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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 268 | Thursday, 28 September 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9735.75 (-135.75) qSENSEX 31,159.81 (-439.95) pDOW JONES 22,344.21 (+59.89) pNASDAQ 6,425.42 (+45.26) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.72 (+0.73) pRUPEE/EURO 77.04 (+0.17) pGOLD/10GM 31,000 (+220.00) qSILVER/K 40,800 (-470.00) ELDERLY WOMAN HC SEEKS GOVT’S GOVT PLANING TO ‘I ENJOY DRESSING KILLED IN EAST REPLY ON PLEA FOR SELL STAKE IN UP IN DELHI, DAUGHTER- GENDER-NEUTRAL ONGC OILFIELDS TO TRADITIONAL IN-LAW HELD PG4 RAPE LAW PG6 PRIVATE FIRMS PG13 CLOTHES’ PG16 Quick News44 ‘GOVT TO END BLACK MONEY, WON’T FLINCH DUE TO CRITICISM’ It was US which treated Central Govt docs’ age of retirement raised to 65 India fastest growing, Hafiz & co as ‘darlings’: Pak NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Foreign Min- NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday ister has acknowledged that Mumbai decided to increase the retirement age of Central terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Government doctors including those working the Haqqanis and the LeT are “liabili- under the AYUSH ministry and in the railways BJP reminds Yashwant ties” for the country but it does not to 65 years. The retirement age of doctors in OUR CORRESPONDENT have the required “assets” to get rid of some departments is 60 years and in some oth- them. Khawaja Asif said that the US, ers, it is 62. The decision to this effect was taken which is putting pressure on Pakistan on Wednesday by the Union Cabinet, chaired by NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday to tackle terrorist groups operating Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister rejected its former Finance Minister Yas- from its soil, once used to treat them Ravi Shankar Prasad said. P7 hwant Sinha’s criticism of the state of the as “darlings” just 20 to 30 years back. Indian economy, insisting that our coun- US President Donald Trump had try is the fastest growing in the world and last month criticised Pakistan for its Close escape for SpiceJet some “uncertainty” is bound to occur support to terror groups, saying it when “transformative” measures like receives billions in US aid but contin- passengers at Kabul airport demonetisation and GST are taken. Top ues to harbour militants. “Don’t blame party leaders defended the economic sit- us for the Haqqanis (the Haqqani ter- the forum, Asif said that there was no NEW DELHI: Nearly 180 passengers and crew uation after Sinha slammed the govern- ror network) and don’t blame us for military solution to the festering con- on board a Delhi-bound SpiceJet plane from ment over decisions like the note ban the Hafiz Saeeds (chief of Jamaat-ud- flict in Afghanistan. Kabul had a narrow escape on Wednesday when and GST and said that economic revival Dawa terror group),” Khawaja Asif “Scapegoating Pakistan for all the the Taliban launched a rocket attack on the Hamid appeared “highly unlikely” and a “hard said at the Asia Society forum here. Afghan ills is neither fair nor accu- Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capi- landing” inevitable. “These were the people who were rate. This will only help forces that tal. At the time of the rocket attack, SpiceJet’s SG Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that your darlings just 20 to 30 years back. we are trying to fight collectively,” he 22 Kabul-Delhi flight was preparing for take off India’s credibility has been established in They were being dined and wined in said. “We cannot take responsibility for at the airport. “The boarding for SpiceJet flight the international arena under the Modi the White House and now you say ‘go Afghanistan’s peace and security and SG 22 operating Kabul- Delhi was almost com- government. “The whole world admits published on Wednesday, Sinha lashed out DOWNTURN OVER: NITI V-C to hell Pakistanis because you are nur- be asked to achieve what the combined plete when the incident took place. Passengers that India is the fastest growing economy at “superman” Finance Minister Arun Jait- turing these people’,” he was quoted strength of some of the most powerful and crew were safely deboarded and taken to the in the world. No one should forget this fact. ley for making a “mess” of the Indian econ- NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog Vice-Chair- as saying by the state-run Associated and richest countries could not accom- terminal building. There was no damage to the In the matter of economy, in the interna- omy which is headed for a “hard landing as man Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said Press of Pakistan. plish,” he said. aircraft,” a SpiceJet spokesperson said. tional arena, India’s credibility has been sector after sector is slipping into distress”. that the economic downturn which It is very easy to say Pakistan is Talking about Pakistan’s sour rela- established,” he told reporters in reference He said that Jaitley had been luckier than began in the last two years of the UPA II floating the Haqqanis and Hafiz Saeed tions with India, the minister said that to Sinha’s views. his predecessors to hold the Ministry at a regime has bottomed out and the growth and Lashkar-e-Taiba. They are liabili- a new initiative was needed to bring Centre extends Aadhaar Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said, time when lakhs of crores of rupees were will improve in the next two quarters. ties, Asif said. “I accept that they are India and Pakistan to the negotiating “There is bound to be some uncertainty at his disposal following the depressed “...this downward cycle of economic liabilities, but give us time to get rid of table. “Peace in the neighbourhood is deadline to December 31 when some transformative changes are global crude oil prices. But he wasted the growth began in the last two years of them because we don’t have the assets impossible to achieve unless relations made. It (the economy) may take some oil bonanza which “was waiting to be used the UPA II government and that down- to match these liabilities and you are with India improve.,” Asif said. Paki- NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday amount of time to absorb these changes imaginatively”. ward cycle in my view has bottomed out,” increasing them (our liabilities) fur- stan is ready to work with India to seek extended the deadline for obtaining Aadhaar for but this will pass. Challenges come but “The legacy problems like stalled proj- opined Kumar. ther,” the minister said. peaceful resolution of all disputes and availing of Government schemes and subsidies we will stay the course. The government is ects and bank NPAs were no doubt there “We will be achieving higher growth in Pakistan is ready to work with the to create an environment of peace and by three months to December 31. The extension steadfast in its resolve to end black money and should have been managed better... the next two quarters, and I think 2018-19 USA for effective management of the stability allowing the people of the two is, however, only for those who are yet to apply and corruption. It won’t flinch due to some But the legacy problems have not only will be much better than the current year Afghan border to stop terrorist infiltra- countries to realise their aspirations of of Aadhaar, an order issued by the Ministry of criticism,” said Goyal. been allowed to persist, they have become (in terms of economic growth),” he said. tion and to facilitate a peace settlement prosperity and development, the min- Electronics and Information Technology said. As In a newspaper editorial page article worse,” he added. in Afghanistan, he said. Speaking at ister added. PTI many as 135 schemes (of 35 ministries) includ- ing the free cooking gas (LPG) to poor women, DANCING TO DURGA’S TUNE kerosene and fertiliser subsidy, targeted public Army inflicts huge toll on SSB suspends DIG distribution system (PDS) and MGNREGA will be covered by the extension. for raising illegal Various tourism sectors NSCN (K) at Myanmar border funds from recruits in India have potential OUR CORRESPONDENT for massive growth PRESIDENT RAMNATH KOVIND NEW DELHI: The SSB has suspended a senior DIG-rank officer for allegedly col- lecting over Rs 16 lakh in unauthorised funds from fresh recruits and illegally In today’s detaining an officer at a border camp, officials said. Deputy Inspector Gen- paper eral (DIG) P S Chundawat was posted as the director of the Sashastra Seema ... Bal’s Recruit Training Centre (RTC) in CITY Gorakhpur in the northern state of Uttar SEEMAPURI TO GET FACELIFT 3 Pradesh. An internal inquiry conducted by the NATION force earlier this month found that Chun- dawat was allegedly involved “in the col- DELHI COURT GRANTS BAIL TO QUDDUSI 5 lection of Rs 16,20,955 from trainees for EDIT OUR CORRESPONDENT suffered no casualties,” the statement purchasing unauthorised kit items like added. It, however, did not tell about pagdi/safa, hockey sticks, books, e-rick- CHALLENGING STEREOTYPES 8 NEW DELHI: The Army said that the number of insurgents killed or shaw and LIC policies”. it inflicted “heavy casualties” on the injured in the attack. The Army also The inquiry report adds that he also INTERNATIONAL insurgent group NSCN (K) during asserted that Indian troops “did not raised “unauthorised funds for earth- TRUMP MAN LOSES PRIMARY RUNOFF 11 “retaliatory” fire along the India- cross the international border”. quake relief and other office funds” for Myanmar border on the Nagaland Responding to a question at a cabi- the trainees, who join the paramilitary Girls in their Durga puja spirit at the Minto Road pandal in New Delhi on Wednesday PIC/ NAVEEN SHARMA BUSINESS side in the early hours on Wednes- net briefing abut the incident, Home force from various parts of the country MARKET SLIDES FOR SEVENTH DAY 12 day. The Eastern Command of the Minister Rajnath Singh said, “There as constables. The officials said that the Army also maintained that its troops are no two opinions that Myanmar SSB headquarters, which took a serious SPORT suffered no casualties during the is a friendly country. Whatever view of such “irregularities” and “finan- Online petrol-diesel home delivery soon action. information we get, we will inform cial impropriety”, recently suspended him BCCI GM M V SRIDHAR RESIGNS 15 According to a statement by the you about it.” pending a further inquiry. The incidents OUR CORRESPONDENT “Can we connect oil with IT and telecom- Eastern Command, a column of the Army sources maintained that are believed to have taken place in the munications? We plan to put all petroleum Indian Army operating along the it was “not a surgical strike”. The last two years. NEW DELHI: Petroleum & Natural Gas products on e-commerce platform,” Prad- FOR ADVERTISING Indo-Myanmar border was fired Eastern Command also tweeted, The DIG, they said, has now been Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced han said while addressing the India Mobile kindly contact at 9810195709 upon by unidentified rebels of the “Reports of casualties to #Indi- posted to the SSB frontier headquar- on Wednesday that petrol and diesel would Congress here. The minister said there are 4 or National Socialist Council of Naga- anArmy personnel factually incor- ters in Lucknow. Chundawat has also soon be delivered at the convenience of your crore consumers as against one lakh retail [email protected] land-Khaplang (NSCN-K) around rect. Firefight occurred along been charged with putting a deputy com- home. “Using the technological advance- outlets for petroleum products. He also said 4.45 am. “Own troops reacted Indo-Myanmar border at 0445 hrs mandant-rank officer of the force under ments in the IT & Telecom Sector we will the industry has an annual turnover of Rs 6.5 swiftly and brought down heavily today @adgpi.” “house arrest”, which the internal inquiry soon be starting online home delivery of lakh crore. Pradhan said, “Prices have started FOR SUBSCRIPTION retaliatory fire on insurgents. The In June 2015, the Army had con- said “violated the basic provisions of law.” Diesel & Petrol,” he tweeted. decreasing. The prices have even gone down kindly contact at 8800854665 insurgents then broke contact and ducted a similar operation against The inquiry found that the DIG’s Trying to leverage the benefits of infor- in the past two days.” He cited the hurricanes or fled from the spot. As per inputs, a banned insurgent groups follow- action was “uncalled for and did not con- mation technology, the government is plan- in the United States IMRA and Harvey as a [email protected] large number of casualties were suf- ing the killing of 20 soldiers in the form with legal provisions as enshrined in ning to put all petroleum products on the reason for the instability in the petroleum fered by the insurgents. Own troops northeastern state of Manipur. the SSB Act and Rules.” e-commerce platform, Pradhan added. market and the hike in fuel prices. ‘THESE 15,000 HAVE PASSED CENTRAL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST, ACQUIRED ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES’ Delhi Cabinet okays ‘permanent’ status for 15,000 ‘guest teachers’ at Govt schools

ROUSHAN ALI teachers, teaching in schools alternative month. under the Directorate of Educa- Sisodia said that the Delhi NEW DELHI: The Delhi Cabinet tion (DoE) have played a crucial government has invested a lot of Govt to form advisory board to on Wednesday gave the green sig- role in some of the flagship pro- money and effort in their train- nal to grant permanency to about grams such as summer camps, ing and capacity building over the fix national minimum wages 15,000 ‘guest teachers’ and teach- Chunauti and Reading Cam- last two-and-a half years. If the ers engaged under the ‘Sarva Sik- paign. Delhi Government schools guest teachers who are currently NEW DELHI: The government will set Gupta clarified that the Centre has not sha Abhiyan’ working at Delhi have had excellent results in Class teaching in our schools were to up an advisory board to fix minimum fixed a National Minimum Wage for all government schools here. The 12, outperforming Delhi’s private be replaced with completely fresh wages for various sectors applicable across employees as yet and reports appearing decision was taken at a meeting schools for two years in a row,” teachers, the DoE would suffer the country, a senior official of the labour on Rs 18,000 per month minimum wage chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Sisodia pointed out. quite a setback to our education ministry said. “The government would for employees are “incorrect”. On fixing of Kejriwal. Of the 17,000 guest teachers reform process and would need to constitute an Advisory Board to fix the national minimum wages, the official said After the meeting, Deputy in government schools, 15,000 re-start the process from scratch. National Minimum Wages for employees the states and UTs will follow the advisory Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will benefit from the move while “Apart from the training pro- and such wages differ and vary sectorally board’s decision on minimum wages in outlined the background and the remaining 2,000, who did not Teacher Eligibility Test. tives of NCERT. All our teach- grams, guest teachers have over as well as regionally across the country as their respective domain for employees salient features of the proposal. meet certain “criteria”, will con- All TGT teachers — includ- ers — including guest teachers the years of their functioning, per requirements, skills and nature of jobs “which can be even above such wages but He said that a draft legislative pro- tinue to work as guest teachers, ing guest teachers— have been — are trained in how the class- acquired skills and competencies with the enforcement of proposed Labour certainly not lower than the fixed limit by posal has been formulated, which Sisodia added. He said that guest trained over the past two years room teaching-learning processes essential to working in govern- Code on Wages 2017,” Joint Secretary the Centre”. will be placed in the coming Delhi teachers had been appointed fol- on ‘differential pedagogy’. Siso- would change with this approach. ment schools, if DoE loses the (Labour) R K Gupta said in a statement. Gupta also clarified that there will be Vidhan Sabha session starting on lowing a procedure and accord- dia further noted that Delhi has Ongoing training for this is being services of these guest teachers, Addressing a session on Labour Code quite a few national minimum wages for October 4. ing to a merit list and that 15,000 been first state to notify ‘Learning conducted in the form of day- DoE schools would lose the ben- on Wages-2017 at PHD Chamber of Com- different sectors and even for different “Approximately 15,000 guest teachers had passed the Central Outcomes’ based on the initia- long workshops for teachers every efits of their experience,” he said. merce and Industry here on Wednesday, regions. MPOST 2 mp town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 Offering scrumptious food in a beautiful setting, the place is a perfect option for those willing to AN IMPERIAL enjoy a medley of tradition and contemporary flavours SUNDAY BRUNCH UMA NAIR

n a city that boasts of Sun- day Brunches a dime a dozen ,The Imperial Sun- day Brunch at 1911, boasts Iof a medley of tradition and con- temporary character and flavor that keeps gastronomers coming. Going by the larger percentage of expats and vegetarians lounging on a lazy Sunday, there has to be something to savour. tiseries in the city, the dessert who incidentally could pass off DESIGN IN DETAILS counter is a top quality, small as a descendant from the British Its in the small details ,the plate scrumptious spread that’s Raj himself. lighter offer of the crunch of veg- long and deep enough to make “ We launched the Piano etables and salads, small morsel competitors weep. Club in March 2013,” adds Wan- meats and fish, as compared to choo, “we had the privilege of heavy, gravy drenched dishes and THE PIANO CLUB presenting the noted Moroc- burst in the seam buffets that cre- The Steinway at the cor- can Hungarian Pianist, Mar- ate its own vital signature. ner is grand enough to set your ouan Ben abdallah. We invite a If the prawn tempura station classicism and enticing British graphs and British watercolours pulses racing thinking of whis- few select guests who are mostly spells the most versatile South charm. and aquatints on the walls echo per soft fingers running ada- from the diplomatic core as well East Asian counter,the hot dog When Vice President and vintage vitality, the red blazored gios and arpeggios along the as our cherished customers, to stand can get you mulling about General Manager Vijay Wanchoo waiter service, reflective of British keys.The Imperial boasts of The experience these sit-down live enjoying lettuce filled sausage states that the likes of Moham- Raj days, affirms that this Brasse- Piano Club – the only one of its concerts that lend an aura of fare on a laid-back weekend. Lin- med Ali Jinnah and Pandit Nehru rie cum coffee chop is a well oiled kind. “ In a setting like this that class as well as match the leg- ger over a slice of stellar cho- and Dr S Radhakrishnan would slick operation. goes back to 1936, with vintage acy and repertoire of the hotel. rizo, have a hearty starter of a come and hold meetings over The Sunday menu is gratify- European fare, and a fine din- Since the restaurant serves clas- succulent moist smoked chicken pastries and tea you know that ingly to the point, served family- ing menu I felt it’s a good idea sic European recipes and is filled and orange , sip a glass of freshly 1911 is more than a Sunday insti- style: just a couple of starters and to offer our space to concerts with old world ambience, each squeezed pineapple juice, or dive tution, with 250 covers – sitting a pared down menu of continen- and performances with renown facet is about a rare and consum- into a succulent plate of sautéed down to a nostalgia driven din- tal fare,two Chinese dishes and artists keeping alive the music mate experience.” Indeed if visi- stir fry vegetables. Anything goes ner every night. a few Indian dishes meet your heritage of the hotel,” says Vice tors lounge till 6 pm relishing at this languorous lunch event idea of eating right and not stuff- President and General Manager coffee and an Indian sunset on a where the light comes in to create SLIMLINE SUNDAY MENU ing up. Vijay Wanchoo ( distinguished Sunday, you know this is about an ambience steeped in colonial The high ceilings, the photo- With one of the finest pat- blue blooded Kashmiri pandit) the haunts of history! DAYINDAYOUT CELEBRATING NAVRATRI UTSAV What’s on Around Town LUXURY LEAGUE AWARDS: NAVRATRI SPECIALS To honour the mother Goddess during Felicitating the revivalists of Khadi the auspicious Navratri celebration, the Indian culinary team under the helm of Executive Chef, Neeraj Tyagi at Tamra is offering special Navratri delights during lunch and dinner buffet including favourites such as including favourites such as Shakarkandi Sabu- dana ki tikki, Tandoor Fruit Chaat/ Ananri Paneer Tikka, Karari Aloo Chat, Dal Chironji, Paneer Khoya Makhani, Dum aloo, Sitaphal Ki Subzi, Phaldhari Kofta, Ajwaini Arbi, Aloo Tamater Samak Rice, amongst others. WHERE: Tamra, Shangri-la’s Eros Hotel TIMING: 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm| 7 pm to 11:30 pm A SHOW FOR RISING ARTISTS ‘Crecinte’– organised by National Institute of Fine Arts – is a platform for OUR CORRESPONDENT ter of State for Civil Aviation, said that his Goa, Alexander Zeigler, France Ambas- 70 future artist who wants to rise and definition of luxury has changed during sador to India, Amarendra Khatua , for- create a name in the field of art. Each AMIDST MUCH enthusiasm and gai- the course of time and subsequent respon- mer ICCR director general, noted hotelier student is showcasing three original, ety, the Luxury League 2017 Award was sibilities. “When I was a corporate man, Arvind Singh Mewar, journalist Rajiv creative artworks in different mediums. given to Khadi and Village Industries Com- spending quality time with friends and Makhni and art director Sanjoy K Roy. The exhibition showcase various works mission (KVIC) Chairman Vinai Kumar colleagues was a luxury for me. But now as Earlier the programme was kicked off, in different mediums like Charcoal Saxena, in recognition of his significant Chairman of KVIC, which revolves around when Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Minis- on paper, Acrylic on canvas, Oil on contribution for the revival of Khadi. The the Gandhian philosophy of self-reliance, I ter of Minority Affairs, inaugurated the Shree Santoshi Mata Mandir, Hari Nagar Jail Road is canvas, Water Colour work and Mix award was given during a function at Hotel now get luxury in ensuring the bread and function. Medium. WHEN: September 29 – Oc- Hyatt in New Delhi, recently. livelihood to last man among our valuable The luxury league round table 2017 is celebrating its 91st Navratri Utsav and just like every year, is tober 5 WHERE: All India Fine Art and Saxena, who received this award for his artisans. Luxury has no meaning if it does an initiative to promote luxury as a power- witnessing long queues of devotees who believe that whoever herculean efforts for the ‘revival ofKhadi ’ not kindle other’s lamp of luxury,” he said. ful agent of change by leveraging India's art Crafty Society TIMING: 11 am – 7 pm in the ‘Conservation of Heritage and Cul- The other recipients of the award and crafts with the intention to create global prays here, is relieved of all their illness and troubles. STRINGS INSPIRE STROKES ture’ class, from Jayant Sinha – the Minis- included Mridula Sinha, the Governor of luxury brands from India. It will be the first time in the history of classical music, when the acclaimed sitar maestro Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan will come together with the 10 year old child prodigy Aarav Verma to weave music and hues together. INCREDIBLE INDIA 2.0: “Strings Inspire Strokes” will play host to the resonance of the Sitar immacu- lately intertwining with the multihued A leap towards digital supremacy strokes on a blank canvas. The event will feature a live performance accom- OUR CORRESPONDENT panied by a simultaneous live paint- in his address congratulated ing for the first time ever on a public the winners of the National platform and is open to all. o bring greater focus Tourism Awards and called WHEN: October1 on digital presence upon all to commit ourselves WHERE: Sri Sathya Sai Auditorium and social media, to transform India into one TIMING: 7:00 pm onwards The President of of the most preferred desti- DINING WITH THE TIndia, Ram Nath Kovind, nations for travelers around launched ‘Incredible India the world. MAHARAJAS 2.0’ at the recently concluded He said, “Tourism is in Celebrate and in- ‘National Tourism Awards, an enviable position with dulge in the gloriously 2015-16.’ The award was pre- the inherent capacity to cre- grand and royal sented to various segments of ate large-scale employment, cuisine of Mahmood- the travel, tourism and hospi- eradicate poverty, benefit local 2.0 abad at The Leela tality industry, at a function communities economically Ambience Conven- organised by the Ministry of and socially, and to generate tion Hotel, Delhi. Tourism, on the occasion of awareness and support for Also, experience ‘World Tourism Day.’ Alphons conservation of the environ- Kannanthanam, Minister of ment. Our policies and actions the royal treatment State (I/C) for Tourism, pre- must aim to strengthen the of the ‘Qila’ while enjoying songs by sided over the function. plans to entrust heritage sites the world has increased from tourists at his or her own level. benefits and reduce the costs live in-house Ghazal musicians. The The President alsoto the public sector and pri- 2.5 crores in 1950 to 123 crore He said that 'Adopt a Heritage of tourism.” refreshingly imperial menu offers a launched the ‘Adopt a Heri- vate sector companies and in 2016. It is estimated that Project', which was launched The date for the Awards lavish spread of signature Kababs, tage’ project and a brand new individuals for the develop- every 10th person in the world with the efforts of the Tour- function was selected to coin- Shorbas, Salans and Desserts. Gorge ‘Incredible India’ website on ment of tourist amenities. The works in the tourism industry. ism Ministry, Culture Minis- cide with World Tourism Day on specialties such as Murgh Mussal- the occasion. ‘Incredible India new ‘Incredible India’ website In India too, the livelihood of try and Archaeological Survey which is celebrated annually lam, Gosht Makhana Kurma, Paneer 2.0 Campaign’ marks a shift is an advanced version of the a very large number of people of India, has great potential on September 27. Hazrat Mahal, Laab- i- Mashooq and from the present generic pro- previous one, with more use- is linked to the tourism indus- to make our rich and diverse The purpose of World much more. motions being undertaken ful features. try,” he said. heritage monuments, tourist- Tourism Day celebra- across the world, to market Speaking on the occasion, The President added that friendly. He expressed hope tions is to foster awareness WHEN: September 30 – October 15 specific promotional plans the President said that tourism inclusive tourism develop- that this project will help in among the international WHERE: The Leela Ambience Conven- and product-specific creative, is one of the largest industries ment can strengthen inclu- the maintenance of our heri- community of the importance tion Hotel, Delhi with a greater focus on digi- in the world. “Its evolution can sive economic development. tage with a partnership of the of tourism and its social, cul- TIMING: 7:30 pm –11:30 pm tal presence and social media. be estimated from the fact that Every citizen should strive to public and private sectors. tural, political and economic ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project the number of tourists all over provide a good experience to Alphons Kannanthanam value. 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No. 011-47777500 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 mp city 'Urge LG not to put obstacles Want education loan scheme to be more robust: LG to govt

OUR CORRESPONDENT higher education is no "longer challenges of non-availability in regularisation of teachers' a luxury" and it is essential for of loans, high default rate, need NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Gov- national, social and economic for proper due diligence by the ernor Anil Baijal on Wednesday development. banks, non-participation of the Deputy CM Manish Sisodia hopes that the LG will "support this noble cause" dubbed as 'unfortunate' Deputy Under the scheme, students educational institutions, equity Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's are provided loans up to Rs 10 of access, improper data collec- SAYANTAN GHOSH approved by the Kejriwal Cab- pass the bill. accusation that the former was lakh by banks, with the govern- tion, tracking of students also inet to regularise guest teach- He said the whole issue will blocking the Aam Aadmi Party- ment as a guarantor. need to be addressed," the state- NEW DELHI: With the Delhi ers is devoid of administrative, turn political between allega- led Delhi government's higher Last week, the Deputy CM ment further read. Cabinet having cleared the Bill financial and legal sanctions." tions and counter allegations education loan scheme and said had accused Baijal of 'block- The LG has asked the for regularisation of guest teach- Gupta appealed to the gov- by AAP and BJP, but the guest his advice to help make the ini- ing' the higher education loan administrative department to ers, the fate of 15,000 teachers ernment that instead of taking teachers will not be benefitted. tiative more robust was miscon- scheme after he advised the analyse if establishing a com- lies in the hands of Lieuten- political decisions, where the Meanwhile, the Delhi Guest strued as disapproval. government to consult the Cen- pany as done at the national ant Governor Anil Baijal, the fate of thousands of expecting Teachers Association has wel- In a letter to Sisodia, Bai- tre before the implementation level for administering the edu- administrative head of the Capi- teachers is concerned, it should comed the move of regulari- jal suggested incorporation of scheme. cational guarantee would be a tal. Deputy Chief Minister Man- recourse to lawful methods sation and said that they will of some safeguards including "In the letter, the Lt Gover- better alternative than a trust, in ish Sisodia has urged the LG to based on due procedure. meet the LG and urge him to ensuring of responsibilities of nor has stated that it is unfor- terms of statutory controls and approve the decision. "During two and half years approve the bill. lending institutions and linkage tunate that his advice to help organisational structure. "Am so happy for Guest Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and AAP leader Atishi Marlena at of its being in power, it has The teachers have asserted of loan with Aadhaar number make this initiative (scheme) "The LG has stated in his teachers. I urge BJP n Hon'ble a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA not regularised even a single that it has been a long fight for in the education loan scheme. more robust in the interest of letter that the administrative LG not to put any obstacle in employee despite poll prom- them and have expressed the After receiving the LG's let- students of Delhi was miscon- department is free to proceed it but to support this noble Earlier, the Delhi govern- asked to be revoked as the edu- ises," Gupta claimed. decision as the first step towards ter, Sisodia took to twitter to say strued as disapproval and this if it has already taken care of cause," Sisodia said on Twitter ment had failed to get the cation Department was in dark However, BJP has said it will their victory. that all safeguards are already misinformation was spread all these issues and incorporated on Wednesday. approval as former LG Najeeb about it. support passage of the bill in the "We have been fighting for built-in and the file will be sent over the media," a statement by them in the proposed scheme. Delhi has around 17,000 Jung raised the issue of teach- Meanwhile, the BJP-led Assembly. a long time. We welcome the back to Baijal for his nod. the LG's office read. "However, if not, the depart- guest teachers, of whom only ing experience. Opposition hit back at the gov- Reiterating the same tone, step by the government and in In his letter, the LG said it Baijal stressed that any stu- ment should be advised to 15,000 will be regularised. This year, in June, the ernment and alleged politicisa- Delhi Pradesh Congress Com- the next week we will meet the was unfortunate that "misinfor- dent loan scheme should meet incorporate some of these safe- The remaining teachers incumbent LG Baijal issued a tion of the issue. mittee chief Ajay Maken said LG and urge him to approve mation was spread all over the the twin criteria of being 'need- guards that are in the interest of failed to make the cut as they did tender for regularisation of guest Leader of Opposition that the government should be the bill," a senior teacher of the media" on the issue and under- based' and 'generally available'. the students of Delhi," the state- not fulfil the necessary criteria. teachers, which the government Vijender Gupta said: "The Bill asked why it took so long to organisation said. scored that in today's world, "But at the same time, the ment read. Seemapuri to get a Sisodia slams Centre over Agencies confirm cases Six factories in facelift as Diwali gift poor implementation of GST of crop burning near NCR Gzb sealed for SAYANTAN GHOSH become a 'free-fall economy' flouting norms OUR CORRESPONDENT paths and get rid of encroach- Thanks to with slow growth, low invest- OUR CORRESPONDENT Since then, authorities ments on pavements, while the NEW DELHI: The implemen- ment and no jobs." have found two instances GHAZIABAD: The Ghazi- NEW DELHI: Delhi's Seema- Delhi Jal Board will take down tation of the Goods and Ser- this government's Talking about the effect of NEW DELHI: After written where farmers set paddy straw abad district administration puri area is to get a makeover all water connections older vices Tax (GST) has affected incompetence, today demonetisation, Sisodia said requests to the Haryana gov- afire, the Environment Pollu- on Wednesday sealed six ille- before Diwali, the MLA of the than 30 years, in addition to small industries and busi- that it had a negligible impact ernment by the Environment tion (Prevention and Control) gal factories in Khora area of constituency and Delhi Social repairing of all street lights in nessmen, Deputy Chief Min- we have the most on black money, and ended department of Delhi, the Hary- Authority (EPCA) has been Ghaziabad found to have been Welfare minister Rajendra Pal the constituency before Diwali. ister Manish Sisodia said on complicated GST up creating an unprecedented ana State Pollution Control informed. flouting National Green Tribu- Gautam said on Wednesday. During the meeting, the Wednesday. crisis in agriculture and SME Board (HSPCB) has confirmed "Both confirmed cases were nal (NGT) norms. Gautam on Wednesday minister instructed that all "GST was widely accepted structure globally sectors. that paddy stubble burning – in Panipat. One more case was "All these six factories were chaired a meeting with civic these things should be done as a positive reform for the MANISH SISODIA "The unprecedented spate which triggers episodes of reported from Fatehabad, but helmet manufacturing units. agencies, the Public Works before Diwali. Indian economy. But thanks of farm loan waivers by several smog across Delhi-NCR dur- officials are yet to confirm The factories were causing Department (PWD) and other According to sources, Gau- to this government's incom- per cent, which would lead state governments is the legacy ing winters – is slowly pick- whether it was a case of stub- excessive air and water pol- departments to draw an action tam asserted that he wanted to petence, today we have the to more corruption in the of demonetisation. ing up across parts of Haryana ble burning," an HSPCB offi- lution and were running on plan of the development works. gift a developed constituency most complicated GST struc- business. "Overall, 15 lakh jobs were and Punjab. cial said. domestic electricity connec- The minister has received to the people before the fes- ture globally, which is caus- Sisodia, who also holds the lost and 150 people died due HSPCB has confirmed Meanwhile, the EPCA – tion even after undergoing many complaints from local tival of lights. The concerned ing severe compliance issues, Finance portfolio, criticised the to hardship caused by demon- two reports of stubble burn- a Supreme Court-appointed commercial processes. The people that due to illegal departments have taken note lower than expected tax col- economic policies of the Union etisation.Who is answerable ing, while NASA's web fire body – is hopeful that the vigil waste coming out of these fac- encroachment on footpath, of the issues and asserted that lections and a crisis-like situa- government, saying: "All key for this man-made disaster?" mapper is showing a few red mounted by state authori- tories was causing havoc for many accidents occur in the they will start work from the tion in sectors such as textile," economic indicators show that he asked. dots scattered across the NCR, ties and awareness campaigns people living in the locality and area. The locals also com- next week. Sisodia said at press confer- the economy is going through Sisodia further said that including in Punjab, sparking would bear fruit, preventing the waste coming out of these plained of poor condition of The minister has also asked ence at the Aam Aadmi Party its worst in many years. the Centre's economic poli- concern among the states. a repeat of the last few years, factories was contaminating some drains, which lead to sev- senior officials of the depart- headquarters. "From being the world's cies have affected the GDP Haryana had begun satel- when smoke from stubble air and water badly" said K K eral health issues. ments to monitor the develop- He added that tax slabs of fastest-growing major econ- growth and caused a lot of lite monitoring of the region burning severely affected Del- Bhadhana, Executive officer, The PWD will repair foot- ment process. many items are as high as 28 omy just one year ago, we have unemployment. on September 22. hi's air quality. Ghaziabad. MPOST

A Gratifying Soliloquy from the Heart GRATITUDE IN WORDS

two children in a nucleus family, Prof. children to work as bonded labour is now his stride. May be we are lesser mortals Samanta 's upbringing in poverty amidst hailed as his successful attempts to counter to understand the grit of this colossal seven siblings must have given him the extremism through education. personality of Prof. Samanta and the courage and strength to take care of 27000 coliseum called KISS. He is not married of underprivileged tribal children. Our Realizing the danger of half-education, Dr. but he plays father to thousands of children. children were born to us but he played Samanta helped our children to continue He never got the chance to play with his father to them. Our children would have led their studies, vocational training, so that father but he gives our children what he the despicable lives, which we inherited but they could get jobs or create jobs for could have got from his father. It was his they got every possible comfort money themselves and others. he had full agony of being poor, disadvantaged and a could buy. Parents sacrifice their lives to understanding of the plight of the girls in our father less child when he needed him most, see their children prosper but Samanta society who are married off before they gave him the strength not to see another sacrificed all comforts of life to help our could understand the meaning of marriage. child in such a situation the last 25 years he It was his vision that he made provisions for has been struggling and today he gave our children a University. We have never seen God but we never Ministry of HRD, Government of India. Maoists used to trap us. Our everyone to study and it is because of him questioned His presence. We were born Today is the day of celebration, for the nearly 60 % of the students in KISS are girls were lured to be in the girls. We are poor but we are a proud lot, It is not the culmination of his struggle free but never ever got our space. Before Silver jubilee year of KISS coincides with nets of human trafficking. We the darkness of ignorance, poverty could the establishment of a University. living in the lap of nature with pride and self to get a University; rather it is the part of engulf us, our children; a frail looking young never knew how to deal with respect. We never beg rather we give back a Revolution called KISS, which freed all to everyone who stands beside us in our man came as God sent to us. Contrary to Despite standing on the threshold of this menace. It was like of us from social dogma, ignorance time of need. Prof. Samanta has not only It is not the our beliefs, he came with a seemingly becoming a super power, Indian society still coming from fire to the fry through education. transformed 37 thousand children but he 37thousand tribal children who got impossible resolve to transform our suffers from substantial inequality in pans. At this juncture Dr. transformed 37 thousand families and emancipated but it is multiples of 37 children eradicating the stigma of 'Social education, employment and income based Samanta and KISS helped us society's outlook towards them. What thousand families, and villages. liability' to make them 'Assets of the on ethnicity. Twenty-five years ago there Unlike Dr.Samanta has been doing for us, we can Society'. We never understood then, what never was a serious attempt to bring the and our children to realize and other revolutions KISS is an ongoing never pay him back , for we owe him our this man tried to convince us that education disadvantaged groups to the mainstream differentiate between a trap revolution and millions will join it till lives. holds the key to every success. He showed through education. The Constitutional and the truth. each one of the disadvantaged child is us the dream, which we tried to capture with provisions, the Reservations were all there, rescued from ignorance and illiteracy. our eyes wide open. We had nothing to but in practice hardly anything was The provision of 5% seats reserved for lose, for deprivation, negligence, substantially visible. Tribal people were in children grow in an environment of KISS students in KIIT University in all ignorance, superstitions and hunger the lowest strata in the hierarchy and thus opulence, which we could not have professional courses helped our children to loomed large on our faces. With our backs historically excluded. Demographically dreamed of. Our children never came out become Doctors, Engineers, Business We fail to understand, how and pushed to the walls. Hoping against hope, tribal habitations were small and sparsely of their hamlets dressed in decent outfits, managers etc. Sometimes we think what why a man who is in neck we handed over our children to this young p o p u l a t e d h e n c e l a c k e d m a n y walking with confidence but today they he gets out of this. In a world where nobody looks at anybody and where material deep in loans of a staggering man, still casting a doubt on our wisdom. infrastructure including the school. have become globetrotters meeting and Rs. 500 to 600 Crores for KIIT That was a day twenty-five years ago in For we tribals, this is a Thanks giving Day to interacting with every man of substance, wealth becomes the yardstick of success, 1992 and today 25 years after, we say it with Prof. Achyuta Samanta for his passion including the President, Prime Minister, why Dr. Samanta is in a borrowing spree to University could brave to take pride that Prof. Achyuta Samanta did not fail through which he could sail through just Nobel Laureates and displaying their see our children transformed. He has more than 200 crores of us. With pride we find our children to be a with 125 children to bring 37,000 children sporting skills in national and International developed a unique financial model to deal rupees for KISS. It is indeed part of world's first ever tribal University, on board under the umbrella of KISS. The arena with shoes in their feel and jerseys on with this and to spend a recurring cost of nearly Rs.70 to Rs.80 crores annually. To beyond our understanding but Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS). ordinary looking man with a nerve of steel their bodies. Our children are in the right it is perhaps his passion, his tracks. Once in KISS, they never looked set up the campus, to make our children It is a happy coincidence that the 25 years has done an extraordinary work without any conviction to give voice to the of struggle of Dr. Samanta did bear fruit in substantial help from either the government back till they achieved their goals after their shine. We shall never understand why shape of the establishment of KISS or from any agency including corporate studies. and how he takes all the unfair criticism, voiceless and this drives him University, duly accorded the status by the houses or Industry. This remarkable feat the salvo of humiliation, wrath and evil to take such a huge burden. compels us to bow down before his It has now become an accepted fact that deigns of the unscrupulous people to In the early 90s when the indomitable spirit, courage and dedication. tribal habitation becomes the first casualty Under his infectious smile, he always of rapid industrialization and mining It is now our turn to pay back. We know our limitation but literacy rate of the tribe was concealed the grim facts of his shattered activities. Coupled with these, shrinking we believe in the strength of our appeal to government only 29 % and when nobody childhood due to accidental death of his forest and large scale displacement are agencies, political and Industry leaders, Corporate houses, was paying any serious father when he was only 4 years, the menial posing serious threats to our very Foundations and even individuals to help this 'Man on a attention to our plight, Dr. works; his mother did to make both the ends existence. Our ignorance, poverty and our mission' not for himself but for developing this Unique Achyuta Samanta looked meet and his agonizing journey to the helplessness are being exploited by school mostly with empty stomach. Despite disruptive forces who come to us as in the University. Please rush your donations and help to Kalinga towards our emancipation being born in relatively higher echelon of disguise of our sympathizers. Forcing us to Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar. through education. We believe the social strata, his sufferings were even believe that they were our Saviors, well A/c no. 01221450000892, HDFC Bank that only a visionary like him worse than ours. Perhaps this made him to wishers, Samanta appeared before us as a (IFSC Code : HDFC0003951) could see beyond the future. think about us and our children. When it savior and what was then thought to be his seems almost impossible to take care of tricks by some people to get the tribal in the name of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences.

Ramchandra Sabar Dr. Bhujanga Narayan Nayak Mandakini Majhi Kade Soren KISS Parents Association KISS Alumni Association KISS Students Union Odisha Adivasi Forum 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 Elderly woman killed in east Ola cabbie found dead inside taxi in Noida Delhi; daughter-in-law held RAHUL SINGH NOIDA: An Ola cab driver was found dead inside his taxi in Incident occurred on Tuesday night following a heated argument after the Sector 63, Noida early Wednes- day morning, said police. deceased woman abused her daughter-in-law for not controlling her crying son “Multiple injury marks resembles that the victim has OUR CORRESPONDENT Police said that on Tuesday night, the same building. After committed the been strangulated to death by the child of the accused was crying crime, she changed her blood-stained someone,” said police officials. NEW DELHI: A 62-year-old handi- loudly on the second floor where the clothes. On her instance, one ladies The deceased has been capped woman was killed on Tuesday accused was living. Hearing the cry of gown stained with blood and mustard identified as Ajay Kumar, a night after her daughter-in-law hit her the child, the deceased abused Kanchan oil, one wooden plank from which she native of Gulaothi area in head with a wooden plank and used as usual. Upon this, a quarrel started hit the head of deceased and one empty Bulandshahr district of Uttar The deceased has been identified as Ajay Kumar, a native of Gulaothi mustard oil to set the deceased on fire in between the deceased and the daugh- plastic oil jar were taken into possession. Pradesh. area in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh PIC/MPOST their Mandawali residence in east Delhi. ter-in-law. During the heated argument This was not the first incident in He lived with his family in The deceased was identified as between the two, the accused assaulted the Capital against the senior citizen. Pratap Vihar area of Ghaziabad “Following the complaint alleged his wife’s family mem- Swarna Kapoor who lived with her fam- her mother-in-law with a wooden plank Recently, a 35-year-old man who killed and worked as a cab driver with from victim’s relatives, a case bers behind the murder. ily in Shanti Marg area of Mandawali. on her forehead. The deceased collapsed his aunt for money was arrested from the Gurugram-based IT com- under IPC sections 302 and 201 “Ajay and Devika married A pool of blood mixed with mustard on the floor in front of the kitchen. west Delhi area. pany. According to police, in Noida phase 3 police sta- this year. Her family mem- oil and sign of burning spot and burnt “To hide the incident and to divert Police claimed that the deceased the incident was reported at tion was registered. The body bers didn’t allow her to live articles were found on the spot. the police investigation, the accused was identified as Priskilla David who around 5am. has been recovered and sent for with Ajay as they were against Deputy Commissioner of Police poured mustard oil kept in the kitchen was killed in her residence in Moti The security guardsthe post mortem. We are inves- their marriage and wanted her (East) Omvir Singh stated that they 62-year-old Swarna Kapoor was killed on of the deceased and set her fire to give Nagar on August 31. The accused killed deployed at building number tigating the case covering all to marry some other person. formed a team of Inspector Videsh Tuesday night PIC/MPOST a shape to the incident which could her by stabbing more than 20 times D-199 in Sector 63 informed the possible angles. Prima facie Very often they were giving life Singhal and Inspector D. P. Singh, give the impression that some outsider/ with a pointed weapon (ice-picker). police that a suspicious vehi- investigations have revealed threats to Ajay. Also, couple of SHO Mandawali who interrogated “There was a longstanding quarrel criminal committed the crime,” police In another incident, a septuagenarian cle was parked outside their that he was murdered over per- days before Ajay had an argu- Kanchan Kapoor, the daughter-in-law. between the accused Kanchan and the said. couple was found murdered at their building. sonal enmity,” said Rajiv Kumar ment with them over phone She disclosed her crime using wooden deceased Swarna over the family issues After committing the incident, the residence in north-west Delhi’s Ashok Upon reaching the spot, the Singh, circle officer, Noida. following which they threat- plank used by her mother-in-law for in past. She thought of killing her earlier accused closed the door and went to Vihar. The police have arrested their victim was found lying dead on However, victim’s family ened to kill him,” said Arvind, movement. also,” Omvir said. her residence on the second floor of maid in this regard. the back seat of the car. members in their complaint deceased’s brother. BJP gets six independents, Hero cop foils Woman helps husband kill her robbery bid, will soon appoint Ggn Mayor paramour, couple arrested one criminal PIYUSH OHRIE Sunita Yadav and Kulddep We are now in the comfort- ZAFAR ABBAS is Chandra Shekhar , a resident Bohra. able position to stake a claim of Goverdhan in Mathura who arrested GURUGRAM: After the With this, the total tally over these official posts,” said NEW DELHI: A man was was next door neighbour to the results of the Gurugram civic of BJP has increased from 14 Rao Inderjeet Singh. There is found charred in a store room priest. polls were declared on Sunday, to 20 councillors that is way a greater possibility of Madhu after a couple set him on fire He revealed that his wife a large number of leaders from above the majority mark of 18. Azad who was victorious from as they failed to dispose the developed illicit relations with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) In what can be even better sit- ward -7 may be the next Mayor body off. Chandra shekhar. expressed their disappointment uation for the party, sources of Gurugram. Burning the body turned “When he got to know over the outcome. Even as the indicate that five more inde- The ability to get the inde- futile as the foul smell filled about his wife’s affair, he party failed to obtain major- pendents that are from Rao pendents in its fold has again fumes spread quickly from a brought her to Delhi and con- ity it can now take solace from Narbir Singh camp may soon increased the political influ- temple’s store room in Gandhi- fronted her. She admitted and the fact that significant posts in amalgamate with it in a day or ence of Rao Narbir Singh and nagar and police was alerted on to save her marrigae agreed to the civic body like the Mayor two. Rao Inderjeet Singh. While Wednesday morning. call ChandraShekar to Gandhi- and Deputy Mayor can now be With large number of can- most of the councillors that As the police team along nagar in Delhi, where he was Head Constable Mukesh Kumar from the saffron brigade. didates expressing their discon- have won from the BJP belong with senior officers entered the given sleeping pills and later Accused Lakhan Dubey and his wife On Wednesday, six victo- tent over how their prospects of from the Rao Narbir Singh room, the heat hinted the body PIC/MPOST strangulated by the duo,” said Hooda PIC/MPOST rious independents met the winning was jeopardised due to camp, interestingly, the siz- has been burnt recently. to hide identification. gators with his answers. DCP Shahdara Nupur Prasad. ZAFAR ABBAS senior BJP leader and Union internal subversions, the party able numbers of independents However, as the cops Soon, the cops focused The priest Lakhan Dubey The plan was to dispose the Minister Rao Inderjeet Singh has entrusted responsibility to who have won support of Rao turned the half burned body investigation on the temple was picked up and interrogated body but they could not find NEW DELHI: On Tuesday and conveyed their interest of its Ahirwal leaders to get the Inderjeet Singh. they found a pungent smell priest who they thought would at length. time and after two days decided night, Head Constable Mukesh joining the ruling party. majority. Singh, who is the MLA which showed that the body be key in divulging details, The story that the priest told to burn the body that started Kumar Hooda posted in Geeta These councillors are “There should not be any from Badshahpur constituency, has started decomposing sug- however, the needle of suspi- was both shocking and hor- decomposing. Colony, pounced on a group Dinesh Saini, Naveen Dahiya, delay in the formation of mayor is the state PWD minister in gesting that the man has first cion soon pointed to the priest rific. Lakhan Dubey told that Both Lakhan Dubey and his of robbers who were looting Rajni Sahni, Ashwini Sharma, and other important posts. ML Khattar’s government. been murdered and then burnt after he failed to satisfy investi- the deceased 35-year-old man wife have been arrested. a man on the street and got injured in the process. The robbers dared him to Cong slams MCD for seeking Drunk men drive into police flee and flunged knife but the Man arrested for molesting policeman was in no mood to surrender and managed to hold tax from slum dwellers gypsy, injure three cops a criminal while others tried to 11-yr-old girl in south east Delhi assault him. OUR CORRESPONDENT This, he said, was against OUR CORRESPONDENT examined. During the medi- In a final attempt to get out the 2012 election manifesto of OUR CORRESPONDENT Police said that the inci- girl was sent for medical exam- cal examination it was made of the clutches of the police- NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress the BJP, wherein it had prom- dent was reported on Tues- ination and the accused was NEW DELHI: Men under the clear that the two men in the man, a robber flung the knife on Wednesday slammed the ised to totally abolish property NEW DELHI: A person has day, when the nine-year-old arrested late Tuesday night. influence of alcohol hit a stand- car Manish Kashyap, 25, a res- at Kumar. He was hit just near Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled tax in Delhi. been arrested for allegedly victim visited a grocery shop Both the accused and vic- ing emergency response vehicle ident of Moradabad and his his neck under the chin. Municipal Corporations of Maken added the BJP has molesting a minor girl in south to buy cooking oil from the tim are resident of south east of Delhi Police near the Pushta associate Abhishek, a resident “However, despite bleed- Delhi for issuing notices to started showing its true colours, east Delhi’s Dakshinpuri area. shop owned by the accused. Delhi. A case has been regis- road at Shantivan late on Tues- of Delhi’s Jagatpuri, were in an ing the Head Constable did people living in the jhuggi after winning the MCD elec- A video of the incident had At the shop, the accused alleg- tered under appropriate sec- day night injuring three cops in inebriated state. not let the criminal go and jhopdi (JJ) clusters over pay- tions in April this year. recently gone viral, and police edly started touching the girl tions of the Indian Penal Code. the gypsy. The injured policeman were held on to him. This is an act ment of property tax. He said the poor people liv- are now searching for the per- inappropriately. Between January 2016 and The incident occurred at rushed to the hospital where of bravery and how the police- As per reports, the MCD ing in the JJ clusters provide son who uploaded the video. The entire incident was August 2017, Delhi Police reg- 1 am when a Tata Zest white after initial treatment the ASI man has risked his life to save have asked residents of JJ clus- cheap services to the people of Police sources said that filmed by a person, who istered more than 2,500 cases colour car hit the police gypsy and Head Constable were a man from robbers,” said DCP ters to deposit property tax for Delhi by selling vegetables and they are scanning social media uploaded it in social media of rape and molestation of from behind. discharged but Home guard Shahdara, Nupur Prasad. 12 years. fruits at cheap rates. websites to find the source websites. The video soon went minors. The policemen Assistant Santlal is still undergoing treat- Kumar arrested the crimi- Delhi Pradesh Congress Without paying heed to from where the video began viral and locals approached The safety of women and Sub Inspector Shiv Kumar, ment in a Delhi hospital. nal who was later identified as Committee chief Ajay Maken these factors, Maken said it circulating. police seeking action. girls in the Capital remains the Head Constable Ved Prakash “We have registered a case Ramaavtaar alias Rahul, a resi- on Wednesday said the BJP was was indeed a big shame that “The video was also cir- Police sources claimed that top priority of the city police, and homeguard constable under sections 279 and 337 dent of BeguSarai in Bihar. demanding tax without provid- property tax is being charged culated through WhatsApp, the accused lured the victim on as they have arrested more than Santlal got injured by the col- of Indian penal code against The police teams are now ing even basic civic amenities from such people, which is not which is also being scanned,” the pretext of chocolates. After 9,000 people involved in rape lision impact. The offenders the accused,” said a senior looking for his associates who in the JJ clusters. justified. said an investigator. receiving the information, the and molestation of women. were caught and medically police officer. are still absconding. CITY BRIEFS DUTA College celebrates 110th birth JNU students turn up in large DELHI GOVERNMENT OBSERVES WORLD Executive anniversary of Bhagat Singh TOURISM DAY numbers to reclaim GSCASH elects five OUR CORRESPONDENT YOGESH KANT the festive fervor,” said Prasant election by the administration, NEW DELHI: Shaheed Bhagat Mukherjee, state secretary, the students of JNU has turned office bearers Singh College on Wednesday NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Student Federation of India. up in large numbers to elect organised a function to cele- Nehru University’s decision to “The students of JNU defied students’ representative to OUR CORRESPONDENT brate the 110th birth anniver- disband Gender Sensitisation a letter issued by the JNU Chief GSCASH – A tight slap to sary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Committee Against Sexual Proctor which said disciplinary administration.” NEW DELHI: Delhi Uni- Students and staff paid flo- Harassment (GSCASH) found action would be taken against GSCASH student election versity Teachers Association ral tributes to the great free- no takers from the students as Bhagat Singh Saini, chairperson committee decided to go (DUTA) Executive with its dom fighter. Principal Dr PK lee, over a period of 50 years, they voted on Wednesday to of the disbanded GSCASH ahead with its polls to elect President Rajib Ray elected its Khurana threw light on the the college has distinguished elect new student office bearers Students Election Committee, four representatives despite NEW DELHI: The Delhi Tourism department on five office bearers and decided life and philosophy of Bhagat itself in diverse academic and for the committee. if he continued to conduct the resistance from the varsity. Wednesday celebrated World Tourism Day 2017, on co-options to complete Singh. professional fields by provid- Nearly 30 per cent student elections,” said student. In another letter that was with the endeavour of celebrating tourism and making the formation for the term on Activist Yogendra Yadav ing a vibrant and intellectually turned out to cast their vote to Meanwhile, Shehla Rashid issued on Tuesday, varsity Delhiites aware about the inevitable importance of Wednesday. was the keynote speaker of the stimulating academic culture, reclaim the GSCASH and to tweeted that JNU students Registrar Pramod Kumar According to DUTA, the elec- event. During the event, the to promote independence of reject the Internal Complaints turned up in huge number to said there were efforts to hold promoting and boosting the sector in the city. Delhi tions were completed in a college organised renditions of thought and vision. Committee(ICC). vote in GSCASH election. “illegal elections to a non- Tourism organised a plethora of activities on the occa- smooth manner. Dr Jaswinder Indian classical music, dazzling The chief guest delivered a “2,336 student cast their Another student from existing body and ICC was sion at all its three Dilli Haats, Garden of Five Senses Singh, Principal of SGTB dance performance. guest lecture on Bhagat Singh, vote out of total registered vote JNU said, “Despite continuous the only body responsible and Coffee Home, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Khalsa College and former Meanwhile, the college his ideals and his revolution- of 7,904 , which is big mandate threats, intimidation and to handle sexual harassment Describing the importance of the celebration, the de- DUTA Vice-President, pre- celebrated its Golden Jubi- ary spirit. as campus is on leave due to attempts to stop the GSCASH complaints”. partment observed: “Tourism is an inevitable part and sided over the elections on Wednesday. This completes the plays a pivotal role in the socio-economic and cultural formation of the DUTA Execu- development of the country. The tourism is considered tive that will hold term for the Cops help Delhi’s elderly battle loneliness to be the backbone for the development of any coun- next two years. try and its economy.” Sudhanshu Kumar from ABHAY SINGH Talking to Millennium Post, Deputy cal and mental health. They also do not Swami Shraddhanand Col- Commissioner of Police (Outer) Pankaj know how to use modern communica- SPECIAL FESTIVAL TRAIN BETWEEN lege was elected Vice-Presi- NEW DELHI: In an effort to bring Singh stated that the laughter yoga is the tion such as Facebook, Email, Skype etc. dent and Vivek Chaudhary smiles on the face of the senior citizens medicine which can bring happiness in The Delhi Police personnel have VARANASI-DELHI from Sri Aurobindo College who suffer loneliness and social isola- the life of elderly people. been visiting and talking to them about NEW DELHI: For the convenience of passengers and (Evening) was elected Secre- tion, Delhi Police have found a recipe “Their safety is our priority. Through their problems and also verifying the to clear the extra rush for the festive season, Northern tary of the DUTA. Alok Ran- in the form of laughter yoga sessions, the camps we wish every senior citizen a maids and the tenants living in the area. Railway will run the 04201 Varanasi-Delhi Special Ex- jan Pandey from Ramanujan a way to bring some happiness in their happy long and healthy life,” said Singh, According to a police official, they press train. The 04201 Varanasi-Delhi Special Express College was elected Joint Secre- stressful life. adding that several health camps have also send greeting cards on different Train will depart Varanasi at 2.00 pm on October 2, tary and Najma Rehmani from Outer Delhi police held several ses- also been organised in the district. occasions like birthday or new year as and reach Delhi Jn at 06.20 am next day. The train Dept. of Urdu, Arts Faculty was sions where most of the senior citizens Many elderly citizens attended the they should feel that there is someone elected Treasurer of the DUTA. have come to join the camps. More than recentl session in Najafgarh Most of the who cares about them. will have 14 sleeper coaches and stop at Sultanpur, The DUTA Executive will meet 1,800 elderly people were registered with senior citizens live alone in the house Delhi Police has a Senior Citizens Delhi Police personnel at a camp for Lucknow, Bareilly, Moradabad and Ghaziabad. soon to deliberate over urgent the district police and the police officials and several reasons like the lack of social Cell which works for the safety and well- pressing issues. have been visiting their houses regularly. contact, is a leading cause of poor physi- being of senior citizens in the Capital. helping senior citizens PIC/MPOST 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 mp city VVIP chopper: Court seeks ED’s reply on Govt approves Rs 25000-crore woman dir’s bail plea mega internal security scheme OUR CORRESPONDENT Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, an archipelago which is home to OUR CORRESPONDENT for internal security, law and assistance to states for upgra- NEW DELHI: A special court the most expensive properties order, women security, avail- dation of police infrastructure, today sought response from the in the United Arab Emirates NEW DELHI: A Rs 25,000- ability of modern weapons, forensic science laboratories, Enforcement Directorate on (UAE), the charge sheet said. crore mega internal secu- mobility of police forces, logis- institutions and the equip- the bail plea of a woman direc- It alleged that the two rity scheme was approved tical support, hiring of heli- ment available with them to tor of two Dubai-based firms Dubai-based firms were the by the government today to copters, upgradation of police plug critical gaps in the crimi- in a money laundering case entities “through which the strengthen the country’s law wireless, national satellite net- nal justice system. related to the Rs 3,600 crore proceeds of crime have been and order mechanism, morder- work, crime and criminal Police stations will be inte- VVIP chopper deal. routed and further layered nise police forces and effec- tracking network and systems, grated to set up a national data Special Judge Arvind and integrated in buying the tively fight against terrorism, e-prison, etc. base of crime and criminal Kumar directed the agency to immovable properties/shares, Home Minister Rajnath Singh The home minister said that records. It will be linked with file by October 6, its reply to the among others” in this case. said. under the umbrella scheme, other pillars of criminal justice application moved by Shivani The agency claimed that its The key Cabinet Commit- a central budget outlay of Rs system such as prisons, forensic Saxena, an “active” director of probe had found that Agus- tee on Security (CCS), headed 10,132 crore has been ear- science laboratories and pros- Dubai-based Ms UHY Saxena taWestland, United Kingdom, by Prime Minister Naren- marked for internal security- ecution offices. and Ms Matrix Holdings. had “paid an amount of Euro 58 dra Modi, gave its approval related expenditure for Jammu The umbrella scheme also The court also directed million as kickbacks” through for implementation of the and Kashmir, northeastern provides for setting up of a Tihar Jail authorities to pro- two Tunisia-based firms. umbrella scheme -- Moderni- states and those affected by state-of-the-art forensic sci- vide her specialised treatment “These companies further sation of Police Forces (MPF) the left wing extremism (LWE). ence laboratory in Amravati within three days as she com- siphoned off the said money in -- for 2017-18 to 2019-20. A scheme for special cen- and upgradation of Sardar Patel plained of various serious the name of consultancy con- “This is the biggest ever tral assistance (SCA) for 35 Global Centre for Security, ailments. In her bail applica- tracts to M/s Interstellar Tech- internal security scheme in the districts worst hit by LWE has Counter Terrorism and Anti tion, the accused has claimed nologies Limited, Mauritius country. The financial outlay been introduced with an out- Insurgency in Jaipur and Guja- that she was not required in and others which were further for the scheme over the three lay of Rs 3,000 crore to tackle rat Forensic Science University the case because investigation transferred to M/s UHY Saxena years period is Rs 25,060 crore, the issue of underdevelopment. Home Minister Rajnath singh and Union Law & Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad during the cabinet in Gandhinagar. was already complete since and M/s Matrix Holdings Ltd, out of which the central gov- An outlay of Rs 100 crore breifing in New Delhi on Wednesday PTI “It is expected that the the charge sheet has already Dubai and others,” the charge ernment share will be Rs 18,636 has been earmarked for police umbrella scheme, ‘modernisa- been filed. The ED had on Sep- sheet had alleged. crore and the states’ share will infrastructure upgradation, tion of the scheme would bol- Kashmir and the Northeast ity of life in these areas and help tion of police forces’, will go a tember 13 filed a charge sheet The ED had also arrested in be Rs 6,424 crore,” Singh said at training institutes, investiga- ster the government’s ability effectively. Besides, the scheme combat these challenges effec- long way to boost the capabil- against her and others. this case Delhi-based business- a press conference here. tion facilities, etc. in the north- to address challenges faced in will help undertake develop- tively at the same time. ity and efficiency of central and Shivani Saxena and her man Gautam Khaitan who is Special provisions have eastern states. different theatres such as areas ment interventions which will The new initiatives are state police forces by modernis- husband Rajiv are residents of currently out on bail. been made under the scheme Singh said the implementa- affected by LWE, Jammu and catalyse in improving the qual- being introduced to provide ing them,” Singh said. ED summons Tejashwi, Rabri in railway hotels corruption case Graft case: Delhi court grants OUR CORRESPONDENT Rabri was summoned The ED will investigate the alleged “proceeds of crime” generated by the bail to ex-HC judge Quddusi NEW DELHI: The ED has summoned twice by the ED but she accused, purportedly through shell former Bihar deputy chief minister is understood to have companies, officials have said. Rabri, Tejashwi Yadav and his mother Rabri Tejashwi and others will be probed by NEW DELHI: A Delhi court chairman of a medical col- ting students due to sub-stan- Devi in connection with its money laun- sought more time to the agency under charges filed in the on Wednesday granted bail lege, and his son Palash Yadav dard facilities. Prasad Institute dering probe in a railway hotels allot- appear Enforcement Case Information Report to retired Chhattisgarh High of Prasad Institute of Medical of Medical Sciences is one of ment corruption case dating back to the (ECIR), the ED equivalent of a police Court judge Ishrat Masroor Science in Lucknow, pending. these 46 debarred institutions. UPA rule, officials on Wednesday said. FIR. Others named in the CBI FIR Quddusi in an alleged medical These will be decided on Octo- According to the CBI, the They said Tejashwi, son of RJD chief earlier questioned a few people in this include Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Koch- college corruption case. ber 6. arrests were made on Septem- and former Union minister Lalu Prasad, case including the wife of former UPA har (both directors of Sujata Hotels), Special Judge Manoj Jain The court had on Septem- ber 20 after search operations has been asked to be present before the Lalu was the railway minister in the minister P C Gupta. Delight Marketing company, now granted bail to Quddusi on a ber 25 rejected the CBI’s plea at eight locations, including investigating officer (IO) of the case UPA government. The agency had taken cognisance known as Lara Projects, and the then personal bond of Rs one lakh to interrogate Justice Quddusi. the residence of Quddusi in on October 10. Lalu’s wife and former The central probe agency is expected of a CBI FIR in this regard to initiate its IRCTC managing director P K Goel. and a surety of a like amount. The CBI had sought the Greater Kailash area of South Bihar chief minister Rabri has been to record their statements under the own criminal complaint. The CBI FIR alleges that Lalu Quddusi is currently in custody of Quddusi and Yadav Delhi, as also in Bhubaneswar summoned a day after on October 11. provisions of the Prevention of Money In July, the Central Bureau of Inves- Prasad, as railway minister, handed Tihar jail from where he will alleging they were not coop- and Lucknow. It said that a case She was earlier summoned twice by the Laundering Act (PMLA), under which tigation (CBI) had registered a criminal over the maintenance of two IRCTC be released. Another accused, erating in the probe and are was registered against them Enforcement Directorate in this case but it had registered an FIR against mem- first information report (FIR) and con- hotels to a company after receiving a Bhawna Pandey, was also to be quizzed further regard- for allegedly trying to settle an she is understood to have sought more bers of Lalu Prasad family and others ducted multiple searches against Lalu bribe in the form of prime land in Patna granted interim bail for one ing similar cases involving 46 ongoing matter relating to a time to appear. sometime back. Prasad, who is also a former Bihar chief through a ‘benami’ company owned by week. However, the court kept medical colleges debarred by medical college barred from The case dates back to the time when The Enforcement Directorate had minister, and others. Sarla Gupta. the bail pleas of B P Yadav, the the government from admit- admitting new students. MPOST Tourism minister cleans tobacco stained walls with bare hands

OUR CORRESPONDENT quickly refused it, and asked down to business without any for one that could be held in cleaning gear. NEW DELHI: Tourism Min- hand. Collecting dry leaves, ister Alphons Kannanthanam As officials scurried to get junked packets and plas- today took Prime Minis- him a scrubber of his choice, tic waste from the street, the ter Narendra Modi’s call for the minister poured copious minister dumped them all into ‘Swachhta hi Seva’ (cleanli- amounts of detergent on his colourful bins his staff had ness is service) to a whole new hand and proceeded to rub it arranged for him. level - wiping paan and gutkha on wall after wall. “Keep India clean. Let stained walls with bare hands. Later, someone gave him every citizen get out on the The minister, who took a hand-held scrub, which he streets, get out in his neigh- part in the campaign at Jan- used vigorously on the walls. bourhood and keep India path market in Central Delhi, “Clean hua na?” he asked clean. I think this is the big- cleaned the walls first with people around who applauded gest mission of the prime min- water and then detergent using the zeal with which he went ister,” he said. his hands, as his staff scram- about cleaning the dirty walls. The cleaning job done, The Minister of State for bled to find him a brush. Earlier, dressed in a blue Kannanthanam, who had Tourism (I/C) and Electronics & “Ek scrubber la do (bring T-shirt and jeans, Kannantha- earned the sobriquet of ‘demo- Information Technology, Alphons me a scrubber),” the minister nam, a former IAS officer, took lition man’ during his tenure Kannanthanam, participating said, imitating the scrubbing to cleaning moments after he with the Delhi Development in the Swachhata hi Sewa movement with his hands. arrived at the Janpath market. Authority in the 1990s, washed Abhiyan, in New Delhi on Someone handed him a Sweepers were lined up on his hands with water before Wednesday PTI scrubber attached to a long the streets wearing gloves and applying hand sanitiser, and plastic rod. The minister masks, but the minister got leaving neat and tidy. UPSC member Chhatar Singh resigns NEW DELHI: UPSC member Chhatar Singh has resigned, over three months after he was questioned by the CBI in con- nection with alleged irregu- larities in the allotment of 14 industrial plots in Haryana’s Panchkula. President Ram Nath Kov- ind has accepted his resignation with effect from September 22, an order issued by Personnel Ministry said. Singh took over as mem- ber in the Union Public Ser- vice Commission (UPSC) on September 2, 2013. His term was due to end on March 4, next year. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had on June 5 questioned former Haryana Chief Minister Bhu- pinder Singh Hooda and Chhatar Singh in connection with the alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 indus- trial plots. Singh was principal secretary to Hooda when the allotments took place. The CBI has registered an FIR to probe corruption in the allotment of the industrial plots during Hooda’s tenure as the chief minister. MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 HC seeks govt’s reply on plea I-T, ED to examine Dera sect’s assets for violation of rules for gender-neutral rape law OUR CORRESPONDENT CHANDIGARH: The Pun- OUR CORRESPONDENT jab and Haryana high court on Wednesday directed cen- NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Woman booked for tral agencies–the Income Tax Court has sought the govern- Department and the Enforce- ment’s response on a plea ment Directorate–to examine seeking to declare the “gen- sexually assaulting the Dera Sacha Sauda sect's der-specific” sections related assets and check for violation to rape and its punishment of rules, two weeks after the under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sanitisation of the Dera com- as unconstitutional. 17-yr-old boy in Goa plex was conducted under A bench of Acting Chief the supervision of a Court "The high court directed the uments submitted by Pawar Justice Gita Mittal and Justice OUR CORRESPONDENT Commissioner. ED and IT authorities to exam- shall be kept in the custody of C Hari Shankar asked the gov- victim is male, he has right in Gurgaon, allegedly by a The full bench of the court ine all properties of the Dera the Advocate General of Hary- ernment to reply within three of equal protection, equal to 42- year-old man after he had PANAJI: The Goa Police has also passed directions for set- Sacha Sauda--moveable and ana and IT and ED officers will weeks and posted the matter that of a female in like circum- resisted an attempt to sodomise booked a woman at Mapusa ting up tribunals in Haryana immoveable-- and funds and be entitled to see these docu- for further hearing on Octo- stances,” it said and added that him. It said that boys under the town near here for allegedly and Punjab to assess claims of see if there was any violation ments only in the AG office," ber 23. Section 375 of the IPC 63 countries have gender-neu- age of 18 are protected under sexually assaulting a 17-year- properties damaged in the vio- under the provisions of the IT Jain said. He also stated that deals with rape committed by tral rape laws. Protection of Children from old boy who was staying at lence that followed the August Act and Prevention of Money the tribunals formed to assess man and section 376 lists out “After the Right to Pri- Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), her place. 25 sentencing of sect chief Gur- Laundering Act," Additional claims of damaged properties the punishment for the said vacy ruling where consent and but once they pass the age, they As per a complaint filed by meet Ram Rahim Singh, who Solicitor General of India Satya will examine each case –gov- offence. bodily integrity of each citizen “are robbed of their rights”. the boy’s parents earlier this was convicted for rape. Pal Jain, who is representing ernment and private. “IPC 375 and IPC 376, in is now a fundamental right as “It becomes very difficult week, the 29-year-old woman Court Commissioner AKS the Centre in the case, said. "After the report, the high current form, which is gender part of the freedoms and are to accept that there is a sin- sexually assaulted the boy Pawar, who was appointed by He told reporters here that court will finally decide as to specific and not gender neu- intrinsic part of right to life and gle reality in rape; that is, men between June 7 and Septem- the high court last month to the departments could initiate how much amount has to be tral, doesn’t secure males and personal liberty under Article rape women and ... this act ber 11, Mapusa police station’s oversee the sanitisation process action, if necessary. The IT and paid and to whom," Jain added. thus doesn’t stand the consti- 21, female and male both have has a meaning so different for inspector Tushar Lotlikar said. During the counselling at of the sect's premises in Sirsa, ED departments will wait for Petitioner Dhull told tutional test and fails in Right equality before law and equal men that it cannot be labelled The boy had run RPT run the institute, the boy revealed Haryana, today sought a few Pawar's report before starting reporters the Bench also asked to Privacy,” the petition, filed protection of law under Article as rape,” it said. away from his house at Ponda. the alleged sexual assault on more days to submit his report. the investigation, he said. the Haryana government to by Sanjjiiv Kkumaar, an activ- 14 guaranteed by Part III of the The petition also claimed He was working at a pet- him by the woman, he said. The Bench, comprising Jus- "The court granted time to clarify if any property was ist, said. Constitution,” the petition said. that the notion of patriar- rol pump in Mapusa town The Mapusa police yester- tices A G Masih, Surya Kant Pawar after he stated that his moved from the Sirsa-based He also said that as per the Kkumaar also pointed out chy was the reason why men and staying at the house of the day registered offences against and Avneesh Jhingan, granted voluminous report is almost headquarters before the saniti- recent apex court ruling on that for a brief period of 58 refused to come out in the open woman, who is a divorcee and the woman under relevant sec- Pawar time and said the saniti- ready and he was giving it its sation process. Right to Privacy, both male and days, India had a gender neu- to report sexual crimes against lives with her three children, tions of the Protection of Chil- sation report, once submitted, final touches," Jain said. Punjab Advocate General female have equal protection tral rape law - The Criminal them. another police official said. dren from Sexual Offences would be handed over to the The three-day-long exercise Atul Nanda, who was also pres- of law under the Constitution. Law (Amendment) Ordinance “If a male alleges that a A few days back, the boy (POSCO) Act and Goa Chil- Centre, the Haryana govern- to sanitise the sect headquar- ent in the court, submitted an The petition said that no 2013 which was repealed after female raped him, he is not went back to his home and dren’s Act. ment and the CBI. ters at Sirsa, from September 8 expenditure of Rs 187 crore, one can claim special privilege protests from certain quarters seen as a ‘Real Man’ because started behaving abnormally. “We have summoned the The court was hearing a PIL to 10, had led to the unearthing incurred on the deployment if the perpetrator of the crime of the society. the stereotypical patriarchal He was then referred to the woman at the police station filed last month by Panchkula of two secret tunnels, an illegal of paramilitary forces in many is a female and she is immune The plea, also referred to assumption of ‘men are supe- state-run Institute of Psychiatry tomorrow following which we resident Ravinder Dhull, who firecracker factory and the seal- parts of the state to check vio- to criminal action. the recent murder of a boy in rior and stronger to women’ and Human Behaviour (IPHB) will decide the future course of was concerned over the law and ing of an unlicensed skin bank. lence following the Dera chief's “Similarly, if the (rape) the Ryan International school comes into the picture,” it said. near here, the official said. action,” the official said. order situation in his town. "The court also said all doc- sentencing and conviction. Haryana cabinet ‘VVPAT EVMs will be used Seven of family CBI arrests customs BRIEFS increases killed as jeep NATION discretionary in Meghalaya election’ official in graft case HARYANA CLEARS INTEGRATED overturns INDUSTRIAL LICENSING POLICY grant of ministers SHILLONG: Meghalaya Chief the entire election management MPOST BUREAU house agent, including his wife, Electoral Officer (CEO) Freder- by the Election Commission of JAIPUR: Seven members of in a case related to the import CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Wednes- OUR CORRESPONDENT ick K Kharkongor on Wednes- India." With the introduction a family were on Wednesday NEW DELHI: The CBI on of 27 kg of gold, the CBI FIR day approved a policy for development of inte- day said Voter Verifiable Paper of this new element into the killed and as many injured Wednesday arrested a senior said. grated industrial colonies in industrial and agriculture CHANDIGARH: Hary- Audit Trail (VVPAT) EVMs voting process, he said, "There when a jeep overturned on customs official who had been After negotiations, the cus- zones. The integrated industrial licensing policy was ana Cabinet on Wednesday introduced by the Election will be much more faith and them in Dholpur district, the evading arrest in an alleged toms official and the customs approved by the cabinet headed by Chief Minister approved an increase in the Commission of India (ECI) credibility in the voting system. police said. bribery case registered last house agent agreed on a sum Manohar Lal Khattar here, an official release said. limit of discretionary grant of will be used during the state The entire voter s satisfaction The accident occurred week. Deputy Commissioner, of Rs 30 lakh. The complain- cabinet ministers, ministers assembly elections, slated to be will reach an all time high." when the victims were on Customs, Sandeep Jot Singh, ant was allegedly forced to pay The policy is aimed at providing new options to boost of state, Speaker, and Deputy held next year. The CEO said it is impor- their way to offer prayers at who is posted in Gujarat's Rs 10 lakh in July itself, the manufacturing in the state and introduce cluster de- Speaker of the state Assembly. "The VVPAT will be used tant to educate all the stake- the Biloni Mata Temple and Mundra town, allegedly took spokesperson said. velopment. “One of the options is ‘plug & play model’ The decision was taken at in the 3082 polling stations in holders of the election process, had stopped at an eatery near a bribe of Rs 30 lakh. It is alleged that the deputy which is to be operated on lease hold basis on a part a meeting of the State Cabi- all the 60 assembly constituen- various officers, political par- Sar Mathura town. While some "He will be produced commissioner contacted the of such colony,” the release said. net here, which met under the cies," Kharkongor said while ties, and voters that this is a of the devotees were on cycles, before the special CBI court complainant on different occa- chairmanship of Chief Minister addressing at the launching of voter-centric component intro- others were walking. in Ahmedabad tomorrow," the sions for the remaining Rs 20 CBI ARRESTS RAILWAY OFFICIAL FOR Manohar Lal Khattar. the special summary revision duced for the benefit of the vot- The accident occurred agency spokesperson said here. lakh and asked him to deliver The limit of discretionary 2018 held at the East Khasi ers so that he/she is satisfied. when the jeep driver lost con- The company of the com- the amount to a person, he said. ACCEPTING BRBIE OF RS 3.44 LAKH grant of Speaker in the Hary- Hills District deputy commis- He informed that after a trol after a flag being carried plainant, a customs house "The CBI laid a trap and NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has ana state Assembly and cabinet sioner s office here. voter press the button on the by the pilgrims got stuck in the agent, was hired by an Ahmed- arrested the person on Sep- arrested a Senior Section Engineer (TL&AC), South ministers has been increased to Launching the VVPAT electronic voting machine jeep's tyre and the vehicle over- abad firm. 27 kg of gold was tember 19 while accepting Rs Eastern (SE) Railway, Hatia (Jharkhand) for demand- Rs seven crore per annum from awareness video in presence (EVM), a slip will be opened on turned, SP Rajesh Singh said. found in one of the import con- 20 lakh on behalf of the dep- Rs five crore per annum. of representatives of the dif- the VVPAT machine for only He said four persons died signments of the firm in July. uty commissioner. The customs ing and accepting a bribe of Rs 3.44 lakh from the Similarly, discretionary ferent political parties during seven seconds for the voter to on the spot whereas three died Singh allegedly demanded official had been absconding complainant. CBI had registered a case against Senior grant of Deputy Speaker and the occasion, Kharkongor said, get a view before it drops back while undergoing treatment in Rs 40 lakh to clear the names since then," the spokesperson Section Engineer (TL & AC) Station, S.E. Railway, Hatia ministers of state has been "VVPAT is a new component of into the box. AGENCIES the hospital. AGENCIES of the relatives of the customs said. U/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for de- enhanced to Rs 5.5 crore from manding an illegal gratification of Rs 3,44,000/- from Rs four crore earlier. RAHUL VISITS THREE TEMPLES the complainant in order to clear the pending bills and However, the limit of dis- to get the Measurement Book signed by ADEE. CBI cretionary grant for chief min- ister will remain the same –Rs laid a trap and caught the accused red handed while Cong says it will counter BJP-RSS’ Hindutva line demanding and accepting the alleged bribe. 40 crore. "The decision was taken in view of the rising cost and to increase the pace OUR CORRESPONDENT show this morning by trekking Kagvad village to offer prayers 3 YEARS’ RI FOR EX-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of community development up the famous Chotila temple to Khodiyar Mata, the reigning (VIGILANCE) IN BRIBERY CASE works in the state," an official CHOTILA/KAGVAD: Appar- in Surendranagar district. deity of the Leuva Patel com- spokesperson said. ently seeking to showcase Starting his tour from munity. A section of Patels NEW DELHI: The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Ranchi has The state government has the Congress' soft Hindutva, Rajkot this morning, Gandhi are up in arms against the convicted Hemchand, IPS, the then Executive Director also changed the criteria for Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday came to Chotila, the first stop state's BJP government over (Vigilance), CCL, Ranchi and sentenced him to undergo the disbursal of social security offered prayers at four temples today, and began the steep their demand for reservation three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. pension or allowance, in case of in Gujarat before wrapping up climb immediately. He climbed in government jobs and edu- 10,000/- in a bribery case. CBI had registered a case death of beneficiaries. his three-day visit to the poll- around 1,000 steps in about 15 cational institutions. On his on August 30, 1992 U/s 120B of IPC & Section 7, 12 As per the new criteria, bound state, a move his party minutes without a break. arrival, Gandhi was greeted by allowance or pension will cease said was aimed at countering After he had offered a large number of Patidars, who & 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act 1988 on the allega- to be payable on the death of a the hardline Hindutva of the prayers, the priests apprised chanted their signature slogan tions of demanding a bribe of Rs 25,000/- through beneficiary, he said. BJP and RSS. him of the importance of the - 'Jai Sardar, Jai Patidar' to wel- then Senior Under Manager, CCL Kargil Area from the However, the amount of However, the ruling BJP shrine. The Congress leader come the Congress leader. complainant to continue his contract work in CCL. After pension or allowance will be took a dig at Gandhi, saying Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi visits Chamunda Mata Temple, climbed down the stairway in On his way to Jetpur from investigation, a chargesheet was filed on March 6, paid for full month in which the Congress vice president was Chotila in Surendranagar on Wednesday another 15 minutes, greeting Kagvad, Gandhi also paid a 1998 in the Designated Court U/s 120B of IPC, Sec- death of the beneficiary occurs visiting temples as his party has devotees on his way back. visit to a temple dedicated to (any date of the month) to the failed to win elections in the Gandhi, who had kicked off at the Dwarkadhish temple on In the evening, Gandhi vis- Dasi Jeevan, revered by Dalits tion 7 & 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act 1988 against nominee. state for long time. his tour after offering prayers Monday, resumed his road- ited Khodal Dham temple in and Buddhists. the accused. The then Senior Under Manager died during trial. The Trial Court found the accused guilty and convicted him. Dar was a mastermind, leader Ousted Bihar Cong chief accuses C DA CASE: EX-GARRISON ENGINEER GETS of stone-pelters: Nirmal Singh 7 YEARS’ RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT P Joshi of ‘conspiring’ against him NEW DELHI: The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Hy- OUR CORRESPONDENT The deputy CM was in the derabad has sentenced Anil Kumar Kohli, the then national capital to take part OUR CORRESPONDENT The Congress won 27 seats Garrison Engineer, MES, Secunderabad to undergo NEW DELHI: Jammu and in a lecture, 'Peace in Jammu in the 2015 state assembly poll. Seven Years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs Kashmir Deputy Chief Minis- and Kashmir: Challenges and PATNA: Ousted Bihar Con- The party has six members in 16,00,000/- in a Disproportionate Assets case. This ter Nirmal Singh on Wednes- Opportunities', in JNU. gress president Ashok Choud- the state legislative council, day alleged that Farooq Ahmad The Army had said that hary on Wednesday accused including Choudhary, himself. case was registered on 20.03.2002 on the allega- Dar, who was used by the Army Gogoi had decided to use Dar AICC general secretary C P Asked about his future tions that the accused was in possession of dispropor- as a human shield, was a "mas- as a human shield by tying Joshi of hatching a "conspiracy" course of action, he said, "I'm tionate assets. After investigation, a chargesheet was termind and a leader of stone him on the bonnet of his jeep against him and claimed that a committed Congress man filed against accused on 30.09.2003 for possessing pelters". to deter stone pelters. he was removed "in an insult- and will remain so." disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 64,48,663/- Singh's comments con- On the Rohingya issue, he ing manner". Choudhary had been . The Trial Court found the accused guilty and con- tradict the Jammu and Kash- claimed that they were foreign- He accused Joshi, the in- accused of trying to split the mir Police which had said in a ers who had "illegally" entered charge of Bihar affairs, of hatch- party in favour of Chief Min- victed him. report that Dar, who had gone India and the state government ing the conspiracy to place his ister Nitish Kumar JD(U) after POCSO COURT REJECTS GAYATRI to cast his vote, was a victim of was taking all steps to remove "favourite" on the state chief's disintegration of Grand Alli- Suspended Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president Ashok "wrongful confinement". them under the direction of chair. Choudhary addressing a Press conference in Patna on Wednesday ance. He had, however, dis- PRAJAPATI’S SECOND BAIL PLEA "I don't know about the the Centre. "They have ille- "For the past six months, C missed the allegation as "part LUCKNOW: In a fresh jolt to former Uttar Pradesh report. But he was a master- gally entered India and have a P Joshi has been feeding mis- it through the media," he same for the party in Bihar and of the conspiracy to show me mind and leader of stone pel- presence in Jammu and Samba information to the high com- claimed. added that he would meet Con- the door". minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, a special court re- ters. Though as a government districts. The state is working mand against me accusing me "Every dog has its day... gress vice president Rahul Gan- Meanwhile, Kaukab jected his second bail application today in connection we do not support the means on shifting them as there was of trying to split the party," Today, he (Joshi) proved dhi to tell him about "Joshi's Quadri, PCC vice-president with a gang-rape case. The judge of the special court (human shield), we support a potential of Pakistan using Choudhary, who is an MLC, weightier against me, tomor- acts". and a low key leader who was for hearing cases under the Protection of Children from Major Gogoi for making his them as terrorists," he claimed. alleged. row I might be so against him," Choudhary, the son of made the interim chief of the Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Uma Shanker Sharma, intentions clear and positive," During the lecture, he "I really feel hurt on being he told reporters. veteran Dalit leader Maha- party in Bihar by AICC chief rejected the bail application moved on behalf of Pra- Singh told reporters, claiming highlighted the importance of removed in an insulting man- He alleged that "the man vir Choudhary and a promi- Sonia Gandhi after the removal japati. This is the second time in less than 10 days that that everything was "fair in love Sufism in Kashmir and how ner. No senior central leader responsible for downfall of the nent Dalit leader himself, was of Choudhary, assumed the and war". the region was developing as a telephoned me to convey Congress in Assam and West the education minister in the post at Sadaquat Ashram on his bail plea has been turned down. "It is a proxy war," he added. peace constituency. the decision. I came to know Bengal" was now eyeing the Grand Alliance government. Wednesday. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 mp nation Swaraj uses UN stage to push India’s goals DHIRENDRA KUMAR bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the Foreign Minister of Oman and NEW DELHI: India effectively Mohammad Javad Zarif, For- used the 72nd United Nations eign Affairs Minister of Iran on General Assembly (UNGA) September 23. session to broad-base her can- Strengthening the ties vas on foreign relations, partic- between Indian and Arab ularly pinning down Pakistan countries, Swaraj held talks on cross-border terrorism. with Ahmad Abdul Gheit, the Utilising the global stage, Secretary-General of the Arab External Affairs Minister League. Sushma Swaraj, who repre- A bilateral meeting was sented the Indian delegation also held between Swaraj and at UNGA, had about 40 bilat- her Algerian counterpart eral and 13 multilateral meet- Abdelkader Messahel. ings during her week-long visit. In her speech, that was Tillerson, and Taro Kono Swaraj held talks with the New Delhi effectively also hailed by Prime Minister respectively. She also held foreign ministers of Tunisia, articulated India’s position on Narendra Modi and her cab- meetings with Ivanka Trump, Bahrain, Latvia, the United various issues, including cli- inet colleagues, the External the advisor and daughter of US Arab Emirates and Denmark. mate change, terrorism, peo- Affairs Minister had asked Pak- president Donald Trump and In her meeting with the ple-centric migration and istani leaders to introspect as Prime Ministers of Bangladesh UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh peacekeeping. to why India is recognised as a and Bhutan on the sidelines Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, The historic speech of global IT superpower while the of the UN General Assembly the two sides discussed mea- Swaraj at the 72nd UN Gen- neighbour is infamous as the meeting. sures to attract more foreign eral Assembly was applauded “pre-eminent export factory During her meeting with direct investment from the from all quarters as she ripped for terror”. Foreign Minister of Chile Her- UAE into India. The UAE is apart Pakistan on cross-bor- Swaraj started her official aldo Muñoz, Swaraj discussed India’s strategic partner. The der terrorism and asked tour with a trilateral meet- bilateral cooperation issues, bilateral trade between India ‘rouged’ neighbour to focus on ing with her American and while issues of mutual inter- and the UAE is worth dollar development. Japanese counterparts Rex est were discussed with Yusuf 52.8 billion. MP, UP deadlock over Ken-Betwa Govt increases retirement river project age of doctors to 65 years resolved: Gadkari DHIRENDRA KUMAR patient, Union Health Min- fited, he said. ister JP Nadda said, “The Slamming the decision, NEW DELHI: The deadlock NEW DELHI: In a major decision will help utilise the DS Meena, the former vice between Madhya Pradesh decision aimed at addressing services of experienced doc- president of Forum of Resi- and Uttar Pradesh over the the shortage of doctors, the tors. It will also help in retain- dent Doctors Association ambitious Ken-Betwa river government on Wednesday ing the existing strength of (FORDA), said, “The deci- interlinking project has been decided to increase the retire- experienced doctors, thereby sion would reduce the employ- resolved, Union Minister Nitin ment age of central govern- providing better patient care. ment opportunities for young Gadkari said on Wednesday. ment doctors including those This will also help in improv- doctors for the next five years. India’s first interlinking working under the AYUSH ing doctor-patient ratio in the The shortage of specialist doc- of rivers project between the ministry and in the railways country,” he said. tors would remain the same Ken in Madhya Pradesh and to 65 years. Nadda further said that even after increasing their the Betwa in Uttar Pradesh ran The retirement age of doc- the decision may not have age as most of the specialist into trouble after the BJP-ruled tors in some departments is 60 much financial implications doctors are placed at admin- Madhya Pradesh demanded years and in some others, it is as large numbers of posts are istrative posts in different cit- tweaking of the Phase-I plan of 62. The decision to this effect lying vacant and the pres- ies, who would never go to the ambitious project. was taken on Wednesday by ent incumbents would con- remote locations.” “I am happy to tell you that the Union Cabinet, chaired tinue to work in their existing “It would not benefit poor two days back chief ministers by Prime Minister Narendra capacity against sanctioned patients as experienced doc- of six states came to my office Modi, Union minister Ravi posts. Around 1,445 doc- tors would not leave their (with different issues),” the Shankar Prasad said. tors of various ministries and plum posts and join dis- water resources minister said Terming the decision departments of the central trict hospitals or PHCs,” at a conference here. MPOST as people-centric and pro- government would be bene- Meena said. E-waste on Ramganga banks has toxic chemicals: Panel to NGT

OUR CORRESPONDENT e-waste, which was in the form tration of metals in the black of black powder, was above the powder is above the threshold NEW DELHI: E-waste lying prescribed level. limit as specified in Schedule- on the banks of the Ramganga The committee was formed II of the Hazardous and Other river in Moradabad in Uttar by the NGT. Wastes (Management and Pradesh contains hazardous “The UP Pollution Con- Transboundary Movement) chemicals such as chromium trol Board collected samples Rules, 2016, thus rendering the and cadmium, a committee of e- waste from four locations dumped black powder as haz- has told the National Green -- Lalbagh, Dashwanghat, ardous waste,” the report said. Tribunal. Nawabpura and Barbwalan. The committee said the The committee, compris- The samples were analysed by UPPCB has initiated the ing officials of the UP Pollu- Indian Institute of Toxicology process of inviting technical tion Control Board (UPPCB), Research... experts for on-site remedia- Moradabad Nagar Nigam, UP “The analysis report indi- tion of the black powder lying Public Works Department and cated presence of chromium, on the banks through low-cost the UP Rural Engineering Ser- cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, treatment. The bench noted vices, told the tribunal that the manganese and zinc in the that the Ramganga river is concentration of metals in the black powder. The concen- highly polluted. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 EDITORIAL Challenging stereotypes US-China Abu Zafar writes about how madrassas in India are getting modern

bu Osama, an alum- "Besides the syllabus, it ‘bhai-bhai’ nus of Madrasatul was the extra-curricular activ- Islah, one of the ities which shaped my career fter years of quibbling, it has become clear that the oldest Islamic semi- in journalism. Our common concessions sought by North Korea are going too Anaries in this region, believed room or library had national far – for both China and the US. As the prospect that after graduating from a dailies in English and Hindi of a nuclear-armed North Korea peninsula worried madrassa he would not be besides Urdu and Arabic lan- ACommunist leaders in Beijing every bit as much as it did the able to compete in the mod- guages. We would bring out Americans, the time has come for both the giants to give up ern world. He soon realised he weekly wall magazines in dif- their timidity. Till the recent past, while Beijing was willing to was wrong. ferent languages," he explained. agree to any level of sanctions on North Korea, except those Osama, who works as According to the Sachar horrible enough to stand a chance of success, the successive Weaving a assistant professor in the Committee report on the sta- US presidents have steeled themselves to negotiate with North positive counter- Department of Social Work at tus of Muslims, only four per- Korea about its nuclear and missile programmes. Even the Maulana Azad National Urdu cent of the students from the Washington had offered painful concessions, including the narrative, University in Hyderabad and Muslim community enrol in withdrawal of all sea- and land-based tactical nuclear weap- madrassas in who completed a masters madrassas. ons deployed abroad in 1991, a step that was necessary to get degree from the Delhi School While some conserva- the North Koreans to the table for talks starting in 1993. But Azamgarh impart of Social Work, said: "I realised tives in the community argue as Pyongyang had shocked the world by testing interconti- knowledge that there was so much I had that this four per cent should nental ballistic missiles that may be capable of hitting the learnt from the madrassa syl- specialise in Islamic teach- West Coast of America, the Trump administration unveiled in science, labi and curriculum besides ings and have no need to learn an executive order imposing the most aggressive American mathematics, Islamic values and ethics." In a positive counter-narrative, madrassas are equipping their students with modern knowledge but they have modern subjects, Moham- sanctions on North Korea, including financial sanctions lia- Madrassas have been in to improve their teaching style (Representational Image) mad Asim, English teacher at ble to have a chilling effect on the large Chinese banks that economics, the news for the wrong rea- Islah, believes that learning operate in America. And, as under this order, international education, sons, especially those located knowledge in science, math- Madrasatul Islah through its them to represent Islam and these modern subjects is help- banks that facilitate transactions with North Korean entities in Azamgarh, a district and city ematics, economics, educa- main gate, one finds the Poly- community in a better and ful to understand and propa- risk being banned from the American market, Chinese banks political science, in eastern Uttar Pradesh that tion, political science, English, technic building as the first sophisticated manner," Madni gate Islam. with hefty fines for aiding and abetting deals involving North English, Hindi, was once known for producing Hindi and Persian languages academic building after the added. "Modern subjects are the Korea are only at arm’s length – Beijing has no option left than people of high intellect and for and computer science, apart administrative block. Apart Syed Mumtaz Alam grad- need of the hour. Subjects to second Washington’s scorn and anger for North Korea. But, and Persian Hindu-Muslim brotherhood. from Quran, theology and from courses related to vari- uated from Falah in 1994 and like mathematics are neces- it is nothing more than a marriage of convenience for them. languages, However, in recent years it Arabic language. Some of them ous electronic branches, this works as editor of the Delhi- sary even to understand issues While the Americans growl that the Chinese secretly like the and computer has, in media narratives, rather have also started polytechnics polytechnic also offers mobile based English news portal related to Islamic law of inheri- way that North Korea keeps the Americans bogged down, the unfairly acquired the title of and mini Industrial Training operating, computer and trans- IndiaTomorrow.net. tance and business dealings, Chinese accuse the Americans of a selfish lack of imagination, science, apart "terror nursery" because of its Institutes (ITI). lation courses. "The syllabus of my and science is helpful to deeply for failing to offer such concessions as a freeze on large-scale from Quran, association with a succession A large number of alumni Islah, which was founded madrassa was such that not understand many verses of the military exercises with their allies in South Korea. Amid an of arrested Muslim extremists. of these institutions are either in 1908 and is one of the old- even for a day did I think that Quran," he noted. unprecedented agreement between the US and China over theology, and There are around 19,000 involved in research in uni- est Islamic seminaries in I would have to earn my liveli- Mohammad Saoud Azmi, North Korea, will Pyongyang step back from its great ambi- Arabic language. madrassas in Uttar Pradesh versities in India and aboard, the region, has about 1,500 hood at a mosque or madrassa a research scholar in JNU on tion, the nuclear-tipped missiles capable of hitting American which have been in the cross- or work in public and private students. alone. No doubt, madrassas are madrassa syllabus, sees the territory? The sanctions imposed by the Washington are basi- Some of them hairs of the Bharatiya Janata sectors across India. About 50 km from Islah commendably producing good introduction of modern sub- cally aimed the goal of the sanctions was always intended to have also started Party (BJP)-ruled state govern- There are about 50 big is another madrasa, Jamiatul human resources to run hun- jects in the madrassa education cut the Pyongyang’s revenue so that they could do less of their ment which questioned their madrassas in Azamgarh and Falah. Founded in 1962, it has dreds of thousands of mosques system as a step in the right reckless behaviour. One must not forget that if the sanctions polytechnics and patriotism and sought video neighbouring districts where 4,300 students of whom half and madrassas in the country. direction. would force the Kim regime to bring on its knees – it may mini Industrial evidence of their mandatory approximately 50,000 students are girls. "But madrassas like my "It is a good sign that cause a catastrophe, reminding the 1990’s, when the North singing of the national anthem. have been enrolled. These stu- Maulana Mohammad Tahir alma mater are nurtur- madrassas are equipping their Korea’s Stalinist, quasi-feudal rulers rode out a mass fam- Training Institutes But many of these madras- dents come from various parts Madni, Director of Jamiatul ing young minds in a much students with modern knowl- ine without falling. Now, the million dollar question is that sas, like those in Azamgarh, of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Falah, says that introducing broader manner; and, conse- edge but they have to improve is there any chance of ‘talk’ or ‘diplomatic’ solution between are challenging stereotypes Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, modern subjects is necessary quently, thousands of youth are their teaching style and have the US and North Korea? Though a series of insulting com- to weave a positive counter- Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, for Islamic madrassas. also getting jobs in government to add subjects like environ- ments from Trump and Kim have made such a negotiated narrative. In seeking to keep Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, "Jamiatual Falah was departments, corporates, and mental science and modern settlement more difficult, any concession from Washington pace with the times, a num- Maharashtra and also from founded on the basis that we MNCs," Alam said. economics," he said. IANS may ease North Korea’s anxiety. Trump’s trash talks had deep- ber of such madrassas have Nepal. will incorporate both Islamic Alam, who headed the US- (This story is part of a ened Kim’s resistance to concessions and he is unlikely to back not only introduced modern, For the students, What- and modern education. We based community news por- special series that showcases down in the face-off with Washington. It may be noted that progressive syllabi but are also sApp is a popular way of com- have been doing that since tal TwoCircles.net for half a a diverse, progressive and for almost seven decades, North Korea’s image has been that equipping their students with munication and most of them the foundation of the Jamia," decade, said that the extracur- inclusive India a collaboration of a defiant small country, armed to the teeth, that survives computers and other techno- have Facebook accounts and Madni told IANS. ricular activities of madrassas between IANS and the Frank by not giving in to any outside threat. The regime’s attitude is: logical tools. email IDs. "Through it, we aim to edu- proved to be more helpful to Islam Foundation. “We don’t mind dying, but we’ll make you pay a price that you These madrassas impart When one enters cate our children and enable his career. Views are personal.) won’t want to pay.” Surprisingly, even as the Trump adminis- tration used China as leverage against this meddlesome foe, Pyongyang seems denouncing the perfidy of its neighbour. dear But, the two super-powers in an in unprecedented agreement Quote martial ROHINGYA CRISIS BELONGS TO MYANMAR EDITOR millenniumpost.in over Kim Jong-un's nuclear and missile programmes, some day or other both the countries would follow the doctrine Exclusion is never Described as the most persecuted minorities in the world by the UN in 2013, Rohingya Log on to write letters to the of Cold War policy of deterrence and containment to put a the way forward on people are deprived of citizenship under the Burmese law. Systemically marginalising and editor or send them to check on it. But, to many political observers the ‘wild card’ alienating Rohingyas in their own land because they don’t have the papers to prove what the [email protected] to avert any tension between Washington and Pyongyang our shared paths would be a dramatic gesture by the ‘dramatic’ Trump: to fol- Burmese establishment (of the majority) wants is not justified. The reason behind the plight You can also send your low the path of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who pledged to ‘go to freedom and of these people today is the Burmese government’s adamant position that excludes Rohingyas comments to The Editor, to Korea’ in 1952, during the height of the Korean War. An initial statement to reduce tensions could also be followed by justice from the eligibility criteria for citizenship. Some tweaking with the clauses can accommodate Millennium Post, other confidence-building measures, and then, eventually, by DESMOND TUTU Rohingyas legally, then the suffering, the innocent and the miscreants may be dealt with ac- Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah talks about de-nuclearization and reduction of U.S. forces in the region. Burying the exchange of heated words during the cordingly. HEMA PANDEY Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 recent past, both Washington and Pyongyang must stop curs- ing each other now and go for some new dealing with open arms. China, too, would not take it in a bad taste. All parties eye Can Rajnikanth, Kamal Haasan save TN? Lingayats in ANY HOPE IN POLITICS FOR SOUTHERN SUPERSTARS? Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan, however, have been successful both in Karnataka Kollywood and Bollywood. But politics is not a matter of filling up a vacancy. head of Assembly polls next year, a new political Moreover, they have rather large shoes drama has started in Karnataka. For the votes of AMULYA GANGULI to fill. Considering that they haven’t Linagayat community, which contains at least 16 spelt out their ideologies or even shown per cent of the state population, both the Con- an awareness of the various doctrines, Agress and the BJP had started wooing this section in their it will be difficult for the voters to make sides. While the Congress appears floating a trial balloon and up their minds since cinematic appeal attempting to keep the BJP on tenterhooks with Karnataka’s alone may not be enough. caste arithmetic, it would be critical for the BJP to sidetrack While Rajnikanth appears to be tilt- the issue, since the Lingayats were the mainstay of their elec- ing towards the BJP, Kamal Haasan toral support. However, this issue, wrapped in layers of com- has said that he is against corruption plexity, puts the spotlight on how politics shapes caste and and communalism. According to the religious identities. For decades most Lingayats have voted Tamil Nadu-based Hindutva ideo- as a block for the BJP, led by B S Yeddyurappa, a Lingayat logue, S Gurumurthy, Rajnikanth and who presided over a scandal-prone government from 2008 BJP are made for each other. But some to 2011. But the community now seems divided, with some Given the current others have been wondering whether mutts asking for minority-religion status and others con- opening up of the the Tamil “superstar” will be willing tent to be counted as a caste within Hinduism. And, while to leave his admirers in the minority by supporting the demand, the Congress in the state stands political arena, it communities in the lurch by joining to be seen as chipping away at the BJP’s attempt to forge a is not surprising the saffron camp. unified Hindu identity. The BJP appears having tough time that aging film The BJP’s interest in him is under- to pacify the voices of dissidence among Lingayats against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan greets actor Kamal Haasan at Cliff House in Thiruvananthapuram standable because the party is banking them. Assembly elections are due in 2018 in the only major stars should think on the film star to enable it to secure a state in south where Congress is in power and BJP eying on of entering a he intermittent and hesi- once powerful Congress has been down and letting them have their pictures foothold in the state where it has little it. But by tactfully supporting the demand for Lingayat to tant interest shown in poli- and out ever since its famous defeat at taken with him, Kamal Haasan has influence. At present, the BJP is lining be given the status of an independent religion and asking new profession. tics by the two Tamil film the hands of the then fledging DMK been more forthright by saying that his up with the AIADMK, but it knows that some of his ministers to gauge the mood of the community Hence, the stars, Rajnikanth and Kamal in 1967 and has been content to play aim is to be the Chief Minister. the party is in a shambles in the post- on this issue, the Congress has put Yeddyurappa and BJP THaasan, is obviously the result of the second fiddle either to the DMK or the Perhaps he draws his inspiration Jayalalithaa phase. Rajnikanth, there- in a catch-22 situation: if they support the demand, then tentative, one- vacuum created in Tamil Nadu by Jay- AIADMK since then. And the BJP is from the career of another elderly mat- fore, is much better option. it will put pressure on PM Modi to take a call; and if they step-forward, alalithaa’s death. yet to make its presence felt in a major inee idol, NT Rama Rao, who left his The ideological confusion envelop- don’t, BJP runs the risk of alienating the community which It isn’t only that a towering figure way in the state and, indeed, elsewhere film career behind to become the chief ing the two film stars will be evident has been the substratum of their politics in the state. It may two-steps- like the former Chief Minister is sud- in south India. minister of Andhra Pradesh in 1983. from Kamal Haasan’s remark a few days be noted that it was the apparent rift between the Lingayat back moves by denly gone, the other major political The smaller Dravidian parties are But Rama Rao’s rise took place in ago that he may team up with Rajni- and the Ahinda vote bank (Dalits, minorities and OBCs) personality in the state, M Karunani- essentially one-person outfits with unusual circumstances. It was due kanth. If that happens, it may well turn that ensured the Congress victory in 2013. With another Rajnikanth and dhi, is 93 years old and visibly unwell. limited bases such as V Gopalasamy to then prime minister Rajiv Gan- out to be a case of two cooks spoiling election looming ahead, his public support for the Lingay- Kamal Haasan Although the DMK chief has or Vaiko’s MDMK or Vijayakanth’s dhi’s misbehaviour with the Andhra the broth. ats’ demand for a separate religious status would help the anointed his younger son, MK Stalin, DMDK, which cannot aspire to enter Pradesh chief minister T Anjaiah, The fact that Kamal Haasan met the Congress. On the other hand, it may cost heavy for the BJP as his successor, the latter clearly does the corridors of power except as the which angered the people of the state Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, as Yedyurappa is accused of losing his Lingayat credibility not have the kind of popularity that his adjuncts of a larger party. so much that they voted out the Con- some time ago is another sign of the to his RSS roots that go deep into the foundations of a more father enjoyed in his prime. Moreover, However, given the current open- gress and elected Rama Rao’s newly prevailing confusion. Not surprisingly, traditional form of Hinduism. Even the Central government, the feud between Stalin and his elder ing up of the political arena, it is not formed Telugu Desam Party to office. Kamal Haasan said after the meeting which can officially elevate Lingayatism from a mere sect into brother, M K Alagiri, is well known surprising that aging film stars should True, Rajnikanth and Kamal that saffron is not his colour. a religion, the BJP’s ideology of Hindu nationalism necessi- and does not bode well for the party’s think of entering a new profession. Haasan can also look to Karunanidhi, Evidently, the two Kollywood stal- tates it to oppose any step that cuffs of undermining Hindu stability. What is more, they need to do it while MG Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa warts look upon politics as an enter- solidarity. While the BJP is keen to win over naive, mostly In view of the wide political space the glitter from their old careers is yet for inspiration as they have become prise for do-gooders and are quite lower-caste Hindus from southern states – to cement its grip that has appeared in the state, one to fade away. Hence, the tentative, one- legends in Tamil Nadu. But, as may unaware of the inherent complexities on national politics, the Congress is the obvious beneficiary might have expected some of the exist- step-forward, two-steps-back moves by be expected, there have also been oth- and pitfalls in the field which made of divisions among the BJP’s supporters in Karnataka. The ing parties like the Congress or the BJP Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan. ers who have failed to make an impact Amitabh Bachchan describe profession coming twists in this Lingayat tale would decide the fate of or the smaller Dravidian parties to step Of the two, Kamal Haasan has been outside their home turf. Among them as a cesspool. IPA both the parties, it seems. into the breach. quicker of the mark. While Rajnikanth are Vijayakanth in Tamil Nadu and Raj- (Amulya Ganguli is a political ana- But none of them fits the bill. The has been seeking the opinion of his fans kumar in Karnataka. lyst. The views are strictly personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 mp in focus Fluctuating price of arms bazaar Defence is an important pillar of economics, employment, and prosperity eptember 04, 2017 statement of Cana- it has been constantly upgraded ever since, dian PM Trudeau that “a discussion and 1376 units have been sold so far. Apart on Canada’s possible purchase of Boe- from 952 Apaches used by US Army, it has ABHIJIT BHATTACHARYYA ing’s Super Hornet F-18 fighters and 424 orders from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sthe number of Missouri jobs that depend Greece, UAE, Netherlands, UK, Singapore, on the manufacturing of that aircraft”, made Kuwait, Japan, Taiwan with latest customers news after Boeing accused Montreal-based being India, Indonesia, Qatar. Bombardier company of being subsidised Indeed, Apache does stand globally as by Canadian Government. Trudeau’s coun- (acknowledged) formidable attack helicop- ter was sharp:- “Boeing is pursuing unfair ter. Its utility in ground attack is time-tested and aggressive trade action against Canadian as it could be a highly successful tactical aerospace sector”, as “Boeing receives billions battlefield air offensive platform. Especially in support from US federal, state, municipal to interdict/abort advancing enemy armour- governments”. infantry-artillery threat to ground forces. Understandably this takes us to Ameri- The best example in Indian context is the can defence corporations engaged in mega “Battle of Longewala” of Indo-Paki war 1971 military contract over years which consti- in which the Indian Air Force successfully Rough times tutes one of the most lucrative industries; counter-attacked to neutralise advancing have brought manufacturing “efficient machines” for “mass Paki armour against a comparatively scanty man-slaughter”. Defence is an important pil- force spread across a long Rajasthan sec- military lar of economics, employment, prosperity tor. Nevertheless, here is a question from industry job of/to the makers thereof in which the west an Indian to US manufacturer. Is Boeing took commanding lead during last (more favouring its own people in a disproportion- tumbling down. than) 500 years. ate manner while selling Apache to foreign US Lockheed Thus, although, the “best” military-indus- customers, especially India? Are they doing trial complex of the world are headquartered injustice to non-American users of combat Martin’s 123000 in North America, nevertheless there has Boeing F-18 Super Hornet (Representational Image) copter? Else, how does one feel, and react, workforce 2011, been a decline in numbers of mega US mili- to Jane’s all the world’s world aircraft 2016- tary corporations, post-1991 USSR demise. naturally are on Boeing’s commodity price. cost quoted US $ 48 million mid-2000, when Cold War scholar, argued that her grandfa- 2017 (page 762; 19th line from bottom) that shrunk to 115000 Legendary corporations like McDonnell Thus, in midst of “down scenario” when Boeing pursuing measures to drive cost down ther felt that clearly Congress is part of a tri- whereas “Cost of 18 new-build AH-64Ds in 2013; Boeing’s Douglas, General Dynamics, Grumman, news came of Boeing supplying 6 Apache to around US $ 40 million by 2005”. Subse- angle here” thereby resulting in a symbiotic ordered by US Army in April 2007 is US $ Northrop, each with an identity, no longer helicopters to India for US $ 655 million quently, the price of F-18 increased owing to relationship which prompted some to term it 276.4 million”; 06 Apache-64E sold to India 198000 in 2000 exist. All have been taken over by, or merged (approximately), one went through pages of slippage in F-35 programme which was to as “Military-industrial-congressional- com- 2016-2017 cost US $ 655 million approxi- dwindled to with, other mega military corporations, or last 20 year aviation annual almanac:- “Jane’s replace the former in phased manner. plex or MICC”, or the “iron triangle”. mately? No doubt the two copters are differ- have themselves done the same, by consum- all the world’s aircraft”; publications of Inter- One of the classic cases of escalating “air- Fast forward to December 2016, a dis- ent, and like the transaction price or value 168400 in 2013. ing smaller units. And most happened at the national Institute for Strategic Studies- IISS craft pricing” can again be found in Lockheed traught US President-designate Don’s caus- thereof, the years too are different. Yet, is the Hence, as Boeing turn of 20th century. (London) and Stockholm International Peace Martin high-tech F-35 fighter programme, tic comment on new, customised Boeing-747 gap in quality of two models (used by US emerged as Understandably, therefore, contemporary Research Institute- SIPRI (Stockholm), to slippage of which has troubled US adminis- Presidential aircraft “Air Force One” :- “The Army and Indian Army) so huge as to justify US industrial scenario looks less profitable revisit the features, price and use thereof tration no end. Thus, whereas “the unit cost plane is totally out of control…..We want such wide price difference? Supply of logis- one of the main owing to August 2011 introduction of Budget compared to those operated by various cus- of F-35A was about US $ 70 million in 2012, Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that tics, spares and kits to user notwithstand- suppliers of Control Act (BCA), which imposed limits/ tomers in world market. in February 2013 Lieutenant General Chris much money”. Thus successive US Presidents ing? Were not US Presidents themselves, caps on all government spending. Conse- The result was interesting, yet intrigu- Bogdan of the F-35 Programme Office said spoke on “over-pricing” of/by their own mili- from 1950s to 2016, (Dwight to Donald), non-combat quently the US companies today intend to ing, which brought to the fore helplessness that the unit cost of F-35As to be supplied tary corporations. witness to high “price” of US-made military military aircraft pursue export opportunities more aggres- of those wishing “to be self-sufficient in arms to Australia would be around US $ 90 mil- Trump’s views were corroborated by machines? Is Boeing over-charging India? sively, a goal “fully supported by Depart- production”, but cannot achieve goal, owing lion”. Fighter producer’s dominance in pric- Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines:- Post-script:- A report vide Jane’s Defence to India, all ment of Defence”. In this background, let us to their perpetual dependence on “latest and ing thereof can further be gauged as “Cost of “We have a great relationship with Boeing, Weekly (page 13) August 16, 2017 says “Boe- eyes naturally see what it takes US military-industrial com- best” from the west. The west, on its part, six F-35 aircraft to be delivered to Norway but Trump’s not the first person that’s com- ing spokesperson Caroline Hutcheson stated plex to operate in contemporary arms bazaar. obviously cannot let go the lucrative prospect in 2018 reported in December 2013 as US $ plained about their (Boeing) prices, I can August 07 that the company agreed to sell are on Boeing’s Since none doubts technology/quality of “seller’s market” in which price determina- 654.7 million” (US $ 90 million per unit to assure you. I just viewed that as someone two Boeing 747-8 aircraft to USAF at a sub- commodity price of US armament, it is the price which mat- tion revolves round its own calculation, con- Australia and US $ 109 million to Norway)! trying to save money for US government and stantial discount”. Is it the result of December ters most for Washington DC corporations. venience, profitability. It is thus clear that fighter manufacturing negotiate a price, just like we do all the time”. 2016 President-designate Donald Trump’s “Different price for different customers” is Thus even at times of depression, west company is the dominant and decisive actor Amidst this broad spectrum of high disapproval of Boeing’s quoted price of US common business practice in laissez faire dominates non-west buyers. Why not? Mili- in any transaction. This was well understood “price” flying machines, when the news Presidential aircraft? “The plane is totally economics: “market demand and supply”. tary hardware is business, profit. Not charity by successive US Presidents; from Dwight came of Boeing-made Apache attack heli- out of control? We want Boeing to make a These quoted words are, and can be, used to box! Hence the US companies, have every Eisenhower to Donald Trump. In 1950s, copter to be bought by India, one turned the lot of money? But not that much money”? defend or justify any act, in given situation; right to create their way of “pricing” mili- Dwight Eisenhower was moved to remark pages of Jane’s all the world’s aircraft 2016- Can a similar sentiment be expressed by an smooth or rough. And rough times appear tary aircraft/rotorcraft. “Take it or leave it”! after “defence contractor Boeing and Douglas 2017 to find:- “India requested for propos- unknown Indian to Boeing today? If they to have set in, with drying up of potential Thus, US Lockheed Martin produced (as it then was) fanned the missile gap flames” als for 22 helicopters…on 23 May 2008, are charging US $ 276.4 million for 18 new- big-ticket mass mobilisation war since the F-16 fighter cost “approximately US $ 40 mil- that he was “getting awfully sick” of lob- but cancelled this….in March 2009, issuing build Apache 64D to US Army in 2007 (US end of Cold War. lion, flyaway, depending on configuration. bies by the munitions. “You begin to see this fresh document on 27 May; Indian evalua- $ 15 million a unit), then why such wide Indeed rough times have brought down Sale of 48 aircraft to Poland valued at US $ thing isn’t wholly the defence of country, but tion of Apache and competing Mil Mi-28N variation? US $ 655 million approximately military industry job tumbling. US Lockheed 3.5 billion. F-16E/F unit cost reported to be only more money for some who are already undertaken in mid-2010…..with signature for 6 Apache 64E to Indian Army (US $ 109 Martin’s 123000 workforce 2011, shrunk to in region of US $ 50-55 million”. fat cats”. Eisenhower realised that Ameri- of contract eventually occurring on 28 Sep- million a unit)? Is Boeing doing injustice to 115000 in 2013; Boeing’s 198000 in 2000 Another fighter, Boeing F-18 Hornet, as can arms business is a “systemic collusion tember 2015” for 22 Boeing Apache AH-64E India and kowtowing to its President regard- dwindled to 168400 in 2013. Hence, as Boe- estimated by US GAO (General Account- between not only munitions manufacturers helicopters. ing price of identical helicopter? ing emerged one of the main suppliers of ing Office) “flyaway unit cost as being of the and the military, but also Congress”. Eisen- Although the first flight of Apache took (The author is an alumnus of National non-combat military aircraft to India, all eyes order of US $ 43.6 million in 1996…..Unit hower granddaughter “Susan, a prominent place 42 years ago, on September 30, 1975, Defence College of India. Views are personal)

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Swacch Bharat Abhiyan is giving wings to Bapu’s dream of a Clean India MAJOR GAURAV ARYA @majorgauravarya t will be a stock-taking in safeguarding income of the exercise for the govern- poor, ultimately contributing to ment when India cele- the national economy. He said Rifleman Naina Singh brates Mahatma Gandhi’s sanitation should not be seen Thapa (Retd) of 1/5 Ibirth anniversary this year as it as a political tool, but should Gorkha Rifles makes VIKAS KHANNA will also mark the completion only be connected to patrio- Serial # 164 Audio of three years of Prime Minis- tism (rashtrabhakti) and com- ter Narendra Modi’s flagship mitment to public health. Connectors for @ cleanliness drive – the “Swacch United Nations Children’s NASA. Zero defects. Bharat Abhiyan”. The Modi Fund (UNICEF), which car- #PaltanKiIzzat #Patriot government has set an ambi- ried out a survey to estimate tious target of Open Defecation the cost of benefits of the Free India by October 2, 2019, Swachh Bharat Mission, has in when Gandhi’s 150th birth a recent report said one rupee anniversary will be celebrated. invested in improving sanita- RSPRASAD OFFICE Given the giant strides tion helps save Rs 4.30. It said @OfficeOfRSP made in a short span of three that each household could save People years, the government seems Rs. 50,000 every year if there responded to headed towards meeting the is Open Defecation Free soci- 2019 deadline of providing toi- ety because the medical costs India’s digital economy the clarion call lets to every household. Under will come down, the value of is going to become to join PM in the Swachh Bharat campaign, time savings and the value of more than 4.90 crore toilets mortality will be averted. It $1 trillion economy in the endeavour have already been constructed also said the benefits are high- coming 4 to 5 years: @ to give a fitting since October 2, 2014. Accord- est for the poorest quantile of rsprasad ing to Ministry of Drinking the population. tribute to Water and Sanitation, more But to make the programme Mahatma Gandhi than 2.44 lakh villages have successful, the local bodies and who wanted to been declared open defecation state governments will need free and 203 open defecation While underlining the importance of cleanliness, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often said that the idea to redouble efforts to create PRASHANT BHUSHAN make sanitation free districts as on September of Swachh Bharat has nothing to do with politics as it is inspired by patriotism more awareness and educate 24, 2017. What makes the pro- people to change their age-old @pbhushan1 a priority for gramme noteworthy is that movement three years ago. The importance of cleanliness, the in one of its reports in 2014. attitudes towards hygiene and India more than several public sector, as well as Ministry of Drinking Water Prime Minister has often said It had then reported that less purity. Despite best of govern- Kudos to the Nat private institutions, have joined and Sanitation, which is spear- that the idea of Swachh Bharat than a third of India’s 1.2 bil- mental efforts, a large number a century ago. hands with the government to heading the campaign, has has nothing to do with politics, lion people had access to sani- of people in the hinterland still Human Rights Comm The campaign make it a grand success. Many been joined by various other as it is inspired by patriotism. tation and more than 186,000 believe that it is unclean to def- for taking up the issue aims to end the business houses have adopted ministries, government depart- One is reminded of Gandhi’s children under the age of five ecate inside. The government of sexual harassment several villages in this con- ments and non-government saying that “Sanitation is more used to die every year from and business houses may con- widespread nection under the Corporate organisations to spread the important than Independence.” diarrhoeal diseases caused by struct toilets, but one needs & barbaric attack on practice of open Social Responsibility. It is no awareness of cleanliness. While the father of the unsafe water and poor sanita- to draw people out from the students at BHU surprise then that the coun- October 2, 2014, will go nation championed the cause tion. It has its economic pit- open fields to the confines of defecation, build try’s sanitation coverage has down in the history books of self-service in cleanliness falls also. It is estimated that a toilet in order to realise the more toilets and leapfrogged to more than 68 as the biggest campaign for and end the despicable prac- the country is losing 6.4 per- full health and economic ben- per cent compared to just 38 “Swachh Bharat” when Prime tice of untouchability, the cent of GDP annually as poor efits of sanitation. There is an improve waste per cent in 2012. But still much Minister Modi himself wielded movement faltered after inde- access to sanitation results in urgent need to educate people NARENDRA MODI management, more needs to be done. a broom and swept the dirty pendence. Though several diseases and deaths. But all that through awareness campaigns @narendramodi Keeping this in view, the streets of New Delhi. The peo- programmes were undertaken is set to change now as various to help eliminate such nega- among other government has launched a ple responded to his clarion since then by several govern- government agencies are work- tive notions. The success of the goals fortnight-long ‘Swachhta Hi call to join him in this endeav- ments, it is a sad commentary ing on war footing to meet the programme will be largely I specially urge my Seva’ (Cleanliness is Service) our to give a fitting tribute to that the twin issues of sanita- challenge. dependent on people’s partic- young friends to campaign which will culmi- Mahatma Gandhi, who wanted tion and untouchability con- Quoting the World Health ipation. It is therefore imper- nate on Gandhi Jayanti next to make sanitation a priority for tinue to haunt the country even Organization, the Prime Min- ative that people rise to the travel across India month. Under the campaign, India more than a century ago. almost 70 years after Bapu’s ister has said in the past that an occasion to make India clean & see first hand several programmes have been The campaign aims to end the death. average of Rs. 6,500 per per- and healthy. PIB the diversity of planned to give a fillip to the widespread practice of open Poor sanitation leads to son is lost in India due to lack (The author is a senior nationwide cleanliness drive. defecation, build more toilets several health-related diseases of cleanliness and hygiene. He journalist. Presently, he is a our vibrant nation. The purpose is to reinvigorate and improve waste manage- and untimely deaths. A char- said Swachh Bharat would, guest faculty at Indian Insti- #WorldTourismDay the “Swacch Bharat Abhiyan” ment, among other goals. ity organization “WaterAid” therefore, make a significant tute of Mass Communication. which was started as a national While underlining the had painted a grim situation impact on public health, and Views are strictly personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Thursday, 28 September, 2017 Thailand’s former REFUGEE EXODUS Fire at Ukraine arms depot PM gets 5-year jail 7 lakh plus Rohingyas in triggers blasts, term for negligence evacuations KIEV: A fire tore through a major munitions depot in B’desh now: United Nations Ukraine, setting off artillery shells, forcing the closure of air- UNITED NATIONS: The space for 50 kilometres around number of Rohingya refugees and the evacuation of residents, who fled Myanmar to Ban- Hindus recount massacre in officials and reports said. gladesh since late August has Myanmar as graves unearthed The fire broke out at around reached 480,000, challenging 10pm near the town of Kal- efforts to care for them, UN ynivka in the central Vin- spokesman Stephane Dujar- COX’S BAZAR: Rika Dhar watched as her hus- nytsia region, the Ukrainian ric said. band, two brothers and countless neighbours army high command said on “The Office for the Coordi- were brutally hacked to death with machetes by Facebook. nation of Humanitarian Affairs masked men who stormed their Hindu village in It was the second major (OCHA) says that the num- western Myanmar and frogmarched the terri- incident affecting a Ukrai- BANGKOK: Former Thai said Yingluck had been aware ber of Rohingya refugees who nian weapons depot this year. Prime Minister Yingluck Shi- of the falsified rice deals but did have fled Myanmar into Ban- fied inhabitants to the hills. “After the killing, they And while the cause was not nawatra, who fled the country nothing to stop it. gladesh since late August has dug three large pits and threw them inside. Their immediately clear, military last month, was on Wednes- “The accused knew that the now topped 480,000,” he said. hands were still tied behind them and their eyes authorities were investigating day found guilty of dereliction government-to-government “This brings the total number blindfolded,” said 25-year-old Dhar in a Hindu the possibility of sabotage or of duty over a controversial rice contract was unlawful but of Rohingya refugees in Ban- negligence. rice subsidy scheme and sen- did not prevent it... which is a gladesh to more than 700,000 camp inside Bangladesh where she fled with her Police spokesman Yaroslav tenced to five years in prison manner of seeking unlawful p e op l e .” two children. Eyewitnesses told AFP the blood- Trakalo said the fire had caused in absentia. The Supreme Court gains. Therefore, the action of The Rohingya, a Muslim shed occurred outside their small Hindu village in artillery shells at the facility to convicted her of mishandling the accused is considered neg- ethnic minority, are denied citi- AP/PTI Kha Maung Seik in northern Rakhine state, where explode one after the other, the scheme which allegedly ligence of duty,” the court said. zenship under a 1982 Myanmar Myanmar authorities have exhumed 45 corpses news outlet Pravda said on its cost Thailand at least $8 bil- The rice-buying scheme citizenship law. website. lion. Ousted in 2014, weeks was introduced in 2011 and The Myanmar government At least 163 people have been killed from mass graves since Sunday. The army says It was not immediately before a military coup, and later pledged to pay farmers well recognizes them as illegal and 91 others have gone missing the grim discoveries are evidence of a massacre clear how extensive the dam- impeached, Yingluck denied above the market rate for their immigrants from neighbour- over the past year in attacks carried by Muslim Rohingya militants on August 25, the age from the explosions was all charges and fled Thailand crops. Critics said the pro- ing Bangladesh. same day the insurgents launched coordinated but local media described the before the scheduled verdict on gramme wasted large amounts A crackdown by Myanmar’s out by Rohingya Muslim militants in raids on police posts that unleashed a surge of depot as one of the largest in August 25, the BBC reported. of public funds trying to please army, launched in response to the country. According to reports, Yin- rural voters, hurting exports attacks by Rohingya militants Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state communal bloodshed. AGENCIES Local authorities said they gluck is in Dubai, where her and leaving the government on August 25, has pushed vast had ordered the evacuation of brother Thaksin Shinawatra, with huge stockpiles of rice it numbers of refugees from the “As part of its contribu- tons of urgently needed shelter massive influx seeking safety women and children, have Kalynivka and two neighbour- also a former Prime Minister, couldn’t sell. Yingluck said the stateless Muslim minority tion to the response plan led supplies landed in Dhaka this is outpacing the capacity to been telling authorities they ing villages, while urging peo- lives in exile to avoid corrup- subsidy scheme was “beneficial across the border with Bangla- by the Bangladeshi authori- (Tuesday), Dujarric said. “Two respond,” the spokesman said. were chased from their homes ple not to panic. tion charges. A warrant was for the farmers and the coun- desh. The violence has incu- ties, a cargo jet chartered by more aid flights are scheduled “Many of those recently arrived by vigilantes after a deadly “Airspace has been closed issued for her arrest. try” and that claims that the bated a humanitarian crisis on the UNHCR (UN Refugee to arrive.” “Despite the efforts are deeply traumatized.” rebel raid August 25 on secu- in a radius of 50 kilometres The Supreme Court judges country lost billions. AGENCIES both sides of the border. Agency) carrying 100 metric being made on the ground, the The latest refugees, mainly rity posts. AGENCIES around the area of the fire,” deputy infrastructure minis- ter Yuriy Lavrenyuk said on 14 killed in Mexico Rocket attack on Kabul airport as Mattis in Afghanistan Facebook. ‘Grenfell Tower fire is a crime Prime Minister Volodymyr drug rehab centre KABUL: Two rockets hit the northern part of Kabul International Airport on Groysman arrived at the site Wednesday, as US Defence Secretary James Mattis and NATO chief Jens shortly after midnight to coor- MEXICO CITY: At least 14 peo- that should topple the govt’ dinate the emergency response, ple were killed and eight injured Stoltenberg arrived on a surprise visit. The Taliban have claimed responsibility his office said. in a shooting late on Tuesday in LONDON: The head of the created a culture where the fire for the attack. Kabul airport Chief Yaqub Rassouli said that the rockets hit the The city of Vinnytsia, the a drug rehab centre in Mexico’s Fire Brigades Union has could occur, he claimed. air forces’ hangars in the northern part. He added that the missiles were fired administrative centre of the northern state of Chihuahua, described the Grenfell Tower Mr Wrack said: “For me from Deh Sabz district of Kabul, TOLONews reported. “At 11.36 a.m. two mis- region, was not in danger, its local police said. disaster as a “crime” that it is a national political scan- siles were fired on Kabul International Airport from Deh Sabz district, damag- mayor said. The assailants entered the should topple the government dal. It is the sort of scandal on Some road and rail traffic in centre “Uniting Families” and amid warnings over a boycott which governments should ing the air force hangers and destroying one helicopter and damaging three the region had been affected by opened fire at the people inside, of the national inquiry. fall, by the way. other helicopters, but there were no casualties,” Rassouli said. The NATO mis- the blast. Xinhua reported. FBU chief Matt Wrack “Any genuine inquiry sion in Afghanistan posted on its official Twitter account that Defence Secre- In March, at least one per- It is estimated that about said the tower block fire was wouldn’t just be asking fire- tary Mattis and NATO chief Stoltenberg had arrived at the NATO headquarters son was killed when an arms 25 people were staying in the a “national political scandal” fighters to come and give depot exploded in the town of centre when the first respond- and called for ministers to be evidence, as they will. They in Kabul. AGENCIES Balakliya, in the east. AGENCIES ers arrived on the scene to hauled before the inquiry to was an atrocity. would be asking government help the injured. answer questions about why “You struggle to find words ministers. Over a dozen police vehicles regulations were cut. to describe it when 80 peo- “They would be instruct- have been deployed around the The union will walk away ple die in their own homes, ing government ministers to Otto Warmbier blind, deaf and ‘jerking centre and police officers were from the official inquiry if it not through war, not through come and give evidence and searching for the attackers in is seen by survivors and fire- terrorism but through some be cross-examined about what nearby areas. fighters as a “pointless stitch other crime, in my view. decision they took, who gave violently’ on US return from N Korea: Parents The state of Chihuahua, which up”, Wrack warned. “A crime where people them the advice, why did they borders the US, has seen some Speaking at a fringe event have to be held to account.” take advice and not that advice ASTANA: The parents of Otto on the Fox & Friends morn- poster while visiting as a tour- of the worst violence in Mexico’s at the Labourconference, he Political decisions to alter and who signed off the change Warmbier, a young man who ing TV show. Fred Warmbier ist. He was arrested that Janu- decade-long war on drugs. AGENCIES said: “To me, Grenfell Tower safety and inspection regimes in the regulations.” AGENCIES was detained in North Korea said he and his wife decided to ary as he prepared to leave the for more than a year and died speak out after hearing North country. 5 KILLED IN SUICIDE ATTACK ON soon after being released, said Korea claiming to be a victim. Fred and Cindy Warm- on Tuesday he was “jerking “North Korea is not a vic- bier described the condition MOSQUE IN NIGERIA: MILITIA LEADER violently”, howling and “star- tim,” he said. “They’re terror- in which the family found their KANO: A female suicide bomber killed five people ing blankly” when he returned ists. They kidnapped Otto. son when they went aboard an when she blew herself up in a mosque in northeast home on a medical flight. They tortured him. They inten- air ambulance that arrived in Nigeria, in the latest attack blamed on Boko Haram The young man’s father, tionally injured him. They are Cincinnati in June. Fred Warmbier, also said his not victims.” They said Otto was howling, jihadists, local militiamen told AFP. The bomber stormed son, a 22-year-old University ranged his bottom teeth”. North Korea has denied making an “involuntary, inhu- the mosque in the town of Dikwa, 90 kilometres (60 of Virginia student, had been Amid escalating tension mistreating the youth, who man sound”, “staring blankly miles) from Maiduguri, at around 5:00 am on Tuesday tortured and that his mouth between the Trump adminis- was sentenced to 15 years’ into space jerking violently” (0400 GMT) and detonated her explosives. AGENCIES “looked like someone had tration and North Korea, Fred hard labor in March 2016 for and was blind and deaf with his taken a pair of pliers and rear- and Cindy Warmbier appeared allegedly stealing a propaganda head shaved. AGENCIES Russia says killed commanders of Mexico City residents still homeless after massive earthquake MEXICO CITY: A week after the However, his family refused to move ex-Qaeda affiliate powerful earthquake hit central and away from the vicinity of the building southern Mexico, many residents of they lived in, saying that despite its bad in Syria the capital Mexico City on Tuesday condition, there might be strange peo- still remain homeless on the streets, not ple stealing their possessions. MOSCOW: Russia’s defence knowing where to go and fearing pos- Only a couple of blocks away, an ministry on Wednesday said sible burglaries of the belongings they apartment building collapsed com- it had killed five field com- abandoned in their houses. pletely. On the rubble that still remains manders and 32 fighters from Merced Silva slept Monday night there are several wreaths of white flow- a group formerly affiliated in a van, along with her husband and ers that people placed in remembrance with Al-Qaeda in strikes on three daughters. They used to live in a of those who died. Syria’s Idlib province. seven-storey building in the Santa Cruz Mexican authorities recorded a total A British-based monitor Atoyac neighbourhood, which was left of 38 collapsed buildings and a death said Monday that Russian damaged by the 7.1-magnitude quake toll of 194 in the country’s capital, out strikes had killed 37 civilians on September 19, reports Efe news. of 333 deaths nationwide. According including children in Idlib “At the shelter, I do not feel at ease, a step with some stuffed toys given to Javier Galindo was also among to official figures, about 25,000 people in northwestern Syria — the we are going to look for where we can them by volunteers, said they “miss” those taking refuge in vans and set-up have taken refuge in shelters provided highest civilian toll since the go, I do not know where it will be,” their home. However, Silva has not sleeping tents. by the Ministry of Social Develop- region was designated in May said Silva, who moved from Pinotepa dared to return home since the quake “We were afraid to go back up (in ment. These figures, however, exclude as a “de-escalation” zone. Nacional town in the southern region struck the city although the cosmetic the building) because of the after- a large number of people sleeping on “As a result of a strike, five of Oaxaca to live in the Mexico City products she sold for a living were all shocks, if there is one, the building the street. The neighbourhood where field commanders were liqui- nine years ago. left there. “Many people want to return, might fall on us,” Galindo, accompa- Galindo lives was already affected dated,” the Russian defence Her three daughters - four, five and but where are you going to go back to?” nied by his step daughter Regina Gar- once by the powerful earthquake ministry said in a statement. seven years old - who were playing on said Silva. cia, told Efe. in 1985. AGENCIES It said the strike took place as the jihadist field command- ers of the group formerly known as Al-Nusra Front met Saudi women will be allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018 to the south of the city of Idlib. “Along with them 32 more RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s sur- online of themselves behind direction.” fighters were killed,” the min- prise decision to grant women the wheel of a car during a British Prime Minister istry said. The defence min- the right to drive in the con- campaign launched by Saudi Theresa also hailed the deci- istry did not say when the servative kingdom marks a rights activists. sion, saying the empowerment strikes took place. It named significant expansion in wom- Some videos showed fam- of women around the world the five senior figures killed en’s rights, but activists said ilies and male drivers giving “is key to nations’ economic including the commander of on Wednesday it is also only women a “thumbs-ups,” sug- development.” the southern sector of Idlib. the first step in a long list of gesting many were ready for Prince Khaled bin Salman, The former Al-Qaeda demands for equality. the change. While women in Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to affiliate, which renamed itself Saudi Arabia was the only other Muslim countries drove Washington and the king’s son, Fateh al-Sham Front and country in the world to ban freely, the kingdom’s blanket said that letting women drive is became the backbone of the women from driving. The ban attracted negative pub- a “huge step forward” and that coalition that rules much of royal decree yesterday comes licity. Neither Islamic law nor “society is ready.” Idlib, is designated a “terrorist” into effect next summer, but Saudi traffic law explicitly course and grant women and opportunities of women “This is the right time to do group by the United Nations. it comes nearly three decades prohibited women from driv- licenses was praised by the in Saudi Arabia.” the right thing,” he told report- The Observatory said after women began agitating ing, but they were not issued White House, which said Pres- The secretary-general of ers in the US Women will be Russian air strikes on Idlib for the right to drive. licenses and were detained if ident Donald Trump views the United Nations Antonio allowed to obtain licenses on Monday killed at least 37 As recently as 2013, doz- they attempted to drive. the change as “a positive step Guterres described it as “an without the permission of a civilians. AGENCIES ens of women uploaded videos The decision to change toward promoting the rights important step in the right male relative. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 mp Trump candidate loses Alabama GOP primary runoff US prepared for ‘military WASHINGTON: US Presi- dent Donald Trump’s pick for Alabama’s Senate race has option’ on N Korea: Trump lost the state’s Republican pri- mary to a firebrand Christian WASHINGTON: America is In intensifying rhetoric conservative. totally prepared for a military between the United States and Former Alabama Supreme option on North Korea, Presi- North Korea during the past Court Justice Roy Moore dent Donald Trump has said week, President Donald Trump defeated Senator Luther as he called on all “responsible said the US would “destroy” the Strange in the state’s Repub- nations” to join forces and iso- country if it threatened the US lican Senate primary runoff late Pyongyang to ensure its or its allies. Pyongyang’s foreign election on Tuesday, deliver- complete denuclearisation. minister Ri Yong Ho responded ing a blow to Trump and Senate The strong reaction from that Trump had “declared war” Majority Leader Mitch McCo- the US president came a day and North Korea reserved the nnell, who backed the incum- Roy Moore after North Korea said that it right to take countermeasures, bent legislator, ABC News was ready to defend itself by including shooting down US reported. made a mistake” in backing the result, he had thrown his shooting down US bombers. bombers, even if they were not Strange, 64, said he had the incumbent senator and weight behind the winning North Korea’s Foreign Min- in its air space. called Moore to concede the pledged to back Moore should Republican candidate. ister Ri Yong Ho, who was in In a show of force on Sat- race. “We wish him the best he win. “Congratulations to Roy New York early this week, had urday, US Air Force B-1B as he goes forward,” he told Vice-President Mike Pence Moore on his Republican Pri- accused Trump of declaring Lancer bombers escorted supporters. also appeared with Strange at mary win in Alabama. Luther war against his country. by fighters flew east of Moore advances to face rallies. He also had the back- Strange started way back & ran “We are totally prepared for North Korea, in what the Democratic nominee and for- ing of Senate Majority Leader a good race. Roy, WIN in Dec!” the second (military) option. Pentagon said was the farthest mer US Attorney Doug Jones Mitch McConnell, and the Sen- Moore, 70, is best known Not a preferred option, but if north of the Korean Demilita- in the general election contest ate Leadership Fund pumped for losing his position as the we take that option, it will be rized Zone that any US fighter on December 12. $7 million into the race. state’s top judge twice. The first devastating — I can tell you AP/PTI jet or bomber has flown in the The President made a In the past week, Trump time, he had flouted a court that — devastating for North 21st century. personal investment in the and Pence travelled to Alabama order to remove a Ten Com- Korea. That’s called the military five years ago, and it could have the UN Security Council vot- So far, economic measures The supersonic B-1B Strange campaign, holding a to stump with Strange. “It was mandments monument from option. If we have to take it, we been handled much more eas- ing twice to adopt hard-hit- have not deterred Pyongyang bombers have elaborate elec- rally for the senator — who was great being with Luther Strange the courthouse. will,” Trump told reporters yes- ily,” he said. Trump said previ- ting resolutions against North from a string of missile tests. tronic countermeasures and are appointed in February to the last night in Alabama. What In 2016, he ordered state terday in a joint news confer- ous US administrations had left Korea. Trump also praised Chi- Trump and the North Korean usually escorted by four F-15 seat formerly held by Attor- great people, what a crowd! probate judges not to issue ence with the visiting Spanish a mess for him to clear. na’s latest action to restrict its regime have exchanged fiery fighters, which are likely to ney General Jeff Sessions — Vote Luther on Tuesday,” the same sex-marriage licenses, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. He said that North Korea’s trade with North Korea. rhetoric in recent days, esca- prevail in any air combat with last week in Huntsville, where President had tweeted earlier. in defiance of the US Supreme Responding to a question, nuclear weapons and missile “This is something that lating tensions between the two North Korea’s aging air force, he admitted he “might have But within minutes of Court’s ruling. AGENCIES Trump said that the North programme threatened the people would have thought nations. said Bruce Bennett, a military Korean leader (Kim Jong Un) entire world with unthinkable unthinkable even two months Meanwhile, North Korea expert at the Rand Corporation US BOMBARDIER RULING is “acting very badly”. He’s say- loss of life. “As such all nations ago. I want to thank President has threatened to shoot down think tank. Interpol approves ing things that should “never, must act now to ensure the Xi (Jinping),” he said. US bombers flying near the North Korea could attempt ever” be said, alleged the US regime’s complete denucleari- North Korea has been Korean peninsula, but it would to fire surface-to-air missiles Palestinian President. sation,” he said. working to develop nuclear- have difficulty matching its at the US aircraft, but its sys- May ‘bitterly disappointed’ “North Korea is a situation “It is time for all responsible tipped missiles capable of hit- words with action given aging tems would barely have the membership that should have been handled nations to join forces, to iso- ting the US mainland, and air defence systems mostly dat- range to strike targets outside 25 years ago, 20 years ago, 15 late the North Korean menace,” conducted its sixth and largest ing to the Cold War, military of North Korean airspace, mis- at Trump administration’s bid: Official years ago, 10 years ago, and Trump said as he appreciated nuclear test this month. experts said. sile experts said. AGENCIES BEIJING: Interpol on Wednes- SOUTH AFRICA tariff decision day approved the Palestinian Authority’s candidacy to join France’s Macron unveils LONDON: Theresa May is the global police organisation, “bitterly disappointed’’ by the a new victory in its push for Thousands march US government’s decision to membership in international impose a 220 percent tariff institutions in the face of con- tricky first budget on a new model of passenger sistent Israeli opposition. against corruption jet built by one of Northern Israel lobbies hard against PARIS: The government of announced this summer have Ireland’s biggest employers, Palestinian candidacies to under Zuma Emmanuel Macron unveils already seen some voters sour Downing Street has said, international organisations its first budget on Wednesday on the new president, whose despite the Prime Minister and claimed victory last year CAPE TOWN / JOHANNES- as the young president seeks ratings have tumbled since he personally lobbying Donald when the Palestinian bid to join BURG: Thousands of South to kick-start the French econ- came to power in May. Trump on the matter. Interpol was suspended. Africans marched on Wednes- omy with a business-friendly His aides may be hoping for Unions accused May of The membership bid is day against corruption under agenda. a boost from plans to reduce being “asleep at the wheel” of airliners at below cost price part of Palestinian efforts to President Jacob Zuma’s rule, The 39-year-old centrist is household taxes for some 80 and said the US Depart- in America. advance their goal of statehood. in protests led by unions which under pressure to balance an percent of households, a move ment of Commerce’s decision Bombardier vowed to fight Interpol approved the Pal- have backed a rival to Zuma’s array of priorities, including the government hopes will spur risked thousands of jobs at the ruling which it described as estinian application along faction as the next leader of the boosting growth of 1.7 percent consumer spending. Bombardier. “absurd”. The company is due to with a bid by the Solomon ANC. and lowering unemployment The social security bud- The Canadian multina- start delivery of up to 125 new Islands during its annual gen- The Congress of South Afri- currently stuck at around 9.5 But the former investment get is set to be pared back by tional employs around 4,500 jets to Delta Airlines next year eral assembly in Beijing. “New can Trade Unions (COSATU), tile worker Florence Titus told percent — about twice that of banker is also eyeing tax cuts a 5.5-billion-euro cut next people in Belfast and thousands as part of a $5.6bn (£4.2bn) member countries State of Pal- which is in an alliance with Reuters. Britain or Germany. for companies and families year, according to government more jobs in Northern Ireland deal signed in 2016. estine and Solomon Islands the ruling African National “He needs to play a presi- On Tuesday, Macron set worth a total 10 billion euros, sources. Nearly 1,600 civil ser- are supported through the Union leaders slammed the bring INTERPOL’s member- Congress (ANC), called on its dent’s role not just be there to out his vision for far-reach- leaving his government with vice jobs will be axed, a frac- manufacturer’s supply chain, Prime Minister for failing to ship to 192,” Interpol said on more than one million mem- fill his pockets and his family’s ing reforms of the European less cash to plug the shortfall tion of the 120,000 public jobs according to trade unionists. do more to lobby for British its Twitter account. It did not bers to strike and join marches pockets. He must step down.” Union. But to earn credibil- between spending and revenue. Macron wants to axe by the end The US was expected to workers. GMB national offi- give the result but candidacies in major cities across South Senior members of the ity with German Chancellor And those estimates are of his five-year term. Macron impose a tariff on imports of cer, Ross Murdoch described require the approval of a two- Africa. ANC have also called for Zuma Angela Merkel and other lead- too ambitious according to the came to power on a promise to the new jet, a direct competi- the decision as a “hammer blow thirds majority of the countries Though the demonstra- to quit in recent months follow- ers he must show that France— independent council charged make France a more attractive tor for the American aviation to Belfast” and accused May present at the general assembly, tions are officially against graft ing a swell of allegations that which aims to bring its deficit with evaluating budget items destination for investment. He giant Boeing. But the sheer of being “asleep at the wheel excluding abstentions. broadly, much of the frus- his friends, the Gupta family, within an EU limit of 3 percent (HCFP), which said the new began his presidency by push- size of the tariff is embarrass- when she could and should Palestine gained observer tration and anger is aimed wield undue influence over the of GDP this year for the first measures represent about ing through reforms to the ing for May, who is understood have been fighting to protect status at the United Nations in at Zuma.Throngs of protest- award of state contracts worth time in a decade — can lead seven billion euros worth of country’s famously complex to have raised the issue with the these workers”. 2012 and since then has joined ers marched to parliament in hundreds of millions of dollars. by example. tax cuts. labour laws. US President in a phone call Jimmy Kelly, Unite regional more than 50 international Cape Town singing songs and The raiding of taxpayers Macron has pledged to find Prime Minister Edouard He also wants to cut cor- earlier this month. secretary, said: “The decision organisations and agreements, waving placards emblazoned funds by outside interests is 16 billion euros ( 19 billion) Philippe has warned there will poration tax to 25 percent by The dispute began with taken by the US department of according to the Palestinian with “Zuma must go” and known locally as “state capture”. of savings in 2018 as part of be tough choices in the new 2022 — down from 33 percent complaints from Boeing that commerce was not unexpected foreign ministry. Among them “corruption is a crime against The Guptas and Zuma deny a plan to reduce the deficit to budget, saying last month that currently. At the same time, the Bombardier received unfair - unfortunately it is unlikely are the International Criminal humanity”. wrongdoing and say they are 2.6 per cent of GDP next year, he was “not here to be nice”. budgets of several ministries, state subsidies from the UK to be overturned by President Court and the United Nations “Things are just going down victims of a politically-moti- down from a forecast 2.9 per Cuts to housing subsi- including the defence ministry, and Canada, allowing the sale Trump.” AGENCIES heritage body UNESCO. AGENCIES under President Zuma,” tex- vated witchhunt. AGENCIES cent in 2017. dies and defence spending are set to rise in 2018. AGENCIES Russian cannibal PAKISTAN CAN’T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN: ASIF couple, who ate NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Islamabad cannot take humans, detained responsibility for peace and security in Afghanistan, adding that effective border man- agement with Kabul is imperative to stop infiltration of terrorists. Speaking at the Asia Society seminar in New York, the minister said that the US cannot succeed in Afghani- MOSCOW\NEW DELHI: Police in Russia have stan by waging war. He said that 16 years ongoing war in Afghanistan shows peace detained a couple suspected can be restored in Afghanistan only through a negotiated settlement. AGENCIES of murdering, eating, can- ning and freezing the body parts of up to 30 people over nearly twenty years, starting in 1999, reported the country’s media. Sources told Russian television channel NTV that a police raid on the couple’s apartment build- ing found “body parts, canned flesh, body parts in saline solution, frozen human meat, and ‘recipes’ for cook- ing a human.” Body fragments were  allegedly also found in their   courtyard and basement.  The couple, “not only  killed, dismembered   and ate their victims,  but also made canned food   from human flesh,” sources  added.  However, authorities have  been able to only confirm        one murder by the couple,       a 35-year-old man and his         42-year-old partner, who are  from Krasnodar in southern        Russia.  The killings came to light  after police stumbled on the       man’s phone selfies with dis-  membered human body   parts.  He claimed that he had   found a woman’s remains and  just wanted to take pictures   with them. AGENCIES   12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 Post listing, ICICI Lombard eyes to Market slides for seventh day, become profitable liquidity issues rear their head MUMBAI: Country's largest MUMBAI: Fortunes soured per cent. Healthcare, capital private sector non-life insurer for stocks for the seventh day in NSE NIFTY BSE SENSEX goods and power stocks also ICICI Lombard, which debuted a row as the Sensex on Wednes- Intra-day on September 27, 2017 Intra-day on September 27, 2017 kept low. ` tanks to 6-1/2 month on the exchanges on Wednes- day plunged a sharp 440 points High:9,921.05 Low:9,714.40 High: 31,797.46 Low:31,100.80 As has been the case so day with a marginal discount to close at an over three-month Open: -135.75 Open: -439.95 far, foreign portfolio investors to issue price, expects to turn low, triggered by a weakening 9,920.60 (-1.38%) 31,785.24 (-1.39%) (FPIs) stayed reluctant towards profitable in the near future as rupee on concerns that foreign Indian shares, who net sold low on panic $ buying it hopes to plug its combined capital will move out sooner shares worth Rs 1,915.54 crore. 9,871.50 31,599.76 ratio to around 100 per cent. than later after Fed Chair Janet Previous close: Previous close: Domestic institutional inves- MUMBAI: The rupee contin- The company was listed at Yellen's comments. tors (DIIs) remained true to ued to bear the brunt of panic RupeeVS Dollar a marginal discount at Rs 646- Even as Fairfax brought Yellen, in a speech, said the their form, picking up shares dollar demand and plunged by 64.26 ` per US $ 655 as against the issue price down its stake to 9.9 per cent US Federal Reserve should Close: Close: worth a net Rs 1,537.10 crore a whopping 27 paise to end at +7p 9,735.75 31,159.81 64.81 64.79 +2p of Rs 661. in ICICI Lombard, resulting stick to gradual rate hikes on Tuesday, according to pro- 65.72 a dollar, its lowest level in -55p ICICI Lombard had fixed in stepping down of its repre- despite the uncertainty about 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 visional data. six-and- a-half months, amid 65.10 the price band at Rs 651-661 sentative from the board, ICICI the inflation trajectory. Overseas, most Asian indi- concerns over foreign capital -31p per share for the Rs 5,700-crore Lombard will continue to have This was enough for foreign ces ended mixed. Participants outflows. 65.45 IPO that was oversubscribed 'Lombard' as its brand name for investors to hit the exit button, waited for key events, includ- This is the lowest level for -35p 2.97 times. ICICI Lombard quite some more time. looking for instruments that Market slide wipes out investors’ ing the unveiling of Trump's the home currency since March was a joint venture between "Even though Fairfax has yield better returns. The rupee wealth by `6 lakh crore in seven days tax reforms and the release of 14, when it had closed at 65.82 65.72 ICICI Bank and Canadian NRI become a minority stakeholder took a hammering, sinking to Japanese economic data later against the greenback. -27p Prem Watsa-promoted Fair- in the company now by bring- over a six-month low of 65.75 six sessions. which read Rs 1,30,55,056 in the week. European shares The rupee has depreciated 20 21 22 25 26 27 fax Financial Holdings, formed ing down its stake to less than against the dollar during the Mood was downcast at the crore. From the Sensex bloc, moved higher. by sharp 3.04 per cent or 194 September 2017 in 2000. It was dissolved just 10 per cent in ICICI Lombard, day. 50-share NSE Nifty too, which Adani Ports barrelled down With the BSE benchmark paise in last 14 trading ses- (Inverted scale) KBK Infographics before the IPO. the brand name 'Lombard' has The lingering Korean stand- after regaining the key 9,900- 4.85 per cent, followed by SBI index falling for the seventh sions after revisiting a fresh The company is looking at been transferred to us. Hence, off dealt a further blow after mark at one stage closed down 2.89 per cent. The overall losses day in a row on Wednesday, one-month high of 63.78 on eign Exchange market on mild making its operations profit- we will continue to have it for US President Donald Trump 135.75 points, or 1.38 per cent, swelled because of weakness in investors’ wealth eroded by September 8. dollar selling by exporters. able by bringing down its com- some time before we take any dialled up his threats saying at 9,735.75 – a level last seen heavyweight RIL, Dr Reddy's, Rs 6.21 lakh crore during this A massive fall in local equi- However, it quickly reversed bined ratio, which is calculated further call on the issue," Das- America is "totally prepared" on August 11 when it closed Sun Pharma and ICICI Bank. period. ties amid heightened global the trend in line with local by taking the sum of incurred gupta said. for a "military option" on North at 9,710.80. TCS emerged as the big Investors’ wealth as mea- volatility took its toll on the stocks and retreated sharply losses and expenses and then To a query, if ICICI Lom- Korea, warning that would be "Market extended losses gainer, up 0.62 per cent, while sured by market capitalisation currency market sentiment as to hit a fresh intra-day low of dividing them by earned pre- bard would allow Fairfax, "devastating". Updates of mili- while the rupee sank to a Coal India rose too. (m-cap) of BSE listed compa- global funds dumped Indian 65.7550 in late afternoon deals mium, to around 100 per cent which owns 49 per cent of stake tary action on the eastern bor- 6-month low on continued out- Mid-cap and small-cap nies slumped by Rs 6,21,409 to assets amid rising expectations before ending at 65.72, show- in near future. in the recently launched non- der hastened the market's fall, flow of foreign funds. Addi- stocks moved in sync with the Rs 1,30,55,056 crore from Rs for an imminent US interest ing a steep loss of 27 paise, or "Our combined ratio has life firm, Go Digital, he said, which has been on a slippery tionally, slowdown in GST tax benchmarks and dropped by 1,36,76,465 crore as on Sep- rate hike. 0.41 per cent. come down to 102 per cent at "we have no issues." slope ahead of the derivatives collection dented sentiment up to 2.10 per cent. tember 18. US Fed chief Janet Yel- The RBI, meanwhile, fixed end-June from 104 per cent as Talking about consolidation expiry on Thursday. and investors expected that the Stocks of Divi's Lab crashed From the 30-index pack, len, in a speech, said the Fed- the reference rate for the dol- on end-March and we will try in the industry, he said there is Clearly, it was downhill GST-led disruption is likely to 11.60 per cent to Rs 850.15 Adani Ports slumped the most eral Reserve should stick to lar at 65.6947 and for the euro to bring it further down close to more scope for consolidation drive for the BSE benchmark extend and will hurt earnings after the company said it has down 4.85 per cent, followed gradual rate hikes despite the at 77.3686. 100 per cent in days to come so as lots of changes are happen- right in the beginning, which for the next few quarters," said received six new observations by SBI 2.89 per cent. TCS and uncertainty about the inflation The rupee crash is seem- as to make the company prof- ing in the industry. settled lower by 439.95 points, Vinod Nair, Head of Research, from the US Food and Drug Coal India were the only two trajectory. ingly inspired by reasons such itable in near future," ICICI The company has been val- or 1.39 per cent, at 31,159.81. Geojit Financial Services Ltd. Administration (USFDA) after companies to end with gains. Staging a smart recov- as fears of massive capital out- Lombard managing director ued at Rs 30,000 crore and it This is the weakest closing Investors' wealth as mea- inspection of its Visakhapat- Mid-cap and small-cap ery, the rupee on Wednesday flows due to tepid macro-eco- and chief executive, Bhargav closed the June quarter with a since June 30 when the gauge sured by market capitalisation nam unit. stocks moved in sync with the opened higher at 65.35 com- nomic indicators and also Dasgupta said after the listing net profit at Rs 200 crore, up by had settled at 30,921.61. It had of BSE listed companies took a Selling was maximum in benchmarks and dropped by pared to Tuesday's closing level concerns over weak corporate ceremony here on Wednesday. 50 per cent on y-o-y basis. PTI lost 824 points in the previous big knock of Rs 1,79,524 crore, the BSE realty index, down 2.66 up to 2.10 per cent. PTI of 65.45 at the Interbank For- earnings. PTI 40% FMCG consumption to be driven digitally by 2020: Study Over 700 new FPIs MCA plans NEW DELHI: With increasing sulting firm BCG said. Stating respondents, spread across met- along with discounting, the to ease digital influence, 40 per cent of that there will be 650 million ros, T1-T3 towns and multiple report said the ecommerce seg- FMCG consumption in India Internet users by 2020 driven FMCG categories. ment within FMCG is expected registered with process for will be driven digitally, total- by increasing mobile penetra- "FMCG was considered the to grow to become a $6 billion ling to a value of $45 billion by tion, the report said reinforcing last bastion for digital adoption market in 2020. 2020, says a report. digital in India is now a way to but not anymore. It's growing "India's 28 million affluent starting biz Besides, the share of digital reach the masses and not just rapidly and much faster than and elite households will con- Sebi in April-July advertising spends by FMCG a small targeted opportunity. the industry imagined," Google tribute to 40 per cent of overall NEW DELHI: The Ministry of companies is expected to reach "This mass reach makes it India Industry Director Vikas online FMCG consumption by NEW DELHI: More than 700 Corporate Affairs plans to sim- 25-30 per cent by 2020 as against central for FMCG companies baby care and beauty," the report Agnihotri said. 2020, of which 60-65 per cent fresh foreign portfolio investors plify the existing processes for 10 per cent in 2016, a joint report and will disproportionately said. The findings were based on Considering the assortment, will be digitally influenced," it (FPIs) were registered with Sebi setting up a company, accord- by Google India and global con- influence categories such as research covering over 20,000 convenience and availability added. PTI in the first four months of 2017- ing to a public notice. 18, indicating that India remains In this regard, the minis- an attractive destination, latest try has sought views from the Govt to work with startups on data from the regulator showed. stakeholders. Traders are ‘positive’ about This comes on top of close The government has already to 3,500 new FPIs registering centralised name reservation tech support for agri schemes with Sebi in the previous finan- and incorporation services. GST, need handholding: PM cial year. investors by permitting direct There were more than 11.34 NEW DELHI: The govern- According to Sebi data, the access to FPIs from eligible lakh active companies at the ment on Wednesday decided to NEW DELHI: Prime Minister gas pipeline sectors, the state- number of FPIs with the regula- jurisdictions. end of August. work in tandem with agri start- Narendra Modi on Wednesday ment said. tor's approval rose to 8,511 at the Recently, Sebi raised FPIs' Now, comments have been ups for technologies required said traders across the coun- These projects, with a end of July 2017, from 7,807 at investment limit for government sought for "further simplifi- for efficient implementation of try are "positive" about GST cumulative worth of over Rs March-end, an addition of 704. debt, permitted them to invest in cation of processes aimed at its flagship programmes like and accepting the new taxa- 37,000 crore, are spread over Besides, foreign investors unlisted corporate debt as well further easing the starting of soil health card, irrigation and tion arrangement but they need several states including Telan- have pumped in more than Rs 1 as securitised debt instruments a business," the ministry said crop insurance, among others. "handholding" so that their gana, Karnataka, West Bengal, lakh crore into the Indian capi- and allowed direct entry to well- in a public notice. Registration In a meeting with agri- problems can be resolved. Manipur, Mizoram, Kerala, tal markets -- equity and debt -- regulated foreign investors to of new companies is being startup firms held on Wednes- He urged the chief secretar- called for sustained efforts Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, during the period under review. invest in corporate bonds. done by way of the integrated day, Union Agriculture ies to use the district adminis- to boost digital payments Jharkhand and Delhi. This included Rs 84,000 crore Going ahead, Himanshu SPICe form. The procedures Minister Radha Mohan Singh consuming. tration in this regard, so that and work towards a less cash Progress on the India- in debt, with the remaining in Srivastava, Senior Research for obtaining DIN (Director said farmer-friendly technolo- "Therefore we need techno- small traders are facilitated society. Myanmar Friendship Bridge equities. Analyst and Manager Research Identification Number) by the gies are the need of the hour logical solutions in the form of to access and adopt the new Reviewing the progress project was also reviewed. FPIs consider India as a pre- at Morningstar, said geopoliti- proposed directors, name reser- and some specific technologies low-cost hand-held soil sen- system, according to a PMO towards handling and resolu- The prime minister also ferred and stable market, given cal risk is the major factor that vation, incorporation as well as are required for each of its key sors or any non-destructible statement. tion of grievances related to the took stock of the progress of its macroeconomic stability, may have adverse impact on allotment of PAN and TAN have schemes. method of soil fertility assess- Modi was chairing a meet- banking sector, he asked the the National Heritage City long-term growth prospects FPIs' participation. been integrated -- a move that He directed his ministry ment that can easily assess soil ing of Pro-Active Governance Secretary, Financial Services, Development and Augmenta- and ongoing economic reforms, "If the tension between the brings down the time taken for officials to work in small core- health using the technology," and Timely Implementation to look at ways to increase the tion Yojana (HRIDAY), and experts said. US and North Korea continues starting a new business under teams with start-up firms in he said. (PRAGATI), a monthly exer- use of RuPay debit cards that the Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan Furthermore, several mea- or aggravates, this will increase the companies law. this regard, an official release Similarly to settle crop cise of interaction with top have been issued to Jan Dhan (Accessible India Campaign) sures taken by the Securities and the geopolitical risk and in that According to the notice, said. Pradhan Mantri Fasal insurance claims, Singh said officials of the states via video account holders, the statement for the Divyang. Exchange Board of India (Sebi) condition, the participation will DIN allotment or name res- Bima Yojana, Soil Health Card, satellites and drones are conference. said. He said that while many heightened its attractiveness, become lower," he added. ervation services can also be Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai required to assess accurately At the meeting, the prime He was briefed on the relief union government depart- they added. According to Vidya In a big revamp, Sebi in 2014 done independently by stake- Yojana, Paramparagat Krishi and timely the crop loss. Even minister reiterated that small that has been received by the ments are now using the Gov- Bala, head of MF Research at released norms that clubbed holders "who wish to proceed Vikas Yojana, Rashtriya Krishi IT-based solutions are required businesses must register with Jan Dhan account holders, as ernment e-Marketplace (GeM), Fundsindia.com, new registra- different categories of foreign with incorporation in a piece- Vikas Yojana are the key flag- to increase the number of the GST network to take advan- part of the insurance provi- only 10 states have so far shown tion of FPIs could be attributed investors into a new class called meal manner. Stakeholders can ship schemes that the govern- insured farmers. tage of business opportunities, sions that are linked to these keenness in using it, the state- to relative opportunities or bet- FPIs. They have been divided submit their comments to the ment is focussing at present. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal the PMO statement said. accounts, it added. ment said. ter prospects of growth in the into three categories as per their ministry by November 5. For instance under soil Bima Yojana envisages a uni- He said that the common At the 22nd monthly Modi said that GeM Indian economy compared to risk profile and KYC (know your Simplified Proforma for health card scheme, the Min- form premium of only 2 per man and the trader must ben- meeting, the prime minister increases the pace of procure- other emerging markets and customer) requirements while Incorporating a Company Elec- ister said large number of soil cent to be paid by farmers for efit from this "path-breaking" reviewed the progress of nine ment, and boosts transparency, developed nations. In June, the other registration procedures tronically is aimed at providing samples have to be analysed, Kharif crops, and 1.5 per cent decision, it added. infrastructure projects in the besides supporting enterprise board of Sebi decided to ease have been made simpler for speedy incorporation related which is arduous and time for Rabi crops. AGENCIES The prime minister also railway, road, power, coal and at the local level. PTI the entry norms for overseas them. PTI services. PTI No free power for poor under Saubhagya; demand to rise by 24 gw

NEW DELHI: The govern- Monday with an ambition of The document also told that the cost of Saubhagya access but some households camps, so that connections are ment on Wednesday said power providing electricity connec- explained that with the inclu- scheme i.e. Rs 16,320 crore is are not yet connected mainly released at the earliest. will not be provided free of cost tions to all 4 crore left-out fami- sion of 4 crore households in over and above the investment on account of their economic The Gram Panchayat / pub- to any category of consumer lies by December 2018. the electricity network, there being made under DDUGJY condition as they are not capa- lic institutions in rural areas under the recently launched The FAQ further said con- will be requirement of addi- (Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram ble of paying the initial connec- will also be authorised to col- Saubhagya scheme, which aims necting 4 crore left-out families tional power of about 28,000 Jyoti Yojana). tion charges. lect application form, complete to provide electricity to all. under Saubhagya will increase MW, considering an average On the need for having Therefore, it said that documentation and also for However, under the scheme the electricity requirement by load of 1 KW per household another scheme when DDIGY Soubhagya has been launched distribution of bills, collection the poor families will be pro- 28,000 MW or 80,000 million and average uses of load for 8 and Integrated Power Develop- to plug such gaps and compre- of revenue and other activities, vided electricity connections units in a year. hours in a day. ment Scheme (IPDS) are opera- hensively address the issues of as applicable. free of cost, said the frequently As per back-of-the-enve- It further explained that tional, the FAQ explained that entry barrier, last mile connec- For households located in asked questions (FAQs) on the lope calculation, at an aver- there would be an additional there is also lack of awareness tivity and release of electricity remote and inaccessible areas, scheme released on Wednesday age rate of electricity of Rs 3 energy requirement of about as to how to get connection or connections to all un-electri- solar power packs of 200 to 300 by the power ministry. per unit, the discoms can gar- 80,000 million units per taking connection is not an fied households in rural and Watt and battery back with 5 According to the document, ner Rs 24,000 crore additional annum. easy task for illiterate people. urban areas. LED light, 1 DC Fan, 1 DC other families will pay Rs 500 revenues. The FAQ also said this is It said that there may not be Under the scheme, applica- power plug along with repair only, which shall be recovered "There is no provision in the a dynamic figure. With the electricity pole nearby and the tion for electricity connections and maintenance for 5 years by the DISCOMs (Distribution scheme to provide free power enhancement of income and households include release ing point. In case, the electric- cost of erection of additional will also be registered electroni- will be provided, it added. Companies) /Power Depart- to any category of consum- habit of using electricity, the of electricity connections by ity pole is not available nearby pole, conductor is also charge- cally and requisite documen- It also said that the projects ments in 10 instalments along ers. The cost of electricity con- demand of electricity is bound drawing a service cable from from household for drawing able from the households for tation, including photograph under the scheme will be sanc- with electricity bills. sumption shall have to be paid to vary. This figure will also the nearest electricity pole to service cable, the erection of obtaining a connection. of applicant, copy of identity tioned based on the Detailed The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj by the respective consumers vary if the assumptions are the household premise, instal- additional pole along with con- It explained that Similarly in card and /or details such as Project Reports (DPRs) to be Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saub- as per prevailing tariff of the changed. lation of energy meter, wiring ductor and associated acces- urban areas, the IPDS provides mobile number/Aadhar num- submitted by the states. There hagya) was launched by Prime DISCOM/Power Department," Under Saubhagya the for a single light point with sories shall also be covered for creation of necessary infra- ber/bank account number etc is no upfront allocation of fund Minister Narendra Modi on the FAQ said. electricity connection to LED bulb and a mobile charg- under the scheme. It was also structure to provide electricity will be completed on spot at the under the scheme. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 mp Govt mulls ONGC fields’ stake sale to private cos

NEW DELHI: Nearly 25 years after ONGC’s prime discovered Cabinet approves oilfields were privatised, the ONGC may sell stakes in IOC, government is planning to allow India-Belarus private firms to take majority stake in the state-owned firm’s pact to boost oil producing oil and gas fields GAIL to fund HPCL buyout such as Mumbai High. & gas sector ties The Oil Ministry plans to NEW DELHI: State-run further said HPCL will remain approach the Cabinet soon for NEW DELHI: The Union ONGC on Wednesday said it a separate listed company even allowing private firms to take Cabinet on Wednesday gave may sell its holding in Indian after the acquisition and will participating interest (PI) in its ex-post facto approval for Oil Corporation (IOC) and function as a subsidiary. a nomination block, sources an initial pact signed between GAIL to fund the Rs 33,000 "ONGC board will support privy to the development said. India and Belarus in the oil and crore acquisition of HPCL. the merger of HPCL with its The policy currently allows gas sector. The company is debt free subsidiary MRPL if a proposal giving out of PI or a stake to a The memorandum of and has got shareholders' so comes," he added. private company only in the understanding (MoU) was approval to raise Rs 25,000 Yesterday, Shashi Shanker blocks or areas awarded in open signed on September 12, 2017 crore through borrowing, "We don't know the exact was appointed as Chairman auctions under New Explora- during the visit of president ONGC Chairman and Man- timing when the deal will be and Managing Director of tion Licensing Policy (NELP) biggest oil field, and Bassein gas ONGC got service companies Tapti oil and gas field in the of Belarus to India, an official aging Director Dinesh K Sar- closed but we certainly hope ONGC, till March 2021. since 1999. However only field, the nation’s biggest natural involved in raising output by western offshore was given to statement said. raf told reporters here. it will happen in calender year The Appointments Com- exploration acreage was auc- gas producer. offering them incentive if pro- now defunct Enron Corp of US The move is aimed at pro- "We have several options 2017," he said. mittee of the Cabinet (ACC) tioned under global bidding in Sources said the minis- duction was raised by pre-set and Reliance Industries. moting bilateral relationship to fund the acquisition. On He further said the com- named Shanker, who is cur- such rounds. try is unhappy with the near milestones over and above the As many as 28 fields were between India and Belarus standalone basis we are debt pany is buying HPCL as it is rently Director (Technical All areas prior to that were stagnant oil and gas produc- current levels. then awarded. Under this and it is envisaged to enhance free so we can borrow from looking to hedge its upstream and Field Services) at ONGC, given to Oil and Natural Gas tion and believes giving out However, the services com- regime, ONGC was made the economic and commer- the market. Also we have cer- oil and gas production risks as CMD till his superannua- Corp (ONGC) and Oil India the discovered fields to private panies are not willing to take licensee and given an option cial cooperation between the tain investments which can be with presence in downstream tion, as against an initial one- Ltd (OIL) on a nomination firms would help raise output sub-surface risk which only oil to farm-in 40 per cent of stake. two sides in oil and natural gas sold," Sarraf said. oil refining and marketing year term proposed by the Oil basis. as they can bring in technology and gas exploration and pro- The controversial privatisa- sector. ONGC has about 13.77 business. Ministry. ONGC produces 87 per cent and capital. duction companies can take, tion under the then oil minister Under the pact, both sides per cent stake in IOC, which During high oil prices, ONGC's crude oil produc- of its 25.53 million tonnes of oil It has been tasked by Prime prompting the ministry to moot Satish Sharma had resulted in a will work towards establish- is worth around Rs 26,450 upstream companies make tion was 22.56 million tons in from fields given to it on nom- Minister Narendra Modi to cut this idea of privatisation by giv- CBI inquiry. ing cooperation in the areas crore and 4.87 per cent stake profit and downstream compa- 2012-13, which dipped to 22.25 ination basis. As much as 95 oil import dependence by 10 ing 50-60 per cent stake in nom- Sources said the Director- of upstream and downstream in GAIL, which is worth Rs nies make losses and vice versa million tons in the following per cent of 23.28 billion cubic per cent by 2022 over 77 per ination blocks. ate General of Hydrocarbon activities, capacity building, 1,640 crore. is also true. year before rising marginally to meters of annual gas production cent dependence in 2014- The privatisation is repeat of (DGH) has backed the move technology transfer, enhanced Sarraf said no decision on He said ONGC currently 22.26 million tons in 2014-15 comes from nomination blocks. 15. The dependence has only the infamous round in 1992-93 of getting private and foreign oil recovery and development selling stake has been taken but has Rs 10,000 crore of cash. and 22.36 million tons in 2015- The nomination fields increased and is now over 80 when medium sized discovered firms in producing oil and gas of mature fields in India, the the option is available for the Sarraf, whose tenure is 16. It dipped again to 22.25 mil- include Mumbai High, India’s per cent. Sources said initially fields like Panna/Mukta and fields of ONGC and OIL. PTI statement said. PTI company. scheduled to end on October 1 lion tons in 2016-17. PTI PowerGrid starts Commodity derivatives trading: Air India ties up with PNB, New Director 1,500-mw 2nd (Finance) takes pole of Kurukshetra Many entities come under Sebi lens IndusInd for `3,250 cr loan charge at BEL high-voltage line NEW DELHI: Scores of enti- respect to the commodity ties have come under the derivatives market during the Two more firms BANGALORE: Koshy NEW DELHI: State-owned scanner of Sebi for alleged period from August 1, 2016 to Alexander has taken charge as Power Grid Corp on Wednesday abnormalities in commodity July 31, 2017. These included evince interest the new Director (Finance) of said it has started commercial derivatives trading activities imposition or withdrawal of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat operations of 1,500 MW second amid stepped up surveillance additional and special margins in AI’s ground Electronics Ltd (BEL) on Mon- pole of Champa-Kurukshetra measures, according to regula- as well as passing of interim day, September 25, 2017. He high voltage direct current line, tory sources. orders, they added. handling biz was GM (Finance) & Chief which will improve power sup- The Securities and According to them, "soft Financial Officer before his plies to northern India. "Pole II Exchange Board of India (Sebi) issued to these entities, one action" such as issuance of cau- NEW DELHI: As the govern- elevation. of the 800kV Champa-Kuruk- has been working on ways to case was taken up for further tion letters was initiated in 485 ment works out the modalities Koshy Alexander joined shetra HVDC Terminal along bolster the commodity deriv- investigation. Besides, addi- instances during that period. for Air India disinvestment, two BEL-Bangalore in June 1986 as with associated bays under 'WR- atives segment which came tional and special margins The surveillance measures more companies have expressed Accounts Officer after complet- NR' HVDC Interconnector for under its ambit after the merger were reduced in the case of are put in place on the basis MUMBAI: Air India has tied the airport operators, oil com- interest in buying the national ing his Chartered Accountancy, IPPs (independent power pro- of Forward Markets Commis- certain derivatives contracts of various parameters such up with public sector lender panies and other vendors. carrier's ground handling opera- securing the 19th and 16th ducers) projects in Chhattisgarh sion (FMC) in 2015. in dhaniya and jeera in July, as traded volume in the par- Punjab National Bank and pri- Under a turnaround plan tions, official sources said. ranks in the CA Inter and Final has been put under commercial In July, as many as 46 enti- sources said. ticular commodity and price vate lender IndusInd to secure approved by the previous UPA A group of ministers, headed examinations, respectively. A operation," Power Grid Corp ties came under the scanner Generally, observation or movement. loans to the tune of over Rs government, Air India is to by Finance Minister Arun Jait- Fellow of the Institute of Char- said. Punjab, Haryana, Uttar of Sebi for alleged abnormali- caution letters are issued to To protect the interests of 3,000 crore for meeting work- receive up to Rs 30,231 crore ley, on Wednesday held dis- tered Accountants of India, he Pradesh, Rajasthan and adjoin- ties in trading activities in the alert market participants about investors and integrity of the ing capital requirements. from the government subject to cussions on the stake sale had completed his Bachelor ing areas would benefit from commodity derivatives market, prima-facie unusual trading market, the regulator along The airline expects the two meeting certain performance modalities. or Commerce from Bangalore operationalisation of the sec- regulatory sources said quoting activities. with the exchanges have been banks to disburse the amount thresholds. The 10-year bail- It is at least the third meeting University with 2nd Rank. He ond pole of the HVDC power official documents. Sources said action was implementing various surveil- by next week, a source close to out package began from 2012. of the group so far this month. is also a post-graduate in Com- transmission link. PTI While caution letters were initiated in 525 instances with lance-related measures. PTI the development said. On June 28, the Cabi- Official sources said Men- merce and degree in Law from Earlier this month, the dis- net Committee on Economic zies Aviation Dubai and Mum- Bangalore University. investment-bound Air India Affairs (CCEA) had given in- bai- headquartered diversified Koshy Alexander took over had floated tenders for availing principle approval for strategic Livewel group have shown inter- as GM (Internal Audit)/BEL- ‘Patanjali to be `2-lakh cr brand in 5 years’ government guarantee backed disinvestment of Air India and est in Air India's ground han- Corporate Office on Decem- INR short-term loans totalling five of its subsidiaries. dling operations. A subsidiary of ber, 2012. He later served as NEW DELHI: Patanjali to five years, Patanjali would brands in the country. up to Rs 3,250 crore in the first As part of efforts to revive the airline, Air India Air Trans- GM (Finance)/ BEL-Corporate Ayurved will be a Rs 2 lakh be over Rs 1 lakh crore brand “We have a production phase to meet its urgent work- the loss-making airline, a min- port Services Ltd (AIATSL) pro- Office from June 2014. crore brand in the next five and there should be no sur- capacity of Rs 15,000 crore at ing capital. isterial panel under Finance vides ground handling services. Alexander has served as years as it plans to foray into prise in it,” Ramdev said at an Haridwar and have already Banks were asked to submit Minister Arun Jaitley is work- Earlier, aviation service pro- Finance Head of many of the new verticals and open new AIMA event here. The com- started operation at Tezpur, their financial bids by Septem- ing on the modalities for stra- vider Bird Group and Turkey's BEL’s Strategic Business Units integrated food parks and man- pany, which had reported a Assam which has a production ber 19, indicating the amount tegic disinvestment of Air India Celebi had expressed their inter- of Military Radar, Naval Sys- ufacturing units, its founder turnover of Rs 10,561 crore in capacity of Rs 25,000 crore,” of government-guaranteed and its five subsidiaries. est in AIATSL. tems, Components etc., and yoga guru Baba Ramdev said FY2016-17, is presently setting he said. Besides, the company short-term loans they were Last week, Jaitley had said Air India, which has been also headed the Finance on Wednesday. up mega units at various places is also having 50 small units, willing to offer. that the process for Air India in the red for long, is staying of BEL-Ghaziabad Unit. He He further said that the sidering a loan of Rs 5,000 crore like Noida, Nagpur, Indore and which are manufacturing small "Punjab National Bank disinvestment is moving "quite afloat on taxpayers' money and had also served as Assistant FMCG major will have a man- to fund its immediate expan- Andhra Pradesh. goods as papad, pickles, mus- and IndusInd bank have won well". the disinvestment decision has Regional Manager at BEL’s New ufacturing capacity of Rs 1 lakh sion plans. “We will have a production tard oil, salt, jam etc, he added. the mandate to lend us loans The government has already been taken as part of efforts to York Office. crore in the next two years. “We are working in sev- capacity of Rs 1 lakh crore in “We do not want to bring worth Rs 3,250 crore. They invited applications for engag- revive the airline. Alexander played a key role The Haridwar-based firm eral verticals which have a the next two years,” Ramdev prosperity at one single place. are expected to disburse the ing up to two advisers, a legal Last week, Jaitley said the in Capital structuring and inte- is aiming to have a 1 lakh crore market size of over Rs 10 lakh said, adding that by 2018-19, We want to have a decen- amount next week," the source adviser and asset valuer for the process for Air India disinvest- gration of technology in the sales turnover in the next five crore and Patanjali has a mar- Patanjali will be ahead of many tralised, sustainable and inclu- said here. strategic disinvestment of Air ment is moving "quite well" and business process. He has man- years as it is expanding prod- ket share of 10-20 per cent rivals in the FMCG sector, sur- sive growth of the society,” he He said the funding will be India and its subsidiaries/ joint transaction advisors would be aged the financials of major uct portfolio. Patanjali is con- (in that)... in the next three passing many multi-national added. PTI used for repayment of dues to venture. PTI appointed soon. PTI Defence contracts. MPOST MG Motor closes Halol plant takeover from GM Govt approves swapping of land NEW DELHI: British automo- 6.5 million vehicles annu- per annum. tive marque Morris Garages has ally around the world. Asked "In the second phase, we owned by AAI with Andhra govt moved a step closer towards about MG Motor India's overall can even ramp it up by another establishing full scale opera- investment plans, Chaba said it 80,000-85,000 units if required NEW DELHI: The govern- by Prime Minister Narendra road connectivity and thus, tions in the country, with MG would be "significantly north" of in future," he added. ment on Wednesday approved Modi has given its approval ease of access to the general Motor India completing acqui- Rs 2,000 crore. A major chunk On products lined up for the swapping of 10.25 acre of to the swapping of 10.25 acre public of the area, especially sition of Halol plant in Gujarat of Rs 2,000 crore will be used on Indian market, Chaba said there land owned by the Airports of land belonging to the Air- facilitating access to farmers from General Motors. acquisition and refurbishing of are a number of platforms avail- Authority of India (AAI) at ports Authority of India (AAI) to their agricultural land," the MG Motor India, a wholly- the Halol plant. able with the company from the Rajahmundry airport with at Rajahmundry Airport with statement added. owned subsidiary of China's "As the plant is old, it would stable of parent SAIC and they equivalent land owned by the equivalent extent of land Earlier this year, the AAI largest automaker SAIC Motor require a complete makeover. would be able to finalise in "the Andhra Pradesh government. belonging to Government of was given an environment Corp that owns the brand, aims "We acquired the Halol plant pany acquired the plant on an So, the investment would be next few months" as to which of The airport at Madhura- Andhra Pradesh," according to clearance for extension of to launch its first product in last week. An agreement has asset sale basis from General much more than what was these would be suitable for the pudi village is situated on a statement issued by the Min- runway at the Rajahmun- 2019 and follow it up with been inked with the Gujarat Motors India and therefore, it is quoted earlier," Chaba said. Indian market. 366.46 acres of land and the istry of Civil Aviation. dry airport, estimated to cost another a year later. government and the land trans- free to hire its own fresh work- When asked about produc- He, however, said the mod- state government has allotted The Cabinet decision will Rs 181.45 crore. The runway While the SUV segment fer and handover have also been force at the plant, he added. tion capacity at the plant, he els would carry 'MG' DNA and additional land to the extent allow the state government to extension will allow the air- remains an important segment, completed," MG Motor India The company, part of SAIC, said that in the first phase of the brand would be "premier" in of 857.09 acre to the AAI free use the land to provide road port to meet the growing traffic the company is yet to finalise President and Managing Direc- will focus mainly on its MG initial 4-5 years, it would be whichever segment they would of cost. connectivity to nearby villages. demand and to facilitate bigger products for the Indian market. tor Rajeev Chaba said. The com- brand in India. SAIC sells over around 80,000 to 85,000 units be present. PTI "The Union Cabinet chaired "The proposal will provide aircrafts. PTI CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE

Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) has sanctioned a term loan National Fertilizers Limited, the largest Fertilizer PSU declared a dividend The 54th Annual General Meeting of MMTC Limited was held on of Rs.4009 crore to TSGENCO for setting up 5X800 MW, Coal Based of `41.70 crore for FY 2016-17 in its 43rd annual general meeting held Airports Authority of India which is managing 126 airports (including September 26, 2017 at SCOPE Complex, New Delhi. The AGM was Yadadri TPP using super-critical technology in Nalgonda district of at NCUI Auditorium in New Delhi on September 27, 2017. CMD Manoj Civil Enclaves) have taken up the onerous task of preparing a presided over by Ved Prakash, Chairman and Managing Director, in Telangana. The loan agreement was signed by CMD, PFC Rajeev Sharma, Mishra (Third from left) alongwith other members of the Board of the comprehensive National Register containing details of all Civil Airports/ the presence of Functional Directors, Independent Directors, Company CMD, TSGENCO D Prabhakar Rao and other officials Company during the meeting Airstrips in the country and the work carried out is first of its kind Secretary and shareholders in large numbers 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Thursday, 28 September, 2017 SANA MIR DECLINES TO JOIN PAKISTAN LAHIRI SEEKS TO ERASE MEMORIES OF HAPPY TO CONTINUE WITH OVERSEAS WOMEN’S TEAM CAMP PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS CUP SCOUTING PROGRAMME: PATEL LAHORE: Pakistan women’s team skipper Sana Mir has refused JERSEY CITY: Anirban Lahiri will look to erase memories NEW DELHI: AIFF president Praful Patel has called the overseas to attend the side’s training session in protest against the team of previous Presidents Cup after he was handed another scouting programme, which helped in unearthing talent from management. In an email to her fellow players, Mir stated: “I chance by Captain Nick Price which begins on Thursday. foreign shores, “a resounding success”. Asked about the future won’t be coming to the camp or travel with the team unless some Two years ago, Lahiri missed a short putt on 18th and of the programme apart from the U-17 team he said, “We will crucial issues regarding women’s cricket are addressed, which I lost his singles match on the final day, which tilted the in due course continue this programme in other age groups too. have communicated to the top PCB management.” match score in favour of US by just one point. But we have to honour the laws of the land.” Lodha panel not to entertain plea Series in bag, India look to inch This is World Cup unless referred of equality: Brazil by court: SC closer to another whitewash NEW DELHI: The Supreme BENGALURU: There will be against India. Court has made it clear that no let-up in intensity as a ruth- Though it looks difficult at coach Amadeu Justice R M Lodha commit- less India look to inch closer to the moment, they know that tee, which had recommended yet another series whitewash a form reversal is important a slew of structural reforms in when they take on a beleaguered ahead of the Ashes. the BCCI, should not enter- Australia in the fourth One-day Australia have lost 11 ODIs tain any representation unless International here on Thursday. in a row away from home, with it is referred to by the top court. Virat Kohli’s team is going the exception of two washouts, A Bench headed by Chief through a dream phase and if albeit with eight of those defeats Justice Dipak Misra said this Tuesday’s training session at coming against South Africa after counsel appearing for the the M Chinnaswamy Stadium and India. Lodha panel, which also com- was any indication, the winning They’ve won five of their prises former apex court judges streak is most likely to continue. last 14 Tests with three of those Ashok Bhan and R V Raveen- The fate of the five-match wins a 3-0 clean sweep of Paki- dran, sought a clarification on series was decided after India stan during the last Australian whether they should deal with swept aside Australia in the summer. the grievances in “respect of first three matches, leaving the Even as Australia struggle certain matters”. possibility of an embarrassing to search for answers to con- “In our considered opinion whitewash hanging over the tain a rampaging Indian team, and keeping in view the order tourists’ heads. one of their biggest concerns dated January 2, Justice Lodha While the likes of Kohli has been the failure of the big- Committee may not enter- and former captain Mahendra hitting Glenn Maxwell. MUMBAI: The under 17 “I also cannot forget to tain any further representa- Singh Dhoni have been consis- The visitors could not cross coach of football powerhouse notice New Zealand. They are tion unless it is referred by this tently doing what they do best, even 300 after centurion Aaron and three-time winners Bra- also a strong team and in the court,” the bench, also compris- Hardik Pandya’s growth as an Finch placed them at a com- zil, Carlos Amadeu, expects last under 17 World Cup they ing Justices A M Khanwilkar all-rounder has added a new PIC/PTI manding 232 for two in 40 overs next month’s FIFA U-17 World had beaten Paraguay, a strong and D Y Chandrachud, said. dimension to the team. in Indore. From there, all they Cup to be an open contest with team. We faced them and it was The top court had on Janu- He slammed a fluent 78, a low, though one of them could Yadav caught the attention with when the chips were down. could muster was another 59 plenty of teams capable of lift- a difficult game and we won on ary 2 this year said that a com- few days after an attacking 66 make the way for home boy KL their very impressive showings, When the top-order failed in runs while losing four wickets. ing the coveted trophy. penalties. That’s why it’s a World mittee of administrators (CoA) -ball 83, as India comfortably Rahul on Thursday. and India never seem to have the series opener, the middle Australia will hope that “I look at this World Cup as Cup of equality,” he emphasised. shall supervise the administra- chased down 294 in the last While batting has always missed Ravichandran Ashwin and lower-order guided the skipper Stephen Smith and a World Cup of equality. For Thursday’s practice tion of BCCI through its chief game at Indore to take an unas- been their strength, India con- and Ravindra Jadeja. team to safety. Both, though, opener David Warner fire in All the teams of Europe are game Brazil will miss their executive officer. sailable 3-0 lead. Rohit Sharma tinue to impress with the ball Yadav had bamboozled the clicked in the third ODI. the remaining games. very strong, including Spain star player Vinicius Jr, who has It had further said “the and Ajikya Rahane played their as well. Australian batsmen in Kolk- Pandya has been hogging Leg-spinner Adam Zampa, and England. The South Ameri- already been plucked to play role of the Justice R M Lodha part to perfection, each scor- Seam bowlers Bhuvneshwar ata, where he picked up a hat- the limelight with his all-round who was taken to the cleaners can teams are strong along with professional football by Span- committee shall hereafter be ing half centuries in a 131-run KumarPIC/PTI and Jasprit Bumrah have trick, and joined Kapil Dev and ability and he will again be a by Pandya in Chennai before Mexico and the United States. ish giant, Real Madrid, and was confined to overall policy and opening partnership. been troubling Australia’s top- Chetan Sharma. threat to the opponents. being dropped, is likely to African teams have always done the top scorer with 7 goals in direction on such matters as If needed, India can also order and cramped the others A very good thing about this Going into the Ashes, replace Ashton Agar with the well in age group tournaments. the South American qualifiers. may be referred by this court”. count on the likes of Kedar for room in the death overs. Indian batting line-up is that Australia will desperately try left-armer in Australia having That’s why I say this will prob- “Vinicius is our main player. The apex court had later Jadhav and Manish Pandey to The young wrist spin duo of each batsman has managed to to regain some momentum his broken finger assessed by a ably be a World Cup of equal- Since the under 15 level he has declared the names of mem- deliver the goods with the wil- Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep contribute to the team’s cause in the last two dead rubbers specialist. AGENCIES ity as there are many teams with caught the attention all over the bers of the CoA, which was chances to win it,” said Amadeu world. He has had a transfer. headed by former Comptrol- WARNER RUBBISHES HOGG’S FAVOURITISM ACCUSATION here on Wednesday. He was asked to come to this ler and Auditor General (CAG) Mad Max decoded: Chahal spots Brazil, who are to tune up competition and he wants to Vinod Rai, to run the affairs BENGALURU: Australia’s opening batsman David Warner on Wednesday brushed with a practice game on Thurs- come and is proud to represent of BCCI and implement the aside former fast bowler Rodney Hogg’s accusation that skipper Steve Smith prefers chinks in Maxwell’s armour day at the Mumbai Football the country. court-approved recommen- to “pick his friends” in the national team. Disappointed with Australia’s poor run of Arena in suburban Andheri “He will be here after his dations of the Lodha panel form, Hogg has slammed skipper Smith, the selection committee and Cricket Australia. BENGALURU: Yuzvendra Chahal has been Glenn against New Zealand, are in final national competition (for on reforms in the cash-rich But Warner differed with Hogg’s views. “Everyone is going to have their opinions and Maxwell’s nemesis in the ongoing ODI series and Group D with Niger, Spain and his club Flamingo). He will cricket body. DPR Korea. come on Saturday. He has been Lodha panel was formed they are entitled to have their opinions. I don’t know from where all these theories the Haryana leg-spinner said that the Australian’s “Talking about our group it’s playing together with these guys in January 2015 in the wake crop up from. It is up to the selectors to pick the team and at the end of the day, if vulnerability outside the off-stump has been his a very strong group with South since the under 15 days and of the Justice Mukul Mudgal you are picked up, you go out there and give your best. That is how it always has undoing. Chahal has got Maxwell out on all three American Champions (his own there won’t be a problem for Committee report that called been,” Warner told reporters on the eve of the fourth ODI against India and Aus- days. “My plan is not to bowl at the stumps. That’s country), European champi- him integrating,” the Brazilian for reforms within the Board tralia here. Hogg has accused Smith of picking his friends in the national team while ons Spain, the national team coach said. of Control for Cricket in India a wrong area. I tend to bowl outside the off-stump of Niger which is very strong Amadeu said while the entire talking to SEN Radio in Australia. “They are picking their mates. Smith shouldn’t be a and I vary my pace. I know that if I can bowl 2-3 (BCCI). selector. (Ashton) Agar’s been pushed through and (Hilton) Cartwright’s still there. We in age group and DPR Korea country would be delighted to The Mudgal panel had gone dot balls, he will step out and try to play an ag- about which it is not easy to get clinch the trophy after 13 years, saw (Nic) Maddinson get selected (he’s) a mate, he’s one of Steve Smith’s mates. You into state of affairs of the BCCI gressive shot. In order to beat the batsman, the information,” said Amadeu who the other primary aim was to can’t pick bloody mates,” Hogg said. AGENCIES following the 2013 IPL betting line and length has to be perfect,” he said. AGENCIES had earlier coached the coun- get the players into the coun- and spot-fixing charges.AGENCIES try’s under 15 team. try’s professional teams. AGENCIES We are under With India series out of grasp, David Warner England name 3 uncapped no illusions, looks at positives ahead of upcoming Ashes tour players in Ashes squad says NZ LONDON: England selectors “After a successful sum- coach Hay BENGALURU: The ODI series “You adopt your game ing for me. Also, I have got on Wednesday named three mer, having won the Test series is out of their grasp, but Austra- according to conditions. The a great bunch of teammates uncapped players in paceman against South Africa and the MUMBAI: New Zealand expect lia vice-captain David Warner last game was probably a game around me. Obviously Smithy Craig Overton, leg-spinner West Indies, there is real com- a stiff challenge in their FIFA on Wednesday said his side will played in the traditional way. (Smith) brought up his 100th Mason Crane and wicketkeeper petition for places and we have U17 World Cup campaign at not give up on trying to force a There the ball did not swing game recently as well. Ben Foakes in the 16-man Test selected a squad that will work the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi turnaround against India and as much. The wicket was nice “We have come a long way squad for the five-match Ashes hard and compete against Aus- Mumbai, said coach Danny make a statement before the to bat on and I made most of from where we were in juniors. series in Australia, starting tralia, aiming to win the Ashes,” Hay ahead of the Kiwis’ prac- upcoming Ashes. it by getting in. So, that proba- Not being picked, dropped November 23. he added. tice game here on Thursday The reigning world cham- bly is a thing for me to reflect,” etc. There has been a great All-rounder Ben Stokes In addition to the cur- against South American cham- pions lost the opening three Warner said. friendship between us and was also included despite the rent full-time members of pions Brazil. New Zealand are ODIs against the hosts to sur- Warner will be playing playing the 100th ODI together shock news of his arrest on staff, former New Zealand in Group B with Paraguay, who render the five-match series. his 100th ODI on Thursday, means much for us,” Warner suspicion of assault in Bristol fast bowler Shane Bond was did not lose to Brazil in the zonal However, the Steve Smith- a milestone which his skipper said. in the early hours of Monday appointed fast bowling con- qualifiers, African champions led side is looking at the last Steve Smith achieved during An explosive batsman morning. sultant and will be part of the Mali and Turkey - one of five two ODIs and subsequent the second ODI of the ongo- up the order, Warner is best- England have not con- England management up to qualifiers from Europe. The pre- three T20 Internationals to ing series in Kolkata earlier known for his hard-hitting abil- firmed whether the 26-year- the end of the second Test in liminary group games will be make an impression before the this month. ities, especially in T20s. But the old Stokes, who was released Australia. held at the D Y Patil Stadium. Ashes, starting November 23 PIC/PTI “It is a significant milestone diminutive opener says playing without charge, will continue Former England One-day “For us the scenario is very in Brisbane. for my family and myself. Test cricket has allowed him to as Test vice-captain. captain Paul Collingwood similar (to Brazil’s). This is why “It is disappointing to lose from the remaining ODIs and So coming here for the first I am extremely proud of hone his skills in the 50-over The English board also will take a coaching role dur- you come to the World Cup, the series already because we T20 games and make a turn- time to play in ODIs with two where I am today. Coming format. recalled discarded batsmen ing the Test series and the to test yourself against the best play for our country and that is around before going into the new white balls would be dif- from playing T20 in MCG in “I am used to come out and Gary Ballance, James Vince and One-day Internationals (ODI) players and sides. I am really what we enjoy doing and love next series or tournament ferent. The first two games were front of 90,000 people and a start tonking from ball one like seamer Jake Ball for the Ashes. against Australia. County excited and can’t wait to play doing. There is a lot of pride at (Ashes),” he added. different,” he said. couple of games later to rep- in T20 cricket. I sort of adapted Commenting on the squad, side Kent’s head coach, Matt against Brazil,” said Hay in the stake,” Warner said at the pre- Talking about the already “In Kolkata, the ball was resent Australia in the ODI that approach, but Test match National Selector James Whita- Walker, will assist Eng- pre-game media conference at match press conference of the lost series, Warner said the visi- swinging around. It is prob- format. I never thought it will cricket actually allowed me ker, said: “A tour of Australia is land for the T20 tri-series the Mumbai Football Arena in fourth ODI here tomorrow. tors found it difficult to cope ably the toughest conditions come so fast, but I learnt a lot to play the game properly the ultimate test for our squad. against Australia and New Andheri, the venue of the prac- “Obviously we have got up with the conditions in India I have faced from the white in the early stages of my career,” and show myself that there We have provided Joe Root and Zealand. The first Test will tice game. three T20s as well after this. this time around. ball point of view. It swung a he said. is lot more time in 50 overs Trevor Bayliss with a well-bal- be played at the Gabba in “There’s a strong sense of (And) we are looking at it. “On a personal front, it is lot more than what it did in “To be an established player cricket than 20 overs cricket,” anced squad with options in Brisbane from November mutual respect between us. We We have got to make the most my first ODI series in India. England. at the moment is a proud feel- he said. AGENCIES all areas.” 23-27. AGENCIES know the name Brazil is synon- ymous with football. They are one big team in world football, if not the biggest. It’s going to PCB inquiry panel recommends three-match ban, fine on Umar Akmal be a good yardstick to test our- selves,” he remarked. He recalled how New Zealand lost to Bra- KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket month over practicing there. “Umar breached three clauses by zil in the pre quarters at the last Board’s inquiry committee has rec- “Umar breached He later alleged in the media that going directly to the media and crit- under 17 World Cup. “That (two ommended a three-match ban and three clauses by Arthur had abused him. icising the head coach,” the source years ago) was the first time I fine on batsman Umar Akmal after The official made it clear that said. was involved in a FIFA World finding him guilty of breaching going directly to the the inquiry committee, which According to the official, it is Cup as coach. three clauses of the players code of media and criticising also included the legal advisor of now up to the chairman whether he We played the round of conduct. the board, had only focussed on accepts the inquiry committee rec- 16 match against my Brazil- A PCB official said on condition the head coach,” the deciding whether Umar beached ommendations of three-match ban ian friends here and it was a of anonymity that the inquiry com- source said clauses of the players code and a fine or go for the maximum massive learning experience. mittee, headed by Director Cricket, of conduct. punishment allowed for breach of We don’t get exposed to high Haroon Rasheed, had recommended “It didn’t reflect on the allegations relevant clauses. levels of football as geographi- a three-match ban and fine on Umar and it has now sent its recommen- made by Umar against Arthur. It has “The maximum punishment cally we are a bit isolated,” said and also suggested suspending issu- dations to the PCB chairman Najam found the batsman guilty of breaching for these breaches is a five- match Hay. “It was important that we ance of NOCs for foreign leagues for a Sethi for further action,” the official the code and left it up to the chairman ban and a fine of up to five million qualified and tested ourselves. certain period. said. to decide whether a larger inquiry is rupees. Sethi also has the authority to We don’t expect anything differ- “The committee, after interview- Umar had an altercation with required for the allegations of use reduce the penalties recommended ent now. The level is going to be ing Umar and others, found the bats- Pakistan’s head coach Mickey Arthur of abusive language by Arthur,” the by the inquiry committee,” the offi- super high and we expect to be man guilty of breaching three clauses at the National Cricket Academy last source added. cial said. AGENCIES really challenged. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Thursday, 28 September, 2017 mp Zidane hails Bale, Real dominate Dortmund Ronaldo after 3-1 as Ronaldo scores brace victory at Dortmund DORTMUND: Cristiano Ron- Gabon striker bearing down aldo marked his 150th European on goal. game with two goals as Real Aubameyang had the ball Madrid sealed a 3-1 victory at in the net on 38 minutes, when Borussia Dortmund to top their he spun and fired home Lukasz Champions League group. Piszczek’s pass, but the goal was Ronaldo claimed two sec- ruled offside as it stayed 1-0 to ond-half goals after Gareth Real at the break. Bale’s stunning early volley gave Real lived dangerously after Real the lead at Dortmund’s Sig- the break when Mario Goetze nal Iduna Park. tried to find Aubameyang, but The Germans fought back centre-back Raphael Varane when Pierre-Emerick Aubamey- cleared the danger. ang finally netted with just over The Spanish giants doubled half an hour left, but there was their lead on 49 minutes when to be no repeat of last year’s 2-2 Ronaldo met Bale’s inch-per- draw in Dortmund between fect cross. the teams. Dortmund pulled a goal The result leaves Real top of back on 54 minutes when DORTMUND: Zinedine won here, so this victory Group H, just ahead of Totten- Aubameyang slipped his marker Zidane praised goal- scorers was important to us, and ham Hotspur, who beat APOEL to convert Gonzalo Castro’s Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ron- the whole game was good 3-0 away, with Dortmund third cross, then hit the side net- aldo, who netted twice in a 3-1 for us from start to finish,” and six points adrift of Spurs, ting as Borussia pushed for the victory as Real Madrid finally said Zidane. who they also lost 3-1 to in equaliser. claimed a Champions League “We had a lot of ball posses- London. With 15 minutes left, win at Borussia Dortmund. sion, that was the key. Having also netted twice Burki had to push Isco’s shot Ronaldo marked his 150th “Dortmund played as against APOEL, Ronaldo has PIC/AP/PTI around the post as Real kept European game with second- impressively as ever, but we now scored four goals in just the pressure. half goals after Bale’s stunning compensated well.” two Champions League games This is the first time Dort- awarded a penalty with 13 min- the head of Borussia’s top-scorer goalkeeper Roman Burki for a Ronaldo, who was left in early volley gave Real the lead at Dortmund shaded posses- this season. mund have lost at home to utes gone when Sergio Ramos Aubameyang in the build up. stunning goal. acres of space, settled the tie by Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park sion and matched Real’s tally He marked his 400th Real in seven European games cleared Maximilian Philipp’s Real took the lead three With half an hour gone, blasting home Luka Modric’s Pierre-Emerick Aubamey- of 16 shots on goal and Zidane appearance for Madrid in total while holders Madrid have now shot off the line and the ball minutes later when right-back Dortmund turned the screw cross on 79 minutes with ang scored Dortmund’s conso- wanted to see more chances with another pair to leave him scored in 38 successive Cham- deflected off his hand. Daniel Carvajal whipped in with Carvajal having to rescue Madrid’s third goal on the break lation goal with just over half an converted. with 411 goals in the famous pion League games. Andrey Yarmolenko’s initial a cross and Bale’s nonchalant Real by whipping the ball off to take the game out of Dort- hour left, but the Germans were “We could have scored white shirt. Dortmund should have been cross sailed tantalisingly over volley sailed over Dortmund Aubameyang’s toes with the mund’s grasp. AGENCIES simply out-played by holders more. We had chances. The Real. important thing is to score Having also netted twice more than our opponents against APOEL, Ronaldo has and we did that,” said the Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool on track despite stalemate now scored four goals in just Frenchman. two Champions League games “The side worked hard MOSCOW: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp “Of course I saw enough (to suggest Liverpool “The door’s not even open. You can see only could not find a winner, with substitute Daniel this season. - Isco, (Luka) Modric, Case- believes his team remain on track to qualify for can qualify),” Klopp told reporters at Moscow’s a little bit of light behind. But we will be ready Sturridge and Mohamed Salah both squander- “I’m happy for Cristiano... miro and (Toni) Kroos were the knockout phase of the Champions League Otkrytiye Arena. to go through. ing excellent late chances. again! I’m delighted for Ron- marvellous. despite drawing both of their opening games. “We know more about the two teams. We “Because the boys work really hard and you Klopp aligned Coutinho, Mane, Salah and aldo and Bale,” said Zidane. “Everyone was brilliant. It After a 2-2 draw with Sevilla in their Group know Moscow had a lot of injury problems. For can see that they really want it. You have some- Roberto Firmino for the first time, but he said This is the first time Dort- was a tremendous game.” E opener, Liverpool drew 1-1 away to Spartak sure Quincy Promes will be back for the next times situations like this. Stay cool, carry on, work his ‘Fab Four’ would need time to develop an mund have lost at home to The result leaves Real top of Moscow on Tuesday, with Fernando’s free-kick game and a few other really good players, which hard and you will succeed at the end.” Fernando understanding. Real in seven European games Group H, just ahead of Totten- for the hosts cancelled out by a brilliantly con- will change their game. put Spartak ahead with a 25-yard free-kick in the “It’s good when you have all these players while holders Madrid have now ham Hotspur, who beat APOEL structed Philippe Coutinho equaliser. “In football you can never be sure. Yes, we 23rd minute, but their lead lasted just eight min- around, but it’s not lining up the players and scored in 38 successive Cham- 3-0 away, with Dortmund third Liverpool now trail leaders Sevilla by two are strong enough to go through, but we have utes as Coutinho exchanged passes with Sadio hoping something will happen -- they all need pion League games. and six points adrift of Spurs, points, but with four games still to come, Klopp to do it. When the door is open, you still have Mane before coolly netting an equaliser. rhythm and need to be in good shape and all that “It is difficult to play in who they also lost 3-1 to in is relaxed about his team’s situation. to walk through. Despite dominating the second half, Liverpool stuff,” said the German. AGENCIES this stadium, we have never London. AGENCIES De Bruyne MV Sridhar tenders his resignation stunner helps City from General Manager’s post NEW DELHI: Under the and point person for the Indian and operate from there. How- scanner on issues of propriety, men’s cricket team). ever, he was shuttling between topple Shakhtar the BCCI’s General Manager “Please note that Dr MV Hyderabad and Mumbai, which (Cricket Operations) M V Srid- Sridhar has decided to move was not the best way to function har on Wednesday tendered his on and tendered his resigna- for the head of Cricket Opera- resignation, a decision that was tion,” Johri wrote in his mail to tions,” a senior BCCI official, accepted by the Committee of the office-bearers. privy to the development, said Administrators (COA). “His resignation has been on Wednesday. The incident It was learnt that Srid- accepted today (Wednesday) by that proved to be the last straw har submitted his resignation the Supreme Court appointed for the COA was appointment during on Wednesday’s COA Committee of Administrators of a trainer called Sohum Desai meeting at the Cricket Centre (COA). Dr Sridhar has agreed to at the NCA. Before that, he had Headquarters. stay on till September 30, 2017 irked a few top people in the For the time being, CEO for smooth handover of work. board by scrapping the Duleep Rahul Johri will be the head of We thank him for his services Trophy. Duleep Trophy was later Cricket Operations supported to BCCI.” Sridhar was under restored by the COA. Desai by a three-member team com- the scanner for quite some time was working at current Team prising Mayank Parik (Inter- now with allegations of financial India strength and condition- evin de Bruyne scored a and Leroy Sane drill a low shot national Cricket, Logistics), impropriety in his home state ing coach Shankar Basu’s Chen- superb goal as Manchester inches off target. KVP Rao (Domestic Cricket) association -- Hyderabad CA -- nai-based gym ‘Primal Patterns’ CityK beat Shakhtar Donetsk to Shakhtar had chances and Gaurav Saxena (for ICC/ when he was heading the state and there are allegations of Con- make it two Champions League themselves, and Brazilian Mar- ACC matters, co-ordination body. “Sridhar was time and flict of Interest against Basu Group F wins out of two. los forced Ederson into a fine, with other international boards again told to relocate to Mumbai as well. AGENCIES Belgium midfielder De full-stretch save, while former Bruyne exchanged passes with Newcastle striker Facundo Fer- the excellent David Silva before reyra nodded a free header  curling in his first goal of the wide from six yards out.   season from the edge of the Eredivisie champions Fey-  area. Raheem Sterling added a enoord, who were thrashed 4-0   late second from fellow substi- by City in their opening group   tute Bernardo Silva’s cutback. game, lost 3-1 against Serie A   Striker Sergio Aguero, side Napoli in Tuesday’s other  looking to equal Eric Brook’s group game. Ukrainian cham-  all-time goalscoring record pions Shakhtar were one of the  for City, suffered a rare off best teams City have faced this        night and had a second-half season and the Premier League       penalty saved by Shakhtar’s leaders had to contend with   Andriy Pyatov. The Argentine some difficult moments before        also had two further efforts collecting the three points.  pushed away by the Ukraine Pep Guardiola’s free-scor-       goalkeeper. Having found the ing side have blown away        net 22 times in their previous many of their opponents but  five games, City were expected they were made to work hard  to steamroller their opponents this time and have now won  but were left frustrated in a eight out of their nine games  goalless opening period which in all competitions, net-  saw De Bruyne shoot wide ting 29 times and conceding   from a one-on-one situation just three. AGENCIES     16 Entertainment mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 28 September, 2017 Shahid’s next ‘I enjoy dressing to be helmed by ‘Toilet: Ek Prem up in traditional clothes’ Katha’ director methods. I usually shave after a shower and prefer using a 2-in-1 Kalki, who enjoys dressing up razor that comes with in-built gel bars and body butters as it helps to during the festive season, says that retain body moisture, while pro- viding one-stroke smoothness. she loves such ocassions as they * Do not forget to hydrate your body: To look gorgeous bring people together, spreading throughout the festive season, make sure to up your intake of liq- joy and happiness uids like water and coconut water to keep yourself hydrated. Every morning, I drink 7-8 glasses of NEW DELHI: Actor Kalki Koech- geous through the season. water to keep my skin feeling fresh lin loves the festive season as she * Cleansing is crucial: To and supple. As an actor and per- feels it has its own charm. She also experience that glowing and flaw- former, I need to take good care enjoys dressing up in traditional less skin, it is important to cleanse of my skin. “Shahid has and semi traditional outfits with your face. Hence, one must invest *Mental rejuvenation is nec- definitely nice matching jewellery. in a good face cleanser. Instead essary: There’s a reason they call “I absolutely love the festive of soap use a face wash, that suits it beauty sleep! Getting a full 8-9 proved his season and its spirit. It has its your skin which can be gel or hours of sleep is one of the best mettle as own charm of celebration, bring- foam based. I use a cleanser atleast things you can do for your skin an actor ing people together, spreading joy thrice a day to get rid of all the dirt before your celebrations. Dur- through his and happiness. During this time, and dust particles over the skin ing your sleep cycle, your body, I thoroughly enjoy dressing up in specially at night. especially your skin, repairs and performance traditional and semi-traditional * Exfoliation is the key: To get rejuvenates itself, to enjoy the cel- in movies like attire paired with some lovely festive ready, don’t waste time at ebrations with more fun and fes- Kaminey and antique and ethnic jewellery,” the a parlour to get rid of unwanted tive fervour. Jab we met,” actor told in an email interview. hair. It’s best to stay away from * Avoid exposure to sun: “However, when it comes to harmful creams and painful wax- Though shopping and celebra- says Narayan make-up, I prefer keeping it natu- ing sessions as these methods tend tions are a favourite part of the Singh ral with just a dark kajal, mascara to cause rashes and damage skin festive season, prefer to avoid too and a red lipstick,” she added. The in the long run. I prefer shaving much direct exposure to sunlight. actor, who is associated with brand as it is a painless affair and helps The strong UV rays might damage MUMBAI: Actor Shahid Gillette Venus, gave a quick beauty remove dead skin layer on the go your skin texture, making it look Kapoor, who is busy promoting and skin-care guide to look gor- as compared to other hair removal dull and gloomy. IANS Padmavati, will next work under the direction of Shree Narayan Singh of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha ‘GOT’ stars Kit Harington, fame. The yet untitled project is being produced by T-Series and KriArj Entertainment. Rose Leslie engaged Happy to work with Shahid, Singh said in a statement: “With LONDON: ‘Game of Thrones’ stars Kit Harington and Rose Les- films like Kaminey, Jab We Met, lie, who played onscreen lovers in the show, are now engaged. A Haider and Udta Punjab, Shahid together earlier and know that source confirmed to people.com that they are officially a couple Kapoor has definitely proved his Shree Narayan Singh’s sensibili- now. The actors first stirred up relationship rumors in 2012, mettle as an actor. Having said ties as a filmmaker has given in sync with their fictional ‘Game of Thrones’ counterparts, that, his star presence is undeni- us the confidence that we have Jon Snow and Ygritte. able and I look forward to work- another winner on our hands.” Though they reportedly split after a year, they later rec- ing with him.” She is confident that Sha- onciled and continued to fuel romance speculation until According to a source in the hid, whom she describes as “one they officially confirmed the relationship in April 2016, know of developments, Prer- of the industry’s finest actors”, making their red carpet debut as a couple at the Olivier naa Arora of KriArj Entertain- would “completely do justice Awards in here. ment loved the script, which to the role”. The pair also took out a wedding announce- she shared with Shahid, who “We are so excited to be col- ment in their hometown newspaper of the Times immediately came on board laborating with him on this one in England, that read, “MR. K.C. HARINGTON to do the film. It’s a very strong as the role is tailor-made for AND MISS R.E. LESLIE. The engagement is script, which depicts the entire someone with his talent and announced between Kit, younger son of David gamut of emotions and has a c a l i bre .” and Deborah Harington of Worcestershire, and realistic and earthy feel to it, the “Together, Shahid and Rose, middle daughters of Sebastian and Candy source added. Shree, will form a brilliant Leslie of Aberdeenshire.” Back in 2014, Leslie, 30, Arora said: “We really combo, a winner for us, for also touched on her relationship with her costar. IANS enjoyed making Toilet... sure,” Arora said. IANS Akshay Kumar very supportive Kelsea Ballerini as an actor: Divyendu Sharma likes Taylor MUMBAI: Actor Divyendu yan Singh, the film will pre- Swift’s advice Sharma, who shared screen miere on Zee Cinema on the space with Akshay Kumar in occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, says October 2. LOS ANGELES: Singer Kelsea Ballerini likes the advice singer the actor was very support- The satirical comedy is in Taylor Swift gave her, as she asked the former to just go with ive on the sets and is an open- support of the Swachh Bharat her gut feeling and believe in herself. minded person. Abhiyan to improve the san- Ballerini’s career has been compared to that of Swift and “It was great fun to itation conditions, with an even their respective new albums ‘Unapologetically’ and ‘Repu- work with Akshay sir. emphasis on the eradication tation’ will be released within a week of each other in Novem- We played brothers on of open defecation, especially ber. The singers have remained close friends. screen and we were almost in rural areas. “Taylor’s just really good at being yourself... That’s always like brothers on the set. He’s Talking about his been her advice – go with your gut, go with your heart, follow very disciplined and he works upcoming projects, Divy- that and not anything else,” Ballerini told billboard.com. on his scenes and his lines and endu said: “There’s “I was just texting with her today! She’s amazing. We’re everything,” Divyendu said in this small film, which is releas- obviously in different genres now, but we’re both songwriters a statement. ing on October 6 which is at heart and root each other on,” she added. IANS “There’s so much you can called 2016 The End. I have learn from him. At the same also completed shooting for time, after every scene, he used another film Assi Nabbe Poo- to ask me, ‘Can we do some rey Sau.” improvisation or something?’ “ It’s an indie film and has So, he’s very open and is very nothing to do with comedy. supportive that way, and he’s “You will see a very differ- got a great eye for cinema,” he ent side of me and yes, I am added. doing other projects as well. Directed by Shree Nara- these days.” IANS DiCaprio, Scorsese team up for Theodore Roosevelt biopic LOS ANGELES: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and filmmaker Martin Scors- ese are on board to work on a movie on Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. DiCaprio will portray the former President and Scorsese will be directing the project. The duo will also serve as pro- ducers, reports deadline.com. DiCaprio and Scorsese last worked together in 2013’s critically acclaimed The Wolf of Wall Street. They have ear- lier teamed up in movies Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Shutter Island and The Departed. The duo are developing two more real life based films. One is called The Devil in the White City about a serial killer who lured his victims into his elaborately con- structed Murder Castle. became one of the FBI’s first major homi- The other is Killers of the Flower cide investigations. Moon that depicts the birth of the FBI. DiCaprio was last seen on the big It focuses on a series of murders of the screen in The Revenant that earned him members of the Osage tribe after oil was his first ever Oscar win after multiple discovered beneath their land. The case nominations in the past. IANS