAL SEPARATE MY IN UNAUTHORISED BILL AS OPPOSITION JEWISH ‘NATION- IDENTITY FROM COLONIES PG3 ATTACKS GOVT PG7 STATE’ LAW PG10 SHAHID’ PG16 Class-X student at- BJP CONFIDENT OF WIN, OPPN SAYS ISSUE NOT JUST OF NUMBERS PC, son Karti charged by tacked by rival group near school, dies CBI in Aircel Maxis case Govt, Oppn brace for MPOST BUREAU ZAFAR ABBAS NEW DELHI: Congress leader NEW DELHI: Schoolchildren of a Delhi gov- P Chidambaram and his son ernment school turned so brutal on Wednesday Karti Chidambaram were on that they murdered a fellow 17-year-old school- Thursday named as accused in mate just outside the school in Jyoti Nagar of today’s no-trust vote a charge sheet filed by the CBI North East Delhi. in the Aircel-Maxis deal case in The boy Gaurav was punched and kicked SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE the motion. On the other side, which they have been charged several times on his body by the school chil- another key political stakeholder for alleged criminal conspiracy The CBI was conducting dren that he got severe internal wounds and col- NEW DELHI: Hectic efforts are in the south- the TRS also seemed and misconduct. probe as to how Chidambaram, lapsed just after the beating. He was immediately on to form ranks on both sides of to maintain a distance from the no- The agency filed its supple- who was the finance minister in rushed to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital by his the political divide ahead of Fri- confidence motion since Wednes- mentary charge sheet before 2006, granted Foreign Invest- brother but he succumbed to his injuries. See P4 day’s no-confidence motion against day. The ruling BJD in Odisha said special CBI judge O P Saini ment Promotion Board (FIPB) the government. Given the NDA’s it would reveal its stand on the who fixed it for consideration approval to a foreign firm when sheer numbers in parliament’s motion on the floor of the House on July 31. only the Cabinet Committee on Hardly anything done to lower house, the government may on Friday. The BJD has 19 MPs. Besides Chidambaram and Economic Affairs (CCEA) was not face too many jitters during Indications are that it might abstain Karti, the CBI named ten indi- empowered to do it. the trust vote. The big question from the trust vote. viduals, including public ser- The senior Congress lead- clean Ganga: NGT will be the decision of fence-sitters All the key parties including the vants, and six companies as er’s role had come under the given next year’s general elections. BJP and the Congress have issued accused in the case. scanner of investigating agen- NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK and whips to ensure the presence of all The charge sheet was filed cies in the Aircel-Maxis deal of (NGT) on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction Telangana Rashtra Samithi of K its members in the House. for the alleged offences of Rs 3,500 crore and INX Media over the cleaning up of Ganga and said the Chandrashekar Rao, are likely to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on criminal conspiracy under the case involving Rs 305 crore. situation was extraordinarily bad and hardly vote in favour of the government, Wednesday said the discussion on Indian Penal Code (IPC), pub- In its charge sheet filed ear- anything effective has been done to clean the sources said, after BJP chief Amit the no-confidence motion moved lic servant taking illegal gratifi- lier in the case against former river. Shah reached out to them. Naveen by BJP’s former ally TDP and oth- cation, punishment for abetting telecom minister Dayanidhi A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Patnaik’s BJD is likely to abstain. ers will be held for the full day fol- this offence and public servant Maran, his brother Kalanithi A K Goel said that despite claims by the authori- Though the numbers are heav- dence motion will be taken on Fri- the National Democratic lowed by voting on it. committing criminal miscon- Maran and others, the agency ties, the work done on the ground for Ganga ily stacked against the opposition, day, a Sena functionary said late on Alliance(NDA) has 313 mem- The BJP claimed it would com- duct under the Prevention of had alleged that Chidambaram rejuvenation was not adequate and regular mon- the Congress and other par- Thursday night. bers including 274 (including the fortably sail through the no-confi- Corruption Act. had granted FIPB approval in itoring was required to improve the situation. ties indicated on Friday that they Earlier in the day, a whip issued Speaker)of BJP, 18 of Shiv Sena, dence motion and that it is hopeful If convicted, the offences March 2006 to Mauritius-based The Green panel ordered survey to seek are keen to utilise the debate to by the Sena had asked all MPs to six of Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP of getting support from several entail a maximum punishment Global Communication Ser- views of common man about what he feels on attack the government on a range support the NDA government. and four from Shiromani Akali non-NDA parties. of seven years. vices Holdings Ltd, a subsid- ground about the pollution in Ganga and said of issues including farm distress, The BJP, on the other hand, is Dal(SAD). The majority mark in The Congress, however, said it According to the sources, iary of Maxis. the feedback could be given through e-mail of slow economic growth and rising seeking to expand the guaranteed the House is 268. There are 11 is not only a question of numbers. the CBI is yet to obtain sanc- The Enforcement Director- the authorities concerned. incidents of lynching. support of 313 members and said vacancies. The debate in Lok Sabha will tion to prosecute the public ate is also probing a separate “It is the most prestigious river in the country Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thac- it would back the government and As the opposition and the be held from 11 am on Friday. servants. money laundering case in the which 100 crore people respect but we are unable keray has asked his party MPs to look for support from regional par- government geared up for the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is The money alleged to be Aircel-Maxis deal in which the to protect it. Let us try to make the mechanism remain in Delhi, but the final deci- ties like the All India Anna Dravida no-trust motion- the first in 15 scheduled to speak soon after it given as illegal gratification was agency has questioned Chid- as strong and effective as possible,” the bench, sion as to whether the party will Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) years, Tamil Nadu Chief Min- starts, PM Modi, who will be pres- taken from a Malaysia-based ambaram and Karti. Both also comprising Justices Jawad Rahim and R S support the Modi government and the Biju Janata Dal(BJD). ister K Palaniswami hinted his ent in the House, will respond to it company and Aircel Televen- Chidambaram and Karti have Rathore, said. See P7 against the Opposition’s no-confi- In a House of 534 MPs, party AIADMK might not back shortly before the voting is held. tures Ltd, they said. denied the allegations. Condemn mob No compromise on security Now, software to Mallikarjun Kharge writes to lynching, asked check plagiarism states to take action of passport mobile app: MEA PM, boycotts Lokpal meet RAJNATH SINGH in PhD theses MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU would also like to caution that MPOST BUREAU any eminent person who would NEW DELHI: There has been no NEW DELHI: Leader of Con- be chosen for appointment as In today’s compromise on security aspects NEW DELHI: The govern- gress in the Lok Sabha Mal- Lokpal would not accept this concerning passport applications ment on Thursday said it is likarjun Kharge on Thursday appointment made by a selec- paper through the new mobile app and any making it mandatory for all boycotted a meeting of the tion committee that did not attempt to get fake passports made universities to scan PhD the- selection committee for consider the views of the oppo- ... from cyber cafes will be rejected, ses through a robust software appointment of Lokpal that remained unacknowledged and sition,” he said. CITY External Affairs Minister Sushma to check plagiarism. was chaired by Prime Minister unaddressed. Kharge objected to him Swaraj said on Thursday. residence. Disclosing this while Narendra Modi. “Under these circum- being invited as a ‘special invi- BUILDING DEATH TOLL UP TO NINE 4 Replying to a query during Ques- With the launch of the ‘mPass- replying to supplementaries Earlier in the day, Kharge stances, I must once again tee’ and said that the govern- tion Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Swaraj port Seva App’, a person now does not in the Rajya Sabha, HRD Min- wrote to Modi saying he will respectfully inform that I ment was well aware that there NATION said “all security measures” were require access a computer and printer ister Prakash Javadekar said it not attend such meetings till would not be able to attend the is no such provision under sec- 14 KILLED AS BUS ROLLS DOWN GORGE 7 being followed and once the data cen- to apply for a passport. is not true that all varsities are the time the leader of the sin- meeting of the selection com- tion 4 of the Act. tre receives the application, it will be She said 67,500 applications were getting fake research papers, gle largest opposition party is mittee until the leader of the “It has been four years EDIT automatically deleted from the send- received after the launch of the mobile but efforts are being made to made a full-fledged member single largest opposition party since your government came er’s mobile. app. rectify the wrongdoings. of the panel. is conferred the status of a full- to power and if the govern- WIDER CANVAS FOR AGRICULTURE 8 Likewise, the data centre automat- The Minister also said that rules "It is not Kharge had on earlier occa- fledged member as envisioned ment was indeed sincere INTERNATIONAL ically rejects fraudulent applications had been simplified for passports by true that sions too boycotted meetings of in the Lokpal Act 2013,” he said about including the voice of filed through cyber cafes etc., she striking off useless, irrelevant and fake degrees the panel on the same ground. in his letter. the Opposition in this process, WH CONSIDERING PUTIN PROPOSAL 11 said, adding that all security measures unnecessary questions and the pro- are given in In his letter to Modi, he “I believe that the process it could have brought the nec- which are adhered to in advanced cess has been streamlined. Elaborat- all univer- referred to previous letters in of appointing the Lokpal under essary amendment to ensure BUSINESS nations were being followed here. ing, she asked “how can an orphan sities. This this regard saying these have such circumstances is vitiated. I the same,” he wrote to Modi. ` SUFFERS LIFE-TIME LOW AGAINST $ 13 The External Affairs Ministry’s tell his or her date of birth” and added issue has passport seva mobile application, that a provision had been made that come to light only at a few SPORT which allows users to apply for a the date of birth provided by the in places, and we have devel- RBI to issue new `100 notes in lavender colour travel document from anywhere in charge of an orphanage will be con- oped new software to check EAST BENGAL WIN 29TH SHIELD TITLE 14 the country, has registered one mil- sidered the birth date. plagiarism, and we have made MPOST BUREAU The note has other designs, geometric patterns lion downloads in just two days of its In reply to another query, Swaraj it mandatory for all varsities to aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at FOR ADVERTISING launch on June 26. admitted that the quality of passport enforce it. MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the obverse and reverse." External Affairs Minister Swaraj for Members of Parliament was bad "There are different soft- Thursday said it will soon issue Rs 100 denomi- As per the statement, all the earlier series of kindly contact at 9810195709 or had launched the application, avail- and now, after studying the passports ware, but varsities should use nation bank notes. According bank notes in Rs 100 denomi- able in Android and IOS platforms, of other nations, the best quality cov- software to scan all PhD thesis to the RBI, the new bank notes nation will continue to be legal [email protected] on June 26 with facilities for applying, ers are used for printing at Nasik so to check plagiarism. All such will be in the "Mahatma Gan- tender. paying and scheduling appointments that the passports are not damaged. thesis which has been copied dhi (New) Series". "As is normal, when a new FOR SUBSCRIPTION to acquire a passport. Replying to a supplementary will be caught through the use "The new denomination design of banknote is intro- kindly contact at 8800854665 It was launched along with a regarding a passport for a woman of such software. I feel this will has motif of 'RANI KI VAV' duced, printing and supply of or scheme under which a person can who had an inter-faith marriage, help check the menace," he on the reverse, depicting the country's cultural these notes for distribution to public through [email protected] apply for a passport from anywhere Swaraj said that a passport had been said in Rajya Sabha. heritage," the apex bank said in a statement. the banking channel will gradually increase," in India, irrespective of the place of issued to her. "The base colour of the note is lavender. the statement added. SIT on black money suggests CONSUMERS GET GREATER POWER TO STOP ANNOYING CALLS `1 crore cap on cash holdings TRAI overhauls rules on pesky calls, spam MPOST BUREAU operations by tax authorities messages; spells out obligation of telcos in the country. AHMEDABAD: The Spe- The Income Tax sleuths MPOST BUREAU sent will put an end to “major abuse of tributed Ledger Technology, to ensure cial Investigation Team (SIT) had on July 16 searched over the current regulations”, it noted. regulatory compliance while allowing on black money has recom- 20 premises of a firm engaged NEW DELHI: Trai on Thursday Trai said that every access provider innovation in the market. mended the central govern- in highway construction and its revamped the regulations on annoy- should establish ‘Customer Preference These measures will bring in the ment to cap the cash holding associate companies in Tamil ing calls and spam as it spelt out new Registration Facility (CPRF)’ and make flexibility and speed “necessary to limit at Rs one crore instead Nadu and seized Rs 160 crore rules mandating subscribers’ consent necessary arrangements to facilitate cus- combat the spammers who continually of its earlier suggestion of Rs cash and 100 kg of gold. for receiving telemarketing messages. tomers by providing ways and means change their tactics and morph their 20 lakh. “Look at the amount of cash The regulator also asked telecom to record consent (or its revocation) identities to escape detection” said Trai. The SIT has also recom- that is being seized, Rs 160 operators to ensure that commer- related to commercial communication. Terming its fix for annoying calls “ mended that the entire amount crore... Rs 177 crore...,” Justice cial communication takes place only Also, Trai has introduced the con- user-friendly and automated”, the regu- found in seizures crossing that should be Rs one crore. We Shah said. through registered senders. cept of registered templates for both lator said that the technological advance- limit should go to the govern- have also recommended that “The amount of money “...a complete overhaul of the regu- SMS and voice communication to pre- ments would smoothen processes and ment treasury, Justice (retired) the entire amount seized above being seized is so high that now lation had become unavoidable. The vent deliberate mixing of promotional reduce the cost of compliance. M B Shah, who heads the the cash holding limit of Rs one we are of the opinion that Rs 20 objective of the regulation notified today messages into the transactional stream. “The infrastructure may be out- SIT on black money, said on crore should go to the govern- lakh limit will not do,” he said. is to effectively deal with the nuisance “Unscrupulous telemarketers today “This will give relief to subscribers sourced and shared, while the unbun- Thursday. ment,” Justice Shah said. Justice Shah had earlier sug- of spam experienced by the subscrib- override the stated preference of the who feel targeted by unwanted com- dling of the functions allows the The latest recommenda- As per the existing rules, gested the cash holding limit to ers,” the Telecom Regulatory Author- subscriber by claiming consent that may munication today,” the regulator added. third-party provider to compete for tions come after the earlier an offender can retrieve seized be at Rs 15 lakh. However, later ity of India (TRAI) said in a statement. have been surreptitiously obtained. New Violations under various category providing best quality solutions at the suggested limits of Rs 15 lakh cash by paying 40 per cent he had recommended raising The regulations provide for registra- regulations provide the subscriber with will attract a penalty ranging from Rs lowest cost. and Rs 20 lakh were found to income tax and penalty. the ceiling to Rs 20 lakh. tion of senders, registration of headers complete control over their consent and 1,000 to Rs 50 lakh, based on the type Considering the large volume of be too low. The recommendations have The central government (that segregate different types of mes- the ability to revoke the consent already of offence. messages (between 20 to 30 billion per “We have recommended come after vast amounts of cash formed the SIT in 2014 on sages), and, more importantly, the fil- granted, at their option,” Trai said. The regulations also involve the month), the per unit cost of compliance that the cap on cash holding were seized in recent search directions of Supreme Court. ing of subscribers’ consent. The registration of subscriber con- adoption of blockchain or the Dis- would be negligible,” it said. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018

MEGHNA KHANNA Chester Bennington tried so hard..and got so far…but in the end…it doesn’t even matter…I had to fall…to lose it all…but in the end..it doesn’t even matter” – lyrics of the song “I‘In the end’ by “Linkin Park” became the fate of the lead singer – Chester Bennington. Devastated on losing his best friend Chris Cor- nell a few months back, Chester himself commit- ted suicide on July 20, 2017. The world witnessed how Chester, commented on his friend’s death in May (2 months before he hung himself), that he cannot imagine a world without Cornell. LIVES ON... The link of his death with Cornell’s death can Nothing changed since the singer’s death, as he be joined with the fact that the singer was very emotional when the band performed ‘One more still holds an irreplaceable place in the industry light’ in his late friend’s honour on Jimmy Kim- mel Live!. Mike Shinoda once told, “He could not finish singing the song and started getting choked up during both the rehearsal and at the live per- formance setting.” Many hearts were broken and the music indus- try was shattered by this unexpected loss. But as it is said that “life goes on”, the band revived with ‘Looking for an answer’ after the lead singer’s death. Music has never known any boundaries. Art always finds its way to those who value it. On his sky from past one year as “a troubled soul”– they came up with his album ‘Post Traumatic’, that talks death anniversary, we have some heart-touching say that’s the perfect word for a person who had a about how things like depression and losing people thoughts by Indian fans of Linkin Park: family, friends in the form of bandmates and mil- hurt and affect their close ones. Satyam Singhal, a software engineer and a dis- lions of fans – yet committed suicide on his best Some fans are still in the trauma of losing heartened fan of the band who grew up listening friend’s birthday. Chester – an introduction to the world of ‘rock’. to the band, says, “It feels like a void in my life. A Revealing his favourite songs and how the Sharing his childhood memories associated with void which can never be filled. I mean, I’ve got the band has changed since Chester’s death, a 21-year- the band and their songs, Anoop Kumar, Assistant majority of Linkin Park’s music memorized but old student, Kartik Arora says, “It is difficult to manager-product operations, Shiksha, reveals that knowing that the voice, the mind behind it is no choose one song among so many which the band Chester/Linkin Park introduced him to the world more. It’s painful.” has offered us. I really like ‘Iridescent’, ‘Some- of rock music. Till then, he didn’t really know how On the other hand, talking about how the band where I Belong,’ ‘Shadow of the day’...to name a few. rock or metal can also be used to express the basic and the lead singer helped in shaping an interest Chester was the first English music artist I ever things in life and not just the rebellious parts. in English music, Manan Chopra, content writer listened to.. so, listening since 2009 makes me “Chester/LP actually gave words to most of the tells, “I miss his mind. If you dive into their music, miss him..” things that I or most of us go through at the advent you’ll realize the lyrics Chester wrote have got such Pallavi Sethi, coming from a corporate back- of puberty. These lyrics gave words to our feelings. immense depth, be it crawling or breaking the ground was only familiar with Linkin Park among Chester’s sudden demise actually felt like a big loss habit or majority’s first English song ‘Numb’ ... It all the existing bands and she believes that after the from my childhood memories. Maybe like a huge is as pure as art should be.” singer’s death, music has changed quite a lot. Giv- chunk of memories being ripped off before I was Fans described their star who is shining in the ing an example, she highlights how Mike Shinoda even ready,” he adds. Sanjari: Folk music returns to the Capital A tribute to the spirit of leadership OUR CORRESPONDENT

ACCLAIMED art curator Erum Khan is all set to pay a tribute to the spirit of leadership through her upcoming exhibition ‘The Leader.’ The exhibition, which will be inau- gurated on July 20, 5 pm, at Artizen Art Gallery, will go on until July 22. Explaining the idea behind this exhibition, Erum says, A leader is a trendsetter, a pioneer, a role model who in the pursuit of excellence and commitment to a cause, rises to the occasion and inspires people by set- ting an example, braving all obstacles and hurdles. The history of art has many such illustrious and shining beacons, however, Artist in India; Ali it is true that many received Mehdi,Chairman only posthumous recogni- Delhi Con- tion and many remained gress Committee unrecognized and unsung. Minority Depart- OUR CORRESPONDENT It is Erum Khan’s mis- ment will mark taka, Delhi and Sikkim folk art- folk singing and folk drama. She is After this, he presented the song sion as a curator to provide their presence as ists have presented their classical also a well known artist for Malwa’s ‘Bor Geet’ based on the devotion a platform – with due expo- the chief guest of TO INTRODUCE fading music forms of music. famous heritage ‘Sanja’ and ‘Man- of Krishna Bhakti by the spiritual sure, fame, and recognition the inauguration of different parts of the country to In the 8th series of “Sanjari: Ek dna’, and her works are displayed guru of Assam Shankar Deb and to such leaders in fine arts - ceremony. Delhiites, Indira Gandhi National Bharat-Shreshth Bharat” series, the in museums of many countries. his disciple Madhavdev. lest their talents be ignored One can wit- Art Center is organising a series academy has so far organized per- Krishna started his singing with His performance included folk in the mainstream discourse. ness the artwork titled “Sanjari: Ek Bharat-Shreshth formance by folk artists from six Ganesh Vandana, “Gauri Ka Nand songs of different tribes of Assam Herself, a trailblazer in her of exception- Bharat.” The event, which will be different states. The famous folk Ganesh Manavan Ho Ji” followed like Hajong, Karabi and Rabaha role as an art curator, with as ally talented art- held every month from its 30th singer of Madhya Pradesh, Krishna by a welcome song “Tambolan”. In Tribes. They sang the famous Bagu- many as 16 hugely success- ists including foundation day, will help in main- Verma and her team performed the continuation, she sang “kanchan runbha song of Bodo tribe as well. ful exhibitions in 14 months, Sushil Sharma, taining the existence of folk music. Malvi folk songs in the first ses- Thal Sajavo albeli motiyan chok He finished the performance with there is no better tribute that art Khan, Editor in Chief and Manag- Jyoti Singh, Shalini Kartik, Smrita The center has so far orga- sion of the first day. In the second puravo”,”mewaji aap barso ne dharti the Assamese famous Bihu song. leaders can get with her upcoming ing Director – Prime News; Syed Swarup, Dinesh K Dubey, Ramesh nized 7 successful “Sanjari: Ek session, Ranjit Gogoi from Assam nibje ….” Haldi song” and more. On the second day the series, exhibition. Afsar Ali Nizami, Chairman of Yadav, Poonam Attray, Shalini Bharat-Shreshth Bharat” in which presented popular folk music of In total, she sang 11 folk songs of folk artist from Jharkhand and Well known names like Imran Dargah Sharif Hazrat Nizammu- Goyal, Shalini Gupta, Uma Gupta, Arunachal, Bihar and Rajasthan, Assam with the troupe in front of Malawa. Manipur will be presenting their Pratapgarhi, Eminent Poet/Writer din Aulia RA, New Delhi; Ali Zaidi, Prapti Bharadwaj, Hari Singh, Saa- Goa, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and the audience. Ranjit Gogoi started his pre- folk songs at IGNCA Auditorium. and a Yash Barti Awardee; Mohsin Founder and Managing Director- kshi Brahmi, and many others. Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Karna- Krishna Verma is famous for sentation with Assamese Dhol. The entry is free for all. DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town 2 Indians to figure in all-women A PARENTS DAY DELIGHT revolution’, the journey of Maggi – from This Parent’s day, Sports Diner by Hangout its launch story to how it became India’s – one-of-its kind gaming cum-dining most loved brand and a lot more. facility, is calling out to all the lovely mom’s WHEN: July 22 TIMINGS: 4:00 pm- and dad’s and their families to create 6:00 pm WHERE: The Grand Ballroom EXPEDITION TO SOUTH POLE beautiful memories that will last a lifetime. 2, DLF Club5 Sports Diner is giving special offers on OUR CORRESPONDENT Himalayan Mountaineering from South America and after beverages with minimum gaming card MUSICOM MAKES A COMEBACK Institute and also works as a reaching Antarctica we will be purchase and a platform to enjoy activities RED FM’s MusiCom, which is a year-old ix women aged 24 to high-altitude trek guide. taken to a special camp called like exciting VR zone in a 360 degree property, brings back talented line up 74 years are all set to The team will also have Union Glacier from where turning roller coaster. of artists for vol. 2. The main attraction embark on a unique Denise Martin, Canadian we will head for the magnetic WHEN: July 22 WHERE: All outlets of of the show will be Kanan Gill, an expedition to South guide and trainer, Caroline p o l e .” Pole, scripting a number of Geraerts, a breast cancer sur- Buch thanks her parents Hangout by Sports Diner Indian stand-up comedian – known for S records as they do so. vivor and an avid adventurer for their encouragement and his YouTube series ‘Pretentious Movie The surreal remoteness, who is aiming to become the says: “This was totally unex- NURTURING TALENT Reviews’ and ‘When Chai Met Toast’. Khelo Bharat is being initiated and extreme cold, enormous ice oldest woman to reach both pected. There is a lot of pos- The tickets for the show are available on shelves and untouched moun- North and South Poles within itive energy that has been organised by the government for the Bookmyshow. WHEN: July 21 tain ranges make Antarctica 12 calendar months, and generated within the team promotion and development of sports the coldest and driest place Aileen Crean, grand-daugh- and I’m enjoying every bit of in the country. Under the supervision WHERE: Siri Fort Auditorium TIMINGS: 6 on the globe and also one of ter of Ireland’s most celebrated it. I’m trying to keep myself of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, pm onwards the most isolated locations in explorer Tom Crean who is fit and my main focus now the programme not only provides for A MAGIC PIANO PERFORMANCE the world. planning to achieve the unful- is this expedition. It’ll defi- identification of talent, but also assists For the first time, Showhouse is Janice Meek, a Guinness filled dream of the latter. nitely be a once-in-a-lifetime in guiding and nurturing the talent. World Record holding polar Meek, the oldest of the opportunity.” Under this initiative, rural sports like introducing a cinema with live music adventurer will be leading a lot, is out there to prove Mitra says she is super- Kabaddi, ​​Kho-kho, Tug of war, ​​Kushti performance in India through ‘Magic team of five women, includ- that “age is no barrier” and excited and overwhelmed and malkhambh are being promoted. Piano’ and ‘The Chopin Shorts’. ing two talented Indians — believes that one should with this opportunity. Regard- WHEN: July 24-25 Magic Piano is an interesting way of 24-year-old Tanvi Buch from always harp on the “why ing the challenges, she says: Mumbai who is a student not” rather than the “why”. “I am a trained mountaineer WHERE: Talkatora Stadium TIMINGS: storytelling for children. The story will be narrated through animation, while the at the University of British Regarding the training, Meek and recently underwent rescue 10 am –10 pm (June 24) and 2 pm – 8 Columbia and Madhabilata adds: “If one can be on their training to avoid any difficult pm (June 25) internationally acclaimed Pianist Dinara Mitra from Kolkata. feet for long and have a strong situation during rock climbing Klinton from London will play and Buch would be the youngest core, they can do it. Just eat and mountaineering.” A ‘TWO-MINUTE’ TALK illustrate. The 28-minute animation will Indian to ski to the South Pole well, exercise well and be The expedition, aptly titled Come and discuss the revolution of be presented along Chopin Shorts – a if she successfully completes it. determined.” the “Polar Maidens,” will high- ‘Maggi’ with Sangeeta Talwar, the first collection of other short films. Mitra is a trained mountaineer The team will train in Scot- light how ordinary women woman executive in the FMCG industry. WHEN: July 28 WHERE: Kamani and a super-model and will land from September 1 to 9. can achieve the extraordi- She will talk about her book ‘Two Minute be the first Bengali to visit the After that, they will go to Lon- nary, expand their horizons Auditorium TIMINGS: 6 pm onwards (L-R) Tanvi Buch, Janice Meek, Madhabilata Mitra South Pole. don and return to India. and inspire others to explore She is an instructor at “In December, we will fly their strengths. 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No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 mp More than Rs 1,000 cr sanctioned for Chief Secy shielding tainted officials: AAP

NEW DELHI: The Aam officials, despite the complaints devp work in unauthorised colonies Aadmi Party targeted Delhi from the doctor. Not taking Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash action against the corrupt is on Thursday, accusing him of akin to siding with them,” he Work to be undertaken in 1,797 unauthorised colonies, except for those on ASI or forest land “protecting” the officials against told media persons. whom several complaints of Meanwhile, partys spokes- SAYANTAN GHOSH tweeted on Thursday. chosen for carrying out developmen- ‘corruption’ were filed by a doc- person Dilip Pandey claimed Accusing his predecessors of tal works in the first phase. And there tor of a government hospital. that an inquiry was ordered by NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Arvind neglecting work in unauthorised col- too very little or no work was done,” The fresh attack on Prakash the Vigilance department on Kejriwal on Thursday announced that onies in a follow-up tweet, he said, said the official comes after AAP national con- one of the complaints of the the Delhi government has approved “For last several decades, people have “The Chief Minister has directed venor and Delhi Chief Minis- doctor but no action was taken. and sanctioned the Budget for con- been living in hellish conditions in the Urban Development Minister to ter Arvind Kejriwal directed ‘“The Vigilance department struction of roads and drains in unau- these areas in the capital city of India. ensure that the basic developmental his deputy, Manish Sisodia, had directed for an enquiry, but thorised colonies acroos the city, Successive BJP/Cong govts did noth- work of construction of roads and to collect evidence from the no action was taken. Why did except those falling in Archaeologi- ing. Now, lumpsum funds have been drains is now carried out on a war doctor working at the Aruna the chief secretary not ensure cal Survey of India (ASI) jurisdiction sabctioned n works will be done on footing,” he added. Asaf Ali Hospital, who has lev- action on it?,” he asked. and forest areas. war footing in mission mode.” The Irrigation and Flood Con- elled allegations of corruption Prakash was at the centre of The total budget to be spent on the An official of the Urban Develope- trol Department and the Delhi State against the incumbent chief the strained relations between development work in these pending ment Department said that the gov- Industrial and Infrastructure Devel- secretary and several past chief the AAP dispensation and the areas would be around Rs 1,000 to Rs ernment has accorded high priority opment Corporation (DSIIDC) are secretaries. IAS officers of the Delhi gov- 1,200 crore. to these developmental works and has the nodal agencies for carrying out AAP Rajya Sabha MP San- ernment, following an alleged According to latest data pro- been regularly striving since February the developmental works in unauthor- jay Singh claimed that the doc- attack on him at Kejriwal’s offi- vided by the Delhi Urban Develop- A street in Burari before development work was undertaken (left); the same area 2015 to providing a life of dignity to ised colonies. tor had filed at least 10 such cial residence here in February. ment Department, there are 1,797 the residents of unauthorised colonies, The Delhi government, in its Bud- complaints with different offi- Pandey said the AAP sup- after the development work was finished (right) PIC/MPOST unauthorised colonies in the city, and where residents have been forced to get for the 2018-19 financial year, ear- cials, including Prakash, but no ported the doctor’s demand for except for those colonies which are “Good news for those living in drains in all pending colonies (bar- live their lives in inhuman conditions. marked Rs 1,000 crore for the repair action was taken. a CBI inquiry into the matter. on ASI or forest land, developmental hellish conditions in unauth colonies. ring ASI/forest areas). Work will start “It is a matter of concern that dur- of roads, which will be carried out on “The Chief SecretaryKejriwal had directed Sisodia works will be immediately taken up Del govt has approved and sanctioned soon. This will provide them dignity ing the last few decades, only a hand- the basis of the recommendation of should clarify why no action to look into the allegations lev- in all others. budget for construction of roads n n better living conditions,” Kejriwal ful of unauthorised colonies were concerned MLAs. was taken against the corrupt elled by the doctor. AGENCIES Allocation of govt quarters to SMCs to ensure hygienic Jain reviews preparedness officials comes under scanner mid-day meals in schools against vector-borne diseases OUR CORRESPONDENT visible among the people. All construction sites will OUR CORRESPONDENT of quarters happen on the sec- said an official. OUR CORRESPONDENT July these SMCs fulfilled one All stakeholders were pres- be visited by the field staff of retary level and does not come There is also a speculation of their important responsibil- NEW DELHI: Delhi Health ent at the meeting, such as rep- local bodies on weekly basis to NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- under the ministers. that the issue has been raised NEW DELHI: The School ities of ensuring that hygienic Minister Satyendar Jain on resentatives from New Delhi check and eliminate breeding ernment is likely to come up “From the associations amid the controversy regarding Management Committees and adequate quantity of mid- Thursday reviewed the pre- Municipal Council, the three sites and a board containing with a decision as per which and various sources, we have the services department. (SMC) of Delhi government day meals is served in schools,” paredness and status of action Municipal Corporations of information regarding vector- residential quarters for officials received complaints that there Recently, Lieutenant Gover- schools are working to ensure said a statement from the taken for the prevention and Delhi, Delhi Development control measures must be dis- will be only approved based on have been mismatches some- nor Anil Baijal gave “in-princi- hygienic and clean mid-day government. control of vector-borne dis- Authority, Delhi Metro Rail played there. the cadre and designation times in the occupation of ple” approval for restructuring meals for students in schools. It added that SMCs are an eases, including dengue, chi- Corporation, District surveil- “More emphasis should be According to sources, the the quarters. We are thinking the Delhi Administrative Sub- The move comes after a example of participatory gov- kungunya and malaria, and lance, Nursing Home Cell, given on vector-control activi- government has reports that at of reviewing the matter and ordinate Services (DASS) and number of complaints were ernance under which parents, seasonal influenza. Cantonment Board and all ties and community awareness times, officials demand and get taking strong action,” said a stenographers cadre, triggering reported recently against the teachers, social workers and The present status of vec- neighbouring districts. activities in identifying high- quarters beyond their position. source. sharp reactions from the Aam quality of mid-day meals. local MLAs form an elected tor-borne diseases, compar- It was informed in the risk wards and underprivileged To curb such practices, However, officials denied Aadmi Party-led Delhi govern- In a shocking case this body that helps govern the ative data, future action plan meeting that a control room areas, unauthorized colonies, high-ranking officials might any such issues in the govern- ment and various employees. month, many students fell ill schools. Delhi government has and roles and responsibilities at the headquarters of Direc- JJ clusters, construction sites take up the matter soon and ment and said that they always The AAP said the LG’s deci- after having such meal, after worked in the past three years of local bodies, sentinel sur- torate General of Health Ser- etc,” said a senior officer of the formulate proper action. follow whatever is designated sion was a “violation” of the reportedly a lizard was found to empower the SMC members veillance hospitals, education vices is functional 24x7 with Health Department. “Officials get quarters based to them. Supreme Court’s decision and wandering around the area and educate them about their department etc were discussed helpline numbers 22307145 “Medical and paramedical on their designation and post. “These are all rumours the LG was trying to “cling on” where the meal was being roles and responsibilities. in detail. and 22300012, to address the staff of school health scheme We have rules and on the basis and every official is aware of to the ‘Services’ department to prepared. When in the ast few months Jain emphasised that since queries and grievances of the will be involved in conducting of that, the allocation of the the rules. We always follow enable the Ministry of Home “In the past three years, the there were complaints regard- the monsoon has already general public regarding vec- training at schools. A detailed quarters happen. For every instructions, but if somebody Affairs to control Delhi gov- Delhi government has ensured ing the mid-day meals in gov- arrived in Delhi, vector-control tor-borne diseases and seasonal proposal covering all govt and cadre and grade, different has asked or taken any special ernment officers. Moreover, that each government school ernment schools, in its response measures must be intensified influenza. govt-aided schools will be sub- quarters are designated,” said benefit from any of the officials, the DASS employees sought has an active and functional the SMCs decided to conduct a by all local bodies and other Jain directed these helpline mitted by school health scheme a source in Delhi government. then its a matter of investiga- Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- School Management Commit- check of the food quality and stakeholders, and community numbers to be circulated to Secretary Health,” said the Sources said the allocation tion and that should happen,” wal’s intervention. tee (SMC). This week on 19th quantity served in schools. awareness activities must be widely among the masses. Health Minister. Seven pvt Hire contract workers directly: hospitals now part of free Labour panel tells Delhi govt OUR CORRESPONDENT may obtain suitable candidates dialysis scheme through outsourcing agency NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- which will be taken on direct OUR CORRESPONDENT ernment has something good contract by the Department. to offer for contractual workers The step will also stream- NEW DELHI: With the aim as an advisory board on Thurs- line the process of releasing of helping thousands of kidney day recommended direct work wages and payments made in patients struggling to get treat- contract with workers who are EPF and ESI. ment, the Delhi government has currently hired through out- Based on the recommenda- tied up with seven private hos- sourcing agencies. tions of the Board, the Labour pital for its free dialysis scheme. This will result in benefits Department will finalise the These hospitals are Maha- directly reaching the workers Gopal Rai addresses reporters modalities. A note will then be raja Agrasen Hospital in Pun- rather than through outsourc- here on Thursday PIC/MPOST placed before the Cabinet for jabi Bagh, Park Hospital in ing agencies. its consideration. The mandate Meera Bagh, Dharamshila The Delhi Contract Labour “To ensure effective super- of the Board is to recommend Narayana Hospital in Dallu- Advisory Board in its fifth vision, management and com- welfare measures and ensure pura, Brahm Shakti Hospital in meeting chaired by Labour pliance, the board has also the statutory entitlements of Budh Vihar, Mata Chanan Devi Minister Gopal Rai found that proposed appointment of a contractual workers. Hospital in Janakpuri, Kalra the present system of outsourc- labour welfare officer by var- Having noted that there is Hospital in Kirti Nagar and ing leads to non-payment of ious departments. This will a very large number of out- MGS Hospital in West Punjabi full provident fund (PF) to the relieve officers putting in extra sourced contract workers and Bagh. All these hospitals have a contract staff and also funds’ work,” Rai said. their poor working conditions, total of 101 dialysis machines, outgo to agencies as charges The switch will result in the Board adopted a pro active and below poverty line (BPL) and taxes. savings for the government approach and constituted three residents of Delhi can avail free “Workers deployed through in respect of monthly agency sub committees to look into treatment here under the Delhi various outsourcing agencies charges being paid to contrac- various aspects of contractual Arogya Kosh scheme. will be hired directly and their tors by departments and also appointments and suggest the In March, the Delhi govern- wages and entitlement under GST on bills. ways to ensure effective imple- ment has announced installa- various labour laws will be In case of further need of mentation of existing provi- tion of 60 dialysis machines in compiled with by the depart- hiring of personnel on con- sions in respect of contractual its hospitals, under public-pri- ment itself. tract basis, the department workers. vate partnership model, which is under progress. “There is a scarcity of dial- ysis facility at public hospi- GDA expedites work for tals. The poor, or even lower middle-class patients afflicted with kidney failure necessitat- ing dialysis, cannot afford pri- second elevated road vate facilities. The government scheme will help them,” a Delhi RAHUL SINGH government official said. “These new machines will GHAZIABAD: With a view to curb the menace provide aid to those people who of traffic jams in the heart of the city, the Ghazi- are in need of treatment but abad Development Authority (GDA) has expe- are sometimes ignored due to dited work on the second elevated road proposed emergency cases. The waiting between Ghanta Ghar and Bhatia Mor. for the occupancy of the exist- A senior GDA official said that construction ing machines is too long,” said work of the second elevated road of the city is Dr Kirti Bhushan, director gen- expected to start by October. eral of health services, Delhi According to the official, the four-lane 2.3 A senior GDA official said that construction work of government. km elevated road will be built on a single pillar the second elevated road of the city is expected to He added that 90 more model and the GDA will bear the expenditure start by October machines are being installed of constructing the road. Recently, the authority REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE at Delhi government hospitals also changed the proposed design of the project Ghanta Ghar. A similar a design will be followed to provide dialysis treatment to decongest the spot, which is narrow and wit- for the lane constructed down. The Authority to patients, under the Prad- ness traffic jams during busy hours. has also expedited the construction work and is han Mantri National Dialysis “Earlier, the project was proposed to be built now in the process to select agencies to prepare Programme. at a cost of Rs 253 crore. But with modification the detailed project report (DPR). Of these, five machines are in the design, the average cost of the project “We have invited companies to present their operational at DDU Hospital has been increased by Rs 72 crore, and has now reports and will select one for preparing the and 10 at Maharishi Valmiki become Rs 325 crore. The decision to change DPR. The final expenditure will be clear once Hospital. The rest will be at the design has been taken keeping in mind that the DPR is ready. We are also working hard to Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital it would have created a massive jam at Ghanta complete the financial and technical bids of the (25), Janakpuri Super Special- Ghar in the future,” said VN Singh, Chief Engi- project and make them ready by September so ity Hospital (30), Deep Chand neer, GDA. that the work on the road may start from Octo- Bandhu Hospital (10) and As per the new model, the elevated road ber this year. Once operational, the elevated road Madan Mohan Malaviya Hos- will have split ends and the lane leading to Bha- will provide a seamless flow of traffic to more pital (10). tia Mor will be constructed 150 m away from than three lakh commuters daily,” added Singh. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 Building collapse: Death toll Class-X student attacked by rival group near school, dies rises to nine; one more held ZAFAR ABBAS water and when he came out he saw these boys severely NEW DELHI: Schoolchildren thrashing Gaurav,” said vic- RAHUL SINGH operation is underway, and the Around 100 National Disaster of a Delhi government school tim’s brother. operation might take another Response Force (NDRF) per- turned so brutal on Wednes- It is said that the mother of GREATER NOIDA: The 12-15 hours," said Singh. sonnel are working in different day that they murdered a fel- the victim also accompanied death toll in the Greater Noi- Meanwhile, police have shifts. We will ensure that the low 17-year-old schoolmate the two boys to another school da’s Shahberi twin-building managed to arrest the fifth guilty are punished and strict just outside the school in Jyoti to secure him a seat there and collapse incident rose to nine accused in connection with action is taken against those Nagar of North East Delhi. while returning the boys sent on Thursday. Rescue workers the building collapse from responsible for the fatal inci- The boy Gaurav was punched the mother back and went to pulled out another body of a Tigri roundabout on Thursday dent,” Amita C Meshram said and kicked several times on the government school to get middle-aged man from the morning. The arrested accused while addressing the media his body by the school chil- the TC. “My boy was killed in debris, pushing the death toll is one of the 24 persons who after the inspection. Additional dren that he got severe inter- 15 minutes. It all happened at to nine, said police officials. has been named in the FIR, District Magistrate of Gautam nal wounds and collapsed around 4:30 pm. They killed According to the Chief Fire said police officials. Buddha Nagar Kumar Vineet just after the beating. He was my boy in just minutes,’ said the TRAGIC END: Sensing trouble, Officer Arun Kumar Singh, the “Acting on a tip-off, a police informed that in relation to the immediately rushed to Guru Gaurav was looking for admission mother of the victim Gaurav. body was pulled out at around team conducted the raid and building collapse if any person Tegh Bahadur Hospital by his in another school Police said that they have 7 am on Thursday and has arrested the accused who has wants to present any evidence, brother but he succumbed to identified at least five boys and been identified as Naushad. been identified as Qasim, a he can present the evidence by his injuries. Gaurav, a class-X student went not all involved in the attack “By Wednesday night, real estate agent. The arrested calling his office phone num- Sources said that there was to his school in the second were from the school suggest- the rescue teams managed to person told the police that he ber on any of the working day a scuffle between two groups shift to take the Transfer Cer- ing that some outsiders were retrieve eight bodies while lured the people to buy flats at till July 25. of students in the Govern- tificate ( TC ) along with his also involved. one more has been recovered a cheaper rate,” said Akhilesh Rescue operations underway after the two buildings collapsed in Rescuers have deployed ment school; the rival group brother when the incident took “We have apprehended two in the morning. We got the Tripathi, station house officer Greater Noida’s Shahberi heavy machinery to shift con- had targeted Gaurav and was place. “As soon as my brother CCL and are investigating the information that there were at of Bisrakh police station. crete slabs and used drills in eyeing an opportunity to nail stepped out of the school, he case, a case under section 302 least 12 labourers in the under- Meerut Divisional Com- ment to probe into the mat- nected to the case, will go a bid to reach people buried him. It seems Gaurav suspected was attacked by a group of 12 to of IPC has been registered, we construction building and all missioner Amita C Mesh- ter, visited the site on Thursday unpunished. under the debris. Sniffer dogs the attack and was looking for 15 students who were waiting are looking for more accused,” of them were feared trapped ram, who has been appointed and assured that no offend- “The rescue operation have also been pressed into admission in another school. for him outside. My younger said DCP North East Atul under the debris. The rescue by the Uttar Pradesh govern- ers, directly or indirectly con- is likely to end by Friday. service. Later, on Wednesday, brother stayed a bit to drink Kumar Thakur. Easy arms supply from Verbal duel: Gym trainer ‘pushed’ from Manipuri man murders Western UP a cause cousin, absconds first floor by another colleague, dies NEW DELHI: A Manipur man working in a call centre in NCR of worry for cops PIYUSH OHRIE to the balcony of the first floor atmosphere. has been found murdered in where Anil ultimately lost his This is the second such inci- his rented accommodation in GURUGRAM: A verbal duel life after falling from the bal- dent within this month where Sunlight Colony in South-East OUR CORRESPONDENT between the two gym train- cony of the first floor. His body two professional have got into Delhi. The man has been iden- ers turned violent on Thurs- has now been sent for postmor- a violent tiff with each other tified as Suihaimi Khangah. NEW DELHI: The Delhi day leading to the death of one tem. Anil, who was 27-year- and ultimately attempted to The police received a call about police has arrested three men of the persons involved in the old, hailed from Chattarpur in kill each other. Earlier in the the incident in the wee hours for trying to kill a man in Jamia. scuffle. The deceased has been South Delhi while his alleged month, two bouncers who of Thursday. When the cops fied as Lei Shingham may have However, it might seem to be a identified as Anil Tanwar. The murderer belongs to Akhlim- were employed in the real reached the spot, they found murdered Khangah. Sources in case of three arrest over a park- other gymnasium professional pur village in Gurugram. estate firm fought with each blood stains on the body and the police said that the deceased ing scuffle and later an attempt identified as Praveen Kumar "As of now, it will be too other regarding an issue. It ulti- also on the floor of the house. and the accused were from the on the life of the man where he also received injuries in the premature for us to come to mately resulted in one of the He was immediately rushed same village in Manipur and was shot at his limbs in Jamia scuffle and is presently receiv- Deceased Anil Tanwar a definite conclusion. We have employees firing at his profes- to the hospital by the CATS stayed in a rented accommoda- Nagar of South East Delhi, but ing a medical treatment. There begun the investigations and sional colleague. Even though ambulance but was declared tion in a flat in Sunlight Colony. the underlying issue of pro- are claims that he also fell from CCTV images that may pro- will be able to solve this case there was no casualty the bul- brought dead by the hospital. “It is learnt that the roommate curing arms and ammunitions the balcony. vide them more clarity regard- at the earliest,” said a senior let pierced through the victim’s Initially, cops found it hard and cousin of the deceased Lei easily from adjoining areas of were trying to flee from Delhi The Gurugram police are ing the case. police official from Gurugram body causing him grievous to identify the body but later Shingham was assaulted by Delhi specially Western UP to their native places in West- waiting for Praveen to recover According to the police, the police. Incidents of differences injuries. the deceased's brother reached the deceased over the issue of and using them freely in the ern UP. so that charges can be framed tiff between two gym trainers in the workplace resulting in In June this year enraged at the hospital and identified him withdrawal of money by the capital has raised the eyebrows “During sustained interro- against him to ascertain that began at around 11 pm on the murderous attempts is not being terminated from service, as Suihaimi Khangah. He also deceased from his account. of Delhi police. gation, accused persons dis- whether it was an accidental Wednesday night. The issue a new phenomenon in Guru- a man along with his accom- suspected that the roommate This made him angry and an The three arrested men closed that they all are native death or a deliberate murder. festered along and rather than gram. This year also various plice opened fire and injured would have murdered him as altercation took place. It looks Shakeb, Samad and Sameer of Western UP and they had Meanwhile, the law enforce- finding a solution, the two came incidents of violence have been the Gurugram-based head of he was absconding. like he was murdered with a opened fire on a resident of shifted to Jamia Nagar along ment officials have begun their to blows with each other. The reported between the individ- human resource wing of a Jap- Police suspect that his blunt object,” said DCP South- Zakir Nagar whth whom they with their families and relatives investigation by retrieving the two, in the fit of rage, then went uals working in a professional anese company. roommate and cousin identi- East Chinmoy Biswal. MPOST got into an argument over the in search of some work. They settling of a parking issue with further disclosed that they his nephews approximately one had procured illegal arm from Two rape cases Desire for boy child and a half month back. The Western UP only and they kept Members of Metro pick-pocket gangs three men confronted him on it with them just for show-off reported forces couple to May 31 to teach him a lesson. purpose and to create terror They cornered the victim at among locals,” said DCP South OUR CORRESPONDENT kidnap 4-yr-old around 1:30 and started beat- East Chinmoy Biswal. often strangers to each other ing him. The accused Shakeb Accused Shakeb and also pulled out a pistol and hit Sameer are from Meerut in GURUGRAM: Minors con- ABHAY SINGH – known only as ‘Machine’ – Active mostly at inter- said, “The gang leader knows OUR CORRESPONDENT on the head of the complain- Western UP and Samad is tinue to be unsafe in Guru- tells the members the place and change stations, these gangs the criminals very well who ant with the butt of the pistol. from Firozabad. Earlier too, the gram as there seem to be no NEW DELHI: Gangs of cheats time where they will meet the target people who carry lug- are active in the Metro and the NEW DELHI: A couple’s desire After that accused Rizwan also cops have raised concern over signs of reduction of sexual and pick-pockets operating next morning. No other details gage in both their hands, as places where they can be found. for a boy made them culprits opened fire and all the accused Socio-economic disparity and crimes in and around the city. inside Delhi Metro often keep shared between them so that if their phones or purses can be He meets these criminals and of the law after they hatched persons fled away. The police high influx of migrant popula- In a quick succession, there chaning their modus operandi, they are caught, the police do easily taken out. ‘Thekebaaz’ forms a gang.” a plan to kidnap a neighbour's team then raided several parts tion as one of the major factors have been two cases that have so as to dodge police investiga- not get clues about other asso- is the code word used by the Cops also found that the 4-year-old boy in the Keshav- of the capital and arrested the of a critical carcinogenic prob- come to fore that have again tion. The latest of these tech- ciates,” said a police officer. gang leader for his associates, need for drugs plays an impor- puram area of North West accused from ISBT after they lem in the national Capital. shamed the city. The first niques was unravelled by Delhi In many cases, cops recover as when the Metro stops at the tant role in the crimes. “Before Delhi. The boy after being incident was reported from Police during interrogation of stolen mobile phones from the station, the associates form going to any Metro station, if a kidnapped by the couple was the Faridabad district where some criminals, who use code arrested accused, who refuse a crowd at the exact time of criminals has already taken his rescued by the special staff of a 16-year-old who was just a words and do not reveal their to even reveal their own name boarding or deboarding of the fix, they will take time to com- North West police from Sanauli CITY BRIEFS married a month before was names or whereabouts to each and details. They are usually passengers and start pushing mit a theft after observing their Border in Nepal. Police said COPS INFORM BROTHEL OWNERS ABOUT abducted by the four people other. Investigators told Millen- identified after their finger- their targets. targets. But if they are in need that the boy was kidnapped by from the village, taken to Gur- nium Post they after question- prints are matched with police At this moment, the of quick money to buy drugs, Sonam, a resident of Rupan- RAIDS IN ADVANCE, ALLEGES MALIWAL gram and then raped. Her per- ing the arrested criminals, they records. ‘machine’ snatches away the they could target anyone, any- dehi Nepal and her husband NEW DELHI: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) petrators than left her in Sohna observed a trend wherein the The next morning, when phone and hands it over to his time,” the investigator said. on April 5, this year. area where she got in touch accused of different gangs have that person does not turn up associates. One of his associates DCP (Metro) Deepak Gauri “She has one daughter and Chief, Swati Maliwal, on Thursday wrote a letter to with her father. The case has no idea of each other’s where- for the meeting, his or her stands a few meters away from said that till June this year, 200 wanted to have a son which Special CP (Crime) stating that local police station is been registered in Faridabad abouts or contact details. associates wait for a while and the gang, who is given the sto- persons have been arrested for remained unfulfilled due to involved in propagating the trafficking business at GB and the police have begun their “Everyday, before returning eventually carry on with their len items. When asked how a various crimes with the Delhi her health complications. The Road. She directed that the staff at GB Road police investigations. to their home, the gang leader criminal activities. gang is formed, an investigator Metro jurisdiction. conspiracy was hatched 3 years station should be rotated frequently and only the best The second incident was ago, wherein she gave informa- officers should be appointed there. She has further reported from the Sadar area of tion to her parents in the village Gurugram where yet another In guise of pilgrims, gang targeted jewellery of tourists that she had given birth to a directed for the installation of CCTV cameras on the minor was sexually assaulted male child,” DCP North-West GB Road, near the police station as well as in areas by a barber who raped her after Aslam Khan said. near the brothels. Swati Maliwal has pointed out vari- he found her to be alone in the NEW DELHI: For the last several years, other accused were identified as Renu from the police and use their Mahindra The matter was discussed ous lapses by the Delhi Police in several trafficking house. The police have arrested Raju with his gang members has been (36) (name changed) and Rahul (36). They Xylo car to reach religious places from and with the help of local cases involving brothels on the GB Road. For instance, the accused. wearing pilgrim clothes and visiting reli- are the natives of Harayana. Deputy Com- Palwal in Haryana. police of District Maharjganj despite being in the range of 200 meters, GB Road It is estimated that every gious places in the city. From there, they missioner of Police (Crime) Dr G. Ram "After reaching the religious place in in UP, the police team con- fourth day there is a crime targeted jewellery of other tourists and Gopal Naik stated that during interro- early hours, they mingle in the crowd and tacted Nepal Police and briefed police station has not been able to conduct any raid in against a minor in Gurugram. fled the spot within no time in their car. gation, they disclosed that they used to whenever they get the opportunity, they them about the incident. Nepal the last 2 years. Raids on GB Road brothels are con- In just six months, the city The snatching spree finally came to an snatch gold chains in crowded places. They used to snatch the gold chain from the Pil- Police conducted a raid in vil- ducted only on information received from NGOs and has witnessed more than 100 end after they were arrested from Jharoda wake up early in the morning at 2.30 - 3 grims or devotees. They mainly targeted lage Dugoliya and recovered the DCW. Several survivors rescued by the Commis- cases of sexual assault against Kalan area on July 18. AM and dress up very neatly in traditional women who used to wear jewellery items," the child and handed him to sion have stated that police officials inform the brothel minors. Apart from 45-year-old Raju, the clothes so that they conceal their identity said the DCP. MPOST Delhi Police. owners of the raids in advance. MANDOLI JAIL INMATE TELLS HC ABOUT POOR CONDITIONS IN THE PRISON Gang targetted big events to steal costly mobiles NEW DELHI: One of the inmates of the Mandoli jail, who is out on furlough, on Thursday apprised the Delhi ABHAY SINGH ting many thefts during the last 4-5 years, they focused selves aware of upcoming big High Court of the issues faced by the prisoners such as Puri Rath Yatra. More than on big events for the theft of events. They bought costly non-functional AC vents, improperly installed mosquito NEW DELHI: From more 46 phones were recovered expensive mobiles. "They left tickets for these functions, nets, and the “hectic” process they go through to meet than 10 major events includ- from them. "We suspect sev- giving training to the juvenile matches, concerts in advance ing Justin Beiber's live concert eral people are the part of the as the law was catching such to have a smooth entry. They their family members. Taking note of the problems and World Culture Festival in high-profile gang but they type of criminals," said DCP used to travel by air to these mentioned by the inmate, a bench of Acting Chief Delhi, a gang on an average are absconding. They have Thakur. He further added that events and came back by air- Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar directed stole around 40 costly mobile told us about two more per- the accused hit upon the idea of conditioned trains. the Director General of Prisons to ensure adequate phones from the audience. sons. We are investigating. A visiting big events from where The major events that the facilities to prisoners to meet their family members and With the illicit earning, the manhunt has been launched they can easily steal several gang targeted included Gan- to also look into the other issues. Amicus curiae Sumer gang leader started giving his to nab them," said police. The costly phones. "With time, pati Visarjan (Mumbai), F-1 associates a monthly salary of gang came on the radar of the they started hiring adults and Car Racing (Greater Noida), Kumar Sethi said the quantity of food available to the more than Rs 40,000. But they law enforcement agency after started paying them Rs 30,000 The Motor Show/Auto Expo inmates was “insufficient” and suggested putting up ran out of luck when two of the the staff of North-East dis- to Rs 40,000 per month from (Greater Noida), Eastern cameras in the kitchen area to ascertain the reason. associates were nabbed from trict observed that continuous the money which they get from Peripheral Expressway Inau- While the court asked the prison authorities to look into North-East Delhi's Maujpur thefts were being committed stealing the phone," said the guration (Baghpat), Interna- this aspect as well, Delhi government standing counsel area on July 18. throughout India during shows official. tional T20 Matches in Delhi, Rahul Mehra said there was some wastage of food According to police, on of celebrities and international Additional Deputy Com- Mohali, Jaipur, Hardwell DJ the basis of an information, matches. More than 46 mobile phones were recovered from the accused missioner of Police (North- Show (Mumbai), Navratri during the cleaning and cooking process. The bench, they nabbed the accused iden- Deputy Commissioner East) RP Meena told the Garba Festival (Gujarat), Sam- however, said that the quality of food was good in tified as Aslam and Mukesh. of Police (North-East) Atul are running the gang for last mitting theft. He had a lot of Millennium Post that the gang sung Factory Opening (Noida), the prison. They had come to Delhi from Thakur stated that Aslam and 20 years. A few years back, he trained juveniles from the age through internet applications Mika Live Show (Gurgaon) and Puri (Odisha) after commit- Mukesh disclosed that they was using juveniles for com- of 10 years and above. In the and newspapers kept them- World Culture Festival (Delhi). nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 mp

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in polls?” he questioned while the MNS got pushed to the This government of the BJP ment,” the MNS chief alleged. BJP won’t return chief Raj Thackeray alleged on speaking to reporters on the margins after suffering setbacks and Shiv Sena won’t return to He also attacked the NDA Electrification to Thursday. first day of his six-day tour of in the assembly and Lok Sabha power in 2019,” he told report- government over the Aurang- to power: MNS Thackeray also said the BJP- Marathwada region. elections held in 2014. ers. Thackeray blamed the Cen- abad waste disposal issue. led NDA government won’t The tour is aimed at expand- “The Central and Maha- tral government for a string of “The state government has OUR CORRESPONDENT return to power in 2019 as it ing the base of the MNS in the rashtra governments have mob lynching incidents being failed to resolve the garbage 2.67 cr remaining has “failed” on all the fronts. region which is battling for failed on all the fronts. Issues reported from various parts of disposal issue. We had solved AURANGABAD: The BJP “The EVMs had helped political survival in the state. like inadequate rate for pro- the country. “Incidents of mob a similar issue in Nashik in had won the past elections by the BJP win the elections in After pulling off an impres- curement of milk and unem- lynching could be stopped but just five years (when MNS manipulating the Electronic the past. Otherwise, how can sive performance in the 2009 ployment are affecting the they are going on at the behest was heading the Nashik civic homes by yr end Voting Machines (EVMs), any candidate get zero votes Maharashtra assembly polls, farmers and youths. of the Narendra Modi govern- body),” Thackeray said. PM slams previous UPA regime

OUR CORRESPONDENT areas, generate vast oppor- tunities for employment and NEW DELHI: Prime Minis- contribute to more equitable ter Narendra Modi on Thurs- growth. Harnessing science day slammed the previous UPA and technology for the benefit regime for tardy implementa- of our people was something tion of its target to electrify all dear to Rajivi. He would have households, and said that his been very happy with this pro- government will provide con- gramme. I wish all those asso- nections to about 2.67 crore ciated with the implementation remaining homes by the end of the programme success in of this year. this endeavour.” Interacting with benefi- About that promise, Modi ciaries of the Rs 16,320-crore said: “When our government Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli came to power, there were Har Ghar Yojana (Saugha- 18,000 unelectrified villages. gya) through video bridge, he Earlier governments made said the then Congress Presi- many promises to provide dent (Sonia Gandhi) had gone electricity but those were not overboard by promising that fulfilled. Nothing was done in all households will be electri- that direction. “In 2005, about fied by 2009. 13 years ago, at that time there This is the tenth interaction was a Congress government, in the series by the Prime Min- Manmohan Singh was the ister through video conference Prime Minister. They prom- with the beneficiaries of vari- ised to provide electricity to all ous government schemes. villages by 2009. The then Con- Modi also interacted with gress President (Gandhi) went people from Leisang village in overboard and said electricity Manipur, which was the last will be provided to all house- among the 18,000 villages to holds by 2009.” have been electrified by the Under the Saubhagya government. scheme, Modi government In an official communica- plans to electrify about 3.6 tion issued on March 29, 2005, crore households in the coun- as Chairperson of National try by March 31, 2019. As many Advisory Council, Gandhi as 88.01 crore households have had said, “I am very happy to already been electrified as per know that the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Saubhgya portal. The gov- Grameen Vidyuyikaran Yojana’ ernment is trying to meet the is being launched by the Min- target sooner than that, by istry of Power. It is an initia- December 31 this year. tive which will go a long way Earlier this month, power in realising the goal of provid- ministers of all states and union ing access to electricity to all territories were unanimous on households by the year 2009.” electrifying all households in She had also said: “This the country by December 31, programme will speed up 2018, during the Power Min- the development of our rural isters Conference in Shimla. ‘Centre forcing AgustaWestland middleman to frame Sonia’

NEW DELHI: Christian Michel, the British middleman in the scrapped AgustaWest- land chopper deal, is being forced to frame UPA chairper- son Sonia Gandhi in return for exoneration from criminal pro- ceedings, the Congress alleged on Thursday, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using probe agencies to carry by top leaders, including the out a smear campaign against President, Prime Minister and opposition leaders. former prime ministers. Christian Michel, wanted in In 2013, the government India for allegedly organising scrapped the contract amid bribes in exchange for a con- allegations that the supplier tract for VVIP helicopters, was AgustaWestland, whose par- reportedly detained in Dubai ent company Finmeccanica ran two days ago. into allegations of bribe-giving Citing a statement by the in Italy, had paid kickbacks in middleman’s lawyer, Congress India. spokesperson Randeep Sur- Former Air Chief SP Tyagi, jewala said this clearly brought 72, was arrested in 2016 over out that the centre was trying allegations that he accepted to force Christian Michel to bribes to tailor specifications implicate the former Congress at the instance of his cousins. president in this case. He became the first ever mili- “Never before in the his- tary chief - former or current - tory of India has a Prime Min- to be arrested. ister been found complicit in The Congress says that once gaining ‘false evidence’ against talk of kickbacks erupted in opposition leaders to seek Italy, it cancelled the helicopter revenge,” Surjewala said. deal, blacklisted the company The case involves a 2007 and asked the CBI to investi- contract signed by the gov- gate the scam. It also confis- ernment for the purchase of cated the company’s assets in 12 luxury helicopters for use India and abroad. AGENCIES India will see a new PM, says Akhilesh

BHOPAL: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday avoided a direct reply when asked whether his party would sup- port Rahul Gandhi as prime minister. “The country wants to see a new government at the Centre. People want to see a new prime minister. You will see a new prime minister after the elections,” he said when asked whether he saw himself or the Congress president as the next prime minister. Asked specifically if his party would support Rahul Gandhi for the PM’s post -- if a non-BJP coalition gets the chance to form a government after the 2019 elections --Yadav, speaking at a press conference here, repeated his reply. He, however, noted that during the recent bye-elections in Kai- rana and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress supported the SP and the Bahujan Samaj Party. “Whenever the Congress people talk, they talk very sweetly,” he quipped. On the possibility of an SP-BSP alliance for next year’s general election, Yadav said, “You will soon learn about a (new) coalition.” MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 UGC forms Min: Steps in place Over 7 lakh girls ‘States to give affidavit on panel to regulate between 11 to 14 fee charged by to check recurrence years benefited medical colleges of CBSE paper leak by SAG: WCD translated NEET papers’ NEW DELHI: Over 7 lakh girls OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT nomics of Class XII on March benefited by the Scheme for OUR CORRESPONDENT has already ordered that from drasekhar, in his mention, said 26 and Mathematics on Class X Adolescent Girls (SAG) under the next year there would be Bengaluru has become a hub NEW DELHI: In a bid to check NEW DELHI: The CBSE has on March 28 for investigating which supplementary nutri- NEW DELHI: The Centre no displacement of students. of narcotics. He said it is about the exorbitant fees for medi- taken steps to check recur- the matter and nabbing culprits. tion is given to out-of-school would be taking affidavits from As another member wanted time something should be done cal courses charged by self- rence of paper leaks after dis- “The Delhi Police has girls from the age group of 11 state governments on accuracy to speak on the issue, Chair- to deal with the situation before financed deemed universities, affiliating schools concerned for informed the Board that a Cen- to 14 years across the country, of translated NEET question man M Venkaiah Naidu said things become irreversible. the University Grants Com- compromising with the sanc- tre Superintendent of an exam Rajya Sabha was informed on papers from the next year, HRD the minister has assured the Shwait Malik (BJP) tried mission (UGC) has formed a tity of exams, Human Resource centre in Una, Himachal Police, Thursday. Minister Prakash Javadekar said House that students need not to highlight the problem of committee to regulate the rates, Development Minister Prakash his two accomplices as well as The SAG was introduced in on Thursday. go to other states and will have drugs in Punjab. He said Pun- the Rajya Sabha was informed Javadekar said on Thursday. a Bank Officer of the custodian 2010-11 on a pilot basis in 205 The National Eligibility Cum facility to write exam in their jab, which was known as the on Thursday. The Central Board of Sec- Bank were arrested for leaking districts which was extended Entrance Test (NEET) is con- respective places. food basket, has now become “The UGC has constituted a ondary Education (CBSE) con- the class X Maths and class XII to additional 303 districts in ducted by the Central Board of In his Zero Hour mention, the “drug basket” and sought committee to regulate the fees ducts 14 types of examinations Economics paper,” the minis- 2017-18 and the remaining dis- Secondary Education for admis- nominated member K T S Tulsi intervention of the Central gov- chargeable by self-financed which are taken by 1.5 crore ter said. tricts were covered from April sion to MBBS/BDS courses. raised the problems faced by ernment to address the menace deemed-to-be universities in students, Javadekar said dur- The principal and two teach- 1, WCD Minister for State Javadekar was responding ter was in court, he won’t speak Indians and Indian IT compa- in the state. medical and dental courses ing Question Hour in the Rajya ers of Mother Khazani Convent Virendra Kumar today said in to an issue raised by AIADMK much on the issue. nies following changes in the BJD MP Prasanna Acha- in view of the exorbitant fees Sabha. School in Delhi along with the a written response. member Vijila Sathyananth He, however said the transla- US visa policy. rya raised the issue of suicide being charged by them,” Satya- “The Board is examining owner of Easy Coaching Insti- The scheme had two com- regarding inaccurate trans- tors were provided by the Tamil He said Indians are facing among soldiers. pal Singh, the minister of state various options to ensure that tute were arrested in Delhi for ponents of nutrition and non- lation of NEET questions in Nadu government. deportation and IT companies Citing a report, he said for human resource develop- such incidents (leakage of ques- leaking the Class X Maths paper. nutrition. Under the nutrition Tamil and the problems faced The Minister further said were facing difficulties in hiring 500 jawans committed suicide ment (HRD), replied to a writ- tion papers) do not recur...The The CBSE has disaffiliated the component, each out-of-school by students during Zero Hour that from the next year, the Cen- Indian talent. last year and the number is ten question. government has constituted schools concerned for compro- adolescent girl of age 11-14 in Rajya Sabha. tre would be taking affidavit This, he said, is despite three increasing. The committee consists of R a High-Powered Committee mising with the sanctity of the years is provided 600 calories, She said 49 questions in the from state governments that meetings between the Indian He also noted there were C Deka, former AIIMS direc- (HPC) to examine the entire examination, he said. 18-20 grams of protein and paper translated in Tamil were the translation done by their Prime Minister and the US reports of a jawan killing a fel- tor; S K Ray, former additional system of conducting Class X The minister said steps are micronutrients at Rs 9.5 per vague due to problems in trans- language experts was correct. President. low officer or another jawan. secretary and financial adviser, and Class XII examinations con- being taken to ensure that the beneficiary per day for 30 days lation and students suffered. The AIADMK member had “We do not know whether “It is very alarming situa- HRD Ministry, and a nomi- ducted by the CBSE. The Com- guilty are punished while exams in a year. A PIL was filed in this regard also pointed out that students this critical issue was ever taken tion. Why this is happening,” nee each from the Ministry of mittee has recently submitted its are made foolproof. The non-nutrition compo- and the court awarded grace appearing for the NEET exam up and if it was taken up what the MP said and wanted to know Health and Family Welfare, report,” Javadekar said. In reply to a supplemen- nent had a built-in factor to marks to affected students, had to travel to distant places was the result of the same,” he if the government has tried to Dental Council of India, Med- He said six complaints were tary, the minister said steps are motivate out-of-school girls to she said. to write the paper. said. find out the reasons behind the ical Council of India (MCI) and lodged with Delhi Police after also being taken to make exams go back to formal schooling or Javadekar said as the mat- To this, Javadekar said he BJP member Rajeev Chan- suicides. HRD Ministry. leakage of two papers - Eco- stress free for students. skill development. MPOST Ministries directed to prepare Don’t understand Condemn mob lynching, asked SHAKING HANDS list of govt’s achievements Tharoor’s foreign accent: Goyal states to take action: Rajnath OUR CORRESPONDENT Asked about issues expected to be raised by opposition to NEW DELHI: Finance Minis- OUR CORRESPONDENT maintaining a silence. NEW DELHI: Ahead of the target the government during ter Piyush Goyal Thursday took He also said that Union debate on no-confidence the debate, another official said a dig at Shashi Tharoor, saying NEW DELHI: The Centre Minister Jayant Sinha had even motion in the Lok Sabha, all a core team will prepare the he did not understand the Con- on Thursday condemned the garlanded some people who central ministries and depart- counter-points as the debate gress leader’s “foreign accent”. recent incidents of mob lynch- were allegedly involved in mob ments have been directed to progresses tomorrow and these While participating in the ing and said it has advised the lynching incidents. prepare a list of achievements will be handed over to the close debate in the Lok Sabha on the states to take stringent action “Is this the rule of the law? of the Narendra Modi govern- aides of the Prime Minister, Fugitive Economic Offend- against the culprits and asked These are very serious issues. ment which will be highlighted who will give the reply to the ers Bill, Tharoor had attacked social media service providers I request the government to tomorrow while a core team debate. the government saying there to install checks to stop spread secure the democratic environ- will be at work to counter the The opposition spon- was a “significant gap” between of rumours and fake news. ment of the country,” he said. opposition’s offensive as the sored no- confidence motion the government’s rhetoric and Home Minister Rajnath He also alleged that that the debate progresses, officials said against the Modi government action. condemned the incidents and government was using inves- on Thursday. was moved He had launched a scathing made a statement in the Lok tigating agencies to “target It is a “pro- yesterday attack on the Modi government Sabha during the Zero Hour said the Centre cannot remain p e o p l e”. active” move NO-CONFIDENCE for the first saying Nirav Modi, who had while responding to Con- silent on the issue. “I urge upon the govern- and the inten- MOTION time since fled the country after alleg- gress leader K C Venugopal, “I have issued advisories ment to make a law to prevent tion is to take the BJP-led edly duping state-run banks who raised the issue of lynch- to state government in 2016 mob lynching,” he said advis- full advantage of the situation dispensation came to power of crores of rupees, was photo- ing, last week’s attack on Swami and 2018. We have asked ing ministers not to garland created due to the no-confi- in 2014. graphed with Prime Minister Agnivesh in Jharkhand and social media service provid- convicts. dence motion moved by the The opposition parties have Narendra Modi in Davos. The trolling of External Affairs ers to install check. Such inci- Noisy scenes were wit- opposition, an official privy to brought the motion against the Prime Minister had promised Minister Sushma Swaraj. dents are unfortunate. We have nessed during the discussion the development said. government on several issues to be a “chowkidar”, Tharoor Singh said several people asked the Chief Ministers to on the subject with some BJP “All the ministries and like special status to Andhra had said. were killed in the lynching inci- take firm action against the cul- members protesting Venugo- departments were asked to Pradesh, cow vigilantism, While replying to the dents and added that it was a prits,” Singh said. pal’s speech, as Congress leader prepare the list of achieve- lynchings, atrocities against debate on the bill, Goyal said he matter of grave concern for the Raising the issue, Venugo- Mallikarjun Kharge and Jyoti- ments of the last four years and women and dalits and alleged did not understand the “foreign government. pal regretted that while these raditya Scindia were seen submit to the secretary con- dilution of the SC/ST Act. English accent” of Tharoor. He said that lynching hap- mob lynching and physical vociferously asking the Chair cerned as early as possible so The motion will be the first This was objected to by RSP pened because of rumours and attacks on the people, includ- to allow the CXongress MP to that these can be highlighted since the BJP-led NDA gov- member NK Premachandran, unverified or fake news. ing those with dissenting views, complete his submission, say- Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swami shakes hands with boxer and in the debate by the govern- ernment came to power four who is also Tharoor’s fellow MP Observing that law and have become the order of the ing it was a serious matter con- Rajya Sabha MP MC Mary Kom during the Monsoon Session PTI ment side,” the official said. years ago. from Kerala. MPOST order was a state subject, Singh day and the government was cerning the nation. Rajya Sabha now Naidu pulls up Minister for 2 lakh posts of People should have NATION BRIEFS Wi-Fi enabled Anganwadi staff using ‘I beg’ to lay papers right to water: Hema HINDU POPULATION IN BANGLADESH NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha lying vacant INCREASING: SWARAJ IN RAJYA SABHA is now Wi-Fi enabled, offering OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT law makers of the Upper House NEW DELHI: Over two lakh NEW DELHI: Countering perception that the popula- access to Internet for browsing NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha posts of Anganwadi staff are NEW DELHI: India should tion of Hindus in Bangladesh was declining, the gov- government and Parliament Chairman Chairman M Ven- lying vacant in the country not face a Cape- town like sit- ernment on Thursday quoted official records of that websites, Chairman M Ven- kaiah Naidu on Thursday pulled with Bihar alone accounting uation due to growing con- country to state that it has instead risen by two per kaiah Naidu said on Thursday. up Union Minister Jitendra for 53,000, the government crete jungles that are depleting cent in 2017. Responding to questions in the Rajya Present rules allows MPs Singh for using the “colonial” informed the Rajya Sabha on ground water, BJP member to carry mobile phones, lap- expression of “I beg to” while isters and members not to use Thursday. In a written reply to Hema Malini Thursday said, Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also tops and tabs inside the Rajya laying official papers on the table the term “beg” while tabling the Rajya Sabha, Minister of demanding that people should said the government has from time to time raised the Sabha chamber but the devices of the House. the listed official papers in the State for the Women and Child have the Right to Water. issue of the plight of minorities in Pakistan, Bangla- were not connected to the Par- When the House met for House. As a practice, most of Development Ministry Viren- People are facing problems desh and other countries at the bilateral level and liament Wi-Di. the day, Singh laid the papers them earlier used to say “I beg der Kumar also said that the in accessing clean drinking two minutes and watering of made efforts to take them to a logical conclusion. Parliament Wi-Fi was avail- concerning the Department of to lay the papers ... listed against monthly honourarium of the water in the country, she said gardens was not allowed. able to members in lobbies and Space, saying that “I beg to lay my name in today’s order paper.” Anganwadi Workers is Rs 3,000, during the Zero Hour. Quoting a Niti Aayog report, STATES GIVEN 2,969 CR TO TACKLE other parts of the Parliament papers listed against my name...”. Naidu had asked members Anganwadi Workers of mini- She said increasing she said crores of people do not House complex. When the This led Naidu to say “we to shed the “imperial mindset” Anganwadis is Rs 2,250 and unplanned urbanisation and have access to clean drinking WATERLOGGING, SAYS PURI House met for the day, Naidu have given up begging one year of using “I beg to lay” the papers Anganwadi helpers is Rs 1,500. concrete jungles are leading to water and the situation was NEW DELHI: To help states tackle the problem of said there have been demands back. You are lagging.” He said in the House. Anganwadis are govern- depletion of ground water. likely to worsen in the future. waterlogging in the aftermath of heavy rains, the from members to allow Wi-Fi members can just state that “I Almost all have followed ment-sponsored mother and Observing that states like She said the people should Centre has provided Rs 2,969 crore under its AMRUT connectivity inside the chamber. rise to present a report etc. They Naidu’s instructions but there child care centres. Asked whe- Himachal Pradesh and Uttar have Right to Water in addition “The Rajya Sabha chamber need not beg,” he said. have been occasional slip-ups. ther Anganwadi workers were Pradesh are facing this prob- to the Right to Education. scheme, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep has now become Wi-Fi enabled,” Naidu said though the Minister of State for Law and facing increasing responsibili- lem, she said India should not Right to Water is not Singh Puri said on Yhursday. The Centre is “happy to he said. The Wi-Fi, he said, can expression “I beg to..” was not Justice P P Chaudhary had used ties and work expectation while face a Cape Town-like situation. enshrined as a fundamental provide states Rs 2,969 crore for storm water drain- be used to browse only govern- unparliamentary, it would be the term “beg” on the opening they are paid mere honoraria, Cape Town has been facing right in the Indian Constitu- age” under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and ment websites including those of “proper to Indianise it”. day of the Winter Session of Kumar said in addition to the a water crisis. Severe restrictions tion but courts have interpreted Urban Transformation (AMRUT), he said during the the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha After taking over as the Parliament in December last monthly honourarium of the have been imposed from time Article 21- Right to Life - as Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha. States can real- on any mobile, laptop or tab Rajya Sabha Chairman last year, leading Naidu to remind Anganwadi staff, they are paid to time on usage of water in the encompassing the right to safe inside the House. MPOST year, Naidu had advised min- him of the new norm. extra for additional work. MPOST city. Showers were restricted to and sufficient water. locate funds as per their priority. RAJESH RANJAN CREATES RUCKUS IN Parl panel suggests single HOUSE, SPEAKER PULLS HIM UP Government to hold discussion with NEW DELHI: Jan Adhikar Party member Rajesh Ran- return for Ministers, babus jan on Thursday created a ruckus in the Lok Sabha stakeholders on social media misuse by hurling papers towards treasury benches and was NEW DELHI: A parliamentary details of declaration made ear- reprimanded by LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who committee has recommended lier, within six months from date OUR CORRESPONDENT national policy as “this will have due to rumours spread on the asked him to apologise. As soon as the House took filing of a single return in a year of such change, the panel said. international ramification also”. social media. up the Question Hour, Ranjan who is also known as by a public servant to mention “Thus, the earlier provision NEW DELHI: Law and IT “Let him (Prasad) hold dis- Sukhendu Sekhar Ray Pappu Yadav, rushed to the Well shouting slogans. details of assets and liabilities, as for periodically submitting the Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad cussion with all stakeholders, (TMC) said that social media He was wearing an apron with words “yachna nahin, against the multiple ones man- declaration has been done away on Thursday said he will hold including the political leader- sites have off late become “anti- dated under the Lokpal law. with. In (the) committee’s opin- discussion with stakeholders, ship” and come out with some social sites” and talked about the rann hoga” (No more pleas, there will be war now), According to the revised ion, this may create practical including political parties, to solution, Naidu said. incidents of lynching. He called seeking special category status for Bihar. draft prepared by the Depart- difficulties in submission of dec- evolve a policy to deal with the To this, Prasad said a notice upon the government to come ment of Personnel and Training, larations. Especially for those menace of misuse of the social has been issued to a social up with a comprehensive policy OPPN PARTIES DEMAND HOUSE now a public servant -- includ- elected public servants who may media. media platform and they have in this regard. CONDEMN ATTACK ON AGNIVESH ing a minister and government have alternate source of earn- He said this in the Rajya reverted. D Raja (CPI) said that in employees -- has to make a dec- ing, other than their salary. In Sabha in response to a sugges- “...you are equally respon- the name of cow protection NEW DELHI: Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha laration of his assets and liabil- such a situation, they may have tion in this regard by Chair- a conclusion on one side. You sible for your technological and ‘love jihad’, violence was on Thursday demanded that the House condemn the ities within six months from to furnish declarations several man M Venkaiah Naidu, after cannot take unilateral action platform if it is being used in being unleashed. He alleged attack on social activist Swami Agnivesh in Jharkhand the date of becoming a public times,” it said. The committee, several members expressed also,” Naidu said after JD(U) large scale for abuse. They have that Dalits and minoritis were and that the culprits be immediately arrested. Raising servant. Those who are already therefore, recommends that concern over the misuse of the member Harivansh raised the reverted to me...,” the Minis- being targetted in the lynch- the issue through a zero hour mention, R K Rangara- public servants have to file such the declarations should be filed social media and the lynching matter in the House. ter said, adding that as sug- ing incidents. In the same vein, jan (CPI-M) alleged that activists of the Janta Yuva declaration on or before 31st periodically, i.e. every year, the incidents. The Chairman said he could gested, he would be holding senior Congress leader Anand July, 2018. Moreover, a pub- Department-related Parliamen- “The issue of misuse of only suggest to the government consultations. Sharma said rumours were Morcha, Bajrang Dal and ABVP (the student wing of lic servant has to subsequently tary Standing Committee on social media is a larger issue to hold discussion with all stake- Earlier, the JD(U) member being spread, leading to the kill- BJP) had attacked Agnivesh in Pakur, about 365 km file revised declarations when- Personnel, Public Grievances, and also a sensitive and seri- holders, including political par- said as many as 33 people have ings. He alleged that there was from the state capital Ranchi. ever there is any change in the Law and Justice said. MPOST ous one. We cannot come to ties, and then try to evolve a lost their lives in the recent years a breakdown of law and order. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 mp Ensure presence Hardly anything done LS passes fugitive eco offenders of members in Bill as Opposition attacks Govt Lok Sabha today: OUR CORRESPONDENT bill, Nishikant Dubey (BJP) BJP to whips to clean Ganga: NGT strongly supported the measure NEW DELHI: The Fugi- saying it will allow the govern- OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT tive Economic Offenders Bill ment to recover its dues from aimed at preventing culprits the absconding offenders. NEW DELHI: Ahead of the NEW DELHI: The National from evading the legal process He claimed that abscond- voting on the no-confidence Green Tribunal (NGT) on and fleeing the country was on ing accused like Mallya, Modi, motion in the Lok Sabha, the Thursday expressed dissatis- Thursday passed by the Lok Choksi were “products of the BJP on Thursday told its whips faction over the cleaning up of Sabha, as the opposition ques- Congress government”, which to ensure the presence of its Ganga and said the situation tioned the goverment’s sincer- had also “facilitated” their members in the House tomor- was extraordinarily bad and ity in taking any action against scams. row and indicated that action hardly anything effective has them. He alleged that then finance will be taken against absentees. been done to clean the river. The House later passed minister P C Chidambaram Chairing a meeting of all the A bench headed by NGT the legislation by a voice vote had “tweaked rules” to help 14 whips, Parliamentary Affairs chairperson Justice A K Goel as Finance Minister Piyush have already fled, Goyal said Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi certain firms linked to some Minister Ananth Kumar asked said that despite claims by the Goyal said the government it was not possible as the leg- to flee the country under its of these accused days before them to call the MPs in their authorities, the work done on had brought an ordinance islation was and the govern- rule. the BJP government took over respective groups over dinner the ground for Ganga rejuvena- before introducing the bill in ment “knows how to bring the Demanding a JPC probe in 2014. and ensure their presence in the tion was not adequate and reg- Parliament which reflected accused to book”. into these incidents to bring Rs 9.93 lakh crore of the House tomorrow, sources said. ular monitoring was required its “aggressiveness” in acting During the almost two- out the truth, Premachandran Rs 10 lakh crore of non- per- He also indicated that the to improve the situation. against black money and such hour long debate on the bill, also said the Bill should be sent forming assets (NPAs) had party will take action against The Green panel ordered offenders. the opposition questioned the to the standing committee for originated during the UPA the absentees, they said. survey to seek views of com- Jawad Rahim and R S Rathore, a slew of directions to rejuve- Goyal also asked why the government’s sincerity in act- evaluation, while maintaining era, he said, adding that coun- The BJP has 274 mem- mon man about what he feels said. nate Ganga, declaring as ‘No UPA government had not ing against economic offend- that he was opposed to bring- tries like the UK, US and China bers in the Lok Sabha includ- on ground about the pollution The NGT had earlier rapped Development Zone’ an area of brought a legislation like this. ers saying many of them have ing the ordinance. amended their laws to deal with ing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. in Ganga and said the feedback the National Mission for Clean 100 metres from the edge of the He said the Fugitive Eco- fled the country during its rule, While stringent action must such offences, but the UPA gov- To defeat the motion, the gov- could be given through e-mail Ganga (NMCG) for not filing a river between Haridwar and nomic Offenders Bill 2013 even as the BJP maintained that be taken against economic ernment never did it. ernment requires the support of the authorities concerned. compliance report on the steps Unnao and prohibiting dump- gave power to the agencies to the banks were being helped to offenders, the government Shashi Tharoor (Cong) of 268 members in the House “It is the most prestigious taken by the Centre and the UP ing of waste within 500 metres seize properties which are not recover their money. should examine whether such said there was a significant which currently has an effective river in the country which 100 and Uttarakhand governments from the river. only in the name of offender, The attack was launched by a law would be legally sustain- gap between the government’s strength of 534. crore people respect but we are to clean the river Ganga in the The tribunal had said the but also the ones that are RSP member N K Premchan- able as everybody has a right “rhetoric and action” and took The party’s Chief Whip unable to protect it.Let us try to stretch between Gomukh and government has spent over Rs ‘benami’. dran, followed by several other to justice and is presumed to a dig, saying that Nirav Modi Anurag Thakur has already make the mechanism as strong Unnao. 7,000 crore in two years to clean To opposition demand to opposition MPs, who charged be not guilty till proven guilty, was photographed with Prime issued instructions to the mem- and effective as possible,” the The green panel, in a the Ganga which still remains a bring the bill with retrospective the government with letting the RSP member said. Minister Narendra Modi in bers to remain present in the bench, also comprising Justices detailed judgement, had passed “serious environmental issue”. effect to book offenders who the accused like Vijay Mallya, Initiating the debate on the Davos. Lok Sabha on Friday. Max speed limit for Doyen of Hindi 9-seater passenger Death toll in Ker rain touches 39 poetry Gopal Das 14 killed as bus rolls down vehicle on e-way OUR CORRESPONDENT Neeraj no more gorge in U’khand’s Tehri is 120 km/hr THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The toll in rain-related incidents OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Maximum in Kerala has climbed to 39, with speed limit on access-controlled 11 more deaths being reported NEW TEHRI: An Uttara- expressways for passenger vehi- from various parts of the state khand Roadways bus rolled cles with not more than eight during the last 24 hours, officials down a 250-metre deep gorge seats in addition to the driver’s said on Thursday. around 15 kilometre from seat has been fixed at 120 km per More than 90,000 per- Chamba in Tehri district early hour, Parliament was informed sons have been shifted to relief NEW DELHI: Doyen of Hindi on Thursday killing fourteen on Thursday. In case of four-lane camps, they said. poetry Gopal Das Neeraj persons, including two women, and above divided carriageway, Among the districts from passed away on Thursday eve- and injuring seventeen others, the maximum speed limit for where deaths have been reported ning at the AIIMS trauma cen- officials said. such vehicles (M1 Category) are the worst-affected Alap- tre here. He was 93. The ill-fated bus was on way has been fixed at 100 km per puzha and Kottayam, besides The second spell of rains held today and tomorrow. A Padma Bhushan awardee, to Haridwar from Bhatwari hour, Minister of State for Road Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur, since July 9 has claimed 39 lives. The Kottayam collector has Neeraj had suffered a head when it met with the accident, Transport and Highways Man- Kannur and Kasaragod, State It is a nightmare for people declared holiday for educational injury following a fall at his the second such tragedy in the sukh L Mandaviya told LS in a monitoring cell officials said. living in low-lying areas, espe- institutions in various taluks house in Agra and was under- hill state this month. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat visits an injured written reply Thursday. Though there was some cially in Kottayam and Alappu- and municipalities in the dis- going treatment at a hospital The accident occurred person at a hospital, in Rishikesh on Thursday PTI The minister said for such respite from the rain in some zha districts, as the water level trict, on Friday. there, Dr Rajesh Malhotra, near Kirgani on the Chamba- category vehicles, the maximum places, water-logging in low- has not receded. The meteorological depart- chief of the AIIMS trauma Uttarkashi highway at around Seventeen of the injured compensation of Rs 2 lakh for speed limit on roads within lying areas has thrown normal Many had to leave all their ment has forecast heavy to very centre, said.“He was shifted 8.20 am today when the bus were under treatment at dif- the next of kin of those killed municipal and other roads has life out of gear. belongings and shift to relief heavy rainfall in the state for the to the trauma centre here last plunged into a 250-metre deep ferent hospitals, officials said. and Rs 50,000 for those injured. been fixed at 70 km per hour. Over 95,540 people have camps when surging rain water next three days. night in a critical condition. gorge killing thirteen persons Eleven people, who sus- The chief minister also Mandaviya said for “motor taken shelter in 564 relief camps entered their houses and dam- Ernakulam, Idukki, Malap- He had kidney failure, infec- on the spot and and leaving tained serious injuries, were visited AIIMS, Rishikesh, to vehicles used for carriage of across the state, officials said. aged all that they had. puram, Kozhikode and Way- tion all over his body and head eighteen injured, Tehri District flown in choppers to AIIMS, enquire about the injured per- passengers comprising nine or In Alappuzha district, 50,836 An elderly woman, who was anad are likely to witness heavy injury. He passed away today Magistrate Sonika said. Rishikesh, while the rest were sons admitted here and assured more seats in addition to the people have been shifted to relief waiting to go to the Gulf, has to very heavy rain, while Alap- at around 7.30 pm,” he said. One of the injured persons under treatment at district Director Ravikant of all sup- driver’s seat (M2 and M3 cat- camps while in Kottayam 28,135 lost her passport in the rains. puzha, Kottayam, Thrissur and Neeraj’s family was by his side died at a hospital during treat- hospital in Baurari and Masihi port from the state government egory vehicles), the maximum persons are in camps. Some have lost their ID Palakkad districts are likely to during his last hours. The poet ment, she added. hospital, Chamba, they said. in their treatment. speed limit on e-ways, highways According to officials, 116 cards, including Aadhaar, they get heavy rain. Thiruvanantha- had also written songs for Bol- There were 31 passengers, Chief Minister Trivendra He said the accident was and other roads has been fixed lives have been lost since the said. puram, Kollam and Pathana- lywood films. He was awarded mostly locals, in the bus when Singh Rawat expressed deep sad and a magisterial inquiry at 100 km/hr, 90 km per hour onset of the South West Mon- The MG University has can- mthitta districts are likely to Padma Shri in 1991 and Padma the accident took place, she grief at the loss of lives in the had been ordered to ascertain and 60 km/hr, respectively. MPOST soon on May 29. celled its examinations to be get only light to moderate rain. Bhushan in 2007. MPOST said. accident and announced a what caused it. Centre to provide 10% Mob-lynching cases: Govt asks WhatsApp Govt: No proposal to ‘invade’ export incentive on milk for solutions beyond labelling forwards individual’s right to privacy OUR CORRESPONDENT was held on Tuesday. At the OUR CORRESPONDENT yse data across all major social meeting Transport Minister OUR CORRESPONDENT bring more effective solutions its users identify the messages media platforms. NEW DELHI: In a major move Nitin Gadkari, Railways Min- to the table, to ensure greater that are forwarded. NEW DELHI: There is no “The government proposes aimed at giving a boost to dairy ister Piyush Goyal and Agri- NEW DELHI: The govern- “accountability and facilitate The messaging service also proposal to “invade” an indi- to set up a Social Media Hub farming, the government has culture Minister Radha Mohan ment on Thursday shot off enforcement of law” beyond brought out full-page adver- vidual’s right to privacy and to facilitate information flow decided to incentivise exports Singh, who participated through another notice to WhatsApp the existing efforts towards tisement in leading newspa- freedom of speech, the govern- regarding its polices and pro- of milk products, add milk to video-conferencing, discussed asking it to come out with effec- labelling forwards and identi- pers, first in the series of its ment said on Thursday in Lok grammes through social media mid-day meal rations as well as in length about all possible mea- tive solutions to curb the men- fying fake news. user awareness campaign, giv- Sabha when asked if its pro- platforms i.e. Facebook, Twit- reduce GST and increase import sures to provide incentives to ace of fake news beyond just “It has been conveyed to ing “easy tips” to decide if infor- posed social media hub project ter, Instagram, Youtube etc.,” duty on certain products. dairy farmers. labelling forwards. past too issued a stern warning them in unmistakable terms mation received is indeed true. could do so. Rathore said. According to a senior offi- The government has cre- It also warned the company to the company to clamp down that it is a very serious issue At the same time, What- In a written reply, Minis- On whether the project cial, the Agriculture Ministry ated a corpus of Rs 300 crore to that mediums used for propa- on hoax messages designed which deserves a more sen- sApp had informed the Centre ter of State for Information would invade an individual’s has asked Director General provide a working capital loan gation of rumours are liable to to “provoke” and “instigate” sitive response,” the minis- that fake news, misinforma- and Broadcasting Rajyavard- right to privacy and the right to of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to to state cooperative federations be treated as ‘abettors’ and can people. try said. Law and IT Minister tion and hoaxes can be checked han Rathore also maintained freedom of speech, the minister increase the export incentive in the country. India holds the face legal consequences if they “When rumours and fake Ravi Shankar Prasad today by the government, civil soci- that the government proposes said, “There is no proposal to for milk and milk products and top position in milk production remain “mute spectators”. news get propagated by mis- informed the Rajya Sabha that ety and technology companies to set up the hub to “facilitate invade an individual’s right to casein from existing 10 per cent in the world and contributes 19 Facebook-owned What- chief mongers, the medium he will hold discussion with “working together”. information flow regarding privacy, and the right to free- to 20 per cent. per cent to world milk produc- sApp has been under fire from used for such propagation can- stakeholders, including politi- Outlining steps it has taken its polices and programmes dom of speech.” The decision in hurry has tion. Milk production has grown the Indian government over not evade responsibility and cal parties, to evolve a policy to curb abuse of its platform, through social media platforms The minister’s reply in Lok been taken to appease the pro- by 23.69 per cent in 2014-18 as fake news and false informa- accountability. If they remain to deal with the misuse of social WhatsApp -- in its response i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Insta- Sabha comes days after the testing dairy farmers in the compared to UPA’s 2010-14. tion being circulated on its mute spectators they are liable media. to the first notice sent by the gram, Youtube etc.” Supreme Court asked the gov- BJP-ruled Maharashtra over To discourage import of messaging platform. to be treated as abettors and Prasad had earlier told IT Ministry -- had said that it His answer came in ernment whether its move to the issue of increasing procure- milk products in the country, Such messages have incited thereafter face consequent legal WhatsApp that the platform has the ability to prevent spam response to a question as to create a Social Media Hub was ment price. the government has already mob-fury, triggering multiple action,” the IT Ministry said in “cannot evade accountability but since it cannot see the con- whether the government has to tap people’s WhatsApp mes- The decision in this regard increased import duty of whey cases of lynching across the a statement on Thursday. and responsibility”. tent of private messages, block- proposed to set up a Social sages, observing that it will be was taken after a high-level milk powder from 30 per cent country. The ministry said it has In response, WhatsApp ing can be done only based on Media Communication Hub like creating a “surveillance inter-ministerial meeting, which to 40 per cent, the official said. The government had in the approached WhatsApp to announced a new feature to let user reports. to monitor, collect and anal- s t a t e”. Hry okays scheme for quick Body of security agencies SC questions rationale behind fixing age disposal of heinous crimes want changes in GST rules group for women’s entry into Sabarimala CHANDIGARH: Haryana tees will meet on the first Tues- OUR CORRESPONDENT entering the temple. The bench, how- Chief Minister Manohar Lal day of every month, identify OUR CORRESPONDENT affects on the cash flow of this low-mar- ever, said, “Somebody may stop men- Khattar has given approval heinous and sensational crimes gin industry due to months delay in get- NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court struating at the age of 45. A girl of 9 for the launch of a scheme to during the month, if any, and NEW DELHI: Red-flagging the dev- ting payments. We have to carry this on Thursday questioned the ratio- years of age can have the menstrua- identify and take appropriate submit recommendations to astating impact of GST implementa- huge back-breaking burden,” Singh fur- nale behind banning the entry of tion. Therefore, there is no rationale measures in expeditiously dis- the state-level committee, which tion of security agencies, the Central ther said, adding, “We have made several women in the 10-50 age group into at all in this notification.” posing heinous crimes, an offi- would decide on its inclusion in Association of Private Security Indus- representations to the Finance Ministry the famous Sabarimala temple in Ker- Singhvi, at the outset, said that cial spokesperson said Thursday. ‘Identified Crimes’. The state- try (CAPSI) demanded to streamline of and to the GST Commissioner demand- ala, saying menstruation may begin Sabarimala is a temple with “unique Under the Identified Crime level panel would review the GST rules for the survival of the indus- ing to streamline of the GST mechanism before the age of 10 and menopause cannot do in law is being done by and strange” Hindu customs and Scheme, state and district-level progress made in various cases try, which employs over 80 lakh people for the sector.” may hit women much earlier. imposing this condition (through a the court should not venture into committees will be constituted, and take corrective measures across the country. While suggesting a remedy to A five-judge Constitution bench notification of the board),” the bench, these areas. which will be headed by the in clearing the bottlenecks in Explaining about the depressing this problem, Singh said, “The logical headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also comprising justices R F Nariman, He said the custom of banning additional chief secretary and investigation or trial. It would impact of GST roll-out on the sector, remedy to this problem is the intro- was apparently not in agreement with A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud women of a particular age group was deputy commissioners respec- also review the number of cases CAPSI chairman Kunwar Vikram Singh duction of ‘reverse charge mechanism’, the plea of the Travancore Devaswom and Indu Malhotra, said. based on “well-founded reasonable tively, the spokesperson said. reported from different districts. said, “The major issue which is forcing which is being allowed for other indus- Board, which runs the over 800-year- Senior advocate A M Singhvi, belief” that a woman cannot main- “The Haryana government If the number of the cases owners to close down their business is tries. It will help in reducing the finan- old Lord Ayyappa temple, that women appearing for the board, said that tain purity for a period of 41 days. is making strenuous efforts to reported by any district is insuf- the methodology of depositing GST as it cial burden on owners of private security of that age group were barred as they the temple has the bona fide custom Moreover, there were hundreds of rein in heinous and sensational ficient or there is a crime which has to be deposited by the security agen- agencies.” cannot observe purity and “penance” and it was “physiologically impos- Lord Ayappa temples where they crimes like dacoity, murder, ter- qualifies to be covered under the cies on 20th day of the Month in which The private security industry is one for a period of 41 days, a condition for sible for women to observe 41 days can go, he said. “It is the devotion rorist activities, rape, gang rape, scheme, but the authorities have the bill has been raised.” of the largest job providers employing undertaking the pilgrimage. of penance”. that makes a devotee to visit a tem- rape of small girls, kidnapping failed to report, then the panel “As security agencies get payment over 80 lakh people, mostly retired per- “This is imposition of an impos- He justified the notification of ple and the onus is on those to justify etc,” he said. will take up with that district, from their clients only after 60-90 days sonnel from the armed forces and para- sible condition that one has to observe the board which barred women in who have restricted entry of women,” The district-level commit- the spokesperson said. MPOST and sometimes it takes more time, it military forces. a 41-day penance period. What you the age group of 10 to 50 years from the bench said. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 EDITORIAL Wider canvas for agriculture AgriMatters A constantly By limiting both state and market interventions to two major staples, we are damaging looming threat the long-term economic and ecological foundations of agricultural growth his is the third article in the oing by media reports, rape is one of the most series on breaking the rice- prevalent crimes in India. Shocking details of rape wheat duopoly in agriculture keep emerging from various parts of the country SANJEEV CHOPRA and my general thesis that at a disturbingly high frequency. From minors of Tevery other agricultural commodity is fiveG years to school children and from housewife to random borne out by the milk producers’ agita- women on the streets, none is safe. This fact has borne out in tion across the country – from Maha- the statement of the Minister of State for Internal Affairs Kiren rashtra where they have threatened to Rijiju, who on Wednesday said in Parliament that the number block the supplies to Mumbai to places of rape cases from 2104 to 2016 stood at 1,10,333. He said in like Berhampore and Siliguri in West the Rajya Sabha that 38,947 cases of rape were registered in Bengal where the procurement to the 2016, 34,651 cases in 2015 and 36,735 cases in 2014. Clearly, co-operative sector is showing a marked the statistics show that there is no decline in the number of decline. By limiting both state and mar- reported rape cases over the years and on an average, more ket interventions to the two major sta- than 100 women file rape charges every day. These figures are ples, we are damaging the long-term in addition to those registered under the Protection of Chil- economic and ecological foundations dren from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Nearly 35,000 cases Agriculture of agricultural growth. of rape and other sexual crimes against minors are reported The big issue in the government is under this Act every year. In many cases, the victims are also continues to that we are looking at the production, inflicted grievous injuries and brutalities, leading to their look mainly at procurement, and market operations death. In other instances, such incidents are part of a larger of our agricultural commodities in dis- criminal racket in which women are trapped and exploited. production and tinct silos. Thus, agriculture continues to Despite the enactment of new and more stringent laws and feels that having look mainly at production and feels that the setting up of the fast-track court to hear such crimes in a having achieved self-sufficiency in the time-bound manner, the number of sexual offences against achieved self- production of pulses for two years in a women has not shown any sign of decline. sufficiency in row is a cause for celebration. However, Slow judicial process and low conviction rate are the main despite a substantial increase in MSP, the reasons for the spike in sexual crimes against women as the the production growth momentum in pulses is under perpetrators of the crime do not feel enough intimidated by of pulses for stress because in many parts of the coun- the punishment that their acts might bring to them. In fact, two years in a try, especially the eastern region, Bihar the complicated process of the police investigation and the did not take up any procurement and It is imperative to look at agriculture, ecology, and nutrition together and have a holistic approach (Representational Image) trial in the court are more loaded against the victim than the row is a cause West Bengal could only procure a frac- accused. While there is no doubt that those committing such for celebration. tion of its total produce even though the are being procured, and this has a direct certain threshold, the government has the co-operative societies must receive crimes have something seriously wrong with their mental production shot up this year on account impact on markets. The procurement of asked Nafed and other agencies to go assistance under RIDF or the RKVY to health, it is also true that the laws and the criminal justice However, despite of the increased emphasis on alternate Urad, Moong, and Masoor is between in for imports, including those on a establish grading/sorting centres, drying system in the country are flawed to some extent as they fail to a substantial crops on account of the wheat holiday 10-15 per cent of the total produce, and short tender basis. Rather, if there was machines, and electronic weighments. instill sufficient fear in the minds of the people about the con- in the two districts of Malda and Mur- therefore the impact does not have the an assured offtake of pulses under the Unless these steps are taken the opera- sequences of such crimes. The length of time that courts take increase in shidabad to prevent the onslaught of salience witnessed for Gram and Toor. Food Security Regime, Nafed’s opera- tions of the Price Support Scheme will to decide a case is certainly a big let-down on the part of the MSP, the growth wheat blast disease from Bangladesh. Are we, therefore, saying that farmers tions would become more streamlined not touch the lives of the poorest farmers judicial system as they tend to linger the pain of the victims. As such this year, the total sown area in other states should not get into pro- – more like those of FCI, as a result of who grow pulses. And they are the ones In many countries, the judicial system provides for an momentum in under pulses is less than in the previous duction of pulses? The reason for not which there are no sudden fluctuations who need this the most – but because instant and extremely harsh punishment to rape convicts. pulses is under year, and one only hopes that a normal introducing pulses in the PDS is that in the prices of the prized and privileged the numbers are scattered, and because For example, in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, UAE, and monsoon will ensure stable production. the government would not be able to commodities, viz wheat and rice. the production takes place at different Egypt, where the criminal justice system is based on the Islamic stress The procurement of pulses and the bear the very heavy expenditure because One must also place on record that times of the year, unlike wheat (Rabi) law and those convicted of rape get a death penalty, either consumption within the state of pro- the subsidy involved would be very if procurement of a commodity has to and rice (Kharif) – the marketing sea- by public beheading, hanging, or a bullet shot in the head of curement continues to be the big issue. high. However, the counter-factual is be done on an ad-hoc basis, the costs sons are not clearly defined, and there- the convict. In North Korea and China too, the punishment States like MP have done very well in that if the stocks are liquidated in the are substantially higher, and some- fore, it is administratively more complex for rape is the death penalty. In all these countries, the court procurement, and have thereby avoided open market, there will be a glut, and times it becomes a logistics nightmare. to intervene in pulses . proceedings are very quick and the victims get justice almost farmer distress. In fact, MP has picked up in the coming years it will be difficult to Where are the godowns expected to Should this be a challenge to over- instantly. In other countries like France, USA, Greece, Russia, nearly 16 LMT gram of the 27 LMT pro- distinguish the new crop from the old appear for the 35 LMT of pulses that come? Yes, if we want to look at agricul- Israel, Netherlands, though the punishment is not as harsh as cured by Nafed, followed by Rajasthan crop. We also have major warehousing Nafed has procured? How will the addi- ture, ecology, and nutrition in a holistic in the Islamic nations, the courts are fast and the judgement at 6 LMT, 2 LMT by Maharashtra, and 1 constraints. tional requirement of gunnies be met? manner, and so this column will con- comes without any delay. The rape convicts are sentenced to LMT by Gujarat and AP of the total pro- What are the reasons for such a logi- It would, therefore, make a lot of sense tinue to apprise the reader of commod- imprisonment, whose quantum is decided by the severity duction of 112 LMT. In the case of Toor, cal step not seeing the light of the day? for the government to have a stakehold- ities other than wheat and rice so that and type of crime. while Maharashtra and Karnataka have Observers feel it is a policy of abundant ers dialogue – the Zilla Panchayats in our debate on agriculture is on a wider Till 2013, the maximum punishment for a rape convict picked up 3.5 LMT each of the 9 LMT caution: what happens in a drought year? the districts with substantial produc- canvas. in India was imprisonment for seven years. After the Nirb- procured from a production base of 42 The country will have to import pulses tion of pulses could be asked to build (The author is Director General, haya incident in which a 24-year-old paramedic student was LMT. This column has taken Gram and for PDS. In any case, there is a precedent godowns, the schools in these districts ATI & Additional Chief Secretary, gang-raped and brutalised in a moving bus by a group of up to Toor as representative samples because that whenever the prices of pulses, or for should have this a compulsory compo- Government of West Bengal. The views seven men, the Parliament enacted a more stringent anti-rape substantial amounts of the total produce that matter even onions have crossed a nent of the Mid-Day meal scheme, and expressed are strictly personal) bill, which provided for life imprisonment and even death for those convicted of rape. The new law provides for stringent punishment even for other related crimes like sexual harass- Dear ment, molestation, acid attacks, stalking, and voyeurism. Those Quote martial EXEMPLARY MANAGEMENT Editor millenniumpost.in found guilty of gang-rape will be punished by minimum 20 years of rigorous imprisonment or life imprisonment. In the The initiatives by the Mamata Banerjee government to introduce more state-run AC Volvo Log on to write letters to the Nirbhaya rape case, four of the accused were awarded the Management buses to connect Kolkata with all the districts headquarters has been well accepted by the editor or send them to death penalty. It took almost two-and-half years for the judi- is doing things [email protected] ciary to give the verdict. Though the laws and punishment common people throughout the state. This was very much needed to manage the rush for for rape convicts have changed and become more stringent, right; leadership You can also send your courts still take a very long time to deliver judgement. The is doing the right Durga Puja festival. Stressing the need of the road safety is appreciated in view of increasing comments to The Editor, setting up of fast-track courts for all rape cases may help the situation as delayed justice often means the denial of it. The things road mishaps and ensuring putting in place other related methods for safe road travel is Millennium Post, government should take initiative in this direction. It is only PETER DRUCKER commendable. Thanks to the Government of WB for undertaking such major initiatives to Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah when the courts give quick and harsh punishment to those Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 accused and found guilty of rape that the rising trend of sex- reach out to the common man. AMAR NATH BHADRA Via email ual violence against women can be curbed. May survives The problem with banning plastic yet again Behavioural interventions such as pro-environment informational nudges ery few British Prime ministers have landed them- selves in the sort of predicament Theresa May has. combined with pricing mechanisms have the potential to be effective At one point of time, when the Tories had a good majority under Prime Minister David Cameron, The recent ban by Maharashtra on or a fine. In this context, behavioural Vshe was an efficient Home Secretary. But with the “exiteers” SUJOY CHAKRAVARTY the use of plastic for “manufacture, interventions such as pro-environment having narrowly won the Brexit referendum, she, a “stayer” usage, transport, distribution, wholesale, informational nudges, combined with emerged the new leader after “stayer” Cameron resigned. and retail sale and storage, import” has pricing mechanisms have the potential Life has just not been the same for May since. When she had elicited some rather extreme reactions. to alter behaviour. Nudges, according to taken over the reins from her very dapper predecessor, little While some environmental activists Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, are had May realised the going would get tougher by the day have hailed it as a landmark judgment, behavioural cues that are libertarian because of Brexit. Indeed, her government narrowly survived producers, retailers, and shopkeepers, and paternalistic. That is, they suggest the latest Brexit challenge on Tuesday after winning a crucial who use plastics for packaging goods the socially right decision without using parliamentary vote. The government avoided defeat when sold to customers, are enraged. The lat- the coercion of hard economic incen- MPs voted against by 307 votes to 301 against a proposal by ter are particularly inconvenienced as tives. Of course, on their own, nudges Remain-supporting members of her own Conservative party the ubiquitous 40 micron plastic carry that are not supported by a system of that would have significantly undermined her Brexit strat- As is with other bags are covered by the ban. prices or fines, have been seen to be of egy. The pro-EU faction was furious that earlier in the week, While the move is a decisive step in limited efficacy. This is to be expected her government had made a number of concessions to the bans such as expressing commitment to the environ- as these work just by the power of sug- Brexit-supporting faction. The dispute has exposed the deep prohibition of mental cause, outright bans have a poor gestion and carry no monetary rewards divisions in May’s party and could yet lead to significant chal- track record in altering behaviour of or penalties for non-compliance. A well- lenges to her authority. Earlier this month, two of May’s top alcohol, there stakeholders, which is key to developing known example of a “green” nudge takes Cabinet ministers, Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign are distributional sustainable policies. Ultimately, inter- the form of communication that informs Secretary Boris Johnson, quit over what they see as a water- ventions targeting economic or social households when their energy use is ing-down of the UK’s blueprint for leaving the European effects as it is change must be normatively followed high and thus, environmentally unsus- Union. In two votes in the UK Parliament this week, the latest generally the by a majority of the population as the What is actually needed to check proliferation of plastic is altered behaviour in general, not tainable relative to others in the com- on Tuesday night, May only just avoided defeat at the hands morally right decision to make as a citi- preferences (Representational Image) munity. This messaging is seen to bring of pro-EU members of her party. The “Brexiteers” were angry poor producers zen, not a strategy followed grudgingly down household energy consumption. that May’s Chequers agreement, a plan for a Brexit strategy and consumers in fear of retribution from the criminal zon and H&M are lobbying for exemp- to pay. Likewise, instead of cuing one Green nudges either manipulate choice hatched at May’s official country residence 10 days ago, envis- who get the short justice system. According to economist tions and will probably get them, leaving to the socially right (pro-environmen- architecture or frame information in aged a close future relationship with the EU. Kaushik Basu, a law becomes very dif- the small trader to bear the brunt of sig- tal) position, an economic instrument order to cue individuals towards mak- The original Chequers agreement caused the resignations end of the stick ficult to enforce if it cues behaviour in nificant repackaging costs and potential such as the price per unit just tells peo- ing sustainable choices. These could of Davis and Johnson. The latter claimed the Chequers deal as richer users an opposite direction to what is norma- loss of produce. ple it is okay to make environmentally take the form of simple defaults like would leave the UK in the status of a “colony” to Europe and tively followed. The ban stands at the other end of unsustainable choices, just so long as making environmentally sustainable claimed the Brexit “dream was dying.” He led the main Brexit usually find both The first problem with an outright the spectrum from the unfettered man- one pays for it. This is seen in a recent alternatives to plastic more visibly avail- campaign in the 2016 referendum, quit after Chequers, trig- illegal and legal ban is, of course, enforcement. When ufacture and use of plastic that India is study on single use plastic bags in the able to consumers, stern reminders of gering the government’s biggest crisis since she lost her Par- the current media attention dies down, known for the world over. What about city of Toronto, Canada. Of course, if this the environmental damage that their liamentary majority after calling a snap election last year. “It ways to beat will the authorities have the necessary solutions which are more intermediate? price per unit is increased indefinitely decision contributes to, or the usage of is not too late to save the Brexit,” Johnson told Parliament in the ban resources or will to monitor the produc- Surely, a pricing system, like a monetary over time, it would have an impact on descriptive and injunctive social norms his resignation speech. “We have time in these negotiations. tion of plastics in hole-in-the-wall plas- fine, would lead people to use less plastic the demand for plastic products, but it that evaluates people’s behaviour and We have changed tack once and we can change again.” Several tic manufacturing facilities that dot our products? In a different context, econo- would now take one back to a situation suggests what may be the right choice. junior ministers and parliamentary secretaries also resigned highways? Furthermore, as with other mists Aldo Rustichini and Uri Gneezy that is similar to the ban—increase one’s Of course, unlike economic instru- over the deal. Meanwhile, the government has abandoned the bans such as prohibition of alcohol, there found that imposing monetary fines cost of packaging substantially—leading ments, these would require both, coor- vote on whether MPs should start their summer recess sev- are distributional effects as it is generally on parents arriving late to pick up their to non-compliant behaviour. dination and cohesiveness within the eral days early, beginning this week instead of next Tuesday, the poor producers and consumers who children at the crèchejust increases the What is needed is to actually alter community, which may make them following criticism from lawmakers. With her own party so get the short end of the stick as richer lateness. When a normatively moral behaviour, if not preferences. Over time, succeed in certain contexts and fail divided and criticism growing by the day, May cannot afford users usually find both illegal and legal imperative (namely, a “good” parent individuals need to make the socially in others. DOWN TO EARTH any recess. But, precisely how she puts up a new plan to please ways to beat the ban. In this case, this comes on time) is replaced with a mar- optimal decision as intrinsic motiva- (The author is Professor of Econom- all remains the million pound question. behaviour is already evident since big ket for lateness, individuals situate them- tion, not as a strategy in response to ics at Jawaharlal Nehru University. The multinational companies such as Ama- selves on it according to their willingness an economic instrument such as a ban views expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 mp in focus Battle of bank employees & pensioners Bankers are instrumental in fulfilling government aspirations through implementation of schemes

uly 19 comes with a historical ing which some 19 bank employees landmark for the Indian banking died on duty. industry. Bank nationalisation by There indeed should be parity, UJJWAL K CHOWDHURY then PM Smt Indira Gandhi has co-relation, uniformity, and relativ- Jhit half a century. And, as this mea- ity of salary with others in insurance sure emanating from ‘Garibi Hatao’ and other sectors of the government, slogan of Indira rule matures at 50, matching with the status and the risk, all is not well with the banking indus- responsibility, accountability and try. While a substantial section of the transferability we are to undertake. government banking and finance Further, the dissenting employees’ machinery is inclined towards priva- charter of demands has asked for tisation of banks, and merger of mul- a five-day working week and more tiple banks into one, the employees facilities for women employees. are on streets often for ameliorating As matters stand today, the issue their terms of employment, the most of the banking employees is assum- recent one being March 30-31 two ing a national proportion and in an days long national strike for respect- economy which clocks around 6 to There are 85,000 able wage revision (they have been 8 per cent annual inflation, there is branches of 21 offered 2 per cent increment valid no justification of a 2 per cent salary for next five years). increment for all bankers as a con- public sector The one million strong employ- stant for half a decade next. banks across the ees of all the government banks of India through their nine trade unions Bank pensioners’ plight country with a have decided to ‘celebrate’ this day There is also the issue of 5 lakh business share of to protest against growing signs and plus Bank Pensioners who are reeling plans of privatisation of banks and under financial distress due to non- about 70 per cent. for a higher wage revision and five revision of their pensions ever since Industry chamber days a week work-schedule. “The day it was introduced way back on Janu- shall be observed through seminars, ary 1, 1986. Bank Pension Scheme at Assocham said workshops, sit-in demonstrations and the same rate, was formulated on the that the last rallies across the country to make basis of Central Govt Pension Rules the people aware of the importance in 1993. As the facts stand, Central two-day of Bank Nationalisation and the ill Pension Rules underwent changes nationwide motives of different authorities to The compounding issues harrowing bank employees are fast assuming huge proportion of national significance (Representational Image) as per the Central Pay Commission privatise the nationalised banks. For Recommendations of 1996, 2006 & bank strike had example, in Kolkata, a big sit-in has ary-structure of bank employees is which is more than double the losses four years, banks have been earning Central government bars Banks to 2016. Bank employees wages & ser- affected customer been arranged at Rani Rashmoni fixed up through a bi-partite settle- of Rs19,000 crore in preceding quar- operating gross annual profits rang- take collateral, and hence Banks can- vice conditions (barring Pension) Square where trade union leaders of ment, unlike Central and State Govt ter ended December 2017. ing from Rs.1.3 lacs crores to Rs.1.6 not recover and the borrowers happily were too revised in 1987, 2002, 2007, transactions different organisations will speak to employees. After every 5 years, the The Chief Labour Commissioner lacs crores, but net profit is wiped out default. Retail NPA, accounting for 2012 and it has further become due, worth up to commemorate public sector banking salary is hiked to have the protection (CLC) supported the issues and asked due to the bad loans, given not at the around 4 per cent of all NPAs, is the talks for which are going on. Bank and oppose privatisation and unfair against inflation. The last settlement the Indian Banks Association (IBA) whims of employees and the faulty only NPA where a common branch Pensioners were ignored and unheard Rs.20,000 crore. wages,” notes bank officers’ leader was for the period 2012-17 was of to respond positively. CLC said that provisioning norms, but through level Banker makes a sanction in form by UPA govt, as had happened with It also urged the Sanjay Das. 15 per cent, which was not matching officers and employees have to be paid political decisions. of Housing, Car, Personal Loan et Forces’ demand of OROP, and the with the then 6th Pay Commission. for hard work and not based on profit. As per RBI data of March 31, 2018, al. Hence, the one million banking same continues till date under NDA government to The wage revision movement But this time the increment for the IBA representative said they will con- Non Performing Assets of government employees feel cheated today to be government. come up with Last June 12, the United Forum period 2017-2022, which came only a sider the revised offer but requested banks amount to Rs 6.41 lacs Cr, of punished for the crime done by politi- Interestingly, the Bank Pension a stimulus plan of Bank Unions (UFBU), represent- few weeks ago, seven months delayed, the UFBU to quantify the demand. which Corporate Industry NPA is cal decisions. Payments do not have any bearing ing these one million bank employ- the employees expected a parity with UFBU leaders quoted figures to prove around Rs 4.7 lacs Cr (73 per cent), Interestingly, the government is on Banks expenses. Pension is paid for restoring the ees had met at Chennai to decide the the new 7th Pay Commission of the how operating profits have doubled, Agriculture Sector NPA is Rs 57,000 not complying with the recommen- out of income generated from Pen- health of public next course of action after the last Central government, but rather was staff expenses reduced and business Cr (9 per cent), Services Sector NPA is dations of its own appointed stand- sion Funds, created and contributed national strike on May 30-31, and this offered merely 2 per cent, on the plea more than doubled. Rs 85,000 Cr (13 per cent), and Retail ing committee that the corporate by bank employees and officers, while banks time the Forum intends to carry out of low profitability of banks. Sector NPA is around Rs 24,000 Cr deliberate defaulters’ names should in job. These Funds are managed by a phase of public sensitisation on the There are about 85,000 branches Rationale for higher wages and NPAs (4 per cent). It is important to note be published and the accountability Banks through Trusts. The Pension issues at hand and also keep putting of 21 public sector banks across the of public sector banks that the Corporate Industry Loans are of the board representatives be fixed Fund is invested in tax-free bonds pressures on the Indian Bank Asso- country having a business share of The 2 per cent wage hike will cost sanctioned by government-appointed as to who have given green signals and govt securities. Pension Fund of ciation and Department of Financial about 70 per cent. Industry chamber banks approximately Rs 500 crore, Board Level Executives to corporate for sanctioning loans to the deliber- all Banks is generating huge income Services, Government of India, apart Assocham said that the last two-day while the proposal given by the unions bodies like Bhushan Steel, Lanco Infra, ate defaulters. and leaving huge surpluses after pay- from various political parties. The ini- nationwide bank strike had affected will cost around Rs 12000 crore, and Essar Steel, Amtek, Monnet Ispat, Further, bank employees are the ing Pension. So, Pension Fund itself tial response of the IBA and DFS has customer transactions worth up to this is surely open to negotiation. IBA Reliance, Adani groups, and to peo- architects for fulfilment of all govern- is so robust, but Bank Management been cold, to say the least. Rs.20,000 crore. It also urged the gov- and the Central government are link- ple like Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, et ment aspirations through success- is just sitting in the Pension Fund in Earlier on May 30-31, the nine ernment to come up with a stimulus ing it with the profitability but there al. Agricultural NPA is mostly due to ful implementation of Atal Pension denial mode. trade unions of government bank plan for restoring the health of PSU was no hesitation to write off Rs 2.41 Farm Loan Waiver policies by elected Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awaas (The author is School Head, employees, 4 being of officers and 5 banks. State-owned lenders are grap- lakh crores in last 3 years, and gross governments just before or after elec- Yojana, Adhar-bank account linking, School of Media, Pearl Academy, of others, had gone for two days long pling with high levels of bad loans NPA (Non Performing Assets) stands tions, and so such borrowers misuse Mudra loan, Stand Up and Start Up Delhi and Mumbai, and former strike after they rejected the Indian and as per reports, their losses for at Rs.6.41 lacs crores today, accord- loans as they have a sense of political projects funding, Jandhan accounts Dean of Symbiosis and Amity Banks’ Association’s (IBA) proposal the quarter ended March 2018 are ing to RBI figures, which was around entitlement. Services NPA is mostly and the Herculean work following Universities. The views expressed for a 2 per cent wage-hike. The sal- set to hit a record Rs.50,000 crore Rs.3 lacs crores in 2014. For the last like MUDRA loan, where the current the ill-advised demonetisation, dur- are strictly personal)

tweet Pro-Republican outfits mint big money RETWEET Locking up immigrant children is now a billion-dollar industry in the US, elaborate Martha Mendoza and Larry Fenn PRESIDENT OF INDIA @rashtrapatibhvn etaining immi- that are prerequisites to healthy grant children has cognitive development.” morphed into a Some in the Trump admin- surging industry in istration describe the new pol- The human resource challenges of the Dthe United States that now reaps icy as a “deterrent” to future Indian IT industry are rising. Happy to $1 billion annually—a tenfold would-be immigrants and asy- note that govt has decided to supplement increase over the past decade, lum-seekers fleeing violence the five existing IIITs by establishing an Associated Press analysis and abject poverty in Central Health and finds. America, Mexico, and beyond. 20 more such institutes on a not-for- Human Services Health and Human Services But Steven Wagner, act- profit, public-private partnership basis grants for shelters, foster care, ing assistant secretary for #PresidentKovind grants for shelters, and other child welfare ser- the Administration for Chil- foster care, vices for detained, unaccom- dren and Families—an HHS and other child panied, and separated children division—said the policy has soared from $74.5 million in exposed broader issues over PRITISH NANDY welfare services 2007 to $958 million in 2017. how the government can man- @PritishNandy for detained, The agency is also reviewing a age such a vast system. new round of proposals amid “It was never intended to be unaccompanied, a growing effort by the White a foster care system with more and separated House to keep immigrant chil- Over 1,800 children have been detained and housed across 15 states in the US while their parents await immigration proceedings than 10,000 children in custody I find #TalkToAMuslim offensive. As an dren in government custody. at an immediate cost to the fed- children soared Currently, more than 11,800 eral taxpayer of over $1 billion Indian I talk to all as an equal, whatever from $74.5 children, from a few months stead, Florida—are housing ernment contractors for the no system is in place to reunite dollars per year,” Wagner said their caste, religion, regional identity may old to 17, are housed in nearly older teens. Health and Human Services families separated at the bor- in a statement. be. That’s what my Constitution expects million in 2007 90 facilities in 15 states—Ari- Over the past decade, by Department—the federal der. “These are real concerns The longer a child is in gov- of me. And trust me, there are millions to $958 million in zona, California, Connecti- far the largest recipients of tax- agency that administers the that the administration has not ernment custody, the poten- like me. It’s just that we have allowed cut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, payer money have been South- program keeping immigrant thought through at all,” she said. tial for emotional and physical others to hijack the discourse. 2017. The agency Maryland, Michigan, New Jer- west Key and Baptist Child & children in custody. Organisa- In April, Attorney Gen- damage grows, said Dr. Colleen is also reviewing sey, New York, Oregon, Penn- Family Services, AP’s analy- tions like Southwest Key insist eral Jeff Sessions announced a Kraft, president of the Ameri- a new round of sylvania, Texas, Virginia, and sis shows. From 2008 to date, that the children are well cared “zero tolerance policy” direct- can Academy of Pediatrics. Washington. Southwest Key has received for and that the vast sums of ing authorities to arrest, jail, “The foundational relation- SHASHI THAROOR proposals amid a They are being held while $1.39 billion in grant funding to money they receive are neces- and prosecute anyone illegally ship between a parent and child @ShashiTharoor their parents await immigration operate shelters; Baptist Child sary to house, transport, edu- crossing the border, includ- is what sets the stage for the growing effort by proceedings or, if the children & Family Services has received cate, and provide medical care ing people seeking asylum and child’s brain development, for the White House arrived unaccompanied, are $942 million. for thousands of children while without previous offenses. As their learning, for their child reviewed for possible asylum A Texas-based organisa- complying with government a result, more than 2,300 chil- health, for their adult health,” The response to my question in the Lok to keep immigrant themselves. tion called International Edu- regulations and court orders. dren were turned over to HHS. Kraft said. children in In May, the agency issued cational Services also was a big The recent uproar sur- In a recently released report, “And you could have the Sabha (http://goo.gl/B94unm ) reveals the requests for bids for five proj- recipient, landing more than rounding separated families at the State Department decried nicest facility with the nicest surreptitious manner in which the proposed government ects that could total more than $72 million in the last fiscal year the border has placed the loca- the general principle of hold- equipment and toys and games, amendment to the RTI has been framed. custody $500 million for beds, fos- before folding amid a series of tions at the center of the contro- ing children in shelters, say- but if you don’t have that par- The secrecy betrays their real intent in ter and therapeutic care, and complaints about the condi- versy. A former Walmart store ing it makes them inherently ent, if you don’t have that caring weakening the RTI #SaveRTI “secure care,” which means tions in its shelters. in Texas is now a Southwest vulnerable. adult that can buffer the stress employing guards. More con- The recipients of the money Key facility that’s believed to “Removal of a child from that these kids feel, then you’re tracts are expected to come up run the gamut, including non- be the biggest child immigrant the family should only be con- taking away the basic science of for bids in October. profits, religious organisa- facility in the country, and First sidered as a temporary, last what we know helps pediatrics.” The agency’s current facili- tions, and for-profit entities. Lady Melania Trump visited resort,” the report said. “Stud- A judge in California has ARUN JAITLEY ties include locations for what The organisations originally another Southwest Key loca- ies have found that both private ordered authorities to reunite @arunjaitley the Trump administration calls concentrated on housing and tion in Phoenix. and government-run residen- separated families within 30 “tender age” children, typically detaining at-risk youth, but “You can’t put a child tial institutions for children, days—and the government has under 5. Three shelters in Texas shifted their focus to immi- in a prison. You cannot. It’s or places such as orphanages completed more than 50 of the have been designated for tod- grants when tens of thousands immoral,” said Sen. Kirsten Gil- and psychiatric wards that do reunions of children by now. Salute to courage & bravery of revolutionary dlers and infants. Others— of Central American children librand, a New York Democrat not offer a family-based setting, IPA #MangalPandey on his birth anniversary. including in tents in Tornillo, started arriving at the US-Mex- who has been visiting shelters. cannot replicate the emotional (This article is in Texas, and a tent-and-building ico border in recent years. Gillibrand said the shelters companionship and attention arrangement with People’s temporary shelter in Home- They are essentially gov- will continue to expand because found in family environments World. The views are personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 Israel adopts controversial Growing extremism threatens Mali's July 29 elections

BAMAKO (Mali): As deadly Jewish ‘nation-state’ law attacks by extremists become more brazen in Mali, officials JERUSALEM: Israel's parlia- Arab parliament members in the country's history, had and citizens fear this month's ment on Thursday adopted a who called the legislation "rac- pushed for its approval before presidential election will be at law defining the country as the ist" ripped up copies of the bill the parliament's summer ses- risk from growing insecurity. nation state of the Jewish peo- in the chamber of the Knesset, sion ends. A branch of al-Qaida even ple, provoking fears it could Israel's parliament, after it was The law passed after the set off a car bomb at the head- lead to blatant discrimination passed. changing of a clause that quarters of a new West Afri- against Arab citizens. Arab citizens account for would have allowed the state to can counterterror force late Arab lawmakers and Pal- some 17.5 percent of Israel's "authorise a community com- last month, further destabilis- estinians called the law "racist" more than eight million pop- posed of people having the ing central Mali as extremist and said it legalised "apartheid" ulation. They have long com- same faith and nationality to groups expand from remote following a tumultuous debate plained of discrimination. maintain the exclusive charac- northern regions where they in parliament. Saeb Erekat, secretary-gen- ter of that community". have had strongholds for years. issue for candidates including between ethnic Fulani Mus- The legislation, adopted by eral of the Palestine Liberation Rivlin, whose role as pres- A more assertive response President Ibrahim Boubacar lims and other groups such as 62 votes to 55, makes Hebrew Organisation, called it a "dan- ident is mainly symbolic, by Mali's security forces has led Ke ta, who seeks a second term. the Dogon and Bambara who the country's national language gerous and racist law" that had made a rare interven- to accusations of extrajudicial Experts warn of a human- accuse the Fulani of being and defines the establishment versial clause that had been Israel that inscribes in stone "officially legalises apartheid tion in politics earlier this killings, while neighbours turn itarian crisis as hundreds of recruited by jihadists. of Jewish communities as being seen as more specifically legal- our language, our anthem and and legally defines Israel as an month to raise alarm over the on each other amid suspicions schools have closed out of fear "The Malian army attacks in the national interest. ising the establishment of Jew- our flag," Israeli Prime Minis- apartheid system". clause. of joining extremist groups. of attack. "It would be difficult the civilians thinking that they Arabic, previously consid- ish-only communities was ter Benjamin Netanyahu said The sponsor of the law, The legislation "could harm At least 289 civilians includ- to organize the elections in my are complicit with the jihad- ered an official language, was changed after it drew criticism, after the vote on the legisla- Avi Dichter from Netanyahu's the Jewish people worldwide ing young children have been commune in Mondoro, near ists, and the jihadists attack the granted only special status. including from Israeli Presi- tion, backed by his right-wing Likud party, has said the law and in Israel, and could even killed in communal violence the border between Mali and civilians thinking that they are The law, passed in the early dent Reuven Rivlin. government. aims to defend Israel's "status be used as a weapon by our since the beginning of the year, Burkina Faso," one local offi- complicit with the army. It's a hours of on Thursday, speaks The legislation becomes A range of opposition pol- as a Jewish and democratic enemies," he wrote in an open with some burned alive in their cial, Deputy Mayor Moulaye chaotic situation," the 32-year- of Israel as the Jewish histor- part of the country's basic iticians denounced the vote. state." Various versions of the letter. homes or killed while hiding in Ongoiba, told The Associated old deputy mayor said. ical homeland and says Jews laws, which serve as a de facto The head of the mainly Arab legislation have been debated "Do we want to support the mosques, the United Nations Press. "People are afraid of kami- have the right to self-determi- constitution. Joint List alliance Ayman for years. discrimination and exclusion said this month. Extremist attacks in the kazes, conflicts in the polling nation there. "It is a decisive moment Odeh called it "the death of our Netanyahu's government, of men and women based on As the July 29 elections region have risen over the station or even a post-election However, a deeply contro- in the history of the state of democracy". seen as the most right-wing their ethnic origin?" AGENCIES approach, insecurity is a major past year, while tensions grow crisis." AGENCIES Rights group details lead-up to ‘Pak Army has no direct role in July 25 elections’ Indonesian's 'child' of ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan of candidates was responsibility Myanmar attacks on Rohingya Army will not have any "direct of the government. Krakatoa spews role" in the conduct of polls ECP Secretary Babar BANGKOK: The Myanmar that forced more than 94,000 on July 25 for which it would Yaqoob, while briefing the Sen- military has systematically pre- people from their homes, it deploy a total of 371,000 mili- ate panel, said that a total of ash and lava pared for attacks on Rohingya said. tary personnel at the polling 800,000 security officials includ- Muslims, confiscating knives The army also tore down or stations across the country, a ing the army, the police and the JAKARTA: An Indonesian and other sharp-edged tools, forced villagers to tear down top military official said on paramilitary personnel would volcano known as the "child" arming and training non- fencing around their homes. Thursday. be deployed. Yaqoob also said of the legendary Krakatoa Muslim civilians and forcing It also trained and provided Briefing the special session that 700,000 polling staff will erupted on Thursday, spewing Rohingya families to remove weapons to non-Rohingya liv- of the Senate Standing Commit- perform election duties. a plume of ash high into the sky protective fencing from around ing in Rakhine, suspended aid tee on Interior, Director General He also refuted rumours that as molten lava streamed down their homes, the independent supplies and access by humani- of Inter-Services Public Rela- army would have any role on from its summit. group Fortify Rights said on tarian groups to impoverished tions (ISPR) Major General Asif the day of election other than Anak Krakatau -- a small Thursday. the Myanmar government Rohingya communities, the Ghafoor also said that the army providing security. volcanic island that emerged The report by the Southeast that has led about 700,000 report says. would work in aid of the Elec- Meanwhile, the Army, in from the ocean a half century Asian human rights group doc- Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh "Taken together, these tion Commission of Pakistan termed as "completely base- over policy decisions in Paki- a statement, cautioned people after Krakatoa's deadly 1883 umented evidence that authori- under harrowing and violent measures demonstrate a level (ECP). less" the rumours that military stan, has ruled the country for against fake threat alerts being eruption -- has rumbled back ties prepared for a crackdown conditions. of preparation not previously "Three hundred and seventy personnel had been issued 'dif- much of its life since it gained circulated for various cities on to life in recent weeks, spitting on the minority group living The report, based on exten- documented with respect to the one thousand army soldiers will ferent' orders. independence 70 years ago. social media quoting the ISPR. flaming rocks and ash from its mostly in the country's west- sive interviews, say the Myan- Myanmar army-led 'clearance be deployed at the countrywide "We do not have any link He also refused to share the "No such alerts are issued by crater. ern Rakhine state before a radi- mar army began confiscating operations,'" it said. polling stations. The army is also with the elections; we are only details of deployment of troops, the ISPR. Such propaganda is an No one lives on Krakatau, cal Rohingya group attacked knives and other items that The report said the civilians performing its duty at the print- working on the election com- saying, the Army had done it, attempt to create confusion and which forms a small island Myanmar security force posts could be used as weapons or who participated in attacks on ing press (for ballots)," he said. mission's directives to main- keeping in view the security sit- harassment. Citizens to watch in the Sunda Strait between in late August 2017. for self-defense after a group of the Rohingya were not vigi- He said that the ECP has a tain the law and order situation. uation of each province. out on this and any other such Java and Sumatra, but the That attack was followed Rohingya attacked police out- lantes but were trained by the code of conduct for the army We do not have a direct role in The said that the army would attempt through fake calls," it peak is a popular tourist by what the United Nations posts in October 2016. army, though they killed many personnel and they will follow polls," Maj Gen Ghafoor said. guard the polling process but it said, asking people to consult spot. and US officials say is an eth- That prompted army-led unarmed Muslim men, women the commission's instructions. The Pakistan Army, which was not responsible for the secu- the official website of ISPR to Indonesia's geological nic cleansing campaign by attacks on dozens of villages and children. AGENCIES The Army spokesperson enjoys considerable influence rity of politician as the security verify any such news. AGENCIES agency has not raised the alert level for the mountain. However, there is a one Refrain from using inappropriate language, Imran told Indian man shot dead in Canada kilometre no-go zone around its summit. TORONTO: A 27-year-old one of 18 years and another of are no more. When Krakatoa erupted ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Elec- barbs were exchanged between Indian man in Canada has 19 years surrendered and were “No matter what was the in the 19th century, a jet of tion Commission on Thursday the two parties' members. been shot dead in his home by charged with first-degree mur- cause, you didn't deserve to ash, stones and smoke shot warned Tehreek-i-Insaf Chair- "The Election Commission four assailants in Brampton city, der, police said. die," wrote a friend in a Face- more than 20 kilometres (12 man Imran Khan against using of Pakistan (ECP) barred Khan police said. The two suspects are at at book post. miles) into the sky, plung- "inappropriate language" for from using unseemly language Palwinder Singh was a truck large, they added. Singh's killing marked ing the region into dark- his political rivals, days after he for his political rivals during driver and had immigrated to Witnesses reported at least the 11th murder of the year ness, and sparking a huge kicked up a political storm fol- election campaigning," Dawn Canada in 2009. three men running into a get- in Brampton, another media tsunami that was felt around lowing his "donkey" remark for News reported. Singh was killed after gun- away vehicle after the shooting. report said. the world. the supporters of former Prime The ECP had taken notice fire erupted at his home in "It looks like he (the victim) "We are at what seems to The disaster killed more Minister Nawaz Sharif. of Khan's incendiary choice Donwoods Court in the area was ambushed," said a man be the start of an epidemic of than 36,000 people. On July 12, on the eve of words and directed him to of Countryside Drive and Air- identified as Jamal. gun violence in Brampton. I Indonesia is situated on of Sharif and his daughter appear before the commission port Road on Tuesday, police He said a family lived in the am calling on city council and the Pacific "Ring of Fire", a Maryam Nawaz's return to on Thursday. said. home and had a tenant in the Mayor Linda Jeffery to take vast zone of geological insta- Pakistan to surrender them- Khan did not appear before "The victim was pronounced basement. action now," said Charmaine bility where the collision of selves to the authorities, the receive the Sharifs at the airport down well with the PML-N the ECP but his lawyer and PTI dead on the scene," CBC news "It's so sad. So sad to see how Williams, who is running in tectonic plates causes frequent cricketer-turned-politician "must be a donkey". cadre and even polarised the leader Babar Awan was at the reported. people were wishing you happy the October 22 municipal quakes and major volcanic had said that whoever goes to The remarks did not go next Senate session, where hearing on his behalf. AGENCIES Two men from Mississauga bday 2 days ago and now you election. AGENCIES activity. AGENCIES NASA: World's beaches eroding in protected marine areas

WASHINGTON DC: The world's sandy shorelines are declining in protected marine areas which could threaten plant and animal species and cultural heritage sites, a global survey of beaches with satellite data from NASA and the US Geological Survey shows. Worldwide, the study found that 24 per cent of Earth's sandy beaches are eroding, a coastline distance of almost 50,000 miles, NASA said in a statement. The view from space pro- generate this data set of annual cent of all beaches are eroding vided a team of scientists and shorelines between 1984 and at rates designated "intense" or engineers from the Netherlands 2016 for the entire world," said "extreme," and 18 per cent are with a more accurate picture of Arjen Luijendijk, a coastal growing at the same rates. just how much of Earth's shore- development expert at Deltares, Globally, all of this averages lines are beaches. an independent research insti- out to a slight average increase They found that about a tute in the Netherlands. over the last 30 years, mean- third (31 per cent) of all ice-free "The alternative of tak- ing that our sum total of sandy shorelines are sandy or gravelly. ing aerial images, placing beaches is increasing slightly. Africa has the highest propor- the images in world coordi- The researchers were able tion of sandy beaches (66 per nates, and sometimes manu- to break down these results by cent) and Europe has the low- ally detecting shorelines, takes continent to find that beaches in est (22 per cent). weeks or months to capture a Australia and Africa are expe- The team used machine coast longer than 50 miles," riencing more erosion than learning to "teach" its classifi- Luijendijk said. growth. cation software to accurately Taking this kind of global The opposite is true for all identify sandy beaches from snapshot gives scientists a other continents, where on images taken by Landsat sat- clearer idea of what large scale average beaches are growing, a ellites from NASA and the US processes govern the growth process scientists call accretion. Geological Survey. and retreat of beaches around "At this point we think the This allowed them to quickly the world, Luijendijk said. continental differences in beach and automatically examine 30 The team found that many erosion and accretion are largely years of data and determine of the world's non-protected influenced by human interven- how many of Earth's beaches beaches are undergoing change tions along the coast," Luijen- are sandy instead of rocky or icy, too, but not uniformly. About dijk said. "Our next steps will and how those sandy beaches 24 per cent of sandy beaches focus on distinguishing the are changing with time. worldwide are eroding, while human impact from the nat- "It only took about two 27 per cent are growing. ural dynamics and trends," months' calculation time to Additionally, about 16 per he said. AGENCIES 11 New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp US PROBE INTO ELECTION INTERFERENCE Helsinki news conference was ‘strong’: Trump

WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had a “strong news conference” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, re- jecting the political outrage it triggered in America as “fuss” created by the “fake WH considering Putin proposal to news”. US lawmakers blasted Trump for not backing the American intelligence community’s claim that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election during his press conference with Putin on Monday. Senator Jeff Flake, a Republican and a vocal critic of Trump, had labelled his performance as “shameful”. The press con- let Russia interrogate officials ference in Helsinki was one of the “most disgraceful performances” by an Ameri- can president in memory, Republican Senator John McCain had said. “I think I did great at the news conference. I think it was a strong news conference,” Trump told WASHINGTON DC: Pres- has denied the claim that he tion and that it continues to CBS news, responding to a question on criticism of his performance at the press ident Donald Trump will donated to Clinton's campaign. engage in malign influence conference. “I totally disagree”, Trump said when asked former House Speaker discuss allowing Russian inves- The FBI, meanwhile, operations to this day, he said. Newt Gingrich had termed it “the most serious mistake in your presidency”. AGENCIES tigators to come to the US to appeared to have dismissed The Russian actions, he question American citizens, the idea that it would allow a alleged, are aimed at sowing including a former ambassador US citizen to be questioned by discord and divisiveness in the to Russia, in exchange for assis- the Russians. United States. tance in the ongoing US probe I never want to say never We haven't seen yet an into election interference, the about anything, but it's cer- effort to target specific election White House has said. tainly not high on our list of infrastructure this time, but President Vladimir Putin investigative techniques, FBI certainly other efforts which during a press conference with Director Christopher Wray I would call malign influence Trump in Helsinki on Monday said during an appearance at efforts are very active and we proposed that special counsel the Aspen Security Forum. could be just a moment away Robert Mueller's team could That's probably even lower from it going to the next level, travel to Russia to question 12 on our list of investigative tech- he said. To me, it's a threat Russian intelligence officers Putin's proposal as an "incred- Sanders told reporters. niques, Wray said in response that we need to take extremely charged with interfering in the ible" offer. Russian prosecutors are to a question. seriously, said Wray who was 2016 presidential election, if White House Press Secre- seeking to interview McFaul Wray said the intelligence picked by Trump himself after Russia is allowed to interrogate tary Sarah Sanders on Wednes- and 10 other "U.S. officials and agencies believes that Russia he fired the then FBI Director some Americans. day indicated that no final intelligence agents" in connec- interfered in the American James Comey last year. The Americans wanted for decision had been made but tion with their case against elections in 2016. What they will do is they questioning by Russia include that the proposal was under Browder. Russian prosecutors He (Trump) has got his will identify issues and through Michael McFaul, who was consideration. accused the financier of laun- view, he's expressed his view, a variety of means, some overt, ambassador to Russia from "There was some conversa- dering USD 1.5 billion through and I'll tell you what my view some covert, some through January 2012 to February 2014, tion about it, but there wasn't offshore accounts and donating is. I can tell you what my view fake news, some through pro- and American-born financier a commitment made on behalf USD 400,000 of that sum to is the intelligence community's paganda, will essentially sow Bill Browder, who lobbied the of the US, and the president Hillary Clinton's 2016 presi- assessment has not changed, divisiveness, spin people up US government to impose new will work with his team and dential campaign my view has not changed, on both sides of the issue and sanctions on Moscow. we'll let you know if there's an Browder, a prominent which is that Russia attempted then kind of watch us go at Trump had described announcement on that front, critic of the Russian president, to interfere with the last elec- each other, Wray said. AGENCIES Syria rebels agree to surrender British police 'identify' zone bordering Golan: Monitor Novichok suspects LONDON: Police believe on the report when contacted BEIRUT: Syrian rebels have in northern Syria, he added. they have identified suspects by AFP. Ex-Russian spy Ser- agreed with government backer A member of the rebel del- who carried out the Novichok gei Skripal and his daughter Russia to the negotiated sur- egation to the talks confirmed attack on a former Russian Yulia collapsed in Salisbury on render of a sensitive south- to AFP that a deal had been double agent and his daughter March 4 after being exposed western zone bordering the reached for government forces in the English city of Salisbury, to the nerve agent Novichok. Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, to enter the buffer zone but said the Press Association reported Both have since recovered. a monitor said on Thursday. it was unclear when it would on Thursday. Britain blamed Russia Quneitra is a thin, cres- be implemented. State news "Investigators believe they for the poisoning of Skripal, cent-shaped province that lies agency SANA said it had pre- have identified the suspected a former colonel in military along the buffer zone with the liminary information on a deal perpetrators of the Novichok intelligence who was jailed for Israel-occupied Golan to the ons, and the return of govern- for the army to return to its pre- attack through CCTV and betraying Russian agents to west. Rebels have held most of ment institutions to the area," 2011 positions in the area, but have cross-checked this with Britain's MI6 security service. the province and the buffer for said Observatory head Rami did not provide more details. records of people who entered He left Russia for England years but would hand over their Abdel Rahman. Syrian police The deal, according to the the country around that time," in a 2010 spy swap. Russia has territory as part of the surren- forces would take over current Observatory, does not include a source told the Press Associa- strongly denied involvement der deal, said the Syrian Obser- opposition territory in the buf- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihad- tion news agency. in the Skripal attack, sparking vatory for Human Rights. fer zone, he said. Those that ist-led alliance that holds terri- "They (investigators) are a diplomatic row that has led "The deal provides for a refuse the terms of the agree- tory straddling the provinces sure they (suspects) are Rus- to tit-for-tat diplomatic expul- ceasefire, the handover of ment would be granted safe of Quneitra and neighbouring sian," the source added Scot- sions between Britain and its heavy and medium weap- passage to opposition territory Daraa. AGENCIES land Yard refused to comment allies and Russia. AGENCIES Chinese president visits UAE amid N Korea hasn't met promise to return US war remains WASHINGTON DC: More the return of remains, a very push to increase than a month after North Korea important issue for those fami- pledged to immediately return lies," Pompeo said Wednesday influence some American war dead, the at the White House. promise is unfulfilled. "I think in the next cou- DUBAI: Chinese President Xi Secretary of State Mike ple of weeks we'll have the Jinping was to arrive on Thurs- Pompeo, who traveled to first remains returned, that's day in Abu Dhabi on his first Pyongyang this month to press the commitment, so progress trip to the United Arab Emir- the North Koreans further, certainly being made there." ates as the leader of China at a said Wednesday the return Likely also to prove untrue is time when the two countries could begin "in the next cou- the part of the Trump-Kim look to strengthen trade ties ple of weeks." But it could take statement that said the North and expand investment. months or years to positively had war remains "already iden- It is Xi's first trip abroad identify the bones as those of tified." It apparently has bones since he was appointed to a specific American servicemen. and perhaps associated per- second five-year term as presi- In a joint statement at their sonal effects, but history shows dent in March when he made Singapore summit, President tified." That was more than a that the North has agreed to that any remains handed over a historic power grab by mov- Donald Trump and North month ago, on June 12. transfer as many as 55 sets of by the North are likely to be ing to abolish presidential term Korean leader Kim Jong Un Although Trump said eight remains next week. The Pen- difficult to identify. limits, allowing him to rule for committed to recovering the days later that the repatriation tagon and the State Depart- In recent days the State as long as he wants. The visit remains of prisoners of war had happened, it had not. It still ment declined to comment on Department has changed that also comes as China pushes to and those missing in action has not. So, it was not "imme- any specifics promised by the phrase to "already collected," expand its influence in a region decades after the Korean War diate," though the Stars and North. suggesting it realized the where it sources much of its "including the immediate repa- Stripes newspaper reported "We're making prog- remains have not been identi- energy needs. triation of those already iden- from South Korea on Tuesday ress along the border to get fied. AGENCIES China and the UAE con- duct some USD 50 billion in annual trade and ahead of the UK: Indian-origin landlord jailed for fire deaths trip, the UAE's ambassador to China said the country hopes LONDON: An Indian-origin responsible for the property in in October 2015. that will double over the next landlord in the UK has been Huddersfield area of West York- "Failing to adhere to the leg- decade. The UAE, home to oil- jailed for 12 months over his shire, failed to fit smoke alarms islation is a criminal offence rich Abu Dhabi and the sky- failure to ensure proper fire to the house for tenants. and one which can have tragic scraper skylines of Dubai, also safety standards which led to the The 51-year-old was sen- consequences," said Senior hosts some 200,000 Chinese death of two children in a fire at tenced at Leeds Crown Court Investigating Officer Detec- expatriate workers, accord- a property owned and managed on Wednesday in what is tive Superintendent Steve ing to Emirati government by him, the first prosecution of believed to be the first pros- Thomas, who led the investi- statistics. In recent years, the its kind in the country since new ecution of its kind in the UK gation into the deaths of three- UAE has focused on boosting smoke alarm regulations were since new Smoke and Carbon year-old Logan Taylor and Jake Chinese tourism to its seven- introduced in October 2015. Monoxide Alarm (England) Casey, aged two, in February sheikhdom federation. AGENCIES Kamal Bains, a letting agent Regulations were introduced 2016. AGENCIES 165-year-old newspaper vows to publish despite office fire

WOODSTOCK (US): A fire tore through a building that "We've been through 165 newspaper that has published housed the Standard's office, a years," Dean said. "We've been every week since its founding restaurant and an apartment. through tropical storm Irene in 1853 but recently lost its Woodstock fire Chief David and other fires, and we've never office in a fire has vowed it will Green said the fire started in not published. We have that publish this week's issue, too. the restaurant and was being history as a foundation, as a Vermont Standard pres- investigated as suspicious. motivator." ident and owner Phil Camp This isn't the first time The newspaper's staff is Sr. said Wednesday that pro- the Standard, which usually working out of Norman Wil- duction was running one day publishes on Thursday, has liams Public Library in Wood- behind normal schedule but been displaced. Its office was stock, a town of roughly 3,000 he and his staff felt a duty to destroyed by flooding from residents. Woodstock, the community tropical storm Irene in 2011, Firefighters salvaged the where they live and work. and it survived two fires and a newspaper's computers, and "On my watch, we're always flood earlier in its history. the library's executive director, going to have a local newspa- Assistant editor Virginia Amanda Merk, said its trustees per," Camp said. Dean said since 1853 the news- are more than happy to provide Early Monday morning, a paper has always published. the space. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 Govt likely to withdraw Amid sluggish sales, HTC to shut controversial FRDI Bill smartphone operations in India in current Parl session NEW DELHI: The govern- ment is likely to withdraw the The company has laid off most of its workforce and snapped all distribution agreements in the country controversial FRDI Bill in the ongoing session of Parliament NEW DELHI: Taiwanese smartphone there are some key lessons for other in view of concerns over the maker HTC is shutting its India oper- smartphone brands emerging from 'bail-in' clause, which is feared ations as the company — once the HTC's India exit. to harm the interest of deposi- darling of Indian users — could not "While smartphone innovation, and tors, sources said. cope up with the changing dynamics the constant battle for ‘latest specs' is The Union Cabinet, chaired of the market amid rapid growth of centric to a brand success, it is critical by Prime Minister Narendra Chinese players. that it goes hand in hand with con- Modi, has given its nod for In a statement, HTC said that it will sumer as well as market understand- withdrawal of the Financial now focus on virtual and augmented ing and underlying market realities," Resolution and Deposit Insur- Jaitley had asserted that the reality as well as Artificial Intelligence Ram said. "HTC's most recent mid- ance (FRDI) Bill, 2017, they government was committed and high-speed connectivity in the range smartphone launch, the HTC added. to protecting the interests of Indian market. Desire 12+, failed in getting its pricing The government is likely to depositors in public sector "Smartphones will be the first step right. At around Rs 20,000, it did not withdraw the bill from the Lok banks (PSBs). in 5G for consumers, while VR, AR offer a compelling reason for consum- Sabha in the current session In January, Economic and AI will be the killer applications, ers to opt for it as other mobile hand- of Parliament, which ends on Affairs Secretary Subhash and no other company is better posi- set brands offer far more, at far lesser August 10. Chandra Garg had said tioned to deliver on this vision than prices," he noted. The bill, introduced in the that attempts to create scare HTC. This vision, that we call VIVE Earlier this month, reports sur- the lower house on August regarding bail-in were totally Reality, will completely revamp indus- faced that HTC was cutting a fifth of 11, 2017, has a 'bail-in' clause, unfounded. "70 per cent depos- tries and improve lives," HTC said in its global workforce after being hit by which some experts say has the its are in PSBs. Most remaining the statement. consecutive financial losses and declin- potential to harm deposits in deposits are in well capitalised "Being an important market to ing smartphone sales. savings bank accounts. and sound private banks. No HTC, we will continue to invest in The company was reportedly laying With concerns expressed likelihood of bail in for over 98 India in the right segments and at the off some 1,500 manufacturing workers by both politicians as well as per cent of depositors. Remain- right time," it added, without sharing at its home turf, in an apparent attempt stakeholders, the government ing also subject to bail in if the further details. to "realign" resources, CNBC reported. had then referred the bill to a depositors consent," he had One of the executive said HTC may The company signed a $1.1 billion Joint Parliamentary Commit- tweeted. look at re-entering Indian smartphone deal with Google in September last tee. The panel was slated to sub- The FRDI Bill also proposes market as an online exclusive brand, year that saw 2,000 HTC employees mit its report by the last day of to create a framework for over- but that will be only after it’s able to join the technology giant. the ongoing Monsoon session. seeing of financial institutions turnaround sales globally as the brand HTC, known for its flagship phone Stakeholders have such as banks, insurance com- is struggling in several markets. “As of series called "One", manufactured expressed concern about the panies, non-banking financial now, it is quitting,” he said. Google's Pixel. The deal was part of 'bail-in' clause in the FRDI Bill, companies (NBFCs) and stock According to the company, the Research (CMR), HTC's India exit is accounting for 95 per cent of the mar- too late to adopt or didn't participate Google's aim to boost its hardware even as the government sought exchanges in case of insolvency. recent reduction in workforce in the more of a failure on the part of HTC to ket, according to the Hong Kongbased at all. This was the main reason for business. to allay the concerns. The 'Resolution Corpora- India office is designed to more appro- judge the competition as well as grasp researcher. HTC to chart out a different trajectory In June, HTC launched HTC Desire The clause has been tion', proposed in the draft bill, priately reflect local and regional mar- the market realities. A 2017 survey by CMR found that against the market movements," said 12 and HTC Desire 12+ smartphones included in the bill as one of would look after the process ket conditions. The company has asked The company had launched two Samsung, Apple and HTC were rated Faisal Kawoosa, Head-New Initiatives in India for Rs 15,800 and Rs 19,790, the tools for resolution for bank and prevent the banks from its 70-80 member team to leave with a smartphone models in India last by consumers as the most successful at CMR, in a statement. respectively. "HTC which earlier had failure. It provides for deposi- going bankrupt. It would do few exceptions such as chief financial month. “But without any marketing, mobile brands in the first decade of Chinese brands like Xiaomi, OPPO competition with brands like Sony or tors to bear a part of the cost of this by "writing down of the officer Rajeev Tayal. It is also snapping sales has been negligible,” said an exec- smartphones in India. Nearly 78 per and Vivo have gained a lion's share of LG suddenly found itself surrounded the resolution by a correspond- liabilities", a phrase some have all distribution agreements in the coun- utive of one of its distributor. cent of those surveyed named HTC as the Indian smartphone market, leav- by Chinese players and could not ing reduction in their claims. interpreted as a "bail in" try after halting local manufacturing HTC has less than 1per cent share one of the most iconic brands in the ing HTC way behind. evolve to meet the growing needs of This provision had raised The draft bill empowers the for almost a year now, they said. There in India, as per Counterpoint Research. country. "HTC as innovative it was in Earlier this year, HTC sold off its the users amid changing mobile land- concerns that deposits could be Resolution Corporation to can- are nearly 10 employees in the HTC Samsung, Apple and China’s One-Plus technology could not match it with design team to Google for $1.1 billion. scape in India," Tarun Pathak, Associ- used to bail out failing banks. cel the liability of a failing bank India office at the moment. dominate the Rs 30,000-plus premium innovations in the business model According to Prabhu Ram, Head- ate Director at Counterpoint Research, In December last year, the or convert the nature of the However, according to CyberMedia smartphone market in India, together or execution. The brand was either Industry Intelligence Group at CMR, said. AGENCIES then Finance Minister Arun liability. PTI Govt discusses ways to boost real Sebi to soon frame guidelines to allow Govt aims to promote Khadi estate sector with mutual funds in commodity derivatives as global fabric, says Prabhu stakeholders NEW DELHI: To increase the said. "Warehousing Develop- markets, Shashank Saksena, NEW DELHI: The govern- institutional participation in ment and Regulatory Authority adviser (financial markets) in ment aims to promote Khadi NEW DELHI: Reduction of the commodity segment, Sebi (WDRA) has done a good job the Finance Ministry, said: "We as a global fabric as it has the GST, some tax concessions on Thursday said it will soon for agri commodities. But for have integrated at the level of potential to boost economic and boosting investment were finalise the guidelines to allow non-agri, there is no regulation regulator and market institu- growth, Commerce and Indus- among the key demands raised mutual funds (MFs) to invest in and guidelines from WDRA. tions. We are still far away at try Minister Suresh Prabhu said by real estate developers at a commodity derivatives segment. We will come out with norms the level of participants." on Thursday. meeting with the government The markets regulator said soon," he added. There is a need to work To achieve this aim, new on Thursday, according to it will also frame warehous- allowing mutual funds. "We are Emphasising on the need to together to increase the num- designs and styles in Khadi are industry players. ing norms for non-agriculture working on finalising the guide- have a strong settlement mech- ber of participants. That's how essential, he said. The meeting was more on commodities and will con- lines at the earliest," he said. anism, the Sebi official further the depth of the market and His remarks came through impediments in the real estate sider allowing 'indices' once its On allowing more products, said the exchanges have been liquidity will improve, he said. a video message at a conclave sectors, said NBCC chairman robustness is established by the he said 'indices' will be consid- asked to put in place their trad- The exchanges have been jointly organised by Ficci, IIFT and managing director Anoop bourses. ered after knowing its robust- ing corporation for settlement allowed to integrate commodity and Khadi India. Kumar Mittal after the meeting. Addressing an Assocham ness. The 'option' trading in purpose from October. and equity derivatives by Octo- The minister said district- people and government assis- Railway Board, said there is a "Developers raised some event here, head of Commod- commodity derivatives market "At present, the settlement is ber 1 in order to boost partici- level development is the key to tance and promotions can need to make Khadi a symbol issues including taxation," he ity Derivatives Market Regula- has already been allowed with done by exchanges themselves. pation, hedging and better price promote Khadi as a global fab- provide once-in-a-while push, of national pride. said after the meeting. tion Department (CDMRD) MCX launching it in five com- World over, it is done by trad- realisation. ric which in turn will promote but long-term sustainability Lohani said the railways Although the meeting in SEBI, P K Bindlish said the modities and NCDEX in one ing corporation. I am happy to Since the basic function of economic growth. For this, 6 requires inherent demand. on a daily basis require four was called by Finance Minis- commodity derivatives mar- commodity. "More commodities share that already one of the the commodity derivatives mar- districts in 5 states have been He said there is huge lakh bedrolls and would be ter Piyush Goyal, he could not ket is still faced with challenges will be considered after seeing exchanges has made a proposal ket is to provide price signal and identified and taken up as pilot opportunity for Indian fash- willing to partner Khadi and attend it due to engagement at even though the trading vol- their success," he said. for a trading corporation and I hedging efficiency, the official projects. ion industry in textile sector, Village Industries Commis- Parliament. umes have risen up to Rs 100 To strengthen warehousing, think they will be getting soon. said there is an empirical evi- Besides, Directorate Gen- both in domestic and inter- sion (KVIC) in developing a The meeting was chaired by lakh crore. the regulator will soon come out The other exchanges are in the dence that as far as price signal eral of Foreign Trade Alok national market, and Khadi strategy to provide disposable Urban Development Minister To increase participation, with warehousing norms for process," he said. On integra- is concerned, markets do pro- Vardhan Chaturvedi said needs to create demand. Ash- Khadi bedrolls and towels at Hardeep Singh Puri. PTI SEBI is now moving towards non-agri commodities also, he tion of commodity and equity vide signal to spot market. PTI Khadi sector employs 80 lakh wani Lohani, Chairman, Indian economical rates. PTI Comcast Corp drops MCX resolves Working on cross-border Peak power deficit in Q1 technical glitches at 0.7%: Power Minister pursuit for Fox assets, NEW DELHI: Leading com- insolvency framework: IBBI modity bourse MCX on Thurs- NEW DELHI: Peak power def- In 2017-18, the peak power day said it has resolved the NEW DELHI: Insolvency and tribution of certificates to the icit during April-June, 2018-19 deficit was 2 per cent while to focus on Sky offer technical problem which had Bankruptcy Board of India first batch of registered valuers. was 0.7 per cent while over- overall electricity deficit was led to halts trading over the last Chief M S Sahoo on Thursday Minister of State for corpo- all electricity deficit stood at 0.7 per cent across the country. few days. said the process to put in place rate Affairs P P Chaudhary on 0.6 per cent during the quar- Last year, Central Electricity MCX and its vendors have a framework for cross-border Thursday welcomed the first ter, Parliament was informed Authority (CEA) in load gener- carried out a detailed analysis insolvency cases is underway. batch of valuers registered under on Thursday. ation balancing report had pro- of the log records and observed The government is keen to the provisions of the Companies As much as 170.76GW jected that India would become that the incident occurred due introduce a globally accepted understand (the situation), and Act, 2013. "The government electricity was supplied during a power surplus nation. to a low level of transmission and well-recognised cross- the process is on." expects registered valuers and peak hours against the demand "All India power supply control protocol packet, it said border insolvency framework, Asked whether any more registered valuers organisations of 171.97 GW during the quar- position indicates that the in a regulatory filing. which would also make India amendments are proposed to to follow the highest standards ter, resulting in a deficit of 0.7 country is likely to have a peak "Thereafter, working with an attractive investment des- the insolvency law, he said "We of professional conduct and eth- per cent, Power Minister R K surplus of 6.8 per cent and the vendors, MCX has imple- tination for foreign creditors, are always ready to amend the ics so that the profession com- Singh said in a written reply to energy (electricity) surplus of mented a solution which will given the increased predictabil- law, as and when somebody mands overall acceptability and Lok Sabha. 8.8 per cent (in 2017-18)," the prevent this issue in the system," ity and certainty of the insol- tells this is a problem. We have respect," Chaudhary said. Overall, 323.41 GW elec- report said. the exchange added. vency process. Asked about the amended six times in the last Government introduced tricity was supplied against the India has total installed However, analysts said that status of cross-border insol- one-and-half year. So as and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy demand of 325.42 GW during power generation capacity of WASHINGTON DC: Cable will focus on our recommended the frequent halting of trade for vency, Sahoo said, comments when there is a problem, we will Code in 2016. This was in line the quarter, which translated 343.89 GW including around and media giant Comcast on offer for Sky,” said a statement 3-5 hours a day on the MCX have been invited.. and have amend. We have no hesitations". with our its policy to improve into a deficit of 0.6 per cent, as 70 GW of renewable energy Thursday said it is pulling out of from group which is the lead- platform citing technical rea- also been received. "We are con- Sahoo was speaking on the the business environment in the per the provisional estimates of such as solar, wind and small the bidding war with Walt Dis- ing US cable operator and also sons was not normal. PTI ducting round-table meetings to sidelines of a function for dis- country. PTI Power Ministry. hydro. PTI ney Co for film and television owns NBC Universal. operations of Rupert Murdoch’s Both Comcast and Disney 21st Century Fox. had been coveting the prized Comcast said in a state- assets being sold by Murdoch, Samsung, Xiaomi corner 60% India smartphone market in Q2 ment it would instead focus on which include the Fox studios acquiring the European pay TV in Hollywood and important NEW DELHI: Chinese hand- cent a year ago, Canalys said in pointed that Apple’s iPhone sustainability and profitability”. operator Sky, shifting its stand film and television production set maker Xiaomi and Korea’s a statement. shipments to India fell by It cited the example of Asus, on how it approaches the latest operations. Samsung shipped about 10 “Xiaomi more than dou- about 50 per cent in June 2018 which has recently restruc- round of consolidation in the At the same time, the two million units each in the bled its shipments, albeit from quarter. tured its India strategy. Oppo media-entertainment sector. giants have been aiming to take April-June 2018 quarter, and a modest base, just putting it “But Apple’s paring back of has launched an online-only The move by Comcast effec- control of Sky, the British-based cumulatively accounted for 60 in first place. Samsung’s annual distributor partners and move brand, Realme. Volume is not tively ensures that Disney will pay TV operator in which Fox per cent share of India’s smart- growth rate, at nearly 50 per to a brand-first, volume-next’ the only strategy in India... be able to complete its $71.3 bil- holds a 39 per cent stake. phone market, research firm cent, was the best it has been strategy will reap rewards as it The climate is right for busi- lion tie-up with Fox that creates Disney launched its offer Canalys on Thursday said. since Q4 2015, leaving it hair’s will ensure better margin per nesses to realign and re-enter a new powerhouse in the sec- for Fox’s assets last December Overall, smartphone ship- breadth behind Xiaomi in sec- device,” it said. the market,” Canalys Research tor as Murdoch slims down his at $52.4 billion as Murdoch ments grew by 22 per cent in ond place,” it added. Canalys noted that despite Manager Rushabh Doshi said. media empire. and his family announced the said quarter to just under Vivo took third place, while ongoing consolidation at the Getting priorities right will be “Comcast does not intend they would reorganise to focus 33 million units. Together, the Oppo came fourth, with ship- top, smaller vendors are not important to smartphone ven- to pursue further the acquisi- on Fox News, the Fox broad- two companies now account ments of 3.6 million and 3.1 It has launched devices pit- cameras and imaging capabili- giving up and “continue to dors, and it will be a choice tion of the Twenty-First Cen- cast network and some sports for 60 per cent of total ship- million, respectively. ted directly against Xiaomi’s ties...,” Canalys Analyst Tua- rewrite their business strate- between profitability and vol- tury Fox assets and, instead, operations. PTI ments in India, up from 43 per Samsung is hitting back. portfolio and is focusing on its nAnh Nguyen said. Canalys gies with a view to long-term ume growth, Doshi said. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 mp ` suffers 43 paise knock to end at Indian Oil, BPCL, Adani top life-time low of 69.05 against $

MUMBAI: Indian rupee on vs heavy demand for the Ameri- Thursday took a hard 43-paise Rupee Dollar can unit from importers and bidders for city gas licences knock to close below the 69 ` per US $ local banks. level for the first time at a his- 68.45 It later took a deep slide to NEW DELHI: State-owned at present, within a few years. toric low of 69.05 against the 68.53 +12p hit a session low of 69.07 in late fuel retailers IOC and BPCL as The bid round is also aimed US currency as upbeat com- +5p 68.62 afternoon trade before ending well as billionaire Gautam Ada- at meeting Prime Minister Nar- ments on the US economy by -17p at 69.05, showing a sharp fall of ni's group were the top bidders endra Modi's target of giving the Federal Reserve chairman 68.58 68.58 43 paise, or 0.63 per cent. for gas retailing licences in the piped cooking gas connection drove the greenback to one- +20p -5p The Financial Benchmarks country's biggest city gas distri- to 1 crore households, roughly year high levels higher against 69.05 India private limited (FBIL), bution (CGD) bid round. triple the current size, by 2020. global currencies. -43p meanwhile, fixed the reference Of the 86 cities offered for Prior to the 9th round, 91 This is the biggest single- rate for the dollar at 68.8331 retailing of CNG to automo- GAs were awarded to firms day fall since May 29 and goes and for the euro at 80.1153. biles and piped cooking gas to like Indraprastha Gas Ltd and hand-in-hand with a stronger 12 13 16 17 18 19 The domestic bond mar- households in the 9th CGD bid GAIL Gas Ltd, which are serv- US dollar. July 2018 ket also showed volatile trad- round, IOC bid for 34 cities on ing 240 million population, 42 The domestic currency (Inverted scale) KBK Infographics ing and the 10-year benchmark its own and another 20 in part- lakh domestic consumers and suffered a major setback as yield falling 4 bps to 7.79 per nership with Adani Gas Ltd, 31 lakh CNG vehicles. forex sentiment turned wob- to support the local currency, cent. according to final bid informa- Of these, 56 GAs were bled once again with a resur- pushing the Indian currency The dollar index, which tion provided by the Petroleum awarded through bidding gent dollar and a slew of local down to a low of 69.07 in day measures the greenback's value and Natural Gas Regulatory rounds and the rest on gov- issues sparking jitters among trade. against a basket of six major Board (PNGRB). ernment nomination. investors. The rupee had touched an currencies, was up at 95.39. Adani Gas on its own bid The 9th bid round was being The US dollar surged to all-time low intra-day low of In the cross-currency trade, for 32 cities. held on changed parameters fresh one-year high after the 69.10 on June 28 but had recov- the rupee also fell back against Bharat Gas Resources Ltd, a According to PNGRB, a total ianagarm districts. to expedite the process. after one paisa bids spoilt the Fed chief's testimony to the US ered later on suspected RBI the pound sterling to finish at unit of Bharat Petroleum Corp of 400 bids were received for the Bidding for the biggest CGD "Once awarded, it is envis- initial auction rounds. Senate on Wednesday bolstered intervention. 89.69 per pound from 89.39 Ltd (BPCL), bid for as many as 86 permits on offer. licensing round closed on July aged that this initiative would Bidders have been asked to the expectations of interest rate The market mood has and dropped against the euro 53 cities while state-owned gas As many as eight cities 10. 174 districts in 22 states and help in creating a robust infra- quote the number of CNG sta- hikes, though gradually. somewhat worsened as China to close at 80.05 compared to utility GAIL India Ltd's retail- received single bids. Only Indian union territories were clubbed structure by bringing invest- tions to be set up and the num- The two-year Treasury yield steps up its game against the 79.72 earlier. ing arm, GAIL Gas Ltd, put in Oil Corp bid for Aurangabad into 86 permits in the bid round. ment of about Rs 70,000 crore, ber of domestic cooking gas was near the multi-year high US after the People's Bank of The local unit also drifted offers for 34 cities. in Bihar and Rewa in Madhya Essel Infraprojects Ltd has generate employment and play connections to be given in the mark of 2.624 per cent, hit- China devalued the Yuan once against the Japanese yen to set- Gujarat-based Torrent Gas Pradesh. put in a total of seven bids. a significant role in achieving first eight years of operation. ting appeal of emerging mar- again in what many see as a tle at 61.12 per 100 yens from Pvt Ltd bid for 31 cities while Similarly, only Adani Gas Other bidders included the shift towards a gas-based In the previous eight rounds, ket currencies. move against the US. 60.74. Gujarat Gas Ltd put in offers offered for Balasore in Odi- Mahanagar Gas Ltd, H-Energy, economy, with natural gas as bidders were asked to quote Also, Indian Parliament will Most Asian currencies also In forward market today, for 21 areas. sha; GAIL Gas for Gangan in Unison ENviro Pvt Ltd, IMC the next-generation, cheaper only the tariff for the pipeline on Friday debate a no-confi- dropped against the dollar on the premium for dollar showed Petronet LNG Ltd, India's Odisha; Bharat Gas Resources Ltd Assam Gas, Think Gas and environment friendly fos- that carries gas within the city dence motion tabled by oppo- as concerns over a tariff war a mixed trend due to lack of largest liquefied natural gas Ltd's for Bidar in Karnataka and Investments Pte Ltd, AG&P sil fuel," it had said. limits. The bidding criteria did sition parties against Prime between the US and China market-moving factors. The (LNG) importer, sought to foray Amethi in Uttar Pradesh; IOC- LNG Marketing Pte Ltd, IRM The GAs cover 24 per cent not include the rate at which an Minister Narendra Modi's gov- endured, keeping investors benchmark six-month forward into CGD business by bidding Adani combine's for Allahabad Energy Pvt Ltd and Enertech of the country's area and 29 per entity would sell CNG to auto- ernment, which weighed on cautious on regional trades. premium payable in November for the licence in seven cities. in Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat Fuel Solutions Pvt Ltd. cent of its population. mobiles or piped natural gas forex market sentiment. Extending its overnight eased to 105-107 paise from Indraprastha Gas Ltd, which Gas' bid for Narmada in Gujarat. PNGRB had on July 10 The government is target- to households using the same Traders and speculators bearish undertone, the rupee 106.75-108.75 paise, while the retails CNG in the national The highest number of stated that while it had earlier ing to raise the share of natural pipeline network, leading to saw no signs of intervention resumed substantially lower at far-forward May 2019 contract capital region, put in bids for 15 bids were received for Sri- said that bids would be final- gas in primary energy basket to companies offering one paisa by monetary authorities into 68.72 at the Interbank Foreign edged up to 255-257 paise from 11 cities. kakulam-Visakhapatnam-Viz- ised by October, it would try 15 per cent, from 6.2 per cent as the tariff to win licenses. PTI the foreign exchange market Exchange (forex) market on 254.50-256.50 paise. PTI 'Acquisition not to trigger open offer if cash Nationwide Sri Lanka asks AAI to submit biz truckers strike plan on Mattala airport operation is less than 25% of total consideration' begins today NEW DELHI: An acquisition from Sebi on whether the trans- COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has opened in March 2013. The came forward with a 70-30 ever, remains to be worked following a scheme of arrange- fer of shares of Force Motors MUMBAI: Millions of truck- asked the Airport Authority only international flight oper- per basis joint venture. out, the minister had said. ment not involving the target following a scheme of amalga- ers from across the country of India to submit its business ating from there was halted in "They have to give us the The airport has the capac- company would be exempt from mation between the promoter are set to go on an indefinite plan for operating the coun- May due to recurrent losses business plan, how many ity to handle one million pas- open offer obligation in case the group firms would be exempt strike from Friday, demanding try's loss-making Mattala Raj- and flight safety issues. flights they would bring in, sengers a year and is expected cash and its equivalent is less from the obligations of mak- a slew of actions from govern- apaksa International Airport Airport Authority of India which Indian airlines would to handle five million passen- than 25 per cent of the total con- ing an open offer. ment, including lowering die- in southern Hambantota, Civil (AAI) and Sri Lanka's Civil service this airport," he said. gers, 50,000 tonnes of cargo sideration paid in the scheme, The scheme would involve sel prices and toll fees, a union Aviation Minister Nimal Siri- Aviation Authority will enter Former President Mahinda and 6,250 air traffic operations according to Sebi. the amalgamation of Force leader said on Thursday. pala de Silva told parliament into a joint venture agree- Rajapaksa led Joint Opposi- per annum by 2028. Besides, the open offer an application filed by Force Motors' other promoters — Jaya Government is engaged in on Thursday. ment to operate the airport, tion has dubbed the proposed The government in 2017 obligation would also not be Motors' promoter Jaya Hind Hind Investments, Prasanna last ditch efforts to persuade The minister's remarks named after former President deal as a sell out. invited investors to turn the triggered if after the imple- Industries, the regulator said the Holdings and Ahmednagar truckers in the highly road came in response to the Oppo- Mahinda Rajapaksa in his Early this month, de Silva airport into a profit-sharing mentation of the scheme of scheme of arrangement should Engineering — into Jaya Hind transport concentrated econ- sition's question asking the home district. while speaking at the adjourn- joint venture. However no pro- arrangement, persons directly not involve the target firm as a Industries. omy not to go ahead with their government to disclose the The Mattala Airport was ment motion moved by the posals were received to oper- or indirectly holding at least transferor or a transferee com- The transfer and vesting call, officials said. PTI details of the deal. built with high interest com- Opposition had said, "We need ate, manage and maintain it. 33 per cent of the voting rights pany. It should also follow an of shares of Force Motors in The $210 million facil- mercial loans from China. to revive this dying airport The seaport built in Ham- in the combined entity are the order of a court or a tribunal or Jaya Hind Industries would be ity, 241-km south-east of "We asked for proposals to which caused a massive loss bantota, another Rajapaksa same as those who held the any competent authority. exempt from open offer obli- Siliguri Jalpaiguri Colombo, is dubbed the operate this loss making air- of rupees 20 billion". pet project, has been leased to entire voting rights prior to its Jaya Hind Industries had gations, the Securities and Development Authority "world's emptiest airport". port," de Silva said when the The final terms of the China to set off Chinese loans execution. sought an informal guidance, in Exchange Board of India (Sebi) The airport was officially Airport Authority of India agreement with India, how- as equity. PTI Expressing its views on the form of a No Action Letter said. PTI CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE India providing opportunities to Siliguri Jalpaiguri Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority Development Authority other countries, says Cameron

KOLKATA: Former British ism on the premise that free prime minister David Cam- trade was unfair. "What I feel is eron on Thursday said India that there is no need to change was growing faster than any the system but to reshape the larger economy and providing course", he said. opportunities. "Let us fly the flag of trade "It is important to focus and cooperation. India should on possibilities, good and bad, get permanent membership while remain mindful of the in the UN Security Council as threats which the world is facing well", he said. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) organised Convocation 2018– Northern Region at Siri Fort Auditorium, Khel now," he said at a session of the Talking about Indian lead- Gaon, New Delhi on Thursday to formalize the Award of Associate Indian Chamber of Commerce ership, he said, "India is fortu- Membership of the Institute to the newly qualified CS Members. (ICC) here. nate to have leadership with Around 250 members attended the convocation. Vijay Goel urged "Relationship between the clear vision. When I met Naren- the students to follow the path of truth and ethics in their future two countries was one of the dra Modi in 2006, he had deep endeavours and guide the corporate world on Corporate Governance priorities during my premier- thought about the long-term and compliances ship. The UK invested more in problems. Cameron also said India among the G20 countries that there was also an existen- and our country was one of the tial threat due to climate change, recipients of the biggest Indian he said that environment would investment by the Tatas", Cam- have to be protected and regret- eron said. ICC President Shashwat Goenka, ted the US decision to walk out Cameron, who was the Brit- and Former Prime Minister of of Paris climate accord. United Kingdom David Cameron at ish prime minister from 2010 to the 90th Annual General Meeting Indian Chamber of Com- 2016, said that trade and invest- of Indian Chamber of Commerce merce President Shashwat ment were not zero sum game. Goenka welcomed David Today, he said, there was India is at the potential Cameron to the forum and backlash against market econ- stage of take-off with 7 per cent apprised him on the Vision for omy and emergence of strong- growth", he said. New India, 2022. ICC Senior man politics. "Our two countries Cameron said that there Vice President Rudra Chatter- will flourish when markets was a growing move towards jee offered the formal Vote of operate. protectionism and isolation- Thanks. MPOST NBCC conducted its XIIth edition of Samvaad, a quarterly in-house brainstorming session of the company on July 14, 2018 in New LIC AAO recruitment Delhi. The event was chaired by CMD Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, and graced by Director (Commercial) Rajendra Chaudhari, Director advertisement is (Projects) N K Shah, and CVO Sanjiv Swarup fake, notifies LIC Government of West Bengal NEW DELHI: Life Insurance North Bengal Development Department Corporation of India (LIC) on Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri Wednesday clarified that it has ABRIDGED –e-NIT not put out any recruitment NIT ref. no. Name of work Estimated Last date of Bid submission notification for the post of Amount NIT Replacement of SV/Metal/Tube by LED street lighting lumi- 28,32,609.00 07/08/2018 Assistant Administrative Offi- 19(EL/ naires at different wards (Ward no.1, 2 & 3) of Haldibari up to EE)2018- 12.00 Hours cer (AAO) for 2018. 19 Municipality in the district of Coochbehar.” Several newspapers and NIT- Replacement of SV/Metal/Tube by LED street lighting luminaires 35,25,231.00 07/08/2018 20(EL/ at different wards (Ward no.4,5,6 & 7) of Haldibari Municipality up to online portals had carried EE)2018-19 in the district of Coochbehar. 12.00 Hours advertisements for the AAO NIT- Replacement of SV/Metal/Tube by LED street lighting lumi- 35,25,231.00 07/08/2018 21(EL/ up to EE)2018-19 naires at different wards (Ward no.8,9,10 & 11) of Haldibari 2018 cadre. LIC said that these Municipality in the district of Coochbehar. 12.00 Hours are fake and have not gener- NIT- Supply and Installation of Octagonal pole on divider under Mekliganj 15,15,507.00 07/08/2018 ated by it. The life insurer also 22(EL/ Municipality area in the district of Coochbehar. up to highlighted that any advertise- EE)2018-19 12.00 Hours NHPC CMD Balraj Joshi receiving the IPSE trophy for ‘Leadership in ments for recruitment pub- Sd/- Executive Engineer (Elect) North Bengal Development Department PSE’ at the 4th IPSE Awards 2018- India Public Sector Enterprises lished by LIC in newspapers are Awards for Excellence held at New Delhi on July 18, 2018. Joshi invariably displayed on LIC's received the award from noted activist Neera Shastri Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in official website in its careers For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in section. MPOST 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 ARSENAL ANNOUNCES NWAKALI’S KAZAKH OLYMPIAN FIGURE SKATER DENIS HAMILTON RENEWS CONTRACT WITH TRANSFER TO FC PORTO TEN STABBED TO DEATH MERCEDES TILL 2020 LONDON: Arsenal announced on Thursday the transfer of ASTANA: Kazakhstan’s Olympic medal-winning figure skater BRACKLEY (UK): British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Kelechi Nwakali to Portugal’s FC Porto on loan for the upcom- Denis Ten was on Thursday stabbed to death at the age of 25. Mercedes signed a two-year contract extension with Mercedes, ing football season. The 20-year-old Nwakali, who first joined According to a BBC report quoting Kazakhstan news agency the racing team announced on Thursday. When he completes Arsenal in 2016, played the 2016-17 season on loan for the Kazinform, Ten was stabbed in the thigh in Almaty after two this new contract extension in 2020, the four-time world champi- Dutch second tier “Eerste Divisie” club MVV Maastricht, making men tried to steal his car mirrors. Ten, who won bronze at Sochi on Hamilton will have completed eight seasons with Mercedes, 34 appearances and scoring three times, reports Efe. 2014 was rushed to hospital but died three hours later. the longest he has stayed with a racing team, reports Efe. Cummins finding ways to Pogba answered critics with World Cup show: Ibrahimovic

LONDON: Star Swedish stop Kohli’s tons Down Under striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic feels former Manchester United teammate Paul Pogba SYDNEY: Ahead of India’s tour score a hundred,” Cummins has answered his skeptics with Down Under later this year, told cricket.com.au. his impressive performance at Australian quick Pat Cum- “He’s obviously so impor- the just-concluded World Cup, mins has praised skipper Virat tant to the team and is such a helping France lift the trophy Kohli as a “really passionate” gun batsman, so him not scor- for the second time. player while conceding that ing runs would go a long way to “I played with him for two his bowling attack will tar- helping us win. But I certainly years and people like to give get the “prized” wicket of the didn’t mean to say he’s no good their opinion, which they have right-hander. because I couldn’t hold him in the right to do,” the Swede was Cummins recently found higher regard,” he added. quoted as saying by espnfc. himself in the middle of a Cummins stressed that his “They judge but I think the storm when he was widely team will give its cent percent result speaks for itself.” quoted as saying: “My brave, to stop the Indian captain from Pogba scored a crucial goal by your mouth, you can answer (with France) — and he won bold prediction; I’d say I think registering three-figure mark. in the final against Croatia as by your feet, and do what you many titles at Juventus. Virat Kohli is not going to get “The chances are he’s going France won 4-2 besides pro- are good at. That is the way it “What more is there to a hundred and we’re going to to score a hundred against us ducing stellar shows during the is supposed to be and the way say? Just enjoy the games and knock them off over here”. again sometime and we’ll be tournament. I like to do it,” Ibrahimovic said. I know he will become better.” Clarifying his comments, doing everything in our power Pogba was heavily criticised “He is young. He won the Pogba is likely to be rested the pacer said his comments to try and stop that. before the World Cup for his World Cup, he was in the for the initial few games were misunderstood as he just “It was just off the cuff. under-whelming show for Man Champions League final (with this season as manager Jose wished that the Indian did not It was a pretty relaxed inter- United in the English Premier Juventus), the Europa League Mourinho has said he would score a century during India’s view to say I’d love for him League (EPL). final (with United), the Euro- not play World Cup players tour, that comprises three not to score runs, like I’d love “You don’t need to answer pean (Championship) final from the beginning. AGENCIES Twenty20 Internationals, four any international player to Tests and three One-day Inter- not score runs against us,” he nationals, starting with the first clarified. HC appoints T20I on November 21. Cummins further went on East Bengal win “I was almost trying to do to compare the 29-year-old committee for the opposite to the way they Kohli with banned former Aus- go out there and put everything a way to fire up the bowlers. well. “The captain and the best were perceived. I was trying sie skipper Steve Smith, say- into what he does.” They seem to use that as a way batsman is always the prized holding Bagan to pay him a huge compliment ing: “Kohli is a really passionate “He’s similar to Steve Smith to get the best out of themselves wicket and I’m sure it won’t 29th Shield title and say that my big wish list player and I’m sure he doesn’t for us, he really gets himself and I think that feeds off into be any different this summer,” club elections for the summer was he doesn’t need any extra motivation to into the contest and tries to find the other players in the team as he added. AGENCIES KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday appointed a three-member committee Shoulder injury further dents Saha’s recovery prospects of retired judges for holding Mohun Bagan Club elections KOLKATA: Already out of the Indian by September 15 after two war- squad for the first three tests against ‘It became serious after ring groups of the club opted England due to a left thumb injury, he hurt the same part for a court-initiated settlement. wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha is now Justice Sekhar Bobby Saraf nursing a shoulder problem which he during a gym session at directed that two members picked up while rehabilitating at the the NCA under a senior from each group would assist National Cricket Academy (NCA). the retired judges of the high It has been learnt from sources close physio. It has now court in holding the election. to Saha that the 33-year-old stumper aggravated and could Retired justices Susanta picked up the knock during a gym ses- Chatterjee, Dilip Seth and sion at the NCA. be serious’ Asim Kumar Roy will hold the Saha missed out on the one-off Test BARASAT: East Bengal ing their cause. They had the election and were requested by against Afghanistan due to the thumb “It became serious after he hurt the emerged victorious in the chance to draw first blood Justice Saraf to complete the injury and hoped to recover in time same part during a gym session at the 122nd IFA Shield final after when Bagan keeper Asanja process preferably by Septem- for the five-match England Test series. NCA under a senior physio. It has now defeating arch-rivals Mohun Daimary failed to make a clean ber 15. But along with Dinesh Karthik, who aggravated and could be serious,” an Bagan on penalties at the save but there was no Red and Justice Saraf heard the is expected to be the first choice keeper insider said. Vidyasagar Krirangan in Gold shirt to pounce on the counsels of the two warring now, Rishabh Pant was included as the Saha has played 32 Tests for India Barasat on Thursday. rebound. factions of the club extensively second wicketkeeper as Saha could not scoring 1164 runs averaging 30.63. Although Mohun Bagan’s Ghosh remained the and got them to arrive at a con- be ready in time. shoulder injury which a source close Sunrisers Hyderabad. He has taken 75 catches and effected Sourav Das (47’) opened the livewire for Bagan. He deliv- sensus for holding the elections Saha, who last played the first Test to him said. He picked up the thumb However, his shoulder injury was 10 stumpings, earning a name for him- scoring, they could not main- ered an inch-perfect cross to the 129-year-old club. against South Africa in Cape Town, injury during the Indian Premier first picked up in South Africa while self as one of the finest wicketkeepers in tain their lead as keeper Asanja from the left but Sourav Das The two groups are loyal to could also be needing a surgery for his League (IPL) where he turned out for taking a catch during the first Test. the game. AGENCIES Daimary’s howler in front of could not rise high enough for Mohun Bagan president Swa- goal (84’) let in Dip Saha’s long a header and opposition keeper pan Sadhan Bose and gen- ranger. The Kolkata giants Ayan Roy came out of his line eral secretary Anjan Mitra, IPL Chairman Shukla’s could not be separated even to make a comfortable save. respectively. Didier Deschamps to stay as after extra-time and East Ben- Mohun Bagan’s Sourav Das The duo had adminis- gal held their nerve in the finally broke the deadlock from tered the club together for a aide resigns following shoot-out to lift the trophy. Ratan Das’ deep throw into the long time, but fell apart about France coach until 2020 Jo Paul Ancheri made two box. The ball dropped clumsily a year ago. changes to the starting line- in the six-yard area and as East Mahesh Tekriwal, a former bribery scandal PARIS: The French Football up that started in Bagan’s 2-1 Bengal’s defence failed to clear executive member from Bose’s Federation on Thursday con- victory over SAIL Burnpur. the ball, Das found the net from group, had moved the high NEW DELHI: A member of case. The commissioner is firmed that Didier Deschamps Pulak Baruah and Debanna close range. court praying for appointment IPL Chairman Rajeev Shuk- mandated to submit his find- would continue as the coach of Chakraborty were relegated to After conceding, East Ben- of a special officer for conduct- la’s personal staff was today ings within 15 days, which will the national team until 2020, the bench as Deep Saha and gal re-started with a sense of ing the election at the club. forced to resign after he was then be passed on to the BCCI’s when his contract expires. Lalthan Khuma slotted into the urgency and started piling Club executive committee suspended by the BCCI due to disciplinary committee. “Yes, he’ll still be there for midfield. pressure on Bagan’s backline. member Madan Mohan Dutta a sting operation, which alleged The Board’s Anti-Cor- the first match in Germany,” Mohun Bagan started the Centre back Asif Ali Molla from Mitra’s group opposed the that he sought bribes to facili- ruption Unit chief Ajit Singh said FFF president Noel Le match on the ascendency, cre- fouled Lalcchanhima in a dan- plea and sought its rejection tate selection of players in the said the audio tapes are being Graet, referring to the UEFA ating a flurry of chances from gerous area and Suranjit Singh’s claiming that Mohun Bagan Uttar Pradesh team. sought from the channel and Euro 2020 Championship, the left flank through Subha effort from around 25-yards was a private club having its A Hindi news channel tele- will be examined. “We have after being asked if Deschamps Ghosh. He made a darting run could have levelled things up own constitution and that there cast an alleged phone conversa- taken note of the sting and would stay on after the team’s through the left flank after skip- had it not flown inches wide has been no allegation of any tion between Akram Saifi, an will examine the entire matter. World Cup victory in Russia, ping past two challenges but a from the post. serious mismanagement for the executive assistant of Shukla, Until we speak to the people reports Efe. timely tackle from East Bengal’s East Bengal finally notched court to interfere. and cricketer Rahul Sharma involved, it is difficult to say “We had a contract M Clinton averted the danger an equalizer after Mohun He claimed that the club in which Saifi is heard seek- anything as of now,” he said. until 2020 — even when things on that occasion. Bagan goalkeeper Asanja executive can hold the elec- ing favours in “cash and kind” The player in question, were going less well — I said Bagan could have taken Daimary failed to control Dip tion by itself. to ensure Sharma’s selection in Rahul Sharma, has never rep- that he would be in his posi- the lead in the 21st minute but Saha’s long-range effort. The It was stated before the the state team. resented India and has not been tion until that date. Now, he Didwm Hazowary’s danger- goalkeeping howler took the court that 12 members of the Shukla is currently a Direc- a part of the state team either. has won, and what a way to do ous curling ball was only half- game into extra-time. 20-member executive of the tor in the Uttar Pradesh Cricket He has alleged that Saifi it!” he added. heartedly headed by Asif Ali Bagan continued with their club, including Tekriwal, had Association (UPCA). sought bribes and other favours “He really is someone Molla. route-one tactic which failed to resigned on April 26. “Saifi has tendered his resig- to ensure his selection in the who works enormously hard, significant,” Le Graet said. be eventually joining the team East Bengal gradually trouble East Bengal’s backline. At present, there are eight nation. When Shukla’s view was team. He has also accused Saifi because without hard work we The federation president as coach, saying that Zidane started to see more of the ball East Bengal looked composed functioning executive mem- sought on this, he said that it of issuing fake age certificates. would have nothing. The work did not confirm if former star had not yet expressed any inter- but lack of creativity in the as they kept knocking the ball bers in the club, Dutta’s counsel should be accepted with imme- Saifi has denied all the charges. done by Didier and his team is player Zinedine Zidane would est in the position. AGENCIES attacking third was not help- around in midfield. AGENCIES had told the court. AGENCIES diate effect,” a top BCCI offi- “We are open to any cial said. inquiry. We follow a very trans- The development came parent selection process at the after the BCCI decided to UPCA. I can’t comment on the India outplay NZ 4-2 in hockey series opener investigate the matter as per conversation between the two its established regulations. as it is their personal matter,” “...pending the appoint- said UPCA Secretary Yudhveer BENGALURU: The Indian men’s showed a tighter defence. Though powerfully convert India’s fourth goal. ment of a Commissioner under Singh, dismissing the charges hockey team pulled off a sensational India won the second PC of the match The final quarter saw New Zealand Rule 32 of the rules and regu- of corruption in selection. 4-2 win over New Zealand in the first in the 22nd minute, a poor execution test Indian defenders as they made lations of BCCI, we are seek- “I have checked about Test of the three-match series at the dented the home team’s chance of tak- strong forays into the striking circle. ing an explanation from Mr. Rahul Sharma and found out Sports Authority of India’s Bengaluru ing the score to 3-0. Their efforts paid off with Stephen Jen- Akram Saifi regarding the alle- that he has never even been a Campus here on Thursday. In the 26th minute, New Zealand ness converting his second goal of the gations made against him,” an part of the state probables. He Rupinder Pal Singh (2’, 34’), Man- finally made a breakthrough with Ste- match as his shot bounced off Indian internal communication of the has no credibility,” he added. deep Singh (15’) and Harmanpreet phen Jenness scoring a perfect field goalkeeper Suraj Karkera’s pad into BCCI stated. “Mr. Saifi’s reply Shukla has not yet reacted Singh (38’) scored for India while Ste- goal that narrowed the lead to 1-2. the back of the net. shall be examined by the Com- to the allegations. phen Jenness (26’, 55’) scored a brace After the half time break, India With score-line reading 4-2, New missioner once appointed,” it Earlier, the BCCI had for the visitors. came back with a stronger attack. For- Zealand won a crucial PC with four added. “Regarding any issue sought to steer clear of any The forwards won India their ward SV Sunil, created India’s third PC minutes remaining on the clock. But pertaining to the UPCA, the association with Saifi even first Penalty Corner of the match in and drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh Nic Woods’ drag-flick was way off UPCA would have to deal with though it admitted that his sal- the opening minute. Rupinder Pal, was brilliant yet again as he flicked the target. The visitors earned yet the matter under their rules.” ary was being paid from the making a comeback into the squad towards top right of the net taking another PC with a little over a minute The Rule 32 of the BCCI Board’s funds. after the Gold Coast Commonwealth India’s lead to a comfortable 3-1 in the remaining for the final hooter. And regulations states that any com- Former India player and UP Games, was splendid as he fired the tunity to equalise in the seventh min- cross was brilliantly picked up by for- 34th minute. In the 38th minute, SV this time, Woods’ powerful flick was plaints of misconduct are to captain Mohammad Kaif said ball low to beat New Zealand Goal- ute, Indian goalkeeper Krishan Pathak ward Mandeep Singh, who swiftly Sunil created yet another opportunity well defended by Karkera. New Zea- be decided by a commissioner, the allegations have stunned keeper Richard Joyce in the second was attentive at the goalpost. deflected it into goal. for India to score as he won another land won two more back-to-back PCs who will be appointed by Board him and demanded a probe minute. In the 15th minute, India doubled The second quarter saw New Zea- PC. Harmanpreet Singh was spot- with 50 seconds on the clock but Kar- president C K Khanna in this into the matter. AGENCIES Though the visitors had an oppor- their lead when Manpreet Singh’s land shake off the starting jitters and on as he improvised the injection to kera kept the visitors at bay. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018 mp ‘Remuneration of sport IOA steps up efforts to end governance crisis in gymnastics NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic The copy of the letter has also been issues, GFI continues to be de-recog- GFI elections, 12 unit have submitted Association (IOA) has intensified its marked to other important stakeholders nised by the government. It severely representation. efforts to end the governance crisis in including Sports Secretary Rahul Bhat- impacts the representation of athletes “Assuming even if there are 28 state coaches being doubled’ gymnastics, a growing sport that doesn’t nagar and Morinari Watanabe, presi- in international competitions,” wrote units in India and 20 of them have have a government-recognised federa- dent of the International Gymnastics Batra. raised governance issues, it is a consid- tion since 2012. Federation (FIG). “The legal committee and core com- erable objection that cannot be ignored,” NEW DELHI: The remuner- IOA president Narinder Batra has The IOA has also referred the mat- mittee of the IOA in its meeting on July Batra added. ation of coaches in various written to the president and secretary ter to its dispute commission, which is 17, 2018 had reviewed the twenty rep- Despite the administrative crisis, the sports disciplines would not of the de-recognised Gymnastics Fed- headed by Rakesh Sharma. resentations received regarding this sport has seen some outstanding per- be limited to Rs 1 lakh as the eration of India (GFI), Sudhakar Shetty “The Sports Ministry de-recognised subject. formances including Dipa Karmakar’s government has increased the and Shantikumar Singh respectively, in GFI in 2012 stating internal disputes. “Among the 16 state units that historic fourth place in the 2016 Rio cap to Rs 2 lakh, the Lok Sabha a fresh attempt to break the deadlock. Owing to non-resolution of governance were in the electoral college of the last Olympics. AGENCIES was informed on Thursday. Responding to supplemen- taries during Question Hour, Paes wins 1st match after Sports Minister Rajyavard- Divya wins silver, bronze for Karuna han Singh Rathore said it has been decided to increase the returning to Tour; 3 other cap of remuneration by 100 and Reena at Junior Asian Wrestling per cent as the present cap Indians also advance of Rs 1 lakh was found to be NEW DELHI: Gold Coast impractical as foreign coaches NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian CWG bronze medallist Divya were charging much more. star Leander Paes, who missed Kakran had to settle for a silver He also said the cash incen- the entire clay and the grass medal after being too defen- tive of medal winning players court season, made a winning sive in the final against nemesis would be distributed among Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore return to competitive tennis Meerim Zhumanazarova while the grassroots, intermediate with American partner Jamie Karuna and Reena returned and apex level coach. So far, members of the opposition and a gold in women’s 400 meters Cerretani at the ATP Hall of with bronze medals at the the amount was only given to treasury benches when Gaurav of World U20 Championship. Fame Open in Newport. Junior Asian Wrestling Cham- the apex coach, ignoring the Gogoi (Cong)sought Rathore’s On being pressed for Paes, playing his first match pionship here on Thursday. contribution of others who response to a reported com- a reply, Rathore said he has since creating the Davis Cup All five Indian girls in action spotted and nurtured the tal- ment made by a sports body major responsibilities to shoul- world record in February for reached the final round but San- ent at various levels. There was on the English-speaking capa- der and cannot comment on all most number of wins in dou- geet Phogat (59kg) and Shivani a brief war of words between bility of Hima Das, who won issues. AGENCIES bles, and Cerretani, defeated Pawar (50kg) lost their bronze- Luke Bambridge and Jonny medal bouts. Sangeeta suffered O’Mara 6-4 6-3 in their open- a minor right knee injury dur- Arjun Tendulkar ing round of the $623,710 hard ing the morning session and it England Lions hammer court event. did affect her performance in goes for duck on Paes and his partner are the bronze-medal bout. now up against giant-killers Divya was outplayed by the India A by 254 runs U-19 debut Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and defending champion, losing her Austin Crajicek, who toppled final in the 68kg category on Silver medalist Divya Kakran in New Delhi on Thursday PTI WORCESTER: India A bats- his maiden Test call-up, struck NEW DELHI: Arjun Ten- top seeds Nicholas Monroe technical superiority (0-11). men’s vulnerability against the a second successive half-cen- dulkar has made a disap- and John-Patrick Smith 5-7 The Indian girl, who had lost turn up for the bout. foot stuck there and my knee red ball in foreign conditions tury century to give the Indian pointing start with the bat to 6-1 10-8. to the same Kyrgyzstan rival at In the 59kg bronze medal got twisted. I did not have the was exposed as England Lions team management a selection his career as an Indian U-19 Jeevan has a good record this year’s senior Asian Cham- bout, all eyes were on Sangeeta, option of giving up. I had to handed the visitors a 254-run headache ahead of the first cricketer. Tendulkar was dis- playing against Paes, winning pionship, remained defensive, the youngest sibling from the fight. My father has told us, you defeat in the one-off Unoffi- match. India have picked two missed for a duck on Day 3 of twice against the Indian leg- conceding point after point. She famous Phogat family, who was die on mat but never concede cial Test on day four here on specialist wicket-keepers in the four-day match against Sri end this season — at Tata Open second, beat Martin Redlicki hardly attacked Meerim. up against China’s Juanjuan Shi. your bout. Thursday. the 18-man squad, including Lanka U-19 at Nondescripts Maharashtra in Pune and at and Evan Zhu 6-3 6-3. Divya had won her semifi- She stepped onto the mat “The injury definitely played India A, who were reeling Pant and Dinesh Karthik, who Cricket Club in Colombo, Dallas Challenger. Third seeds Purav Raja and nal 6-0, a victory by fall, against limping and was far from her in my mind in the bronze medal at 11 for three at stumps on day is more likely to feature in the caught at short-leg trying Also advancing to the quar- Ken Skupski also moved to the China’s Man Zhang and won best, though she fought bravely match,” Sangeeta said. She had three while chasing an improb- series opener. to defend a delivery from terfinals was in-form Divij last-eight with a 7-5 6-4 win the quarterfinal without step- in her 5-10 defeat. lost her quarter-final 1-2 to able 421-run target, did not put The A game served as Shashika Dulshan. Tendulkar Sharan, who along with part- over Ruben Bemelmans and ping onto the mat as Mongolia’s “In my quarter-final bout, Uzbekistan’s Nabira Esenbaeva, up much of a fight even in the warm-up game for the likes came into bat at number 9 and ner Jackson Withrow, seeded Denis Kudla. AGENCIES Purevtsetseg Ganbaatar did not there was a gap in the mat. My a victory by fall. AGENCIES second innings, folding up for of India vice-captain Rahane, his stay at the crease lasted for 167 in 44 overs. opener Murali Vijay, Karun 11 balls. They had struggled to 197 Nair and Pant, who are all part India U-19 though were all out in 66.5 overs in the first of the Test squad announced in a strong position by the essay after Lions made 423. yesterday. Pant made a mark time Tendulkar came into bat The sole silver lining for against a potent pace attack with the score reading 525/7. India A was that Ajinkya Rah- comprising four Test players, They were ultimately bowled ane and rookie Risabh Pant got with a 58 and 61, while Rah- out for 589 with two batsmen to spend some valuable time in ane too got to spend some time scoring centuries — Atharwa the middle ahead of the five- at the crease, having scored 49 Taide (113) and Ayush Badoni Test series against England, and 48 in the two innings. Nair (185). Sri Lanka U-19 ended beginning in Birmingham on and Vijay, however, failed in the day on 177/3, still trailing August 1. Pant, who has earned both the innings. AGENCIES by 168 runs. AGENCIES Disappointing start for Lahiri, Kisner in lead

CARNOUSTIE: Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri carded a 5-over 76 on the opening day, leav- ing him with a mountain to climb in his bid for a weekend appearance at the 147th Open Championships here. The Carnoustie Golf Links, which was baked on a warm morning, penalised visits to the fairway bunkers and did not make putting easy either. India’s other challengers Shubhankar Sharma had just teed off and parred the first hole while playing with Sergio Garcia and Bryson De Cham- beau. He will finish around midnight Indian Standard Time. Americans, who have won the last five Majors, and 10 of the last 14, dominated the leaderboard. Kevin Kis- ner led the field with a 5-under 66 which included a colour- Office of the Superintending Engineer, Chhattisgarh ful stretch of bogey-eagle-par- Rural Road Development Agency / Project Circle No birdie from fifth and then he 02 Kanker, District North Bastar kanker had a hat-trick of birdies from E-Procnrement Tender Notice 13th to 15th and he survived the famous Carnoustie bite on NIT No. 127 / TS 1446 / CGRRDA / 2018 Kanker Date 16/07/2018 the 16-18th hole to shoot 66. The Superintending Engineer, Chhattisgarh Rural The 34-year-old Kisner has Road Development Agency, Project Circle No. 02 Kanker on two PGA Tour wins and more behalf of Governor of Chhattisgarh invites the percentage rate famously lost 7&6 to Bubba bids in electronic tendering system for construction of 06 num- Watson in a one-sided WGC ber of Roads works under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna in match play final in March. District Kanker and Narayanpur with estimate cost totaling Erik Van Rooyen of Rs. 785.20 Lacs (Kanker District 03 Roads -1 Package cost: South Africa, who qualified 216.60 Lacs and Narayanpur District- 03, Roads 03, Pack- for the Open by finishing ages Cost: 568.60) including their maintenance for five years second behind Shubhankar from the eligible contractors registered with unified registra- Sharma at Joburg Open, was tion system (e-registration). Date of release of Invitation for flawless for 17 holes before dropping a shot on 18th for Bids through e-procurement: 23 /07/2018 After 17:30 hours. 4-under 67. AGENCIES Availability of Bid Documents and mode of submis- sion: The bid document is available online and should be sub- mitted online in https://eproc.eastate.gov.in. The bidder would be required to register in the ‘web-site which is free of cost. For submission of the bids, the bidder is required to have a valid Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities. The bidders are required to submit (a) original bid security in approved form and (b) original affidavit regarding correctness of information furnished with bid docu- ment as per provisions of Clause 4.4 B (a) (ii) of ITB to Super- intending Engineer, Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency, Project Circle No. 02 Thakur Pushkar Singh marg, Sanjay nagar (infront of D.F.O. office) Kanker, District-North Bastar Kanker, C.C. Pin No. 494334 on a date as mentioned in time schedule, either by Speed/ Registered post, failing which the bids shall be declared non-responsive. Last Date/ Time for receipt of bids through e-procurement as per time schedule. For further details please log on to https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in. Sd/- (Mukesh Santoshi) Superintending Engineer Chhattisgarh Rural Road Project Circle No. 02 Kanker Dist.Kanker Samvad-87759/5 E mail ID: [email protected] 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 20 July, 2018

I believe if you are sincere with ‘DON’T WANT TO your work and you are good at it, then your identity will be created by default MYSEPARATE IDENTITY FROM SHAHID’

shaan Khatter doesn’t mind being While Shahid is Neelima’s son with believes paying heed to negativity and Son of the known as Shahid Kapoor’s brother. her first husband Pankaj Kapur, Ishaan is hatred is of no use. The young actor, who made his film her son with Rajesh Khatter. “When there is hate or negative com- veteran actor debut with Beyond The Clouds and “Creating a separate identify for ment, I try to ignore it, and try to not Iwill make his Bollywood foray with Dha- myself was never my driving force and bother myself with such stuff. By spread- Neelima Azeem, dak, says he never wants to separate his will never be,” Ishaan said. ing hatred, and if it is particularly directed name from his half-sibling’s name to cre- The half-brother of known to be at us, then that person is reflecting his Ishaan is proud ate his own identity in the industry. ‘chocolate-boy’ of the industry told that own personality,” said Ishaan. Ishaan, along with late veteran actor his passion for cinema is his own and “Sometimes people post encourag- to be identified Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor, will not borrowed from anyone else, be it his ing things also, so I try not to get swayed be seen in Dhadak, scheduled to release mother or his brother who made their by it and do much better than my as Shahid’s on July 20. respective mark in the industry. previous work. But when “I have no intention to make a name “I believe if you are sincere with your there is criticism, I try to brother and for myself and to separate my identity work and you are good at it, then your learn from it and try to from my brother’s name. I am proud to be identity will be created by default. Though understand the perspec- feels no shame identified as Shahid’s brother, there is no it feels good if I am getting acknowledged tive of another person.” shame in it,” Ishaan, son of veteran actor for my work,” he added. Dhadak is directed by in it Neelima Azeem, said. Ishaan, on talking about memes, Shashank Khaitan. IANS

When Priyanka My son has started parenting me: Sonali Bendre was thought to be MUMBAI: Actor Sonali Ben- dre, who is fighting cancer, Sonali, after being diagnosed with ‘TOO DARK’ FOR says she and husband Goldie Behl did not want to keep son “high grade” cancer is in New York Ranveer in the dark about her currently for the treatment along with diagnosis as children are more her family MISS INDIA “resilient than we give them NEW DELHI: Actor Priyanka Chopra was not the credit for”. obvious choice for the Miss India title 18 years ago as The 43-year-old actor said of anything @goldiebehl and one of the jury members felt her complexion was “too Ranveer has been “a source I ever did. And so, when the dark”, says a new book on the star who turned 36 today. of strength and positivity”. Big C reared its ugly head, our Then 17, Priyanka took part in the beauty contest Sonali, who is currently biggest dilemma was what and from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh and emerged as the run- in New York for the how we were going to tell him.” ner-up – Femina Miss India World 2000. treatment, had recently The actor said she felt it was Lara Dutta was crowned Femina Miss India Uni- revealed that she had important to involve Ranveer verse, while the second runner-up Dia Mirza won the been diagnosed with so that he does not feel left out. Femina Miss India Asia Pacific title. “high grade” cancer that “They are a lot more resil- In ‘Priyanka Chopra: The Incredible Story of a Global has metastised. ient than we give them credit Bollywood Star’, Pradeep Sharing a picture with Ran- for. It’s important to spend time Guha, one of the mentors veer on Instagram, she wrote: with them and include them, Priyanka has of the contestants for that “From the moment he was rather than make them wait managed year’s contest, remembers born 12 years, 11 months on the side-lines, not being how one of the jury mem- and 8 days ago, my amaz- told yet instinctively knowing to carve an bers was uncertain about ing @rockbehl took owner- everything. In our effort to pro- International Priyanka. ship of my heart. From then tect them from the pain and career and is “Not everybody in the on, his happiness and well- realities of life, we might end jury was initially in favour being have been the centre up doing the opposite.” PTI one of the most of her. One person men- recognizable tioned she’s too dark,” he recalls, without naming Indian faces the jury member. The ‘Brad Pitt, Leonardo contestants faced a range of celebrity judges – actors Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi DiCaprio had refused Chawla and Waheeda Rehman, cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin, among others. Priyanka has managed to carve an international career and is one of the most re cognisable Indian faces. She has spoken about facing ‘racisim’ even BROKEBACK within her “Punjabi family”. PTI MOUNTAIN’ irector Gus Van Sant working out. I asked the has revealed that he usual suspects: Leon- was keen to make ardo DiCaprio, Brad Harvey had ‘bargain’ over Brokeback Moun- Pitt, Matt Damon, Ryan tainD with Brad Pitt and Leon- Phillippe. They all said no,” ardo DiCaprio but they did not The film, which was ulti- sexual activity with Judd want to be a part of the project. mately directed by Lee, featured In an interview with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllen- – whom she declined to name at IndieWire, Van Sant said before haal as the gay romantic leads. the time. Ang Lee, he was attached to It received widespread She later accused him of mak- the film as a director and had acclaim upon its release and was ing sexual demands in a hotel approached all the “usual sus- nominated for eight Academy room about 20 years ago. pects” in Hollywood to play the Awards, winning three – best She tells it as an encounter lead roles but they all declined. director, best adapted screen- she allegedly only escaped “Nobody wanted to do it. I play, and best original score. after relenting to a deal was working on it, and I felt like Diana Ossana, who wrote where she would let him we needed a really strong cast, the film’s screenplay with Larry touch her if she won an like a famous cast. That wasn’t McMurtry and also produced it, Academy Award. confirmed that the movie was The 50-year-old Judd offered to “all those young gen- said she was in serious dis- tlemen” but they “turned down cussions for a big role in the project, for various reasons”. LOS ANGELES: Seeking dismissal Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Looking back, Van Sant said of the case filed against him by Rings, but she missed the bus he should have cast “unknown” Ashley Judd, Harvey Weinstein has after Weinstein or someone at faces in the film. claimed he and the actor-activist Miramax told the director of “What I could have done, had struck “a bargain” with respect that she was a “nightmare” to and what I probably should have to future sexual activity”. work with – the allegations done, was cast more unknowns, According to The Hollywood for which she is cur- not worried about who were the Reporter, Weinstein’s attorney rently suing. PTI lead actors. I was not ready. I’m Phyllis Kupferstein has claimed not sure why. There was just sort Judd has waited too long to sue. of a hiccup on my part. There In 2015, Judd, on media plat- was something off with myself, forms talked about being sexu- I guess, whatever was going on,” ally harassed by a media mogul he said. PTI