RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 millenniumpost.in REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 359 | Friday, 29 December 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,477.90 (-12.85) qSENSEX 33,848.03 (-63.78) pDOW JONES 24,774.30 (+28.09) pNASDAQ 6,939.34 (+3.09) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.08 (+0.07) qRUPEE/EURO 76.51 (-0.21) pGOLD/10GM 30,250 (+175.00) pSILVER/K 39,500 (+250.00) PUBLIC LAUDING BJP USES LIES, AFTER ‘CONTRARY’ ‘BEEN THROUGH DOORSTEP CONG STAYS WITH SIGN, GOVT TAKES HICCUPS DELIVERY SCHEME: TRUTH: RAHUL BACK LPG PRICE PERSONALLY SISODIA PG3 GANDHI PG7 HIKE ORDER PG12 PROFESSIONALLY’ PG16 NOW OVER TO RAJYA SABHA Rare show of unity as Sushma Bill criminalising triple talaq recounts Jadhav family’s woes OUR CORRESPONDENT there was a chip. There cannot be a white lie than this. Thank clears Lok Sabha hurdle NEW DELHI: Indian pris- God they did not say there was oner Kulbhushan Jadhav was a bomb inside it,” said Swaraj. OUR CORRESPONDENT in the Rajya Sabha as well, which will wondering whether some- The external affairs minis- mean that the bill will have to be sent to thing “bad” had happened back ter said the shoe was apparently NEW DELHI: After just a day of dis- a parliamentary committee for review home when he saw his mother seized so that they can make a cussion, the Lok Sabha on Thursday and is unlikely to be passed in the win- without the ‘mangalsutra’, bindi “mischief”. passed a bill that makes triple talaq a ter session. Both houses must clear leg- and bangles when they met in “The meeting of Kulb- criminal offence. islation for it to become law. Islamabad on Monday, Exter- hushan Jadhav with his mother The bill was passed after the House Odds are stacked against the govern- nal Affairs Minister Sushma and wife was portrayed by Pak- rejected a slew of amendments moved ment in the Rajya Sabha, with the Triple Swaraj said on Thursday. istan as a humanitarian gesture. by various opposition members. Talaq bill being opposed by parties like The Pakistani authorities However, the truth is that Despite reservations by opposition the Biju Janata Dal and AIADMK, con- had forced Jadhav’s mother Pak made Jadhav’s both humanity and compas- parties, the bill was cleared on the same sidered government-friendly as they Avanti and wife Chetna to sion were missing during the day that it was introduced - something regularly help it pass bills. change their attire and remove wife, mother meeting that was arranged on that was possible because the BJP gov- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on their bindi, bangles and man- appear as widows humanitarian and compassion- ernment has a comfortable majority in Thursday called for passage of the bill galsutra before the meeting cit- ate grounds,” she said. the Lower House. The bill will now be making instant triple talaq a punishable ing security protocol. to him: Swaraj The minister said Jadhav’s tabled in the Rajya Sabha. offence by consensus, Parliamentary “When I talked to her mother wanted to speak to his The draft bill, officially called Mus- » PM for consensus among parties » The draft bill also has a Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said. (Avanti)) she told me that the disrespect as Jadhav’s mother son in Marathi, but Pakistani lim Women (Protection of Rights on » The Supreme Court had in provision of imprisonment for a The Supreme Court had in August first question he (Jadhav) asked had told the Pakistani officials officials did not allow it. Marriage) Bill 2017, says, “any pro- August this year ruled that the term, which may extend to three this year ruled that triple talaq is was - how is Baba (father)? that it was a symbol of mar- Reacting to the statement, nouncement of talaq by a person upon “Triple Talaq” is unconstitutional years, and a fine, for violators unconstitutional. Muslim women Because he may have feared riage, but they did not relent. Congress’s Ghulam Nabi Azad his wife, by words, either spoken or had petitioned the court, arguing that that something bad had hap- In identical statements in said: “This did not happen with written or in electronic form or any practice of husbands divorcing them pened,” Swaraj said in the Lok Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Kulbhushan Jadhav’s family other manner whatsoever, shall be void humanity and not politics, as alleged by liament lacks the legislative competence through triple talaq, including by Sabha. Swaraj said India had con- but every mother and sister and illegal.” the opposition parties. to pass the law as it violated fundamen- Skype and WhatsApp, not only vio- However, soon he realised veyed its objections to Pakistan in India.” Trinamool Congress The draft bill also has a provision of Members from RJD, AIMIM, BJD, tal rights. lated their rights but also left many that the ‘mangalsutra’, bindi and in a note verbale on Wednes- MP Derek O’Brien said: “We imprisonment for a term, which may Indian Union Muslim League and The Congress has emphasised that women destitute. bangles were removed on secu- day over the way it had con- completely endorse every word extend to three years, and a fine, for AIADMK, who had given the notice to it supports “any move to abolish tri- “Only a law can explicitly ban triple rity grounds when he saw his ducted Jadhav’s meeting with of the statement and the spirit violators. oppose its introduction spoke against ple talaq,” though it has questioned talaq, we have to enforce legal proce- wife was also not wearing them, his mother and wife in Islam- of the statement.” “We are not interfering in Shariat”, the measure. But members of the Con- the jail term provision and wanted dures to provide an allowance and pro- she said while describing how abad on Monday. Lacerated by India over said law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gress and the Left, who were also oppos- some changes in the bill. “We need to tect custody of children,” said Prasad on Pakistan violated the human Swaraj also slammed Pak- how it treated Kulbhushan in the Lok Sabha during the debate on ing it from their benches, were not strengthen the bill to protect women. If Thursday, noting that “There were 300 rights of the two women. istan for making “absurd” Jadhav’s family, Pakistan on the Triple Talaq Bill. allowed to talk as they had not given a man who abandons his wife and fam- triple talaq cases in 2017 of which 100 Typically, a Hindu woman charges of a chip, camera or a Thursday called the tightly- “This law is for women’s rights and notice. SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav ily is sent to jail how will he give them took place after the Supreme Court ver- does not wear the ‘mangalsutra’ recorder being installed in the controlled meeting of the for- justice and not regarding any prayer, was also seen opposing the bill. maintenance?” said Congress spokes- dict.” He also referred to media reports and bindi or vermillion after footwear of Jadhav’s wife. mer naval officer with his wife ritual or religion,” he added. While JPN Yadav of RJD questioned person Randeep Surjewala. on Thursday that a woman was divorced the death of her husband. “At times they say, there was and mother in Islamabad on The law minister added that Centre the proposed three-year jail term, Sources indicated the main opposi- by triple talaq in Uttar Pradesh for wak- She said the removal of the a recorder on it (shoe), at times Monday a “success despite all is looking at the bill through the lens of AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi said Par- tion party is likely to seek amendments ing up late. See P5 ‘mangalsutra’ was a height of they say there was a camera, impediments”. AIRLINE HAS DEBT OF MORE THAN `52,000 CR I want to see India successfully test-fires myself as world no. Govt doesn’t want Air India to go 1 next season supersonic interceptor missile P. V. SINDHU Kingfisher Airlines way: Raju MPOST BUREAU tracking radars, the intercep- tor AAD missile, positioned In today’s BALASORE: India on Thurs- at Abdul Kalam Island --pre- day successfully test-fired viously known as Wheeler its indigenously developed Island -- in the Bay of Bengal, paper Advanced Air Defence (AAD) roared through its trajectory supersonic interceptor mis- to destroy the hostile target ... sile, capable of destroying any missile in mid-air in an endo- CITY incoming ballistic missile at atmospheric altitude, defence low altitude, from a test range sources said. SI SHOOTS SELF TO DEATH IN BARRACK 4 in Odisha. The interceptor is a 7.5- NATION This was the third super- meter long single stage solid sonic interceptor test car- rocket propelled guided mis- MEHBOOBA INDUCTS BROTHER 6 ried out this year in which sile equipped with a navigation OUR CORRESPONDENT cleared disinvestment of debt-laden Air an incoming ballistic missile system, a hi-tech computer and EDIT India but the final modalities, includ- target was successfully inter- conducted on March 1 and mode, and it was all success,” an electro-mechanical activa- GREATER STRIDES IN DEFENCE 8 NEW DELHI: The government does ing the quantum of stake sale, would be cepted, within 30 km altitude February 11, 2017, as part of the sources said. tor, the sources said. not want Air India to become defunct decided by a group of ministers headed of the earth’s atmosphere by an efforts to have a full-fledged The target missile-- a The state-of-the-art inter- INTERNATIONAL like the Kingfisher Airlines, promoted by the finance minister.