millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 105 | Wednesday, 19 April 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9105.15 (-34.15) qSENSEX 29,319.10 (-94.56) qDOW JONES 20,484.13 (-152.79) qNASDAQ 5,832.41 (-24.38) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.63 (-0.11) qRUPEE/EURO 69.15 (-0.46) nGOLD/10GM 29,900.00 (-00.00) qSILVER/K 49,800.00 (-150.00) DEVELOPMENT CHECK TRAIN SIKH CAB DRIVER RAVEENA SEEKS PUSH: SOON, LINK DELAYS OR FACE THE ASSAULTED, CHANGE IN ROAD TO CONNECT MUSIC: PRABHU TO TURBAN SNATCHED ‘OUTDATED’ CBFC SECTOR V & VI PG3 OFFICIALS PG6 BY RIDERS PG11 RULES PG16 SUDIP GETS MISTY-EYED SEEING PARTY SUPREMO LIQUOR BARON DISMISSES IT AS Quick News44 'USUAL INDIAN MEDIA HYPE' ‘Fuel pumps in eight Mallya arrested in states to be shut on We are waiting for UK by Scotland Yard, Sundays from May 14’ gets bail in 3 hours CHENNAI: Beginning May 14, fuel outlets in eight states will be shut every Sunday following justice, says Mamata MPOST BUREAU ster Magistrates’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to con- Court in London and serve oil, a fuel pump owners’ body said here OUR CORRESPONDENT LONDON: Embat- was seen walking out on Tuesday. tled Indian tycoon with his legal team a “We had planned to shut our outlets on Sun- KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Vijay Mallya, who few hours later after days a few years back. But oil marketing com- on Tuesday evening met ailing party colleague has been declared a being granted bail. panies had then requested us to reconsider our Sudip Bandopadhyay at a state-run hospital in proclaimed offender, “It was a volun- decision. Now we have decided to shut the out- Bhubaneswar. was on Tuesday tary action. He will lets on Sundays,” said Suresh Kumar, an execu- She took an evening flight out of Kolkata arrested in London be out in a few min- tive committee member of the consortium of on Tuesday and went straight from Bhubanesh- by Scotland Yard on utes,” said a member Indian petroleum dealers. war airport to meet Bandopadhyay who has India’s request for his extradi- of Mallya’s team at the court, He said the association’s decision was made been receiving treatment at a hospital. He is tion on fraud charges. without giving any further in view of the Prime Minister’s call during his in CBI custody in connection with the Rose The 61-year-old liquor details of the bail conditions. recent ‘Mann ki baat’ programme to conserve valley scam. baron, wanted in India for “Usual Indian media oil to save the environment. MPOST Talking to media persons at Bhubaneswar defaulting on loans, was hype. An extradition hear- airport Banerjee said: “ Sudip Bandopadhyay arrested after he appeared at a ing in Court started today as is our leader and I have come to see him in hos- central London police station expected,” Mallya tweeted soon Prez, ministers may have pital. I will meet Naveen Patnaik if time per- this morning. after getting the bail. mits, and will also visit the Jagannath temple.” The flamboyant business- Mallya, whose now-defunct to give speeches in Hindi Banerjee spoke to Bandopadhyay for 10 man, who once called him- Kingfisher Airlines owes more minutes. She thanked the judges for giving self ‘The King of Good Times”, than Rs 9,000 crore to various her permission to meet Bandopadhyay and was released on bail a few hours banks, had fled India on March NEW DELHI: All dignitaries, including the Tapas Pal, another party MP who has also been later. 2, 2016. He has repeatedly dis- President and ministers, may soon start giving arrested in the same case. She also talked to emotional on seeing Mamata. She had sent Suvendu Adhikari and Manas “Officers from the Met- missed the charges against him. speeches in Hindi if a parliamentary panel’s rec- the doctors attending to her party colleague. Bandopadhyay had expressed his desire Bhuniya to attend the rally to protest against ropolitan Police’s Extradition In January, an Indian court ommendations accepted by President Pranab Talking to newsmen after meeting Bando- to meet Banerjee who had opposed his arrest Bandopadhyay’s arrest. Trinamool Congress Unit this morning arrested a ordered a consortium of lend- Mukherjee are implemented. padhyay she said the doctors had expressed calling it a conspiracy of BJP. She had said that had organised many rallies in the state to pro- man on an extradition warrant. ers to start the process of recov- Mukherjee has accepted most of the rec- concern over his health. He has been in cus- Bandopadhyay was targeted as he had criti- test against the arrest. Vijay Mallya was arrested on ering the loans. ommendations made in the ninth report of the tody since early January. cised the demonetization of high-value notes Banerjee left for Puri later on Tuesday night. behalf of the Indian authori- Senior Indian officials Committee of Parliament on Official Language. Sudip’s condition recently deteriorated and in Lok Sabha and was one of the key persons She will be put up in the state guest house as ties in relation to accusations described his arrest as the first The report was submitted in 2011. he is unable to move. He has been suffering in organising a rally in Parliament to protest she is a guest of the Odisha government. of fraud,” Scotland Yard said. salvo in the case, which will The panel’s recommendation that all dig- from a heart ailment. Banerjee said that Sudip against demonetization which was attended She is likely to visit the Jagannath Temple The Metropolitan Police now involve a legal process in nitaries including the President and ministers, had lost 16 to 17 kgs in the past four months. “ by leaders of all opposition parties including and offer puja on Wednesday morning. She said Mallya was arrested after the UK to determine if Mallya especially those who can read and speak Hindi, We are waiting for justice. Both Bandopadhyay the Left. Banerjee had said: “ Bandopadhy- is also likely to meet Odisha chief minister attending a central London can be extradited to India to may be requested to give their speech/statement and Pal are unwell. Sudipda is bed ridden and ay’s arrest was nothing but political vendetta Naveen Patnaik. The chief minister is expected police station. face charges in Indian courts. in Hindi only, has been accepted, as per an offi- cannot walk.” The veteran TMC leader turned of BJP.” to return to the city on Thursday. He appeared at Westmin- More reports on P5 cial order. P7 RESPECT FOR NATIONAL FLAG, ANTHEM SASIKALA FACTION READY FOR MERGER TALKS WITH OPS NON-NEGOTIABLE: CENTRE TO SC Australia Religion-based abolishes visa reservation not in OPS gets his way, Sasikala SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea programme used country’s interest largely by Indians M VENKAIAH NAIDU faction dumps Dinakaran for policy on anthem, song MPOST BUREAU MELBOURNE: Australia will abolish a popular work In today’s MPOST BUREAU CHENNAI: In a dramatic turn visa used by over 95,000 of events, the K Palaniswami foreign workers, a majority paper NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on cabinet on Tuesday revolted of them Indians, to tackle Tuesday sought a response from the against AIADMK (Amma) the growing unemployment ... Centre in four weeks on a plea seeking Deputy general secretary T T in the country and replace CITY framing of a policy for promoting the V Dinakaran and decided to it with a new programme national anthem and the national song. keep him and his family out of requiring higher English- TIFFIN TIFF: CLASS VI GIRL ENDS LIFE 4 A bench headed by Justice Dipak the party and the government. language proficiency and Misra issued notice and asked the Cen- Emerging from a “consulta- job skills. NATION tre to file its reply on the plea which tive” meeting chaired by Chief The programme known AYODHYA: SC’S BJP JUDGEMENT TODAY 7 also sought to ascertain the feasibility Minister E K Palaniswami, as 457 visa allows business of singing the national anthem and the proper norms and protocol be fixed Finance Minister D Jayakumar to employ foreign workers EDIT national song in Parliament, assem- regarding its playing and singing at offi- declared that the “unanimous” for a period up to four years blies, courts, schools and colleges on cial functions and programmes where decision was taken in tune with O Panneerselvam in skilled jobs where there A NEW POLITICAL PARADIGM 8 working days. The petition filed by those holding constitutional office are the aspirations of the party cad- is a shortage of Australian advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay present. res and people. conviction and sentence in a The sudden announcement workers. “We are an immi- INTERNATIONAL sought directions for taking steps to The apex court, while passing a “A decision has been taken disproportionate assets case in by Jayakumar came after efforts gration nation, but the fact promote brotherhood and national slew of directions, had also observed to fully keep away Dinakaran February this year. for the merger hit a hurdle with remains: Australian work- BRITISH PM MAY CALLS POLLS IN JUNE 10 integrity in the country. that “time has come when citizens and his family from the party Replying to a question, Panneerselvam insisting on his ers must have priority for BUSINESS On February 17, the apex court had must realise they live in a nation and and the government,” he told Jayakumar, however, said the demand for the ouster of Sasi- Australian jobs, so we are refused to go into the debate for mak- are duty-bound to show respect to the reporters on Tuesday night.