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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 57 | Monday, 26 February 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS TO MEND TIES, DRDO CARRIES INDIAN BROTHERS I REALLY WANT DELHI MINISTERS OUT TEST FLIGHT LOOK TO HARNESS TO BE A LEGEND, TO MEET GOVT OF RUSTOM-2 AI FOR GREATER SAYS SHAH RUKH OFFICERS TODAY PG3 DRONE PG7 GOOD PG11 KHAN PG16 `109 cr loan default MOVIE JOURNEY SPANNED 5 LANGUAGES AND 50 YEARS Women must play a role CBI searches Simbhaoli in every walk of life: PM Sugars in Delhi & UP Sridevi leaves us at 54… OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The CBI on Sunday reg- NEW DELHI: Ensuring the istered a case against participation of women in Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd nation plunges into grief all fields of life is every Indi- in connection with an an’s fundamental duty, Prime alleged loan default OUR CORRESPONDENT number of commercial hits such as Minister Narendra Modi said case to the tune of “Mawaali”, “Tohfa”, “Masterji” and on Sunday and noted that the Rs 109 crore. The MUMBAI: Those expressive eyes “Nazrana”. In 1987 came Shekhar dream of a new India envis- investigating agency are now shut forever…. That mis- Kapur’s “Mr India”, a film which ages women who are strong, booked CMD Gurmit Singh Mann, Deputy MD chievous smile that sent hearts was produced by her future hus- empowered and equal partners Gurupal Singh and others in the case while con- aquiver and lit up cinema screens band Boney Kapoor. in development. Addressing his ducting a series of searches at multiple locations will never be seen again. Sridevi Sridevi gave a memorable per- monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. — Bollywood’s first female super- formance as crime reporter Seema broadcast, the Prime Minis- Science Day on February 28, According to reports, the Uttar Pradesh- star — died suddenly in Dubai at Sohni. She was one of the few ter said that a woman’s power the PM also stressed the impor- based sugar distillery had reported a net loss of the age of 54 due to a cardiac arrest female actors who left the audi- today underlines inner for- tance of the “relentless quest” Rs 74.98 crore in the quarter ending 2017, pre- late on Saturday, leaving her fam- ence spellbound with both her titude and self-confidence, for truth. “And this is the very ceded by a loss of Rs 19.09 crore in the quarter ily, her fans and the whole nation comic timing and sensuality. How which makes her self-reliant. essence, the real inspiration ending December 2016. The case of loan fraud in shock and grief. This ‘Chandni’ her undercover scribe transformed “Not only has she herself behind scientific inventions against the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)-listed left the world too soon. into Ms Hawa Hawaaii, thanks to advanced but has carried for- and discoveries. Never rest till company comes just on the heels of major rev- The actor, wife of producer her dancing skills in one of the ward the country and soci- every why, what and how are elations of loan frauds by several major banks. Boney Kapoor, had gone to Dubai popular songs, is one of the most ety to newer heights...Today answered,” he said. On Saturday, the CBI had registered a case along with her family to attend her memorable scenes of the film. the country is moving for- In his address, the prime against another Delhi-based diamond jewellery nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding. M A Thirumugham’s “Thunaivan”. best dancers in cinema. She was Owing to the cult status the ward from the path of wom- minister also spoke on the issue exporting company, Dwarka Das Seth Interna- In an impressive career, spanning She continued acting in Tamil, grace-personified dressed as an song went on to achieve, the Kavita en’s development to women-led of safety ahead of National tional Pvt Ltd, and its directors after receiving five-decades, the actor ruled the Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada apsara (a celestial beauty in Hindu Krishnamurthy number has been development,” he said. Modi Safety Day on March 4. “If we a complaint from Oriental Bank of Commerce. commercial cinema space in the films but it was her career in Bol- mythology) performing on the hit recreated a number of times in said that it is “our fundamen- are not aware of safety in our The case was registered nearly six months after ‘80s and ‘90s like no heroine had lywood that made her a household track ‘Nainon mein sapna’. films such as “Shaitan” and most tal duty” to ensure the partici- daily life, if we are not able to OBC filed a complaint with the central agency. done before. name in the country. The year 1983 also saw Sridevi recently in Vidya Balan’s “Tumhari pation of women in every field attain a certain level, it will get As the banking sector reels under pressure In an industry dominated by She made her Bollywood give stellar performances in both Sulu”. And so will ‘Kaate nahi kat- of life, be it social or economic. extremely difficult during the from Rs 11,400 crore fraud in Punjab National male superstars, Sridevi reversed debut as a child artiste in 1975 hit critically acclaimed and box-office te’, an iconic sultry number which Referring to International time of disasters,” he said. Bank (PNB), allegedly involving Mumbai- the trend by her sheer acting prow- “Julie” but continued ruling the hits such as “Sadma”, where she saw the actor romance an invisible Women’s Day observed every Modi regretted that while based diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and Mehul ess. Her name, most of the times, South Indian film industry where played the role of a woman who man in a song revelling in a never- year on March 8, he recalled the people read signboards on Chowksi, the new case adds to the vulnerability was a guarantee enough for a film’s she established herself as a lead- loses her memory. Both she and before-seen boldness and fantasy. words of Swami Vivekananda, safety, they often ignored the of the banking system. Raising concerns over success. An extremely shy person ing heroine with films such as “16 actor-turned-politician Kamal Filmmaker Yash Chopra cast who had said the idea of “per- messages. “Leave aside natural the increasing number of wilful defaulters and in real life, Sridevi came alive in Vayathinile”, “Sigappu Rojakkal”, Haasan played the roles in the her in the title role of “Chandni” in fect womanhood” was “perfect disasters, most of the mishaps non-performing assets in the banking system, front of the cameras, playing a “Meendum Kokila” and “Moon- Hindi remake of their 1982 Tamil the 1989 film, another iconic film. independence”. “We are part are a consequence of some mis- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley termed them as variety of roles. Such was her pop- dram Pirai”. In Bollywood, she movie, “Moondram Pirai”. The cli- Such was her performance that of a tradition where men were take or the other on our part. If ‘a scar on economy’. “Cases of wilful defaults are ularity that her style and dance made her debut in 1978 as a lead max of the heart-wrenching movie fans came to recognise her with identified because of women. we stay alert, abide by the pre- something which is much more than the busi- moves would be copied by her fans actor in “Solva Sawan”. was deemed as poetic as the entire the name of Chandni. Impressed Yashoda-Nandan, Kaushalya- scribed rules and regulations, ness failure itself,” Jaitley added. The finance country over. She was ‘Miss Hawa She gained commercial suc- plot, with the song ‘Ae zindagi gale with her performance in the film, Nandan, Gandhari- Putra, we shall not only be able to save minister called it worrisome that loan frauds Hawaaii’ and ‘Chandni’ for them. cess with the 1983 film “Himmat- laga le’ as an ode to the philosophy Chopra cast her again in “Lamhe” these were identities of a son...,” our own lives but we can also went undetected in the banking sector, add- Sridevi started acting at the age wala” opposite Jeetendra, which of uncertainty in life. in a dual role, where she played the he said. prevent catastrophes harming ing that a single flag was not raised when the of four and made her debut with also established her as one of the Sridevi followed it up with a mother and daughter. See P7 & 16 As India observes National society,” he pointed out. fraud was detected. Earlier in the week, the CBI arrested Rotomac Global owner Vikram Kothari IMAGE IN BRAIN DIGITALLY RECREATED CPC TO SCRAP 2-TERM CAP ON PREZ FROM PARTY CONSTITUTION and his son Rahul in connection with the com- pany’s Rs 3,695 crore loan default. The CBI NIA to seek had booked Rotomac Global Pvt Ltd, Kothari, This new tech can mind-read his wife Sadhana and son Rahul for allegedly Interpol China’s Communist party clears defaulting on Rs 3,695 crore in loans taken from a consortium of seven banks. MPOST who you are thinking about! notice against way for Xi to rule indefinitely TORONTO: Scientists have developed Pakistan envoy K J M VARMA stepped down as general sec- In today’s a new mind-reading technology that retary of the party as well as analyses brain waves to recreate the OUR CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: In an unprece- the president under the con- paper facial image a user is thinking about. dented move, China’s ruling vention of two terms to pro- The technique, developed by Dan NEW DELHI: The National Communist Party on Sun- mote the collective leadership ... Nemrodov, a post-doctoral fellow at Investigation Agency (NIA) day prepared the ground for system in the one-party state. CITY the University of Toronto Scarborough, has initiated the process for President Xi Jinping to stay If China pushes ahead with is able to digitally reconstruct images securing an Interpol Red Cor- in power indefinitely after the the proposal, Xi would become COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN GOVINDPURI 4 seen by test subjects based on electro- ner notice against Pakistani end of his second term in 2022 the country’s most power- NATION encephalography (EEG) data. diplomat Amir Zubair Sid- as it proposed to remove presi- reported on Sunday. ful leader since Mao Zedong, “When we see something, our diqui, who was chargesheeted dential term limits from the The removal of the term who ruled for more than three PM PREDICTS BJP WIN IN K’TAKA 5 brain creates a mental percept, which last week for allegedly con- party’s Constitution. The CPC limit, which is expected to be decades through 1976. Presi- is essentially a mental impression of ory and applied to a wider range of spiring to launch terror strikes Central Committee proposed endorsed by the Plenum of the dent Xi, who is also the gen- EDIT that thing. We were able to capture this objects beyond faces. The technology on the US and Israeli consul- removing the clause that the party to be held on Monday, eral secretary of the CPC and TIME FOR NON-HUMAN JUDGES? 8 percept using EEG to get a direct illus- could have wide-ranging clinical appli- ates in South India. Officials President and Vice-President would give 64-year-old Xi a chairman of the Central Mili- tration of what’s happening in the brain cations as well. in the agency said the paper- “shall serve no more than two limitless tenure. Xi’s predeces- tary Commission, began his INTERNATIONAL during this process,” said Nemrodov. “It could provide a means of com- work was being completed consecutive terms” from the sors, Jiang Zemin who was in second five-year tenure last For the study published in the jour- munication for people who are unable and would be sent soon to country’s Constitution, state- power from 1993 to 2003 and year, following a national Con- SIRISENA RESHUFFLES LANKA CABINET 10 nal eNeuro, test subjects hooked up to to verbally communicate. Not only the Interpol headquarters run Xinhua news agency Hu Jintao from 2003 to 2013, gress of the CPC. PTI BUSINESS EEG equipment were shown images of could it produce a neural-based recon- based in Lyon in France for faces. Their brain activity was recorded struction of what a person is perceiv- issuance of the Red Cor- INDIAN COS LINE UP `25K CR IPOs 12 and then used to digitally recreate the ing but also of what they remember and ner notice against Siddiqui, Goa CM Parrikar re-admitted to image in the subject’s mind using a imagine, of what they want to express,” who during his stint at Pak- SPORT technique based on machine learning said Adrian Nestor, Assistant Professor istani High Commission in algorithms. at University of Toronto. Sri Lanka during 2014 had hospital with abdominal pain INDIA RETAIN ICC TEST MACE 14 The study provides validation “It could also have forensic uses for conspired to carry out terror that EEG has potential for this type law enforcement in gathering eyewit- strikes in India. PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Parrikar had been admit- of image reconstruction, something ness information on potential suspects He was named by a Sri Manohar Parrikar has been ted to hospital on February FOR ADVERTISING many researchers doubted was pos- rather than relying on verbal descrip- Lankan resident Sakir Hus- admitted to hospital again 15 after he complained of kindly contact at 9810195709 sible given its apparent limitations, tions provided to a sketch artist,” said sain, who is at present under- with complaints of abdomi- stomach ache and food poi- or Nemrodov said. Using EEG data for Nestor. “What’s really exciting is that going a simple imprisonment nal pain. soning. Later, his office said [email protected] image reconstruction has great theo- we’re not reconstructing squares and after pleading guilty in a court The 62-year-old has been he received treatment for an retical and practical potential from a triangles but actual images of a per- of law. He was arrested by the unwell for days and was dis- illness related to the pancreas. neurotechnological standpoint, espe- son’s face, and that involves a lot of fine- Tamil Nadu Police after the charged from Mumbai’s Leela- Asked about his health FOR SUBSCRIPTION cially since it’s relatively inexpensive grained visual detail,” said Nestor. Intelligence Bureau busted vati Hospital on Thursday. after the budget session, he kindly contact at 8800854665 and portable. “The fact we can reconstruct what the conspiracy in April 2014. Hours later, he made a dra- brushed away concerns, say- or Work is currently underway to test someone experiences visually based His jail term will end next matic appearance at the State and leaving the state police ing, “Nothing is wrong with [email protected] how image reconstruction based on on their brain activity opens up a lot year. See P6 assembly to present the bud- scrambling for last-minute me. I have been asked not to EEG data could be done using mem- of possibilities,” he said. PTI get, surprising his colleagues security arrangements. maintain close contact”. MPOST ICC asks BCCI to adjust IPL match AIM IS TO LOWER AGE OF COMMANDS AT ALL LEVELS, HAVE BIGGER TALENT POOL OF YOUNG OFFICERS to its Kolkata meet… snubbed Army upgrading officer capabilities along China & Pak border

NEW DELHI: The BCCI has turned OUR CORRESPONDENT command and director general. They said that the top brass down the ICC’s request of reschedul- The world’s second largest stand- of the Army has also decided ing an IPL match in Kolkata during its NEW DELHI: The Army has ing Army has been undertaking to sternly tackle incidents of annual board meeting in Kolkata from started implementing reforms a series of reforms and procuring indiscipline. April 22-26. It’s after a long time that aimed at readying a larger tal- various weapon systems to bol- In August last year, the Gov- the ICC is having its high-profile meet- ent pool for crucial tasks and ster its overall capabilities in the ernment had announced major ing in Kolkata and since it is overlapping bringing down the age of those wake of evolving security threats reforms in the Indian Army such with the cash-rich league, the world body commanding key formations, including on India’s borders with as redeployment of nearly 57,000 wanted BCCI to ensure that its members including those along the bor- Pakistan and China. officers and other ranks as well could at least watch a home match of the sible to have an IPL match rescheduled,” ders with China and Pakistan. “The broader aspect of the ini- as ensuring better utilisation of Kolkata Knight Riders. the official added. Top sources in the defence estab- tiative is to having a bigger talent resources. “Yes, there was a specific request from Meanwhile, it was also known that lishment said that the idea behind pool of young officers. A wider The reform initiatives were ICC as they wanted it’s various member uncertainty looms large over PCB chair- the reforms initiative is to bring selection process is expected to prescribed by a committee delegates to watch an IPL game. How- man Najam Sethi’s attendance. The meet- down the age of commands at all result in better motivational levels headed by Lt Gen (Retd) D B ever, between April 22 and 26, there are ing is being held in Kolkata and not in levels and ensure deploying the among the officers,” said the offi- Shekatkar, which had a man- no home games of KKR at Eden Gardens,” Mumbai specifically to avoid any politi- “right person for the right job” in tiative. The Army has begun put- the overall functioning of the cial, refusing to delve any deeper date to recommend measures for said a senior BCCI official. cal protest over the PCB delegate attend- a timely manner. ting the measures into effect. Army,” the official said. into the initiative. The sources enhancing combat capability and KKR is playing a home match on April ing a meeting in India. However, Sethi “We also want longer tenures The issue was discussed exten- The sources said that as part said that under the new policy, re-balancing defence expenditure 16 and their next home game is on May 3. may end up not getting the Indian visa in of brigade commanders, divi- sively at a meeting of top com- of the new promotion policy, corps commanders may be pro- of the armed forces to increase the Between April 22 to 26, matches will be the prevailing volatile situation. “If Sethi sional commanders and core manders of the Army last year selections for key assignments moted as army commanders “tooth to tail ratio”. held in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Indore, Ben- doesn’t get visa, it might well be an indi- commanders,” said a top military when it was also decided that the have been widened to encourage if they have at least 18 months The ratio refers to the amount galuru and Jaipur. “If we have to resched- cator about the chances of Pakistan team official, explaining the implemen- organisation’s human resource young officers and increase their of tenure left in their service as of supply and support personnel ule it, the entire itinerary would be in a procuring visa during the Asia Cup in tation of a new promotion policy policy would be reoriented. “The motivation levels besides ensur- against the previous requirement (termed tail) for each combat sol- disarray. So we told them that it’s not pos- September,” the official said. MPOST as part of the overall reforms ini- aim of the initiative is to improve ing longer tenures at the level of of 24 months. dier (or tooth). 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018

WhereICANFLYY dreams come true ICANFLYY, a vocational and skill building institute for differently abled individuals, trains its students as per their capabilities and later employs them in a nested workplace OUR CORRESPONDENT plex and the team of experienced, skilled, and passionate special educators and voca- ike every other parent Minu Budhia, tional trainers of ICANFLYY rise to the a Psychotherapist, was concerned challenge every time. They are not only about her child’s well being and teachers but also friends, philosophers, and future. Hence, she came up with guides. ICANFLYY began its journey as a Lan innovative idea – ICANFLYY, a voca- unit of Caring Minds and then moved into tional and skill building institute for special its new stand-alone premises spread across needs individuals – to empower not only five floors at 4B Valmikee Street, Kolkata - her own daughter but every other child 700026 (near Maddox Square). with special needs. “Special children do not usually have “What will my daughter do when she too many options at their disposal after the grows up? How will she be occupied? This initial education bit is done. Empowering was a big concern at the back of my mind. and training them to lead independent lives Like Prachi, all special needs young adults was the need of the hour, and for that, it was in Kolkata do not have much to do after important to have the right kind of space. they finish their schooling. So I came up Each floor of this building is dedicated to a with this idea for ICANFLYY to empower particular skill set and function, along with no upper age limit and at present, the older nity to bring out the chef inside. special needs young adults who, like you or sioning a better, brighter future for her child ADHD, etc. are some of the special needs early intervention and pre-vocational pro- students of the institute are in their early 4Digital Studio: Its state-of-the-art me, deserve a place in society” said Minu and others like her, Minu Budhia estab- that the institute caters to. Here the focus grammes. We have tried to keep the insti- to mid-thirties. computer lab is full of resources that enable Budhia, Psychotherapist, Counsellor and lished ICANFLYY – a place where you can is on giving every student space where he tute as vibrant as possible. I want this to It has also started an Academic Assis- to make its students tech savvy. Founder – Director of ICANFLYY, a voca- be who you are and all that you want to be. or she will be accepted, appreciated, and be a place where children and people with tance Programme. In a regular classroom, 4Data Entry: It welcomes corporate tional and skill building institute for special ICANFLYY can train its students to be educated and be a part of a community that special needs feel comfortable in and look children learn at different rates, some slower houses, small businesses and individuals to needs individuals. as independent as their capabilities allow is open, non-judgemental, and embraces forward to coming to,” said Minu Budhia. than the others. To help such students with outsource their data entry needs. Minu Budhia’s younger daughter Pra- and employ them in a nested workplace. the idea that being different does not make The institute has been successfully run- additional learning needs, ICANFLYY now 4Art and Craft Studio: The Art and chi is the inspiration behind ICANFLYY. Some can even be gainfully employed in a one less of an individual. In an era of chal- ning a programme for special needs young offers one-on-one academic assistance. Craft studio at ICANFLYY is taking creativ- Diagnosed with ADHD, low IQ, and Bipolar corporate setup. In fact, there should be a lenges and cut-throat competition, it’s the adults aged 15+. From March 2018 a new 4Vocational Training: Training mod- ity to a new level. You can get handcrafted disorder, Prachi was having a difficult time quota for them like there is in more devel- aim of the institute to enable its students wing will cater to special needs children ules are tailored to the unique needs of each gifts for any and every occasion. Unique settling in at a regular school. As a mother, oped countries. It is our joint responsibil- to face the world with self-confidence and between the ages of six and fourteen. Chil- student. Its unparalleled on-site job training bookmarks, gift bags and tags, coasters and Minu was not only concerned about her ity to accept special needs individuals and honesty. In addition to vocational training, dren between the ages of six and nine join equips students to work independently in more are designed and created by its tal- daughter’s time at school, but also her future. give them suitable jobs – Minu said. This ICANFLYY aims at overall holistic devel- the Twinkling Stars programme, children a home set-up or under minimal supervi- ented special needs individuals at Looking for answers, Minu travelled thought gives birth to ICANFLYY. Down opment where physical, mental, and aes- between the ages of 10 and 14 join the Ris- sion at various workplaces. As the name says ICANFLYY, these the world and educated herself in the field Syndrome, Autism, Learning Disabilities, thetic aspects are addressed. ing Stars programme and teenagers who are 4Bakery Prep and Packaging: At the individuals can fly higher and higher, and of special education and psychology. Envi- Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Challenges, Training special needs students is com- 15+ join the Superstar programme. There is Food Factory, the students get an opportu- touch the zenith. DAYINDAYOUT Sanjari: Preserving MSME minister visits IHGF fair on its second day What’s on Around Town OUR CORRESPONDENT The MSME minister also elabo- LOVE FOR ART rated that he has introduced technol- Eminent Artist Ritu Kamath is presenting GIRIRAJ SINGH, Union Minister [I/C] ogy in spinning and hoped it will create her solo show of 40 recent works the traditional marked his presence at 45th edition of IHGF- employment of 5 crore people in the entitled, ‘i-seek’, which includes three- Delhi Fair Spring, being held at India Expo Cen- MSME sector. Rakesh Kumar, Execu- dimensional canvas works, drawings tre and Mart, Greater Noida. He gave away the tive Director informed that EPCH in and mixed media works. She uses Guild certificates to 12 framers – working in collaboration with M/s Lion India has different hues of polycarbonate FOLK MUSIC Picture Framing Segment- on the second day taken unique initiative to upgrade the of the fair. Picture Framing Industry in India by sheets, hand-cut in different shapes O.P. Prahladka, Chairman – EPCH, Radhey conducting GCF training programme and layered on paper to create a Shyam Ranga, President of the fair, R.K. Passi, for the Indian framers. translucent effect. This exhibition is and Sagar Mehta, Vice Chairmen- EPCH and The training programme was held curated by Anoop Kamath. Rakesh Kumar, Executive Director – EPCH were from November 6 to 12, 2017 in Kol- WHEN: February 21 – 27 also present at the venue. kata where 20 participants from all WHERE: Lalit Kala Akademi While awarding the guild certified fram- over India participated in the course. TIMINGS: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm ers, MSME Minister appreciated the efforts world. He further acknowledged the role of 70 Among them, 12 participants who and vision of Rakesh Kumar and said that he lakhs artisans who are the backbone of the hand- have passed the Guild Certified Framers exam- SOLO EXHIBITION has both emotion and devotion which have icrafts sector and are engaged in the production ination successfully include Deepak Oulkar Here is a call for all art lovers to strengthened the handicrafts sector. of handicrafts and commended EPCH for giving from Belgaum, Punit Prahladka from Kolk- Giriraj Singh also lauded EPCH’s efforts them the opportunity to display their intricate ata, Dipak Dholey from Kolkata, Sanjay Lahoti witness fine visual storytelling through towards creating marketing platform in the craftsmanship in this show as well. from Pune, Geovanni Fernandes from Goa, Liza the stimulating artwork showcased form of IHGF-Delhi fair wherein exhibitors Keeping in view the vision of EPCH, the Mayan from Kannur, Kerala, Aliasgar Kanch- by Milburn Cherian. A graduate from across the country are showcasing their Minister expected that the exports of handi- wala, Hyderabad, K. Narendra Shenoy from of The National Institute of Design, products to the visiting buyers from all over the crafts would cross Rs. 30,000 crores very soon. Mangalore, Mia Renny from Cochin and others. Ahmedabad, Milburn is holding her first ever solo exhibition in New Delhi. Based on the theme ‘Old World, New Palette’, the exhibition will display Milburn’s intrinsic work that she Good number of sick days need constructs using minuscule elements to create a labyrinth of stories. OUR CORRESPONDENT Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva WHEN: February 21 – 27 Puraskar awardee Sonia is WHERE: Lalit Kala Akademi WITH THE objective to the only Indian singer who TIMINGS: 12 pm - 8 pm popularise rare folk music of has mastered in the Por- not make your kid dull YOUTH FESTIVAL 2018 different parts of the coun- tuguese Fado music. She A six day cultural youth festival is try, Indira Gandhi National can sing in 14 different arents, please take note. lowing the less severe infections being organised Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) languages. A new study assures us that many of them frequently has been successfully orga- During the event, she that a long list of recur- experience during their child- by Sahitya Kala nizing a monthly folk con- sang many famous songs like ring but less severe ill- hood,” he added. Parishad at the cert – titled Sanjari – since its ‘Mãe Preta’ (Black Mother), Pnesses such as ear pain, bad The study involved around Central park. The 30th Foundation Day. by Brazilian songwriters cough or running nose is unlikely 600,000 Danish children who were Festival is one The concert would help Caco Velho and Piratini. to affect the learning ability of your born between 1987 and 1997. such big platform in maintaining the existence The song was initially for- child. The findings showed that a of Delhi which of folk music, thereby mak- bidden by the dictatorship Even when one sick day good number of sick days due to shows the rich ing the present generation in Portugal because the lyr- leads to another, and collecting less severe infections – whether cultural legacies aware of the traditional art. ics talked about slavery. So, prescriptions at the pharmacy five, ten or even fifteen prescrip- of our country. This was the fourth per- the Portuguese poet David becomes a routine, parents need tions were picked up at the phar- formance out of the 12 pro- Mourão-Ferreira wrote not worry that their children’s macy during childhood – had no This festival will grams that will be conducted other lyrics, a beautiful love brains are affected or they are los- significance for the child’s ability be featuring one after the other. poem, Barco Negro. Por- ing the ability to do well in school, to complete primary and lower the various dance, music and theatre The previous Sanjari tuguese fado icon Amália said the study published in Pedi- secondary school. performances on a single stage like programs, which have been Rodrigues recorded ‘Can- atric Infectious Disease Journal. “On the other hand, we Aamad Dance Centre, Theatre Society highly successful, saw folk ção do Mar’ – the original “Other studies have demon- of Kirorimal College, Hindu College, artist from Arunachal, Bihar, version in 1978, after the rev- strated that serious illnesses, for Prayas Juvenile NGO and Classical and Rajasthan enthralling olution of 25 April 1974. It example severe infections such music by Sangam group etc. the audiences with their was later performed by fado as measles, rubella or men- WHEN: February 22 -27 performance. icon Amália Rodrigues in ingitis, which we vaccinate WHERE: Central park, Connaught Place In the fourth series of 1955. against, affect the brain found that children who had been disease, but not necessarily the Sanjari, people witnessed a IGNCA will release a and thereby the child’s abil- admitted to hospital as a result of number of sick days,” Kohler-Fors- TIMINGS: 6:30 pm onwards performance of the Portu- DVD of all the 12 perfor- ity to learn. From this we severe infections had a lower berg said. JASHN-E-TALAT guese semi-classical music mances on its Foundation know that illnesses, and chance of completing ninth “The study ought to reassure ‘Fado’, performed by Fadista Day, which will be held in particular infections, to grade. The decisive factor is those parents who find that their Jashn-e-Talat by Sahar Zaman, a Sonia Shirsat from Goa. towards the end of the year. some degree have an influ- therefore the severity of the young children are often sick.” journalist and curator by profession, is a ence on our brains,” said “Our findings indicate that as multi-performance tribute to the legend researcher Ole Kohler-Forsberg long as we ‘only’ have a case of Talat Mahmood. The evening will have from Aarhus University in less severe infections, and even a special guest appearance by Talat Denmark. though the child is definitely ill Aziz apart from other performances by “In this study, we and requires medicine, the child’s decided to look at how cognitive development is not at Radhika Chopra, Vidha Lal and Sanjeev children perform fol- risk,” he pointed out. IANS Choudhury and young college talent. The event will be hosted by RJ Sachin. The main aobjective is to re-live the charm of these classic melodies while reaching out to the youth of today. WHEN: March 4 WHERE: India Islamic Cultural Centre TIMINGS: 6:30 pm onwards

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No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 mp To mend ties, Delhi ministers ‘Strict action against those who serve liquor to people below 25’ OUR CORRESPONDENT to meet govt officers today As per the Delhi Excise Rules, serving NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- liquor to any person below 25 years is ernment has warned all liquor Delhi Social Welfare minister Rajendra Pal Gautam will be at the forefront vends, hotels, clubs, bars and an offence in the national Capital pubs here against selling and SAYANTAN GHOSH/ government briefly, said the government, Spolia said in serving alcohol to “underage” as a major offence,” the offi- the city had been submitted to ROUSHAN ALI incident was a case of “bad Hindi, “Aankh se aankh mila customers, saying non-com- cial said. the Delhi government, but the manners, lack of etiquette and ke kaam kaise karenge (How pliance would attract strict According to the official, AAP dispensation had turned lack of decency” while Tripa- will they face each other and action including cancellation if the offence is proved, strict down the same. NEW DELHI: In a bid to thi alleged the Kejriwal gov- work).” of licence. action, including cancellation According to the official, normalise relations with the ernment seemed to believe if it Spolia said, “When you As per the Delhi Excise or suspension of licence and if the offence is proved, strict bureaucrats, the ruling party subjected “the bureaucracy to abuse so completely and Rules, serving liquor to any imposition of heavy fines, on action, including cancellation ministers will start meetings torture...then they (the bureau- with such contempt, do you person below 25 years is an an erring establishment can be or suspension of licence and from Monday. Social Welfare cracy) will toe the line.” think the bureaucracy would offence in the national Capi- taken under the Delhi Excise imposition of heavy fines, on minister Rajendra Pal Gautam “You can have differences like to face you? Would they tal, and the government will Rules. The license of a famous an erring establishment can be will be in the forefront from the of opinion, but you don’t man- like to come in your pres- strictly implement it. bar in Delhi’s Hauz Khas area taken under the Delhi Excise Cabinet to handle the situation. handle people,” said, Spolia. ence? Nobody would like to In case of any doubt about was recently suspended by the Rules. The license of a famous The Chief Minister and The incident had sent work with you. When cracks the age of the customer, the excise department for serving bar in Delhi’s Hauz Khas area Deputy Chief Minister have shock waves among civil ser- develop, you can paper over city’s clubs, bars, pubs, liquor liquor to “underage” customer, was recently suspended by the asked Gautam to do the dam- Gautam was on Thursday detained from Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s vants, said Spolia, who was the them, but you can hardly wipe vends and hotels can ask for the official said. excise department for serving age control. residence protesting against the assault on Imran Hussain PIC/MPOST chief secretary from January them out. Injuries and scars “age proof” which ascertains “The government’s officials liquor to “underage” customer, “The minister has a good 2013 to January 2014 and then are very different. Injuries heal, that he or she is not under the (must) visit bars, hotels, pubs the official said. relationship with the officials The alleged assault on alleged attack on Prakash by between August 2014 and Feb- s c ar s s t ay.” age of 25 years, a senior govern- and liquor vends time-to-time “The government’s officials and he has been in grassroots Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu AAP MLAs last week was a cul- ruary 2015. Tripathi, who was the chief ment official said. to check whether these estab- (must) visit bars, hotels, pubs level social work as well as. He Prakash has created a trust def- mination of a series of events He warned that no bureau- secretary of Delhi between “As per the Section 23 of the lishments are following excise and liquor vends time-to-time is a lawyer and he knows how icit between the bureaucracy in which bureaucrats had been crat would now feel comfort- 2011 and 2012, dismissed Delhi Excise Act, 2009, no per- rules. During visits, if under- to check whether these estab- to deal with these conditions,” and the AAP government that targeted for reportedly not toe- able offering the right kind AAP’s charge that the alleged son or licensed vendor or his age customer is found, action is lishments are following excise said a senior leader. will be difficult to bridge, for- ing the line of the Arvind Kejri- of advice for the fear of being assault was politically-moti- employee or agent can sell or initiated against establishment,” rules,” the official said. The Chief Minister and mer chief secretaries, feel. wal government. assaulted. vated, saying no chief secretary deliver any liquor to any per- the official said. During visits, if underage Deputy CM will also talk to Two former top bureau- Spolia, who had two stints Asked if the incident had would make such a wild allega- son under the age of 25 years. In 2015, a proposal to bring customer is found, action is ini- the officials to manage the crats of Delhi — D M Spolia as Delhi chief secretary and created a trust deficit between tion “unless, someone is actu- We consider serving or selling down the legal drinking age tiated against establishment,” situation. and P K Tripathi — said the also worked under the AAP the bureaucracy and the AAP ally subjected to this assault”. liquor to underage customer from the current 25 to 21 in the official said. Assault on teacher: Deputy CM urges WEEKEND WORKOUT Encroachment at Sikanderpur LG to ensure action, boost security drain under ROUSHAN ALI request him to ensure that swift “I would like to request the Since the Delhi action is taken in this case and LG to ensure that the Delhi NGT scanner NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief Police comes under adequate security arrangements Police takes the same level of Minister Manish Sisodia are made for all government interest in the case of assault OUR CORRESPONDENT on Sunday urged Lieuten- the LG, I would schools in Delhi,” Sisodia, who on a teacher in SKV (Sarvodaya ant Governor Anil Baijal to request him to ensure also hold the Education port- Kanya Vidyalaya), Narela,” he GURUGRAM: Taking cog- initiate action against those folio, said. further said. nisance of depleting natu- involved in a recent attack on that swift action is Seeking swift action, the Otherwise, Sisodia said, ral drains of Gurugram, the a teacher inside a Delhi school taken in this case and Aam Aadmi Party leader also it would send a message that National Green Tribunal and to ensure adequate security referred to the recent alleged security of teachers was far (NGT) has taken up the issue arrangements in Delhi govern- adequate security assault on Delhi Chief Secre- less important than that of IAS of encroachments around the ment schools. arrangements tary Anshu Prakash, in which officers and it was essential to Sikanderpur natural drain and Sisodia wrote to Baijal about two MLAs have been arrested make them feel that their secu- sought a reply from the district the matter, as Delhi Police falls are made for all by the police. rity was of prime importance to authorities. under the jurisdiction of the LG. government schools He said that in the alleged the Delhi Police and its control- The next hearing on the The Deputy CM’s request assault case on the senior IAS ling authorities – the LG and case is scheduled to take place was in regards to the attack on Manish Sisodia officer, “Delhi Police has taken the Ministry of Home Affairs. in April. a teacher by a mob, which broke no-hold-barred action, includ- Regarding the attack on the It is located along the Meh- into Sarvodaya Kanya Vidya- students. ing arrests within 24 hours, 50 school teacher, the Deputy CM rauli-Gurugram (MG) Road laya school in north west Delhi’s “It is a matter of grave con- police officers going for collect- said this was not the first inci- and having close proximity to Narela on February 21. cern if teachers are not safe ing evidence in the matter and dent of a serious security threat Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik, former Union Cabinet Minister Ramakant Goswami and Cyber City. Sikanderpur has In a letter to Baijal, Siso- within the premises of their the personal presence of the to teachers. Last year, a teacher Indian cricketer Ishant Sharma at a friendly cricket match between Delhi Police Commissioner XI and seen various developmental dia highlighted security issues school. Since the Delhi Police DCP in court to ensure that the received injuries after being Media XI, played at Talkatora Cricket Ground on Sunday in the memory of Late G Murali CREDIT activities over the years. involving female teachers and comes under the LG, I would accused do not get bail.” stabbed inside school premises. Similar complaints are also being raised in other parts of the city. Just a few metres from DERC bats for retail supplier to achieve Delhi University invites bids for Gurugram, the drainage at Nathupur has been converted into a parking lot. govt’s universal service obligation online entrance test for 2018-19 year The lack of natural drains is being mostly felt during the OUR CORRESPONDENT for identifying a retail supply at regulated rate to every OUR CORRESPONDENT uate, M Phil and Ph.D courses”, “Question paper will be Pandit or the officials in the monsoon season when city licensee for the purpose of consumer as mandated under an e-procurement notice issued objective-type with multiple examination wing could not faces water logging with few NEW DELHI: In a bid to universal power supply. the Electricity Act.” NEW DELHI: The Delhi Uni- by the the university said. choice questions of two hours be reached for comments. millimeters of rain. provide electricity to every The international practices The approach paper of versity (DU) has invited bids The bidder will have to duration. Medium of the test Delhi University Students’ For a city that used to have citizen at a regulated rate, the for supply of electricity to the power regulator on tariff from private players for con- conduct the exam, handle its would be English or Hindi or Union (DUSU) president ponds and bunds, today most Delhi Electricity Regulatory the lower income group of rationalisation recognises ducting ‘Online Computer- administration, logistics and both and will be conducted in Rocky Tuseed said an option of it is encroached upon and Commission (DERC) has consumers at affordable rates, electricity supply to each citizen based Entrance Test’ for process results and give it to the three shifts -- 8-10 am, 12-2 pm for offline process should also have built-up areas. Most of the recommended that a retail cross subsidy among the as a universal service obligation different courses across 18 cit- university, it said. and 4-6 pm,” the notice on the be made available. bunds that have now become supplier be identified to achieve different consumer category (USO) of the government. ies for the upcoming 2018-19 Following criticism from DU website said. “We are not against the extinct were set up during the the goal. cannot be eliminated, it says. The paper suggests that academic year. student circles, the DU last The last date of submission online entrance exam but British era. The ones that are Citing a landmark judgment “This would, however, call to attain the USO objective, The test is for select under- year had shelved its decision of the bid is March 8, and the there should be offline pro- surviving continue to remain of Madras High Court that held for identifying a retail supply a portion of cheaper source graduate and all post-graduate, to hold online entrance tests bidder has to pay an earnest cess as well. All students may in a neglected state. In over 460 electricity supply as a legal right licensee which may be among power plants may have to M Phil and Ph.D courses. for its M Phil, Ph.D and PG money of Rs 25 lakh, the notice not be in the capacity to know ponds spread across Gurugram of a person and its denial as a the existing distribution be allocated to the identified The online entrance test will programmes as it felt conduct- said. the online entrance procedure district, 208 have dried up, 186 violation of human right, the licensee, for the purpose of supplier as is being followed in be held for admission to “select ing these along with the offline The chairperson, admis- and how to give online test,” the are dirty whose water cannot DERC approach paper calls USO and ensure electricity Singapore. under-graduate, all Post Grad- format was not feasible. sions committee, Maharaj K DUSU president said. be used. Rishab Mann, Delhi govt mulls ‘Younger generation, Soumya Dutta With Haryana govt’s help, win 18th DDA bringing cancer care Raahgiri returns home women more prone Golf tourney closer to patients to heart diseases’ OUR CORRESPONDENT YOGESH KANT “At present, this facility is RAHUL SINGH younger generation, Dr. Chan- only available at AIIMS and to dra said, “There is no specific NEW DELHI: Rishab Mann NEW DELHI: To address the initiate the project, the Delhi NEW DELHI: With the nation age group which is prone to won the 18th DDA Lieutenant need of around 90 per cent of government has collaborated was mourning the demise of heart diseases. But generally, Governor’s Golf Tournament patients across the country in with AIIMS cancer department one of Indian cinema’s legend- the symptoms are seen in peo- 2018 ,which concluded here palliative care, which aims to and formed a joint commit- ary actors Sridevi – who died ple aged above 30-35 years. at Qutab Golf Course on Sun- improve the quality of life of tee to frame a policy for treat- of a cardiac arrest – on Sunday, High mental stress, sedentary day at about 2.00 pm. Alkesh patients suffering from termi- ing patients in palliative care” Millennium Post took the task lifestyle and improper diet are Chaudhary was the Runner-up. nal ailments, Delhi Govern- he added. of ascertaining how and why the high risk factors contribut- In the ladies category, Soumya ment is mulling to bring cancer Speaking at a workshop there has been a rise in heart ing majorly to cardiovascular Dutta was the Winner while treatment closer to the house organised by Indian Associ- ailments and who are more diseases among the people of Pooja Batra was the Runner-up. of patients. ation of Palliative Care here, prone it. this age group”. Speaking on the occa- This April, this healthcare Dr Sushma Bhatnagar, Profes- Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh addresses the crowd at Raahgiri on Sunday PIC/MPOST Shockingly, senior cardiol- Dr Chandra further told sion, LG Anil Baijal said he facility would be started in all sor and Head, Department of ogists stated that women and Millennium Post that cardiac was impressed with the over- the major hospitals of Delhi Onco-Anaesthesia and Pal- PIYUSH OHRIE Commissioner. Taking cue from its smaller youngsters are more likely to disorders are hereditary too. whelming response the tour- Government including Lok liative Medicine, AIIMS, said Considered to be a unique neighbour, even the Delhi die after experiencing their first “Inherited conditions can nament got, with 670 golfers Nayak Hospital, DDU, GTBH, there is a growing need for con- GURUGRAM: It was a huge initiative to create a society that organised it at Rajiv Chowk heart attack. be passed through the fami- participating. The desire of the Ambedkar Hospital and San- cerned stakeholders to work on moment of joy and relief for is less dependent on its cars, two years ago. “The risk of heart disease lies. The risk for heart disease golfers who could not take part jay Gandhi Hospital, said Kirti further promoting a culture of hundreds of citizens of Guru- Raahgiri had gained immense Loss of interest among the increases with ageing due to and stroke increases when a in the tournament was a testi- Bhushan, DG Health Services. palliative and home care. gram as Raahgiri on Sunday popularity among the residents. participants resulted in no lifetime’s worth of exposure person in a family has suffered mony to the fact that the pop- Moreover, all the doctors, She said, “The workshop returned to the city where the Lack of funds, however, has further addition of sponsors to risk factors. But these days, a cardiac disease or heart fail- ularity of the tournament has nurses, paramedical staff and is part of the opportunity to event was originally started. ensured that it will be closing and lack of assistance by pub- such factors have been majorly ure below the age of 50 years. been on the rise. technicians would be trained debate on how to create, col- Taking note of the enthu- down in the city where it has lic authorities resulted in the seen in young people, as they The risk of getting heart-related Appreciating the efforts of in palliative care. laborate and communicate new siasm which the event gen- originated from. announcement of its closure. remain physically inactive on a issues are higher for younger DDA staff in conducting the According to the official, ideas and advances in the field erated, Gurugram deputy In a city where the levels of After the announcement, regular basis. In case of women, generations of the family” Dr. golf tournament of this mag- health department is wor- of palliative care. It will show- commissioner Vinay Pratap interaction were also less, Raah- various residents expressed their hormonal protection is present Chandra added. nitude, he wished them well for ing on a plan to bring cancer case the unique research and Singh attended and addressed giri that was held on Sunday was displeasure and highlighted that till the age of 45. Experts also say that having the future tournaments. treatment closer to the patients’ development works being done a huge gathering of the citizens. also credited for bringing many how this closure will affect not “After that, they become too much stress, for too long, is The 18th LG Golf Tour- house. The department is also in India and will gain experi- “Raahgiri has proved to be citizens together. There are now only Gurugram but even other more vulnerable to heart dis- bad for one’s heart. nament 2018 was organised working to provide counseling ence from experts from other extremely beneficial and gone plans to extend the event to urban areas adversely. eases as their natural (hor- “Being overstressed is one from 21 to 25 February 2018 at to cancer patients at its dispen- countries.” beyond the objective of creating other parts as well so that more Various citizens also monal) protection goes away. of the reasons contributing to Qutab Golf Course. The tour- saries and mohalla clinics. Dr Sachidanand Jee Bharti, awareness on road safety. Ever citizens can participate. requested the officials that this So women need to be more heart ailment. Unhealthy hab- nament which is an annual He also added that under Assistant Professor, AIIMS since its inception in 2013, it has Ever since it has been unique and innovative concept cautious after they cross the age its such as smoking, alcohol event began in 2001. The well- this project, trained medical said that some challenges still evolved and gained immense launched, it is being held at DLF should not be allowed to come of 45,” said Dr Praveen Chan- and taking drugs or medicines maintained Golf Course is the professional would provide need to be addressed, such as popularity. Phase -4 near Galleria. to an abrupt end in November dra, Chairman, Department without consulting doctors also first Public Golf Course in the counseling to terminally ill the lack of public awareness “It was only this popularity With huge number of people last year. It, however, got a new of Interventional Cardiology, increases the risk of cardiac dis- country and is very popular patients, who cannot be treated about advantages of palliative that resulted in it again com- of all age groups coming for it, lease of life after the Haryana Medanta group of Hospitals. order or related issues” said Dr because of its affordability and by medical intervention and care and social misconceptions ing back to the city where it corporates also began sponsor- government decided to pour in Discussing the increasing Deepali Batra, Clinical Psy- accessibility. cancer drugs. about pain relief. all started,” said the Deputy ing the event. funds to revive the event. risk of heart diseases among the chologist, Max Hospital. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 Youth attacks 21-year-old woman Couple found dead at home after engagement called off, held in Govindpuri After realising that Lucky used to misbehave with the victim, her family called off the engagement OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on ABHAY SINGH when the girl was preparing a meal and broke open the door to find Lucky The girl lives with her family in Sunday said that 30-year-old for her family. attacking the woman. Sultanpuri area, while her father man and his wife were found NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old woman Police said that Lucky barged into The family members caught hold works as a mechanic. dead, reportedly after commit- was attacked by a man, with whom she the victim’s house, closed the kitchen of him, subdued him and made a PCR The father also said that earlier he ting suicide, at their residence reportedly had broken her engage- door and went on to attack the woman call, after which police team reached had thought of getting the two mar- in south east Delhi’s Govind- ment, inside her house in outer Delhi’s with the blunt object. the spot and took Lucky away. ried. But he soon realised that the puri area. Sultanpuri area on Saturday evening. The victim’s family members “When we entered the kitchen, Lucky was not fit for his daughter. Police said no suicide note Police said they have arrested the claimed that she was alone in the blood was all over the place. Lucky was On January 31, he told the accused was found at the spot and the accused, identified as Lucky, adding kitchen when the accused attacked holding my daughter’s hair and attack- and his family that he was calling off circumstances that led to the that he had used a blunt object to her. ing her with the weapon which he had the engagement. “Lucky did not like incident are not clear yet. attack the woman. Her father was in the hall of the brought with him,” said the father. this and started harassing my daugh- According to police, the The victims Mohit and Arpita Lucky and the woman had report- residence, while her sisters were busy He further said, “Since the attack, ter,” said the father. deceased was identified as Bagga PIC/MPOST edly got engaged in August 2016. doing household chores. she is not eating anything. She was A senior police officer from Outer Mohit Bagga and his wife However, after realising that the Talking to Millennium Post, the attacked brutally by Lucky. He used district said they have arrested the 28-year-old Arpita, who got ing room with ligature mark youth used to often misbehave with woman’s father said that while he was to threatened my daughter, but I never accused and a case under the appro- married two years ago. around her neck. Her husband the woman, her family called off the sitting in the hall, he they heard her taught he would take such a step.” priate section of the Indian Penal Police said that on Satur- Mohit’s body was hanging from engagement. daughter crying for help. The victim is currently in hospital, Code has been registered. day night, Arpita had sent a the ceiling fan with a bedsheet,” Photo caption box for single column PIC/ Police claimed that the incident They reached the first floor of the receiving treatment for the injuries in “Investigation is going on in the MPOST WhatsApp message to one of said Deputy Commissioner of was reported on Saturday evening, house, where the kitchen is situated, neck, face and hands. case,” said the officer. her relatives stating that she Police (South East) Chinmoy and Mohit were going to com- Biswal on Sundat. mit suicide “As less than seven years AAP MLA However, the relative saw had elapsed since their mar- Two cops suspended for shooting at wedding reception the message only the next riage, a mobile crime team was booked for morning and immediately sent called to the spot and SDM OUR CORRESPONDENT the accused police personnel tographer and Manoj Gupta On enquiry, it was found has been registered in Khajoori it to her relatives. The message and Tehsildar were informed were identified as Assistant intervened. Aggrieved with that prima facie Naiem had Khas police station. soon reached Mohit’s father, to conduct proceedings under tirade against NEW DELHI: Two police per- Sub-Inspector Intkhab Alam this, Naiem took the service fired three rounds at the wed- Both Naiem and Alam who is staying in Varanasi, and section 176 of CrPC. The bod- sonnel posted with the Special and Constable Naiem Khan. pistol that Intkhab Alam was ding reception. have been arrested in this case he called the police. ies have been shifted to AIIMS govt officials Cell of Delhi Police were dis- On the night of Febru- carrying and fired it in the air. During investigation, police and also being dismissed from Around 10.50 am on Sun- mortuary on the direction of missed from service after shot ary 24, both the Special Cell In the firing, two persons, a also found that one more PCR service. day, a team from Govindpuri Tehsildar for preserving, as the OUR CORRESPONDENT at and injured two persons at a personnel were attending the woman and a man got injured,” call regarding the quarrel and The government pistol police station reached the cou- parents of deceased are on their wedding reception, including reception party of one Monu said a senior police officer. snatching of service pistol of used for firing has also been ple’s residence. Nitin, a relative way to Delhi from Varanasi,” NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi a woman, in north east Delhi. Gupta, at V R Vatika Khajuri Deputy Commissioner of Alam was received. However, recovered. of Mohit, also reached the spot Biswal added. Party MLA from Uttam Nagar Police claimed that both cops Khas, on the invitation of the Police (North East) Ajit Kumar it turned out to be fake. “Both the injured per- along with cops, and the door Police further said that constituency Naresh Balyan were also arrested. bridegroom, a neighbor of Singla on Sunday said that they Police claimed that a case sons are out of danger, but the of the couple’s one BHK flat was Mohit worked at a jewellry has been booked by Delhi According to police, the vic- Naiem Khan. a PCR call was received at Kar- under sections 336, 337 and injured man Manoj is currently broken open. shop in Amar Colony in Police for his alleged speech tims were identified as Manoj “At around 10.30 pm, awal Nagar police station about 307 of the Indian Penal Code under observation at GTB Hos- “Inside, the body of Arpita Lajpat Nagar, while Arpita was against government officials. Gupta and Pooja Gupta, while Naiem had a brawl with a pho- the quarrel and firing. and section 27 of the Arms Act pital,” said Singla. was found lying in the draw- a housewife. A case under sections 189, 505 (1), 116, 186 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code was Illegal arms Three people registered on Saturday against Ggn admin pulls up socks Sharp-shooter nabbed Balyan at Dabri police station supplier arrested for in Dwarka, said a senior police officer. to rein in road accidents near Apsara border The case was registered arrested from stealing Rs 14L against the AAP MLA on a PIYUSH OHRIE Faulty road designs, poor while for heavy commercial OUR CORRESPONDENT complaint from a policeman signages and poor manage- vehicles, it is 30 km/hr. Sarai Kale Khan Police claimed of Noida firm on duty during Balyan’s speech GURUGRAM: Taking cog- ment of traffic are attributed To make commuters aware NEW DELHI: Special Cell that the accused at JJ Colony, Bindapur, on Feb- nisance of the spate of deadly as major reasons for accidents of the new speed limits, MCG NEW DELHI: An alleged sup- of Delhi Police on Sunday OUR CORRESPONDENT ruary 23. The complainant road accidents in Gurugram, along the Delhi-Jaipur highway. has began setting up boards at plier of illegal arms and ammu- claimed that they have arrested Mohammad Salim alleged that Balyan was making the district administration has Coordinating with the vital points of the busy route. nition, carrying a reward of Rs a sharp-shooter of Nasir gang is a key member GHAZIABAD: Three people an “aggressive” speech saying began devising plans through National Highways Authority According to Gurugram one lakh on his arrest, was near Apsara border in North- were arrested on Sunday for that officials should be beaten various means to prevent the of India (NHAI), the Guru- Police officials, the move will apprehended on Sunday from East Delhi. The notorious crim- and sharpshooter allegedly stealing over Rs 14 up and people were giving their loss of lives. gram administration plans to not only result in smoother the Sarai Kale Khan area here, inal was wanted in six criminal of the notorious lakh of a Noida-based firm and nod to what he was saying. The dangers to commuters construct foot over bridges and flow of traffic, but will also pre- police said. cases across different police Nasir gang then claiming that there had A case was registered by the can be gauged from the fact improve signages. vent accidents. Acting on specific informa- stations. been a robbery, police said. police on a complaint of the that an average of eight mis- Gurugram Police have also Several factors today make tion, a special cell team inter- According to police, the The accused were arrested chief secretary in connection haps occur on Gurugram’s involved over 300 traffic cops driving extremely unsafe in cepted accused Shripal Singh accused, Mohammad Salim Special Cell, Southern Range by a team from Murad Nagar with the alleged assault on him. roads daily. In 2017, 481 lives to manage the traffic in the city. Gurugram. To begin with there (29), who was in Delhi to meet (28), and his younger brother arrested the accused on the police station. One of them Two AAP MLAs Amanatul- were lost to accidents on the Citing indiscipline among are no proper cuts and diver- his associates, near the Bara- Farman joined the Nasirgang basis of an information that Abhishek was a cash collection lah Khan and Prakash Jarwal city roads. commuters as a major reason sions for commuters. pulla flyover here, DCP (Spe- to make a fast buck. he would be coming to Apsara agent on contract with the firm, were arrested and sent to judi- Commuters on two wheel- for traffic blockades at MG “There is also negligible cial Cell) P S Kushwah said, “Salim along with Nanhe border near a bus stand in order they said. cial custody. ers and pedestrians were the road, the Municipal Corpora- action taken by authorities on adding that 20 live cartridges and others started commit- to meet one of his associates They had made a call on Prakash alleged that he most the vulnerable groups of tion of Gurugram and Guru- over speeding and rash driv- of .32 bore were found on him. ting crimes on the directions Police claimed that the the ‘100’ number on Saturday, was assaulted in a meeting at victims that were affected. gram Police have also imposed ing. There is also no system of In November 2016, the spe- of Aazim and Nasir. Salim is arrested accused during inter- claiming that two motorcycle- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriw- To reduce the rate of acci- speed limits for all categories of the three wheelers and private cial cell arrested Mahipal and trigger happy and he fires upon rogation revealed that he is a borne men had looted Rs 14.71 al’s residence, on the interven- dents, the Haryana government vehicles passing through the buses plying in the area,” said Sandeep Yadav, and seized a big slightest provocation or refus- key member and sharpshooter lakh from them near Duhai vil- ing night of February 19-20, by has started the Haryana Vision Mall Mile. Rajeev Verma, a city resident. cache of cartridges from them. ing to pay extortion money to of the notorious Nasir gang. lage on the Delhi-Meerut road, Khan and other persons. BJP Zero campaign. As per the new rules, if any “With the area seeing mas- During interrogation, the his gang members,” said DCP There is a fierce gang rivalry they said. leader Vijender Gupta on Sun- Under this campaign, vehicle is found to be speed- sive jam due to construction duo named Prempal and Shri- (Special Cell) PS Kushwaha. going on between ‘Nasir’ and Following the call, police day filed a complaint against Gurugram authorities plan to ing beyond the 60 km/hr speed activities, most two-wheelers pal as the “main suppliers” of A team of Special Cell of ‘Irfan alias Chhainu’ gangs had put up barricades and AAP leader Dilip Kumar after set up preventive mechanisms limit, the drivers will be fined. violate traffic rules and makes ammunition to criminals oper- Delhi Police led by Inspector for dominance in the trans- launched a search operation to the latter allegedly threatened at the deadly stretches situated For auto drivers, the speed themselves as well as other sus- ating in Delhi NCR, Kushwah Shiv Kumar under the super- Yamuna areas, especially north nab the robbers. him with assault a few days ago. on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway. limit has been set at 40 km/hr, ceptible to accidents,” he added. said. AGENCIES vision of Attar Singh, ACP, east Dehli. The call was received around 1 pm and police per- sonnel were informed on wire- BRIEFS Another stone less, Senior Superintendent of CITY Encroachment, illegal parking continue Police (SSP) HN Singh said. pelting incident However, later it was found OVER 400 UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH that there had been no robbery FROM SHAHDARA GET JOBS reported in to clog pedestrian spaces in Gururgram and the accused had concocted the story, the SSP said. PIC/MPOST Abhishek, who is looks Trilokpuri PIYUSH OHRIE encroachments in the city areas, there are no footpaths “Poor quality of walking after the firm’s cash collection continue to come in large at all. Further, even the MG spaces is a major problem in Murad Nagar as he is a local, OUR CORRESPONDENT GURUGRAM: A major numbers at the Corporation’s Road which is one of the most in the city. The MCG in had made the call, police said. complaint from pedestrians office. recognised parts of Gurugram, order to tackle this issue Station House Officer NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on and cyclists across the Residents complain that there are encroachments and has come down heavily on (SHO), Murad Nagar, Ranvir said that they brought under Millennium City is the dearth both old parts and posh areas illegal parking,” said Raghav illegal encroachments. Every Singh said that a complaint control a minor stone pelting of space for them to travel. of the city face the problem of Sahni, a city resident. alternate day, we remove illegal was lodged by the firm’s man- incident in east Delhi’s Trilok- Despite various claims, lack of spaces for pedestrians. “It is not that complaints encroachments from different ager Nishant, six hours after puri area on Sunday night, add- encroachment and illegal Further, the lack of proper on quality of pedestrian spaces parts of the city. We are also in the incident, and this raised ing that they are probing the parking continue to decrease walking spaces in the city only have not been sent to MCG the process of beautifying the suspicion. cause of the incident. the already shrinking paths increases the risks of citizens officials but it seems there footpaths in the city. At MG During interrogation they Ravindra Yadav, Joint Com- designed for pedestrians and in the city. is just no accountability of Road, we are putting the new confessed to the crime and missioner of Police (Eastern cyclists. “Problems of encroachment MCG towards addressing this tiles,” said a senior official from fabricating the story, the SHO Range) said no firing took place While the Municipal continue to be rampant in the problem,” added Sahni. MCG. said. done from the police’s side. “A Corporation of Gurugram city. Unfortunately, it is not Besides MG Road, We continue to engage The cash has been recov- bit of stone pelting was there (MCG) claims that its officials only in the old parts of the city complaints on poor quality with citizens though various ered. The money was collected and after receiving the infor- are working for removal of that continues to be a problem of walking spaces are also interactive platforms so that over the past two days, police NEW DELHI: More than 400 underprivileged residents mation, the DCP East and illegal encroachments, most even in the posh parts of the received from areas of Mahavir they can make us aware of said, adding that one of their of Shahdara district secured job placements after others rushed to the spot and residents do not seem to be city. Chowk which is near the bus the problems regarding the associates Sonu is at large. they were trained by Delhi Police and NGO ‘Step controlled the situation,” said impressed by the claims. “MG Road better known as stand, Sheetla Mata Road, Golf walking spaces in their area,” One country-made pistol, Yadav said. Complaints about poor Mall Mile have extremely poor Course Road and Rajendar the Corporation official further a cartridge and a motorcycle Ahead Foundation’ at a job camp here on Sunday. Hansraj, a resident of the quality of walking spaces and quality of foot paths. In some Park area. said. have been seized, they said. A training centre under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kaushal area, said that as soon as the Vikas Yojana’ is being run to impart train to the youth stone pelting began on Sun- on computer data entry, computer hardware, mobile day night, police were called repair and tailoring. The duration of the course is three and a police team immediately Biker on the brink of death gets new lease of months and 450 youth have been trained at the centre reached the spot. “The exact cause of pelt- since August 2017. ing is been investigated and GMDA OFFICE TO BE SET UP IN they are searching the persons life, thanks to timely action by policemen involved in this,” said a police GURUGRAM’S SECTOR-32 official. ABHAY SINGH Pramod and constable Wazir given and later taken him to than 700 PCR vehicles have GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Metropolitan On February 20, a similar reached the spot, which was in the hospital. been guarding the streets of Development Authority (GMDA) headquarters is clash was reported from Trilok- NEW DELHI: Once again the a narrow road where they can- The Delhi Police Control Delhi covering vulnerable expected to be set up at Sector-32. The office will puri, after which security was humanitarian face of Delhi not take their vehicle as it was Room (PCR) personnel have points and also the border areas heightened. Police come to fore when the meant only for motorcycle. been trained in life-saving skills of the capital. house senior officials that will include the Chief “There was Tuesday mar- Police Control Room team “I went down and walked which can make a huge differ- During the patrolling, the Executive Officer (CEO) and deputy CEO. After ket in the area when some per- shifted an injured man who for about a kilometer when I ence between life and death. PCR vehicles found more than delays on various counts, the GMDA began functioning sons started pelting stones. was lying in a pool of blood in found a motorcyclist coming According to the police, in dif- one lakh people who were last year. On January 31 this year, Haryana Chief We don’t know what was the Bawana area of Rohini District. and with his help, I reached the ferent training sessions, they injured and they were taken Minister Manohar Lal Khattar chaired the first cause. There were many inno- According to police, it spot where I found the victim have learned how to handle to hospital. In 2016, more than officials’ meet of GMDA and discussed various cent people in the market who was at 5.20 Saturday morning lying in a pool of blood. He was injured people before they 50,000 people were found plans for the development of Gurugram. The public were injured,” said Waseem a when the PCR team, which was a Delhi Police personnel,” said reach the hospital. The train- injured and were shifted to hos- resident of Trilokpuri. patrolling in the Rohini Dis- Pramod adding that he cleaned ing has different modules pital whereas in 2017 from Jan- body is entrusted with initiating urban infrastructure Police scanned CCTV foot- trict, received a PCR call about his face and gave him CPR. including bleeding control, uary 1 to November 15, around Assistant Sub-Inspector Pramod, development. GMDA will have power over real estate ages of the area and identified a road accident near Bawana With the help of the motorcy- airway management, and safe 49,563 people with injurues matters in the city. some persons involved in the Canal. Without wasting any- clist, the victim was taken to an transportation. weere found, who were rushed who the victim the by responding stone pelting. time, Assistant Sub-Inspector ambulance where first-aid was According to police, more to hospital by PCR vans. at the right time PIC/MPOST nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 mp Fiery campaign for Feb PM predicts BJP win in K’taka, NE 27 polls in Meghalaya, OUR CORRESPONDENT PUDUCHERRY: Prime Min- ‘India a spiritual destination for the world’ Nagaland draws to end ister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the “one family” dynas- tic rule of Congress for 48 years AUROVILLE: Prime Minis- sioned by Mirra Alfassa, a spiri- tinues to inspire us even today, OUR CORRESPONDENT From the Congress, its and said it should be compared ter Narendra Modi on Sunday tual collaborator of Aurobindo indeed Auroville is a manifes- president Rahul Gandhi cam- with the achievements of the said India has been the spiritual and the ‘Mother’ of the Sri tation of that vision,” he said. SHILLONG/KOHIMA: The paigned in the state. Its media “development-oriented” NDA destination for the world for Aurobindo Ashram. Over the last five decades high-octane Meghalaya and chief Randeep Singh Surjew- in the last four years. ages and always allowed mutual The prime minister said Auroville has emerged as a hub Nagaland poll campaign dur- ala and MP Shashi Tharoor “One family either directly respect and coexistence of dif- that as observed by the Mother, of social cultural, educational, ing which barbs flew thick and extended helping hands. or indirectly ruled the country ferent religions and culture. Auroville has become a univer- economical, and spiritual inno- fast among parties ended on With a total of 25 Lok for 48 years... for about 17 years Several of the world’s great sal town to realise human unity vation, the prime minister said. Sunday. Sabha seats and 14 Rajya Sabha our first Prime Minister ruled, religions were born in the coun- and the large gathering today It has brought together Voting in the two states, berths, the eight states of the and after that his daughter held try and they motivated people reflects the idea. men and women, young and both having 60-member region are crucial for the BJP the reigns for 14 years and fol- from all walks of life to take a He said for ages India has old from across boundaries assemblies, will take place on to add up to its number in 2019 lowing that her son was at the spiritual path, he said at the been a spiritual destination for and identities under the char- Tuesday. The results will be general election. helm for five years,” he said. international township, around the world. “Many of the world’s ter handwritten by the “divine declared on March 3 along with At present, the BJP has eight Modi, who was addressing 6 km from Puducherry. great religions were born here. Mother” herself, he said. that of Tripura, where elections Lok Sabha members from the a BJP organised public meeting Modi was addressing the They motivate people from all “It belongs to all the human- were held on February 18. region, and the Congress has here, referred to the regimes of Golden Jubilee celebrations of walks of life to take a spiritual ity and is a reflection of our The BJP is making a deter- seven. Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Auroville (City of Dawn) Inter- path...,” Modi said. ancient credo ‘Vasudhaiva mined bid to expand its foot- In the Rajya Sabha, out of Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during a public rally in national Township. “Aurobindo’s vision of Kutumbakam’ the world is one print in the Northeast, buoyed total 14 seats, the BJP has one Gandhi without naming them. Puducherry on Sunday PTI The township was envi- India’s spiritual leadership con- family,” he added. MPOST by formation of its govern- and the Congress nine. The rest His comments come weeks ments in Assam, Manipur and are with local parties. after Congress president Rahul Intellectuals can debate the assembly elections in Karna- Arunachal Pradesh. As the clock ticked 4 pm, Gandhi had dared Modi to spell difference between what was taka and north east. in this former French colony in He also came down on the youths to make use of it and Meghalaya, in particular, campaigning ended in both out achievements of the NDA gained and lost during the Con- He did not refer to the Ama- 33 years. Rajiv Gandhi was the Puducherry government for launch projects in Puducherry. is important for the Congress, Meghalaya and Nagaland. government instead of criticis- gress regimes and what the BJP- rinder Singh-led Congress gov- last Prime Minister to address not holding civic polls for years Udan Scheme providing which has ruled it for 10 years. The Congress and the BJP ing his party. led NDA has achieved in 48 ernment in Punjab. a rally here in 1984. together while the “party had regional air connectivity would But, this time the BJP is are slugging it out in Megha- “You will have to tell the months, he said. “I want to congratulate the Targeting the Congress gov- been making tall claims from be of help for Puducherry to making a determined effort to laya. The Congress has fielded country during the elections “We are talking about peo- Chief Minister of Puducherry ernment in Puducherry, Modi Delhi that it is the champion promote tourism and generate throw them out of power and 59 candidates, while the BJP what you did in the last five ple’s development, ease of living in advance because the Con- said the union territory had of democracy and rights of the employment, he said. include Meghalaya, a next door has put up nominees in 47 years. It is going to be five years for the common man,” he said. gress is going to exhibit him poor infrastructure and was a people.” By delaying the civic Citing the Ayushman neighbour of BJP-ruled Assam, constituencies. and you have not even opened Though nations that got as a specimen after June,” he victim of “Congress culture”. polls the Congress government Bharath Scheme, he said it will in its kitty. Though they are fighting your account,” Gandhi had said independence in 1947 like India quipped predicting the defeat He claimed Puducherry “is only gagging the voice of the benefit the poor families to get BJP’s resolve could be separately, in Meghalaya NPP making Modi the focal point of have grown, the country still of the Congress in other states. had poor infrastructure and people,” he said. free medical treatment upto Rs gauged from the fact that Prime of Conrad Sangma, son of for- his attack in a series of roadside lagged behind and it warranted “Elections are going to be sectors such as transport and Outlining the initiatives of 5 lakh rupees per year. Minister Narendra Modi him- mer Lok Sabha Speaker P A and public meetings in poll- a serious thought on the lacu- held in North East where the cooperation were in a sham- his government like the ‘Mudhra The government was self spearheaded the campaign. Sangma, is the BJP’s partner in bound Karnataka. nae vis-a-vis the functioning of Congress has a government and bles and charged the successive Yojana’ and ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’, he strengthening the ports and Party chief Amit Shah, Union NEDA (North East Democratic In his address here, Modi the government and political it will go. After that, polls are to regimes with doing injustice for said such schemes empowered ushering in an era of port- Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Alliance). also said “between 2004 and culture that were holding back be held in Karnataka and there the people. the people across the country. led development, through the Defence Minister Nirmala Sith- In Nagaland, the BJP’s hope 2014, the same family ran the the nation, Modi said. too the Congress will go, so the “The Congress has failed Modi said the Prime Minis- Sagarmala project. araman, I&B minister Smriti hinges on its alliance partner government with remote con- In an obvious reference to Narayanasamy government will on all fronts in Puducherry,” ter’s Mudra Scheme had been Financial assistance were Irani and a host of other lead- NDPP (Nationalist Democratic trol,” in an apparent reference his oft-repeated slogan “Con- be the only one to be left,” the he said recalling the glorious implemented expeditiously with being given for long-liner trawl- ers also chipped in. Progressive Party) of Neiphiu to the Manmohan Singh-led gress mukt Bharat”, Modi Prime Minister said. history of the former French around 3.25 lakh youth having ers for fishermen under the Blue Union Minister of State for Rio which is contesting 40 UPA regime. asserted the Congress would The jibe drew laughter from colony which was closely asso- been benefitted during the last Revolution Scheme, he said. Tourism K J Alphons, a Chris- seats. The BJP is fighting 20. “From Puducherry, I would be left with only the V Naraya- the large crowd that had gath- ciated with the freedom move- three years. Mudra scheme is Modi also listed financial assis- tian from Kerala, stayed put in The Congress, which has like to give a message for the nasamy government in Puduch- ered to listen to Modi, who ment sheltering the likes of Sri of help to the youth who could tance given to various schemes Meghalaya as the BJP in- charge given three chief ministers to intellectuals of this country,” erry in the country, saying the became the first prime minis- Aurobindo, and national poet get loans without any collat- such as smart city for the union of the state with a predominant Nagaland, is contesting only he said. BJP would win the coming ter to address a public meeting Subramania Bharathi. eral security, he said urging the territory. Christian population. 18 seats, two less than the BJP. Bihar accident: Modi, Shah to meet BJP Why is ‘chowkidar’ silent: Rahul on PNB fraud Vehicle that killed OUR CORRESPONDENT chief minister (B S Yeddy- the polls in a few months. 22,000 crore, he runs away urappa) who had gone to jail At all rallies, Modi has from the country, but the 9 students belongs CMs, Dy CMs on Feb 28 BAGALKOTE: Continuing to and on the other side are the remained the focal point of chowkidar of this country does target the Prime Minister in other four former ministers of speeches by Gandhi, who, on not even utter a word,” he said. to BJP leader? SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE Gujarat and Jammu and Kash- arations. The participants have his campaign in poll-bound the BJP government who had the other hand, is projecting Breaking his silence over mir. In Bihar and Jammu and also been asked to form com- Karnataka, Congress president gone to jail; sitting in between Siddaramaiah as party’s face to the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at NEW DELHI: A key meeting Kashmir the BJP is a coalition mittees over “One Nation-One Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asked them, Modi speaks about take on Modi in the state, on India’s second-biggest PSU with all Chief Ministers and partner with the Janata Dal- Election” under leadership of a why Narendra Modi, who had corruption.” whom BJP is banking heavily bank, Modi on Friday had Deputy Chief Ministers of BJP- United and People’s Demo- senior leader either from gov- described himself as the coun- “Shah’s son converts Rs to boost its electoral fortunes. warned of strict action against ruled States has been called by cratic Party (PDP), respectively. ernment or organisation so try’s “chowkidar”, was “silent” 50,000 to Rs 80 crore in three Hitting out at Modi on those involved in financial Prime Minister Narendra Modi Meanwhile, many interpre- that the issue can gain momen- on the PNB fraud. months and the chowkidar demonetisation, the Congress irregularities and said loot of and party chief Amit Shah on tations are in the round over tum in public discourse and He also asked Modi as to of the country doesn’t get it president said, “Modiji told the public money would not be NEW DELHI: The vehicle that February 28 at its new party the meeting. Political pun- PM Modi and BJP chief Amit why he was not taking any enquired and doesn’t even utter country to stand in line (queues tolerated. killed nine schoolchildren (six headquarters here. dits claimed that the meeting Shah will also talk about the action regarding the alleged a word,” he alleged. at banks) for the fight against “Nudidante Nade” (prac- girls and three boys) in Bihar’s BJP general secretary and is very crucial in view of the issue during the meeting. How- sudden increase in turnover of The BJP chief has rejected corruption.You would have tise as you preach),Gandhi told Muzaffarpur district on Satur- Rajya Sabha MP Bhupendra impending Lok Sabha elec- ever, party sources completely a company owned by BJP presi- allegations of corruption not seen a single rich person Modi, invoking 12th century day belonged to a BJP leader Yadav has already dispatched tion next year and BJP lead- denied such reports. dent Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah. against his son Jay Shah, who or someone wearing suit-boot social reformer Basaveshwara from Sitamarhi, police officials a letter to the Chief Ministers ers are likely to brainstorm and Interestingly, the meeting “Modi ji comes to Karna- has filed a criminal defamation in the line.” He alleged that all from Karnataka. said. and the Deputy Chief Min- to introspect the outcome in will take place on the day when taka and speaks about corrup- suit against a news portal which the “thieves” in India had con- Basaveshwara is revered The BJP leader, Manoj Baitha, isters, where they have been the saffron states during the the results for by-polls for two tion. He had told the country claimed his business fortunes verted their black money into by the dominant Lingayat- was reportedly inside the asked to present the status meeting. But the party sources Assembly constituencies in not to make him Prime Minis- had zoomed after the BJP came white with the help of Modi. Veerashiva community,who Bolero when the accident took of implementation of central opined that it is a ‘yearly affair’ Madhya Pradesh and one in ter but make him the chowki- to power in 2014. Attacking the Prime Min- are predominantly present in place on NH 77 and escaped schemes, especially pro-poor of the party. Odisha will be announced and dar (watchman) of the country,” Gandhi is on the second leg ister on the Punjab National northern parts of the state and along with his driver after the schemes like Jan-Dhan, Mudra, Reportedly, those in the the budget will be presented he said at party rallies in Vija- of his three-day tour of north- Bank (PNB) fraud issue involv- form a major support base incident, agency reported. Ujwala, housing etc. know of the development by Madhya Pradesh govern- pura and Bagalkote districts in ern parts of Karnataka. ing jewellery designer Nirav for BJP,which is projecting The RJD was quick to pounce BJP has 14 chief ministers claimed that the letter by ment. The marathon meeting north Karnataka. This is his second visit to Modi, Gandhi questioned Lingayat strongman Yeddy- upon the ruling JD(U)-BJP and deputy chief ministers in Yadav also mentioned to pres- will be held from 9.00 am to Gandhi said, “On one side the state in less than a fortnight. his silence. “Nirav Modi has urappa as its Chief Ministerial combine and sought strict pun- states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, ent details of booth level prep- 7.00 pm. there is his party’s (former) Karnataka is slated to go to indulged in the theft of Rs candidate. ishment for those behind the deaths. The accident took place HC sets up special courts to try around 1.30 pm when school Prove charge that Govt waived industries’ loans: Shah got over and students were crossing the highway to reach OUR CORRESPONDENT expected to be held in a few he said, adding after forming MPs, MLAs in criminal cases Dharampur village on the other months. government in the state, sugar side. HUMNABAD: BJP chief Amit “There is already no income mills in the region would be NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Registrar General Dinesh A truck coming from Shah on Sunday demanded tax on anything related to farm- re-opened. Court has set up two special Kumar Sharma said the special Muzaffarpur and going towards that Congress president Rahul ers and there is no question of Mentioning various ‘pro- courts to exclusively deal with courts will function in Patiala Sitamarhi first hit and injured a Gandhi prove his charge that taxing them. Let anyone spread farmer’ initiatives of the Union criminal cases involving politi- House Courts complex from woman. The driver of a speed- the Narendra Modi govern- misinformation how much government, such as procure- cians and for their speedy dis- March 1. ing Mahindra Bolero vehi- ment waived loans taken by ever they want, government is ment of pulses, neem-coated posal, in pursuance with the “The acting chief justice cle, coming from the opposite industrialists. not imposing any income tax urea and the Pradhan Man- Supreme Court’s directions. and judges of this court have direction, lost control, prob- What Rahul Gandhi is say- on farmers,” he said. tri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana, The high court designated further been pleased to order ably to avoid running over the ing is incorrect, Shah said and The BJP chief said the Cen- he accused the Congress gov- Special CBI Judge Arvind that the cases pending against injured woman and hit the demanded that the Congress tre’s “full focus” was on farm- ernment in Karnataka of not Kumar and Additional Chief MPs/MLAs in different courts schoolchildren. president make public any doc- ers’ welfare and after coming to allowing benefits of some of Metropolitan Magistrate Samar be transferred to these two About a dozen other stu- ument which mentions that power in Karnataka, his party the schemes reach the farmers. Vishal, of the Patiala House courts before March 1 and to dents were reportedly injured, loans to industries were writ- would follow a pro-farmer The Congress government Courts, to preside over the spe- put such cases on fast track and and are being treated at Muzaf- ten off. strategy. in the state fears that it may lead cial courts. endeavour be made to dispose farpur’s Sri Krishna Medical “I want to clarify one Listing out various initia- to further rise in Modi’s popu- An administrative order of the same within one year,” College and Hospital. thing... one statement that the BJP National President Amit Shah pay obeisance at Gurudwara Sri tives taken by the Modi gov- larity, Shah claimed. said Acting Chief Justice Gita it said. On Sunday, Leader of Congress president repeatedly Nanak Jhira Sahib at Bidar in Karnataka on Sunday PTI ernment for sugarcane farmers, He said Narendra Modi Mittal and other judges of the The apex court on Decem- Opposition Tejashwi Yadav makes is that the BJP waived with sugarcane farmers. He said that tax had not Shah said the BJP’s poll mani- would attend a farmers’ con- Delhi High Court, in compli- ber 12 last year, had directed visited the injured and met thousands of crores, lakhs of “If he (Rahul Gandhi) has been waived for industries, festo would include ensuring clave at Davangere on Febru- ance with the directions of the that 12 special courts, to be the families of the victims. He crores of loans taken by indus- any records anywhere that but it has “only been reduced a on-time payment to sugarcane ary 27, after which BJP workers Supreme Court on Novem- set up to exclusively deal alleged that the driver of the tries. I can tell you with guar- industries’ loans have been bit.” growers. would visit their homes, col- ber 1, 2017 and December 14, with cases involving lawmak- vehicle was drunk and asked antee that after the Narendra waived, let him make it pub- Shah is on a three-day visit “If the BJP comes to power lect a fistful of rice from each 2017, have designated the two ers, should start functioning why no arrests had been made Modi government came to lic... I am ready to answer and to north Karnataka region, in Karnataka... within 90 days household, cook and eat it courts as special courts to deal from March 1, 2018, and had so far. power, not even a single paisa seek an apology from farmers during which he will interact sugar mills would have to make while pledging that once the with cases against elected MPs/ asked the Centre to “forthwith” “The vehicle has a BJP of loan taken by any single of Karnataka. What he is say- with party workers in Bidar, payment to the farmers, as party forms government in the MLAs. allocate Rs 7.80 crore propor- board attached to it and the industrialist has been waived,” ing is wrong,” the BJP national Kalaburagi and Yadgiri dis- done in Uttar Pradesh. We will state, it would be dedicated to The February 23 order tionately to the respective driver was drunk at the time he said during an interaction president said. tricts. State Assembly polls are include this in our manifesto,” work for farmers’ welfare. issued through High Court states. MPOST of the incident. BJP leaders are totally drunk in power,” he said. Spike in SC cases where Govt is party; note ban, GST possible reasons The victims were children of either daily wage workers and marginal farmers and stu- OUR CORRESPONDENT the spurt could be attributed to 4,149 in 2012. as additional solicitors general general when their terms ended dents and parents have been a slew of cases on government While there has been a rise has reached the Prime Minis- last July. demanding relocation of the NEW DELHI: The number policies such as demonetisa- in litigation over such matters, ter’s Office for a final approval. Maninder Singh, Tushar school owing to its location of cases in the Supreme Court tion, the GST regime and taxa- the number of law officers rep- Sources in the govern- Mehta, P S Narasimha, Pinky near the highway. where the Centre is a party tion issues in the last one year. resenting the Union of India ment said the final nod of the Anand and Atmaram Nadkarni Protesting parents and local has seen a spike in the last one In 2014, when the NDA has dwindled. Appointments Committee of are the other ASGs. residents blocked traffic on the year, with law ministry officials government came to power, the Though the number of Cabinet on the four names was Besides Attorney General stretch for several hours after attributing the spurt to the note number of such cases was 4,748 law officers representing the likely next week. K K Venugopal, five ASGs rep- Saturday’s accident, while agen- ban, GST and other taxation but dipped to 3,909 in 2015. government in the Supreme After Ranjit Kumarresent the Centre in the apex cies reported that some peo- issues. From January 1 to Febru- Court is set to go up from resigned as the solicitor general court. There are nine other ple also vandalised the school Between January 1 and ary 22 this year, 859 such cases six to 10 next week, so far in October last year, the key ASGs who appear in various and set ablaze the December 31 last year, 4,229 have already been filed in the there is no word on who post has been lying vacant and high courts. infrastructure. cases were filed in the top court apex court. would become the next solici- so far there is no word from the Officials pointed out that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish in which the government was a A number of cases relate to tor general. law ministry on who would be since there are not many law Kumar has expressed grief over party as against 3,497 in 2016, demonetisation, announced in A law ministry file recom- appointed to the post. officers, sensitive cases are also the incident and announced a according to the latest data November 2016, GST which try functionary said. is a party were filed between mending the names of Aman P S Patwali and N K Kaul being handled by senior advo- compensation of Rs 4 lakh to from the law ministry. came into effect last year and According to the data, 3,909 January 1 and December 31, Lekhi, Madhvi Diwan, Sandeep had decided against a second cates who are on the law min- the next of kin of each child Officials in the ministry said other taxation issues, a minis- cases where the Union of India 2015, 4,772 cases in 2013 and Sethi and Bikramjeet Banerjee term as additional solicitors istry panel. killed in the accident. 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WANTED IN TERROR PLOT LINKING AADHAAR TO RATION CARD Bombay HC refuses to NIA to seek Interpol notice defer Mar 31 deadline OUR CORRESPONDENT

MUMBAI: The Bombay High against Pakistan diplomat Court has refused to defer the March 31 deadline imposed OUR CORRESPONDENT nication between Hussain and alleged to have been operated by the Union government for ‘Shahjee’, a Pakistani national under the Internet Protocol linking Aadhaar to ration card. NEW DELHI: The National introduced to the accused (IP) address of the Pakistan A bench of justices Shan- Investigation Agency (NIA) allegedly by a Pakistani diplo- High Commission in Colombo, tanu Kemkar and Rajesh Ket- has initiated the process for mat working with its mission they said. kar, however, directed the securing an Interpol Red Cor- in Sri Lanka. The code name for the ter- Maharashtra government to ner notice against Pakistani The NIA, which has carried ror plot to attack the US consul- look into the grievances of diplomat Amir Zubair Sid- out the probe into the conspir- ate in Chennai was “wedding technological glitches faced by diqui, who was chargesheeted acy meticulously, had sent a hall” which was to be executed residents of the state in the digi- tion of electronic point of sale inconsistencies, the residents last week for allegedly conspir- request under Mutual Legal by “cooks”, a code for terrorists tisation of their ration card, and devices at fair price shops and were facing difficulties in link- ing to launch terror strikes on Assistance Treaty to the US for who were to gain entry from subsequently, in linking it to issuance of food grains through ing their Aadhaar cards with the US and Israeli consulates in details from service provider Maldives into India. their Aadhaar card. biometric authentication. It ration cards and as a result, South India. whose email was being used by Hussain had given a The bench was hearing a stipulates including the ben- the linking process was get- Officials in the agency said Hussain to communicate to his detailed description of his petition filed by Nashik resi- eficiaries’ Aadhaar numbers in ting delayed. Pathan urged the paperwork was being com- handler in Sri Lanka. meetings with various Paki- dent Aziz Pathan. their ration card database. the court to grant an interim pleted and would be sent soon The response provided stani officials based in Sri According to the plea filed However, according to relief by deferring the March to the Interpol headquarters pleading guilty in a court of law. Maldives. by US authorities following Lanka as well as two “fidayeen” in 2015, the Maharashtra gov- the plea, several beneficiaries 31 deadline, and directing the based in Lyon in France for He was arrested by the Tamil Siddiqui was working as the request under the MLAT (suicide attackers) whom he ernment issued a resolution from Nashik district were fac- state government to ensure the issuance of the Red Corner Nadu Police after the Intelli- visa counsellor at the Pakistan showed that the account was had met in Bangkok. notifying a scheme for digiti- ing problems in the digitisation affected citizens did not lose notice against Siddiqui, who gence Bureau busted the con- High Commission in Colombo being operated by “Shahjee” Hussain was told by a sation of ration cards. of their ration card, and their out on receiving food grain during his stint at Pakistani spiracy in April 2014. His jail but had to be repatriated to who had provided the name Pakistani official, who was of The scheme was launched biometric authentication. subsidies and other benefits High Commission in Sri Lanka term will end next year. Islamabad after India mounted while registering with the a higher rank than Siddiqui, in compliance with an order of Pathan said there were under the PDS, if they failed during 2014 had conspired Hussain had carried out pressure on Sri Lanka about his email account, the officials said. that the project to carry out the the apex court and was aimed inconsistencies in the biomet- to link the ration cards with the to carry out terror strikes in reconnaissance of the US con- alleged activities targeting this There have been communica- attack at the US consulate in at streamlining and bringing ric machines and the upgraded Aadhaar by March 31 this year. India. sulate in Chennai and Israeli country. He was nailed after the tion with some email addresses Chennai would be code-named about more transparency in ration cards of several resi- The bench, however, He was named by a Sri consulate in Bangalore to facili- NIA was handed over evidence in Pakistan and even personal as “wedding hall” and “cooks” the public distribution system dents of Nashik bore incorrect refused to defer the deadline Lankan resident Sakir Hussain, tate a terror strike similar to by the US authorities. The doc- account of Siddiqui, they was the code for the two terror- (PDS). names, addresses, and employ- saying that going by Pathan’s who is at present undergoing 26/11. For this, two terror- uments handed over by the US said. ists who would have executed The scheme includes digiti- ment and caste details. plea, it seemed the problem was a simple imprisonment after ists were to be flown in from to India established commu- The email account is also the plan. sation of ration cards, installa- He said because of these limited to Nashik district alone. PNB fraud: Banks for raising Prez Kovind to Just 7.28 pc women in NATION BRIEFS open museum 6 CIVILIANS KILLED IN PAK SHELLING cover against fraud by staff dedicated to police forces: Govt data DURING LAST 10 MONTHS IN J&K NEW DELHI: Amid a rising in Himachal Pradesh, Maha- JAMMU: Six civilians were killed and 13 others were OUR CORRESPONDENT Biju Patnaik graph of crime against women rashtra and Goa was relatively injured in heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in in the country, they constitute better. Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir during the last NEW DELHI: Rattled by a just 7.28 per cent of the police Among the Union ter- 10 months, an official said on Sunday. Nowshera and spate of frauds in the banking BHUBANESWAR: President force in India and at 2.47 per ritories, Chandigarh has the sector, lenders are now plan- Ram Nath Kovind will inau- cent, their presence is the low- highest number of women per- Manjakote sectors were worst hit and accounted for ning to increase insurance gurate a museum dedicated to est in Naxal-hit Telangana, sonnel while the Delhi Police, majority of the damage in the shelling from across cover against delinquencies by former Odisha chief minister according to government data. with a sanctioned strength of the border, District Development Commissioner, Ra- their employees to protect their Biju Patnaik next month. In militancy-affectedaround 85,000 personnel, had jouri, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said. As many as 169 bottomlines. The Museum and Learn- Jammu & Kashmir, there are just 8.64 per cent women in its residential houses and 12 government buildings were “Frauds of such magni- ing Centre has been set up at just 3.05 per cent women in a roll as on January 1 last year. damaged in the shelling from May 1, 2017 to Febru- tude and scale -- PNB fraud Rs Anand Bhawan, the ancestral police force which has a sanc- The home ministry has ary 25, 2018, Choudahry said. He said 4,600 people 11,400 crore and OBC fraud house of Biju Patnaik in Cut- tioned strength of more than taken a number of steps for Rs 390 crore -- has forced us Choksi and his associates in internal audit system and risk tack. This was stated by Chief 80,000 police personnel, Union increasing the strength of migrated from the affected villages along the LoC to consider substantially much connivance with officials of a management, banks were not Minister Naveen Patnaik, son home ministry statistics said. women in paramilitary forces, during the past 10 months even as the local adminis- higher risk cover than the Mumbai branch. keen for higher cover but a of Biju Patnaik, after his return The government data another official said. tration constructed 86 underground bunkers at various basic banker’s indemnity pol- Soon after this, a case of series of frauds in the system from New Delhi here on Sun- comes amid an increasing Women are expected to places in the twin sectors for the safety of the people. icy which various banks have alleged swindling of Rs 390 have compelled them and in day. “I called on the honour- graph of crime against women soon account for one-third right now,” a top public sector crore from Oriental Bank of the recent Indian Banks’ Asso- able President at Rashtrapati in the country where overall of constable-rank personnel J&K: TERRORISTS KILL 2 COPS IN bank official said. Commerce (OBC) was regis- ciation meeting also the issue crimes against them rose from in the Central Police Reserve Besides, tightening inter- tered against a Delhi-based dia- came up for the deliberation, 3,29,243 incidents in 2015 to Force and around 15 per cent ATTACKS ON POLICE POSTS nal risk mechanism and vigi- mond jewellery exporter. In the official of another public 3,38,954 incidents in 2016. in the border guarding forces SRINAGAR: Two policemen were shot dead by lance, banks have to look for between there was a fraud case sector lender said. The situation is pathetic -- Border Security Force (BSF), militants on Sunday in two separate attacks on police higher cover to guard against of Rs 3,695 crore by Rotomac However, the official said, despite the Union home minis- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and posts, one near the revered Chrar-e-Shareef shrine such fraud where employees Pen company owner Vikram cover can be for fraud not for try sending advisories in 2009, Indo Tibetan Border Police and another outside the residence of a Hurriyat are involved, the official said, Kothari in which the CBI the wilful default where num- 2012 and 2016 to all the state (ITBP), he said. adding, this will help insulate filed cases and effected several ber of lenders are involved governments and Union terri- These forces together com- leader, in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday, officials said. the balance sheet. arrests. and these two have to be dealt tories to increase the strength prise around nine lakh per- A group of militants fired upon a police post near Punjab National Bank had For example, SBI alone in separately. of women police personnel to sonnel of whom only around the shrine of Sufi saint Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani only bought a basic banker’s 2016-17 reported frauds of The official said for exam- Bhavan yesterday. Invited him 33 per cent, a senior ministry 20,000 are women now. in the Chrar-e-Shareef area in Budgam district this indemnity policy, which covers Rs 2,424.74 crore (837 cases). ple the cases of Winsome to visit Odisha and dedicate the official said. The CRPF, considered to afternoon, an official said. A policeman, Kultar Singh, employee fraud, to the extent Out of this, an amount of Rs Diamond Group and Nirav Anand Bhawan Museum and All state and UTs have also be world’s largest paramilitary suffered injuries. Singh was shifted to a hospital where of Rs 2 crore which would not 2,360.37 crore (278 cases) rep- Modi are completely differ- Learning Centre to the people,” been requested to create addi- force, is mostly deployed for he succumbed to injuries, the official added. cover even 0.2 per cent of Rs resents advances declared as ent, and the legal treatment Patnaik said after his arrival tional posts of women consta- law and order duties and the 11,300 crore fraud done alleg- frauds. and provision for both are here. “The President has kindly bles and sub-inspectors and anti-Naxal operations. SEVEN GET JAIL TERM IN KERALA edly by Nirav Modi, Mehul With faith on their own diverse. agreed to the invitation and will fill up vacancies by recruiting The year 2015 saw the reg- inaugurate the museum either them, the official said. istration of 34,651 cases of rape HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE ‘Maywati’s no on March 17 or 18,” the chief As on January 1 last year, in the country and the figure KOCHI: A CBI court here has awarded rigorous impris- Maharashtra Govt to digitise minister said. Telangana had just 2.47 per increased to 38,947 in 2016. onment (RI) to seven persons, including three women, The ancestral house of Biju cent women in the rolls of its Overall crimes against to RJD RS offer Patnaik, which has been con- police force which has a sanc- women also rose from 2015 to in a human trafficking case. The seven persons traf- private vegetable markets verted to a museum in memory tioned strength of 60,700 per- 2016, according to the data of ficked women from parts of Kerala to brothels in gulf saying not till of the late leader, houses rare sonnel, the data said. the National Crime Records countries from 2009-2012. While four accused were MUMBAI: The Maharashtra sors with a common platform articles belonging to him and In Uttar Pradesh, the coun- Bureau. awarded 10 years RI and slapped fines ranging from BJP in power’ government has decided to for trading commodities. will give visitors a comprehen- try’s most-populous state, the The majority of cases cat- Rs 2.54 lakh to Rs 1.54 lakh, the rest were handed digitise the functioning of pri- The e-NAM portal keeps a sive insight into the life of the police force has only 3.81 per egorised as crimes against seven years RI and fine of Rs 1.2 lakh each. Six other PATNA: The Rashtriya Janata vate wholesale vegetable mar- database of the movement of legendary personality, he said. cent women. It has a sanc- women were reported under Dal on Sunday claimed that kets for better transparency vegetable produce, its distri- The Anand Bhawan prop- tioned strength of around cruelty by husband or his rel- accused in the case, who aided the racketeers, were BSP supremo Mayawati has and to prevent farmers from bution, prices and fluctuations. erty has been donated to the 3,65,000 personnel. atives, followed by assault on acquitted by the court, while two accused turned ap- declined its offer to get her being cheated while selling The Maharashtra govern- district administration of Cut- The percentage of women woman with intent to outrage provers and one is still absconding. elected to the Rajya Sabha, their produce. ment is now planning to bring tack in 2015 to convert it into a in police forces in Andhra her modesty, kidnapping and saying she did not wish to go The Centre had earlier the private markets under the museum dedicated to Biju. His Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and abduction and rape. NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL KILLED to Parliament till the BJP is in launched a pan-India electronic ambit of e-NAM, while it is also rare photographs, furniture, Meghalaya was also low, the The highest number of IN ENCOUNTER WITH STF power. trading portal, called e-NAM digitising the functioning of clothes and household items, statistics showed. rapes have been reported from LAKHIMPUR KHIRI: A notorious criminal, carrying a The Election Commission (National Agriculture Market), some of the major Agriculture which were lying in Anand While Tamil Nadu has the Madhya Pradesh followed by on Friday announced that polls to facilitate farmers, traders, Produce Marketing Commit- Bhawan, would be on display highest number of women Uttar Pradesh and Maharash- cash reward of Rs 50,000 on his head, was killed in to 58 Rajya Sabha seats, includ- buyers, exporters and proces- tees (APMCs) in the state. PTI in the museum, sources said. PTI police personnel, the situation tra in 2016. MPOST a joint operation by special task force (STF) and Khiri ing six in Bihar, will be held on police, an official said on Sunday. Nilu Chaudhary, a March 23. “As soon as notifica- resident of Hapur, was killed in an encounter on Sat- tions were issued for elections urday night, said Abhiskek Singh, SSP STF. According to Rajya Sabha seats, I rang up to Singh, 19 cases including that of murder, loot and Mayawati and said we could CRPF launches bike ambulance for send her to Rajya Sabha from dacoity were registered against the accused in differ- our quota”, Tejashwi Yadav, ent states. Chaudhary alias Fauji had escaped from leader of opposition in Bihar a jail in Haryana in 2015 and was absconding since Assembly, said. Yadav said remote jungle areas of Bastar region then, Singh said. she thanked him for the offer but said she did not want to OUR CORRESPONDENT According to the Com- sometime back. Our troops FIVE KILLED IN TWO SEPARATE go to Parliament till the BJP is manding Officer (CO), even got timely inputs from locals INCIDENTS IN RAJASTHAN in power. RJD president Lalu RAIPUR: The CRPF, in the while on operations these about some IEDs (improvised Prasad too had offered to send thick of anti-Naxal operations teams carry medicines that explosive devices) secretly con- JAIPUR: Five people were killed on Sunday in two Mayawati to the upper house in Chhattisgarh, has launched are used to treat regular health cealed under roads by Naxals to separate accidents in Rajasthan’s Sirohi and Jaipur dis- from Bihar in July last year after a unique bike ambulance initia- issues prevalent in these areas ambush security forces, apart tricts, police said. Three people were killed in a head- she resigned, accusing the BJP tive for providing basic health- like malaria and typhoid. from getting cooperation in on collision between a tempo and a tractor-trolley in and the Chair of not allowing care facilities to those living in “There are risks involved rendering our other duties,” Brahmpuri police station area in Jaipur. The diseased her to raise the issue of anti- remote jungle areas of Bastar too as there have been inci- Kumar said. were identified as Salim (32), Asfash (23) and Anaan Dalit violence in Uttar Pradesh. region. dents when security person- With the success of this (18), police said. In another accident, a car hit a two- The BSP does not have the Medical teams, accompa- nel responded to a emergency initiative, the 85th battalion of requisite number of MLAs in nied by well-armed security call from locals and they were the CRPF is now sending its wheeler in Sirohi district’s Swaroopganj police station UP Assembly to bag a Rajya personnel ride their motorcy- ambushed by Naxals. But, we officials on bikes to hold few area killing two persons. Baburam (50) and Laduram Sabha seat. Addressing a pro- cles to help the sick and injured take calculated risks and every school sessions for students (48) were riding the two-wheeler. SHO, Swaroopganj, gramme on the occasion of in about 70 villages of Bijapur the 85th CRPF battalion Sud- as 150 security personnel over such medical team is accompa- living in the interiors of Bija- Bhagwat Singh, said the bodies were handed over to birth anniversary of Dalit poet district that shares its border hir Kumar said. The battalion the years. nied by a well-armed security pur district, the Commanding family members after post-mortem. and mystic Sant Ravidas, Yadav with Dantewada -- the worst is based in Bijapur. “There are only two gov- squad,” Kumar said. Officer said. came down heavily on the BJP. Maoist violence-hit district of A field surgical team, com- ernment health centres in the This new initiative is also A senior official at the com- RPF OFFICER SHOT DEAD IN “They always complain the state -- and also adjoining prising a doctor, a paramedic interiors of the district. Hence, a step towards widening the mand office in Raipur said the about casteism. In reality, they Telangana and Maharashtra. and an assistant, are part of the we decided to send our medi- Central Reserve Police Force’s force has decided to replicate MEGHALAYA, CONSTABLE HELD want to suppress the back- “We got these motorbikes bike ambulance team. They go cal teams on bikes to cater to (CRPF) civic action work that the Bijapur bike ambulance SHILLONG: An assistant commandant of the RPF was ward classes and put obsta- a few years back for anti- to villages either as part of a the needy. These teams have is traditionally conducted to initiative in other areas of the killed and three others were injured when a con- cles in the way of realisation Naxal patrols and operations patrol or are called in by the helped in rushing the critically befriend the locals by providing Bastar region, worst-hit by stable of the force opened fire from his service rifle in of dreams of B R Ambedkar. as four-wheelers were easy for villagers in need. ill to the district headquarter household items to them using Naxal violence. That is why they are always the ultras to target. Then we The team has also visited and also provided Jaipur foot government funds. “That would be on a case- Meghalaya’s South West Khasi Hills district early on after Lalu Prasad too,” Yadav thought, why not use these villages that flank the 30km to a tribal who had to undergo “We are reaping rich div- by-case basis keeping in mind Sunday, following which the accused was arrested, the who is younger son of Prasad two-wheelers to help the locals long Bijapur-Gangloor axis that amputation,” Kumar further idends after the bike ambu- the security of the troops,” the police said. said. MPOST who are ill?,” Commandant of has claimed lives of as many added. lance initiative was launched official said. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 mp

PNB FRAUD CASE PNB’s ED quizzed V-P, PM, chief ministers ED to expand probe for second day NEW DELHI: The CBI has condole Sridevi's death examined Punjab National Bank's Executive Director K OUR CORRESPONDENT The chief minister also V Brahmaji Rao for the second said the sudden death of the day today in connection with NEW DELHI: The vice-presi- actress, who immortalised sev- against Nirav, Choksi the Rs 11,400 crore PNB scam dent and the prime minister led eral characters in different lan- allegedly involving jewellers politicians and leaders on Sun- guages, was an "irreparable loss OUR CORRESPONDENT It has also asked the RBI to Nirav Modi and his uncle day in condoling the death of to the Indian film industry." share with it audit reports of Mehul Choksi, officials said. actor and Padma Shri awardee Sridevi's beguiling eyes, MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: the PNB conducted by it since Rao, who started his career Sridevi and remembered her scintillating screen presence Widening its probe into the 2011. The total assets seized in banking 35 years ago as illustrious career that spanned and acting prowess made PNB fraud case, the Enforce- by the ED in this case are now a probationary officer in over four decades. her one of the most sought- ment Directorate will soon over Rs 6,393 crore, officials Vijaya Bank, handled the The 54-year-old actor, wife after actors in the Hindi film send judicial requests to over a had said, adding that this was Mumbai zone, among others, of producer Boney Kapoor, industry. dozen countries for obtaining being independently valued. in the bank where the crime died late last night reportedly ies like 'Chalbaaz', 'Chandni', While films like "Mawaali" information about the over- Modi, Choksi and others was allegedly detected, they due to cardiac arrest in Dubai, 'Sadma' and the effortless per- (1983), "Tohfa" (1984), "Mr seas businesses and assets of are being investigated by the said. where she had gone along with formance in 'Lamhe'," she said. India" (1987) and "Chandni" diamantaire Nirav Modi and ED and other probe agencies The officials said several her family to attend her nephew The minister described (1989) kept her at the top in the owner of Gitanjali Gems Mehul after the fraud recently came other officers of the bank Mohit Marwah's wedding. Sridevi as the first female box-office game, her outings Choksi. exchange will also be sent to funds or the proceeds of crime to light, following a complaint were being questioned by the "Felt very sad over the sud- superstar of the Indian film like "Sadma" (1983), "Chaal- Official sources said the few countries, the sources said. of the alleged bank fraud, the by the PNB that they allegedly agency as well. They said the den demise of popular actress industry, who shouldered Baaz" (1989), "Lamhe" (1991), agency will approach a com- The attempt of sending sources said. cheated the nationalised bank examination was focussed on Sridevi. She was an extremely many '90s blockbusters alone. and "Gumrah" (1993) earned petent court in Mumbai with a these judicial requests for Meanwhile, Modi, his wife to the tune of Rs 11,400 crore, understanding how the crime versatile and talented film star, Sridevi, known for her ver- her critical acclaim. request to obtain Letters Roga- exchange of information is Ami, and Choksi have been with the purported involve- was detected by the bank and who had acted in Telugu, Hindi satility as an actor, made her She went on a hiatus for 15 tories (LRs) to be sent to about aimed at obtaining the details summoned by the Enforce- ment of a few employees of the other procedural issues and and other South Indian lan- Bollywood debut in 1978 with years after starring in home 15-17 countries where the cen- of the overseas financial hold- ment Directorate (ED) to bank. The CBI and the ED have their violations. guages," Vice President M Ven- "Solva Sawan". But it was only production "Judaai", co-star- tral investigation agency has ings of Modi and Choksi, who appear at its zonal office in registered two FIRs each to They were not being kaiah Naidu tweeted. after five years with Jeetendra- ring her brother-in-law Anil traced the footsteps of the dia- are accused in the Rs 11,400 Mumbai tomorrow. probe the case. Both Modi and treated as accused, the offi- Prime Minister Narendra starrer "Himmatwala" that she Kapoor and Urmila Matond- mond and gold jewellery busi- crore PNB loan fraud case, their Sources indicated that if Choski are said to have left the cials said. It was alleged that Modi said he was saddened by gained commercial success. kar. It was director Gauri nesses of the firms owned by bank accounts, assets, partner- they skip the summons, the country before criminal cases fraudulent guarantees worth her untimely demise. Before her entry into Bol- Shinde's "English Vinglish" Modi, his uncle Choksi and ships, showrooms, trusts and agency may approach a spe- were lodged against them. Rs 11,400 crore were issued to "She was a veteran of the lywood, the actor had been a in 2012 that marked Sridevi's others associated with them. other assets, they said. cial PMLA court to get non- The ED, a central probe Modi and Choksi through 293 film industry, whose long known face in South Indian comeback. The countries where the These assets and their bailable warrants against them. agency under the Union Letters of Undertakings. career included diverse roles films. She made her debut as BJP veteran L K Advani said LRs would be sent include Bel- sources of income will be inves- The agency has also asked finance ministry, is investigat- According to the website and memorable performances. a child artist in in Tamil film her contribution transcended gium, Hong Kong, Switzerland, tigated and if necessary would about 16 other banks, apart ing if the allegedly defrauded of the PNB, Rao is incharge of My thoughts are with her fam- "Thunaivan" in 1969. She also Bollywood. the United States, the United be attached under the crim- from the Punjab National bank funds were laundered and the integrated risk manage- ily and admirers in this hour worked in Malayalam, Telugu "Sridevi was an iconic star Kingdom, Dubai, Singapore inal sections of the Preven- Bank, to share with it the details proceeds of crime were subse- ment division, credit (opera- of grief. May her soul rest in and Kannada films. of the Indian film industry. Her and South Africa. tion of Money Laundering Act of loans extended and collater- quently used by the accused to tions), monitoring of accounts peace," the PMO tweeted. Telangana Chief Minister contribution transcended Bol- Some official requests on (PMLA) if it is found that they als offered in the case of Modi, create illegal assets and black with exposure of above Rs 50 Describing Sridevi as an K Chandrashekhar Rao said, lywood, since she also starred the basis of agency-to-agency have been created using tainted Choksi and their companies. money. crore. MPOST incredibly talented and versa- Sridevi, who acted in Telugu, in many Tamil, Telugu and tile actress, Congress president Hindi and several other other regional language films. Rahul Gandhi said, "Her vast regional films, had captivated In this sense, she symbolised body of work spanned a range the cine-goers with her beauty, Indian cinema s great role in CISF headless for over a month; govt yet to appoint DG of genres and languages." dancing and acting skills, and national integration," he said. Union Minister for Infor- had earned countless fans." Maharashtra Chief Minis- OUR CORRESPONDENT mation and Broadcasting, "It is unfortunate that ter Devendra Fadnavis said the policy moves in the force has and decisions but the entire official in the security establish- nuclear energy and aerospace Smriti Irani, in an emotional Sridevi, who was still active actor's contribution to the field slowed down owing to the organisation suffers in the ment said. domain and is a very active letter published by News18 in the film industry, died at a of cinema will be remembered NEW DELHI: The coun- absence of the designated chief, absence of a full-time chief. I do The CRPF lost 38 troops in force operationally. remembered the actor as her young age," he said in an offi- for a long time. try's front line security force official sources said. not know what is the problem two deadly Maoist ambushes in A number of government "favourite star who defined joy cial release. In his condolence message, against terror threats at civilian "This is not a healthy prec- in appointing a regular CISF Chhattisgarh's Sukma district buildings such as central minis- in my childhood". Sridevi acted in several Fadnavis said Sridevi started airports and strategic nuclear edent at all and it is happen- chief when there is a pool of when it was without a regular tries in Delhi, power plants and "I pay homage to an actor Telugu movies and starred in her career at the age of four and and aerospace installations, the ing again and again in the eligible IPS officers available to chief, and after these incidents coal mines across the country who through her body of hit films opposite late N T Rama continued to perform with ease CISF, is working without a reg- Central Armed Police Forces chose from," he said. senior IPS officer R R Bhat- are also under its security cover. work ascertained that a female Rao, late Akkineni Nageswara in Hindi films and movies in ular chief for over a month as (CAPFs). This shows that the Sources in the Union home nagar was quickly appointed "It is not that the force is actress' place in a commer- Rao, and late Sobhanbabu. several regional language. the Centre is yet to appoint a government has utter disregard ministry said the process of the new DG. failing on any count in the cial Hindi movie is not only to Former Union minis- "Her roles in movies such Director General (DG). for the importance of such an appointing the CISF chief is "Do we keep the defence present times but having a compliment her male counter- ter Bandaru Dattatreya and as Sadma, Chandni, Lamhe The about 1.80-lakh per- important paramilitary force," ongoing since the last month. forces headless like this? The regular DG ensures that parts," Irani wrote in the letter. Telangana BJP president K and English-Vinglish will be sonnel strong force has been retired IPS officer Prakash "It is not at all good to keep CAPFs are a very vital cog in the final responsibility and "My memories of Sridevi Laxman also expressed their remembered for a long time," without a regular DG since Singh said. Singh, who has a large and important paramil- the internal security establish- accountability of the organisa- are built through my journey condolences. he said. January 22 after serving chief served as the DGP of the Uttar itary force like the CISF head- ment and such delays should be tion is on the officer in com- from being a fan girl to an actor Kerala Chief Minister Pina- West Bengal Chief Minister OP Singh was repatriated to Pradesh and the BSF, has been less for such a long time. avoided," a senior paramilitary mand," the senior officer of the and then my role as a politi- rayi Vijayan, in a Facebook Mamata Banerjee described the his cadre, on the request of the an advocate for police reforms "Last year, the government officer said. security establishment quoted cian... She was a woman who post, said the actress, who came actor as "one of the most popu- Uttar Pradesh government, and in the country and the Supreme appointed the new CRPF DG The Central Industrial above said. In the absence of a knew her mind and despite the to the filmdom as a child artist lar actors of a generation" while appointed the state's director Court, acting on his petitions, after a delay of two months, Security Force (CISF) guards regular CISF chief, Additional challenges that came her way, in Malayalam, had left behind her Bihar counterpart Nitish general of police (DGP). had issued guidelines on the during which the force suf- 59 civil airports of the country DG of the force A K Pateria is she approached life with a lot a handful of unforgettable act- Kumar said Sridevi's death had The process of decision- subject. fered two major reverses in apart from a number of vital handling the top charge in an of dignity. The actor in me was ing moments which her fans caused an irreparable loss to making and making large "Not only policy making anti-Naxal operations," a senior and strategic installations in the additional capacity. influenced by her work in mov- can cherish forever. the film fraternity. 3 arrested for printing DRDO successfully carries out 'Govt-appointed toll collection fake notes in C'garh firms need to pay stamp duty' test flight of Rustom-2 drone OUR CORRESPONDENT said. "The Supreme Court has OUR CORRESPONDENT notes, he said. OUR CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI: The Bombay High already decided the issue. The police also got an infor- Court has said private firms Now, it is not debatable," RAIPUR: The Mahasamund mation that Dhruv, who is a NEW DELHI: Giving ‘Make in appointed by the government the court further said. district police in Chhattis- BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic India’ plan a big push, India's for octroi and toll collection The petition, filed by city garh has arrested three people, Medicine and Surgery) doc- premier defence research from vehicles have to pay resident Jeet Pratap Satyana- including a doctor, for allegedly tor, and Dhiwar used to visit institute DRDO on Sunday stamp duty. rayan Singh through lawyer printing and circulating fake Sahu's shop regularly and that carried out "successful" test A division bench of justices Laxman Kanal, said a com- currency notes, an official said they were also involved in the flight of its Rustom 2 drone, a SC Dharmadhikari and Bharati pany, M/s Konark Infrastruc- on Sunday. racket, he said. medium-altitude long-endur- Dangre was recently hearing ture, was the toll and octroi The police also recovered Some policemen later went ance unmanned aerial vehicle a petition alleging non-pay- collecting agent of the munici- counterfeit currency notes with to the shop while posing as (UAV), at Chalakere in Kar- ment of stamp duty amount- pal corporations in Bhiwandi, a face value of Rs 55,800 from decoy customers and found nataka's Chitradurga district. ing to crores of rupees since Nashik, Kalyan-Dombivali, the three men, he said. that Sahu and Dhruv were Rustom 2 is being devel- 2005 by a private firm which Ulhasnagar, Mira-Bhayander A joint team of the Crime allegedly engaged in the print- oped on the lines of predator was appointed by seven munic- and Akola. Branch and the city Kotwali ing of counterfeit notes, Singh drones of the US to carry out ipal corporations in Mahara "The corporations entered police arrested the accused, said. surveillance and reconnais- shtra for collection of octroi into an agreement with the said identified as Dwarika Prasad The three accused were sance (ISR) roles for the armed and toll. company each year and hence, Sahu (31), Akhilesh Dhruv (33) subsequently arrested and fake forces with an endurance of 24 Relying on a judgement it was the duty of the company and Kundan Dhiwar, last eve- notes in the denominations of hours, officials said. The Defence Research and ness payloads, officials said. considering requirement of the passed by the Supreme Court to pay the stamp duty and also ning, Mahasamund Superin- Rs 100 and Rs 500 and having "DRDO successfully flew Development Organisation DRDO chairman S Chris- the Army, Navy and Air Force. last month on a similar issue, register the documents with the tendent of Police Santosh Singh a face value of Rs 55,800 were its Rustom 2 today at its Aero- (DRDO) said the test flight was topher, its Director General The UAV has been designed the high court said the octroi registrar, under the Registra- said. recovered from them, he said. nautical Test Range (ATR) at "successful" and all its param- of Aeronautical System CP and developed by Aeronauti- collecting contractors have tion Act," Kanal argued. The Crime Branch officials A computer, a colour Chalakere at Chitradurga. This eters were "normal". Ramanarayanan, DG Elec- cal Development Establish- to pay stamp duty under the According to the petition, were keeping an eye on Sahu, printer, papers and other mate- flight assumes significance due Rustom 2 is capable of car- tronics and Communication ment (ADE) of the DRDO, and provisions of the Bombay Konark Infrastructure had who ran a photocopy shop in rial used for making the cur- to the fact that this is the first rying different combinations of Systems J Manjula and other aerospace major Hindustan Stamp Act. "Such agreements not paid the said charges from Mongra village, after getting a rency notes, and three mobile flight in user configuration payloads like synthetic aperture senior scientists witnessed the Aeronautics Ltd and Bharat between the civic body con- 2005, resulting in loss to the tip-off that he was involved in phones were also seized from with higher power engine," a radar, electronic intelligence test flight. The around Rs 1,500- Electronics Ltd are its produc- cerned and private companies public exchequer to the tune printing counterfeit currency the shop, the SP said. statement read. systems and situational aware- crore UAV project was initiated tion partners. cannot escape stamp duty," it of crores of rupees. VIT holds 17th annual discussion on Budget 'Misha's Delhi farm house OUR CORRESPONDENT and national secretary of CPI, per cent, while it was only 1 per TG Venkatesh Babu, AIADMK cent in Japan. CHENNAI: The seventeenth MP, TKS Elangovan, DMK MP, Stating that last year’s Bud- a money laundering asset' annual discussion of the Union Narayanan Thirupathy, Media get was presented after the Budget was organised by Vel- Coordinator and State Execu- Demonetisation and the pres- lore Institute of Technology on tive Member of BJP, Swarnah ent Budget in the aftermath of OUR CORRESPONDENT involved in money laundering. the farmhouse was purchased Sunday. Sethuraman, spokesperson the GST, Dr. G. Viswanathan "I, therefore, hereby con- "using Rs 1.2 crore involved in The discussion was presided of TNCC, A Venkataraman, also recalled that the initiatives NEW DELHI: A designated firm the attachment of the money laundering in the year over by Dr G.Viswanathan, Convenor, Economic Affairs of the Centre had resulted in PMLA authority has held that property...and order that the 2008-09." founder and Chancellor of VIT and Taxation Panel, CII, Tamil the increase in the number of a Delhi farmhouse, attached said attachment shall con- The ED is probing Misha and moderated by noted col- Nadu and Chief Financial Offi- tax payers in India from 1.5 per by the ED in the name of RJD tinue during the pendency Bharti, an RJD MP in the Rajya umnist and Editor of Thuglak, cer of Grundfos India. cent to 5 per cent. chief Lalu Prasad's daughter of the proceedings related to Sabha, and her husband as part S.Gurumurthy. In his presidential address, Dr G Viswanathan, a for- Misha Bharti and her husband, the offence under the PMLA of its criminal probe in a Rs VIT has been organising Dr Viswanathan said the quan- mer two-time Lok Sabha Mem- is "involved" in money laun- before a court and become final 8,000 crore alleged money such discussions on the annual tum of the annual Budget was In India, the per capita income Further, India spent US ber of Parliament, also said that dering and ordered that the after an order of confiscation is laundering case involving Budget for the past 17 years. increasing every year. While in 1960 was USD 851 and it is Dollar 160 Billion on its economic growth was also attachment of the asset should passed by the special court," the shell or bogus companies and Representatives of different it was Rs. 21.4 lakh crore in USD 1,850 now,” Dr. Viswana- imports, mostly oil and that resulting in economic inequali- continue. recent order issued by Mem- two Delhi-based alleged entry political parties are invited to 2017-2018, it had increased than said. it left an adverse balance on ties and that a study had estab- The central probe agency ber (Law) of the Adjudicating operators Surendra Jain and take part in the discussion and to Rs. 24.42 lakh crore during He said India should con- the economy today. For India’s lished that 1 per cent of India’s had provisionally attached the Authority of the PMLA, Tushar Virendra Jain. viewpoints from a wide spec- the Budget for 2018-2019. Dr. tinue to pursue a fast and contribution to increase sig- people had in their possession, immovable asset, located on a V Shah, said. Jains were brothers and had trum are shared on the plat- Viswanathan said that it was higher economic growth to nificantly in global exports 73 per cent of the country’s 12-bigha land in south Delhi's The ED has now seized the been arrested by the ED in this form. This year, the discussion very important to increase the reach the per capita income and economy, there was be a wealth. Calling for electoral Bijwasan area, in September property, agency sources said. case in the past. was held at the Chennai Cam- per capita income of people in of US Dollar 26,000 by 2035 strengthening of the manufac- reforms, he said there were last year under the Preven- The property belongs to It had also arrested an pus of VIT. India. and by then, the country’s GDP turing sector and the Prime over 1,000 parties, but only tion of Money Laundering Act Misha Bharti and husband accountant, Rajesh Agrawal, Among the participants “In 1960, the per capita would be an estimated US Dol- Minister’s Make In India proj- 30 parties were represented in (PMLA). Shailesh Kumar and is held in who mediated and provided a who spoke on the occasion income in South Korea was US lar 36 Trillion. He pointed out ect was one such. He also said the Parliament. He also rec- "Considering the material the name of Ms Mishail Pack- cash amount of Rs 90 lakh to included TK Rangarajan, MP Dollar 158 and it is US Dollar that China’s contribution to that in a recent survey, it was ommended that simultaneous (filed) in the original com- ers and Printers Pvt Ltd , the the Jain brothers in advance and Central Committee Mem- 29,000 now. In China, the per the global exports was 11.4 per revealed that among Asian elections for both the Parlia- plaint (by the Enforcement central probe agency had said. so as to invest in Ms Mishail ber of the Communist Party of capita income in 1960 was USD cent, while India’s contribution countries, India was among ment and the State Assemblies Directorate)...I find the prop- The agency had said that Packers and Printers Pvt Ltd India (Marxist), D Raja, MP 891 and it is USD 8,400 now. was 2 per cent. the top corrupt countries at 69 should be conducted. erty provisionally attached is its investigation found that as share premium". 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 EDITORIAL Time for non-human judges? Who will bell AI could have faults, but so do our human judges, writes K Raveendran

hen two judges the cat? or benches of inance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed displea- judges consid- sure over the failure of the banking sector regulator ering the same and auditors in detecting banking frauds in time. He Wcase issue different verdicts said that the political leaders are being blamed for the applying the same law, then Ffrauds but not the regulator or the auditors who are primarily there is something wrong tasked to oversee the functioning of individual banks and the with the law in question. And banking sector as a whole. Meanwhile, the CBI examined Pun- if there is nothing wrong with jab National Bank (PNB) Managing Director and CEO Sunil the law and the circumstances Mehta and executive director K V Brahmaji to understand the of the case remain the same, procedure for issuing Letters of Understanding and how the then there is something wrong fraud committed by Nirav Modi went unnoticed for so long. with the judges who delivered In yet another banking fraud coming to light, the promoters of the divergent verdicts. But if Dwarka Das Seth International defrauded the Oriental Bank of one judge or the bench, issuing Commerce (OBC) of is Rs 390 crore between 2007 and 2012 Artificial a particular verdict, questions and fled the country in 2014. The bank informed the CBI about intelligence, the other judge or bench deliv- the fraud in August 2017. The CBI has now registered an FIR ering a verdict different than against the promoters of Dwarka Das Seth International. On more understood theirs, then it is chaos unlim- Saturday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached 21 more as algorithms, ited. And when the judges in properties and assets of Nirav Modi, taking the value of such question belong to the ‘pre- attachment of properties, assets and bank accounts to Rs 6,393 is already in ferred’ category on one side crore. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has revoked the use for judicial and the ‘mutiny’ team on the passports of Nirav Modi and his uncle and managing director other, it is hell broken loose. of Gitanjali Gems Mehul Choksi. Earlier, the MEA had sus- decision-making Ordinarily, such condi- pended their passports. in some states tions might appear to be far- The quick succession in which three serious banking frauds fetched and most unlikely. But involving top jewelers and other industrialists that have come in the US, where this is exactly what happened to light indicate that public sector banks are sitting on a pile the algorithms in the Supreme Court recently. of similar frauds. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s outburst at In a 2014 case involving Pune the regulator and banking sector auditors for not detecting the supplement Municipal Corporation relat- If an AI judge can examine the case record and accurately decide cases based on the facts, human judges could be made free to consider more complex questions frauds in time is not misplaced. Since the public sector banks decisions made ing to the Land Acquisition (Representational Image) function in an autonomous manner, the role of the regula- Act, a three-judge bench led tor and auditors assumes more significance because they are by the judges by then Chief Justice of India other’s judgments. In case of ence by the four senior judges. for judicial decision-making in cases based on the facts, human expected to caution the banks in time about any anomaly that in bail cases to R M Lodha, including Jus- any difference, it can only be When judges spar in the open some US states, where the algo- judges could be made free to they detect in the functioning of the banks. But as repeated tice Kurian Joseph, one of the referred to a bench of larger on issues other than judicial rithms supplement decisions consider more complex ques- cases of banking frauds have come to light within a span of a determine the revolting foursome led by Jus- strength. Anguished by the prudence and propriety, it indi- made by the judges in bail cases tions. They will also have more month, they go on to establish the fact that the banking sec- risk involved in tice Chelameswar, issued a 2:1 development, a three-member cates a deep-seated malady in to determine the risk involved time on their hands to do what tor regulator Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and auditors have majority verdict that a land bench headed by whistleblower the system, which has been in granting bail. our Supreme Court judges are failed to act as the watchdog of the banking sector. Their fail- granting bail acquisition would be deemed to judge Justice Madan B Lokur, plaguing our judiciary for some It has been found that if AI currently engaged in. A seri- ure to ensure a fair banking system has cost the Public Sector have lapsed if compensation for which included Justice Kurian, time. We don’t expect judges can correctly identify patterns ously perceived problem with Banks a number of frauds, some of which have come to light the acquired land had not been criticised Justice Mishra’s bench to behave like the man on the in judicial decision-making, it AI judges is that it raises impor- and many are still to be discovered. The Public Sector Banks paid to the landowner or depos- for ‘tinkering with judicial dis- street, but when they do, it jolts might be better at using prec- tant ethical issues around bias together have a whopping Rs 6.5 lakh crore of non-performing ited with a competent court and cipline’. Justice Kurian went to the very foundation people’s edent to decide or predict cases. and autonomy. It is argued that assets (NPAs). The banks have yet not made public the enti- retained in the treasury. But in the extent of saying in the open trust. It is a signal that we have According to reports, an AI the AI programs may incor- ties who have taken these loans and failed to repay. In recent a verdict issued this month, a court that such action would to start looking for alternatives. judge recently developed by porate the biases of their pro- weeks some of these entities have grabbed media headlines just three-judge bench led by Jus- eventually cost the judicial Luckily, new contours of computer scientists at Univer- grammers and the humans because these cases could no longer be kept under the wraps. tice Arun Mishra, one of the institution. He emphasised that judicial processes are emerg- sity College London drew on they interact with. Also that it PNB has pegged the Nirav Modi-Mehul Choksi fraud at Rs so-called ‘preferred’ benchers, the correctness of a judgment ing, which might help in insti- extensive data from 584 cases can behave in surprising and 11,300 crore. Other estimates suggest that the fraud could be overturned the 2014 judgment can be doubted but a bench of tuting a more acceptable and before the European Court unexpected ways as it learns to in the range of Rs 22,000 crore though Nirav Modi in his let- saying it had been pronounced similar strength cannot hold a transparent system. Artificial of Human Rights to analyse behave like the human judges. ter to the PNB management has said that his liabilities to the without due regard to law and judgment rendered by another intelligence is one such area. existing case law and deliver But the counter-argument to bank is less than Rs 5,000 crore. The ED has attached Nirav ruled that the Central govern- bench as wrong. Technology and law are con- the same verdict in 79 per such fears is that the human Modi-Mehul Choksi properties and assets worth over Rs 6,000 ment had authority over an The controversy has reig- verging in a manner that might cent of the time. Apparently, it judges are already biased. After crore. Similar banking fraud involving Rotomac Pens’ Chair- acquired land even if the com- nited the concerns about judi- make it possible to integrate was found that the European all, if we can put up with the man and Managing Director Vikram Kothari runs into Rs 4,000 pensation was not paid. The lat- cial decisions being marred by and even interchange human Court judges actually depended imperfections of our judges, crore. And the latest in the list, promoters of Dwarka Das Seth est decision, however, broke the bias, bench preferences, lack and non-human roles for bet- more on non-legal facts than we can also accommodate International has left the country three years ago after availing convention that Supreme Court of transparency, and all those ter delivery of justice. Artificial on legal arguments. If an AI some inadequacies of their Rs 390 crore of loans from OBC. The bank is simply clueless benches of the same numerical issues raised at the famous, or intelligence, more understood judge can examine the case non-human counterparts. IPA how the promoters of the company have vanished from the strength cannot overrule each rather infamous, press confer- as algorithms, is already in use record and accurately decide (The views are strictly personal) scene with little knowledge about their whereabouts. The case of Vijay Mallya running away from the country without pay- ing nearly Rs 9,000 crore of bank loans still haunts the public dear memory. The banks’ delinquency in these cases of fraud has Quote martial TELEVISION TODAY EDITOR millenniumpost.in taken its toll on the Central government’s credibility, with a section of the political parties blaming the government for Bad news isn't Amid burgeoning TV channels, people are sorting out their likes. News from across Log on to write letters to the providing safe passage to these fraudsters. the length and breadth of the country and even abroad are telecast instantly. Many editor or send them to But as the Finance Minister has rightly pointed out, it’s wine. It doesn't surprising that banking frauds of this scale have been occur- go for presentation with TRP rate enhanced. The advent of the electronic media has [email protected] ring all the while and the RBI could not notice it. If RBI fails improve with age revolutionised the way we receive news. We get the news immediately along with visuals. You can also send your to detect and put a check on frauds committed by esteemed customers with the connivance of some bank officials, who will Nothing is left to our imagination. Because of the explosion of news channels, there comments to The Editor, be responsible for the frauds? As the regulator of the banking seems to be a shortage of good reporters. A good many are seen to be voluble. For the Millennium Post, sector, RBI needs to keep a watch on systematic and other fail- COLIN POWELL viewers, it becomes nauseating when decorum is not maintained. Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah ures in the banking system. The latest cases of banking frauds have clearly established the fact that RBI has not taken its role SAMIR CHAKRABORTY Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 to keep a watch on banks’ transactions, especially to smell out the fishy ones. The finance ministry and the government should take this opportunity to put in place systematic checks and bal- ances that promise to detect the frauds at the very outset and makes banking frauds a zero-tolerance crime. Polycropping to drought-proof agriculture Holed up in a As a result of natural farming practice that encourages polycropping, foreign embassy groundnut is no more the solo crop in many villages s the future via- To make agriculture cli- o be holed up in a foreign embassy in London for over bility of agricul- mate resilient, water run- five years ostensibly to avoid extradition proceed- DEEPANWITA GITA NIYOGI ture depends on off is arrested across slopes. ings must be an awful experience. But the curious soil health, it is Under watershed management, case of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has been Aimperative to protect this pre- trenches and earthen bunds Tgetting more curious by the day and seems to have hit all but cious resource. Keeping this have been created to absorb a dead end. In the beginning, it was Sweden that wanted him in mind, farmers in Andhra rainwater across farmers’ fields. on “unforgiveable” sex charges. Extradition seemed immi- Pradesh’s Anantapur district Farm ponds have been dug to nent at one point of time but the Ecuador government threw are gradually shifting to poly- collect excess water at the time its weight behind him, tilted scales in favour of the strange, cropping under zero bud- of rainfall. controversial figure who has often been likened to a “genius” get natural farming (ZBNF) In Thammaiah Doddi vil- and was even recommended for the Nobel Peace Prize. Peace from the prevalent groundnut lage, around 55 farmers are has, since, eluded him even if Sweden dropped its charges. monoculture being practised practising ZBNF. Mostly these True, both Ecuador and U.K. have had lengthy negotiations To make for generations. farmers are smallholders with to try and have the celebrated refugee set free. Talks between agriculture Currently, about 60,000 lands ranging from 0.80 ha to the UK and Ecuador over the future of Julian Assange at its hectares (ha) are under ZBNF 2.02 ha. “Now, if we do not London embassy have broken down, the South American climate resilient, cultivation. The government have rains for even 25 days, as country’s foreign minister has said. Maria Fernanda Espinosa water run-off is plans to increase it to 100,000 a farmer I can say the crop will suggested British officials had been unwilling to negotiate over ha by the end of 2018. “When survive,” says Shivanna, who the WikiLeaks founder’s potential release. Earlier this month, arrested across introduced in September 2015, has been practising ZBNF since a judge upheld an arrest warrant issued when Assange skipped slopes. Under the critical thing about the zero 2015. He grows groundnut, bail as he fought extradition to Sweden in 2012. The 46-year- budget farming initiative was its paddy, and ragi on five acres. old has been at the Embassy ever since because he fears extra- watershed sustainability over a long period “The crop colour has improved dition to the United States for questioning over the activities of management, of time. Farmers were worried and we get more yields. Crops WikiLeaks if he leaves. Ecuador said it would continue to pro- about reduced yields under survive because the soil stays tect Assange’s rights, however, there was a risk to his physical trenches and ZBNF as compared to conven- fertile and moist due to the and psychological well-being after spending nearly six years earthen bunds tional farming practices,” says Polycropping has a number of benefits and is aimed at drought-proofing dryland agriculture that depends application of ghanajeevam- in the building as a “refugee”. The country has assessed more have been Vijay Kumar Thallam, the in- entirely on rainfall (Representational Image) rutam and dravajeevamrutam, than 30 similar cases in a bid to break the deadlock, including charge of the project. says Chandrasekhar, another that of British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who created to absorb However, things are gradu- interspersed with vegetables 2014 as there was not much non-profit Centre for Sustain- farmer from the same village. is in prison in Iran accused of spying. This included options for rainwater across ally taking a turn for the bet- like brinjal, onion, and spin- prospect in agriculture in his able Agriculture, Anantapur is In Nijavalli village, farmer granting diplomatic immunity, although Ecuador said it would ter as more and more farmers ach. A few farmers are trying village. But he came back and a dry region where the annual Balavaradaraju grows mul- continue to respect the UK’s laws. Interestingly, in November, farmers’ fields. are turning to ZBNF. From the out mulberry trees, along with started polycropping. Since the rainfall is around 500 mm. So, berry interspersed with papaya, Espinosa said Assange had been granted Ecuadorian citizen- Farm ponds beginning of 2016 (phase 1 of pigeon peas. In a few farms, past three years, he has been naturally one of the efforts onions, chilly, and other vegeta- ship. The foreign minister said Ecuador was trying to make ZBNF) till now, 4,263 ha have pomegranate trees grow with cultivating groundnut, castor, under natural farming is to bles on 0.80 ha. Each mulberry Assange a member of its diplomatic team, which would grant have been dug been covered in Anantapur maize and tall coconut trees redgram, and cowpea on two increase the soil organic mat- tree needs 2 litres of water a day. him additional rights under the Vienna Convention on Dip- to collect excess with 9,964 farmers taking up dot the border. acres. The latest thing in his ter to fight drought. “Drought He practices mulching and as lomatic Relations – including special legal immunity and safe natural farming. Multicropping or polycrop- field is mulberry trees. adaptation has increased in the a result, his soil does not need passage. Last week, former British cabinet minister Sir Patrick water at the time ping has a number of benefits “Conservation of agricul- district, as farmers are shifting much moisture. McLoughlin asked the Home Office when action would be taken of rainfall End of monocropping and is aimed at drought-proof- tural diversity and using on- towards natural farming.” “Migration had reduced to over Assange’s case during Commons questions. He said the As a result of ZBNF prac- ing dryland agriculture that farm inputs are the paths to In Anantapur, 90 per cent some extent, but farmers still first three years of Assange’s five-year stay in the embassy had tice that encourages polycrop- depends entirely on rainfall. a sustainable future”, Sonali agriculture is rainfed. “The continue to leave. Those who cost the Metropolitan Police an additional £11m. As matters ping, groundnut is no more the This has benefited Anantapur Bisht, founder and advisor rainfall amount may be there, have water are lucky and can stand, the costs would mount as there is little or no likelihood solo crop being grown across in another way too. Migra- to the Institute of Himalayan but distribution is the main stay behind.” As a solution, he of Assange being handed over to Scotland Yard. In event of his many villages in Anantapuram. tion has reduced as farmers’ Environmental Research and problem. Most of the times, feels NREGS and ZBNF should being extradited to the U.S., even he is uncertain but apprehen- In villages like Thammaiah income has become assured. Education, says. crops have to be saved from work together. Right now, the sive of what awaits him. His present living conditions are akin doddi, Gundumala, Neelakan- Take the example of Nagaraju, drying up through protec- former is only concerned with to being in a space capsule, he has said. But freedom, as they tapuram and Nijavalli, poly- a farmer from Govindapuram Fighting drought, migration tive irrigation efforts,” says T labour payment for farm pond say, always comes at a price. Can Assange afford it? cropping is the new mantra. in Madakasira mandal (block). According to G V Raman- Y Reddy of Accion Fraterna, construction. DOWN TO EARTH Lush green fields of paddy are He migrated to Bengaluru in janeyulu of Hyderabad-based non-profit based in Anantapur. (The views are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 mp in focus Spectre of indictment looms large For the time being, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is stable as none of its partners have spoken against him

sraeli Prime Minister a police investigation, saying a Benjamin Netanyahu is leader “sunk up to his neck in M SHAKEEL AHMED fighting for his politi- interrogations” could not gov- cal survival in the wake ern properly. Iof recommendations by the Some observers say that it police to indict him on charges would be better if Netanyahu, of bribery, fraud, and breach who first came to power in of trust in two corruption 1996-1999 and again has been cases, rendering not just an servicing as Prime Minister embarrassing blow to him but since 2009, resigns before an also likely to fuel calls for his indictment is issued, as hap- resignation. pened in the case of Olmert, Netanyahu, a dominant who was jailed for corruption. figure in Israeli politics, has So far he has not given rejected the accusations, which any indication to step down. included accepting nearly There is no precedent in Israel According to $300,000 in gifts from two bil- of any Prime Minister con- lionaires allegedly in the form tinuing in office during indict- Arab observers, jewelry, crates of champagne, ment. In 1977, Yitzhak Rabin Netanyahu’s fall and boxes of Cuban cigars. had resigned rather than being from the pinnacle He accused police of being charged for holding money on a witch-hunt and vowed to in an overseas bank account of power would remain in office and even seek and not declaring it to the tax be of great re-election, due next year. authorities. “I will continue to lead the Netanyahu is no stranger to service to the state of Israel responsibly and investigations. In 1997, during cause of peace loyally as long as you, the citi- his first term, police wanted zens of Israel, choose me to him to stand trial in an influ- not only on the lead you,” Netanyahu said in a ence-peddling case involving Palestine front but televised address on February the appointment of an attorney 13, an hour after police told general. While he was between also regionally. his lawyers about their recom- terms, police recommended in The peace process mendations. “I am sure that 2000 that he and his wife Sara the truth will come to light. be prosecuted on suspicion of between Israel And I am sure that also in the bribery and theft of state gifts. and Palestine next election that will take Neither of the recommenda- place on time I will win your tions culminated in charges. has been stalled trust again, with God’s help.” Arab countries are watch- since Netanyahu’s Although most members of ing the development with Netanyahu’s inner circle seem immense interest. According assumption of to stand behind him, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is alleged to have improperly received lavish gifts from Hollywood and business figures to Arab observers, Netanyahu’s power more than his confidant, Shlomo Filber, fall from the pinnacle of power according to Israeli media, has erage on media they controlled tions that Netanyahu accepted fraud, and breach of trust. reportedly was recorded ask- Party have rallied behind would be of great service to a decade ago agreed to turn state witness in return for favours from gifts from Hollywood mogul It said Netanyahu had ing Arnon Mozes, the pub- him. Observers say probably the cause of peace not only in one of several investiga- regulators. Bezeq, its own- Arnon Milchan and Austra- accepted gifts valued at lisher of the Yediot Ahronot they are waiting for the attor- on the Palestine front but also tions, threatening his politi- ers and executives deny any lian billionaire James Packer, 750,000 shekels ($214,000) daily, for positive coverage in ney general’s decision whether regionally. The peace process cal survival. wrongdoing. and suspicions that he offered from Milchan, and 250,000 exchange for promoting leg- to indict before coming out between Israel and Palestine Filber was appointed by Netanyahu has questioned to give preferential treatment shekels ($71,000) from Packer. islation that would weaken a against him. Former Prime has been stalled since Netanya- Netanyahu to head the Com- the integrity of police investi- to a newspaper publisher The gifts from Milchan report- free newspaper that had cut Minister Ehud Barak, a bitter hu’s assumption of power more munications Ministry. He was gators saying they could not be in exchange for favorable edly included expensive cigars into Yediot’s business. rival of Netanyahu, has asked than a decade ago. Of course, arrested recently along with trusted and accusing them of coverage. and champagne. Police said there was suf- Netanyahu’s resignation say- there is no guarantee that any top executives at Bezeq Tele- trying to thwart the electorate’s The recommendations have Police said that in return, ficient evidence to charge ing, “the depth of corruption future Israeli leader would be com, Israel’s largest telecom- will and bring down a serv- been handed over to Attorney Netanyahu had operated on both Milchan and Mozes with is horrifying.” any different or more forth- munications company. His ing Prime Minister. Ironically, General Avihai Mendelblit, Milchan’s behalf on U.S. visa bribery. Channel 10 TV read The Attorney General may coming in engaging the Pales- decision could leave the tough- the police chief Roni Alsheikh who will review the material matters and legislated a tax a statement that it said came take his own time to decide on tinians in serious and fruitful talking Netanyahu at his most was picked up by him to head before deciding whether to file break. It said he also helped from Milchan’s “defence team” the police recommendations peace talks. vulnerable situation yet. the force perhaps hoping that charges against a sitting Prime Milchan, an Israeli producer saying the bribery charge and Netanyahu can remain in (M Shakeel Ahmed is Without giving the source, the favour would be paid in Minister for the first time. whose credits include ‘Pretty would not stand. office during that process. former Editor, PTI. He has Israeli media reported that loyalty. In a statement, police said Woman’, ‘12 Years a Slave’ For the time being, Netan- During similar circum- also served as West Asia Filber has now agreed to tes- The police recommen- their investigation found suffi- and ‘JFK,’ in the Israeli media yahu’s coalition is stable as stances a decade ago, Netan- Correspondent for PTI, based tify for the state in the case in dations marked a dramatic cient evidence to indict Netan- market. none of its partners have spo- yahu, as opposition leader, had in Bahrain from 1988 to 1995. which police allege that Bezeq’s ending to a more than year- yahu in the first case, known as In the second case, known ken against him. Key mem- asked the then-Prime Minister The views expressed owners offered favourable cov- long investigation into allega- ‘File 1000,’ for accepting bribes, as ‘File 2000,’ Netanyahu bers of Netanyahu’s Likud Ehud Olmert to resign during are strictly personal)

tweet The southern siren Sridevi RETWEET The 300-film old Sridevi was bigger than all the Khans combined ewspapers and magazines have been going to town RAMACHANDRA GUHA with images of actor Sridevi @Ram_Guha and her daughters Jhanavi Nand Khushi over the past 2 years. The UMA NAIR wasp-waisted Sridevi has been a shutter bug’s dream. The news of her demise in The response of civil society in Kerala to Dubai comes as a shock and a testimony the horrific mob lynching in their state to life’s truth of mortality that hinges has been admirable; wish this sense of on the doors of immortality in cinema. Her last outing at Mohit Marwah’s shame and the desire to seek prompt wedding, which recently took place remedial action would be visible in other in the UAE was attended by the entire states where hate crimes are even more Kapoor clan. You can see in the pic- rampant. tures in tabloids that it was Sridevi and her younger daughter Khushi Kapoor, who stood out from the rest. In what she wore and how she carried it, Sridevi RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE Her onscreen was a design diva as her tall lanky frame charisma was brought life to a fabric creating a picture @Ra_THORe “her departure of a modern-day Venus. from the previous Tamil films Medal for one, belief for millions! Put The Sivakasi born Sridevi was first classicism known in the many films she acted in your hands together for India's first of Hindi, in Southern fare. Her Tamil films Moon- Gymnast to win an individual medal in the dru Mudichu. Moondram Pirai defined #GymnasticsWorldCup at Melbourne. Well particular, and her prowess as an actor of sterling done Aruna Budda Reddy. You have made Indian cinema dimensions. India proud. #Gymnastics In the Kamal Haasan-starrer Moon- Sridevi was among the very few Indian female superstars capable of huge box office success without the support of a male hero in general. dram Pirai, you realise her effortless ease Sridevi brought in her mother tongue - Tamil. It was a Kamal Haasan trinity was one of the India’s Merryl Streep naya and nrittiya. She brought in a dif- highlight of Sridevi’s long and illustri- highlights of ’70s Tamil cinema. Critics christened her as India’s ferent sensuality to Indian cinema.” NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON in a completely ous career that Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Sridevi and Haasan were paired in Merryl Streep. It is said she gave Indian @neiltyson different acting Kannada, Malayalam films created her many films across genres, including heroes a run for their money. Mom- Boney Kapoor’s Taj Mahal screen signature in a way that defined Manidharil Ithana Nirangala (1978), After all, not everyone can make Sridevi’s Mom capped her career as energy into Indian acting predicaments and perspectives. In Kalyanaraman (1979), Thaayillamal Bollywood’s Dabangg Khan gush. At a her 300th appearance in a journey that cinema in terms an interview to film critic Anuj Kumar, Naan Illai (1979), Varumayin Niram teaser launch of the film Mom, Salman began in the films of K Balachander and If the #Olympics were a bit geekier, of abhinaya Sridevi said she missed the art side of Sivappu (1980) and Meendum Kokila Khan called the 300-film old Sridevi big- Bharathiraja. Her career in films began they would measure aerial acrobatics in Tamil cinema, but enjoyed doing com- (1981). ger than all the Khans combined. Her on July 7, 1967, the same day on which Radians. Every half-rotation is Pi Radians, and nrittiya. mercial cinema for Bollywood she also The Rajinikanth-Sridevi pairing, too, riveting performance in Sadma, of a her film Mom was released last year. making it easier to track and say how said she was in love with the camera was well received through such films as woman who suffers memory loss, was so It was a gift from her affable husband many rotations were executed. You're just She brought while talking about the relevance of her Priya, Pokkiri Raja (1982) and Naan Adi- remarkable that her co-star in the film, Boney Kapoor. “The film is my tribute to in a different film ‘Mom.’ mai Illai (1986). Kamal Haasan, went on record to say it her and since I cannot build a Taj Mahal counting Pi’s. sensuality to The best Sridevi-Haasan pairing was was even better than the original por- for her, I am making Mom,” said Boney Genesis at 4 in Balu Mahendra’s Moondram Pirai trayal of the character in the Tamil ver- Kapoor about the film which released Indian cinema” Her life in cinema began as a child (1982). Remade in Hindi as Sadma, sion of the film, Moondram Pirai. Then in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam and SHASHI THAROOR artist when Sridevi was barely four years Moondram Pirai featured Sridevi as a came the eccentric Anju and Manju of received rave reviews. Over five decades @ShashiTharoor old when she faced the camera in Kan- woman who regresses into child-like Chaalbaaz, the story of twins separated Sridevi amassed a huge fan base, was dan Karunai and Nam Naadu and went behaviour after developing retrograde at birth an unforgettable Sridevi sojourn. known for her devotion and dedication on to act in M.A. Thirumugham’s Thu- amnesia. Her relationship with her res- Film historian Amrit Ganger had and her professionalism on the sets and naivan (1969). For the next 10 years, she cuer (Kamal Haasan) forms the crux of intriguing remarks to make about in the studios. "Let your presence ring out like a bell into starred in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and the tragedy. Sridevi’s abilities and on-screen cha- Her passing away at 54 tells us that the night. And if the earthly no longer nows Kannada films before she stepped into Her film Himmatwala (1983) risma. According to Ganger, her life is short. Indian cinema loses a the studios in Bollywood with Solva brought in the phrase ‘thunder thighs’ onscreen charisma was “her depar- siren who lived life on her own terms your name, whisper to the silent earth: I am Sawan (1979), which flopped and saw and she soon became recognised as a ture from the previous classicism of and wrapped herself around her own flowing. To the flashing water say: I am." her return to Tamil cinema. commercially viable star. Her Bollywood Hindi, in particular, and Indian cin- mystique. --Rainer Maria Rilke: Sonnets to Orpheus Sridevi held her own against two blockbusters include Mr. India (1987), ema in general. Sridevi brought in a (The author art curator and critic. #srideviRIP actors who were charting a similar path Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991), Khuda completely different acting energy The views expressed to stardom. The Rajinikanth-Sridevi- Gawah (1992) and many others. into Indian cinema in terms of abhi- are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 6 months after attacks began, Bangladesh HC defers verdict on Khaleda Zia’s bail petition Rohingyas see no end in sight DHAKA: Bangladesh's High Zia, however, appears to Court on Sunday deferred be seeking to contest the next the judgement on imprisoned polls. DHAKA: Their houses are often made Otherwise it will not work. " Buddhist- ex-prime minister and main BNP's secretary general of plastic sheets. Much of their food majority Myanmar doesn't recognize opposition BNP chief Khaleda Mirza Falhrul Islam Alamgir comes from aid agencies. Jobs are few, the Rohingya as an official ethnic group Zia's bail petition, saying it earlier last week told a pro- and there is painfully little to do. The and they face intense discrimination would decide after receiving test rally that the party would nightmares are relentless. and persecution. necessary papers from the not take part in polls discard- But six months after their horrors The children in the camps face a lower court which sentenced ing Zia and "no national elec- began, the Rohingya Muslims who fled particularly difficult time. The U.N. esti- her to five years in jail this BNP chief Khaleda Zia tion will be held without BNP army attacks in Myanmar for refuge in mates children are the heads of 5,600 month. Chairperson Khaleda Zia". Bangladesh feel one immense consola- refugee families. The 72-year-old three- by the end of the year. But Prime Minister Sheikh tion. "Nobody is coming to kill us, that's A survey of children's lives inside time former prime minister The BNP, the main opposi- Hasina said her government for sure," said Mohammed Amanullah, the camps showed they faced an array was given a five-year jail term tion party outside Parliament, could do nothing if the BNP whose village was destroyed last year of terrors, from girls reporting concerns by Dhaka's Special Court on alleged that the verdict was again decides to boycott the just before he left for Bangladesh with of harassments near the camp toilets to February 8 in connection with politically motivated to debar polls over its leader's impris- his wife and three children. They now fears that elephants and snakes could the embezzlement of 21 mil- Zia from contesting elections, onment but elections would live in the Kutupalong refugee camp attack them as they collect firewood. lion taka (about $250,000) an allegation denied by Prime be held in due time. outside the coastal city of Cox's Bazar. "We cannot expect Rohingya chil- in foreign donations meant Minister Sheikh Hasina-led In a separate hearing, a "We have peace here." dren to overcome the traumatic experi- for the Zia Orphanage Trust, government. court extended the bail of Zia On August 25, Rohingya insurgents ences they've suffered when exposed to named after her late husband The High Court had earlier until tomorrow in a graft case. attacked several security posts in Myan- further insecurity and fears of violence Ziaur Rahman, a military this week accepted for hear- Judge MD Akhteruzzaman Noble Peace Laureate from Yemen Tawakkol Karman, right, holds a Rohingya refugee mar, killing at least 14 people. Within in the camps," Mark Pierce, country ruler-turned-politician. ing her bail petition along with of the Special Judge Court-5 child during her visit to Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh AP/PTI hours, waves of revenge attacks broke director for Save the Children in Ban- "The (two-judge) bench prayers, challenging her con- here passed the order extend- out, with the military and Buddhist Six months later, there are few signs mar since August, more Rohingya con- gladesh, said in a statement. said it would issue the order on viction and ordered authorities ing the bail after Zia's barrister mobs marauding through Rohingya vil- Rohingya are going home anytime soon. tinue to flee. The study was prepared jointly by the bail petition after receiving concerned to forward the case Moudud Ahmed submitted a lages in bloody pogroms, killing thou- Myanmar and Bangladesh have So for now, the refugees wait. Save the Children, World Vision and the case documents from the records in 15 days. petition seeking an extension sands, raping women and girls, and signed an agreement to gradually repa- "If they agree to send us back that's Plan International. "The overwhelming trial court" which is expected Political analysts say the of her bail in the Zia Charitable burning houses and whole villages. triate Rohingya in "safety, security fine, but is it that easy?" asked Amanul- message from these children is that they to reach the High Court in the BNP is now exposed to a Trust graft case. The aid group Doctors Without and dignity," but the process has been lah. "Myanmar must give us citizenship. are afraid," Pierce said. "This is no way next two weeks, a high court political wilderness after Zia's The Zia charitable graft Borders has estimated at least 6,700 opaque and the dangers remain. New That is our home. Without citizenship for a child to live." official told reporters. conviction, which is likely case, filed in August 2011, Rohingya were killed in Myanmar in satellite images have shown empty vil- they will torture us again. They will kill The situation will worsen soon. Sea- The February 8 verdict to disqualify her for elec- accuses four persons includ- the first month of the violence, includ- lages and hamlets leveled, erasing evi- us again." He said he would only return sonal monsoon rains will begin pound- shook the country's political tions unless she could obtain ing Zia of abusing power to ing at least 730 children younger than 5. dence of the Rohingyas' former lives. under the protection of U.N. peacekeep- ing the refugees' plastic-and-bamboo scenario ahead of the general a different direction from the raise funds for the trust from The survivors flooded into Bangladesh. And with 700,000 having fled Myan- ers: "They must take care of us there. city in April. AGENCIES elections scheduled to be held Supreme Court. unknown sources. AGENCIES Philippines Sirisena reshuffles Lankan arrests widows Cabinet amid political turmoil Pakistan media blasts govt using terror of slain militants COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Presi- groups as instruments of foreign policy MANILA: The widows of dent Maithripala Sirisena on two slain militant leaders have Sunday reshuffled the Cabinet ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is by the United States to a grey from the state akin to a seri- been arrested for allegedly sup- in the backdrop of the ongoing drifting towards international list the country’s financial sys- ous clampdown. Cosmetic porting extremist groups and political turmoil. isolation mainly due to its pol- tem, it said. action has continued to be possessing firearms and explo- Prime Minister Ranil icy of using groups designated The FATF in its report taken, which is why the inter- sives, Philippine police said on Wickremesinghe has been by the global community as ter- released on Friday did not national community remains Sunday. appointed as the Minister of rorist outfits as instruments of mention Pakistan's name, unconvinced by the presiden- Juromee Dongon was mar- Law and Order in the unity foreign policy, the media here leading to confusion about the tial ordinance putting Paki- ried to a senior leader of the government's second cabinet warned on Sunday, days after a country's status. stan’s terrorist organisation list notorious Abu Sayyaf kidnap- reshuffle. Sri Lankan President Maithripala global watchdog on terrorism It is now increasingly clear in compliance with the UN list for-ransom group, Khadaffy The unity government Sirisena financing reportedly placed that Pakistan is drifting towards and the recent seizing of LeT Janjalani. After his death in of the Sri Lanka Freedom Islamabad on its watch-list. international isolation mainly assets, the paper said. 2006 she married Malaysian Party (SLFP) and the United appointments Sirisena The world, which includes due to its policy of using groups The optics are not convinc- bombmaker Zulkifli bin Hir, National Party (UNP) was expressed hope that the our brotherly friends (China designated by the world com- ing. However, there is little evi- alias Marwan, who was killed thrown into a crisis after for- changes will serve the people and Saudi Arabia) whom the munity as terrorist outfits as dence that Pakistan is doing in 2015 in the Philippines, mer president Mahinda Raj- better. foreign minister (Khawaja instruments of foreign policy, worse that it was in 2015 when police said. apaksa's new party pulled off a Rajapaksa's new political Asif) thanked in a prematurely the prominent newspaper com- it was taken off the grey list, The Authorities arrested Don- stunning victory in local elec- party, Sri Lanka People's Party triumphant tweet on Tuesday, mented. This is precisely the News commented. gon along with her relatives in tions seen as a referendum on (SLPP), defeated Sirisena's is not impressed with what they state of affairs that the civilian The Nation, another lead- her home in Lanao del Norte the ruling alliance. Former SLFP and Wickremesinghe's see as this country’s continued government has been trying and individuals that had been thing that the country accepts ing Pakistani newspaper, in an province in the restive southern strongman Rajapaksa's nearly UNP, winning 225 councils or intransigence, the Dawn said to warn the security establish- designated as terrorists by the internally. editorial said, This is a time to region of Mindanao where they a decade-long rule was ended two thirds of the 340 councils in a stinging editorial, criticis- ment about for a number of United Nations. There have been constant reflect upon the flawed poli- found firearms, ammunition by Sirisena in 2015. which went to polls earlier this ing the policies of the govern- years now, including in a series The warnings are now pleas within the government cies which brought us to such and bomb-making compo- Several portfolios have been month. ment, especially the powerful of meetings in late 2016 but evi- pouring in continuously to act apparatus to come up with a brink of panic. nents, a police statement said. reshuffled among the UNP After registering the land- military. dently, these conversations did against militant groups, or risk measures to combat the free The mainstreaming of ter- "She assists, associates, net- members with some of them slide win, Rajapaksa was quick Now that the news from the not lead to the desired actions, international isolation. Paki- flow of terrorist finance. But rorist and extremist factions, to works and supports terror- exchanging jobs. to demand a snap general elec- just-concluded round of meet- it noted. stan would do well to heed these efforts remain beset by the point that we tolerated their ist groups," regional police "Taking (into account) peo- tion which is scheduled to be ings of the Financial Action The FATF has been asking them for its own sake, it said. contradictions, it said. large participation in our elec- spokesman Superintendent ple's message expressed at the held after August 2020. Task Force (FATF) held in Paris Pakistan to fully implement Another newspaper, The Currently, the offending tion process, is what has put us Lemuel Gonda told AFP. recent local government elec- Since the defeat, Sirisena has been digested, it is impor- UN Security Council Resolu- News, commented that Pak- entity seems to be the free oper- in this situation today, it said. "Juromee is linked with Abu tion, the government needs has been seeking the removal of tant to focus on the fact that tion 1267 ever since the coun- istan needs to reflect seri- ation of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its It is time that Paki- Sayyaf during the time of Jan- to improve its policies, pro- Wickremesinghe as the prime both China and Saudi Arabia try was taken out of the grey list ously about the consequences charity wing JuD, it said. stan actively pushes against jalani and then later Jemaah grammes and actions to serve minister, attempting to form abandoned Pakistan during back in 2015. Once that act was of its inaction against terror- The group (JuD) was able these liabilities that are caus- Islamiyah," he added, referring people," Sirisena said in a tweet. his own SLFP government, the proceedings, opening the passed in 2015, the next step ist finance. The failure to curb to launch a political party this ing us so much damage, it to a Southeast Asian militant Handing out the new analysts have said. AGENCIES way for the motion advanced was action against those groups terrorism finance is some- year and has not faced action commented. AGENCIES group. Marwan was a leading member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and a suspect in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that Thousands attend funeral of radical rabbi in Jerusalem killed 202 people as well as in two deadly Philippine attacks. He died in a raid in the JERUSALEM: Thousands through the city towards the gest opponents of attempts tation of religious law and bach's decline political par- to Israel as military service. ultra-Orthodox leadership in southern Philippines that also of mourners took part in the cemetery in the Givat Shaul to force ultra-Orthodox Jew- account for some 10 percent ticipation under the belief Israeli law requires Jew- 2012 over their willingness left 44 police commandos dead. funeral on Sunday in Jerusa- neighbourhood where large ish students to serve in the of the country's eight million that a Jewish state cannot be ish men to serve two years to enable young men's to join The US had offered a 5 million lem of a radical Israeli rabbi crowds were expected for his military like their secular people. formed until the coming of the and eight months in the mili- the army and work market in bounty for him. who led opposition to attempts burial. Auerbach led a rela- counterparts. More mainstream ultra- Messiah. tary on reaching the age of 18, limited numbers. "The Jerusa- In two operations on Sun- to force ultra-Orthodox reli- tively small but fervent group A series of protests in Orthodox Jews participate They refuse to serve in the while women must serve for lem Faction's reaction was to day, police arrested Dongon gious students to serve in the of followers, known as the Jeru- recent months against such in politics and their politi- military out of fear their reli- 24 months. that," said Brown, and caused as well as her two sisters and military. salem Faction, who opposed moves drew huge crowds and cal parties have often played gious lifestyle will be compro- Benny Brown, an expert a schism among the so-called father, Gonda said, adding the The funeral procession for more mainstream ultra-Ortho- led to scuffles with police. a kingmaker role in forming mised in the largely secular on the ultra-Orthodox at the Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox family had "connections with Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, who dox Jewish leaders. Israel's ultra-Orthodox governments. setting, arguing too that reli- Hebrew University, said Auer- sector, hitherto unified under terrorists". AGENCIES died aged 86, moved slowly He was among the stron- Jews follow a strict interpre- But groups such as Auer- gious study is just as important bach broke off from the main one rabbi. AGENCIES Asians, Europeans genetically ‘Water widely present across Moon’s surface’ WASHINGTON: The Moon's doesn't stay on its own for long, prone to dengue: Study water is widely distributed Scientists studied preferring to attack molecules across the surface and is not or attach itself chemically to confined to a particular region data from a them. Hydroxyl would there- LONDON: Scientists have or type of terrain, say scien- NASA probe fore have to be extracted from identified gene variants that tists who studied data from a aboard India’s minerals in order to be used. make people of Asian and NASA probe aboard India's The research also suggests European ancestry more prone Chandrayaan-1 orbiter. Chandrayaan-1 that any water present on the to developing severe dengue. The water appears to be orbiter Moon isn't loosely attached to Dengue fever is endemic to present day and night, though the surface. tropical and subtropical regions it is not necessarily easily acces- "By putting some limits on of East Asia and the Ameri- sible, they said. The findings two apart, researchers need to how mobile the water or the cas, but the virus responsible may help understand the ori- have very accurate temperature OH on the surface is, we can for the disease has recently gin of the Moon's water and information. help constrain how much water spread to North America and how easy it would be to use Researchers came up with could reach the cold traps in Europe due to the introduc- as a resource. If the Moon has a new way to incorporate tem- the polar regions," said Michael tion of its vectors - mosquitoes enough water, and if it is rea- The results contradict some continue because of the sub- perature information, creating Poston of the Southwest of the Aedes genus - into these (CNRS) in France, studied the origin showed that the preva- sonably convenient to access, earlier studies, which had sug- tleties of how the detection a detailed model from mea- Research Institute in the US. regions. genetics of 411 patients admit- lence of these variations varies future explorers might be able gested that more water was has been achieved so far. The surements made by the Diviner Sorting out what happens The dengue virus can lead ted with dengue virus infection based on ethnic ancestry. to use it as drinking water or detected at the Moon's polar main evidence has come from instrument on NASA's Lunar on the Moon could also help to a wide spectrum of illness, to three hospitals in Thailand "The particular genetic to convert it into hydrogen and latitudes and that the strength remote-sensing instruments Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). researchers understand the ranging from classic dengue between 2000 and 2003. risk conferred by these genes oxygen for rocket fuel or oxy- of the water signal waxes and that measured the strength of The team applied this tem- sources of water and its long- fever (DF) to the potentially The study, published in indicates that Southeast and gen to breathe. wanes according to the lunar sunlight reflected off the lunar perature model to data gath- term storage on other rocky fatal dengue shock syndrome the journal PLOS Neglected Northeast Asians are highly "We find that it doesn't mat- day (29.5 Earth days). surface. ered earlier by the Moon bodies throughout the solar (DSS). Tropical Diseases, identified susceptible to both pheno- ter what time of day or which Some researchers proposed When water is present, Mineralogy Mapper, a visible system. Ethnic diversity has long two genes related to blood ves- types, while Africans are best latitude we look at, the signal that water molecules can "hop" instruments like these pick up and infrared spectrometer that The researchers are still dis- been considered as one of the sel inflammation that confer protected against severe den- indicating water always seems across the lunar surface until a spectral fingerprint at wave- NASA's Jet Propulsion Labora- cussing what the findings tell factors explaining why the risk of severe dengue, and four gue," said Sakuntabhai. to be present," said Joshua they enter cold traps in the lengths near three microme- tory in Pasadena, California, them about the source of the severe forms of dengue are genes related to metabolism "Europeans, on the other Bandfield, a senior research sci- dark reaches of craters near the tres, which lies beyond visible provided for the Chandray- Moon's water. "Some of these more prevalent in Southeast that affect risk of classic den- hand, are less susceptible to entist with the Space Science north and south poles. light and in the realm of infra- aan-1 orbiter. scientific problems are very, Asia than elsewhere, as previ- gue fever. classical dengue fever but more Institute in the US. In planetary science, a cold red radiation. However, the The finding of widespread very difficult, and it's only by ously shown in epidemiological Further experiments susceptible to severe dengue "The presence of water trap is a region that's so cold, surface of the Moon also can and relatively immobile water drawing on multiple resources research, yet the phenomenon showed that variations in the fever," he said. This research doesn't appear to depend on the water vapour and other vol- get hot enough to "glow," or suggests that it may be pres- from different missions that has never been explained by genes led to observable changes offers insights that can help the composition of the surface, atiles which come into contact emit its own light, in the infra- ent primarily as OH, a more are we able to hone in on an human genetics. in cellular dynamics. understand the pathophysiol- and the water sticks around," with the surface will remain red region of the spectrum. reactive relative of water that is answer," said LRO project sci- Researchers, led by Anavaj A comparison with the ogy of this infectious disease said Bandfield, lead author of stable for an extended period The challenge is to disen- made of one oxygen atom and entist John Keller of NASA's Sakuntabhai from National genetic databases of individu- and develop new therapeutic the study published in the jour- of time, perhaps up to sev- tangle this mixture of reflected one hydrogen atom. Goddard Space Flight Center Center for Scientific Research als of African and European approaches. AGENCIES nal Nature Geoscience. eral billion years. The debates and emitted light. To tease the OH, also called hydroxyl, in the US. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 mp Beijing protests US sanctions on Indian brothers look to Chinese firms over N Korea ties

BEIJING: Beijing has pro- and individuals," foreign min- harness AI for greater good tested against Washington's istry spokesman Geng Shuang North Korea decision to impose sanctions said on Saturday. against Chinese companies "We have lodged solemn slams latest US SAN FRANCISCO: As debate ment as a partner. which artificial intelligence can accused of conducting illicit representations to the United swirls on whether artificial Areas targeted at the outset be used maliciously." economic deals with North States and asked the U.S. to sanctions intelligence will be a boon will include health care, edu- The Electronic Frontier Korea, the foreign ministry immediately cease the wrong or a curse for humanity, two cation, agriculture and urban Foundation, which took part has said. practice so as to avoid under- SEOUL: North Korea on Indian-American entrepre- infrastructure. in the study, expressed concern US President Donald mining relevant cooperation Sunday slammed the lat- neur brothers are out to ensure The project's founders hope that "increasingly sophisticated Trump on Friday announced between the two sides," he est US measures against it the emerging technologies AI could help nurses in rural AI will usher in a world that is measures targeting more than added. as an "act of war", after US don't just benefit the richest areas with diagnoses, advise strange and different from the 50 North Korea-linked ship- China, North Korea's only President Donald Trump in society. how to optimize crops, trans- one we're used to, and there are ping companies, vessels and major ally, has steadfastly announced the "heavi- Romesh and Sunil Wadh- late text books into various serious risks if this technology trade businesses, hailing the rebuffed Washington's calls est sanctions ever" on the wani this week launched what languages as needed or even is used for the wrong ends." package as the "heaviest sanc- for a full oil embargo -- fear- nuclear-armed regime. is billed as the world's first spot signs students might be on High-profile figures who tions ever" levied on the ing the chaotic collapse of the The measures, which nonprofit institute dedicated paths to dropping out. have expressed fears about the nuclear-armed regime. Pyongyang regime -- but has Washington says are aimed to putting AI to work improv- "AI is a game-changing potential dangers of AI include The measures, which the accepted caps agreed at the at forcing Pyongyang to roll ing lives of poor farmers, rural technology," said Sunil Wad- Romesh (Left) and Sunil Wadhwani at the launch of Wadhwani AI tech visionary and innovator US says are aimed at forcing United Nations. back its banned nuclear and health care workers or teach- hwani, who is based in Pitts- Institute with Amitabh Kant (Centre) Elon Musk. Pyongyang to roll back its "We will never allow Chi- weapons programmes, target ers in communities with scant burgh as a trustee for Carnegie SpaceX founder and Tesla banned nuclear and weapons nese citizens or companies more than 50 North Korea- resources. Mellon University. Research director. in photos, fighting "fake news," chief executive Musk in 2015 programmes, apply to com- to be engaged in activities linked shipping companies, "AI will go where AI will "A lot of developing coun- "It has the potential to be stymying the online spread of took part in creating the panies located or registered in that violate resolutions from vessels and trade businesses. go; it is difficult to predict tries are getting left behind; used badly, or run away on its violent extremist messages and research organization OpenAI, North Korea, China, Singapore, the United Nations Secu- "Like we have said repeat- where," Sunil Wadhwani said US and China are leapfrogging own," Anandan said of AI. more. which aims to develop artificial Taiwan, Hong Kong, Marshall rity Council," Geng said. But edly, we consider any restric- of the conflicting views on the ahead." "At the end of the day, you But the rise of artificial intelligence that helps rather Islands, Tanzania, Panama and Washington says its latest mea- tions on us as an act of war," emergence of computers more Students from New York are going to manage that by intelligence brings mighty new than hurts people. Comoros. sures target entities that have the North's foreign minis- brilliant than their human University and the University being aware of it from the start challenges too, and the new Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Washington has been helped Pyongyang evade UN try said in a statement car- creators. of Southern California will and applying it where inten- initiative coincides with the Google, Facebook, IBM, and locked in a nuclear stand- sanctions. ried by the state-run KCNA "Our focus is how many travel to Mumbai to collabo- tions are good." release of a report by AI schol- Google-owned British AI firm off with Pyongyang, which The North Korean mili- news agency. tens of millions of lives can we rate, while the brothers also Internet giants have been ars warning the technology has DeepMind are also members is trying to develop missiles tary and broader economy It also vowed a retalia- improve in the next five or 10 plan to partner with players in investing heavily in creating the potential to be exploited for of a nonprofit "Partnership on that could deliver an atomic depend heavily on imports of tion if the US "really has years. Where AI goes in 100 Silicon Valley, where Romesh software to help machines nefarious purposes. AI" which seeks to promote weapon to major US cities, coal and oil from Russia and the nerves" to confront the years, it will go." Wadhwani is based. think more like people, "These technologies have the technology's use "to benefit and the sanctions are designed China, with the latter account- North in a "rough" manner. The entrepreneur brothers, The ethical issues raised boosted by super-fast com- many widely beneficial applica- people and society." to put the squeeze on North ing for some 90 percent of Trump warned on Friday who have a series of lucrative by AI –from its potential to puter processing power and tions," said the study produced Sunil Wadhwani has mean- Korea's already precarious the country's trade. Last year, that, if the latest sanctions startups to their name, have destroy jobs to the power access to mountains of data by the Future of Humanity while promised an "aggressive" economy and fuel supply. the Security Council adopted don't work, the US would "go committed 30 million over it could exert over people's to analyze. Institute, the nonprofit group timeline at the brothers' epony- "China is strongly opposed a series of resolutions to ban to phase two" that "may be a 10 years to the Wadhwani AI lives –will be front of mind, AI has been put to work in OpenAI and others. mous institute, with testing of to the United States' long-arm North Korean exports of com- very rough thing", without institute, established in Mum- according to institute chief P. the form of virtual aides, for "Less attention has histori- potential AI tools starting by jurisdiction and unilateral modities, including coal, iron elaborating. AGENCIES bai with the Indian govern- Anandan, a former Microsoft recognizing people's friends cally been paid to the ways in the end of this year. AGENCIES sanctions on Chinese entities and steel. AGENCIES High-level North Korean South Korea Catholic church priest accused of sexual abuse SEOUL: South Korea's Cath- rape her, at one point breaking withheld. The church released cese will take joint responsibil- ward after hearing about the olic church on Sunday apolo- into her room at night. a statement apologising to Kim ity and repent together over #MeToo campaign against the delegates arrive in South gised to a woman who accused "He pinned me down so and vowing to "reform our this incident," he said. abuse of women. a priest of sexual abuse and that I couldn't move and said 'I priesthood", without elaborat- "Our diocese will use this "I would have kept this SEOUL: A blacklisted North attempted rape during a trip can't control my body anymore. ing on any specific measures opportunity to repent and secret had I not known about Korean general arrived in the to a mission in South Sudan. Please understand me,'" Kim taken against the priest. atone for our past sins and to the Metoo movement... I just South on Sunday for the Win- Kim Min-Kyung took the told KBS TV station, saying she "I... offer my deepest apol- correct our wrongdoings". didn't want other victims like ter Olympics closing ceremony, rare step of appearing on tele- managed to flee the room. ogy to the female victim who The priest has reportedly me... to spend the rest of their which will also be attended by vision news last week to accuse Kim said she had reported lived with such deep wounds admitted committing most of lives blaming themselves like I US President Donald Trump's the priest of sexually abusing the incidents to other priests for all these years and her fam- the abuses recounted by Kim did," she said. daughter Ivanka. her during their trip to the at the mission but received lit- ily, as well as the members of and has been removed from Sex abuse allegations are a The visit by Kim Yong Chol, country in 2011. tle help, and had previously our diocese," Bishop Math- his parish, Yonhap news agency rarity in South Korea, which who led an eight-member high- Kim, a volunteer who decided to keep silent "for the ias Lee Yong-Hoon of Suwon said, citing church officials. remains a patriarchal and con- level delegation that crossed helped build a school and med- sake of the church and the said in a letter posted on the Kim said she suffered from servative society despite its the Demilitarized Zone in the ical clinics in South Sudan, said mission". church's website. depression after returning to economic and technological morning, is the final piece of the priest repeatedly tried to The name of the priest was "The priesthood of our dio- Seoul and decided to come for- advances. the Games-led diplomacy that has dominated headlines from Pyeongchang. Two dead as The nuclear-armed North Steve Jobs employment application Ivanka Trump, US President Donald Trump’s daughter, applauds during has gone on a charm offensive the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, severe weather in connection with the Olym- South Korea, on Sunday. At rear right is Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman pics, sending athletes, cheer- of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party Central Committee AP/PTI hits central US leaders and performers to the may fetch $50,000 at auction Games, with leader Kim Jong Pyongyang for a summit, say- versial in the South, where he OKLAHOMA CITY: At least Un's sister Kim Yo Jong attend- ing the right conditions needed is widely blamed for a spate of two people are dead as a strong BOSTON: A job application that reveals Jobs’ early aspira- ing the opening ceremony. to be created. Washington, attacks including the torpedo- storm system that included filled out and signed by Apple tion to work in the fledgling Analysts say it is seek- which describes its approach ing of Seoul's Cheonan warship possible tornadoes pushed Inc co-founder Steve Jobs is tech industry that he would one ing to loosen the sanctions to Pyongyang as "maximum in 2010, with the loss of 46 lives. its way eastward through the expected to fetch $50,000 at an day revolutionize,” said Bobby imposed against it over its pressure and engagement", Pyongyang denies responsi- central United States, leaving US auction. Livingston Executive VP at banned nuclear weapon and announced a raft of new sanc- bility. Conservative lawmak- demolished homes, damaged Jobs enrolled at Reed Col- Boston-based RR Auction. ballistic missile programmes, tions against it on Friday. ers staged an overnight protest vehicles and uprooted trees in lege for the fall semester in The auction also features and trying to weaken the Pence also condemned near the border with the North, its wake. 1972 but dropped out after just a Mac OS X technical manual alliance between Seoul and Kim Yo Jong as part of an "evil joined by hundreds of other A man in northeast Arkan- six months to preserve his par- signed by Jobs in 2001. The sig- Washington. family clique" and "murderous activists. sas and a woman in south cen- ents meager funds. nature was obtained in a park- But Kim Yo Jong had no regime", prompting a denunci- Images showed the protest- tral Kentucky both were killed However, he hung around ing lot after a training session interaction with US Vice Pres- ation from Pyongyang on Sun- ers waving banners including as the storm that also included campus for a year and a half to at Apple in California. ident Mike Pence at the open- day, which said it would not "Arrest Kim Yong Chol!" and heavy winds, rain and hail audit creative courses, includ- “Steve Jobs was a notori- ing ceremony, even though the talk to the Trump administra- "Kim Yong Chol should kneel muscled its way through the ing classes on Shakespeare, ously difficult signer and his two were sitting just a few seats tion for "even 100 years or 200 in front of the victims' families area, according to authorities. dance, and calligraphy - which autograph is incredibly scarce apart in the same VIP area, and years". Kim Yong Chol's dele- and apologise!" Kim is black- In northeast Arkansas, an helped shape his artistic among contemporary figures,” according to the US, a planned gation crossed the heavily-for- listed under Seoul's unilateral 83-year-old man was killed worldview that influenced the said Livingston. meeting between the delega- tified border into the South on sanctions against the North after high winds toppled a innovation of the Macintosh The manual is also expected tions from Washington and Sunday morning, a spokesman –meaning he is subject to an trailer home. Clay County computer. The one-page ques- he wrote, ‘yes (design, tech).’ ple typefaces or proportionally to sell for $50,000. Pyongyang the following day for Seoul's unification ministry assets freeze –although he is Sheriff Terry Miller said that tionnaire was filled out by Jobs At the bottom, he described spaced fonts.” In 1974, Jobs put A newspaper clipping from, was cancelled at short notice said. Television footage showed not named in the UN Security Albert Foster died on Saturday in 1972 where he fills out his his ‘Special Abilities’ as ‘elec- his technical skills to work and 2008, featuring an image of by the North Koreans. Kim Yong Chol, wearing a dark Council's measures. Officials night after the home was blown address, ‘reed college’; phone, tronics tech or design engi- secured a job as a technician Jobs speaking at the Apple South Korean President long coat, being greeted by from both Seoul and Washing- into a pond. ‘none’; and major, ‘english lit.’ neer. digital. - from Bay near at Atari, heavily relying on the Worldwide Developers Con- Moon Jae-in –who has long Seoul's vice unification min- ton say there will be no meeting In rural, south central In the middle section, he Hewitt-Packard.’ help of Steve Wozniak. ference for the introduction of pushed for engagement with ister Chun Hae-sung before between Kim Yong Chol and Kentucky, 79-year-old Dal- wrote ‘yes’ in response to ‘Driv- In his 2005 Stanford com- In 1976, Jobs and Woz- the iPhone 3G, with the head- the North to bring it to the getting into a black sedan pre- Ivanka Trump –who is travel- las Jane Combs died after a er’s License?’ and ‘possible, but mencement speech, Jobs had niak set out on their own and line, “New, faster iPhone will negotiating table –also did not pared by the South, while oth- ling with Korea specialists from suspected tornado hit her not probable,’ in reply to ‘Access said “If I had never dropped founded Apple, introducing sell for $199,” signed by Jobs is immediately accept an invi- ers boarded a bus and a van. the US administration and Adairville home on Saturday to transportation?’. in on that single calligraphy the personal computer to the also up for auction. tation passed on by Kim Yo Kim's nomination as the White House spokeswoman evening, Logan County Sher- Concerning his skills, next course in college, the Mac masses. Bidding for the items ends Jong from her brother to go to leader of the group is contro- Sarah Sanders. AGENCIES iff's Department said. AGENCIES to ‘Computer’ and ‘Calculator,’ would have never had multi- “It’s a remarkable document on March 7. AGENCIES ‘Dating app Tinder facilitates infidelity’

HOUSTON: The popular dating app good way to do so. Tinder, which is supposed to help peo- "The participants are quite mixed ple form new relationships, is increas- though as to whether Tinder is an effec- ingly helping youngsters cheat on their tive way to meet extradyadic partners," romantic partners, a study claims. Weiser said. However, the app also makes it eas- "This may be because, while it is ier to catch cheaters, researchers said. easy to meet individuals via Tinder, it Scientists from the Texas Tech Uni- may also be very easy to get caught, as versity in the US showed that a sig- a percentage of our participants also nificant number of college students indicated they saw people who they are using Tinder to meet what they knew were in relationships on Tinder," called "extradyadic partners" - that is, she said. a partner outside of and in addition to Researchers found two personal- the partner in a committed, romantic ity traits they said could predict a per- relationship. son's likelihood to cheat on a partner: "A couple of years ago, one of my willingness and intention to engage in students shared the story that she had infidelity. come across a friend's boyfriend on "We expected that these same per- Tinder, and she was not sure whether sonality traits that predict in-person she should tell her friend," said Dana infidelity would also be associated Weiser, an assistant professor at Texas with engaging in infidelity via Tinder," Tech. Weiser said. "So, although Tinder may make it "We found those traits were more easy to meet potential partners, the mate and 7.2 per cent reported hav- "Our results are consistent with important for predicting infidelity than potential for exposure may be high," ing sexual relations with someone they previous research and suggest Tinder gender. Basically, men and women Weiser said. met on Tinder while in an exclusive may be one way college students meet looked very similar when we accounted Among the 550 undergraduate stu- relationship. extradyadic partners," he said. for personality," he said. dents who participated in the study, "We know infidelity is quite com- Ironically, although the numbers Researchers emphasised that it is 12.5 per cent had spent time with some- mon among college-aged adults as they show college students are using Tinder unclear if Tinder is actually increasing one they met on Tinder, 17.1 per cent grow and learn about relationships, not to find partners outside their relation- rates of infidelity or simply giving peo- had messaged someone on Tinder, to mention there is quite a bit of oppor- ships, many of these same participants ple a different way to meet extradyadic 8.9 per cent had been physically inti- tunity," Weiser said. said they were not sure Tinder was a partners. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 70% GST refunds stuck due to flawed UDAN: Govt expects `300 crore annually claims filed by exporters, says CBEC from levy on airlines NEW DELHI: As about 70 per cent) of refund claims are 9 of GSTR-1, the said infor- intervention is operated timely," per cent of GST refunds stuck held up either due to insuffi- mation is being validated by Mohan said. The CBEC listed due to flawed information, the cient information or lack of due GSTN. "The validated infor- out the major errors that are CBEC has asked exporters to diligence on the part of exporter mation is expected to be for- committed by the exporters amend the details in the final while filing GST returns," the warded by GSTN to Customs in claiming refunds. These are returns of subsequent month CBEC said in a communication by mid-March 2018 for further mismatch of invoice number, to enable the department to to Principal Commissioners. processing". taxable value and IGST paid process the refund claims by The analysis of claims data AMRG & Associates Part- in the Shipping Bill vis-a-vis March. post October 2017 indicate that ner Rajat Mohan said the issue the same details mentioned in The Central Board of while the quantum of error is could be resolved if GST com- GSTR 1 / Table 6A, incorrect Excise and Customs (CBEC) decreasing, a large number of pliance structure is simplified shipping bill numbers in GSTR- has sanctioned Rs 4,000 crore exporters are still filing incom- and government programmes 1, GSTIN declared in the ship- worth refunds to exporters in plete GSTR 1 or Table 6A, are designed to achieve a robust ping bill does not match with 4 months since October. Still where shipping bill number or digital literacy in the long run. the GSTIN used to file the cor- about Rs 10,000 crore worth date or port code are missing. "IGST refund to exporters responding GST returns. NEW DELHI: The government To fund the ambitious claims are stuck due to dis- "These records are not pro- and have claimed refund based ers is not forwarded to Customs are issued in a fully automa- Besides, there are instances expects to collect around Rs 300 regional connectivity scheme crepancies in the informa- cessed / forwarded to Customs on shipping bill by filling up by GSTN. tised environment, and even a of non-filing or incorrect filing crore annually from the levy on — UDAN — the civil aviation tion furnished by exporters to by GSTN. E-mails have been Table 6A. While for those busi- "In these cases also, e-mails smallest mismatch in invoice of electronic Export General airlines flying on major routes ministry is collecting a levy of GST Network (GSTN) in filing sent to exporters asking them nesses making zero rated sup- have been sent to exporters number results in non-issu- Manifest (EGM). towards the regional air con- Rs 5,000 per departure from air- GSTR 1 or Table 6A or GSTR to correct their records through plies or those want to claim asking them to correct their ance of refunds. Now, govern- "Information is being made nectivity scheme, a senior offi- lines operating in major domes- 3B and shipping bill filed with amendment process of GSTR input credit have to fill Form records through amendment ment has planned to provide available to exporters on a real- cial said. tic routes, including Mumbai Customs. 1 i e through Table 9 of GSTR RFD-01A. process of GSTR 1 i e through an alternative mechanism time basis with regard to the To partly raise money for and Delhi. "The analysis of data indi- 1 of the following month," the Analysis of GSTN data Table 9 of GSTR 1 of the fol- whereby exporters can get such errors status on ICEGATE viability gap funding require- With at least half of the seats cates that only about 32 per CBEC said. show that in a large number of lowing month," the CBEC said. errors rectified with the help website for registered users. ment under the UDAN (Ude in UDAN flights offered at sub- cent records of GSTR 1 / Table The CBEC had in Octo- cases, the refund claimed by an The apex indirect tax of a manned interface placed Details of refund sanctioned Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme, sidised fares, the participating 6A have been transmitted from ber 2017 started refunds for exporter is higher than the GST authority also said where at Customs department. This is being sent through SMS on the civil aviation ministry has carriers will be provided a cer- GSTN to Customs. In other exporters of goods who have paid by him and consequently, exporters have already filed could address the worries of registered mobile phones," the been collecting the levy since tain amount of Viability Gap words, a majority (about 70 paid Integrated GST (IGST) the information filed by export- information through Table the exporters if this manned CBEC noted. PTI December 2016. Funding (VGF) — an amount More routes are get- shared between the Centre and ting added under the UDAN the states concerned. MSE gets Sebi approval for 213 railway projects report cost overrun of `1.73 lakh cr scheme, which seeks to connect All the five operators — Alli- unserved and under-served air- ance Air, SpiceJet, TruJet, Air electronic book building ports as well as making flying Deccan and Air Odisha — that NEW DELHI: More than ways out of the monitored 350 more affordable. won routes in the first round three-fifths of the total 349 projects reported time over- With increasing number of bidding under UDAN have MUMBAI: Metropolitan Exchange of India delayed central projects belong run or delay of 12 months to of UDAN routes, the ministry already commenced operations. (MSE), formerly MCX-SX, said it has received to the railways sector causing 261 months. is also preparing to deal with IndiGo and Jet Airways are approval from markets regulator Sebi to launch a cost overrun of Rs 1.73 lakh After railways, power sec- higher funding needs in the among the airlines that have electronic book building mechanism to facili- crore, according to a report by tor reported the second highest coming months. won routes in the second round tate online bidding for private placement of debt the statistics ministry. incidence of overall cost over- A senior ministry official of bidding and are yet to start A total of 213 projects of run. Of the 126 power proj- said the response to UDAN services under the scheme. securities. railways are facing delays due ects monitored by the statistics flights has been very positive In his 2018-19 Budget The exchange is also expected to roll out to various reasons, leading to ministry, 43 reported cost over- and many routes are having speech, Finance Minster Arun products for the equity segment during the cost overrun of Rs 1.73 lakh run of Rs 58,728.23 crore. good occupancy. Jaitley had said that 56 unserved first quarter of fiscal 2018-19. "As a part of our crore, the report of the Statistics The total original cost Every year, the ministry airports and 31 under-served business strategy, we have undertaken several and Programme Implementa- of these 43 projects was Rs expects to garner Rs 280 crore helipads will be connected tion ministry for October 2017 104,449.62 crore which esca- to 300 crore by way of levy col- under the regional air connec- initiatives to introduce new offerings to gain mentioned. lated to total anticipated cost lected from airlines flying on tivity scheme. traction. While many ideas are on the drawing The statistics ministry original cost of these 213 rail- cost escalation of 140.85 per of Rs 163,178.45 crore. major routes. The allocation for UDAN board, we have a decent pipeline of roll-outs at monitors central sector proj- way projects was Rs 123,103.45 cent. The ministry monitored The report stated that out An amount of Rs 5,000 is has been substantially raised advanced stages," MSE managing director and ects envisaging an expenditure crore. The total anticipated cost 350 projects of Indian Railways of the 126 power sector proj- levied for each departure of to Rs 1,014.09 crore for the of Rs 150 crore and above each of the projects has ballooned to in October this year. ects, 64 reported time over- flights on major routes. Initially, next financial year. The same CEO Udai Kumar said. PTI on regular basis. Rs 2,96,496.70 crore now due The report stated that as run (delay) of 2 months to 136 the levy was Rs 8,500 and was was at Rs 200.11 crore for According to the report, the to delays, which shows overall many as 36 projects of rail- months. PTI subsequently reduced. 2017-18 fiscal. PTI Taxmen asked to step up collections Indian companies line up Co-brandings with e-tailers not to achieve `10.05 lakh crore target `25,000 crore public offers up to expectation, says SBI chief

NEW DELHI: Faced with a "We will check if the tax NEW DELHI: The IPO lane markets regulator Sebi. MUMBAI: The largest lender to their vendors so the need for daunting target of Rs 10.05 lakh assessment matches the income seems to get busier as over two Besides, some of the firms State Bank has said its tie-ups bank finance is not much. It is crore, the apex decision making profile," he said, adding that dozen companies have lined up believe the listing of equity with various e-commerce play- a constant review process for body for direct taxes CBDT has refunds will also be closely initial share sale plans worth shares on bourses will enhance ers, including Snapdeal and us and if we have to make our asked its field officers to step up monitored. Rs 25,000 crore in the coming their brand name and provide Flipkart, have not yielded the product more attractive we will efforts and put more focus on Also taxmen have been months, largely to fund their liquidity to existing sharehold- desired results so far and is make it," Kumar said. better performing zones. advised to ensure Tax Deducted expansion projects and work- ers. Barbeque-Nation Hospi- thus reworking the strategy to He, however, hopes the In the 2018-19 Budget, the at Source (TDS) are duly depos- ing capital requirements. tality, ICICI Securities, Bharat increase the volume. transaction volumes will government has hiked the direct advance tax collection for Janu- ited to the central exchequer and Hindustan Aeronautics, Dynamics and Indian Renew- As part of supply chain increase in near future. tax, which includes personal ary-March quarter. If the trend follow up on arrears. ICICI Securities, Barbeque- able Energy Development finance, SBI had tied up with "The fact is having invested income tax and corporate tax, of October-December quarter "Higher targets have been Nation Hospitality and Flem- Agency — have secured Sebi's Snapdeal, Flipkart, Amazon and at an event over the weekend. in the technology, we have not collection target to Rs 10.05 lakh continues, we will be able to set for zones which are on track ingo Travel Retail are among go-ahead this year to float their taxi aggregator Ola to offer easy He said despite availability lost hope. I feel that we have the crore, from Rs 9.80 lakh crore achieve the landmark Rs 10 lakh to achieve their initial target," the names that plan to launch public offers. working capital to their vendors. of technology at the bank the platform and sooner or later we budgeted initially. crore target," an official said. he said. share-sale offers in the coming In addition, 20 compa- "Somethings you invest but volumes were not high as some- will be able to make use of these In a review meeting earlier The focus areas of the The official further said months. Most of these compa- nies including RITES, Mishra you don't get any immediate times these e-commerce play- platforms," Kumar said. Last this month, the Central Board department for stepping up demonetisation data is being nies plan to utilise initial public Dhatu Nigam Ltd, Bandhan outcome. We did tie up with ers themselves provide funds to November, the bank launched of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has set tax collection will be to follow scrutinised to check if based on offer (IPO) proceeds for busi- Bank, IndoStar Capital Finance, Flipkart, Snapdeal and taxi their lenders, which affects the a digital platform Yono, which higher target for zones which up with entities which are cur- the tax returns filed, some taxes ness expansion as well as work- Nazara Technologies and Route aggregators, but the outcome volumes for the banks. provides all financial services are performing well. rently giving taxes on the basis could be recovered in current ing capital requirements, as per Mobile are awaiting the regula- is not as per our expectations," "Many times these compa- of the bank and its subsidiar- "We are looking at better of self-assessment. fiscal itself. PTI the draft papers filed with capital tor's approval to float IPOs. PTI chairman Rajnish Kumar said nies themselves provide finance ies under one app. PTI Industry cautions against lending freeze in wake of PNB fraud Italian kidswear TV makers to hike brand Monnalisa NEW DELHI: Lending to cor- better monitoring and supervi- should not lead to a situation D S Rawat said while long term prices by up to 7% porates should not be choked sion of banks and spread of best where funds to industry get solutions like privatisation of set to enter India as a fallout of the Rs 11,400- corporate governance standards. choked. banks can be sought, the need NEW DELHI: Leading TV crore fraud at Punjab National "Government, regulators "It is time for government to of the hour is to rally around NEW DELHI: Italian luxury manufacturers like Sony, LG, Bank specially at a time when and industry must act fast to consider consolidation of PSBs honest bank officers and hon- kidswear brand Monnalisa is set Panasonic and Samsung are set credit growth is about to recover address systemic risks in the and develop a few strong banks est business entities which have to enter India later this year with to increase prices of their LED/ and the economy set to grow financial sector. The three key adhering to best standards in built trust on each other. its first outlet in Delhi. OLED sets by up to 7 per cent at a higher pace, India Inc has solutions for the banking sec- governance, accountability and "Let one or a few black sheep The brand, which is entering to offset impact of increase in cautioned. tor are better management and transparency. Currently, share- not derail our financial system, India through a franchise route, customs duty. The Indian industry called operational efficiencies, use of top functionaries and employ- holdings of government have which is resilient enough to plans to open its first store by Some of them are also for better control systems to technology such as blockchain ees of the state-owned banks. been rising with bank recapi- withstand this kind of shocks, September this year. expecting a short-term impact check financial frauds and also and big data analytics, and low- It is something the country talisation attempts, and these though ideally such jolts are bet- "Monnalisa plans to open on sales and the Consumer Elec- suggested gradual reduction in ering government sharehold- can ill-afford at a time when should be brought down to ter avoided and averted through seven stores in India in the next tronics and Appliances Manu- government holding in public ing in public sector banks," CII the credit growth was about to 52 per cent at the earliest as systemic reforms," Rawat said. five years. It has inked a pan- facturers Association (CEAMA) Sony India said although sector banks (PSBs). President Shobana Kamineni recover and economy was set intended by the government," Citing January export data India contract with expansion has already initiated a dialogue prices have not increased and The Confederation of Indian said in a statement. to grow at a higher pace, Asso- she said. that showed a deceleration in plans in Delhi-NCR, Mum- with the government to roll back it is currently evaluating the Industry (CII) said government Assocham cautioned against cham said. A roadmap could be growth even as the global econ- bai, Bangalore, and Kolkata the duty hike. mid and long term impact of should lower its stake in PSBs allowing the alleged fraud in the The CII president said finan- announced for bringing Gov- omy is on uptick, Assocham said with FranGlobal with total Panasonic is going for a hike the duty. "Keeping the current to 33 per cent gradually and PNB to halt the entire system of cial malfeasance perpetrated by ernment stake to 33 per cent the prick up in the domestic deal size of more than €4 mil- of 2-7 per cent on its range of situation in mind, it seems likely adopt a twin strategy for tack- corporate lending as demorali- a collusion of unethical business in three to four years, CII said. economy would require higher lion," FranGlobal CEO Venus LED/OLED TVs. that we may have to increase the ling financial frauds, including sation would set in among the entities and corrupt officials Assocham Secretary General imports. PTI Barak said. PTI "The increase in the prices of price in the future," said Sony LED/OLED TVs and thereby, India BRAVIA Business Head an impact on the consumer Sachin Rai. demand will be imminent with According to the CEAMA, India to highlight 5G readiness, tech leadership at MWC the proposed custom hike. In the price increase would impact line, we will be increasing our the demand and hit the panel NEW DELHI: With one of the Telecom Minister Manoj phase 1 that will be world larg- the ground that these are highly prices by 2 per cent to 7 per industry in short term, which largest delegations at the Mobile Sinha will lead a 90-people est green energy powered tele- affordable and these are robust. cent," Panasonic India Business is facing rough times from last World Congress, India plans to strong delegation at the annual com network. Minister (Sinha) has already Head Consumer Electronics two consecutive years. highlight its readiness for 5G event. "Now what we will do for said that India is willing to col- Division Sales Neeraj Bahl said. "We believe in the short- services and technology leader- The Indian government has the (LWE project) remaining laborate with other countries for According to industry term, the move will drive infla- ship including its numero uno set up a high-level committee to that will really cement India's adoption of these technologies," sources, Samsung is also plan- tion and have a setback on position globally in terms of work on 5G technology road- position as leading player in Sundararajan said. ning for a hike of around 5-6 consumption as prices may go mobile data usage. map for India including partici- the green network," Sunda- As per a GSMA official, per cent. up to 7 per cent impacting the "We want to position our- pation in global standards, test rarajan said. State-run firm there are over 90 people from When asked about the hike, demand for TVs and further selves not as a recipient of 5G facilities etc. BSNL through indigenous tele- government and industry par- LG Electronics India Managing limit the scope of expansion and technology but active con- Sundararajan said that most com gear makers Vihaan Net- ticipating from India in MWC Director Ki Wan Kim said there creation of more job opportu- tributor of the 5G technology. of the used cases being show- works and Himachal Futuristic 2018 making it the largest ever is "no way to avoid it." nities," said CEAMA President Whether it is core network tech- cased for 5G services at present Communications has deployed delegation from the country. However, on being asked Manish Sharma. nology, all services of appli- are largely for the developing around 2,200 solar-powered She said that the official del- about the price increase, he said "CEAMA has already initi- cation ecosystem," Telecom advanced economies. mobile towers across nine states. egation will focus on spread- LG is still working on it. ated a dialogue with the Govern- Secretary Aruna Sundararajan "We want to make sure that ogy leadership, she said that network with Reliance Jio and The government is going to ing the message that digital "Internally we would try ment of India and the Ministry told reporters about India's par- we start building in develop- India now has leapfrogged the largest solar-powered net- deploy 4,072 towers in the sec- inclusion needs to be at the our best to absorb some of the of Finance, seeking a reversal ticipation in the Mobile World mental used cases particularly from 155th position in terms work deployed in the naxal- ond phase of the project. heart of all product technol- additional cost through R&D on the custom duty hike of up Congress (MWC) 2018. in the field of health, agricul- of mobile data usage to the top affected area. "We have now end to end ogy services solutions otherwise innovation and manufacturing to 10 per cent on open cell and The global telecom event ture etc. We should be an inte- position globally. She said that "LWE (Left Wing Extremist spectrum of telecom capa- 5 billion people in the world innovations by improving the other components of the panel," will begin from February 26 in gral part of standards," she said. India now houses the world's affected area project) deploy- bilities which are relevant for are likely to be left out of the productivity," said Kim. he said. PTI Barcelona, Spain. Talking about technol- largest internet protocol based ment that we have done in other emerging countries on new technologies. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 mp Govt may allow only commercial OVL drops plan to build coal mining in future: Secretary NEW DELHI: The govern- ment may in near future scrap the present system of allocat- LNG export facility in Iran ing coal mines for captive use and instead only auction mines for commercial use to private NEW DELHI: ONGC Videsh gas importer — at a price of as well as foreign companies Ltd has shelved plans to build $7-plus per million British with a view to boost domestic a $5 billion LNG export facility thermal unit. The rate being product and cut imports, a top in Iran and has instead opted sought by Iran was triple of $2.3 official said. to only invest in developing a per mmBtu rate OVL is will- The move, which would not giant gas field in the Persian ing to pay for the gas during just help attract foreign invest- Gulf, for which a revised cost low global oil prices. If global ment but also bring in efficiency is being worked out, an offi- rates rise, OVL was willing to and promote competition, fol- cial said. pay $4.3 per mmBtu, the offi- lows government's decision of OVL, the overseas arm of cial said. opening up the coal sector to state-owned Oil and Natural OVL, he said, was willing to commercial mining by private Gas Corp (ONGC), had last negotiate on the upstream cost entities. year made its 'best' offer to but wants Iran to take up the "We can also take a decision spend $11 billion in develop- marketing of the fuel, including that in future only commercial ing the Farzad-B field in the building of LNG terminal, if it mining will be done.... things Persian Gulf as well as in build- believes it can get a better price are evolving, we will see. One in the coal sector, the secretary "will not be in the market." ing the infrastructure to export for the natural gas elsewhere. experience is there of end-use said the government is evaluat- On deadline for commercial the gas but Iran deterred on opment would cost $6.2 bil- Farsi block about 10 years ago. the upstream part to cost $6.2 India and Iran were initially auctions. This will be another ing whether it is advisable to go mining auctions, the secretary awarding the rights of the field lion. But, this is not the final The project has so far cost the billion while another $5 bil- targeting concluding a deal on experience of commercial min- for end-use restrictions. said : "Our expectation is that to the Indian firm owing to dif- cost. We will be able to arrive OVL-led consortium, which lion will be required to build Farzad-B field development by ing auctions. So we will see and "There is an idea floated by we will complete the process of ferences over investments and at a final cost only after we do also includes Oil India Ltd and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) November 2016 but later mutu- compare whatever is better for few people which we are exam- auction by March 2019." price of gas. at least well to appraise the dis- Indian Oil Corp (IOC), over export facility. ally agreed to push the timeline the country in the longer term," ining whether it is advisable He however did not divulge The company has now covery we had made about a $80 million. While Iran believes the to February 2017. The deadline Coal Secretary Susheel Kumar to go for end-use restrictions the number of blocks to be put agreed to do just the upstream decade back," he said. The field has an in-place upstream investment should to wrap up negotiations later said in an interview. because that is a half-hearted for bidding in the first tranche. field development part, leav- Only after the appraisal well gas reserve of 21.7 trillion not be more than $5.5 billion, targeted for September 2017. The Cabinet had last week reform. It is not a full-fledged The government had in ing the marketing of the fuel is drilled and data analysed to cubic feet, of which 12.5 Tcf it wanted India to buy all of the But, with deal stuck over pric- approved auctioning of coal reform. Commercial mining is 2014 auctioned 29 mines to to Iran, the official said. see the extent of the field and are believed to be recoverable. natural gas produced from the ing of gas, no new deadlines mines to any firm bidding the a full-fledged reform so that is private players and states for As had been agreed dur- recoverable reserves can a final The official said the field as Persian Gulf block at a price have been proposed. highest per tonne price. At pres- something which we are evalu- capital use in power, steel, alu- ing the visit of Iranian Presi- cost be put, he said, adding that high sulphur content and sep- equivalent to the rate Qatar Last year, India cut Iranian ent, private sector firms are only ating and whatever is in the best minium and cement plants. In dent Hassam Rouhani earlier OVL would put forth the idea arate facility would be needed charges for selling LNG to crude oil imports by about a allowed to mine coal for use in interest of the country will be the following year, it permit- this month, a team of OVL offi- of being allowed to drill an to separate gas from it. Costs India under a long-term deal. quarter to 18.5 million tonnes cement, steel, power and alu- done," Kumar explained. ted the allotment of coal mines cials will be visiting Tehran this appraisal well on the field. of these facilities can be estab- Qatar, as per a revised for- in 2017-18 fiscal to put pressure minium plants. Coal India Ltd Stating that the country to states for mining and com- week to discuss modalities of The appraisal well, he said, lished only after appraisal well mula agreed upon in December on Tehran to quickly wrap up (CIL) is the sole commercial was slowly moving towards mercial sale to medium, small the upstream development. may take 9-10 months to be is drilled. In the master devel- 2015, sells 7.5 million tonnes negotiations. It has so far not miner with 80 per cent mar- free market in the coal sector, and cottage industries. Close "We had initially thought drilled and completed. Farzad- opment plan OVL submitted a year of LNG to Petronet finalised the volumes it will buy ket share. Terming commercial the secretary said CIL ought to 16 mines were allotted to that the upstream field devel- B was discovered by OVL in the to Iran last year, it estimated LNG Ltd — India's biggest in 2018-19 fiscal. PTI mining a "full-fledged reform" to improve its efficiency else it several states. PTI JSW to acquire Italian PNB scam, global cues spur AP govt inks 364 MoUs Aferpi for `600 crore for `2.18 l cr investment ` VISAKHAPATNAM: The NEW DELHI: Private steel 10,000 cr FPI sell-off in Feb Andhra Pradesh government maker JSW Steel is close to NEW DELHI: Foreign inves- Federal Reserve rate to counter signed a total of 364 memo- acquire Italy-based Aferpi tors have pulled out nearly Rs the rise in inflation. Overall, we randa of understanding with steel firm, a for Rs 600 crore, a 10,000 crore ($1.5 billion) from witnessed a sell-off globally. The various business establish- source in the know of the mat- the Indian stock market so far FPI pullout from Indian mar- ments, including the likes of ter said. this month primarily due to kets is most likely a result of Reliance Industries Limited, "The deal is almost final- PNB fraud jitters coupled with this," Harsh Jain, co-founder that could result in an invest- ised. Most probably by the end global cues. and COO of online investment ment of Rs 2,18,814 crore and of March or beginning of April, This is against the total platform Groww, said. creation of 3,84,662 jobs. tries, information technology it will be final," the source said, inflow of over Rs 13,780 crore Echoing similar views, Reliance Industries Lim- and electronics sectors while adding that the deal is worth by foreign portfolio investors Nalini Jindal, chief investment ited alone promised to invest 10 MoUs were signed for an about Rs 600 crore. (FPIs) in January, latest data advisor at Intellistocks, said the Rs 52,000 crore in oil and gas investment of Rs 9,406 crore Aferpi makes specialty long CMD Sajjan Jindal with the depositories showed. US inflation is hitting several and electronics manufacturing in the aerospace and defence products for railways, bars for Geojit Financial Services years low, raising possibility of ventures in AP. sectors, Amarnath Reddy said. auto industry parts, earth- Head of Research Vinod a hike in the Fed rate, and this These MoUs were signed in On the second day of the moving vehicles, among oth- Aferpi is the Nair said weak domestic cues has resulted in a caution among the first two days of the ongo- Summit on Sunday, a total of ers and is the second largest second largest steel impacted investors' sentiment. FPIs. "The budget announce- ing three-day Partnership 285 MoUs were signed that steel maker in Italy. Besides, renewed concerns ment to tax long-term capital Summit at the Harbour Park could fetch an investment of An email query sent to JSW maker in Italy that a rebound in global crude gains and bringing FPIs into here, State Industries Minister Rs 1,74,568 crore and provide Steel remained unanswered. oil prices will have an adverse local compliance are some of N Amarnath Reddy said. employment opportunity to The plan is to cater to the European region. impact on fiscal deficit too kept the reasons as FPIs may want The energy sector netted 2,86,371 persons, he added. the automobile customers of JSW Steel had earlier also market participants cautious, he to book some profits to enjoy the highest investment pro- On the first day, 79 MoUs Europe. HR coils will be sent tried to acquire Italian prop- added. State-run PNB on Feb- to depositories data, FPIs with- period under review. the benefits of grandfathering. posals worth Rs 1,11,921 crore were signed to attract an from India and further finished erty in 2014 when it was known ruary 14 disclosed a Rs 11,400- drew a net amount of Rs 9,899 "In January, the US unem- This, however, could be a short- from 34 MoUs, the minister investment of Rs 44,246 crore, products will be sold to the cus- as Lucchini. But Algerian con- crore ($1.77 billion) worth of crore ($1.5 billion) from equities ployment rate stood at a 17-year term scenario as India is one of told reporters this evening. including 15 MoUs in auto- tomers there. glomerate Cevital acquired fraud involving jewellers Nirav during February 1-23. However, low of 4.1 per cent. In addition the much sought after destina- About 22 MoUs were motive sector for an invest- The company has been for Lucchini and renamed it Modi and Mehul Choksi and they put in over Rs 1,500 crore to this, there is a good possi- tions for investments by FPIs," signed for an investment of ment of Rs 15,224 crore, the long trying to have a facility in Aferpi. PTI their group firms. According in the debt markets during the bility of an increase in the US she added. PTI Rs 39,281 crore in the indus- minister said. PTI Govt awaits Idea-Voda tower sale closure HTC reduces its US staff, Sebi, exchanges probe equity and for green signal to mega merger: Sources merges VR, smartphone biz derivatives trade violation of PSBs NEW DELHI: Markets regu- that Sebi was seeking details of Further, the exchange BARCELONA (Spain): Clo- who was here to take part in the ATC will pay a total of Rs SAN FRANCISCO: Taiwan- lator Sebi and stock exchanges futures and options data of all requested trading members to sure of Vodafone and Idea's Mobile World Congress starting 7,850 crore for purchasing Idea based HTC Corporation has are looking into possible brokers and investors in vari- advise their clients to remain mobile tower sale deal, and on Monday, said. (Rs 4,000 crore ) and Vodafone's confirmed that it has laid off manipulation in equity and ous PSBs shares. cautious on such unsolic- raising FDI limit in the Aditya People closely involved in (Rs 3,850 crore) mobile towers. several employees from its US derivatives trade of some pub- While the purported letter ited letter being circulated by Birla group firm are holding the Vodafone-Idea merger pro- When contacted, the Voda- offices and will merge its vir- lic sector banks (PSBs) in the was soon found to be fake, the unregistered and unauthorised the government's approval to cess said the transaction clo- fone global spokesperson said tual reality (VR) and smart- wake of circulation of a fake regulator and the exchanges entities. the merger of two operators' to sure is a procedural issue, and "The standalone tower sale is phone departments, media letter purportedly for mislead- are looking into trade details "It is clarified by Sebi that create the largest Indian telecom will be done very soon as ATC not a condition to completing reports said. ing the investors. of various bank stocks to ascer- no such letter is issued and NSE player, according to sources. has already applied for govern- the merger with Idea." HTC said the company will North America for the HTC The fake notice bearing the tain whether any manipulative has not received any such letter According to a senior offi- ment's permission to make the The discussion around Idea undergo some reorganisation, smartphone business that will regulator's logo and purport- activities took place, officials from Sebi," the exchange noted. cial, the government is await- investment in towers assets of and Vodafone exiting Indus merging its smartphone and centralise the reporting struc- edly addressed to National said. As per the fake letter, Sebi ing for closure of Vodafone and the two companies. Towers by selling stake to Bharti VR businesses to reduce oper- ture within the region," HTC Stock Exchange (NSE) was cir- Details would be also had asked NSE to furnish Idea mobile tower sale trans- "Besides ATC deal closure, Infratel is not part of the pro- ation cost, The Verge reported said. culated on various WhatsApp sought from telecom and inter- futures and options data of all action with American Tower Idea has applied for raising FDI cess for government approval on Friday. "In doing so, there have groups and other social media net operators, if required. institutions, mutual funds, bro- Corporation. limit in the company to 100 per for the merger. "We have recently brought been some employee reduc- platforms on February 21. A day after the circulation kers and clients, who are keep- "Approval to Idea and Voda- cent. The clearance on the same The merged Idea-Vodafone our smartphone and VR busi- tions to align the businesses It apparently sought to of the letter, NSE clarified that ing their futures position open fone will be granted once their is awaited from the Ministry entity will have the second larg- nesses under common leader- and empower the teams mislead the market commu- Sebi did not issue any letter and at the end of the settlement- mobile tower sale is completed," of Home Affairs," an industry est spectrum holding of 1,850 ship in each region. On Sunday, to share more resources," nity in the wake of Rs 11,400- the exchange did not receive on February 22 of PSU bank the senior government official, source said. megahertz. PTI we announced a restructure in it added. IANS crore PNB scam by suggesting any such directive. futures contracts. PTI Free news gets scarcer as media groups tighten paywalls WASHINGTON DC: For Kaleido Insights. in the current political climate, a media group bolstered by on their platforms, and Apple have some other consequences those looking for free news Lieb said consumers have you need to pay for it." an investment from Laurene agreed to waive its commis- by limiting national "conversa- online, the search is becom- become more amenable to - Making the transition - Powell Jobs, said this month sion for subscription sign-ups tions" based on shared news. ing harder. paying for digital services Newspapers seeking to it is experimenting with vari- from the big social network on "Content that is behind a Tougher restrictions on and that investigative report- make a transition from print ous subscription models as it its devices, according to Face- paywall does not go viral," Lieb online content have boosted ing on politics in Washington to digital have found it difficult expands. book's Campbell Brown. said, but noted that important digital paid subscriptions at and elsewhere has made con- to replace the advertising rev- Ad blockers used by some These moves could be posi- news scoops can still spark many news organizations, amid sumers aware of the value of enues that were long the staple consumers have caused deeper tive for news organizations after national discussion. a growing trend keeping con- journalism. of the publications. revenue woes for online news. years of tensions with online Strict paywalls may also lead tent behind a "paywall." A study last year by the News organizations are One site, Salon.com, told platforms, according to Lieb. to a greater "digital divide" with Free news has by no means Media Insight Project found unable to compete against its readers that if they used ad "This means (online plat- a segment of the population disappeared, but recent moves 53 per cent of Americans have giants like Google and Face- blockers, their computers would forms) are trying to work for having access to high-quality by media groups and Facebook paid for at least one news sub- book for digital advertising, be used to mine cryptocurrency instead of passively against pub- news, analysts note. and Google supporting paid scription. A separate report by and are turning increasingly to offset the lost ad revenues. lishers," Lieb said. "From a journalist's per- subscriptions is forcing free- Oxford University's Reuters to readers. While well-known national "This is important because spective, the big game is to be riders to scramble. Institute found two-thirds of "For large-scale news orga- publications may be able to nav- search and social are the way important to the community," For some analysts, the trend European newspapers used a nizations whether they are igate digital pay models, it will people discover news in the said Rick Edmonds, a media reflects a normalization of a sit- pay model. national or regional, that want ing to as much as 70 per cent. and Post have both tightened be harder for smaller, regional digital age." business analyst at the Poynter uation that has existed since the "Services like Netflix and to have a large reporting staff, The New York Times their online paywalls by limiting and local news organizations on According to a study by Dig- Institute. early internet days that enabled Spotify have helped people get reader revenue needs to be the reported the number of paid the number of free articles avail- slimmer budgets, said Radcliffe. ital Content Next -- formerly Radcliffe said that with consumers to get accustomed into the habit of paying for digi- number one source," said Ken subscribers grew to 2.6 mil- able. Similar moves have been "Smaller local organizations known as the Online Publish- more news behind a paywall, to the notion of free online tal content they used to get for Doctor, a media analyst and lion and that subscriptions made at The Boston Globe, Los might find it harder to make ers Association -- news orga- "some people might not be able content. free," said Damian Radcliffe, a consultant who writes the New- accounted for 60 per cent of Angeles Times and elsewhere. their case to readers (to pay), nizations only got around five to access important content. "I think there is a definite journalism professor at the Uni- sonomics blog. 2017 revenues. The Washing- Magazines such as Conde and they have a smaller pool per cent of their digital revenues There is a risk those audiences trend for people to start paying versity of Oregon and a fellow at Doctor said some news ton Post last year touted it had Nast's Wired and The New of customers," Radcliffe said. from the dominant online plat- don't get access to the range of for at least one news source," the Tow Center for Digital Jour- organizations are getting close more than one million paid dig- Yorker also introduced new Facebook and Google forms but accounted for close information and journalism said Rebecca Lieb, an analyst nalism. "People recognize that if to 50 per cent of revenues from ital readers. online pay models that limit recently agreed to help support to 30 per cent of the content they need to stay informed in who follows digital media for you value journalism, especially subscriptions and sees that ris- Not surprisingly, the Times free content. The Atlantic, paywalls for news organizations viewed. The paywall trend may the current era." PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 INDIA RETAIN ICC TEST MACE ICC presents Kohli with Test Champioship mace as India stay firm at summit of Test Rankings ‘Never backed down CAPE TOWN: Skipper Virat Kohli was presented with the prestigious ICC Test Champi- onship Mace as India retained from any situation’ the top spot in the ICC Test Team Rankings. CAPE TOWN: India never Jonker. It is amazing to see a On behalf of the ICC, the backed down in adverse situa- lot of talent coming through. mace was presented by ICC tions and played an aggressive All credit to India, outstand- Cricket Hall of Famers Sunil brand of cricket to emerge as ing white-ball tour for them.” Gavaskar and Graeme Pollock deserving winners in the lim- Raina, who was adjudged at a ceremony at the Newlands ited over series, said stand-in the Man of the Match for scor- Stadium here after India con- captain Rohit Sharma. ing 43 off 27 balls and tak- cluded the tour of South Africa “We will take these lim- ing one wicket for 27 in three by clinching the T20 Interna- ited-overs trophies, through- overs, credited skipper Virat tional series 2-1, following a out the series we played with Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri seven-run win in third match a lot of aggression. As a group, for showing confidence in him. last night. we never back down from any “Especially in the first India ensured the number situation. That is the reason we overs, you need to show intent. one spot on the ICC Test Team are standing here as winners,” Thanks to Virat and Ravi bhai, Rankings and a prize of USD Sharma said after India beat they gave me the licence. The 1 million after their victory in South Africa by seven runs to way we played, the dressing the third Test at Johannesburg clinch the series 2-1 yesterday. room atmosphere is so calm. against South Africa last month. Sharma also lauded “The last we have done in The win ensured that no team his bowlers for a clinical two-and-a-half months, no can move ahead of India in the performance. team has done it in a long time. Test rankings at the 3 April cut- “We discussed certain plans Two lefties at the crease, I got a off date. and it worked today. The idea ball, and working on it.” India won the prize for a was to keep the ball on the Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who second year running and have stumps and we kept it tight in was awarded the Man of the now been at the top of the rank- the first six overs. Credit to the Series, said IPL helped him to ings since October 2016. They new-ball bowlers. It was a com- hone his skills in the shorter have also been at the top two plete bowling performance,” format. PTI times before under Kohli – in he said. January-February 2016 and in “To be honest, we were 15 August 2016. runs short. Because the way India’s longest stint at the the first half went, I thought number-one position was from we lost our way in the end. November 2009 to August 2011, These things happen and we when Mahendra Singh Dhoni learn from it. I thought it was was the captain. a decent score and the bowl- The other captains to have Suni Gavaskar (left), Graeme Pollock (right) present ICC Test Championship Mace To Virat Kohli (centre) in Cape Town on Saturday ers did the job for us. I hope received the mace are Steve games like these teach us a lot Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Michael reflected in the rankings. The ing us across the globe.” cricket with their entertaining of things.” Clarke, Steve Smith (all Austra- quality of a side is judged in India ensured the number one spot on ICC Chief Executive and attacking style of play and JP Duminy, South Africa’s lia), Andrew Strauss (England), the way players step up when David Richardson congratu- great quality of cricket.” stand-in captain credited India Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla needed, and that is what our the ICC Test Team Rankings and a prize lated India, saying: “India has Former India skipper for dominating the powerplays (both South Africa) and Mis- boys have done time and again.” of USD 1 million after their victory in the been simply outstanding in Gavaskar said it was a moment with both bat and ball. bah-ul-Haq (Pakistan). Kohli said it has been chal- Test cricket over the last twelve of pride for him and wished the “They bowled pretty well “It’s truly a great feeling to lenging to succeed across for- third Test at Johannesburg against South months and I’d like to congrat- team luck for future assignment. in the Powerplay, and we just hold the ICC Test Champion- mats and hoped his team will Africa last month. ulate Virat and his team for “It’s really nice to be hand- couldn’t get the boundaries. ship mace again, which is an continue to set the bar high in retaining the Mace. They have ing over the ICC Test Champi- The difference from their bat- acknowledgement of our suc- future. produced some memorable onship mace once again to the ting Powerplay and ours was 30 cess in the truest format of the “It is heartening to be at the something that I’d like my team squads during this period and moments that will go down in Indian captain. It’s really a huge runs. I definitely thought 170 game,” Kohli said. top of the Test rankings in an to continue doing with their also the support staff for con- Test match history. achievement to do well contin- was chaseable,” he said. “We’re proud of the way we era when it’s challenging to do hard work and determination,” tributing to our success and for “They are certainly deserv- uously in Test cricket and Virat “The slower balls and have performed in Test matches consistently well across formats. he said. helping out in different aspects ing of their number one rank- should be a really proud man to the knuckle balls from them over the past couple of years But that is something that we “I’d like to thank all play- of the game. I’d also like to ing doing so much to attract have led his side to such success worked. I am proud of the way and our performances have have managed fairly well and ers who have been part of our thank all our fans for support- fans around the world to Test in this format,” he said. PTI the guys fought, especially Raina hoping to make ODI comeback Bhuvneswar, Dhawan make

CAPE TOWN: Indian bats- last year. all we showed today,” he said. significant move in rankings man Suresh Raina says he is “I worked really hard for He said he has benefitted hoping to continue his strong last two years. Each and every immensely from the promo- DUBAI: India opener Shikhar movement was not the only show in the T20 International session I was doing in the gym tion to No 3, especially with Dhawan and fast bowler Bhu- one at the top as New Zealand series against South Africa in or on the field, I was just hop- Virat Kohli himself moving vneshwar Kumar on Sunday opener Colin Munro and Aus- the upcoming tournaments, ing when am I going to play down to No 4. The skipper was made significant gains in the tralia’s Glenn Maxwell became including the IPL, in his bid for India again. I have worked absent from this final match latest ICC T20I Player Rank- the top-ranked batsman and all- to make a comeback into the really hard on my game as well owing to a stiff back. ings, riding on their superla- rounder, respectively. ODI squad. as my fitness and my mental “The way Virat led the team tive performances in a 2-1 T20 The latest update includes Raina hit 43 off 27 balls and toughness. When team India in last two and a half months, International series win over performances in the Trans- took one wicket for 27 runs in wins everything looks so nice,” he showed he cares about each South Africa. Transman series in New Zea- three overs in an all-round dis- he said. and every person. Batting at Dhawan, who scored 143 land that also featured Australia play to help India beat South The 31-year-old left handed No 3, he has done brilliantly in runs to emerge as the top run- and England, a three-match Africa by seven runs in the batsman said the Indian team T20 cricket but he gave me that getter in the three-game T20I series in South Africa that third T20I here on Saturday to was a confident bunch of play- license to go after the bowlers series, jumped 14 places to grab India won 2-1, and Sri Lanka’s clinch the series 2-1. ers, which was reflected by the and attack. He showed the faith a career-best 28th spot, while jumped four places to be at the 2-0 win over hosts Bangladesh. “This moment (comeback) results. in me.” Man of the series Kumar, who 24th spot in the batting rank- Left-handed Munro has gained is very important for me. From “The way we played in Tests Raina said it’s imperative to took seven wickets, improved ing. Among others, Afghanistan three slots after scoring 176 runs here on we will play in Sri and ODIs, it showed what we make the first six overs count 20 places to reach the 12th spot leg-spinner Rashid Khan has in the Trans-Transman series, Lanka and then IPL. We have can achieve as a team in South whether batting or bowling. in the Player Rankings. moved up to take top position which came with the help of a lot of matches coming up. Africa. No team has ever done “Today, I was enjoying bat- In the ICC T20I Team Rank- among bowlers with some fine two fifties and at a strike-rate of “I have been part of the it before. That confidence in ting with Shikhar Dhawan. He ings, India have gained one performances in a 2-0 series win almost 210. Maxwell regained World Cup before and I have the dressing room gave us made me more comfortable at point and South Africa have over Zimbabwe. the top slot for all-rounders won the World Cup before in license to enjoy ourselves on the other end. I just looked to lost one point after their closely- Rashid, who last week scoring 233 runs and grabbing 2011. It was my first World Cup the ground and express our- enjoy myself and express my fought series and retain their became the youngest male three wickets in the tournament. and we won the trophy. That selves. That’s why we won this shots. That’s what we have done third and seventh positions, cricketer to be top-ranked in the In the list of batsmen, New was an unbelievable feeling,” game. We bowled beautifully in in the first six overs (through- respectively. Pakistan are on the ICC rankings when he rose up Zealand opener Martin Guptill he said. that I can definitely come back in October 2015 against South the first six overs. Bhuvneshwar out the series). I think T20 is all top of the table at 126 points to joint-first in ODIs, has moved (up six places to fifth) has made “Coming back to ODIs, I in the ODIs too soon,” said Africa in Mumbai. Before this Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik about six overs. You can put a but only fractionally ahead of up after taking five wickets in significant move after scor- have done well at No. 5. It is Raina who was adjudged man T20I series, Raina’s last appear- Pandya did well. T20 cricket lot of bowlers back easily if you Australia. South Africa captain the two-match series in Sharjah ing 258 runs while England’s just a matter of couple more of the match. ance in the shortest format in is all about how you put your have wickets in hand and you Jean-Paul Duminy, who scored to complete the double. Dawid Malan is up 127 places games and I think I can show Raina last played in an ODI India colours was in February attitude on the field and that’s can execute later,” he said. PTI 122 runs in the series, also The 19-year-old Rashid’s to a career-best 22nd. PTI Taylor, Santner heroics Hafeez wants ICC Quetta beat Kohli, Dhoni rested Lahore by 9 for SL T20 tri-series earn Blackcaps win wkts in PSL new delhi: Skipper Virat suggested that adequate rest to retain ‘doosra’ Kohli along with senior most should be given to our fast HAMILTON: A century by Ross partners, Taylor tried to up the DUBAI: Quetta Gladiators pro- player Mahendra Singh Dhoni bowlers to help improve ath- Taylor and lusty late hitting by pace to get New Zealand home DUBAI: Pakistan all-rounder duced a clinical show to crush were prominent among the letic performance, maximize Mitch Santner delivered a last- but with 25 balls remaining and Mohammad Hafeez says the Lahore Qalandars by nine host of players rested for the rest and prevent injury,” Prasad over victory to New Zealand New Zealand needing a fur- International Cricket Council wickets in the second match T20 tri-series in Sri Lanka, added. over England in their first one- ther 45 runs, he was stumped (ICC) should tweak its rules to of Pakistan Super League here. starting March 6. Chinaman bowler Kul- day international in Hamilton on 113. ensure the ‘doosra’ remains part Put into bat, Lahore could only Rohit Sharma will lead a deep Yadav is also not in the on Sunday. But if England had a whiff of the sport. post 119/9 after a dazzling start second string team compris- Sri Lanka bound team. A close In a match filled with twists of victory, Santner had other “Really happy to see leg and Quetta easily chased down ing the leading performers in look will indicate that selec- and turns, the outcome hung ideas with a rapid two fours spinners come into interna- the target in 14 overs for the domestic (Syed Mushtaq Ali tors maintained consistency by in the balance until Santer and four sixes to get New Zea- tional cricket. But I still believe loss of just one wicket at Dubai T20 and IPL) tournaments. selecting all those players, who smacked a six in the final over land home. something should happen International Cricket Stadium. Shikhar Dhawan will be his were part of the home T20s to get New Zealand home with Stokes, returning for his when it comes to the doosra,” DSport is broadcasting the PSL deputy in a side that has as against Sri Lanka in Decem- four balls to spare. first international since a night- Hafeez said on the sidelines of action in India. many as six changes. ber. Coming back in the team Domination fluctuated club incident five months ago, the Pakistan Super League. Brendon McCullum and Sunil “MS Dhoni was not avail- are prolific keeper batsman throughout the match but had an undistinguished turn at “Saeed Ajmal has given Narine gave a superb start to able for selection as he had Rishabh Pant, after a solid when Ben Stokes celebrated his bat after New Zealand won the us a lot of excitement as well Lahore who were 45 for no requested for rest,” national season in white-ball cricket return to international cricket toss and elected to bowl. as Saqlain Mushtaq. It is one “This is one area that every loss after three overs. Narine selector MSK Prasad was including centuries in both with the crucial wicket of Tom The all-rounder lasted 22 area ICC must look into. Some team looks forward to. Hav- blasted 24 runs in an over of quoted as saying in a press national T20s and One-dayers. Latham, it appeared to put Eng- home side back into the game balls and was gone for 12 while extension in the rules... doosra ing leg spinners in the team Shane Watson that had three release. Washington Sundar, land in charge. with a 178-run stand for the the foundation of the England should be a part of cricket, not provides them with lots of fours and two sixes. On predicted lines, top fast Mohammed Siraj and Deepak However, Santner’s 45 off fourth wicket before Stokes innings was laid by Root, with taken away from it,” he added. excitement and options to get In the next three overs of Pow- bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Hooda are back in the side. 27 balls swung the game back stepped up to remove Latham 71 off 75 deliveries and But- Hafeez, a top order batsman wickets,” Hafeez said. erplay, Lahore’s innings, how- Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah SQUAD: Rohit Sharma in New Zealand’s favour as they for 79 and New Zealand were tler who belted 79 off 65 before and a handy off-spinner, has “Leg-spinners are always ever, took a dramatic turn with have been rested along with all- (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan chased down England’s 284 for 205 for four in the 40th over. he was run out off the penulti- been reported for more than fascinating when it comes to pacers Rahat Ali and Jofra rounder Hardik Pandya after (vice-captain), KL Rahul, eight. Latham’s dismissal sparked mate ball. once in the past for his suspect cricket, starting from Abdul Archer combining with spinner they shared enormous work- Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, New Zealand were in a middle-order collapse with England were looking at a bowling action and currently Qadir when he used to bowl his Mohammad Nawaz to share load on the South Africa tour. Dinesh Karthik (wk), Deepak immediate trouble at the start Henry Nicholls out for a duck score of more than 300 until he cannot bowl in ICC events. googlys it was a new thing in three wickets and reduce them “We’ve kept in mind the Hooda, Washington Sun- of their run chase as they fell and Colin de Grandhomme tight New Zealand bowling Hafeez said he is not sur- cricket and everyone just loved to 61/3 in six overs. workload and upcoming dar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar to three for 27 in the 10th over. gone for two as three wickets restricted them to just 31 runs prised by the rise of leg-spin- that. Then the legacy continued Rahat ended Narine’s knock of schedule while finalizing the Patel, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Taylor, with his 18th cen- fell for 10 runs. between the 42nd and 48th ners in world cricket and feels with Kumble from India and 28 while Archer accounted for team for Nidahas Trophy. The Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Md tury, and Latham clawed the As he started to run out of overs. AFP it’s a great option to get wickets. Warne from Australia.” PTI Fakhar Zaman (1). PTI high-performance team has Siraj, Rishabh Pant (wk). PTI sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 26 February, 2018 mp India’s experience ‘Equiqqed for overseas test’ in bowling was the Bhuvneswar feels Team India ready to go to England and Australia later this year difference: Gibson CAPE TOWN: Indian team’s out bowler for India but pacer baptism by fire during the tour didn’t take any credit and CAPE TOWN: South Africa to become. This is the conversa- of South Africa augurs well attributed his success to the coach Ottis Gibson said India’s tion I had with him. He will go for the tougher assignments entire bowling unit. experience in the bowling back to playing some domestic against England and Australia “When bowling, I don’t department was the main dif- cricket before playing the IPL.” later this year, feels pace spear- think I am the leader. Instead ference between the two sides The Proteas were hampered head Bhuvneshwar Kumar. whenever anyone is bowling as Virat Kohli’s men clinched by the absence of senior play- After starting the tour with in this team, he thinks he is the T20 International series ers such as AB de Villiers and a narrow 1-2 loss in the Tests, the leader. Then only we can 2-1 with a thrilling seven-run Faf du Plessis due to injuries. India ended the bilateral series win matches. Individually you victory in the third and final South Africa were forced to on a high after notching up a need to have a brilliant day to game here. bring in fresh faces and Gibson thrilling seven run win in the take 10 wickets on your own. “Experience (is the big was impressed with the likes third T20 International yes- Mostly you can take only 4-5 difference),”said Gibson after of Dala, Heinrich Klaasen and terday for a 2-1 result. The wickets. So it’s about partner- India restricted South Africa to Christiaan Jonker. visitors had also recorded a ships and hunting in the pack. 165 for six while chasing a tar- “We have seen exciting dominating 5-1 win series win That’s what cricket is about get of 172 for seven last night. new players in the ODIs. Lungi in the one-dayers. whether batting or bowling,” “India have got (Jasprit) Ngidi made a debut, Klassen “We don’t want to be too said Kumar. Bumrah and (Bhuvneshwar) too and he has been excellent. greedy and we are happy with When asked about his Kumar, two very experienced Dala in this T20 series was also these two trophies. Hopefully omission from the second players. We have got Chris very good, and we saw a lit- next time we will win all the Test, Kumar brushed it off in Morris and Junior Dala, who tle bit of Jonker. He was good three trophies,” said Kumar, jest, instead choosing to revel made his debut. The experi- too,” Gibson said. “Losing is who was awarded the Man of in the present moment. ence they have of playing not not always very easy but when the Series. “I don’t know about that just for India but also playing you are missing so many senior “This tour has been bril- (not playing in second Test 3 or 4 years of IPL cricket has players, and you have new play- liant, particularly talking at Centurion). I don’t want to shown in the end.” ers coming in, the result can about Test series. Yes we lost go back to the Tests, or why I Talking about his bowlers, be hard to take. You look at two matches, but they were didn’t play. It’s all about team Gibson said: “While Junior the future then, and looking at very close. We could have also effort. If you talk about that held his own, Morris has a lot of them, it seems the future will lost 3-0 or won 2-1 instead. match, there were bowlers work to do. He is a match win- be bright.” But it gives us confidence in who could bowl brilliantly in ner for us but he needs more Gibson said the youngsters whatever way we have played, those conditions,” he added. consistency in his bowling. struggled to adapt to the stan- and we are ready to go to Eng- Talking about bowling to “He is short of that. He just dards of international cricket land and Australia, and do bet- new faces in the South African needs to figure out what type of following injuries to senior ter there,” he added. team, Kumar said, “Heinrich bowler he is and what he wants players. PTI Kumar said variations and Bhuvneswar Kumar (centre) with teammates Virat Kohli (left) & Ajinkya Rahane in a file photo Klaasen is an amazing player timing were key to his success given the way he batted in the in T20 cricket. three bad balls in one over you cannot react after what based on power plays alone. If last two matches and in the “T20 cricket is all about you will go for runs and your This tour has been the batsman does,” he added. any team is down 4-5 wickets ODIs also. They are very good using variations and timing whole analysis suffers. The brilliant, particularly India’s strength in this T20 in the power plays but you still players. When you play against has to be perfect. Whatever team is on back foot because of series has been powerplays. end up giving too many runs new players, you don’t know knuckle ball I have bowled, three balls. So each and every talking about Test They have looked to domi- in the end, then you cannot what their strengths are, espe- I wanted batsmen to go after ball becomes very important. series. Yes we lost two nate with both bat and ball, win,” he said. cially Christiaan Jonker, we that. That way you can get It makes the bowler think. particularly in the last game “Power play is an impor- didn’t know what he does. It is wickets and that’s one of the Every ball has to be proper and matches, but they were as Kumar bowled a tight first tant factor to win matches but never easy to play first match main reasons why I have been you have to execute the plan very close, spell to leave South Africa at you have to contain the runs against any player. They are successful in power plays,” he properly,” said Kumar. 25/1 in six overs at Newlands in middle overs and you have new players but I think we said. “In Test matches you don’t Bhuvneswar Kumar yesterday. to do brilliantly in the death bowled well to get them out.” Pointing out the difference have to do something different However, Kumar said the overs,” added Kumar, who Indian bowlers picked all in the formats, Kumar said as compared to ODIs or T20 easy to switch between for- key to India’s success was in played an instrumental role 60 wickets on tough surfaces one has to be proactive in the cricket. It’s not much variation mats but it is all about practice bowling well throughout the as India beat South Africa by during their narrow 1-2 loss in shorter formats of the game. but its about line and length. and preparation. You need 2-3 innings. 7 runs to win the three-match Tests and Kumar hoped they “T20 is such a format that When you come to one-day overs to adjust when you play “Power plays are very T20I series 2-1. can dominate the longer for- finishes quickly, and you only cricket you look for yorkers but when it comes to T20s, important in both formats, Throughout the tour, mat of the game when they have four overs. If there are and slower ones. It is never you have to be proactive and but you cannot win matches Kumar has been the stand- tour South Africa next. PTI Suarez hat-trick extends Barca’s La Liga lead Norway finish on top as Russian MADRID: Luis Suarez hit The hosts took less than just seven minutes later with a a hat-trick and Philippe two minutes to get back on low free-kick under the wall. flag barred in Winter Olympics Coutinho scored a brilliant level terms, though, as Messi “It always seems that he has first league goal for Barce- collected the ball in midfield done everything and then sud- PYEONGCHANG: Winter medals overall to Germany’s lona as the La Liga leaders before sending Suarez through denly, he surprises us again, Olympics legend Marit Bjo- 31. Canada are third with 11 thrashed Girona 6-1 to open to score. as with his free kick. It sounds ergen lifted Norway top of golds, while hosts South Korea up a 10-point lead at the top Messi’s wizardry put easy but it is not,” said Barca the final Pyeongchang med- are seventh. of the table. Ernesto Valverde’s side in front coach Ernesto Valverde. als table on Sunday, as Russia Norway’s celebrations Lionel Messi continued on the half-hour mark, after Having gone five games celebrated a dramatic men’s capped a dramatic final day his return to goalscoring form Suarez touched down a long without a goal before his cru- hockey gold -- but also saw of competition that saw the with a double to reach 30 in pass from Andres Iniesta for cial equaliser in the 1-1 draw their flag barred from the clos- Olympics Athletes from Rus- all competitions for the sea- the Argentinian. at Chelsea in the Champions ing ceremony over doping. sia beat Germany 4-3 in a sud- son, as Barca extended their It looked as though the League in midweek, Messi has Bjoergen, 37, won her sec- gold to overtake Germany in den-death, overtime hockey advantage over closest title chance had gone when Messi scored three in two games. ond gold and fifth medal at the final medal count, after thriller. rivals Atletico Madrid, who was forced wide, but the Barcelona’s fourth goal Pyeongchang in the women’s the German team won the Kirill Kaprizov scored a visit Sevilla on Sunday. league’s top scorer showed came on the stroke of half-time 30km cross country mass start, four-man bobsleigh earlier thumping power-play goal Real Madrid remain off for Barcelona after ninth- took advantage of hesitation trademark footwork to jink with Girona’s defenders left extending her record Winter on Sunday. 9:40 into the extra period to the pace in third, despite a placed Girona had taken a from Barca centre-back Sam- past several defenders before begging for the interval after Olympics career tally to 15. Germany also finish on trigger wild celebrations and comfortable 4-0 victory over shock early lead on their first- uel Umtiti to round goalkeeper slotting into the bottom Messi’s perfectly-weighted It was a fitting finale as it 14 golds, but Norway take end a 26-year wait for the title Alaves that saw Cristiano Ron- ever visit to the Camp Nou, as Marc-Andre ter Stegen and corner. pass found Coutinho to square handed Norway their 14th top spot with their record 39 to return to Russian hands.AFP aldo net a double and Gareth Coutinho, Suarez, Messi and slot into an empty net to put The five-time Ballon d’Or for Suarez to tap in. Bale back on the scoresheet. Ousmane Dembele shone on Girona ahead in La Liga’s new- winner was running the show, The Catalan giants eased It was the perfect outing their first start together. Portu est Catalan derby. and he doubled the advantage offin the second half. AFP

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RAJINIKANTH Actor I’m shocked and very disturbed. I’ve lost a dear friend and the industry has lost a true legend. My heart goes out to her family and friends. I feel the pain with them #RIPSridevi... you will be missed.

KAMAL HAASAN Actor Have witnessed Sridevi’s life from an adolescent teenager to the magnificent lady she became. Her stardom was well deserved. Many happy moments with her flash through my mind.

Sheer comic timing, fluid dancing skills and ability to slip into she was electricity with thunder in front approaching an established star like MADHURI DIXIT of the camera. She would shock direc- Sridevi. Actor tors with each shot – be it dance, drama “Finally, when she took courage and myriad roles made Sridevi first female “superstar” of the industry or romance. She was uncrowned queen entered her room, Sridevi got up to Just woke up to the of acting in all languages in her time.” receive and welcome her, commented terrible news of Sridevi have not achieved anything... As filmmaker Ram Gopal In 2013, the government feted on Neelam’s lustrous hair and they passing. My heart goes out There’s a long way to go. I feel my Varma put it, “She was like a cre- her with the Padma Shri, the coun- became instant friends.” In real life, to her family. The world has career has just started. Haan... ation of God which he does when- try’s fourth-highest civilian award. she was indeed a “purely traditional lost a very talented person who left let me tell you that,” said Sridevi, ever he is in a very special mood as Her work was widely lauded with a housewife – a great mother and per- behind a huge legacy in film. #RIPSridevi Ilaughing. a very, very special gift to mankind.” slew of other richly-deserved honours. fect host for guests at home”, says Ghai. “I feel like a newcomer. I feel that Sridevi grew up to be known for not Sridevi, who over the years became A mother of two daughters, Janhvi my career is going to start now. It’s just her ability for slip into myriad roles quite a fashion icon – sometimes giving and Khushi, whom she had with hus- not finished, It’s going to start now,” – whether the double role in Chaal- tough competition to her daughters – band Boney Kapoor, Sridevi was as dot- she asserted, dismissing any desire Baaz, as a woman with retrograde commanded popularity like few others. ing as a mom could get. to treat her fans to an autobiogra- amnesia in Sadma, a shape-shifting Co-producer K. Ramji of Tina She was excited for Janhvi’s upcom- AKSHAY KUMAR phy replete with stories from her glo- woman in Nagina, a goofy crime jour- Films International, said: “In 1986, ing debut Dhadak, just months away Actor Hansal Mehta was planning to rious life – starting as a child actor nalist in Mr. India, the warm mother while shooting for Sindoor, the her- from its release. And to cite the unpre- Shocked beyond words approach Sridevi for his proj- at four to superstardom in India. act in English Vinglish or the fierce and oine Neelam Kothari was stay- dictability of life, who knew Sridevi to hear about the sad Born in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu on revengeful mom in Mom – but also for ect. The filmmaker is saddened ing in the same hotel as Sridevi. wouldn’t be there to see her daughter and untimely demise of August 13, 1963, Sridevi began her her expressive eyes, sheer comic timing by the sudden demise of the Neelam was a great fan and wanted to take baby steps into a world where she #Sridevi. A dream for career at the age of four in the devo- and her fluid dancing skills, all of which veteran actress, and has now meet her, but was appre- was the uncrowned queen for IANS many, had the good fortune of sharing tional film Thunaivan. made her a director’s delight. decided to dedicate the project hensive about so many years. That marked the beginning of a ‘Hawaa hawai’, ‘Main teri dush- screen space with her long ago. journey in filmdom that saw her work man’, ‘Morni’, ‘Na jaane kahan se aayi to her. Mehta took to Twitter to across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malay- ha’”, ‘Mere haathon mein’ are some of share his grief.“There will never alam and Hindi productions, leading the iconic and classic dance numbers be another Sridevi. I was about her to become one of the most formi- which gave cinema fans a chance to see to approach her for a film. That dable actresses of the 1980s and 1990s the dancing talent of Sridevi. film will now be dedicated to in Bollywood – in fact, the only female As filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who her. If it finds an actor,” “superstar” the indus- directed her in Karma, said: he posted. try has seen. “Introvert by nature,

I really want to be a legend: SRK

NEW DELHI: Shah Rukh Khan, The actor, 52, who has been who is touted as one of the biggest in the Hindi film industry for ‘Game Of Thrones’ won’t film superstars of the Hindi film indus- over two decades, stressed that ‘Dialogue writers try, says he is done with the tag and he really wants to be a legend. “I now wants to be a legend. really want to be a legend. Unfor- not given much multiple endings: Maisie Williams Shah Rukh was here at the tunately, there are no articles or fourth edition of Global Business books on how to be a legend. So, recognition’ LOS ANGELES: Actor Maisie Williams has Summit to speak on ‘Bollywood’s I rummage through my personal revealed that the makers are not filming multiple Digital push: What it means for the library... I found a book on the his- endings for the final season of ‘Game Of Thrones’. stakeholders’. tory of human kind called ‘Sapi- Williams, who plays Arya “I am 26 years old in the film ens’ and going through the book Stark on the series ever since industry which is half my lifetime I found that the only reason homo its first season, broached the really. From here on I am going to sapiens have dominated the rest of topic of multiple endings spend time in the world of cinema the species is because of one thing being filmed for season eight than the outside of it... I realised – because we gossip.” to combat spoilers during an I should do away with the tag of The actor said that the spread- appearance on ‘Jimmy Kim- being a superstar instead I should ing of ideas is a way of story telling. mel Live!’. work towards tag of being a legend,” “Genuinely, story-telling has “Well I heard this, and I immediately thought, he said. He added: “No megastar... anchored communication between ‘I don t think we’ve got the budget to shoot lots as egoistic and self-centred like me human beings. Even entertainment of different endings’,” she said. When Kimmel will fade away into the past with- is actually a derivative of story-tell- reminded Williams that HBO President Casey out trying to wedge his or her foot ing. Whether you music, art or Bloys was the one to put out the claims of multi- into the door to the future. So even poetry all of these things are a form ple endings, she said, “But as we know, sometimes I want to put myself into the future of story-telling,” he added. NEW DELHI: Writer-lyr- presidents don t always tell the truth.” ‘Game of of cinema like I have been in the The modern art of story telling is icist Manoj Muntashir says Thrones’ will return for its final season in 2019.PTI past 25 years.” of course filmmaking, he said. IANS dialogue writers in India have not been able to get as much recognition and lime- According to a source, Lawrence light as the famous screen- and Sadler are developing a series writing duo of Salim-Javed. inspired by #MeToo, Time’s Up and “Dialogue writers after LAWRENCE WORKING gender wage gap conversations in Salim-Javed duo, have been Hollywood. The source added in a sad state of affairs, that that the pair are looking to take a nobody has actually been on docuseries on #MeToo movement deep dive into issues facing women given that kind of recogni- today and have brought Stepha- tion and nobody has been NEW YORK: Actor Jennifer Law- nie Soechtig into the mix to direct, put on the forefront. But rence is working on a series project reports hollywoodreporter.com. that could have the rea- inspired by #MeToo, Time’s Up and Soechtig is a documentary direc- son that dialogue writers gender wage gap conversations in tor known for exploring America’s maybe like to stay in the Hollywood. gun violence epidemic and its prob- backdrop and not the lime- While promoting her filmRed lem with obesity. The team is look- light.” The writer said that Sparrow here, Lawrence said that ing to fast track the docuseries once “every living being has a she has partnered with former E! they secure a distributor. Earlier super power” that needs to News anchor Sadler for a series during an award show, Lawrence be recognised. “Every exist- project, reports hollywoodreporter. signaled that she had more work to ing living being has a super com. “I’m going to be EPing a show do. “It’s not easy to speak out. and- power, but we have to find with Catt Sadler,” she said. When face criticism on a global scale. But out our strengths in us, our- asked to elaborate, she declined fur- the fact is I have been given a plat- selves and hone it. My super ther comment, saying: “I wasn’t sup- form, and if I don’t use it, then I power is ‘words’. IANS posed to announce that but I am.” don’t deserve it.” IANS