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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 164 | Thursday, 14 June 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,856.70 (+13.85) pSENSEX 35,739.16 (+46.64) pDOW JONES 25,339.97 (+19.24) pNASDAQ 7734.64 (+30.84) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 67.65 (-0.16) qRUPEE/EURO 79.49 (-0.02) pGOLD/10GM 31,950 (+150) qSILVER/K 41,550 (-10) SISODIA BUNGALOW RACIST ATTACK DISHA PATANI JOINS JAIN ROW: AKHILESH ON UK INDIAN FOR FEELS LUCKY ON HUNGER SEES IT AS BJP DEFENDING HIJAB- TO BE PART OF STRIKE PG3 CONSPIRACY PG5 CLAD WOMAN PG10 ‘BHARAT’ PG16 PM’s fitness challenge »»The tournament opener featuring Russia to Kumaraswamy and Saudi Arabia kicks off at the imposing 80,000-capacity Luzhniki stadium »»The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be »»In the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, about played in the United States, Canada 5,000 people turned out to watch the Brazilian and Mexico, the President of the squad train, chanting the name of Neymar global football association said

MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi World Cup fever grips Russia on Wednesday issued a fitness challenge to Kar- nataka chief minister, the JD(S)’s HD Kumaras- wamy, whom he and his party bitterly battled KAZAN: World Cup fever is beautiful game has taken hold. While the atmosphere remains not long ago. finally taking hold in Russia, Australia were pleasantly sur- muted in the larger of the 11 host Kumaraswamy responded by saying he was where wild enthusiasm in provin- prised Monday when a crowd cities such as St Petersburg, it is “more concerned” about the fitness and devel- cial centres such as chilly Kazan is of 3,200 turned up to see Dutch sure to intensify as an estimated opment of Karnataka. filtering through to Moscow ahead coach Bert van Marwijk put the one million fans from 32 par- About three weeks ago, Modi accepted a of Thursday’s opening match in Socceroos through their paces in ticipating nations pour into the similar challenge from cricket captain Virat the capital. Kazan, a two-hour flight east of country. Kohli, and on Wednesday, even as he posted a While curious locals have Moscow. A public holiday gave President Vladimir Putin said video of part of his fitness routine, he issued his clamoured to see the likes of Lionel fans the opportunity to show their in a televised address last week such a challenge to Kumaraswamy, as well as TT Messi and Neymar, it has proved a support at Australia’s state-of-the- that he wanted the event, which champ Manika Batra and all IPS officers “espe- slow build-up to the June 14-July art training complex in the capital has cost Russia USD 13 billion to cially those above 40”. 15 showpiece, which is being held host, to be “an unforgettable expe- The part of his fitness routine that Modi in Russia for the first time. rience” for all involved. filmed and posted on Twitter involves walking The tournament opener fea- “We want this event to be a cel- on a track inspired by nature’s five elements. turing Russia and Saudi Arabia ebration, filled with passion and “Here are moments from my morning at the imposing 80,000-capac- emotions,” he said. exercises. Apart from Yoga, I walk on a track ity Luzhniki stadium has so far The President of the global inspired by the Panchtatvas or 5 elements of failed to capture the imagination football association announced nature - Prithvi, Jal, Agni, Vayu, Aakash. This of Muscovites, although they have of the semi-autonomous Republic here on Wednesday that the 2026 is extremely refreshing and rejuvenating. I also warmly welcomed foreign fans. of Tatarstan. FIFA World Cup will be played practice breathing exercises,” tweeted the PM. Groups of South American In the Black Sea resort city of in the United States, Canada and It all started on May 22 with Union Sports supporters with drums and whis- Sochi, about 5,000 people turned Mexico. Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore urging the tles took to the streets around Red out to watch the Brazilian squad “The member associations of country to take up a fitness challenge as part of Square this week, posing for pic- train, chanting the name of Paris Canada, Mexico and the USA have the ‘#HumFitTohIndiaFit’ campaign. tures with shoppers. Saint-Germain star Neymar. been selected by the Congress to Kohli accepted the challenge and posted a In response, a small knot of Croatia had barely touched FOOTBALL SPECTACLE: A soccer fan poses for photos ahead of the 2018 soccer World Cup at a square downtown Moscow host the 2026 FIFA World Cup,” fitness video of his own, in which he’s seen per- local fans gathered, waving flags down in Russia before they FIFA president Gianni Infantino forming an exercise for the lower abdomen, one and good-naturedly chanting launched a charm offensive that staged a training session where Modric also exchanged passes Mohamed Salah attracting critical told the 68th Congress that was he called his “favourite core workout”. In turn, “Russia, Russia”. won over supporters at Roshchino free footballs, scarves and flags with delighted youngsters. headlines in Britain after posing taking place in Moscow on the eve he challenged his wife, actor Anushka Sharma, But it has been outside the outside Saint Petersburg. were launched into the stands. The build-up has not been for a photograph with Chechen of the 2018 edition of the competi- cricket icon Mahendra Singh Dhoni and PM capital where enthusiasm for the Hours after arriving they Real Madrid midfielder Luka without controversy, with Egypt’s strongman Ramzan Kadyrov. tion in Russia. See inside Modi. See P5 THE BUS HIT A ROAD DIVIDER 80% of Ganga to be From 2021, college profs Congress wrests Jayanagar Private bus overturns in Uttar clean by March 2019 need to have PhDs: Govt NITIN GADKARI assembly seat DHIRENDRA KUMAR Pradesh; 17 killed, 25 injured from BJP NEW DELHI: In a significant MPOST BUREAU In today’s move aimed at improving the qual- MPOST BUREAU ity of education, the government MAINPURI: At least 17 peo- paper has decided to make it mandatory BENGALURU: The Congress ple, including a woman, died for university teachers to have PhD on Wednesday won the Jay- and 25 others were injured ... degrees from 2021 onwards. anagar assembly seat in the when the private bus they were CITY The decision to directly recruit city by a margin of more than travelling on hit a road divider PhD degree holders as assistant 2,800 votes, wresting it from and overturned in Mainpuri DU ECA TRIALS TO BEGIN TODAY 4 professors at the university level has the BJP. district of Uttar Pradesh early NATION been taken to match the global stan- According to election on Wednesday dard of education as the government officials, Congress’ Sowmya The bus, carrying 60-70 KARTI’S 2 FIRMS RECEIVED `1.16CR BRIBE 6 ‘believes’ that there are better infra- Reddy secured 54,457 votes people, was coming from Jai- structure facilities at universities in against her nearest rival from pur in Rajasthan and head- EDIT comparison to colleges at the district the BJP, B N Prahlad, who ing towards Farrukhabad. The to their native villages in Uttar Others, Rai said, were ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL! 8 level or affiliated to state universities. sion (UGC), Union HRD Minister managed 51,568 votes. accident happened near Tirath- Pradesh from Rajasthan, were admitted to the district hospital. However, according to a senior Prakash Javadekar said, “Academic Assembly elections were pur village at around 5.30 am, travelling on the bus. Senior administration offi- INTERNATIONAL HRD Ministry official, masters Performance Indicators (API), which held across the state on May Mainpuri Superintendent of Prime Minister Narendra cials have reached the site of degree with National Eligibility Test were resisted by many as research 12, but the polling on Jay- Police Ajay Shankar Rai said. Modi condoled the deaths in the accident and were oversee- SCOTTISH MP EJECTED FROM PARLIAMENT 11 (NET) or PhD would continue to be was made compulsory for college anagar seat was counter- Sixteen people, including a the accident and hoped for the ing relief and rescue operations. BUSINESS the minimum eligibility criteria for teachers, has been scrapped so that manded owing to the death woman, died on the spot while early recovery of those injured. Chief Minister Yogi Adity- direct recruitment in colleges. they could focus on teaching stu- of BJP candidate B N Vijaya- another person succumbed to Some of the injured, includ- anath has announced an ex- GOVT CONSIDERS LISTING OF AIR INDIA 13 “The PhD degree will be manda- dents. The whole effort is to improve kumar, who was holding the his injuries at a Saifai hospi- ing the bus driver who has lost gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the tory for the promotion of teachers quality of higher education and to constituency. tal, Rai said. Their identity was his left leg, were stated to be family of the deceased and SPORT from assistant professor to associate attract and retain the best talent in The bypoll was held on being ascertained. critical and undergoing treat- Rs 50,000 to those seriously professors even at college level, while the country.” June 11. Mostly labourers, returning ment at a Saifai hospital. injured in the accident. PRAJNESH SHOCKS SHAPOVALOV 14 a candidate with PhD degree won’t Commenting on the decision, Prahlad, brother of Vijay- need to clear NET to apply for faculty Abhash Kumar, assistant professor kumar, and senior Congress posts in colleges,” the official said. in Delhi University, said, “Instead leader and former minister FOR ADVERTISING As per the existing practice, those of tweaking recruitment structures, Ramalinga Reddy’s daughter Pak Rangers fire at border post; 4 BSF men killed kindly contact at 9810195709 who hold PhD degree or NET quali- the government should have focused Sowmya Reddy were locked or fied with a masters degree are eligi- on appointing permanent teachers as in a direct contest. MPOST BUREAU tional Border in Samba dis- Eleven BSF troops have [email protected] ble to apply for the post of assistant most of the top universities are heav- Ahead of the polling, the trict of Jammu and Kashmir, been killed in cross-border professor, the entry-level position, ily reliant on ad-hoc teachers.” Janata Dal (Secular) had on JAMMU: Four Border Secu- a senior BSF officer said on firing incidents along the in universities, which would not be “Given that there is no standardi- June 5 pulled out its candidate rity Force (BSF) person- Wednesday. International Border (IB) in FOR SUBSCRIPTION possible post the implementation of sation of PhD degrees in the country, from the contest and extended nel, including an assistant The BSF said that it had Jammu and Kashmir till date kindly contact at 8800854665 new regulations to be effective from the move would ‘encourage’ institu- the party’s support to its rul- commandant-rank officer, honoured the ceasefire agreed in 2018, the highest casualty or July 1, 2021. tions to offer demand-based PhD ing coalition partner, the Con- were killed and three others at a recent sector commander- figure for the border force in a [email protected] Announcing the new regulations degrees, which is now happening gress. See P5 injured in firing by Pakistan level meeting, but Pakistan year in the past five years, the of the University Grants Commis- with BEd degrees,” he said. Rangers along the Interna- resorted to unprovoked firing. latest data revealed. See P6 Vajpayee better, hopeful of TO GET ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE FOR A SMOOTH ROLLOUT full recovery: AIIMS director UIDAI delays face recognition rollout for

MPOST BUREAU Wednesday afternoon. Aadhaar verification until August 1 “We are hopeful he will NEW DELHI: Former Prime make a full recovery in the MPOST BUREAU include face recognition along- available to user agencies. We Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, next few days. We will be able side iris or fingerprint scan as a will then watch how it per- who was admitted to Delhi’s to send him back home after NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar- means of verifying users, helping forms in the field...If more tun- AIIMS hospital on Monday that,” Guleria added. issuing body UIDAI has delayed those who face issues in biomet- ing or adjustment is required, morning for a urinary tract On Tuesday, in a medical the introduction of face recog- ric authentication or have worn- we will do that, and in the next infection, is likely to make a bulletin, doctors said Vajpayee nition facility for authentication out fingerprints. few months, this whole process full recovery soon. In an update is stable and on injectable by one month to August 1 to get “We are working on that. should get stabilised. We will on the 93-year-old former PM’s antibiotics. He had undergone enough time to prepare for a From August 1, we should be able then make it applicable across health, the director of AIIMS dialysis on Monday. smooth rollout. to do it. All this is technology, all our users,” Pandey added. on Wednesday said he has Since he was admitted, Unique Identificationand while we target a date, this is Asked if there will be a cut- shown significant improvement in the last the former PM has had high-profile visi- Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO not something as if we are buy- off date for all authentication two days. tors including Prime Minister Narendra Ajay Bhushan Pandey told PTI ing things off-the-shelf. These agencies to have the new facil- “He has shown significant improve- Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Congress presi- that some more time would be things are being developed...,” ity in place, Pandey said speci- ment in the last 48 hours. His kidney dent Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister needed to prepare for the roll- Pandey said. fying a definite timeframe could function is normal and his urine output is Manmohan Singh and RSS chief Mohan out of the new facility which was The UIDAI wants to be fully “only in fusion mode” meaning metric authentication due to old be difficult. nearly normal now. The infection is under Bhagwat. earlier planned to be introduced prepared; he said adding, “We along with either fingerprint or age, hard work or worn-out fin- “It is a step in a new direction. control and the blood pressure, respiratory Vajpayee, the first non-Congress PM to from July 1. are trying out best to have this iris or OTP (one time password) gerprints, to authenticate their It is something unprecedented ... function and heart rate are normal. They complete a five-year term, has been away The authority in charge of the released from August 1”. to verify the details of Aadhaar identity for accessing services, Even if we want to do it as early are being maintained without any support,” from public life since 2009 and has not national identity system had ear- The UIDAI had said that face holder. It aims at helping peo- benefits and subsidies. as possible, it is difficult to spec- Randeep Guleria, AIIMS Director, said on been seen leaving his home in Delhi. lier this year announced it would authentication would be allowed ple who face difficulty in bio- “From August 1, it will be ify a definite timeframe,” he said. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Townw A DELECTABLE NAWABI MEAL Slipping into delectable nostalgia of rich royal Nawabi cusines is an indulgence that is on offer in the Awadhi festival at Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort, Greater Noida. The flavors tell tales of the Nawabi culinary practices and take you back in the times of the great Mughals. The refinement of food and the intricacies of flavors fuse in your mouth and depict the saga of culinary affluence and ardor of those times. WHEN: June 15 –24 WHERE: Paatra, Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort, Greater Noida TIMING: 7:00 pm till 11:30 pm (weekdays) 12:00 pm till 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm till 11:30 pm (Weekends) ROZA IFTARI WITH SPELLBOUND Delightful summer Spellbound has introduced special Ramadan menu by chef Izat Husain. This special menu includes Mutton Badami Korma, Haleem, Saffron Biryani etc which is the unique combination of Mughlai and Awadhi cuisine to make this Ramadan even more exotic. WHEN: Until 15 WHERE: Spellbound, READING FOR KIDS Gardens Galleria Sector 38, Noida In the unbearable heat of summers, children get he scorching heat of the ular, curious and trations TIMINGS: 6pm- 8pm summer may be one of bewildering festivals and unusual the most dreadful times and celebrations. This activ- trivia, this is a A TURKISH SUNDAY BRUNCH bored sitting at home, therefore, here are a few books of the year for the grown- ity book for children will help you fascinating read about Tups but for children, it brings navigate India’s colourful festival the unforgettable events and peo- Vibrant and world famous Turkish cuisine which they can read to spend vacations rightly with it the euphoria of one of the calendar through engaging activi- ple from Indian history. is now making its way to you. Fresc most anticipated vacations in the ties like word searches, crossword 5. Book: The Children’s Book Of Co is ready to take you on a culinary calendar. puzzles, number games, recipes, art Truths journey to Turkey with their Lazy Sunday and craft and much more. Why do people fight? What’s Turkish Brunch. One can begin with the Here are a few reading treats listed 3. Book: Encyclopaedia of the use of education? Is India rich traditional Turkish soup followed by a for children to read this summer Dinosaur or poor? Why are stories impor- vacation: This book introduces the read- tant? Can anyone be a leader? Is selection of salads. There is a special 4Book: The Ammuchi Puchi; ers to the intriguing world of Dino- science only about exams? Will Mezze Bar including a variety of Author: Sharanya Manivannan saurs. The book contains pictures planting trees save the earth? hummus and Lebnah, Chermoula, pickled and Nerina Canzi and information about the newly Growing up throws up a lot of vegetables, Mslalla-marinated olives. “When Anjali and I were really discovered Indian Dinosaurs. A questions - about people, events End your desert safari with traditional little, we were sort of afraid of our captivating offering to let one know and the world around us. Some- Turkish delights like Revani, Baklava, grandmother, Ammuchi.” where these creatures lived and times the answers are in simple Aditya and Anjali love listen- what they looked like, it seems just black and white, wrong and right, Tulumba and Kanafeh. WHEN: Ongoing ing to their grandmother’s stories, apt for a vacation read. but mostly they are not. WHERE: Fresc Co - Connaught Place and particularly the scary one about the 4. Book: A Bagful Of History; In this book, ten truth-explor- Ambience Mall, Gurgaon ghost in the tree. But the night their Author: Subhadra Sen Gupta ers and idea-shapers share with TIMINGS: 12 pm – 4 pm grandmother passes away, all her Let’s take a walk through his- you their thought-provoking stories seem to lose their meaning. tory. And as you travel back in views on important topics close to CLASSIC MOVIE FESTIVAL Then something happens that is time, there are encounters of din- your heart and mind. Drawing on more mysterious and magical than ners with Mughal princess Jah- their experiences, they help you Navrasa Duende, a leading production any story. Could their grandmother anara Begum; a jugalbandi with see many different sides of a ques- house, is set to host the second edition still be with them after all? Miyan Tansen, one can com- tion and arrive at the most impor- of its Navrasa Duende Classic Movie Stunningly illustrated and told pete with the nawabs of Chandni tant truth - your own conclusion, Festival. It includes a collection of a vast in gorgeous, poetic prose, this is a Chowk in a kite-flying duel, be your own interpretation, your own variety of genres ranging from movies poignant and moving story about a part of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s answer. that were considered to be milestones bereavement and healing. fight for the education of the girl 6. Book: Rebel with a paintbrush; 4Book: Inside India -- Festivals child, or revolt with Indian sepoys Author: Anita Vachharajani of the neo-realistic cinema movement and Celebrations; Author: Shachii in the Mutiny of 1857. Many more An artist, a citizen of the world and also some of the blockbuster classic Manik and Ahmed Sikander exciting events find mention in the and a rebel, Amrita Sher-Gil was movies as well. WHEN: June 22 – 24 Join Indy and Dia on a super book. one of modern India’s first profes- WHERE: Sirifort auditorium exciting and fun tour of India’s pop- Peppered with stunning illus- sional women artists. IANS MSME Expo: Empowering entrepreneurial India Dive in the tranquility SROOTI JHA programmes. It is apprecia- the event. ble that the MSME Develop- It will provide a one-stop Commenting on this initiative, Sanjoy THE MICRO, Small and ment Forum is undertaking global platform to connect, K. Roy, Managing Director, Teamwork Arts, Medium Enterprises Devel- this important endeavour in network, partner and share said, “Our musical legacy has survived due opment Forum (MSME-DF), providing an opportunity for information with domestic and of music to patrons and in this new age music enthu- a professionally managed non- the Start-ups in the sector to International SMEs to find new siasts are playing the role of patrons. I take profit organization working for leverage the latest innova- business opportunities. OUR CORRESPONDENT this opportunity to thank the discerning the growth and promotion of tions and practices across the The initiative has been sup- audience of Delhi for giving us the strength enterprises, startups and youth globe,” The mega-event will ported by Ministry of Micro, eamwork Arts, a pioneering enter- to initiate new projects. Under the Banyan of India, is organizing its 5th rediscover ease of doing busi- Small and Medium Enter- tainment company, renowned for Tree on a Full Moon Night pays tribute to India International MSME ness and opportunities in dif- prises, Ministry of Com- curating innovative and experiential the age-old baithak scene of India.” Startup Expo 2018. ferent states of India. merce and Industry (ITPO, Tevents will present the finale of the three- Apart from the two music performances, It will be held from June 22 – 24 Rajnish Goenka, Chairma, MSME Development Forum, speaking at the press The triangular network DIPP, Invest India, and GEM), part monthly concert series, ‘Under the Ban- the series has partnered with, ‘Jagran Film in hall no. 7 at Pragati Maidan. conference of 5th India International MSME Startup Expo pic/Naveen Sharma will expand the spectrum of Ministry of Sciences and Tech- yan Tree on A Full Moon Night’ on June 24 Festival’ for a special con- versation 15-20 countries including this expo. nology/ IT and Electronics/ at 1AQ, Opposite Qutub Minar, Mehrauli. piece on the nostalgia Afganistan, Bangladesh, Ethio- Conveying his best wishes energy and passion is criti- Apart from this, startup Finance etc. The Phase I and II of the series brought and the dynamics pia, Thailand, and Poland will for the event, Prime minister cal in realising a new India. fest, small industries trade fair, Senior ministers, State cultural aficionados of Delhi together for of India’s larg- be participating in the expo Narendra Modi said, “Our gov- This belief is the basis of our funding and finance fair, ven- Chief Ministers, Bureaucrats memorable evenings in April and May. est film festival, which is likely to have 200 plus ernment has full faith in the initiatives including ‘Start-up dor development fest and ease and exhibitors from all parts The concert series observed a variety as part of the stalls and a footfall of 20,000 entrepreneurial spirit of the India’, ‘Stand-up India’, ‘Make of doing business summit are of the country are likely to be of performances by renowned artists like final concert people. present generation and their in India’ and other related also the main attractions of present at the event. Azeem Ahmed Alvi, Ujwal Nagar, Qutbi programme. Brothers Qawwal, Ahsan Ali, Anwar Khan Manganiyar and Vidhi Sharma. At the sea- son finale, the audience will witness artists performing under the tranquil repose of a banyan tree. In this Baithak-style evening, the cosmic and alluring strawberry moon and music will blend to offer an intimate experience BASEL DIARIES: shared with the like-minded and an oppor- tunity to engage with the musicians as well. Tripura born Rathin Barman Audiences can also enjoy an interest- ingly conjured culinary experience complementing the evening. UMA NAIR skeletal structure of the artwork that has been recon- Supported by Fab India, the con- forms the crucible of his visual practice. textualised to cluding concert of this Hindustani athin Barman’s works are a Expressions and concepts vie with the speak of the past out- Music Series will feature music perfor- mirror of an architectural atlas. visual landscape of tangible and intan- as well as the pres- side mances by Harpreet (Sufi Folk) and Take the rural and the urban gible in a series of minimalist renditions. ent. What ensues it. To Mir Mukhtiyar Ali (Folk Qawwal). and couple it to the impact of Barman’s brilliance is seen in his abil- is the brilliance of Barman, In addition, to the joyous jour- Rglobalization, technology, and material- ity to weave in his engineering knowl- composition as well however, the ney, the team has also joined hands ism. For art lovers in Basel, you can step edge to create drawings and sculptural as the minimalist edge architectural firm with one of India’s biggest film festi- into the artistic realms of this brilliant pieces that break moulds and force us to that breaks down embellish- has also served vals, ‘Jagran Film Festival’, for a special artist in the statements section at Art look at novel ways of translating idioms. ment and decoration to only give us as an anthropolog- conversation. Basel: Experimenter’s Booth N5, Hall 2.1. Yes this used to be a veranda sleek lines that speak of the dictums ical tool, in building Architectural elements become the In his ‘Yes this used to be a veranda’ and dictates of design in architecture. a collective recollection leitmotif when you see how he addresses series, he creates unique structures that Tripura born Barman possesses a of a place and its people. the constant cycle of building – destroy- belong to the mosaic of memory. These deep understanding of rural as well as His understanding of rural elements ing – rebuilding and the intersection of architectural modules work on his fas- urban dynamisms in development. within urban environments become a art and architecture; as he raises ques- cination with the past/old buildings According to the Experimenter Gal- corollary of juxtaposed counterpoints tions about the life of materials and the and their fate in rapidly changing urban lery, Barman examines the nuances of in conversation. potential value of detritus in the mod- spaces all over the world. the modern built environment as a tool Meticulous moorings vie with deli- ern millennium. Two series spell the In these works also, he explores mak- for understanding socio-political history. cate rigidity. Within the construct of domain of dynamics in memory and ing moulds out of brass, concrete, steel, The project uses architecture as an the linear dictates of the line are hidden time - ‘Notes of altered space’ and ‘Yes charcoal and board even as he subtly anchor to explore the consequences of multiple stories. this used to be a verandah’. weaves in the value of decadence inter- the political and economic upheaval of These works are both site-specific Notes of altered space connected with humanity’s habitation some 50 years. It also proposes a pos- and universal: they invite ruminations ‘Notes of altered space’ consists of and roots. sible future for the structures built and of time and space as they speak to us a suite of works created with materials Recontextualised architectural spaces occupied by migrants. about consumer indices and the thirst for such as brass, coarse pumice, welded Welded steel, GFRC Board and paint Collective recollection development at the expense of shelving steel, board and paint and ink and brush come together to create stunning series Architecture is characteristically per- and destroying vintage vitality. on paper. of sculptures that vivify the arches and ceived as a fixed entity, central to validat- Art Basel in Switzerland runs from It is the litheness of lines and the long columns an architectural detail that ing history yet simultaneously existing June 14–17. 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SIT-IN PROTEST BY DELHI MINISTERS ENTERS DAY 3 Support pours in for Sisodia joins Jain BJP leaders stage AAP protest against LG protest at CM’s office ANUP VERMA & SAYANTAN GHOSH on hunger strike NEW DELHI: Back on the streets once SAYANTAN GHOSH again, leaders of Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday showed solidarity and sup- NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief port to its national convenor and Delhi Minister Manish Sisodia joined Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is an indefinite hunger strike on on a protest inside the Lieutenant Gov- Wednesday with Delhi Health ernor’s house with three of his Cabinet Leaders of AAP along with Yashwant Minister Satyendar Jain, on day ministers. Sinha at a protest on Wednesday PIC/PTI three of the sit-in protest led by The protesting leaders also sought Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- an appointment with President Ram to IAS officers to end their “strike” and wal inside Lieutenant Governor’s Nath Kovind to discuss the ongoing punitive action against those who have Anil Baijal’s house. Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari with party workers during Wednesday’s protest PIC/PTI tussle with the central government. struck work for “four months”. Tuesday was the second day AAP will urge him to interfere and At the protest march, party leaders of the unprecedented protest, as NEW DELHI: BJP leaders and rebel “Until the chief minister assures to to instruct the LG to solve the matter. and workers raised slogans against the four top ministers of the Delhi AAP legislator Kapil Mishra on provide water to the people, we will Over 1,000 people gathered near LG, and raised slogans like “LG sahab, Cabinet stayed put at Raj Niwas. likely to be a prolonged affair. backed the IAS officers, saying Wednesday sat on a dharna at Delhi continue our sit in,” the BJP MLA said. the CM’s residence sporting white caps Delhi chhodo (LG sir, quit Delhi)”. Meanwhile, support has The protest started on Mon- they have been working as usual Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office “The protest is against the “non- on a dust-covered, sultry day. AAP also Rajya Sabha MP and senior AAP started to galvanise for the Aam day at the waiting room of the and the onus was on the CM and against the “non-performance” of his performance” of the Kejriwal govern- got support from political leader across leader Sanjay Singh said that if the IAS Aadmi Party-led Delhi govern- LG house, where they have no ministers to improve their rela- government, mimicking a protest the ment, he added. the spectrum, including former Union officers give assurance in writing to end ment, across political parties, civil sleeping arrangements. tionship with the bureaucrats. ruling dispensation members are hold- Gupta said BJP legislators had tried Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, who their strike and resume work, AAP will society and the citizenry. The main demand of the lead- The communique also ing at the Lieutenant Governor’s office. to raise the water shortage issue in the quit BJP earlier this year. appeal Kejriwal and his colleagues to “Today, I am also sitting on ers is that the LG should imme- accused Kejriwal of “threatening” Deputy Chief Minister Manish assembly but they were marshalled out. Addressing the gathering, Sinha end their sit-in at the LG office. an indefinite hunger strike to diately ask IAS officers in Delhi, the LG and holding a “dharna Sisodia on Wednesday joined Health The chief minister does not come to his expressed solidarity with Kejriwal and He added that the party would take ensure that Delhiites get their who are reportedly on strike for without reason”. Minister Satyendar Jain on the third office, where would people go to raise AAP in their “struggle”. “If former out a candlelight march on Thursday, right and also get their pending the last 114 days, to return to Kejriwal on Tuesday had said day of his indefinite hunger strike at their problems, he said. prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and if the matter was not sorted by works cleared. Satyendar Jain’s work. that the party is ready for any LG Anil Baijal’s office, where they “We have called on people to reach were here, he would have directed the Sunday, its leaders and workers would hunger strike is continuing since Their second demand is to struggle “for the citizens and their have been camping for two nights. the CM office to raise problem of water Home Minister to find a solution to the stage a dharna outside the Prime Min- yesterday...” Sisodia tweeted in grant clearance to the doorstep development.” The AAP leaders, including Kejriwal, supply,” Gupta said. crisis. But the current central dispensa- ister’s Office. Hindi on Wednesday. delivery of services proposal. “It is a fight for the citizens are demanding that Baijal direct IAS Sirsa said the sit-in will continue tion was sleeping”, Sinha said, adding Even RJD and all the Left parties Meanwhile, Kejriwal said While the IAS officers asso- and we are fighting for your officers to end their “strike”. They also until Delhi gets adequate water. BJP that the entire country was concerned offered support to AAP. Meanwhile, that Sisodia’s fast was against ciation dismissed the govern- water, electricity, and roads but want him to approve the proposal for MLA Jagdish Pradhan was also pres- with the situation in Delhi. in a tweet, West Bengal Chief Minister the “obstructions” being created ment’s accusation as “baseless”, the IAS officials are on strike door-step delivery of rations. ent at the sit-in. “It would be better for the country Mamata Banerjee said, “Elected CM in the government works being in a communique they admitted hence the development work is Leader of Opposition in Delhi BJP workers led by the party’s Delhi if a solution is found at the earliest,” must get due respect. May I appeal to done for the people. that officers are “not attending getting affected. We have urged Assembly Vijender Gupta and MLA unit chief Manoj Tiwari staged a pro- Sinha added. the Govt of India and @LtGovDelhi to According to AAP leaders, routine meetings called by the LG to solve the issue but he has Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the sit-in test at the Delhi Secretariat earlier on The AAP-led Delhi government’s resolve the problem immediately so the protest by Sisodia, Jain and ministers and the CM”. not accepted our demand,” said will continue till their demands are met Wednesday over issues related to water demands to the LG include a direction that people do not suffer” Labour Minister Gopal Rai is In a statement, the LG office CM Kejriwal. by the AAP government. and electricity supply. MPOST Kejriwal not conscious of his duties Noida Authority Assembly Speaker Goel attacks LG clears deck for OUR CORRESPONDENT for “four months”. meetings as it is the decision of be appropriate for him. as Chief Minister: Sheila Dikshit It has also asked the LG IAS officers.” The IAS officers’ association NEW DELHI: Delhi Assembly to approve the proposal for “Is it not strike? Don’t you has maintained that “no officer NEW DELHI: As Chief Min- The veteran Congress and this is how you are misu- door-to-door Speaker Ram Niwas Goel doorstep delivery of rations. (LG) think it is an attack on is on strike and no work has ister Arvind Kejriwal's sit-in leader said people of Delhi had tilising it," Dikshit said. has jumped into the fray to In his letter to Baijal on the interest of Delhi’s people? been affected”. protest inside the Raj Niwas given Kejriwal a "huge" major- Kejriwal, Deputy Chief waste collection attack Lieutenant Governor Tuesday, Goel said that the Don’t you think it is an insult of During the Budget Session entered the third day today, ity and he does not have any Minister Manish Sisodia and Anil Baijal over IAS officers’ work of Delhi’s development people? The only reason behind in March, Goel had hit out at Congress leader Sheila Dikshit option of staying away from two other Delhi ministers have OUR CORRESPONDENT “strike” and lent his support has been affected for the last all these things is the strike of Baijal after he communicated said he was not at all conscious his responsibilities and inflict- been on sit-in protest at Liteu- to the demands of Chief few months, which was a “well- IAS officers... to him that he could not admit of his constitutional duties and ing pain and miseries on the tenant Governor Anil Baijal's NOIDA: Taking initiatives for Minister Arvind Kejriwal and planned conspiracy” and asked “Being a supreme questions on reserved subjects people are bearing the brunt of common man. office demanding directions door-to-door garbage collec- his ministers staging a sit-in him to get “undeclared strike” administrator, you should including law and order, his "confrontational politics". "What message you are to the IAS officers to end their tion from residential, institu- at the LG office since Monday by officers called off. get the undeclared strike services and land. Dikshit, a three-time Delhi giving? It (dharna) makes no "strike" and cooperate with the tional and industrial areas, the evening. The Speaker said that called off while fulfilling your Meanwhile, sources said chief minister, said it was "com- sense. People of Delhi are very AAP government. Noida Authority on Wednes- The Aam Aadmi Party-led when IAS officers were asked constitutional responsibilities that the LG had meetings with pletely unacceptable" that the very disappointed because Dikshit said there were day fixed the rate of the garbage Delhi government’s demands in the meetings of assembly so that people can breathe a the Union Home Secretary head of the government was they brought him with a huge limitations of powers for the collection varying from Rs 25 to the LG Baijal include committees as to why they sigh of relief,” Goel said in the Rajiv Gauba and other senior sitting on a "dharna" at the Lt majority. There is not a single Delhi chief minister and the to Rs 10,000 for various areas. direction to IAS officers to end were not attending ministers’ letter written in Hindi. officials, which is was why he Governor's house when the city Congress MLA in the Delhi constraints coming in the way However, the Authority has their “strike”, action against meetings, they said, “We Goel told the LG that if he could not come to office on was reeling under severe water Assembly. The BJP had won of governance can be overcome also instructed that it will not those who have struck work (officers) are not going to these did not take steps, it would not Wednesday. crisis and other problems. only 3 seats. You had a sweep by being logical. AGENCIES pick up unsegregated waste from residential sectors after June 30. Panel framing SOP for CCTV DDA hearing on MPD-2021 According to a senior offi- Now, gene-specific treatment cial of the Noida Authority, it had earlier made a fixed point project gets extension receives over 800 objections in each sector where the resi- dents used to dispose their gar- based on saliva samples OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Lieutenant as representatives of various Regarding modifications bage and later the Authority Governor-appointed organisations, including of proposed norms for rede- used collect it by employing committee entrusted with the resident welfare associations, OUR CORRESPONDENT two patients with even the vent and treat lifestyle diseases,” NEW DELHI: Delhi Devel- velopment of godown clusters sanitation workers. framing of standing operating demanded their views to be same medical condition will the healthcare group said in a opment Authority (DDA) on existing in non-conforming “We have launched the seg- procedure (SOP) for the included in framing SOP for NEW DELHI: In a major be given same medicines. statement. Wednesday claimed to have area, three persons attended regated door-to-door waste installation of CCTV cameras the CCTV camera project. breakthrough in homeopathic “Medicines will be pre- Dr Batra’s Multi-Specialty received over 800 objections/ the hearing. collection project, following in Delhi has been given an “In view of the committee’s treatment, a private hospital scribed to patients based on Homeopathy Clinics will suggestions from the public DDA officials said that all the Solid Waste Management extension till the end of this request, the LG has asked it to in the Capital has introduced their genetic make-up, and also create a bank of patients’ regarding modifications to the the objections/suggestions Rules of 2016, under which the month to submit its report, submit its report by the end of gene-targetted homeopathy will be as unique as every indi- genomic data, called Geno- Master Plan for Delhi-2021 were recorded by the Board and Authority will hire agencies sources said. this month,” the source said. therapy – a revolutionary first vidual, so that the medicines Homeopathy Bank. before its Board of Enquiry the general public was assured which will collect garbage from Lieutenant Governor Anil The panel is likely to time treatment method in the work more effectively for every This genomic data will be and Hearing. that their grievances will be the door step of the residents Baijal had earlier asked the six- regulate the installation of country that will discover the patient,” Dr Saxena added. used to predict which treat- In an official statement, the taken care of before taking a and charge a certain amount member committee, headed CCTV cameras in both private health risks in individuals by Genotherapy goes to the ment option is likely to be most Authority said that on the first decision on their objections/ from it,” said RK Mishra, CEO, by Delhi’s principal home and government buildings in analysing their saliva sample. root of the problem, right to effective for patients or how day, a total of 114 persons sub- suggestions. Noida Authority. secretary Manoj Parida, to the national Capital. Dr Sandeep Saxena, CEO, the patient’s genes, and treats they are likely to respond to any mitted objections/suggestions Though the Board got Officials further said that submit its report on June 8. According to the order Dr Batra Healthcare Group. it with precise and unique treatment in the future. regarding proposed norms for ready in time to hear the oral the rate is fixed according to the Last month, Chief Minister setting terms and reference said that the new method homeopathic medicines. It will also help derive bet- redevelopment of godown clus- evidences, only a few persons Solid Waste Management Rule Arvind Kejriwal, his cabinet of the committee, the use of is “genetically personalised As the root cause of the ter treatment results for other ters existing in non-conform- who filed their objections/sug- of 2016. “All the gated colonies colleagues and AAP MLAs surveillance camera system homeopathic care”, which medical problem is treated, patients, as the test will help ing area orally, while 44 people gestions up to June 9 turned and RWAs have to pay Rs 300, staged a dharna near Baijal’s should not be permitted to involves designing a treatment the patients will not only get the doctors treat the associ- attended the hearing. up for recording their oral evi- irrespective of their sizes. Res- office, demanding dissolution become a “tool to violate” based on individual genome relief from unpleasant symp- ated complaints of a particu- Meanwhile, as many as 400 dence in the morning session. taurant and hotels have to pay of the committee which the privacy of individuals which is sequencing. toms but a long-lasting cure for lar disorder. persons have submitted there However, at the later ses- between Rs 500-3,000, while chief minister described as considered to be a fundamental “It combines personality their medical condition. “It will help them analyse objections/ suggestions regard- sion, the attendance was some- educational and healthcare “very dangerous”. right. and genetics for scientific and The test will also help which homeopathic medicines ing proposed development how satisfactory. institutions will have to pay Kejriwal had alleged that On May 14, Kejriwal, his targeted treatment. It is a per- patients know whether they are best suit a particular genetic control norms for shop-cum- “Hearing will also go on between Rs 250-5000,” added BJP did not want the AAP cabinet ministers and MLAs sonalised treatment, as no two at risk of getting a medical dis- make-up or how patients with residence plots orally while 87 June 14 from 9,30 am to 12.30 Mishra. government’s ambitious CCTV marched to the LG’s office to people on this planet have the order in the future. This would a particular disorder are prone persons attended the hearing. pm for the persons who filed Industrial units, which camera project to be executed press Baijal “not to stall” the same genes,” Dr Saxena said. mean that it the hidden risk to any other health complica- On the second day, as many their objections/suggestions includes MSMEs, workshops, which was why it was being CCTV camera project under The genes of every person is of a medical problem can be tion – for example, a patient as 390 persons submitted their but could not come for oral service centers, factories, etc stalled “through the lieutenant “pressure from the BJP”. During as unique as their fingerprint or assessed even before its symp- with a skin problem called pso- bjections/ suggestions for pro- evidence before the Board due will have to pay between Rs governor”. the two-kilometre march, iris. Therefore, unlike conven- toms appear or the blood tests riasis, is prone to have diabe- posed development control to their various reasons as per 500-10,000, depending on their One of the sources said the Kejriwal, ministers and MLAs tional treatments currently in reveal an underlying illness. tes. With this every patient will norms for shop-cum-residence the programme fixed for June size. Railway stations, metro committee had sought time had raised slogans against the practice, which are one size- “It will, therefore, give have a chance for better and plots orally while 101 persons 12 and 13,” said an official of and bus stands will have to pay from the LG to submit its report LG and the BJP. AGENCIES fits-all, with genotherapy, no patients an opportunity to pre- faster healing,” Dr Saxena said. atted the hearing. the Authority. between Rs 2,500-5,000. Air quality levels drops to ‘severe’ as dust storm shrouds Capital OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality on Wednesday deteriorated below the “severe” Dust storm hits Millennium City too level because of a ground-level dust storm in western India which increased coarser PIYUSH OHRIE tion of poisonous gases like Highway-8. particles in the air, the Central Pollution nitrogen dioxide and sulphur “There is a need for sus- Control Board (CPCB) data showed. GURUGRAM: Like other dioxide – mostly released by tained and committed efforts The CPCB data showed that the PM10 parts of the National Capital vehicles– were also recorded to deal with this challenge. (particles with diameter less than 10mm) Region, Gurugram too has on Wednesday. Unfortunately, a few days of level was beyond “severe” at 778 in Delhi- registered unhealthy air qual- In order to save costs, a favourable weather conditions NCR area and 824 in Delhi particularly, ity levels, as a blanket of thick large number of vehicles, espe- cannot help us escape the big leading to hazy conditions and limiting haze enveloped the entire city cially three wheelers, use high- challenge that surrounds us. visibility. on Wednesday, due to the dust emission low-quality diesel, Citizens and the government Gufran Beig, a scientist at the Centre- storms in Western India. causing breathing trouble to must collaborate together to run System of Air Quality and Weather What is of serious concern residents. fight this menace,” said Shweta Forecasting and Research institute, said last too long due to which the air qual- ensured that Delhi experienced one of is that the air quality of Cyber A blanket of dust has enveloped Large scale construction Narang, a Gurugram resident. the dust storm deteriorated the air quality ity will return to normal by this evening,” its hottest mornings on Wednesday, with City area has plummeted to Gurugram’s Cyber City PIC/MPOST activities and receding green “Unfortunately even in Delhi-NCR. Beig added. minimum temperature rising to 34 degrees levels normally seen in winter. cover has resulted in dust though the awareness about “There was a ground-level dust storm According to CPCB, the air quality Celsius, six notches above the season’s PM10 levels were regis- that of PM2.5 is 60 µg/m³. being a major pollutant in the pollution has improved, the in the western part of the country that index at several places in Delhi crossed the average. According an official of the India tered at 400-430 microgram If unfavourable weather Millennium City. proactiveness about it has not increased drastically coarser particles in 500-mark, with east Delhi’s Anand Vihar Meteorological Department, humidity was per cubic metre, while that of conditions were not to make Even as strict orders were changed much,” she added. the air, causing a spike in pollution levels area recording an AQI of 891. recorded at 50 per cent on Wednesday. the more harmful PM2.5 was it difficult for Gurugram resi- issued by the National Green Most residents of the city in Delhi,” he said. An AQI between 0-50 is considered Skies are expected to remain clear with 200-250 µg/m³. As per World dents to breathe, severe dust Tribunal to not allow burning have taken to digital platforms But the air quality should improve later Good, 51-100 Satisfactory, 101-200 Mod- strong dust-raising surface winds likely to Health Organisation safety and vehicular pollution in the of waste in the open, garbage is to highlight the challenges on Wednesday, he said. erate, 201-300 Poor, 301-400 Very Poor, prevail through the day, he said, adding the standards, the prescribed limit city made matters worse. regularly seen being burnt bra- that are causing a spike in the “Such dust storms accompanied by and 401-500 Severe. maximum temperature is likely to hover of PM10 is 100 µg/m³, while Moreover, high concentra- zenly in the open on National deadly air levels. high-speed winds (30-40 kmph) do not Meanwhile, dust-laden hot winds around 41 degrees Celsius. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018

DELHI UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS ECA trials for undergraduate Short term media courses at IP College for Women from July admissions to begin today NUPUR SAXENA The centre for media skill and training, NEW DELHI: Delhi Univer- which will open in July, will offer Trials to be held in 13 venues in various DU colleges in two phases, to end on July 5 sity’s Indraprastha College of Women will this session offer intensive short-term courses on radio OUR CORRESPONDENT the performance of candidates an opportunity for students jockeying, TV show production and along with their knowledge of to sharpen their journalistic NEW DELHI: Trials for under- the activity would be tested skills and learn the nitty-gritty graphic designing graduate admission under and evaluated more than the of the field through its centre for the extra curricular activities certificates. media skill and training. entrance test will be conducted Meanwhile, elaborating on (ECA) quota in Delhi Uni- The preliminary trials, to The centre, which will open for admission into these courses, the hostel facilities available versity will start on Monday be held each day from 9 am to in July, will offer intensive short- as the students will be granted to the freshers in the college and continue till July 5 in two 5 pm, will start on June 14 and term courses on radio jockey- admission on first-come first from this session, Dr Saraf said phases, namely preliminary end on June 21. ing, TV show production and serve basis. The batch size will that out of 450 hostel seats, the and finals. The combined trails The varsity will display the graphic designing. be small with a maximum of option of air-conditioned rooms will be held at 13 venues in var- final list for selected students Students as well as aspiring 30 students. will be available for 100 seats in ious DU colleges. for the final Trails on June 22 journalist can enroll for these “The new centre will be one of the two hostels. Under the ECA quota, on its undergraduate admission short-term courses. self- financed, and experts and Moreover, auto-laundry ser- around five per cent seats are website after 5 pm. The courses will no later senior journalists from the vice will be available in both reserved in each subject of The final ECA trials at dif- than July, and their duration will media industry will be invited the hostels, where students can every college in the University. ferent centres will begin from vary from anywhere between six to deliver the guest lectures,” Dr digitally make payments and get Moreover, undergraduate stu- June 25 and end on July 2, and weeks to 3 months. Saraf added. their clothes washed. dents applying under the ECA Photo caption box for triple column PIC/MPOST their results would be declared “The opening of the centre The principal added that “We are also planning to quota are offered relaxation in on July 4 on the University’s will coincide with 20 years since both male and female candi- introduce a new course BSc the cut-off percentage of up to trials while 25 per cent weight- any course is dependant on the Officials of the University website at 5 pm. introduction of the Bachelor of dates can enroll themselves for (Honours) in Environment 15 per cent the total aggregate. age is given to certificates. seats available, and the Uni- shared that candidates who are The varsity administration Multi Media and Mass Commu- these courses, as they off slightly Sciences from the next aca- For admission under the An applicant must score at versity’s ECA committee will performing in art trials must be will hold the first registration nication (BMMMC) course. An off-campus training. The centre demic session. Our proposal ECA quota, aspirants are eval- least 50 per cent in the trials. In decide the allotment. prepared to perform beyond and verification of original option for on-demand special will be well equipped with stu- has received a positive response uated on the basis of trials as case of a tie with their competi- Candidates who are short- what they have prepared for the documents at concerned col- courses has been kept open,” dio space, civil infrastructure, from the University and we hope well as certificates they have tors, a higher score in the trial listed for admission under ECA admission committee. leges between July 5 to July 7. said Dr Babli Moitra Saraf, Prin- browsing centres, workstations, that after the DU committee acquired. For evaluation, 75 per will be the deciding factor. quota would be notified by the They added that since a lot The first admission list will be cipal, IP College for Women. seminar room and multi-facil- inspection, the course can be cent weightage is accorded to However, admission into University. of stress is given on ECA trials, displayed on July 10. She further said that no ity hall. opened for students,” she added. Two men including garage Delhi HC Caretaker of rehab centre among two dismisses plea arrested for beating inmate to death owner held for stealing cars to hold DU LLB OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT his associate Sukhwinder. accused woke up and found exam in Hindi Revealing the sequence of that victim had died and, in NEW DELHI: For a long time, NEW DELHI: Two persons, events, cops said that on Mon- panic, the two fled the spot. Jai Pal ran a garage in north NEW DELHI: The Delhi High including the caretaker of day night, Arora saw the vic- Later, a police team on west Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area, Court has junked a plea seeking a drug de-addiction centre, tim lying on the ground in a Wednesday nabbed Arora from where he used to change the a direction to the Delhi Univer- were arrested from Ghaziabad drunken stupor and giving off Rampuri in Ghaziabad district chassis of stolen vehicles and sity to conduct the entrance and Delhi’s trans-Yamuna area a stench. of Uttar Pradesh, while Sukh- would then further sell. His examination for the LLB course on Wednesday for beating an On examining him, Arora winder was arrested from the nefarious activity, however, in Hindi language. inmate at the centre to death in found that Bidhuri had def- trans-Yamuna area. came to an end on Tuesday A bench of Acting Chief Tughlakabad Extension. ecated on the floor, which Another associate Manoj after he and an associate were Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Police officials claimed that enraged Arora. Sharma reportedly still on the nabbed from Anand Vihar. C Hari Shankar noted that a before killing the victim Amit The caretaker then shaved run. Police on Wednesday stated The two accused Jai Pal and Kasim in custody on Wednesday PIC/MPOST single judge and division bench Bidhuri, the two accused men off Bidhuri’s hair and eyebrows Deputy Commissioner of that with the arrest of Jai Pal have already dismissed a simi- shaved off his eyebrows and and, along with Sukhwinder, Police (South East) Chinmoy and his associate Kasim, both to wander around in various cases have been registered with lar plea in 2014. hair with a hair trimmer and started beating Bidhuri with a Biswal said that the accused the residents of Jahangirpuri, localities of the Capital to steal Delhi Police in the first three The Delhi High Court, in brutally thrashed him to death wooden rod. Arora was a sadist and to sat- three cases of vehicle theft have vehicles. months of this year. 2014, had dismissed a similar with a rod. After beating the victim, isfy his psychotic rage, he been solved. “Jai Pal revealed that Law enforcement officials case filed by Shailendra Mani Cops said that the accused Arora went to sleep on the along with his associates Sukh- Deputy Commissioner he runs his own garage in also busted several gangs and Tripathi saying that judge- The accused Sumit Arora and were identified as 30-year-old nearby bed. winder and Manoj mercilessly of Police (Shahdara) Nupur Ramgarh Colony in Jahangir- arrested more than 800 accused ments are pronounced and Sumit Arora, the caretaker, and On Tuesday morning, the thrashed the deceased. Sukhwinder in custody PIC/MPOST Prasad stated that on Tuesday, puri, where he used to change involved in the theft of vehicles. reported primarily in English the two accused were arrested the body colour and tamper Police data accessed by language. on the basis of a tip-off that with the engine and chassis Millennium Post stated that “The single judge had CITY BRIEFS they would come near Cross number of the stolen vehicles,” between January and March noted Article 348 of the Con- Man held for trying River Mall for selling a car. said the DCP. this year, around 10,130 cases stitution of India, which states “A trap was laid and the Police further claimed that of motor vehicle theft have that the language to be used in YOUTH THRASHED, SHOT AT IN GGN accused were nabbed, and the the accused revealed their been registered with the city the Supreme Court and high GURUGRAM: A 26-year-old man was beaten up by a stolen vehicle being driven by involvements in various cases police, in which 856 persons courts as well as the acts and group of miscreants and then fired at in Gurugram on to dump body of Jaipal was confiscated. It was of vehicle theft. have been arrested. Police bills shall be in English. It was Tuesday night. Police on Wednesday said that a case found to have been stolen Based on their revelation, claimed to have worked out also opined by the single judge was registered in the matter at Sector-9 police station, from the jurisdiction of Shali- from the garage, four stolen 1,172 of these cases. that if the relief as prayed was while the cause of the incident is suspected to be a mar Bagh police station,” said cars were recovered. Meanwhile, in 2017, Delhi granted, it would tantamount live-in partner Prasad. Motor vehicle theft has Police arrested more than 5,000 to interfering with the auton- personal enmity against the victim Rahul. “We have She further said that the been a concern for the city persons for motor vehicle theft omy of the University of Delhi,” registered a case under appropriate sections and RAHUL SINGH reached the spot and recovered accused claimed that they used police, as more than 10,000 and solved 6,894 cases. it had observed. AGENCIES have begun a search operation for all the accused. the woman’s partially decom- They will be arrested soon,” said Ravinder Kumar, GHAZIABAD: A 28-year-old posed body after breaking a spokesperson Gurugram police. man was arrested on Wednes- window pane of the car” said a Service briefly day by Ghaziabad Police for senior police officer. Four held for breaking into ASSAULT ON GURUGRAM HR HEAD: trying to dump the partially Police have sent the body affected on decomposed body of his live- for post-mortem and, on later family’s home, assaulting them COPS FORM SIT in partner after stuffing into a on Wednesday, arrested the GURUGRAM: A special investigation team has been suitcase. accused from Khora area. Violet Line due OUR CORRESPONDENT ugly, we decided to leave the undergoing treatment. formed by Gurugram Police to inquire into the murder Police said that the woman “Following the arrest, we place and went home to avoid Based on the complaint filed attempt on Dinesh Sharma, the HR head of Mitsuba was murdered around two days interrogated the accused, to snag GREATER NOIDA: Police the circumstances,” said the by the victims, a case under ago, but on late Tuesday night, upon which he told us that the on Wednesday arrested victim, who wished to remain sections 452 (house trespass Sicle India Pvt Ltd, which took place on June 7 Guru- the accused tried to dump her woman used to remain upset OUR CORRESPONDENT four persons for allegedly anonymous. after preparation for hurt, gram. Even after two people arrested for firing at the rotting body after he claimed to over his drinking habit and trespassing a house and According to the assault or wrongful restraint), 48-year-old, the case seems far from over. On Tues- have found that she committed often they used to fight with NEW DELHI: Services were attacking the members of a complainant, while his family 307 (attempt to murder), 354-A day, the company’s HR department received a anoy- suicide at their residence. each other. affected for 30 minutes tonight family with blade and sharp was having dinner at their (assault or criminal force to mous letter threatening the managers to sack Sharma According to police, the “He further revealed that on the Violet Line of the Delhi objects following a heated residence, Shahbir, along with woman with intent to outrage or face dire consequences. This has led enforcement incident took place in Vandana two days ago, when he returned Metro due to some technical argument. The miscreants also ten other people, reportedly her modesty), 323 (punishment Enclave society in Khora area home, he found her hanging snag, officials said. molested the female members broke into the house and for voluntarily causing hurt), officials to probe the case further and know if there of Ghaziabad, where the victim from the ceiling fan. Out of The Line-6 connects Kash- of the family. attacked the family members 324 (voluntarily causing are more disgruntled employees in the Japanese auto- Jyoti Verma – a native of Ludhi- fear, he decided not to tell any- mere Gate station in Delhi According to police, the with blade, knife and sharp hurt by dangerous weapons mobile company. ana district in Punjab – lived in one and dumped her body after to Escorts Mujesar station in incident took place around 9 objects. or means) and several other a rented apartment in with her stuffing it into the suitcase,” a Faridabad and is one of the pm on Tuesday, when one of “Around six to seven relevant sections of the Indian RETD LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARRESTED partner Shivam Vidhi. Verma senior police officer said. busiest corridors. the victims had told one of the members of the family were Penal Code. FOR MOLESTING EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL worked in a famous salon in Police are now waiting for “There was minor delay or accused to stop selling drugs severely beaten up, while the Cops said that the arrested Delhi, cops added. the post-mortem reports to bunching of trains on the line at the former’s medical store accused allegedly molested the men have been identified NEW DELHI: A 70-year-old retired Lieutenant Colonel Police said that the incident ascertain whether the woman from 9:30-10 pm. This was due in Dadri area of Greater Noida. female members of the family. as Aarif, Shabir, Sonu and was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molested came to light when the accused was murdered or she commit- to some signalling error around “While returning home “On hearing the cries of the Sarfaraz, while some other a girl inside a lift in Dwarka district. Deputy Commis- was discovered to be carrying ted suicide. 9:30 pm, and as a result IDs of after offering evening prayers, victims, the locals informed the accused are still at large. sioner of Police (Dwarka) Shibesh Singh confirmed the the suitcase in a car, as it was “The body of the deceased trains were lost and were given we spotted that one of the police, immediately after which “We conducted raids at their incident and said it was reported on Tuesday, when giving a strong stench. has been sent for post-mortem, afresh in this period,” a senior accused, identified as Shabir the accused fled the spot. They whereabouts and managed to the eight-year-old girl was alone in the lift with the “A few locals felt a foul reports of which are awaited. DMRC official said. Sultan, had been selling drugs even threatened the victims arrest Aarif, Shabir, Sonu and smell coming out of the suit- We have informed her fam- Train services are running openly outside our medical with dire consequences, if Sarfaraz, while another accused accused, who allegedly molested her. Singh stated that case and stopped the car to see ily members and will register normal on Line-6 now, he said. store. they complained about it to Rahul is absconding. Some the victim revealed the incident to her family members, into it. However, the accused a case based on the complaint Las week, the storm had “As we tried to stop him the police,” said a police official. people from the village have who approached Dwarka South police station, where fled away the spot, leaving the received,” said Dharmendra hit services on various lines from selling the drugs, he Police reached the spot been detained by the police a case was registered on Tuesday. The accused and car behind. They immediately Kumar, station house officer, of the Delhi Metro network started abusing us and as and rushed the victims to a for questioning,” said a senior the victim both live in Dwarka district. alerted police and a police team Khora police station. temporarily. the situation started turning nearby hospital, where they are police officer. BODY OF LABOURER FOUND HANGING FROM TREE IN MUKHERJEE NAGAR Disturbing trend: Criminal gangs now recruiting kids NEW DELHI: A man in his late 30s reportedly killed himself, with his body found on Wednesday morn- ABHAY SINGH as pick-pocketing, theft and to commit crimes in moving children, as we found that a ing hanging from a tree in Mukherjee Nagar area of snatching. trains and in the area around 17-year-old member of the NEW DELHI: Children liv- During investigation, the platforms,” police said. gang was a street child,” said north west Delhi. Police said they found an alleged sui- ing on the streets are the most children were found to be liv- Recently, Shahdara district the police official. cide note in his possession written his native language. vulnerable group of the society, ing on the streets, picking rags police had busted another gang The Standing Operat- Cops said the incident came to light after the victim regularly exploited by crimi- from different railway stations. that trained kids for commit- ing Procedure, formulated by Vrindavan Mandal’s body was found hanging from a nals for committing crimes The accused used to lure them ting crime in the Capital. Police National Commission for Pro- tree by a passerby. Cops were immediately alerted, near railway platforms. on the pretext of easy money. arrested six persons in the case. tection of Child Rights, states and Mandal was rushed to a hospital, where he was The revelation was made Police said that the arrest An investigator claimed that most of street connected during a recent investigation was made by team of Crime that they found that seven children are vulnerable to declared brought dead. The deceased, a native of of a case, where a criminal was Branch, and the accused told members of this large gang emotional, physical and sex- West Bengal, had been living with his wife in Mallikpur arrested for recruiting teenag- investigators that the gang is were recruited by the kingpin ual abuse, due to lack of secure cluster and worked as a labourer in Mukherjee Nagar. ers to commit petty crimes. operating across the Delhi- when they were minors. shelter and adult supervision. Police claimed that they are verifying reports that According to a senior police Mumbai railway network. Cops “The gang used to target Children on the streets are claimed an argument between Mandal and his wife official, on June, one Sunil added that the gang mem- children from areas where often called ‘hidden children’, on Wednesday morning. Police further said they are Bihari from Pandav Nagar was bers are also involved in drug parental supervision was far as they have no concrete iden- arrested for running a gang trafficking. less. During further investi- tity. Being hidden, they are at questioning his family members to get some clue. Members of the gang arrested by Shahdara police were found to be comprising children for com- “Usually, the accused would gation, we came to know that a higher risk of being abused, mitting petty crimes, such recruit teenagers in his gang the accused also hired street exploited and neglected. recruiting children to commit crimes PIC/MPOST nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 mp Andhra Pradesh ‘PM’s intentions not clean, urges NITI Aayog ‘Is anti-Modism only focus not on real issues’ to defer Governing OUR CORRESPONDENT Council meet

MUMBAI: A “mahagathband- AMARAVATI: Andhra ideology of Cong?’ han” (grand alliance) of the Pradesh Chief Minister N opposition to take on Prime Chandrababu Naidu on Minister Narendra Modi, the Wednesday urged NITI Aayog Arun Jaitley slams grand old party for its obsession with PM BJP and the RSS is the senti- to defer its Governing Council ment of the people and not meeting, scheduled for June 17, OUR CORRESPONDENT ogy. This can only happen to a just political parties, Congress to the next day in view of Ram- party which becomes ideology- president Rahul Gandhi said zan festivities. NEW DELHI: Taking a jibe at less; pushes itself to the fringe; on Wednesday. The Chief Minister, in a let- Rahul Gandhi for anti-Naren- is willing to act as a tailender Lashing out at Modi and the ter to NITI Aayog vice-chair- dra Modi tirade, Union Minis- to regional parties. All this ruling party, Gandhi alleged man Rajiv Kumar, said Ramzan ter Arun Jaitley questioned the because its only obsession is a that the prime minister and the would be celebrated on June Congress President’s wisdom person called Narendra Modi,” BJP were attacking the Consti- 16, followed by Eid-e-Milap saying that it has to be acquired Jaitley said. tution and other institutions of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi presents a cheque to self-trained farm on June 17. “As Chief Minis- through learning and cannot be The minister also ques- the nation. “It is the sentiment innovator Dadaji Khobragade's son Mitrajit and his wife during an ter, I am required to be pres- inherited. tioned the Congress party’s of the people and not just polit- interactive session with the farmers at a “Chaupal pe Charcha” ent in the state capital for these The Congress party has ‘sudden love for the Other ical parties which are opposed programme, at village Nanded in Maharashtra on Wednesday PTI festivities. So, please postpone become “ideologyless” because Backward Classes’ saying For- to the BJP, to have a ‘mahagath- the Governing Council meet- its “only obsession is a person mer Prime Minister Rajiv Gan- bandhan’ that can take on the prices of petrol and diesel crude price was USD 130 a bar- ing either to the 18th or at least called Narendra Modi”, Jaitley dhi had opposed the Mandal BJP, the RSS and Prime Min- under the Goods and Services rel that has now come down to 17th afternoon,” Naidu wrote. said in a Facebook post. tions are heritable. Unfortu- start-ups. Commission and the Con- ister Narendra Modi,” Gandhi Tax (GST) to provide relief to USD 70 a barrel. A Telugu release from the Gandhi has been attacking nately wisdom is not heritable. “The great grandson of the gress Party recently opposed told reporters here. the common man, but “he is “However, the benefit has CMO said the CM reviewed the BJP government for waiv- It has to be acquired through man who authored ‘The Dis- the grant of constitutional sta- However, he remained not interested.” not been passed on to the com- with senior officials the issues ing loans of Rs 2.5 lakh crore by learning,” he said in a post titled covery of India’ could with tus to the National Commis- silent when asked who would “There was an attack on mon man. Where does this to be raised in the NITI Aayog big corporates, as also criticis- ‘Is Congress Becoming Ideolo- his customary inaccuracies sion for Backward Classes. lead the grand alliance of the Mumbai (through demoneti- money go? In the pockets of a GC meeting. He directed offi- ing the Mudra Yojana. gyless? Is Anti-Modism its only one day give to this country On Congress leader P Chi- opposition parties. sation). There are small indus- handful of 15 to 20 rich people,” cials to prepare a detailed report Observing that the UPA ideology?’ his monumental work on ‘The dambaram’s comment that fry- “Prime Minister Modi and tries, traders here... the leather he alleged. on the state bifurcation-related government during 2008-2014 Gandhi earlier this week Rediscovery of Coca Cola’,” Jait- ing pakodas is not job creation, the BJP are attacking the Con- industry and the cloth industry Gandhi had yesterday issues, fund flow for various indiscriminately lent money cited the examples of success- ley said. Jaitley said “being cleverer than stitution and institutions of the are all here. They were attacked accused the Modi government Central projects, special finan- through banks to 15 big loan ful American entrepreneurs He further said that there is rest of his colleagues, he per- nation,” he alleged, saying the by the ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ of creating hatred and division cial assistance for backward defaulters, Jaitley said Gandhi to attack Modi’s policies, and no ideological pattern in Gan- haps was trying to neutralise question faced by the people (implying the GST by draw- in the society and betraying districts and the quantum of prefers the “Gobbelian tradi- described the founder of Coca- dhi’s statements. “Ignorance the success story of the Mudra was how to stop this. ing a reference to the celluloid farmers as well as youth in the assistance being extended to tions to say the exact opposite”. Cola as a ‘shikanji seller’ and with anti-Modism is a common Yojana where 12.90 crore The Congress is trying to bandit Gabbar Singh),” Gan- country. the state for various centrally- “For a President of a that of McDonald’s a ‘dhaba thread”, he said. loans have been given for self- join together these voices and dhi said. “The whole country Addressing a convention sponsored schemes. Ministers national party not to under- w a l a’. Dynastic political parties employment to various weaker the work is going on, Gandhi is sad, small businessmen are of Mumbai booth-level Con- Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, K stand this basic procedure of “Though factually what he are family and personality sections”. said. The 47-year-old Congress sad because of demonetisation gress workers here last eve- Kala Venkat Rao, K Atchan- bank functioning should be a stated was incorrect, the larger dominated and ideology takes Jaitley said the total of these leader is on a two-day visit to and we are fighting for them,” ning, he alleged that Modi was naidu, Chief Commissioner matter of concern to the entire point is that he saw virtues in a back seat, he said. loans has touched Rs 6 lakh Maharashtra since yesterday. he said. a “chowkidar” only for a hand- of Land Administration Anil party as also the country. In these professions which can “The leader’s ill-informed crores and created work for He said the opposition has Gandhi said during the ful of industrialists and not the Chandra Punetha and other dynastic parties political posi- act as a launch pad for many instincts become the ideol- millions of people. been asking Modi to bring UPA government’s rule, the common man. senior officials attended. MPOST DMK walks out Oppn parties emulating BJP’s of TN Assembly Cong wins Jayanagar assembly seat in K’taka OUR CORRESPONDENT as Ramalinga Reddy had con- over issue of S Ve tested and won for four con- enrolment drive, says Shah BENGALURU: In a morale secutive terms from the 1989 OUR CORRESPONDENT Shekher’s arrest booster to the Congress-JD(S) assembly election to 2004. coalition government headed It is only since 2008 that by H D Kumaraswamy in the seat has gone to BJP’s kitty NEW DELHI: BJP presi- Karnataka, the Congress on asReddy shifted to neighbour- dent Amit Shah on Wednes- Wednesday won the Jayanagar ing BTM Layout constituency. day hailed his party’s drive to assembly seat in the city, defeat- Vijaykumarwon on a BJP enrol new members and train ing BJP by over 2,800 votes. ticket for two consecutive them, and said opposition par- This is the second straight terms in 2008 and 2013. Rama- ties are also now emulating this win for the Congress in the linga Reddy said “the victory exercise. electoral test the government margin is smaller than what Addressing party function- faced since it came to power on I had expected.” Ramalinga aries after releasing training May 23, stitching up a post-poll Reddy and Sowmya are said booklets to educate workers, Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy,daughter of former Minister & alliance after the assembly polls to be the first father-daughter Shah said the BJP’s ideology threw up a fractured verdict. MLA Ramlinga Reddy, flashes victory sign after winning the Jayanagar duo to enter the assembly at the is aimed at changing the soci- OUR CORRESPONDENT Unlike in the election for constituency election, in Bengaluru on Wednesday PTI same time, at least in its recent ety and the country’s politics, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, where BN Prahlad, who garnered Congress leader and former electoral history. Sowmya is sources said. CHENNAI: Opposition DMK both Congress and JD(S) 51,568 votes. With the win in minister Ramalinga Reddy’s the eigth woman MLA in the The training booklets also in the Tamil Nadu Assembly fought each other, in Jayanagar, Jayanagar, Congress has 15 out daughter Sowmya Reddy were new assembly. With this win, include measures to effectively on Wednesday tried to raise former Prime Minister HD of the 28 assembly seats in Ben- locked in a direct contest. the coalition has the support deal with media. BJP chief Amit Shah during book release of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay their demand for the arrest of Deve Gowda’s party pulled out galuru city in its kitty. Reddy, who got the ticket of 118 MLAs in the 224-mem- The party had launched Prashikshan Mahabhiyan books, in New Delhi on Wednesday BJP politician S Ve Shekher in its candidate from the contest The assembly elections were for his daughter despite oppo- ber Housewith the effective a membership drive after it the House but staged a walk- and supported its ruling coali- held in Karnataka on May12, sition from sections within the strength now at 222, factoring stormed to power at the Cen- People present at today’s ers, elected members of local out after the Chair denied them tion partner, contributing to but the poll in Jayanagar was party, has proved his clout in in one seatvacated by Kuma- tre in 2014 and claimed to have meeting said Shah also referred bodies and members of farmers permission to debate the mat- Wednesday’s win. countermanded to June 11 due Jayanagar, the constituency raswamy as he won from two enrolled 11 crore new mem- to membership drives of some cells, among others. The party ter as it was sub-judice. According to poll officials, to the death of BJP candidate B he represented in the past, by constituencies,as also death of bers. It then launched work- opposition parties and said has named this exercise to edu- Shekher had courted con- Congress’ Sowmya Reddy N Vijayakumar, who was hold- ensuring her victory. senior Congress MLA Siddu shops across the country and they had followed the BJP. cate party workers the Pandit troversy after he shared a Face- secured 54,457 votes against ing the seat. Prahlad, brother Jayanagar in the past had Nyamagouda fromJamkhandi, said that it has trained over 10 There are different book- Deendayal Upadhyay Prashik- book post on his page that her nearest rival from the BJP, of Vijaykumar and senior been a safe seat for Congress in a road accident. lakh workers. lets for panchayat-level work- shan Mahabhiyan. contained derogatory remarks against journalists, especially “IFTAR FOR DIGNITY”: women scribes. The actor-poli- ‘I am more concerned about tician had shared the post in the JDS-Congress coordination backdrop of another contro- versy surrounding Tamil Nadu state’s fitness’: HDK to PM Naqvi hosts first Iftar Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who had patted on the cheek of OUR CORRESPONDENT nessChallenge: Karnataka’s CM committee to meet today a woman reporter after a press Shri @hd_kumaraswamy. party in four years conference recently. BENGALURU: Responding India’s pride and among OUR CORRESPONDENT mum programme, the gov- ter, who holds the finance port- While the city police had to the fitness challenge from the highest medal winners ernment will implement it,” folio, would look at it. SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE filed a case against Shekher, Prime Minister Narendra for India inthe 2018 CWG, @ MYSURU: The first meeting Siddaramaiah, who chairs the Siddaramaiah, however, various courts had dismissed Modi, Karnataka Chief Min- manikabatra_TT. The entire of the coordination commit- Coordination and Monitoring said the Congress was not NEW DELHI: After holding his anticipatory bail petitions. ister H D Kumaraswamy on fraternity of brave IPS officers, tee of the ruling JDS-Congress Committee of the fledgling alli- againt writing off farm loans out of iftar, Union Minister When Leader of Opposi- Wednesday said he was more especially those above 40,” coalition in Karnataka will be ance, told reporters. and that it was committed to Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi hosted tion M K Stalin tried to raise the concerned about “developing Modi said in a tweet. held in Bengaluru on Thursday The committee headed by the welfare of peasants. “We are one on Wednesday, calling it issue of Shekher's arrest today, fitness” of the state and sought The PM on Wednesalso where the two parties would Siddaramaiah, the leader of not going to oppose the waiver ‘Iftar for dignity’. Speaker P Dhanapal said a local his support for it. posted his fitness video on mull over a common minimum the Congress Legislature Party, of agricultural loans,” he said. More than 300 Muslim court has now issued summons “Dear @narendramodi ji I Twitter which shows him programme, senior Congress includes Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had prom- women were invited from Defence ministry and a mem- to him to appear before it on am honoured & thank U very meditating, walking on a track leader Siddaramaiah said on Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief ised to write off farms loans across the nation, including ber of the advisory board of June 20 and a charge-sheet has much for d concern about my inspired by five elements of Wednesday. Minister and KPCC chief G of a whopping Rs 53,000 crore the triple talaq victims. the Air Force. “I have taken been filed in the case. health I believe physical fitness nature, and doing yoga. Announcing the power Parameshwara, Congress gen- during the election campaign. “Our government’s aim is precaution, making sure that Since the matter was sub- is imptnt for all & supportd Kumaraswamy had under- sharing arrangement on June eral secretary in-charge of the Siddaramaiah asserted social engineering, not political I will not be alone and carry- judice, it cannot be discussed, cause,” Kumaraswamy said in gone heart-related surgery 1, after the assembly polls deliv- state K C Venugopal and JDS there was no discontent now engineering,” Naqvi told medi- ing Hijab, which I never wore,” the Speaker said, even though a tweet on his official Twitter twice, first in 2007 and then last ered a fractured verdict, the secretary general Danish Ali. in the Congress over denial of apersons, making a scathing she said. Stalin insisted he be allowed to handle @CMofKarnataka. year too. The Karnataka CM two parties had said the com- Ali is the convener of the ministerial berths. It is natural attack on opposition Congress, Benazir has been appointed speak on the matter. “Yoga-treadmill r part of said concerned over his health, mon agenda for governance Coordination and Monitoring for leaders to expect getting a for calling all other opposition after a round of interview as DMK members were my daily workout regime. his father and former PM Deve will have salient features of Committee. The coalition part- ministerial position but that stalwarts at its iftar party. in the last year reaching out to seen supporting him, urging Yet, I am more concerned Gowda had asked someone their election manifestos. ners had announced that the is not always possible, he said. “We want to the social Muslim women, the incum- the Chair to allow him make about devlpment fitness of my from the Congress party to take Siddaramaiah, however, panel would meet at least once “The names of ministers upliftment and empowering bent government attempted at his statement. However, the state & seek ur support for it,” up the top post in the coalition remained non-committal on every month. Siddaramaiah, were discussed before Rahul Muslim women,” the minister facilitating women’s travel for Speaker stood his ground, he said. Modi on Wednesday government. “When Congress farm loan waiver promised by Kumaraswamy’s immediate Gandhi, who is the AICC pres- added. The government is also Haj pilgrimage without a male repeatedly asserting that sub- passed on the fitness challenge leaders said they want to make the JDS in the run up to the predecessor, said all welfare ident. He approved the list.... set to form Panchayats state- companion. They will be leav- judice matters are not debated to Kumaraswamy, table tennis me CM, he (Gowda) said his elections. “In a coalition gov- programmes of his government ultimately it is the deci- wise to fulfil its aim. ing on June 27. in the state Assembly. Subse- player Manika Batra and IPS (Kumaraswamy’s) health is not ernment, a common mini- would continue under the new sion of the high-command In a major move the gov- Union Ministers Rajnath quently, Stalin protested the officers, especially those above good... he has twice undergone mum programme has to be dispensation. (that prevails), and everybody ernment for the first time Singh, Smriti Irani, Prakash decision and led a walkout of 40 years of age. treatment... let someone from drawn up. We will try and dis- He avoided a direct reply should obey the decision. That deputed a woman officer for Javadekar, MJ Akbar, Harsh his party members, even as his “I am delighted to nomi- among you become the CM,” cuss about it tomorrow. After to a question about farm loan is the minimum disciplinere- Haj this year. Moina Bena- Vardhan, and Ravi Shankar ally, the Congress, stayed back. nate the following for the #Fit- he had said. drawing the common mini- waiver, saying the chief minis- quired in the party,” he added. zir is currently deputed in the Prasad were also present. Bungalow damage row: Akhilesh Yadav sees it as BJP conspiracy OUR CORRESPONDENT IAS Mrityunjay Narain went to house. They might come out through the media.” isters belong to the Estates seemed to have been removed my house before it was shown with a ‘chilam’ (a small pipe “I had my gym and a steel department and their mainte- and to the floor of what LUCKNOW: Former UP Chief to the media. I want to asked that holds tobacco and other structure there. In my new nance is done through the tax- appeared to be a badminton Minister Akhilesh Yadav on them to check the inventory substances being smoked),” he house I will use it. The BJP is payers’ money,” he wrote. court at the vacated bungalow. Wednesday smelled a BJP “con- of the house and tell me what I said. trying to humiliate me with the “The state government Yadav had then said it was spiracy” to “malign” him in have taken. I am waiting for the “If I am told about missing help of media. I also know pho- needs to take proper action an attempt by the Bharatiya reports of damage to the bun- report,” a fuming Akhilesh said things, I will return the items tography and the angle used to as per rules into the damages Janata Party to defame him. galow vacated by him here and at a hurriedly convened press immediately. Someone is say- show what is to be emphasised,” caused to the state’s property,” The governor also called sought to know as to why two conference here. ing Rs 42 crore was spent on he said. In a letter to Chief Min- Naik had said. The bungalow the Estates department officials state officials had entered the “It’s a conspiracy of the BJP the bungalow...Some say there ister Yogi Adityanath, the gov- was vacated by the Samajwadi and was told that videography house before it was shown to after its humiliating defeat in was a swimming pool, which I ernor said reports about the Party leader in compliance with had been done at the houses the media. by-elections in Gorakhpur, filled before leaving the prem- damage at 4, Vikramaditya a Supreme Court order that vacated by the former chief The SP leader also hit out Phulpur, Kairana and Noorpur. ises. I am ready to go there Marg, were doing the rounds former chief ministers were ministers. After the video clips at the state Governor over the It is rattled after these again. Show me where is the in the media and among the not entitled to any government surfaced, estates department issue, saying he has the “soul of repeated defeats. I want to tell pool,” he said. the Constitution. He does not relations” with the governor. common people. accommodation in Lucknow. official Yogesh Kumar Shukla RSS”. “I want to ask from the them (BJP) that the same offi- Attacking the governor, have the Constitution in his Akhilesh said “The BJP is He said this was a “serious Video clips and photos had had said officials will check the government as to why CM’s cers will find out something Akhilesh said, “He is a good soul but there is the RSS,” he saying that he had taken away matter”. “The residence allo- shown damage to a cycle track, inventory of fittings provided at OSD Abhishek (Kaushik) and when you (BJP) leave your person but he is not following said, adding that he has “good taps. I want to give them taps cated to the former chief min- on walls after air-conditioners the bungalow. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 J&K units of Karti’s two firms 4 BSF personnel martyred Congress, BJP condemn killing received `1.16 cr of BSF men in Pakistan Rangers firing OUR CORRESPONDENT bribe: ED to court JAMMU: The Jammu and OUR CORRESPONDENT and NK Matta said that Karti OUR CORRESPONDENT Kashmir units of the BJP and was controlling ASCPL and the Congress on Wednesday NEW DELHI: Former Union CMSPL, the alleged benefi- JAMMU: Four Border Security Mehbooba expresses grief condemned the killing of four minister P Chidambaram’s ciaries of bribe amount of Rs Force (BSF) personnel, includ- BSF personnel in cross-border son Karti controlled two firms 1.16 crore, and Karti was try- ing an assistant commandant- SRINAGAR: Jammu and hoped the same is extended firing in the state with the later which allegedly received Rs. ing to project this as untainted rank officer, were killed and Kashmir Chief Minister, to the borders and an atmo- alleging that the Modi gov- 1.16 crore as bribe money in money. three others injured in firing Mehbooba Mufti on Wednes- sphere of peace returns to ernment lacked a policy on the Aircel-Maxis money laun- The probe agency also by Pakistan Rangers along the day expressed deep anguish these areas which had pre- Pakistan. dering case, the Enforcement made clear that it may file sup- International Border in Samba and grief over the death of vailed for more than a decade “Pakistan is a country of Directorate (ED) on Wednes- plementary charge sheets in the district of Jammu & Kashmir, four BSF personnel, including due to the peace efforts of traitors and the treacherous. day said in its chargesheet filed case which apparently keeps a senior BSF officer said on an officer, in firing by Paki- both the neighbouring coun- It once again stabbed us in before a Delhi court. open the chances of arraying Wednesday. stan Rangers in the Ramgarh tries in 2003 around. the back under the cover of Though the name of P more persons as accused. The BSF said that it had sector of Samba district. The Chief Minister has darkness,” BJP state president Chidambaram, who was also Apart from Karti, the honoured the ceasefire agreed Paying rich tributes to extended her sympathies to Ravinder Raina said, warning quizzed recently by the CBI and agency has also named ASCPL at a recent sector commander- the slain personnel, the the bereaved families while the “enemy” of stern action. the ED in the INX media and and its directors Padma Bhas- level meeting but Pakistan Chief Minister reiterated praying for peace to the He said that Pakistan can- the Aircel-Maxis money laun- kararamana and Ravi Viswa- resorted to unprovoked firing. her demand for cessation of departed souls. not be trusted and “it is an dering cases respectively, was nathan, and CMSPL and its Eleven BSF troops have hostilities along the borders The BSF said that it enemy nation that will be given mentioned in the charge sheet, director Annamalai Palaniappa been killed in cross-border fir- to protect lives and proper- had honoured the ceasefire a response”. the Congress veteran has not in the charge sheet under sec- ing incidents along the Inter- ties of border people who, agreed at a recent sector com- The Congress alleged the been arrayed as an accused in tion 4 (punishment for money national Border (IB) in Jammu have been caught in a dis- mander-level meeting but BJP-led NDA government at the probe report which would laundering) of the Preven- and Kashmir till date in 2018, tressing situation of past few Pakistan resorted to unpro- the Centre had failed to silence now be considered by the court tion of Money Laundering Act the highest casualty figure for months which has put them voked firing. The BSF ADG Pakistan and maintain peace at on July 4. (PMLA). the border force in a year in to vulnerability. said that it was very unfor- the borders. The ED filed the charge “Investigation carried out the past five years, the latest Mehbooba said the sus- tunate and “the ceasefire Pakistan’s repeated treach- sheet before Additional Ses- under the PMLA so far as data revealed. pension of operations else- announcement made and erous acts during the holy sions Judge Ruby Alka Gupta revealed that Karti P Chidam- “Since the ceasefire was Assistant Commandant Jitendra Singh (top left) SI Rajneesh Kumar(top where in the state has given agreed is to be honoured”. month of Ramzan shows that for consideration and subse- baram is linked with individu- on...it is the time we use to the people a sigh of relief and MPOST it is taking advantage of the lack quent issuance of summons to als and companies involved in right), ASI Ram Niwas (bottom left) and Constable Hans Raj Gujar PTI strengthen our defences. A of a clear policy of the Prime the accused including Karti. financial transaction and com- team was going with defence der Our Post (BoP) Chambili- asserted that it was premature condolences. Assistant Commandant, SI Minister Narendra Modi-led The probe report said the panies holding such companies material, Pakistan violated the yal, resulting in fatal causalities, to say about any involvement of “In Ramgarh Jammu sec- Rajneesh, ASI Ramniwas, Con- government to deal with it payments of Rs 26 lakh to as per diagram... ceasefire and fire at them with they said. Pakistan special force BAT in it. tor of IB, 4 BSF personnel were stable Hansraj attained martyr- effectively and in an appro- Advantage Strategic Consultan- “Investigation has revealed flat trajectory weapon followed The BSF ADG said that it “Pakistan Rangers initi- martyred including one Asstt dom. Three other bordermen priate manner, state Congress cies Private Limited (ASCPL) that ASCPL and CMSPL are by mortar firing. That is how the was very unfortunate and “the ated cross-border firing along Commandant & 5 injured due received severe injuries. Injured chief G A Mir said. and Rs 90 lakh to Chess Man- controlled and owned by causality has taken place,” Addi- ceasefire announcement made the IB in Ramgarh sector last to firing from across. Our heart BSF personnel have been evac- There has been a record agement Services Pvt Limited Karti Chidambaram and his tional Director General (ADG) and agreed is to be honoured”. night. We have lost four of our goes to those who lost their dear uated to hospital,” the statement number of ceasefire violations (CMSPL) respectively were close associate S Bhaskarara- of BSF Western Command, KN “We have honoured it and personnel, including an assis- ones,” he said. said. during the last four years and made as alleged bribe money man. Investigation has fur- Chaubey, told reporters here on Pakistan has not honoured tant commandant-rank officer, In a statement, the BSF said, Assistant Commandant BSF a large number of casualties by parent company of Aircel ther revealed that ASCPL Wednesday. it. And what Pakistan does is while three of our personnel “Around 2140 hours Pak Rang- Jitendra Singh, who was born among security personnel and Ltd, namely Aircel Televentures received money from ATVL, Another team of the BSF Pakistan’s business and how we suffered injuries,” Inspector ers Post Asraf started unpro- in 1984, joined BSF in 2011 civilians, he said. Ltd (ATVL) and Maxis and its parent company of Aircel Ltd., led by Assistant commandant respond to betrayal is our job,” General, BSF (Jammu Fron- voked firing on BOP Chamliyal and hails from Jaipur (Rajast- This is a glaring example associate Malaysian companies in close proximity to receipt Jitender Singh rushed to evac- he said. tier) Ram Awtar said. with flat and high trajectory han). Sub Inspector Rajneesh of the Modi government’s fail- respectively. to FIPB (Foreign Investment uate them and a mortar fired Asked whether the BSF will In a tweet, Jammu and weapons. Kumar, who was born in 1986 ure to deal with Pakistan, the Referring to contents of Promotion Board),” the charge from Pakistan’s Asraf Post lodge a protest with Pakistan, he Kashmir Director General of “Retaliating this unpro- and joined BSF in 2012 hails Congress leader said in a state- the charge sheet, special pub- sheet, filed through advocate exploded close to them in Bor- said, “Of course, it would.” He Police (DGP) SP Vaid expressed voked fire, Jitender Singh, from Etah in UP. ment here. lic prosecutors Nitesh Rana AR Aditya, said. 100 kg of banned ketmanine drug Prime accused in Two lynched by angry villagers on allegation of stealing cattle RANCHI: Two persons alleg- panying both the deceased villagers about repeated inci- two persons took both the dead seized in Goa Assam lynching edly involved in the theft of buf- namely Jirafuddin Ansari alias dents of cattle theft,” he said. bodies into custody and sent faloes were lynched early on Charka Miyan and Murtaja “The villagers them to the PANAJI: The Directorate of Wednesday morning in Bankatti Miyan, however managed to whose cattle were Godda sadar Revenue Intelligence has seized case held: Police forest under Devdand police sta- escape as soon as the villagers stolen sometime IN JHARKHAND hospital for 100 kg of the banned party tion of Godda district. armed with bows and arrows after the mid- post-mortem. drug ketamine being manu- OUR CORRESPONDENT Kangthilangso village where The deceased, according to and other traditional weapons night raised an alarm by beating Police have arrested alto- factured illegally at a factory the two men had gone on Fri- Godda SP Rajiv Ranjan Singh started surrounding them. drums and hundreds of fellow gether four people in connec- in Goa, a senior police official DIPHU/GUWAHATI: The day last. belonged to Taljhari village The incident of cattle steal- villagers started to hunt for the tion with the lynching. “One said on Wednesday. The seized prime accused in the lynching Two friends - Nilotpal Das under Podaiyahat police sta- ing from Dhulu village accord- of incidents of cattle thefts in the thieves and cattle in the forest,” Munshi Hembrom was arrested drug is estimated to be valued case of two men in Assam was (29) and Abhijeet Nath (30) - tion of the district, who were ing to the reports had taken locality and villagers were angry said a police official adding that first from Dhulu village followed around Rs 5 crore, he said, add- arrested from Karbi Anglong were on Friday pulled out of caught red handed by villagers place on previous occasions also about the incidents. “At this both the thieves were lynched by the arrest of three more ing factory officials were being district in the early hours on their vehicle at Panjuri in Karbi while driving away 13 buffa- and villagers were alert enough moment I am collecting infor- indiscriminately by the furi- accused” Godda SP Rajiv Ran- questioned. Wednesday, a senior police offi- Anglong district and beaten to loes stolen from nearby Dhulu to catch the thieves red handed. mation about the incident but ous mob. jan said adding the criminal Revenue intelligence officials cer said. death by a group of irate villag- village. Local MLA Pradeep Yadav there is no denial of the fact that Police after getting such record of the deceased persons conducted a raid at the factory With this, the total number ers, who suspected them to be Three buffalo thieves accom- said that there have been a series there was resentment among the information of mob lynching of was also being investigated. in Pissurlem Industrial Estate, of people arrested in connec- child-lifters. located 60 km from Panaji in tion with the lynching of the The Karbi Anglong Auton- Sattari taluka of North Goa dis- two men and spreading hate omous Council (KAAC) has BRIEFS trict, on Monday night which messages and rumours fol- decided to give Rs five lakh 90 evacuated from blazing Mumbai NATION continued in the early hours lowing the incident in Karbi each to the parents of the two yesterday and seized the drug, Anglong district on Friday has deceased men and also install FOUR FRESH CASES IN SRIJAN SCAM the police offical who accompa- risen to 64, the officer said. their statues at the place where skyscraper, Deepika Padukone safe nied the raiding party, told PTI. Karbi Anglong Police they were lynched, KAAC NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered four more cases in “The factory, originally hav- arrested the prime accused, Chief Executive Member MUMBAI: At least 90 residents connection with Srijan scam in Bihar in which govern- ing licence to manufacture steel Joz Timung alias ‘Alpha’, from (CEM) Tuliram Ronghang were evacuated safely after a fire ment funds worth over Rs 800 crore were allegedly products, was producing ket- Belurghat area under the juris- said. broke out on the 33rd floor of embezzled by a non-governmental organisation amine illegally. During the raid, diction of the same Dokmoka The Council, which held a the Beaumonte Towers in the (NGO). The agency has booked all the office bear- 100 kg of ketamine was found Police Station where the inci- meeting with media, govern- posh Prabhadevi area of Dadar ers of the NGO ‘Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti’ illegally being manufactured in dent had taken place, Superin- ment officials and prominent here on Wednesday afternoon. in these cases along with the then branch managers of the premises. The factory owner tendent of Police S P Ganjala citizens at Diphu last evening, Bollywood actress Deepika was questioned by revenue intel- said. Timung was allegedly condemned the incident. Padukone, who also lives in the Indian Bank, Bank of Baroda, besides land acquisition ligence sleuths,” he said. responsible for asking villag- Ronghang said Karbis are a same building on the 26th floor, officer, Banka, Bihar, the CBI officials said. President of Further details of the raid ers over phone to stop the vehi- part and parcel of Assam and tweeted that she was safe and Srijan Shubhlaxmi Prasad and nine other office-bear- were not yet known. cle carrying the two men and many tribal and non-tribals live expressed her prayers for the ers of the voluntary group have been named in one of Confirming the action, state spreading rumours of them in Karbi Anglong autonomous well-being of the firefighters. the FIRs, they said. Food and Drug Administra- being child lifters, the SP said. area, forming a greater Assa- According to BMC Disaster tion’s (FDA) officiating direc- The police had launched mese society. Control, the fire erupted around MOTHER, SON KILLED IN ROAD MISHAP tor Medha Desai said, “We had a massive search operation to The Karbi Students’ Associ- 2.10 p.m. on the two uppermost BHADERWAH (J&K): A 52-year-old woman and her no role to play in the raid as we nab him but he was constantly ation (KSA) and Karbi Sahitya floors 32 and 33 of the building, ing on to the lower floors creat- dozen fire-tenders, including were not informed about it. Offi- on the move and was finally Sabha, which met here under and thick black clouds of smoke ing panic among the flat owners sophisticated lifts and cranes, 26-year-old son were on Wednesday killed when cials of the Directorate of Rev- apprehended early this morn- the aegis of the Asam Sahitya were soon billowing out. who include several celebrities have been deployed to fight the the vehicle they were travelling in lost control and fell enue Intelligence conducted the ing, he said. Sabha in Guwahati on Tuesday, Later, after nearly three including from the business and blaze. There were no reports of into a 200-feet gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda search.” MPOST Timung is a resident of have condemned the lynching. hours, the flames started spread- glamour world. More than two casualties so far. MPOST district, police said. Maana Daie and her son Mukesh Kumar from Chattra village in Bhaderwah were on their way to the tourist destination of Padri Meadow CBI seeks Interpol SC refuses to cancel CLAT 2018 exam on Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate road, they said. COUPLE ELECTROCUTED IN HARYANA OUR CORRESPONDENT and outages. prepared after applying the Red Corner Notices The bench directednormalisation formula will be AMBALA: A man and his wife died after being electrocut- NEW DELHI: The Supreme National University of Advance the governing list and seats in ed by a pedestal fan in their house in Haryana’s Fatehgarh for Nirav’s brother Court on Wednesday refused Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, second and subsequent rounds village, police said on Wednesday. The deceased, Dharam to “outrightly” cancel the and the core committee of of counseling would be allo- Singh (35) and his wife Seema (32), were killed last night OUR CORRESPONDENT diffusion notice through Inter- Common Law Admission Test CLAT-2018 to revise the scores cated on its basis. after a pedestal fan fell on their bed and electrocuted pol against Modi, Choksi and (CLAT) 2018 and interfere of 4,690 candidates by June 15 The top court said that “if a them, the police said. The couple were found lying uncon- NEW DELHI: The CBI has Nishal on February 15. This with the ongoing first round after applying the normalisa- candidate, as a result of revised approached Interpol seeking notice is a mechanism through of counselling for admissions tion formula suggested by the rank list being operative in sec- scious by Singh’s father, a security guard, when he returned issuance of Red Corner Notices which location of an absconder in 19 prestigious law universi- GRC. ond and subsequent round of home from work today morning, they added. He informed against billionaire jeweller Nirav is shared among member coun- ties across the country. “Upon completion of said counseling, wants to secure the police. Modi’s brother Nishal, a Bel- tries of the Interpol. The top court approved exercise, the revised scores of admission in any other col- gian citizen, and an executive of In response to the diffusion the normalisation formula 4,690 candidates will be pub- lege of his or her choice going CARCASSES OF 12 CHINKARAS FOUND his company Subhash Parab, in notice, the United Kingdom has suggested by a two-member lished by respondents two by his or her revised rank- JAIPUR: Carcasses of 12 Chinkaras, a protected ani- connection with the over USD shared “movements” of Modi grievance redressal commit- (NUALS) and three (core com- ing, he/she shall be allowed to mal, were on Wednesday found in Bhadaria village in 2 billion fraud at state-run Pun- and other fugitives, sources said tee (GRC) for compensating mittee) on the official website do so without incurring any Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, police said. The animals jab National Bank, sources said. while maintaining that his spe- 4,690 students, who had suf- on June 16,” the bench said. disadvantage”. The agency had on Mon- cific location remains unknown. fered loss of time during the have appeared in the exam at The court said that based The apex court also casti- reportedly died due to thirst and hunger and their day sought Red Corner Notices “After getting the diffusion May 13 online test due to tech- 250 centres and out of them, on revised scores, the merit list gated Sify Technologies, a pri- bodies were strewn across the village in a radius of against Nirav Modi and Mehul notice issued through the Inter- nical glitches. 4,690 candidates had raised should be rearranged in accor- vate firm which conducted around 35 km, they added. The bodies were sent to a Choksi in the same case, they pol channel on February 15, A vacation bench of justices grievances before the GRC dance with the suggestions of CLAT-2018 for NUALS, Kochi, government veterinary hospital, assistant sub-inspector said. 2018, the CBI proactively pur- UU Lalit and Deepak Gupta within the stipulated time given the GRC. for not being able to conduct at Lathi police station, Damra Ram said. A Red Corner Notice issued sued it with the national central said that any outright cancel- by the court. “The first round of counsel- the examination properly say- by Interpol urges its member bureaus of individual countries lation of CLAT examination The two-member grievance ing which began on June 10, ing, “we must record that we MOBILE INTERNET SERVICES RESTORED countries to detain or arrest which are likely to have been would cause “tremendous redressal committee, headed by shall go on without any impedi- are not at all satisfied with SHILLONG: Mobile Internet services were restored in an accused, who is wanted in visited by the accused fugi- inconvenience and hardship” retired judge of the Kerala High ment and if any candidate is the way the examination was Shillong, and Khasi and Jaintia hill districts of Megha- a country. tives for confirmation of their on rest of the candidates. Court Justice M R Hariharan allocated a seat, such alloca- conducted”. The CBI has already filed addresses and location,” a senior “If the interest of those can- Nair, have found grievances of tion will not in any way stand It said, “the body which laya on Wednesday, 12 days after after violent chargesheets before a special official said. didates who suffered loss of 4,690 candidates as genuine. adversely altered as a result of was given the task of conduct- clashes between local Khasi people and Sikh com- CBI court in Mumbai in this A National Central Bureau time could otherwise be com- The students have com- revised position granted to any ing the examination was duty munity members rocked the areas. The state had been case, which is said to be the is a designated agency of a pensated, there is no reason plained of technical glitches of the candidates from the body bound to ensure facilities of in the grip of violence since May 29 following a fight biggest banking scam in the country which interacts with that the entire admission test like frequent login failures, of 4690 candidates,” the bench uninterrupted UPS and gen- between Sikh residents in city’s Punjabi Lane area, and country, against Modi, Choksi, Lyon-based international police be cancelled or annulled,” the questions not visible in full or said. erator facility. The record indi- Khasi drivers of state-run buses. Nishal and Subhash Parab. cooperation agency Interpol. bench said. in part, disappearance of reg- It said that in second round cates complete inadequacy on The agency had also issued a For India, the CBI is the NCB. A total of 54,464 candidates istered answers, power failures of counseling, the merit list that point”. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 mp US Oks sale of Apache attack 80% of Ganga to be clean by March 2019, says Gadkari helicopters, missiles to India OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The govern- WASHINGTON: The Trump ment sales to India in recent interests and values as the old- ment on Wednesday claimed administration has approved a years have included C-17 est and largest democracies, that 80 per cent of Ganga river deal to sell six AH-64E Apache transport aircraft, 155 mm the official said India is a key would be cleaned by March attack helicopters to India for Light-Weight Towed Howit- partner in America’s efforts to 2019 through the execution USD 930 million as well as zers, UGM-84L Harpoon mis- ensure that the Indo-Pacific is of numerous schemes under Hellfire and Stinger missiles to siles, Support for C-130J Super a region of peace, stability and National Mission for Clean bolster the country’s ability to Hercules aircraft, and Chemi- growing prosperity. Ganga (NMCG). defend its homeland and deter cal, Biological, Radiological, “The US-India defence and After signing an agreement “regional threats”, the Pentagon and Nuclear (CBRN) support security cooperation continues with Indian Oil Corporation said on Wednesday. equipment. to undergo a rapid expansion as Limited (IOCL) for reus- Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga The Pentagon’s notification In addition to these foreign part of our deepening strategic ing 2 crore litres/day treated Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari addresses a program on ‘Namami Ganga’, to the Congress comes ahead of military sales (FMS) cases val- partnership. India is now one of water by Indian Oil refinery in in New Delhi on Wednesday NAVEEN SHARMA/MPOST the first 2+2 dialogue between ued at USD 1.62 billion, India our premier security partners Mathura, Union Minister for India and the US next month has purchased USD 2.82 billion in the Indo-Pacific region,” the Water Resources, River Devel- development is a forward move Hapur, Deoband, Modinagar, in Washington DC involving Longbow missiles; Stinger Block in the region, it said. in defence articles since 2013 via official said. opment and Ganga Rejuvena- in this direction. We are also Budhana and Autrauli).” the External Affairs Minister I-92H missiles; night vision sen- A formal announcement is the Direct Commercial Sales India-US defence trade tion Nitin Gadkari said that planning to make it mandatory Gadkari also urged Petro- Sushma Swaraj and the Defence sors and inertial navigation expected to be made shortly. process. These include aircraft, cooperation continues to cleaning of Ganga is at a very for projects of NTPC in towns leum Minister Dharmendra Minister Nirmala Sitharaman systems. The lead contractors are US gas turbine engines, and elec- expand, including through the advanced stage. along Ganga to use treated Pradhan to ask profit-earning and their American counter- In its notification to the arms, aviations and engineer- tronics, among other categories US-India Defence Trade and “I am saying this with full Ganga water for their power PSUs under his ministry to parts Mike Pompeo and James Congress, the Pentagon said, ing giants Lockheed Martin, of major defence articles. Technology Initiative, a part- responsibility that the holy plants.” provide an assistance of about Mattis. “This will strengthen India’s General Electric and Raytheon. “Next month’s inaugural nership begun in 2012 which river will revive its pristine Giving details of the proj- Rs 100 crore for the re-devel- Pentagon’s Defence Security ability to defend its homeland Bilateral defence trade 2+2 Dialogue is an important seeks to create opportunities glory as 80 per cent of the ects on the Yamuna and other opment of ghats and cremato- Cooperation Agency notified and deter regional threats.” between India and the United opportunity for us to enhance for US-India co-production and Ganga river would be cleaned tributaries, Gadkari said, riums situated on the banks of the Congress about the State “This support for the AH- States has risen from near zero our engagement on critical dip- co-development, foster science by the end of this fiscal,” Gad- “Eighteen new towns on the rivers of Ganga and Yamuna. department’s decision. The sale 64E will provide an increase to USD 15 billion since 2008. lomatic and security priorities. and technology cooperation, kari said. Yamuna and its tributaries have Present on the occasion, is expected to pass through if in India’s defensive capability “India is projected to spend The dialogue is an indication of and remove bureaucratic bar- The agreement, which was been identified for pollution Petroleum Minister Dharmen- no lawmaker opposes the to counter ground-armored billions on military modernisa- the deepening strategic partner- riers to trade, the official said. signed between National Mis- abatement.” dra Pradhan said, “I assure that notification. threats and modernise its armed tion over the next decade, and ship between the United States In 2016, India was also sion for Clean Ganga (NMCG) “Eight of these towns such all support will be extended The AH-64 Apache is a forces. India will have no diffi- we are eager to seize opportu- and India and India’s emergence awarded the status of a US and IOCL on Wednesday, as Kalpi, Loni, Auriya, Kai- from Petroleum Ministry and multi-role combat helicopter culty absorbing the helicopters nities for American industry. as a leading global power and Major Defence Partner, which was inked after the success rana, Etawa, Bagpat, Tundla IOCL for future projects. Sim- and is used by the US Army and support equipment into its These sales support our secu- net security provider in the allows India to receive license- of hybrid annuity projects in and Firozabad are on Yamuna, ilar waste-to-wealth projects and a number of international armed forces, the Pentagon said. rity cooperation while also gen- region,” the State Department free access to a wide range of Haridwar and Varanasi. while four are on Hindon would be taken up in important defence forces. “The proposed sale of this erating jobs at home,” a State official said. military and dual-use technol- Gadkari further said, “I (Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, towns along Ganga like Alla- The contract also includes equipment and support will not Department official said. Noting that India and the ogies that are regulated by the have been talking about waste- Khora and Muradnagar) and habad, Varanasi, Patna, Harid- fire control radars; Hellfire alter the basic military balance US government-to-govern- United States share enduring Department of Commerce. PTI to-wealth approach and today’s six are on Kali river (Meerut, war, etc.” ‘Lateral hiring India & Belarus will strengthen At Rahul’s Iftar party, Pranab has pride of place move aimed NEW DELHI: Congress chief at saffronising bilateral relationship: Mahajan Rahul Gandhi’s Iftar party on Wednesday evening -- his first OUR CORRESPONDENT since taking over the party bureaucracy’ -- turned a massive show MINSK (BELARUS): Lok of opposition strength. But OUR CORRESPONDENT Sabha Speaker Sumitra Maha- the most-watched face there jan, who is leading an Indian was former President Pranab HYDERABAD: The BJP-led Parliamentary goodwill del- Mukherjee, whose decision NDA government’s move on egation to Belarus, called on to attend an RSS function had lateral recruitment is part its Belarusian President Alexan- recently caused consternation roadmap to saffronise the civil der Lukashenko on Tuesday. in the ranks of the Congress, service, alleged M Veerappa At the meeting, both the his party of five decades. Moily, who had served as Chair- leaders discussed issues of A video and photographs man of the second Administra- mutual concern and expressed shared by the Congress on tive Reforms Commission. firm commitment to strength- Twitter showed the former The former Union Law Min- ening already warm and President sitting next to Rahul ister also faulted the timing of friendly relations. Gandhi -- their first meeting the recruitment announcement, Reiterating that India and since the controversy broke. questioning how such a “major Belarus are time-tested friends, There was a buzz that decision” can be taken when Lok Mahajan said, “The good feel- Mukherjee was dropped from Former president Pranab Mukherjee during the Iftar party hosted by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, in Sabha elections are less than a ings between the two countries the Congress guest list after he New Delhi on Wednesday PTI year away. need to be supported by an attended an RSS valedictory Moily today also alleged that enhancement in commercial function on June 7. Mukherjee’s decision. speculation, saying the former ka’s Janata Dal Secular, was also 25 per cent of the bureaucracy is and economic cooperation.” Many leaders, includ- The speculation about President has accepted Rahul present. So were former Presi- already “saffronised”, claiming “Prime Minister Nar- Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan with ​ President of Belarus ing Mukherjee’s daughter Mukherjee’s exclusion was Gandhi’s invitation. dent Pratibha Patil and former that the BJP is running insti- endra Modi’ use of the term Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk (Belarus) on Tuesday Sharmishtha Mukherjee, were also fed by the comments of The Iftar at Delhi’s Taj Pal- Vice-President Hamid Ansari. tutes to train IAS aspirants. The “security” at the SCO sum- apprehensive that his very Shiv Sena. The fractious ally ace Hotel, organized by the A notable absentee was the NDA government is “prefer- mit implies not merely territo- the background. and green buildings would be presence at the function will of the BJP said the party was Congress after two years, was Aam Aadmi Party, with which ring” civil servants “purely on rial security but also security “We are keen on furthering very welcome,” the Lok Sabha hand the BJP a potent weapon keeping Mukherjee in reserve attended by CPM’s Sitaram the Congress is at loggerheads their ideology-orientation,” he in other areas including econ- this relationship by establish- Speaker said. against the Congress. While the as insurance for coming to Yechury, DMK’s Kanimozhi, in Delhi. The big opposition get further alleged. omy,” Mahajan said, adding ing joint ventures in the fields On the occasion, Lukash- Congress later said Mukherjee, power next year. If the BJP fell RJD’s Manoj Jha and Sha- together is the first since Janata “With this (lateral recruit- that the Indian government of mutual interest and benefit. enko emphasised the need to with his address, reminded the short of numbers, Mukherjee’s rad Yadav. West Bengal CM Dal Secular chief HD Kuma- ment) another 25 per cent is well aware of the fact that The Belarusian technology for give a firm direction to the BJP and its ideological mentor name might be proposed as Mamata Banerjee sent Dinesh raswamy’s oath in Bengaluru (of bureaucracy) will be saf- defence cooperation with Rus- not just SMART transporta- India-Belarus bilateral relations about “India’s pluralism, toler- the Prime Ministerial candi- Trivedi as her representative, earlier this month. AAP chief fronised”, the former Karnataka sia has always included Belarus tion but also SMART water, so that they may evolve in the ance, secularism and inclusive- date, the Sena said. The Con- and Mayawati sent SC Mishra. Arvind Kejriwal had attended CM said on Wednesday. and its production facilities in electricity, sewage disposal right manner in the future. ness” a section still questioned gress, however, staunched Danish Ali, leader of Karnata- that meeting. AGENCIES

U’khand: Villagers Government of West Bengal UP: Woman accuses SP worker of rape, Cabinet approves withdrawal North Bengal Development Department burn forest after Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri attempts self-immolation along with hubby of Nalanda Amendment Bill ABRIDGED e-NIT leopard kills boy e-NIT ref. Name of work Estimated Last date LUCKNOW: A woman, along NEW DELHI: The government lar and self-governing inter- no. Amount of bid DEHRADUN: Around eight with her husband, attempted today approved a proposal to national institution. submission NIT-12 Construction of (G+2) Storied Rs. 11/07/2018 hectares of forest land was self-immolation on Wednes- withdraw the Nalanda Univer- Subsequently, the Nalanda OF Building at Saheed Kshudiram 8,38,09,018.00 upto 15:00 burnt to ashes by angry villag- day accusing a Samajwadi Party sity (Amendment) Bill, 2013 University Act, 2010 was passed 2018-19 College at Kamakhyaguri in Hours ers in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar (SP) worker of raping her. pending in the Rajya Sabha, and it came into effect from the District of Alipurduar. district after a leopard mauled The incident took place as the proposed changes need November 25, 2010. Sd/-Superintending Engineer to death a seven-year-old boy, near Vidhan Sabha in Lucknow. to be discussed with the gov- The government will now North Bengal Development Department the second such incident in A woman’s husband has erning board of the institution move a motion in the Rajya Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in three months, police said. accused the SP worker of before a final decision is taken. Sabha to withdraw the amend- For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in The attack took place on threatening and forcing them The decision to withdraw the ment bill introduced on August Monday evening when the to withdraw the case. amendment bill was taken at the 26, 2013. The Governing Board boy had gone out of his home “She was raped in 2015 and meeting of the Union Cabinet of Nalanda University has since in Harinagri village to answer no action has been taken yet. held on Wednesday evening. been constituted. nature's call while his mother He is threatening us to with- of raping his maid’s daughter Badayun district, had raped her The Nalanda University was The amendment bill will was in the kitchen, Chief Con- draw the case. I request his on the pretext of marrying her. when she was minor. established on the basis of a need to be discussed with the servator of Forest BP Gupta immediate arrest,” reported In a complaint to Bareilly In April, police arrested joint press statement at the 4th current Governing Board before said. ANI quoting the victim’s SSP Kalanidhi Naithani, the Kuldeep Senger after a woman East Asia Summit held in Thai- a final decision could be taken The leopard dragged the husband. victim has claimed that Kush- accused him of rape in June last land in October 2009, which on going ahead with the pro- boy inside the forest surround- Last month, the BJP MLA agra Sagar, the MLA from Bis- year. Currently, he is lodged in supported its establishment as posed amendments, an official ing the house. MPOST Kuldeep Senger was accused auli Assembly constituency in Sitapur District Jail. AGENCIES a non-state, non-profit, secu- statement said. MPOST Heavy rains trigger floods FSSAI told to make food labelling in Tripura and Manipur draft regulations more effective NEW DELHI: Floods trig- tion Department declared a NEW DELHI: A Delhi-based “A strict labelling law is very also be labelled. This will help gered by heavy rain in Tripura holiday on Wednesday for all green body on Wednesday said important to combat obesity consumers make informed and Manipur have rendered government offices and edu- it has submitted recommenda- and non-communicable dis- and healthy food choices,” pro- thousands homeless during the cational institutions. tions to FSSAI on the draft regu- eases plaguing our country. gramme director, food safety past 24 hours, officials said on More rain has been fore- lations on labelling released by Though this draft regulation and toxins unit at the CSE, Amit Wednesday. cast by the MeT department the food regulator, urging it to is a good beginning, it also Khurana, said. Heavy rains in Tripura over Meghalaya and Assam, make the norms “more effec- has major gaps that need to be The draft regulations merely rendered over 3,500 families with heavy to very heavy rain tive and stringent”. plugged to make it effective,” state that HFSS (high in fat, homeless as the state was lashed at isolated places over Naga- In April, the Food Safety and CSE deputy director general sugar or salt) food products by heavy rains. land, Manipur, Mizoram and Standards Authority of India Chandra Bhushan said. “shall not be advertised to chil- This morning, over 500 Tripura. issued a draft of the Food Safety One of the “significant gaps” dren in any form,” the CSE said, families were evacuated to Rescuers shift villagers from the Incessant rain in the past 24 and Standards (Labelling and the CSE pointed out is that the adding, researchers point out six relief camps in West Tri- flood affected Mog Para village PTI hours has affected as many as Display) Regulations, 2018 and draft “does not provide for label- that this is “not enough”. pura’s Sadar sub-division as 1,48,912 people in Assam’s 222 sought comments from stake- ling of crucial aspects like added “Children are key consum- their homes were submerged In Manipur, incessant rains villages under eight revenue holders. The Centre for Science sugar and dietary fibres”. ers of HFSS food items and the in water, officials said. over the past 24 hours have trig- circles in the districts of Biswa- and Environment said in a state- “Public health and nutri- burden of childhood obesity Over 3,500 families are gered flash floods in the Imphal nath, Karbi Anglong West and ment that the draft has “major tion experts recommend that it is rising. The FSSAI needs to lodged in 89 relief camps as Valley with several low-lying Karbi Anglong East, Golaghat, gaps” and called for making it is best to avoid added sugar in adopt a detailed framework heavy downpour inundated areas in Imphal East, Imphal Karimganj and Hailakandi, “more effective and stringent”. food items. It can be measured to regulate advertisement of their houses, according to West, Thoubal and Bishenpur according to the Assam State The CSE said it has submit- and controlled and therefore, HFSS foods,” Sonam Taneja, the latest report of the State districts have been inundated, Disaster Management Author- ted recommendations to FSSAI must be labelled. Also, dietary programme manager, food Emergency Operation Centre officials said. ity (ASDMA) report issued on to “ensure a robust labelling fibre is a key beneficial com- safety and toxins unit at the (SEOC). The General Administra- Wednesday. MPOST framework in India”. ponent of our diet and must CSE, said. MPOST 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 EDITORIAL All’s well that ends well! Win-win for There are positives from the Korea summit. Follow-up mighty Kim depends on the US military establishment im Jong-un, indeed, had a great summit. And, he t was no Reagan-Gor- war machine. That is why the did not even need to give anything away. He could bachev moment, nor media spin that the US is cav- not have scripted his Singapore sojourn any better was it some earth-shak- ing to a two-bit dictator who himself. He may be the leader of a country with one C.J. ATKINS ing leap towards perma- craves conflict is nothing but ofK the worst human rights records in the world, but Kim was Inent peace. But, contrary to an intentional campaign of granted a friendly audience with Singapore’s Prime Minister expectations, the Trump-Kim disinformation. Lee Hsien Loong, who had forked out $15 million to keep summit did achieve some net This certainly wasn’t the him accommodated in a luxury hotel. But, the real reward positives…or, at least, potential typical big-power summit. was five hours with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, ones. Many liberal commenta- Trump did not set out with a when the two leaders signed a document that essentially reit- tors and media personalities clear strategy or any intention erated promises North Korea had already made, extracted no are so eager to oppose what- to make right the past wrongs. new or concrete concessions to demonstrate Pyongyang was ever Donald Trump says or Even if there are some positives committed to denuclearisation and, further, spoke of “secu- does, that they may be rush- to be found in the outcome, it’s rity assurances” the dictator had long sought from the United ing to declare the summit as an not as if Trump deserves recog- States. North Korea had declared, earlier this year, that since essential failure, or worse, as a nition as some master states- the country had satisfactorily achieved all it wanted with regard It is also worth cave to Kim Jong-un. man or as a voice for peace. In to its nuclear programme, it would suspend its tests. Since mentioning Many voices on television many ways, this is simply the then, it has closed down two test sites. What about the others? and in the opinion pages are result of the haphazard wheel- Trump announced that Kim had informed him that he would that achieving howling that Trump gave away ing-and-dealing style of diplo- be shutting down a third one that tested missile engines. But, a completely the store in his meeting with the macy that he thinks is his area the real drama unfolded after Kim had left the summit venue. North Korean leader in Sin- of expertise combined with his In a freewheeling press conference lasting more than an hour, nuclear-free gapore. The President’s agree- egotistical desire to gain rec- Trump was pressed by reporters to elaborate on the security Korea goes ment to halt war games with ognition as a powerful leader. guarantees he could provide to North Korea. In response, Trump South Korea – annual dress There are no guarantees that pointed to the presence of nearly 30,000 US troops in South beyond just rehearsals for an invasion of anything discussed in Singa- Korea, something that has long irked not only North Korea but Kim’s weapons the North which even Trump Minus the cynicism, there are some positives that should be attributed to Trump for the summit’s success pore will come to fruition. The also its biggest backer: China. “I want to get our soldiers out. says are “very provocative” – war cabinet of Bolton, Pom- I want to bring our soldiers back home,” Trump said. And to programme. is being characterised as some of loved ones at the Fatherland that possible. In the good vs evil tale being peo, and the rest is still in place the apparent surprise of South Korea, Trump promised to halt Although the US huge concession. Trump, they Liberation War Martyrs Cem- It’s also worth mentioning weaved in the mainstream and will certainly have an influ- what he called “the war games” -- joint military exercises with has not stationed say, came away empty-handed, etery in Pyongyang. that achieving a completely media right now, in which ence over Trump. There is no South Korea that North Korea has long regarded as a provoca- while Kim goes home the big It is true that a direct meet- nuclear-free Korea goes beyond North Korea is and always has way these guys are going to tion. They were expensive, inappropriate and “provocative”, he nuclear weapons winner. ing between itself and the US just Kim’s weapons program. been the villain and the US is be willing accomplices in any said. There were few expectations that Trump would confront on Korean soil The comments of Sen. Chris has been something the North Although the US has not sta- unquestionably the noble hero, weakening of the US’ imperial Kim on the many issues North Korea faces, like its appalling Coons, D-Del., speaking on Korean leadership has long tioned nuclear weapons on it is almost as if the past never power and reach. The fact that human rights record, the North Koreans who slave in labour since 1991 – US MSNBC, are typical: “This was requested and which the US Korean soil since 1991 – US unfolded. We are told of North Trump raised the possibility of camps, the kidnapped foreign nationals from South Korea and Navy submarines a dream outcome for Kim Jong- has refused. But, if a meeting Navy submarines loaded with Korean human rights abuses bringing home all US troops Japan, and beyond, its arsenal of medium and short-range mis- un.” Really, though? Sure, the between the two conflicting missiles still patrol the waters and the horrors of its prison from South Korea eventually, siles. Those have been high on the list of priorities for North loaded with war games have been halted, but parties to discuss ways of over- surrounding the peninsula and camps (which, while exagger- for instance, is going to be a Korea’s neighbours including Japan and South Korea. Through missiles still there is still the matter of 30,000 coming disputes counts as a missile silos on the US main- ated, are most certainly real). non-starter with the military- North Korean state media, Kim sought the legitimacy that a US troops sitting on the border concession by one side to the land can still strike North Korea Unmentioned, though, is industrial establishment. summit might confer. It would only be more priceless for him patrol the waters right next to North Korea. And, other, then the road to peace with ease. Will there be a veri- the fact that nearly three mil- But, if we are reaching a if President Trump was coming to North Korea. That, by the surrounding the punishing sanctions remain is going to be even longer than fication process negotiated to lion Koreans were killed during point where the North is no way, was a possibility that Trump told reporters he would con- in place, crippling the coun- the 65 years it took to get to remove these dangers as well? the 1950-53 war, the majority longer detonating nuclear sider. He also said he would “absolutely” invite Kim Jong-un peninsula and try’s economy and blocking its this point. In all the verification talk, of them in the North. Unmen- bombs and shooting missiles to the White House. On the North Korean labourers, Trump missile silos on access to the world markets. For its part, the North many are asking how the US tioned is the fact that Ameri- over Japan and the US is not said: “I think I’ve helped them,” adding, “Not much I can do House Democratic leader agreed (again) to the principle will make sure North Korea can warplanes dropped more threatening devastating mili- right now, but at some point, I think they are one of the great the US mainland Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says of a nuclear-free Korean pen- sticks to its end of any bargain. bombs on North Korea than it tary strikes that could set off a winners today.” Tuesday’s communiqué said that North Korea can still strike that Trump was too focused insula. As has been endlessly The flip side of that question did on Japan during WWII. Or major war, then let’s take what “commits to work towards the complete denuclearisation of the on getting some kind of deal commented on, that pledge could very well be how North that it deployed chemical weap- we can get. If the two sides Korean peninsula.” In contrast, the agreement signed in 2005 North Korea that “in his haste” he “elevated came with no timeline or any Korea can guarantee the US ons – 32,557 tons of napalm – are talking directly and tak- between North Korea and the US, China, Japan, Russia, and with ease North Korea to the level of the details on a verification process. will stand by its promises. The on North Korea. Or that the US ing some small steps forward, South Korea, committed Pyongyang “to abandoning all nuclear United States while preserving For a major summit between last major US-DPRK agree- intentionally targeted popula- then the summit was no failure. weapons and existing nuclear programmes and returning, at the regime’s status quo.” the two heads of state thrown ment on denuclearisation, the tion centres during its bom- As the old saying goes, even an early date, to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear North Koreans know well together in a matter of weeks, 1994 Agreed Framework, fell bardment campaign, levelling broken clocks are right twice a Weapons and to IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] the costs of a war. At the time, that’s really no surprise. Events apart after the US never lifted the capital city Pyongyang to day, and at least for now, Trump safeguards.” The North Koreans have given no indication that the US military estimated that of this sort are usually preceded sanctions (as promised), never the ground. is telling the right time when it they are seeking to abide by the international conventions or it had killed up to 20 per cent by months of staff meetings provided new light-water reac- When it comes to the costs comes to Korea. IPA admit independent experts to verify the extent of their nuclear of the North’s population in to hammer out those kinds of tors (as promised), and never of war, North Koreans know (The writer is the programme. The North Koreans have given nothing so far; its bombardment campaigns details, but Trump’s unconven- provided formal assurances of that well. Their country had Managing Editor, People’s while the Americans, on the other hand, have given Kim Jong- during the 1950-53 war. Here, tional and unplanned diplo- North Korean security (again, to be rebuilt from scratch World. The views expressed un a summit and much more with the US President. Whatever family members visit the graves matic style didn’t really make as promised). after going up against the US are strictly personal) happens from now, Pyongyang comes out of this looking like it’s scored a great victory. It’s an instructive and compelling les- son on how weak states can achieve asymmetrical outcomes dear if they are prepared to stand tough against materially stron- OF CRUCIAL CONSEQUENCES EDITOR millenniumpost.in ger powers. The White House said that it had largely agreed to Quote martial Log on to write letters to the North Korea’s demand for parity in all aspects of the summit. While it is observed that lateral entry to the Government's senior positions is a crucial The North Koreans have spent decades negotiating with the There is an step, it is also a wonderful decision considered by the Union Government. It is an editor or send them to West along with studying the Trump White House and were [email protected] well-prepared for this meeting. To see President Trump and immeasurable opportunity for retired Government Engineers to serve again and take forward the Kim Jong-un shaking hands warmly and chatting so easily was distance between flagship Make in India initiative and the Digital drive as envisioned by the Government You can also send your both stunning and chilling to many. It is a powerful moment comments to The Editor, that augers a change in the tense relationship between these late and too late of India in a meaningful way to strengthen the economy and the nation. This move can two countries. But, it also legitimises the path Kim took to get help eliminate the red-tapism that remains in deeply rooted in the bureaucratic machinery Millennium Post, here – building and testing illicit nuclear weapons that have the Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah OG MANDINO since pre-Independence times, and thus ensure good governance. potential to wreak unimaginable destruction. For Kim Jong-un, Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 this momentous day was one for North Korea’s history books. AMAR NATH BHADRA Via email Politics of cooperation Global partners against terrorism espite an overwhelming win in 67 out of 70 seats of the Delhi Assembly, Arvind Kejriwal’s journey Saudi Arabia and India have shared a legacy to fight this modern evil that in politics has been several notches lower than cel- ebratory. Entangled in a continuous tiff with the has destroyed civilisations, writes Ayalur K. Balakrishnan Dbureaucracy and the Centre, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has spent more time engaging in complaints and controversies audi Arabia has faced Counter-Terrorism Centre rather than in furthering their political agenda. The last week more than 60 attacks by (UNCCT) was also envisioned has borne witness to yet another new turn in this delicate love- terror groups Al-Qaeda by the Custodian of the Two hate relationship shared between Arvind Kejriwal and Anil and Daesh, about half Holy Mosques King Abdul- Baijal. A dragged reaction to the unfortunate alleged assault Sof them in the last two years lah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash at Kejriwal’s residence on alone. Daesh, also known as the launched in 2011 with an ini- February 19, has further soured an already abrupt relationship Saudi Arabia and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria tial contribution of $10 million between the bureaucracy and Delhi government. Since then, (ISIS), called for the extermina- by Saudi Arabia. The kingdom allegedly, the IAS officers have been staging a tacit non-coop- India have a long tion of the Saudi royal family in later pledged another $100 mil- eration movement, stalling projects proposed by the Arvind history of shared three formal pronouncements lion to enhance the capabili- Kejriwal government. The bureaucracy, while fulfilling its role issued between 2014 and 2016. ties of UNCCT. The kingdom in signing all documents, Kejriwal argues, has been uncoop- prosperity and India is the third-biggest target also co-chairs the Counter ISIL erative in progressing projects for the community’s upliftment pain, bringing of terror attacks after Iraq and Finance Group along with the – mohalla clinics, local schools, water facilities, among others. Afghanistan. Of the 11,072 ter- United States and Italy. In fact, In protest of the bureaucracy’s apathy towards its government, them together in ror attacks worldwide in 2016, the Saudi government had put Kejriwal, joined by Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai, and Satyendra happiness and as many as 927 took place in in place majority of its new Jain, begun their dharna at Raj Niwas, the LG’s residence to India. financial controls and bank- press for their demands that would include a direction to IAS grief. Having Saudi Arabia and India have ing regulations in as early as officers to end their clandestine strike while also seeking pun- faced the brunt a long history of shared pros- To combat terrorism, Saudi Arabia and India have joined forces time and again 2003, aimed at stopping those ishment for those who have negated work for four months. perity and pain, unifying them who financially support ter- While opposition BJP and Congress have snubbed AAP for of terrorism, both in happiness and grief. Having sive manner. Their continuous stone in strengthening the stra- ism issued by King Abdullah. rorism and extremism within its protest at the LG’s house, the joint forum of Delhi govern- have for long faced the brunt of terrorism, efforts for the adoption of the tegic partnership between the The kingdom is also a member Saudi borders and beyond. ment employees, which also includes IAS officers, iterated their both have for long been tread- Comprehensive Convention two countries was the MoU on of the 68-nation-strong Global The Saudi Arabian Monetary stance that no palpable obstruction to work has occurred in been treading ing the path of cooperation to on International Terrorism is Defence Cooperation signed Coalition Against Daesh and Agency (SAMA) issued instruc- any department, and, in fact, officers have been toiling “many the path of fight this menace by joining an example of their unwaver- during the visit of the Custo- one of the founding countries tions to all Saudi financial insti- times even on holidays”. Arvind Kejriwal’s constant tussle with forces in cyber and maritime ing will to fight the threat in dian of the two Holy Mosques of the Islamic Military Alliance tutions to implement the 40 the LG and the Centre can only be described as exhausting. In cooperation to security and against transna- all its forms. King Salman bin Abdulaziz against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. recommendations of the Finan- this atmosphere of conflict, BJP’s electoral claim that smooth fight this menace tional crimes, human and drug The Riyadh Declaration of Al Saud to India in February “We will not allow them cial Action Task Force (FATF) governance requires the same party to rule the state and Cen- trafficking. 2010 ushered in a new era of 2014 as the then Crown Prince, (terrorists) to distort our peace- of the G-8 countries regarding tre gains more precedence, though it shouldn’t. With a claim by joining forces The two countries have kinship between the countries, Deputy Premier and Defence ful religion. Today we are send- money laundering and the rec- to fame on the clarion call of anti-corruption, Arvind Kejriwal been partners in peace since wherein they re-emphasised Minister of the Kingdom of ing a strong message that we ommendations regarding ter- shoulders the expectations of the several citizens who gifted 2006, as the year witnessed terrorism as a global epidemic Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister are working together to fight ror financing. him with 67 Assembly seats. Nevertheless, to govern a state/ the Custodian of the two Holy engulfing all countries alike, Narendra Modi’s visit to Saudi terrorism,” Crown Prince Together, as committed UT, a party has to depart from its electoral agenda to embrace Mosques, King Abdullah bin irrespective of race, colour, and Arabia in 2016 that resulted in Muhammad bin Salman, who global partners, Saudi Arabia a more holistic outlook for the region’s development. Con- Abdulaziz Al Saud and Indian beliefs. They also welcomed enhanced cooperation in coun- is also the kingdom’s Deputy and India are fighting a com- flicts in ideology and difference in colour are secondary to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan the signing of the Extradition ter-terrorism operations, intel- Prime Minister and Minister mon enemy – global terror- prospects of development and citizen’s safety. On an average, Singh signing the landmark Treaty and the Agreement for ligence sharing, anti-money of Defence, told the assem- ism. Together, they are working Delhiites are not too displeased with the progress of Kejriwal’s Delhi Declaration and agree- Transfer of Sentenced Persons laundering, prevention of the bled Defence Ministers of the to establish global peace that governance, these unnecessary conflicts only cloud the con- ing to enhance regional and according to which Indian use of cyberspace for terror- Islamic Military Alliance in shall not only belong to the fidence that a voter has in her/his leader. To fight the British, global cooperation to combat prisoners imprisoned in Saudi ism, radicalisation and for dis- his keynote address in Riyadh. holy month of Ramadan but to Gandhi had cleverly deployed fasting – but Kejriwal doesn’t and eradicate terrorism. The Arabia or vice-versa shall be turbing social harmony is yet Crown Prince Mohammed has all months and years to come. have to fight the LG, he has to come to a mutual understand- two governments decided to transferred to their country another landmark event in this vowed terrorists will be pursued IANS ing that would benefit them both – the territory of Delhi and closely and actively cooper- for serving the remaining part regard. until they are “wiped off the (The author is a senior the nation, India. The struggle here isn’t against an ‘outsider’, ate to fight other transnational of their sentences. Also, their India has, time and again, face of the earth”-- sentiments journalist who has worked the struggle is for the growth of the ‘inside’. Reject the fasts crimes such as money launder- social rehabilitation shall be lauded efforts by the kingdom that Prime Minister Modi has with the Saudi Gazette for and reach a mutual plane of conducive respect. ing, drugs and arms smuggling facilitated. in fighting terrorism such as the also shared. more than two decades. The in a sustained and comprehen- Another important mile- royal decree on counter-terror- The United Nations views are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 mp in focus Towards a sound credit ecosystem To reduce disparities in credit disbursement, RBI’s introduction of the Public Credit Registry could provide some prompt solutions ith all eyes on the rate hike announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its VEDANTA DHAMIJA latest Monetary Policy Review, another development that deserves equal atten- Wtion is the first step towards setting up a Public Credit Registry (PCR) in the country in a ‘modular and phased manner’. This move is based on the report submitted by the ‘High-Level Task Force on Public Credit Registry for India’, chaired by Yeshwant M Deosthalee. The ten-mem- ber task force was constituted by RBI in October 2017, to create a database of credit information for India that is accessible to all stakeholders and which will enhance the efficiency of the credit market, increase financial inclu- sion and control financial delinquencies.

Need for PCR Public Credit Registry is the institutional response to To the benefit of address information asymmetries in the credit market and treat the subsequent market failures. This problem smaller firms, the manifests itself through a sub-optimal credit market HTF recommends on account of ‘adverse selection’, where creditors tend to under-charge high-risk borrowers and over-charge that the PCR may low-risk borrowers, and due to a ‘moral hazard’, where facilitate linkage the borrower has an incentive to take on unusual risks due to incomplete information disclosed to the lend- to ancillary credit ers about their true nature. This creates difficulties in information, accessing funds, more for smaller firms with missing credit history and, results in higher interest rates for the such as utility/ borrowers along with cumbersome formalities, leading statutory/ to delays in the disbursement of funds and a reliance on informal sources of credit. insurance From the lenders’ perspective, there is severe lack of payments data, comprehensive data on borrowers in the country. Infor- mation on the complete debt snapshot of a borrower, in GSTN data etc. terms of the amount of funding from various sources, subject to the is not available with the lender. Additionally, while debt extant legal information for companies and limited liability partner- ships is available, there is no unified database for trusts, provisions with societies, general partnerships, sole proprietorships and The Public Credit Registry would lend greater security to small borrowers with meagre collateral (Representational Image) the objective of other entities. Information that is available is often frag- mented and incomplete, as in the case of latter entities Indian context, a comprehensive data registry in the With an adequate focus on data privacy, the HTF rec- posed a major challenge in the Indian policy sphere. making credit where details about the structure and constitution are not form of PCR would streamline and consolidate credit ommends strict access controls. It identifies five broad This issue has been rampant in the domain of credit available to easily accessible. This makes financial institutions rely information for all market participants and enable sound users: ‘Credit Institutions’, which may have access to as well, demanding urgent attention in the wake of the on self-furnished details, leading to issues of authentic- credit decision making coupled with adequate risk man- own borrowers’ data, and to prospective customers’ data grim ‘bad loan scenario’ and the persisting ‘twin balance those without a ity and reliability due to the inadequate diligence of the agement strategies by the lenders. based on explicit consent of the customer; ‘Borrowers’ sheet problem’. A Public Credit Registry is an effective recorded credit borrowers. Also, reconciling information across differ- to have access to their own credit history report; ‘Regu- mechanism to provide comprehensive debt snapshot ent portals is a challenge, which is further intensified in Recommendations of HTF lators’, where RBI has full access, and other regulators of all borrowing entities with harmonised information history the case of delays in updating new developments, espe- The Report of the High-Level Task Force (HTF) on as per the need and as deemed fit by the RBI, based sharing among stakeholders. PCR is not a new concept; cially for post-disbursement monitoring of the financial Public Credit Registry for India was made public on the on implicit consent from the borrowers; ‘CICs’, which with its genesis in Germany in 1934, it has witnessed position of entities. day of the second bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review may have access to PCR data on a need-to-know basis extensive expansion over the course of time in Europe, Another problem is the multiplicity of granular of the year. The HTF recommends a PCR to be set up as deemed fit by RBI; and ‘Information Utilities’, which Latin America and several Asian countries including information repositories in the country. These reposi- by RBI and states that RBI may consider moving PCR may be granted access to granular data with lender and China, Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia, among oth- tories include RBI’s Central Repository of Informa- to a separate non-profit entity, in due course of time. It borrower identification for carrying out authentication ers. India is a latecomer in this aspect, but nevertheless tion on Large Credits (CRILC) and Basic Statistical suggests a structure of the PCR that serves as a single from all parties. doing well in catching up in creating a comprehensive Returns (BSR), along with four Credit Information Com- point of mandatory reporting for all material events for To the benefit of smaller firms, the HTF recommends public repository of credit information which is pivotal pany (CICs) outside RBI – TransUnion CIBIL, Equifax, each loan, without any threshold amount and provides that the PCR may facilitate linkage to ancillary credit from a supervisory and financial stability perspective. Experian, and CRIF Highmark. CRILC focuses on sys- comprehensive and exhaustive credit information by all information, such as utility/statutory/insurance pay- PCR, in the architecture suggested by the HTF, would temically important credit exposures with all scheduled credit institutions, in order to ascertain the total indebt- ments data, GSTN data etc. subject to the extant legal serve as an effective ‘public good’ that would remove commercial banks reporting information on all their edness of a legal or natural person. This repository would provisions, with the objective of making credit available information asymmetries, improve access to credit to borrowers having an aggregate fund and non-fund based keep track of a credit through its entire life cycle, enabling to those without a recorded credit history. It also suggests smaller firms, and strengthen the credit culture in the exposure of Rs 50 million and above. A similar CRILC near real-time monitoring for all lending in India. In line that the design of PCR should be modular in structure economy, while adhering to strict data privacy measures. system is also in place which reports credit informa- with international practices, the PCR may be supported so that it can be linked with other existing databases in So, while everybody is intrigued with the first rate hike in tion by the top 70 Non-Bank Financial Companies. The by a suitable legal framework making it mandatory for order to harness the full potential of the linked infor- over four years, it is also momentous that RBI announced BSR-1 covers sectoral and spatial distribution aspects of credit institutions to submit timely and accurate credit mation. Accordingly, the PCR should ensure interoper- the first steps towards initiating a PCR that will advance credit but does not have provisions for borrower identifi- information. The HTF also recommends that the quality ability to include linkages to available caution/advisory/ India several miles forward towards a more robust and cation. Further, all regulated credit institutions are man- of the PCR reported information may be the responsibil- defaulters’ lists and other information systems. noteworthy credit culture. dated to provide the same granular credit information ity of the reporting entities, and the authority in charge of (The author is Young Professional, Economic as per the specified format individually to all four CICs. the PCR may be provided with the power to take action Towards a robust credit culture Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. The Given the aforementioned set of challenges in the against the violation of rules and regulations. The problem of weak and fragmented statistics has views expressed are strictly personal)

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leaving no stone unturned to overthrow the liberal Hasina government RAGHAV CHADHA haka is steadily heat- would resort to street agita- @raghav_chadha ing up with hectic tion subsequently galvanising political activities it into a mass movement that SHANTANU MUKHARJI in a feverish pitch would undeniably pose a threat Das parliamentary polls’ dates to Hasina’s government. And, If Kim Jong-un can step out of North Korea to are drawing nearer by the day. if Khaleda is out of the prison, sign a peace and prosperity accord, can the Elections are scheduled either then she is expected to use all LG not step out of his office to meet Hon'ble at the end of this year or early her charisma and glamour Ministers and resolve the mess created by IAS next year. The main opposition under her command, leading officers?! party, the Bangladesh Nation- the movement from the front. alist Party (BNP), which was Once in the electoral fray, BNP lying dormant and dysfunc- will prove to be a formidable tional till late, has suddenly opposition causing serious embarked upon a flurry of bel- challenge to the government in MARKANDEY KATJU ligerent political activities and power. Therefore, Hasina needs @mkatju appears to be receiving direc- to tread with caution to deal If Khaleda is out tion from some powerful lobby with the latest developments of prison, then of the Prime Minister’s hostile and any minor lapse of judge- she is expected quarters. ment or calculation might cause I remember when I was a lawyer in Allahabad BNP was, till recently, in a dent in her future. some lawyers actually dug an ' Agni Kund ' to use all her political hibernation as it’s party One must always remem- outside the Court, threatening to jump into supremo, former Prime Min- ber that BNP, while in power, it if their demands were not conceded. But I charisma and ister Khaleda Zia has been in had the right-wing anti-India wud not recommend such an extreme step to glamour under prison and is believed to have and pro-Pakistan Islamic fun- suffered a mild stroke, render- damentalist party (Jamaat-e- Kejriwal&Co her command, ing her politically irrelevant in Islami) as its ally and partner in leading the the context of election cam- governance which had helped movement from paigning. As is common knowl- the latter in consolidating its edge, Khaleda is facing serious grassroots cadres, abetting the front. Once in graft charges and continues to the radical forces’ agenda to DONALD J. TRUMP the electoral fray, be prosecuted notwithstand- If Khaleda Zia is released from prison, her charisma could pose a threat to Hasina’s government foment terror as seen in the @realDonaldTrump ing the fact that her party has several deadly cases in the last BNP will prove to engaged a high profile British (ORF), and Vivekananda Inter- and, instead, was business-like and alarmingly harbour multi- two years. be a formidable lawyer to contest the case on national Foundation (VIF). The and to the point. In sum, they ple Indian insurgents belonging Meanwhile, recent reports her behalf. visiting BNP team vehemently wanted India to hold BNP’s to the Northeast. are trickling in about killings Before taking office people were assuming opposition What appears significant, criticised the Hasina-led Awami hand, extending support to it Now, in a desperate bid of one or two liberals indicat- that we were going to War with North Korea. causing serious however, is the BNP overtures League government for their during the elections. By a the- to come back to power, BNP ing that the extremist forces President Obama said that North Korea was our to India for support and “guid- alleged role in exterminating ory of elimination, it can be articulated several prom- may bounce back and resort to biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer challenge to the ance”. BNP is still undecided if it their political adversaries in the safely assumed that Pakistan ises in an apparent attempt to a renewed killing spree target- - sleep well tonight! government in would at all contest the elections name of nabbing drug traffick- will extend all-out support to elicit support. Yet, judging by ing liberals and minority com- or not. To woo Indian support, ers who are involved in smug- BNP, its longtime friend, using the party’s past performance munities. This can prove to be power BNP had sent a three-member gling drugs from across the every possible mean to subvert vis-à-vis India, the issues did catastrophic if BNP is out on the high power delegation to India border, especially from Myan- Hasina and her regime. not cut much ice during the streets especially from the elec- last week under the leadership mar, drawing all-round con- However, the Indian hands, interactions. toral point of view. To be confi- SHIRISH KUNDER of erstwhile Commerce Minis- demnation from various human experts on Bangladesh, point- In the meantime, back in dent, in part, the government is @ShirishKunder ter, Amir Khasru and two other rights groups. edly told the BNP side that BNP Dhaka, the issues of ongoing alright but being overconfident senior party functionaries. The BNP delegation also had pursued an opportunistic encounters or cross firing inci- in dealing with the critical issues During their most recent tried to highlight the alleged politics because as they are out dents are giving much ammu- could prove to be very costly. New Delhi stay, they held long corruption cases involving of power, they were trying to nition to the BNP amid credible (The writer is a security A chef lands in his own soup and apologises for parleys with several think tanks Hasina and her cohorts on warm up to India pledging all reports that if the Hasina gov- analyst and former National trolling someone else's apology.Poetic! including the Indian Defence various counts. Their tenor, promises but once in power, ernment does not release Security Advisor to the Repub- and Strategic Analysis (IDSA), during the interactions, was they will openly support anti- Khaleda before the Eid ul Fitr, lic of Mauritius. The views Observer Research Foundation not bereft of any assertions India and pro-Pakistani forces that is in a couple of days, BNP expressed are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 Palestinians seek UN vote against Racist attack on UK Indian for Israel for ‘excessive use of force’

UNITED NATIONS: The Pal- defending hijab-clad woman estinians and their supporters are hoping an emergency meet- ing of the UN General Assem- LONDON: A 28-year-old became unnecessarily aggres- sat their and I hoped people bly on Thursday will adopt a Indian-origin student in the sive to me," Advani, who in the would stick up for something resolution deploring what it UK has been racially attacked past has run charity for home- so wrong," he said. calls Israel's "excessive use of by a white man, shouting less people, said. "Investigations continue. force," particularly in Gaza, and "Brexit, go back home" after He has in the past run a No arrests have been made," a seeking recommendations to the Briton made sexist remarks charity to help homeless and police spokesman was quoted protect Palestinian civilians. towards a hijab-clad woman, unemployed people get back as saying by the report. The US is demanding changes. media reports said. on their feet. The Cornford House Sur- Arab and Islamic nations Rickesh Advani, a political The student was also once gery has also apologised. decided to go to the 193-mem- science student at Cambridge homeless, completely turned Simon Gridley, a surgery ber assembly, where there are University, confronted the man his life around and now study- manager at Cornford House no vetoes, following the US for his comments towards the ing at Cambridge, the report Surgery, wrote in a letter to veto of virtually the same reso- the situation in Gaza" and not lom crossing point to Israel "by woman, only to be hit with an said. He says his experiences him: "I would like to apologise lution in the Security Coun- mentioning Hamas. actors in Gaza." outburst of racial abuse, Cam- have taught him to always for our handling of the racial cil on June 1. US Ambassador She proposed an amend- Haley said the amendment bridge News reported. stand up for what is right. abuse you received on that Nikki Haley called that Kuwait- ment condemning Hamas "is not controversial" and sim- Advani stood up to the man None of the other patients day. My colleague mentioned sponsored resolution "grossly for firing rockets into Israel ply condemns "behaviour we in a Cambridge hospital after a in the surgery stood by him that you felt you were unfairly one-sided" for criticising the and inciting violence along should all recognise as harm- female patient bent over to put when he confronted the rac- treated as you (were made to use of force by Israel while not the Gaza-Israel border fence, ful to the Palestinian people." her bag down only to be told to down", before going on to make people can be so bigoted. At ist and sexist comments and feel) that you were the guilty mentioning the Islamic mili- "thereby putting civilians at The letter said the amendment "spread 'em" and to "get your the comment 'Brexit, go home' the very first opportunity I told Advani says he is disappointed party, when you had, quite tant group Hamas, which rules risk." The proposal also would would be voted on before the t*** out." and after that he walked out the him to politely stop and hoped by how they reacted. rightly, stood up for another Gaza. Haley sent a letter to all condemn the diversion of resolution. While Security But he was then heard surgery and reported the abuse that would be the end of it," "I was very shocked that I member of the public. UN member states on Wednes- resources in Gaza to building Council resolutions are legally saying "no not you, love" to a to police, it said. Advani said. was the only one that stood up "I know an apology is NOT day calling the proposed Gen- tunnels to infiltrate Israel and binding, General Assembly woman wearing a hijab. "I was absolutely disgusted "Any reasonable human and said 'no this is not right'. the same as getting it right the eral Assembly resolution equipment to fire rockets and resolutions are not, although The shocking footage shows by what I had heard and in that situation would have Even when I asked someone first time, but again, I sincerely "fundamentally imbalanced" express "grave concern" at the they do reflect international Advani being told to "pipe couldn't believe that in 2018 accepted his wrong but he to call the police, everyone just apologise." AGENCIES for "ignoring basic truths about destruction of the Kerem Sha- opinion. AGENCIES Lebanese PM Hardline Austria, Germany, Italy ministers PIO chef who made 13 dead as boat in Moscow to capsizes off form EU ‘axis of willing’ against migrants anti-Islam tweet Indonesia’s meet Putin BERLIN: The hardline inte- insisted on Wednesday that he rior ministers of Austria, Ger- was committed to striking a fired by Dubai hotel BEIRUT: Lebanon's prime many and Italy have formed compromise with Merkel this Sulawesi minister-designate Saad Hariri an "axis of the willing" to com- week, although what shape it will meet Russian President bat illegal immigration, Aus- would take appeared completely MAKASSAR (INDONESIA): Vladimir Putin in Moscow on trian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz unknown. "We will definitely At least 13 people died when Wednesday, the eve of the FIFA said on Wednesday, escalating a find a solution," he said. a passenger boat overloaded World Cup, Hariri's office said. Europe-wide row over the issue. Merkel was re-elected for a with holiday makers celebrating He will then attend the The announcement by Kurz fourth term in September but Eid capsized off the Indonesian football tournament's inau- in Berlin after talks with Ger- saw her ruling majority depleted island of Sulawesi on Wednes- gural match on Thursday, pit- man Interior Minister Horst by voter unease over the influx day, officials said. ting Russia against his longtime Seehofer marks a shot across of more than one million asy- Twenty-four surviving pas- backer, Saudi Arabia. the bow at Chancellor Angela lum seekers in 2015-16. sengers were admitted to hos- Riyadh has been a key ally Merkel, who is trying to pull Kurz won the chancellery pital but dozens are believed of Hariri for years, but the together a deal for EU coopera- last year in an alliance with the still missing, said local disaster relationship appeared to fal- tion on placing asylum seekers. He said their cooperation illegal migration." far-right, vowing to tackle ille- agency head Amiruddin, who ter in late 2017 when Hariri Seehofer -- who is locked in would extend to "issues of secu- Merkel has firmly rejected gal immigration, an issue that DUBAI: Atul Kochhar, a pop- "At the JW Marriott Mar- like many Indonesians goes by announced his surprise res- an open migration feud with rity and terrorism" but did not a plan put forward by Seehofer also propelled a populist alliance ular Indian-origin chef in the quis Hotel Dubai we pride our- one name. ignation during a trip to the Merkel that is threatening the offer specifics on what it would to turn back at German bor- to power in Italy. The Austrian United Arab Emirates, was on selves on creating a culture of The packed traditional kingdom. stability of her coalition gov- entail. Kurz, whose country ders any asylum seeker already centre-right leader said in Berlin Wednesday sacked by a Dubai diversity and inclusion for our wooden boat -- known locally He subsequently rescinded ernment -- said that he and his assumes the EU's rotating pres- registered in another EU coun- on Wednesday he was counting hotel after he courted contro- guests and associates across as a jolloro -- left Makassar, pro- the decision and in May was far-right Austrian and Italian idency on July 1, said he wel- try. She argues that her country on the backing of his tough line versy by posting an anti-Islam the hotel and our restaurants. vincial capital of South Sulawesi, appointed for a new term as counterparts, Herbert Kickl and comed the "good cooperation should not go it alone while during his EU presidency from tweet that caused outrage on We also remain committed to in the afternoon for a short jour- prime minister following par- Matteo Salvini, had formed their that we want to develop between Europe searches for a common countries such as the Nether- social media. delivering the traditional culi- ney to the tiny resort island of liamentary elections. AGENCIES alliance this week. Rome, Vienna and Berlin". policy. lands and Denmark. Kochhar, 48, the second nary experience and high ser- Barrang Lompo, some 15 kilo- "I think it marks very sen- Seehofer has won support Hungary, Poland, the Czech Indian to receive a Michelin vice standards that Rang Mahal meters (9 miles) northwest of sible cooperation that will from Salvini, who on Monday Republic and Slovakia have also star, is well known for his is renowned for," the hotel the city's coast. "The boat report- contribute to reducing illegal flatly refused to allow a rescue consistently either refused out- Rang Mahal restaurant at the statement added. edly hit a large wave amid bad migration to Europe," Kurz told vessel carrying hundreds of right or resisted taking in refu- JW Marriott Marquis Hotel, Reacting to the hotel's weather and capsized," Amirud- reporters. "We believe an axis migrants to dock. Despite the gees under a contested EU quota Dubai. He caused a furore after move, Kochhar said he was din said. of the willing is needed to fight gulf between them, Seehofer system. AGENCIES taking a dig at Bollywood actor "deeply upset" by the hotel's The passengers were thought Priyanka Chopra over an epi- decision to cut ties with him. to be Barrang Lompo natives sode in American television "The decision by JW Mar- who work in Makassar and Shahrukh’s series 'Quantico' that purport- riott Marquis Dubai is deeply were heading home to spend cousin Noor edly portrayed Hindu national- upsetting, however I fully the Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr ists as terrorists. accept the great pain I have with their families. Makassar Jehan’s poll "Following the recent com- caused and the difficult posi- police chief Aris Bachtiar said ments made by Chef Atul tion the hotel has been put in," the boat was overloaded. "We nomination Kochhar, we have taken the the paper quoted him as saying. are still investigating," he said, decision to end our agreement "I hope my friends and well- adding that the captain had been accepted in Pak with him for Rang Mahal. With wishers in Dubai will forgive detained. the termination of our agree- me and continue to support Almost 32 million Indone- PESHAWAR: The ment, Chef Atul will no longer me in the future," he continued. sians are on the move this week be associated with the restau- In his controversial tweet in the annual Eid exodus, official candidature of Noor rant," Bill Keffer, general man- on Sunday, Kochhar had said, figures showed on Wednesday. Jehan, cousin of Bol- ager of the hotel, was quoted as "It's sad to see that you (Pri- It was the latest deadly mari- lywood actor Shahrukh saying by the Gulf News. yanka) have not respected the time accident in the vast Indo- Khan, has been ap- According to the hotel, sentiments of Hindus who nesian archipelago, which relies proved by the Election the restaurant will continue have been terrorised by Islam heavily on boats to ferry people Commission of Khyber to operate without the chef's over 2000 years. Shame on around its 17,000 islands but has AGENCIES AGENCIES Pakthunkhwa province affiliation. You (sic)." a patchy safety record. who will be contesting in the July 25 elections Nepal PM Oli places BRI projects high as an independent candidate. AGENCIES on agenda in coming visit to China

BEIJING: Nepal Prime Min- ister K P Sharma Oli will pay a five-day visit to China next week, his first after re-election, during which a host of projects under the Belt and Road Ini- tiative as well as Beijing's plans for an India-Nepal-China eco- nomic corridor are expected to be discussed. Oli will be in China from June 19-24, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a media brief- ing here. try on India at the height of refuting reports that the agree- GOVERNMENT OF CHHATTISGARH China and Nepal are com- the Madhesi agitation and had ment has been cancelled. PANCHAYAT & RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT prehensive cooperative partners, sought expansion of road links China is also expecting its CHHATTISGARH RURAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY CIVIL LINES, RAIPUR enjoying generation-to-gen- through Tibet besides extension company Gezhouba Group Cor- eration friendship and devel- of China's railway network to poration (CGGC) to get back No. NIT -338 /TC/RC-4/PMGSY/2018 Dated 12.06.2018 opment of bilateral ties has Nepal through the Himalayas. the contract to build the 1,200 SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER been taking place with sound However, since his re-elec- MW Budhigandaki hydropower Online tenders are invited from manufacturer or authorized dealers up to 5 P.M. of momentum, he said. tion, he made his first foreign oroject, which was cancelled by ./06/2018 for the supply of following items:- Oli will hold talks with Presi- visit to India promising to follow the previous Nepalese govern- dent Xi Jinping and Premier Li a more balanced policy between ment. China has been investing Keqiang during his visit, Geng India and China. heavily in Nepal in the last few said. His visit was also followed years to enhance connectivity China looks forward to by a high-profile visit by Prime and infrastructure. deepening practical coopera- Minister Narendra Modi to More importantly, China tion with Nepal under the Belt Nepal highlighting steady devel- has suggested to the Nepal and Road Initiative (BRI) and opment in relations between the government to build an India- deepening political and eco- two countries. Ahead of his visit, Nepal-China economic corridor nomic cooperation as well as China has aired concerns over through the Himalayas. in infrastructure, post-disaster reports of cancellation of Chi- "Let me say China and Bidding documents & other details are available for viewing/ downloading at the site rebuilding, and in cultural fields nese companies' agreement to Nepal have agreed on a long www.eproc.cgstate.gov.in which can be viewed from 14/06/2018. In future any related and to further elevate bilateral build the West Seti hydropower term vision of a multi-dimen- corrigendum would be seen in the notice section of the website. ties, he said. project in Nepal. sional cross-Himalaya connec- Sd/- Oli, during his earlier brief On June 6, another Chinese tivity network," Chinese State R. Bari tenure as premier in 2016, had foreign ministry spokesperson Councillor and Foreign Minis- Superintending Engineer Cnonvener ( Tender Cell) widened China-Nepal ties by Hua Chunying said Chinese ter Wang Yi had said after talks Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency Chhattisgrh, signing the transit trade treaty companies participating in the with his Nepalese counterpart samvad 87167/5 Civil Lines, Raipur with China to reduce the depen- hydropower project are in talks Pradeep Kumar Gyawali here dence of his landlocked coun- with the Nepalese government, on April 18. AGENCIES 11 New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp Trump destabilised foreign policy... Trump-Kim pact marks ‘first 'practically hugged' Kim: France

PARIS: French Foreign Minis- ter Jean-Yves le Drian criticised step’ to peace: S Korea media Donald Trump's "destabilising" foreign policy on Wednesday SEOUL: Most South Korean after the US leader fell out with newspapers reacted with cau- Day after: S Korea ruling historic US allies then "practi- tious optimism on Wednesday cally hugged" North Korea's to the historic meeting between dictator in a matter of days. Donald Trump and Kim Jong Le Drian said on Tues- Un in Singapore, although one party sweeps local polls day's historic summit conservative daily denounced between Trump and North the agreement it produced as SEOUL: South Korea's ruling The DP was also forecast Korea's Kim Jong Un was "an "absurd". Democratic Party (DP) won a to secure 10 of the 12 National undoubted step forward", but The centrist Hankook daily landslide victory on Wednes- Assembly seats up for grabs he expressed concern about noted that the post-summit joint day in local elections held the in parliamentary by-elections the US president's diplomatic decided to progressively dis- weekend. statement signed by the US pres- day after a historic summit held simultaneously, with the manoeuvres. mantle the tools of multilater- Like many officials, Le ident and North Korean leader between the United States and remaining two seats going to "In the space of just a day alism created after the last war. Drian raised questions over on Tuesday had omitted Wash- North Korea. the main opposition Liberty you see President Trump It is a period of uncertainty and how Kim's promise to help ington's demand for a "com- The triumph in the first Korea Party (LKP) and an attacking Mr Trudeau who is a risk... America is shutting itself rid the Korean Peninsula of plete, verifiable, irreversible" The pro-business Joongang US-South Korea joint military elections since President Moon independent. historic ally, and you see Presi- away in its fortress of power." nuclear weapons could be denuclearisation of the North daily was cautiously optimistic, drills before the North had Jae-in took office around a year This will bring the number dent Trump breaking with his Trump's critics have seized achieved. and lacked a concrete timetable even though the timetable for started dismantling its nuclear ago is widely seen as a boon of DP seats to 128 in the 300- collective allies after the G7 on his warm embrace of Kim, "There have already been to achieve that goal. the dismantling of Pyongyang's arsenal. Its view was echoed by to the country's leader, who seat parliament, followed by meeting in Quebec, and the days after a spectacular bust- in the past gestures towards Instead the statement nuclear weapons remained the conservative opposition Lib- helped bring together the Cold LKP's 114. next day practically hugged a up with G7 allies at a summit denuclearisation by the father commits Pyongyang to "work vague. "We can't dismiss the erty Korea Party, whose leader War foes for an unprecedented The other seats are shared dictator born into a Commu- in Canada, as the latest sign of of Kim Jong Un that came to toward complete denuclearisa- summit as a failure. It is already Hong Joon-Pyo castigated the meeting. by five splinter parties and five nist dictatorship which just a his rapport with autocrats. nothing," Le Drian said. tion of the Korean Peninsula". a historic event that the leaders summit as a "great failure". Exit polls by three major independents. few days ago he said he was Trump clashed badly with "So on Wednesday it's good "In terms of the key issue... it of two foes have met. The first But an editorial in the left- broadcasters suggested the DP The LKP secured only two completely opposed to," he leaders of the G7's Western news, let's take it as such, but may appear that the result failed step to end decades of hostilities leaning Hankyoreh praised the won 14 of the 17 metropoli- posts, winning the mayor- said. democracies over tariffs and let's make sure this princi- to meet expectations," Hankook since the Korean War has been summit as opening a new chap- tan mayoral and gubernatorial ship in its powerbase Daegu "We are in a destabilis- accused Canadian Prime Min- ple of denuclearisation which said in an editorial. made", Joongang said. ter for a "great change" in US- posts contested in on Wednes- City and the governorship of ing situation," Le Drian told ister Justin Trudeau of being was flaunted at this sum- But it added that the con- However, the conservative North Korea ties. day's vote. the nearby province of North CNews television. "dishonest and weak" at a sum- mit is really irreversible and crete steps of dismantling the Chosun daily lambasted the The stoppage of the US- These included the capi- Gyeongsang, according to the "President Trump has mit that ended in farce last verifiable." AGENCIES North's nuclear arsenal would agreement signed by Trump and South Korea drills, which the tal Seoul, whose current DP exit polls. be handled during follow-on Kim. "The June 12 agreement North says are rehearsals for mayor Park Won-soon was The liberal Moon was negotiations, and that negotia- is so outrageous and absurd aggression against it, will serve predicted to retain his post for elected in May last year Australia court clears way Scottish MP tions for a nuclear-free Korean that we could hardly believe as "a catalyst" in improving a third term -- cementing his after former president Park peninsula and permanent peace our eyes," it said in an editorial. ties between the two Cold War status as a top presidential can- Geun-hye from the LKP was ejected from between Seoul and Pyongyang The paper attacked Trump foes and denuclearisation of the didate when Moon steps down impeached and jailed in a mas- for rare defamation had "just begun". for promising to stop annual North, it said. AGENCIES in 2022. sive corruption scandal. AGENCIES parliament #MeToo: Guess co-founder EU’s brilliant idea: Why not action against US Google over Brexit row MELBOURNE: A court LONDON: A senior Scot- cleared the way for a rare defa- tish nationalist MP was ejected Paul Marciano forced out mation action against Google from the British parliament on use ‘peace fund’ to buy arms on Wednesday after a man Wednesday in chaotic scenes claimed the global internet after staging a protest against after sexual assault probe BRUSSELS: The EU wants to giant published material link- the government's "contempt" for pay for military equipment, ing him to Australia's criminal Scotland in the Brexit process. NEW YORK: Paul Marciano, including lethal weaponry, for underworld. The Scottish National Party co-founder of the Guess fash- partner countries in crisis zones Entertainment promoter (SNP) leader in the House of ion brand, resigned Tuesday such as Africa's Sahel region Milorad Trkulja was shot in Commons, Ian Blackford, used in the wake of an investigation as part of a 10.5 billion euro the back at a Melbourne res- a parliamentary procedure to into sexual assault claims. ($12.4 billion) "peace facility" taurant in a 2004 crime that allegations, saying it had inno- try to disrupt the weekly prime Marciano "exercised poor launched on Wednesday. was never solved. cently disseminated material minister's question time, call- judgment in his communica- The bloc says the new In 2012, Google was published by others. ing for an immediate vote on a tions with models and photog- European Peace Facility (EPF) ordered to pay Aus$200,000 "We will continue to defend motion for MPs to sit in private. raphers and in placing himself is needed to make its train- (US$150,000) in damages to the claim," a Google spokesper- Speaker John Bercow agreed in situations in which plau- ing missions in three African Trkulja, who claimed he was son said Wednesday, declining to discuss the issue once ques- sible allegations of improper countries more effective and to defamed by material that to comment further as the case tion time was over but when conduct could, and did, arise," enable it to contribute to peace- implied he was a major crime was ongoing. Blackford refused to take his Guess said in a Securities and texts, and unwanted advances keeping efforts elsewhere in the tral African Republic. Council. figure and had been the target In the 2012 decision, a jury seat, ordered the Scot out of the Exchange Commission filing. including kissing and groping," world. "The world is living in dif- An EU official said that any of a professional hit. ruled Google had failed to act chamber for the rest of the day. He has resigned effective Guess said. But the EU paying for arms ficult times and this calls for a decision to pay for weapons Trkulja then launched fur- when Trkulja's lawyers wrote to In a spectacle condemned immediately from his post as It said they interviewed is a sensitive issue for some European Union responsibility would take into account the ther proceedings against the them demanding action over by British Prime Minister executive chairman but will more than 40 people and member states, especially when and role on the global scene," bloc’s human rights values and online behemoth relating to the "grossly defamatory" con- Theresa May's government as remain the company's chief reviewed some 1.5 million it involves countries with his- Mogherini said. only in “very specific cases and images and text that he said tent. Trkulja had argued his a "stunt", other SNP MPs fol- creative officer and receive his pages of documents. tories of political unrest and "Both Europeans and our after careful checking”. continued to link him to reputation was critical to his lowed Blackford out of the door, salary until January 30 "to effect "Many of the allegations human rights abuses, and partners in the world expect Arms would only be pro- underworld figures, according work as a promoter and had some shouting at the speaker. a smooth transfer of responsi- could not be corroborated," there could be resistance to the EU to be more and more a vided as part of a package to the Australian Broadcasting been seriously damaged by the Scotland's separatist First bilities," the filing said. the filing added. the proposal. security provider in our region alongside training, and would Corporation. defamatory material. Minister and SNP leader Nicola His salary was forfeited Guess and Marciano set- The new EPF is being kept and beyond." not be the main focus of the A Victorian state court There has been legal debate Sturgeon tweeted that she was from February 20 to June 11. tled claims with five of the separate from the main EU The proposal, made by the EPF funding, the official said. ruled in favour of Google, but in Australia about whether "right behind" her MPs. The decision came after a complainants for a total of budget to get around the bloc's European Commission, the The fund hopes to improve Australia's High Court has now search engines like Google She said Scotland and its unanimous vote by the board, $500,000. rules against funding military bloc's powerful executive arm, the effectiveness of the EU’s upheld an appeal by Trkulja, can be considered "publishers" parliament "are being treated from which Marciano and "We are pleased at on projects. would see partner countries training missions in Africa. paving the way for his defa- under Australian defamation with contempt by Westminster his brother Maurice recused Wednesday's news... and yet, The EU's diplomatic chief given "comprehensive sup- The official pointed to the mation action. At least some law, even if they did not cre- and it needs to be highlighted". themselves. much more remains to be Federica Mogherini said the port", which officials said could Somalia operation, where in search results for Trkulja "had ate the content. Previous court The row relates to the flag- The brothers co-founded done if Guess truly wants to be EPF, which needs approval by include weapons. some cases local forces have the capacity to convey... that the rulings have given conflicting ship EU (Withdrawal) Bill, the brand in 1981. a brand that stands for respect all of the bloc's member coun- Decisions about what to been unable to apply the train- appellant was somehow associ- views, but judges in Australia which sets the legal framework Two independent investiga- for women," said lawyer Lisa tries, would make it easier to spend EPF money on would be ing they have received because ated with the Melbourne crimi- and abroad have ruled against for Brexit and would transfer tors looked into allegations of Bloom, who represented four help stabilise restive countries taken by member states them- of a lack of equipment as basic nal underworld", the court said. the search engine on several thousands of European rules "inappropriate comments and of the alleged victims. AGENCIES like Mali, Somalia and the Cen- selves, through the European as proper boots. AGENCIES Google has denied Trkulja's occasions. AGENCIES into British law. AGENCIES Nasa flies big unmanned aircraft in public airspace Kim summit: Two Norwegian MPs

WASHINGTON DC: NASA rescue operations, according has for the first time success- to NASA. float Trump for Nobel Peace Prize fully flown its large remotely- The technology in this air- piloted Ikhana aircraft in the craft could, at some point, be COPENHAGEN: Two Nor- agency NTB on Wednesday that Peace Prize is done in Norway. public airspace without a safety scaled down for use in other wegian lawmakers have nomi- Trump "had taken a huge and Nominations must be sent to the chase airplane, the US space general aviation aircraft, it said. nated President Donald Trump important step in the direction Norwegian Nobel Committee agency said on Wednesday. "This is a huge milestone for the Nobel Peace Prize after of the disarmament, peace and before February 1. The commit- "This historic flight moves for our Unmanned Aircraft the Singapore summit with reconciliation between North tee doesn't publicly comment the US one step closer to nor- Systems Integration in the North Korean leader Kim and South Korea.'' A group of on who was nominated, infor- malising unmanned aircraft National Airspace System Jong-un. US lawmakers also are backing mation which is required to be operations in the airspace project team," said Ed Wag- Christian Tybring-Gjedde Trump's nomination for the kept secret for 50 years. AGENCIES used by commercial and pri- Flying these large remotely- such as monitoring and fight- goner, NASA's Integrated and Per-Willy Amundsen, law- 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. The vate pilots," NASA said in a piloted aircraft over the US ing forest fires to providing Aviation Systems Program makers with the populist Prog- process of considering candi- statement. opens the doors to services new emergency search and director. AGENCIES ress Party, told Norwegian news dates and awarding the Nobel US Uber driver kicks out lesbian couple for kissing in cab

NEW YORK: An Uber driver here kicked out two women from his car after he saw them kiss in the back seat and called the act "illegal". The driver was identified as Ahmad el Boutari. His taxi licence, required to drive for Uber in New York City, has been suspended as the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission were investigat- ing the incident, CNN reported on Wednesday. Alex Iovine, 26, and Emma Pichl, 24, have been the middle and peck-kissed," "We understand that some- dating for nearly two years and Iovine said. "That's genuinely one would feel uncomfortable were heading back to Manhat- all it was." if people were making out in tan last week after celebrating a Uber has listed community the car," Iovine said. "But that's friend's birthday at a bar. guidelines on its website, which not what was going on here." Iovine told CNN she and specify that "you shouldn't The two women said sev- her girlfriend were sitting on touch or flirt with other people eral minutes after their peck, opposite sides of the back seat in the car" and that there's "no the driver pulled over onto the when they kissed. sexual conduct with drivers or side of a Manhattan road, away "The middle seat was open. fellow riders, no matter what". from their destination, walked We were just having a conversa- But both Iovine and Pichl over to the rear passenger side tion throughout the ride and, at said they kissed once and were door and opened it, telling one point, we leaned over into not touching inappropriately. them to get out. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 Fraud-hit PNB’s capital India discusses ‘oil buyers club’ with adequacy now below China, seeks US crude to counter Opec RBI’s regulatory level NEW DELHI: With oil pro- have led to international oil Why should these countries Zhang Xiaoqing. That proposal ducers' cartel OPEC playing prices hitting a four year high pay more in name of Asian resulted in a memorandum of havoc with prices, India dis- last month that forced a Rs 3.8 premium," Pradhan had said understanding in 2006 but it cussed with China the possi- per litre hike in petrol and Rs in April. "All the four major was lost in the complexities of bility of forming an 'oil buyers 3.38 a litre increase in diesel Asian economies should come bilateral ties. Another attempt club' that can negotiate better prices. Rates started to cool together. And India will try to for joint energy sourcing with terms with sellers as well as towards month end and retail create a network for that within Japan was made towards the getting more US crude oil to prices have been cut thereafter. the four countries." end of the UPA government Asia to cut dominance of the In a throwback to 2005 He had stated that like pro- when M Veerappa Moily was oil block. when the then oil minister ducers have a say in pricing and the oil minister. It, too, failed As a follow up of Oil Min- Mani Shankar Aiyar had pro- supply, consumers should also to see the light of day. ister Dharmendra Pradhan's posed an alliance of the oil con- get a say. At the 16th IEF ministerial idea floated at the International suming nations, Pradhan wants This is India's third attempt meet in April this year, India Energy Forum (IEF) meeting to form an oil buyers club with to unite major Asian energy and China, which together here in April, Indian Oil Corp China, Japan and South Korea chases, West Asian producers, With CNPC or its affiliates importers to beat the produc- accounted for 17 per cent of (IOC) Chairman Sanjiv Singh to take up issues like premium such as Saudi Arabia, charge selling in the overseas mar- ers' cartel. world oil consumption last travelled to Beijing this month being charged from Asian a so-called 'Asian Premium' ket a large portion of oil pro- The then oil minister Aiyar year, agreed to look for ways NEW DELHI: Fraud-hit Pun- allegedly acquired fraudulent to meet Wang Yilin, Chairman buyers. for shipments to Asian buyers, duced from fields it owns in had in 2005 hosted two minis- to leverage the combined size jab National Bank's capital letters of undertaking (LoUs) of China National Petroleum At the IEF meeting, India including India and Japan, as third countries, India expressed terial roundtables to impress of their imports for a better bar- adequacy has fallen short of from one of the branches of Corp (CNPC), a top source and China agreed to join hands opposed to Europe. According interest in buying the Chinese upon the need for a reasonable gain from West Asian crude the regulatory requirement PNB for overseas credit. said. to have a collective bargaining to Prof Yoshiki Ogawa of Japan, firm's equity oil directly, the oil pricing and getting rid of producers. of Reserve Bank of India due The scam was perpetrated On discussion table was power against cartelisation of the Asian Premium annually source said. discriminatory Asian Premium By 2023, oil demand will to unprecedented loss in the by way of fraudulent LoUs gen- debottlenecking infrastructure oil producers. Singh's visit was costs somewhere around $5-10 India is the world's third- -- the first involved major Asian hit 104.7 million barrels per fourth quarter of 2017-18. erated in the name of Punjab to facilitate more US crude oil to take this forward with con- billion for Asian importers. largest oil importer after China consumers such as China, Japan day, up 6.9 million bpd in 2017, At the end of March, 2018, National Bank. comes to Asia so as to cut the crete proposals for cooperation, The source said possibilities and the US. Japan is the fourth and South Korea and the other according to the International total capital ratio as per the As a result of the country's dominance of Organization of the source said. of joint sourcing of oil as well as largest importer and South roped in alternative oil produc- Energy Agency. "As has been Basel- III requirement declined biggest fraud, PNB last month the Petroleum Exporting Coun- So far, India has not been combined bargaining to bring Korea is right behind it. The ers of North and Central Asia. the case for some years, China to 9.20 per cent as against 11.66 posted its largest ever quarterly tries (OPEC), which supplies able to bargain better rates from down Asian premium was dis- four nations account for over Aiyar proposed a common and India together will contrib- per cent at the end of March loss of Rs 13,416.91 crore for about 60 per cent of India's oil the Gulf-based producers of cussed. Similar collaboration a third of the oil imports in front on oil to China's National ute nearly 50 per cent of global 2017. On consolidated basis, January-March period, mainly needs. the oil cartel, OPEC. Instead of will be proposed to Japan and the world. "Why should big- Development and Reforms oil demand," the agency had it slipped to 9.82 per cent as on account of high provision- Production cuts by OPEC getting a discount for bulk pur- Korea as well. gest consumers pay more. Commission vice-chairman said in a report. PTI against 11.98 per cent during ing for Nirav Modi fraud and the same period. bad loans. As per the RBI's norms, the The bank paid Rs 6,586.11 HDFC realty fund buys stake total capital adequacy, includ- crore to other banks to dis- HDFC 5th largest consumer financial ing counter-cyclical buffer charge its liabilities towards in ATS company HomeKraft should be upwards of 11.5 per Letter of Undertakings (LoUs) cent. So to that extent, there is and Foreign Letter of Cred- services firm onForbes global list NEW DELHI: HDFC's real estate fund has shortfall as far as capital ade- its (FLCs) issued fraudulently acquired a "significant minority" stake in Noida- quacy of PNB is concerned as and in unauthorised manner NEW YORK: Housing finance ICBC, HDFC took 321st place, (471) and State Bank of India based ATS group firm HomeKraft and will create on the March 31, 2018. to certain overseas branches major HDFC has been ranked as up from 404th a year ago. (489). "...the capital position of the of Indian banks through the the 5th biggest public company There are a total of 58 Indian The 16th annual Forbes a $300 million corpus to develop affordable and bank as at March 31, 2018 being misuse of SWIFT system of the globally in the 'consumer finan- companies on the overall list Global 2000 list includes pub- mid-income housing projects. In March this year, below the regulatory require- bank, which was then not inte- cial services category' on a list of 2,000 firms from across the licly-traded companies from 60 ATS group founder Getamber Anand launched a ment (including countercycli- grated with CBS (core banking compiled by Forbes magazine. world. These include Reliance countries. new venture HomeKraft to develop mid-income cal buffer) of Reserve Bank of solutions). American Express has Industries at 83rd place, the Collectively, the companies India, Hong Kong Monetary According to analysts, PNB topped this category, while Indi- only from India in the top- on this list account for $39.1 and affordable housing projects in a price range Authority (HKMA) is enhanc- financial position will get bet- abulls Housing Finance is the ital One Financial at the 159 100. Besides, HDFC Bank is at trillion in sales, $3.2 trillion in of Rs 30-70 lakh. HomeKraft has diluted a ing the Supervisory arrange- ter in the coming quarters as only other Indian company (at place, followed by Visa (164), 202nd, ONGC at 266th, Indian profit, $189 trillion in assets and significant minority equity stake to HDFC Capital ments on our Hong Kong it expects Rs 8,000 crore from 13th place) on the list. Orix (254), PayPal (337), Syn- Oil at 270th and ICICI Bank $56.8 trillion in market value. Affordable Real Estate Fund, a fund managed by branch," PNB said in a regula- the recovery in the first quar- In the consumer finan- chrony Financial (340), Dis- at 320th. Forbes compiled the Global HDFC Capital Advisors, according to a joint press tory filing on Wednesday. ter itself. cial services category, HDFC's cover Financial Services (356), Some of the other Indian 2000 list using data from FactSet The erosion of capital can Going forwards as the cases rank has moved up from 7th and Mastercard (367), among companies in the overall list Research systems to screen for release. The investment by the Fund in Home- be primarily be attributed to under NCLT gets resolve more place last year. Other consumer others. include Tata Motors at 385th the biggest public companies in Kraft is one of the rare entity level equity invest- over Rs 14,000 crore farud and more money will flow to finance services companies that In the overall list, topped position, Tata Consultancy Ser- four metric: sales, profits, assets ments in the real estate sector, it added. PTI wherein billionaire jeweller the bank and their financial made it to the list include Cap- by China's banking behemoth vices (404), Larsen & Toubro and market value. PTI Nirav Modi and associates had health would improve. PTI HCL Technologies Cabinet clears HDFC Bank plea Nissan to expand seeks govt nod India sales Hero expands lead over Honda to set up SEZ in to raise `24,000 crore via FDI network to rev up NEW DELHI: The govern- shareholding in the bank inclu- to 2.15 lakh units in April-May Andhra Pradesh ment on Wednesday approved sive of all types of foreign invest- regional growth the proposal of HDFC Bank ments, both direct and indirect, NEW DELHI: The country's NEW DELHI: HCL Technol- to raise additional capital Rs will not exceed 74 per cent of YOKOHAMA/NEW DELHI: largest two-wheeler maker ogies has sought government 24,000 crore by selling equity the enhanced paid-up equity Japanese auto maker Nissan Hero MotoCorp has increased approval to set up a new IT/ to foreign investors to fund its share capital of the bank,” the on Wednesday announced its lead over rival Honda ITeS special economic zone business growth. minister said. plans to expand its business in Motorcycles and Scooters India (SEZ) in Vijayawada, Andhra This includes premium, It will be subject to Foreign India, Middle East and Africa (HMSI) to over 2.15 lakh units Pradesh, with a proposed over and above the previous Direct Investment Policy con- as part of its mid-term strategy in the first two months of the investment of Rs 408.48 crore. approved limit of Rs 10,000 ital, FDI in the bank will hit ditionalities and other sectoral for steady growth and deliver current fiscal. The company's proposal crore, that the composite for- the regulatory ceiling of 74 per regulations or guidelines. solid profit margins. According to the latest will be considered by an inter- eign shareholding in the bank cent, he said. The proposed investment In India, the company said Society of Indian Automobile ministerial Board of Approval, should not exceed 74 per Currently, the FDI in the is expected to strengthen the it will expand sales network Manufacturers (SIAM) data, headed by Commerce Secre- cent of the enhanced paid-up banks stands at 72.62 per cent. capital adequacy ratio of the for its two brands, Nissan and Hero has sold 13,70,393 units tary Rita Teaotia, at its meeting equity share capital of the bank, As per the RBI guidelines, bank, he said. Datsun. in April and May as compared on June 19, a commerce minis- Finance Minister Piyush Goyal foreign holding in public sec- Of the additional Rs 24,000 As part of a six-year expan- with 11,54,911 units sold by try official said. said after the Cabinet meeting tor banks in India cannot go crore, Rs 8,500 crore is proposed sion strategy, Nissan aims to HMSI during the period, thus HCL Technologies has pro- chaired by Prime Minister Nar- beyond 74 per cent. to be allotted to HDFC Ltd, the build on its strengths in mar- registering a gap of over 2.15 posed to develop the project at endra Modi. “The decision would ensure promoter of the bank, on a pref- kets, including South Africa, lakh units. an area of 10.43 hectares. PTI With the raising of this cap- that the composite foreign erential basis. PTI India, the United Arab Emir- During the same period of ates, Egypt and parts of sub- previous fiscal, Hero had sold Saharan Africa, the company 11,98,674 units as compared said in a statement. with 10,62,113 units of HMSI, Sebi scraps JP Morgan MF’s registration "Under the Nissan M.O.V.E. a gap of over 1.36 lakh units. to 2022 plan, the company is With increase in sales, Hero NEW DELHI: Markets reg- letter dated June 13, 2018 has Pvt Ltd cannot carry out any looking to capture the full has also been able to regain to command over 50 per cent and motorcycles in India stood ulator Sebi on Wednesday cancelled the certificate of reg- activity as a mutual fund, trustee potential of the Africa, Middle some of the market share which market share. In the scooter at 1,93,33,152 units last fiscal. cancelled the registration cer- istration of JP Morgan Mutual company and asset manage- East, and India region," Chair- it had lost to competition over segment, however, the com- When contacted, a Hero tificate of JP Morgan Mutual Fund. The regulator has "with- ment company, respectively," man of Nissan in Africa, the the past few years. pany's market share currently MotoCorp official said that Fund following the transfer of drawn" the approval granted to Sebi said. In March 2016, Edel- Middle East and India Peyman At the end of May, Hero's stands at around 10 per cent. with the forecast of a good its schemes to Edelweiss Mutual JP Morgan Asset Management weiss Asset Management had Kargar said in a statement. overall market share in the Last month, the company monsoon this year the com- Fund. India, to act as an AMC to the announced the acquisition of JP Nissan has already devel- domestic two-wheeler market sold 7,06,365 units of motor- pany is well placed to leverage Besides, the Securities ad mutual fund, it added. Morgan's mutual fund business oped a strong presence within stood at 37.4 per cent - a gain cycles and scooters a growth of uptick in market demand with Exchange Board of India (Sebi) In a release, Sebi said pursu- "Consequently, with in India. Subsequently, in May this fast-growing region, and of more than 1 per cent over 11 per cent as compared with the upcoming introduction of has withdrawn the approval ant to transfer of schemes of JP immediate effect, the JP Mor- 2016, Edelweiss had received it is well-positioned to maxi- the same period last year, when 6,33,884 units in May 2017. new models during the year. given to JP Morgan Asset Man- Morgan Mutual Fund to Edel- gan Mutual Fund, JP Morgan the approval from the Compe- mise its growth and make an its market share stood at 36.2 In 2017-18, Hero had sold a "A normal monsoon bodes agement India to act as an asset weiss Mutual Fund and at the Mutual Fund India Pvt Ltd tition Commission of India to increasing and lasting contri- per cent. total of 73,82,718 units as com- well for Hero as half of its sales management company (AMC) request of JP Morgan Mutual (trustee company) and JP Mor- acquire mutual fund business bution to Nissan's overall per- In the domestic motor- pared to HMSI's 57,75,287 lakh comes from the rural market," to JP Morgan Mutual Fund. Fund, the regulator, vide its gan Asset Management India of JP Morgan in India. PTI formance, he added. PTI cycle market, Hero continues units. The total sales of scooters the official added. PTI Amazon India launches US judge clears AT&T-Time Warner merger, snubs Trump WASHINGTON: A US judge panies whose tie-up has been trust Division, said the govern- television assets of 21st Cen- seller lending network on Wednesday approved the delayed for a year and a half. ment was considering its next tury Fox and the T-Mobile/ $85 billion merger of wireless "There would be no irrepa- steps. Sprint agreement in wireless. NEW DELHI: Amazon India and broadband giant AT&T rable harm to the government "We are disappointed with AT&T and Time Warner on Wednesday launched its with media-entertainment (with a delay), only to the com- the court's decision today," he argue they need more scale Seller Lending Network (SLN), conglomerate Time Warner, panies," Leon told the packed said in a statement. to compete with online rivals which will allow sellers on the delivering a stinging rebuke to courtroom in an unusual ses- "We continue to believe that like Netflix and Amazon and e-commerce major's platform Donald Trump's administra- sion to announce his opinion. the pay-TV market will be less with Silicon Valley giants like to seek loans from multiple tion in its first major antitrust "The government has taken competitive and less innova- Google, Facebook and Apple, third party lenders. court case. its best shot and lost." Leon's tive as a result of the proposed which are expanding in the Amazon India has part- Federal Judge Richard Leon 172-page ruling was a total vic- merger between AT&T and rapidly evolving sector. nered organisations like Aditya market leadership with home- said the government had failed tory for the companies, say- Time Warner." John Bergmayer Independent media ana- Birla Finance, Bank of Baroda, grown player Flipkart, has to meet its burden of proof that ing the government failed to of the consumer group Public lyst Alan Wolk said the clear Capital First, Capital Float, about 3.4 lakh sellers on its the tie-up between the largest back up its three theories of Knowledge said he expected approval opens the door to Flexiloans, and Yes Bank for platform. US pay-TV operator and the harm to consumers from the proper" repudiation of the gov- the outcome and expected the the government would appeal. AT&T offering new kinds of the lending programme. Under SLN, sellers will get media entertainment giant mega-merger. ernment's case. deal would be closed by June "In the meantime, not only services and packages that can "With this launch, a seller access to a wider selection of would harm competition. He maintained that the gov- "We're disappointed that 20. may consumers be harmed tie into 5G, or fifth-generation can perform all loan-related loan options from multiple The case had been closely ernment's claim that pay TV it has taken 18 months to get The deal brings together directly by the anticompeti- wireless networks. activities including viewing lenders and loan types (term watched as setting a bench- costs would rise from the tie- here but we're relieved that it's AT&T's wireless and broad- tive harms that this merger "Imagine AT&T giving free multiple loan offers, applying loans or overdraft loans) as well mark for other big corpo- up was based on "speculative" finally behind us," Petrocelli band networks and its DirecTV will cause, such as higher bills CNN and free HBO to every for loans and easy/automatic as competitive interest rates. rate mergers, especially in the logic and that its study from told reporters. subscription service with the and fewer choices of program- AT&T wireless subscriber," loan repayments by linking They can avail loans via an media and communications an expert witness was contra- He said the ruling "stands media assets of Time War- ming and provider, but also by Wolk said. their Amazon sale proceeds online application process with sector. dicted by other evidence from as a testament to the wisdom ner, which include CNN and the many other mergers it will Time Warner meanwhile to their loan account, all on minimal documentation and a Leon said the case fell short the government. of the combination of these two other Turner cable channels, encourage," Bergmayer said. gets better viewership data Amazon's Seller Central por- very quick loan approval pro- on all counts and warned the Daniel Petrocelli, who led great companies and how it will Cartoon Network, premium Some analysts say the to more effectively compete tal," Amazon India said in a cess of 2-3 days for new loans, government against seeking to the legal team for the two com- benefit consumers for genera- channel HBO and the Warner court approval offers an effec- against online platforms like statement. and intra-day approval for hold up the deal with an appeal, panies, told reporters outside tions to come." AT&T general Bros studios. tive green light to other major Netflix, which "will make it Amazon India, which is existing loan renewals through saying that would cause "irrep- the courthouse that the deci- counsel David McAtee said in Makan Delrahim, head of deals, including the Walt Dis- easier for them to better target locked in an intense battle for SLN, the statement said. PTI arable" harm to the two com- sion marked a "sound and a statement he was pleased with the Justice Department's Anti- ney offer to buy key film and ads," Wolk added. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 mp Failing to sell Air India Higher trade gap pushes FY18 CAD over 3 times to $48.7 bn MUMBAI: Current account Commenting on the stake, Govt mulls listing deficit (CAD) jumped over numbers, Aditi Nayar, prin- three times to $48.7 billion, cipal economist at domestic NEW DELHI: The govern- involve Air India, its low cost or 1.9 per cent of the country's agency Icra said, though the ment is considering listing of arm Air India Express and GDP, in FY18 from $14.4 bil- numbers have deteriorated debt-laden Air India after the Air India SATS Airport Ser- lion or 0.6 per cent in the pre- overall, it was driven largely proposal for 76 per cent stra- vices Pvt Ltd. The latter is an vious year, driven by higher by the massive increase in Q4 tegic stake sale failed to attract equal joint venture between the trade deficit, Reserve Bank which stood at $13 billion, and any bidders, a source said on national carrier and Singapore- said on Wednesday. was expected. Wednesday. based SATS Ltd. For the March quarter, "Q4 deficit, which is close The source in the govern- However, various unions CAD, which is the difference to the full year gap recorded ment said various options, of Air India employees have between forex receipts and in FY17, underscores that ris- including possible listing of been opposing Air India dis- payments, rose manifold to ing commodity prices have on the national carrier, are being investment proposal. RSS-affil- over $13 billion, or 1.9 per the external balances of net looked at. iate Swadeshi Jagran Manch cent of GDP, from a low $2.6 to $77.6 billion from $68.3 Private transfer receipts, importers like India," she said, Listing of Air India would (SJM) has been pitching for an billion, or 0.9 per cent, in the billion. mainly representing remit- adding the full-year rise was help in garnering revenues as Initial Public Offer (IPO) of year-ago period, the RBI said. Gross foreign direct invest- tances by NRIs, were 15.1 per driven to some extent by the well as retain control of the air- the airline. In the December quarter, ment rose marginally to $61 cent up at $18.1 billion for the sharper outflow of primary line, the source said. Soon after the deadline for the deficit stood at a higher billion, while there was a quarter, it said. income. In a major setback, the gov- submitting Expression of Inter- 2.1 per cent. sharper moderation on a net The net FDI improved She also projected higher ernment on May 31 said that est (EoI) for Air India stake The CAD is a keenly basis to $35.6 billion from to $6.4 billion for the March CAD for FY19 at $65-70 bil- no initial bids were received for remained with Air India. The isters only. "There are several sale ended on May 31 without watched space that signifies $30.3 billion in the year-ago quarter from $5 billion a year lion or 2.4 per cent due to the proposed stake sale in Air national carrier's debt burden alternatives before Air India. eliciting any response, SJM the strength of an economy period. ago, while the portfolio flows higher crude prices which India and that various options was about Rs 50,000 crore at All alternatives will be dis- co-convenor Ashwani Maha- from an external sector point However, portfolio flows were majorly impacted with may average at $75/barrel would be explored for the air- the end of March 2017. cussed by the group and (they jan had said there is need to of view and also influences the from investors zoomed-up a net inflow of $2.3 billion as in FY2019 up from $56 in line's future. On June 7, Civil Aviation will) decide the best possible save Air India and make it run currency markets. to $22.1 billion for FY18 as against $10.8 billion a year ago. FY2018, and an 8 per cent rise The listing option is also Minister Suresh Prabhu said alternative in the given situa- efficiently. In 2013, the rupee was against $7.6 billion in FY17. Net receipts on account in net import volumes, which being considered as report- the future course of action for tion," he had said. "... saving it from foreign affected significantly because There was an accretion of non-resident deposits would boost net oil imports edly there have been concerns Air India disinvestment pro- The government proposed sharks, avert colluding oper- of a record high CAD that shot of $43.6 billion to the forex amounted to $4.6 billion in the by $30 billion to $100 billion among potential bidders about cess would be decided by the to offload 76 per cent equity ators by formation of cartels; past 5 per cent of GDP. reserves during the fiscal year, reporting quarter compared to in FY2019. the government retaining 24 group of ministers. share capital of the national bringing efficient management Trade deficit for the entire the apex bank said. $2.7 billion a year ago, it said. But on a positive side, she per cent stake in the airline post On whether the govern- carrier as well as transfer the keeping bureaucracy at bay and fiscal shot up to $160 billion For the quarter, trade def- The forex kitty rose by said higher crude prices and a disinvestment. ment would dilute the bid- management control to private maintaining it a national car- from $112.4 billion, the cen- icit widened to $41.6 billion $13.2 billion compared to $7.6 weaker rupee would improve Under the proposed dis- ding norms to attract players, players, as per the preliminary rier. All this is achievable by tral bank said, adding earn- primarily due to an increase billion in the same quarter last remittances and the export investment plan, around Rs he had said the decision would information memorandum. IPO, not strategic sale," he had ings from services increased in merchandise imports. year, it said. competitiveness. PTI 33,000 crore debt would have be taken by that group of min- The transaction would tweeted. PTI Bharat-22 ETF 2nd Bayer begins open First clear our dues... CCEA approves tranche on June Musk to sack 9% Tesla staff, offer process to `2,225 cr fund to 19; Govt to get 'won't hit ambitious project' buy up to 26% then we'll fund your strengthen higher up to `8,400 crore NEW YORK: Electric car- with Wall Street analysts over in Monsanto India agri-education maker Tesla Motors announced an aggressive cash burn rate that field: OVL to Venezuela NEW DELHI: The Finance Tuesday it was cutting nine per- has fed skepticism over whether NEW DELHI: German chem- NEW DELHI: The Cabi- Ministry will launch the second cent of its workforce to enhance the company can reach its goals. icals and pharma major Bayer NEW DELHI: ONGC Videsh net Committee on Economic tranche of Bharat-22 exchange profitability but said the move But others view the charis- group has launched the process has conditioned arranging for Affairs (CCEA) on Wednes- traded fund (ETF) on June 19 would not affect an ambitious matic Tesla chief as a visionary, for over Rs 1,300 crore open finances for remediating and day approved Rs 2,225.46 crore which will help raise up to Rs production ramp-up of its sometimes comparing him to offer to acquire up to 26 per raising oil production at Ven- fund to be utilised till 2020 to 8,400 crore from the markets. Model 3 sedan. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. cent additional stake in Mon- ezuela's San Cristobal field on strengthen and develop higher The issue will open for The job cuts are part of Shares of Tesla rose 2.8 per- santo India, following global the cash-strapped Latin Ameri- agricultural education and gen- anchor investors on June 19 a company-wide restructur- cent in afternoon trading to acquisition of the US biotech can nation clearing its past divi- erate quality human resources. and for other institutional and ing to address excess staff in Elon Musk $341.01 on Tuesday. major for $63 billion. dend dues. The fund will be used for retail investors the next day. some areas due to the compa- Shares had also risen Mon- Bayer AG, along with its The firm's parent, state- a PTI story on Venezuela stop- strengthening agri-education The ETF follow on offer will ny's speedy growth, Tesla chief existed, profit is obviously not day after Musk said on Twitter Indian arm Bayer CropScience, owned Oil and Natural Gas ping dividend payments to being imparted by various insti- remain open till June 22. Elon Musk said in an email to what motivates us," Musk said the company's updated Autopi- has proposed to buy up to Corp (ONGC) in a regulatory OVL, ONGC said Venezuela tutes under the Indian Coun- The investors would get a employees. in the message. "What drives us lot software coming in August 44,88,315 shares, representing filing said Venezuela has not had in November 2016 agreed cil of Agricultural Research 2.5 per cent discount over the The cuts concern salaried is our mission to accelerate the would enable "full self-driving 26 per cent of the fully diluted paid OVL $449 million (about to pay $537.63 million of div- (ICAR), National Academy of issue price. staff but not production work- world's transition to sustainable, features." The company's stock voting equity share capital of Rs 3,305 crore) of accrued divi- idend due for 2009 to 2013, Agricultural Research Manage- The government is aiming ers and will not affect Model 3 clean energy, but we will never is up about 15 percent since Monsanto India, according to dend for four years. in installments. In lieu, OVL ment (NAARM), Central Insti- at mopping up Rs 6,000 crore, output targets, said Musk, who achieve that mission unless we June 5, when Musk expressed a regulatory filing. OVL has 40 per cent stake agreed to help PDVSA arrange tute of Women in Agriculture with a green-shoe option to characterized the downsizing eventually demonstrate that we confidence that the company The open offer was triggered in the San Cristobal field, which $318 million financing for the (CIWA), including All India retain another Rs 2,400 crore as an acknowledgement of the can be sustainably profitable," would meet a goal of produc- as Bayer group has completed produces around 18,000 bar- San Cristobal project. Coordinated Research Project from the Bharat-22 ETF fol- need to focus more on costs. Musk added. ing 5,000 Model 3 sedans by the $63 billion mega-deal to rels of oil per day. Venezuelan "Though ONGC Videsh Ltd on Home Science (AICRP-HS). low on offer to be launched on "Given that Tesla has never "That is a valid and fair criti- the end of June. Tesla had pre- acquire Monsanto to create the national oil company Petroleos (OVL) received its dividend of "The Cabinet has approved June 19, a Finance Ministry made an annual profit in the cism of Tesla's history to date." viously missed some key Model world's biggest agro-chemical De Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), $56.22 million for 2008, divi- the continuation of the Three official said. almost 15 years since we have Musk has at times clashed 3 targets. AGENCIES and seed company. PTI which holds the remaining 60 dends for 2009 to 2013 total- Year Action Plan (2017-2020) This offer would also help per cent stake, has not paid the ling $537.63 million remained of the scheme for Agricultural the government in meeting the dividend to Indian firm since unpaid. The dividend for Education Division and ICAR minimum public holding norm 2009. 2014 and onwards is yet to be Institutes with an outlay of Rs in PSUs like Coal India. DoT asks telcos to tweak systems In response to comments declared by the shareholders," 2,225.46 crore," Interim Finance The government had in sought by stock exchanges over ONGC said in the filing. PTI Minister Piyush Goyal said. PTI November last year launched Bharat-22 ETF comprising shares of 22 companies, includ- for use of virtual IDs, limited KYC MCA probes NuPower, 5 other cos linked ing public sector undertakings (PSUs), public sector banks, NEW DELHI: The govern- the privacy and security of a notification by the Depart- cessful authentication of the ITC, Axis Bank and L&T. ment has instructed telecom Aadhaar data amid height- ment of Telecom (DoT) has subscribers, shall use a UID The fund had garnered bids operators to tweak their sys- ened concerns around the col- said. (Unique ID) token to ascer- to ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar case to the tune of Rs 32,000 crore, tems and networks to enable lection and storage of personal It further said that licencees tain the uniqueness of the sub- although the government use of Virtual IDs in lieu of and demographic information should "give the option to sub- scribers and store the same NEW DELHI: The Ministry of tain borrowers. Chaudhary said carrying out the inspection. retained only Rs 14,500 crore. Aadhaar number and migrate of individuals. scribers of feeding either Aad- alongwith other fields in the Corporate Affairs has started the ministry ordered inspec- Section 206 provides powers The state-owned compa- to the 'limited KYC' mecha- "...all licencees shall imple- haar number or Virtual ID" as subscribers' database," it said. inspection of NuPower Renew- tion under Section 206(5) of the to call for information, inspect nies or PSUs that are part of nism for mobile subscribers. ment the ....changes proposed per the individual's choice but The telcos will also be ables and five other companies Companies Act, 2013 on April books and conduct inquiries. the new Bharat ETF-22 include The latest move is in line by the Unique Identification the operators will be required required to make necessary linked to the ICICI Bank con- 23, 2018 with respect to six com- According to Section 206 ONGC, IOC, SBI, BPCL, Coal with the ensuing implementa- Authority of India regarding to display the numbers in changes in their systems to troversy, Union Minister P P panies linked to the ICICI Bank (5), the central government India and Nalco. The other cen- tion of the new Virtual ID sys- use of Virtual ID as an alterna- "masked form" at the point of replace the Aadhaar numbers Chaudhary said on Wednesday. controversy. The inspection is may, if it is satisfied that the tral public sector enterprises tem from July 1, which users tive of Aadhaar number, UID sale terminal and ensure that of existing subscribers within Multiple agencies are prob- with regard to "six companies, circumstances so warrant, direct on the list are Bharat Electron- can quote instead of their Aad- tokens and limited Know your none of these numbers are the database with UID tokens. ing the alleged lapses involv- including the company namely inspection of books and papers ics, Engineers India, NBCC, haar number. customer concept in their sys- stored in their own system or Further, it has removed ing ICICI Bank's MD and CEO NuPower Renewables Pvt Ltd of a company by an inspector NTPC, NHPC, SJVNL, GAIL, The Virtual ID system — tem/networks subject to the database. Aadhaar number from vari- Chanda Kochhar and her fam- and the matter is under prog- appointed by it for the purpose. PGCIL and NLC India. Only a random 16-digit number adherence of existing Aadhaar "The licencee (operator) ous parametres required to ily members. The lender is also ress," he said in an interview. Last week, a senior ministry three public sector banks — mapped to a person's Aadhaar based eKYC processes for issu- shall then follow the eKYC pro- be included in the subscriber carrying out an independent The minister of state for official had said that affairs of SBI, Indian Bank and Bank number — is scheduled to be ing new mobile connection to cess as per the existing instruc- database, and introduced the probe into allegations of 'conflict corporate affairs also said the ICICI Bank are not being looked of Baroda — figure in the fully operational from next subscribers and re-verification tions for new acquisition or 72-character Unique ID token of interest' and 'quid pro quo' Regional Director (Western into, as that is completely under Bharat-22 index. PTI month. It aims to strengthen of existing mobile subscribers," re-verification....and after suc- as a line item. PTI in Kochhar's dealing with cer- Region) under the ministry is the purview of the RBI. PTI 'Bengaluru world's 2nd To preserve heritage, Railways CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE best city for relocation to hire its retired staff below 65 based on living costs' NEW DELHI: Railway old of railways symbolising 160 hands, not more than 65 years years of its existence doesn't of age, will be recruited to pre- get lost. NEW DELHI: Bengaluru is Oslo ($2,921.90) and Zurich serve the heritage stocks of the The board has empowered the second least expensive city ($2,899.98), as per the report. national transporter, senior offi- the principal head of depart- to relocate in terms of living To calculate the cost of relo- cials said on Wednesday. ments to hire a maximum 10 expenses for the first month, fol- cating to each place, Nestpick The Railway Board has retired personnel who have lowing Egyptian capital Cairo, researched the potential immi- approved a proposal to engage adequate skills for consult- Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurating the first says a report. gration factors like a possible retired railway staff at Rs 1,200 ing and guiding the process Representative Office of BEL in Vietnam by handing over the According to a study by fur- visa fee, and the visa processing per day, to preserve, restore of revival and preservation, symbolic key to BEL CMD Gowtama M V, during the Vietnam-India nished apartment search engine time. The living costs for the first and revive railway heritage according to a railway board let- Defence Industry Business Meeting held at Hotel Melia, Hanoi Nestpick, the first month living month were calculated, covering items such as steam locomo- ter to the zonal railways issued on Wednesday. Ambassador of India to the Socialist Republic of expense in Cairo stood at $656, rent prices, internet cost, phone tives, vintage coaches, steam on Tuesday. Vietnam P Harish, Secretary (Defence Production) Ajay Kumar, and while for Bengaluru it was at service, food and drink expenses cranes, semaphore signals, sta- They will be placed at rail- other senior officials are also seen $742.13. In the overall list, the and any public transport costs. tion equipment and steam- way museums and workshops Indian city was ranked 79th. The survey further noted powered equipment. wherever the maintenance of Other least expensive cities that Zurich, Switzerland has the "They have the experience heritage stocks are required, to relocate include Bucharest most expensive food and drink to repair and maintain railway the officials said. ($754.83), Budapest ($870.58), prices at $1,193.96, while Ben- heritage and can also act as The engagement will be on Riga ($931.56) and Mexico City galuru has the least at $255.97. coaches for the younger gen- Board has empowered principal head a contractual basis with a maxi- ($943.15). On the other hand, London has the most expen- eration. It is not an easy task to of departments to hire a maximum 10 mum tenure of six months and Dubai emerged as the most sive transport prices, at $168.71, keep, say a clock - which is 150 should be considered depend- expensive city to relocate as the while Cairo has the least expen- years old - ticking even after all retired personnel at `1,200 per day ing on their medical condition total first month living expense sive, at $7.14. these years. The old hands have and level of skill, the letter said. stood at $4,251.68, followed by "The cost of living is often that expertise," a senior railway that proper preservation and National Rail Museum. The board has said the Real Estate major Jain Group will get its flagship company, Dream Auckland ($4,002.76) and San a huge factor for those looking official said. display of such heritage items The move to engage old remuneration of retired staff Gateway Hotels Ltd, listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Francisco ($3,768.68). to move, with the initial month After years of neglect, the needed to be ensured. The hands is a way to ensure that shall not exceed last drawn pay the SME platform. The IPO of the company is awaiting final New York has a total liv- almost always incurring extra Indian Railways has shifted its board also plans to open a log- the expertise of maintaining when added to pension. No clearance from BSE. Directors Shrayans Jain and Rishi ing expenses for the first costs due to potential visa appli- focus on preserving its heri- book of all major events related heritage rolling stock and old other remuneration like over- Jain informed that the company proposes to raise month at $3,374.21, London cations," said Omer Kucukdere, tage. In a recent meeting with to the Indian Railways, both at equipment are passed on and time, travel or daily allowance Rs 30.51 crores by issuing shares through fixed price issue ($3,207.41), Sydney ($3,000.27), MD of Nestpick. PTI zonal heads, it was decided zonal railways as well as at the that the existing treasure trove will be provided. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018

England stars ON GUARD given World Cup security briefing

LONDON: England’s World Cup stars have been given a briefing by security experts on how to stay safe from hack- ers during the tournament in Russia. Gareth Southgate’s players and his coaching staff received advice from GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on how to protect their personal information and possessions. Russian hackers have wreaked havoc with global cyber-attacks in recent years, including tar- geting top British cyclist Brad- ley Wiggins, and the English Football Association called in the experts in a bid to avoid any World Cup security breaches. According to a Daily Mail A Pantsir anti-aircraft missile system stands on guard of the air space above ‘Saint Petersburg’ stadium which will host some 2018 World report, protective software has

SACKED Cup matches in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday AP/PTI been added to the team’s mobile phones and devices which will Spain coach fired after signing for Real Madrid only be removed on their return to England. KRASNODAR (RUSSIA): at the helm of the Spanish “But we cannot accept this During the recent seminar US, Mexico and Canada to host 2026 World Cup Spain head coach Julen Lop- national squad since 2016, behaviour. This has been done at the FA’s headquarters in St etegui was fired on Wednes- and remained unbeaten in 20 without our knowledge. I do George’s Park, England’s play- MOSCOW: The 2026 World Cup will be failed in five bids to host a World Cup, said tournament in 2015. day, two days before their games, reports Efe. not feel betrayed. But this is ers — who arrived in Russia held in the United States, Mexico and Can- theirs would make five billion. “We are very excited and humbled first match in the 2018 FIFA Spanish football association how it must be.” on Tuesday — were advised ada after FIFA’s congress voted overwhelm- Although it will be the first tourna- that the FIFA Member Associations have World Cup after Real Madrid RFEF president Luis Rubiales Spain are in Group B of the not to access their online bank ingly on Wednesday to back the tri-nation ment to be hosted by three nations, the entrusted the CONCACAF region with the announced that he will take said in a shock presser that he World Cup, alongside Portugal, accounts while away and to joint bid for the tournament and leave vast majority of games will be held in the honour of hosting the 2026 World Cup in charge of the record European had lost confidence in Lop- Iran and Morocco. Spain will avoid any online activity that Morocco to miss out for the fifth time. Unites States. its new extended format,” CONCACAF club football champions next etegui after learning about the begin their campaign against could embarrass them if it went The North American bid collected 134 Of the 80 games, 10 matches will be said in a statement. season. news five minutes before it was Portugal on Friday. public due to hacking. Play- votes to the 65 for Morocco. One congress held in Canada, 10 in Mexico and 60 in “Each of the United Bid’s 23 proposed Spain named federation made public by La Liga power- The line-up, which fea- ers including England captain member voted for “neither bid.” the US with the final played at MetLife stadiums are fully built, occupied, and sporting director Fernando house Real Madrid. tures the likes of Diego Costa, Harry Kane were also told how The 2026 event will be the first Stadium in New Jersey, home to the NFL’s operational, ensuring long-term use fol- Hierro as its World Cup coach. “We have been forced to Sergio Ramos, Andrés Ini- to hide their belongings in their expanded tournament featuring 48 teams, New York Giants and New York Jets. lowing the 2026 World Cup.” “Fernando Hierro will assume break our agreement. The esta and Gerard Piqué, is hotel rooms, while English fans up from the current 32-team tournament, “Thank you for entrusting us with the Decio de Maria, President of Mexico coaching responsibilities at Spain team is the team of all one of the hot favourites to travelling to Russia got a secu- which begins in Russia on Thursday. privilege of hosting the FIFA World Cup in Football Federation and Co-Chair of the the World Cup in Russia,” the the Spaniards, you can not do walk away with the trophy at rity warning of their own. “The Both bids were given a last chance to 2026,” Carlos Cordiero, president of the US United Bid, said: “We are grateful for the Spanish football federation things this way, 2-3 days before the end of the campaign in NCSC is providing expert cyber make their case with 15 minute presenta- Soccer Federation told Congress. chance to bring to life FIFA’s new vision for announced. the World Cup. We have been Russia. But the current situ- security advice to the Football tions in front of congress, at the Moscow “Football today is the only winner.” the future of football. Julen Lopetegui, whose forced to make this decision ation will mar their cam- Association ahead of their Expocentre. The US hosted the World Cup previ- “We will use this platform to unite signing for Real Madrid was with Julen Lopetegui, who has paign. Rubiales hoped that the departure to Russia for the 2018 The North Americans pledged their ously in 1994 while Mexico hosted it in the world around football and help cre- announced on the club’s web- done an impeccable job,” Rubi- national squad will overcome FIFA World Cup,” an NCSC tournament would generate an $11 bil- 1970 and 1986. Canada has never hosted ate a new and sustainable blueprint for the site on Tuesday, had been ales said. the difficulty. AGENCIES spokesperson said. AGENCIES lion profit, while Morocco, which has now a men’s World Cup but held the women’s future of FIFA World Cups.” AGENCIES Kiwi legend Hadlee Spin-heavy Afghanistan undergoes surgery face India in historic Test for bowel cancer BENGALURU: Afghanistan WELLINGTON: Legend- will embark on a new jour- ary New Zealand all-rounder ney in their cricket history Richard Hadlee has recently when they make their Test undergone surgery to remove a debut against a Virat Kohli- tumour after he was diagnosed less No.1-ranked India in the with bowel cancer. historic one-off Test at the M According to a New Zea- Chinnaswamy Stadium here land Cricket release on behalf on Thursday. of his wife Lady Dianne, Hadlee Afghanistan, who are ris- will commence chemother- ing through the ranks of world apy shortly and is expected cricket, have named a spin- to make a full recovery. “Last heavy squad for their debut month, Richard had a rou- Test to give India a taste of tine, three-year colonoscopy, their own medicine. and we discovered that he has The squad comprises five bowel cancer,” Dianne said. “He spinners in Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan cricket team captain Asghar Stanikzai during a practice has since had an operation to Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rah- session in Bengaluru on Wednesday PTI remove the tumour. This opera- man, Zahir Khan and left-arm tion went extremely well, and he spinner Hamza Kotak, who practice. The batting department has made an excellent recovery incidentally emerged as the India also have a couple seems settled with the likes from surgery. leading wicket-taker in the of new players in their squad, of Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, “As a safeguard, further recently concluded first-class which will make Rahane’s task Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar treatment in the form of che- competition. of fielding the right combina- Pujara, Lokesh Rahul, Karun motherapy will commence India have a little advantage tion a bit difficult. Nair and Dinesh Karthik. shortly and last for a few in the upcoming Test as their Three key players — regu- In the bowling department, months. It is expected that, in batsmen have already faced lar skipper Kohli along with India have the star spinning time, he will have a full recov- a couple of Afghan spinners pacers Jasprit Bumrah and trio of Ravichandran Ash- ery,” the statement added. in the Indian Premier League Bhuvneshwar Kumar have win, Ravindra Jadeja and Kul- Hadlee, 66, picked up 431 Test (IPL). been rested as they prepare for deep Yadav along with pacers wickets before retiring in 1990 Afghan stars Rashid and the challenging tour to Eng- Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav — it was a world record at the Mujeeb enjoyed fruitful cam- land next month. and Shardul Thakur. time. He was knighted during paigns in the IPL, playing New inclusions like wick- Having won all their last six his tour of England in 1990, and for Sunrisers Hyderabad and etkeeper-batsman Dinesh Test series at home in the pre- is recognised as one of the great- Kings XI Punjab respectively. Karthik, Shardul Thakur, vious season, the Indians are est all-rounders the game has But the home side have Navdeep Saini and Karun Nair expected to sail through easily ever produced. Apart from 431 to be a little conscious that will aim to make the most of as they aim to start the season wickets, he scored 3124 runs at they don’t slip on a potential this chance and would like to on a high and take the confi- 27.16 average in 86 Tests. In 115 banana skin as they come into cement their place in the play- dence to the five-Test rubber ODIs, he had 1751 runs and 158 the game without any match ing XI. in England. AGENCIES wickets. AGENCIES Prajnesh shocks Shapovalov in Stuttgart

NEW DELHI: Indian Davis Cupper Pra- jnesh Gunnewaran on Wednesday earned the biggest win of his career by stunning world number 23 Denis Shapovalov in the opening round of the ATP Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. The left-handed Indian shocked the Canadian sixth seed 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3 in the opening round of the Euro 729,340 grass court event. Prajnesh, who had won the deci- sive fifth rubber against Yibing Wu in the Davis Cup tie against China, has been in good nick in the last few months, winning his maiden ATP Challenger tournament. Two days back, he touched his career- best rank of 169 in singles. He next faces big wins, of late. ing champion Gael Monfils and in June Argentina’s world number 75 Guido Pella Yuki Bhambri had got the better of 2017, Ramkumar Ramanathan had and may run into legendary Roger Federer world number 12 Lucas Pouille in March knocked out then world number eight in the quarter-finals. at the Indian Wells Masters. Dominic Thiem, who ended as runner- The Indian singles player have made In August 2017, Bhambri had beaten up to Rafael Nadal at recently concluded their presence felt on the Tour with their World No. 22 and Citi Open defend- French Open. AGENCIES MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 15 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 14 June, 2018

I feel I am very lucky and blessed that I got an Disha Patani feels opportunity to become an actor and after that, my films are also doing well. So, I want to continue LUCKY TO BE PART OF doing hard work ‘BHARAT’ ctor Disha Patani says lucky and blessed that she feels lucky to be a I got an opportunity to For Disha, part of the upcoming become an actor and hardwork has been filmBharat , which stars after that, my films are ASalman Khan and Priyanka Cho- also doing well. So, I pra in key roles. want to continue doing the key to success, “I feel lucky to be a part of hard work in future Bharat. I think it’s a blessing of a s w e l l .” but she feels that God, and the love and support Disha currently of my family and followers that has over 11.6 million fol- the blessings of I am getting to do some good lowers on social networking site and interesting work. Eventually, Instagram and she is very active on God, and love of her everything depends on your hard it by regularly posting her images work. So, if you work hard, then and videos. followers played an everything will be fine in your life,” On her popularity on the Disha said on the Ali Abbas Zafar photo-sharing platform, she said: equally important directorial. “It feels really good when people The actor’ first two Bollywood follow you on social media. I am role in getting her films – M.S. Dhoni: The Untold very happy and thankful and I feel Story and Baaghi 2 – were suc- lucky that people appreciate my cessful at the box office. On her videos and images which I post good work journey, she said: “I feel I am very on Instagram.” IANS

MUMBAI: Actor Varun Dhawan has defended Priyanka Chopra, who faced a lot of flak in India for the plot of an episode in her American TV show ‘Quantico’. At a press conference of the Interna- tional Indian Filmand Academy (IIFA) here last night, Dhawan, Bobby Deol, Kriti Sanon and Ayushmann Khur- rana were asked how much involvement actors have in their characters, in view of the ‘Quantico’ controversy. Khurrana said, “When you play a character, you have your own thought and that can’t be right or wrong. You’re following a script, a director and that’s your first responsibility...There are all Jolie may lose kids to kinds of opinions, you will get backlash when you take one side. You can’t escape We stand by this.” Pitt in custody battle To this, Dhawan added, “To end it, Priyanka Chopra has made the entire Priyanka: Varun on ing primary custody country very proud and we stand by her. of the children if she There’s nothing else.” Chopra, in her apol- doesn’t take steps to ogy, had called herself a “proud Indian” improve their rela- and said she was extremely saddened that tionship with their sentiments were hurt. ‘Quantico’ father. A judge in ABC also apologised for stepping into the estranged cou- a “complex political issue” with the story, ple’s ongoing divorce saying Priyanka was not to be blamed as case said in the doc- she did not have a creative control over controversy uments that “it is the episode. Chopra portrays FBI agent critical that each of Alex Parrish in the show. PTI (the six) children have a healthy and strong relationship with their father LOS ANGELES: The custody and mother” and that Jolie must battle between estranged couple allow Pitt to maintain that. Boyega hits out at ‘Star Wars’ fans for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie just The judge also outlined spe- heated up, with a judge order- cific steps Jolie should take to ing new restrictions for Jolies aid Pitt’s access to the children, involvement in Pitts interaction including a detailed summer vis- with their six children. itation schedule, and easy phone According to court docu- access between Pitt and kids, ments obtained by people.com, without monitoring or interfer- abusive behaviour Jolie could be in danger of los- ence from their mother. IANS

ctor John Boyega If you do selves in our shoes. You under- has slammed online stand that there is a process so Mac Miller trolls for their abu- not like Star Wars much appreciated!” sive and racist behav- or the characters, Boyega is the second co- Aiour towards his co-stars from star of Tran to criticise the ‘devastated’ by the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi. understand that there franchise fans for their behav- The 26-year-old actor’s com- are decision makers iour. Earlier, veteran actor ments came weeks after Kelly Mark Hamill and Johnson had Ariana Grande’s Marie Tran, who portrayed the and harassing the also tweeted their support for character of Rose Tico in the actors or actresses Tran, who is the first Asian to Rian Johnson-directed film, feature in the franchise. deleted all of her Instagram will do nothing “What’s not to love?# GetALi- engagement posts due to months of feNerds” Hamill wrote on Twit- online harassment. Wars or the characters, under- ter while sharing his picture “If you don’t like stand that there are decision with Tran. Johnson slammed Star makers and harassing the “manbabies” and the fans for the actors/actresses their abusive behaviour on social will do nothing. media. You’re not entitled “On social media a few to politeness when unhealthy people can cast a big your approach is shadow on the wall, but over rude. Even if you the past 4 years I’ve met lots of “He is still broken hearted paid for a ticket!” real fellow SW fans. We like and over their split and he can’t imag- Boyega wrote on dislike stuff but we do it with ine how she could move on so Twitter. In a sub- humour, love and respect. We’re quickly, or fall in love already. It sequent tweet, the vast majority, we’re having hurts Mac to think Ariana is con- Boyega said, “To fun & doing just fine,” he wrote sidering marrying someone she the majority of on Twitter. barely knows. Mac loved Ariana Star Wars fans Actor Daisy Ridley, Tran’s co- for years, and it is like a punch in thank you for star, was also subjected to online the gut to him that she would agree supporting and abuse after she debuted in Force to marry someone new, after only putting your- Awakens. PTI dating them for a few weeks, and so soon after breaking up with him. Mac is crushed,” the source added. LOS ANGELES: Ariana Grande’s engage- Grande and Miller, who had been ment to Pete Davidson has reportedly left ex- dating for two years, ended their relationship boyfriend Mac Miller “devastated”. A source this May. Since then, Grande has been dating close to Miller told Hollywood Life that the Davidson, an actor and comedian, and the 26-year-old rapper is upset over Grande’s two confirmed their relationship with a Harry engagement to Davidson whom she started Potter-themed photo on Instagram. dating in May. “Mac is devastated that Ari- Over the past one month, the couple ana may have become engaged to her new attended each others’ shows and Davidson boyfriend, he doesn’t want to believe it,” the also got two tattoos inked, including one of source said. Grande’s initials on his right thumb. PTI