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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & VOL. 4, ISSUE 68 | Monday, 12 March 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS FIRST REPORT OF 11 SPL COURTS INDIA FRET NEPOTISM DOES ATTACK COMES IN TO TRY 3,816 OVER ROHIT’S NOT EXIST, SAYS SINCE SIGHTING CASES AGAINST FORM AHEAD OF KAREENA OF FELINE PG4 LAWMAKERS PG6 SL CLASH PG14 KAPOOR PG16 WILL BE THE FIRST CHINESE LEADER AFTER THE FOUNDER CHAIRMAN MAO ZEDONG TO REMAIN IN POWER LIFELONG Four young trekkers Xi set to rule China for life as charred to death in parl scraps two-term limit Theni forest fire MPOST BUREAU BEIJING: China’s one-party polit- ier force capable of winning mod- ical landscape on Sunday changed ern wars. CHENNAI: Four students who were as the country’s rubber-stamp par- The proposal of limitless ten- part of a large group of trekkers were liament ratified a historic consti- ure for Xi has sparked worldwide charred to death in a forest fire in Kuru- tutional amendment abolishing concerns, especially in China’s gumalai area in Tamil Nadu’s Theni on the two-term limit for President neighbourhood. Sunday. Xi Jinping, paving the way for his For India, observers say, Xi’s Madurai circle conservator of forests continuation in power perhaps continuation will have particu- RK Jagenia confirmed the death of four for life. lar significance, especially in the people and said that the group came Set for his second five-year backdrop of last year’s 73-day-long from Suriyanelli in Munnar to a private term as President this month, Dokalam standoff where Chinese estate in Kozhukkumalai in Bodinayak- 64-year-old Xi, the most power- troops tried to build a road in the kanur. While descending the slopes, the Meanwhile, authorities have ful leader in recent decades head- area claimed by Bhutan to reach group was caught in a major fire. launched a massive operation to rescue ing the ruling Communist Party close to India’s narrow corridor Assistant conservator of forests others caught in the fire. of China (CPC) and the mili- connecting North Eastern states. Mahendran said that the group, in a Defence minister Nirmala Sithara- tary, will now be the first Chinese Under Xi, China has been state of panic, strayed from the trekking man, who was approached by chief min- leader after the founder chairman pouring billions of dollars in path and landed up in a gully which is ister K Palaniswami for help, said 10-15 Mao Zedong to remain in power India’s neighbourhood in projects narrow. The area is entirely covered with students were making their way to the lifelong. like China-Pakistan Economic tall lemongrass, which can quickly catch foothills (after being rescued). The National People’s Congress Corridor traversing through PoK, fire. The cause of the fire was not -pre In a series of tweets, she also said (NPC) has kept its reputation as connectivity projects in Nepal, Sri cisely known. two helicopters of the Indian Air Force the rubber stamp parliament for Lanka and the Maldives, raising Two people have been safely rescued from its Sulur base near Coimbatore its routine approval of CPC pro- strategic stakes for India. and sent to Bodi for treatment, he said. were being sent to assist in the rescue posals by voting precisely to the Xi stood up first at the Great Ahead of the vote by deputies tural Revolution resulting in the Significantly, Sunday’s amend- The rescue of others struck in the operations. official script. Hall of the People in Beijing to in the NPC, the seven-member killings of millions of people. ment also removed term-limits for area has become very difficult due lack The trekking club which organised The NPC approved the amend- cast his paper ballot in a red box. Standing Committee - the top- Observers say the constitu- the Vice President. of adequate lighting facilities. the trek is based in Chennai. Anxious ment removing the term limits for The first Constitution of China most body of the ruling Commu- tional amendment in effect paves The inclusion of the Vice Presi- According to a senior official, this parents were seen waiting for news of the president and the vice pres- was enacted in 1954. The current nist Party of China - unanimously the way for China’s transition dent was notably aimed at rein- is not the right time for trekking activi- their children, some of them software ident with 2,958 in favour, two Constitution has been in place approved the amendment to abol- from being a one-party state to forcing Xi’s support base as his ties in Theni forest division as the area professionals. The government was tak- against and three abstentions, offi- since 1982 and has undergone four ish the presidential term limits. one leader state with Xi, described trusted lieutenant, Wang Qishan is prone to frequent fires. ing all efforts to rescue trekkers trapped cial media reported. The two votes amendments in 1988, 1993, 1999 The amendment effectively by some as an Emperor, to remain (69), is tipped to take over the post “A study by the forest department in Forest fire, says Chief minister Edap- of dissent apparently had the offi- and 2004. ended the collective leadership in power in the foreseeable future. despite a widely-followed conven- shows that Agamalai West, Periathu- padi K Palaniswami said. cial sanction to show a semblance The removal of the term limit system followed by the CPC to Xi, christened as “lingxiu” - a tion by Chinese leaders to retire kombai, Oothamparai and Ulakkaru- Forest minister has rushed to the of diversity. For Sunday’s vote, the was regarded as the biggest politi- avert a dictatorship emerging in leader with the highest prestige, after 68 years. Wang headed the thiar in the Bodi North hills are some of spot. The government would order a NPC chose to follow paper ballot cal change in the one-party system otherwise a one-party state akin is aggressively pushing Chinese dreaded anti-graft campaign car- the areas where incidents of fire occur thorough probe on an unauthorised trek system instead of hand raising and which remained in force in China to the era of Mao which witnessed military’s modernisation to make ried out by Xi since he began his every dry season. Trekking in these into the forest, Chief minister Edappadi electronic voting. since 1949. the most brutal events like Cul- the world’s largest army a might- first term in 2013. PTI areas has to be avoided,” the official said. K Palaniswami said. Legislators 69 parents jailed for Have ‘completely 50,000 farmers are catalysts of allowing minors drive forgiven’ father’s reach for development killers, says Rahul VENKAIAH NAIDU on roads in Hyderabad farm loan waiver SINGAPORE: Congress presi- MPOST BUREAU dent Rahul Gandhi said that he MPOST BUREAU and his sister Priyanka Gandhi In today’s HYDERABAD: Cracking the whip have “completely forgiven” his MUMBAI: After walking with blis- against underage driving, as many 69 father Rajiv Gandhi’s killers. tered feet for about 180 km in the paper parents have been jailed in Hyderabad During his interaction with blazing sun over the last five days, over the past one month for allowing IIM alumni in Singapore, Gan- between 35,000 and 50,000 farm- ... their minor children to drive, police dhi, when asked if he and his ers from ’s Nashik dis- CITY said. sister Priyanka had forgiven his father’s killers, said: “We trict have entered the capital city. The Hyderabad Traffic Police were very upset and hurt, and for many years we were They camped at the Thane-Mum- SINGHVI TO FILE NOMINATION 3 (HTP), as part of its campaign against quite angry. But, somehow, completely...in fact, com- bai border on Sunday morning NATION underage driving, found minors in the pletely (forgiven).” before heading for the KJ Somaiya Monday, but it will not disturb the age group of 14-16 years, driving bikes, “There is a history that when one realises that when Ground in Sion. The traffic police city. We will begin our rally after GOVT OWES AI OVER `325 CR 7 scooters and cars and in some cases these events take place, it’s collision of ideas, forces, con- say they are prepared and have also 11 am so that students appearing even three-wheelers, without driving fusion. That’s where you get caught. I remember when I issued a traffic advisory to avoid for their Class 10 board exam don’t EDIT licences, Deputy Commissioner of should be treated seriously as it not saw Prabhakaran on TV lying dead, I got two feelings - jams in the city. Elaborate secu- face any difficulties,” Dhawle said. Police (Traffic) A V Ranganath said. only endangers lives of minor driv- one was why they are humiliating this man in this way. rity arrangements are also in place, Some of the demands of the SOME FOREST QUESTIONS 8 Subsequently, the parents (fathers) ers but of others also and the courts “And second was I felt really bad for him and his kids, police said. farmers include a complete farm INTERNATIONAL of the 69 teenagers were produced were convinced of our requests,” Ran- and I did that because I understood deeply what it meant The farmer contingent, includ- loan waiver, transfer of forest land before the local courts, which sent ganath said. to be on the other side of that thing. So to me when I see ing tribal cultivators, led by the to tillers, implementation of the STUDENT HURLS SHOE AT SHARIF 10 them to jail ranging from one-day to The parents are being prosecuted violence regardless of who it is, I know that there is a Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha Swaminathan Commission’s rec- three-day imprisonment apart from under section 180 of the MV Act human being behind that, there is a family behind that, a (AIKS), plans to gherao the Vid- ommendations, compensation of BUSINESS imposing fines for the violation of (Allowing unauthorised persons to kid crying behind that. I have been through a lot of pain han Sabha Monday to press their Rs 40,000 per acre to farmers hit by AIR INDIA COMPLETES BOEING DEAL 13 rules on underage driving. drive vehicles), as they were allow- to get this, and it is something I consider very valuable. demands. The adivasis, who have hailstorm and pink bollworm, and HTP launched the drive against ing driving by an under-aged person, I find it difficult to hate people; even my sister does,” he joined the movement in huge num- putting a stop to sharing the state’s SPORT underage driving in the first week of he said. said. Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassi- bers, say it is a matter of life and water with Gujarat. February in the wake of series of road While under section 181 of the Act nated by a female suicide bomber of LTTE, the terror- death. Apart from middle-aged farm- INDIA EVES GET READY FOR OZ TEST 14 accidents in Hyderabad during Janu- (driving without a licence), the minor ist group in led by Prabhakaran, on May 21, Ashok Dhawle, president of the ers and youngsters, a large num- ary in which five minors were killed, drivers were being prosecuted and so 1991, at an election rally in Tamil Nadu. AIKS, said they met Maharashtra ber of women and senior citizens the DCP said. far three juvenile drivers were pun- Gandhi, who is on a five-day trip to the Southeast minister Girish Mahajan on Sun- are part of the march. The Peas- FOR ADVERTISING “We have been imposing fines ished and also sent to juvenile homes. Asian countries, also said: “We knew that my father day who had assured them that he ants and Workers Party and CPI kindly contact at 9810195709 through the courts for the past two According to the DCP there has was going to die. We knew that my grandmother was would take their demands to Chief also extended support to the long or years. But it did not have desired been tremendous appreciation from going to die. In politics, when you mess with the wrong Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Shiv march. According to ABKS lead- [email protected] impact (against underage driving). parents over the drive against under- forces, and if you stand for something, you will die. Sena leader Aditya Thackeray met ers, close to one lakh people are Following the series of road mishaps age driving and they have congrat- That’s pretty clear.” with the farmers on Sunday. likely to join the movement when involving minors we went severely ulated the police for being harsh as Asked if he thinks he had a privileged life being the Dhawle has also promised a it reaches Mumbai. FOR SUBSCRIPTION against minor driving,” he said. it would deter children from asking son and grandson of former prime ministers, he said, “It peaceful protest and said that peo- NDA ally Shiv Sena, Maharash- kindly contact at 8800854665 “We invoked the provisions of the bikes and cars. depends which side of the coin you are...of course there ple of Mumbai would not be incon- tra Navnirman Sena (MNS) of Raj or Motor Vehicles Act and requested “This drive (against underage driv- are a number of privileges where I sit, but I would not venienced. “We started with 25,000, Thackeray and the Aam Aadmi [email protected] local courts citing various Supreme ing) will continue till this year-end and say that I haven’t been through a rough ride.” AGENCIES and today our strength touched the Party (AAP) have also thrown the Court judgements that minor driving we want to stabilise it,” Ranganath said. 50,000 mark. It will swell further on weight behind the march. COMMUNITY FISHING Shami demands thorough investigation into wife’s allegations

MPOST BUREAU Pradesh had she not allegedly found (Alishba) from Pakistan on a messag- the second mobile phone he suppos- ing service. She further is also heard NEW DELHI: Cricketer Moham- edly used to speak to other women. asking Shami whether he had given med Shami has called for a ‘thorough Kolkata police on Saturday the Pakistani girl his room number in investigation’ into the claims made by retrieved an audio clip from Jahan Dubai. According to Jahan, Shami had his wife Hasin Jahan following which which is supposedly a conversation travelled to Dubai after India’s tour of a police complaint was filed and sub- between her and the India seamer. South Africa where he played only sequently an FIR registered at a Kol- She later met members of the wom- the Test matches. Shami is heard tell- kata police station. On Friday he was en’s grievance cell at her residence, at ing Jahan that he had to collect money booked for attempt to murder or rape Prince Anwar Shah Road, to record from Alishba which is why he met by the police. her statement. Jahan has alleged her in Dubai. Jahan has claimed that “There have been many accusa- that Shami and his family members she had recorded the conversations tions which are increasing day-by-day. abused her – verbally and physically between her and Shami and played I don’t want to explain it, and I want it – while also claiming that the crick- it to reporters on Friday. She claims to be investigated thoroughly,” he told eter indulged in adultery. that she stumbled on the chats when news agency ANI on Sunday. “I tried to convince him that he she found a second phone in the car Kolkata Police had booked Shami should accept his mistake, I have been used by Shami. and his family members under non- trying for very long. He would’ve “He’s making up all sorts of things bailable sections of the penal code the list of players receiving the annual nothing can be better than that. Only run away to UP by now if I did not to save himself from allegations. Why on Friday. Shami’s mother Anjuman- contract. However, Shami said that did patch up will do good for our daugh- catch hold of that mobile phone, he didn’t the media investigate even Ara-Begum, brother Hasib Aha- not perturb him at the moment. “Have ter and us. If I have to go to Kolkata would’ve divorced me till now if I did after I gave them all details? Till the med, Hasib’s wife Shama and Shabina full faith on BCCI, whatever decision to solve the matter, I will. I am ready not have the mobile phone,” she said day I took to social media, I tried to Anjum, Shami’s sister are among those they take will be after much delibera- to talk, whenever she wants.” to reporters on Sunday. convince him to save our marriage. Villagers participate in community fishing with traditional fishing who have been named in the FIR. tion and investigation. I have no ten- Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami’s The audio clip in question has If he tries to come back I may still net in Soneswari River at Bhogdabari village in Kamrup on Sunday PTI Following the allegations made sion regarding that,” Shami said. “If wife Hasin Jahan has claimed that the Jahan asking Shami whether he consider,” she further stated on by his wife, Shami was not named in this matter can be solved by talking, cricketer would have returned to Uttar was the one interacting with a girl Sunday. See also P14 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018

INDOMITABLE:A disabled woman’s relentless fight for accessibility

‘India needs to acknowledge the elephant in the room and call it a disability. As a country, we need to be more open about disabilities’ Teen gaming addicts can have ever give up – these were the Virali said in an interview. train toilets with minimum or almost no Virali, who currently works with Mum- simple yet profound words that While her petition and campaign – additional help. bai-based travel portal Enable Travel that as many friends as non-gamers kept Virali Modi, 26, fighting on which she named “My Train Too” – gar- “I’m also working with the railway offi- curates holidays for people with all kinds of after a deadly bout of malaria nered massive support in the digital world cials in Mumbai to make its railway stations disabilities, dismisses any alternative terms LONDON: Worried for your adoles- Nhad her comatose for weeks and left her with over 200,000 people standing by her, accessible. This was all possible without any for the disabled like “differently-abled” or cent’s messed up social life due to his paraplegic and wheelchair-bound at the not much translated into reality until she government help. Imagine how much eas- “divyang” (divine body), a term used by addictive gaming habits? Take heart, as age of 14. In coma for 23 days, she miracu- decided to take matters into her own hands. ier the life of those with disabilities in this Prime Minister Narendra Modi. teenage gamers can have as many friends lously opened her eyes on the day the doc- “Several railway officials who read my country will be if the government was also “For a Prime Minister to use such terms as non-gamers, say researchers. tors decided to remove her life-support and petition contacted me, wanting to work on keen on accessibility,” quipped Virali. is regressive and insensitive. Why do we The findings showed that students has not stopped since then, fighting for her making trains accessible. Together, with the India is home to at least 26 million peo- Indians have to mask the disability and who are self-identified gamers tend to rights – and those of other disabled people. help of a few non-governmental organisa- ple with disabilities (according to the Min- introduce new terms? The term might become friends with one another. In Manhandled and groped by railway por- tions, we have set up portable ramps and istry of Statistics data, 2016) and Indian sound liberating to someone who is not other words, the common interest of dig- ters when she had to board a train, Virali foldable wheelchairs at railway stations Railways cannot continue to treat the dis- disabled, but it covers up all the struggles ital gaming seems to lead to new friend- made “accessibility for everyone” her life’s in Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur abled as “pieces of luggage”, she resolved. we face to get through each day. Such terms ships at school. mission in a country that is supremely indif- and Ernakulam in Kerala, and Chennai “Many who read my petition were not need to be abolished,” she asserted. Adolescents also tend to limit and ferent to the plight of the disabled. and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu,” informed sure if it was going to change anything, but “India needs to acknowledge the ele- manage their digital gaming in a way that “I’m a disabled woman from Mumbai Virali, who is also a motivational speaker. my mother (Pallavi Modi) stood by me in phant in the room and call it a disability. As enables them to prioritise what individ- who loves to travel. I’ve been groped and The portable ramps and aisle-size fold- my fight, along with thousands of people a country, we need to be more open about uals of their age find important, such as expected. Sure enough, we thought ‘gam- manhandled three separate times by por- able wheelchairs enable the wheelchair- who actually wanted to work towards bet- disabilities.” friends, sport and school. ers’ would turn out to be making friends ters who were helping me board the train bound to board the train and access the ter infrastructure for the disabled.” The Prime Minister had also launched For the study, published in the jour- with one another,” said Lina Eklund, because Indian trains are not wheelchair “Accessible India” campaign in 2015 for nal Computers in Human Behavior, the post-doctoral student at the Uppsala Uni- accessible.” achieving universal accessibility in the team of researchers analysed the manner versity in Sweden. “I’ve had to wear a diaper because I country. in which social networks are created and “Gaming is such an important part of couldn’t use the train’s lavatory. My fight is “What has been achieved through the then changed, in 115 first-year upper- today’s youth culture that anything else to ensure human dignity for the disabled,” campaign over the last three years? Our secondary school students in a Swedish would be odd. Just as adolescents used to Virali wrote in a public petition about a struggles have been the same,” she asserted. metropolis. get together through shared music tastes, year ago that caught the attention of tens Having lived in Pennsylvania in north- The results show that neither the ado- so gaming is now a key element in media of thousands of netizens across the country, east US for over a decade since she was four, lescents who spend much of their time consumption.” including Women and Child Development where her father Jitesh Modi worked with a gaming nor those who self-identify as Previous studies have also found that Minister Maneka Gandhi, who responded hospitality firm, Virali lamented that India’s gamers have fewer school friends than indulging in digital gaming activities to Virali, assuring accessibility in trains. position in accessibility is “alarming”. their peers who play little or not at all. helps in relaxing and de-stressing the Addressed to Prime Minister Narendra “The accessible infrastructure in the US “The results are both surprising and mind and body. IANS Modi and then Railway Minister Suresh made me so independent – I was comfort- Prabhu, her brutally honest petition on the able going anywhere on my own. In com- FOR CHILDREN’S BASIC RIGHT platform change.org shared her ordeal as a parison, I feel extremely dependent and disabled person on an Indian train. scared to go anywhere without assistance “Most people with disabilities are in India,” said Virali, who holds dual citi- restricted to their homes because our roads, zenship of India and the US. public transport and most of our infra- “Without mainstream media portray- structure are not wheelchair-friendly. The ing the disabled, we can’t expect much to disabled don’t know where to go and how change. I will keep raising my voice till I to get there, making disability almost an can contribute to making the country fully invisibility in our country,” Mumbai-based accessible,” resolved Virali. IANS Four women and various shades of womanhood OUR CORRESPONDENT The second colour of a young A woman, in the first stages of woman, aware and buoyant revels girlhood, is a colour brought forth AT A RECENT evening in the in her own feminity. Kartika Singh by Mrinalini. She dances with her Capital, famous Kathak danc- embodies this young woman fac- dreams alive and waits for a glo- ers, Guru Shovana Narayan and ing the struggle of maturity. rious tomorrow with full energy. her disciples Shruti Gupta Chan- The Leap years pre-school, which is recognised by Education World amongst the top dra, Kartika Singh and Mrinalini, 20 pre-schools in Kolkata, and amongst the top 100 in India by Brainfeed, celebrated together presented existing pieces its annual day and convocation on Sunday at Kala Mandir. The highlights of the day from their guru’s repertoire along were musical performances by young learners and a high-powered panel discussion on with pure dance pieces set to teen “Playing makes smarter, stronger, healthier and happier kids – Are we pushing them taal, dhamar and 11 beats. too soon to academics?”. The panelists included Aparajita Rai, IPS, Addl. D.C South, Guru Shovana Narayan man- Himanshu Manglik, Founder and President, The WALNUTCAP, Minu Budhia, Founder ifests a philosophical turn to a woman. She questioned life, and Director, Caring Minds, Fr J Pathickal, Former Principal, Don Bosco Park Circus, her existence and the meaning delicacy, her fortitude and her strength of a woman who even Ruchika Gupta, director, Sanmarg and Prof (Dr) Suman Kumar Mukerjee. The discussion thereof. She asked – Who am I? sensitivity, her resilience and her lets go of her most prized love, was moderated by Dr Tehnaz Dastoor, consultant to the United Nations. This quest for a deeper meaning feminity. her child. Shruti Gupta Chandra “Nurturing means facilitating and making learning a joyful experience that fires to life itself culminates in a joyful Shruti Gupta Chandra said, “That particular fact was the child’s imagination and activates their curiosity about the environment. We need bouquet of colours - “Bahurang”. explored a new colour of a woman, unknown to me and also abso- to give the children some basic rights – Right to play, Right to create, Right to imagine, Bahurang was a dance show which that of a mother. Through the story lutely irrelevant. I just knew I had Right to choose, and the Right to be,” asserted Pooja Dugar, Principal Leap Years celebrated many varied shades of of Yashodhara, wife of Gautam to learn. It was a fascinating intro- Preschool. a woman – her strength and her Budha, she explores the intrinsic duction into the world of Kathak.” Pabitra Sarkar to OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN INAUGURATE UMA NAIR child is an image that goes back to the renaissance days, here AT THE Lalit Kala Akademi, are contemporary images that Bangla Boi Mela Sweeta Rai’s solo curated by are rather abstract and far from Georgina Maddox celebrates realistic. OUR CORRESPONDENT literary personalities will par- the woman-child and the entire Maddox describes Rai ‘s ticipate in various literary dis- gamut of emotions and rela- work with elan, “In one of her THIS MONTH, Bengal asso- cussions, cultural programmes tive relationship nuances that memory drawings, a couple ciation is back with its much- by artists from Bangladesh, come into play in a woman’s lies upon a flowery bedspread, awaited Bangla Boi Mela (book Kolkata, Delhi and other states life. While the Madonna and the coital act is both literally fair) and Literary festival from will be held, and local talents March 12 to 18. Organised at will be presented. New Delhi’s Kali Bari, Man- Besides these, students association promotes Indian dir Marg, this edition will from eight Bangla schools cultural literary and linguistic have more than 60 publish- of Delhi and one more from visage with equal esteem and ers and booksellers from West Madanpur Khadar, Delhi, and respect towards all language Bengal, North East India and run by Bengal Association will speaking residents living, sur- Delhi participating to please be participating in various con- rounding or intermingling the book lovers from every tests like on the spot drawing, with them without any caste, walk of life. music, dance, recitation and creed, religion, faith or dogma. Bangla Boi Mela by the quiz competitions. To showcase their activi- Bengal association is the third Every day, there will be ties during the last six decades, largest fair outside Bengal and ‘Lucky Draws’ and winners will Bengal association is celebrat- this year, renowned literary be awarded discount coupons ing the Diamond Jubilee of its personality, Pabitra Sarkar has for books. existence in a befitting manner consented to inaugurate the Established by Dr B C Roy, throughout the year. and symbolically referenced to less narrative in nature and the fragile yet delicate scrolls, 17th book fair. During seven the then Chief Minister of with a blissful innocence and consist mostly of monumental evoking longing and desire and days of the festival, well-known , in 1958, Bengal freshness. In another work, images of women. The energy the eternal reality of waiting the couple swings a skipping- of the female form is both vital with an air of abject desolation rope between them, as hearts as well as bordering on the ani- or loneliness. In some ways, jump from one to the other; mistic. The dark blue tones of depending on the many colour a delightful metaphor for the one of her women, bring sug- tones and contours the com- heart skipping a beat. In yet gestions of both Kali as well as positions dwell on the nayika another work, on paper, the Krishna, lending it an air of the which, when rendered with the couple embrace shutting the spiritual, the hot fuchsia pink little bird perched on one hand world out, as the ‘fish-magic’ and bright yellow eyes of the gives us nostalgia of the minia- of the night unfolds. The moon other possesses the vitality of a ture traditions. The treatment and the floating fish are delight- mother-goddess, coming alive and the final expression show ful reminders of the romance of with the vitality of two perti- a naïve and innocent feel of a bygone time.” nent qualities which are fertil- both expression and emotive The show manifests some ity and fecundity. essence. The show runs until large format canvases that are Perhaps most important are March 16, 2018. Although every possible care and caution has been taken to avoid errors or omissions, this publication is being sold on the condition and understanding that information given in this publication is merely for reference and must not be taken as having authority of or binding in any way on the writers, editors, publishers, and printers and sellers who do not owe any responsibility for any damage or loss to any person, a purchaser of this publication or not for the result of any action taken on the basis of this work. 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along with TMC candidates KOLKATA: Scientists of the state Agriculture department OUR CORRESPONDENT This time, CPI(M) has have discovered three new vari- announced the name of Rabin eties of rice, which will ensure KOLKATA: The state Assem- Deb as its candidate for the further increase in paddy pro- bly on Monday is going to Rajya Sabha election and he duction in Bengal. The scien- witness the moment when will also be filing his nomina- tists of the department, who are Congress candidate Abhishek tion on Monday, which is the posted in its different research Manu Singhvi and Trinamool last day for the same. institutes, had been working for Congress candidates are going Deb’s name was announced a period of time on it. to file their nominations for the after CPI(M) decided not to The three new varieties of This comes at the time will be cultivated across the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elec- nominate the party’s general rice that the people of Bengal when the Food Corporation of state and the production will tion, at the same time. secretary Sitaram Yechury for are going to get soon in the India (FCI) has written to the increase manifold, which will The masterstroke of Chief a third consecutive Rajya Sabha market are Bhupesh, Rajdip state Food and Supplies depart- be beneficial for the farmers. Minister and Trinamool Con- term, though there was a pro- and Dhruba. The production ment to supply rice for distri- At the same time, a new gress supremo Mamata Baner- posal from Adhir Chowdhury, of these varieties has already bution in three states – Tamil variety of jute has also been jee of supporting Singhvi of West Bengal Pradesh Congress been started in some places, Nadu, Kerala and Jharkhand. discovered by scientists of the Congress from Bengal in the Committee (WBPCC) presi- following necessary tests by the According to experts, the state Agriculture department. election has led to a new polit- dent, to support him if he is department’s scientists. demand was made as Bengal is The name of the new variety ical atmosphere in the state, nominated. Chowdhury had Asish Banerjee, the state the highest producer of rice in of jute is ARO 4 and cultivat- ahead of the Rajya Sabha elec- all anti-BJP political parties Biswas and Dr Santanu Sen. All Bhattacharya and all the claimed it as a necessity to fight Agriculture minister, said: the country and several variet- ing this variety of the crop will tions scheduled to be held on are going to meet in Delhi on four of them are also scheduled five Trinamool Congress can- against BJP. “All the three varieties of rice ies of rice are cultivated here. help farmers make some profit March 23. March 27 and 28. If everything to be present in the Assembly didates – Derek O’Brien, Dr On Saturday, Singhvi will ensure further increase in Moreover, production has as its production is compara- After announcing her par- goes as planned, Singhvi will almost at the same time, to file Manas Bhuniya, Sukhendu thanked the Trinamool Con- paddy production in the state.” increased in the past few years, tively lesser. ty’s support for Singhvi in be filing his nomination to the their nomination papers. Sekhar Roy, Dola Sen and Santa gress supremo for extending The state Agriculture with several steps being taken It may be recalled that the the extended core committee secretary of the Assembly at It may be recalled that the Chetri, were elected unop- her support to his candidature, department has chalked out by the Mamata Banerjee gov- state Agriculture department meeting of Trinamool Con- around 12:30 p.m on Mon- political scenario over the posed from Bengal after the after stating that he was happy an elaborate plan to ensure that ernment. Besides organis- has also taken a major step to gress, Banerjee had said that day. The Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha election in 2017 nomination of CPI(M) can- to be nominated from Bengal, all the three varieties are pro- ing training programmes for utilise its land, which remained the decision has been taken for candidates for the elections to was also quite similar, with Tri- didate Bikash Ranjan Bhat- as “the arithmetic, history and duced in the entire state. The farmers, tools required for agri- unused for the most part of a the sake of “greater interest”. the Upper House are Nadimul namool Congress extending all tacharya was cancelled, over geography of this state show the varieties of aromatic flavor will culture were also distributed year and sought suggestions of Moreover, this comes at a Haque who was renominated, its support to Congress candi- the issue of not filing his nomi- presence of an anti-BJP politi- further increase demand of rice among them. scientists who are working in time when senior leaders of Subhasish Chakraborty, Abir date Pradip Bhattacharya. nation papers on time. cal space here”. from Bengal. The new varieties of rice the field of agriculture. Five held for Huge cache of arms, ammo recovered ahead of Mamata’s visit to Hills obstructing OUR CORRESPONDENT ing a full-fledged war against the state helped by Praveen Subba of Patley- In the last week of June, a huge and of Sikkim’s funding to Gurung. bash, Deepen Limbu of Teesta Val- consignment was seized from Delhi, DARJEELING: A day before the In the last week of Febru- ley and others. They were running a which was to be delivered to Gurung, HC judge’s car arrival of Chief Minister Mamata ary, police had arrested one Bhas- Gorkhaland Personnel (GLP) train- stated police. 325 kg of gelatin sticks Banerjee to attend an industrial meet, kar Mukhia. Mukhia used to run a ing camp and an improvised arms were also stolen from the NTPC in at toll booth police recovered arms and ammuni- flower nursery in Pokhriabong and manufacturing unit in the hostel Negi. tion from the outskirts of Darjeel- was close to Gurung. He had been premises of Kanchenjunga School “Maila also divulged that the OUR CORRESPONDENT ing. The information was received made the chairman of a relief com- near Patleybash,” stated the SP. gelatin was distributed by Gurung on interrogating the driver of GJM mittee by Gurung. One Suk Thsering Lepcha of Gok, from the Kanchenjunga School. leader Bimal Gurung. The police fur- “Mukhia, during interrogation, who had the knowhow of manufac- 120 GLP, mainly from Dooars, were KOLKATA: Police ther alleged that they have informa- divulged that the government of Sik- turing improvised arms, had been being trained in the camp by three have arrested five persons for tion on funds received by Gurung kim had sent Rs 1.5 crore to Gurung, abducted by Gurung’s men and was or four ex-servicemen, namely Gan- their alleged involvement in from the government of Sikkim. in two consignments. One consign- made to manufacture arms in the dhi Gurung of Sonada and Sanjay harassing a judge of Calcutta Based on interrogation of one ment of Rs 1 crore had been received school premises, alleged the police. Gurung of Teesta Valley,” stated the High Court at Nivedita Setu on Siddhant Kami alias Maila, Gurung’s by PT Ola and the other Rs 50 lakh “On October 13, 2016, in the SP. Saturday night. driver who at present has been had been received by Mukhia him- operation where we had lost SI Ami- Firing practice used to take place The accused are all toll remanded to police custody by the self,” stated Amarnath. tava Malik, we managed to recover a at a firing range in Jamuney, from plaza employees, who have ACJM Court, Siliguri, police raided Incidentally, PT Ola, a GJM Cen- huge cache of automatic arms and where police have recovered empty been remanded in police cus- Limbu Busty, an erstwhile stronghold tral Committee leader, is in judicial ammunition. But Gurung, before ammunition cases, Amarnath said. tody after being produced of Gurung, on the outskirts of Dar- ammunition, along with 50m of cam- jeeling Sadar police station, the SP custody at present. going underground, had distributed “All this is a pointer that before a court in the district. jeeling town. ouflage cloth,” stated Amarnath K, alleged that the information received During interrogation, Maila lots of arms and ammunitions among Gurung was giving shape to full- They allegedly refused to “We have recovered 2 country- Superintendent of Police (Opera- from the persons who have been revealed that Gurung had been his followers. We are still on the trail fledged insurgency and was wag- allow the judge’s vehicle to pass made guns, a double-barrel gun, 22 tions), Darjeeling. arrested in the recent past, is a clear amassing arms and ammunition of the arms and ammunitions,” stated ing war against the state,” declared through the gate, which was swords and 15 rounds of live 12 bore Talking to media persons at Dar- pointer to Gurung’s intention of wag- since May 2016. “Gurung was being t h e SP. Amarnath. exempted from paying toll. The incident occurred on the Bally end of the Second Vivekananda Inmates to get fish farming training Govt to provide scholarships to Setu. TMC leader shot It has been learnt that two toll plaza staff had stopped Jus- more mountaineering aspirants tice Biswanath Samadder’s car, at Correctional Home when he was on his way to the dead in S 24-Pgs city. The judge’s driver told the OUR CORRESPONDENT accused that it was a judge’s car OUR CORRESPONDENT tion in Bhangar. and urged them to let the vehi- Some have, however, KOLKATA: The state Correc- cle pass. KOLKATA: A Trinamool alleged that it was a result of tional Administration depart- There was a heated Congress youth wing leader infighting within the party. The ment is taking up a project of exchange of words between the from South 24-Parganas was victim was killed following a fish farming for the inmates driver and the two toll plaza shot dead by some unidentified quarrel between two groups at Dum Dum Central Correc- workers. Three others soon miscreants. within Trinamool Congress, tional Home (DDCCH). came to the spot and supported The incident took place over the possession of a piece The training for fish farm- the two. They asked the driver at Bamanghata area under of land in the area. ing will be imparted by the to move the car from there and Leather Complex police sta- It was alleged that some State Fisheries Development take the other gate of the toll tion on Sunday morning. The other persons have also been Corporation (SFDC), who will plaza. victim, Manu Pramanik, who injured when a clash broke also train the inmates on cut- As the situation turned was a local resident, was going out. Some local sources also ting and processing of fishes ugly, Justice Samadder got off to a nearby place when he was claimed that the victim was and making fish fillets. the car and tried to convince stopped by some miscreants. shot at by the members of the “Fish farming in a scientific the accused. He also requested They attacked him with a rival group. But there was no manner will be taken up in a the toll plaza workers to allow sharp weapon and when the confirmation from the police pond which is situated inside PRITESH BASU at the camps for trial, to get them to pass through the VIP victim fell on the ground, the that a clash had broken out the premises of DDCCH. The impressed with the garden “Once they take to fish selected for the training on gate. However, all his efforts accused shot him to ensure his between the two factions. inmates will also be trained inside the Home, that has been farming in the pond, we can KOLKATA: In a bid to encour- mountaineering. were in vain, as the accused death. The bullet had pierced Police are yet to confirm in preparation of various fish maintained by the inmates. increase fishes in their regular age more youths to take interest “With the increase in the refused to allow them. his head. He was declared the reason behind the mur- items. They will cook the stuff “We have four gardens sur- food chart,” a senior official of in mountaineering and adven- number of applicants, deci- Having found no other brought dead by the doctors der of Pramanik, who was an in the kitchen run by them rounding our large waterbody the Correctional Administra- ture sports, the Mamata Baner- sion has been taken to provide option, Justice Samadder’s PSO after being taken to the Cal- active member of the party. inside the Home in associa- at Nalban Food Park. We will tion department said. jee government has decided to scholarship to 150 candidates then called Nischinda police cutta National Medical College They reached the spot imme- tion with an NGO and our vans be taking assistance from the The department has plans provide scholarships to more to undergo the training,” said station, following which police and Hospital. diately after the incident and will be taking them for door-to- inmates in beautification of to extend this activity of fish number of candidates for train- Ujjal Roy, a member of the rushed to the spot and arrested The local Trinamool Con- started a probe. They are yet to door sale in different parts of these gardens. The inmates farming to other correctional ing in the Himalayan Moun- West Bengal Mountaineering the five toll plaza workers, for gress leaders, however, alleged arrest anybody in this connec- the city,” Soumyajit Das, man- involved in this activity will be homes in the state, if this proj- taineering Institute (HMI) and Adventure Sports Foun- preventing a “public servant that it was a deliberate attempt tion so far. aging director of SFDC said. brought at Nalban Food Park ect augurs well. from 2018 onwards. dation (WBMASF), under the from discharging his duties”. to weaken the party organisa- A police picket has been set SFDC also has plans of thrice a week for gardening,” “We have been taking vari- This comes at the time state Youth Services and Sports A senior police officer of tion in the area, ahead of the up as there was tension in the developing a fish process- he added. ous measures for rehabilitation when 20 mountaineers from department. Howrah police Commission- Panchayat polls. area. Police are investigating to ing unit at the premises of It may be mentioned that of the inmates, once they are Bengal have managed to reach Earlier, the cost of provid- erate said that prompt action They also stated that the know if it was a political mur- DDCCH. inmates at the Home have fish released from the prison. This the summit of Mount Everest, ing training to each candidate had been taken after receiving victim had been instrumental der or if there was any other Das, who recently paid a items in their menu list thrice is a major stride in this regard,” after the change of guard in the was around Rs 7,500. Now it the phone call. in strengthening the organisa- angle behind the killing. visit to the DDCCH, was highly a week. a senior official said. state. The number was only two has gone up to Rs 10,000 and during the 34 year long regime the state government is provid- of the erstwhile Left Front ing the same for each of the 150 government. mountaineering enthusiasts. State-of-the-art old age home to come up in north Howrah Moreover, the state Youth The trial camps are mainly Services and Sports depart- held at Durgapur, Siliguri and PRITESH BASU REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE that the elderly people will not going on to give a new lease ment has also increased the Kolkata. face any inconvenience in mov- of life to a football ground in financial assistance for expe- Last year, more than 500 KOLKATA: The Howrah ing around. There will be ramps the vicinity, with better seating dition of mountains of more aspirants had turned out for the Improvement Trust (HIT) at the entry points so that they capacity for spectators around than 8,000 metre height from trials and in the coming year, it has taken up a major project would not need to climb stair- the ground. Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7.5 lakh. is expected to go up. The pro- to develop a state-of-the-art cases to enter the building. Taking a major step ahead, From 2018 onward, 150 cess of selection for the can- old age home in north How- Besides constructing the the HIT authorities have man- candidates will be selected didates to get scholarship will rah, besides its initiative for an building, the HIT engineers aged to get back a large plot trough trials, who will be get- start in November. inclusive development of the are also taking all necessary of land adjacent to the old age ting complete scholarship The candidates, both men area by creating other neces- steps to create a soothing home, that was occupied by from the state government to and women, need to pass a set sary infrastructure. atmosphere around the old age slum dwellers. undergo basic and advanced of tests to get selected for the According to the HIT home, so that there will be a The slum dwellers were pro- training on mountaineering scholarship, to undergo the authorities, the old age home feel good factor for the elderly vided with proper rehabilita- in HMI. basic and advanced training is the second of its kind in the people. tion and the land has been used When Mamata Banerjee at HMI. entire state and there will be In a bid to do so, the engi- to construct a multi-storeyed came to power in 2011, schol- The selected youths are sent all sorts of facilities present, so neers have chalked out an elab- building. arship was given only to 70 to for training in batches and it that elderly people can spend orate plan to beautify the area There will be a termi- 80 enthusiasts. Besides taking continues round-the-year. In their days in the home in com- around it. nus in the ground floor, with necessary steps to encourage each batch, 15 selected candi- fort and peace. There is around 15 acres offices and shops spread in the more youths to take interest dates undergo the training. Sultan Singh, Chairman of land. So, beautification and remaining floors of the “five- in mountaineering and adven- At the same time, the of HIT, said: “Steps have been landscaping work will also be layered” building, with around ture sports, the state govern- Eastern Zonal Sport Climb- taken for an inclusive and com- carried out around the build- 8,000 square feet of area. ment has also taken initiative ing competition has also been prehensive development of the ing, where the elderly people With the construction of to provide scholarships to more organised by the state govern- area. Besides the old age home lot, setting up of Prakriti Tirtha Steps have been taken to set it has already been constructed. can breathe in open air while the bus terminus, the decades- of them. ment, which will be held from and all necessary beautifica- and development of a football up the five-storeyed old age There will be both single rooms taking morning or evening old problem of parking of In the past six and a half March 20 to 23 and there will tion work in the area, steps for ground has also been taken up.” home there. The work to con- and dormitories in the build- walks. Banks of the ponds will mini- on the main thor- years, more number of candi- be participants from Odisha, many other works including There is a large plot of land struct the building has already ing. Moreover, the building will also be beautified. oughfare in the area, will get dates, aged between 18 to 35 Bihar, Jharkhand and all the construction of a bus parking of HIT at Ghusuri in Howrah. started and a major portion of be constructed in such a way, Moreover, work is also solved permanently. years, have started pouring in North-Eastern states. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Monday, 12 March, 2018 Customer assaulted, Tiger terror: First report of attack undressed by restaurant comes in since sighting of feline owner at China Town

OUR CORRESPONDENT find any trace of the tiger. For- Nearly two weeks after a est department officials spotted tiger was first spotted inside KOLKATA: Almost two weeks some fresh pugmarks in Goy- Madhupur forest in Jhargram, after a Royal Bengal Tiger was altore on Sunday and the inci- the forest department offi- first spotted at Madhupur for- dent makes them believe that a cials are yet to get any major est in Jhargram, a tribal youth tiger might have been roaming breakthrough. on Sunday claimed to have free inside the jungle. Cameras were put up on been attacked by a tiger inside In another development, tree trunks and at various other Kushkatri jungle of Goyaltore another fresh pugmark was strategic locations inside the in West Midnapore which is detected inside Pithbakra jun- core forest areas of Jhargram. around 45 km away from the gle in Bankura’s Simlipal. It was The incident occurred after spot where the animal was learnt that a drone on Satur- some villagers saw pugmarks caught on camera. day confirmed the presence of and alerted the local admin- The incident reportedly a tiger inside the forest but it istration. Wildlife experts occurred on Sunday morning could not be captured. examined the marks and the when a group of around 10-12 People living near the forest pictures were sent to the city people including the victim, are asked not to venture into for examination. Joyram Soren were going into the forest. Initially, the forest depart- the Kushkatri forest to collect REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE An extensive search was ment officials suspected a Debashis Chakraborty (left), Lichuan Chan some minor forest produce. His carried out on Sunday but the hyena or a leopard, but it was fellow companions told the for- Alerted by the screams of was rushed to a primary health cials rushed to the spot and tiger could be captured. found to be a full grown tiger. OUR CORRESPONDENT However, Chan refused and est department officials that the the victim, the others rushed to centre at Goyaltore and later started an investigation in The forest department offi- Following the incident, for- he along with an employee of tiger suddenly attacked Soren the spot and saw the tiger flee- shifted to Midnapore Medical this regard. A drone camera cials are confused as how many est department officials set up KOLKATA: A person was his restaurant Subrata Das who was lagging behind. He ing the spot. College and Hospital for treat- has been used to identify the tigers are roaming free in the cage traps in various parts of allegedly assaulted, undressed physically assaulted the com- suffered injuries on various The victim was profusely ment. After being informed, location of the tiger. The forest forest areas of Jhargram, West the three districts but are yet and then forced out of a res- plaint and committed public parts of his body. bleeding from his hands. He senior forest department offi- department officials are yet to Midnaporee and Bankura. to capture the tiger. taurant at China Town on Sat- nuisance and obscene act by urday night after he failed to undressing him infront of the cough up the food bill. The customers in the restaurant. Minors sexually incident took place at Fung Fa Chakrabroty was then Govt to check pollution, improve navigability near Kulik river bar cum restaurant situated on driven out of the restaurant in assaulted in Mateswartala Road under Pra- naked condition and was res- OUR CORRESPONDENT Kulik is being revamped by KULIK BIRD SANCTUARY gati police station near cued by the police who brought two separate employing workers under 100 the Milan Mela grounds. him to the Pragati Maidan KOLKATA: The Mamata days work scheme,” District Police have arrested two police station. Banerjee government has Magistrate of North Dinajpur persons including the owner Chakraborty lodged a com- incidents chalked out elaborate plans Ayesha Rani A said. of the restaurant in this plaint and the duo-Chan and for curbing pollution and also Every year, from May connection. Das were arrested. OUR CORRESPONDENT increasing navigability of the onwards, birds like Open- It is learnt that the victim According to police Kulik river at Raiganj in North Billed Storks, Night Heron Debashis Chakraborty, a resi- sources, Chan is a resident of KOLKATA: Two separate inci- Dinajpur district. and Cormorant Egret come to dent of Beliaghata had entered Mateswartala Road while Das dents of alleged sexual assault The Raiganj Wildlife Sac- the sanctuary in large numbers the restaurant at around 6 pm hails from Pulin Khatik Road on minor girls took place in tuary popularly known as the from northeast Asia. in the evening and while paying under Tangra police station the city and on its outskirts on Kulik Bird Sanctuary located They breed there and leave the bill, found out that he was area. Sunday. adjacent to river Kulik is a major after winters. not carrying his wallet. Sources in the restaurant In both the cases, the tourist attraction particularly It may be mentioned that Chakraborty is a frequenter said the complainant has quite accused were neighbours of the during the summer months six years back, it was noticed at the restaurant and informed a reasonable amount of dues in victims and they were arrested. when migratory birds turn up that the number of migra- the matter to the restaurant the restaurant and this was the A 32-year-old man Bikash in huge numbers. tory birds had come down to owner Lichuan Chan. reason behind the owner’s per- Mondal was arrested following It is the second largest bird 80,000, while the usual avian However, the latter insisted sistence in this regard. a complaint of sexual assault on sanctuary in Asia. population remains around that he would not be permit- “The act of the restaurant a 12-year-old girl was brought Pollution has been badly 1.50 lakh. ted to get out of the restaurant is inhuman and unjustified. against him. The victim’s affecting river Kulik and it is Sources in the district river to ensure that the water with effect from January this The state Tourism depart- unless he cough up the bill of There are other means that mother lodged a complaint emerging as a threat to the administration said the state level is properly maintained. year. ment has renovated its tour- Rs 1500. he could have adopted when with the Police station fishes in the river. is spending Rs 14.75 lakh for ,” a senior district official said. “If anybody is found to ist lodge at Kulik at a cost of Chakraborty then sug- Chakraborty could not cough alleging that Bikash went inside The number of migratory the rejuvenation of Kulik river. The state government has indulge in acts that pollute Rs 4 crore as a stride towards gested that an employee of the up the bill. He could have called their house and assaulted her birds flocking to the sanctuary Work has already com- also taken measures to curb the atmosphere in and around attracting more tourists. restaurant should accompany the police. However, he has not daughter sexually. is also coming down as fishes menced in various places that pollution in the area. Kulik, action will be taken as The areas around the bird him to his Belighata home, acted in the right way by tak- The complainant went to are one of the main food for includes blocks in Raiganj, The use of loud- per laws of the state Pollu- sanctuary would also be devel- which is only a few kilometers ing the law in his own hand,” one of her relatives’ house for these birds. Hemtabad and Itahar. “A water- speakers in and around tion Control Board,” the offi- oped for which a separate fund away from the spot and take the an advocate of Calcutta High some days. Knowing that vic- “The navigability of river body is being created beside the the sanctuary has been banned cial said. would be allocated soon. amount of the bill. Court said. tim’s mother was not present and her father was deep asleep on the first floor of the house, ABANDONED Fire breaks the accused had committed the Accused security guard’s daughter crime. On Sunday morning, the victim’s mother returned out at plastic home and found her daugh- ter in a traumatised state. The to sit for Madhyamik with writer godown near girl burst into tears finding her mother and narrated the SOUMITRA NANDI entire incident. Subsequently, EM Bypass she lodged a complaint with KOLKATA: Neha Singh, a the police and the accused was resident of Alipore will be OUR CORRESPONDENT arrested. appearing for the Madhyamik The complaint claimed examination that begins from KOLKATA: A major fire broke that the incident took place Monday. But what separates out inside a plastic godown in on March 5. But the complaint her from the other examinees is Dhapa area near EM Bypass on was lodged after five days as the the fact that she will be appear- Sunday afternoon triggering girl didn’t have anyone close to ing for the examination with panic among locals. No injury disclose what had happened a writer though she is able to or casualty has, however, been to her. She narrated the entire write on her own. reported from the incident. incident as soon as her mother Neha had bore the brunt Around 10 fire tenders were returned from her relative’s of the wrath of the guardians pressed into action to douse the house. at Alipore Multipurpose Girl’s Neha Singh with her mother flames. Locals spotted smoke In another similar inci- School and was assaulted after billowing out of the go-down dent at Tollygunge Kalia Col- allegations of molestation assaulted. Government School Teachers’ at around 1.45 pm on Sunday ony, a 60-year-old man was surfaced against his father “We were impressed with Association (WBGSTA) and reported the matter to the arrested on similar charges. Rameshwar Singh, who was the mental strength of Neha It may be mentioned that fire brigade. The accused, Narayan Sardar, the night security guard of the who is bent upon appearing for Neha’s school teachers’ have Locals took part in the is the victim’s neighbour and school. She has an injury in her the examination. Her father is also come forward in extending rescue operation and tried to he used to take the girl inside right hand. presently in custody while her help in this regard. The WBG- douse the flames initially. They his house by offering her tof- The accused was arrested mother has fallen sick after the STA has also arranged for some failed to reach the source of the fees. It had been taking place by the police on the basis of Thursday incident. of the books that got torn when fire as the area was soon cov- for the past two months. the complaint by some guard- She has an injury on her the agitating guardians barged ered with thick black smoke. Parents of the minor vic- ians regarding the misbehavior right hand and is not being into Singh’s residence. As many as 10 shanties situated tim girl noticed that she fell ill of Singh. However, even after able to write. We had sought It may be mentioned that a adjacent to the plastic go-down on Saturday evening and took that, a section of the agitating permission from the Secondary representative from WBGSTA were also gutted. The people her to doctor where they came guardians barged into the quar- Board so that we can arrange will accompany Neha to her staying in the room were evac- to know that their girl was ter of Singh located at the back for a writer for her. The per- examination centre at Tolly- uated. There was none inside being subjected to such tor- side of the school premises and mission has been granted gunge Adarsha High School on the go-down when the fire took ture. In both the cases, police beat up her wife. Neha too was and she will take the help of a Monday.” We will continue to place. The fire personnel also statements of the victims have not spared when she tried to writer,” said Sougata Basu, gen- stand by her during the period Kumartuli Ghat in Kolkata on Sunday PIC/MPOST faced difficulties to identify of been recorded. rescue her mother from being eral secretary of West Bengal of examination,’ Basu said. the source of the fire. However, they checked the further spread of fire. It was dif- ficult for the firemen to check Homemaker from Tapan to be awarded To avoid tiger attacks in , villagers the fire due to the heat gener- ated inside the go-down. The locals also joined hands for building toilet in in-laws’ house to take up apiculture in native villages with the fire persons to combat the situation. It was brought OUR CORRESPENDENT minority community. Diby- block about two months ago. SOUMITRA NANDI “We want to bring down people in this part of the state themselves and their children under control within two endu Sarkar, Commissioner, There was no toilet at her in- human deaths due to tiger have a belief that honey col- and for the widows, the search hours. According to prelimi- BALURGHAT: The state Panchayats and Rural Develop- laws’ residence at the time of KOLKATA: In a significant attack to zero. Keeping this in lected from bee hives in the for- for regular income is com- nary investigation, the fire offi- Panchayat and Rural Devel- ment department will be pres- marriage and despite repeated stride to stop villagers from mind, we will help villagers in est are more nourishing. pounded by the social stigma cials and police suspect that an opment minister Sub- ent at the programme. requests, her husband couldn’t collecting honey from the core taking up apiculture in all pos- “However, this is not at they face,” the senior official electrical short circuit might rata Mukherjee will honour It may be mentioned that set it up due to financial crisis. area of the Sundarbans forest, sible forms right in the villages all true and we are taking up said. have caused the fire. Locals Rabeya Bibi, a homemaker the state government has taken But she was not ready to give the state Forest department so that they do not need to awareness campaigns to incul- A study published in the alleged that fire tenders reached from Tapan in South Dinajpur, up several programmes to up hope. will encourage the villagers to venture deep into the forests. cate this lesson that honey of journal Environmental Health the spot late which aggravated with an award for her fight to make people aware about the Finding no other way out, take up apiculture right in their We are taking assistance from the best quality can be pro- Insights in 2016 found that the situation further. set up a toilet at her in-laws’ necessity of making a district she had to take the decision of native villages. experts of Bidhan Chandra duced through proper proce- women widowed by tigers are The fire soon spread as a residence within two months free from open defecation. selling out cattle. It may be mentioned that Krishi Viswavidyalaya,” said dure of bee keeping,” the official often blamed – unjustly – for huge amount of inflammable of her marriage by selling out Rabeya was moved after Rabeya, who is proud of her tiger straying in the villages of RP Saini, director of Sundarban added. the deaths of their husbands. materials was stored inside the her cattle. closely watching one of the success, said: “I sold two goats Sundarbans have come down Biosphere Reserve. The fate of the women who In February, the state Pan- factory. The exact cause of the The district administration awareness programmes for Rs 7,500 after I was encour- drastically in the last few years. The Forest department is have lost their husbands in tiger chayats and Rural Develop- fire and the extent of the dam- has organised a programme of the project Mission aged to build a toilet listening However, people being mauled also taking up a project to help attacks has been a major cause ment Department announced age are yet to be ascertained at Balurghat on Monday in Nirmal Bangla and made up to the state government’s cam- by tigers venturing deep into villagers in breeding of crabs in of concern for the state gov- that it was adopting the ‘widow The local councillor, Swa- which South Dinajpur will be her mind to be successful in paign of making Bengal free forests while collecting honey association with the state Fish- ernment and has prodded the villages’ of Sundarbans and pan Samaddar who is also declared as Open Defecation setting up a toilet at her in-laws’ from open defecation”. or fishing in the creeks of the eries department. “Both these government in taking up the would provide the widows member and mayor-in-coun- Free (ODF) district. house. Siddhartha Subba, BDO river is not a rare phenomenon. projects will begin from the project. and their children alterna- cil of Bustee development at In the same programme, Rabeya was married to of Tapan, said: “She has set As per estimates of next financial year,” a senior “They are termed as the tive sources of livelihood. The Kolkata Municipal Corpora- Mukherjee will be handing one Mofijuddin Mian of Beja- an example and also created researchers every year, 50 fish- official of the Forest depart- ‘tiger widows’ of Bengal. After other promises include subsi- tion (KMC) visited the spot over the award to the newly har village under Dipkhanda awareness among others to ermen or honey collectors are ment said. losing their family’s bread dised rice at Rs 2 per kg, home and supervised the rescue married poor woman from gram panchayat in Tapan make Tapan an ODF block.” killed in tiger attacks. According to the official, earner, they are left to fend for schemes and health insurance. operation. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 mp 43% turnout in Gorakhpur; 37.39% in Phulpur OUR CORRESPONDENT Minister Yogi Adityanath and Congress. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav The saffron party has fielded LUCKNOW: Forty three per Prasad Maurya vacated their Kaushalendra Singh Patel cent voters cast their mandate Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok from Phulpur and Upendra Bihar bypolls: 54% voter in the Gorakhpur parliamen- Sabha seats after getting elected Dutt Shukla from Gorakhpur tary constituency on Sunday to the state legislative council. against the SP’s Pravin Nishad while Phulpur recorded an even After casting his vote in and Nagendra Pratap Singh lesser 37.39 per cent turnout Gorakhpur, Adity- turnout recorded in Araria as the crucial bypolls to the anath said the BJP LS BYPOLLS two Lok Sabha seats were held was getting wide- peacefully, the state election spread support. Patel, respectively. The Con- PATNA: About 54 per cent fielded Sarfaraz Alam, the dey whose death at the age of office said. “The people know that gress has nominated Sureetha cast their mandate in the death of whose father Mohd 48 has necessitated the bypoll. Polling began at 7 AM and development is the only pan- Kareem for Gorakhpur and bypolls for Araria parliamen- Taslimuddin has necessitated The saffron party has passed off peacefully at 5 PM, acea,” he told reporters there. Manish Mishra for Phulpur tary constituency on Sunday the bypoll. fielded Pandey's wife Rinky the state election office said. Attacking the BSP and the Lok Sabha seat. while Jehanabad and Bhab- In Jehanabad, the RJD Rani and her principal chal- “Gorakhpur recorded a SP, he said, “These parties are Ten candidates are in the hua Assembly constituen- hopes to retain the Assem- lenger is Congress candidate turnout of 43 per cent and indulging in negative politics, fray from Gorakhpur, while 22 cies recorded 50 per cent and bly seat that fell vacant after Shambhu Singh Patel. The Phulpur 37.39 per cent,” it politics of bargaining and pol- candidates are contesting from 57 per cent respectively till 5 the death of Mundrika Yadav. total number of candidates in added. There were complaints itics of opportunism. The state Phulpur. PM, where the ruling JD(U)- The party has given ticket to the fray here is 17. of EVM malfunctioning at a has suffered the negative con- Gorakhpur is significant for BJP combine and the opposi- Yadav's son Kumar Krishna Counting of votes will take few booths, but the machines sequences because of this. To the BJP as it is the bastion of the tion RJD-Congress alliance Mohan. place on March 14. were promptly replaced without ensure that in future such a sit- chief minister, who represented are locked in a battle. Accord- A total of 14 candidates The bye-elections are being affecting the polling, an election uation does not arise, efforts the seat Lok Sabha five times. ing to election commission are in the fray though the con- watched with much eagerness official said here. have to be made to shun poli- Prior to Adityanath, the seat sources, the polling is so far test is mainly between the RJD as this is the first electoral bat- The reason behind the lower tics of casteism and dynastic was represented in parliament peaceful. nominee and JD(U)'s Abhi- tle in the state since last year's than expected turnout in the politics, and the focus should by his mentor Yogi Avaidya- In Araria parliamentary ram Sharma who had won political realignment when high-stakes polls in the coun- be on development and nath thrice. told reporters after casting his ing on this alliance, we will win constituency, seven can- the seat in the 2010 Assembly Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, try’s electorally most signifi- administration.” Phulpur, once represented vote for the Phulpur seat along 80 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in didates are in the fray. For- polls. The BJP is hopeful of who also heads the JD(U), cant state was said to be a lack Asked about the SP and BSP by the country’s first prime with family members. the state,” he said. mer BJP MP Pradeep Kumar retaining the Bhabhua Assem- walked out of the Grand Alli- of enthusiasm among voters entering an electoral under- minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, wit- Asked about the BJP’s plans Taking a jibe at the SP-BSP Singh is seeking to regain the bly seat riding on a sympathy ance and rejoined the BJP-led who are now looking forward standing, Adityanath said it nessed a saffron surge in the to counter the electoral under- tie-up, the minister said, “Their seat from the RJD which has wave for Anand Bhushan Pan- NDA. MPOST to the general elections which would have no effect on the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as standing between SP and BSP, (SP-BSP) votes will be trans- are barely a year away. outcome of the polls. Maurya won there. Maurya said, “We have already ferred only when they have Tight security arrangements “If the SP, BSP and Con- Maurya exuded confidence expanded enough, and in future enough votes”. claimed. In Gorakhpur parliamen- the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat were in place to ensure free and gress had fought together, then that the BJP would sweep the if any political party wants to “The votes (of the people) Union minister Shiv Pratap tary constituency, there were has a 19.49 lakh electorate. As fair polling. Apart from the Pro- results would have been much ongoing bypolls. join us, it will be definitely are with us. But, they have only Shukla cast his vote in Gorakh- 970 polling centres and 2,141 many as 4,728 Voter Verifiable vincial Armed Constabulary better for us,” he said. “I am confident that on deliberated upon. But, today leaders who make statements... pur, while UP Health minister polling booths, while in Phul- Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) (PAC) and homeguard jawans, Termed by Adityanath as March 14 (when results are from UP’s point of view, the poll The voters of Mayawatiji have Sidharth Nath Singh exercised pur, there were 793 polling cen- machines were used in the 65 companies of central para- a “rehearsal” for the 2019 Lok declared), the record made in alliance of the BJP, Apna Dal deserted the BSP and have his franchise in Phulpur. tres and 2,059 polling booths. bypolls and provisions were military forces were deployed Sabha elections, the bye-polls Phulpur in 2014 (Lok Sabha (Sonelal) and Suheldev Bhar- reposed their faith in Modiji, Interestingly, it was on this According to the Election made for web-casting from 95 to ensure peaceful bypolls. are witnessing a triangular con- elections) will be repeated, and tiya Samaj Party (SBSP) exists. Yogi and BJP. We are winning day last year that BJP and its Commission, there are 19.61 critical booths. The bypolls were necessi- test involving the ruling BJP, the our candidate Kaushalendra Apart from this, we do not have both the Lok Sabha seats, and allies stormed to power in the lakh voters in the Phulpur par- Counting of ballots will be tated after Uttar Pradesh Chief Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Patel will emerge victorious,” he any other alliance. And, bank- with wider margin,” Maurya UP Assembly elections. liamentary constituency, while taken up on March 14. BJP leader drags Legislators are catalysts of Strong signs of Cong resurgence: Scindia ISIS into Bihar development: Vice Prez ASIM KAMAL cerned,” he added. bypolls, police Scindia, urged ‘like- Asked if Congress should OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Congress minded’ parties name a chief ministerial candi- case filed may have suffered a crushing date in MP, Scindia said, “I am NEW DELHI: Stating that defeat in the Northeast, but to join hands to not going to speak on this issue PATNA: A comment by Bihar legislature is the central pil- senior leader Jyotiraditya Scin- oust the Chouhan because I don’t think it would BJP chief Nityanand Rai - lar of democratic governance, dia feels that there are “very be apt. This is a decision that that victory for RJD in Ara- vice president Venkaiah Naidu strong signs” of the party’s government in the has to be taken by the general ria will turn Bihar into a “safe said on Sunday that legislatures resurgence in the Hindi heart- Madhya Pradesh secretary and by the Congress haven for ISIS” - has triggered are mandated with the task of land which would be crucial in high command.” a police case and a complaint catalyzing nation building by the 2019 general election. are crucial to the Congress Terming the recent by-poll at the state Election Commis- propelling socio-economic Buoyed by the party’s vic- ernments by default and a party going ahead. So I think win in Madhya Pradesh a “very sion as by-election for the Lok transformation. tory in the recent by-polls in party that has won only two the barometer and the portent important triumph”, he said the Sabha seat was held on Sun- Delivering the valedictory the Mungaoli and Kolaras seats in that Assembly was try- that these states portray are Congress won despite the BJP day. Lalu Yadav’s party, which of the National Legislators con- Assembly seats in Madhya ing every trick in the book to very important signs for the throwing “everything but the has been at the receiving end ference, here, the vice president Pradesh, he also said the people put together a government,” Congress party,” he said. kitchen sink” into the election. of the BJP’s consistent attacks said that the ideal behaviour of had decided to end the 14-year he said. However, the Congress’s It was the might of the gov- over law and order, has told the the legislators is more impor- BJP rule in the state where elec- However, “having said that, chief whip in the Lok Sabha ernment versus the ordinary Election Commission that Rai’s tant than ideology. Conduct of He further suggested that leg- as they are not present inside tions are scheduled to be held I think you’ve had very strong said there was still a lot of work Congress worker, Scindia said. remark was in violation of the the legislators in the Legisla- islators should be regular and the Houses. later this year. signs of resurgence in the Hindi to be done by party workers as “I also do believe that in model code of conduct. A First ture, constituency and govern- punctual in the Legislatures. Presenting the closing Scindia, widely seen as the heartland,” the 47-year-old “we must never take our oppo- Madhya Pradesh voters have Information Report was also ing bodies is equally important. He drew attention of the remarks, Lok Sabha Speaker front runner among the Con- leader said. The Congress drew nent lightly”. made up their minds to see the lodged against him. Moreover, a self introspection legislators to the growing per- Sumitra Mahajan said devel- gress’s chief ministerial candi- a blank in Tripura and Naga- Scindia also dismissed talk end of the BJP rule in our state Araria has a high concen- by them on the work done ception of the people, about opment should be sustainable dates for Madhya Pradesh, also land, while in Meghalaya it of infighting within the party in for a multitude of reasons,” he tration of Yadavs or the Mus- by them on everyday basis is the Legislatures which is very and we should have a continu- urged “like-minded” parties to failed to form the government. MP, saying the Congress was a said. lims, communities that have essential for self development. important for the credibility ous dialogue with all stakehold- join hands to oust the Shivraj The BJP has come to power united house in the state. The Congress last month been traditional supporters Naidu said a good reading and functioning of the impor- ers, including at the grassroots Singh Chouhan government in all the three states forming “We have been work- retained both the Assembly of the RJD. On the last day of habit on the topics to be dis- tant law making bodies. He level. She felt that development in the state. coalition governments. ing together for the last year, seats in Madhya Pradesh where campaigning, Rai had allegedly cussed in the Legislatures is cautioned that legislatures are and electoral politics should In an interview to PTI, he Scindia also asserted that year and a half. We are strat- by-polls were held. said, “if Sarfaraz (RJD candi- useful to keep abreast and con- meeting for very few days; time be mixed with party politics. said the Assembly poll outcome the Gujarat Assembly poll egising, planning every activ- Brajendra Singh Yadav of date) wins this election, Araria tribute to the deliberations on for deliberation and the num- She suggested that legislators in Nagaland and Tripura came result was “truly inspiring”. The ity together, which is what you the Congress defeated his BJP will become a safe haven for the developmental goals for the ber of legislations is steadily should not restrict develop- as a “shock”. MP from Madhya Pradesh’s have seen in these two by-elec- rival Baisahab Yadav by a 2,124 the ISIS (a global Islamic ter- country. Moreover, accessibil- dwindling; quality of debate is ment to aspirational districts In Meghalaya, he pointed Guna said this was followed tions. Every single leader of the votes to win the Mungaoli seat ror group). The victory of our ity to the people and touring in declining; disruption of pro- only, but to all districts. out, the Congress had emerged by the results in the Rajasthan Congress party was present in while in Kolaras, Congress can- candidate Pradip Singh will, the constituency will help the ceedings has come to replace The conference was inaugu- as the single largest party. and Madhya Pradesh by-polls, this by-election,” Scindia said. didate Mahendra Singh Yadav on the other hand, give rise to legislators to understand and the norms of deliberations and rated by Prime Minister Naren- “...but the BJP true to its won by the Congress. “So, I can understand why prevailed over Devendra Jain of patriotic fervour”. address their issues properly. Members’ attendance is thin dra Modi on Saturday. game believes in forming gov- “These are all states which the BJP is extremely con- the BJP by 8,083 votes. PTI RJD candidate Sarfaraz Alam is the son of former law- maker Mohammad Taslim- Consensus on Ayodhya difficult, uddin, whose death last year ‘Third front will be TRS announces names of made the elections necessary. Taslimuddin had wrested but temple will be built: RSS the seat in 2014 from BJP’s a stillborn child’ 3 candidates for RS polls Pradeep Kumar Singh, whom JATIN TAKKAR Sabha meeting. Confident of a Though the Rashtriya the party has pitched again in RAMNATH SHENOY K favourable judgment from the Swayamsevak Sangh leader OUR CORRESPONDENT tomorrow,” TRS Parliamentary this election. NAGPUR: The RSS on Sun- Supreme Court on the matter, said he welcomed Ravi Shan- Party leader and party’s Secre- Calling Rai’s remark “out- HYDERABAD: Senior Con- day said building a consen- Joshi said the construction of kar’s efforts at negotiations, he HYDERABAD: The rul- tary-General K Keshava Rao rageous”, RJD national vice gress leader M Veerappa Moily sus on the Ayodhya dispute temple would begin after the pointed out that there were dif- ing Telangana Rashtra Samiti told PTI. president Shivanand Tiwary on Sunday said a third front was not going to be easy, but court’s order and it would be ferent groups in society with (TRS) in Telangana today AIMIM president and told news agency Press Trust of will be a “stillborn child,” and stressed that a Ram Temple built on the basis of its verdict varied outlooks and to build a announced names of its three Hyderabad MP Asaduddin India that the statement shows asserted that only a “confed- -- “and nothing else” -- would on the ownership of land. consensus among them would candidates for the ensuing Owaisi had yesterday said the “desperation in the BJP, eration” of parties, led by his be constructed in the Uttar Replying to a question on be difficult. Joshi was also Rajya Sabha elections from his party would support the which is faced with the possi- national outfit, can take on the Pradesh town. RSS general spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravis- asked about a demand for a the state. TRS party in the biennial elec- bility of a defeat in Araria”. BJP-led NDA effectively. secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi also hankar’s efforts at developing minority religion status for Telangana Chief Minis- tions to Rajya Sabha from the The by-election in Bihar is With reports of West Ben- stressed that the matter was sub consensus between the differ- the Lingayat community in ter and TRS Chief K Chan- state. seen a referendum on CM Nit- gal Chief Minister Mamata judice. ent parties on the issue, Joshi . drasekhar Rao announced the Elections would be held ish Kumar’s alliance with the Banerjee and her Telangana “It is certain that the Ram said consensus building was “We do not support that,” names of party’s general secre- on March 23 to fill the three BJP that was crafted last year counterpart K Chadrasekhar Temple will be constructed not going to be easy. he said. The next hearing in the tary J Santosh Kumar, B Linga- vacancies. at the expense of the ties with Rao making efforts to forge a “It (anti-BJP front) has to at that place (Ayodhya) and We have always maintained Ayodhya dispute, to determine iah Yadav and B Prakash at the In the 119-member Legis- RJD and the Congress. Lalu non-BJP, non-Congress front be done by a combination of nothing else can be built there, that the temple should be con- ownership of the 2.77-acre meeting of the TRS legislature lative Assembly, the party-wise Yadav’s party, which held Ara- doing the rounds, he said with- national party (Congress) and this is also decided, Joshi told structed with mutual agree- Babri Masjid-Ram Janmab- party held here. strength is: TRS-82, INC-19, ria, had repeatedly called it a out the Congress, one cannot regional parties,” he said. reporters here on the side- ment but our experience tells hoomi disputed land, is to “The Chief MinisterMIM-7, BJP-5, TDP-3, Inde- violation of the anti-BJP man- think of an “alternative” to the The “communal” BJP and lines of the RSS’s all-important us that building a consensus on come up before the Supreme announced their names and pendent-1, CPI(M)-1 and date delivered by the people of BJP. “It (third front) will be a its allies have to fought by all Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi this issue is not easy, Joshi said. Court on March 14. PTI they will file their nominations CPI-1. Bihar. AGENCIES stillborn child. Without the “secular” parties putting their Congress, which has a spread heads together, he said. all over the country, you can’t “Otherwise, it (the coun- think of an alternative,” the for- try) will be just like, as one of BSP counts on SP-Cong-RLD support for win in RS polls mer Union minister told PTI. my friends was telling, (sin- “The Congress has to lead gle-party ruled, Communist) ARUNAV SINHA tional votes (after ensuring “A meeting of Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha Sabha seats will close on March the saffron party is set to wrest (a broad anti-BJP front),” Moily China,” he said. election of its candidate Jaya Legislature Party was held and polls in Madhya Pradesh, if 12 and polling, if necessary, will a lion’s share of these seats in said. The Congress leader alleged LUCKNOW: The BSP is Bachhan) is likely to transfer after consulting the MLAs, we all its seven MLAs vote for the be held on March 23. the Rajya Sabha, which is also “Definitely, they (those try- that the country is today ruled counting heavily on the ‘sur- its surplus votes to the BSP,” a have decided to vote for the BSP’s Rajya Sabha candidate A former BSP MLA, called the Council of States. ing to prop up a third front) by the BJP and “extra-constitu- plus’ votes of the SP, besides senior SP leader told PTI. BSP nominee,” CLP leader Ajay in UP. Ambedkar filed his nomina- In the UP Assembly, the can’t do without the Congress. tional authority” RSS, and not support from the Congress SP spokesperson Sunil Singh Lallu said. The BSP, with 19 MLAs, tion papers for the Rajya Sabha BJP and its allies currently Without the Congress, they by the NDA government. and the RLD for the victory of Singh Sajan, when contacted “We have decided to join needs 18 more first preference polls on March 7. have 324 seats (BJP’s Noorpur can’t think of finding a com- “The private secretaries its lone candidate in the Rajya said, “A decision in this regard hands with the secular forces votes to ensure a smooth sail of Senior UP BJP leader JPS MLA died recently in a road mon leader because they are all and staff of the Union min- Sabha biennial elections from will be taken soon by party against the oppressive and its nominee, who has already Rathore when contacted said, accident). regional forces,” he said, adding isters are inducted from the Uttar Pradesh. chief Akhilesh Yadav. We are communal politics and decided filed his nomination, for the “In this Rajya Sabha elections, During the previous bien- that the regional parties will RSS,” he claimed, adding, “It Arithmetically for the ready for any sacrifice to keep to vote for the BSP candidate,” elections to the Upper House a candidate needs 37 first pref- nial elections to the Rajya have to bind themselves with a is quite a dangerous trend for Bahujan Samaj Party, which has the communal elements at bay.” Lallu said, adding that the cen- of Parliament. erence votes to emerge victori- Sabha, six years back, the national party (Congress). democracy.” 19 MLAs in the 403-member RLD spokesperson Anil tral leadership of the party has The SP, which has 47 MLAs, ous. Arithmetically, the BJP is SP managed to win six seats The former Karnataka chief Moily said the fight against UP Assembly, the likely sup- Dubey said, “We have already been apprised of the decision would be left with 10 surplus easily winning eight out of the by dint of its strength in minister said that third front the BJP required a confed- port by the Samajwadi Party made up our mind to support and they have supported it. first preference votes after back- 10 seats.” the state Assembly, whose combinations in the past with- eration of forces with “abso- which has 10 additional first the BSP in the Rajya Sabha The Congress’ support ing its candidate Jaya Bachhan He said, “At present, we members are voters in the indi- out the Congress had failed. lute clarity, ideology and preference votes, the Congress biennial elections, and the SP in comes after BSP chief May- and together with seven Con- have 28 additional votes, and rect poling. Any third front could ulti- philosophy.” (seven) and the Rashtriya Lok the Legislative Council polls.” awati offered a quid pro quo gress and one of the RLD, the expect a contest for the ninth In the 245-member Upper mately succumb to the pressure “Unitedly (Congress and Dal (one), will help it get 37 Meanwhile, the Congress in Rajya Sabha elections in UP BSP would be able to get its s e at .” House of Parliament, Uttar of the BJP and only subserve ‘secular’ parties) we will suc- votes required for a win. has decided to support BSP and Madhya Pradesh. candidate elected. With the BJP and its allies Pradesh has 31 seats being the interest of the lead party of ceed, but divided, we won’t suc- “The Samajwadi Party, candidate Bhimrao Ambedkar Under the deal, her party The nomination process for storming to power in the state the most populous state of the the NDA, Moily said. ceed,” he added. PTI which will be left with 10 addi- for the Rajya Sabha elections. would support the Congress the elections to UP’s 10 Rajya in the 2017 Assembly elections, country. PTI 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 'Slain Sunjuwan attack mastermind Docs suspended 11 spl courts to try 3,816 after severed leg had plans to strike outside J&K' used as pillow in cases against lawmakers SUMIR KAUL UP hospital NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: PAWAN SINGH posed to set up these courts The killing of Mufti Waqas, NEW DELHI: Two doctors of in pursuance of the top the mastermind of five recent a government hospital in Uttar NEW DELHI: The Centre has court's November 1, 2017 suicide attacks in Jammu and Pradesh have been suspended informed the Supreme Court order and has earmarked Rs. Kashmir including the Sunju- and the authorities launched that states and Union Territo- 7.8 crore to 11 states under the wan strike, has dealt a severe an investigation after a ries have been asked to set up scheme. blow to Jaish-e-Mohammed as patient's severed leg was used special fast-track courts to try While Uttar Pradesh tops he was planning to target other job to trail Waqas -- dubbed had joined Jaish-e-Mohammed as a pillow to prop up his head, 3,816 criminal cases pending the list with a total of 565 cases parts of India, officials said. as a 'killing machine' for his (JeM) last year, they said. a hospital official said here on against 1,765 lawmakers. against 248 lawmakers, Kerala Barely 21 km away from the skills in motivating youths to Swayam Prakash Pani, who Sunday. The special courts are follows with 533 cases against state capital of Srinagar, Waqas, become suicide attackers. has the distinction of becoming Administrators at the state- currently being set up in 114 members of Parliament who moved around under the It was found that he was the youngest Inspector General run Jhansi Medical College 11 states including Andhra and state assemblies. 'code name' of Abu Ansar, was instrumental in brainwashing of militancy-hit Kashmir Val- hospital vowed "strict action" Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar The details were stated in killed in one of the most swift and radicalising Fardeen Khan- ley, refused to comment on the after images emerged showing Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, an affidavit in pursuance to operations carried out by the day, 16, and Manzoor Ahmed details of the March 5 opera- the patient on a stretcher with Bihar, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Kar- While 12 states are yet to set up such a plea filed by advocate Ash- Jammu and Kashmir police Baba, 21, to turn them into tion which ended barely in 20 the amputated limb being used nataka, Madhya Pradesh and courts, the status report from states like wini Kumar Upadhyay seek- and the Army on March 5 in 'fidayeens' (suicide bombers). minutes. as a headrest. West Bengal, the law minis- Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal ing to declare the provisions Haitwara village of south Kash- The duo along with a Paki- "I can only say that after "We have set up a four- try said. of the Representation of the mir's Pulwama district. stani national stormed a CRPF eliminating Noor Mohammed member committee to find out While 12 states are yet to Pradesh, Manipur and Goa was still People (RP) Act, which bars After February 10 attack at camp on the intervening night Tantray, Tallah Rashid and now who put the severed leg under set up such courts, the sta- awaited convicted politician from con- the Sunjuwan Army camp in of December 30 and 31, 2017, Waqas, Jaish has suffered sig- the patient's head," agency tus report from states like testing elections for six years Jammu, Waqas, an Afghan war in South Kashmir's Lethpora, nificantly," Pani said. reported quoting Sadhna Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, had been sought from High legislatures and also from all after serving jail term, as ultra veteran, was high on the radar killing five security personnel. Officials in the know of the Kaushik, principal of the Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur Courts, state and UT Legisla- high courts. vires. of security agencies as he was All the three terrorists were developments said Waqas's Maharani Laxmibai Medical and Goa was still awaited, it tive Assemblies and the state It said the information The Election Commission giving continuous updates to killed in the retaliatory opera- next target was to hit a strategic College and Hospital in Jhansi, added. and UT governments for com- received from the HCs were had supported the plea seek- 'handlers' in Pakistan and also tion of the security forces. installation in the hinterland. as saying. "Strict action will be The Ministry of Law and piling the cases. being relied upon for compi- ing life ban on politicians con- assuring them that "the next Waqas had the capabil- His phone, which was sent for taken if our staff is found at Justice has told the top court The Law Ministry said lation of criminal cases pend- victed in criminal cases and attack" would be in hinterland ity to create many more sui- analysis, showed that he was fault," she said. that information with respect that it had sought information ing since it is considered more said they have already made of the country. cide bombers, officials said. constantly in touch with a few Two doctors have been to criminal cases pend- from the chief secretaries of authentic. recommendations on this to A crack team was formed A search was already on for people believed to be Jaish ter- suspended pending investi- ing against MPs and MLAs the states, secretaries of state The Centre has also pro- the Centre. PTI by the police with the specific three Kashmiri youths who rorists. PTI gation, she added. The man, identified as 28-year-old Ghan- shyam, was seriously injured Two child in a bus accident. His relatives Maharashtra using drones Pained by violence, Sharma hopes said hospital staff ignored their requests that Ghanshyam, who marriages goes by one name, be given a pillow. prevented to map villages and towns for peaceful summer in Valley "When we reached the hos- pital, we saw his leg being used HYDERABAD: Two child OUR CORRESPONDENT SUMIR KAUL would be his sixth since taking lence and any such disturbance as a headrest," Janaki Prasad, a marriages have been pre- up the assignment of being the now would hit the forthcoming relative, said. vented by the SHE Teams MUMBAI: The Maharashtra NEW DELHI: Centre's spe- Centre's special representative tourist season. "I repeatedly asked the of Rachakonda Police here government is using drones cial envoy for talks on Kash- in October last year. "Many households run on doctors to intervene but they and the girls aged 15 and 16 mounted with high resolution mir Dineshwar Sharma on Sharma, a former Intelli- tourism industry. A shikar- refused," Prasad added, saying rescued, police said. cameras to speed up the exer- Sunday said he was "pained" gence Bureau Chief, seemed awala, houseboat, taxi driver, Ghanshyam's relatives even- Based on information, cise of mapping villages and by the cycle of violence in upset with the recent violence hotels and what not. They are tually bought a pillow from a the 'SHE Teams' wing at towns in the state. the Valley but hopeful of a flare-up in the Valley. pinning their hopes on this sea- local market. Choutuppal and Bhongir The government has peaceful summer this year as "While I have been advis- son and no right minded per- Dr Kaushik said the patient areas reached the homes of launched a pilot project to sur- many people, especially the ing security forces to exer- son would like to trample upon was given "immediate" medical the girls yesterday, whose vey these areas with the help of youth, had assured him of cise utmost restraint, there are the dreams of common man," attention and one of his rela- marriages were to be per- camera-fitted drones, a revenue working as peace ambassadors some stray incidents which will he said. tives placed the leg under his formed with persons aged department official said. of errors and time consuming," commenced on March 5, a cou- in the state. also end immediately," he said. Sharma said people should head, the PTI reported. 25 and 27 respectively. Mapping was earlier carried the officer said. ple of villages has already been Ahead of his maiden visit He made it clear that the not fall prey to false propa- "The doctor looked for The wing personnel out manually, but the drone However, deploying drones mapped, the official said. to Leh and Kargil, Sharma said security personnel in the Kash- ganda being orchestrated by something to raise his head. spoke to the parents of the technology is now changing will drastically cut down on The Survey of India works the youth will work for peace mir Valley were doing exem- those with vested interests from The patient's attendant used the girls and counselled them the way this massive exercise time and also bring more clar- under the Union Ministry of as they have understood that plary work in countering across the border. leg," she said. and stopped the marriages is undertaken. Once extended ity in the exercise. Science and Technology. all problems can be addressed terrorism actively sponsored It is time for people in UP, which is home to 20 and rescued the minors, to other areas and completed, "Drones will capture the The biggest benefit of the only when there is peace. from across the border. Kashmir to understand this, it crore people, is one of India's Rachakonda Police Com- the process is also expected to entire area in a few minutes and survey is going to be in revenue "They (youth) I am sure the While referring to his visit is time for Kashmiri people to poorest states, and long waits missioner Mahesh M Bhag- boost revenue collection for the it can be downloaded on state collection. youth will assume the role of to Shopian in south Kashmir allow nursing of their wounds," are common for even minor wat said. government. provided software. It will help The existing database is not ambassadors of peace, Sharma late last month, he said, "Peo- he opined. treatments. Medical negligence Over the last 11 months, The project was launched the revenue officials identify accurate, hence there are sev- said in response to a question ple have their grievances which In response to a question is not uncommon either. the 'SHE Teams' rescued in Sonori village in Purandar the open spaces, government eral properties where no reve- on recent incidents of violence need to be addressed. about his meetings with sepa- Last year, dozens of chil- about 30 minor girls (under tehsil of Pune district. and private land and quickly nue tax is collected. Once such in the Kashmir Valley. "During my interaction, I ratists, Sharma said, "My doors dren died in a single week at a Rachakonda Police Com- "There are 43,000 gaothans match them with the available properties are identified, the "Athough I am pained by found people bitter but, while are open. Anyone who feels the government hospital in Uttar missionerate limits), aged (old settlements) in the state, records. local government or the rev- repeated cycle of violence in saying this, I would like to pain of an ordinary Kashmiri Pradesh that suffered oxygen between 14 to 17, most of where exact information about "This procedure can com- enue department can start col- Kashmir, I am quite hopeful of make it clear that their wounds will choose the negotiating shortages. them students, from their government-owned land, open plete the mapping of a town lecting tax, he said. a peaceful summer this year. can be nursed. There is hope," table instead of stone or a bul- And an unlicensed doc- marriages which were areas and private properties is in 2-3 days which otherwise "We have not estimated I have full faith in people of Sharma, who has made five let. The same applies to separat- tor was arrested last month for planned to be performed at not available. would have taken months," the how much tax collection will Jammu and Kashmir particu- trips to the Valley after his ists leaders in the Valley. Hope allegedly infecting at least 46 different places, the Com- "It has caused inordinate revenue official said. go up but it will be significant larly the youth," he said ahead appointment, said. they will listen to their inner people with HIV by re-using a missioner said. delay in charing property tax, S Tripathi, an officer of the for sure. Every year, the reve- of his visit to the Valley which He said violence begot vio- voice someday." PTI syringe. AGENCIES The 'SHE Teams' were drafting village or town-cen- Survey of India, Deharadun, nue department comes up with formed keeping in view the tric policy and implementing came to Pune last week and special drives to find out non- FROM PARIS WITH LOVE Telangana government's changes made in land utilisa- held a meeting with District tax paying properties and some BRIEFS vision for a safe and secure tion reservation," he said. Collector Sourabh Rao and amount is recovered. NATION environment for girls and "Till date, the state machin- other officials for starting the "With modern and updated women. MPOST ery used to do such surveys pilot project. maps, no one can evade reve- MODI, MACRON TO VISIT VARANASI manually, which used to be full Under the project, which nue tax," the official said. VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron will jointly inaugurate a solar plant in Mirzapur district and Raman looted C'garh for 15 years: Kejriwal also visit the Trade Facilitation Centre here tomor- row, said an official. Modi will receive the French OUR CORRESPONDENT frustrated with the ruling BJP state and its parties have left no dividing their votes. President, who will arrive by a special plane at the and now have decided to bring stone unturned to loot it. These "Be cautious about division Lal Bahadur Shastri International airport here. From RAIPUR: AAP national con- about a change and elect an natural resources belong to the of votes. It should not happen the airport, both the leaders will fly by a helicopter venor and Delhi Chief Minis- honest government," he said. people, but they (BJP and Con- that a few votes go to the Con- to Mirzapur, where they will jointly inaugurate the ter Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday "During his 15 years of rule, gress) gave it to companies," gress, some to others. launched a scathing attack on Raman Singh left nothing to he said. He said that it was a You (people) have to fight 75-megawatt solar plant. the Raman Singh government ruin Chhattisgarh. I challenge matter of shame that Chhat- this election. AAP has no in Chhattisgarh, alleging that him to show a single good work tisgarh, despite these natural money. This is not Kejriwal's SIX-YR-OLD RAPED BY YOUTH IN HRY it did nothing but loot the state his government has done for resources, was seeing farmer party, it is yours. You have to AMBALA: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped during its 15-year rule. the people during his tenure," suicides, unemployment and fight the election on your own by a youth of the same village, following which the Addressing a rally of Kejriwal said. poor healthcare. and bring change," he said. accused was arrested, the police said on Sunday. around 10,000 people at the He alleged that the people Alleging a nexus between He said that AAP, if it won, The girl was playing near her house last evening Science College grounds here, of the state were not getting the Raman Singh government would take back the state's Kejriwal said that the gather- the benefits of Chhattisgarh's and the Congress in the state, natural resources from private when the 27-year-old accused reached there, took ing was there not to listen to abundance of natural resources Kejriwal said the Congress firms and ensure that its bene- her to a nearby field on some pretext and allegedly him but to root out the state as the ruling BJP was looting it was "sitting in the lap" of Singh fits reached the commom man. raped her. He then left the girl near her house and government. to help private companies. and was partaking in the share He promised farmers a fled, they said. "When the girl did not return home The rally was the culmi- "God has blessed Chhattis- (from corruption). minimum support price (MSP) by evening, her parents launched a search. When nation of the AAP's 'Badalbo garh with abundant forests, riv- He asked the people to vote of Rs 2600 per quintal of paddy. she was found, she narrated the incident to her Chhattisgarh Sankalp Yatra" ers, natural resources including for AAP in the state Assembly He also told the gathering French President Emmanuel Macron along with First Lady Brigitte parents, who informed the police," SHO of Mulana which started in Novem- coal, iron ore and diamond polls slated for later this year about his government's good Macron during a visit of Taj Mahal in Agra on Sunday PTI ber last year. "People have got mines. But the leaders of the and cautioned them against work in Delhi. police station Rajesh Kumar said. NEW GUIDELINES FOR CHILD ARTISTES NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection Monkey fever grips Goa's Sattari taluka, 35 people infected of Child Rights (NCPCR) will relook its guidelines for child participants of television shows following OUR CORRESPONDENT tari. The health department has intensified its vaccination drive KFD, referred to as Makad Taap in the recent controversy over singer Papon kissing a PANAJI: At least 35 people in and distributed tick repellent local language, is a tick-borne viral minor contestant of a reality programme. The child Goa have tested positive this oils in the villages there," he rights body had last month received a complaint year for the Kyasanur Forest said. hemorrhagic fever endemic to South against Angarag Papon Mahanta alleging "sexual Disease (KFD), or the 'mon- KFD, referred to as Makad Asia. The virus is transmitted to human assault" by him after a video of the singer kissing the key fever', a health official said. Taap in local language, is a tick- contestant went viral. "Our guidelines for child par- The fever had claimed borne viral hemorrhagic fever beings through parasitic ticks which three lives in the coastal state's endemic to South Asia. The latch on to monkeys ticipants of TV shows were framed in 2011 before remote Sattari taluka of North virus is transmitted to human the Juvenile Justice Act of 2015... We will revise our Goa district in 2016, and one beings through parasitic ticks guidelines in consonance with the new legislations," in 2015. which latch on to monkeys. its virology unit at the Valpoi monkeys are victims of the dis- NCPCR chairperson Stuti Kacker said. All the 35 people, who have The disease was first CHC and conduct tests of sus- ease, but once a monkey gets tested positive for the monkey detected in 1957 at the Kyasa- pected blood samples. infected with the tick bite, it BODY OF 25-YR OLD MAN FOUND fever this year, are also from the nur forest in Karnataka's Shi- Between December 2015 generally dies. The mortality SRINAGAR: The body of a 25-year-old man, who Sattari taluka and have been moga district, and was later and May 2016, tests were con- rate in monkeys is very high as provided treatment for the viral named after the place. ducted on 807 samples of compared to human beings, the appeared to have been tortured, was found in infection, an official at the Val- The KFD infection, which villagers from Sattari who suf- official said. south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday, police poi community health centre starts with high fever and fered from fever and 277 tested "The ticks drop as soon as said. The body of Mohammad Shafi Sofi, resident (CHC) said. bodyache, results in hemor- positive for KFD. Three deaths the monkey dies, thus generat- of Somboora, was found on the Ratnipora road this "No death has been rhage, similar to that in dengue. were also reported in the area, ing hot spots for spreading the morning, a police spokesman said. Sofi was working reported from KFD so far this People already suffering April 2015, several people were person was declared dead," the the official said. infection," he said, adding that as salesman at an electronics shop here, the official year," he said. from kidney, heart and liver diagnosed with the disease at official said. Last year, 88 patients tested about 50 metre radius around "Most of the positive cases related issues are more vulner- Palli village in Sattari taluka. Later, the Goa government positive for the infection but no the site where a monkey car- said. The body was taken to the sub-district hospital have been found in the San- able to KFD infection. "In 2015, 30 villagers were permitted the Manipal Centre death was reported. cass is found is vulnerable for at Pampore for autopsy and initial reports suggest- vorderm panchayat area of Sat- Between February and found positive for KFD and one for Virus Research to set up "Both human beings and the spread of infection. ed that Sofi was tortured, he added. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 mp UIDAI flags low SCI: Society has a major role in ISA countries adopt Delhi Aadhaar enrollment in rehabilitating 2,500 bank branches juvenile offenders MPOST BUREAU agenda, to hike solar share OUR CORRESPONDENT CUTTACK/BHU- NEW DELHI: As many as 62 tion Facility (PPF) to assist its NEW DELHI: The UIDAI has BANESWAR: Chief Justice of member nations of the ISA on development partner countries PM holds bilateral flagged low Aadhaar enroll- India Dipak Misra on Sunday Sunday committed that they towards preparation of viable ment and updation at nearly said society and governments will increase share of solar projects that can be consid- meetings with 2,500 out of over 7,000 bank should ensure that juvenile power in their energy mix to ered for concessions financing branches that have started the offenders return to the main- deal with climate change and under Lines of Credit. Lankan Prez, 10 facility, and instructed banks to stream through proper reha- provide energy to underprivi- The PPF fills the capacity take immediate steps to correct bilitation programmes. leged in the society. gap in identifying a need, con- other leaders the situation. Many times, juvenile The Delhi Solar Agenda ceiving a project and preparing The Aadhaar-issuing body bank branches which are offer- offenders feel that they are not launched here at founding a proper proposal. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister is of the view that the enroll- ing enrollment and updation adequately looked after emo- summit of International Solar The PPF will provide con- Narendra Modi on Sunday held ment or updation activity car- facility is on our website," he tionally by family members, Alliance (ISA). sultancy support on grant basis bilateral talks with the Presi- ried out in each of these laggard said. teachers and society, Justice Under the ISA framework to requesting governments dents of Sri Lanka and Bangla- branches must be at least 16 Over 7,000 branches Misra said. as many as 32 countries have for project formulation. It is desh on key issues, including per day. of private and public sec- He emphasised that family, ratified the agreement, while a demand-responsive mecha- developmental cooperation, Moreover, they should cater tor banks have opened Aad- NGOs and other concerned 30 have joined the group of nism and a quick access facil- besides holding parleys with to all the customers for Aad- haar enrollment and updation authorities should be involved Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with Danny Faure, President nations, which aim to promote ity to address priority needs of leaders of nine other countries haar enrollment and updation, centres within their prem- in the rehabilitation of the juve- solar energy as means of devel- of Seychelles on the sidelines of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) requesting governments. on the sidelines of the solar alli- even if an individual does not ises, as against the stipulated nile offenders to help them join opment particularly in devel- Summit, in New Delhi on Sunday PTI It said that the selection of ance meet. have an account with that par- over 13,851 branches that are the mainstream. oping nations. consultancy firms for under- Apart from meeting Sri Lankan ticular branch. required to do so. Governments also have a The agenda said that these would explore innovative applications to cater to the taking activities such as project President Maithripala Sirisena "The total enrollments or Even the statistics on Aad- significant role to play in this countries will pursue an financing mechanisms that energy requirements of poorer identification, project formula- and Bangladeshi President updation that can happen in haar centres in post offices is regard; the CJI told a state-level increased share of solar energy can generate a sustainable mar- and/or remote communities tion, pre-feasibility study etc. Abdul Hamid, Modi held talks a branch are 40 to 50 a day. looking up, Pandey said, add- conference on 'Juvenile Justice: in the final energy consump- ket for the deployment of cost and also facilitate awareness under the PPF will be done with leaders from the UAE, We have said it could be a lit- ing that nearly 1,500 post Issues and Challenges' here. tion in their respective national effective solar technologies, and skills enhancement of local from among the list of con- Seychelles, Comoros, Guyana, tle lower or higher, but they offices were now offering Aad- "It is only through proper energy mix, as a means of tack- coupled with constructive pol- communities in the monitor- sultancy firms empanelled Fiji, Djibouti, Somalia, Mali need to bring it to at least 16 haar facility. employment that juveniles in ling global challenges of climate icy initiatives to catalyse pub- ing and maintenance of solar by Exim Bank of India. The and Rwanda. per branch per day to start The UIDAI has been in reg- conflict with the law can be change and as a cost effective lic and private investments to technologies in the member selected firm would then be Neighbourhood first! PM @ with," Unique Identification ular touch with the banks to see made to return to the main- solution by supporting and reduce the cost of solar projects countries. quickly deployed to undertake narendramodi met Sri Lankan Authority of India (UIDAI), that issues being faced, if any, stream," Justice Misra said. implementing policy initiatives in developing countries. They have also decided to the requested activity. President, Maithripala Siris- CEO, Ajay Bhushan Pandey are resolved; and is also track- Magistrates of Juvenile and participation of all relevant These nations will also facil- leverage and emphasise the key At present as many as 13 ena, on his 5th visit to India as said recently. ing the progress on opening Boards, police and other offi- stakeholder. itate joint 'research and devel- characteristics and strengths of projects worth USD 143 mil- President, on the sidelines of Pandey said that logging up of more Aadhaar centres cers should not get carried Besides, they will also facil- opment' efforts among member solar energy in their national lion are financed under the line the #ISA. Leaders exchanged less than 16 enrollments or in banks. away by their emotions, he said. itate affordable finance, access states and other stakeholders energy plans and strategies and of credit provided by India. views on developmental coop- updation instances by one bank Besides the 2,500 branches Instead, they need to have to appropriate, clean and envi- to develop appropriate busi- to assist through the imple- India has announced about eration, among other areas branch means that people are for which the UIDAI has a rational approach and be ronment friendly technology ness models, cost effective stan- mentation of solar strategies. 27 proposed projects at the of bilateral cooperation," not approaching such branches flagged the issue, the remain- guided by parameters, rules and undertake capacity build- dards, innovative technical They will proceed with the founding conference of Inter- Ministry of External Affairs for Aadhaar-related activity. ing bank branches are witness- and guidelines of the Juvenile ing, including forging mutually applications, equipments and designation of National Focal national Solar Alliance, which Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar Hence, banks have to take ing satisfactory level of activity, Justice Act, he said. beneficial partnerships with storage designs to suit mem- Points and strengthen ISA to entail funding of USD 1.4 bil- tweeted. make "proactive efforts" and he said. Chief Justice of Orissa High reputable international insti- bers' climatic conditions and become an action-oriented lion. Earlier in the day, Prime In his meeting with Hamid, create awareness about the In fact, bank branches and Court Justice Vineet Saran, tutions and reputable financial to realise clean and low cost and member-driven multilat- Minister Narendra Modi men- Prime Minister Modi discussed Aadhaar facility. post offices together are seeing who was also present on the institutions for the benefit of operations under the agenda. eral organisation. tioned about these projects and connectivity, developmental "People should also go and enrollment and updation activ- occasion, highlighted the rules developing countries. As per the agenda they will Meanwhile, India said that the investment in his inaugural cooperation, among other visit branches for such work. ity to the tune of 70,000 per day, and regulations of Juvenile Jus- They committed that they also consider off-grid solar it has set up a Project Prepara- address of the conference. MPOST issues, he said. All the information about the Pandey said. tice Act. Goa BJP MPs to meet Gadkari 'Kathua rape-and-murder was a plan to drive nomads out' OUR CORRESPONDENT that it was a pre-planned mur- she resisted his rape attempt. der carried out with the inten- After the case was handed today on mining issue JAMMU: The rape and mur- tion to instill fear among the over to the state crime branch, der of an eight-year-old girl in Bakharwal nomads residing in an SIT was formed, which Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua the area and drive them out," arrested four more people, OUR CORRESPONDENT ore from March 15. It also sug- government. district was a plan aimed at he said. The youth's medical including two SPOs and a head gested to the state government "We need to work out a driving out the Bakharwal examination was done at a gov- constable, who was charged PANAJI: Goa's three BJP MPs to auction the leases. solution. It is an industry that nomads from here, an official ernment medical college here with destruction of evidence. will meet Union minister Nitin The delegation to Delhi has employed lakhs of people said on Sunday. last week by the special inves- The case has divided the rul- Gadkari tomorrow to iron out will comprise the party's two for so many years. We will also Moreover, an accused in the tigation team (SIT) of the crime ing coalition partners, PDP and issues plaguing the state's min- Lok Sabha MPs from the state- try to meet party president rape-and-murder case, who branch, which is probing the BJP, over the demand of hand- ing sector. They will also seek Shripad Naik and Narendra Amit Shah," Tendulkar said. was earlier said to be a juvenile, case. The SIT had submitted the ing over the probe to the Cen- an appointment with BJP pres- Sawaikar- and Vinay Tendulkar He said that passing a law is over 19 years old, the official status report in the high court tral Bureau of Investigation. ident Amit Shah, party lead- of the Rajya Sabha. "All the in Parliament to keep the SC said, quoting medical reports. on Friday. Chief Minister Mehbooba ers said. three of us will meet Gadkari order in abeyance would not He said Asifa, belonging to A medical board, compris- tion of the accused, he added. is sub-judice," Mujtaba said. Mufti had on Thursday rejected This comes a few days tomorrow in Delhi as we want be possible as it would need the Bakharwal community -- ing senior doctors, examined "We have submitted a Asifa's body was recovered the demand of the BJP for a after an all-party delegation the Centre s intervention to support of opposition parties a mostly Muslim tribe -- was the accused and were of the detailed status report to the from Rassana forest on January CBI probe, saying the investi- met Gadkari and other Union save the mining industry from as well. drugged and raped before she view that he was not a juvenile, high court, which is moni- 17, a week after she went miss- gation was almost complete. ministers on March 5 but came this crisis," said Tendulkar. "We can t even overlook was murdered. The youth, as was believed earlier, but over toring the case," Syed Afadul ing while grazing horses in the Last month, some residents back without any assurance. He added that the delega- the fact that states like Karna- along with one of his rela- 19 years old, the official said on Mujtaba, inspector-general of area, sparking widespread out- of Rassana village migrated to The Supreme Court in a tion would invite Gadkari to taka and Odisha have opted tives and a special police offi- condition of anonymity. police (crime), said, refusing rage in the state. Hiranagar as a mark of pro- recent judgment quashed 88 Goa to have discussions on the for auctioning of mine leases cer (SPO), turned out to be the The board gave its report to share further details. The police arrested the test against the government, mining leases in the state and issue with BJP legislators as well following directives from the main conspirators in the crime. after conducting physical, den- "I will neither confirm nor youth and claimed that he had alleging harassment and mass banned the extraction of fresh as its partners in the coalition SC," he said. "The investigation revealed tal and radiological examina- deny anything because the case strangulated the victim after detentions by the crime branch. MP to measure its people's happiness quotient Biplab Deb starts new innings with a

LEMUEL LALL 'Anand Vibhag', or the hap- A premier technology on it to get people's feedback," to be measured on a scale of 1 piness department, in 2016 to institute is helping the state in he said. to 10 or from 1 to 7, he added. CBI probe, renaming Agartala airport BHOPAL: Just how happy are think of ways to make people this initiative, which will take Gangrade added that they For preparing the ques- the people with their lives in happy and content. months to conclude. will first go through the ques- tionnaire, that will bring out OUR CORRESPONDENT assembly to name the airport dynasty. Madhya Pradesh? To measure the happiness "We expect to get a ques- tionnaire before starting the the happiness levels of peo- after nobel laureate Rabin- Bir Bikram Kishore Deb- A study, to be carried out quotient of people became a tionnaire this month from the survey in the next one or two ple with tangible and intan- AGARTALA: Tripura's Biplab dranath Tagore. But the BJP barman is considered the father by the state government, will global talking point when a Indian Institute of Technol- months. gible things, the government Kumar Deb government had backed demands to name of modern architecture in Tri- have the answer. tiny Himalayan country, Bhu- ogy (IIT)-Kharagpur (the only "It is a lengthy exercise. had inked a memorandum of started its innings with a cabi- the airport after the monarch, pura, as the entire planning of The initiative has come at tan, came out with a happiness institute to have a happiness We have to involve an army of understanding (MoU) with net meeting to order two CBI accusing the previous Manik present-day Tripura was initi- a time when India stands at a index and linked it to devel- centre) to measure the hap- interviewers to reach far-flung the IIT-Kharagpur in May last inquiries, set up a committee to Sarkar government's efforts to ated during his rule. He is also lowly 122nd spot in the World opment, which is otherwise piness quotient of the state's villages to get the feedback of year, Rajya Anand Sansthan's give employees a pay hike and what it called were efforts to considered one of the pioneers Happiness Report for 2017, based on GDP numbers. residents," Praveen Gangrade, different sample groups and chief executive officer Mano- a decision to rename the state "distort" the royal history and in land reforms. brought out by the United Now, the Shivraj Singh Director, Rajya Anand Sanst- then prepare the happiness har Dubey said. capital Agartala's airport after undermine the king's role in Maharaja Bir Bikram Nations. Chouhan government is han, which works under the index," he said. Beside to finding out how the state's last ruling monarch, developing the state. The BJP Kishore Manikya, the head The BJP government in the launching an exercise to inter- MP happiness department, "We hope to come out with happy the people were, the also an icon for tribal groups. had last year celebrated the of Tripura's Royal family and state had earlier taken the lead act with the people of the state said. the happiness index in the next BJP-led state government is The Manik Sarkar govern- 110th birth anniversary of Tri- working president of Congress in popularising the concept in and find out how happy they "Once we get the question- six months," the official said. also trying to keep its employ- ment had back in 2010 got a pura's ruler Bir Bikram Kishore in the state, was the first to wel- the country by setting up an were. naire, we are going to work The happiness is expected ees in good humour. PTI resolution passed in the state Debbarman of the Manikya come the decision. RSS general secy Bhaiyyaji condemns Govt owes AI over `325 cr for VVIP chartered flights

incidents of statue vandalism NEW DELHI: The govern- After the payment, the out- invoices of Rs 414.28 crore, Rs ment owes over Rs 325 crore standing as on January 31, 2018 216.02 crore was paid and pay- OUR CORRESPONDENT political issues, Joshi said, “Our are getting associated with the to cash-strapped Air India with stands at Rs 325.81 crore. ment of Rs 198.254 crore was resolutions are always as per RSS, “which shows that accept- bills pending for VVIP char- In a separate response dated yet to be made as on December NAGPUR: Rashtriya Sway- our priority and not accord- ability for the RSS has grown”. tered flights to foreign coun- March 5, three days before Air 31, 2017, it said. amsevak Sangh (RSS) General ing to the situation existing “The RSS has grown with a very tries, according to an RTI India's reply, the Civil Aviation For the visits of the Prime Secretary Suresh Joshi on Sun- outside.” large population spread across response. Ministry has said the total out- Minister, out of total outstand- day said the organisation did The RSS has passed only the country in the past 92 years. The national carrier, which standing bills to be Rs 345.946 ing invoices of Rs 272.80 crore, not approve of incidents like one resolution this time in But there are still some major is on the verge of being pri- crore as on December 31, 2017. Rs 154.07 crore was paid while vandalising or pulling down the Akhil Bharatiya Pratini- deficiencies which we plan to vatised, has provided details In addition to the VVIP a payment of Rs 118.724 crore statues or attack on churches dhi Sabha (ABPS) which con- tackle in the coming years,” he of pending bills towards vari- flights, the amount of 345.946 was still awaited, it said. and labelled those engaged cluded here on Sunday. The said. ous ministries responsible for crore also includes outstand- In addition to the services in such acts as “anti-social resolution concerned the pres- On the Ram Mandir issue, the VVIP visits in its latest ing bills of Rs 20.966 crore for the VVIP flights, the bills elements”. ervation of Indian dialects. “If Joshi said, “It’s a foregone con- response to the information towards services offered to vis- of Rs 11.594 crore for daring Joshi was responding to you have to understand Bharat, clusion (tay hai) that there can’t sought by Commodore (retd) iting dignitaries and evacuation Air India operations to evacu- a query on pulling down of you need to preserve the Indian be anything else there except Lokesh Batra. missions. ate Indian citizens from Cairo, Lenin’s statue in Tripura while dialects and scripts,” Joshi said. the Ram Temple. But for any- The details provided in the India which modifies its com- the Defence Ministry (Rs 18.42 In its response, Air India Iraq, and Malta (for citizens addressing the media after On the conflict within the thing to happen, a process has response dated March 8 shows mercial jets to suit the needs of crore). has given outstanding bills only stuck in Libya) between 2011 taking over as General Secre- parivar like Bharatiya Majdoor to be gone through. Currently, that Rs 325.81 crore worth of the travelling dignitaries. The reply stated that out- for VVIP flights till January 31, and 2014 are still pending with tary for the fourth consecutive Sangh, Vishwa Hindu Parishad the Supreme Court is hearing bills for VVIP charter flights The bills for these aircraft standing bills of Rs 451.71 crore 2018. the MEA, the civil aviation time in Nagpur on Saturday. and Swadeshi Jagran Manch the case about title ownership. are pending as on January 31, are to be paid from the exche- were carried forward while bills The response provided by ministry said. “The RSS has always spoken speaking out against the BJP- It will be resolved soon.” 2018. quer by the Defence Minis- of Rs 553.01 crore were gener- the Civil Aviation Ministry A bill of Rs 23 lakh for the out against such incidents. We led government at the Centre, To a query on the Lingay- Of the total pending bills, try, the Ministry of External ated this year -- a total of Rs also includes a break up of out- fuel charges of the flight to the had condemned the attacks on Joshi said, “All brothers aren’t ats, Joshi said, “We don’t agree Rs 84.01 crore have been car- Affairs Ministry, the Prime 1004.72 crore. Out of this, the standing amount towards vari- United States carrying relief churches too. On some occa- equal. But each one has the to Lingayats’ demand for being ried forward from last finan- Minister's Office and the Cab- government made a payment ous ministries and details of material in the aftermath of sions of confusion and conflict, freedom to express his own treated as a separate religion. cial year while the remaining inet Secretariat. of Rs 678.91 crore this year. invoices which shows that out Katrina hurricane in Septem- anti-social elements become opinion. There can be differ- All sects born in India have the Rs 241.80 crore are from bills The response from Air The payment of Rs 678.91 of outstanding invoices of Rs ber 2005 is also pending with active and tend to carry out ences in opinion (matbhed) but same common base.” generated this year. India said that the highest out- crore includes Rs 367.70 crore 182.22 crore towards flights of the Defence Ministry, it said. such acts,” he said, adding, “the there won’t be any curtness in While advocating resolu- The chartered aircraft for standing amount of Rs 178.55 paid towards Rs 451.71 crore the President, Rs 174.22 crore Bills worth Rs 9.376 crore truth behind it (Lenin statue) mind (manbhed).” tion to farmer’s issues with VVIPs -- the President, the crore was due from the Exter- bills carried forward from last was paid and Rs 8 crore was are also pending towards flights will come out soon.” The Sarkaryawah reiterated sensitivity, Joshi, however, Vice President and the Prime nal Affairs Ministry, followed year and Rs 311.23 crore pay- pending. for various dignitaries includ- When asked why no reso- that more and more intellectual urged farmers to change their Minister -- for their visits by the Cabinet Secretriat and ment towards bills of Rs 533.01 In the case of the Vice ing the heads of the states, the lution was taken up regarding and leadership-quality people mindset. abroad are provided by Air the PMO (Rs 128.84 crore), and crore generated this year. President, out of outstanding ministry said. MPOST 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 EDITORIAL Some forest questions Restoring The State of Forest Report 2017 provides important nuggets of insights into what is happening today patients’ Will ow should India manage its forests? This is a ques- tion which is, strangely he mammoth Indian healthcare system is char- SUNITA NARAIN enough, rarely asked and acterised by the presence of government and Hnever really answered. And it would private hospitals. Government hospitals witness seem that there is no reason to ask it, a high rush of patients and its hospitals, hospital because there is no reason to worry Tbeds, medicine distribution system, and all other facili- about the state of forests in the coun- ties come under tremendous pressure to provide health- try. All is well on this front, says the care services to a large number of patients who come for government. treatment. The idea that patients should get quality treat- On the face of it, they seem right. ment with minimum hassle gets lost in the rush of patients The State of Forest Report 2017—pro- and inadequate infrastructure in government hospitals duced by the Forest Survey of India and and healthcare centres. Private hospitals and healthcare based on satellite imageries—finds that facilities try to give patients a better experience but they the forest cover is, by and large, stable: are mostly unaffordable for a large section of people. The between 2015 and 2017 a mere 0.21 problem becomes all the more serious when the patient per cent change is noted. Today, forests is suffering from conditions that require cost-intensive cover some 21.54 per cent of the coun- healthcare facilities. In government hospitals, there is a try. The area, classified as “recorded” long waiting list for everything from seeing a doctor to get- Almost 30 per forests—land under control of the for- ting various tests done. Patients and their attendants have est department—spans some 23 per to wait for hours for most facilities and critical time for cent of the cent of the country. So, it would seem patients is lost in waiting for different surgeries and proce- growing stock— that the forest story is good news. Not dures, where the waiting period is three to six months. Pri- an indicator of so fast, though. vate hospitals which have to keep a close watch on the costs First, we need to understand where for various medical facilities and services offered become forest health and these trees are growing; second, we need too expensive and unaffordable for patients. Indian phar- productivity— to understand the quality of the forest maceutical industry, for obvious reasons, is doing well. that is so stable. As per the State of For- In a major decision, the Supreme Court on Friday is outside the est Report, the definition of forest cover allowed passive- and ‘living will’. The SC “recorded” includes all lands more than one hectare accepted the argument that ‘the right to life’ includes the with a tree canopy of over 10 per cent, idea of ‘ with dignity’. So, when the patient is ter- forests and this is irrespective of land use, ownership and minally ill and if he does not want the life support system increasing, faster legal status. In other words, this 21.54 As per report, forest classified as “very dense” has increased while the “moderately dense” forest has decreased (Representational Image) to continue when he is unable to give an informed consent, per cent of forest cover includes trees a living bill written when he was in a position to make an than the growing growing on the government’s forestland land under forests, only 3 per cent can lands? What is their purpose? Is it to the vast lands under the forest depart- informed decision can facilitate taking away the life sup- stock in the lands as well as on private lands. But it is not be classified as very dense—tree canopy plant trees for productive purposes? In ment and you will begin to understand port system and allowing the patient to die without further possible to estimate the area of forests density of 70 per cent or more. Roughly 9 which case, who will plant and who will who is actually growing trees and where. treatment. Passive euthanasia, in which the patient makes controlled by the in the “recorded” forests because not all per cent of the land is moderately dense benefit—forest department or village In fact, almost 30 per cent of the an appeal for the permission to die, has been allowed with forest department state governments have completed digi- (40-70 per cent tree canopy density) and communities who live in these habitats? growing stock—an indicator of forest a number of riders. It has been allowed only in terminally- tising the boundaries of these lands. So, another 9 per cent is open forest (10-40 Or, is India’s forestland primarily meant health and productivity—is outside the ill cases when a board of doctors under the supervision of we also don’t have a complete picture of per cent tree canopy density). The report for conservation purpose—hands-off “recorded” forests and this is increasing, a High Court will pronounce that the patient is terminally- the state of these forests in the classified also finds that between 2015 and 2017, forestry, in other words. So, will we grow faster than the growing stock in the lands ill or in a coma that cannot be treated. In both the cases and protected forestlands. the category of forests classified as “very and cut trees, not in recorded forest- controlled by the forest department. The of terminally ill patients and those in a vegetative state As of today, according to the report, dense” has increased by some 9,000 sq lands, but in private lands? Questions difference is the “nature” of tree species. or incurable coma, the patients and their families incur some 16 states have digitised boundaries km, while the category of “moderately not asked. Not answered. While the growing stock in forests is huge costs without a hope. The patients’ appeals to allow of forests. This data, in fact, shows that dense” forests has decreased and there But the 2017 report does provide mainly sal, teak or pine—timber species; assisted euthanasia are also not considered. The Supreme the states have “lost” substantial forest- is some increase in “open” forests. So, important nuggets of insights into what outside it is mango, coconut, neem, and Court ruling has offered a dignified way-out to patients land. Almost 70,000 sq km, which was it would seem that the quality of for- is happening today. According to its esti- bamboo—horticulture and plantation by allowing passive euthanasia and living will. previously recorded as forests, is not est cover has improved and “moder- mate, the annual production of timber species. And this is when growing and It was the famous Aruna Shanbaug case that triggered “found” when records are digitised. This ately dense” has been converted to “very from recorded forestlands is 4 million cutting trees in India is a complicated the need to change euthanasia laws in India. The Apex is roughly 12 per cent of the recorded dense”. Good news? Not so fast. cubic metres (cu m) and so most of the business, with multiple permissions Court recognised passive euthanasia in Aruna Shanbaug forest area and is critical to complete The reasons for the change, as demand for timber is met from outside required to cut, to transport and to sell. case in 2011. It permitted withdrawal of life-support sys- the digitisation of boundaries across the reported, are varied—from improve- forestlands or from timber imports— So, the question remains. What are tem from patients not in a position to make an informed country as well as to know the actual ment in satellite imageries, to protection which are spiralling. The report also forestlands meant for in India? Let’s decision. state of land under reserve or protected and to plantations outside the “recorded” makes an assessment of the total timber continue to discuss this. DOWN TO EARTH The Indian Supreme Court has dealt with an inti- forests. forestlands. This then is the nub of the growing potential of the lands outside (Sunita Narain Director General of mate issue involving versus the final days Then there is the question of the matter. recorded forests and this comes to some Centre for Science and Environment of man’s life with great thoughtfulness. Across the globe, quality of forests. According to this Besides, why are we protecting the 74.5 million cu m. Compare this to the and the Editor of Down To Earth mag- there is a debate on medical ethics involved in euthanasia assessment, of the 21.54 per cent of the 0.76 million sq km of recorded forest- 4 million cu m, which is produced from azine. The views are strictly personal) and a patient’s rights to die in a dignified manner. Differ- ent countries have taken their own decisions on the issue dear and all of them are not on the same page. But when we Quote martial GRAND INAUGURATION OF A FLYOVER EDITOR millenniumpost.in look at the costs that a patient or his family incurs in treat- ing a terminally-ill patient and the kind of pressure it puts Leadership is The residents of Garden Reach and Metiabruz are immensely pleased to congratulate their Log on to write letters to the on everyone from the family to the healthcare system, the honourable CM Mamata Banerjee and Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim for their editor or send them to Supreme Court ruling looks to be in the right direction. practiced not so This will make the legalities involved in the final days of much in words as grand move in inaugurating a flyover from Brooklyn to Majerhat Railway Station. This will [email protected] someone’s life easier. It also makes things easier for the surely sort out the issue of age-old traffic problems for the local people and they can have a You can also send your medical staff and the hospitals. At least, they have a clear in attitude and in hassle-free journey henceforth. Prior to this traffic disruptions were one of the major hurdles comments to The Editor, roadmap to go about in such cases of terminally-ill or actions in-coma patients. Even the families of such patients will for the people of Garden Reach area but now this issue is wisely addressed. Once again, my Millennium Post, be saved from the hassles. More importantly, it gives the HAROLD S. GENEEN heartiest congratulations to our respective ministers for giving us such precious gift! Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah patient the power to decide the fate of his life, when there is no hope. It helps him die faster than degenerate slowly MD. SHAZAIN Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 into a lifeless body. It makes their experience better about the final days of his life. Sworn enemies Revamping the Middle East now ‘Brothers’! World watches in anticipation as winds of change sweep across Saudi Arabia he recent overhaul of spending, incoherent resource olitics in the African continent can often stretch military command- allocation and unmeritocratic from the sublime to the ridiculous but the two arch ers in Saudi Arabia personnel policies, with dif- Kenyan rivals making peace, as they have, takes the including sacking of ferent services acting as mini- cake. Indeed, when one got elected President, the M SHAKEEL AHMED Tmilitary chief of staff reflects fiefdoms rather than a coherent Pother refused to concede and congratulate. Instead, he and tightening of grip on power whole,” he said. his supporters had another convention where the President- by Crown Prince Mohammed While the revamp might who-could-have-been was declared “Peoples’President”. bin Salman who is also Defence be aimed at transforming the But the real President stopped the live TV proceedings and Minister of the ultraconserva- armed forces in the long haul, matters came to a boil. But, no sooner had the news of US tive Sunni kingdom. experts say it could well have Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson visiting Kenya floated in, Prince Mohammad, 32, far-reaching implications on President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed to begin a process of rec- has been the main driver of the conflict in Yemen where onciliation with the opposition leader Raila Odinga after a the once-staid kingdom’s more the war has dragged on for year of a bitter campaign against each other. aggressive regional push since nearly three years. They believe True, the Kenyan political spectrum had experienced he took over as Defence Min- that the restructuring could an unprecedented deadlock following a Presidential elec- Prince ister in early 2015. The revamp have knock-on effects for the tion last year. Kenyatta won the election boycotted by the Mohammad has of the military establishment Saudi military performance opposition NASA led by Odinga sparking national unrest. also includes a new strategy to in Yemen. The opposition continued a campaign against Kenyatta amassed a level restructure the Defence Minis- Government officials insist and the unrest turned into deadly violence in many parts of power unseen try for improved organisation that the revamp is prompted of the country. More than a hundred people died in the and governance. Crown Prince and Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed Bin Salman by the problems the military months-long violence between the Kenyan government and by previous rulers Prince Mohammad has is facing in Yemen but is part the opposition. On 9 March, however, the two key leaders as he oversees amassed a level of power ative to start their own busi- prominent sheikh said that cel- the conflict that the United of a long-term strategy encom- of the conflicting parties met and announced a process of a sweeping unseen by previous rulers as nesses (a step away from the ebrating Valentine’s Day did not Nations says has created the passing all elements of the min- reconciliation shortly before the Tillerson visit. Kenyan he oversees a sweeping pro- Kingdom’s guardianship sys- contradict Islamic teachings, world’s worst humanitarian istry including organisation, President Kenyatta and the opposition Odinga addressed programme of gramme of modernisation tem) and allowing women to defying the religious police’s crisis. force structure and long-term each other as “my brother” during the joint TV address. modernisation. aimed at preparing the king- join the military establishment hardline position. The Kingdom has come procurement. “Elections come and go but Kenya remains; so as we must dom for a post-oil era. The under strict conditions. Prominent among the per- under wide international crit- The restructuring has also plan for the future, a future that will not be dictated by the The Crown Prince regime is desperate to make the The appointment of sonnel changes is the sacking icism for its airstrikes killing come as the kingdom is look- forthcoming elections. Our future must be dictated by the and heir apparent most of the “feel-good” factor Tamadur al-Ramah as Deputy of military chief of staff Gen civilians and striking markets, ing to establish its own arms prosperity, stability of our nation and the well-being of our at a time when outside observ- Minister of Labour and Devel- Abdulrahman bin Saleh. He hospitals and other civilian tar- industry. The country has been people,” President Kenyatta said. has promised ers are having second thoughts opment came immediately after was replaced by Gen Fayyadh gets. Over 10,000 people have a major global arms importer Odinga said Kenyans “cannot remember why and where reforms to wean about the stability of the king- the announcement that women bin Hamid al-Rwaili who once been killed in the war. Aid but some countries are now they disagreed in the first place”. dom and the wisdom behind can apply for jobs in the mili- had been the commander of the workers also blame a Saudi-led hesitant to supply weapons “As we fight ostensibly to save ourselves from each other, Saudi Arabia off the many recent changes, such tary establishment. Women in Royal Saudi Air Force. blockade of Yemen for push- because of its role in Yemen. the reality is that we need to save our children from our- oil exports, create as the plausibility of the corrup- Saudi Arabia already work in Saudi analyst Ahmed al- ing the country to the brink Recently, the state-owned selves. This dissent stops here.” Kenyans, he had empha- tion purges and the promise to security and intelligence in the Towayan, speaking on Saudi of famine. Saudi Arabian Military Indus- sised, must refuse to allow their diversity to kill their nation. jobs, and open up end Saudi dependence on oil. Kingdom. state television, said the new The overhaul of the defence tries (SAMI) organised an exhi- “We refuse to be the leaders under whose watch Kenyans Saudi’s cloistered The Crown Prince and heir By relaxing its rules with appointments were “pumping forces should not be seen only bition that drew several global lead into a failed nation.” Odinga pointed out that as long apparent has promised reforms regard to women the regime young blood” into local gov- as a reaction to the Yemen war, firms. SAMI’s goal is to become as the country remained divided, acrimonious, selfish and lifestyles to wean Saudi Arabia off oil seems to modernise and proj- ernment while elevating young says Becca Wasser, a Wash- a major player in the global corrupt, no amount of institutional reforms will improve exports, create jobs and open ect a more moderate face of commanders into top military ington-based RAND Corp. defence industry and localise the lives of Kenyans. “The reform process will become an up Saudi’s cloistered lifestyles. Islam and is perhaps also send- posts. analyst. more than 50 per cent of the exercise in diverting attention from our own failing and The feel-good factor is ing signals to foreign inves- The military shake-up “The plan seeks to reform military spending by 2030, taking refuge in the blame game. We, therefore, seek your related to reforms such as tors, who in general, are more comes at a time the Saudi- the Saudi armed forces from according to its website. partnership in this initiative. Fellow Kenyans, we are sailing the appointment of women keen to employ Saudi women led coalition, backed by UAE, a large, inefficient fighting (M Shakeel Ahmed is in this one ship.” Tillerson, on expected lines, welcomed to high positions, lifting the than men. remains mired in a conflict in force full of top-level bloat to former Editor, PTI. He has the steps and praised the leaders for taking a ‘very posi- ban on women driving, allow- A senior Saudi cleric Yemen against Iran-backed a streamlined and professional also served as West Asia tive step’. Be that as it may, the question remains on what ing women to attend concerts recently said that women need Houthi rebels. military,’’ he was quoted as say- Correspondent for PTI, based prevented Kenyatta and Odinga from showing such sense and football matches, dispens- not wear the Abaya—the loose- Despite a multi-billion dol- ing by AFP. in Bahrain from 1988 to 1995. and maturity expected of them earlier. ing with the need for them to fitting full-length robe symbolic lar campaign, the coalition has “The armed forces have The views expressed obtain consent of a male rel- of religious faith—and another failed to defeat the Houthis in been plagued by wasteful are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 mp in focus Redefining India-France ties The French national railway company is already conducting a feasibility study to upgrade the Delhi-Chandigarh route to a semi-high-speed one

ver the last seven decades, India’s RANVIR NAYAR relationship with France has been steady and stable, but perhaps a bit stale and out of energy -- just Olike a long-married couple. The election of Narendra Modi in 2014 as the Indian Prime Minister and the advent of Emmanuel Macron as the French President last year and the rapid economic reforms in both nations seem to have put a new energy in this relationship. The two men have quite a few similari- ties. Both were elected to lead their respective nations with surprisingly large majorities, demolishing the opposition parties, both France can also used digital communication and social media networks to win the elections and be a key partner continue to use them religiously even after- in modernising wards. They are also both seemingly in a big rush and have initiated a slew of economic and upgrading the reforms, including controversial ones and creaking railway have so far managed to carry the day. Both the leaders have also made their infrastructure place on the global diplomatic platform and across the have infused a new dynamism in the inter- national relations of their respective nations. country, improve Thus, when Prime Minister Modi and the signaling and President Macron meet in New Delhi, for the second time in less than nine months, communications there is widespread expectation they will network as well infuse a new dynamism and energy in Indo- French ties. as improve It is a relationship that is multi-faceted, safety practices definitely time-tested and stable but in some aspects has also become stale. Over and standards the decades, international affairs and geo- and help in strategic issues have become the bedrock of this relationship. introducing The bilateral relationship has received a semi-high speed big boost in the recent past due to the French and high-speed prowess in certain domains that have become There are a lot of expectations from the Modi-Macron encounter. This visit has the potential to become the game changer in the bilateral relationship critical for India’s development. For instance, railways in the in the Smart City programme of the Indian agreement with Mumbai. French companies France is the third largest European econ- modities, some engineering products, and French SMEs to start working with India, the country government, which envisages development are also present in the large road construc- omy, it ranks ninth in the terms of EU mem- textiles, the number of Indian SMEs engaged Indian government has launched a concerted of 100 such cities, France is one of the key tion projects in India. In waste management ber nations’ trade with India, behind much with France can be counted on the fingertips. attempt -- Access to India Initiative, which partners for India and can share a lot of and water supplies, French industry lead- smaller nations such as the Netherlands, Italy It is not for lack of trying, though. The would identify relevant French SMEs, espe- know-how, technology and processes to help ers such as Veolia and Suez have been bag- and even Belgium. French and Indian governments have long cially in manufacturing domain and assist this initiative. Currently, France has adopted ging contracts with Indian municipalities for The trade is inordinately dependent on been trying to get SMEs to start exploring them in all actions such as market research, three cities in India under this initiative. some years now. the Indian government or companies plac- market opportunities. Way back in 2006, creation of company, recruitment etc. France can also be a key partner in mod- The list is seemingly endless. In the area ing large orders for high-value items such as the then economy minister of France and Such measures should encourage some ernising and upgrading the creaking railway of high technology, such as smart cards and defence equipment or civil aircraft. In the the current head of the International Mon- French SMEs to take the plunge in India and infrastructure across the country, improve avionics, as well as biotechnology, artificial absence of these large deals, trade suffers and etary Fund, Christine Lagarde led over 500 if they succeed, it could lead others to follow. the signaling and communications network intelligence, augmented reality and machine remains stagnant. French SMEs for a roadshow across various A lot of expectations are riding on the as well as improve safety practices and stan- learning also there is a lot of scope. Even though there are nearly 300 French Indian cities. A number of other delega- Modi-Macron encounter and this visit has dards and also help in introducing semi- Despite the very long list of potential companies in India, an overwhelming share tions of SMEs have been travelling to both the potential to become the game changer high speed and high-speed railways in the business collaboration between the two are the largest, with small and medium enter- the countries, but with very limited impact. in the bilateral relationship. However, over- country. The French national railway com- nations, this is by far the weakest link in prises -- the backbone of the French econ- The biggest hurdle for the SMEs is that coming the hurdles is far from easy and the pany, SNCF, is already conducting a feasibil- Indo-French ties and has been the case for omy -- almost entirely absent from the scene. they lack market knowledge, adequate expo- two leaders would have to use all the tricks in ity study to upgrade the Delhi-Chandigarh decades. The trade has remained stubbornly This is in sharp contrast with Germany, sure and the financial muscle to explore new their bags to make France and India natural route to a semi-high-speed one. stuck around 9 billion euros for close to a whose SMEs have been fairly aggressive in markets, especially ones reputed to be diffi- business partners as well. IANS The two countries are also collaborating decade. Indo-German trade, by contrast, India and are present in various domains. cult -- something shared by India and France. (Paris-based Ranvir S. Nayar is manag- in the shipping industry with French ports, is close to 25 billion euros and India-UK The story of Indian SMEs in France is no These factors make them highly risk-averse. ing director of the Media India Group. The notably Marseille entering into a ‘sister port’ around 27 billion euros. In fact, even though different. Besides exporters, mainly of com- To do some handholding and encourage views expressed are strictly personal)

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on the changing dynamics of regional politics NARENDRA MODI @narendramodi wo important events collapsed, because of Mayawati took place last week; and Mulayam Singh’s clashing HARIHAR SWARUP a rash of statue van- ambitions. dalism has broken all SP and BSP are today on I am pleased to receive world leaders Tover the country after Lenin the verge of overcoming this and representatives of international statues were toppled in Tri- history of acrimony. The pri- organisations, and other multilateral pura following the Left Front’s mary impulse is political sur- defeat. Secondly, two arch vival. Mayawati has now lost institutions at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Let rivals—Mulayam Singh’s Sama- three elections in a row; the 11th March 2018 go into the pages of jwadi party and Mayawati’s BSP 2012 Assembly election, 2014 history for a solemn promise to build a decided to join hands in by- Lok Sabha and 2017 assembly greener and brighter future. polls in two Lok Sabha seats, elections. She has maintained in Uttar Pradesh—Phulpur a solid vote share hovering and Gorakhpur. Politics, it is around 20 per cent, but this said, makes strange bedfellows. has not translated into votes. PRASHANT BHUSHAN Nobody could have imagined This has led to desertions from @pbhushan1 Hundreds of few months back that Mulayam the party, the weakening of the crores of money and Mayawati can come on the organisation, and one more must have been same platform. electoral setback could well Coming to damaging of close the door for her. Great order by HC that UP govt officials spent in the icons, after Lenin statues in Tri- For SP too, the 2017 loss has must only use govt hospitals.This must pura were pulled down, Statue been devastating. With Yogi constructing the of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Aditya Nath consolidating include the CM&his Ministers as well. statues now who raised BJP and has his own and BJP aggressively wooing Only such provision will ensure that they demolished contribution to India’s history, non-Yadav backward commu- maintain government hospitals& don't allow was defiled in Kolkata. Worse Vladimir Lenin statues were pulled down in Tripura following the Left Front’s defeat nities, the SP can see return- ppl &children to die w/o oxygen in squalid or disfigured. was attack on the statute of EV ing to power will be difficult. conditions Thousands Ramasamy Periyar, the Tamil world leader who invented an India is doomed. crores. How one would feel if One reason why it lost was also icon, and social reformer. His ideology which had dominated The Bolshevik revolution a new government comes in because the Muslim votes got of crores of role in Volkom satyagraha more than half the world. His of 1917 cast spell all over the these states and begins destroy- fragmented; BSP put up over rupees have contributed to the triumph of mausoleum in Moscow is still world and fired the imagina- ing these statues? Destroying a 100 Muslim candidates. SANJAY JHA a social struggle that paved intact and hundreds of people tion of exploited section of statue amounts to diminishing The generational change @JhaSanjay been pouring the way for other egalitar- visit it. Lenin had influenced humanity. cultural history. in SP has helped. Akhilesh in building ian social measures. Among India’s Independence struggle Few know that revolu- The BSP-SP alliance is sig- has always respectfully called other reforms, he started a and supported some its top tionary Bhagat Singh was an nificant. While announcing her Mayawati “Bua” or aunt. He new statutes. self-respect movement aimed leaders. Lokmanya Tilak, who admirer of Lenin. He read party’s support to SP for two sought to reach out to her even One “ Nero “ is accused of lettting over a Destroying a at removing social injustice electrified the nation by slogan Lenin’s work extensively. Bha- Lok Sabha seats—Gorakhpur before the last Assembly polls. thousand die callously under his watch. The and inequality and propagated “Swaraj is my birth right”, got gat Singh’s biographer, Gopal and Phulpur and two more His overtures and Mulayam other forgives the killers of his own father. statue amounts birth control. He also fought for admiration from Lenin for his Tagore, affirms that a few days elections this year—Mayawati Singh and Shivpal Singh’s to diminishing abolition of Devadasi system role in standing against Brit- before his hanging when Bha- made it clear that the under- absence from active SP poli- Make your choice, # India ! and child marriage. Periyar is ish imperialism and colonial gat Singh was asked to spell out standing for bye-polls, the tics, has probably made it eas- cultural history virtually worshipped in Tamil rule which devastated India. his last wish, he famously stated biennial election to the Rajya ier for Mayawati to consider Nadu. A BJP office in Coim- When Tilak was charged with that he was engaged in read- Sabha and the legislative coun- the alliance. batore was petrol bombed after sedition and sentenced to six- ing Lenin’s writings and he was cil polls in March-April should Both Gorakhpur, repre- party’s national secretary H. year imprisonment in Burma, keen to complete them. not be as an alliance for 2019 sented by CM Aditya Nath, and Raja expressed the view—he Lenin described it as infamous Hundreds of crores of Lok Sabha elections. Phulpur won by his Deputy PIYUSH GOYAL retracted later—that Periyar’s sentence pronounced by the money must have been spent But if the present tie-up CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, @PiyushGoyal statue should be raised to the British jackals on the Indian in the constructing the stat- between major parties in U.P. will be prestigious by-elections. ground. democrat Tilak. ues now demolished or dis- shows encouraging results, the BSP will support SP nominees And, why should a statue In fact, Lenin was one of figured. Thousands of crores chances of alliance in the gen- for the two seats. of B R Ambedkar be attacked the top ranking global lead- of rupees have been pouring eral elections are not ruled out. If SP-BSP alliance is firmed New Opportunities for New India: Govt. has in U.P? He has turned out to ers of that time who could dis- in building new statutes. The If this happens it will lead to a up, U.P. will be at the centre of released 90,000 jobs for various posts in be a Dalit icon and drafted the cern the emerging phase of the ‘Statue of Unity’ coming up dramatic shift in the politics 2019 elections yet again. With Railways, opening up new opportunities for Constitution of India by which freedom struggle marked by in Ahmedabad has been bud- of electorally crucial U.P. with the by-polls, and BSP-SP alli- youth. the nation swears. a large-scale participation of geted at Rs. 3000 crores while implications for 2019 poll. The ance, the action has begun. IPA Even though Soviet Union masses under Tilak’s leadership a giant Shivaji statue off Mum- SP and BSP were allies in the (The views expressed has collapsed, Lenin remains a and wrote that the “British in bai is expected to cost Rs. 3,600 early 90s. But it did not last. It are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 Muslim-owned restaurant China defends scrapping of attacked in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Fresh violence erupted in Sri Lanka on sunday when a Muslim-owned restau- tenure limit for Xi Jinping rant was attacked in an alleged hate crime in a northern city, even as riot-hit Kandy district Dismisses concerns of return of the Mao Zedong-era dictatorship remained peaceful after a spate of communal clashes that have BEIJING: China's ruling Communist left three people dead. Party on Sunday justified scrapping of Don't let pillow The restaurant located in the two-term limit for President Xi Jin- Puttalam district’s Anamad- ping, saying the historic decision is aimed talk lead you to uwa city, 130 kilometres from at strengthening coordination among , was targeted early various power centres and dismissed as morning even as police are "ungrounded" concerns over the return of corruption: Xi keeping a tight vigil following the Mao Zedong-era dictatorship. eruption of communal clashes China's rubber-stamp parliament BEIJING: President Xi Jin- on Monday. National People's Congress (NPC) on Sun- ping has warned Chinese offi- “Anamaduwe Muslim res- Tensions prevail across Sri Lanka after the violence broke out following day abolished the decades-old practice of cials to shed "pillow talk" and taurant was attacked at 4 am the death of a man from the mainly Buddhist Sinhalese majority two-term limits for the president, paving ensure that they and their fam- (local time) this morning,” the way for President Xi to become China's ilies refrain from indulging in Colombo Telegraph reported. tackle the violent mobs. for the last two days but the leader-for-life. corruption as he is set to rule Tensions remain high They claimed that the troops will be on guard for Addressing media soon after the NPC China perhaps for life after the across Sri Lanka after the vio- arrests came late while some tackling of any security breach. ratified the Communist Party of China's abolition of term limits. lence broke out following the sections of the security forces “There were no incident (CPC) proposal to remove the term limit In his interaction with the death of a man from the mainly had turned a blind eye to esca- both yesterday and today. So for President and Vice President, a Chi- deputies of the National Peo- Buddhist Sinhalese majority lating violence against them. there is no need for a cur- nese official said the decision was taken to ple's Congress (NPC), Xi on last week, resulting in the death Sirisena appointed a three- few,” police spokesman Ruwan strengthen coordination between the party, China’s rubber-stamp parliament National People’s Congress (NPC) on Sunday abolished the Sunday said officials should of three persons and damage to member commission yesterday Gunasekera told reporters. the military and the country. decades-old practice of two-term limits for the president, paving way for President Xi to become strengthen self-control and not several homes, businesses and to probe the communal clashes He said over 230 people had "It is an important measure to priori- China’s leader-for-life get tempted. mosques in the scenic Kandy in central district of Kandy. been arrested 169 of them from ties the coordination between the party, "Don't let pillow talk lead district. Prime Minister Ranil He had declared a nation- Kandy and 61 of them from the military and country , said Shen Chu- millions of people were killed in the Cul- said. you down to corruption. Don't Wickremesinghe has said the wide state of emergency on other areas. With the arrests nyao, Chairman of the Commission for tural Revolution, Shen said the "specula- "After 40 years' of reform and opening let your children engage in self- damage to property in Kandy Tuesday and deployed the of 10 main suspects who had Legislative Affairs of the NPC Standing tion has no basis". up we opened a new path for socialism dealing using your name. Don't will have a telling effect on the police and military to prevent incited racial violence, the Committee. He quoted Xi's speech that CPC's prac- with Chinese characteristics. We believe be dragged into the 'muddy country’s economy. escalation of violence after situation in Kandy has come He also claimed that the amendments tical experiences had shown it has the abil- that in future we will continue with this water' by people around you," “We experienced a bad clashes between majority Sin- under control. Kandy’s central which will literally ensure a life term rule ity to lead the social revolution and lead and to and expand this path to discover Xi was quoted as saying by the drought which has set the hala Buddhists and minority province Chief Minister Sarath of the 64-year-old Xi was worked out after people to go through self-revolution . even brighter future. Our objective is to state-run Xinhua news agency. growth in agriculture back. Muslims erupted in other areas Ekanayake said today that all reaching a "high level of consensus" both "Which party in the world can claim be realised. I believe that your speculation "Officials should never This cost of violence will add of central Sri Lanka’s riot-hit government schools which in the CPC and the country. that they are able to conduct a self-revolu- is ungrounded and without basis, he said. indulge themselves, never to the losses, he said. Kandy district. were closed on March 7 due "Without clear political support from tion?" Shen asked. On enshrining Xi's 'Thought on Social- cross the line, never break the “I have asked the law Muslims make up 10 per to the unrest will reopen on society and support of the current legal sys- He said the CPC which was estab- ism with Chinese Characteristics for a New rule, and improve immunity to enforcement to take swift cent of Sri Lanka’s total 21 mil- Monday. The announcement tem, this will not happen. So, I don't think lished by Mao 90 years ago "faced count- Era' into the Constitution, Shen said its corruption," he said. action to bring the law breakers lion population. Sinhalese are a came after police spokesman there is a problem or a question about the less obstacles, issues and conundrums". inclusion into China's fundamental law Xi underlined a "clean to book,” Wickremesinghe said. largely Buddhist ethnic group. SP Ruwan Gunasekara said amendment," he said without elaborating. "They include healthy rotation of lead- "reflects the common aspiration of the and upright" political ecology The Muslim minority was Meanwhile, police said yesterday that curfew will not Asked about the concerns of return ership at all levels in order to maintain entire Party and all Chinese people of vari- and urged leading officials to dissatisfied with the govern- today that there were no inci- be imposed in Kandy as situa- to the Mao era dictatorship during which vitality and stability of the country," he ous ethnic groups". AGENCIES uphold rule of law. AGENCIES ment’s lack of prompt action to dents of violence from Kandy tion has been peaceful. AGENCIES Rare signed Nepal PM Oli wins vote of confidence Islamic seminary student photo of Gandhi KATHMANDU: Nepal's including 165 members elected auctioned for newly-elected Prime Min- under the first-past-the-post hurls shoe at Sharif ister K P Oli on Sunday won category or direct election and LAHORE: An Islamic semi- aide, while he was speaking at a a historic vote of confidence 110 under proportional repre- nary student on Sunday hurled party rally in eastern Pakistan. over $41K with two-thirds majority in sentation basis. shoes at Pakistan’s ousted Rasool, who threw ink at the country's lower House The CPN-UML has 121 prime minister Nawaz Sharif the foreign minister, told the BOSTON: A signed vintage of Parliament. Oli, who was members, Nepali Congress has during a function at a semi- police that he vent out his anger photo of Mahatma Gandhi, appointed to the post on Feb- 63, and CPN-MC has 53 while nary here, a day after a reli- because the PML-N had tried walking alongside Madan ruary 15, secured 208 votes out Federal Socialist Forum Nepal gious extremist blackened to change the finality of the Mohan Malaviya, was sold at a of total 268 Parliament mem- has 17 and Rastriya Janata the face of Foreign Minister Prophet in the Constitution. US auction for $41,806 - more bers present in the House of Party Nepal has 16 members. Khwaja Asif with ink. “This hurt the sentiments than four times the expected Representatives, officials said. In 2015, when Nepal Sharif was about to address of millions of Pakistanis amount. Signed in fountain The 66-year-old Oli adopted a new Constitution a gathering at a seminary in including myself,” he said. pen, "M K Gandhi," the rare received the backing of all that split it into seven states, Lahore when the student Pakistan’s Law Minister photo was taken after the sec- political parties, except the dozens of people were killed lobbed shoes at him which hit Zahid Hamid had to resign ond session of India's Round main opposition, the Nepali Krishna Bahadur Mahara has category or direct election and in ethnic clashes over territory his shoulder. Video footage of Sajid. last November when hun- Table Conference in London Congress and some fringe par- announced next session of the 110 under proportional repre- and rights. the incident showed Sharif, 68, The PML-N leader went dreds of Tehreek-e-Labbaik in September 1931. ties who voted against him. Parliament on Friday. sentation basis. The ethnic Madhesi group, visibly shaken by the incident. ahead with his address and Pakistan supporters camped Reverse of photo bears He received 121 votes from Earlier, Oli had called on all Nepal concluded three mostly of Indian-origin, pro- The student along with made a brief speech in which at Islamabad’s Faizabad traf- two Associated Press of Great CPN-UML, 52 from CPN political parties to support the phase of provincial, local and tested for months, saying they his accomplice also jumped he did not mention about the fic interchange forcing the Britain copyright stamps, as (Maoist Center), 16 each from government. The Nepali Con- parliamentary elections as part were not getting enough ter- on stage where Sharif was man who threw a shoe at him. PML-N government to take well as collector's ink nota- Rastriya Janta Party Nepal and gress had said it would not sup- of its efforts to implement the ritory in one of the states and standing and chanted slogans Religious parties espe- action against those in the tions identifying Malaviya and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal port Oli and play the role of an new Constitution that was pro- were also facing discrimination. praising Mumtaz Qadri, the cially Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pak- federal cabinet responsible the date. The photo dates to and one each from Rastriya effective opposition. mulgated in September 2015. Violent clashes not only murderer of former Punjab istan had held Sharif and his for attempting to change this a period in which Gandhi, Janamorcha, Rastriya Prajatan- According to the new Con- Nepal's new government killed 50 people, but also left governor Salman Taseer. party (PML-N) responsible for clause from the Constitution. suffering from pain in his tra Party, Nepal Workers Peas- stitution, the Prime Minister led by Left parties convened the country with severe short- They were immediately making an attempt to change The incident drew strong right thumb, opted to write ants Party and an independent needs to win a confidence its first parliament session on ages of fuel and medicine caught and thrashed by the a clause related to finality of condemnation form all promi- with his left hand, a tempo- lawmaker, the officials said. motion in Parliament within March 5 after the Himalayan because protesters blocked the audience. Later, they were Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) nent politicians of the country. rary inconvenience that lasted Oli has consolidated his six months after his appoint- nation successfully held land- borders with India. handed over to police. in the Constitution. PML-N leader and Railway from August 8 to December position by securing more than ment. There are 275 members mark provincial and federal The protesters finally Police identified the shoe The incident came a day Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique 19, 1931, according to US- two thirds majority votes, the in the House of Representatives elections. agreed to the elections after thrower as Abdul Ghafoor, a after a man, Faiz Rasool, hurled said those afraid of popular- based RR Auction. The photo officials said. including 165 members elected There are 275 members in some amendments were made former student of the semi- ink at Asif, a member of the ity of PML-N are behind such was initially expected to fetch Speaker of the Parliament under the first-past-the-post the House of Representatives to the Constitution. AGENCIES nary, and his accomplice as ruling party and a close Sharif incidents. AGENCIES $10,000. AGENCIES Netanyahu warns of nuclear TSUNAMI ANNIVERSARY Syria army bombs splintered arms race in Middle East Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Min- is in talks to buy nuclear reac- HAMMURIYEH: New air ister Benjamin Netanyahu tors from the US. strikes and barrel bombs warned on Sunday of a nuclear "Moreover, I remind you pounded Syria’s Eastern arms race in the Middle East if that Iran declares, on an almost Ghouta on Sunday as govern- the deal to limit Iran's nuclear daily basis, its intention to wipe ment forces pressed a three- programme was not changed out Israel. It is hardly worth week advance that splintered or revoked. During remarks saying that we will not allow the rebel enclave and trapped at the beginning of the weekly this, to put it mildly," he added. dozens under collapsed cabinet meeting, Netanyahu Netanyahu has been a vocal buildings. said his discussions with US opponent of the nuclear deal Defying global calls for a President Donald Trump and "Many countries in the signed in 2015 between Iran ceasefire, Syria’s government other officials in Washington Middle East are saying that and the six world powers in has pursued a ferocious Rus- last week focused mainly on they are also allowed to enrich order to limit Tehran's nuclear sian-backed air campaign and Iran, a news agency reported. uranium if Iran is allowed to plan and prevent it from ground offensive to capture the "I said that the nuclear do so; therefore, the way to pre- achieving atomic weapons. region, the last rebel bastion on agreement with Iran contains vent this danger, the nucleari- In January, Trump A man prays after offering flowers in Arahama coastal area where the capital’s doorstep. They include dozens of the cemetery, AFP’s correspon- within it many dangers for the sation of the Middle East, is announced that he will waive the tsunami struck in 2011, in Sendai city, northern Japan, on In three weeks of fighting, decomposing bodies still dent there said. world, including the special to either thoroughly correct sanctions against Iran and Sunday. Japan marks the 7th anniversary of the strong quake, it has overrun more than half trapped under pulverised res- Families grew desperate for danger of the nuclearisation of the agreement or abrogate it," extend the nuclear deal after Tsunami which ravaged the coastal area of Northern Japan and the area and split the remainder idential blocks in the towns news of loved ones who had the Middle East," Netanyahu he said. Netanyahu reportedly he disavowed the deal three triggered nuclear accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi plant AP/PTI into three pockets, isolating the of Hammuriyeh, Saqba, and fled to other areas that were said, according to an statement. referred to Saudi Arabia, which months earlier. AGENCIES urban hub of Douma from the Misraba. now inaccessible. rest of the enclave. In Hammuriyeh, AFP’s cor- On Saturday, Syrian troops On Sunday, government respondent saw a young man and allied militia cut off the troops battered the edges of scrambling frantically over the main road leading out of NASA satellites recreate solar eruption in 3D each pocket with air raids, bar- rubble of a collapsed building Douma in a major blow to rel bombs, and rockets, said the in search of his loved ones. beleaguered rebels attempting WASHINGTON: Scientists through water, CMEs set off Instead, scientists rely upon data to their models - one Space Climate, confirmed long- Britain-based Syrian Observa- His father, mother, and to defend their enclave. have mapped and recreated interplanetary shocks when models that use satellite obser- called the "croissant" model for held theoretical predictions of tory for Human Rights. three siblings were killed in Government forces also solar bursts in 3D using three they erupt from the Sun at vations of the CME to simulate the shape of nascent shocks, a strong shock near the CME After fighting all morn- an air raid, but rescue work- captured the town of Misraba. NASA satellites, an advance extreme speeds, propelling a the ensuing shock's behaviour. and the other the "ellipsoid" nose and a weaker shock at the ing, they captured the town of ers have been unable to pull Some residents fled from that may help predict how wave of high-energy particles. Researchers from George model for the shape of expand- sides. In time, shocks travel Medeira, which lies at the heart them out. the advancing troops, but doz- such events may affect weather These particles can spark Mason University and Johns ing shocks - to uncover the 3D away from the Sun, and thanks of the three zones, Observatory Hassaan, a 30-year-old res- ens stayed as soldiers recap- around Earth, endanger space- space weather events around Hopkins University in the US structure and trajectory of each to the 3D information, the sci- head Rami Abdel Rahman said. cue worker, said there were tured their neighbourhoods. craft and astronauts. Earth, endangering spacecraft pulled observations of two dif- CME and shock. entists could reconstruct their State news agency SANA around 20 more families under SANA reported on Sunday The new models can help and astronauts. ferent eruptions from three Each spacecraft's observa- journey through space. had reported troops were the rubble. that troops transported “dozens see how shocks associated with Understanding a shock's spacecraft: ESA/NASA's Solar tions alone were not sufficient The modelling helps scien- focusing on the town in order “We need heavy machinery of civilians, including women coronal mass ejections (CMEs) structure - particularly how it and Heliospheric Observatory to model the shocks. However, tists deduce important pieces of to cut rebel access routes in to get them out, but we can’t and children,” from Misraba propagate from the Sun by develops and accelerates - is (SOHO) and NASA's twin with three sets of eyes on the information for space weather Ghouta. bring the machines out into the to temporary shelters in gov- combining data from three sat- key to predicting how it might Solar Terrestrial Relations eruption, each of them spaced forecasting - in this case, for Bombing runs across sev- streets because the regime may ernment-held zones. ellites to produce a much more disrupt near-Earth space. Observatory (STEREO) sat- nearly evenly around the Sun, the first time, the density of eral towns in Ghouta killed bomb them,” he said. The Observatory told AFP robust mapping of a CME than However, without a vast ellites. One CME erupted in the scientists could use their the plasma around the shock, a dozen civilians on Sunday, In the main town of that Misraba was left aban- any one could do alone. array of sensors scattered March 2011 and the second, in models to recreate a 3D view. in addition to the speed and bringing the total toll from the Douma, bodies piled up in the doned after 75 to 100 people Much the way ships form through space, these things are February 2014. The study, published in the strength of the energized offensive to at least 1,111 civil- morgue as bombardment pre- were moved out of the town by bow waves as they move impossible to measure directly. The scientists fit the CME Journal of Space Weather and particles. AGENCIES ians, the Observatory said. vented families from reaching regime forces. 11 Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp Trump believes N Korea would Diners in Britain told to wash clothes after nerve agent attack

LONDON: In an unusual honour its commitment move, British health author- ities on Sunday asked nearly WASHINGTON: US President Donald 500 people, who were at a res- Trump on Sunday predicted "tremendous Donald Trump to taurant and pub linked with success" in his upcoming groundbreaking the mysterious poisoning of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong- make first trip a former Russian spy and his un and said he believes Pyongyang would daughter, to clean up their pos- honour its commitment not to conduct as president to sessions to remove any traces missile tests before their meeting. of the deadly nerve agent used Trump, on Friday, stunned the world by defiant California against the targets. announcing that he has accepted a North Trace amounts of the sub- Korean invitation to meet Kim Jong-un. LOS ANGELES: US Presi- stance used to poison Sergei The announcement was first made by a dent Donald Trump is head- Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, visiting South Korean delegation led by ing to California, a state at the were found at the Mill pub and its national security advisor. Trump later forefront of resistance to his Zizzi Italian restaurant in Salis- confirmed the news. anti-immigration agenda, for bury, where the duo had been Investigators in protective clothing move a wrapped ambulance from the "North Korea has not conducted a Mis- what is almost certain to be a before they were found col- South Western Ambulance Service station in Harnham, near Salisbury, sile Test since November 28, 2017 and has contentious trip. Trump's first lapsed on a bench at The Malt- England, as police and members of the armed forces probe the suspected promised not to do so through our meet- trip to California as president, ings shopping centre in the city. nerve agent attack on Russian spy double agent Sergei Skripal AP/PTI ings. I believe they will honour that com- on Tuesday, comes at a time “The risk to the general mitment!" Trump tweeted. of high tensions between his public remains low and I am which should be bagged in and son are buried. And a few hours later, a confident Republican administration and confident none of these cus- plastic and put in the bin and Around 21 people required Trump told reporters that his policy on US President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Pittsburgh International Airport in the Democratic-leaning most tomers or staff will have suf- items such as jewellery and medical treatment in the days North Korea would be a tremendous Pittsburgh, en route to a campaign rally at Atlantic Aviation in Moon, Pennsylvania AP/PTI populous US state, especially fered harm,” said Prof Dame glasses should be washed with following the poisoning. success. on immigration issues. Sally Davies, the chief medical warm water and detergent, the A 30-year-old man has "I think North Korea is going to go very sile launches will end, the press was startled that the US is working to solve the problem Attorney General Jeff Ses- officer for England. BBC reported. been charged with breaching a well, I think we will have tremendous suc- & amazed," he said. diplomatically rather than going with the sions has accused the state She said after “rigorous sci- Skripal, 66, and his daugh- cordon at one of the sites, The cess. I think this is going to be something "They couldn't believe it. But by the fol- ominous alternative. China continues to be of deliberately obstructing entific analysis”, there was some ter Yulia, 33, both remain crit- Maltings shopping area, on Fri- very successful," he told reporters before lowing morning the news became FAKE. helpful!" said the US President. enforcement of federal law by concern that prolonged expo- ically ill in hospital after being day night. boarding Marine One en route to Moon They said so what, who cares!" Trump However, the mainstream US media offering undocumented immi- sure over weeks and months discovered on Sunday. He was also charged with Township in Pennsylvania. tweeted. continued to be skeptical of Trump's move grants sanctuary protections. could cause health problems, Detective Sergeant Nick assaulting a police officer, "We have a lot of support. So, I think In a series of tweets, Trump gave details on North Korea. Governor Jerry Brown said but it was “not a subject for Bailey, who was the first police criminal damage to a police North Korea is going to go very well. The of his telephonic talks with Japanese Prime The New York Times in a lead story the Trump administration "is panic”. officer to come in contact with vehicle, common assault and a problem is they wouldn't be shooting off Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Presi- described it as a gamble. The decision that basically going to war against People who were at either the circumstances, remains racially aggravated public order missiles in the meantime, and they're look- dent Xi Jinping. During these talks, he also Trump took during his meeting with South the state of California," after the pub or the Italian restaurant seriously ill in hospital but has offence, and is due before mag- ing to de-nuke. So that'd be great," Trump spoke with them about America's trade Korean national security advisor Chung the Justice Department sued to before they were shut down last been talking to his family. istrates in Swindon on Monday. said. deficit with them. Eui-young in the Oval Office of the White block its sanctuary laws. Monday have been advised to In a statement, he thanked Army officers with special- A day earlier, the White House had said "Spoke to Prime Minister Abe of Japan, House was on the spot. "Sanctuary jurisdictions are wash their clothes, ideally in a well-wishers but stressed that ist chemical training continue that Trump will not meet Kim Jong-un who is very enthusiastic about talks with "Trump accepted on the spot, stun- the best friend of smugglers, washing machine. he did not consider himself a to assist the British police and until the North Koreans take "concrete and North Korea. Also discussing opening up ning not only Chung and the other high- gang members, drug dealers, Clothes which cannot be “hero” but that he was merely have overseen the removal of verifiable" steps to meet the commitment Japan to much better trade with the US level South Koreans who were with him, human traffickers, killers and washed, for example if they doing his job along with other vehicles of interest, including they have done for the meeting. Currently have a massive USD 100 Billion but also the phalanx of American officials other violent offenders," the need dry cleaning, should be officers. an ambulance. More than 250 In another tweet, Trump said that Trade Deficit. Not fair or sustainable. It will who were gathered in the Oval Office," the president said in his weekly double bagged in plastic until The pub and restaurant are counter-terrorism police are the mainstream media was startled and all work out!" Trump tweeted. daily reported. address. “The state of Cali- further notice, the advice notes. two of five sites in Salisbury involved in the investigation, amazed at his decision on Friday. In another tweet, Trump said he spoke "OK, OK," Trump said, cutting short fornia is sheltering dangerous Other belongings such as focused on by investigators, which has yielded 200 pieces of "In the first hours after hearing that at length with Xi about the meeting with the discussion. "Tell them I'll do it," the criminals in a brazen and law- mobile phones, handbags and including the shopping centre evidence so far and more than North Korea's leader wanted to meet with Kim Jong-un. president said, according to The Wall Street less attack on our constitutional other electronic items should bench, Skripals home and the 240 witnesses, according to me to talk denuclearization and that mis- "President Xi told me he appreciates Journal. AGENCIES system of government.” AGENCIES be wiped with baby wipes, cemetery where Skripals wife the police. AGENCIES Russia test-fires ‘ideal’ HATE CRIMES Private plane Indian engineer’s widow flying from hypersonic missile Sikh student dragged out of UK Sharjah to Turkey MOSCOW: Russia said on the dark sky, leaving a fiery trail leads peace march Sunday it successfully launched behind. crashes in Iran a hypersonic missile which The Kinzhal missile was nightclub for wearing turban HOUSTON: Sunayana Dum- Garmin headquarters to the President Vladimir Putin one of an array of new weapons ala, the widow of Indian engi- bar was meant to honour the TEHRAN: A Turkish private called "an ideal weapon" as he Putin unveiled in his state-of- LONDON: A Sikh law stu- public," he said. neer Srinivas Kuchibhotla who life of Kuchibhotla. jet flying from the United Arab unveiled a new array of next- the-nation address earlier this dent in the UK felt "victim- "The bouncer ignored this was murdered in a racially Last week, Adam Purinton, Emirates to Istanbul with at least generation arms earlier this month, ahead of a presidential ised" after he was dragged out and said I needed to take it motivated hate crime at a bar 52, pleaded guilty before a Kan- 11 people on board crashed month. election on March 18 that he is of a bar because he was wearing off. I refused and was subse- in Kansas City last year, led a sas court. He was charged with tonight in a mountainous region The high-precision Kinzhal all but guaranteed to win. a turban, media reports said. quently dragged away from my peace walk with her husband's first-degree murder of Kuchib- of Iran, authorities said. There (Dagger) missile was launched Putin said the missile flies at Amrik Singh, 22, claimed that friends," he added. hundreds of friends and co- hotla, 32, and two counts of was no immediate report of from a MiG-31 supersonic 10 times the speed of the sound he was ordered to leave Rush "The fact that I was being workers. Sunayana led the attempted first-degree murder injuries. Iranian state televi- interceptor jet that took off and can overcome air-defence Late Bar in Mansfield, Not- removed because of my reli- memorial peace walk on Fri- in the shootings of his friend, sion quoted Mojtaba Khaledi, from an airfield in the South systems. tinghamshire, on Saturday for gious views really upset me. day what would have been the Madasani. Purinton, yelled, the spokesman of the country's Military District in Russia's The missile has been wearing his religious headgear, Amrik Singh, 22 My ancestors have fought for 34th birthday of Kuchibhotla. "Get out of my country," before emergency management organ- southwest, the defence min- deployed in the Southern Mil- BBC reported. the British army previously," Kuchibhotla was fatally shot shooting Kuchibhotla, who isation, as saying the plane hit a istry said. "The launch went itary District since December Singh was told that the bar drink anyway." the Sun reported. in Olathe, Kansas, in February later died from injuries sus- mountain in Shahr-e Kord and according to plan, the hyper- 1, he added. had a "no headwear" policy. "I'm heartbroken. The rea- "Furthermore, me and my last year by a US navy veteran. tained in the attack. burst into flames. sonic missile hit its target," the Deputy Prime Minis- He tried to explain to a son why I was removed was parents were born in Britain His colleague Alok Madasani He also shot and wounded Shahr-e Kord is some 370 ministry added. ter Dmitry Rogozin said on bouncer who approached him because I refused to remove my and all uphold British values. was also critically injured in Ian Grillot, an Olathe man who kilometres (230 miles) south The ministry released video Facebook that work had also that the turban protected his turban," he wrote on Facebook. "The worst part of it was the attack. "We're gathered here tried to defend Kuchibhotla of the capital, Tehran. The state- footage showing two pilots been done to modernise the hair and was part of his reli- Singh said the bouncer had the fact he compared my tur- because of man's one action and Madasani. Grillot also run IRNA news agency and state gearing up for a flight and then "unique" MiG-31 supersonic gion. But his pleas were ignored approached him saying that he ban to wearing a pair of train- and the hate that took of an attended Friday's walk. television said rescuers were try- running towards a jet with a jet that will carry the missile. - and he was "dragged away" needed to remove my turban, ers," Singh, a final year law innocent life," Sunayana told "Sunayana has not let this ing to reach the scene. large missile slung beneath its Since the start of the year, from his friends before being the report said. student at Nottingham Trent the large crowd gathered out- tragedy defeat her, instead she Villagers near the crash say underbelly. more than 250 sorties have removed from the venue, the "I explained that a turban University, added. The man- side of Garmin where Kuchib- used the circumstances to find they saw flames coming from Set to rousing, patriotic been carried out by the air- report said. isn't just headgear, but part of agement, however, has apolo- hotla and Madasani were a voice and spread a message," the plane's engine before the music, the video then shows a craft to perfect the work of the Singh was also allegedly my religion and that it pro- gised and said the staff involved engineers. Garmin CEO Clifton Pemble crash, according to a report by missile detaching from the air- missile systems, the defence told, "I didn't think you were tected my hair - and that I was faced suspension pending an The approximately 3-kilo- said to the crowd before the Iran's state-run judiciary news borne plane and gliding across ministry said. AGENCIES allowed to come in a pub and allowed to wear a turban in investigation. AGENCIES meter peace walk from the walk began. AGENCIES agency Mizan. AGENCIES British Indian boy travels to US for revolutionary treatment Over 250 migrants LONDON: A seven-year-old a baby, which means he can- Kairav, our younger son, that and stored by UK-based blood the odds of the body rejecting Indian-origin boy who suffers not walk, talk or sit up unaided. we would save our child's cord bank Cells4Life. Umbilical cord it. When the Shettys contacted from cerebral palsy left with his He is now set to undergo a blood. Then towards the end blood is rich in a kind of stem Duke University, they were told rescued off Libya coast family for the US on Sunday for pioneering clinical trial at Duke of the pregnancy in 2015, I got cell that can, in theory, help that Kairav's blood was a match a revolutionary treatment that University Medical Centre in in touch with Duke Univer- heal most parts of the body, for Jay's raising the prospect of has the potential to improve North Carolina, which relies sity and they were planning either by stimulating growth the UK's first such sibling cord TRIPOLI: The Libyan navy To save money to pay metres off Garabulli, east of the quality of his life and give on the infusion of his younger on doing a sibling cord blood or by transforming into the blood therapy on Jay. has rescued 252 migrants seek- smugglers for the crossing, the capital. hope to others with neurologi- brother's umbilical cord blood therapy trial, said Jay's mother required type of mature cell. Stem cell is a cure for some ing to reach Europe, in two some migrants stay and work The navy rescued "112 cal disorders. frozen at birth. Shilpa. These can then be put back and improvement for all, so separate operations off the in Libya -- such as Sunday migrants, including 30 women Jay Shetty suffers from a After a lot of research on She and husband Raj had into the body, even many years we are pretty sure it will defi- country's western coast. Adeleghe, a 42-year-old Nige- and three children, aboard debilitating form of cerebral stem cells, we had decided the umbilical cord blood of later. It relies on a close tissue nitely have some improvement "We were alerted... to the rian father of four. an inflatable boat", said navy palsy and autism since he was before I got pregnant with their younger child frozen match for the recipient, to lower in Jay's life, said Shilpa. AGENCIES position of a migrant boat" He was among those who spokesman Ayoub Kacem. around 30 kilometres off tried their luck on the boat res- "The migrants, from Afri- Zawiya, west of Tripoli, navy cued off Zawiya. can countries.... were given Rami al-Hadi Ghomed "I left my country in June," medical care before being ‘Prince Harry’s fiancee Meghan Markle said on Saturday. he said. "I couldn't go back to transferred to the Tajoura He said the 140 migrants Nigeria with nothing." detention centre" in Tripoli, on board, including 14 women "I started washing cars to Kacem said. and four children, were save money for my family," The navy gave no details brought back to Tripoli's naval he said. on the origin of the boats, given tough anti-kidnap Army training’ base before being transferred "I'm desperate... but a man but smugglers usually launch to a detention centre. can die only once, not twice." departures from western Libya, LONDON: American actress Meghan stormed by the SAS. She will also have Since the 2011 fall and The second rescue opera- just 300 kilometres from the Markle has been subjected to custom- been advised how to develop a relation- killing of longtime dictator tion took place around 50 kilo- Italian coast. AGENCIES ary Army training to tackle any serious ship with her kidnappers, which is often Moamer Kadhafi, unruly Libya eventuality such as a hostage situation far better than trying to escape. has become a key launch pad N.I.e.T. No. WBNKDA/20/(2)/EE-II/2017-18(2nd call) as she edges closer to becoming an offi- She will have been shown how to for migrants making desperate cial member of Britain's royal family deal with situations when things go bids to reach Europe, often on is hereby invited by the Executive Engineer-II, New following her wedding to Prince Harry wrong, for example if her close protec- unseaworthy vessels. Town Kolkata Development Authority for (1) Up-keep- in May. tion officer gets shot and she has to fend ment of “F” Canals by Mechanical Devices & by cleaning The 36-year-old was joined by her for herself. and removing water hyacinth, green vegetation and semi royal fiance as troops from the Special The training course was based near solid materials from the canal bed etc. in Action Area- Air Service (SAS), the British Army's the SAS headquarters at Hereford with a I under NKDA, New Town. Kolkata.- Rs 66,99,524.00 specialist unit, used live ammuni- regiment which undertakes most of the tion as part of a recent training exer- British military's sensitive undercover and (2) Up-keepment of “G” Canals by- Mechanical cise, according to the Sunday Express' work, including covert reconnaissance, Devices by cleaning and removing water hyacinth, green newspaper. counter-terrorism and hostage rescue. vegetation and semi solid materials from the canal bed The exercise is part of a course Nearly every senior royal, apart etc. in Action Area-I under NKDA, New Town, Kol- devised to ensure Markle is prepared from Queen Elizabeth II, has been on kata.- Rs 61,48,006.00 Details of e-Tender notice and for all possible emergencies as a mem- similar courses. However, Kate Middle- corrigendum if any are available at the official website ber of the royal family, with the kid- ton, the Duchess of Cambridge, did not http://wbtenders.gov.in and also in the official web- nap and rescue part of the course Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle do the course until after her wedding to being described by a former SAS offi- Prince William. site of NKDA. http://www.nkdamar.org. Documents cer as devised to frighten the life out of undergone is the toughest, provided by added: Meghan will have found the The reason Markle has undergone download end date(online) : 26.03.2018 up to 4.00 P.M anyone. the Army's finest. experience physically and psychologi- the security training before officially Sd/- Gerald Moor, a former senior Army Moor, who is now CEO of Inkerman cally gruelling. becoming a member of the royal family Executive Engineer-II intelligence officer, told the newspaper Group, which provides security ser- The men enact a kidnap situa- is reportedly because of the heightened New Town Kolkata Development Authority. that the kind of training the newest vices including kidnap survival courses tion, during which she will have been security scenario in the wake of five ter- ICA-T1870 (3)/2018 member of the royal family will have for corporate and government clients, treated as a hostage, with the area being ror attacks in the UK last year. AGENCIES ICA/T 1826(2)/2018 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 Macron takes a dig at Trump, hails efforts of India

NEW DELHI: Taking a swipe at US President Donald Trump $1 tn needed for for backing out of Paris climate French investment will bring tech, agreement, French President 1 tw solar power Emmanuel Macron lauded the efforts of India, along capacity by 2030: wealth and create jobs: Prabhu with other nations, for mak- ing International Solar Alliance French President AHMEDABAD: Union Min- additional charge of the civil (ISA) a reality. ister of Commerce and Indus- aviation ministry, a day after However, Macron did not NEW DELHI: French Pres- try Suresh Prabhu on Sunday the resignation of TDP's Ashok name Trump at the found- ident Emmanuel Macron said France is keen on investing Gajapathi Raju after party ing conference of ISA in the on Sunday said $1 trillion big in India, which will bring supremo and Andhra Pradesh capital on Sunday. While hail- will be needed to achieve technology and wealth, and Chief Minister N Chandrab- ing the 'Solar Mamas', a group one terawatt (TW) of solar create jobs for the country's abu Naidu decided to pull out of women solar engineers, he power capacity by 2030. youth. his ministers from the Union also referred to the countries Speaking at the confer- Prabhu on Saturday met cabinet. which decided to leave the cli- ence of the International a high-level delegation from Speaking at a gathering mate agreement. Solar Alliance, he said there France in New Delhi. during a start-up summit at Addressing the summit in are financing and regula- India's "strategic partner" Entrepreneurship Develop- the presence of Prime Minister tion hurdles for achieving is a technologically advanced ment Institute of India (EDII), Narendra Modi, Macron said, the target which need to be country, and the relationship along with their technological Prabhu urged start-up aspi- "Mr Prime Minister, You made cleared by government, pri- with France will help the coun- knowledge. Technology and rants to "venture into the a dream and we did it. It was vate sector and civil society try grow in a big way, he said wealth will come in India and unknown territory" and under- about this International Solar coming together. on Sunday. this will also create jobs. So I take projects that have not been Alliance. It was two years ago, Without any names, he "France has always been understand that the expanding taken before, to succeed. it was just an idea at that time referred to countries quit- our strategic partner. In 1998, ties with France will help our "First identify the gaps that and we decided all together to for them their children and as the only country in the world in December last year. ting the historic Paris Cli- after we tested nuclear bombs, country in a big way," he said. exist in the market place. If you act very quickly and today a grand children. They decided not to support the framework Macron said the countries mate agreement and said France stood with us. The Indian and French com- fill the gap, you will be succss- big change". to act and keep acting". deal to combat greenhouse gas at the ISA represent three- ISA nations came together country helped us strategi- panies and government enti- ful... Understand a gap but also Expressing his immense The oblique reference was emissions. fourths of the world popula- to “deliver complete results”. cally and technologically, as it ties on Saturday signed deals create a business model around happiness and lauding the towards US President Trump's Interestingly, France is the tion. As much as 20-50 per cent The oblique reference is a technologically advanced in New Delhi worth 13 billion it," he said. efforts of Solar Mamas, he decision to pull out of the Paris co-host for the founding con- of the population do not have was to Donald Trump’s country," the minister told Euro (over Rs 1 lakh crore) Asking them to listen to said, "Our solar mamas did climate agreement, which was ference of the the ISA which is a access to power. decision to pull out of the reporters at the sidelines of an across areas like aviation, their "intuition", the Union not wait for us. They started signed by nearly 200 countries treaty based international body The joint goal is to have 1 Paris climate agreement, event here. renewable energy and waste minister said, "If you don't to act and to deliver complete in December 2015 in an effort with 121 prospective member TW of solar energy by 2020 which was signed by nearly Prabhu said he met a trade management. believe in your inner voice, results. They did not wait and to curb global greenhouse countries. for which "we need $1,000 bil- 200 countries in 2015 in an delegation from France, which On being given additional you won't succeed. Also, don't stop because some countries gas emission and limit global As many as 60 nations have lion," he said. effort to curb global green- included ministers and indus- charge of civil aviation minis- emulate any of the success- (US and others) just decided warming to within 2 degrees signed the agreement to join On Sunday, heads of 23 house gas emission and try leaders, for around two- try, Prabhu said that he would ful people and don't think to leave the floor and leave the Celsius. ISA, while 30 have already rati- nations and 10 ministerial rep- limit global warming to and-a-half hours on Saturday. take the charge before making only about jobs, there are Paris agreement. Because they In November last year, Syria fied the agreement and made it resentatives gathered here for within 2 degrees Celsius. PTI "They want to invest in any statement. more opportunities waiting (ISA nations) decided it is good signed the deal, leaving the US possible to make it a legal entity alliance's first summit. PTI the country in a large number He was on Saturday given for you." PTI Coca-Cola plans Milk production rose NHAI to build House panel directs govt to define SBI, UCO Bank to localise 2/3rd 1,100 km highways look for buyers of its products 20% in 2014-2017 to in March to meet ‘shell company’ in Companies Act to clear-off NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary affairs ministry. 165.4 mn tonnes: Govt FY18 target panel has asked the government "To avoid any legal ambigu- portfolio in India to define "shell company" in the ity and pre-empt avoidable liti- `1,245 cr NPA NEW DELHI: Milk pro- NEW DELHI: NHAI will strive Companies Act and ensure dis- gation in the absence of a clear MUMBAI: Looking at expand- duction in the country has to construct 1,100 km of high- tinction between those guilty of cut definition of 'shell compa- NEW DELHI: State owned ing its regional footprints in increased by 20 per cent from ways this month to achieve its fraud and those irregular with nies' may be suitably included lenders SBI and UCO Bank are India, beverages major Coca- 137.7 million tonnes to 165.4 target of building 3,500 km in filings. in the Act itself by bringing looking for buyers to sell non- Cola is planning to introduce million tonnes between 2014 the ongoing fiscal, its Chairman The recommendation in the element of 'fraudulent' performing accounts (NPAs) ethnic drinks and fruit juices and 2017, Minister of Agri- Deepak Kumar said. assumes significance at a time intent," the committee said. worth Rs 1,245 crore and have with an aim to localise two-third culture and Farmers' Welfare As far as target for awards of when the government is crack- According to the report, invited bids from ARCs, banks, of its product portfolio over the Radha Mohan Singh said in an 10,000 km for the fiscal is con- ing down on companies that At present, the term the ministry has decided to NBFCs and FIs to clean their next few years. official statement. cerned, the National Highways have not been carrying out 'shell company' is attempt a commonly accepted books of such dud assets. "The idea is that over a Also, the per capita avail- Authority of India (NHAI) had business activities for long as definition and attributes of shell "In terms of bank's revised period of time we may have ability of milk has risen by 15.6 awarded projects for a length well as those entities being not defined under companies. policy on sale of financial assets one-third of products which per cent from 307 gms a day crore, the government has of nearly 2,700 km, costing Rs allegedly used for illicit fund the Companies Amid instances of corpo- in line with the regulatory are basically global and two- to 355 gms per day between set up an Animal Husbandry 43,000 crore till January. flows. rate frauds, the panel has also guidelines, we place Zenith Birla third of the products which are 2013-14 and 2016-17, an offi- Infrastructure Development "Our target (for construc- As part of larger efforts to Act, which is called for "real time data shar- (India) Ltd and Sona Alloys Pvt very local," Coca Cola India cial statement quoted the min- Fund (AHIDF) for financing tion of highways) is 3,500 km. curb the black money menace, implemented by ing" among the ministry and Ltd for sale to ARCs/banks / and Southwest Asia president ister as saying. infrastructure requirement of We have completed 2,400 km," the corporate affairs ministry the corporate other agencies. NBFCs/FIs," SBI said in the bid T Krishnakumar said. Singh, who was address- animal husbandry sector. Kumar said adding that the has already struck off the names "To prevent corporate mis- document. Coca-Cola India at pres- ing the 16th convocation cer- Also, in order to meet the authority is hopeful of almost of more than 2.26 lakh compa- affairs ministry feasance/ malfeasance, there It has asked the interested ent has about 50 per cent of emony of ICAR-National Dairy working capital requirement meeting the target for the fiscal. nies from the official records should be real time data- parties to place their expres- the beverages comprising local Research Institute (NDRI), said of dairy farmers, the facility "The NHAI has invited bids besides disqualifying a large intent. "Therefore, it is neces- sharing amongst Ministry of sion on March 12 and the pro- brands like ThumsUp, Limca the government is committed of Kisan Credit Card has been for a length of 10,460 km, cost- number of directors associated sary that while cracking down Corporate Affairs and other cess of e-bidding will take place and Maaza, which have been towards ensuring more income extended by the government ing nearly Rs 1,75,000 crore till with such entities. on shell companies, the minis- regulatory enforcement agen- on March 23. UCO Bank said formulated, produced and sold to farmers, uplifting the eco- to the fisheries and livestock January, 2018, and is all set to The Parliamentary Standing try needs to make distinction cies such as CBI, ED, DRI, it has identified about 13 NPA in India. nomically backward sections farmers, Radha Mohan Singh achieve a quantum jump in the Committee on Finance, headed between those guilty of fraud CBDT, SFIO, Department of accounts with outstanding bal- The company had also of society, youth employ- added. award of road projects in the by senior Congress leader and and those irregular with filings," Financial Services, Financial ance of Rs 457.98 crore and has revived its jaljeera brand ment, better education and Besides, the government year 2017-18," the ministry of former Corporate Affairs Min- the panel said in a report tabled Intelligence Unit, Central Eco- invited expression of interest RimZim last year. healthcare. has initiated the National Mis- road transport and highways has ister M Veerappa Moily, has in Parliament on March 9. nomic Intelligence Bureau and from asset reconstruction com- Elaborating on it's plans to He pointed out that Budget sion on Bovine Productivity said recently. The average length said that out of the 2.26 lakh At present, the term 'shell Sebi," it said. In this regard, the panies, banks, financial institu- launch ethnic beverages, he said, 2018 had laid special emphasis in order to help the benefits of road projects awarded in the deregistered companies some company' is not defined under committee has said that it may tions, non-banking financial "We realised that every state on animal husbandry. of animal husbandry schemes last 5 years was 2,860 km, with may have been merely dormant the Companies Act, which is be apprised of the progress companies for the proposed in India has ethnic beverages. With a corpus of Rs 2,450 reach the farmers directly. PTI 4,335 km awarded in 2016-17. PTI ones without any fraudulent implemented by the corporate made within three months. PTI sale of its NPAs by March 13. PTI We are trying to identify one or two products in every state. For instance, we are looking at 'nariyal pani'. RBI initiates special audit of PSBs with focus on trade finance Q4 manufacturing It is something that we believe is very important. The NEW DELHI: Rattled by spate frauds which were unearthed Dwarka Das Seth International day — were also noticed. company would be launching of banking frauds, RBI has initi- in the recent past, including the availed various credit facilities Besides, the government on outlook is positive, new products in the ethnic bev- ated special audit of state-owned one perpetuated by diamantaire from OBC between 2007-12. its part recently asked the state- erages category over the next lenders with focus on trade Nirav Modi and his associates, Also, in the Bank of Baroda owned banks to scrutinize all three years." financing activities, especially pertain to trade finance. Also, fraud case of 2015, two Delhi- cases of non-performing assets asserts Ficci survey Coca-Cola globally owns a relating to issuance of letters of many of the willful default cases based businessmen cheated it (NPAs) exceeding Rs 50 crore packaged coconut water brand undertakings (LoUs) by them, have their roots in trade finance, of Rs 6,000 crore by using the for possible fraud and report the named Zico, and has started banking sources said. the sources said. trade finance mechanism. matter to the Central Bureau of test marketing the product in In addition, the RBI has In view of the recent Rs sources said. Soon after Nirav Investigations in BoB fraud Investigation (CBI). India as well. asked all banks for details of the 12,646-crore PNB scam, done Modi case came to light, the case revealed major irregulari- Banks have also been asked The company is also betting LoUs they had written, includ- through fraudulent issuance CBI registered a case against ties relating to trade finance by the finance ministry to big on localisation of fruit juices. ing the amounts outstanding, of LoUs by connivance of the a Delhi-based diamond jewel- as several forex transactions come up with a “pre-emptive” In Maharashtra, mosambi and whether the banks had pre- bank’s staff, it was pertinent for lery exporter Dwarka Das Seth were done mainly via advance action plan within a fortnight (sweet-limes) and santra approved credit limits or kept the regulator RBI to examine International for an alleged remittances for import, through to combat rising operational (oranges) are the best grown enough cash on margin before the issue of trade finance which bank loan fraud to the tune of newly-opened current accounts. and technical risks, and assign fruits, so the company has issuing the guarantees. also included issuance of let- Rs 389.85 crore towards Orien- Heavy cash transactions — clear accountability to senior launched mosambi. PTI Most of the big banking ter of credit (LC) and LoUs, tal Bank of Commerce (OBC). sometimes four or five times a functionaries. PTI

India should drag US in WTO over tariff hike: Trade experts NEW DELHI: Manufacturers ers in 12 major sectors includ- in the country have a positive ing automotive, capital goods, NEW DELHI: India should lar views, former Ficci Presi- outlook for the sector in the pharmaceuticals, food prod- drag the US in the World Trade dent and expert on international ComMin studying impact of US January-March quarter on the ucts and textiles among others. Organisation's (WTO) dispute trade related issues R V Kanoria back of higher production, a Responses have been drawn mechanism against the move to said that raising duties by Amer- report by industry body FICCI from over 300 manufactur- hike import duties on steel and ica is against the WTO's norms. decision to raise tariff: Official on Sunday said. ing units from both large and aluminium, as the decision will "India should refer the case "...the percentage of respon- SME segments with a com- impact exports and it is not in to the WTO," he said. NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry is study- dents reporting higher pro- bined annual turnover of over compliance with the global trade However, he cautioned that ing the impact of duty hike by the US on certain duction in fourth quarter has Rs 3 lakh crore. norms, experts on Sunday said. the country should not take any steel and aluminium products as India exports increased significantly vis- -vis The report said high growth The decision of the US knee-jerk reaction against the these goods worth about $2 billion per annum previous quarter of 2017-18. is expected in the automotive would not only impact India's US. Further, Professor at Indian to America. US President Donald Trump has The proportion of respondents and capital goods segments in export of these goods to Amer- Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) reporting higher output growth the fourth quarter, while seg- ica but also affect global trade, Rakesh Mohan Joshi said the imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel and during the Q4 2017-18 has ments like cement and ceram- Biswajit Dhar, a professor of US decision will impact global aluminium, sparking fears of a global trade increased significantly to 55 per ics, leather and footwear, economics at Jawaharlal Nehru trade as other countries too are war. "India is keeping a close watch on the cent from 47 per cent in Q3," chemicals and pharmaceuti- University, said. expected to take such protec- development. It is studying the impact of duty FICCI said in its latest quar- cals are expected to see mod- "Such decisions are protec- tionist measures. hike India's exports to America," an official said. terly survey on manufacturing. erate growth. tionist in nature. India needs to "Such decisions impact pro- Also, the percentage of Low growth is expected in approach the WTO against this cess of goods in global markets. As per estimates, India exports steel and alu- respondents reporting low pro- textile machinery and textiles move as it would severely hit will impact exports of steel and WTO as the decision of Amer- It would dent competitiveness of minium goods worth $2 billion to the US every duction has come down to 11 sector in the January-March global trade," Dhar said. aluminium goods. You have to ica is not in compliance with goods and India should consider year. The official further said that if any country per cent in the fourth quarter 2018 quarter, it added. Former Commerce Secre- take action to protect the coun- the global trade norms. India's going to WTO's dispute body drags the US in the World Trade Organisation's from 15 per cent in the preced- "The cost of production as tary G K Pillai said the coun- try's interests," Pillai said. exports of steel and aluminium against this decision," he said. dispute settlement panel against this decision, ing quarter, it added. a percentage of sales for man- try should take action against He added that raising duties products to America stood at On March 9, President Don- In terms of order books, 51 ufacturers in the survey has America and also raise duties by India would be within the about $1.5 billion every year. ald Trump imposed heavy tariffs India could also consider joining as an observer per cent of the respondents said risen significantly for 62 per on products like almonds, pis- bound rates of the WTO. "India has huge trade inter- on imported steel and alumin- or third party in the case. Under the WTO they are expecting higher num- cent respondents in Q3 2017- tachio and Harley-Davidson These are the rates beyond est in the US and knee-jerk reac- ium which he said were neces- norms, member countries can file a petition in ber of orders as against 42 per 18. This is primarily due to motorcycle. The US exports which, a WTO member can not tion is not good. We should sary to boost the US industry the multi lateral trade body if a decision of its cent in the previous quarter, increase in cost of raw mate- these items to India. increase taxes on a commodity. approach the WTO," Federa- suffering from "unfair" busi- which is "a sign of revival", the rials, increased wages, power "We also have the freedom Exporters body FIEO too tion of Indian Export Organisa- ness practices, a move that trading partner does not comply with interna- industry body said. cost and higher GST rates to increase tariffs. India should said that India should file a tions (FIEO) Director General has sparked fears of a global tional trade rules. PTI The survey assessed the on certain products," the also retaliate as the US decision complaint in the Geneva-based Ajay Sahai said. Sharing simi- trade war. PTI expectations of manufactur- report said. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 mp Delhi-Tel Aviv flight getting good response: AI

NEW DELHI: Air India's newly announced flight to Tel rd Aviv has witnessed a "good Air India completes Boeing deal, takes of 23 plane response", according to the air- line's CMD Pradeep Kharola. MUMBAI: Disinvestment- uled to arrive in New Delhi on was no “cancellation” clause in The national carrier bound flag carrier Air India has Friday, the source added. the original purchase agree- announced recently that it will taken delivery of its 23rd and “But as the pilot who was to ment with Boeing. introduce thrice-a-week flight the last Boeing 777 plane which ferry the aircraft suffered a car- Then, in September 2015, from Delhi to Tel Aviv from can be used in ultra-long haul diac attack on board Air India’s the carrier decided to take March 22. routes, and thus also complet- New Delhi-San Francisco flight delivery of the remaining three "The initial response for ing its 68 aircraft orders placed (on which he was the co-pilot), planes as per the 2006 purchase our Tel Aviv flight has been with the US plane-maker more the aircraft arrived with a one- agreement. good. The interest from travel- than a decade ago. day delay,” the source said. The national carrier also lers has been encouraging," Air The last B777-300 ER, An Air India spokesperson decided to retain only one of India's Chairman and Manag- which can carry almost 300 pas- confirmed the induction of the island of Hokkaido, due to a for Air India and remaining these three planes with it and ing Director (CMD) Pradeep sengers and bearing registration last and the 23rd 777s from the medical emergency. 18 (B737s) for its international replace its two year-old jumbo Kharola said. number VT-ALX, landed at the 68 orders it had placed with As part of its fleet upgrada- budget arm Air India Express. jets B747-400s, which are cur- He added that more than Air India CMD Pradeep Kharola said Indira Gandhi international air- Boeing in 2006. tion and expansion plans, Air The national carrier had ear- rently used to ferry VVIPs (the 10 per cent of the total seat- that more than 10% of the total seating port in the Capital on Saturday, On March 5, Air India flight India had in 2006 placed orders lier inducted all but three 777- president, vice-president and ing capacity of the aircraft had an airline source said. AI 173 from New Delhi to San with Boeing for 68 aircraft --27 300 ERs. the prime minister,) with the been sold in the first 24 hours capacity of the aircraft had been sold in Air India took the delivery Francisco carrying 215 passen- Dreamliners, 15 B777-300ERs, Following the downturn in remaining new B777s, which and he was expecting to see the the first 24 hours and he was expecting of the last 777 aircraft from gers was diverted to the airport eight B777-200 LRs and 18 the global aviation sector, the have already been delivered flight operate on full capacity. the Seattle facility of Boeing in Sapporo, which is the capital B-737-800s. delivery of three B777-300 ERs to the carrier in the past two The airline anticipates to see the flight operate on full capacity on Thursday and it was sched- city of the northern Japanese Of these 50 planes were was postponed in 2010 as there months. PTI interest from travellers from countries further to the east of The permission to fly India such as Australia, Kha- over Saudi Arabia will save rola explained. Air India almost 2 hours and Jet, Air France-KLM & Delta consortium to bid for Air India Air India will be operat- 10 minutes compared to the ing its 256-seater Boeing 787 longer route taken by Israel's NEW DELHI: A consortium of KLM and Delta Air Lines are Dube had a decade-long career the process of finalising the con- possibility of deepening this India Express and subsidiary Dreamliner aircraft between national carrier El Al, which Jet Airways, Air France-KLM interested in participating in at Delta Air Lines before join- tours of Air India stake sale, the cooperation through joint pur- AISATS are likely to be offered Delhi and Tel Aviv after Saudi has direct flights between Tel and Delta Airlines understood Air India disinvestment, sources ing the Indian carrier last year. civil aviation ministry has so far chase of fuel and closer tie-ups as one entity, while regional arm Arabia permitted the airline Aviv and Mumbai. to have expressed interest in the said. Immediately before coming to said that officially it has received in engineering and mainte- Alliance Air would be a sepa- to use its airspace, enabling it El Al takes a circuitous disinvestment of national carrier When contacted, a Jet Air- Jet Airways, he was Senior Vice expression of interest from at nance all of which would be rate entity. to take a shorter route as com- route over the Red Sea, the Air India, according to sources. ways spokesperson said the air- President (Asia Pacific) at the least no-frills carrier IndiGo and revenue accretive. The govern- Besides, Air India Air Trans- pared to the only other air- Gulf of Aden and then enters Moving ahead with the stra- line would not like to comment American airline. an unidentified foreign airline. ment expects to complete the port Services Ltd (AIATSL) and line that flies between the two India and avoids countries tegic disinvestment of loss-mak- on speculations. Queries sent Air France-KLM and its The enhanced partnership privatisation of Air India this Air India Engineering Ser- countries -- Israel's national that are on the direct flight ing Air India, the government is to Air France-KLM and Delta partners Delta and Alitalia oper- between Jet Airways and Air year and is likely to put up for vices Ltd (AIESL) will be sold carrier El Al. path such as Saudi Arabia, expected to soon invite Expres- remained unanswered. ate the largest Trans-Atlantic France-KLM Group, announced sale as four different entities. separately. Many Arab and Islamic UAE, Iran, Afghanistan and sion of Interest (EoI) from the Jet Airways' possible bid for joint-venture with over 270 daily in November, would help in Last month, Minister of AISATS is a 50:50 joint ven- nations do not recognise Israel Pakistan. bidders. Air India by way of a consor- flights. boosting connectivity between State for Civil Aviation Jayant ture between Air India and Sin- and, therefore, disallow airlines Air India is offering intro- Against this backdrop, tium also comes less than four Though Air India is sad- 106 European cities and 44 Sinha had said he had many gapore Airlines' group entity from using their airspace for ductory return fares starting sources said a consortium of months after the Naresh Goyal- dled with huge debt, acquir- domestic destinations. discussions with many differ- SATS Ltd. Last year, aviation flight services to that country. from Rs 35,500. three full services, including Jet led airline enhanced coopera- ing the airline can help boost At that time, Naresh Goyal ent players for Air India as well services provider Bird Group The Air India flight will fly The flights will operate Airways, are keen to put in their tion agreement with the Air the acquirer in terms of foot had said he would speak to the as various different entities that had expressed interest in acquir- over Oman, Saudi Arabia and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and bid for the national carrier. Jet France-KLM Group. Interest- print and bilateral rights. While group chairmen of Air France- belong to the Air India group. ing Air India's ground handling Jordan to reach Israel. Sundays. PTI Airways along with Air France- ingly, Jet Airways CEO Vinay a group of ministers are still in KLM and Delta to explore the Air India, its low-cost arm Air subsidiary AIATSL. PTI NTPC may take over ‘Govt to infuse Centre to get around Investors withdraw `773 crore `5000 cr in FCI ` Kanti, Nabinagar JV in next 2 years’ 8,044 cr of dividend from gold ETFs in FY18 so far NEW DELHI: Investors pulled ter for gold ETFs as ongoing NEW DELHI: The government from Ltd out Rs 94 crore from gold uncertainty in the global mar- plants for `3,000 cr will infuse Rs 5,000 crore equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ket might increase the demand in state-run Food Corporation KOLKATA: The Centre is in February, taking the total out- for the yellow metal. of India (FCI) over the next two expected to get around Rs 8,044 flows to Rs 773 crore in the first "But in long term, the grow- years to ease liquidity problem crore on account of dividend 11 months of 2017-18 mainly ing popularity of Bitcoin and and make its procurement oper- from Coal India as the min- due to poor returns and vola- other crypto-currencies can be ations more efficient. er's board approved payment of tility in prices. a threat to the gold as an asset FCI, the government's nodal interim dividend for the finan- However, experts believe class," he added. agency for procurement and dis- cial year 2017-18 at a rate of Rs next financial year can be Trading in gold exchange- tribution of foodgrains, will also 16.50 per share. slightly better for gold ETFs traded funds (ETFs) had been raise Rs 32,000 crore through The miner's total payout on as ongoing uncertainty in the lukewarm in the previous four government-guaranteed bonds, account of this would be to the global market might increase fiscals. It witnessed an outflow according to a Parliamentary tune Rs 10,242 crore. the demand for the precious of Rs 775 crore in 2016-17, Rs panel's report. "The Board of Directors metal. 903 crore in 2015-16, Rs 1,475 The Parliamentary Standing of CIL (Coal India Ltd) in its According to the Associa- crore in 2014-15 and Rs 2,293 Committee on Food and Pub- meeting on Saturday, March 10, tion of Mutual Funds in India crore in 2013-14. lic Distribution, headed by J C 2018 had approved payment of (Amfi) data, a net sum of Rs 94 The outflow meant assets Divakar Reddy, took a note of Interim Dividend for the finan- crore was pulled out from 14 under management (AUM) of the budget proposal to restruc- cial year 2017-18 at the rate Rs gold-linked ETFs in February, gold funds plunged by over 16 NEW DELHI: State-run power ture the FCI capital in order 16.50 per share of the face value as compared to an outflow of per cent to Rs 4,830 crore at the giant NTPC is likely to finalise Apart from Bihar to enhance equity and to raise of Rs 10 as recommended by Rs 46 crore in the same month Groww COO Harsh Jain end of February this year, from the acquisition of entire stake State Power long-term debt for meeting the the Audit Committee of CIL in 2016-17. In January, a net attributed the latest outflow to Rs 5,766 crore in the year-ago of Bihar State Power Holding working capital requirement. in its meeting held on date," amount of Rs 110 crore was increase in volatility and poor period. Company Ltd (BSPHC) in its Holding Company "The Ministry of Finance the miner said in a regulatory shareholding. In addition to withdrawn from the instrument. returns. Also, gold bonds, with On the other hand, equity two JV plants at Nabinagar and Limited, the has accordingly decided that the filing. dividend amount, the Central With the latest outflow, the an additional interest of 2.75 per and equity-linked savings Kanti for around Rs 3,000 crore capital requirement for holding The government holds government is also expected total pullout has reached to Rs cent, makes them better instru- scheme (ELSS) saw an infusion in a month. state-run power the stocks shall be pegged at Rs 78.55 per cent of share in the to get around Rs 2,085 crore on 773 crore in the April-February ment than the ETFs. He said the of Rs 1.64 lakh crore during the "The negotiation is in giant is also eyeing 50,000 crore, of which Rs 45,000 company and the rest is public account of tax. PTI period of the ongoing fiscal. next fiscal can be slightly bet- first 11 months of 2017-18. PTI advance stages. NTPC will crore shall be financed through acquire entire stake of BSPHC, stakes in other borrowed capital and Rs 5,000 erstwhile Bihar State Electric- stressed assets and crore through equity infusion," ity Board (BSEB), in Kanti and the panel said in the report. ‘India seems to be on way to recovering from DeMo disruptions’ Nabinagar plants for around plants owned by The equity of Rs 5,000 crore Rs 3,000 crore in a month," a the state utilities will be infused in FCI over two WASHINGTON DC: The tax (GST) did slow growth," year was a landmark accom- ing output, investment, and source said. years. As FCI is already holding Indian economy now seems to Tao Zhang, Deputy Manag- plishment that can be expected employment. Earlier the Bihar political eration capacity. bonds worth Rs 13,000 crore, be on its way to recovering from ing Director of IMF, said in an to enhance the efficiency of Trade tariffs may give lim- leadership has spoken many Similarly, Nabinagar proj- the Corporation would further disruptions caused by demon- interview. intra-Indian movement of ited relief to industries and times about their intend to sell ect known as Nabinagar Power raise Rs 32,000 crore through etisation and roll-out of goods "However, with the econ- goods and services, create a workers that directly compete the BSPHC stake in the Nabi- Generation Company Pvt Ltd government-guaranteed bonds, and services tax, the IMF said omy expanding by 7.2 per cent common national market, with affected imports. However, nagar and Kanti power plants is also a joint venture of the the panel added. on Sunday. in the latest quarter, India has enhance tax buoyancy, and they can raise costs to consum- to NTPC. NTPC and BSEB. The equity "The committee hope that At the same time, the IMF regained the title of the fast- boost GDP growth and job cre- ers and other businesses that Kanti Bijlee Utpadan participation of the NTPC and with the infusion of more cap- has underscored the signifi- est-growing major economy, ation, he said. use the protected products. Tar- Nigam, (formerly known as BSEB is 50:50. The plant has ital, the FCI....would be able to cance of reforms in other key Zhang said. growth and enable India to Yet the complexities and iffs also would reduce incen- Vaishali Power Generating 500 MW installed generation improve forming its mandate sectors like education, health Calling this development a move toward the income lev- glitches in GST implementa- tives for businesses to compete Company Ltd) was incorpo- capacity and another 500 MW while discharging its function." and improving the efficiency "welcome change", Zhang said els of wealthier countries, the tion also resulted in short-term and improve efficiency, he rated on September 6, 2006, is under construction. Since FCI is established of the banking and financial the growth prospects remain top IMF official said ahead of disruptions. As I mentioned cautioned. with NTPC contributing 51 per Apart from Bihar, the com- under a special Act of Parlia- systems. positive. his visit to India. earlier, the economy now seems Since the opening of the cent of equity. pany is also eyeing stakes in ment and does not come under India's economy has "That said, the Indian econ- Given the dominance of to be on its way to recovering economy starting in the early- The BSEB has the remain- other stressed assets and plants a Company Act, the Corpora- expanded strongly in recent omy would benefit from fur- cash in everyday transactions from those disruptions, Zhang 1990s, India has benefitted ing equity in the joint venture owned by the state utilities. tion's capital is in the form of years, thanks to macroeco- ther reforms, such as enhancing in the Indian economy it was said in response to a question. from trade liberalization, he which was renamed as Kanti The company is also look- equity and is not divided into nomic policies that emphasise health and education, encour- inevitable that demonetization When asked about the observed. Bijlee Utpadan Nigam on April ing at power generation units shares. The committee also stability and efforts to tackle aging private and public invest- would temporarily affect eco- latest Indian budget, which Further supply-side reforms 10, 2008. Present equity hold- owned by Rajasthan utilities, asked FCI to take steps for expe- supply-side bottlenecks and ment, and improving the nomic activity, said Zhang who many critics say is protection- aimed at improving the business ing of NTPC is 64.57 per cent the source said, adding that a ditious settlement of its out- structural reforms. Disruptions efficiency of the banking and is travelling to India and Bhutan ist in nature, Zhang said IMF climate could enhance these & BSEB is 35.43 per cent. It has deal could materialise in the standing dues to prevent undue from demonetisation and the financial system. This would from March 12 until March 20. research indicates that tariffs are benefits, the top IMF official 610 MW installed power gen- next financial year. PTI burden on food subsidy bill. PTI rollout of the goods and services support durable and inclusive The rollout of the GST last broadly contractionary, reduc- asserted. PTI ONGC likely to bar key executives from flying together in choppers

NEW DELHI: After losing key the Mumbai coast, ONGC lost below him. could be a factor," the official competent authorities exam- Pawan Hans is a joint ven- executives in a helicopter crash, topline operational in-charges The official said a decision said. ine the black block (flight and ture between the government state-owned Oil and Natural of its key Mumbai High oil and on barring key executives from The RWSI report is cockpit voice recorder) can we of India owning 51 per cent Gas Corp (ONGC) is veer- gas fields. Two pilots ferrying flying together is likely to be expected later this month. know the reasons. We haven't stake, and ONGC which holds ing around the idea of barring them to an offshore oil and gas taken soon. Improper maintenance, been told anything about the the remaining 49 per cent senior management from flying facility were also killed in the Oil and Natural Gas Corp, non-adherence to procedures, reasons by the aviation authori- interest. together in the same chopper. accident, the cause of which is he said, has engaged an expert non-compliance of safety reg- ties so far," the official said. As of January 2017, Pawan The company lost five key still being investigated. team from the Rotary Wing ulations by the operator are Both engines of the heli- Hans has a fleet of 46 helicop- operational personnel when a "We lost installation/loca- Society of India (RWSI) to some of the common findings copter were found to be intact, ters. It was incorporated to pro- Pawan Hans helicopter crashed tion managers and mainte- carry out a thorough audit of in probe reports prepared by ruling out the possibility of a vide helicopter support services in the Arabian Sea in January. nance in-charges of Mumbai all helicopter operations of the the DGCA into 20 of 25 acci- mid-air explosion. to the oil sector, services in "Lot of companies world High North, NQ and Water company and submit a report ONGC has engaged RWSI to carry out dents involving Pawan Hans Pawan Hans operates seven remote and hilly areas, as well over have a policy of not allow- Injection North (WIN) plat- on maintenance practices, an audit of all helicopter operations helicopters over the last 30 Dauphin N3 Helicopters for as, for charter services. ing more than two senior exec- forms in the accident," he said operational procedures and years. Since 1988, 91 people ONGC's offshore operations. In 2015, a Pawan Hans utives flying together. We are adding a sixth key operational safety issues. of the company and submit a report have been killed in these acci- These helicopters, based at Juhu chopper had crashed off Mum- also thinking of putting the executive had dropped out of RWSI is a not-for-profit on maintenance practices, operational dents, including 60 passengers, airport, Mumbai and Rajah- bai High, the country's largest same policy in operation for the ill-fated flight at the last professional body specialis- 27 pilots and four crew. mundry, undertake passenger offshore oilfield 176 kilometres our offshore operations," a moment due to ill health. ing in both civil and military procedures and safety issues The Dauphin is a medium crew change service and pro- off the Mumbai coast. The heli- senior ONGC executive said. Any oil and gas field of helicopters. It is an affiliate of weight multi-purpose twin- duction trips on a regular basis copter, which was conducting When on January 13 a Dau- ONGC is headed by the asset Helicopter Association Inter- "While the Director- for the accident, we wanted to engine helicopter. to meet the offshore require- night landing practice, was car- phin N3 helicopter, operated manager and installation or national (HAI) and headed by ate General of Civil Aviation ascertain if the talks of poor "We don't know the reasons ments of the state-owned oil rying two pilots. Only one body by Pawan Hans, crashed off location managers are just Air Vice Marshall K Sridharan. (DGCA) is probing the reasons maintenance at Pawan Hans for the accident yet. Only after and gas producer. was found. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 India fret over Rohit’s form ahead of SL clash Resurgent India look to extend winning run as skipper Sharma hunts for runs against Lanka Unadkat relying on COLOMBO: Skipper will be desperate to get back to form as a resurgent India look to set their record his subtle skills to straight against hosts Sri Lanka in the third match of the Nida- has Tri-Series, here on Monday. The stand-in skipper, pos- sibly the most prolific white prolong India stay ball player after regular leader Virat Kohli, has gone off the COLOMBO: Young speed- boil since the start of the South ster Jaydev Unadkat says vari- Africa series. ations are a bowler’s biggest He will like to score heavily asset in the T20 format and to get his confidence back as he he is banking on that subtle frets on whether he could give skill to prolong his stay in the Rishabh Pant another game in Indian team. the tournament. Unadkat has broken into Touted as Dhoni’s succes- the Indian T20 team on the sor, Pant is yet to do justice to back of consistent perfor- his immense potential till now. mances on the domestic cir- With someone like KL Rahul cuit, including the IPL. Has waiting for his chance, time been doing a decent job ever is running out for the burly since his comeback series youngster from Rourkee. against Sri Lanka in December. Rahul’s presence gives his “Variations are most skipper an option to use him as important for a bowler in this an opener and himself come at format. You talk about play- No 4, dropping Pant from the ing with the batsman’s mind XI. and you can only do that with Indian bowlers fared bet- It was not a perfect start for variations,” Unadkat said on ter against Bangladesh after India’s second string squad in eve of India’s match against Sri the hammering they received the tournament as they lost by Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy. at the hands of in five against the hosts in File Photo: Rohit Sharma during practice with his teammates in Colombo “You can see how hard the opener against Sri Lanka. the opening match. batsmen are going at us in the Unadkat said the bowlers will But the Sharma-led side gladesh’s below-par 140 total hand, would be smarting from wary about Perera, in particu- Powerplay in this tournament. only get better as the tourna- bounced back strongly to beat with consummate ease in the SQUAD the shocking five- loss to lar, who has scored 66 and 74 in It is up to us how we come out ment progresses at Premdasa. Bangladesh by six wickets in last game. INDIA: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-cap- Bangladesh on Saturday. the two matches, while Mendis of it and don’t allow them to “You can be under pres- their next match. After an indifferent Test tain), KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Bangladesh pulled off a made 57 against Bangladesh on hit. I back myself to do that,” sure 24 times (off a maximum So Monday’s match would series against the Proteas, Dha- Karthik (wk), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, memorable record chase to stun Saturday. said the left-arm pacer, who 24 balls) in T20s. We executed provide India with a chance to wan found his mojo back at the Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar, Shar- the Lankans last night, ending Chandimal has been sus- banks on his slower balls and our plans better against Ban- make amends for the mistakes their recent run of reverses pended from his side’s fixtures cutters to deceive the batsmen. gladesh and it is only going they committed against the dul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj and against the islanders owing to against India and Bangladesh on In the absence of senior better in the coming games,” Islanders in the opener. Rishabh Pant (wk). Mushfiqur Rahim’s belligerent March 12 and March 16, while bowlers, Unadkat opened the he said. The tournament is cur- SRI LANKA: (c), Suranga Lak- 35-ball 72. each of his players have received alongside offie Wash- He was also impressed rently evenly poised as all the mal (vc), , Danushka Gunathilaka, Chasing a mammoth 215 a fine of 60 per cent. ington Sundar in the first two with Bangladesh’s record 215- three teams have won a game in the stipulated 20 overs, Ban- Chandimal pleaded not games here. Unadkat praised run chase against Sri Lanka SRI LANKA VS , Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Janith Perera, each from two outings but Sri , , , Akila gladesh crossed the line in 19.4 guilty to the offence, and Broad Washington for doing a com- yesterday. Lanka are leading the table on INDIA Dananjaya, Amila Aponso, , Dush- overs for the loss of five wickets, announced his decision follow- mendable job in the initial “It was a very good chase. net run rate ahead of India and LIVE FROM 7:00 PM which was the fourth highest ing a hearing that took place overs. 215 by any team against any Bangladesh. mantha Chameera, run chase in T20 Internationals today afternoon. The hearing “I think he is bowling really team is a great effort. It leaves But a win tomorrow would and Bangladesh’s best. was attended by the match offi- well. We have bowled together the tournament wide open,” take India to the top, dislodging start of the limited overs leg men, Manish Pandey (37, 27) matches so far but leaked runs The Lankan bowlers were cials and the Sri Lanka in the past for Pune in the IPL. said Unadkat. the Lankans. in South Africa which can be looked in good nick and along which is not expected while taken to cleaners by Bangladesh team management. If Sri Lanka What benefits us is that how On his India comeback, Opener Shikhar Dhawan ascertained from his sequence with comeback man Suresh spearheading the attack. batsmen and the hosts would be commit another serious over- he contains the batsman being he added: “I was waiting for is in imperious form with two of scores in the last five T20 -- Raina and Dinesh Karthik The young and inexperi- hoping for an improved show rate breach in a T20I within an off-spinner, which is a very this opportunity ever since back-to-back half-centuries in 55, 90, 47, 24, 72. form the core of the team’s enced Indian bowlers have done on Monday. 12 months of this offence with difficult job. I started playing the game. the tournament so far. But Rohit’s form remains a middle-order. a decent job so far with the likes On the batting from, the Chandimal as captain, it will “In this game the openers These are exciting times for After his 49-ball 90 in the cause of concern for India as he On the bowling front, Jaydev of Washington Sundar, Yuzven- two Kusals -- Kusal Mendis and be deemed as a second offence just come and try to blast their me. I have tried to do as well opener against Sri Lanka, Dha- made 17,0, 11, 0 and 21 in the Unaadkat needs to be more con- dra Chahal and Vijay Shankar Kusal Perera are in fine form for by him and he will receive way through. He varies his as I could and the next few wan made 55 off 43 deliveries last five T20 matches. sistent. The left-ar pacer has living upto their expectations. Sri Lanka. between two and eight suspen- pace really well and keeps it months will be about how I to help India chase down Ban- Among other Indian bats- picked up four wickets in two Sri Lanka, on the other Indian bowlers would be sion points. PTI simple,” observed Unadkat. can improve further.” PTI Shami's participation in IPL ‘Hope Shami will return soon’ Chandimal ADITYA K HALDER gets 2-match

NEW DELHI: Retired Indian suspension not in my hand: Gambhir cricketer Mohammad Kaif said that his fellow sportsman COLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain ADITYA K HALDER Daredevils’ camp for the prepa- Mohammed Shami is among Dinesh Chandimal has been ration to the 11th edition of the his favourites and prays that suspended from his team's NEW DELHI: Newly- IPL will start soon this month the agonising experience the upcoming two games in the appointed Delhi Daredevils as he looks forward to building Indian bowler is going through, Nidahas T20 Trophy after captain Gautam Gambhir said the squad. ends soon. being found guilty of a "serious that whether his DD team- “There are still 3-4 weeks to “I think it’s right to say over-rate offence" in Saturday's mate Mohammed Shami will go for the IPL to start. We are much about what’s happen- match against Bangladesh here. be part of his team in upcom- about to set up a camp, which ing with Mohammed Shami at Chris Broad of the Elite ing Indian Premier League sea- will start later this month and the moment. Everyone knows is currently looking into the “I do feel Indian team Panel of ICC Match Referees son or not is something that I am sure by the time tourna- there is a case registered by matter. deserves more but we don’t imposed the fine after Chandi- Board of Cricket Control and ment comes, the squad will be Police on him, so it’s not right When asked about if media need to rush. Men’s cricket mal's side was ruled to be four his franchise have to sit and equipped and ready for it,” he for me to say much about it but is exaggerating on Shami’s sit- has been in the limelight overs short of its target when take a decision on. said. Gambhir expressed his i can say he is among favourite uation or not, Kaif said every- for long whereas Women’s time allowances were taken “It’s not for me to decide, happiness at being back where player and he is a big player. thing is out in the open and cricket grabbed people atten- into consideration. this is something BCCI and had withheld his contract and start from the scratch which he started and hopes to end it Things are really going tough there’s no stopping after that. tion around a decade back. "In accordance with Arti- Delhi Daredevils have to is currently looking into the presents a new set of challenges with Daredevils. for home and as a cricketer, I “See his wife has gone to Things were not merrier for cle 2.5.2 of the ICC Code of decide. We have to respect matter. and I am looking forward to it.” “You always like to come would pray that things that are the media and revealed every- Men’s cricket in the past too Conduct for Players and Play- the decisions the decision was Speaking about managing a Gambhir added that being a back to your home. I am back happening with him end soon,” thing, so its all in the open and gradually it reached here. ers Support Personnel, which taken and hopefully every- new squad, Gambhir sounded skipper is not as easy as it looks where I started and hopefully said the 37-year-old former now, so you can’t really control Same goes for Women’s cricket; relates to serious over-rate thing turns out well,” said the nostalgic when asked about the because of the varied quality of I will finish it here as well,” he Indian international player. things after that. I’m just hop- slowly things are getting bet- offences, players are fined 10 36-year-old batsman. new challenges he is expecting players at disposal. said. The 28-year-old medium ing everything would be fine ter for them. and I’m sure in per cent of their match fees The 28-year-old medium with his return to his first fran- “You have a team filled with Gambir was present at the pacer was charged under vari- soon,” he said. the future they will reach the for the first two overs and 20 pacer was charged under vari- chise in Indian Premier League quality players in all depart- Indian Army’s Soldierathon ous non-bailable and bailable Speaking on the new con- heights,” he explained. per cent per additional over ous non-bailable and bailable “Obviously it’s gonna be dif- ment and you can only pick event, which aims to honour sections of the Indian Penal tracts out for the Indian crick- Kaif was present at the their side failed to bowl in sections of the Indian Penal ficult as I have a left a franchise seven Indian players and four the sacrifices of the armed Code (IPC), following a com- eters by Board of Cricket Indian Army’s Soldierathon the allotted time, while the Code (IPC), following a com- (Kolkata Knight Riders) which foreign players out of 20-plus forces by raising funds for their plaint filed by his wife. He has Control of India (both for men event, which aims to honour captain receives two suspen- plaint filed by his wife. He has I captained for six years (2011- squad team. It becomes impor- rehabilitation and their chil- been also charged under sec- and women), which showed a the sacrifices of the armed sion points," said the ICC in a been also charged under sec- 17). Six years is a long time and tant to find the correct combi- dren’s education. The veteran tion 498A, which amounts huge gulf in pay for the eves, forces by raising funds for their statement. tion 498A, which amounts I had everything set there for nation as soon as possible,” said cricketer felt it was the only way to cruelty to a woman by her Kaif said Indian women’s team rehabilitation and their chil- As two suspension points to cruelty to a woman by her me,” said the former KKR skip- the 36-year-old batsman. to give something back to the husband or his relatives. BCCI is gradually destined to get dren’s education, on Sunday. He equate to a ban from one Test husband or his relatives. BCCI per on Sunday. “Now I have to Gambir revealed the Delhi Army. had withheld his contract and there. participated in 10-km event. or two ODIs or two T20Is. PTI India women get ready Hockey eves play out Akhil wins Shubhankar finishes 1-1 draw with Korea gold in 7th at Hero Indian Open for Australia test SEOUL: Indian women's shooting WC hockey team played out a GURGAON: It was heartbreak VADODARA: High on con- 1-1 draw against hosts South NEW DELHI: Young Akhil for Shubhankar Sharma on the fidence after the triumph in Korea in the last game to win Sheoran clinched the gold final day as he struggled to a South Africa, Indian women's the five-match series 3-1 here medal in men’s 50m rifle 3 three-over 75 to finish tied sev- cricket team will be aiming to on Sunday. position with plenty to spare enth even as Englishman Matt put up another stellar show Both the teams scored a as India continued their Wallace bagged his second against Australia in the three- goal each in the final quar- superlative run at the ISSF European Tour title at the USD match ODI series beginning ter of the match to share the World Cup in Guadalajara, 1,750,000 Hero Indian Open here on Monday. honours. Mexico. here on Sunday. The series is a part of the It was Vandana Katariya Sheoran, thus, became the Wallace, who stayed in con- ICC Women's Championship in who gave India the lead in side in the opening 15 min- fourth young Indian shooter tention throughout the week, which India had defeated South the 48th minute but the visi- utes saw the scoreline remain to win a medal on ISSF World overcame compatriot Andrew Africa in their opening match . tors' joy was cut short when 0-0 at the end of the quarter. Cup debut. Johnston in the play-off, 18th Australia boast of a formi- South Korea's Bomi Kim (50') The second quarter This was after the likes of hole, to clinch his first Indian dable line-up comprising skip- knock of 171 in the World Cup our way. Middle-order has been scored the equaliser two min- saw the hosts create bet- Shahzar Rizvi, Manu Bhaker, Open title and take home the per Meg Lanning, all-rounders semifinals. a weakness for us but we are utes later. ter chances going forward Mehuli Ghosh and Anjum winner’s cheque of $291,660. ing DLF golf course as he found Ellyse Perry, Elyse Velani, wick- The women players deserv- working on it," said vice-cap- The first quarter was and the world no. 9 side Moudgil had put India on top This title means a world to bushes, water bodies, hit the flag etkeeper Alyssa Healy. ingly got richer after that but tain Harmanpreet on eve of the keenly fought as both the made some attacking forays of the medal standings with me. It has been very satisfy- once and also struggled with When the two teams last Harmanpreet's knock cer- match. teams adopted a patient into the Indian striking cir- their performances over the ing week because it is definitely his putting to drop three double met, it was a 30-minute may- tainly was the catalyst -- a real She was asked about the new approach to build their cle. South Korean for- last week. the toughest golf course that I bogeys, three bogeys against six hem by Harmanpreet Kaur 'Gamechanger'. central contracts where the elite attacks. wards earned themselves two Sheoran’s gold was India’s have played in my career. I have birdies to total four-under 284. that turned the fortune of the "You really can't plan dur- women players stand to earn Rs Players from both the penalty corners in the sec- fourth of the competition and learnt a lot and hopefully it will Last week, the 21-year-old, women's cricket in India by 360 ing the first match of the series. 50 lakh per annum. While there teams defended well as a unit ond quarter but Indian goal- makes it almost certain that help me in future,” said Wallace who won the Joburg Open and degrees. They have some really good have been comparisons that but failed to produce much keeper Rajani Etimarpu was the country would finish on after the win. Maybank Championship, had The Mithali Raj is likely players like Perry, Lanning and even the lowest men's group (C) going forward in the final up to the task as she made top of the medals tally for the Everything went wrong for led on the second and third day to be forever indebted to her Velani. We have plans for them. is getting double, Harmanpreet third of the pitch. The lack of two great reflex saves to deny first time in an ISSF World overnight joint leader Shub- at the World Golf C’ship-Mex- deputy Harmanpreet for that We need to get the momentum seemed least bothered. PTI attacking intent from either the hosts. PTI Cup. PTI hankar today at the challeng- ico before finishing ninth. PTI sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 mp Barca stroll past Malaga Willian helps Chelsea Messi-less Catalan giants beat 10-man Andalusians away 2-0; Coutinho scores beat Crystal Palace 2-1 MADRID: Lionel Messi was LONDON: Willian inspired away attending the birth of Chelsea's 2-1 win over Crystal his son but Barcelona still had Palace on Saturday as the Blues more than enough to beat got back to winning ways ahead 10-man Malaga 2-0 and move of their Champions League 11 points clear at the top of showdown with Barcelona. La Liga. After successive defeats by Messi was watching the Manchester City and Manches- game on a television in hospi- ter United, injury-hit Palace tal as Luis Suarez and Philippe proved to be the ideal oppo- Coutinho put his team two nents for Antonio Conte's side up inside half an hour at La at Stamford Bridge. Rosaleda Stadium on Sun- Willian opened the scoring day, before Samuel Garcia was in the first half and Martin Kel- sent off in the 30th minute for ly's own goal doubled the cham- a dangerous tackle on Jordi pions' lead before the break. Alba. A late goal for Palace by Pat- Down a man and without rick van Aanholt made things a win in 12 matches, Malaga uncomfortable in the closing might have feared a rout but stages, but it was a valuable vic- Barca settled for a straightfor- tory for Chelsea over a London ward victory, perhaps with one rival who had proved trouble- eye on Wednesday's Cham- some in recent seasons. pions League last-16 clash Fifth-placed Chelsea are against Chelsea. now two points behind fourth- Messi is expected back placed Tottenham, who face at the Camp Nou, where the Bournemouth on Sunday as the foot. Courtois to beat. score is 1-1 from the first leg, battle hots up for places in next The ball seemed to take a The Norwegian must have but Ernesto Valverde will have season's Champions League. fractional deflection as it sped thought his first goal in Eng- been delighted with how his For now, Chelsea can focus past Kelly and Giroud and went lish football was a formality, but attackers filled the void, as on this season's edition of the in off the near post. he hit his shot against the post. Suarez, Coutinho and Ous- Champions League, in which - Farcical goal - Chelsea nearly took advan- mane Dembele all delivered they travel to Barcelona on It was 2-0 seven minutes tage of that let-off but Tomkins excellent displays. Wednesday with the last-16 tie later with a goal that was as ele- threw himself in the way of yet In particular, Dembele's level at 1-1 after the first leg. gant in its creation as it was far- another goal-bound shot, this brilliant turn and pass was Phillipe Coutinho (right) dribbles past Malaga’s Diego Rolan in Malaga on Saturday Palace had beaten Chelsea cical in its final moments. time from Willian, and Hen- bettered only by Coutinho's in their previous two encoun- Cesc Fabregas began it with nessey saved from Hazard. flicked finish for what was a the home side hope. Zidane said. ters and won on their past two an inch-perfect pass out to Mar- In North London, anger has superb second goal. But Ronaldo's two goals Messi was watching the game on a "He is an important player visits to Stamford Bridge, but cos Alonso on the left. turned to apathy at the Emir- The win means Barca mean he has now scored in television in hospital as Luis Suarez for us and what he has done, they have now lost four games Willian dummied the wing- ates with thousands of Arse- extend their advantage over seven consecutive games and he has done very well." in succession and remain in the back's cross for Eden Hazard nal fans staying away as their second-placed Atletico boasts a remarkable 13 goals and Philippe Coutinho put his team two Valencia remain a point bottom three. to collect and spread play out team gained a precious home Madrid, who can pull the def- overall in that period. up inside half an hour at La Rosaleda behind Real and all but ended Olivier Giroud went close to Zappacosta. His angled shot win over Watford to shore up icit back to eight points with a The 33-year-old's tally for Sevilla's hopes of finishing in twice for Chelsea and both hit Kelly, bounced off the head their position of sixth place in win over Celta Vigo on Sunday. club and country this sea- Stadium on Sunday, before Samuel the top four by beating Vin- Christian Benteke and Andros of Hennessey, back onto Kelly, the Premier League. Malaga, meanwhile, son stands at 35 goals in 37 Garcia was sent off in the 30th minute cenzo Montella's men 2-0. Townsend missed as the two and in. From Arsene Wenger’s remain rooted to the bottom appearances. Sevilla trailed Valencia by sides traded early chances. Palace were reeling. Gir- selection – with six changes of the table. "For me he's from another for a dangerous tackle on Jordi Alba eight points before kick-off but But after that it was Chelsea, oud's header was cleared off from the side which beat AC Earlier in the day, Zine- galaxy," Real coach Zidane that gap was stretched to 11 with Davide Zappacosta given the goal-line and Alonso's vol- Milan 2-0 away last week – it dine Zidane labelled Cristiano said. "He knows that he will swapped the Parc des Princes guese, while Luka Modric and after two goals from Rodrigo the freedom of the right flank, ley was blocked. was evident where Arsenal’s pri- Ronaldo as "from another gal- score. He is a different, special for the smallest ground in La Toni Kroos, fit enough only Moreno sealed a comfortable who enjoyed the majority of It would have been 3-0 if orities lie ahead of Thursday’s axy" after the striker's double player. The statistics speak for Liga, with a capacity of just to come off the bench in mid- victory. possession, even if their final James Tomkins had not antici- second leg. Wenger is going for dragged Real Madrid to a 2-1 themselves." over 7,000. week, returned. Valencia showcased solid pass was often inaccurate and pated Giroud's shot from Haz- that competition as a route for win over Eibar. Real move four points They were below their Modric was excellent defense and goalkeeping and too many shots were comfort- ard's pass and dived in to block. redemption – to maybe even Ronaldo headed in an behind second-placed Atlet- best and rode their luck late throughout, the Croatian pro- an opportunistic attack in a ably close to Wayne Hennessey. Roy Hodgson sent on Palace save his job – and with it Cham- 84th-minute winner at the Ipu- ico Madrid, while Eibar stay on when Eibar should have viding a sublime pass with the huge 2-0 away victory here Sat- Willian got it right after 25 talisman Wilfried Zaha for the pions League qualification. rua Municipal Stadium, hav- eighth. converted a pair of excellent outside of his foot for Ronal- urday over Sevilla, taking a big minutes. Gaining possession second half in place of Benteke, Despite the emphatic score- ing earlier put Real in front After securing a 5-2 aggre- chances, before Ronaldo made do's opener. step toward finishing in the top five yards from the left touch- and it almost paid off instantly. line Watford will count them- with an emphatic near-post gate victory over Paris Saint- them pay. "It's true that after 15, four of La Liga and earning a line, the Brazilian cut in past Zaha caught Zappacosta in selves a little unfortunate to lose finish. Eibar's Ivan Ramis had Germain in the Champions Gareth Bale started up almost 20 days, Luka came berth in next season’s Champi- two covering players and shot possession and Alexander Sor- given the opportunities they equalised in between to give League last 16 on Tuesday, Real front alongside the Portu- in and played a great game," ons League. AGENCIES from 25 yards with his right loth was left with only Thibaut created. AFP Rabada restores SA Pak to play PSG hit 5 to ease pain of Madrid defeat PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain ficult but we are professionals, Marco Verratti. 3 T20s with brushed aside bottom club Metz so we need to turn the page and Captain Silva headed in late ascendancy in 2nd Test 5-0 in Ligue 1 to ease some of move on." on to complete the scoring, as the pain of their Champions Belgian right-back Meunier, Paris maintained their perfect PORT ELIZABETH: Kagiso on a pitch which was largely WIndies in League exit at the hands of Real who came in for Dani Alves record at home in the league Rabada struck shortly before placid. In contrast to the first Madrid in midweek. and opened the scoring inside this season. the close to restore South Afri- innings, there was no pro- Twenty-year-old Christo- five minutes, added: "It was Second-placed Monaco ca's ascendancy on the third nounced reverse swing for the Karachi pher Nkunku scored twice for an excellent reaction after the won 3-1 at Strasbourg on day of the second Test against bowlers. PSG at the Parc des Princes elimination. Friday. Australia at St George's Park De Villiers made a mag- DUBAI: Pakistan’s cricket on Saturday, with Thomas "It is very positive. Mentally Third-placed Marseille go on Sunday. nificent 126 and had chief on Sunday confirmed Meunier, Kylian Mbappe and it does us good, and it allows us to Toulouse and fourth-placed Australia were 180 for five good support from the tail three internation- Thiago Silva also on target. to put Tuesday almost defini- Lyon host Caen on Sunday. in their second innings at the as South Africa scored freely als with the West Indies in The result restores PSG's tively behind us. Elsewhere, hundreds of close, a slender lead of 41 runs before they were all out for 382 Karachi early next month, 14-point lead over reigning "There is no point living angry Lille supporters invaded with five wickets remaining. shortly before the scheduled taking a giant step towards champions Monaco at the top with regrets. We have three tro- the pitch at their Stade Pierre- A magnificent century by lunch break. reviving international series of the table with just nine games phies to go and win still and that Mauroy after their strug- AB de Villiers enabled South South Africa then started amid improved security in the left, keeping them on course to is the most important thing," gling side drew 1-1 at home to Africa to take a first innings well with the ball. country. reclaim the title. added Meunier, whose side Montpellier. lead of 139 and Australia lost Fast bowler Rabada, under Pakistan had been a no-go A clean sweep of the domes- are through to the French Cup Some of the pitch invaders four wickets before they wiped threat of a suspension which zone for international teams tic trophies for the third time Emery, who was jeered by semi-finals and play Monaco in tried to attack the young for- out the deficit. could rule him out of the rest of since a 2009 terrorist attack on in four seasons is on the cards, some sections of the home sup- the League Cup final at the end ward Nicolas Pepe, who had But Usman Khawaja and the four-Test series, made a key the Sri Lankan team bus which although that will not com- port, had to somehow lift his of this month. scored their goal, before mak- Mitchell Marsh shared a fight- breakthrough when he bowled killed eight people and left pletely make up for the dis- side for this game, with PSG After Meunier's opener, ing their way towards the play- ing fifth wicket partnership of David Warner for 13 during a seven visiting players injured. appointment of another missing suspended leading Nkunku put the game beyond ers tunnel, below where club 87 and almost succeeded in hostile opening spell in which Since then, Pakistan hosted underwhelming campaign in scorer Edinson Cavani as well Metz before the half-hour mark directors were watching on. taking their team through to his fastest delivery was timed two Twenty20 and three one- the Champions League. as the injured Neymar. with two low finishes. Stewards eventually man- the fourth day with at least a at 151 kmh. day internationals against Zim- Tuesday's 2-1 home defeat "Everyone knows that we He was unlucky not to get a aged to keep back the support- glimmer of hope. Cameron Bancroft was babwe in 2015 but last year’s against Madrid condemned are disappointed, that we dis- hat-trick, a header from Angel ers, who are unhappy at the way Then Rabada struck for bowled off an inside edge by final of the Pakistan Super them to a second consecutive appointed the fans, but we are di Maria's cross on the stroke of their team's season is going -- the third time in the innings. balls. Lungi Ngidi for 24 and cap- League (PSL), three T20 inter- exit from that competition in trying to move forward again," half-time disallowed for a mar- Lille are in the relegation zone, Bowling around the wicket he Khawaja and Marsh (39 not tain Steve Smith was caught nationals against a World XI the last 16 and effectively ended said Mbappe. ginal offside call. with Christophe Galtier strug- trapped Khawaja in front of his out) came together when Aus- behind off left-arm spinner and a T20 international match any prospect of Spanish coach "One match is not going to However, Mbappe did make gling to turn around the for- stumps with a full delivery after tralia were 86 for four but bat- Keshav Maharaj shortly before against Sri Lanka helped con- Unai Emery still being in charge allow us to forget everything. it 4-0 before the interval by tunes of the side after Marcelo the left-hander made 75 off 136 ted for more than two hours tea for 11. AFP vince the West Indies. AFP next season. Digesting what happened is dif- scoring after being set up by Bielsa was sacked last year. AFP Serena sets up blockbuster Indian Chhetri hattrick takes Wells showdown with sister Venus Bengaluru to ISL Final INDIAN WELLS (UNITED never lost a step," Venus said of bourne meeting 20 years ago. BENGALURU: Sunil Chhetri STATES): Serena Williams set her younger sister. "Great way Serena, unseeded in the played like a man possessed as up a mouth-watering Indian to come back." wake of her long layoff, admit- his superb hattrick ensured a Wells third round showdown Serena, 36 and vying to ted she would have preferred convincing 3-1 win for Benga- against her sister Venus with a become the first woman to not to come up against her sis- luru FC against FC Pune City straight-sets victory over Kiki win three Indian Wells titles, ter so soon in the draw. in an entertaining second leg Bertens. clinched the victory against "It's a huge difference to semi-final of this year's Indian Venus and Serena have Bertens on her second match play her in the semi-finals or Super League. faced each other 28 times in point when Bertens blasted a even the quarter-finals or a The Indian captain reserved their legendary careers and forehand wide. final as opposed to the third his best for the big day as he they are now meeting in Ser- Serena won 54 percent of round. You know, we can struck in the 15th, 65th and ena's first tournament back on her second-serve points and always stay in the tournament 89th minute to seal the issue the WTA Tour since she beat broke Bertens's serve six times. longer if the both of us are in for the ISL debutants. Venus 6-4 6-4 in the 2017 Aus- Still showing some rust the tournament," Serena said. For Pune City, Jonatan Luca the dreaded spot to beat Vishal another goal with a curler in tralian Open final. from her long layoff, Serena In 2001 they were slated to scored through a brilliant free- Kaith. The skipper was brought 72nd minute which was saved "(We are) having to play hit just one ace and made meet in the Indian Wells semi- kick in the 82nd minute to raise down by his India teammate by a diving Kaith. each other in the third round, 37 unforced errors to 32 for finals when Venus withdrew, visions of a comeback which Sarthak Golui with a push from Pune also had a couple of one of us is going to be gone," Bertens. handing Serena a walkover. didn't happen in the end. the back after Chhetri had stole chances, before Bengaluru Serena said. "I would prefer to She takes a career head- Fans who felt cheated of a An unmarked Chhe- possession on the wide left could settle down into the play someone else, anybody to-head record over Venus of chance to see the siblings play, tri opened the deadlock 15th before getting into the box,. match. else, literally anybody else, but 17-11 into their third-round thinking it was a tactic orches- minute after a nimble-footed Dimas Delgado essayed a They had a wonderful it has to happen now. So it is clash. trated by their father Richard, Udanta Singh kept a neat cross neat lob for Chhetri, who raced opportunity in the 30th min- what it is." September. Serena then took center They met for the first time booed Serena during her final on the far post. past a helpless Rohit Kumar ute as Emiliano Alfaro picked Serena, who lifted her 23rd Venus did her part to set stage, needing just under two in the second round of the 1998 triumph against Kim Clijsters. Chhetri got his 12th goal before slotting past Kaith from out Marcelinho's run into the Grand Slam title in Melbourne up the marquee match when hours to dispatch Bertens, of Australian Open which Venus The crowd's treatment led of the tournament and the sec- the edge of the box to mark his box on the left. The forward last year, was then already preg- she dismantled world No. 35 the Netherlands, 7-6 (7/5) 7-5 won 7-6 (7/4) 6-1. to a 14-year boycott by the sis- ond for his side in 65th min- 13th of the tournament in 89th flashed a cross across the face nant with daughter Alexis Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-4 in just on Saturday. This is the earliest they will ters, which Serena finally ended ute with a penalty. He cleverly minute. of the goal from the byline, but Olympia, who was born in 79 minutes. "I mean, she looked like she face each other since that Mel- in 2015. AFP stepped up and executed from Chhetri could have had there was nobody to meet it.PTI 16 Entertainment mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Monday, 12 March, 2018 Chastain donates $2,000 to woman’s The Kapoor family fertility fund ‘Nepotism MUMBAI: Kareena Kapoor said she does not believe that nepotism existed and that if the practice was prevalent, every star child would have gone on to become a superstar in the film LOS ANGELES: Actor Jessica Chastain has industry. The actor cited Padmaavat star Ranveer donated $2,000 to a womans fertility fund after Singh’s example, saying the actor made it big in she criticised the actor on social media. Chastain Bollywood on his own, without any familial ties. shared a photo of herself on Instagram wearing a does not exist’ “There are many superstars from yesteryears white t-shirt that read, “We Should All Be Femi- and not all of their children are superstars. If nep- nists”. It was captioned: “Feminism: The theory of otism exists everyone would have been superstars the political, economic, and social equality of the In a recent interview, Kareena Kapoor said that and number one. “But the fact that today Ran- sexes.” Twitter user Karin H. Schulz responded veer Singh, (who) does not have mother or father that Chastain only supports feminists who are who is a superstar, out of sheer talent and hard anti-abortion. she does not believe that nepotism existed and work he is where he is today. I don’t think nepo- “Yes feminist that believe in God and stand up tism exists,” Kareena said. She was in conversa- for The Unborn. I would be for that kind of femi- that if the practice was prevalent, every star tion with senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on nist,” Schulz wrote, reported people.com. Chas- ‘The Kapoor Clan: Films, Family and Feminism’ tain has long been an avid supporter of women’s child would have been a superstar with her sister actor Karisma Kapoor at the India rights and pay equality, and said she respected Today Conclave here. Karisma said being a star Schulz’s opinion. child was a difficult task as one has a legacy to She wrote to her: “Yes you can decide what is live up to and a pressure to exceed expectations. right for you. I am pro-choice and I believe that “It is about talent, we maybe children or everyone has the right to make their own decision. grandchildren of somebody but once you are I read about your journey to become a mother on the silver screen you are that part. When you and it broke my heart. I hope that your dream will have generations of actors and a huge legacy come true in 2018! Much love to you.” behind you, it is actually difficult for a star child Chastain added: “My eyes filled with tears as to live up to it and succeed into this industry,” I read this, dear Karin. I have such belief in your she said. The debate over nepotism started when dream. Don’t give up sister. It’s in your destiny.” actor Kangana Ranaut called director Karan She was referring to Schulz’s GoFundMe page Johar “the flagbearer of nepotism” on his chat which explained that she and her husband, Jeremy, show in 2016. had been trying to conceive a baby for years but “Everyone can have their own opinion and had been unsuccessful. IANS we should respect all,” Karisma concluded. Their mother Babita and actor Ranbir Kapoor’s mother Neetu’s career took a back seat from films after they entered the Kapoor family. But Karisma said In Hollywood, you’re hired if you that they were not forced to leave the movies, it was their “choice”. “This is the myth – be it my mum or Neetu don’t ask questions: Sarandon aunty. It is their choice not to work, Geeta aunty and Jennifer chose to work.” Kareena said it was LONDON: Oscar winner her sister and her who broke the stereo- Susan Sarandon took a dig at types and went on to pursue a career Hollywood and said that not in films. PTI asking questions leads to get- ting hired in the industry. Sarandon spoke at a screening of her documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story here. “It’s certainly not a require- ment to be smart in my busi- ness... Mediocrity is rewarded time and time again. A lot of the time you’re hired because you don’t ask questions. It takes more time to ask ques- tions, it takes more time to fight for something with integ- rity,” she said. Sarandon, who recently won acclaim on the small screen for her portrayal asking questions or exploration and their relationship with sex. of Hollywood icon Bette Davis, on film, television or the stage. “It’s very complicated, in added that there’s “no room” for “The last play I did on my business especially, because Broadway (‘Exit the King with it’s all about your sexual cur- Geoffrey Rush’), we spent so rency. Whether you actually much time doing press, which deliver to anyone in charge ‘October not about love at should’ve been done rehears- to get a job that way – people Shabana denounces Oscars culture ing,” she said. “I would have hire women they want to be liked to have been rehearsing with and men they want to be. first sight’, says Varun MUMBAI: Veteran actor brating the best of Hollywood, anyway.” Sarandon was keen to And anyone that falls in and activist Shabana Azmi is but also for setting fashion highlight the “tricky” between is a character actor,” MUMBAI: Actor Varun Dha- amazed to see the desperation goals and beauty trends. The nature of films she quipped. IANS wan says his upcoming film to conform to set beauty stan- 90th Academy Awards cere- October is not about hugs, dards at the Oscars red carpet, mony was held on March 4 in kisses and dates. The actor and called it a huge pity. Los Angeles. took to Twitter to tease his “Watching Oscar Red Car- Shabana had earlier said: fans about the story of the film pet and I am struck by the “What bothers me about red and asked them to wait for the desperation to conform to set carpet particularly Cannes is trailer to know what the movie standards of beauty,” Shabana that it’s an extremely impor- is about. tweeted on Sunday. “Nicked tant festival where stunning “October is not a movie tucked bosom out, b**t strut- films are shown and nothing about love at first sight. It’s not ted. Such pressure to not accept of that ever comes in papers. a movie about hugs, kisses and yourself as you are. What a It’s always celebrities standing dates. You want to know what’s huge pity,” she added. with one hand on waist, I don’t it about, then watch the trailer The actor, who has always know who decided that as an in two days,” Varun posted. been vocal about censuring attractive position.” Co-produced by Ron- the beauty and fashion stan- On the work front, the nie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar, dards set by international film Indian actor is busy tak- October is directed by Shoojit season. In an interview, Varun festivals and award galas, did ing her play “Kaifi Aur Sircar. It also features Banita had said that shooting for Octo- not mention which edition of Main” to international Sandhu. It is slated to release ber brought him close to nature Oscars she was watching. shores. “Looking forward on April 13. The film celebrates and that impacted his perfor- For many, the Oscars to the show in Auckland on love, nature and the autumn mance in a positive way. IANS not only stands for cele- March 11,” she posted. IANS ‘Black Panther’ IT DRIVES makers have ME NUTS ideas for sequel when people tell me to relax: Angelina Jolie

LONDON: Actor Ange- The actor said, as a parent, she lina Jolie said she is does not believes empathy is the most take time out to relax and important lesson that needs to gets irritated when people be taught to children. ask her to do so. -year- “To value others. If you live old actor-director said many life and walk around thinking mothers, like her, “find plea- of yourself and your own needs have ideas and sure” in being on their toes and desires then not only is it a a pretty solid direc- most of the time. selfish life, but it ends up being tion on where we want “I really don’t (relax). I’m quite an unhappy life, I imag- to head with the second one of those people. It drives ine. And that’s where everything LONDON: There is a “solid direction” than to say we absolutely will one,” he added. me nuts when people tell goes wrong. The wars and hos- in place already for “Black Panther 2”, do that.” Black Panther is among me to relax. I think a lot of tility, the ugliness and inhuman- says Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige. “One of the favourite pas- the first films by the house of moms don’t really rest. ity in this world comes from this The original Black Panther movie, times at Marvel Studios is sit- Marvel Studios which predom- And somehow we find lack of being able to have real which stars Chadwick Boseman as ting around on a Part One inantly has a black cast and also a real pleasure in that. empathy for someone else. T’Challa and his titular alter-ego, may and talking and dreaming shows a number of strong women “I mean, even if “If you can value others, I have only just hit screens in February, about what we would do in a of substance who work as the pro- I try to take a bath, think things naturally balance but Feige has confirmed a sequel will Part Two. There have been tagonist T’Challa’s allies. Black I’ll end up with at out in your own life. When you be coming too, reports ew.com. plenty of those conversa- Panther shows T’Challa returning least two of my kids don’t live with ignorant per- When asked what he could reveal tions as we were put- home to the isolated, technologi- in there with me, which is ceptions and that smallness, about “Black Panther 2”, the 44-year- ting together the first cally-advanced African nation of lovely. I wouldn’t trade it at all,” you open up in a beautiful way,” old: “Nothing specific to reveal, other ‘Black Panther’. We Wakanda to become king. IANS Jolie told HELLO! magazine. she said. PTI