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Quick News44 GOVT CANCELS MARITIME TALKS SCHEDULED WITH ISLAMABAD NEXT WEEK With just 7% voting, America’s NSA also hacked West Asia banking network No talks while Pak plots Farooq is Srinagar MP WASHINGTON: An anonymous hacking SRINAGAR: National Confer- group “Shadow Brokers” that leaked online ence chief Farooq Abdullah on a collection of powerful hacking tools alleg- Saturday won the Lok Sabha edly used by the US National Security Agency our son’s murder: India by-poll in Srinagar, Jammu (NSA) has also published another set of docu- and Kashmir, defeating the rul- ments that indicate that NSA penetrated the OUR CORRESPONDENT ing Peoples Democratic Party SWIFT banking network in West Asia. e POK COPS FRAME ‘RAW’ (PDP) candidate Nazir Khan Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial NEW DELHI: e Narendra Modi CHARGES AGAINST THREE by a margin of over 10,700 Telecommunication (SWIFT) provides a net- Government made it clear to the votes. Abdullah polled around work that enables nancial institutions world- Pakistani establishment on Satur- ISLAMABAD: The police in 48,554 votes against Khan, who wide to send and receive information about day that every Indian life is precious Pakistan Occupied Kashmir got 37,779 votes. nancial transactions in a secure, standardised and Islamabad cannot hope to hold (POK) have arrested three Polling for the seat was held I appeal to the and reliable environment. “ is reportedly gave discussions with us on any issue men on unsubstantiated on April 9 amid large- scale the US spy service a window into the nancial while simultaneously conspiring charges that they were violence that le eight persons Governor and the activities of a range of organisations, includ- to kill Indians with impunity under “RAW agents” and were dead and several dozen others President of India ing those belonging to rms in Qatar, Dubai, various blatantly false charges. As a “involved in anti-state injured. e constituency had to dismiss this (J&K) Abu Dhabi, Syria, Yemen and the Palestinian rst step in this direction, India has activities”. They masked recorded an abysmal 7.13 per government and territories,” said a report in e Wired on Sat- called o the maritime security dia- the three and paraded cent voter turnout, the lowest impose Governor’s rule urday. Meanwhile, EastNets Service Bureau, logue with Pakistan scheduled for them before journalists in ever in its history. that provides outsourced SWIFT connectivity, early next week in the wake of the Rawalkot. The three victims Speaking to reporters in the state on Saturday denied that its bureau was com- death sentence given by a Pakistani are residents of Taroti aer his victory, Abdullah promised and said that the reports of hack are military court to our former Navy village in Abbaspur, POK. demanded that Governor’s areas on April 13. “totally false and unfounded”. See PG6 ocer, Kulbhushan Jadhav, on fab- rule be imposed in Jammu Although there were seven ricated charges of spying. Meanwhile, Minister of State stan military court had on April They have been booked and Kashmir as the state gov- other candidates in the fray, A delegation led by Pakistan’s for External Aairs V K Singh said 10 sentenced Jadhav to death in a under Pakistan’s Anti-Ter- ernment had failed to ensure a it was NOTA that bagged the 7 cops, one Naxal killed in Maritime Security Agency (MSA) on Saturday that the Government secret trial for alleged involvement rorism Act and Explosives peaceful election. “I appeal to second runner-up spot with was scheduled to visit New Delhi is taking all measures to gain con- in “espionage and sabotage activi- Act, informed Poonch DSP the Governor and the President over 930 voters choosing this prison van-truck collision from April 16 to 19 to discuss issues sular access to Jadhav despite Pak- ties” in the restive Balochistan and Sajid Imran. of India to dismiss this (J&K) option. National Conference related to shermen and search and istan denying it “13 times”. “ e Karachi. government and impose Gov- workers did not celebrate the MUZAFFARPUR/PATNA: Seven police- rescue operations. Coast Guard Pakistan government has denied According to the Vienna Con- ernor’s rule in the state where win of their party president as men and a hardcore Naxal were killed when a sources said that our Ministry of consular access to Jadhav despite vention, a State which detains a the death sentence and demanded the people will get some respite a mark of respect to the eight prison van dashed into a truck in Bihar’s Sita- Defence has not given clearance India trying 13 times. We are trying national of another country must from Pakistan a certied copy of and feel that such a situation youths killed in ring on April marhi district on Saturday. Deputy Superinten- for the delegation’s visit. India has everything to get access to Jadhav,” allow consular ocers of his/ the chargesheet as well as the Paki- will not arise again,” he said. 9. Abdullah’s win is being seen dent of Police (Town), Ashish Anand said the made it categorically clear that if he told reporters. her mother country to access the stani army court order in the case, e Election Commission as a major setback for the rul- accident occurred near Gaighat village under Jadhav is executed, we will consider Singh maintained that Jadhav detainee. India had said on Fri- besides seeking consular access to had ordered repolling in 38 ing PDP. He was earlier elected the jurisdiction of Runnisaidpur police station it a “premeditated murder”. was abducted from Iran. A Paki- day that we would appeal against the retired Indian Navy ocer. polling stations in violence-hit to the LS in 1980 and 2009. around 5 am. e van was carrying two hard- core Naxals from Bhagalpur to Sitamarhi court, he said. 12 policemen were also in the van. One SEXIST TEXTBOOK: Naxal and seven policemen died aer the acci- USA’s giant bomb has 8 students drown in sea dent, he said. See PG4 CBSE complains killed 94: Afghanistan to cops against off Maharashtra coast Blaming EVMs VAYRI Maharashtra: Eight students of an SEA SWIM TURNS DEADLY private publisher engineering college from Karnataka, out on a for poll defeat is like picnic, drowned in the Arabian sea o the Vayri NEW DELHI: e Central coast in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district on Board of Secondary Education Saturday, the police said. e students from disrespecting EC (CBSE) has lodged a police Maratha Engineering College in Belgaum had BJP PRESIDENT AMIT SHAH complaint against a private gone to swim in the sea, it said. publisher regarding a class 12 e deceased, ve boys and three girls, were Physical Education textbook part of a group of 47 students. Around 30 of dening “36-24-36” as perfect them had gone to the sea for swimming, the In today’s KABUL: e number of militants ernment on the operation, and they female body shape. police said adding three students were rescued killed in an attack by the largest non- were careful to prevent any civilian Noting that the content of from the sea and 19 others swam to safety. paper nuclear weapon ever used in combat casualties. e USA estimates that 600 the book is inappropriate and “ ree students have been rescued and are by the US military has risen to 94, an to 800 IS ghters are in Afghanistan, not in sync with the curricu- under medical observation,” police said. e police said. Eight bodies, including those of ... Afghan ocial said on Saturday. Ataul- mostly in Nangarhar. America has con- lum decided by the National incident occurred around the noon at Vayri, a three girls, were recovered. “ ree students were CITY lah Khogyani, spokesman for the pro- centrated on ghting them while also Council of Research and coastal hamlet near Malvan town in the Konkan brought to shore by the police in an unconscious vincial governor in Nangarhar, said supporting Afghan forces against the Training (NCERT), the Board region of the state. state. Two of them are admitted in a Malvan hos- BEATING RETREAT AT BANGLA BORDER 3 that the number of Islamic State group Taliban. e USA has more than 8,000 has also constituted a review “It was the time of high tide and some stu- pital and one girl, who is in a serious condition, dead was up from the 36 reported a day US troops in Afghanistan, training committee. dents had ventured into the deep water. Aer is being treated at the state-run hospital in Oros,” NATION earlier, reported AP. local forces and conducting counter- e book titled “Health some of them began drowning, some others in informed Sindhudurg Superintendent of Police A Ministry of Defence ocial had terrorism operations. and Physical Education” writ- the group rushed to save them, but it was late,” Amogh Goankar. HEAT WAVE WARNING FOR NEXT 2 DAYS 4 said on Friday that the number of dead Also on Saturday, Khogyani said ten by V K Sharma and pub- BUSINESS could rise as ocials assessed the bomb that a district leader and three oth- lished by Delhi-based New site in Achin district. “Fortunately ers were wounded when their vehicle Saraswati House, is taught at Warrant against Sanjay for skipping court GOYAL LAUNCHES 4 WIND POWER PLANTS 5 there is no report of civilians being was targeted by a bomb. One of the various schools aliated to killed in the attack,” Khogyani said. wounded was Ghalib Mujahid, Bati CBSE. e CBSE, however, INTERNATIONAL e American attack on a tunnel Kot district chief, he said. “ e district claried that it “does not rec- MUMBAI: A local magisterial ducers Association which complex in the remote eastern Nan- chief and others are out of danger and ommend any books by private court issued an arrest warrant directed Dutt to pay back the NORTH KOREA ‘READY FOR N-ATTACK’ 6 garhar province near the Pakistan bor- are not in life-threatening condition,” publishers in its schools”. against Bollywood actor San- money. Noorani later moved der killed at least four Islamic State (IS) he said. Last November, Mujahid was “Taking strong exception jay Dutt on Saturday for not the Bombay High Court, seek- SPORT group leaders, Khogyani said. He said attacked by a sticky bomb attached to of the indecent depiction of appearing before it to answer ing execution of the IMPPA’s UTHAPPA, SPINNERS STEER KKR TO VICTORY 7 a clearance operation to assess the site the vehicle and he was wounded and women and misrepresent- a complaint of criminal intim- order. of the attack was continuing. his driver was killed. ing the syllabus prescribed by idation led by producer Sha- In the meantime, he started e strike using the Massive Ord- Meanwhile, US-backed ghters CBSE for Class XII Physical keel Noorani. receiving threatening calls nance Air Blast bomb, or MOAB, was reached the outskirts of a key jihadist- Education Course, the board “We had sought arrest from some underworld gures FOR ADVERTISING carried out ursday against an Islamic held town in northern Syria as part of has registered an FIR under warrant against Dutt for non- who asked him to withdraw kindly contact at 9810195709 State group tunnel complex carved into an oensive against the Islamic State Section 6--Indecent represen- appearance. e court has intimidation. Dutt had aban- the case, the producer alleged. or the mountains that Afghan forces had group’s bastion Raqa, a monitor said tation of women (Prohibition) allowed our application,” said doned midway in 2002 a lm, Earlier too a warrant had [email protected] tried to assault repeatedly in recent on Saturday, reported AFP. Act, 1986,” CBSE spokesper- advocate Neeraj Gupta, Noora- ‘Jan ki Bazzi,’ which he was been issued against Dutt for weeks in erce ghting in Nangarhar e Syrian Democratic Forces son said. “ e board neither ni’s lawyer. e next hearing producing, said Noorani in his non-appearance in this case, FOR SUBSCRIPTION province. (SDF), an Arab-Kurdish alliance sup- subscribes nor encourages will be on August 29. complaint, adding the actor but he was granted bail. Dutt, kindly contact at 8800854665 e oce of Afghan President ported by US-led coalition air strikes irrelevant, sexist or deroga- Noorani has led a pri- did not even return the money who was convicted under the or Ashraf Ghani had said on Friday that and special forces advisers, surrounded tory references to any gender vate complaint with the court already paid to him. Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai [email protected] there was “close coordination” between Tabqa in early April and have cut its specially women.” PG4 demanding registration of a Noorani approached serial blasts case, was released the US military and the Afghan gov- main supply routes. AGENCIES case against Dutt for criminal Indian Motion Pictures Pro- from the jail last year. NEW YEAR NEW HOPES We have to conquer whole nation, says Amit Shah SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE men, also asked the BJP executives to spend at this will leave an impact on eastern India and least a fortnight at the booth level. the Coromandel states in the 2019 Lok Sabha BHUBANESWAR: Even aer conquering Speaking to mediapersons here, Union Cabi- elections. India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, as net Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Moreover, the party brass was also pleased well as the till now “untouched” North-East, Prasad said, “ e party is glad that 2, 470 of its to break the myth of defeating not only the the BJP — now the country’s largest political workers have expressed their interest to serve the Congress but also regional parties in the recent party — still feels that the saron wave is yet party full time by visiting booths, 2, 441 party Assembly elections in ve states. During his to reach its peak. On the rst day of the party’s workers have agreed to spend six months for that speech, Shah also vouched, “ e win in UP National Executive meeting here on Saturday, work and 3,78,000 party workers will work for has showed that people want good governance BJP President Amit Shah asked party men to 15 days at the booth level.” rather caste, corruption and family politics.” spend more time in the booths of states like Shah himself will be travelling for 95 days till e party also discussed the current EVM Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, September to Kerala and the Andaman Islands, controversy during the meeting. Making a scath- and Tripura, which have remained as uncon- where he will be meeting party workers at the ing attack on the Opposition parties, Shah said, quered for the party. booth level. Saturday’s meet followed the BJP’s “ e country has been voting through EVM Addressing the meeting, Shah asserted that stupendous victories in both UP and Uttara- machines since 1998. During this period, the the BJP should set its sights on these territories khand, besides forming governments in Goa and BJP lost on various occasions. W was that due ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. “Till now Manipur which are achievement for the party, to EVM tampering? Where were they?” Attack- we have only 13 Chief Ministers but we assume Prasad asserted. ing Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party Conve- we can do it in every corner of the country,” he Meanwhile, the holding of the National Exec- nor Arvind Kejriwal, Prasad has called him “A said. e BJP leadership is upbeat on winning utive meeting in Odisha has already created hacker CM”. these territories and ushering the “actual golden political speculation. Earlier, another Union e minister also asserted, “ e BJP is Traders perform the Halkhata ceremony to mark Poila Boisakh on Saturday PTI ear for the party as well as for India”. Shah, who Minister and prominent BJP face in Odisha, emerging as the only alternative to the TMC in is known for his amazing poll engineering acu- Dharmendra Pradhan, told journalists that Bengal and the party will surely perform well.” 2| KOLKATA SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 millenniumpost mp | | A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’ certainty. Weekend Break - Rudyard Kipling ‘Pokemon Go players turned out to be more Pokemon Go makes social. Unlike nonplayers, players were people happier, friendlier more likely to be making new okemon Go users are more likely to ers surveyed about 400 people three weeks be positive, friendly and physically a er the game was launched, asking ques- friends and active, say scientists who studied tions about their emotional and social lives the wildly popular augmented real- and levels of physical activity before segue- deepening old Pity game a er its release last year. ing into Pokemon. “ere was plenty of negative press More than 40 per cent of their respon- about distracted people trespassing and dents turned out to be Pokemon Go play- friendships’ running into trees or walking into the ers, and those people were more likely to be street,” said James Alex Bonus, graduate exercising – walking briskly, at least – and student at the University of Wisconsin- more likely to be experiencing positive emo- tionships to well-being,” Bonus said. “But, making them feel their life was more worth- Madison in the US. tions and nostalgia. “People told us about a for the most part, the Pokemon Go players while, more satisfactory, and making them “But you also saw people really variety of experiences with dierential rela- said more about positive things that were more resilient,” he said. enjoying it, having a good time ey were also more social. Players were together outside,” Bonus said. more likely than nonplayers to be making Pokemon Go creator claims 65 mil- new friends and deepening old friendships. lion regular users and more than 650 “e more people were playing, the million app downloads. more they were engaging in behaviours that Even in the rst few weeks fol- reected making new connections – making lowing release of the game - in Facebook friends, introducing themselves to which players “catch” wild, virtual someone new, exchanging phone numbers Pokemon creatures lurking in places with someone, or spending more time with like parks and public buildings, and old friends and learning new things about train them to do battle against one them,” Bonus said. another – players were easy to pick Surprisingly, the survey respondents out on sidewalks. who showed more social anxiety were not e large pool of players pre- less likely to be Pokemon Go players, even sented an opportunity to capture though aspects of the game encourage the eects of augmented reality chance interactions with people includ- games, researchers said. ing strangers. “ere’s this idea that playing “We o en focus on media violence games and being on your phone is a nega- and aggression and hostility, but there are tive social experience that detracts from opportunities where media is contributing things, but there haven’t been many chances to good life experiences,” Bonus said. to ask large groups of players about their e study was published in the journal experiences,” Bonus said. e research- Media Psychology. 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oga along with words like ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’ are among the top  een most popular words in the British ‘Yoga’ among top 15 popular words Ysociety, say scientists who found that the internet age has had a massive inu- in the 1990s we were captivated by ence on the English language. e need ‘cassettes’, today email, Internet, Face- Due to a massive influence of internet age on the English language, to communicate with a wider-world book, Google, YouTube, website, Twitter, coupled with a move away from the texted, iphone and ipad all top the bill. Yoga, along with Facebook and Twitter has made it to the top fifteen cosy, close-knit communities of the ‘Twenty-four’ reects the open-all- 90s has dramatically changed hours community in which we now most popular words in the British society the way British people speak live far away from a world where the over the last two decades, ‘cobbler’ and ‘playschool’ were high in all in the 1990s’ top 15. An earlier study drastically and the top 15 words not Love. “New technologies like Facebook researchers said. our vocabulary. Words like ‘permed’, by the team compared existing data around in the in the 1990s – which are have really captured our attention, to e study, by Lan- ‘comb’ and ‘tar rah’ have fallen out of from the 1990s to two million words hugely popular today. the extent that, if we’re not using it, caster University and popularity, according to the study. of then newly collected data from the “ese ndings suggest the things we’re probably talking about it,” he said. Cambridge University ‘Awesome’, which replaced ‘marvel- year 2012. e researchers have now that are most important to British “e new data has shed light on Press in the UK, looked lous’ in an earlier study, is still collected more data and compared the society are indeed reected in some older words which, similar to at the most character- popular and now joins ‘mas- same 1990s collection to a bigger col- the amount we “marvellous” and “marmalade” in the istic words of infor- sively’ in the top 15. e lection comprising ve million words talk about previous study, appear to have fallen mal chit-chat in word ‘croquet’ has taken spanning 2012-2015. At the end of this them,” out of fashion in the intervening years,” today’s Britain. e a hit along with expres- year they will publicly release 11 million said he added. “e study provides a sense internet age has had sions such as ‘mucking’, words spanning 2012-2016. of the way society has expanded since a massive inu- ‘whatsername’, ‘golly’ and Researcher and language expert the early 1990s and the end of the ence on the words ‘m a t e y ’. Robbie Love, from at Lancaster Uni- oine era. we use, research- ‘Boxer’, ‘cross- versity in the UK, has compiled the top Our priorities are moving away ers said. word’ and 15 most popular words from the 1990s from what is happening on our While ‘draught’ were which have since declined the most doorsteps,” Love said. PTI

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So happy that a senior leader like you is back in Parliament City - Mamata Banerjee on Twitter Soon, Beating Retreat like Wagah at Phulbari-Banglabandha border AMITAVA BANERJEE desh in the Jalpaiguri district. Bengal be visiting Bangladesh soon to carry will come up. e oce will provide proximity to the important town of Tourism minister Gautam Deb vis- forward the talks. Meanwhile, we are necessary information and logis- Siliguri. e border is manned by the DARJEELING: Mesmerised by the ited the Phulbari border and held also communicating with the Minis- tics to Bangladesh tourists and even BSF on the Indian side and Bangla- “Beating Retreat” border ceremony talks with BSF top brass to give shape try of External Aairs, Government patients coming for treatment from desh Ries on the Bangladesh side. at the Wagah-Attari border? ere to the plan. of India for this,” added the Tourism Bangladesh. A North Bengal Cultural e land port facilitates trade is good news for you as soon, you “We want to hold a similar “Beat- minister. Sources state that recently centre will also come up showcasing with India, Nepal and Bhutan. will not have to travel all the way to ing Retreat” border ceremony here. a Bangladesh Ries contingent had the rich, unique and diverse culture ough earlier, only goods vehicles Attari in Punjab to witness this awe- However, it will be a bit dierent. held a joint parade with the BSF at of North Bengal. A model tourism were allowed through this border, on inspiring ceremony. In the next few We will also have a cultural centre. this border. township is on the anvil,” stated Raj February 18, 2016, transit check posts months, one can witness a similar It will denitely be a major tourism An integrated tourism plan has Basu of Convenor, Association for were set up by the two countries. ceremony at the Phulbari-Bangla- attraction,” stated Deb. already been developed. “We will Conservation and Tourism (ACT). A large number of Bangladeshi bandha border. Deb stated that talks are already have visitors’ gallery from where the Banglabandha is a land port tourists visit India every year. In Aimed at attracting tourists, talks on with Bangladesh for this. “Bengal Beating Retreat ceremony can be wit- located in the Panchagarh district 2015, the gure stood at 1.12 million. are on with Bangladesh to initiate a Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has nessed. ere will be a huge gate on REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE of Rangpur Division of Bangladesh. Along with this, Bangladeshis visit similar ceremony at the Phulbari- already spoken to Bangladesh Prime the Indian side built on the lines of developing as an educational hub. pathway leading to Phulbari where On the Indian side is Phulbari in the India for education and medical Banglabandha border with Bangla- Minister Sheikh Hasina. I will also the Nalanda gate as Phulbari is fast “ ere will be a covered walking an Indo-Bangla Friendship oce Jalpaiguri district which is in close treatment too. Container truck rams into autos, 6 injured CM to address rally in Bhubaneswar,

OUR CORRESPONDENT One re tender reached the spot on time and extinguished likely to meet ailing Sudip too KOLKATA: e driver of a the ame in that vehicle,” said container truck lost his con- a local resident. trol over the steering wheel on “We have averted a bigger OUR CORRESPONDENT received a good response from people Banerjee and some other senior des- the VIP Road and hit several mishap. e container could when party leaders Suvendu Adhikari ignated party leaders will answer to the auto-rickshaws stationed there have exploded if re brigade KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress Chief and Manas Bhuniya went to Odisha last queries about BJP. At a party meeting at the Baguiati stoppage. Six would have been unable to Mamata Banerjee will be visiting Bhu- year aer high value notes were banned held in South Kolkata on Friday eve- auto drivers were badly injured douse the ame quickly. Many baneswar on Tuesday where she will by the Centre in November last year. ning, partymen have asked leaders and aer the incident and they people could have died if the hold talks with Trinamool Congress Political experts said the BJP had workers to reserve their comments on were taken to a nearby hos- truck exploded,” said an on- workers and is likely to address a pub- done well in the municipal polls in the issue. A senior party leader said pital. According to the hospi- duty police ocer. lic rally too. Odisha and aer securing the second some BJP leaders were trying to pro- tal authority, condition of one Accidents on the VIP Road Political experts said her visit to position in Kanthi South, the party voke Trinamool workers and leaders driver is critical. have become a common inci- the temple town shortly aer the visit would put wholehearted eorts to get to issue a statement and the decision Soon aer the incident on dent. Earlier, in many times, of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi more seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls not to reply to their statement is a part Saturday aernoon, infuri- people came under the wheels who is now in Bhubaneswar to attend a and put up a tough ght in the 2021 of party’s strategy. ated drivers damaged the con- of speed vehicles while cross- two-day national convention of BJP is Assembly polls. Political experts felt that BJP is con- tainer there and blocked both ing the road. But now, the signicant. Banerjee wants to increase Trinamool Congress on the con- stantly trying to play the Hindutva the anks of the VIP Road state government has set up the organisational strength of the party trary will try to organise those who card in Bengal and the party thinks for over an hour. Some of the a few underpasses which has and is trying to explore the possibility are opposing the BJP. e experts said that it will have a favourable impact in angry auto drivers even set the reduced the number of the road of an alternative force before the 2019 that despite BJP’s success in the polls, the bordering districts. An RSS leader broken container on re. accidents. Lok Sabha election. a force against BJP is gaining strength said the party had been holding meet- e trac police, police- In another incident, a Dhu- It may be recalled that in most of in dierent states and Banerjee wants ing with local youth in Jadavpur and men from Baguiati police sta- lagarh-Chingrihata route bus her recent speeches delivered in pub- to capitalise this force. Also, she is a Behala and many youth who are sup- tion and some local residents overturned near Belghoria’s lic meetings, Banerjee had said Trin- popular leader in Odisha so her visit- porters of Congress and CPI(M) and tried to convince the auto driv- Prafullanagar on Saturday eve- amool Congress would go to Odisha, ing the state aer Modi is a matter to even TMC, have shown interest in ers to withdraw the blockade. ning. Ten persons were injured Jharkhand, Bihar and even Punjab be closely watched. the party’s programme. e statement “We immediately called up aer the incident and they were and Delhi. It was also learnt that Banerjee of the RSS leader is not without any the re brigade to douse the taken to the College of Medi- e Trinamool Congress recently might go to meet Sudip Bandopad- basis. In Jadavpur, which a Le bas- ame in the container truck. cine & Sagore Dutta Hospital. opened its oce in Bhubaneswar and hyay who was receiving treatment. Meanwhile, top Trinamool lead- statements and speeches by leaders of tion, a Ram Navami procession had party heavy weights Mukul Roy and Currently, Bandopadhyay is in CBI ers have instructed party leaders and other parties particularly BJP. been carried out. ough no weapon Subrata Bakshi were present at the custody in connection with the Rose workers not to answer any queries relat- Trinamool Congress has decided was carried but hundreds of youth had inaugural ceremony. e party had Valley scam. ing to BJP and to not get provoked by that only party supremo Mamata joined the rally. Youth beaten up by gang of men for protesting against sister’s molestation Mother, daughter

OUR CORRESPONDENT found dead on The family members of the victim him to a nearby health centre informed about the incident for treatment. Meanwhile, the but they failed to appear at the railway tracks at KOLKATA: Tension ran high lodged a complaint in the local police miscreants ed from the spot. spot as a result of which, the at Naskarpara area of Bishnu- station on the basis of which police e family members of victim was badly injured. pur in South 24 Parganas on the victim lodged a complaint In another incident of Bali station Friday night when a youth was have started an investigation in the local police station on attack on a protestor that had beaten up by some miscreants the basis of which police have taken place on ursday, the OUR CORRESPONDENT for protesting against molesta- attend the village fair. Seeing When the victim protested started an investigation. It was police are yet to arrest three tion of his elder sister. the incident, the victim youth against the youth for teasing his known that raids are on to nab accused who had attacked KOLKATA: Mystery shrouds e incident occurred at a protested against the misbe- sister, they suddenly pounced the culprits. However, local res- a youth with a knife in a the death of a mother and her local fair where the victim vis- havior. e accused, who were on the victim. is time, the idents blamed the police for drunken state. e accused daughter whose bodies were ited along with his elder sister few in number, ed from the accused were six in number not doing anything to check were abusive and that is why found on the railway tracks Mayor Sovan Chatterjee serves biriyani to underprivileged children on Friday evening. Some of the fair. Within few minutes, they and in the scue, he received the incidents of teasing and the youth had protested against near Bali station on Satur- at Laldighi on the occasion of Poila Baisakh on Saturday PIC/MPOST youth were teasing the women returned to the fair along with injuries. e local residents atrocities on women. ey the incident which occurred day aernoon. Police are yet who had gone to the spot to some other associates. came to his rescue and took also alleged that the police were near Tiljala. to ascertain the identity of the two victims. e local people AT MARWARI RELIEF SOCIETY HOSPITAL told the police that the two per- 2 held for molesting schoolgirl sons were walking along the Brawl over IPL match: railway tracks when the acci- Kin of dead patient alleges KOLKATA: Police arrested two persons on dent took place. Police are yet charges of molesting a schoolgirl while she was to investigate if it was an acci- dent or the victims committed Friend hacks off pal’s wrist negligence by nurses returning home. The motorbike-borne youth fol- suicide. Police are not, however, lowed the girl from her school on Friday afternoon ruling out the possibility of the OUR CORRESPONDENT and tried to pull her onto their bike at Bangaband- two having committed suicide. OUR CORRESPONDENT the victim also brought up hu Sheikh Mujib Sarani. The girl finally managed KOLKATA: A youth chopped charges of serious negligence to escape from there. Police arrested the culprits Police are not, o his friend’s wrist with a KOLKATA: Family members saying that when they vis- sickle reportedly aer a brawl of Meena Devi Sar who died ited the hospital on Satur- from Park Circus area on Friday. The girl lodged however, ruling over IPL match on Friday night at the Marwari Relief Soci- day morning aer receiving a complaint with the Beniapukur police station. out the possibility at Malda district’s Puratuli- ety Hospital late on Friday the news of her death, they The investigators examined the CCTV footages of Sadarghat. Police learnt that night have levelled serious found that there was no cloth the incident and started searching for the accused of the two the assailant wanted to behead charges of negligence against on her body. youth. “One of the accused youth is a minor and having committed his friend but the victim tried some nurses who did not e patient died at around to stop him with his hands and allegedly attend to the 12.14 am on Friday midnight another is just 19-year-old. They followed the girl suicide thus, he lost his right wrist. e patient who had a stool but the family members were when came out of her school at AJC Bose Road. accused soon ed from the spot bag was tted against her communicated on Saturday The place was in front of the Deputy High Com- Police said that the woman as the investigators started raid- lower abdomen. morning. mission of Bangladesh where they attacked the is aged around 40 while her ing to arrest him. But aer sometime, Ghosh tried to behead him. Chaud- Doctors created an arti- A relative of the patient daughter is about 10-year-old. e victim was screaming returned there with a sickle and hury managed to save his life cial mechanism out of her said that it was utterly shock- girl,” said an investigator. The cops went through e incident triggered tension in pain as the other friends attacked his friend. Chaud- but could not save the wrist,” body and placed a stool bag ing to see their patient lying the CCTV footages in which it was clearly seen at the railway station when the took him to Malda Medical hury tried to resist him with he added. outside her body as there was dead on the bed without a how they tried to force the girl and how the victim local people and passengers College and Hospital. ey car- his hands but lost his wrist as Police started investiga- a deep wound on the rectum dress and none attending her could manage to escape from there. “The CCTV found the mutilated bodies of ried the chopped o wrist in a the assailant hacked him from tion on the basis of the com- of the patient. as some foul smell was ema- footage helped us a lot. We identified the faces of the two victims on the railway plastic bag to the operation the- a close distance. plaint lodged by the mother As a result of this, the nating from her. tracks. Aer being informed, atre but the doctors could not “ e altercation started of the victim, Jharna Chaud- nurses were reluctant to She also said that the hos- the accused from the footages,” the cop added. the railway police rushed to the attach the hacked o body part. during an IPL match where hury. e investigators revealed attend to the patient claim- pital authorities could have The two were interrogated by the cops to reveal spot and recovered the bod- e investigators revealed cricket was the ultimate point that some youth were assem- ing that a foul smell was com- told them to transfer the more about the incident. Police suspected that the ies from the tracks. Police said that victim Sanjoy Chaud- of conict as two friends started bled at a place to enjoy IPL ing out of her body. patient, said the relative. It victim might have been familiar to the youth. She that the victim were run over hury, who is better known as ghting with each other. Ghosh match together. Hospital authorities have was alleged that the body was was stalked by them earlier as well. “The biker by Down Arambag local when Bampa in his locality, involved was so angry that he threatened Ghosh and Chaudhury suspended three nurses in lying on the bed for nearly it was about to enter the sta- in an altercation with his long- Chaudhury to kill and le the were sitting beside each other this connection. e patient, 10 hours. gangs can be seen after 10 pm and they gener- tion. ey were walking along time friend Biswa Ghosh over room in a hurry,” said an eye- but suddenly started to alter- a resident of Howrah, suer- Aer receiving a com- ally take the AJC Bose flyover for their joyride the railway track number 3. an IPL match. e verbal witness of the incident. cate. Other friends tried ing from Colon Cancer and plaint, the hospital authorities throughout night. We have now become quite Police have started a probe altercation turned to a face-to- “Brandishing his sharp hard to stop them from jaundice was admitted to the suspended three nurses for attuned to the constant humming noises of the to identify the victims. e face ght and then Ghosh le weapon, Ghosh held the shirt’s ghting but they could not hospital on April 9. negligence in duty. A probe bodies were sent for the post- bikes,” a local resident described. OUR CORRESPONDENT the spot. collar of Chaudhury and control them. e family members of has been initiated. mortem examination. CLARIFICATION In the news titled: Amid fun, food and fiesta; city goes back to its roots on Poila Boisakh “CII eyes exchange programmes, Chi- OUR CORRESPONDENT tribute to Jamini Roy by organ- ciated by the guests. ere was dra Bhavan in Dum Dum. is of the hall Montu Basu, it had years since Basu’s death, the women wore traditional Bengali nese investment in N ising a documentary lm titled Baul music and other musical was for the second time when become the most important cul- programme has been revived. dhoti-kurtas and red-bordered KOLKATA: Rallies for peace ‘ e Art of Jamini Roy’ at Naz- programmes to welcome the this show was held. Noted vocal- tural event in the city till mid- Filmstars from Tollywood took white sarees respectively. Bengal” published on and social integrity, cultural rul Tirtha as a part of the New New Year. Café Ekante at Eco ists and instrumentalists like 1980s where stars like Uttam part in the programme. Meanwhile, Mayor Sovan page 04 of the April shows and mouthwatering Ben- Year Day celebrations. Shib- Park has become an important Parveen Sultana, Ustad Rashid Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, State Power minister Sob- Chatterjee treated underprivi- 15 edition, People’s gali dishes served in some res- abrata Roy, the artist’s grand- destination for foodies. ere Khan will be performing along Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya handeb Chattopadhyay took ledged children to biriyani at Republic of China was taurants marked the beginning son was present at the function. was special menu at the House- with Hariprasad Chaurasia, Debi used to take part along out a colourful rally in his con- the ‘Dekho Re’ programme in erroneously written as of the Bengali New Year cele- At Café Ekante, mouthwa- boat restaurant also. e state IT Tejendranarayan Mazumdar with Hemanta Mukherjee, stituency at Rashbehari in the Laldighi. “How can I have food bration in the city on Saturday. tering Bengali items were served minister Bratya Basu organised and Shivkumar Sharma. Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, Arati morning. e rally whose mes- when they are half-fed? So I Republic of China. The Meanwhile, the Housing to the guests. e traditional a two-day programme on Hin- ere was a cultural pro- Mukherjee, Pintu Bhattacharya sage was peace and integrity was treated them with biriyani on error is regretted. Infrastructure Development Bengali vegetarian and non- dusthani classical music called gramme at Basushree cinema and Haimanti Shukla among well attended by children in the rst day of the Bengali New Corporation (HIDCO) paid vegetarian dishes were appre- “Margasangeet Utsav” at Rabin- too. Organized by the owner others. Aer a gap of many colourful dresses while men and Year,” said Mayor. 4| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp Pakistan should understand that if India starts retaliating, then it does not have the power to ght back Nation Manohar Parrikar RSS plans nationwide drive to raise Railways hints at sabotage killing of its Kerala functionaries in Rajya Rani derailment DHIRENDRA KUMAR NEW DELHI: Strongly con- demning ‘the politics of mur- der’ practiced by Communist 8 coaches of Rajya Rani Express derail near Rampur in UP, 2 injured Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala, the Rashtriya Sway- MPOST BUREAU ill-fated Rajya Rani Express and the loco amsevak Sangh (RSS) has pilots of those trains had not reported announced organising nation- NEW DELHI: Hinting at sabotage any unusual occurrence. wide awakening programme behind the Rajya Rani Express derail- e real cause of the derailment will against Kerala government ment, the Railways on Saturday said be known only aer the completion of over rampant killing of inno- defects in the track could be due to the inquiry, but there were indications cent RSS functionaries in "extraneous factors" as they could not towards sabotage, the source added. the state. RSS’ Sah Sarkaryawah Krishna Gopal (L) and convenor of Pragya Pravah develop suddenly. Eight coaches of the Rajya Rani According to Krishna J Nandkumar, with the relatives of RSS functionaries who were killed A three-foot portion of the railway Express derailed near Rampur in UP Gopal, Sah Sarkaryawah of track was found missing, the police had on Saturday morning. e mishap RSS, the social outt would are helpless as police ocials lation of constitutional rights said earlier. occurred two kilometres from Ram- bring to the notice of dier- are also active members of the guaranteed by the constitution " e track was tested on February 27 pur Junction railway station and about ent stakeholders of the society CPI(M),” the RSS veteran said, to every organisation. using ultrasonic aw detectors (USFD) 100 metres from the Kosi river bridge, such as academicians, lawyers, adding, “ e ideology of RSS is “Police case investigations and no defect was found. So, the pos- resulting in injuries to passengers and and entrepreneurs the cruelty very simple – live and let live. are being unduly inuenced. sibility of involvement of extraneous rail trac disruption. of Kerala government under e CPI(M) goons have killed e politics of violence prac- factors in causing damage to the track While according to Rampur police, the leadership of state Chief even their former colleagues ticed using numerical strength cannot be ruled out," said a source in 15 passengers were injured, three of Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. who became sympathisers and political power has crossed the railway ministry. them seriously, the railways claimed that “ e ideology of CPI(M) is of RSS.” all limits. What is happening in e next USFD test of the track is only two passengers –Amit Katiyar and to not believe in democracy as “Recently, four workers Kerala are one sided attacks. due on April 27 as the automatic test Coaches of the Meerut-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express which derailed near Rura railway Megh Singh –were injured. they believe in intense hatred. who had switched their sides Every act of violence in the of railway tracks is done every two station, in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday e railways has ordered an inquiry ey hate any kind of oppo- from CPI(M) to RSS have also state sees CPM on one side,” months. into the incident and announced an ex- sition and whoever tries to been murdered, which very he added. Track fracture is either caused by man-made factors which can be termed Besides, the source said, ve trains gratia of Rs 50,000 each for the injured take a stand against them, the disturbing. We will take up “Aer LDF government poor maintenance or there can also be as "extraneous" or "sabotage". had passed over the track prior to the passengers. cadres of CPI(M) brutally kill matter of killing of RSS func- came to power in Kerala, there them to create an atmosphere tionaries in the state by CPI(M) have been 436 FIRs of politi- of fear among the residents of goons with dierent stakehold- cal violence in Kannur district Heat wave warning Stop crying foul that locality,” said Gopal. ers of the society and awaken only, 690 citizens arrested and Can't rely on EVMs, coalition “We have been ghting an the people about wrongdoings 11 BJP/RSS/IUML/Congress for next two over EVMs, realise ideological war against them of communist party,” Gopal and even those who wanted to days in Vidarbha, public mandate: and it’s the result of that ght said, adding that by not allow- leave communist party were needed to fight BJP: Akhilesh that over 400 RSS function- ing organisations other than killed,” said J Nandkumar, the aries have been murdered by the CPM to function in many convenor of Pragya Pravah Marathwada BJP to SP CPI(M) people in Kerala. We parts of the state is sheer vio- wing of RSS. OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT LUCKNOW: Instead of crying LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party foul over the electronic voting Bihar: 7 cops, one Naxal killed 2 killed, 3 hurt in MUMBAI: e Indian Mete- chief Akhilesh Yadav on Satur- machines (EVMs), the Sama- orological Department (IMD) day demanded that all future jwadi Party should realise that explosion at scrap has issued a heat wave warning elections be conducted through people of Uttar Pradesh have in prison van-truck collision for Vidarbha and Marathwada ballot papers as "electronic vot- rejected it, the BJP said on Sat- dealer's shop regions of Maharashtra for the ing machines cannot be relied urday, retorting to SP chief MUZAFFARPUR/PATNA: Seven policemen and a Maoist next two days. upon" and said there should be Akhilesh Yadav's demand for Seven policemen and a hard- undertrial prisoner were killed GURDASPUR PUNJAB: e heat wave conditions a coalition between all parties going back to ballot papers for core Naxal were killed when a when a prison van rammed Two persons were killed and are likely to prevail at isolated to ght the BJP. holding elections. prison van dashed into a truck into a truck in Runnisaidpur three others seriously injured places in Vidarbha on Sun- "When will EVMs develop e BJP, which decimated in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district police station area in an explosion at a scrap deal- day (April 16), while simi- a snag no one can tell ... opposition to secure a thump- on Saturday. Deputy Super- er's shop near the Barnala pully lar conditions could develop When will the soware fail ing majority in UP assembly intendent of Police (Town), Nepal area, on the outskirts of the in Marathwada on Monday ... Machines cannot be relied polls recently, said it seemed Ashish Anand said the acci- Sitamarhi city, here on Saturday. "Two (April 17), an ocial release upon. We do not have faith in that the former chief minister dent occurred near Gaighat district persons were killed and three issued by the IMD said on EVMs," Akhilesh told news Samajwadi Party president and Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister does not have any faith either village under the jurisdiction others injured in the incident,"

Uttar Pradesh Bihar Saturday. persons here. Akhilesh Yadav (R) addressing a press conference at party office, in in the EVMs or the mandate of Runnisaidpur police station Patna said Gurdaspur DSP (City) " ere is a heat wave in "We have 100 per cent faith Lucknow on Saturday of the state's voters. around 5 am. Kulwant Rai. Police suspect north India, including Sau- in our ballot papers and it is "It seems that Akhilesh e van was carrying two that the explosion occurred rashtra and Kutch area, rise our demand that future elec- sion should tell how the EVMs tion, which can pave the way Yadav does not have any faith hardcore Naxals from Bhagal- Jharkhand aer a hammer was used to in temperature is likely to be tions are held using them ... We develop technical snag. Who forward. We are ready to wel- in the EVMs (electronic vot- pur to Sitamarhi court, he West break some object in the shop. experienced in Vidarbha and do not want to go into whether is making the soware of these come it. We had welcomed ing machines), the mandate of said. 12 policemen were also Bengal Earlier, one person iden- Marathwada regions in next EVMs are good or bad," the EVMs? e poor people of the such a move earlier too," the people of UP, his father (SP in the van. One Naxal and India KBK tied as Harpreet (35) was 48-hours," V K Rajeev, direc- former UP chief minister said. state said they had voted for the he said. patron Mulayam Singh Yadav) seven policemen died aer killed in the explosion and tor of IMD, Mumbai regional "Questions are being raised SP, then how come it did not BSP chief Mayawati had or his uncle (former Shivpal the accident, he said, adding policemen died on the spot, the four injured persons were centre told PTI. on the EVMs. People are yet to get the votes?" Akhilesh asked. on Friday accused the BJP of Singh Yadav)," BJP's UP unit another ultra and ve other Naxal and three other police- taken to the Gurdaspur civil "It is to be noted that the come to terms with the fact that On forming a coalition of targetting her for raising voice spokesperson Rakesh Tripa- policemen were admitted to men died on the way to the hospital, from where they day temperature is soaring but they pressed the button against political parties against the against alleged EVM tampering thi said. He said that instead Sri Krishna Memorial College hospital. were referred to a hospital in night temperature is still on the cycle (SP election symbol) BJP, he said if any such coali- and said she was not averse to of crying foul over EVMs, the and Hospital. e DSP said all injured Amritsar. "Another person, the lower side. e clear skies on the EVMs, but vote went tion is formed, the SP will play shaking hands with other par- SP should try to come to terms e van driver, Munna policemen and the seriously identied as Tarsem (40), are keeping the nights cool to the BJP. an important role in it. ties in her ght against the saf- with the reality that people of Singh, was among the dead. injured Naxal were later shied succumbed to his injuries and sometimes the tempera- " e Election Commis- " ere should be a coali- fron party on the issue. state have rejected it. AGENCIES e DSP said while four to a private hospital. AGENCIES later," the DSP said. AGENCIES ture dips below the normal," Rajeev said. Meanwhile, Chandrapur recorded a maximum temper- Videos of personnel ‘36-24-36’ row: CBSE files police NATION BRIEFS ature of 45.2 degree celsius on Saturday, while the night tem- complaint against pvt publisher HP CM LAUNCHES ‘UNEMPLOYMENT perature there stood at 25.2 beating youth emerge ALLOWANCE SCHEME’ degree celsius, the release said. MPOST BUREAU lished by Delhi-based New evant, sexist or derogatory Temperatures are recorded SRINAGAR: Two videos, show- of student from Pulwama degree Saraswati House, is taught references to any gender spe- SHIMLA: Chief minister Virbhadra Singh on Saturday early in the morning and in ing military personnel beating college, pin him to the ground NEW DELHI: e Central at various schools aliated cially women. launched an ‘unemployment allowance scheme’ and the aernoon for minimum up youth and forcing them to and thrash him with a cane. In Board of Secondary Education to CBSE. e schools should exercise decided to regularise contract employees after three and maximum readings. shout anti-Pakistan slogans, are the second video, three youth (CBSE) has lodged a police e CBSE, however, clari- extreme care while selecting years in service, instead of the present period of five Ahmednagar recored lowest doing rounds on social media who seem to be under army complaint against a private ed that it "does not recom- books of private publishers. years. Singh made this announcement at the state temperature at 16.6 degree cel- aer which army said that it custody in a vehicle are forced publisher regarding a class 12 mend any books by private " e content must be scru- sius, the IMD data revealed. would ascertain the veracity of by a soldier to abuse Pakistan Physical Education textbook publishers in its schools". tinized to preclude any objec- level function at Chamba on the occasion of the 70th the footage and take appropri- and shout slogans like "Pakistan dening "36-24-36" as perfect "Taking strong exception tionable content that hurts the foundation day of Himachal Pradesh. Chief minister millenniumpost.in ate action. murdabad". female body shape. of the indecent depiction of feelings of any class, commu- who unfurled the tricolor and took salute at impressive

millenniumpost NO H ALF TR U THS e purported videos "Azaadi chahiyay tum ko (do Noting that the content of women and misrepresent- nity, gender, religious group march past, formally launched the scheme by distrib- emerged just a day aer another you want freedom)?" the soldier the book is inappropriate and ing the syllabus prescribed by in society if prescribing books uting cheques of Rs 1,000 each to ten beneficiaries. CHANGE OF NAME video in which army personnel is seen asking the youth before not in sync with the curricu- CBSE for Class XII Physical having such content, the I, Ram Babu Mehto S/o were seen having tied a youth slapping them and hitting them lum decided by the National Education Course, the board school will have to take the MEAL AT RS 10 UNDER ‘SAADI RASOI’ to the fender of their jeep and with a stick. Council of Research and has registered an FIR under responsibility of such content," Barma Mehto R/o A-335, parading him through villages Defence spokesman Colonel Training (NCERT), the Board Section 6--Indecent represen- she added. PROJECT IN PUNJAB Sangam Colony, Naraina in Budgam district to bring Rajesh Kalia said the veracity has also constituted a review tation of women (Prohibition) According to DCP (East) FAZILKA (PUNAJB): In a first-of-its-kind project in Depot, Naraina, New stone-pelting under control. of the videos is being ascer- committee. Act, 1986," CBSE spokesper- Omvir Singh, an FIR has been Punjab, the district administration will provide whole- Delhi-28. That due to In one of the videos that tained and action will be taken e book titled "Health son said. registered at Preet Vihar police some food to the needy at the subsidised rate of Rs oversight in my Election I. emerged on Saturday, four army against those found guilty of and Physical Education" writ- " e board neither sub- station against the author and 10 under ‘Saadi Rasoi’ (our kitchen) project. Under personnel are seen catching hold misconduct. AGENCIES ten by V K Sharma and pub- scribes nor encourages irrel- publisher of the book. Card mentioned Ranjeet the scheme, the poor will be served four chapattis, and my father’s name rice, dal and sabzi starting from 10 am till 3 pm. “We mentioned Braham launched the Saadi Rasoi project on Saturday under Parsad. That my eaxct Goa govt mulls banning entry of locals into casinos which poor and needy people will be given whole- and true name Ram Babu Mehto and my father’s OUR CORRESPONDENT some and nutritious food at Rs 10. This is Punjab’s first treatment plant. I am proud to such project launched in the district,” Fazilka Deputy correct name Barma say that the power generated Empty vessels make the most Mehto. That in future I shall PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister from garbage has been sent to Commissioner Isha Kalia said. She said arrangements be knwon as Ram Babu Manohar Parrikar has said that state power grid," the CM said. have been made to make the food available near Mehto S/o Brama Mehto the Goa government is working Parrikar ruled out that the noise: Parrikar on Pakistan railway station and civil hospital where rickshaw and Ram Babu Mehto and towards banning entry of locals state will face nancial crisis pullers, labourers and those who come from far off into casinos. due to various issues like ban PANAJI: Former Defence on Pakistan. "Pakistan wants Ranjeet and Barma Mehto places can eat at subsidised rate. “We will cater to I sincerely believe that gam- on sale of liquor along high- Minister Manohar Parrikar on some or other reason to remain only those people who are needy,” she said. & Braham Parsad both bling is not good. If we can we ways and the crippled mining Saturday dismissed Pakistan as engaged. It is playing a danger- name are one and same should remove it from the state. industry. “We have projected an empty vessel making noise ous game. It should understand MUSLIM QUOTA BILL: TELANGANA perosn. It is human nature to gamble ever, said that the state govern- 11% GDP growth in the recent and said the neighbouring that if India starts retaliating, that is why we cannot eradi- ment will not shut down the budget, but I feel we will go up country is up to something or then Pakistan does not have the HOUSE TO HOLD SPL SITTING TODAY I, Kamla W/o Sh. Rajender cate it completely, but de- casinos immediately, as some to 14-15 per cent. GST regime the other, to remain engaged. power to ght back, whatever HYDERABAD: A bill seeking to increase the reser- Kumar R/o H.No. 82- nitely we cannot encourage companies have invested in it. will help Goa as it is a consum- His comments come they may project themselves vation to Scheduled Tribes and backward sections A, ward No. 4 Mehrauli it," Parrikar said. " at is why Assuring solution for the ing state. Tax and services con- against the backdrop of the as," he said. among Muslims would be tabled in the Telangana New Delhi-11030. we had decided on a policy to garbage problem in the state, tribute to the revenue," he said. death sentence given by a Pak- "But we (India) want peace, That in my Adhar Card ban Goans from going to casi- Parrikar said, in last two and "Aer mining ban was istani military court to Kulb- we don't want provocation, Legislative Assembly in a special sitting on Sunday. 398676390196 my nos. Lot has been done about it half years we have seen garbage lied, we have started 20 mil- hushan Jadhav, a former Indian because of which they should The state cabinet, which met here on Saturday, gave name has been mentioned and in the days to come there problem which has emerged lion tons production. Liquor Navy ocial. give back Jadhav. First of all its nod to the bill, sources said. However, there was will be complete ban on locals in a big way. at is why I ban, I don t think it will have " ere is a proverb in Konk- he has been abducted. He was no official briefing on the cabinet meeting in view of as Kamlesh written by going to casinos," he added. have given thrust to garbage much impact on revenue. I ani, and Hindi as well which not in Pakistan. He was in Iran. mistakely. My correct the session tomorrow. The bill would be introduced Parrikar also said the state disposal and treatment in my believe we will nd a solution means empty vessels make Iran has said that Taliban kid- in the assembly as per the TRS’ election promise to name as Kamla. That in government will relocate o recent budget. e process has for that. We are also trying to the most noise. We should napped him and took him to future I shall be known as shore casino vessels from River already started. We will start rehabilitate establishments not take much note of what Pakistan. Pakistan has a habit make efforts to provide 12 per cent quota each for Kamla for all purposes. Mandovi to another location. working from July on it." aected with the Supreme they (Pakistan) say," Parrikar of doing something or other," backward sections among Muslims and STs. e Chief Minister, how- "We already have a garbage Court order," he added. said responding to a question the BJP leader said. MPOST millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | 5 mp Expansion of Nalco would provide employment to thousands of local youths who were not needed to migrate elsewhere in search of jobs Business Union Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal CBEC sanctions Piyush Goyal inaugurates four wind `1 cr to each zone power plants, plans to expand Nalco for GST outreach NEW DELHI: Racing against time for GST rollout, Central BHUBANESWAR: Union he said adding that the pro- Board of Excise and Customs Power and Coal Minister Piy- duction of Mahanadi Coal- ReNew Power (CBEC) chief Vanaja N Sarna ush Goyal on Saturday dedi- elds Ltd (MCL) should also has sanctioned Rs 1 crore to cated 4 wind power plants built be increased as it was aected commissions 143 each of 23 zones to conduct an by NALCO to the nation and due to various reasons. outreach programme about the annuonced an expansion plan Stating that dierent union MW solar farm new tax regime. for the aluminium major to ministries have launched ambi- Sarna asked ocials of raise its capacity to 1 MTPA. tious projects for rapid devel- in Telangana each zone to carry out the "We are taking concrete opment of Odisha, Goyal said outreach at the local level to Funds will be steps to increase production while NTPC was taking steps TELANGANA: ReNew Power explain the new structure as used for educating of NALCO. ere is a major for improving power position, Ventures Pvt. Ltd, a renew- also its benets, registration expansion programme to raise an inland waterways project able energy independent and compliance. taxpayers on legal its capacity to 1 million tonne was taken up from Talcher to power producer, on Saturday "To implement this, zonal and procedural per annum," Goyal said while the port town of Paradip. Sim- announced the commission- chief commissioners have dedicating the wind units with ilarly, a host of petroleum and ing of its 143 MW solar farm now been requested to utilise aspects and a total capacity of 198 MW. petro-chemical projects were in Dichpally in Nizamabad an amount of Rs 1 crore out of compliance Built at a cost of Rs 1350 coming up. district of Telangana. the funds under the 'O.E. Gen- crore, the plants, unveiled at Union Tribal Aairs Min- e farm was inaugurated eral' head for this purpose," she expected in GST a function here, are located in ister Jual Oram, who was the by G. Jagadish Reddy, Telan- wrote in her weekly newsletter. Rajasthan (two plants), Maha- chief guest, said production gana Minister for Energy, a e funds, she said, should them of the salient features and rashtra and Andhra Pradesh, of NALCO should increase in release said. be used for extensive outreach benets of GST," she said. while the company plans more the interest of the state and its Reddy said the state gov- for educating taxpayers on In the previous newsletter, wind power plants of 120 MW people. ernment is committed to pro- legal and procedural aspects she had stated that as part of besides installing solar units. employment to thousands 20,000 crore, a senior company now is 2.275 mtpa. Referring to An MoU was signed viding good quality clean and the compliance expected the outreach programme, 24 Stating that NALCO's pro- of local youths who were not ocial said. switch over to auction mode for by NALCO with IIT-Bhu- power to the industry and under GST. print advertisements had been duction remained stagnant for needed to migrate elsewhere Another greeneld plant mines, he said Odisha would baneswar on Research and people. "At this point, I urge you to taken out in almost 200 dier- a long time and the company in search of jobs. e revenue with .6 mtpa capacity is also earn huge additional revenue Development and another Sumant Sinha, Chairman take this opportunity to project ent newspapers and outdoor has also mooted establishing of the state would also go up proposed to be set up at nearby from this which could be uti- with MIDHANI on high value and CEO of ReNew Power our department as the prime GST campaign in major cities an aluminium plant in Iran, the substantially. Kamakshya Nagar, he said add- lised for many welfare and products in the presence of the said, over the next few months, facilitator for taxpayers in their being undertaken using medi- minister said the focus of NDA As part of the expansion ing work was already underway developmental schemes. union ministers. the company will have an migration to GST. ums like hoardings, rail train government was to increase plan, the capacity of Nal- to inrease the capacity of alu- e NDA Government An exhibition on celebra- installed capacity of 510 MW “ is is the time to make panels, bus queue shelters, production in Odisha itself. co's smelter at Angul is being mina renery at Damanjodi by is now focussing on speedy tion of Centenary of Cham- solar power projects in Telan- our presence felt. Eorts made bridge panels and billboards. Goyal said expansion of increased from .46 mtpa to one one mtpa with an investment progress of eastern part of the paran Satyagraha was also gana and the total investment in the direction of taxpayers' Special GST awareness Nalco would also provide mtpa with an investment of Rs of Rs 5400 crore. Its capacity country, particularly Odisha, organised on the occasion. PTI will cross Rs 3,700 crore. PTI education and facilitation in campaign has been displayed coming months will hold us in through 12 Air India aircra CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE good stead with various stake- and TV advertisements, and MP government, DMRC to ink pact to supply power from Rewa project holders," she wrote. radio jingles are being run on e President has given his major channels. BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh government will sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Delhi assent to four supporting legis- Also, a YouTube chan- Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on April 17 to supply 24 per cent of electricity generated from the Rewa lations, putting the July 1 roll- nel named 'GST_India' has ultra mega solar project to be set up in the state. "DMRC will sign the agreement with the parties con- out of the new regime on track. been created featuring major cerned at a function on April 17. Under the PPA, DMRC will get 24 per cent solar power of Rewa UMSP. GST will subsume central interviews and parliamentary levies like excise and Customs discussions. The rest of the power will be supplied to the state," Madhya Pradesh New and Renewable Energy De- and state ones like VAT into a "I urge all of you to carry partment (NRED) Principal Secretary Manu Shrivastava said. Rewa Ultra Mega Solar (RUMS) project is a national unied sales tax. out outreach programmes at joint venture of Solar Energy Corporation of India and MP Urja Vikas Nigam, where in both parties have She said the work on t- the local level so that we cover 50 per cent stake. The 750 MW project will have three units each of 250 mw which are being commis- ment of all goods and services the entire length and breadth sioned by as many companies- Mahendra Renewables Private Limited, Mumbai, Acme Solar Holdings into ve tax slabs of 5, 12, 18 of the country. At this cru- an 28 per cent is in progress. cial stage, it is important that Private Limited, Gurgaon, Solanergi Power Private Limited, Port Louis, Mauritius, he said, adding they "At this stage, it is of par- all stakeholders are suitably will be operational in 18 months. Shrivastava said if the private companies fail to complete the project in amount importance that we informed of the salient fea- months they ill be deemed to pay a fine on per day basis hich ill come to s one lakh per unit. PTI have an eective outreach to tures and benets of GST," Chief Guest D. K. Dubey, ED-Ramagundam Presented school bags to all the stakeholders to inform she wrote. PTI students at the birth anniversary programme of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar organised at NTPC-Ramagundam on April 14 Self-driving ‘intelligent’ truck passes test in China

BEIJING: A Chinese-made self-driving truck has passed a The intelligent navigation test, heralding a new driving vehicle era of intelligent, automated heavy vehicles, ocial media reacted correctly reported on Saturday. to traffic lights, FAW Jiefang, the leading truck manufacturer, debuted adaptive the self-driving truck at FAW cruise control, (L-R) Sanjay Jhunjhunwla, Nandini Chakraborty, Masayuki Taga, Tech Center in Changchun city, and remote Olaf Iversen, Cai, and Ranjan Sen inaugurate India agri, fisheries Jilin province. and food processing show and buyer seller meet in Kolkata e truck, which FAW Jie- commands fang plans to commercialise as early as next year, was able to service self-driving trucks. recognise obstacles, slow down, e participation of more make a detour and speed up. rms across the sector will e intelligent driving vehi- accelerate the technology's use cle reacted correctly to trac on heavy-duty vehicles, Hu lights, adaptive cruise control, said. remote commands and suc- Leading Chinese tech rms, cessfully overtook, the report including Baidu and Tencent, said. have invested in self-driving Hu Hanjie, FAW Jiefang entities. Baidu, for example, General Manager, said the has tested driverless mini cars Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Kumar Rathi along with DIG (CISF) company has built a whole at the annual World Internet Sougata Roy release a booklet on the Do’s and Don’ts of Fire Safety industry chain partnership to Conference for the last two at the Central Fire Station of IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur develop, manufacture, sell and years. PTI

ICA - 748(22)/2017 D.G.I.P.R. 2017/2018/181 6| KOLKATA SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 millenniumpost mp | | One of the gravest threats to religious freedom remains the threat of terrorism World US President Donald Trump China seeks NSA penetrated SWIFT banking network in Middle East: Hackers Russia’s help to WASHINGTON: An anony- about nancial transactions internal server that is retired mous hacking group “Shadow in a secure, standardised and Users are protected from NSA since 2013,” the statement Brokers” that leaked online a reliable environment. “ is added. EastNets is a Dubai- ‘cool’ N Korea collection of powerful hack- reportedly gave the US spy ser- malware: Microsoft based rm that oversees pay- ing tools allegedly used by the vice a window into the nancial ments in the global SWIFT situation US National Security Agency activities of a range of organisa- PARIS: Microsoft says the recent dump of transaction system for doz- (NSA) has also published tions, including those belong- purported National Security Agency spying tools ens of client banks and other BEIJING: China is seek- another set of documents ing to rms in Qatar, Dubai, doesnt affect uptodate users of Windos rms, particularly in the Mid- ing Russia’s help to cool that indicate that NSA pene- Abu Dhabi, Syria, Yemen and dle East. e “Shadow Bro- surging tensions over Pyong- trated the SWIFT banking net- the Palestinian territories,” said puncturing claims that the digital arsenal was kers” is a group of anonymous yang’s nuclear ambitions, work in the Middle East. e a report in e Wired on Sat- poised to create chaos across the internet. AGENCIES hackers that published hacking the country’s foreign minis- Society for Worldwide Inter- urday. Meanwhile, EastNets tools used by the NSA last year. ter has told his Moscow coun- bank Financial Telecommu- Service Bureau, that provides “totally false and unfounded”. unfounded. e EastNets Net- bilities,” the bureau said in a works. e photos shown on According to experts, the leaks, terpart, aer Beijing warned nication (SWIFT) provides a outsourced SWIFT connectiv- “ e reports of an alleged work internal Security Unit statement.“ e EastNets Ser- twitter, claiming compromised published by the Shadow Bro- of possible conict over network that enables nan- ity, on Saturday denied that its hacker-compromised East- has run a complete check of its vice Bureau runs on a separate information, is about pages kers, target a variety of Win- North Korea. cial institutions worldwide to bureau was compromised and Nets Service Bureau (ENSB) servers and found no hacker secure network that cannot be that are outdated and obso- dows servers and Windows Fears over the North’s send and receive information said that the reports of hack are network is totally false and compromise or any vulnera- accessed over the public net- lete, generated on a low-level operating systems. AGENCIES rogue weapons programme have soared in recent days, with a US naval strike Trump to keep force deployed near the ‘Death toll in bomb Korean peninsula, while Pres- list of White ident Donald Trump has warned the threat “will be House visitors attack on Syria North Korea ‘ready taken care of” and Pyong- yang has vowed a “merciless” response to any provocation. secret China - the North’s evacuees hits 43’ sole major ally and WASHINGTON: President for nuclear attack’ economic lifeline - on Friday Donald Trump’s administra- warned that war over North tion announced that it will PYONGYANG: North Korea Korea could break out “at any not follow predecessor Barack on Saturday warned the US not moment”. Obama’s policy of voluntarily to take provocative action in In a call with Sergei Lav- disclosing the names of visitors the region, saying it is “ready to rov later on Friday, Wang Yi to the White House complex, hit back with nuclear attacks”. said the common goal of the citing “grave national security e comments came as two nations was to “bring risks and privacy concerns”. North Korea marked the 105th all the parties back to the Friday’s announcemen marks anniversary of the birth of its negotiating table”, according to a signicant shi from the founding President, Kim Il- a statement on China’s Foreign Obama administration, which sung, grandfather of leader Ministry website. released the names of nearly Kim Jong-un. “China is ready to coor- 6 million visitors since 2009, A huge parade in Pyong- dinate closely with Rus- including scores of lobbyists, yang was held amid speculation sia to help cool down e Washington Post reported. that current leader Kim Jong- as quickly as possible the Instead, the Trump administra- un could order a new nuclear situation on the penin- tion said it would release infor- BEIRUT: At least 43 people of Iran, Turkey and Qatar, was test, reported BBC. sula and encourage the par- mation under far more limited were killed on Saturday in a designed to secure the evacu- Among the hardware on ties concerned to resume circumstances: when Freedom suicide car bomb attack on ation of the people from the display appeared to be new dialogue,” Wang told Lavrov, of Information Act requests are buses carrying Syrians evacu- pro-government Shia towns of intercontinental and subma- referring to the stalled six- led for those visiting oces of ated from two besieged gov- Kafraya and Foa in Idlib prov- rine-launched ballistic missiles. party talks on the North’s the White House characterised ernment-held towns, a monitor ince towards areas in Aleppo On display for the rst nuclear programme that under the law as separate agen- said in an updated toll. province. time were what appeared to be includes Russia, China and the cies, such as the Oce of Man- e Syrian Observatory In return, the government the Pukkuksong submarine- United States. agement and Budget. Under for Human Rights said most will allow rebels and their launched ballistic missiles “Preventing war and chaos the new policy, it will be up of the dead were evacuees, but families to leave the rebel-held (SLBMs), which have a range A North Korean KN-08 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICMB) is paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a on the peninsula meets com- to the White House to decide they also included several reb- towns of Madaya and Zabadani of more than 1,000 km. military parade on Saturday to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country’s late founder mon interests,” he added. whether to release the names els who had been guarding in northern Damascus to reach Weapons analysts said there and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. Military analysts say the missiles could one day be capable of Beijing has long opposed of visitors coming to meet with the buses at a transit point in Idlib province. e evacuation also appeared to be two new hitting targets as far away as the continental United States, although the North is yet to flight test them PIC/PTI dramatic action against the President, Vice President Rashidin, west of Aleppo. started on Friday, with 5,000 types of intercontinental ballis- the North, fearing the and their senior sta. How- e explosion took place Shias leaving Kafaraya and Foa tic missiles in canister launch- attacks,” he said. mous crowds. Unlike at previ- regime’s collapse would ever, the announcement was at the gathering point of buses and 2,300 rebels and their fami- ers, but it remains unclear Rows of military bands and During the pomp and cir- ous Pyongyang parades send a ood of refu- harshly criticised by govern- transporting Shias evacuat- lies leaving the town of Madaya whether they have been tested. goose-stepping and sword- cumstance at Kim II Sung there did not appear to be gees across its borders and ment watchdog groups. “ e ing from two pro-government as rst batches, the report said. e show of strength comes wielding soldiers marched square, citizens showed their any Chinese representatives leave the US military on only excuse for this policy is towns in northern Syria. It was e Shias reached the rebel- amid mounting tension, with through Pyongyang’s main revolutionary fervour with present, according to a BBC its doorstep. that the Trump administra- carried out by a suicide bomber held town of Rashideen, while a US aircra carrier group Kim Il-sung square for the choreographed performances report. Trump insists that China tion has something to hide,” driving a booby-trapped potato the rebels reached the govern- steaming towards the region. “Day of the Sun” celebrations, while vehicles displaying North Adding to Chinese unease, must exert more leverage on said David Donnelly, president truck. e buses carrying 5,000 ment-controlled Ramouseh “We’re prepared to respond as a black-suited Kim Jong-un Korea’s military arsenal rolled US President Donald Trump Pyongyang to abandon its and chief executive of advo- Shias were waiting the reac- crossing in Aleppo. to an all-out war with an all- watched. by. said on ursday that “the nuclear ambitions or suer the cacy group, Every Voice. “ is tivation of a deal designed to Both convoys were set to out war,” said Choe Ryong-hae, He was seen clapping and On Friday, China’s Foreign problem of North Korea” consequences. kind of secrecy will allow big secure their transportation to leave to their respective des- believed to be the country’s sec- smiling from a reviewing box. Minister Wang Yi warned that would be “taken care of”. Pyongyang is already donors, lobbyists and special government-controlled area tinations, before the rebels in ond most powerful ocial. Pictures on state television “conict could break out at any “If China decides to help, under several sets of interests to have unknown lev- in Aleppo. e deal, reached Rashideen held the convoy of “We are ready to hit back showed thousands of soldiers moment”, adding that if war that would be great. If not, we UN sanctions over its els of inuence in the White between the rebels and the gov- the Shias, adding new demands with nuclear attacks of our marching in formation along- occurred there could be no will solve the problem without atomic and ballistic missile House,” he added. AGENCIES ernment under the supervision to the original deal. AGENCIES own style against any nuclear side tanks, balloons and enor- winner. them! USA.” AGENCIES programmes. AGENCIES WORLD BRIEFS United Airlines in a spot again after scorpion US state judge moves to block falls on passenger’s head AT LEAST 35 DEAD IN IRAN FLOODS lethal injection executions TEHRAN: At least 35 people were killed and eight NEW YORK: United Airlines found itself on the defensive again on Friday after a passenger complained that a scorpion stung him during a flight from Teas declared missing as flash floods hit northwestern Iran, WASHINGTON: A judge in lethal injection cocktail - mid- oners are challenging their state media reported on Saturday. “Thirty-five people capping off a bruising week for the public image of the one of the world’s Arkansas moved to block the azolam, vecuronium bromide executions. have been killed in the floods” across four provinces, largest carriers. A man on board a nited flight from ouston to Calgary US state from carrying out up and potassium chloride - but e state’s midazolam sup- the head of Iran’s emergency response organisation, Alberta on Sunday said a scorpion dropped on his head from an overhead to seven executions this month only the McKesson Corpora- ply is set to expire at the end Esmail Najar, told the ISNA news agency. Torrential storage bin and stung him under his fingernail according the nited and before the lethal drugs used in tion made an explicit allegation of April, according to ocials. its injections expire, the media of deception. Drug manufacturers are rains that began on Friday lashed East Azerbaijan media reports. We ere on the plane about an hour having dinner and then reported. Arkansas, the company required by law to put an expi- province, with state television showing images of rivers something fell on my head so grabbed it passenger ichard Bell said. Mr Judge Wendell Grien of said, bought 10 boxes of ration date on drugs in the US, bursting their banks, flooded houses and cars be- Bell said another passenger ho as Meican told him ey thats a scor- the Pulaski County Circuit vecuronium bromide, which and aer that date they can- ing swept away by the surging water. The districts of pion theyre dangerous ... Thats hen it stung. Meanhile nited Airlines Court issued a restraining the state can use to stop a pris- not guarantee the drug’s eec- Ajabshir and Azarshahr were the worst hit. said on riday it is changing its policy on booking its on flight cres onto its order on Friday that for- oner’s breathing. tiveness or safety, reports e bids the Arkansas authori- But the state prison system Washington Post. TWO KILLED IN US RESTAURANT planes after a man as dragged off an overbooked flight to make ay for a ties from using their supply of “never disclosed its intended Arkansas acquired its mid- nited employee. The airline said it ould make sure cres traveling on their vecuronium bromide, one of purpose to us for these prod- azolam in 2015, according to SHOOTING aircraft are booked into seats at least 60 minutes before departure. AGENCIES three execution drugs the state ucts,” a lawyer for McKesson, state documents. WASHINGTON: Two men were killed in a shooting planned to use, e New York Ethan M. Posner, wrote in a e drug prompted contro- at a restaurant inside a mall in US’ Arizona state, a Times reported. letter obtained by e New versy aer it was used in a bun- sheriff’s spokesman told the media. An altercation at e judge scheduled a hear- York Times. “To the contrary, gled execution in Oklahoma 19 killed as US-backed forces reach ing for April 18, about 14 hours it purchased the products on an and in lethal injections that the Firebirds restaurant inside the La Encantada mall aer the state had intended to account that was opened under were prolonged and included in north Tucson led to a shooting at about 7.30 pm on garbage dump edge of IS-held Syria town carry out its rst execution the valid medical license of an inmates gasping for breath in Friday. The shooting was confined to the restaurant. since 2005. Arkansas physician, implicitly Ohio, Arizona and in Alabama, Several people were in the restaurant at the time, collapses after BEIRUT: US-backed ghters have reached the outskirts of a key e Arkansas attorney gen- representing that the products e Washington Post reported. but only a woman was injured with a gunshot to the jihadist-held town in northern Syria as part of an oensive against eral’s oce said the state would would only be used for a legiti- A lethal injection remains leg. She is being treated at a local hospital. “All three fire in Lanka the Islamic State group’s bastion Raqa, a monitor said on Saturday. appeal the judge’s ruling, which mate medical purpose.” the US’ primary method of exe- individuals were known to each other, but the specifics e Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an Arab-Kurdish alli- threatened to derail a plan that e state had scheduled cution, but due to the shortage, ance supported by US-led coalition air strikes and special forces once called for eight executions two executions for April 17. It states have also been looking to of the relationship are unknown,” the spokesman said. COLOMBO: At least 19 peo- advisers, surrounded Tabqa in early April and have cut its main over the course of 10 days. also planned to carry out dou- other methods. Authorities said it was unclear what the altercation ple, including four children, supply routes. Four companies have pub- ble executions on April 20 and Utah, Tennessee and Okla- was about, and how it escalated into a shooting. were killed when a 91-metre e town and a vast nearby dam are considered key prizes licly voiced concerns about April 24, as well as one on April homa added or broadened open garbage pile came crash- in the broader oensive for Raqa, the de facto Syrian capital of how the Arkansas Depart- 27. An eighth execution was their abilities to use a ring INDIAN MAN COMMITS SUICIDE ing down on homes following IS’s self-proclaimed “caliphate”, about 55 kilometres (34 miles) to ment of Correction came stayed by a federal judge. squad, electric chair or nitro- IN SHARJAH a re near Sri Lanka’s capital, the east. AGENCIES to stockpile the drugs for its All of the condemned pris- gen gas. AGENCIES with the Prime Minister apolo- SHARJAH: A 52-year-old Indian man allegedly com- gising on Saturday for the delay mitted suicide here by hanging himself in his room in in relocating the dump. Over his family apartment, a media report said. Police said 100 houses were completely Antarctica was once green, say scientists they received a call at 11.30 pm (local time) about destroyed and more than 600 the incident. Officials said the man was identified as people ed in the aermath of SANTIAGO: Nearly 300 mil- Antarctica some 298 million “Roughly 80 million years the re and the collapse of the lion years ago, the frozen, years ago during the Perm- ago, walking in Antarctica S.M. The body was found hanging in his room when dump in Meetotamulla area in inhospitable Antarctica was ian geologic period, as gla- was like walking today in a police and forensic officers arrived at the apartment. Kolonnawa, near here, police covered by lush subtropical ciers retreated and the global tropical or subtropical for- According to the officials the man died at 8 pm. His said. 19 people, including four forests, according to scientists. climate entered a warming est, something like what we family members was unaware of the incident and they children, were killed and 14 “ at Antarctica was once phase, Leppe said. Fossils from could encounter in south-cen- thought he was sleeping. others injured in the incident green is a matter of consen- the subsequent Jurassic period tral Chile or in New Zealand,” that happened on Friday, o- sus among scientists, but still reveal the existence of fern and Leppe said. RESOLVE ISSUES THROUGH TALKS: cials said. More people were unknown to many people,” conifer forests where the Cry- One thing that still puzzles feared to be trapped as the Marcelo Leppe, a paleon- olophosaurus species of dino- scientists is how the forests PRACHANDA TO MADHESI MORCHA military struggled to clear the tologist who works with the saur thrived. survived the six-month-long KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal rubble and rescue people or Chilean Antarctic National But the golden age of veg- Antarctic night. “We know ‘Prachanda’ has appealed to the Samyukta Loktantrik recover bodies. On President Institute, told Efe news on etation in Antarctica was the that some dinosaurs migrated Madhesi Morcha (SLMM) to reach a consensus on ad- Maithripala Sirisena’s directive, Friday. Cretaceous period, which before the arrival of winter, but hundreds of military personnel Leppe, Chile’s representa- Research, has spent his profes- the ora and fauna of the White began 145 million years ago in the case of plants, the matter dressing their issues through talks. have been deployed to rescue tive to the international Scien- sional life searching for fossils Continent. and lasted until around 66 mil- continues to be an enigma,” the the slum dwellers. AGENCIES tic Committee on Antarctic that oer clues to the origins of Forests began to appear in lion years ago. paleontologist said. AGENCIES millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | 7 mp e team requires me to bat at No 3. I have taken that challenge on. sport -Robin Uthappa Uthappa, spinners steer op Billings: Batsmans fifty and Anderson’s unbeaten KKR to victory over SRH cameo aid Delhi post 188/6 KOLKATA: Riding on Robin e two-time champions NEW DELHI: Sam Billings Uthappa’s gritty half-century had the worst start of the season (55) struck his second IPL half- and spinners’ contribution, with just 40 for 2 in the Power- century before Corey Ander- Kolkata Knight Riders on Sat- play aer Bhuvneshwar Kumar son (39 not out) provided late urday secured a 17-run win (3/20) and Rashid Khan (1/29) reworks as Delhi Daredevils over defending champions dismissed Sunil Narine and posted a respectable 188 for six Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Gautam Gambhir respectively against Kings XI Punjab here Indian Premier League match in six overs. However, Sunris- on Saturday. and climbed to the top of the ers failed to make further in- e hosts, aer a surprise table here. roads in the middle overs with decision to bat rst, enjoyed Defending a tricky 173 on a the Karnataka duo of Uthappa their best start of the season lively Eden track, KKR spin trio and Manish Pandey putting through Billings and Sanju of Kuldeep Yadav (1/23), Sunil on a solid 77-run partnership Samson (19) but intermittent Narine (1/18) and Yusuf Pathan from 52 balls. Uthappa struck wickets hurt them. (1/2) gave vital breakthroughs four sixes and ve boundaries Delhi were 83 for two at to dent the chase of the Sunris- while Pandey cleverly rotated half-way mark aer the open- ers and hand the team its sec- the strikes as Kolkata reached ing pair’s 53-run stand but ond successive win at home. 100 in 12.4 overs. Aer Uthap- from overs 10 to 15, the hosts Daredevils batsman Sam Billings takes run after playing a shot during For the Sunrisers, who pa’s departed, Pandey (46 from managed only 37 runs and lost began their campaign with 35 balls; 3x4, 2x6) looked to the set pair of Shreyas Iyer (22) an IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab PIC/PTI back- to-back victories at break free but Bhuvneshwar and Billings. From there on, hosts collected 68 runs from against Pune and began with home, this was their second denied him a second succes- Chris Morris (16 o 8 balls) the last ve overs, with the nal two fours o Sandeep. defeat on the trot. sive y. In an exceptional dis- and Anderson took the onus to one yielding 19. Punjab elded ve special- David Warner (26 o 30; play during the death bowling, get Delhi to a ghting total, hit- Both Punjab pacers Sand- ist bowlers and skipper Glenn KKR batsman Robin Uthappa acknowledging the crowd after his half century against SRH 4x4) and Shikhar Dhawan (23 PIC/PTI Bhuvneshwar also cleaned up ting some lusty hits towards the eep and Mohit Sharma were Maxwell quickly shued them o 22; 4x4) gave Sunrisers a y- accounted for 22 dot balls in running catch at long-on. not only put brakes on scor- Colin de Grandhomme for a end of innings. Morris’ cameo largely disciplined but a mar- around. e Punjab pacemen ing start with 45 from six overs the middle overs to put brakes Sunrisers needed 30 runs ing but was enough to create duck with an inswining yorker. together with Anderson’s cal- ginal error was enough for though proved ineective. Bill- but part-time spinner Pathan in their chase. in the last over and Trent Boult pressure in the ranks as KKR Brief Scores: Kolkata culated approach negated the Samson and Billings to steal ings made Varun Aaron look turned it around by remov- India’s 2011 World Cup (1/33) conceded just 12 to went on to strike two wickets Knight Riders vs Sunrisers good work done by Punjab boundaries. Billings, who had pedestrian with a hat-trick of ing the Indian le-hander en hero Yuvraj Singh provided ensure a comfortable win for —Dhawan and Warner — in Hyderabad spinners Axar Patel (1/33) and been struggling for form so fours in the h over. route to his impressive gures some to Sunrisers’ chase, ham- KKR. e Kolkata outt also four overs for 14 runs. Ear- KKR: Robin Uthappa (68), K C Cariappa (1/23). Ander- far, took some time to nd his Brief Scores: Delhi Daredevils of 1-0- 2-1. mering two sixes and two fours maintained their clean record lier, put in to bat by Sunrisers, Manish Pandey (46), Chris son, who hit three fours and rhythm but gradually came vs Kings XI Punjab Brought in place of Piy- en route to his 16-ball 26. at home, winning ve out of Robin Uthappa struck a gritty Woakes (2/49). as many shots over the ropes into his zone. Delhi: 188 for 6 in 20 overs ush Chawla, chinaman Kul- But Chris Woakes (2/49) ve in an overall 7-3 win-defeat 68 from 39 balls to help KKR SRH: David Warner (26), in his unbeaten knock o 22 Samson carried on with his (Sam Billings 55, Corey Ander- deep then made his presence dismissed him as substitute record against the title-holders. recover from a jittery start and Yuvraj Singh (26), Bhuvnesh- balls, ended the innings with tremendous touch aer ham- son 39). felt. He along with Narine Rishi Dhawan took a brilliant e surprise breakthrough post 172 for 6. war Kumar (3/20). AGENCIES a six o Sandeep Sharma. e mering his maiden IPL ton Punjab: Aaron (2/45). AGENCIES IPL TURNS 10: PREVIEW Kohli, Smith look for turnaround as RCB host Supergiant Mumbai Indians BENGALURU: International men in world cricket will be IPL TURNS 10: PREVIEW captains Virat Kohli and Ste- desperate to change the script ven Smith will be eager to for their respective teams. ey one half century in his last 11 overs couldn t save the blushes take on resurgent stem the rut when Royal Chal- would want to plug the holes as innings, will expect his bat to of his team as RCB could only lengers Bangalore square o well as lead from the front with do the talking as he was unable post a modest 142 for ve in with Rising Pune Supergiants their indvidual performances to unleash big hits in his knock their last match. Gujarat Lions in an Indian Premier League also. Former skipper Mahen- of 22 o 27 balls, which was far Kedar Jadhav, who was encounter, here on Sunday. dra Singh Dhoni is also under from his best. unfortunately run-out for Both the high-prole fran- pressure to score runs aer an Chances of Gayle also get- nine in the last game, would chises have lost three out of indierent start to IPL-10. ting dropped for the second like to showcase his utility as their four games and would For RCB, the next two time are rife as the team man- middle- order batsman when want to arrest the slide as games give them an opportu- agement could consider eld- he slammed a 37-ball 69 to momentum can quickly shi in nity to get four points against ing Shane Watson, who can help RCB score 157 runs dur- Virat Kohli will look to guide RCB back to winning ways against Pune a high-paced T20 tournament. two of the relatively unset- bowl and bat, who can bowl ing a 15-run win over Delhi While Kohli’s return from tled side in the tournament Rising Supergiant and bat, compared to the West Daredevils. injury with a stylish half- cen- -- Pune and Gujarat. RCB are on in-form Sunrisers Hyder- indicator of the bigger and bet- Indian who hardly bowls of He had also smashed 31 in tury was a morale booster for placed a notch above Gujarat abad in their den and table- ter things that can be expected late. the opening match against Sun- th RCB but they would de- Lions with two points for hav- toppers Mumbai Indians in from the Indian captain. e RCB would also espect AB risers Hyderabad. nitely be disappointed aer los- ing better run rate, but a win away-game, on April 22 and Indian captain also had stitched de Villiers’ scintillating come- RCB would like to pin ing a low-scoring game against could displace Kings XI Pun- April 24. RCB, would like to the highest opening stand of 63 back knock of an unbeaten hopes on their bowlers, espe- Mumbai Indians, having them jab, who play their next match take solace from the fact that runs with out-of-touch Chris 46-ball 89-run, which was cially spinners Samuel Badree, on the mat. only on April 17, from its cur- leg- spinner Samuel Badree’s Gayle, followed by a 47-run laced with as many as nine sixes who weaved a hat-trick against Pune on the otherhand lost rent fourth position on the hat-trick posed a lot of trouble stand with AB de Villiers, who and three fours to help RCB Mumbai Indians and Yuzu- to Gujarat Lions despite a good points-table. Pune, on the ip- for the Mumbai Indians before also came in aer recovering post a respectable 148-4 aer vendra Chahal and Pawan start to their innings. Kohli and side, would want to gain vital Kieron Pollard saved their day. from an injury. Gayle, who has recovering from an injury. Negi, who have been Smith -- the two premier bats- two points, before they take Kohli’s 62 o 47 balls is also an been struggling to score even His 19 o 21 balls in death among wickets. AGENCIES With three sub-10 scores, Rohit would look to fire against the Lions MUMBAI: High on con- ey have made signicant all- dence aer one of their splen- round contribution in all the Dortmund boss Little India in Singapore: It’s did run-chases across 10 matches. editions, Mumbai Indians will Krunal impressed with considered like to continue their winning his unbeaten innings of 37 rikanth vs Praneeth in final momentum against a resurgent o 30 balls in a pressure Champions Gujarat Lions in an Indian Pre- situation in the game against SINGAPORE: For the rst mier League encounter, here RCB aer his 37 o 20 balls time in the history of badmin- on Sunday. against Sunrisers Hyderabad. League pull out ton, two Indians will clash in Gujarat have somewhat is apart, his restrictive a Super Series nal with Kid- redeemed themselves aer a le-arm spin has also helped BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund ambi Srikanth taking on B comprehensive seven-wicket the team in the middle overs. CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke Sai Praneeth at the Singapore win over Rising Pune Super- e win showed Mumbai’s says he irted with pulling the Open here on Sunday. giant while Mumbai have six ability to bounce back into club out of the Champions Former World No. 3 Sri- points from four games shed- the game from any stage but League aer Tuesday’s team kanth on Saturday notched up ding their poor starters tag. the team will like to dominate bus attack before resolving not a 21- 13 21-14 win over World One area where MI will their opponents on Sunday to give in to the bombers. No. 26 and 2014 Youth Olym- like to focus on is their top- in all departments. Harbha- “I briey asked myself if pic Games bronze medallist order collapse against RCB. jan Singh has been fantastic we shouldn’t withdraw com- Anthony Sinisuka Ginting to Leg-spinner Samuel Badree in the Powerplay overs If Mal- pletely from the competition, reach the third Super Series took a hat-trick but it was one inga plays on Sunday he would but that would have been a vic- nal of his career. of Kieron Pollard’s best run- most likely replace Kiwi pacer tory for those responsible for Earlier, Praneeth, who had chases that sealed it for the Tim Southee, who leaked runs the attack,” he told Saturday’s reached the nals at the Syed Srikanth Kidambi acknowledges Mumbai outt. in the game in Bangalore. Der Spiegel magazine. Modi Grand Prix Gold in Jan- supporters after defeating Anthony Ginting PIC/PTI Another area of con- Another notable aspect will e Bundesliga club even- uary before being laid low by cern would be skipper Rohit be lack of dew which becomes a tually played their quarter-nal a shoulder injury, continued Srikanth, who had suered Sharma’s inability to read the factor during evening matches. rst leg tie against Monaco 24 his rampaging run in the tour- a rst-round exit at the India googly. rice he has played for For Gujarat Lions, hours later on Wednesday. e nament to thrash three-time Open, then showed why he the leg-break and was deceived they would like to start with attack on the bus as it made its Korea Masters Grand Prix is considered one of the best by the wrong ‘un bowled by opening pair of Brandon way from Dortmund’s hotel to Gold winner Lee 21-6 21-8 in Indian shuttlers right now as Imran Tahir, Rashid Khan McCullum and Dwayne Smith, the stadium injured Spanish a lop-sided seminal match. he fought back from 4-9 down and Badree. With three sub- both having regained form. international Marc Bartra and Only three nations —China, in the opening game to never 10 scores, Rohit would like to Also skipper Suresh Raina a policeman. Indonesia and Denmark — look back. Interestingly, Pra- re against the Gujarat Lions got some runs under his belt Meanwhile, German pros- have so far had two of their neeth has a 4-1 head-to-head especially on the Wankhede so as Aaron Finch, and this will ecutors are examining a third shuttlers playing in nals of a record against his more illus- track, which is usually consid- boost their chances. claim of responsibility for Super Series event. Praneeth trious compatriot, who had ered friendly for batsmen. All the four bats- blasts that rocked Borussia was the rst to make it to the clinched the 2014 China Super One of the biggest man back in form would Dortmund’s team bus it was summit clash aer he executed Series Premier and 2015 India psoitives for Mumbai has make any bowling attack in reported on Saturday, but his plans brilliantly to com- Super Series and also reached been the form of Pandya the world worry so no new suspects have pletely blow away his oppo- the quarternals of Rio brothers -- Hardik and Krunal. of Mumbai’s. AGENCIES emerged. AGENCIES nent in a 38-minute match. Olympics. AGENCIES eague: Bagan remain top of table after victory against inerva

LUDHIANA: Sony Norde last game. Former Bagan man Kicking o proceedings keeper Arshdeep Singh as he caught from Darryl Duy’s struck in the 84’ minute as Deepak Devrani was relegated placed second on the table, collected the ball on the dive, square pass to Jeje inside the Mohun Bagan clinched a late to the bench and defensive stal- Mohun Bagan were quite full outstretched. box. win over Minerva Punjab at wart Loveday Eyinnaya was wasteful in the opening half. Pintu Mahata was lack- Minerva found it tough to the Guru Nanak Stadium in ruled out through a knock he With their opponents holding ing in condence as he mis- get into the opposition box. Ludhiana on Saturday. received against Chennai City. a high back-line, the likes of cued a perfect release sent in In one of the few attacks, e Mariners were waste- Sanjoy Sen handed acad- Sony Norde and Darryl Duy by Sehnaj Singh as was taken however, Eduardo Ferreira ful on the night, and would emy product Pintu Mahata were trapped oside more o for Prabir Das in the 25th closed down Krishan Pan- consider themselves for- his rst ever I-League oen than not. minute. dit aer Amandeep won tunate to come away with start and Jeje Lalpekhlua In fact, it was defender Kareem Omoloja could the ball from Sony Norde all three points as they got the nod ahead of Balwant Eduardo Ferreira who had have committed suicide in in mideld. once again go above Aizawl Singh up top. the best chance early on as the 36th minute as he almost Both coaches went into

FC to sit atop the I-League Katsumi Yusa dried into he connected well from a hit the ball into his won net. the tunnel with having lots ICA-749(8)/2017 standings. central mideld, in a formation Norde free-kick on the wall. Luckily for the hosts, the to do in terms of rethink- Minerva Punjab made as mirroring their Kolkata derby His header though was ball went over the bar from ing their strategies for many as six changes from their win last Sunday. adjudged well by young goal- an interception the Nigerian the second half. AGENCIES 8| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp In retrospect

Meat-dependent industries feel the pinch

writes how various Rahul Singh industries in Uttar Pradesh have been affected by the crackdown on slaughterhouses in the state, and what is the

famous belief behind the idea of forban its non- on buffalo and cowvegetarian meat delicacies in Lucknow, Alishma foods, is also facing a similar problem since the crackdown on slaughterhouses and meat selling shops post formation of the new govern- ment. e closure of Uttar Pradesh’s slaughterhouses could leave a couple of million people jobless in the tistics Report, 2015. In 2014-15, it contributed 21 eat ban has proved to be an eye- state, aect its allied industries and choke small but per cent of the meat produced in India. Of the 75 ‘A modern orthodox Hindu would place beef-eating on opener for those who propagandise important revenue streams for its poor farmers, slaughterhouses registered with the APEDA for meat India being a secular and democratic especially in drought-prone areas, according to an export, as many as 49 are in Uttar Pradesh. the same level as cannibalism, whereas Vedic Brahmins state. e crackdown on illegal meat analysis of available data on India’s meat, leather and Bualo meat is a major export material from had fattened upon a steady diet of sacrificed beef’ Mshops and slaughterhouses was ordered by the livestock industries. Half of Uttar Pradesh’s licensed India, going to more than 40 countries. Uttar Pradesh newly formed BJP government led by Chief Minis- slaughterhouses and scores of illegal ones have has recorded the highest bualo meat export, fol- ter Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh. But though it been shut down. lowed by Maharashtra. In 2015-16, India exported was supposed to be a ban on illegal bualo slaugh- e drive against slaughterhouses could impact 13.14 lakh metric tonnes (MT) bualo meat worth Rs issue, but a majoritarian attempt to thrust its beliefs famous ‘Asvamedha’ and ‘Rajasuya’. ese and several terhouses, from last month until date, ocials have three critical industries, namely - meat packag- 26,685.42 crore. ere is no reliable estimate of peo- on the country, something seen by the minorities as other major sacrices involved the killing of animals put it on the wrong track by shutting down licensed ing, livestock and leather. With some of the worst ple employed in Uttar Pradesh’s slaughterhouses and an attempt to break the secular fabric and eventually including cattle, which constituted the chief form of meat shops and legal goat abattoirs too, in Uttar development indicators, stagnant agriculture and meat shops, but it is likely to be in tens of thousands. reduce the minorities to an insignicant political clus- wealth of the early Aryans. Not surprisingly, they Pradesh, in the name of cracking down on unlicensed industry, India’s most populous state is also one of Around 6.7 million are employed in the country’s ter. e cow is also being used as a symbol to enforce prayed for cattle and sacriced them to propitiate slaughterhouses. its poorest with the second-highest unemployment food-processing industry, which includes slaughter- Hindu unity or a culturally homogenous population their gods. D Kosambi in his classic book ‘Ancient e Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) election mani- rate — a er Jharkhand — among eight most socio- houses and meat processing units, according to the which will stand by the BJP always. India’ wrote: “A modern orthodox Hindu would place festo for the assembly election had promised to shut economically backwards states. Meat-packing and Agriculture Statistics, 2015. Well-known critic Pankaj Mishra in his review beef-eating on the same level as cannibalism, whereas all illegal slaughterhouses in the state. But “over- leather industries make up the major share of India’s LIVESTOCK: UP recorded 14 per cent growth, of DN Jha’s ‘e Myth of the Holy Cow’ wrote in Vedic Brahmins had fattened upon a steady diet of enthusiastic” ocials — who appeared to be acting export earnings, with Uttar Pradesh contributing sig- indicating economic dependence – Livestock is an e Guardian in 2012: “For these Hindus (the newly sacriced beef.” e issue is ancient. indiscriminately, shutting down even abattoirs with nicantly. It accounted for nearly 43 per cent of buf- important economic resource, especially in rural emergent middle-class Hindus), the cause for ban- Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire saw licenses — are now being reined in by the govern- falo meat exports in 2015-16, the highest among all areas. Cattle, bualo, goat and sheep are maintained ning slaughter became a badge of identity, part of this diversity in beliefs quite early and wrote in 1529 ment, according to some media reports. states, according to data published by the Agriculture by agricultural families, mostly those with small land their quest for political power in post-colonial India. to his son Humayun, in one of his testaments: “e Lucknow’s fabled Tunday Kababi was shut on and Processed Food Export Development Authority holdings, and by landless labourers who use them pri- Educated Muslims felt excluded from, even scorned realm of Hindustan is full of diverse creeds. Praise be March 22, citing lack of bualo meat. Many tourists, (APEDA). Leather ranks eighth among India’s top marily for milk and also meat. Cattle are also loaned by, these Hindu notions of the Indian past; and they to God, the Righteous, the Glorious, the Highest, that who visit Lucknow, as well as locals, look forward to export earners, with about 46 per cent of what is pro- for agriculture and transportation. Poor families sell developed their own separatist fantasies.” erefore, He had granted unto you the Empire of it. It is but trying the very palatable meat kebabs, among other duced being exported, according to the Council for stray cattle to butchers. In drought-aected areas, the idea of using the cow as a unier for this diverse proper that you, with a heart cleansed of all religious delicacies, at the city’s famous Tunday Kababi. But Leather Exports (CLE). A third of these exports go such as parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya country is not exactly new. Since the BJP assumed bigotry, should dispense justice according to the tenets non-vegetarian foodies now must compromise their from Kanpur in UP, a city where the leather industry Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, cattle are o en sold to power, the cow has again been identied as a potent of each community. And in particular refrain from the experience, given the recent circumstances. Even is already in crisis. tide over economic crises. symbol to show minorities their place. Unfortunately sacrice of cow, for that way lies the conquest of the though the eatery got back in service from March Here is a look at the three industries that will be LEATHER: Majority of employees from apart from the higher castes, the middle and lower hearts of the people of Hindustan; and the subjects 23, Instead of selling bualo meat kebabs now, they highly aected by the campaign. disadvantaged communities work in the leather segments of Hindus have no opposition to cow beef. of the realm will, through royal favour, be devoted to are advertising “chicken and mutton kebabs”. Tunday MEAT: UP accounts for 43 per cent of India’s industries– e Indian leather industry provides Minorities were the ones majorly engaged in the busi- you.” But rather ironically, Ashoka the great unifying Kababi, established in 1905, is part of the extremely bualo meat exports, but the illegal slaughterhouses formal and informal employment to 2.5 million ness of cows farming and milk. As the cow stops milk- emperor did not ban the slaughter of cows. is diver- popular food culture of the old city of Nawabs. While being targeted by the government dominate the meat people, mostly from disadvantaged communities: ing, they are sold to the slaughter houses. gence of views has made the elevation of the cow as this crackdown against illegal meat shops might or market in India. While 4,000 slaughterhouses are reg- A third of leather workers are women and a fourth Most of all what pulls down the Hindu national- a nationalist’s project, a rather onerous task over the might not help the new government’s drive against istered, more than 25,000 are not, among units that are scheduled castes and tribes. Leatherworkers who ist campaign is the theological confusion about the centuries. To see the meat ban in perspective, we must cow smuggling in UP, it’s a huge asco for foodies cater to the domestic market, according to APEDA. are not from traditional tanning communities or are cow, all the way from the Vedic era. is agenda or move beyond today’s politics and look at a larger truth. and tourists who want to taste nawabi Lucknow cui- Even in the export market, registered and unregis- non-Muslims come from poor agricultural families, the cow as a holy animal does not stand the test of For much too long, liberals have allowed religious sine. e owner of Tunday Kababi has reportedly tered slaughterhouses both produce meat, APEDA according to a study by the Centre for Education and rigorous research. DN Jha exposes the truth in his groups to hijack the agenda by turning a blind eye. If shared concerns that without the bualo meat kababs, acknowledges. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer Communication (CEC), an advocacy. book ‘Myth of the Holy Cow’: Animal sacrices were all of us had stood up and said that religion and poli- his earnings are likely to take a hit. Another outlet of meat in India, according to the Agriculture Sta- e battle for the cow in India is not a health very common, the most important of them being the tics do not mix, we would not be in this mess today.

A painting of Asvamedha performed during the Vedis period A butcher slicing meat Kebabs which use buffalo meat Workers at a meat processing factory millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | 9 mp Beacon THE MAN AHEAD OF MODERN TIMES A scene from ‘The Great Dictator’

Lahari Basu writes how Charlie Chaplin introduced film as an art form through his thoughtful portrayal of various social situations over a career span of seven decades

as a lonely prospector ghting adver- met Paulette Goddard in the early labelled with for his political views. sity and looking for love. e com- 1930s, the leading lady in Modern He le the United States and edy contains some of Chaplin’s most Times, they got married during a lived with his fourth wife Oona famous sequences, such as the Tramp trip but gradually the couple dri ed O’Niel in Switzerland. ough he eating his shoe out of hunger and the apart as both individuals focused on found love and peace at an advanced “Dance of the Rolls”. Chaplin stated, their careers. age, he described Oona as “the hap- “is is the picture that I want to be A new and visible boldness in piest event of my life.” Chaplin made remembered by,” at the time of the expressing his political beliefs started his most bitter lm, A King in New lm’s release in 1925. to be evident in his lms. Parallels York in 1954, a er which he mainly With fame, came hardships, between himself and Adolf Hit- focused only in re-editing his older when Chaplin had to marry Mil- ler had been widely noted – both lms. dred Harris and Lita Grey out of had risen from poverty to world e comedian, passed away false pregnancy claims. Both his prominence, and both wore the on December 25, 1977, suering marriages failed and defamed him same toothbrush moustache. is a stroke. In later life, Chaplin had with scandals. Chaplin had a brief resemblance supplied the plot for once stated that he was a “citizen aair with Lita Grey just when he Chaplin’s next lm, e Great Dic- of the world”, a fact that cannot was looking for a female lead for ‘e tator, which directly satirised Hitler be denied given his worldwide Gold Rush’. He had to marry her as and attacked fascism. popularity in the early 1900s and she suspected that she was pregnant, Chaplin used spoken dialogue even today. and since she was underage Chaplin in this lm, partly out of acceptance could have been imprisoned. ey that he had no other choice, but also had two sons, but eventually Grey because he considered it a better divorced him due to Chaplin’s alleged way for delivering a political mes- here are stars, superstars, Sydney secured his 16-year-old becoming an art form other than numerous aairs outside marriage. sage. A comedy about Hitler was and legends and then there brother a fortnight’s trial with Eng- being a mere source of entertain- With the advent of sound in denitely controversial, but is Charlie Chaplin – “the land’s foremost impresarios Fred ment. Chaplin joined forces with lms, e Jazz Singer being the rst Chaplin’s nancial indepen- little fellow” who bore the Karno. Chaplin’s brilliant comic Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, talkie in Hollywood in 1927, expec- dence allowed him to take Ttorch ahead for future creative lm- performance helped him anchor a and DW Grith to form a new dis- tations of the lm viewing audience the risk. “I was determined makers, as Vanity Fair had once writ- spot in the troupe. A er perform- tribution company – United Artists, increased, but Chaplin was adamant. to go ahead,” he later wrote, ten, “the little fellow was not a small ing with this troupe for a few years established in January 1919. e “I was determined to continue mak- “for Hitler must be laughed at.” man.” Every professional eld has Charlie received a good oer from arrangement was revolutionary in ing silent lms ... I was a pantomim- Chaplin introduced a Jewish some exceptional member who is Hollywood’s ‘king of comedy’ Mack the industry, as it enabled the four ist and in that medium, I was unique barber in the attire of the Tramp, way ahead of their time thereby not Sennet to join Keystone studios. creative artists to personally fund and, without false modesty, a master,” and in a dual performance, he also earning the respect they deserve. Chaplin’s famous on-screen per- their pictures and have complete he explained in the 1930s. A jour- played the dictator Adenoid Hynkel Charles Spencer Chaplin has been sona - e Tramp’s rst appearance control. nalist a er viewing ‘City Lights’ in parodying Hitler. He also used a constant participant in the list of on screen was in Kid auto races at His rst full-length feature lm 1930, wrote, “Nobody in the world fake German language to our happy memories as several gen- Venice in 1914 where he is seen was e Kid. Its plot exposed his but Charlie Chaplin could have done mock the dictator. e lm erations grew up watching his lms. shoved aside by the cameraman who comedy-loving audience to a world it. He is the only person that has that generated a vast amount of Born on April 16, 1889, Charles tries to shoot the car races, but the of pathos and poverty. It was the rst peculiar something called ‘audience publicity upon release in Spencer Chaplin had a rough start tramp nds his way back in front of lm to portray comedy and heart- appeal’ in sucient quality to defy 1940, with a critic calling to life witnessing acute poverty and the camera to visibility. wrenching pain simultaneously in the popular penchant for movies it “the most eagerly awaited problems faced by the unprivileged Moving on to work with vari- one story. Chaplin had said, “Life that talk.” e Tramp falls in love picture of the year”. Chaplin in southern London. Chaplin’s is one ous other production houses, young is tragedy in close-up, comedy in with a blind girl and befriends an concluded the lm with an of the most impressive rags to riches Chaplin fought his way through to long shot.” A Woman in Paris, in alcoholic wealthy man, which fol- elaborate speech against the story in the entire world. Charlie had convince the bosses and gi ed the 1923 opped, for it was ahead of its lows in a series of funny accounts war in which he abandoned been exposed to the stage at a very world one a er other creative pieces. time and Chaplin wasn’t acting in it. in the City Lights. his barber character, looked early age since both his parents were It was said that Chaplin did not work It proved the fact that his fans were At the 1st Academy Awards, directly into the camera. music hall entertainers. As his par- with a script, his ideas would help more interested in watching him act Chaplin was awarded a special tro- A er controversies like that of ents separated when he was a tod- the story roll on the spot while his rather than just his thoughts perform phy “For versatility and genius in Joan Barry claiming to be pregnant dler, Charlie and his half brother loyal crew toiled to keep up with his on-screen. en came one of his acting, writing, directing and pro- with Chaplin’s child and the FBI Sydney were initially brought up by unique creativity. greatest lms – e Gold Rush. To ducing e Circus.” It tells the story director charging him with viola- their struggling single mother in the Comedy, in the monochromatic set his standards high Chaplin had of the little Tramp as a clown, who tion of the Mann Act (which could slums and later in he was sent to a silent lms era, meant mostly slap- planned to create an epic. as discovered by the ringmaster of eventually land him up in the prison workhouse. It was because of their stick- people falling, throwing cakes Inspired by a photograph of the a circus can only be funny uninten- for several years), Chaplin had to mother that Charlie developed an at each other and the likes. With 1898 Klondike Gold Rush, he made tionally, not on purpose. e state of pay child support for the daugh- interest in performing art. He later lms like e Immigrant, Chaplin what Georey Macnab calls “an epic labour in America in the early 1930s ter of Barry even though tests did wrote: “[she] imbued me with the brought meaning to comedy. With comedy out of grim subject matter.” worried him that machinery in the not provide any evidence of him feeling that I had some sort of talent”. Chaplin’s lead, lms were gradually e Gold Rush portrays the Tramp workplace would increase unem- being the father. ployment levels and that stimulated It is unfortunate that his fan Chaplin to develop his new lm – could not accept lms like Mon- Modern Times. He announced it sier Vordeux (a black comedy) as “a satire on certain phases of our and Limelight (story of a for- industrial life.” gotten vaudeville comedian Modern Times employed sound and a young ballerina, highly eects but almost no dialogues. But autobiographical), which Chaplin’s performance of a gibberish were not the usual Chaplin song gave the Tramp a voice for the lms. Limelight was boy- only time on lm. e lm received cotted in America for his mixed reviews, as some viewers declining fame owing to disliked the politicising. 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The Renaissance Man of Indian Cinema Chatterjee and directed by the most popular novel of Sarat Chandra Chatter- Sharad Dutt writes Premankur Atarthi, the com- jee, wherein Barua himself played the main pro- mercial success was dismal. tagonist. In the Hindi version, Barua sought KL how Birendra Nath And yet another lm based Saigal to play Devdas opposite Jamuna and Raj- on Chatterjee’s novel, Palli kumari. And Bimal Roy, who was in the camera Samaj, met with the department of New eatres, wielded the camera Sircar, grandson same fate. independently for the rst time. Kedar Sharma, ough the poster painter of New eatres, too penned of Piyari Charan lms pro- the dialogues and songs the rst time. Undisput- duced by edly, Devdas set the box oce on re across the Sircar the renowned New e- country, and Saigal became a superstar overnight. atres Barua also directed Roop Lekha, Manzil, were not Maya, Zindagi, Mukti and Adhikar for New e- educationist, was doing atres. He introduced multi-camera set-up and the well, its technique of ashback in cinema. is was yet immortalised by his top of another landmark, as he also used the element the line of premonition, in other words, ‘telepathy’, in the immense body of studios concluding scene of Devdas. was the It is as imperative to mention Phani Majumdar talk of and Bimal Roy, who played a seminal role in New work in the early 1900s the town. eatres. Interestingly, both of them were work- On the ing in Barua’s company, Barua Films. Majumdar with films like New seventieth had joined Barua Films as a steno-typist taking birthday of dictations for screenplays. Gradually, it rubbed Theatres’ first talkie, Gurudev Rabi- o and Majumdar was drawn towards lms. And ndranath Tagore, when Barua joined New eatres, he naturally Dena Paona, and other his ballet, Natir Puja, took Majumdar along. was staged in ‘Old Empire’ It so happened that Majumdar narrated the in Calcutta. Birendra Nath plot of Street Singer to Birendra Nath at his resi- laudable films like was keen to make an epony- dence. e latter was so impressed that he asked mous lm and approached Majumdar to direct the lm independently, who Chandidas, Vidyapati, Gurudev. Delighted with the was just about 28. KL Saigal and Kanan Devi were permission, Natir Puja was in the lead. Bimal Roy had joined New eatres and Devdas lmed in New eatres. To assisting Nitin Bose as a cameraman in the Ban- authenticate the backdrop gla version of Devdas. Barua marvelled at Bimal and recreate the creative envi- Roy’s inimitable excellence and deputed him as rons of Santiniketan, Biren- an independent cameraman in the Hindi version. t is quite rare, indeed, that four genera- dra Nath made a Gole Ghar Aer a decade as a cameraman, in 1944, Birendra tions of a family have served the society and a pond in the studio’s Nath gave him a chance to direct Udayer Pathe. for three centuries in various elds. One premises. e hi-tech stu- Aer the success of this Bangla version, Bimal Roy such family existed in undivided Bengal. dio had not only an abso- directed its Hindi version Humrahi, and thereaf- e Sircars earned prestigious status in the lutely rst class laboratory ter, he also directed Anjangarh and Pehla Aadmi annals of Indian history for their unique contri- but also a galaxy of versatile for New eatres. Later he moved to Bombay and Ibution. Piyari Charan Sircar was among the most and talented artistes. Dhiren set up his own production house. renowned and revered educationists. Even today Ganguli (popularly known Another signicant name in New eatres he is acknowledged as the pioneer and creator of as DG), Debki Kumar Bose, was Hem Chandra Chunder, who directed Crore- the modern Bangla language, both for the idiom Pramathesh Chandra Barua pati, Jawani ki Reet, Wapas and My Sisters. Tapan of Bangla grammar and textbooks for primary were among those recruited Sinha, the distinguished lm director, too, started classes, which are still as popular aer almost Birendra Nath Sircar by Birendra Nath. his career in the sound department, and so did two centuries. As fortune favours the Hrishikesh Mukherji who worked in the editing His son, Sir NN Sircar, a legal luminary, was brave, the initial spate of fail- department of New eatres. Advocate-General of Bengal and a member of the ure did not ag his spirit or An uncompromising perfectionist, Biren- Law Council of the Viceroy from 1934 to 1939. deter him from making lms. dra Nath nurtured and attracted the best talent And his grandson, Birendra Nath Sircar, born on engineer and justied the degree. In spite of com- February 10, 1931, bought 4 acres of land in Tolly- Lady luck smiled at New eatres in 1932, when of his time in each facet of lmmaking. His ini- July 5 of 1901, in Bhagalpur, who passed his inter- petent direction and excellent photography, these ganj, and started building a technically self-con- Debki Bose directed Chandidas in Bangla, based tial setback had spurred him on to enhance the mediate in Science with high rst class, was sent to lms did not hit the bull’s eye. Chitra was inaugu- tained complete studio with the latest equipment. on the life of Vaishnavite a 16th-century saint- standards of Indian cinema, and New eatres London for studying civil engineering. During his rated on December 30, 1930, by none other than Nitin Bose took charge of the camera department, poet. e songs were based on the works of garnered that much-sought-aer glory to the stay in London, young Birendra Nath was fasci- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. And this is when and for sound, Birendra Nath deployed the ser- Chandidas. e background music by RC Boral big screen with the stellar stars, thinkers, writ- nated by theatre and watched lms on weekends. Sir NN Sircar got to know through the newspa- vices of Wilford Demming, the sound engineer of became an instant success. is was a maiden ers, poets, amalgamating in this historic studio. He returned to India in 1926, and soon realised pers that his son was involved with lm produc- India’s rst talkie lm, Alam Ara. He trained three attempt and Debki Bose set a notable precedent Whenever cine-goers entered the cinema hall that civil engineering was not his cup of tea. tion. He was heartbroken but soon reconciled that youngsters – Bani Dutt, Loken Bose and Mukul in the lm industry that how background score and saw on the screen its mascot, the elephant A member of Bhawanipore Club, once aer his son was passionate about cinema and chose to Bose (younger Brother of Nitin Bose). Within could facilitate reducing the dialogue. With this with the raised head and lied trunk, accompa- nishing a tennis game in the club, Birendra help him nancially. three months Demming was fully satised with super hit under his hat, Debki Bose directed many nied by the melodious voice of Pankaj Mullick Nath chanced to meet Haren Ghosh. A famous A man of guts, willing to take risks and step the competence of these boys and conveyed it to more laudable lms for New eatres, ie Purim singing Jeevtang Jyotiretu Chhayam in the back- impresario and also a highly respected name in into choppy waters, aer deep introspection he Birendra Nath that they would prociently run Bhagat, Rajrani Mera, Vidyapati and Nartaki. ground, it meant that they were to watch qual- the arena of arts, culture and aesthetics pursuits, formed a team of such youngsters, who would be the sound department of New eatres. ere- Aer tasting the success of Chandidas, Birendra ity cinema. he had successfully organised the shows of emi- keenly interested in lms. He was already famil- aer, Mukul Bose became in-charge of sound. Nath embarked upon making its Hindi version, In his lifetime, Birendra Nath produced 176 nent dancers like Uday Shankar, Sitara Devi, Bal- iar with the work of Nitin Bose and liked what he Given Bengal’s rich tradition of music and that was to be directed by Nitin Bose, as he had lms in Bangla, Hindi and Tamil, a record of asaraswati and Sadhana Bose. Around this time had seen of him and his work. He had two other theatre, there was no dearth of talent, and Biren- earlier wielded the camera for the Bangla ver- sorts. Twenty-nine of those lms were based on cinema was emerging in India. Aer the release trusted persons in International Film Cra, Amar dra Nath had two accomplished music compos- sion. With KL Saigal in the lead role opposite Bangla classics – 13 of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, of Dadasaheb Phalke’s lm Raja Harish Chandra, Mullick and IG Hazji. With this new team of the ers, RC Boral and Pankaj Mullick. Later on, Timir Uma Shashi, the Hindi version, too, was a win- three of Gurudev Tagore, two of Bankim Chan- many lm companies mushroomed. Ghosh could dedicated trio, Birendra Nath wanted to create Baran also joined the New eatres. When New ner all the way. dra Chatterjee, four of Kazi Nazrul Islam and not resist joining the new crop of lmmakers and some milestones in the cine world. eatres produced its rst talkie, Dena Paona, in Venturing further, Birendra Nath assigned Sailjanand Mukhopadhyay, and one each of Dwi- produced a silent movie, Buker Bojha (Burden on He laid the foundation of New eatres on Bangla, adopted from the novel of Sarat Chandra PC Barua to direct the Bangla version of Devdas, jendralal Ray, Tara Shankar Bandhopadhyay and Chest), with a leading name Durga Das Banerjee, Prabodh Kumar Sanyal. e famed Hindi writer while cinematography was by Nitin Bose (grand- Pandit Sudarshan scripted two lms for New e- son of Sir JC Bose), the ace cameraman of Ben- atres, Rooplekha and Dhoop Chhaon. In the latter, gal. But Ghosh ran short of funds and requested Mukul Bose introduced playback singing for the Birendra Nath to lend him some money to com- rst time in Indian cinema, that was three months plete the lm. Generous enough to render nan- ahead of Hollywood. e illustrious Urdu drama- cial assistance, Birendra Nath also started visiting tist Agha Hashr Kashmiri’s popular play, Yahudi the sets of the lms. Perhaps, at this point, he was ki Ladki, was adapted for the lm, Yahudi. He also enticed by the world of cinema, and thus, became wrote lyrics for the New eatres movies. the co-producer of Ghosh’s company. ough e estimable contribution of New eatres Buker Bojha, that was released on November 9, was duly recognised by the Government of India. 1930, opped, providence had other plans for e highest lm honour of Dadasaheb Phalke Birendra Nath. Soon he was introduced to an Award was bestowed on eight leading lights of engineer, who was also interested in lm produc- New eatres. Birendra Nath was the second tion. He was PN Roy, who had assisted Himan- recipient of this award (1971). Other award- shu Roy (later the founder of Bombay Talkies), ees were Prithviraj Kapoor (1972), Pankaj Mul- and produced his lms, Light of Asia and row lick (1973), Dhiren Ganguli (1976), Kanan Devi of Dice. (1977), Nitin Bose (1978), RC Boral (1979) and Birendra Nath set-up International Film Cra Durga Khote (1984). along with PN Roy, and with a missionary zeal to Birendra Nath, the eternal BN Sircar, immor- have complete control over cinema, he produced talised by his immense body of work passed two silent lms, under this new banner – Chor away on November 28 of 1980. And his son Dilip Kanta (directed by Charu Roy) and Chasher Meye Kumar Sircar kept the ag ying producing lms (directed by Prafulla Roy). Both the lms were and telelms. He also procured a ve-part tele- shot by Nitin Bose and released at the new cin- vision serial, ‘ e Story of New eatres’, high- ema hall Chitra (now named Mitra) constructed lighting the glory of his father’s commendable by Birendra Nath. And this was the very rst time BN Sircar laid the foundation of New Theatres on February 10, 1931, bought 4 acres of land in Tollyganj, and started building a technically self-contained studio enterprise, which was a betting and true tribute that he utilised his professional skills as a civil to e Renaissance Man of the Indian Cinema. millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | 11 mp

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ardeep Singh Puri, a career diplo- national governance” or global governance mat, had long engagements with of the ‘many,’ and its central principle was the United Nations. Among his “opposition [of] bilateral discriminatory several tenures with the UN, the arrangements that were believed to enhance Hlast was as India’s permanent representative the leverage of the powerful over the weak at the world body. His tenure overlapped and to increase international conict.” In with India’s non-permanent membership of 1990, Robert Keohane simply dened mul- the Security Council between 2011 and 2012. tilateralism as “the practice of coordinating He presided over the sessions of the council national policies in groups of three or more in August 2011 and November 2012. Need- states.” Puri’s narrative amplies the fact that less to add here that Puri was privy to many despite pleading for multilateralism, the UN moves which the world body made which body functions to the contrary espousing were to prove counterproductive in main- principles of bilateralism and in most of the taining global peace. No wonder he decided situation of unilateralism. aps, like books, should be freely accessible to to title his book – Perilous Interventions. e book rather the critique of the the public because they contribute to the under- We live in the times very dierent from United Nations, especially the Security standing of geography, the physical space we 1945 when the United Nations was founded. Council, is important for another reason Minhabit. Maps are therefore essential tools for city planning and also e UN Charter had armed our collective that it has come not from, former foreign important for scholars and researchers in many disciplines. But in determination to save succeeding genera- correspondent for BBC Humphrey Hawk- India, accurate and detailed survey plans are dicult to nd. Even tions from the scourge of war. e deni- sley put it, “the safe talking shops of Wash- original architectural drawings and plans of historic buildings, which tion and perception of war, as it was seen in ington Beltway, London’s Whitehall or a are already in the public domain either as publications or in foreign 1945, has metamorphosed into a phenome- catastrophic. e consequences of the inter- European Union committee. is is eye of libraries and archives, are subject to limited access as they are kept non which encapsulates the mutating threat vention in Libya and, even worse, the pro- how and why things fall apart when run by under lock and key with their respective custodians in India. us, of violent extremism and terrorism; from the tracted war in Syria, has le over 300,000 an old-guard global system that has not been researchers working on colonial buildings or cities in India are handi- double-edged sword of new technologies to dead and over four million of its citizens dis- reformed for more than seventy years.” capped and invariably nd it easier to get the drawings they need in the existential risks posted by climate change placed. On the more worrisome count, e virtue of the author could the British Library or the library of the Royal Institute of British Archi- and natural disasters. is was something it has led to a very rapid and related also be the cause for the crit- tects in London, for example, than in Indian repositories. is impacts which was not ordained for the world body rise of the ISIS as a new brand icism of the text, which the scope and quality of their research because they try and avoid con- to deal with when it was founded more than of militant terrorism. says that the world fronting the hurdles such research entails when they have to search for seven decades ago. e underlying narra- body has gone hor- them in India. Not surprisingly, some of the best research on Indian However, Puri’s book doesn’t have that tive of the book is Puri’s ribly wrong with cities and its historic architecture is done by scholars outside of India. wide a canvass as the agenda which the advocacy of multilater- each of the decisions It is in this context that one needs to laud the initiative of Pilar Maria United Nations has allocated to itself. It alism. In international which it took. ose Guerrieri for making available the maps she had painstakingly collected largely deals with the interventions which the advantage of being an insider, runs through relations, multilateral- not in sync with the during the course of her research on Delhi and publishing them in the world body made to mainly replace regimes the events of the past few years since Iraq ism is multiple coun- tune of the narration form of this book. in a country on the bidding of one or the invasion; presenting the story of Ukraine, tries working in concert will nd it easy calling Most of the maps are from publicly accessible sources and archives other permanent member. Puri, enjoying the Syria, Libya and Yemen. ese chapters serve on a given issue. Multi- it coming from third in India, which have been carefully identied, and the material has been as standalone briengs to the dilettante. lateralism is a form of alli- world diplomat holding a organised in a manner that it would be much easier for future scholars to Putting focus on the United Nations ance, although it may have grudge against the world locate them. e maps have also been copiously annotated to understand Security Council, where he represented India somewhat of a dierent struc- leaders. their respective contexts and, thus, facilitate the search for research material. during its membership of the body between ture than traditional alliances. In the past, historical maps have 2011 and 2012, Puri argues that the world Multilateralism was been published, but this initia- body stands to get further discredited if it dened by Miles tive can be distinguished from continues to function in the same manner Kahler as “inter- the earlier publications from the as it has done since the turn of the century. disciplinary perspective of urban Establishing his credentials as a global diplo- planning. Guerrieri has used these mat by taking swipe at our disastrous inter- maps to analyse the evolution of vention in Sri Lanka, where he served as a the city rather than merely illus- young diplomat, he makes a searing criticism trate it. She has used the maps to of the Security Council and its ill-fated deci- understand the evolution of the sions on Libya and Syria. He wonders how city in the manner that a histo- such decisions could be taken without taking rian would use written archival into the account the consequences and asks records to understand the narrative poignantly why governments pursue policies of historical events. On the basis which are against their own interests. of her analysis, for instance, she Perilous Interventions indeed is a compellingly demonstrates that comprehensive critique of the Western Delhi is a composite city of singular Price: ‘599 use of military force and the abuse of the parts collectively forming an intri- Price: `499 Publisher: United Nations Security Council that are cate whole: ‘Delhi, a city of cities’. Publisher: Harper Collins now widely seen as contributing to the e genealogy of her research regional crisis. e crisis caused by the method could perhaps be traced to Bloomsbury whimsical interventions has been extremely her Italian architectural education and its deeply rooted academic tradition of understanding a city by study- ing its maps and drawings. Such an analysis reveals the meaning and signicance of the structure and elements of its parts in order to engage with the city more productively, either as scholars or as professionals. For example, Giancarlo de Carlo established the International Labo- To establish a legal political order ratory of Architecture and Urban Design (ILAUD), an extra-curricular academic research entity, that conducted intensive summer camps in various Italian cities for several decades, in which participants not only he “Arab Spring” in 2011 religion with a completely dier- from Italy but all over the world would engage with specic issues of the was believed to be a turn- ent founding and evolution”. And selected city being studied through mapping its attributes in order to ing point for the Middle in his rst three chapters, Hamid understand it and make proposals to deal with and resolve its contingent East with the fractious discusses this extensively, compar- urban problems. ese pioneering initiatives established the Italian aca- Tand turbulent region set to embrace ing the cases of the three Semitic demic culture of physical planning, which becomes evident in the man- Western-style liberal democracy, religions which originated in the ner Guerrieri studied Delhi. With great commitment and dedication she as per Fukuyama’s “end of history” same area but have widely diverged collected the maps and drawings from the various archives, which she theory. But half a dozen years later, (and seeking to explain why). And used to construct her research narrative. e detailed annotations she all these hopes are in disarray while it is this detailed but balanced and provides to each map further emphasises and accentuates her method the unpredicted rise of the vicious most incisive comparative analy- of analysis, which is characteristically Italian in nature. IS has further queered the pitch. sis that is among the real strengths e present book can also be appreciated at other registers: maps Is the turmoil of the recent of the book. Based on contacts narrate, for example, the many purposes of map-making. Some were years a temporary phase, or does with senior functionaries of all made for military purposes, others to facilitate travel and tourism, while it indicate some more systematic the groups, he also dwells on their many for the more ubiquitous representational purposes urban planners dierences in the Arab world’s method of gradualism, responsive- are familiar with, to delineate and record land parcels for habitation and dynamics? Like it or not, it is the of the struggle is the problem of key point of Islam being “excep- ness to international opinion and dierent land uses for the planned development of the city. For what- second option that is correct, says Price: `499 religion and its role in politics. tional” as it relates to politics – “a their own secular elite (mostly) – ever purpose they were made at dierent times, compiled together they scholar Shadi Hamid and goes on Publisher: In this sense, the turmoil of the controversial, even troubling claim, and its pitfalls – as well as why they become valuable historic information, which can help us understand to argue his case why the western Arab Spring and its a ermath is especially of rising anti-Muslim may not necessarily be threats to the evolution of the urban form of Delhi and appreciate the design and concept of liberal, secular democ- Pan Macmillan the latest iteration of the inability sentiment” in the Western world democracy (which even secular typological changes that were introduced over time. e maps that have racy may not strike roots in the to resolve the basic questions over – is not good or bad but just is, liberals may undermine, eg., Egypt been selected for this publication, besides being useful as relevant refer- region. (And his ndings may have the two other Semitic religions, what it means to be a citizen and and needs to be understood and in 2013). Hamid is, however, an ence tools, can also be appreciated purely for their aesthetics. a closer relevance to India than which could explain why they, what it means to be a state,” he says. respected. optimist – and notes the IS, which Today, when digital Google maps and satellite photographs are easily seems evident.) especially Christianity, could go on Hamid, whose rst book ‘Tempta- Secondly, this distinction “revels in death”, will not outstrip available and have transformed our visual imagination of the geogra- Hence the “Islamic exception- to separate church and state even- tions of Power: Islamists and Illib- means the Western model of “a mainstream Islamism which can be phy of a city, we begin to realise through publications such as this one, alism” of the title, says Hamid, a tually but why Islam does not have eral Democracy in a New Middle Protestant Reformation followed much more peaceful and pragmatic how the beauty of printed maps and the many forms of pleasures and senior fellow in the Project on US this exibility. “Since the caliphate’s East’ (2015) proled the Islamists by an enlightenment in which reli- than given credit for. But, the main insights they oer when they are physically handled have been elided Relations with the Islamic World at dissolution (in 1924), the struggle and their evolution, while postulat- gion is gradually pushed into the takeaway for us Indians from this in public consciousness, thus diminishing an important attribute of the the Brookings Institution, arguing to establish a legitimate political ing that it was premature to write private realm” is quite unlikely book is to learn the correct lessons city they represent. religion and politics are entwined order has raged on, with varying them o despite their reverses, car- for Islam, and an “odd presump- about the relation of religion and in Islam much more tightly than levels of intensity. At the centre ries his thesis further here. His rst tion” for “a completely dierent politics. VIKAS DUTTA 12| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp Routes PALAKKAD Stunning Gateway to Kerala

While Palakkad enjoys a salubrious climate and forest cover, the city of Palakkad, on the lower edges of the Sahyadri ranges of the Western Ghats, is veritably a slice of God’s own land, writes Chitra Ramaswamy

en called the Gateway to Kerala, the quiet town of Palakkad is the capital of Palakkad viewpoint Palakkad District — Kerala’s rice bowl and the corridor between Kerala and OTamil Nadu. A natural depression in the Western Ghats — the famous Palghat Gap — makes Pal- akkad perennially windy. Like a town that would rather be a village, it makes way for chariots during festivals and beams gloriously when the sunlight falls on its Palmyras and golden paddy elds. Our 400 km-drive from Bengaluru to Palak- kad, rst on NH7 to Salem, and then from Salem to our destination, on NH 47 via Coimbatore, is picturesque. We halt at several places on the stretch between Coimbatore and Palakkad and also make a few digressions, to visit spots we’ve chalked out on our itinerary. We make brief halts at Monkey Falls, and Aliyar Dam, at an elevation of 918 feet on the Anamalai range of mountains, with its park, gar- den, aquarium and boating. e dreamy land of evergreen tropical forests, dams, wild life sanctuar- ies, rare ora and fauna, swaying coconut palmyra trees, historical monuments, places of worship and traditional Ayurvedic treatment centres – Palak- kad, nursed by crisscrossing rivers and contoured man that stands guard at the entrance and dis- prohibited here as in the rest of Kera- by hills, bowled us over with its rustic charm. While cover serene surrounds. e twitter of birds perched la’s temples. Jainmedu, the 15th century Palakkad enjoys a salubrious climate and forest high in the canopy of the trees, and the laughter of Jain temple dedicated to Chandraprabha, cover, the city of Palakkad, on the lower edges of the children that ring like concert bells, now replaces a Tirthankara, is situated on the banks of the Sahyadri ranges of the Western Ghats, is veritably a the blood, gore and tumultuous war cries that were Kalpathy River, and one of the few places in Ker- slice of God’s own land. once its daily life. ala where the vestiges of Jainism still survive. Built Palakkad, or Palakkattussery, derived its name e fort which was originally built to facilitate by a family of diamond merchants from Karnataka, from “Pala” “Kadu”, which means barren jungle! communication between the two sides of the West- the temple, with its plain granite walls and a sanc- by e name is probably a corruption of Palighat, in ern Ghats was restructured by Haider Ali in 1766. tum bere of adornments, displays majesty in sim- the the Jain language, from the ‘pala’ trees that were It witnessed several skirmishes and battles, espe- plicity. e altar contains idols of the Tirthankaras con- once abundant in the region. Relics conrm Palak- cially between Haider Ali and the Zamorin, and and Yakshinis associated with the Jain faith. It is servative kad existed from the Paleolithic Age and, as a part later between Haider’s son Tipu and the British. believed that the much celebrated Kumaran Ashan, society of of the Malabar region, was once the stronghold of e symbolic Kota Maidanam or the Fort Ground, one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala, philosopher Kerala. Walk- the Pallavas of Kanchi. While a lot of wars were which lies sandwiched between the Town Hall and and social reformer scripted his epoch-making ing along well laid fought over the region, the British nally wrested it the fort, once served as the stables for Tipu’s ele- poem Veenapoovu, meaning “Fallen Flower” in one out pathways in the from Tipu Sultan during the ird Anglo Mysore phants and horses. It now doubles up as a sports of the houses near the temple. e hillside village of garden, we come across War of 1792 and made it a part of the Madras Pres- arena and a stage for public gatherings. iruvilvamala on the banks of the Bharathappuzha several tourists gushing idency. However, Palakkad became part of Kerala Kalpathy, one of the 21 Agraharams of Palakkad River is home to the famed Vilwadrinatha Temple. over the Yakshi, a mythi- with the formation of the State in 1956. No wonder District on the banks of the Kalpathy river, famous e temple, enjoys a unique status, being one of the cal creature who is the guard- then, that the quaint town which oers the best of for its annual Ratholsavam (Temple car festival) and rare temples dedicated to Lord Rama in Kerala, as ian of the hidden treasures of the Kerala, is peppered with Tamil culture, due to gen- annual music festival, is one of the oldest settlements Krishna, Ayyappa and Bhagavathy Amman appear earth but we nd the artwork rather erations of intermingling between Malayalees and of Tamil Brahmins in Kerala, and dates back to the to have more shrines in their honour in the State. incongruous in the park. Kerala’s own Tamils. Extensive paddy elds sheath the district, 15th century. It is an interesting spot in the city, with As we proceed to the Malampuzha Dam, north Vrindavan, Malampuzha is one of Palak- earning Palakkad the sobriquet Granary or Rice its labyrinthine alleys, anked with narrow houses of the Kalpathy River, en route, we enjoy scenic vis- kad’s largest lung spaces, and exudes charm Bowl of Kerala, and its crisp, and the herb-scented bearing tiled roofs. Of course, few of these houses tas of the Palghat Gap from the slopes of Malampu- that perfectly harmonises the magnicence of air wa s its therapeutic eect, with elds of aromatic have survived the ravages of time with most giv- zha to the hills of Nelliampathy. Palakkad is blessed descending mountains with the tranquility of gen- spices stretching miles on end. e mellow remains ing way to contemporary glass-concrete buildings. with many rivers, all tributaries of Bharatapuzha, tly meandering rivers. e blue mountain peaks rise of Palakkad Fort made famous by Tipu Sultan, and e several old temples that dot Palak- Kerala’s longest river, which originates from the Pal- majestically in the background of the dam, cloaked hence o en referred to as Tipu’s Fort, greets us as kad are magnicent, in spite of akkad hills, as do seven other rivers. Of the number by patches of white mist and grey uy clouds, glis- we enter the town. A moat and bridge lead us to their simple architec- of dams in Palakkad district, the largest, Malampu- tening with raindrops and streaked in places with Kanni, the entrance of the red-grey stronghold tural style. Well pre- zha dam, is 12 km from Palakkad town. e land- slivers of waterfalls. e nest day we drive through meaning made of brick and granite. We served, and boasting scaped Malampuzha Gardens adjoining the dam the dense Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, revered ‘virgin’, mara walk past an idol of stunning wall sprawls across 28.5 acres, bearing resemblance to as Nature’s own abode. Tangled tree roots that seem meaning ‘tree’ Hanu- murals depicting Delhi’s Mughul Gardens, is a riot of colours. e to stretch endlessly, a panoramic landscape, rolling in the Tamil and Hindu mythology, main attractions are the suspension bridge, the cable hills, virgin forests, cascading waterfalls, surging Malayalam languages, with its pantheon car ride and the fantasy park. Floral beds, sparkling streams, scintillating array of ora and creatures of has been held in vener- of deities, these pools oering boating facilities, a musical fountain, the wild, greet us at Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctu- ation and worshipped as a places of wor- two hanging bridges running across the Malampu- ary, a fertile and rich biodiversity hotspot, which is holy virgin by the natives. It ship rever- zha canal, an aquarium built to resemble a sh, a part of the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. e views is widely acclaimed that the tree berate with snake park, rock garden and a ropeway ride across of the Parambikulam and unaccadavu dams are is the largest living teak tree in the spiritual energy. the lush garden, allow us to spend substantial time breathtaking and the reservoirs add magnetic charm world with a girth of 6.57m, standing Unfortu- here, savouring nature’s bounty and man-made to the sanctuary environs. It is evident that the Kan- tall at a height of 48.5m. nately, pho- beauties. e Yakshi statue by Kaniya Kunhiraman, nimara Tree is a major crowd puller at Parambi- We wind up our Palakkad trip with a tography Kerala’s acclaimed sculptor, is also reputed even kulam. e local tribals believe the tree oozed blood mind-blowing experience, trekking to the Dhoni is strictly though the nudity of the structure is not approved when an axe was thrown at it. Since then the tree, Waterfalls, 15 km away from the town.

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the pain would otherwise prevent them from trying. While horse racing can Illegal drugs are also widely used. ere are trainers pumping horses full of illegal never be entirely safe Heads HELP END CRUELTY drugs every day. With so much money for the animals, a zero- on the line, people will do anything to tolerance drug policy and When horses stop winning races or become injured, some are make their horses run faster. When they stop winning races or become injured, few other reforms would make retired to pastures, while many end up in slaughterhouses racehorses are retired to pastures, because a difference to the horses tails owners don’t want to pay for a horse who doesn’t bring in any money. Many end up Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, in slaughterhouses. the area with trucks or they walk the ani- MP & Union Cabinet Help end the cruelty: mals down for about half a kilometre and Minister, also an eminent Refuse to patronize existing tracks then load them into trucks and take them animal rights activist and and lobby against the construction of new to slaughterhouses. e Supreme Court tracks. has ordered the government to make strict environmentalist answers Lobby to ensure that racing regula- cattle rules by 2016 October. e govern- Millennium Post readers tions are reformed and enforced. While ment has still not done so. queries related to animal horse racing can never be entirely safe for welfare issues the animals, a zero-tolerance drug policy, What are the powers that a police ocer turf (grass) tracks only, a ban on whipping, can exercise when he sees cruelty against competitive racing only a er their third animals? I enjoy a Sunday aernoon with my birthdays, and other reforms would make A. Under Section 34 of the Prevention family betting for the horse races. Why a world of dierence to the horses. of Cruelty to Animals any police ocer should such an adrenaline rush giving above the rank of a constable can seize the sport be banned? Are animal fairs where animals are animal and produce the same for exami- ey weigh more than 1,000 pounds, traded, legal? nation by the nearest magistrate if he has are supported by ankles the size of a Animal fairs were originally started to a reason to believe that violation of the human’s, and are whipped and forced to facilitate farmers to buy cows and bualoes act has been or is being committed, in run around tracks that are o en made of or camels. Over the years they have turned respect of any animal by its owner or per- hard-packed dirt at speeds of more than into criminal conglomerations which are son in charge. e police ocer may, when 30 miles per hour while carrying people only frequented by butchers. ese people seizing the animal, require the person in on their backs. Racehorses are the vic- pretend to be agriculturists and usually charge thereof to accompany it to the place tims of a multibillion-dollar industry that have either fake certicates made – even of examination. Any police ocer above is rife with drug abuse, injuries, and race though they are entirely landless, or they the rank of a constable can seize the animal xing, and many horses’ careers end at the at racetracks concluded that one horse in can be tough for veterinarians to diag- race again. bribe the local mela adhikari to give them and send them to hospital for treatment slaughterhouse. every 22 races suered an injury that pre- nose, and the damage may go from minor Trainers and veterinarians keep injured a clean chit. e law says that no one can and care in case of over-riding, beating, Horses begin training or are already vented him or her from nishing a race, to irreversible at the next race or workout. horses racing when they should be recover- buy more than two cattle. But these people owner not providing sucient food, con- racing when their skeletal systems are still while another estimated that 20-30 thor- Horses do not handle surgery well, and ing by giving them a variety of legal drugs coming in groups and families and each ning or mutilating. is is provided under growing and are unprepared to handle the oughbreds die every day because of inju- many are euthanized or sold at auction to mask pain and control inammation. person buys two each. e law is that no Section 35 of the same act. pressures of competition racing on a hard ries during races. to save the owners further veterinary fees is leads to breakdowns because horses animals can be loaded onto trucks. But (Send your questions to track at high speeds. One study on injuries Strained tendons or hairline fractures and other expenses for horses who can’t are able to run when, without the drugs, either they are bold enough to surround [email protected]) millennium post | KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | 15 mp Game on The Spaniard has, in his over 17-year-long career as a professional golfer, faced more downs than ups. But Monkey off with the win at Augusta, the 37-year-old finally tasted a major the back for tournament Sergio Garcia victory

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panish golfer Sergio Garcia’s long-awaited rst ever major tournament victory came on April 9 a er he beat Briton Justin Rose in a sudden-death playo a er they both completed the 72 holes in nine-under-par. By Swinning the 2017 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, Sergio Garcia emerged as the dark horse. Garcia became only the third Spanish golfer to win the Masters, a er the late Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal. But it is not Garcia’s nation- ality that makes his victory special. It is his sheer perseverance, patience and never-say-die attitude that make his victory special. e Spaniard has, in his over 17-year-long career as a profes- sional golfer, faced more downs than ups and has spent a majority of his career in the shadow of Tiger Woods – arguably the greatest player of his era. With his rst major victory, however, Garcia must have heaved a major sigh of relief; a er all, the Masters was the 74th major championship that he played in. His tryst with win began in 1999, when he nished runner-up to a then 23-year-old Tiger Woods, who had won his rst PGA Championship and second major tournament. at tournament was the beginning of a long-time rivalry between the two talented golfers. Garcia has spent a majority of his career in the top 10 of the Ocial World Golf Ranking, but never reached the summit. His peak ranking has been 2nd, which he reached a er winning the HSBC Champions tournament in November 2008. Between 2000 and 2009, he spent over 300 weeks remaining in the top 10 best golfers. Yet, for all his acumen, he could not win enough major tournaments to be labelled as a force to reckon with. Perhaps it was this inability to win a major tournament which manifested into Garcia’s game in the form of his frustration. Before his victory in Augusta, Garcia had nished in the top 10 of 22 tournaments. Over the years, Garcia has o en been criticised by his peers for his lack of consistency and, more importantly, composure. A couple of days a er his Masters win, Garcia was congratulated by Irish golfer Padraig Harrington. But Harrington minced no words in criticising Garcia’s attitude over the past few years. Har- rington had defeated Garcia in contentious battles at the 2007 Open Championship and 2008 PGA Championship to win both majors. Talking about how Garcia coped with the loss in 2007, Harrington said: “I gave him every out I possibly could have at the 2007 Open. I was as polite as I could and was as generous as I could be, but he was a very sore loser. And he continued to be a very sore loser. Clearly, a er that, we have had a very sticky (relationship).” Garcia also happens to have a sharp ear, one which o en does him more harm than good. During the Honda Classic tournament in February this year, Garcia became a bit too intent while hearing a few people in the crowd near the 17th tee at a hospitality venue. Some of those specta- tors crossed the line and spoke rudely about Garcia, which caused him to lose concentration. Now, with the monkey o his back, it can be expected that he would go the distance and complete a cov- eted Grand Slam – winning all the four major golf tournaments in one year. is, however, is very unlikely as age is not on Garcia’s side. Golf may well be a sport that athletes well into their forties can excel in. But with the emergence of younger, more energetic players such as Rory McIlory, Jordan Speith, Rickie Fowler, omas Pieters and Jon Rahm, Garcia might probably have to content him- self with the lone major tournament. India’s record-setting but forgotten all-rounder Vikas Dutta writes on “one of the greatest all-rounders that India has ever produced” on the occasion of his recent birth anniversary

father, Vijay Datta, (whose own inclina- 5 for 196”, then “went in again and made tion for cricket was cut short at the var- what at the time was India’s highest indi- sity level by his father who stressed more vidual score in Test cricket – 184 – in just focus on studies), recalls Mankad was very under ve hours”. popular in the 1950s for his stylish but “By the time England won by eight powerful batting (a six wickets on the  h on the rst ball of an morning, his bowling innings at Lords) and He (Vinoo gures for the match bewildering bowling were 97-36-231-5... arsenal, being capable Mankad) could No one else has ever of six dierent kinds of been on the eld for Vinoo Mankad deliveries in one over. chip, chop, cut, anything like as long ere was one occasion, drive, hook, punch, in a match at Lord’s. he remembers hearing Of the 24 hours 35 tons open to the midri, light-skinned, about, when during a sweep and smote minutes for which the his green eyes enhanced by ‘kajal’ (eye- o other Indian cricketer has set accomplished all-rounder (right-hand bat/ ton by an Indian (his 231 against New Zea- Test match at Lord’s in match lasted, he spent liner), he was pleasant to befriend, but so many long-enduring Test slow le -arm orthodox), instrumental in land at Madras in 1956 also was the highest 1952, Mankad kept Sir any ball to any 18 hours 45 minutes very unpleasant with the ball, and when records as him, including the India’s rst Test victory (against England individual national score till Sunil Gavas- Len Hutton from scor- part of the field. in the middle,” he he replaced the ball with the bat he was highest rst-wicket partner- in Chennai in 1952 with his bowling: 8-55 kar broke it in 1983 – also in Madras) while ing for over half an hour. added. When Eng- equally good. He could chip, chop, cut, Nship and the fastest 1,000 runs and 100 and 4-53) and set some prominent records. he was the rst Indian to get 100 wick- As the crowd booed the However, he got land only needed 79 drive, hook, punch, sweep and smote any wickets. Vinoo Mankad is also one of the But Mankad, born in Jamnagar in ets, and had eight ve-wicket hauls in an batsman, the Yorkshire- to win, Mankad still ball to any part of the eld. However, he four who batted at all spots and the only 1917, was a little unlucky too. While he innings (including two eight wicket hauls). man challenged them to most of his runs didn’t give up – half of got most of his runs through square-cuts Indian to have a match named a er him. rst played in 1937 in the unocial Tests His 231 was part of a 413 run rst- come in and see if they of his 24 overs to the and placements to leg,” he wrote. But as Virender Sehwag, who came close against the visiting England XI (led by Lord wicket partnership with Pankaj Roy, which could fare better. through square-cuts formidable batting trio But Mankad had his share of con- in 2005 to breaking the partnership record, Tennyson, the grandson of the famous remained the world record till 2008 till – is was possibly and placements of Hutton, Peter May troversy too, lending his name to a form didn’t even know him, it might be the case poet), World War II delayed his ocial rather aptly – a New Zealand opening duo in what has become and Denis Compton of dismissal. ‘Mankading’ became the with many Indians even now. career by nearly a decade. broke it, surpassing it by only 2 runs. His known as “Mankad’s to leg were maidens. aroused Australian media’s term for the While this is explainable in these days Playing 44 tests between 1946 and haul of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in 23 Match” – despite India In his “Legendary bowler running out the non-striker for of too-frequent cricket and short attention 1959, he scored 2,109 runs, including ve matches stood for a quarter-century before losing the Test. Cricket writer John Wood- Indian Cricketers”, famous commenta- backing up before the delivery when he spans, it is still unfortunate. Mulvantrai centuries, and took 162 wickets while also Ian Botham broke it – in only two Tests cock notes Mankad “scored 72 on the rst tor Ravi Chaturvedi provides an evoca- resorted to it during a 1947-48 tour of Himmatlal ‘Vinoo’ Mankad, whose 100th captaining the side in 1955-56 and 1958- less. But mere statistics never tell the full day at Lord’s and then bowled 73 overs in tive description of both the man and his Australia, despite Sir Donald Bradman birth anniversary is on April 12, was an 59. His centuries included the rst double story – and certainly not the colour. My England’s rst innings, in which he took art. “Hair parted in the middle, shirt but- defending him. 16| KOLKATA|SUNDAY, 16 APRIL 2017 | millenniumpost mp Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths Film -Drew Barrymore usky and gorgeous Bengali actor with Halka opposite Ranvir Shorey… Chakraborty and Swastika are my co-actors Paoli Dam, who recently scorched I didn’t even audition for Halka. It is a in this lm. I’m also acting in a Bangladeshi the small screen playing the role dream script. It seems I almost waited for a lm where the protagonist goes in search of Sucharita, modeled on the script like this to re-enter Hindi lms. I play of her roots. Another lm, Black Coee got Diconic Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, is all set the role of Sobha, the mother of a eight year released in 2017. is lm by Atanu Bose is for an eventful 2017 with at least 10 lms old kid who lives in a slum. In Indian lms, based on the relationship between a director in her kitty, most of them ready for release. we mostly get to see the seamy side of life in and an actor. Paoli, who shot into fame playing Madhabi- a slum but in this lm, it’s all about magic lata in Goutam Ghose’s much acclaimed lm, realism and how children always believe in Tell us about Hate Story where your bold I didn’t even Kaalbela, made waves with Chatrak, earned celebrating life. Shorey, a great actor, plays act landed you in controversy. kudos and brickbats alike with Vikram the child’s father. e lm will be shot in It was not so bad actually. A lot of men Bhatt’s Hate Story, is now geared up for a New Delhi and I can’t wait for it to begin. and woman actually tell me even now that comeback in Hindi cinema with Nila Mad- e director Nila Madhab Panda won over they enjoyed Hate Story. However, I dislike hab Panda’s Hindi lm Halka, where she plays 30 awards for his 2011 landmark lm, I am being stereotyped and so, I have consciously the mother of a child, the father ‘s role being Kalam. I’m really looking forward to work- decided to look at dierent kinds of roles, played by Ranvir Shorey. Other upcoming ing with him. in both Hindi and Bengali lms. So when lms by Paoli include Buddhadev Dasgupta’s Halka was oered to me, I felt ever so happy. lm, Tope, plus lms by Suman Mukhopad- You have a number of Bengali lms await- We will begin shooting for Halka soon. hyay, Sourav Chakraborty, Pratim D Gupta ing release this year. Can you tell us a bit and others. about them? Now that you are acting in Hindi lms Living with her parents in Kolkata, Paoli ere’s Buddhadev Dasgupta’s Tope, again, do you see yourself buying a house has not yet felt the need to buy her own apart- where I play the role of a madari khiladi, or in Mumbai or settling down there? audition ment in Mumbai. e actor enjoys watching juggler who shows street acts, o en using No, I live with my parents in Kolkata. lms, listening to music and going out with monkeys. en there is debutant Sourav Also, I’m choosier about the roles I accept friends when she is not facing lights, camera Chakravorty’s Arani Takhon, which sees a nowadays. and action! Excerpts from a candid interview multi-country release this week. is lm foralka: Paoli am with Nandini Guha. deals with communal tension. I’ve also acted How do you unwind? in a Pratim D Gupta lm, titled, Macher I love travelling. I travel a lot due to my You played Suchitra Sen in a television jhol. I am waiting it to be released. Suman shooting schedules. I watch a lot of lms. series recently. Was it tough? Mukhopadhyay’s Asamapta is one of my ese lms have iconic actors like Waheeda It was a dicult and challenging role, other lms made Rehman, Meena Kumari and Sadhna in it. I playing Sucharita in the television series, this year. also love watching Bengali lms which have Mahanayak. But for once I got to dress up Ritwick Suchitra, Sabitri and Supriya in it. I love lis- glamorously, like Suchitra Sen used to. She tening to music and I do it everyday. I’m not used to wear such lovely bouants and elab- a party animal. orate make up. All my directors usually want Playing the role of a mother of an eight-year-old kid me to shoot without any make up in their What kind of roles do you want to play lms(sighs)..so I was very happy with my in the future? look in this production. I would love to act in rom-coms. I living in a slum, the Hate Story fame actor thinks also want to play the role of a handi- that Halka is a dream script for her as it promises You are back in Bollywood lms capped person. I hate stereotypes. her a great comeback in Hindi film industry

Srijit Mukherji not afraid of Fast & Furious 8 The director, known for his avant-garde cinema in Bengali, thinks that every film has its own destiny. And his first Hindi film will be seen and judged for its own merits

MUMBAI: Every lm has its own destiny, said direc- tor Srijit Mukherji as his rst Hindi lm Begum Jaan, a Mukherji said. He has boldly cast two almost-for- remake of his hard-hitting 2016 Bengali movie Rajka- gotten actors with angelic images in red-hot villain- hini, which released alongside the mammoth Holly- ous roles. wood franchise Fast & Furious 8. "When you see Chunky Pandey and Vivek Mush- Mukherji is unperturbed. "My lm will be seen ran in my lm, you won't be able to recognise them. and judged for its own merits," he said. ey are cast for the rst time in negative roles. And His lm about a gallery of prostitutes occupying they are a revelation." a no-man's land during the time of India's Partition, Chunky has been known for his frivolous ippant has a cast of nearly 40-45 characters, all played by farcical roles throughout his career. He plays a vicious exceptional actors from stage and cinema. assassin in Begum Jaan. Interestingly, Mukherji, who is known for his "Chunky plays an absolutely ruthless man who avant-garde cinema in Bengali, has not repeated even stops at nothing to full his greed. ere was a hunger one of the actors in Begum Jaan from the original in Chunky to prove himself. I used that hunger. Audi- lm. Although Rituparna Sengupta, who played the ences won't recognise Chunky. As for Vivek Mushran, main lead of the Madame in the brothel in Bengali, you will nd it hard to accept that the backstabber was keen to do the remake, the lmmaker opted for he plays in Begum Jaan is the sweet debutant from Vidya Balan. Subhash Ghai's Saudagar'." Vivek plays a seemingly "I was very sure I didn't want my remake to look benevolent school teacher helping the prostitutes anything like the original. So, I deliberately avoided make peace with their lives. Eventually, his character using even one of the actors from the original," is exposed to be a monster. IANS