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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 99 | Tuesday, 10 April 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,379.35 (+47.75) pSENSEX 33,788.54 (+161.57) pDOW JONES 24,127.17 (+194.41) pNASDAQ 7004.29 (+89.18) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 65.02 (-0.05) qRUPEE/EURO 79.98 (-0.25) pGOLD/10GM 31,500 (+30) pSILVER/K 39,250 (+50) DON’T MAKE SEALING DON’T ‘HYPE ‘CHEMICAL ATTACK’: VARUN WAS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE: UP’ BORDER RUSSIA WARNS ON SHOOJIT’S SC TO CENTRE, ISSUE: CHINA AGAINST SNAP CASTING LIST DELHI GOVT PG3 TO INDIA PG5 JUDGMENTS PG10 PG16 Rahul calls PM ‘casteist’; PM SHARES SUCCESS MANTRA FOR PRIVATE, PUBLIC SECTOR 30, including 27 kids, killed as school bus BJP dubs Cong fast a ‘farce’ Modi sets 100-day deadline for plunges into gorge ANUP VERMA

NEW DELHI: The Congress’ ‘fast PSUs to come up with roadmap for harmony’ led to fresh acrimony on Monday with party president MPOST BUREAU IDENTIFYING Rahul Gandhi accusing Prime Min- five ister Narendra Modi of being anti- NEW DELHI: Prime Minis- challenges for CPSEs, Dalit and the ruling BJP mocking ter Narendra Modi on Monday Modi said they should him for staging a “farce” while its gave a 100-day deadline to the leaders ate “chhola bhaturas”. heads of central public sector focus on maximising their Gandhi led his party’s nation- enterprises (CPSEs) to come out geo-strategic reach, wide daylong fast outside Rajghat with a roadmap with “measur- minimising import bill, MPOST BUREAU against caste-based violence, com- able targets” for strengthening munalism and non-functioning of state-owned companies and pro- integrating innovation SHIMLA/NURPUR: Twenty seven children Parliament, for which it blamed the moting development activities. and research, optimal were among 30 killed when a school bus ferrying ruling BJP, and to promote peace Addressing a CPSE con- utilisation of CSR Fund them back home fell into a deep gorge near vil- and harmony in the country. clave here, Modi also suggested lage Gurchal on the Nurpur-Chamba highway, The 1984 anti-Sikh riots cast that their CSR spend should be and coming up with a about 100 km from the district headquarters at a shadow over the ‘Sadhbhavna focused mainly on one specific new development model Dharamsala. The children were students of Ram Upvas’ (fast for harmony) with Gandhi, who was joined by theme each year. Singh Pathania Memorial School, police said. Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and senior leaders, including Kamal In this context, he appre- by 2022 Thirty persons, including 27 children, have Jagdish Tytler, listed as accused of Nath, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sheila ciated the success that was lost their life, Himachal Pradesh Transport Min- their alleged role in the riots, being Dikshit, Ashok Gehlot, Delhi Con- achieved when this CSR spend freedom to the CPSEs so that they micro, small and medium enter- the GeM platform and from ister Govind Singh Thakur said. asked to stay away from the stage gress chief Ajay Maken and the was utilised for toilet construc- can improve their performance. prises (MSMEs), Modi prodded MSMEs; and preparation for The driver, 67-year-old Madan Lal, and two where Gandhi and the other lead- party’s communications in-charge tion in schools. He said they had contributed them to buy more from the small technological disruptions such women teachers also died in the accident which ers were sitting. Randeep Surjewala, arrived at the He said one good theme significantly to nation-building, units and also ensure timely as Artificial Intelligence, Quan- occurred when the bus was on its way back from While Kumar left the venue fast venue at 1 pm while the fast could be the development of and in the national economy payments. tum Computing and Robotics. school, Kangra SP Santosh Patial said. soon after that, Tytler sat in the started at 10.30 am. 115 aspirational districts identi- since independence. In 2016, the procurement by Identifying five challenges Local BJP MLA, Rakesh Pathania, who was audience along with party workers. The fast was replicated across fied by Niti Aayog for particular “I need to learn a lot from CPSEs was only Rs 25,000 crore for CPSEs, Modi said they on the spot, said 27 bodies were recovered while It gave the BJP the ammuni- the country by Congress workers in focus. He said CPSEs could also you. If I spend more time with from MSMEs of the total Rs 1.30 should focus on maximising two more had been spotted. tion it was looking for, with party all state and district headquarters. take up skill development pro- you, I shall emulate what I learn lakh crore. their geo-strategic reach, mini- At least 13 severely injured persons were spokesperson Sambit Patra mock- “This is a fight for the ideology grammes, as part of CSR. from you in the government. I He said enterprise and inno- mising import bill, integrating rushed to a hospital in Pathankot where one of ing Gandhi’s fast as a “farce” and and values which India represents. Thematic presentations were hope that exactly after 100 days, vation should be the guiding innovation and research, opti- them succumbed to injuries, an official said. The describing the party’s decision to We won’t allow the politics of hatred made to the Prime Minister on whatever you have said today, principles in the 21st century. mal utilisation of CSR Fund and condition of other injured persons was also criti- keep Kumar and Tytler away from and division aimed at garnering subjects such as corporate gover- you will come to me with a fool- He said incentives, imagination coming up with a new develop- cal, he said. The bus was carrying 40-45 people, the main dais as its “admission of votes to succeed,”Surjewala told nance, human resource manage- proof roadmap and after fixing and institution building would ment model by 2022. and most of those killed were students of ele- guilt”. reporters. ment, financial re-engineering, responsibility,” Modi said. be the three keys to success. The Prime Minister also mentary classes, aged below ten. BJP’s official Twitter handle also Asked about the row over innovations and technology, and He asked the CPSEs to come Elaborating, he mentioned asked the CPSEs managements Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced showed a photograph of local Delhi Kumar and Tytler, he said, “Some Vision 2022 for New India. with implementation roadmaps improving operational and to hold their meetings at lesser an immediate relief of Rs 5 lakh to the next of Congress leaders eating ‘chhola conspirators in the BJP try to find Appreciating the presenta- along with “measurable targets”. financial performance; trans- known tourist destinations. kin of each deceased. bhaturas’, which they claimed was meaning in everything small or the tions, Modi said that the gov- Expressing concern over lit- parency and accountability in This, he added, will help pro- Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM ahead of the fast. big thing.” ernment had given operational tle procurement by CPSEs from processes; procurement through mote tourism. Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives. OWNER ARRESTED FOR NEGLIGENCE Political leaders, Father of UP girl who accused Hong Kong media should not can decide on Four charred to death at ‘demoralise’ security forces BJP MLA of rape dies in custody Nirav Modi’s VICE PRESIDENT VENKAIAH NAIDU Six policemen suspended arrest: China Sultanpuri shoe factory MPOST BUREAU BEIJING: China on Mon- ABHAY SINGH In today’s day said that Hong Kong can LUCKNOW: The father of a girl, who accede to India’s request to NEW DELHI: Four workers, including two paper had alleged rape and attempted sui- arrest fugitive Indian dia- minors, were killed in a fire at a shoe-manu- cide along with her family outside mond merchant Nirav Modi facturing unit in Delhi’s Sultanpuri in the wee ... Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi based on local laws and hours on Monday. CITY Adityanath’s home on Sunday, died mutual judicial assistance Police, during its initial investigation, have on Monday morning at a hospital agreements. found that a short-circuit may have caused the GIRL JUMPS TO DEATH 4 in Unnao. Pappu Singh, 50, was in Minister of State for fire, but are looking at other angles. The police judicial custody after his daughter’s External Affairs V K Singh have also arrested factory owner who has been NATION alleged rapists filed a complaint. He told parliament last week that accused of running the factory without a proper JAITLEY BACK HOME AFTER DIALYSIS 5 was reportedly beaten up by goons “the ministry has sought the licence. last week. provisional arrest of Nirav Atul Garg, Chief Fire Officer, Delhi Fire EDIT UP Chief Minister Yogi Adity- Deepak Modi by the govern- Services (DFS) stated that they received a call anath, who the girl claims to have ment of the Hong Kong Spe- around 6.35 am from A-block, Raja Park in Sul- PERILS OF OPPOSITION DIN 8 approached for justice, said, “This is filed against the girl’s father, and he cial Administrative Region tanpuri regarding a fire incident. More than five INTERNATIONAL an unfortunate incident. I have spo- was arrested. On Sunday, when the (HKSAR), the People’s fire tenders were rushed to the spot. “The blaze ken to top police officers in Lucknow. man complained of abdominal pain, Republic of China.” took place in a four storey building. Fire teams 100 HURT IN B’DESH 10 Those found guilty will not be spared, he was taken to the district hospital Asked about India’s started their rescue work and doused the fire and the government will not show any where he died today. request, Chinese Foreign around 10:10 am,” said Garg. BUSINESS leniency,” he said. “The incident happened while the Ministry spokesman Geng Over two-dozen workers were sleeping in INDIA, B’DESH SIGN HISTORIC OIL DEAL 12 An inquiry has been ordered, man was in judicial custody. A mag- Shuang told a media brief- the first and second floors of the three-storey police said. Two police officers and isterial inquiry will be conducted. If ing here that “according to building when the blaze started. All, but four SPORT four constables have also been sus- there have been lapses by the police, the one country two systems escaped, an officer said.Police took the injured Firefighters taking out a body from the factory Mpost pended, while four persons accused action will be taken,” Deputy Inspec- and basic law of the HKSAR, ones to a hospital where they were declared JITU SHOOTS GOLD 14 of beating the girl’s father have been tor General of Police Pravin Kumar under the assistance and dead. concerning a fire or combustible matter) and arrested. said. authorisation of the central The deceased have been identified as Razi 304A (Causing death by negligence) of IPC at The 16-year-old girl had alleged Sengar, who has been a leader with government, the HKSAR can Mohammad (20), Shan Mohammad(17), Ayub Sultanpuri police station. FOR ADVERTISING she was raped by Kuldeep Singh Sen- the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan make proper arrangement (17) and Mehboob (18). They all belonged to Meanwhile, another fire was reported kindly contact at 9810195709 gar, the BJP MLA from Unnao, and Samaj Party earlier, has denied the on mutual judicial assistance Asmada village in Uttar Pradesh Hardoi dis- around 12.55 pm Monday at Kucha Mahajani or his brother last year, and even after allegations. with other countries,” he said. trict. Ayub and Mehboob were siblings, a police in Chandni Chowk, where a 22-year-old man [email protected] a year since the incident, the police Congress president Rahul Gandhi “If India makes a relevant official said. was killed, the police said. Monday’s deaths take refused to take any action. She also tweeted: “Beti Bachao, Khud Maare request to the HKSAR, we The unit was run by a person named Brijesh the toll in fire incidents in Delhi over the past claimed that her family was threat- Jaao (save our daughters, get killed).” believe the HKSAR will follow Gupta, who lived in the same locality. The 72 hours to seven. FOR SUBSCRIPTION ened after they tried to file an FIR or In another tweet, former UP Chief the basic law and relevant laws building was used for manufacturing shoes Two persons had died in a fire at a foot- kindly contact at 8800854665 First Information Report. Minister Akhilesh Yadav criticised and under relevant judicial and housed around 25-30 workers, he said. wear-manufacturing unit in Narela on Satur- or Last Tuesday, her father was alleg- the “encounterwali” government for agreements with India with Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) day, while a 62-year-old shopkeeper died in a [email protected] edly assaulted by Sengar, his brother failing to ensure women’s safety in the relevant issue,” he said. MN Tiwari stated that they had registered a pre-dawn blaze at his shop in Sarita Vihar area and their associates, but an FIR was the state. case under sections 285 (Negligent conduct on Sunday. See P4 SC refuses to interfere with EXCLUSIVE STRETCH FOR WOMEN, DOTTED WITH SEATING FACILITIES, CCTV CAMERAS Bengal Panchayat polls Soon, ‘She-Corridor’ for women in Kerala NEW DELHI: The ought not to interfere ...” MPOST BUREAU the surveillance of CCTV cameras. Supreme Court on The process for Pan- FM radio, she-toilet and napkin vend- Monday refused to chayat election, sched- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Imagine ing machines would be some of the other interfere with the Pan- uled to be held on May a city, which offers an exclusive stretch features to be included, she said. chayat elections in Ben- 1, 3, and 5, had com- for women, dotted with seating facilities, Terming the ‘she-corridor’ as a gal, rejecting a BJP plea menced on April 2. CCTV cameras, she-toilets, napkin vend- ‘women-empowerment’ initiative, the for rescheduling them Disposing of ing machines and walls bearing paintings deputy mayor said a total of Rs two crore so that its candidates the petition by the of success stories of women. had been earmarked for the project. could file their nomina- Bharatiya Janata Party, If everything goes as planned, the state The tender process for the work of the tion papers and deploy- the top court granted capital will soon have such a model stretch Corridor project was completed and the ment of Central paramilitary forces. liberty to “all political parties, their can- where ladies can enjoy the ‘safety’ and construction would soon begin, she said A Bench of Justice R K Agrawal and didates, including any independent ‘women-friendliness’ to the maximum. adding that it was expected to be over this Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, however, candidate/s proposing to contest the elec- The City Corporation is preparing to year itself. granted liberty to the aggrieved politi- tion in question, to approach the State set up a “She-Corridor” with all women- An architect was entrusted with the cal parties and their candidates as well as Election Commissioner with their any friendly features between the Government task of designing the model corridor, she independents to approach the State Elec- individual or/and collective grievance.” Women’s College junction and the state- said. tion Commission for the redressal of their The court said this as it referred to the run Cottonhill Girls Higher Secondary Rakhi said the stretch would also be grievance. provisions of the West Bengal Panchayat School in Vazhuthacaud here. of ladies in public places. city, giving priority to their safety. Women a tribute to the valuable contributions Saying, “We are not inclined to inter- Elections Act, 2003 which empowers the The Women’s College and Cotton- Deputy Mayor, Rakhi Ravikumar said should feel free and safe in our city,” Rakhi made by eminent women in various fields fere” with the ongoing Panchayat elec- State Election Commission to entertain any hill School are two prestigious girls-only the initiative is aimed at inculcating the said. including politics, arts, cinema, social tions, Justice Agrawal, pronouncing the grievance raised by a political party which institutions located in the heart of the city. feeling of safety in the minds of women- The corridor would have seating facili- movement and so on. order, held that the top court by its earlier has fielded candidates, or its individual Besides offering exclusive facilities for dwellers here. ties for women on both sides of roads The contributions and success saga judgment had ruled that “once the election candidate or even Independent candidates. women, the objective of the initiative is “The objective of the project is to turn where they would be safe to spend any of iconic women would be displayed as process has been set in motion, the Court AGENCIES also to highlight the safety and security the state capital a model women-friendly time as the entire stretch would be under paintings on the walls along the stretch. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town IN SEARCH, A JOURNEY OF RUHANIYAT Aamad Dance Center is organising “In Search – a Journey of Ruhuniyat” by Rani Khanam. The audience will witness the Journey of Ruhaniyat through the rich amalgamation of Kathak, Music & Poetry (Sufi/Bhakti Verses) of Kabir, Bulle Shah, Amir Khusrau, Meera Bai, etc. Event will see performances by Shri. Rani Khanam (Kathak), Shakeel Ahmed, Shuheb Hasan, Zohaib Hasan, Leena Sargam and Nasir Khan. WHEN: April 10 TIMING: 7 pm onwards WHERE: India Habitat Center FREAKY SHAKES You’ll never look TH at a milkshake the same way again. The monstrous mashup of 8 THEATRE OLYMPICS a drink and dessert with lashings of cream, chocolate, Still from ‘Derailed’ caramel sauces and culminates in Mumbai indulgent delicacies such as chunks of brownie, nuts, pretzels, biscuits and After 51 days and 17 cities, the biggest international theatre festival even whole slices of pie are in the house. Available in five varieties, these – which came to India for the first time – came to an end. The 9th overindulgent freaky shakes will surely Theatre Olympics will be jointly organised by Russia and Japan win your heart this summer! WHEN: Till April 30 WHERE: Tea Lounge, Eros Hotel Nehru OUR CORRESPONDENT emony, Minister of State (I/C), Ministry Sharma, our beloved and visionary Cul- Place TIMING: 8 am – 8 pm of Culture, Dr Mahesh Sharma, eminent ture Minister, Government of India. NSD fter a glorious run of 51 days film personality Nana Patekar came as is proud to have organised an event that AAINAKHANA – A POETRY EVE across 17 cities of India, the the Guests of Honour. has shown the cultural might of India, a An evening to celebrate poetry and 8th Theatre Olympics, which The closing ceremony was honoured vision shown by our Prime Minister Nar- shayaris, DLF5 along with Delhi Shayari happened in India for the first by the presence of Artistic Director, endra Modi,” he further added. Club is organizing ‘Aainakhana’. The time,A drew to a colourful close. The fes- 8th Theatre Olympics, Ratan Thiyam While the closing ceremony was being from more than 30 countries performed the centre for theatrical activities. Our tival had its grand closing ceremony in and presided over by Acting Chairman, held in Mumbai, the Capital held its last across 17 cities such as Agartala, Ahmed- theatre will flourish from generation to event provides a rightful platform to Mumbai and also staged two final pro- National School of Drama Society, Dr ‘Meet The Director’ session where emi- abad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, generation. Without even the technical both acclaimed and budding poets ductions in Delhi on March 8 i.e., the Arjun Deo Charan. Theodoros Terzo- nent theatre critics, Diwan Singh Bajeli Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Imphal, aspects of movies, theatre is able to cre- alike and delves into the magic of culmination day. poulos – Chairman of the International and Renu Arora joined the panel with Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Mumbai, New ate the effect through acting, and hence, poetry. Prominent names in the Urdu While Chief Committee of Theatre Olympics, M L directors of the plays staged on Saturday. Delhi, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram, and our theatre will never die.” Poetry scene like Farhat Ehsas, Vipul Minister of Maha- Srivastava – Joint Secretary, Ministry of One of the closing plays in the city Varanasi during the festival. “Theatre is a place where we can Kumar, Tarkash Pradeep, Abbas Qamar, rashtra Devendra Culture, and popular theatre and film was ‘Derailed’. This Hindi play, directed “I am really happy that Prof. Waman reflect all emotions and sentiments of Fadnavis was personality Nawazuddin Siddiqui by Devendra Ahirwar pivots around Sav- Kendre has taken theatre on another society. Politics also has a bit of theatre Shahbaz Rizvi to grace the evening. present as the were special guests at itri, a middle-aged woman, who is dis- level. I appreciate your work and thank in this. If we do our role well, people WHEN: April14 Chief Guest the event. Director satisfied with her circumstances. She has you, for you have kept theatre alive. give us support and when we fail to play WHERE: The Grand Ballroom, DLF Club5 at the clos- of National School an unemployed son, a promiscuous teen Thanks for being associated with theatre our role, they reject us. This I see a par- TIMING: 6:30 pm – 10 pm ing of Drama (NSD), daughter and a husband, who has failed for so long in all possible manner,” said allel between the theatre and politics,” he cer- Prof. Waman to provide her emotional and financial Nana Patekar. further added. KAMALADEVI CHATTOPADHYAY Kendre, was also security. ‘The Brink! Or A Ritual Of Bad “Our rich heritage and culture is the ‘Rang Shikhar’, a vibrant collage of The exhibition highlights key events in present on the Sounds’ was the concluding play. This reason that India stands united today tribal, folk and theatre performances, fol- Kamaladevi’s life and her invaluable occasion. English play, directed by Thom Pasculli despite the diversity. Life is like theatre. lowed the closing ceremony. Renowned contribution to the world of craft. Known “We get is based on the popular story of Shakun- Like life, it goes on; it is only time, settings actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Manoj many chances to tala and brings about a subtle analysis of and people that change. It is true for this Joshi, Himani Shivpuri, Sachin Khe- for her role in the revival of Indian show our strength socio-political aspects of the period along city Mumbai, which goes on in all situa- dekar, along with well-known ventrilo- handicrafts in the post-independence and potentials, with a poetic depiction of the love tale of tions. The entire nation should be woven quist and puppeteer Ramdas Padhye, era, Kamaladevi has also been but 8th Theatre Dushyanta and Shakuntala. into the cultural fabric to create a united famous Bharatnatyam dancer Sandhya recognised by modern historians for her Olympics has given “I wish the Indian theatre, with the India. Through Theatre Olympics, we Purecha and famed Lavani dancer Vaish- important contribution in shaping the us unprecedented support of Indian government should have commenced our journey to reach ali Jadhav, performed at the presentation. freedom struggle. Her deep commitment opportunity to show dominate the world. The 9th Theatre that goal,” said Minister of Culture, Dr The 51-day long 8th Theatre Olym- to the revival of many crafts and textiles the power of our culture,” Olympics will be jointly organised by Mahesh Sharma. pics staged more than 400 plays and said Prof. Waman Kendre, Russia and Japan,” informed Chairman Chief Minister of Maharashtra hosted 78 allied events including 34 liv- of the country have been highlighted in Director, NSD. of the International Committee of The- Devendra Fadnavis, in his speech, said, ing legend series, 29 master classes, 7 this exhibition with displays of samples “8th Theatre Olym- atre Olympics, Theodoros Terzopoulos. “I thank Dr Mahesh Sharma and NSD interfaces, 6 national and international of kalamkari, kasuti, blue pottery etc. pics could not have This edition of Theatre Olympics to have selected Mumbai to organise the seminars and 2 workshops across 17 cit- WHEN: Till April 15 been possible with- brought together approximately 25,000 final phase of Theatre Olympics. Maha- ies. Besides, about 600 ambience perfor- WHERE: IIC out the inspirational artists under the theme “Flag of Friend- rashtra is known as the birthplace of cin- mances and 250 youth forum shows took TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm Still from ‘The Brink...’ support of Dr Mahesh ship”. The event witnessed 450 shows ema, but actually, Maharashtra has been place during the nationwide event. Dog care tips to beat the heat

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IANS and some These street posters live in the moment UMA NAIR alphabets and the potent messages in the posters. he scorching heat takes a toll summers. SAHMAT, THE SAFDAR Hashmi A space was left on the poster for not only on humans but on ani- 4Grooming and spa: Take your dog Memorial Trust, marks the 30th local groups to list their performance mals as well. If you own a dog out for regular grooming sessions includ- National Street Theatre Day on April information on the poster as a way to or you can care for a street dog, ing a bath and trimming of coat only if 12, at the Sahmat office, 29 Ferozeshah link the performances across India Tsave them from the heat by keeping them necessary. Contrary to popular belief, it is Road, New Delhi. The National Street through the poster. 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Arora, Parthiv Shah Do not take your pets for a walk during drying and brushing of coat can also be a The beauty of these and Ram Rahman. the scorching day hours. Ensure walks good way to remove dirt, allowing their posters is its intrinsic Many are now in the are restricted to only early mornings and skin to breathe better and cool off. sense of history both in design collection of post sunset during the summer months. 4Brush well everyday: It helps man- terms of artistic prac- the Museum of Mod- Dogs are extremely sensitive to heat and age circulation of blood better and aids in tice as well as the visual ern Art in New York. apart from falling ill, they may also develop temperature control. 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The term taprosad and photographs by Sunil the paws from burning. healthy liquids like coconut water and RESIST stands out in bold letters but Janah, the films ‘Dharti Ke Lal’ by IPTA, 4Travelling: Avoid going for long homemade chhaach in small proportions, it is the aftermath of violence, the scars ‘Do Bigha Zameen’ by Bimal Roy and drives with your pet, as the heat is too every now and then. which remain that hide between the recent graphics by Orijit Sen. strong for him/her to handle. Also, do Change the water in their bowl every not leave your dog in your car during hour and keep an extra bowl of water, Although every possible care and caution has been taken to avoid errors or omissions, this publication is being sold on the condition and understanding that infromation given in this publication is merely for reference and must not be taken as having authority of or binding in any way on the writers, editors, publishers, and printers and sellers who do not owe any responsibility for any damage or loss to any person, a purchaser of this publication or not for the result of any action taken on the basis of this work. All disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of competent court and forums in Delhi/New Delhi only Printed & Published by Jaiyendra Kumar Sharma on behalf of Front Row Media Pvt. Ltd. and printed at The Indian Express Pvt. Ltd., A-8, Sector-7, Noida-201 301 (U.P.) and published from First Floor, Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002. Editor: Durbar Ganguly, Executive Editor: Arya Rudra. Email: [email protected], Tel. No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 mp Don’t make sealing a political Second time this year, circle rates raised in Gurugram issue: SC to Centre, Delhi govt PIYUSH OHRIE GURUGRAM: While the debate over whether Health of citizens of Delhi much more important than profit, states apex court the business sentiment in the real estate sector in Gurugram has improved or not rages on, the SAYANTAN GHOSH unauthorised constructions in blamed for it entirely and that Haryana government seems to be in no mood the Capital, saying that ‘lungs’ the Delhi government, Delehi to miss out on this major revenue generator. NEW DELHI: The Supreme of the citizens, especially chil- Development Authority and On Monday, for the second time this year, Court on Monday asked the dren, were “damaged” due to municipal bodies are equally the state government increased the collector Centre, Delhi government and the inaction of the authorities. responsible for the prevailing rates in the city. other authorities concerned The top court was critical situation. In February, after a gap of four years, the Property prices in Gurugram are set to increase not to make unauthorised con- of the continuous inaction by The top court is hearing government had revised the circle rates by 10 between 15 to 20 per cent REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE struction and sealing of illegal the authorities and said that arguments on the validity of the per cent, which remained in force till March 31. structures in the national Capi- the people of Delhi were suf- Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) With the new circle rates, property prices enue department when being transferred. The tal “political” issues. fering from problems such as Act, 2006 and subsequent leg- in Gurugram are set to increase between 15 to stamp duty levied on such properties is the major A bench comprising Jus- pollution, parking and lack of islation which protects unau- 20 per cent. revenue source for the government. tices Madan B Lokur and green areas due to the issues thorised construction from Now, in DLF-1 and Sushant Lok-1, the resi- There was a drastic drop in the collections Deepak Gupta said this after arising out of unauthorised being sealed. dential circle rate has increased from Rs 65,000 of revenue through registration from the Guru- Additional Solicitor General constructions. The apex court had ear- per square yard to Rs 70,000 per square yard. In gram circle. ANS Nadkarni, appearing Earlier, the bench had said lier ordered restoration of its DLF-2, DLF-4 and South City-1, the residential Of the Rs 3,900 crore of total revenue col- for the Centre, informed the The court has now posted the matter for further hearing on April 18 that businesses being run by 2006 Monitoring Committee to circle rate is up from Rs 65,000 per square yard lected by the government through registration court that they had held meet- the rich would not be spared identify and seal such offend- to Rs 72,000 per square yard. of properties, Gurugram contributed about Rs ings with all the agencies con- The apex court also asked than profit and they would have and asked the Centre not to ing structures. “Real estate sector in Gurugram has been 1,464 crore last year. This amount was less than cerned and they had proposed the authorities to look into to deal with the issue in a holis- treat Delhi residents like “cat- The Committee, compris- facing a lot of pressure for the last four to five the revenue collected in 2013-14, which was over to constitute a special task force the aspects of fire safety, espe- tic manner. tle” by depriving them of basic ing K J Rao, former advisor to years. The only silver lining was the sale of com- Rs 1,900 crore. There has also been a marked for monitoring all the issues cially in schools, and the mas- The bench has now posted amenities as every person has the Election Commissioner, mercial properties. Since Gurugram is the pio- slowdown in the sale of housing units. arising out of unauthorised sive depletion of groundwater the matter for further hearing the right to live with dignity. Bhure Lal, chairman of Envi- neer of realty revolution in the National Capital While 2013-14 saw 55,220 units being sold, constructions. while proceeding in the matter. on April 18. While admitting that Delhi ronment Pollution (Preven- Region, the state government and builders must in 2016 -17, the sale transactions were down to “There are a few points The bench also made it The apex court had, on faces a severe crisis due to ille- tion and Control) Authority, collaborate to sell properties in the city at reason- 52,476 units. The presence of larger inventories, and you please take these into clear to the authorities that the April 4, lashed out at the Cen- gal and unauthorised construc- and Major General (Retd) Som able rates,” said Rahul Suri, a Gurugram realtor. however, ensured that Rs 26,073 crore collected account. This is not a political health of the citizens of Delhi tre, Delhi government and civic tions, Nadkarni, however, had Jhingan, was set up on March Circle rates are the minimum price at which through sales of these units was higher than Rs issue,” the bench said. was much more important agencies for their failure to stop said the Centre could not be 24, 2006. WITH AGENCY INPUTS the property is registered with the district rev- 19, 500 crore collected in 2013-14. House passes DELHI ASSEMBLY FORMS TWO NEW COMMITTEES Vijender Gupta marshalled resolution on Committee formed to resolve House sets up panel to suggest selection of encroachment of PWD roads out of Delhi Assembly changes in adulteration laws OUR CORRESPONDENT BJP MLAs, O P Sharma and legal experts OUR CORRESPONDENT encroachment on PWD’s roads Jagdish Pradhan, trooped into and study laws of other states to ROUSHAN ALI Minister Satyendar Jain told action against the culprits. NEW DELHI: Leader of the Well of the House, demand- OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Delhi remove the same. the House, “I am issuing an Jain told the House there Opposition in Delhi Assem- ing discussion on alleged water Assembly on Monday formed Delhi PWD Minister Saty- NEW DELHI: The Assembly order today to my department was a need of procedural sug- bly Vijender Gupta was on crises in the city. NEW DELHI: The Delhi a five-member committee to endar Jain told the House that on Monday set up a committee to conduct inspections of milk gestions. “There aren’t any Monday marshalled out of Gupta, the BJP MLA from Assembly on Monday passed suggest solutions for tackling the Department does not have to look into the issue of adulter- products on a daily basis and problems in the law per se. the House, while three other Rohini Assembly constituency, a resolution regarding selec- the problem of encroachment power to remove encroach- ation in food products and sug- submit reports to my office.” There is a huge problem in the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and Sharma reached near the tion and terms and conditions on roads of the Public Works ments even on its roads. gest changes in the related laws. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel implementation,” he stated, staged a walkout to register chair of Speaker Ram Niwas of legal experts, including the Department (PWD). Municipal Corporations Aam Aadmi Party MLA announced the formation of adding that there was no fear their protest after their request Goel, showing him bottles of fixing as well payment of pro- The panel will work in coor- have the power to remove Rajesh Rishi from Jankapuri a seven-member committee, among those committing adul- for a discussion on “water cri- contaminated water. fession fee and remuneration, dination with the Assembly’s encroachments on city’s roads. claimed that synthetic milk comprising AAP MLAs Adarsh teration because “actions are ses” in the city was turned As Gupta turned the mike, for engagement of legal profes- Standing Committee on Public Jain said around 35 legisla- is being supplied in the city, Shastri, Alka Lamba, Anil not being taken against the down by the Speaker. Goel got angry and ordered sionals and consultants to pro- Utilities and Civic Amenities. tors have handed over a written which is allegedly “damaging Bajpai, Nitin Tyagi, SK Bagga majority of them”. As the House proceedings him to be marshalled out of cure necessary services for the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs complaint to him on encroach- kidneys and liver” of people. and Madan Lal, and BJP MLA Jain added that the commit- began on Monday, members of the House. Legislative Assembly be taken Madan Lal, Saurabh Bharad- ment on roads in their respec- MLAs of both the rul- Manjinder Singh Sirsa. tee’s suggestions could later be the BJP-led Opposition bran- The Speaker also suspended by the Speaker. waj, Naresh, Jagdish Pradhan tive constituencies. ing AAP and the Opposition Goel said the committee sent to the Centre for approval, dished bottles of contaminated Gupta for the day from the AAP legislator Madan Lal and Om Prakash Sharma have He also said that the BJP supported the issue and will work in coordination with adding that the government water inside the house, alleg- House proceedings. moved the resolution in the been named as the members encroachments often stop fire sought strict action against the Assembly panel on health will table a draft bill in the edly being supplied in various To register their protest, house, in pursuance of deci- of the committee, which will tenders and ambulances from those involved in adulteration. and suggest amendments to House and send the same to areas of Delhi. the three other BJP MLAs also sions taken by the Assembly’s suggest solutions to tackle reaching places on time. Subsequently, Delhi Health existing laws to ensure stern the Centre for its nod. Gupta, along with two other walked out of the House. General Purpose Committee in its meeting were held on November 17, 2017 and April 9, 2018. Edu dept to crack down on Madan Lal said that when- ever bureaucrats have been called by the Assembly panels, frauds in EWS admissions they file petitions in the Delhi High Court through advocates SAYANTAN GHOSH technology, these elements can schools are directed to ensure hired by the Lieutenant Gov- be controlled,” said a source in and facilitate admission of the ernor, on the expenses of the NEW DELHI: The education the government. selected candidates of EWS/ elected government. department of Delhi She added that though it DG category in the respective The resolution stated that government is likely to come is very difficult to understand class, without creating any the Speaker is “free to adopt up with new plans to check how fraudulent elements hindrance,” the Directorate of the procedure that he deems frauds in school admissions work in this system, it may Education (DoE) had said in a to be in the best interest of safe- in the economically weaker be resovled be using a more letter to the schools. guarding the independence of sections (EWS) category. transparent system. “The schools should not the legislature for arriving at The government has already “The government is very ask for Aadhaar number of such decision in this regard.” made the entire procedure of concerned about the issue and the children and income “The Secretariat of the Leg- applying for EWS admissions we will reform the system, certificate from those EWS islative Assembly shall meet all online, to rein in frauds. so that children from poor category parents who submit the expenses to be incurred on The issue arose after a families are not neglected,” she a copy of BPL/Food Security this count from its budget with Delhi businessman, arrested said. Card issued by Food and Civil due approval from the Speaker for allegedly impersonating as a Earlier, the Delhi Supply Department,” it stated. alone. Any attempt in any quar- slum dweller to secure his son’s government had warned all Several complaints of ter to do anything in violation admission in Sanskriti school private schools in the Capital “multiple entries” in the list of this resolve of the Assembly under the EWS quota, told against asking for Aadhaar of selected candidates seeking shall be treated as contempt of police he had lived in a slum number of children, while admissions in entry-level the House and Breach of Privi- for 10 days to use the address admitting them in entry- classes under the EWS/DG lege of the House and all those as residential proof. level classes under the EWS categories have surfaced this responsible for any such con- “The target of theor the disadvantaged group year. temptuous conduct shall be government would be to (DG) categories and refusing The development comes a proceeded against as decided control fraud cases. We started admission to such students on day after the DoE began the by the Speaker and as per the the initiative by making the grounds of their distance from process of EWS admisions in Rules and procedures of the full system online. We believe home. around 1,700 private schools NOW House,” the resolution stated. that through use of proper “Private unaided recognised across Delhi. Pollen count monitors come SDMC issues from 9th April, 2018 advisory on (Monday) up at Patel Chest Institute vector-born OUR CORRESPONDENT diseases LISTEN TO NEW DELHI: In bid to pro- vide accurate information to OUR CORRESPONDENT the public, the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI) at NEW DELHI: South Delhi Delhi University has installed Municipal Commissioner two display boards in its prem- (SDMC) PK Goel on Monday ises to disseminate information issued an advisory on the pre- on pollen count, after moni- vention and control of vector- toring levels of airborne grass born diseases in Delhi. pollens. He has called for preven- The machines procured tion of mosquito breeding at by the institute are among the Two boards in the VPCI premises will display information on pollen source and made it clear that first-of-its-kind in the country. count, after monitoring levels of airborne grass pollens PIC/MPOST the reduction is the only effec- A recent study found that tive tool for prevention and 30 per cent of the population of Experts believe that for will also enable people with control of these diseases. Delhi-NCR suffers from some patients with respiratory issues, chronic allergies to be better The prevention and con- form of allergic ailment and a the pollen count would be an prepared for a dusty/pollen day trol has become essential as majority of the residents are indispensable resource to help on the road. there is no specific treatment unaware of what exactly flares manage their symptoms and “Especially in the spring, against Dengue and Chikun- up their condition and how to protect their lungs. when things get dustier and gunya. Vector mosquito breed avoid it. Dr Raj Kumar, Head of dry, the number of pollen mainly on artificial collection Having a pollen count sta- Department of Pulmonary induced allergy cases are on a of clean water in desert coolers, tion can be instrumental, espe- Medicine and National Center steady increase,” Kumar, who uncovered storage containers cially for people with asthma of Allergy Asthma and Immu- also serves as Acting Director and old tyres. and other respiratory ailments, nology, VPCI, told reporters, of the Institute, said. During rainy season the as they can check the forecast “The digital display board at He added that having a pol- possibilities of accumulation and take preventive measures, the institute will help create len count station can be crucial of water become more. such as taking anti-histamines awareness about pollen being for such patients as they can Goel said that data relating or staying indoors and mini- a common, in fact, one of the check pollen count status in to previous year reveals that AKASHVANI : ALTRUISTIC BY CONVICTION mize health risk, officials at the major reasons for repeated the vicinity and take necessary there was a surge of Chikun- institure said. attacks in asthma patients. It steps to avoid exposure. gunya cases. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 Factories sans safety measures risk several lives ABHAY SINGH Delhi is facing. The area where the incident was reported was One dead NEW DELHI: Nothing was very congested. Adding to the learnt from the Bawana factory worry were several gas cylin- Blind woman, her husband fire which killed 17 people. Fac- ders inside and the residents in Chandni tories are still running in resi- feared that they might explode dential areas without proper but after cooling, the situation Chowk fire fire safety arrangements and turned normal. rescue a dozen victims escape routes, which risks the The data accessed by the NEW DELHI: A fire broke lives of labourers as well as Millennium Post stated that in out in a building in Old Del- those of other residents. 2017, DFS had received approx- ABHAY SINGH hi’s Chandni Chowk area on During the investigation imately 23,417 calls (until Monday. The Delhi Fire Ser- of the building where a fire October 23) which included NEW DELHI: The alertness of a 32-year-old vices (DFS) informed that no incident was reported, it was incident related to fire, sewer, blind woman saved the lives of nearly a dozen casualties were reported from found that it did not have NOC road, drowning and building fire victims who were trapped inside a Sultan- the spot. But the police claimed related to fire safety. “It was collapse. In 2016, the number puri factory where fire broke out. that one person died in the fire. running in an unauthorized of calls With the help of a staircase, Police further alleged that building in a residential area. were NO LESSONS the affected persons were res- the deceased was identified as So, no NOC was given to the around LEARNT cued through the small win- Rohit, a native of Muzaffar- building,” said a senior fire offi- 31,304. dow. The brave woman Meena, Meena with her husband Dharmender pur in Bihar. He was declared cial. According to the residents The who cannot see with her eyes, brought dead at the hospital. of Raja Park where the building data further stated that in April heard noises coming from the adjacent building. crawled down the staircase,” said Dharmender. “He was working as a office was located, it had more than Police officers, people gather at the spot in Sultanpuri where the fire and May, the highest number “My wife told me that she heard someone cry- Some of them were hanging from the building. boy at the shop. Initial inves- 1,000 people living there. broke out in a shoe factory of calls were received by DFS ing in the nearby building. It was around 6 am They were pulled inside other houses. tigation suggests he died due At the spot, it was found started from the electronic “Bawana and Okhla are the which were 3,395 and 2,994 and we were sleeping. I went to the roof and saw Another rescuer Jyoti stated that it was tough to suffocation,” said a police that the gate of the building was meter which is being verified industrial areas for factories,” respectively. smoke inside the building,” said Dharmender, for them to breathe as the smoke had entered the officer. broken. It is being investigated by the police. said the official. In 2016, 3,300, 3,560 and Meena's husband. Without wasting much time, house. “It was the first time we witnessed such The blaze had, however, whether the door was closed An MCD official stated At the spot, SDM Rohini 3,645 calls were received in the blind woman alerted everyone who lived on an incident. Around 15-20 labourers were res- gutted 10-12 shops in the local- during the fire which resulted that they have been conduct- Nagendra Tripathi was taking April, May and June respec- different floors of the house. cued by us,” said Jyoti. ity and one person was taken in the deaths. Atul Garg, Chief ing raids on such type of units note of the situation. He stated tively. In July 2017, a less Dharmender further added that he saw The residents claimed that they did not have to the hospital after he fainted. Fire Officer, Delhi Fire Services to stop illegal activities. “No that the building was situated number of calls have been labourers on the third floor of the building much knowledge about the building and the DFS chief fire officer Atul Garg (DFS) stated that the building license was given to the factory in an unauthorised colony. received compared to the rest shouting for help through a window. An elderly labourers used to remain inside the building. informed that the fire had bro- had fewer escape routes due as it was situated in a residen- When asked why there was a nine months which was 1,931 woman Jyoti joined the rescue efforts and both of They had hardly seen them standing near the ken out in the Kuch Magane to which the labourers were tial area,” said the official, add- factory running in the residen- whereas in 2016 during the them took out a wooden staircase and attached window. “During fire, the window of the build- area and the fire call was made trapped in the fire. Reports ing that they only give license tial area, the official claimed same month, 2,255 calls were it to the building's window. “The laborers with ing was broken and for the first time we saw at 12:55 pm. “It was a medium were also coming that the fire to factories in industrial areas. that it was an apathy which received. the help of staircase came out of the window and some part of building,” said the residents. fire,” Garg said. MPOST FOOD POISONING CASE Green corridor provided Journalist develops extortion Noida school apologises to district for heart transplant administration for denying access OUR CORRESPONDENT gang, honeytraps victims NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police provided the green OUR CORRESPONDENT were his own trusted members. informed him her name and OUR CORRESPONDENT school premises. After it came to becomes normal. “The canteen corridor for the heart transplant in which the heart During the fake sting operation, that she was facing some prob- their notice that senior officials operator was suspended after was flown from Jaipur, Rajasthan, to AIIMS in NEW DELHI: A TV reporter Arif used to hold the camera lems with her computer soft- NOIDA: Following the food poi- were denied access, we provided the incident. Unless the issue is Delhi. The Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation ( was arrested by the Crime and record the video. Sameer ware and on that pretext he was soning incident in which around them with everything they wanted resolved, the students are advised ORBO) requested Delhi Police to provide the same Branch of Delhi police for run- held the TV mike. Sanjay alias called at her place in Keshav 25 students of Step by Step school and even food samples were col- to bring their tiffins from their so that the heart is transferred to the needy patient ning an extortion racket along Sahil always used to pose as a Puram, Delhi. in Noida’s sector 132 fell ill after lected,” the letter reads. homes,” the school informed the at the earliest. with his gang where they used police official and would thrash “She guided him to a room consuming toxic mid-day meal, the The letter further stated that on parents through the email. The heart has to be transplanted within 4 hours to lure innocent men and vid- the victim. Finally, they would and asked him to wait for a school administration has written a April 5, when the students com- The Gautam Budh Nagar Police after retrieving it, while expressing need to keep eograph them with a female extort money from the victims while and after 2-3 minutes, letter to the district administration plained of nuasea, vomiting and has issued a letter to the school everything ready including transportation facilities accomplice in compromising for giving relief from criminal she came in a seducing man- and apologised for not providing stomachache, the school authorities authorities asking them to name so that crucial time is not wasted. positions. The gang members cases. Suraj, a member of this ner and closed the door. Before access inside the premises for inves- immediately called a team of doc- the people involved in different “The heart was flown to Delhi from Jaipuir and then posing as policemen and gang, drove the car carrying the he could realize anything, all of tigations on the day of the incident. tors from Max hospital for treat- committees. the flight landed at IGI at around 11:50 am on Mon- journalists threaten the vic- gang members to the destina- sudden four persons entered As per the letter, the school ment and informed the parents “We are waiting for the results day. The heart was taken through green corridor tim that their video will be tion. In case, the victim was in the room from the adjacent has now assured full co-operation about the incident. Accordingly, of the samples and are recording which took just 18 minutes from IGI to AIIMS,” made public. Then, they extort possession of a Credit or Debit room and they attacked him, in the investigations and submit- the school suspended the services the statements of the parents. The said a senior police officer. money from the victims who card, they withdrew money beat him up mercilessly and ted to them the report of the inci- of Sodexo, the canteen contrac- school authorities have been asked The operation turned out to be successful. It never approached the police from the accounts of the vic- forcibly undressed him,” said dent which included the sequence tor, after it came to light that the to issue the names of the people was due to the meticulous work of the doctors and for the fear of ruining their per- tims after forcibly obtaining Alok Kumar, Joint CP Crime. of actions. The school in its letter student have fallen ill due to food involved in several committees also the Delhi Traffic police which made the routes sonal life. the PIN number of the Credit “They also made his video stated that the district administra- poisoning. under CrPc 91. Once the sam- clear and provided swift passage through green cor- During interrogation, the or Debit card. recording with that lady in a tion officials were denied access Meanwhile, the school before ple results are out, action will be ridor,” said Balram, Transplant coordinator ORBO. accused Md Sameer Siddiqui The incident came to light compromising position and into the premises due to the pro- reopening on Monday wrote an taken against the person found at Earlier, The Delhi Police provided a green cor- disclosed that he knew that sel- when a complainant told the they threatened to circulate the tocol followed for security reasons. e-mail to the parents and advised fault,” said Ajay Pal Sharma, Senior ridor on April 5 after a patient’s relative tweeted to dom does the victim of such police that he received a What- video on news channels. All “The school has a protocol which them to send tiffin along with their Superintendent of Police, Gautam Delhi Police requesting green corridor to take the a case come to the police. All sApp message from a mobile five have been arrested,” Alok people have to follow to enter the children till the situation comes Budh Nagar. sick child from Dwarka to a hospital in Saket. the male members of this gang number and the messenger Kumar said. 15-year old girl Attack on journalist: Scribes RAIN RELIEF jumps to death from 12th floor balcony protest outside SSP, DM office OUR CORRESPONDENT the police and she was rushed RAHUL SINGH made, so far. Anuj's family to the hospital where she was members have named nine GHAZIABAD: A 15-year old declared brought dead,” said a GHAZIABAD: Scores of jour- persons in the police compli- class nine girl student allegedly senior police officer. The fam- nalists on Monday staged a sit- ant including a former coun- committed suicide by jump- ily members of the deceased in protest outside the offices of sillor Shekhar Tyagi. ing from her balcony located were informed by the police. Senior Superintendent of Police Meanwhile, Ghaziabad MP at the 12th floor apartment of Police said that Shalini was and District Magistrate in Gha- and Union minister of state for a high rise residential society in watching TV till 12 am with the ziabad. They condemned the external affairs General V K Govindpururam area of Ghazi- family members after which attack on a senior TV journalist Singh reached Yashoda hospital abad on the intervening night she went to her room to sleep. in Kavinagar area of Ghaziabad in Ghaziabad on Monday and of Sunday and Monday. "Her elder sister and her on Sunday evening. At around enquired about Chaudhary’s According to the police, younger brother were asleep 2 pm, over a hundred journal- condition. the deceased has been identi- when the incident took place. ists from various TV chan- Anuj Chaudhary, who fied as Shalini Dagar, a student Her father Rakesh Dagar nels and newspapers gathered works with the Sahara Samay A woman buying fruits as she holds an umbrella during the rain in of Green Field Public School. had died an year ago, since outside Ghaziabad SSP office Hindi news channel, was on New Delhi on Monday PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA The incident was reported then Shalini was mentally dis- and raised slogans against the officials to suspend the inspec- stated to be critical. his way to home, when four- from Gaur homes society and turbed,” said a senior police administration and the police. tor for being imprudent in the “Next five to six days will five unidentified persons in a occurred at around 2 am on officer. Sources claimed that The protesters demanded case. If he had taken necessary be crucial for Chaudhary as the car and a two-wheeler opened Monday when Shalini died Shalini had also tried to com- immediate suspension of the actions at the right time, our risk of infection spreading in fire on him near the entrance after jumping from the balcony mit suicide by cutting her veins Kavinagar's Station House offi- colleague would not have been the body is high during this of his house. CITY BRIEFS of the flat when everyone were around 5 months back and was cer Samarjit Singh. The agi- battling for his life at the hospi- period. He has been kept on Chaudhary suffered three asleep. Police suspect it a case of undergoing treatment at a psy- tating journalists held Singh tal," a journalist present in the ventilator in the Intensive Care bullet injuries in the incident PCR STAFF SAVE WOMAN FROM suicide, however they are also chiatrist for depression. "The responsible for not taking any protest said. Unit at Yashoda Hospital. He is out of which one bullet hit him DROWNING IN LAKE not ruling out any possibility of family has given in written that action against some persons The journalists also warned under the supervision of a team in the abdomen and two hit foul play. The police have sent they do no want any investi- who were named in a written the police of a much intensi- of specialized doctors,” said a him in the right arm. He was NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police PCR unit saved a the body for postmortem. gation in the case. The post- complaint given by Chaudhary fied protest if strict and imme- senior doctor at Yashoda Hos- immediately rushed to the Yas- 35-year-old woman from drowning after she had "Upon hearing the falling mortem reports have revealed a month ago, after he feared a diate actions are not taken in pital in Ghaziabad. hoda Hospital and has been fallen in Lake at Village Tajpur near Narela. The PCR sound, the guards of the society internal injuries to brain as the threat to his life from them. the case. Meanwhile, journalist However police is still clue- kept in the Intensive Care Unit team acted after it received a call that a woman has raised an alarm and informed case of death,” officer added. "We demand senior police Anuj Chaudhary’s condition is less and no arrest has been (ICU). accidently fallen in the lake. The call was immediately transmitted to the nearby PCR van after which the PCR UNDER FIRE OVER UNDERPASS ROOF COLLAPSE Man shot dead team immediately swung into action and reached the spot. The PCR staff spotted a woman, aged about OUR CORRESPONDENT 35 years, drowning in the lake. In-Charge of the PCR Public agencies to now focus on maintenance van, ASI Bijender Singh, along with Gunman Constable NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old Praveen Kumar, without caring for their lives jumped PIYUSH OHRIE there is more due diligence on nal fee road, there were com- man was shot dead in West into the lake and rescued the woman. They immedi- the maintenance part of the plaints of water logging and Delhi area. Police claimed that ately provided her first aid and got her admitted in GURUGRAM: One of the projects that have already been traffic jam at the major road. accused was known to the vic- major highlights of ML Khat- set up. There seems to be no planning tim. The deceased was identi- a hospital in Narela, where she was saved. The brave tar-led Haryana government The decision comes at a by the officials who build the fied as Kamrool Hassan who PCR Staff is being suitably rewarded by Delhi police. is the development projects at time when the report has been road. It is well known fact that lived in Tanki wali JJ colony. the major routes of Gurugram sought from the contractors by how poor drainage systems are Police said that the inci- where work at NH-8 is most the National Highways. At the resulting in the flooding of our dent was reported on Monday visible. A route where lakhs of cost of Rs 1,000 crore, the proj- cities. Yet, the engineers want evening when they received a vehicles were held up for more ect was completed within the to compromise quality by sav- PCR call about the incident. than 16 hours due to few milli- time frame of 13 months than ing costs on building the drain- The police team reached the metres of rain in July 2016 have the record time of 30 months. age as a result of which most of spot and found that Hassan now given way to underpasses Earlier, there was also criti- the roads even after crores of was shot by one known boy of and flyovers. Public agencies cism over lack of coordination investment are getting spoilt,” the same age at an empty plot in Gurugram, however, faced between the authorities as no said Rajan Bhargava, a city near Guru Govind Singh hos- immense criticism after the lights fixed at the underpasses resident. pital around 6:15pm. “He along roof of underpasses at Rajiv jeopardised the safety of the “If you want to illustrate the with accused and two more Chowk and Signature towers commuters. Roof of underpasses at Rajiv Chowk and Signature Towers in Gurugram example of poor and haphaz- persons were sitting in the plot collapsed during dust storm “The roof collapse inci- collapsed during dust storm ard planning, you must cite the and arguing on some issues. on Friday. dent was an unfortunate inci- example of Gurugram. Corrup- One and two kids are found The repercussions of it have dent and due process is being by the engineers and labourers way-8 but citizens have also tion and lack of proper plan- as eyewitness. We have iden- resulted in public agencies not followed to rectify the inci- in completing the quality work expressed their dissatisfaction ning are resulting in even areas tified the accused. And appre- Delhi Police Shahdara DCP Nupur Prasad rewarding two girls, only prolonging the deadline to dent. Needless to say one bad in record time,” said a senior over planning and quality of of New Gurugram flounder- hended some of his known who foiled snatching attempt and got the robbers arrested, in inaugurate underpass at Hero incident should not be used to official from NHAI. construction in Golf Course ing,” said Vinita Yadav, a city to trace him,” said the DCP two separate incidents Chowk but also to ensure that undermine the great work done Not only National High- road. Despite being made a sig- resident. (West) Vijay Kumar. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 mp Indian missiles Don't 'hype up' border issue: China to India evince interest, KJM VARMA Arunachal leaders rubbish says Def Min BEIJING: China on Monday OUR CORRESPONDENT asked India to respect the Line of Actual Control and refrain China's 'transgression' charge NEW DELHI: Defence Min- from "hyping up" the boundary ister Nirmala Sitharaman on issue and work with it to jointly ITANAGAR: Cutting across India's internal matters. Monday said there is a growing maintain peace and tranquillity party lines, political leaders in What it (India) does and interest among various coun- in the border areas. Arunachal Pradesh on Mon- where, are up to India's law- tries in the Indian missiles and The Chinese Foreign Minis- day strongly opposed China makers, planners and executors the government wants to sell try's remarks came in response for its charge of "transgression" and nobody else's affair, he said. them to the friendly nations. to a report that China has against the Indian Army in the While Sanjoy took a dig at "The interest in Indian mis- lodged a strong protest with state's strategically sensitive the BJP-led NDA government siles is definitely growing and New Delhi, alleging "trans- Asaphila region. for its "weak diplomatic policy" we are addressing it," Sithara- gression" by the Indian troops From the ruling BJP to the which he said had led to the man said. in the strategically sensitive opposition Congress and the current situation, senior Peo- She added India wants Asaphila area along Arunachal PPA, the leaders spoke out ple's Party Leader (PPA) Takam to sell them to the "friendly Pradesh. The Indian side has against China, stressing that Pario slammed Bejing, saying nations." dismissed Beijing's complaint. the area belonged to India. such charges had no ground -- Citing negotiations over Foreign Ministry spokes- The Asaphila region is political or geographical. aspects like cost, the defence man Geng Shuang skirted a in Arunachal Pradesh and Beijing should not under- minister said arriving at a deci- direct response to the report belongs to India and such mine democratically elected sion on a deal is at times "frus- and said, " I do not understand patrolling is a regular practice governments ruling India as trating," but the interest in the the specific state of affairs that there, Arunachal Pradesh Con- well as Arunachal Pradesh. Indian missiles is "sustained." you mentioned that happened A file picture shows Indian army personnel carry out drills at Kibithu close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) gress Committee (APCC) pres- A file picture shows student India is the largest democ- recently on the Sino-Indian in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday PTI ident Takam Sanjoy said. presenting a cultural programme racy in the world and always border". China's protest at a border at the Valedictory function of the toes democratic principles in "Prior to the resolution of of southern Tibet. Both the countries have to New Delhi on April 6 and personnel meeting (BPM) on 40 years of Vivekananda Kendra its every action, Pario said and the border issue, it is hoped "China's position on the Special Representative talks reports of several Indian top March 15 ... is shocking and in Itanagar, AP on Sunday PTI advised China to rise above its that the Indian side abide by Sino-Indian boundary issue mechanism to resolve the ministers visiting China this surprising, Sanjoy, a former narrow diplomatic attitude. the agreement protocol, respect is consistent and clear. The boundary issue. month, Geng said, "China and MP, said, adding that the charge to repeated allegations made PPA president Kahfa Begin and obey the Line of Actual Chinese government has The two countries so far India have sound momentum was baseless. by China, state BJP vice presi- charged China with forcibly Control (LAC) and refrain never acknowledged the so- have held 20 rounds of talks of exchanges and close coop- The Chinese military had dent Dominic Tadar said Bei- occupying large areas of India from hyping up the issue and called Arunachal Pradesh," he to resolve the boundary dis- eration. It is not strange to have on Sunday protested against jing needed to shed its negative following the 1962 war. Sitharaman was speaking at work with China to jointly said. pute and worked out dif- such kind of cooperation." the Indian Army's "transgres- attitude. Citing the example of Duya an event organised by the Con- maintain peace and tranquillity "Both China and India ferent mechanisms to keep Prime Minister Narendra sion" into the Asaphila area State Civil Supplies Min- village where indigenous Nah federation of Indian Industry. in the border areas," Geng said. are negotiating to resolve the peace along the 3,488 km-long Modi is to due to visit China in along the disputed border in ister Kamlung Mossang, who and Tagin tribes of Arunachal Several countries have He, however, reiterated Chi- boundary issue between the LAC. June to take part in the Shang- Arunachal Pradesh, a charge represents the sensitive Miao Pradesh still live, he said China shown interest in the Indian na's repeated stand that Beijing two countries and seek a fair Asked about the recent hai Cooperation Organisation that was roundly rejected by Assembly constituency of should return India's land missiles. Countries like Viet- never recognised Arunachal and reasonable solution accept- visit of Chinese Vice For- summit to be held in the Chi- the Indian side. Changlang district, said no instead of claiming Indian ter- nam are keen on buying super- Pradesh, which it claims as part able to both sides," he said. eign Minister Kong Xuanyou nese city of Qingdao. PTI Taking strong exception nation should interfere in ritory as its own. MPOST sonic Bramhos missile from India. The defence minister said she will address the defence Modi asks CM Yogi why 'Siddaramaiah front-runner for CM's post' attaches posted in Indian mis- sions abroad to encourage OUR CORRESPONDENT KARNATAKA ASSEMBLY POLLS done correctly." them to market the capabili- "We should see to it that ties of the Indian manufactur- all isn’t well in UP BENGALURU: Karnataka deserving people get the ticket, ing experts. PCC working president Dinesh if we do that correctly, then I The missions and embassies LUCKNOW: Having taken alerted the BJP leadership Gundu Rao on Monday said he think definitely there will be no of all nations have a defence a serious note of BJP’s shock- about the consolidation of the was confident about Congress other problem," he said. attache, usually a senior armed ing defeat in byelections and SP and the BSP in the state and returning to power in the May When it was pointed out forces official, who takes care the recent resentment shown the swift mobilization of Mus- 12 state assembly polls. that after 1985 no party in of the country's defence needs by four Dalit MPs against the lims and Dalits against the BJP. Incumbent Siddaramaiah the state has been able to with the particularly nation he state leadership, Prime Minis- A rattled Modi, had called Yogi will be the "front-runner" for retain power consecutively, he is posted in. Similar is the case ter Narendra Modi is learnt to to Delhi late on Saturday eve- the Chief Minister's post, he observed that they were unable with India. have expressed his concern to ning. During the meeting, he said. to come back due to reasons "I am not asking them to chief minister Yogi Adityanath reportedly told him to resolve Asserting that there was like division or dissidents be marketing experts but they over the state of affairs in Uttar issues as soon as possible. no anti-incumbency against within the party. should be able to talk a lot on Pradesh. feedback after interacting with In an unusual development, the Siddaramaiah govern- However, there was nothing what India's defence manufac- During his Delhi visit on the two deputy chief ministers, four MPs from the SC com- ment, he took a dig at BJP, say- daramaiah) is the captain of better than it did during the of that sort this time, he said. turers are doing to enhance Saturday, Yogi also met BJP ministers, party office-bearers, munity — Savitri Bai Phule, ing its president Amith Shah is our team, so obviously if we 2013 assembly polls, when it "We have given a very sta- the capacity of the country's national president Amit Shah, RSS leaders, grassroots-level Chhote Lal, Yashwant Singh becoming a "star campaigner" win again, he will be the front- won 122 out of 224 seats. ble, good government, and armed forces." This will cre- who also expressed his res- volunteers and the public dur- and Ashok Dohre — have for the ruling party. runner," he said. "I think we will do better have delivered on our promises ate an interest among various ervations over the failure of ing their visit to UP. expressed their anguish before He also raised questions Rao, however, did not wish than last time, because last time which has reached the people. countries about the abilities the state leadership in certain Officially, Yogi’s meeting the state and central leader- about Prime Minister Nar- to respond whether Congress' was election based upon anti This is a pro-incumbency of Indian defence equipment areas. Shah will now visit Luc- with Modi and Shah is being ships over atrocities against endera Modi's "absence from decision not to announce chief or negative BJP (wave)...this government, people are pre- manufacturers and "in a way know on April 11 to have a described as a courtesy call and dalits. Yogi, who has already campaigning." "Congress is ministerial candidate was to time in the election people are ferring us to other parties," he sell India without being mar- first-hand assessment of the routine discussion. However, suffered a blow after losing his going for election under the avoid any divisions or conflict not only unhappy with BJP, but said. Ruling out "Modi wave", keting experts," she said. ground situation. An expla- party insiders revealed that its bastion Gorakhpur to Sama- leadership of Chief Minister, it within the party, with KPCC they are happy with the Con- Rao said the "Modi factor or "Defence attaches should nation sought by the Prime impact could be visible very jwadi Party, is facing the heat has been stated. It is under his president G Parameshwara also gress in Karnataka." phenomenon is going down, not only identify those defence Minister and the party presi- soon it would not be surprising once again less than a month leadership entire campaign is seen as a serious contender for Rao also claimed that because people are not seeing procurement for us to buy but dent from the UP chief min- to see some drastic changes in after it. being run...he is the face of the the top job. Though the party there was no anti-incum- tangible results." (they should) also be able to ister assumes significance in the BJP-led state government In view of the escalating election, he is the captain of our has not announced any chief bency, adding, instead, "there He pointed out that Modi speak about what we are pro- the wake of a three-day visit and in the organization in the tensions in the rank and file of team," Rao told PTI. ministerial candidate, it has is pro-incumbency." has not come to Karnataka for ducing so that the nations by two top RSS functionaries days to come, Times of India the BJP, crucial changes in the "CM will be decided after named Siddaramaiah as its "We will improve than last the last one-and-half months outside can look at India as a to the state. Krishna Gopal and reported. government and organisation the election, if we win, CLP will face. Rao said he was confident time, but we will have to get the and has been cancelling his producer's' market also, rather Dattatreya Hosabale collected Already, RSS inputs have are on the cards. AGENCIES meet and decide, but he (Sid- about the Congress performing ticket distribution every thing programmes. than a buyer's market," she said. JD-U to remind Modi of his IAS topper Tina 'Include SC/ST Act, Dalit UIDAI brings digitally-signed QR marries Kashmiri special status to Bihar oath code with photo for eAadhaar batchmate Khan quotas in ninth Schedule' OUR CORRESPONDENT we want to make it clear that SRINAGAR: IAS officer Tina OUR CORRESPONDENT opposition parties such as the the party has not given up its OUR CORRESPONDENT The new feature, the dig- Offline verification facility Dabi, who topped the UPSC's Congress, the RJD and the BSP NEW DELHI: In a bid to foil demand.” itally-signed QR code, will would add yet another option civil services examination in PATNA: Union Minister with trying to derive political the attempts of Opposition “We want status to Bihar NEW DELHI: The UIDAI contain photo of the Aadhaar to the exception-handling 2015 has tied the knot to her Ram Vilas Paswan on Mon- mileage out of the anxieties leaders over special status to and will keep demanding from has brought in secure dig- holder in addition to existing mechanism at the ground level Kashmiri batch-mate Amir day favoured inclusion of the of Dalits following dilution of Bihar, the Janata Dal –United the government at the Centre itally-signed QR Code on facility of demographic details, for ensuring that no denials on Athar Amirul Shafi Khan, who SC/ST Act and reservations for the SC/ST Act by the Supreme (JD-U) has decided to remind till our demands are not met,” e-Aadhaar that will now con- in turn allowing various user Aadhaar-based services take secured the second rank in the Dalits in Ninth Schedule of the Court. "I fully understand what Prime Minister Narendra Modi Rajak said. tain photograph of the Aad- agencies like banks to verify place, the source added. prestigious examination the Constitution so that they can- the Dalits must be feeling in of his promise to grant special Notably, last month, Chief haar holder too, in addition to authenticity of Aadhaar card "In simple words, it is a same year. not be challenged in a court the wake of the Supreme Court status to the state during Modi’s Minister Nitish Kumar had said demographic details, to facili- offline. very useful and secure facility The two young IAS officers of law. order. But I would request them visit to Bihar on Tuesday. that he had not given up the tate better offline verification When contacted UIDAI on eAadhaar where anyone, got married at a ceremony in Laws under the Ninth to rest assured that the matter Talking to Millennium Post demand for special status to of an individual. CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey whether an Aadhaar holder or the picturesque Pahalgam town Schedule are beyond the pur- will be dealt with," he said. over phone, JD-U general sec- Bihar “for even one second” "The UIDAI (Unique Iden- said, This is a simple offline a user or service agencies like yesterday. view of judicial review. The The Supreme Court had on retary Shayam Rajak said, “We since he first raised it in 2005. tification Authority of India) mechanism to quickly verify banks can do offline verifica- The cupid had struck the Supreme Court, however, in March 20 "diluted" the provi- want that PM should announce Hitting out JD-U for dilut- has recently replaced existing the genuineness of the Aad- tion of the data in e-Aadhaar two officers reportedly during 2007 had ruled that any law sions of the Scheduled Castes granting special status to Bihar ing its special status demand, QR code on e-Aadhaar having haar card." along with the photograph," the training at Lal Bahadur Shastri placed in the Ninth Schedule and the Scheduled Tribes (Pre- during his visit to the state to Leader of Opposition Tejashvi resident's demographic details However, to ensure that a source added. National Academy for Admin- after April 24, 1973, would be vention of Atrocities) Act, rul- take part in the concluding cer- Yadav had said that Kumar now with a secured digitally- person is a bona fide owner of So now, in an eAadhaar, istration in Mussoorie. subject to scrutiny of courts ing that government servants emony of Champaran Satya- should directly demand spe- signed QR Code which con- the Aadhaar card, there has to there will a small QR code on The proximity between if they violated fundamental should not be arrested without graha centenary celebrations cial category status for Bihar tains demographics along with be a manual check of photo front side of cutaway portion, the two came to light when rights. "I would also urge the prior sanction and private citi- in Motihari.” from Modi as the later is a photograph of the Aadhaar with the individual's face or with demographic data only, they posted a picture on social government to consider inclu- zens too, can be arrested only In reply to a question as strong leader. holder," a UIDAI source said. though use of agency specific and large ones on top portion media a year ago. sion of the SC/ST Act and after an inquiry. why this issue has been raised Suggesting Kumar to follow A QR code is a form of authentication scheme, he of front side and the back (con- The duo again posted their the reservations in the Ninth "I have no objection to Dalit at a sudden, the senior JD-U TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh barcode label which contains noted. taining demographic data and wedding pictures on social Schedule so that there remains youths taking part in agitations leader said, “There is nothing Chief Minister N Chandra machine-readable informa- The UIDAI's e-Aadhaar QR the photo). Further, to make media which circulated widely. no possibility of anybody chal- but they must not indulge in to relate it with present tim- Babu Naidu, Tejashvi had said tion, while e-Aadhaar is the Code reader software has been this information more secured Even the pictures of their lenging them in a court of law," violence. But, I have serious ings. It was the JD-U that had that Kumar should had walked electronic version of Aadhaar made available on the nodal and tamper-proof, it will be wedding invitation card Paswan told reporters. problem with opposition politi- demanded granting of spe- out of the NDA for not grant- that can be downloaded from body's website from 27 March signed with UIDAI digital sig- were widely shared on social Paswan, also the Lok Jan- cal parties... out of the issue," he cial status to Bihar and again ing special status to his state. UIDAI website. 2018. nature, the source added. media. MPOST shakti Party chief, charged the said. Jaitley back home after dialysis, PM to visit Naxal-infested Bijapur on Ambedkar Jayanti surgery put on hold for now OUR CORRESPONDENT long special programmes on 1.5 lakh Health and Wellness lease-deeds to 100 beneficia- tribes. the occasion of birth anni- Centers will bring health care ries. Another scheme will be On Monday, Prime Min- NEW DELHI: Finance Min- environment with barely any NEW DELHI: Ahead of the versary of Dalit icon and the system closer to the homes unveilled— 'Van Dhan Yojana'. ister Narendra Modi will lay ister Arun Jaitley, who was visitor being allowed to see impending Assembly elections 'Father of the Constitution' of people. These centers will The scheme has been targeted the foundation stones of four admitted to the hospital on him. in Chhattisgarh, Prime Minis- Bhim Rao Ambedkar. Union provide comprehensive health towards empowering the trib- sewerage projects, worth Rs Friday with a kidney condi- It is not yet clear as to when ter Narendra Modi will sound Minister Narendra Singh care, including for non-com- als by training them in col- 1,111.56 crore and aimed at tion, was discharged on Mon- Jaitley will resume office. He the poll bugle by his visit to Tomar informed that PM will municable diseases and mater- lecting and processing minor creating a sewage-treatment day after a dialysis procedure. has not been attending office the third worst Naxal-infested hold programmes in the dis- nal and child health services. forest produce. The ministry capacity of 60 million litres Jaitley, 65, who was admit- since last Monday. He was Bijapur district on Ambedkar trict which has transformed These centers will also provide of tribal affairs would also pro- daily (MLD) for Patna, at Moti- ted to Delhi's premier All India unable to take oath of office Jayanti (14 April). This will be earliest among 115 backward free essential drugs and diag- vide support for training trib- hari town of Bihar. Institute of Medical Sciences after being re-elected to the PM's second visit to the red districts that the government nostic services. als in adding value to products. He is also scheduled to take or AIIMS on Friday evening, Rajya Sabha. zone. identified. A 'Sankalp Sthal' will also The first training centre would part in an event to mark the did not undergo any transplant AIIMS sources, however, During his visit PM will The flagship scheme has be built in memory of mar- be unveiled by Modi in Bijapur. conclusion of the centenary cel- and has been advised by doc- said that he is under observa- inaugurate two upgraded been aimed at making path tyrs who laid down their lives The political corridors see ebrations of the "Champaran tors that he may get better with ysis, have decided to wait for tion and is likely to undergo healthcare centers under much breaking interventions to fighting Left Wing Extremism. PM Modi's visit to this tribal Satyagrah" in Bihar. The proj- dialysis and medicines, sources some time to see if a kidney renal transplant soon. talked about health scheme by address health holistically, in The Prime Minister will hando- zone as significant. Even the ects in Patna include the laying close to his family said. transplant surgery is essential. A series of medical tests the incumbent government, primary, secondary and ter- ver the keys of houses built date has been chosen carefully, of a 376.12-km sewer network The doctors, who had kept Due to the high risk of con- were conducted on Jaitley, Ayushman Bharat Yojana. tiary care systems, covering under Prime Minister Hous- they feel. The poll bound state in Saidpur and the Pahari sew- him under observation for two tracting infection, the minister who is a diabetic, in the last Last month, the govern- both prevention and health ing Scheme to 100 beneficiaries has 12.82 per cent SC popu- erage zones, an official state- days before taking him for dial- would be kept in a controlled few days. MPOST ment had announced 22 day- promotion. Under this scheme, and will distribute residential lation and 30.6 per cent are ment issued here said. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 Rajnath Singh File draft Cauvery scheme Cauvery issue: Tamil outfit warns to open new of protests against IPL matches NSG complex by May 3, SC tells Centre OUR CORRESPONDENT in Hyd today CHENNAI: Opposition to IPL HYDERABAD: Union Home OUR CORRESPONDENT matches to be held here inten- Minister Rajnath Singh will Highlights sified today with a pro-Tamil inaugurate the regional hub NEW DELHI: The Supreme »»The court said the outfit agitating over Cauvery complex of the elite anti-terror Court on Monday asked the authorities are issue threatened to hold pro- force National Security Guard Centre to formulate and file required to ensure tests outside the game venue (NSG) at Ibrahimpatnam near the draft Cauvery manage- peace till it peruses on Tuesday. here on Tuesday. ment scheme before it by May A host of cinema personali- The construction of the state- 3 and directed the authorities the draft scheme ties also wanted the matches to of-the-art regional hub com- of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and »» The court had also be postponed but an official of plex by the Central Public other stakeholders to ensure asked the Centre to IPL franchisee Chennai Super Works Department com- peace in the meantime. ensure compliance Kings (CSK) said the matches menced in 2013 and the total A bench headed by Chief will go on as per schedule. project cost was Rs 157.84 Justice Dipak Misra said it had of its 465-page Tamil Nadu has been wit- crore. judgement on the Members of Tamil Nadu Farmers' Association being detained by a considered the award of Cau- nessing protests for the past police personnel following their protest demanding the formation of The 200-acre complex will very Water Disputes Tribunal decades-old dispute one week urging the Centre to Cauvery Management Board in front of Shastri Bhavan in Chennai on have residential and office (CWDT) while deciding the constitute the Cauvery Man- accommodation and modern It had modified the Monday PTI water share of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Law Minister C Ve Shanmugam talks to media after »» agement Board (CMB) in com- training facilities such as Baffle Karnataka, Kerala and Puduch- Supreme Court's hearing on Cauvery River Water case in New Delhi on Cauvery Water pliance with the February 16 dium here on Tuesday if the TVK chief T Velmurugan told firing range, indoor shooting erry in its judgement. Monday PTI Disputes Tribunal order of the Supreme Court on IPL stuck to its Chennai calen- reporters here. range, 26 obstacles, swimming The bench, also comprising award of 2007 the water sharing dispute with dar, with the city all set to wit- "Cricketers knowing Tamil, pool, sports complex, and arti- Justices AM Khanwilkar and tre to formulate a scheme to share of Cauvery water for Karnataka. ness its first contest on Tuesday. please understand our senti- ficial rock craft wall, a senior DY Chandrachud, said that its ensure compliance of its Karnataka by 14.75 tmcft »»The court made it Political parties and outfits MS Dhoni-led CSK and ments," he said. NSG official said. judgment has to be complied 465-page judgement on the and reduced Tamil Nadu's clear that it will not have demanded that Indian Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Later, Velmurugan said that It will house about 600 with all the stakeholders. decades-old Cauvery dispute. share, while compensating it be extending time for Premier League (IPL) matches captained by Dinesh Karthik, his party or outfits that have trained commandos. The court said the author- It had modified the Cauv- by allowing extraction of 10 this on any ground not be held at a time when the will lock horns in the first game joined hands with it were not "Our endeavour has been to ities are required to ensure ery Water Disputes Tribunal tmcft groundwater from the state was witnessing wide- here on Tuesday at 8 pm. against the players. develop this complex as a green peace till it peruses the draft (CWDT) award of 2007 and river basin, saying the issue of spread agitations on the vexed "If the match is held despite A 'massive' protest has been campus," he added. The 28 Spe- scheme and finalises it for made it clear that it will not be drinking water has to be placed Puducherry would be annually issue. our plea, we will coordinate all planned outside the Neyveli cial Composite Group (SCG) proper distribution of Cauv- extending time for this on any on a "higher pedestal". entitled to 404.25 tmcft, 284.75 Pro-Tamil outfit Tamizhaga democratic forces to stop it Lignite Coproration (NLC) in Complex of NSG is among the ery water. ground. With the apex court's ver- tmcft, 30 tmcft and 7 tmcft of Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) on by organising a massive pick- Cuddalore district on Tuesday four regional hubs in the coun- The apex court, in its ver- The top court had on Feb- dict, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Cauvery water respectively out Monday warned of picketing eting protest. Many leaders, against the Centre on the issue, try and it has been set up to dict, had asked the Cen- ruary 16 raised the 270 tmcft Kerala and Union Territory of of the total of 740 tmcft. the MA Chidambaram sta- organisations will participate," he added. reduce the response time. MPOST File comprehensive report C'garh: 2 jawans killed, 5 hurt Six killed, 12 NATION BRIEFS on amenities to Rohingya hurt in separate J&K CM MEHBOOBA APPRISES MODI as Naxals target bus with IED SRINAGAR: J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on mishaps in TN Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in refugees, top court to Govt OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT New Delhi and apprised him of the overall situation in the state, stressing on the need to end the cycle of OUR CORRESPONDENT interim relief to Rohingya ref- RAIPUR: Naxals targeted a ERODE/DINDIGUL (TN): violence by addressing alienation among the youth. ugees and favoured the Cen- bus ferrying nearly 30 jawans Six persons were killed and 12 Mehbooba's meeting with the prime minister comes NEW DELHI: The Supreme tre's submission that it would with an improvised explosive others injured in separate acci- three days after she appealed to the country's leader- Court on Monday asked the grab 'media headlines' and have device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's dents in Erode and Dindigul ship to listen to the voices of pain from the state. "Chief Centre to file a comprehensive repercussions on India's diplo- Bijapur, leaving two of them districts on Monday, police Minister Mehbooba Mufti called on Prime Minister status report on basic ameni- matic ties with Myanmar and dead and five injured, the sec- said. ties provided in three Rohingya Bangladesh. ond attack on Monday ahead Four persons, including Narendra Modi today and apprised him about the camps in Delhi and Haryana. The top court had said it of Prime Minister Narendra three members of a family, were overall situation in Jammu & Kashmir," an official A bench headed by Chief will not pass any interim order Modi's visit to the district on killed when the car in which spokesman said. Justice Dipak Misra asked with regard to ensuring health Saturday. they were travelling collided the central government to file and educational facilities for Earlier this morning, Nax- with a bus near a bus-stand in 18 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN RESCUED the status report on the three Rohingya refugee camps in the als had triggered twin IED Dindigul, they said. BAHRAICH (UP): SSB personnel have rescued 18 chil- camps, located at Mewat, country unless materials con- blasts and opened fire on a The driver and three others, dren from Rupaideeha area along Indo-Nepal border Faridabad and Delhi, within tradicting the Centre's claims patrolling team of the Central including two women, died on while they were being taken to Shimla and Mumbai four weeks. are brought before it. Reserve Police Force (CRPF) the spot, police said. from Nepal by a gang involved in human trafficking. The bench which also com- The apex court was hearing on Bijapur-Bhopalpatnam The IED blast damaged the front portion of the bus, which was carrying Two car passengers, who Four members of the gang - Kamal Gautam, Surat prised justices AM Khanwilkar a plea of refugees Mohammad road in the district that led to a a squad of at least 30 jawans REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE were seriously injured, have and DY Chandrachud posted Salimullah and Mohammad gun-battle. been admitted to hospital. Singh, Sant Bahadur and Ahmad Hussain - were ar- the matter for further hear- Shaqir seeking education and However, no casualty was (DRG) were killed and five Additional personnel were In Erode, two persons were rested last evening and 18 children aged between 12 ing on May 9. The Rohingya healthcare on the lines of Sri reported on either side in that others sustained injuries in the rushed to the spot soon after killed and ten others injured and 14 years were rescued, SSB Deputy Commandant refugees in India had alleged Lankan Tamil refugees, who incident. explosion," a senior police offi- the incident and the injured when a van collided with a Jai Prakash said. The gang was taking 12 of the chil- that basic amenities like toilets, were given such facilities in The explosion targeting the cial said. jawans were taken to a hospi- lorry, police said. dren to Shimla, and six to Mumbai, the officer said. drinking water and others were Tamil Nadu. bus occurred near Godma vil- The IED blast damaged the tal in Bijapur, he said. The driver and his assistant not provided for them which in The Rohingyas, who fled to lage, around 450 kms from the front portion of the bus, which Further details are awaited. died on the spot while seven A detailed probe is underway in the matter, the SSB turn caused diarrhoea among India after violence in the West- state capital, when the jawans was carrying a squad of at least Notably, the security forces others in the van were injured, officer said. the children and the elderly in ern Rakhine state of Myanmar, were out on an anti-Maoist 30 jawans. have intensified search opera- they said. the camps. are settled in Jammu, Hyder- operation, police said. The personnel sitting in the tions in the forest in view of the Three persons travelling in 3 OF FAMILY KILLED IN ROAD MISHAP The apex court had on abad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, "Two jawans belonging to front side bore the brunt of the prime minister's visit to Bijapur the lorry, including its driver, JAUNPUR (UP): Three members of a family were on March 19 refused to grant any Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan. the District Reserve Guard explosion, he said. scheduled on April 14. were also injured. Monday killed when the bike they were travelling on was hit by a truck in Machli Shahar area here, police BHARAT BANDH TODAY said. Ramdhari Pal (65) was going on his bike with wson Narendra Pal (42) and grandson Shashi Kant India extends more financial (20) when a truck coming from opposite direction hit Centre advises states them, killing the trio on the spot, they said. A cyclist, Rajkumar Pal (40), who was near the spot when the aid to election-bound B'desh to beef up security incident took place also suffered injuries. GAUTAM LAHIRI an ICCR Urdu Chair in Dhaka After the meeting, Bangla- FOUR INJURED IN MANIPUR BLAST University and an Addendum desh Foreign Secretary Sha- OUR CORRESPONDENT IMPHAL: Four persons were injured in a bomb blast NEW DELHI: Bangladesh and to the GCNEP-BAEC Inter- hidul Haque said, “We had a states to beef up security and near a power station at Thoubal Khunou in Thoubal India have signed six memo- agency Agreement,” Indian very good and fruitful meet- make appropriate arrange- randum of understanding Foreign Secretary Vijay Kes- ing today.” NEW DELHI: The Centre on ments to prevent any untow- district of Manipur, the police said on Monday. The (MoU) during a bilateral meet- hav Gokhale said on Monday All issues including the Monday advised all states to ard incident, including issue IED blast, occurred at about 8.30 pm on Sunday ing between the foreign sec- after signing the MoUs. Rohingya crisis were discussed beef up security and prevent of prohibitory orders, if neces- night, near the gate of a mega power sub-station was retaries of the two countries “We have also signed 2 Developing Country recently. in the meeting, the secretary violence during the Bharat sary," the official said. suspected to have triggered by unknown people and at State Guesthouse Padma in more MoUs for grant projects The foreign secretary also said adding, “We are happy as Bandh called by some groups The states have been asked could be related to monetary demands, they said. The Dhaka on Monday. whereby we will set up lan- said, “Bangladesh’s humanitar- India wants a peaceful solu- on Tuesday reportedly against to intensify patrolling in all injured were rushed to Thoubal district hospital where Indian High Commis- guage labs in 500 schools in ian gesture in supporting lakhs tion to Rohingya crisis and caste-based reservations in jobs sensitive locations so as to pre- sioner in Dhaka Harsh Vard- Bangladesh and upgrade dif- of displaced persons from the also wants to cooperate in this and education, an official said. vent any loss of life or damage their conditions are said to be stable, the police said. han Shringla and officials of ferent roads in Rangpur city. Rakhine state of Myanmar is regard.” The Ministry of Home to property. DIGVIJAY CONCLUDES NARMADA YATRA different ministries concerned This is part of our endeav- admirable,” according to a press During a discussion on Affairs also said the districts "The advisory stressed of Bangladesh have signed the our to undertake projects in release. Teesta water sharing issues, magistrates and SPs will be that district magistrates and NARSINGHPUR (MP): Congress leader Digvijay MoUs on behalf of their respec- Bangladesh in various socio- The Indian foreign secre- India reiterated its commit- personally held responsible superintendents of police be Singh on Monday concluded his over six-month-long tive sides. economic sectors, including tary further announced the ment to sign the water-treat for any violence in their area made personally responsible 'Narmada Yatra' along the banks of the holy river in A total of six documents education, culture, health, second phase of humanitarian agreement as soon as possibl, of jurisdiction. for ensuring that law and order Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district. Singh, 70, his were added to a growing list community welfare, road assistance for the relief camps he added. The missive came a week situation remains firmly under wife Amrita, and former MPs Rameshwar Neekhra of meaningful agreements infrastructure etc. for which in Cox’s Bazar. Later in the day, the Indian after a similar protest saw mas- control in the areas of their and Narayan Singh Amlabe, along with their several signed during the recent visits we are providing 1600 crore “Under this, medical field foreign secretary will attend sive violence in different parts jurisdiction," the official said. of Prime Minister Modi to Ban- taka under grant financing,” the hospitals specially focused on a bilateral conclave on India- of the country leading to the While the April 2 Bharat supporters, reached the Barman ghat of the river this gladesh and PM Sheikh Hasina foreign secretary added. women and child care with all Bangladesh relations: “Deep- death of about a dozen people. Bandh was called by groups morning after covering a distance of nearly 3,300 km to India. Expressing his pleasure in necessary medical equipments ening Cooperation and the way An official of the MHA said opposing the alleged dilution on foot. “These include the imple- visiting Bangladesh for the first and support systems are envis- ahead” at Sonargaon Hotel. the ministry has issued an advi- of SC/ST (prevention of of mentation MoU on the time, the Indian Foreign Sec- aged. Relief supplies includ- Gokhale, who came to sory to all states to take neces- atrocities) Act by a Supreme 4 BOOKED FOR DEROGATORY FB POST friendship pipeline between retary Vijay Keshav Gokhale ing milk powder, baby food, Dhaka yesterday afternoon for sary precautionary measures Court order, tomorrows pro- BALLIA (UP): An FIR has been registered against four Numaligarh and Parbatipur, an congratulated Bangladesh on dried fish, cooking stoves and a two-day visit, will call on For- in view of the calls on social test is being reportedly called people for allegedly making derogatory remarks MoU on cooperation between achieving a very significant cooking fuel, raincoats and eign Minister AH Mahmood media for Bharat Bandh on by people opposed to caste- against BR Ambedkar on social media and assaulting Prasar Bharati and Bangladesh milestone in meeting the crite- gumboots are also planned,” Ali and Prime Minister Sheikh April 10 by some groups. based reservations in jobs and BETAR, an MoU for setting up ria for graduating from LDC to he said. Hasina in the afternoon. "The MHA has advised the education. a Dalit youth in Reoti area here, police said on Mon- day. The FIR has been lodged against Durgesh Pandey, Ankesh Pandey, Ritesh and Tej Narain for derogatory Farmers protest against land acquisition Facebook posts, Superintendent of Police (SP) Sriparna Govt inks `639 crore deal for 1.86 Gongulee said. The FIR was lodged under the SC/ ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, IT Act and relevant OUR CORRESPONDENT that a "second stakeholder con- is not clear. It was called at a lakh new bullet-proof jackets sultation" meeting would be very short notice and nobody provisions of the IPC on Sunday on a complaint of Shiv VADODARA: A group of held to facilitate the process knows when the first meeting Prakash Paswan, who was assaulted by the four. OUR CORRESPONDENT capital procurement route, for weight," Chairman and Man- farmers on Monday protested of land acquisition, but farm- was held," said Krishna Kant, a FOUR KILLED IN CAR-TRUCK COLLISION procurement of 1,86,138 Bullet aging Director of SMPP S C against the consultation meet ers objected to it, claiming that farmers' representative. NEW DELHI: The Defence Proof Jackets (BPJs) has been Kansal said. organised here for acqui- FOR BULLET-TRAIN Calling it a rushed VADODARA: At least four people, including an infant, Ministry on Monday signed a signed," it said. The company said the size sition of land for the affair, he said that since were killed and two others injured when a car collided contract with a defence firm for It said the new BPJs will of the contract is Rs 639 crore. Ahmedabad-Mumbai high there was, infact, no first stake- notice for the meeting was with a truck here on Monday morning, the police said. procurement of 1.86 lakh bullet provide "360 degree protec- The Defence Ministry said speed rail project, alleging that holder meeting itself. published a day earlier, it was The car, carrying six people, was on its way to Mumbai proof jackets for the Army at a tion" to the soldier in com- the new BPJs will boost the it was called at a "very short Protesting farmers, who difficult for a large section of from Bhavnagar when it collided with the truck coming cost of Rs 639 crore. bat, including from hard "steel confidence of soldiers. notice". arrived at the venue of the con- aggrieved farmers to reach In a statement, the ministry core" bullets. "These bulletproof It said the indigenously The National High Speed sultation meeting at Mahatma the venue. A memorandum from the opposite direction around 5.30 am at Kural said the contract was finalised jackets will have 'boron carbide developed BPJs will give new Rail Corporation (NHSRC), Gandhi Nagar Gruh, a town hall submitted to the district col- village, about 20 km from the district headquarters, an after "successful" field evalua- ceramic' which is the lightest impetus to the 'Make in India' the special purpose vehicle exe- here, demanded that NHSRC lectors of Vadodara and Bha- official at the Vadu police station said. The truck driver tion trials. material for ballistic protec- initiative of the government cuting the bullet train project, officials share with them details ruch by protesting farmers said fled the spot after the mishap, he said. A woman and The contract has been tion. This makes SMPP BPJs and provide confidence that had informed affected farmers of the first round of the meeting. the intent of the notice was to a one-year-old child were among the four car occu- bagged by indigenous defence the best of the class and will be Indian industry is capable of regarding today's meeting by "The agenda and purpose "merely dispense with a for- pants killed in the mishap, the official said. manufacturer SMPP Pvt Ltd. able to provide ballistic pro- fulfilling the requirements of publishing a notice in newspa- of the meeting, which officials mality" rather than informing "A major contract through tection at the lowest possible the armed forces. pers yesterday. The notice stated are calling the second round, affected farmers. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 mp Woman assaulted Mumbai airport's main runway in Assam 'moral Maximum graft plaints policing' case; shut for six hours; services hit twelve arrested OUR CORRESPONDENT against rlys, banks: CVC OUR CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI: Flight services at OUR CORRESPONDENT As many as 2,730 com- the Mumbai airport were hit GUWAHATI: In a case of plaints of alleged corruption badly on Monday with two 'moral policing', a woman was NEW DELHI: A large num- were received against employ- major carriers -- Jet Airways assaulted by a group of men ber of complaints of corruption ees of Central Board of Direct and Air India -- together can- when she was going with a were received against the rail- taxes (CBDT), followed by celling over 100 flights and male friend to a medical centre ways and government-owned 2,713 against those in the rescheduling about 70 services in Goalpara district of Assam banks, according to the latest petroleum ministry and 1,194 due to the closure of the main and the police has arrested 12 report of anti-corruption body against those working with runway for six hours for pre- people for the incident, a senior CVC. Central Board of Excise and monsoon maintenance work. officer said on Monday. However, there has been an Customs (now Central Board The Mumbai International "This is a case of moral over 52-per cent decline in the of Indirect Taxes and Customs Airport Limited (MIAL), the monsoon season, the run- between 1100 hrs and 1700 hrs policing. What we have come number of corruption plaints or CBIC). which runs the city airport, had way at the Chhatrapati Shivaji on account of pre-monsoon to know is that the woman's received by the Central Vigi- A total of 1,662 corrup- earlier in the day announced International Airport will be maintenance activities," the marriage has been fixed. She lance Commission (CVC) last were 29,838. ing for more than six months. tion complaints were received the closure of the main runway closed on April 9-10 from 1100 Mumbai International Airport was going somewhere with her year as against 2016. It had got 62,362, 31,432 A total of 8,243 corrup- against Food and Con- (O9/27) between 11 am and 5 hours to 1700 hours. Guests Limited (MIAL) said in a state- male friend yesterday, when In its annual report for 2017 and 37,039 complaints of tion complaints were received sumer Affairs Ministry, 1,317 pm for on Monday and Tues- planning their travel dur- ment earlier in the day. some youths attacked them. tabled in Parliament recently, alleged corruption during against various local bodies against those in insurance, day to facilitate the work. ing this period are requested Passengers are requested to The youths mainly targeted the the watchdog said it received a 2014, 2013 and 2012 respec- such as Delhi Jal Board (DJB), 1,313 against labour depart- The city airport is the main to allow for sufficient time, in connect with their respective woman," Goalpara SP Amitava total of 23,609 complaints last tively, the report said. North, East and South Delhi ment officials and 856 against base of Jet Airways and a bulk case of delays, while making airlines, said MIAL, the private Sinha said. year -- the lowest since 2011 -- As many as 16,929 corrup- civic bodies and New Delhi those with department of of its operations, both domestic their bookings," Jet Airways airport operator. The 22-year-old woman as against 49,847 in 2016. tion complaints were received Municipal Council (NDMC), telecommunications. and international, are carried had informed its passengers The Mumbai airport, which was beaten up by local peo- "In majority of complaints by the CVC in 2011. the CVC report said. There were 932 complaints out from here. through its website ahead of is the second busiest in the ple after she was spotted with the allegations were found to Besides the complaints As many as 8,018 com- of corruption against coal min- While Jet Airways cancelled the runway closure. country, has two crossing run- her friend at Aolguri area be either vague or unverifiable. directly made to the CVC, there plaints were against officials of istry employees, 780 related to a total of 70 flights, including When contacted, an Air ways -- 09/27 (the main) and which comes under the juris- The Commission received a were over 57,000 complaints various banks. employees of the health and 54 domestic services, Air India India spokesperson also said 14/32 (the secondary runway). diction of Krishnai police sta- considerable number of com- sent to Chief Vigilance Officers There has been an increase family welfare department, decided not to operate about that the cancellation of its While the primary runway tion, he said. plaints against public servants of various departments. in the number of corrup- 682 against those in defence 34 flights in view of the run- flights due to the runway main- can handle up to 48 arrivals Police have registered working in the state govern- Giving details, the CVC tion complaints received ministry, 605 against informa- way closure. tenance work at the Mumbai and departures per hour, the an FIR in the case and nabbed ments and other organisations said the highest of 12,089 such against employees of the Delhi tion and broadcasting minis- Additionally, Jet Airways airport was intimated to the secondary runway has a capac- six people on Sunday and who do not come under the complaints were against rail- government. try staff, 436 against officials also rescheduled another 70 passengers much in advance. ity of 35 flight movements per six more on Monday, Sinha jurisdiction of the Commission way employees. Of these, 9,575 A total of 6,819 graft com- of shipping ministry and 228 flights, including 17 interna- "The main runway of the hour. said and added that the woman or which are of administrative were disposed of and 2,514 plaints were received against against those in the Ministry tional ones. Air India diverted Chhatrapati Shivaji Interna- On an average, there are and her friend were appar- nature," it said. were pending. Further, a total employees of the Government of External Affairs (MEA), four flights. tional Airport (CSIA), handled 970 flight arrivals and depar- ently going to a medical centre The number of complaints of 1,037 complaints against of National Capital Territory among other government "Due to the pre-planned by GVK MIAL, will be non- tures at the Mumbai airport when the beating incident took received by the CVC in 2015 railway employees were pend- in 2017 as against 969 in 2016. organisations. maintenance activities before operational on April 9 and 10, every day. place. ED raids Vadodara firm, directors SC to decide maintainability Loan fraud case: ED opposes bail of plea for court-monitored in `2,600-crore bank loan fraud investigation into PNB scam plea of ex-Andhra Bank director OUR CORRESPONDENT based on a recent CBI FIR. tors managed to get the term NEW DELHI: The Supreme a direction to the government NEW DELHI: The Enforce- The agency had claimed The CBI had conducted loans and credit facilities, in Court on Monday said it will to get diamond merchant Nirav ment Directorate (ED) on Mon- that during the probe, it had NEW DELHI/AHMED- raids in the case last week. spite of the fact that they were decide whether the PIL seeking Modi deported. day opposed the bail application come across "certain entries" ABAD: The Enforcement The ED is probing if the named in the Reserve Bank's a court-monitored probe into The Central Bureau of of a former Andhra Bank direc- in a diary seized by the Income Directorate (ED) on Monday alleged defaulted loans were defaulters list and ECGC the over Rs 11,000 crore Pun- Investigation (CBI) has already tor, arrested in an alleged Rs Tax department in 2011, which conducted multiple searches in laundered to create illegal (Export Credit Guarantee Cor- jab National Bank fraud case is registered two FIRs -- one on 5,000 crore bank fraud case showed several cash payments connection with a money laun- assets and black money by the poration) caution list at the maintainable or not. January 31 and another in involving a Gujarat-based amounting to Rs 1.52 crore dering case against a Vadodara- accused. time of the initial sanction of A bench of Chief Justice February -- against billionaire pharma firm, saying he may made to one "Mr Garg, Direc- based company for allegedly The CBI had alleged that credit limits by the consortium, Dipak Misra and Justices A M Nirav Modi, his relative Mehul hamper the ongoing probe. The the probe agency on January 12 tor, Andhra Bank" by the Sand- cheating various banks to the DPIL, which manufactures the agency had alleged. Khanwilkar and D Y Chand- Choksi of Gitanjali Gems and agency opposed the application and is currently in judicial cus- esara brothers between 2008 tune of Rs 2,654 crore. electric cables and equipment, At the time of formation of rachud was told by the Centre others for allegedly defrauding moved by Anup Prakash Garg tody. The ED had on February and 2009. Officials said the raids were is promoted by S N Bhatnagar consortium in 2008, Axis Bank that agencies like the Central the bank of about Rs 11,400 before the court of Additional 9 filed a charge sheet against "Various cash payments being carried out at seven and his sons Amit Bhatnagar was the lead bank for the term Bureau of Investigation (CBI), crore. Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma Garg under the sections of Pre- were made to Garg, as reflected places in Vadodara district and and Sumit Bhatnagar, who were loan and Bank of India was the Enforcement Directorate (ED), The PIL has made PNB, in a written reply. vention of Money Laundering in the said entries, on the the premises of the firm -- Dia- also the executives of the firm. lead bank for cash credit lim- the Income Tax department the Reserve Bank of India and ED's special public prosecu- Act (PMLA). instructions of the Sandesara mond Power Infrastructure Ltd It is alleged that DPIL, its. It is alleged that the firm, and the Serious Fraud Investi- the ministries of finance and tor Nitesh Rana told the court He was one of the three brothers, by withdrawing cash (DPIL). through its management, had with active connivance of offi- gation Office (SFIO) are inde- law and justice parties. It has that the allegations against persons arrested in the case. from the bank accounts of sev- The corporate office of the fraudulently availed credit cials from various banks, man- pendently probing the PNB sought a direction for initia- Garg were serious as about Rs The agency had earlier arrested eral benami companies owned company in Gorwa area of the facilities from a consortium aged to get enhanced credit scam. tion of deportation proceed- 300 crore worth of loans were Delhi-based businessman by them," it had alleged. city, factories in Vadadala and of 11 banks (both public and facilities. Attorney General KK ings against Nirav Modi and passed at his behest. Gagan Dhawan and Rajb- The ED had claimed that Ranoli and residential premises private) since 2008, leaving According to the CBI, the Venugopal sought dismissal of others allegedly involved in "If granted bail, he may hushan Omprakash Dixit, one Garg had infused several crores of its executives in Nizampura behind an outstanding debit company had been allegedly the PIL seeking a court-mon- the banking fraud, preferably hamper the ongoing investiga- of the directors of the pharma of his unaccounted money in and New Alkapuri were being of Rs 2,654.40 crore as on June submitting false stock state- itored probe into the alleged within two months. tion, influence the witnesses in firm, who are currently out on various firms through sev- raided, they said. 29, 2016, the CBI said. ments to the lead bank by treat- scam saying multiple agencies It has also asked for a spe- the case and there is also likeli- bail. All the three were arrested eral Kolkata-based bogus shell The agency carried out the The loan amount of ing receivables more than 180 are already probing the matter. cial investigation team (SIT) to hood that he may flee from jus- under the PMLA. companies, with the help of searches after it filed a criminal Rs 2,654 crore, it said, was days (non-current asset) as less The AG was opposing a plea probe the case, allegedly involv- tice," Rana told the court. The ED had lodged the cash or cheque entry operators complaint under the Preven- declared a non-performing than 180 days (current asset) filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda, ing Nirav Modi and Choksi, The court posted the matter money laundering case after in Kolkata, in order to launder tion of Money Laundering Act asset in 2016-17. to get more drawing power in who has sought an indepen- and a probe into the role of the for further hearing on April 28. taking cognisance of an earlier the proceeds of crime obtained (PMLA) against the company, The company and its direc- their cash credit accounts. dent probe in the PNB case and top management of PNB. Garg (59) was arrested by FIR registered by the CBI. by him from the Sandesaras. Skill Ministry transforms lives FUND EMBEZZLEMENT CASE CBI questions Rajiv Kochhar, of 13 marginalised sex workers Temporary relief to Teesta Setalvad from SC NuPower director Chandra OUR CORRESPONDENT Sinha said. Senior advocate Mahesh OUR CORRESPONDENT end the stigma through skill The bench said Setalvad Jethmalani and Additional MUMBAI: The CBI contin- tioned at the Central Bureau training of girls and empower NEW DELHI: Activist Teesta and her husband Javed Anand Solicitor General Tushar ued questioning Rajiv Koch- of Investigation’s (CBI) Ban- NEW DELHI: The National them towards better livelihood Setalvad on Monday got will not be arrested till May 31 Mehta, appearing for Gujarat, har, brother-in-law of ICICI dra office. Skill Development Corpora- opportunities.” temporary relief in a case of but before that they would have said the Bombay High Court Bank MD and CEO Chanda The agency on Sunday also tion (NSDC), an arm of the Agrawal further said, “The fund embezzlement with the to approach for the competent had passed a blatantly illegal Kochhar, for the fifth consec- questioned another NuPower Ministry of Skill Development vision of Skill India can be har- Supreme Court extending the court in Gujarat which will order and transit anticipa- utive day on Monday along director Umanath Vainkut & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), nessed when the entire work- interim protection from arrest decide the matter on merits. tory bail should not have been with NuPower Renewables Pvt Nayak in connection with the has undertaken a project to force be utilised effectively for and transit anticipatory bail "We direct the respondents granted. Ltd director Mahesh Chandra case. Punglia was examined skill train 13 girls, who were its development. Our collab- from May 2 to May 31, granted (Setalvad and Javed Anand) to Senior advocate CU Singh, Punglia in connection with a about the role of Rajiv Koch- rescued from red light area of orative effort with Delhi Police to her and her husband by the seek appropriate remedy from appearing for Teesta and her case relating to Rs 3,250 crore har’s Singapore-based com- Delhi. The NSDC on Monday aims to protect the trafficked Bombay High Court. the competent court in Guja- husband, said the high court loan to the Videocon Group pany Avista Advisory in the announced successful comple- girls at a young age and chan- The apex court, which rat before May 31. The interim was right in granting transit in 2012. restructuring of loan. tion of skill training of these nelize their efficiencies by granted them relief on the con- bail granted by Bombay High bail as the alleged offence per- Punglia, a close aide of Vid- The NuPower director girls in unarmed security guard engaging them in productive dition that they would have to Court shall extend till May 31," tains to an educational proj- eocon Group chief Venugopal was also asked about the help job role. vocations.” move the competent court in the bench said. ect in Maharashtra. He said in Dhoot, was examined for the he extended to Videocon in Commenting on the spe- On the successful imple- Gujarat for anticipatory bail, The bench made it clear that this case, the HC had the juris- third consecutive day in con- securing the loan from the cial project, Rajesh Agrawal, mentation of the project, Jayant was clear that the Bombay High it was confining the issue in the the April 5 order of the Bom- diction to issue the transitory nection with the case. He was ICICI Bank, which was part Joint Secretary and CVO, Krishna, ED & COO, NSDC Court had no jurisdiction to case only for dealing with the bay High Court by which the bail. previously an employee of Vid- of a Rs 40,000 crore credit MSDE said, “Exploitation of said, “The NSDC is commit- entertain their plea as the FIR transit anticipatory bail granted couple were protected from However, the bench eocon Group and then used to given by a consortium of marginalised sex workers is a ted to extend its support to law was registered by the Gujarat by the Bombay High Court and arrest till May 2 in an FIR observed it was a settled law offer consultancy services to it. 20 banks, led by the State pitiable situation. The work- enforcement bodies like Delhi police. all other aspects of the order registered on March 31 for that the jurisdiction lies with He is also a Director in Bank of India, to the Video- ers experience discrimination Police and NGOs for imple- "Since the FIR is in Guja- has to be vacated, as "the Bom- allegedly securing central gov- the concerned court of the NuPower Renewables Private con Group. Rajiv Kochhar because of their criminalised menting economic empower- rat, the competent court will be bay High Court has no jurisdic- ernment funds worth Rs 1.4 state where the FIR is lodged Limited, the company formed was on Thursday stopped at status and stigma of their work. ment strategies for these sex in Gujarat," a bench compris- tion on it". crore "fraudulently" for her and "the transit bail is granted by Chanda Kochhar’s husband Mumbai airport by immigra- MSDE, through this project trade survivors through skill ing Justices Kurian Joseph, M The Ahmedabad police had NGO Sabrang between 2010 for making a person to appear Deepak Kochhar and Dhoot in tion authorities around 11 am under PMKVY, endeavours to development.” M Shantanagoudar and Navin moved the apex court against and 2013. before the competent court". December 2008. Rajiv Koch- when he was about to leave for har and Punglia were ques- Singapore. AGENCIES CBSE yet to announce postponed PDP-BJP govt Bhaglpur clashes: Arijit has become a Classes 10, 12 exam dates in Punjab Shashwat granted bail 'non-performing NEW DELHI: The CBSE is yet liability': Cong to announce new dates for the OUR CORRESPONDENT on bail, the court put a con- Class 10 and Class 12 exami- dition that he would not par- OUR CORRESPONDENT nations that were postponed BHAGALPUR: A Bhagalpur ticipate in any kind of dharna, in Punjab in view of the ‘Bharat court on Monday granted con- procession, protest and agita- JAMMU: The Congress on Bandh’ on April 2, leaving the ditional bail to Arijit Shashwat, tion for the next 30 days. Monday alleged that the PDP- students and parents anxious. son of Union minister Ashwini The court passed the order BJP government in Jammu ICA/T 2577(5)/2018 At the request of the state Kumar Choubey, and seven on a bail petition filed by Arijit & Kashmir had become a government in view of ‘Bharat others in connection with a Shashwat and others. "non-performing liability", Bandh’ called by several Dalit case relating to recent com- Arijit Shashwat was and said the administration organisations against the munal clashes here. arrested by Patna police from must come out of deep slum- alleged “dilution” of the SCs/ Shashwat and eight others near the Hanuman temple in ber to infuse responsiveness STs (Prevention of Atrocities) were named in a case related the intervening night of March and accountability in order Act, the Central Board of Sec- inda said. “The dates will beto the communal clashes in 31-April-1 after his anticipa- to mitigate the sufferings of ondary Education (CBSE) had Supriya Bhatia, an IT pro- announced soon, students and Bhagalpur on March 17. tory bail plea was rejected on the people. postponed the exams sched- fessional said, “It’s depressing parents should not panic,” a Acting District Judge March 31. "The PDP-BJP govern- uled on April 2. for students to aimlessly pre- senior CBSE official said. Kumud Ranjan Singh granted Following his arrest, Shash- ment has collapsed. It is non- “It has been a week and I pare for exam without know- While Class 12 students regular bail to Arijit Shashwat wat was remanded in judicial performing liability in J&K," was completely prepared for ing an exact date. It should have were supposed to appear for and seven others, while one custody for 14 days by a local Congress leader and former the exam and now we don’t been announced that day only”. the Hindi exam, language accused person could not get court. Additional Chief Judicial minister Sham Lal Sharma even know that when the exam The board officials, how- exams of French, Sanskrit and bail as he did not turn up in Magistrate (ACJM) court had told reporters at a function will be held,” Jaspreet Mehra, ever, said, that the dates will be Urdu were scheduled for Class the court. issued arrest warrant against in Chowki Choura area in a Class 10 student from Bhat- announced soon. 10 on that day. While enlarging Shashwat him on March 24. Jammu. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 EDITORIAL Perils of Opposition din Dalit politics at Anti-Trafficking bill has been the worst victim of Lok Sabha logjam t is a matter of great concern that centre stage the country’s apex legislature, Parliament of India, is finding it he Bharat bandh on April 2 organised by Dalit increasingly difficult to legislate, if outfits had a nationwide effect, with most places Ione goes by the outcome of the second reporting incidents of arson and disruption of NANTOO BANERJEE part of the less-than-five- week-long road and rail traffic. The massive response that budget session, 2018-19, that ended Tthe strike generated from the Dalit communities across within minutes of its last business day the country has made the opposition leaders recalibrate on April 6. The valedictory reference by their strategy. With nearly 30 crore people belonging to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities in the mentioned that ‘due to interruptions country, the Dalit votes are significant. But if the number and forced adjournments the business of Dalit votes is added to the number of Other Backward of the lower house was disrupted for Caste (OBC) votes, it has the potential to defeat a BJP can- 127 hours and 45 minutes’ and the didate. Based on this logic, Congress president Rahul Gan- house had to work overtime for nine dhi on Sunday said in a public meeting that in 2019 general hours and 47 minutes to transact very election, Narendra Modi can be defeated from Varanasi. urgent government businesses. In total, In Uttar Pradesh, the two main opposition leaders The long-pending Lok Sabha, where the ruling party com- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Bahujan Samaj legislative bination has an overwhelming majority, Party supremo Mayawati have understood this well. They sat only for a little over 34 hours. Rajya have reached an understanding that if they join hands, initiative by Sabha managed to sit for 44 hours. Sev- they have a good chance to stage a comeback in the gen- Women and Child eral pending bills could not be intro- eral election in 2019. Congress has already fought the last duced for legislation by the respective Assembly elections in the state in alliance with the Sama- Welfare Minister departmental ministers. The most jwadi Party. So, it is the SP-BSP-Congress combined that the Maneka Gandhi important of them in terms of social BJP candidates will have to face in UP. In Bihar, Rashtriya consequence was the anti-trafficking According to estimates of Global Slavery Index, 2016, over 18 million enslaved people live in India (Representational Image) Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minis- — The Trafficking bill. The latter is hanging fire since 2016. ter Tejashwi Yadav marched with the Dalit protesters on of Persons The others included the ban on unreg- including the creation of a rehabilita- gling. Other sources of trafficking into regulatory gaps were misused by certain April 2. And in a recent public meeting, he blamed that ulated deposit schemes to protect the tion fund, holding time-bound trials India include Bangladesh, Thailand, companies to cheat people of their hard- the Centre is hatching a conspiracy to abolish reservations (Prevention, interest of depositors. There were sev- and protecting the survivors at the ear- Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and earned savings. The new bill seeks to put for the SC/ST communities. Tejashwi is not alone in trying Protection and eral amendment bills to existing laws. liest. It also proposed imprisonment of Ukraine. Lately, some 80,000 Rohingya a complete end to such activities by ban- to discover the Dalit might and woo it as a vote bank. He Rehabilitation) The senior Union Ministers waiting to 10 years and a fine of Rs 1 lakh for the refugees from Myanmar were said to ning all unregulated deposit schemes. has the support of the Congress and former Chief Min- introduce these bills included Maneka guilty. It is a common knowledge that have been trafficked into the country. The bill provides for complete prohi- ister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s ‎Hindustani Awam Morcha. All bill, 2018 — Gandhi, Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu, India is a major source, destination and India is a major supplier of trafficked bition of unregulated deposit taking these leaders are making a strong pitch for the continua- could not be Ravi Shankar Prasad and Giriraj Singh. transit country for men women and human beings to West Asian countries activity. It seeks to empower state gov- tion of the reservations in education and jobs. They also There were several other bills pending children subjected to forced labour and and also other parts of the world, includ- ernments to have a ‘competent author- term BJP and NDA anti-Dalit who are out to abolish the introduced at all. for consideration and passing, includ- human trafficking. ing the UK. Globally, human trafficking ity’ to ensure repayment of deposits in reservation. Though BJP leaders have tried to counter the It was supposed ing the one by health minister Jagat There are around 46 million people is a big business. The high-risk trade the event of default by a deposit taking allegation, the opposition is livid with the Supreme Court Prakash Nadda concerning the medical enslaved worldwide. Over 18 million live offers lucrative financial returns. establishment. The competent author- ruling that has ruled against the automatic filing of FIR to be introduced education system. But, they all had to in India, according to the Global Slav- Among the other important pend- ity will have the power to attach assets and arrest of the accused in case of a violence under SC/ST in the second half be held back, thanks to din of protests ery Index, 2016, estimates. The Index ing bills is the one Finance Minister of a defaulting establishment. It also (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The Centre has already filed by opposition MPs. was compiled by the Walk Free Foun- Arun Jaitley was to introduce. It’s called provides for designation of courts to a review petition in the Supreme Court but the opposition of the budget The saddest part is that the long- dation, a global organisation seeking The Banning of Unregulated Deposit oversee repayment of depositors and parties are not satisfied with this. Reacting to this sudden session that pending legislative initiative by Women to end modern slavery. Almost 20,000 Schemes Bill, 2018. The bill seeks to pro- to try offences under the act and list- clamour for the Dalit cause, the BJP has tried to allay the and Child Welfare Minister Maneka women and children were reportedly vide for a comprehensive mechanism to ing of regulated deposit schemes. The fear of the SC/ST communities. Deputy chief minister of started on March Gandhi — The Trafficking of Persons victims of human trafficking in India in ban the unregulated deposits schemes bill seeks to provide deterrent punish- Bihar Sushil Modi has reacted to Tejashwai’s charges. He 5. In fact, the bill (Prevention, Protection and Rehabili- 2016, a rise of nearly 25 per cent from and protect the interest of depositors. ment for promoting and operating an said that RJD is trying to divert the attention from the cor- tation) bill, 2018 — could not be intro- the previous year. Although India sits on The Union Cabinet has just given its unregulated deposit-taking scheme and ruption that the party has propagated over the years. He was drafted two duced at all. The bill seeks “to prevent top of the slavery index, it is yet to have approval for introducing the two bills for fraudulent default in repayment to once again said that the BJP is not planning to abolish the years ago trafficking of persons, especially women a comprehensive anti-trafficking law to in Parliament that seek to protect the depositors. Further, the bill includes reservations in education and jobs. Union Law Minister and children, and to provide care, pro- tackle the problem. The existing law — interests of investors. They are: The Ban- categorisation of offences, severe pun- Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the BJP government is, tection and rehabilitation to the victims The Immoral Trafficking and Preven- ning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes ishment for deterrence, creation of an in fact, trying to strengthen the SC/ST Act and that there of trafficking, to prosecute offenders and tion Act (ITPA) — deals mostly with Bill, 2018 and Chit Funds (Amendment) online central database for deposits- is no plan to abolish the SC/ST reservations. Union Food to create a legal, economic and social commercial sex trafficking or prostitu- Bill, 2018. The two bills may look to have related information, among many oth- Minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan environment for the victims.” On Feb- tion. Various rights groups have been come quick on the heels of the PNB ers. Now the fate of these important has said that it was his party who first filed a review peti- ruary 28, the Union Cabinet approved clamouring for a new law. The present fraud. But actually, they were consid- bills will now depend on the monsoon tion in the Supreme Court against the court’s order that the bill. It was supposed to be introduced law was promulgated about 59 years ered at least two years ago. The finance session in July provided that Parliament effectively diluted the provisions of SC/ST (Prevention of in the second half of the budget session ago. According to a UN report, roughly minister had talked about a comprehen- is allowed to function normally by its Atrocities) Act. that started on March 5. In fact, the bill 15,000 people from Nepal are trafficked sive legislation to deal with the problem aggrieved members. IPA More than 10 people have died in the violence unleashed was drafted two years ago. It proposed into India every year and sold for forced of illicit deposit-taking schemes in his (The views expressed by the protesters during their all-India strike. The maxi- several ‘survivor-centric’ approaches, labour or prostitution and even smug- 2016-17 budget speech. Reportedly, are strictly personal) mum damage to life and property was reported from BJP ruled states such as Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. dear millenniumpost.in This indicates that the Dalits in BJP-ruled states were more Quote martial PUTTING A LEASH ON FEE HIKE EDITOR agitated towards the government. This sudden expression of anger by Dalit organisations has given new ammunition It is very laudable that our respected CM Mamata Banerjee is pondering over forming a Log on to write letters to the to the opposition camp. The opposition parties are already An investment in legislation which will restrict on school authorities in private schools regarding arbitrary fee editor or send them to on a drive to unify themselves and put up a united fight [email protected] against BJP in the next general election in 2019. Now, they knowledge pays hike. Over the past few years, private schools have increased session charges on a regular basis have an agenda too. Atrocities against Dalits, Supreme that really put a heavy burden on the shoulders of miserable parents. Education should always You can also send your Court order diluting the provisions of SC/ST (Prevention the best interest comments to The Editor, of Atrocities) Act, and the BJP-led NDA government may be imparted to the students at the lowest possible cost which every parent could afford easily. abolish reservations are the kind of talks that is taking place If the pre-planned proposal is implemented in a short while by our state government, it will Millennium Post, in the opposition camps. The spontaneous and all-India BENJAMIN FRANKLIN be very convenient for all the middle-class parents in terms of letting their children receive a Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah response that the strike on April 2 generated underlines Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 the fact that the Dalit politics can longer be kept on the quality education. IFTEKHAR AHMED Via email margins and it is going to take the centre stage. Besides a united opposition, BJP will have to counter the Dalit vote bank politics in the coming elections. From Rahul Gandhi to Tejashwai and Akhilesh Yadav, the OBC and mainstream leaders are no longer shying away from championing the Blackbuck: The epitome of grace Dalit cause. Rather, Dalit is politically more acceptable now than ever before. In order to save species like Blackbuck, we must give more attention to grasslands frica is considered as ever surface water is not avail- Russian fiasco the centre of radia- able throughout the year as in ven as the British are, reportedly, trying hard to tion of antelopes the Thar Desert, it is absent. ensure a safe and secure hideout for the Skripals and gazelles, where While the GIB is a facultative in the US, Russia’s Ambassador to the UK has Anearly 100 species are found drinker—drinks water if avail- Erequested a meeting with the UK Foreign Secretary Boris but India has perhaps the most able, otherwise, it can live with- ASAD RAHMANI Johnson. This is unfolding even amid mounting tensions graceful antelope, the Black- out water for many days or even over the investigation into a nerve agent attack on the for- buck (Antilope cervicapra). months. mer Russian double agent in Salisbury. Relations between Blackbuck is found only in the Poaching, habitat destruc- London and Moscow have steadily worsened since the UK Indian subcontinent, mainly in tion, habitat fragmentation, government pointed the finger at Russia over last month’s three countries: India; where urbanisation and neglect are poisoning of Sergei Skripal. Moscow, naturally, continues nearly 95 per cent of the popu- the major causes for the dis- to deny all involvement. The Russians believe that it is high lation is present; Nepal, where appearance of Blackbuck. A time to arrange a meeting between Ambassador Alexan- a small population survives new menace has appeared in der Yakovenko and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in in the arid part of the Nepal the form of free-ranging vil- order to discuss the whole range of bilateral issues, as well plains or Terai; and Pakistan, lage dogs which now roam all as the investigation of the Salisbury incident. Yakovenko Blackbuck is where it is extinct as a free- over India, killing Blackbuck, has already sent a personal note to Johnson. The UK For- ranging animal but an intro- Chinkara, Nilgai and eating eign Office responded by stating it would “consider their found only duced population is found in eggs of the Sarus Crane, Black- request and respond in due course”. But, interestingly, the in the Indian the Lal Suhanra National Park necked Crane (in Ladakh) and British Foreign Office suggested that the Russian move in Bahawalpur, Southern Pun- many ground-nesting birds. was a diversionary tactic. “It’s over three weeks since we subcontinent in jab province. There is an urgent need to con- asked Russia to engage constructively and answer a num- three countries: Blackbuck is the finest rep- trol their numbers before they ber of questions relating to the attempted assassinations resentative of arid and semi- exterminate some species. of Skripal and his daughter.” The Russians, predictably, India, with nearly arid short grass plains that were In order to save species like have repeatedly criticised the UK government and John- 95 per cent of once abundant in undivided Blackbuck and Great Indian son since Britain accused Russia of attempting to murder Punjab, Haryana, parts of Uttar Bustard, we have to give more the Skripals using the nerve agent Novichok. Yakovenko its population; Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya attention to grasslands. Unfor- repeated Russian allegations that Britain has denied its Nepal, where a Pradesh, Gujarat and down tunately, grasslands are still requests for information on the Skripals and the investi- south up to Tamil Nadu. It is a Blackbuck dwells in open countryside, avoiding forest and hilly areas considered as “wastelands”, to gation into the attack. Both Sergei and Yulia Skripal still small population denizen of open countryside, be converted into other land remain hospitalised but are recovering. Skripal, 66, is no survives in the avoiding forest and hilly areas. tion has not shrunk so much. It Vishnoiyan, Dhawa Doli, and abundant food for the Deccani use or given to corporates in the longer in a critical state and is understood to be respond- When the Asiatic Cheetah is still found from Punjab and Kankania (where actor Salman Cheetah, famous for its hunt- name of vikas. In the new draft ing well to treatment. While the National Health Service arid part of the (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) Haryana in the north to Tamil Khan allegedly hunted them ing skills, to the delight of local National Forest Policy, even would not comment specifically on his case, sources have Nepal plains was found in India—the last Nadu in the south, and Rajast- in 1998) that are protected by Maharajahs (The most famous the term “grassland” has been it that being out of a critical condition generally means was seen in 1951—Blackbuck han-Gujarat in the west to Odi- the Bishnoi community who Cheetah-khana was maintained removed, clearly indicating the that a patient can speak. Yulia, 33, released her first pub- or Terai; and was its main prey, along with sha in the east, but nowhere in consider Blackbuck sacred. by the Maharajah of Kolha- intention of the government. lic statement on Thursday after regaining consciousness Pakistan, where Indian Gazelle (“Chinkara”) in vast herds. The best numbers Similar is the case in Haryana pur). The sanctuary is the small Salman Khan had reportedly last week. She thanked those who had treated her and her it is extinct as some areas. There are numer- are seen in the Velavadar Black- and Punjab where a few thou- Rehekuri Blackbuck Sanctuary killed two Blackbuck, but we father and all those who had sent “messages of goodwill”. ous Mughal and Rajput paint- buck National Park, Bhavnagar, sand Blackbuck are surviving in Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra. are killing thousands of Black- Johnson welcomed the news of Sergei Skripal’s improved a free-ranging ings showing Cheetah chasing Gujarat where a tiny 34 sq. km in Bishnoi-dominated areas. Blackbuck and Cheetah buck by taking away their orig- condition and wished both patients a “quick return to full animal a herd of Blackbuck. Emperor protected grassland is zealously Blackbuck is also found shared their grassland habitat inal land. In The Merchant of health”. The UK Foreign Office said that Yulia Skripal has Jahangir, while traveling from protected by the Forest Depart- on the Deccan Plateau where, with the Great Indian Bustard Venice, Shylock says: “You take so far declined the Russian Embassy’s offer of consular Delhi to Agra, noted that Black- ment. Another notable area is thanks to good protection, (GIB)—a species that has dis- my life when you do take the assistance following the attack. The Russian Embassy has bucks were so numerous, they Tal Chhapar Blackbuck Sanctu- their numbers have increased appeared with most parts of its means whereby I live” (Act 4, repeatedly said it requested consular access to Yulia and were never out of sight during ary, Churu district, Rajasthan. in recent years. They generally range. If we map the distribu- Scene 1, Page 16) DOWN TO EARTH Sergei Skripal, but that it had been “denied”. In the wake his journey. This 7 sq km sanctuary may live in agriculture-dominated tion of Blackbuck and Great (The author is former of the poisoning, the UK and its allies expelled scores of Sadly, Blackbuck is now a have about a thousand animals. landscapes, finding refuge in Indian Bustard, both will be Director, Bombay Natural Russian diplomats triggering retaliatory expulsions by rare species, surviving in small Point Calimere Sanctuary in grassland plots created to stop found more or less in the same History Society and Scientific Russia. Indeed, the mystery Salisbury attack has now had scattered herds in about 13 Tamil Nadu is another place soil erosion. There is only one areas, except in Western Rajast- Adviser, The Corbett Founda- international ramifications. And, in the present circum- states of India. Possibly only 1 to see these graceful animals. Blackbuck Sanctuary in the han (Thar desert) where Black- tion, and Hem Chand Mahin- stances, no one can be too careful. per cent of the former numbers In Rajasthan, however, there Deccan where they were once buck is not found. Blackbuck dra Foundation. The views survive now although distribu- are many areas such as Guda found in millions, providing has to drink every day so wher- expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 mp in focus Rebuilding the Commonwealth There are several possibilities that could be explored for an energy specific FTA among Commonwealth nations

ossibly, the Commonwealth Technical and Economic Coopera- DIPANKAR DEY of Nations is the earliest tion (BIMSTEC: India; Bangladesh; multilateral body of coun- Myanmar; Bhutan, Nepal; Sri Lanka; tries bound together by a Thailand; Japan), among others, are Pshared colonial culture, adminis- being explored. trative language, common values, Nonetheless, policymakers have human rights, unified legal sys- not yet seriously considered the tem, democracy, and stable gover- Commonwealth as a viable Free nance. Its formation dates back to Trade bloc. Pre-existing colonial the Statute of Westminster, an Act baggage and the high-handedness of the British Parliament passed of the previous master might have on December 11, 1931. The Stat- acted as a severe mental block. For ute established the independence of a win-win situation, the UK will the Dominions (semi-independent have to initiate major reforms in the polities under the British Crown), monarchical structure of the Com- The economic creating a group of equal mem- monwealth to exploit the trade and bers where, previously, there was economic potential of this oldest data of this only one supreme — the United political bloc. dynamic grouping Kingdom. The solitary condition Instead of a multi-sectoral FTA, of membership of that embryonic to begin with, we have suggested is impressive. Commonwealth was that a mem- for an energy specific FTA in the The combined ber state must be a ‘Dominion’. Commonwealth region for two Thus, the Independence of Paki- reasons. First, for all the member GDP of the stan (1947), India (1947), and Sri nations, large or small, energy is still Commonwealth Lanka (1948) saw the three countries a vital economic input and most of join the Commonwealth as indepen- the Commonwealth nations are not countries was dent Dominions. On the other hand, self-sufficient in energy. Second, like estimated at Burma (1948) and Israel (1948) did in the previous century, in the 21st not join the Commonwealth, as they century also, due to impending con- US$10.4 trillion chose to become republics. cerns of Climate Change, energy, in 2017 and is, With India was on the verge of especially the new and emerging promulgating a republican Consti- variant green sources of energy, will additionally, tution, the Commonwealth Prime be the major game changer. As a predicted to Ministers Conference in 1949 huge potential of energy trade (both was dominated by the impending product and services) exists among reach US$13 departure of over half of the Com- the Commonwealth Nations, it is trillion by 2020. monwealth’s population. To avoid The Commonwealth nations must capitalise on bolstering their energy ties expected that the members will wel- such a fate, it was proposed that come an energy FTA among them. The bilateral the republics be allowed to remain states, organised by the Common- and 24 members are small island Surprisingly, all these common- economy. It may be noted that the Com- costs for trading in the Commonwealth, provided wealth, the Secretariat and the non- developing states. The Pacific nation alities have not culminated to result Indian policymakers are in a monwealth initiative was taken they recognised King George VI as governmental organisation—the of Nauru is the smallest Common- in any formal economic agree- total state of confusion over how much earlier than the initiatives that partners in the the ‘Head of the Commonwealth’. Commonwealth Foundation. wealth member country with a pop- ment among the member states of to react to China’s OBOR (One Belt led to the formation of the Euro- Commonwealth Accordingly, eight governments, The demographic and economic ulation of about 10,000. The most the Commonwealth. The activities One Road) and Sea Silk Route initia- pean Union. It was only in 1951 that countries are on Australia, Canada, Sri Lanka (for- fact sheet of the Commonwealth populous member country is India have remained confined, predom- tives. Apprehending Chinese domi- the concept of a ‘European trade merly Ceylon), India, New Zea- nations is very impressive. The com- with over 1.2 billion people. inantly, to cultural pursuits, aca- nance, the government of India has area’ was first established. The Euro- an average 19 land, Pakistan, South Africa and the bined population of the Common- The economic data of this demic engagements, and sporting stopped financing the Institute of pean Coal and Steel Community had per cent less than United Kingdom, came together to wealth nations is 2.4 billion, (which dynamic grouping is equally impres- activities. Chinese Studies, New Delhi. Alter- six founding members: Belgium, form the new Commonwealth in is nearly one-third of the global sive. The combined gross domes- India enjoys a significant posi- native trade blocs like the Regional France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg those in non- 1949. That arrangement (London population) of which more than tic product of the Commonwealth tion in the Commonwealth because Comprehensive Economic Part- and the Netherlands. That small member countries declaration) established the only 60 per cent of the populace is aged countries was estimated at US$10.4 of its population (almost half of the nership (RCEP) –a proposed free initiative ultimately led to a strong formalised rule that the Common- 29 years or under. The Common- trillion in 2017 and is, additionally, total Commonwealth population) trade agreement (FTA) between the European trade bloc of 28 countries. wealth members must recognise the wealth is spread across the globe and predicted to reach US$13 trillion by and a vast economy (its GDP is ten member states of the Associ- If Britain learns from its EU King or the Queen as the Head of the includes both advanced economies 2020. The bilateral costs for trad- nearly one -third of the total Com- ation of Southeast Asian Nations experience and takes initiatives to Commonwealth. Thus, the mem- and developing countries. It encom- ing partners in the Commonwealth monwealth GDP). Moreover, being (ASEAN: Brunei, Cambodia, Indo- make the Commonwealth a truly bers had declared themselves, to be passes Africa (19 countries), Asia countries are on an average 19 per a strategically important nation in nesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the democratic institution then it may “united as free and equal members”, (seven countries), the Caribbean cent less than those in non-mem- Southeast Asia, India can act as the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, emerge as the main competitor to co-operating together in the pursuit and Americas (13 countries), Europe ber countries. And 10 of the top most crucial nation connecting the Vietnam) and the six states with the European Union and many other of peace, liberty, and progress. (three countries), and the Pacific (11 20 global emerging cities are in the Caribbean and African states on which the ASEAN has existing free regional blocs in future. Almost seven decades later, the countries). The Commonwealth’s Commonwealth: New Delhi, Mum- one side and the Pacific nations on trade agreements (Australia, China, (The author is Senior Commonwealth membership has strength lies in its shared values and bai, Nairobi, Kuala Lumpur, Banga- the other. Moreover, after Britain’s India, Japan, South Korea and New Consultant, Center for Studies grown to fifty-three countries. It diversity. Thirty-one members are lore, Johannesburg, Kolkata, Cape exit from the EU in 2019, she may Zealand), the Asia Africa Growth in International Relations operates through the intergovern- small states, usually with a popula- Town, Chennai and Dhaka (of these, find Commonwealth as an estab- Corridor (AAGC) and the Bay of & Development. The views mental consensus of the member tion of well fewer than 1.5 million, five are Indian cities). lished platform to boost her battered Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral, expressed are strictly personal)

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the actual GDP and the potential GDP growth KAILASH SATYARTHI @k_satyarthi ndia’s growth trajectory the recent negative output gap has been both fascinating Actual and Potential is narrower than ever since the VEDANTA DHAMIJA and diverse. The meta- last two and a half decades. The morphosis from a newly recent past saw disruptions in To attack children with weapons of war is Independent nation with a GDP Growth GDP growth following the twin I a cowardly act of brutality. No matter our plethora of challenges, strug- policy shocks of demonetisa- (1990-2018) political beliefs this callous disregard for gling with the ‘Hindu rate of Actual and Potential GDP Growth (1990-2018) tion and the introduction of growth’ to one of the fastest the Goods and Services Tax. human lives, especially lives of innocent growing emerging economies 12.00 Growth did falter, but as struc- children, is cruel beyond measure and the

has caught global attention. 10.00 tural adjustments gather pace, international community must act soon. While several aspects of India’s the indirect tax reform will go economic performance merit 8.00 a long way in enhancing the intricate examination, this arti- long-term potential and clos- cle will look at the performance 6.00 ing the output gap. These poli- Percentage of the ‘actual Gross Domestic 4.00 cies are aiding formalisation RANDEEP SINGH Product (GDP) growth’ vis-à- of the economy and the bene- SURJEWALA Policymakers are vis the ‘potential GDP growth’ 2.00 fits are already evident through @rssurjewala from a long-term perspective, 0.00 improvements in tax collection. concerned about or the difference between the 1990-­‐91 1993-­‐94 1996-­‐97 1999-­‐00 2002-­‐03 2005-­‐06 2008-­‐09 2011-­‐12 2014-­‐15 2017-­‐18 The current international two – termed as ‘output gap’. macroeconomic landscape is smoothening Actual GDP Growth Poten=al GDP Growth Heartiest Congratulations team India-Saina Policymakers are concerned favourable for domestic growth Nehwal, Ashwini Ponnappa, N. Sikki Reddy, the impact of about smoothening the impact as synchronised global recovery business cycles of the ups and downs (called Graphic representation of actual and potential GDP growth continues in earnest and India Srikanth Kidambi, Satwik Rankireddy, business cycles) by under- is well equipped to deal with Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty for winning by understanding standing how close the current fluctuations. export earnings. Loose mon- 2011 and 2014. The output gap monetary policy normalisa- GOLD in the Badminton Mixed Team event how close the output is to the economy’s long- The comparison of growth etary policy exercised by the turned positive since 2014 as tion. With commodity prices at #GC2018 ! #GC2018Badminton term potential output. Output with its potential is shown in US and Japan allowed inves- India registered close to 8 per and inflationary pressures in Thank you for making us so proud! current output is gaps are no crystal balls, but the adjoining figure. The figure tors to take advantage of the cent rate of growth and foreign check, the speedy resolution of to the economy’s they can reveal a lot about the suggests that the potential GDP interest rate arbitrage and direct inflows poured in due to the stressed loans along with recap- future course of various mac- growth of India since the early liquidity to emerging econo- sound macroeconomic funda- italisation and cleaning of bank long-term roeconomic variables. Output 1990s has consistently demon- mies. Being at the receiving end mentals and a renewed faith in balance sheets and the domes- potential output. gap may be positive or negative. strated an upward trend, peak- of this global liquidity surge the Indian story. But, the oscil- tic macroeconomic milieu is VICEPRESIDENTOFINDIA It is positive when actual out- ing in 2006 to 2009. It briefly from 2003 to 2008, the output lation resumed as GDP growth also considerably conducive @VPSecretariat Output gaps put exceeds the potential, and treads down following the gap turned sharply positive in fell below potential after 2016 to higher growth accelerat- can reveal a lot this reflects that factories are global financial crisis of 2008, India as the GDP grew at the and has remained so up to ing further. The government is about the future operating above capacity and but has unswervingly remained rate 9 per cent per annum in December 2017 (latest avail- doing well to monetise the out- hire more workers to meet the close to 7 per cent. With GDP this period, second only to Chi- able data). put gap through considerable This day is a day of commemoration, a day course of various demand, and is the harbinger growth performing below the na’s growth rate. This streak of This analysis of output gaps infrastructure and social sec- of recollection of past glory and a day of macroeconomic of mounting price pressures. potential at the advent of the ‘India’s dream run’ faltered, over the last 25 years reveals tor expenditure to boost out- A negative output gap is indica- 1990s, the onset of the reforms albeit marginally, at the out- two keys insights. One, due put and employment. Lower reaffirmation of our firm commitment to variables tive of slack in the economy due leads to a sharp positive output break of the Global Financial to an increasingly globalised than expected borrowings by national security. @crpfindia #ValourDay to weaker demand and gaps gap as the economy expanded Crisis of 2008. Initially, India economy, the domestic out- the government in the first- #CRPF in capacity utilisation. Given on the back of liberalisation seemed to be insulated from put gap is very sensitive to the half of the fiscal year leading to this, it would not be difficult to and improved international the crisis, as growth exceeded international policy space. This softening of bond yields, com- appreciate that the output gap linkages. Except for one brief its potential again after a tem- is reflected through the emer- plemented with status quo by is an instantaneous indicator of descent, India’s growth contin- porary fall and remained high gence of a negative output gap the RBI on the repo rate will SALMAN KHAN the relative demand and sup- ued to outperform its potential thereafter. This ‘decoupling’ was in response to the East Asian ensure low borrowing costs and @BeingSalmanKhan ply components of economic in the 1990s, only to be inter- on account of factors such as Crisis and the Global Finan- spur investment. In Toto, these activity. There are several tech- rupted by the impact of the East limited capital account con- cial Crisis, owing partly to the observations hint that the out- niques to estimate the potential Asian Crisis which dried up vertibility, nearly no sub-prime reliance on foreign inflows as put gap is poised to close as the growth; this article relies on a capital flows to the emerging assets and linkages to the failed well the pro-cyclical nature of Indian economy heads closer Tears of gratitude . To all my loved ones simple statistical method which economies towards the turn institutions, among others. But, Indian exports. It is also evi- towards its potential growth. who are with me and never lost hope . identifies potential through the of the century. Starting 2003, as the global economy con- dent through output exceeding (The author works as Thank you for being there with all the love deviation of the actual output global recovery began and tinued to grapple with reces- the potential after the globali- Young Professional, Economic from its trend, and minimises world trade picked up, which sionary pressures, the output sation of the economy in the Advisory Council to the Prime and support . God Bless . it while adjusting for the sensi- had been dormant since the cri- gap became negative in India early 1990s and loose monetary Minister. The views expressed tivity of the trend to short-term sis, leading to growth in India’s as well in the period between policy abroad after 2002. Two, are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 Syria ‘chemical attack’: Russia Scientists devise new way warns against snap judgments to fix cells deep inside ear NEW YORK: Scientists have MOSCOW: The Kremlin on development". found a new way to fix cells deep Monday warned against jump- "I hope at least that the US Kremlin slams inside the ear, which could help ing to conclusions over a sus- military and those countries millions of people who suffer pected poison gas attack on participating in the coalition ‘outrageous’ from hearing loss. the Syrian rebel-held town of led by the United States under- The study by researchers at Douma, after Moscow said its stand that," Lavrov told a press University of Southern Califor- experts had found no traces of conference. new US curbs nia (USC) in the US demon- chemical weapons. The Russian army had ear- strates a novel way for a drug "It's necessary to examine lier accused Israel of carry- Moscow: The Kremlin to zero in on damaged nerves very carefully what happened ing out deadly missile strikes on Monday slammed and cells inside the ear. in Douma. And it goes without on a Syrian military airbase the latest US sanc- It is a potential remedy for a saying that without this infor- from Lebanon before dawn on problem that afflicts two-thirds mation, making any deductions Monday. tions targeting Presi- of people over 70 years and 17 is wrong and dangerous," Krem- At least 14 fighters, including dent Vladimir Putin's per cent of all adults in the US, This technique may help millions of lin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Iranians, were killed in the strike oligarch allies and researchers said. people who suffer from hearing loss told journalists. on the T-4 airbase, according to their companies as "What is new here is we fig- He said that it was too early the monitoring organisation the well as senior officials ured out how to deliver a drug able for other drugs that need mals and hearing loss. The study to judge because "no one has Syrian Observatory for Human into the inner ear so it actually to be applied within the inner breaks new ground because exhaustive information" and Rights. as illegal. "This is an stays put and does what it is sup- ear," he said. researchers developed a novel outrageous busi- no investigation has been car- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Forces from regime allies posed to do, and that is novel," The research was conducted drug-delivery method. ried out, although Russia has Russia and Iran, as well as fight- ness from the point said Charles E McKenna, a pro- on animal tissues in a petri dish. Specifically, it targets the already sent military experts chlorine or any other chemical about such a provocation being ers from the Lebanese Hezbol- of view of illegality, fessor at USC. It has not yet been tested in liv- cochlea, a snail-like structure to the scene. substance used against civil- prepared," Peskov said. lah militia, are known to have from the point of view "Inside this part of the ear, ing animals or humans. in the inner ear where sensitive Russian Foreign Minister ians," he said. "What's meant is a provoca- a presence at the base, accord- there is fluid constantly flow- Yet, the researchers are cells convey sound to the brain. Sergei Lavrov said earlier on Peskov suggested that the tion using chemical weapons by ing to the observatory. Wash- of flouting all the ing that would sweep dis- hopeful given the similarities of Hearing loss occurs due Monday that Russian specialists attack could have been staged terrorists who might possess ington and Paris denied any norms, and of course solved drugs away, but our new cells and mechanisms involved. to ageing, working with noisy had found no trace of a chemi- by rebels to pin the blame on these substances" or the spread- involvement. Meanwhile US careful analysis is approach addresses that prob- McKenna said since the machines and too many loud cal attack on Douma, after alle- Damascus, something that Rus- ing of stories of such an attack, President Donald Trump and needed here," Kremlin lem," said McKenna, lead author technique works in the labo- concerts. Over time, hair-like gations from the international sia has recently warned could Peskov said. French counterpart Emmanuel of the study published in the ratory, the findings provide sensory cells and bundles of community. happen. Lavrov also said that a strike Macron have vowed a strong spokesman Dmitry journal Bioconjugate Chemistry. "strong preliminary evidence" neurons that transmit their "Our military specialists "Both the president and the on a Syrian airbase, that Damas- response to the suspected poi- Peskov told journal- "This is a first for hearing it could work in living creatures. vibrations break down, as do have visited this place... and defence ministry, citing intel- cus and Moscow have blamed son gas attack in the rebel out- ists. AGENCIES loss and the ear. It is also impor- They are already planning ribbon-like synapses, which they did not find any trace of ligence sources, have spoken on Israel, was a "very dangerous post of Douma. AGENCIES tant because it may be adapt- the next phase involving ani- connect the cells. AGENCIES Orban wins Hungary polls... Armenia becomes parliamentary 100 hurt in B’desh UK cracks creates headache for EU republic as new president sworn in student protests down on drugs YEREVAN: Armenia's new come into force, turning the to tackle rising BRUSSELS: The leading Orban has been defiant in President Armen Sarkisian country into a parliamentary DHAKA: Thousands of stu- political group in the Euro- the face of EU criticism, and was sworn in on Monday but republic with a strong prime dents across Bangladesh staged pean Parliament congratulated some observers say the fact his power is expected to remain minister. protests and sit-ins on Monday street violence Hungary's Viktor Orban on his Fidesz party is part of the Euro- with his predecessor, who The political shift was ini- after clashes at the country's top reelection on Monday, but the pean Peoples Party (EPP), the will likely become premier as tiated by the outgoing presi- university left at least 100 peo- LONDON: The UK govern- anti-immigration populists vic- dominant force in the Euro- the ex-Soviet republic shifts dent Serzh Sarkisian -- who is ple injured. ment on Monday unveiled a tory looks set to prolong the pean Parliament, has given him to a parliamentary form of no relation to the new leader Police fired rubber bullets tough anti-violence strategy fractious relationship between cover in Brussels. government. -- and was approved in a ref- and tear gas at Dhaka Univer- as part of its wider crackdown Brussels and Budapest. "Congratulations to Vik- The former ambassador to erendum with 63 percent of sity students fighting what they on illegal drugs to tackle cases The European Union tor #Orban and #Fideszmpsz the United Kingdom took the Armen Sarkisian the voters backing the changes. consider "discriminatory" gov- of rising street violence in the has clashed repeatedly with on their clear victory in the oath of office as president at an must consistently fight against Critics of pro-Moscow ernment job quotas in favour of country. Orban's government during #HungaryElections. extraordinary parliamentary corruption and social injus- Serzh Sarkisian, 63, say the special groups. Commissioned by the UK his first two terms as premier “I look forward to con- session, placing his right hand tice," he told lawmakers. "We reforms have been designed It was one of the biggest lets. They used batons and Home Secretary and backed over a number of issues includ- tinuing working with you on a 7th-century manuscript will succeed if we rally round to increase his power in a new protests faced by Prime Minis- water cannon to clear a cen- with 40 million pounds of Home ing Hungarys crackdown on towards common solutions of the New Testament, and the this goal and work together capacity as premier. He has ter Sheikh Hasina in her decade tral square. Office funding, the 'Serious Vio- foreign-funded universities to our European challenges," Armenian Constitution. -- instead of drawing dividing already served as premier in in power. As violence spread across lence Strategy' claims to mark a and NGOs, its hardline stance Manfred Weber, the head of The 64-year-old then lines." 2007-2008 and so far has not A minister was due to the campus, thousands of male major shift in the government's on migrants and alleged mis- the EPP bloc in the parlia- received blessings from the Sarkisian's inauguration explicitly confirmed that he will meet protest leaders in Dhaka and female students launched response to knife and gun crime. use of funding from the ment, wrote on Twitter on on head of the Armenian Church, allows controversial 2015 con- seek to become prime minister on Monday. But students at into pitched battles with police. It involves a new Serious bloc. Monday. AGENCIES Catholicos Garegin II. "We stitutional amendments to again. AGENCIES state-run universities in Chit- "More than 100 people were Violence Taskforce, which tagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Bari- injured," police inspector Bac- will bring together the volun- CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT sal, Rangpur, Sylhet and Savar chu Mia said, adding they were tary sector, local government, NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS 5 hurt in Japan boycotted classes and staged treated in hospital but their police and other key sectors to sit-ins, police and media said. condition was not serious. ensure the strategy is delivered The Executive Engineer, Dehradun Central Division No I., "More than 1,000 students Protesters threw rocks, effectively. CPWD, Dehradun on behalf of the President of India online earthquake joined the demonstrations at vandalised the home of the "The evidence is we're see- Percentage Rate tender for Serial No.1 and Item Rate tender for Jahangirnagar University," said Dhaka University vice-chan- ing a different approach to drug Serial.No.2 from approved and eligible contractors of CPWD.- TOKYO: A 5.6-magnitude Ataur Rahman, a protester in cellor, torched two cars and dealing, a different approach to 1.NIT No.225/EE/DCD-1/2017-18 Name of work:- C/o Hard quake hit western Japan early Savar where the university is ransacked the fine arts insti- using children in the most dis- Standing and Storage shelter at salvage SEC, ORD, DET Kalsi. on Monday, injuring five peo- located. tute, said senior police officer graceful way as drug dealers," Estt. Cost Rs 19,52,325/- Earnest money Rs.39,047/- Time: 03 ple and damaging buildings and The clashes, which began Azimul Haque. said UK home secretary Amber (Three Month). roads, as officials warned stron- last night and went into the Fifteen people wereRudd. "A crucial part of our 2.NIT No.06/EE/DCD-1/2018-19 Name of work - A/R & M/O ger tremors could come in the early hours of Monday, turned detained, police said. approach will be focusing on Residential Building of IGNFA, Dehradun. during 2018-19. (SH: days ahead. Dhaka University into a The students are angry at and investing more in preven- Providing Services of Computer Operator, Sewerman, Plumber The shallow tremor was battleground. the governments decision to set tion and early intervention. We etc.) Estt. Cost Rs.8,48,568/-Earnest money Rs.16,971/- Time:12 gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the Copycat protests soon aside 56 percent of civil service need to engage with our young (Twelve Months). US Geological Survey and 6.1 started in other major cities as jobs for the families of veterans people early and to provide the The last date & time for Submission-of is 16.04.2018 at 3.30 pm. by Japans meteorological agency thousands of students boycot- from the 1971 war of indepen- incentives and credible alter- Security clearance certificate issued by SFF Authority Chakrata on the Richter scale. It rocked ted classes and staged sit-ins. dence and for disadvantaged natives that will prevent them must be uploaded and produced. www.tenderwizard.com/cpwd the west of the main island of Organisers in Dhaka said minorities. from being drawn into crime in www.cpwd.gov.in, www.eprocure.gov.in Honshu, 96 kilometres north of they were holding peaceful That leaves most university the first place. This in my view Hiroshima, at 1:32 AM (2200 protests when police started graduates to fight for only 44 is the best long-term solution," IST on Sunday). The Japanese firing tear gas and rubber bul- per cent of the jobs. AGENCIES she said. AGENCIES agency urged residents to stay vigilant. "We want the areas that experienced strong tremors to be on guard in the coming week Topless protester charges at Bill or so against quakes that could be as powerful as the upper five," agency official Toshiyuki Mat- Cosby during sex assault retrial sumori told a news conference, referring to a Japanese seismic scale with a maximum intensity NORRISTOWN (US): A top- of seven. AGENCIES less protester with "Women's Lives Matter" written on her body in red ink charged at Bill Cosby as he walked into a sub- urban Philadelphia courthouse on Monday for the start of his sexual assault retrial. The woman jumped over a barricade and launched toward Cosby but was intercepted by sheriff's deputies. She was taken into custody and led away in handcuffs. Cosby seemed startled by the commotion as protesters the spotlight. "You've seen pre- and potentially more hostile chanted at him, but was not views and coming attractions, environment. touched and is uninjured. but things have changed," said The #MeToo movement PUBLIC NOTICE The unidentified woman was professor Laurie Levenson caught fire four months after My client Anuj Sharma & Ms. Tanu Sharma among about a half dozen peo- of Loyola Law School in Los the first trial, raising awareness are availing housing loan from LICHFL ple chanting in support of Cos- Angeles. Cosby's first trial last of sexual misconduct as it top- Asaf Ali Road New Delhi to Purchase by's accuser. She had "Women's spring ended in a cliffhanger, pled Harvey Weinstein, Sen Al the Lease-hold Residential Flat No. SRA- 144C on Second Floor having its area 80 Lives Matters" written in red ink with jurors unable to reach a Franken, Matt Lauer and other sq. mtr. situated at Shipra Riviera Gyan on her chest and stomach along unanimous verdict after five powerful men. Nearly every Khand-III in Indrapuram Ghaziabad. U.P with other phrases in black and days of tense deliberations potential juror questioned for from Mr. Satish Kumar who is the owner of said property by virtue of Lease Deed red all over her body. on charges that the man who the case this time knew about regd. on 12.05.1999 as per document no. Opening arguments are made millions of viewers laugh #MeToo. Kristen Houser of 6025/6024 in his favour. LICHHL have scheduled to begin Monday as wise and understanding Dr the National Sexual Violence lost and misplaced the original Lease Deed regd. on 12.05.1999 and regard- morning and prosecutors have Cliff Huxtable on "The Cosby Resource Center said that could ing which police complaint has also been lined up a parade of accusers Show" drugged and molested help prosecutors overcome the lodged on 05.04.2018. to make the case that the man Constand at his suburban Phila- skepticism some jurors had last If any body finds the misplaced Original document, the same may be returned to the revered as "America's Dad" lived delphia home in 2004. time about Constand's yearlong LIC Housing Finance Ltd Kaushambi Gha- a double life as one of Holly- The 80-year-old comedian, wait to report her allegations to ziabad, if anybody misuses the same, the wood's biggest predators. who has said the sexual con- the police. same shall be at his/their own risk. If any body has any claim, right, interest in the Cosby's retrial likely won't tact was consensual, faces three "The #MeToo movement is said flat shall also inform within 7 days to be anything like his first one. counts of aggravated indecent amplifying what experts have the undersigned on Telephone No:- 0120- 4164364, 9891119162 & 9891119161. He's fighting back with a assault, each punishable by up been saying for decades: People as applicant is mortgaging the above prop- new, high-profile lawyer and to 10 years in prison. are ashamed, they're confused, erty to LIC Housing Finance Ltd. an aggressive strategy: attack- Opening statements are they can't believe somebody Sd/- S.C. VARSHNEY (LICHFL PANEL ADV.) ing Andrea Constand as a scheduled to begin on Mon- they trust would hurt them, R-14/178, Raj Nagar greedy liar and casting the other day in a suburban Philadelphia and then they worry that oth- Ghaziabad-201002 women testifying as bandwagon courtroom. His retrial is tak- ers won't believe them," Houser accusers looking for a share of ing place in a radically changed said. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 mp Posing as ‘humanitarian’ NGO man, US will regret it if it violates Canadian preyed on Nepal children

KATHMANDU: A 60-year-old Canadian national running an nuke deal: Iran Prez Rouhani NGO in Nepal has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing TEHRAN: Iranian Presi- ica has been making claims and mitments," Rouhani said. children on the pretext of pro- dent Hassan Rouhani said on there have been many ups and "If they withdraw, it would viding them humanitarian assis- Monday that the United States downs in his remarks and his mean that they are not commit- tance, police said on Monday. would regret withdrawing from behaviour. ted to their words." Peter John Dalglish, who the nuclear deal, and that Iran "(But) the foundations Rouhani said the country's had served as the country rep- would respond in "less than a of the JCPOA (nuclear deal) military and diplomatic powers resentative of the UN Habitat week" if that happened. have been so strong that during were not aimed at intimidating Afghanistan, was arrested in "We will not be the first these 15 months of pressure... its neighbours -- an apparent Kavre District, about 60 km to violate the accord but they the structure has remained riposte to claims by Saudi Ara- North-East from Kathmandu, should definitely know that solid." bia that it is seeking to domi- on Saturday by a team of Nepal they will regret it if they vio- The other partners to the nate the Middle East. Police Central Investigation "Under the guise of commu- local media reports. "We had late it," Rouhani told a confer- agreement -- Britain, France, "Our path is clear. We are Bureau (CIB) on paedophilia nity worker, claiming to educate been following Dalglish's activi- ence to mark National Nuclear Germany, China, Russia and not thinking of threatening charges. poor kids and provide necessary ties for the last two weeks after Technology Day in Tehran. the EU -- all agree that Iran has anyone. Our powers, even Two children, aged 12 and support, he had been sexually we were tipped about his activi- "We are much more pre- stuck by its commitments, as our military power is not for 14, who were allegedly abused exploiting these children, said ties, the CIB chief said. pared than they think, and they does the International Atomic aggression against any country. by Dalglish were also rescued CIB chief and Deputy Inspector Authorities have arrested will see that if they violate this World statesman Rouhani, who refuses Energy Association which is Our relations with our neigh- from his room in Mandan Deu- General of Police Pushkar Karki. seven persons on paedophilia accord, within a week, less than tasked with inspecting Iran's bours will be friendly rela- pur Municipality. Police had started further charges since 2016. a week, they will see the result." to bow to US bullying, said that Iran compliance. tions," Rouhani said. The CIB suspects that there investigation against the Cana- Police have intensified their US President Donald will respond in ‘less than a week’ "Even if one day (the US) He also took aim at his could be other victims. dian national after taking him surveillance to nab paedophiles Trump has threatened to walk can harm the JCPOA, we will hardline opponents on the Dalglish had been run- into police custody. after Canadian national Ernest away from the nuclear deal and are imposed on Iran's nuclear threat, saying: "It's been 15 be the winner in the public domestic front, who have crit- ning an NGO called Himala- An organisation outside the Fenwick MacIntosh was arrested reimpose sanctions by May 12 and missile programmes. months since this gentleman opinion of the world as the icised his efforts to reach out to yan Community Foundation country had tipped the CIB from Lalitpur district near Kath- unless tough new restrictions Rouhani dismissed the who came to power in Amer- nation that stuck by its com- the West. AGENCIES in Nepal since 2015. about Dalglish, according to mandu in 2014. AGENCIES China's PLA using new Queen Elizabeth a descendant Philippines’ Duterte Another former equipment for all-weather urges fast-track South Korean of Prophet Muhammed? leader charged LONDON: Britain's Queen border monitoring Elizabeth is a descendant of sacking of top judge Prophet Muhammed, a Moroc- with corruption BEIJING: China's military is Army (PLA) border defence can newspaper has claimed, MANILA: Philippine Presi- bolstering the management of will give an early-warning of attributing the bizarre finding dent Rodrigo Duterte said on SEOUL: South Korean prose- its border defence by develop- any risks to security as well to a study. Monday lawmakers must "fast- cutors say they've indicted for- ing new types of equipment as overcoming previous blind According to the Daily track" the impeachment of the mer President Lee Myung-bak including a satellite early warn- spots, Song Zhongping, a mili- Mail, the findings were first nations top judge, further stack- on bribery, embezzlement and ing system that can be used to tary expert was quoted as say- published in 1986 by Burke's ing the odds against her staying other charges. monitor the border areas in all ing by the Global Times. Peerage, a British authority on in office. Lees indictment Monday environments, according to The PLA has to increase the royal pedigrees. The Morro- Supreme Court Chief Justice came three days after his suc- official media reports. level of automation of its equip- can newspaper has claimed that Maria Lourdes Sereno is one cessor Park Geun-hye was sen- A satellite early-warning ment, Song noted. This will 43 generations of Queen Eliza- of several high-profile critics tenced to 24 years in prison for monitoring system is planned include using drones and track- beth's family have been traced who have found themselves in a separate corruption scandal. in some border areas that are in ing vehicles to conduct patrols to produce the research finding legal trouble after battling with The Seoul Central District dispute or are difficult to enter and setting up unmanned that the Queen is a distant rela- Duterte over his deadly anti- Prosecutors Office said on and patrol, state-run Beijing monitoring systems, which tive of the Prophet. Elizabeth II's bloodline runs through drug crackdown. Monday it charged Lee with Evening News reported on means border regions will The study claims Elizabeth the Earl of Cambridge in the 14th "Im putting you (Sereno) Tuesday to hear a separate peti- taking a total of 11 billion won Sunday. A surveillance camera come under continuous mon- II's bloodline runs through on notice that I am now your tion to unseat Sereno from the (USD 10 million) in bribes network has also been built in itoring and control. the Earl of Cambridge in the century, across medieval Muslim enemy and you have to be country's highest tribunal. from the country's spy agency, border zones and the density To cater to various geo- 14th century, across medieval Spain, to Fatima, the Prophet's out of the Supreme Court," She has been accused of fail- Samsung and others. of coverage is set to increase graphic environments along Muslim Spain, to Fatima, the Duterte told reporters before ing to pay about two million Lee has also been charged to cover blind spots, the report China's long borders, the PLA Prophet's daughter. daughter, according to a new study flying to China for an economic pesos (USD 40,000) in taxes as with embezzling about 35 bil- said but did not mention has developed equipment that The claim is disputed by forum. well as falsifying and tampering lion won (USD 33 million) of which, or if all, of China's bor- can be used in water, in the air some historians, but the gene- lishing director, in a letter to of Seville. "I held my temper before with court resolutions. official funds from a private der regions are covered. or on land, Song said. alogical records of early-medi- then Prime Minister Margaret She bore him a son, Sancho, because shes a woman. This time She is also alleged to have company he owned and evad- The Line of Actual Con- While reporting about the eval Spain support it. According Thatcher in 1986. whose descendant later mar- Im asking the congressmen and spent excessively on "opulent" ing corporate taxes totaling 3 trol (LAC) between India new border monitoring system, to reports, Ali Gomaa, the for- The study by Burke’s Peer- ried the Earl of Cambridge in the Speaker: Do it now. Cut out hotels and a luxury official vehi- billion won (USD 281,270). and China covered 3,488 kms the Global Times mentioned mer grand mufti of Egypt, also age suggested that the Queen the 11th century. the drama, or else I will do it for cle, as well as flying business or Lee was a Hyundai execu- which included Arunachal Pangong Lake in Ladakh, endorsed it. descended from a Muslim However, historians are you," he added. first class. tive and a Seoul mayor before Pradesh, claimed by China as where skirmishes took place “It is little known by the princess called Zaida, who fled divided over Zaida’s origins. A committee in the leg- Until on Monday Duterte serving as president from 2008- part of southern Tibet. between Indian and Chinese British people that the blood of her hometown Seville in the Some believe she was the islatures lower chamber the had repeatedly denied having 2013. CWG's first transgender The informatization and troops after border guards Mohammed flows in the veins 11th century before converting daughter of a wine-drinking House of Representatives last anything to do with the moves to competitor withdraws in tears mechanisation of equipment, foiled an attempt by Chinese of the queen. However, all Mos- to Christianity. caliph descended from the month found "probable cause" sack Sereno. He called on House after injury (453 Words) vehicles and monitoring meth- soldiers to enter Indian terri- lem religious leaders are proud Zaida was the fourth wife of Prophet, while others say she to impeach Sereno, in a move Speaker and key ally Pantaleon Gold Coast, Apr 9 (PTI) ods of People's Liberation tory in August last year. AGENCIES of this fact,” wrote Burke’s pub- King Al-Mu’tamid ibn Abbad married into his family. AGENCIES which critics allege is part of Alvarez to "kindly fast-track the After warming some hearts wider efforts by Duterte to impeachment" of Sereno. and causing resentment to destroy foes and usher in one- "If it calls for your forced others, New Zealand weight- man rule. If lawmakers in the removal I will do it," Duterte lifter Laurel Hubbard - the As Kate awaits baby, Britons Dancing can help full House support the finding, said, referring to Sereno. first transgender to compete Sereno would face a US-style Duterte and Sereno first at the Commonwealth Games impeachment trial in the Sen- clashed in 2016 when she crit- - was left in tears when she suffer restrictions at hospital people age better ate or upper house. Congress is icised his order that judges had to withdraw from wom- currently in recess and is due to whom he linked to the illegal en's +90kg weightlifting com- LONDON: The countdown to reconvene May 14. drugs trade turn themselves in petition owing to a dislocated Britain's Prince William and MELBOURNE: Taking dance the research findings strongly The Supreme Court is set as part of his crackdown. AGENCIES shoulder. AGENCIES his wife Kate's third child began classes can boost energy levels, indicating that ballet participa- on Monday as barriers and flexibility and happiness in older tion is considered to be a highly parking restrictions sprung up adults and help them age better, pleasurable activity for active Wind topples giant statue of China’s first emperor at the London hospital where a study has found. older adults, we were pleasantly the royal baby is to be born. Researchers from surprised by the flow on effects Beijing: A strong gale-force wind has toppled a giant statue of China's first Kensington Palace has not Queensland University of of that," said Mandile. revealed the baby's due date Technology (QUT) in Austra- "It found that ballet partici- emperor Qin Shi Huang and flattened its face at a popular tourist site in but it was expected that notices lia examined the health and pation may contribute to posi- eastern Shandong province. The 19-metre bronze replica of the monarch would go up around St Mary's wellbeing benefits of dancing. tive outcomes across various -- who was the first to unify warring factions in China and established the Hospital in Paddington a week Over a three-month proj- health and wellbeing categories Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) -- was blown out of its pedestal on Friday. Cranes before the birth, planned at the was dubbed as the Great Kate or severe levels of nausea and ect, researchers found that par- and promotes a general feeling were immediately called in to pick up the statue, which weighs about six Lindo Wing where Kate gave Wait as journalists, photogra- vomiting, during the early ticipants experienced higher of wellbeing," she said. birth to Prince George and phers and fans from around stages of her pregnancy dur- energy levels, greater flexibil- Performance psychologist tonnes, according to the state-run Peoples' Daily newspaper. Photographs Princess Charlotte. the world gathered outside the ing all three births. Now, the ity, improved posture, and an and former professional ballet showed the structure was hollow, with metal bars inside. The monument The yellow notices put up hospital. The new child will first announcement to come enhanced sense of achievement. dancer Professor Gene Moyle was built in 2005 to attract visitors to a local tourist resort. AGENCIES outside the Lindo Wing refer be fifth-in-line to the British out of Kensington Palace will They also felt happier and from QUT said movement, be it to an event which will suspend throne, behind big sister Char- be to reveal when she has been enjoyed a sense of community dance or other forms of exercise, parking on the street from on lotte and pushing uncle Prince admitted to hospital for the and friendship. was a critical factor in better Monday until April 30. Harry one place down the line birth. A formal signed bul- "The project critically inves- ageing. "The physical benefits of Some reports have been of succession to sixth. letin will be placed outside tigated older adults' motiva- movement and dance on ageing speculating on the due date A change in the law after Buckingham Palace announc- tions to participate in ballet, the bodies is well documented and being April 23 but Kate, the William, 35, and Kate, 36, were ing the news of the newborn health and wellbeing outcomes our project really re-enforces Duchess of Cambridge, has married in April 2011 gave after William has informed his for active older adults, and the these findings, however addi- gone beyond her due date for female heirs the same rights grandmother, Queen Elizabeth examination of the teaching tionally highlights the joy and both her previous pregnan- of accession to the throne in II, and other members of the practices involved in this deliv- benefits social connections in cies George in 2013 and Char- the UK as men. Kate suffered royal family once the baby is ery," said Felicity Mandile from dance can bring to people's lotte in 2015 leading to what from hyperemesis gravidarum, born. AGENCIES QUT. "We weren't surprised by lives," said Moyle. AGENCIES Prince Harry and Meghan Markle urge guests to donate to Mumbai-based charity as wedding gift LONDON: Prince Harry and pel in Windsor, have person- ty's Little Soldiers which helps Meghan Markle have asked ally chosen the seven charities bereaved Armed Forces chil- their wedding guests to donate which support areas they are dren, StreetGames which uses money to seven charities, passionate about. sport to change lives, marine including Myna Mahila Foun- The Palace said that Harry conservation charity Surfers dation which supports women and Markle do not have any against Sewage and The Wil- HARYANA PWD (B&R) in Mumbai's urban slums, formal relationships with the derness Foundation UK, which Notice Inviting E-tenders instead of traditional wedding charities chosen, but they are promotes the enjoyment of gifts. keen to "amplify and shine a wild nature. Myna deals with the issue light on their work". Markle, who visited India of menstrual hygiene man- "Myna Mahila Foundation in 2017, had met the founder agement at its roots. Work- is honoured to be one of seven of Myna Mahila Foundation, ing within Mumbai's Govandi charities chosen to benefit from Suhani Jalota. The two had slum dwellers communities, donations marking the wed- discussed about empowering Myna is helping to raise aware- ding of Prince Harry and Ms. and employing poor women ness around menstruation and bly grateful for the goodwill charity, instead of sending a Meghan Markle," the founda- in Mumbai. in bringing affordable sanitary they have received since their gift," a post shared on Kens- tion posted on its official web- Markle had also listed Full details including tender documents can be obtained only from http://haryanaeprocurement.gov.in products directly to the women engagement, & have asked ington Palace's verified Twitter site. The seven charities also Suhani, alongside Toni Morri- For and on Behalf of Governor of Haryana. in need. that anyone who might wish account read. include CHIVA (Children's son and Julia Roberts, among Executive Engineer, "Prince Harry and Ms to mark the occasion of their The couple, who will marry HIV Association), the home- the ten women who changed PRDH-Advt. No:-1081/11/4799/1819/63747 Provincial Division, PWD B&R Br., Jhajjar Meghan Markle are incredi- wedding considers giving to on May 19 at St George's Cha- lessness charity Crisis, Scot- her life. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 ‘New pesticides bill must give India, B’desh sign historic Indian cos level playing field’

HYDERABAD: Pesticide manufacturers on Monday 129.5-km oil pipeline deal demanded the centre not to allow foreign players to import DHAKA: Bangladesh and South Asia". Pesticides Formulations (PF) India signed an agreement here Talking about the energy without registering technical on Monday on their proposed and power sector, Gokhale said details or information about the 129.5 km oil pipeline aimed at India was currently supplying active ingredients with Indian pumping Indian oil to Bangla- 660 MW of power to Bangla- authorities. desh with a capacity of 1 mil- desh and they were on course The Confederation of All lion tonnes per annum. to add at least 500 MW more India Small and Medium Pes- The deal was part of the six by June. ticides Manufacturers Associa- memorandum of understand- Gokhale also announced tion (CAPMA) also demanded ings (MoUs) which Dhaka the second phase of humanitar- that the proposed Pesticides and New Delhi signed during ian assistance for the Rohingya Management Bill-2017 should a meeting between their For- refugee camps in Bangla- provide a level playing field eign Secretaries at State Guest- desh's Cox's Bazar. His Ban- for Indian companies, so that house Padma in the capital, gladeshi counterpart Shahdiul Indian farmer get benefitted. India imports `16,000 cr worth of Xinhua news agency reported. Haque said they were "happy" "In the interest of Indian pesticides every year while domestic Indian Foreign Secretary over India's position on the farmers and Indian industries, Vijay Keshav Gokhale arrived Rohingya refugee issue and its the registration authorities demand is pegged at up to `25,000 cr here on Sunday to hold talks progress on the pending Teesta should immediately stop allow- with senior Bangladeshi offi- water sharing deal. ing registrations for imports of He alleged that the proposed of pesticides in the PMB can cials on a host of bilateral and Haque said the two dis- Pesticide Formulations without legislation on pesticides was adversely affect exports," he regional issues. the friendship pipeline between guage labs in 500 schools in "committed development part- cussed all aspects of the rela- registering its Technical Grade silent on the need for compul- added. "Today, we add another Numaligarh and Parbatipur, an Bangladesh and upgrade dif- ner" of Bangladesh and had tions between the two nations, products in India," CAPMA sory registration of Technicals The draft of the proposed six documents to our large MoU on cooperation between ferent roads in Rangpur city. extended lines of credit of over including the pending Teesta president Raja Mahender or Active Ingredients which Pesticides Management Bill- and growing list of meaning- Prasar Bharati and Bangladesh "This is part of our endeav- $8 billion to Bangladesh in the water sharing issue, and was Reddy told reporters here may create "monopoly" for for- 2017 was recently released by ful agreements signed during Betar, an MoU for setting up our to undertake projects in last seven years. This is the larg- "delighted" regarding the "It is very relevant to note mulation importers. the Department of Agriculture the recent visits of Prime Min- an ICCR Urdu Chair in Dhaka Bangladesh in various socio- est amount of credit India has outcome. that FAO/WHO and other Reddy further alleged that seeking comments from the ister Narendra Modi to Ban- University and an Addendum economic sectors including ever committed to any single Gokhale is expected to major agricultural nations there is no clarity on definitions stakeholders. gladesh and Prime Minister to the GCNEP-BAEC Inter- education, culture, health, country, he said. meet the Bangladeshi leader- such as USA, Europe, Austra- and registration procedures for According to him, India Sheikh Hasina to India," said agency Agreement, bdnews24. community welfare, road infra- From 2008-09, the bilateral ship including Prime Minis- lia, Brazil and China also man- pesticides formulations and imports Rs 16,000 crore Gokhale after the signing of the com reported. structure for which we are pro- trade almost tripled from $2.75 ter Sheikh Hasina and Foreign date registration of Technical technical details which may lead worth of pesticides every documents. Both sides also signed viding Tk 1,600 crore," said the billion to $7.52 billion in 2016- Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali Grade Pesticides before grant- to "harassment" of manufactur- year while the domestic The documents included two more MoUs for projects Indian Foreign Secretary. 17. Gokhale called Bangladesh on April 10 before returning ing registrations for formula- ers and traders, by authorities. demand was pegged at up to the implementation MoU on whereby they will set up lan- He said India remained a "India's biggest trade partner in home. IANS tions," he said. "Over regulation of exports Rs 25,000 crore. PTI India can benefit from global trade challenges: Prabhu JLR FY18 retail Equity mutual funds log sales up 1.7% NEW DELHI: India can bene- We are looking at a strategy fit from the ongoing challenges to work multi-laterally as well to 6,14,309 units `1.7 lakh cr inflows in FY18 in global trade provided it as bilaterally to get greater mar- NEW DELHI: Investors include equity-linked sav- plays its cards well, Commerce ket access of domestic products pumped in over Rs 1.7 lakh ing schemes (ELSS), saw net and Industry Minister Suresh and services and boost India's crore in equity-oriented mutual inflows of Rs 1,71,069 crore in Prabhu on Monday said. exports, Prabhu said. fund (MF) schemes in 2017-18, 2017-18, much higher than Rs He said that some countries He said that India has making it the fourth successive 70,3674 crore infusion in the are taking steps which are test- proposed a mutually ben- year of net inflows, according preceding fiscal. ing the entire global trading eficial free-trade agreement to data from the Association of These funds had seen net system. with Africa and is working Mutual Funds in India (Amfi). inflows of Rs 74,024 crore and "We are passing through a to resume a similar pact with Strong inflows have pushed Rs 71,029 crore in 2015-16 and challenging but an opportune European Union. the asset base of equity MFs 2014-15, respectively. Prior to time. If we play our cards prop- He also stated that assis- NEW DELHI: Tata Motors- by 38 per cent to Rs 7.5 lakh "Besides, investors are now that, they had witnessed a with- erly, and that is what we are tant US Trade Representative owned Jaguar Land Rover crore during the period under shifting from traditional asset drawal of Rs 9,269 crore. trying to do... we can actually is visiting India to deliberate (JLR) on Monday reported 1.7 review, the data showed. classes such as real estate and The assets under manage- benefit from it by creating an on trade-related issues. per cent increase in its retail The impressive inflow can gold to financial asset class," ment (AUM) of equity MFs opportunity around the issues Prabhu, who also holds the sales at 6,14,309 units for the be attributed to investor aware- he added. scaled a record high of Rs 7.5 that are happening globally. We Chinese goods has triggered The minister said that the aviation portfolio, said that fiscal year ended March 2018. ness campaign by the industry, Moreover, a sharp rise in lakh crore at the end of March have no choice but to respond a global trade war, with China government is taking steps the sector sector is facing lot of The increase was driven role played by MF distribution systematic investment plans 2018 from Rs 5.43 lakh crore at in a positive manner," he said. retaliating to the move. to boost exports, industrial issues and the ministry is work- by new models including the platforms, demonetisation (SIPs) promoted more sustain- March 2017-end. The minister was speaking Trade experts worldwide growth and manufacturing ing on them. Range Rover Velar and the effect and strong retail partic- able growth for the industry as The industry has seen an at the CII annual general meet- have raised concerns over these activities. He said that thousands of new Land Rover Discovery, the ipation from retail investors, more people moved away from overall addition of 32 lakh new ing here. measures. Indian economy would airplanes would be required in company said in a statement. especially from smaller towns, the concept of large lump sum investors over the last one year, The decision of the US "In this context, we must reach $5 trillion in the coming the coming years and "if you Retail sales for March were Harsh Jain COO at Groww, an investments, said Jain. while the total number of folios to impose duties on certain be ready to not only to face the years; and despite the global sit- manufacture them along with at 83,732 units and 1,72,709 online MF investment plat- According to Amfi data, grew by 1.05 crore or 26 per steel and aluminium products challenge but also make that uation, it is growing at a faster drones, then it will create huge units for the fourth quarter, form, said. equity funds, which also cent during the period. PTI besides hiking tariffs against into an opportunity," he added. pace, he said. opportunities". PTI down 7.8 per cent and 3.8 per cent, respectively, primarily French rail strike due to weak sales in UK and Russian aluminium giant’s Europe. Bhushan’s resolution plan biased Sales for the financial year bleeds firm by were up year-on-year in China scrip collapses on US curbs (19.9 per cent), North America 100 million euros (4.7 per cent) and in overseas MOSCOW: Shares in Rus- against operational creditors: L&T markets (3.4 per cent). sian aluminium giant Rusal PARIS: The head of French However, retail sales in the collapsed on Monday after NEW DELHI: Larsen & Toubro Monday moved the National goods and machinery which are cessful bidder would be against railway operator SNCF on UK and Europe were down by Washington targeted it with Ltd (L&T), which is an opera- Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) embedded in the earth and are the contract. Monday said that rolling 12.8 per cent and 5.3 per cent, sanctions, putting the metals tional creditor to Bhushan Steel over termination of its power immovable property... We are a “It did not provide for strikes that began last week respectively, primarily driven major at risk of defaulting on Ltd, on Monday termed the res- purchase agreement (PPA) with secured creditor.” unilateral termination of the have cost the company around by continuing uncertainty over part of its debt. olution plan of debt-ridden firm Bhushan Steel Ltd. Rohatgi contended that contract,” said the counsel 100 million euros ( $123 mil- diesel, JLR said. On the Hong Kong stock as “discriminatory” and “arbi- According to senior advo- L&T can not be treated like appearing for BEL adding that lion) as staff carried out further "Weaker market conditions market, one of the exchanges Friday announced sanctions trary” saying its Rs 900 crore cate Mukul Rohatgi, appear- other operational creditors of it was like a capital power plant stoppages. in the UK and Europe, driven where Rusal's stock is listed, it against Russian oligarchs close outstanding has not been given ing for the engineering and Bhushan Steel and it should be of Bhushan Steel which used to Monday marked the fourth by lack of consumer confidence closed 50 per cent down at HK to Vladimir Putin following due priority by the Committee construction firm L&T, only given “priority” over them. purchase its 100 per cent power day of the strikes, which unions and lower demand for diesels, dollar 2.34. The fall wiped more the diplomatic crisis sparked of Creditors (CoC). Rs 1,200 crore has been allot- Under the Insolvency and generation. have vowed to continue until are impacting our growth," JLR than $4.3 billion off the market by the poisoning of former spy L&T, through its counsel ted for the operational credi- Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), NCLT would continue its at least June 28 unless the gov- Chief Commercial Officer Felix capitalisation of the company Sergei Skripal. claimed it to be an “operational tors under the resolution plan. the CoC consists mainly of argument tomorrow and CoC ernment backs down on its Brautigam said. which is headed by billionaire Washington has accused secured creditor” of Bhushan “Rs 200 crore is for pro rata secured financial creditors and and Tata Steel, the successful reform plan for the debt-laden He further said, even Oleg Deripaska and accounts Deripaska of operating for the Steel as it has also contributed distribution to all operational they have a priority in the repay- bidder, are expected to argue. operator. against this backdrop, the com- for some seven per cent of the Russian government. Other into the company by providing creditors and balance Rs 1,000 ment of debt. Meanwhile, the employees The action has so far caused pany closed the financial year worlds aluminium production. magnates hit by sanctions plants and machinery, like the crore would depend on their While resolution profes- of the Bhushan Steel Ltd on losses of around 20 million with record retail sales. In Moscow, the other include the director of state- other secured creditors of the discretion,” Rohatgi said, add- sionals of BEL, which is also Monday concluded their argu- euros per strike day. While Jaguar retail sales exchange where its shares owned energy giant Gazprom, debt-ridden firm and sought a ing “according to me, this type going through insolvency pro- ments, where they have con- Rail workers began their were up 1 per cent to 1,74,560 trade, they were down 23 per Alexei Miller. Moscow on Mon- higher preference in repayment of treatment is discriminatory ceedings, contended before the tended that Tata Steel was not strikes on two out of every five units in the financial year, Land cent in midsession business. day said it would support Rus- of dues before NCLT. and arbitrary”. He further said: NCLT that termination of PPA entitled to bid for the company working days last week to pro- Rover retailed 4,39,749 units, The meltdown came after US sian companies affected by the Meanwhile, another firm “Our case is different... We have with Bhushan Steel and avoid- under Section 29 A of the IBC test the governments planned up 2 per cent compared to the President Donald Trump on sanctions. PTI Bhushan Energy Ltd (BEL) on contributed to their plant with ance of any payment by the suc- Code. PTI overhaul of the operator. PTI last financial year. PTI China’s Xiaomi sets up 3 new smartphone manufacturing units in India NEW DELHI: Chinese hand- Research Associate Director ment opportunities to set up set maker Xiaomi said on Mon- Tarun Pathak, the move can local manufacturing base. day that it has set up three new help in sourcing and ironing "If these companies choose Xiaomi calls on global phone smartphone manufactur- out supply chain issues that are to invest here, there is an invest- ing units in Tamil Nadu and very critical in product plan- ment opportunity of over Rs Andhra Pradesh as also a facility ning, especially for companies 15,000 crore and can generate parts makers to invest in India for printed circuit board (PCB). like Xiaomi that work on a razor employment for over 50,000 The expansion in capac- thin margins. "Xiaomi's PCB people," Jain said. NEW DELHI: Handset maker "The objective of the sum- ity will help Xiaomi produce assembly announcement should Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Xiaomi on Monday hosted mit is to educate Xiaomi's more devices locally to meet make it the second largest brand Kant, who was present at the more than 50 of its global com- global component suppli- the demand and consolidate its in terms of value addition in event, assured the companies ponent suppliers here to show- ers about India's smartphone position in the hyper-competi- India after Samsung. This would of support in setting up base in case opportunities in India, a industry and encourage them tive Indian smartphone market. increase their (Xiaomi's) value India, with facilities like single- move that it believes can bring to establish local bases in the "We had two facilities for addition from single digit to window clearance. as much as Rs 15,000 crore country," Jain said. smartphone manufacturing close to 15 per cent," he added. India is one of the fastest (about $2.5 billion) in invest- Xiaomi, which is among earlier. Now, we have added Xiaomi Global Vice-President Zhang Feng, Minister Counsellor in The government has been growing mobile phone markets ment and create up to 50,000 He added that if all the sup- the top smartphone players three more in Sri City, Andhra the Chinese Embassy Li Bijian, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and taking a number of steps to pro- globally. According to research jobs in the country. pliers set up base in India, this in India, started assembly of Pradesh and Sriperumbudur in Xiaomi India Managing Director Manu Kumar Jain during the mote electronics manufactur- firm IDC, about 288 million The Chinese firm has six would lead to one of the big- smartphones in India in 2015 Tamil Nadu. These are in part- Supplier Investment Summit in New Delhi on Monday PIC/PTI ing in the country, including mobile phones were shipped in smartphone manufacturing gest ever single investment in and had two manufactur- nership with Foxconn," Xiaomi mobile phones. While assembly India in 2017, which translates plants in India in partnership the electronic manufacturing ing units in partnership with VP and India Managing Direc- 95 per cent are women, Jain Indian government levied 10 of mobile phones has been gain- into an annual growth of close to with Foxconn and Hipad. industry. Foxconn. tor Manu Jain told reporters added. Xiaomi is also setting per cent import duty on some ing traction, the focus is now on 16 per cent. Smartphones grew It said it sees a lot of The suppliers' summit The company has now set here. Besides, a small number up a new PCB assembly unit key smartphone components, component manufacturing as a 14 per cent in the said period. opportunities in India as it is which kicked off on Monday up three new smartphone man- of phones are also being made in Sriperumbudur in partner- including populated PCBs. significant chunk of these are Samsung led the market among the largest smartphone will continue till April 11. The ufacturing units in Tamil Nadu in Noida with another partner ship with Foxconn. Currently, Samsung is the still imported from countries with 24.7 per cent share in markets. component suppliers will visit and Andhra Pradesh, along - Hipad, he added. "We are committed to manu- only player in the country like China. smartphone category and 20.5 "If these companies (suppli- Uttar Pradesh and Andhra with a facility for printed cir- While he didn't disclose the facturing in India. PCB is 50 per with such a facility. Players Xiaomi, which is among the per cent share in feature phone ers) choose to invest here, there Pradesh to explore and learn cuit board (PCB) manufactur- investment details, Jain said this cent of the value of a phone... By like Vivo and Oppo are also top three smartphone players category for 2017. Xiaomi fol- is an investment opportunity of about investment opportuni- ing in India. will double Xiaomi's manufac- Q3, all Xiaomi phones made believed to have started working in the country, is also hosting lowed Samsung with 20.9 per over Rs 15,000 crore and can ties in India, including incen- While the company didn't turing capacity in India to two in India will have PCBs that on bringing PCB manufactur- over 50 of its global suppliers cent share, Vivo 9.4 per cent, generate employment for over tives offered by the Centre and disclose investment details, it phones per second during oper- are locally assembled," he said. ing to India though no official in India. These companies will Lenovo 7.8 per cent and Oppo 50,000 people," Xiaomi VP and state governments, FDI policy, said the move will double its ational hours. These facilities The announcement comes announcement has been made be visiting Andhra Pradesh and 7.5 per cent share in smartphone India Managing Director Manu industrial policy and various manufacturing capacity in employ over 10,000 people and within a fortnight after the yet. According to Counterpoint Uttar Pradesh to explore invest- segment in the year. PTI Jain told reporters here. state sector specific policies. India. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 mp Axis Bank CEO Shikha FinMin may ask Sebi to relax PSUs’ Sharma ‘wants new minimum public float norms term cut to 7 months’ NEW DELHI: The finance min- placed PSUs," an official said. Ltd (85.27 pc). In Hindustan tor base in listed state-run com- MUMBAI: In an unusual istry is considering writing to Listed PSUs have already Photo Films and Fertilisers & panies and provide a boost to move, Axis Bank Manag- markets regulator Sebi seek- been provided one year exten- Chemicals Travancore Ltd the the government plan to raise ing Director and CEO Shi- ing relaxation for certain state- sion, till August 21, to comply Centre holds 90 per cent each. funds from disinvestment pro- kha Sharma wanted her new owned firms from meeting the with the norms. Currently, sev- With regard to ITI Ltd, in gramme, the Sebi board had in term to be reduced to seven minimum 25 per cent public eral methods are available to which the government holds June 2014 asked listed compa- months from three-year ten- shareholding norm. listed companies to comply with 92.63 per cent, the Cabinet last nies to offer at least 25 per cent ure that has been approved by There are over a dozen pub- the requirements. These include month cleared a follow on public of their equity to non-promoter the bank's board. lic sector units (PSUs), includ- issuance of shares to public; offer offer (FPO) to help the telecom shareholders. The Axis Bank board has ing those up for strategic sale, for sale; sale of shares held by PSU meet the public sharehold- Accordingly, the rules were accepted her request for a which are yet to meet the min- promoters through second- ing norm. notified for PSUs to achieve the shorter seven-month term imum public holding norm -- ary market institutional place- Centrum Broking Senior VP minimum 25 per cent public (from June 1 to December 31, the deadline for which ends in ment programme; rights issue to block and bulk deal can be done MMTC, 90 per cent in STC, and Head of Research (Wealth) shareholding by August 21, 2018), subject to the approval August. public shareholders; and bonus to achieve the minimum 25 per 89.73 per cent in SJVNL and Jagannadham Thunuguntla said 2017, later extended by a year. of the Reserve Bank of India The Axis Bank "The ministry is mulling shares to public shareholders. cent public float. While Govern- 84.04 per cent in NLC India. "of the list, Coal India disinvest- In the current fiscal the gov- (RBI), the bank said in a regu- writing to Sebi outlining those Also Qualified Institutional ment holds 78.55 per cent in In Andrew Yule & Co gov- ment can be quite important to ernment aims to mop up Rs latory filing. board has accepted PSUs which need relaxation Placement (QIP) and sale of Coal India, in MRPL it holds ernment holds 89.25 per cent, watch in terms of both strategic 80,000 crore through PSU dis- Sharma would be complet- her request for a since they are candidate for stra- shares up to 2 per cent held by 88.58 per cent and 76.05 per in Scooters India (93.74 pc), importance and quantum of dis- investment, against Rs 1 lakh ing her third term as MD and tegic sale or are being consid- promoters or promoter groups cent in Hindustan Copper. KIOCL Ltd (99 pc), ITDC investment proceeds involved". crore collected last fiscal which CEO of Axis Bank on May 31. shorter 7-month ered for merger with similarly in the open market through It holds 89.93 per cent in (87.03 pc), Madras Fertilisers To promote a wider inves- ended on March 31. PTI In a regulatory filing, the term (from June 1 Axis Bank said on Decem- to December 31, CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE ber 8 last year, the board had decided to reappoint Sharma 2018), subject to OIL gets its first patent from EPO as the Managing Director and the RBI’s approval CEO, for a period of three NEW DELHI: Authorities at recognition of the uniqueness of applications were filed in EPO, years with effect from June 1, European Patent Office (EPO) the solution provided by OIL to USA, Russia and China. The 2018, subject to receipt of req- fourth term to be curtailed have communicated their deci- the problem of heavy wax depo- EPO grant comes ahead of other uisite approvals. to seven months from three sion to grant patent to Oil India sition in flowing oil wells com- offices. The re-appointment,years. Limited (OIL) for an invention pleted with packers. Scientists The grant has lot of signifi- however, was yet to get the The Board, the filing said, titled "A method for preventing at OIL have studied the problem cance for in-house R&D units of approval of the Reserve Bank has "accepted" her said request, wax deposition in oil wells with and attributed it to phenome- public sector undertakings such of India (RBI). subject to the approval of the packers". non related to severe wellbore as OIL. Apart from showcasing "In this connection kindly RBI. Securing this first-ever pat- cooling caused by evaporation CMD Utpal Bora the quality of publicly-funded note that Smt Shikha Sharma, The private sector lender's ent grant signifies a major mile- and condensation of liquid in R&D endeavours, patents offer Managing Director & CEO of NPAs jumped by over five- stone for OIL and especially the annulus, also known as with well production. opportunities for multiple rev- the Bank has requested the fold in recent financial years. its Research & Development 'wellbore refluxing'. Patent application for the enue sources through sale or Board to reconsider the period The gross NPAs worth Rs4,110 ICSI-EIRC Vice-Chairman & Secretary Gautam Dugar, NCLT Kolkata (R&D) Unit, which actively The solution described in invention was first filed in the licensing of patented technolo- of her re-appointment as the crore at the end of March 2015 Bench Member (Judicial) K R Jinan, ICSI Past President Mamta develops innovative solutions the patent application consists Indian Patent Office in Febru- gies. More importantly, devel- Managing Director and CEO surged to Rs 21,280 crore at Binani, and ICSI-EIRC ChairmanAshok Purohit at inaugural ceremony of Moot Court at ICSI EIRC House on April 7, 2018 to oilfield exploration and pro- of removing the liquid from ary 2014, based on which an oping innovative solutions in of the Bank to be revised from the end of March 2017. Dur- duction problems and has filed the well annulus using a ven- international application was the form of patentable inven- June 1, 2018 up to December ing the same period, the lend- few other patent applications in turi/ ejector device. Such a solu- filed as per provisions of Pat- tions is likely to provide eas- 31, 2018," the bank said. er's net profit halved from recent years. tion is simple, involves one-time ent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). ier and cost-effective access to The filing did not elabo- Rs7,357.8 crore to Rs3,679.2 The patent grant amounts to operation and does not interfere Subsequently, national phase hydrocarbons. MPOST rate why Sharma wanted her crore. PTI FinMin sets up panel to consider Germany’s VW eyes ‘Cos to see dip in revenue EBRs for infra, IT, banking talent growth, low margins in Q4’ social schemes MUMBAI: India Inc's revenue fourth straight quarter by 0.50- in India to drive sales growth will slow down to 9 per 0.70 per cent to 18.6 per cent, NEW DELHI: The finance cent in the January to March which will be the lowest in 12 ministry has constituted a NEW DELHI: German auto period on base effects, while quarters, it said. However, the NTPC-Rihand Group General Manager AK Mukherjee took charge on 13-member Steering Commit- maker Volkswagen (VW) on the profit margins will shrink pace of contraction will slow Saturday as the new Project Chief of Super Thermal Power Project tee to consider the proposals of Monday said it has initiated to a 12-quarter low of 18.6 per down from the 1-2.5 per cent different ministries and depart- a programme in India under cent, a report said on Monday. witnessed in earlier quarters. ments for rasing Extra Budget- which it plans to target profes- The pre-tax profit margins Higher commodity and ary Resources (EBR) to fund sionals from IT, banking and will contract by up to 0.70 per 2018 will end at a double digit raw material prices will hurt infrastructure and social sec- other industries, to push sales cent, but the pace of contraction mark, mainly led by consump- the power, steel and consumer Still waiting to see if IndiGo tor schemes. in the country. is now reducing, the research tion and commodity linked sec- companies, while the appreci- Headed by Economic Under the Volkswagen cor- "Through such initiatives, we wing of rating agency Crisil said tors," its senior director Prasad ation in the rupee is bound to Affairs Secretary, the commit- porate sales program, the com- continue to heighten the accessi- in a report. Koparkar said. dent the exporters including bids for Air India: Govt tee has secretaries from dif- pany plans to target individuals bility of our globally-acclaimed The revenue growth for the He said while margin pres- those in information technol- ferent ministries as members, from across sectors like infor- products, while extending the fourth quarter of the just con- sure continues with higher ogy and pharma sectors. NEW DELHI: The government assertion against splitting Air besides Chairman of NAB- mation technology (IT), consul- reach of our comprehensive cluded fiscal year, 2017-18, will commodity prices, operating The report said the profit- on Monday said it will still want India's operations came against ARD and Managing Director tancy and banking, Volkswagen suite of sales and after sales be "slightly slow" at 9 per cent leverage benefits would help ability of the telecom sector will to see if IndiGo bids for Air the backdrop of IndiGo presi- of IIFCL. India said in a statement. services to the country's dis- as compared to last year, where cushion the impact to some "drop alarmingly", by 4.50 per India, even as the budget car- dent Aditya Ghosh announc- Joint Secretary (Budget) in The automaker is also eye- tinctive car buyer," Volkswagen waning impact of the demon- extent. cent on competitive pressures rier had last week announced ing on April 5 that his company the Department of Economic ing doctors, lawyers, architects, Passenger Cars Director Steffen etisation had helped the con- The study focuses on despite higher data traffic. its decision not to bid for the was opting out from the bidding Affairs (DEA) is member sec- chartered accountants, teachers Knapp said. sumption sector deliver a faster research of 400 companies "The competitive intensity in national carrier. process as its primary interest retary of the committee which and government employees, The German automaker, growth. across multiple sectors, exclud- telecom industry further inten- Civil Aviation Secretary R N in acquiring Air India's inter- will consider the proposals with benefits that will extend which has been struggling to The 9 per cent revenue ing banking, finance, insurance sified since January 2018 after Chaubey said the government national operations was not for raising EBR to meet the to immediate family members make its presence felt in India, growth will be driven by con- and oil companies. Starting this the new entrant started passing intended to make the divest- available under the disinvest- "resource gap for funding infra- as well, it added. has now set an aim to almost sumption sector itself, exclud- week, companies will be report- on the benefits of cut in inter- ment process "faster", but made ment plan. structure, health, education and The program offers benefits double its market share in the ing telecom which is witnessing ing their financial performance connect usage charges to cus- it clear to a poser that Air India's Asked if his ministry was other social sector projects," on purchase, servicing of the country to 3 per cent over the the aggressive play by Reliance for the March quarter. The pre- tomers through lower tariffs," operations would not be split in open to the idea of selling Air the Department of Economic vehicle, accessories as well as next five years. Jio, it said. "Second half of fiscal tax margin will contract for the it said. PTI the bidding process. India separately — domestic Affairs (DEA) said in an office loyalty benefits, the company As part of this ambition, "Let us see whether finally and international as expressed memorandum. The commit- said. The initiative covers the the company has introduced they (IndiGo) bid or don't bid. by IndiGo, Chaubey said, "pres- tee will examine all aspects of entire model range from Volk- various initiatives, with the German airport We will wait for them," Chaubey ently, we are not looking at the proposals received from min- swagen India, including pre- Volkswagen Corporate Sales Goa govt to drive own told reporters on the sidelines of option of splitting Air India's istries/departments for raising mium products like Tiguan and Program being the first step in strike: Lufthansa a CII event. His comments and operations". PTI EBRs, it said. PTI Passat. that direction. PTI cancels 800 flights app-based taxi service

FRANKFURT AM MAIN PANAJI: The Goa government (Germany): German airline has decided to launch its own In eye of FB fire storm, Zuckerberg giant Lufthansa said it will can- app-based taxi service to some cel "more than 800" flights on key tourist destinations in the Monday as public-sector work- coastal state. The state-run Goa ers walk out on strike for more Tourism Development Cor- gears to face US lawmakers pay, hobbling major airports poration (GTDC) on Monday Ola to start services in the state, like Frankfurt. invited the taxi operators to reg- saying that such a move will WASHINGTON DC: Mark gress must act in the public "Lufthansa must cancel more ister with the new mobile appli- affect their business. GTDC's Zuckerberg will appear before interest to protect consumers than 800 of its planned 1,600 cation-based transport service. MD Nikhil Desai on Monday US lawmakers this week as a and citizens." Facebook to alert users flights on Tuesday, including 58 Currently, the tourist taxi said the taxi operators, who hold firestorm rocks Facebook over Several lawmakers and long-distance services, because operators run their businesses licence to run cabs in Goa, were its data privacy scandal, with activists believe the United of the strike," the group said, individually in Goa. They had eligible to register for the new pressure mounting for new States should follow the lead whose data was stolen adding that around 90,000 pas- earlier opposed attempts made transport service which will be regulations on social media of Europe's data protection law NEW YORK: Under fire Cambridge Analytica, the data sengers would be affected. PTI by online cab aggregators like launched shortly. PTI platforms. set to be implemented in May, globally for allowing the data mining firm accused of har- The 33-year-old chief execu- which has strict terms for noti- breach, social media giant vesting personal information tive is expected to face a grilling fication and sharing of personal Facebook will start alerting of millions of Facebook users before a Senate panel Tuesday, data online. the 87 million users, includ- illegally to influence polls in and follow up with an appear- Zuckerberg told report- ing 562,455 in India, whose several countries. ance in the House of Represen- ers Facebook would follow data may have been compro- "As part of this process tatives the following day. the European rules world- mised as the UK-based Cam- we will also tell people if their It comes amid a raft of inqui- wide, although cautioned that bridge Analytica pilfered them information may have been ries on both sides of the Atlan- its implementation may not be through an app. improperly shared with Cam- tic following disclosures that audit, their apps will be banned "exactly the same format" for The US-based company will bridge Analytica," the company data on 87 million users was from Facebook." various countries and regions. send a detailed message at the said last week. hijacked and improperly shared Lawmakers, meanwhile, Facebook meanwhile top of users' news feed, offering Facebook users will also with Cambridge Analytica, a have signaled they intend to get announced Friday it will require information on apps they use have the opportunity to use the British political consultancy tough on Facebook and other political ads on its platform to and the information they have link to delete apps and prevent working for Donald Trumps online services over privacy. state who is paying for the mes- shared with those apps. them from collecting more presidential campaign. "A day of reckoning is com- sage and would verify the iden- It will also tell people if information, CNN reported. On Sunday, Facebook said ing for websites like @facebook," tity of the payer, in a bid to curb their information may have Also, all 2.2 billion Face- it had suspended another data Democratic Senator Ed Markey outside election interference. PTI been improperly shared with book users will receive a link analysis firm, US-based Cube- wrote on Twitter Friday. to see what apps they use and you, after CNBC reported it "We need a privacy bill of what information they have used Facebook user information rights that all Americans can Apple co-founder Steve shared with those apps. -- harvested from psychologi- rely upon." Facebook says most of the cal testing apps, as in the case Representative Ro Khanna, Wozniak shuts FB account affected users (more than 70 of Cambridge Analytica -- for a California Democrat, agreed million) are in the US, though commercial purposes. that legislation is needed "to SAN FRANCISCO: Apple co-founder Steve there are over a million each in "These are serious claims protect Americans' dignity and Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account the Philippines, Indonesia and and we have suspended Cube- privacy from bad faith actors as the social media giant struggles to cope with the UK. It said the total num- You from Facebook while we like Cambridge Analytica, who the worst privacy crisis in its history. In an email, ber of potentially impacted investigate them," a Facebook use social media data to manip- users in India (562,455 peo- spokesperson told AFP in an ulate people." Wozniak says Facebook makes a lot of money ple) is 0.6 per cent of the email. Khanna tweeted that "self- from personal details provided by users. PTI global number of potentially "If they refuse or fail our regulation will not work. Con- affected people. PTI 14 mp sport 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 I am reaping the rewards of all the hard work from training JITU RAI

CWG BRIEFS Indian Medal SURIYA RUNS PERSONAL BEST BUT FINISHES 13TH Jitu shoots gold, young GOLD COAST: Suriya Loganathan ran her personal best but that was good enough for a 13th place finish JITU RAI in 10,000m race while shot putter Men’s 10m air pistol category Tejinder Pal Singh Toor took the eighth Mehuli claims silver spot with a below-par show on the second day of athletics competition Shooter Rai bags gold; India’s medal tally surge to 19 India Shuttlers TABLE TENNIS in the Commonwealth Games here Men’s team event on Monday. Suriya fractionally ran better than her earlier personal best of 32:23.96 as she clocked 32 minute stun Malaysia to BADMINTON and 23.56 seconds to finish 13th.. Mixed team event NATARAJ CRASHES OUT OF win gold medal MEN’S 200M BACKSTROKE GOLD COAST: Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj crashed out of the men’s 200 metre backstroke event of the Com- Major events monwealth Games after finishing sixth in heat 2 here on Monday. Srihari clocked 2 minutes and 4.75 seconds to finish a disappointing sixth out of the seven competitors in his heat. He finished a good 6.83 seconds be- SHOOTING hind South Africa’s Martin Binedell who Indian shuttlers celebrates after winning gold Men’s 50m Rifle Prone Qualification clocked 1:57.92 to win the heat. GOLD COAST: The legendary but on the Gagan Narang (4:30 IST) wane Lee Chong Wei was one of the casualties Chain Singh CWG’S FIRST TRANSGENDER From left: Australia’s Kerry Bell (with silver medal),Jitu Rai (with gold) & Om Mitharval in Gold Coast on Monday as a rampaging Indian mixed badminton team claimed its maiden Commonwealth Games Women’s 25m Pistol Qualification COMPETITOR INJURED GOLD COAST: Jitu Rai underlined Veloso, the eventual gold medallist fication record with 584. gold medal, thrashing three-time defend- Precision GOLD COAST: After warming some his status as one of India’s premier and one who displayed imperious He eventually finished with the ing champions Malaysia in the final here on Annu Singh (4:30 IST) hearts and causing resentment to shooters by winning the 10m air pis- form all along, and so was Ghosh. bronze after aggregating 214.3 in the Monday. Heena Sidhu others, New Zealand weightlifter tol gold medal before Mehuli Ghosh Both Veloso and Ghosh shot a eight-man finals. The pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Ash- settled for the women’s 10m air rifle Games record 247.2 before the Sin- Australia’s Kerry Bell secured wini Ponnappa claimed the mixed doubles HOCKEY Laurel Hubbard - the first transgen- silver by forcing a shoot-off with a gaporean had the last laugh with a the silver medal with 233.5, having match against Peng Soon Chan and Liu Yong der to compete at the Commonwealth Men Pool B perfect final shot of 10.9 in the Com- 10.3 in the shoot-off as her Indian managed to topple Mitharval from Goh 21-14, 15-21, 21-15, before Kidambi India vs Malaysia(5:00 IST) Games - was left in tears when she monwealth Games on Monday. rival managed 9.9 at the Belmont the second position. Srikanth stunned three-time Olympic silver had to withdraw from women’s +90kg The World Championship silver Shooting Centre. In the men’s skeet finals, Smit medallist Lee 21-17, 21-14 in straight games, Women Pool A weightlifting competition owing to a medallist Rai shattered the Games Ghosh thought she had won the Singh finished a disappointing sixth his first victory over the Malaysian giant. India vs South Africa (15:00 IST) dislocated shoulder. Samoan weightift- record in the finals with a score of gold when she fired the only perfect after managing to shoot 15 out of the “Perhaps Lee was not at his best but then shot 235.1 to comfortably finish on shot of the final with the last shot first 20 shots. you can never be too sure against a player like BOXING ing team head coach Jerry Wallwork top with compatriot Om Prakash in the gold-medal round, only to be In the air pistol finals, Jitu started him. You always have to be on your guard, Men’s 46-49kg Quarterfinal 4 insisted that Hubbard being allowed Mitharval giving him company on told she had equalled Veloso to force on a strong note and led with 100.4 which I was. And I also gave my best. I was Amit vs Scotland’s Aqeel Ahmed to compete in the Games is unfair on the podium with a bronze medal. a shoot-off. at the end of stage 1, while Mithar- not expecting it to be this easy,” Srikanth told (9:17 IST) the other women competitors as she Defending champion Apurvi The Indian shooter had already val was third with 98.1. PTI after one of the biggest wins of his career. Men’s 91kg Quarterfinal 1 still has the strength of a male, that Chandela added a bronze to India’s disarmed her rifle and waved jubi- In stage 2 elimination, Rai “Pressure was there on him but Srikanth Naman Tanwar vs Samoa’s Frank tally after finishing third in the lantly to the crowd. started with 10.3 and 10.3 to lead enjoys pressure and that got him the result,” she once was. “I haven’t really read Masoe (10:32 IST) or followed commentary regarding women’s air rifle finals with 225.3. Chandela had earlier smashed the pecking order, even as his com- added chief national coach Pullela Gopichand. The air rifle finals witnessed an her own Commonwealth Games patriot moved up and displaced Bell The Games debutant men’s doubles pair of Men’s 56kg Quarterfinal 4 my competing at the Commonwealth exciting a climax as Ghosh, at 17 qualifying record from four years at second place with two 10.1. Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost narrowly to Hussamuddin vs E Mulenga (14:47) Games,” she said. AGENCIES years of age, ensured a shoot-off back by scoring 423.2, while Mithar- Rai continued to surge ahead Goh and Wee Kiong Tan 15-21, 20-22, keep- with Singapore’s Martina Lindsay val too had established a new quali- with a 10.2. PTI ing Malaysia afloat for a while. PTI TT: India Men beat Solanki, Kaushik I had unflinching belief in my Lifter Pardeep Nigeria to bag gold in boxing quarters ability to fight back: Jitu Rai claims silver GOLD COAST:India swept With individual and doubles the table tennis team events of medals still on offer, India’s per- GOLD COAST: Jitu Rai says the game I didn’t notice it was the Commonwealth Games as formance is already a marked he believed unflinchingly, only a shoot-off.” GOLD COAST: Indian weightlifter Pardeep Singh the men matched the women to improvement from its disap- unquestionably in his ability to The 17-year-old, who trains (105kg) came agonisingly close to a gold but even- seal a memorable gold with an pointing showing in Glasgow stage a comeback and win the at Olympian Joydeep Karmak- tually settled for a silver after a close contest with emphatic 3-0 win over Nigeria four years ago when it just man- men’s 10m air pistol gold after ar’s academy in Kolkata, added, Samoa’s Sanele Mao in the Commonwelth Games in the final on Monday. aged just a silver in men’s dou- a rather average qualifying out- “It was my first Common- here on Monday. It is the first time since the bles. It was none other than ing in the 21st Commonwealth wealth Games. I’m happy but Singh, the reigning Commonwealth Cham- racket sport’s induction into the Nigeria who beat India for Games here on Monday. definitely not satisfied.” pionships gold-medallist, lifted a total of 352kg Commonwealth Games pro- bronze in the previous edition. “Frankly speaking, my On her plans for future (152kg+200kg) to claim the second spot after gram that India has topped both Kamal, arguably India’s fin- GOLD COAST: The debutant duo of Gaurav qualification score was not competitions, she said, “I will an exciting showdown with Mao, which had the categories. est ever player, was also part of Solanki (52kg) and Manish Kaushik (60kg) very good, but I had 100 per- try harder next time. I know I packed arena on its feet. After Manika Batra fired the men’s team which won the advanced to the quarterfinals, continuing Indian cent faith in my ability that I can do more and will try my The 23-year-old went for 211kg lift, which India to a historic triumph over gold in the 2006 Melbourne boxers' fine preliminary run at the Common- can do it, because I have done best.” would have been a new Commonwealth and Singapore yesterday, the Sharath edition. wealth Games here on Monday. well in the finals and won The air rifle finals witnessed Games record in clean and jerk, but could not Kamal led men’s outfit too beat India’s unprecedented effort While Solanki eased past Ghana's Akimos many medals in the past. My an exciting a climax as Ghosh, pull it off in his final attempt. the team from the city state 3-2 at the Gold Coast Games is also Annang Ampiah 5-0, Kaushik staved off some belief was unflinching,” the at 17 years of age, ensured a “I have lifted a personal best of 215kg in the in the semifinals, played earlier a fair reflection of the sport’s fast early resistance from Trinidad and Tobago's unassuming Rai said. triot Om Prakash Mitharval shoot-off with Singapore’s past but may be it wasn’t my day,” said the Games on Monday. improving standard. PTI Michael Alexander to win 4-0. The World Champion- shattered the qualification Martina Lindsay Veloso, the debutant, who was happy with a podium finish but Solanki was the first to take the ring and was ship silver medallist broke the record with a 584 but could eventual gold medallist and a shade disappointed with the colour of his medal. quite a dominant force against a rather timid CWG record (235.1) to claim not match the senior pro in the one who displayed imperi- Mao also dropped his final attempt of 211kg opponent. the top prize by some distance decisive stage. ous form all along, and so was but had managed to lift 206kg in his second chance. However, the Indian was modest in victory in the finals after being placed Young Mehuli Ghosh set- Ghosh. He finished with a total of 360kg (154kg+206kg). and lauded his opponent. He will next face Papua fourth in the qualification tled for a silver medal after Both Veloso and Ghosh The bronze went to England Owen Boxall (351kg new Guinea's Charles Keama in the last-eight phase with 570. forcing a shoot-off in the wom- shot a Games record 247.2 (152kg+199kg). stage on April 11. “Two-three low scores en’s 10m air rifle event with a before the Singaporean had the “Whatever happens is god’s wish. It was meant "He was a bit of a challenge as he was very pulled me down but then my perfect final shot of 10.9 while last laugh with a 10.3 in the to be a silver for me, so I ended up with that,” he fast," Solanki said after his bout. belief helped me. That makes defending champion Apurvi shoot-off as her Indian rival added. Also advancing to the quarters was Kaushik, me really happy. So, I was Chandela secured bronze. managed 9.9 at the Belmont His second attempt at 209kg was declared who was a shade rusty to start with but got into confident of covering it in the Asked about what looked Shooting Centre. invalid by the jury despite getting the judges’ nod. his groove quickly enough for a comfortable finals and I never back off. So like a premature celebration Chandela had earlier The jury felt his elbow had pressed out, making it win in the end. again, I am reaping the rewards by her when she thought she smashed her own Common- a no lift. “I don’t know why it was declared invalid. Kaushik has a tough one lined up in the quar- of all the hard word work I had won a gold following that wealth Games qualifying As I said, perhaps it was meant to be a silver for me. terfinals as he will be squaring off against Eng- have put in during training.” 10.9, Ghosh said, “It was my record from four years back Whatever happens, happens for a reason,” with a land's Calum French. PTI Rai’s less fancied compa- mistake. I was so focused on by scoring 423.2. PTI hint of disappointment in his tone. PTI Bengaluru take on ‘Want to win Super Cup New Radiant in AFC BENGALURU: Bengaluru goals from Daniel Lucas Sego- FC would look to consolidate via, Rahul Bheke and Daniel for East Bengal fans’ their position at the top of the Lalhlimpuia. points table when they host Earlier the hosts had ADITYA K HALDER injury as he will be back for the New Radiant of Maldives in a trounced Abahani Dhaka FC semi-final match. AFC Cup Group E clash here 1-0 through a second half NEW DELHI: Determined “It was a minor injury as on Tuesday. strike from Lalhlimpuia in to go all the way after defeat- suggested by our team doctor, I Both Bengaluru and New their opening match group ing Aizawl FC in Hero Super am fully fit and fine to play the Radiant have six points from stage match. Cup quarters in Bhubaneswar next match. It was a very impor- two games each. Although, they had begun on Sunday, East Bengal attacker tant win for us which came very Bengaluru had recorded their preliminary round with Ansumane Kromah said he late. Nevertheless, we are focus- their second win of the tour- a goalless draw against Trans- wants to win the inaugural sil- ing on the semifinal now,” the nament by bouncing back port United in Bhutan Benga- verware for the club fans. former Bagan player said. from a goal down to sink luru overcome them 3-0 in the “After not winning the Since his move to East Ben- Aizawl FC 3-1, riding high on home leg. PTI I-Ieague, fans are angry that gal from arch-rivals Mohun we didn’t win it. And I agree day when running free Bagan, Kromah now got new with them. They come in the box, he was taken teammates in Dudu Omagbemi, from far to watch us play down by Aizawl goal- Mahmoud Al Amnah and Yusa and when we don’t match keeper Lalawmpuia. The Katsumi. The forward feels hav- their expectations. Fans contact resulted in Kro- ing such quality players make have every right to be angry. So mah being stretched out of the them potent attacking threat. we want to win this title (Super field as he took no further part “We have a very strong Cup) for them. I know it won’t in the mtach. attacking line in Katsumi, be same as ileague but we want Fortunately, his teammate Amnah and Dudu. So we feel to make them happy,” he said Laldanmawia Ralte converted very confident about our attack- on Monday. the penalty succesfully. The ing strength. I am fortunate to Kromah played a direct role 26-year-old Liberian striker have such quality players as my in Red & Gold’s victory on Sun- confirmed it’s just a nagging teammates,” he explained. MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 mp sport 15

I should have finished. Next time I will keep it in my mind MANDEEP SINGH

SPORTS BRIEF Player of CSK seek perfect the Day TENNIS: ANKITA RAINA BREAKS TOP-200 BARRIER Sunrisers restrict homecoming at SIDDARTH KAUL NEW DELHI: Ankita Raina on Monday became only the third Indian woman Gave away just 17 runs in tennis player to breach the top-200 Chepauk stadium his four over; took two crucial rankings in singles as she jumped 15 Royals to 125/9 wickets, including RR skipper places to reach a career-best 197 in the Ajinkya Rahane WTA chart. The 25-year-old Ankita, who trains with Hemant Bendrey when she is in the country, is the first player to achieve the feat since Sania Mirza put India on the singles map with her remarkable achievements over the years. Ankita is the only third player after Sania and WHEN: April 10 Nirupama Vaidyanathan to made it to AT: 8pm top-200. While Sania, winner of six WHERE: Star Sports 1 HD Grand Slam titles in doubles, touched a career-high of 27 in singles in 2007, Nirupama’s best rank was 134 in 1997. “I have done so much hard work and has remained patient to get this point. I ‘Du Plessis not was between 200 and 250 bracket for some time and it takes time to break the yet ready to play’ barrier. It’s tough out there,” Ankita told CAPE TOWN: Arriving and departing to PTI from Japan, where she is competing boos from the crowd, Australia’s cricketers on ITF circuit. “I went up and down in my endured further humiliation on Sunday after career but my coach and my parents CSK’s MS Dhoni during practice session in Chennai being bowled out for 107 and losing to South kept belief in me. My brother has also Africa by 322 runs in the third test, after supported me in a big way, giving me CHENNAI: Chennai Super Kings will aim to admitting to cheating a day earlier. and my needs priority many times. So dominate Kolkata Knight Riders in the pres- Australia was removed in less than 40 ence of die-hard fans when they play their first overs in its second innings on Day 4 at New- without their support it was not possible. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s bowler Siddharth Kaul celebrates after taking wicket of Rajasthan Royals’ batsman K Gowtham during an IPL 2018 cricket match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday PIC/PTI IPL home game in two years here on Tuesday. lands in Cape Town, failing to offer pride- I want to thank my coach for having faith Back with a bang with a thrilling win over restoring resistance and way off the winning in me,” she added, getting emotional. HYDERABAD: Sunrisers Hyder- out early but he also got dismissed in as he was caught by Rashid at deep Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener, target of 430. The better rank will help Ankita enter abad produced a disciplined bowl- the 14th over when he was just one off the bowling of Kaul. Chennai Super Kings will look to improve With captain Steve Smith and vice-cap- the main draws of the WTA 125k series ing display to restrict Rajasthan run short of a half century. A miserly over from Rashid was further. tain David Warner stepping down from their tournaments. Royals to a paltry 125 for 9 in their For the Sunrisers, which have followed by Ben Stokes' (5) dismissal For the legion of CSK fans, it will be a home- leadership roles while their involvement in a opening match of the eleventh edi- one of the best bowling units in this off Stanlake as the Royals were 71 for coming like no other as the 'Men in Yellow' will ball-tampering scandal is fully investigated, PARDEEP NARWAL RETAINED tion Indian Premier League here IPL, Shakib Al Hasan and Siddhart 3 at the halfway mark. play at M A Chidambaram Stadium for the first Australia looked like a team with its morale on Monday. Kaul grabbed two wickets apiece Samson, meanwhile, was going time since May 2015. Their loyal supporters also shattered. BY PATNA PIRATES The home side bowlers justified while Afghan leg-spinner Rashid steady for some time but wickets fell turned up in huge numbers to watch them train. Smith and Warner played on Sunday but MUMBAI: Raider Pardeep Narwal has captain Kane Williamson's decision Khan, Australian pacer Billy Stan- at the other end. Rahul Tripathi (17) Away from the field, there has been opposi- wicketkeeper Tim Paine took over as stand- been retained by three-time champions to put the opposition in after win- lake and Bhuvneshwar got one gave him some company but did tion by political groups to conduct IPL games in captain. ning the toss as the Royals struggled wicket each. not last long as he became Shakib's in the city as they demand formation of Cauv- Warner top-scored for the Aussies with Patna Pirates for season six of the Pro to score runs on a pitch which got The Sunrisers got immediate first victim. ery Management Board and threaten to disrupt 32 and fellow opener Cameron Bancroft, Kabaddi League, set to commence on the turn as the match wore on. success after the start of the match Samson himself followed suit proceedings. also involved in the tampering plan, made 26 October 19. Twenty-one players from The Royals could not build part- as the Royals' opening batsman three balls later, giving Shakib his CSK CEO K S Viswanathan, however, said with an opening partnership of 57. They were the fifth season have been retained nerships and they crumbled under D’Arcy Short was caught short of second wicket of the night and at the team's home matches will go on as per sched- both booed as they arrived and then trudged by their respective franchises for the the pressure of a disciplined bowling his crease with Williamson's rocket that stage the Royals innings was ule. The city police has been informed about the off the field, as was Smith, who made just 7. upcoming season, a media release said attack of the Sunrisers. throw from the mid-off rattled the in tatters. schedule and will handle the situation accord- Away from the reputational damage suf- on Monday. Apart from Narwal, Patna Sanju Samson top-scored with wickets in the final ball of Bhuvnesh- Krishnappa Gowtham could not ingly, he added. fered by Australia from its ball tampering on a 42-ball 49 and his 46-run stand war Kumar's opening over. open his account from the two balls Pitted against defending champions MI, CSK Day 3, Australia now trails 2-1 in the series Pirates have retained some others like with captain Ajinkya Rahane (13) Rahane, who was captaining he faced and fell victim of Kaul. Eng- looked down and out before Dwayne Bravo's with one test to go. Smith is banned for that Jaideep, Jawahar Dagar and Manish for the second wicket was the high- the Royals after disgraced former lishman Jos Butler was left to add heroics helped CSK pull off a stunning heist. last test because of his leading role in hatch- Kumar. est partnership for the Royals. One- Australia skipper Steve Smith was some runs to the Royals kitty but Barring Kedar Jadhav and Ambati Rayudu, the ing a plan to cheat in the Cape Town game down Samson looked like he would barred by the BCCI from taking part he too could score just six from nine rest of the batting faltered and skipper MS Dhoni on Saturday. AP anchor the innings after Rahane was in the IPL, got out in a wrong time balls. PTI will hope for a quick turnaround. PTI

millenniumpost.in Narine's innings was millenniumpo NO H ALFst TR U THS CHANGE OF NAME I, Gule Rana W/o Mohd. turning point: Mandeep Din R/o H.No.2994,3rd Floor Kucha Neel Kanth, KOLKATA: Sunil Narine's blis- Mandeep said they scored up the total. Kaziwada Darya Ganj tering half-century made all the a decent total but Narine was "It was a crucial moment of New Delhi-110002 have difference and paved the way the turning point.= "Definitely, the match to lose two big play- changed my Name from for Kolkata Knight Riders' win- the turning point was Narine's ers off successive deliveries, may Gul Rana to Gule Rana for ning start in the Indian Premier innings. If you get a good start like be we fell short by 10-15 runs. League here, Royal Challengers this in the first six overs, 50 per But honestly, we thought of keep- all purposes. Bangalore batsman Mandeep cent of the game is over. There was ing our target in 175-180," Man- Singh said. not much left for others to do for deep said. "The more would have Narine, who had scored IPL's the rest of the batsmen," Mandeep been a bonus for us. I think it fastest fifty last season against said at the post-match conference. was a decent and fighting total. the same opposition, smashed Part-time off-spinner Nit- But had we scored 15-20 more, it a whirlwind 50 from 19 balls to ish Rana (2/11) picked up the would have been tougher for the make light of the 177-run target big wickets of AB de Villiers and opposition." last night. skipper Virat Kohli in successive Mandeep disagreed that their Narine completed the mile- deliveries to reduce the visitors to bowling resources fell short and stone in 17 balls to become the 127/4 in 14.3 overs before Man- reiterated that Narine made all fourth joint fastest IPL fifty scorer. deep's 18-ball 37 cameo propped the difference. PTI ICC meet: PCB officials get visas

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi and Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad have been issued visas to attend the International Cricket Council meetings in Kolkata from April 22. Although they were apprehensions that the PCB officials might face difficulties in getting the Indian visas for the ICC meet, apparently behind the doors contacts between the ICC and BCCI have resulted in the visas being issued by the Islamabad based Indian High Commission. “Sethi and Subhan will be flying to Kolkata on April 21st for the meetings at which Pakistan’s security arrangements,” a source in the PCB said. PTI Second ODI: India women lose to Eng by eight wickets

NAGPUR: The Indian women’s team produced a listless performance with the bat to suffer a crushing eight- wicket defeat against England in the second ODI in the three-match series here on Monday. English bowling duo of Danielle Hazell (4/32) and Sophie Ecclestone (4/14) returned with four wickets each to dismiss India for a paltry 113 in 37.2 overs after the hosts won the toss and elected to bat. Smriti Mandhana (42) and Deepti Sharma (26) were the top scorers for India as five batswomen scored in single digits while two of them were out for naught. Chasing 114 for a win, England never looked like in trouble as Danielle Wyatt (47) and Tammy Beaumont (39) shared a 73-run opening stand to take the game away from India. Wyatt scored five boundaries and two sixes in her 43-ball innings, while Beaumont hit three fours during her patient knock. After left-arm spin- ner Ekta Bisht dismissed Wyatt and first-down Amy Jones (0), Heather Knight then took the team home with an unbeaten 26 off 42 balls. PTI 16 Entertainment mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 10 April, 2018 Varun was not on Shoojit’s CASTING LIST MUMBAI: Filmmaker Shoojit would call acting. I felt in my gut Sircar, who teamed up with actor We needed and instinct that she was right. Varun Dhawan for the first time There is maturity in her in in his forthcoming film October, someone young terms of thinking, and I thought revealed that he was not on his cast- she is right for the role.” IANS ing list at all. and fresh, like Present at a promotional event 20 years old, so for his forthcoming romantic drama film, he said that he was Varun was not looking for a fresh cast. “We needed someone young and fresh, like 20 on my list at all,” years old, so Varun Dhawan was not on my casting list at all. Also I says Shoojit had not seen his films.” “But one day he was in office and I saw him, I was aware of “Good thing about Varun his image, his commercial world Dhawan, despite his success with image, but somewhere I felt he is films, for him to do this kind of not like that, he is different,” said film, an unusual and unconven- Shoojit. tional story, that is really brave,” Shoojit found the actor perfect he said. for his character ‘Dan’, because: Banita Sandhu, the debutante “he has something different in from Wales, is roped opposite his eyes... honesty and innocence. Varun in the film and Shoojit There is something very nice and also shared his reasons to cast vulnerable about him. He just a newbie. doesn’t only dance and jump, there “I wanted to cast absolutely is some sensibility in him too. He is fresh for this film. So when perfect as Dan, the character”. I met Banita, I saw some- The Vicky Donor director also one who was very intelligent, said it was very brave of Varun her eyes were really expres- to act in an unconventional and sive. She did very little and unusual movie. it expressed a lot and that I ‘Important to get ‘The Bell Jar’ an THACKERAY’S IMPORTANT SPEECH story to tell: Dakota delivery right’ PANAJI: Actor Nawazuddin Sid- diqui, who is portraying the role of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in a LOS ANGELES: Actor Dakota Fanning says The Bell Jar is an impor- biopic, said that it was necessary tant story to tell. She is confident the movie will surprise people. to master the ease and speed with Fanning, 24, will essay Esther Greenwood and her battle with which the leader delivered speeches. depression in Kirsten Dunst’s upcoming adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s Siddiqui, who was at the ‘Goa classic novel, reports thetimes.co.uk. Fest 2018’ here, said the film is one “It’s such an important story, and really different from what people his most challenging projects. think it is. People think it’s depressing, or a biography of Sylvia Plath, “One of the important aspects but it’s not and there’s so much humour in it,” she said. of Balasaheb’s character was the ease “You follow a young woman during a formative time in her life, and and the speed of his public speeches. It see how overwhelming the expectations of what women feel they are is important for me to get this ease and supposed to be like can be. We all feel that to some extent,” she added. speed,” Siddiqui said. Fanning says she is looking for similar roles in the future. The actor, who is originally from Hindi “I like playing characters where everyone thinks they’re one thing speaking belt, said he is taking tuition to get but they know they’re not. That interests me, because I feel like, in my his Marathi accent right. life, I’m trying to work that out,” said Fanning. IANS “The upcoming film is being shot in Hindi and Marathi. Till a month ago, I could not speak Marathi but I have started tak- ing tuition. The film’s shooting is expected to be wrapped up by June,” he mentioned. The proj- ect is pro- duced by Sanjay Raut, Sena Rajya Sabha mem- ber and edi- tor of the party maga- zine Saa- mana. PTI Liz Hurley slammed for wearing This wasn’t meant cleavage-baring dress with son to happen to us: LOS ANGELES: British actor Elizabeth Hurley Soon after Elizabeth posted faced flak from social media users for a revealing dress she wore in a post to mark her 16-year-old Abbington on split the photo, her followers began son Damians birthday. debating whether her outfit was In the photograph, 52-year-old Hurley is seen LONDON: Actor Amanda wearing an embellished dress with a deep plunging Abbington has opened up about appropriate or not, with some neckline, while her son wears a floral-print blazer. her break-up with longtime partner blasting that it was ‘embarrassing’ “Happy Birthday to my little prince Damian and ‘Sherlock’ co-star, saying she had Hurley. The light of my life for the last 16 years,” never thought they would ever part ways. she wrote. Her fans and followers began debating The former couple, who separated two whether her outfit was appropriate or not, with years ago after 16 years of togetherness, said some blasting it was “embarrassing” and writing coming to terms with the split would often that she shouldn’t “showcase her assets”, reported make her “feel sick”. Fox News. “I had thought Martin was the love of my “Creepy showing off at your son’s birth- life. This wasn’t meant to happen to us. I would day. Cover up you’re a mum,” said one social wake every morning with a sudden lurch. ‘Why media user. However, there were other fans who do I feel sick?’ I’d ask myself, in the darkness defended her. of the bedroom I no longer shared with my “You look amazing. A lot of people are jeal- partner.” ous,” said one user, adding: “You and your son, “And then, a split-second later, I’d remember please enjoy yourselves and live your lives. Don’t what had happened. ‘Oh,’ I thought, as the tears worry about the naysayers. Best wishes.” started to fall. ‘That’s why’,” Abbington told Red “It’s still hard. I still have massive wobbles but that’s Another said: “Damn haters! LOL! She worked magazine. understandable I think. I’m human. Nobody’s perfect. hard for her physique, let her wear anything she The 44-year-old actor, who played Mary Morstan Nobody,” she added. wants. All you haters, go work on yourself, focus on to Freeman’s Dr John Watson on the BBC series, said Abbington said she shared a healthy relationship yourself and no others! Such a shame how there are she had to “keep things together” for their children. with Freeman, 46, and they “still love each other”. always haters.” They have daughter Grace and son Joe together. “ – Even if we’re not in love with each other – While Hurley’s cricket star ex Shane Warne wrote: “It was one of the darkest moments of my life and neither of us sees our relationship as a fail- “Happy birthday D man, hope EH is spoiling you ! but, although I didn’t know it then, it was also to ure. We had 16 great years together and have two Damian is also an actor and model. He is Hurley and mark the beginning of an extraordinary journey of fantastic kids. We still talk and we still give each other American businessman Steve Bing’s son. IANS self-discovery. advice,” she said. PTI