millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 55 | Sunday, 25 February, 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 NATION PAGE 4 FILM PAGE 16 IDENTIFY REAL PROJECTS FROM WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT KEY TO WEDDING FAKE ONES, SAYS FIRHAD HAKIM SECURING WELFARE OF FAMILIES: PM MANIA Aruna Reddy creates FM RULES OUT PRIVATISATION OF PSU BANKS history for Indian Post Hemtabad, Mamata’s Jaitley slams regulators, gymnastics auditors for PNB fraud security to be strengthened MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: Finance Min- ister Arun Jaitley on Saturday Chief Minister gets Z plus security that involves four zones blamed inadequate oversight by regulators and auditors as OUR CORRESPONDENT well as poor bank manage- ment for the INR 11,400 -crore KOLKATA: The state police have decided to fraud at India’s second-biggest further strengthen the security of Chief Min- state-owned lender, and said if MELBOURNE: Aruna Budda Reddy created ister Mamata Banerjee during public meetings needed the law would be tight- history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a in the wake of a recent incident at Hemtabad, ened to punish fraudsters. medal at the gymnastics World Cup when she Raiganj, in North Dinajpur on Thursday. Two Speaking for the second “Regulators have a critical took bronze in the women’s vault event here on sisters — Rabia and Amira Khatun — breached time this week on the scandal function. Regulators ultimately Saturday. the Chief Minister’s security and dashed enveloping Punjab National decide the rules of the game and Aruna registered a score of 13.369 points to towards the stage on which she was just wind- Bank, Jaitley slammed lack of regulators have to have a third- finish behind Tjasa Kysslef of Slovenia and Emily ing up her speech. One of them wearing a saree ethics in certain sections of eye which is to be open perpet- Whitehead of Australia who finished with gold was caught by security personnel and while all businesses and said multiple ually,” the finance minister said. and silver, respectively. attention was focused on her, another woman layers of auditing system chose “But unfortunately in the Kysslef had a score of 13.800, while White- in a churidar kameez jumped on the stage and to either look the other way or Indian system, we politicians head registered 13.699 in the finals. fell at Banerjee’s feet. did a casual job. are accountable, the regulators Pranati Nayak, the second Indian in the fray, The Chief Minister gets a Z plus security that Without naming either the are not.” finished sixth with an aggregate score of 13.416 involves four zones. The security for the D zone alleged kingpin of the fraud, bil- Frauds call for tightening after two attempts. which is the last lap of the Chief Minister’s secu- lionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, or regulations where they are lack- This was the third gymnastics medal for rity is being reviewed with emphasis on trained Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting in Hemtabad File photo PNB, he said it is “worrisome” ing, he said. India at the world level. male and female police personnel. that not a single red flag was The finance minister also Ashish Kumar was the first Indian to claim It may be mentioned that in the four-tier ter. CCTV surveillance during such meetings ister’s cover. raised when the fraud was per- ruled out privatisation of public a gymnastics medal when he took the bronze security of the Chief Minister, her personal spe- will also be increased. It may be mentioned that a police team petuated. Also, worrisome is sector banks as a response to the medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in cial security guards are deployed within the D The two sisters on Thursday had crossed visited the venue on Friday and recorded the “top management who were Rs 11,400-crore fraud hitting New Delhi. zone. The outside of the D zone is manned by (the cordons) with such dexterity that the cops statements of the cops who were on duty on indifferent to what was going Punjab National Bank, saying Dipa Karmakar also took bronze in women’s state police personnel. “We have also decided are not ruling out the possibility of both being Thursday. The sleuths are also quizzing the two on or were unaware of what was the move may not be politically vault in the subsequent Commonwealth Games to deploy more police personnel in and around instigated by some person or organisation. sisters who are presently admitted at Raiganj going on,” he said. acceptable. in 2014, thus becoming the first female Indian the stairs or the ramp which the Chief Minis- Rabia managed to dodge the guards to reach District Hospital and their call records are also There were “at least multiple “This (privatisation) gymnast to clinch a medal at the world level. ter uses to get onto the stage. The number of the podium and fall at Banerjee’s feet while she being scanned. layers of auditing system which involves a large political con- Aruna had a good start in the final, scor- metal detectors at the site of public meetings was delivering her speech and Amira, the elder The sleuths have also come across inconsis- chose to either look the other sensus. Also, that involves an ing 9.066 points on execution after choosing a may also be increased,” a senior official of the of the two, was intercepted near a ramp lead- tencies in their statements. “At first, the girls told way or do a casual job. amendment to the law (Banking difficulty level of 4.600, which gave her a total state police said. ing to the stage. us that they had approached the Chief Minis- You had inadequate super- Regulation Act). My impression of 13.666 The gap between the bamboos involved in The security breach had annoyed Baner- ter to seek justice for the killing of their father vision,” he said. “Therefore, I is that Indian political opinion She chose a higher difficulty level of 4.800 in making the barricade will also be reduced to jee who prompted two separate inquiries, one Sk Mofijuddin in 2015 but later, they changed think who did what will even- may not find favour with this her second attempt but could score only 8.833 prevent anybody sneaking through them and by the state police chief and the other by the their version claiming that they had gone to seek tually find out in the course of idea itself. It’s a very challeng- on execution, which gave her a total of 13.633 coming in close proximity to the Chief Minis- director (security) who oversees the Chief Min- jobs,” a senior police official in the district said. the investigation.” ing decision,” he said. points. The aggregate of her two attempts was then taken, which gave her a final score of 13.649 QUAINT HOLI RITUAL points. AGENCIES Passports of Nirav Modi, Speeding Diversity key to Mehul Choksi revoked Bolero kills nine resilience and success OUR CORRESPONDENT school children JUSTIN TRUDEAU NEW DELHI: The passports of dia- in Bihar mantaire Nirav Modi and owner of Gitanjali Gems Mehul Choksi, the MPOST BUREAU In today’s main accused in the Rs 11,400 crore PNB scam, have been revoked, exter- MUZAFFARPUR: At least paper nal affairs ministry sources said on nine children were killed Saturday. and about 20 injured when ... On the advice of the Enforcement a speeding Bolero lost con- CITY Directorate (ED), the ministry had trol and ploughed through suspended the validity of their pass- ing three flats) and a flat worth Rs them outside a government 5-YEAR-OLD FALLS FROM JOYRIDE 3 ports with immediate effect for four 15.45 crore in the sea-facing Samu- school building on the out- NATION weeks on February 16 and given one dra Mahal apartments in the Worli skirts of the city on Satur- Women from Barsana beating men with sticks during the Latthmaar Holi celebrations, in Barsana week’s time to them to respond as to area of Mumbai. day, police said. near Mathura on Saturday PTI ‘NCERT SYLLABUS TO BE REDUCED’ 4 why their passports should not be “21 immovable properties of The sad incident impounded or revoked. Nirav Modi and companies con- occurred in Minapur police BUSINESS “Since they have not responded so trolled by him, with a market value of station area, about 10 km 3 FRESH CASES OF FINANCIAL FRAUD COME TO LIGHT far, their passports have been revoked,” Rs 523.72 crore, have been provision- from the district headquar- COAI REBUTS RELIANCE JIO 5 a senior ministry source said, noting ally attached. ters when the school got that in its notice to Modi and Choksi, “These include six residential over, and the children were INTERNATIONAL the ministry had made it clear that properties, ten office premises, two returning home. Now, Delhi jeweller, bizman and their passports would be cancelled if flats in Pune, a solar power plant, a “The incident took THE WOMAN IN ‘AFRICAN MONA LISA’? 6 they failed to respond. farmhouse in Alibaug and 135 acres place at Ahiyapur-Jhapaha SPORT Ministry sources said that future of land in Karjat in Ahmednagar dis- in Minapur police station PNB official land in CBI net course of action would be taken on the trict,” the agency said. area of the district where a SOUTH AFRICA CONQUERED 7 advice of the investigation agencies. With the latest action, the total Bolero ran over the children OUR CORRESPONDENT firm Dwarka Das Seth Inter- branch manager at PNB’s The Enforcement Directorate (ED) assets seized by the ED, in this case, who were returning to their national for an alleged bank Barmer branch in Rajasthan on Saturday attached 21 properties, are now over Rs 6,393 crore, officials homes after the school was NEW DELHI: Three fresh loan fraud of Rs 389.85 crore for dishonesty and fraudu- including a penthouse and a farm- claimed, adding that this was being over,” Vivek Kumar, Super- incidences of financial fraud involving the Oriental Bank of lently sanctioned and disburs- FOR ADVERTISING house, of Nirav Modi and his group independently valued.