Durga Puja This Year Be Heavy Rainfall in Darjeeling, on Their Website Starting from East and Gulf Countries
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 258 | Thursday, 21 September 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16+8 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10141.15 (-6.40) qSENSEX 32,400.51 (-1.86) pDOW JONES 22,370.80 (+39.45) pNASDAQ 6,461.32 (+6.68) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.27 (+0.06) qRUPEE/EURO 77.10 (-0.04) pGOLD/10GM 30,750 (+150.00) pSILVER/K 40,900 (+400.00) PROMO SONG FOR BHAGALPUR BCCI NOMINATES ‘WORK IS U-17 WORLD CUP CANAL WALL DHONI FOR PRIORITY, PENNED BY CM CAVES IN AHEAD OF PADMA BUT FAMILY IS VERY LAUNCHED PG4 INAUGURATION PG6 BHUSHAN PG14 IMPORTANT’ PG16 Tripura journo killed while 21 SCHOOLCHILDREN AMONG THE DEAD covering IPFT agitation CM reconstitutes MPOST BUREAU Massive quake flattens GTA, appoints Binoy AGARTALA: A journalist from a local TV news channel here was on Wednesday abducted and Tamang chairperson killed in West Tripura district while covering the agitation and road blockade by the Indigenous OUR CORRESPONDENT People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), the police said. Superintendent of Police of West district, Mexico, kills nearly 250 KOLKATA: In a signifi- Abhijit Saptarshi said Santanu Bhowmick, a cant move that may impact journalist from ‘Dinrat’ news channel, was cov- MEXICO CITY: At least 248 peo- 1985 earthquake, which killed at the ongoing agitation in the ering the agitation and road blockade by the ple were killed when a powerful least 10,000 people, surged to the Darjeeling hills, Chief Min- IPFT at Mandai when he was hit from behind 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck surface on what was meant to be a ister Mamata Banerjee on and abducted. Mexico, including 21 children low-key 32nd anniversary. Wednesday reconstituted Later, Bhowmick was found with serious stab crushed beneath an elementary Adding to the national sense of an eight-member Board injuries and was rushed to Agartala Medical Col- school that was reduced to rubble. vulnerability, the quake also came of Administrators to run lege and Hospital where doctors declared him The destruction revived hor- just 12 days after another temblor the Gorkhaland Territorial brought dead, the SP said. rific memories in Mexico on the that killed nearly 100 people and Administration (GTA) and the Board of Administrators.” Tripura Health Minister Badal Chowdhury anniversary of another massive left more than 200 injured, mainly appointed rebel Gorkha Jan- She further explained: “In condemned the killing and state Information quake in 1985, the disaster-prone in the southern states of Oaxaca mukti Morcha (GJM) leader the previous elected board, the Minister Bhanulal Saha visited the hospital. country's deadliest ever. and Chiapas. Binoy Tamang its chairperson. post that headed the body was The SP said the situation at Mandai was One of the most gut-wrenching Many in the capital ran out- The GTA is the regional called chief executive. Here, tense. scenes was at the Enrique Reb- doors when walls around them autonomous body set up as a there is a slight change as there Prohibitory orders under section 144 Crpc samen primary school on Mex- swayed and cracked. result of a tripartite agreement will be a chairman along with were already in force in the area and more police ico City's south side, whose three The quake — which occurred between the Centre, the state a Vice Chairman and six forces was being rushed to there, he said. floors collapsed into one, trapping in the early afternoon, hours after and the GJM in 2011. GJM members in the eight-mem- Over a hundred activists of the Gana Mukti students and teachers inside. city authorities had conducted an president Bimal Gurung was ber board. Members of the Parishad (GMP), the tribal wing of the ruling Twenty-one children and five earthquake drill — caused mas- elected as the chief executive Board of Administrators will CPI-M, were on Tuesday injured in a clash with adults were killed, said Major Jose sive damage in the bustling centre of the body in 2012, but he be enjoying the same powers the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) Luis Vergara of the Mexican navy diers had administered oxygen to people were also killed in Puebla, of the city. and other office bearers of as enjoyed by the members at Chhankhola area of Khowai district, about 40 on Tuesday, who was coordinating one trapped child through a tube. Morelos, Mexico state and Guer- Scenes of chaos erupted in the the GTA resigned on June 23, of the previous elected body km from Agartala. a rescue effort that involved hun- President Enrique Pena Nieto, rero, said Interior Minister Miguel quake's aftermath. Traffic jammed 2017 when the agitation for of the GTA,” she said adding dreds of soldiers, police, civilian who rushed to the site, warned the Osorio Chong. to a standstill before blanked-out the separate Gorkhaland State that IAS officer Barun Roy was volunteers and rescue dogs. death toll could rise. Well after nightfall, rescue stop lights, and anxious people ran gained ground in the Hills. appointed as the administrator He said another 30 to 40 people "Unfortunately, many peo- crews and volunteers in Mexico between vehicles as ambulances Binay Tamang has been to run GTA after the elected remained trapped inside, while 11 ple have lost their lives, includ- City -- home to 20 million peo- tried to make headway, sirens made the Chairman and Anit members had resigned. But children have been rescued so far. ing children, in schools, buildings ple -- were still clawing through blaring. Thapa is the Vice Chairman many a times it was found that Emergency workers found a and homes," he said in a national the rubble of dozens of collapsed In several locations, large of the newly set up board the work of GTA is not taking teacher and a student alive beneath address. buildings looking for survivors and crowds of people clambered on with six more members from place properly as it was in the the rubble and are trying to get The devastation struck across bodies. buildings that were now piles of the Hills itself. Mann Ghis- hand of only a government them out, he said. a swath of central states and the Local media reported that stone and tangled metal, trying to ing, MLA Amar Singh Rai, officer. Moreover, with more But the situation was precari- death toll as of early Wednesday families were getting WhatsApp pull people out. Anu Chettri, Jayatur Khatun, members in the new board, ous. Late into the night, part of was 248, the head of the national messages pleading for help from Emergency workers held up LB Rai, Sanchabir Subba are the WBCS and other officials the wreckage collapsed as rescuers disaster response agency, Luis desperate relatives trapped under signs commanding "Silence" so the six other members of the can take more responsibility continued their search. Felipe Puente, said on Twitter. debris. crews could listen for the sounds board. to execute the development Local media reports said sol- In addition to Mexico City, Memories of the devastating of any survivors. See P10 Chief Minister Mamata works properly. Banerjee on Wednesday said: When asked for how long o celebrate the upcoming Durga “Today we have taken an the board will continue to TPuja festival we come out with a No floor test, no Centre to exit important decision… Enjoy- run the GTA, the Chief Min- special 8-page pull-out that captures CBI registers FIR against ing the power of the said sec- ister said: “They can work till the essence of this annual ritual. We elections in 18 tion 65B of the GTA Act of the election takes place. Who thank our readers, advertisers and well- 3 ITDC hotels 2011 an eight member Board will have objection if they can of Administrators has been set work properly in implement- wishers for their support. ex-HC judge in graft case MPOST BUREAU seats: Madras HC up so that development work ing the development proj- in the Hills can be carried out ects. It (setting up of board of MPOST BUREAU CHENNAI: Declining a NEW DELHI: As part of the prop e r l y.” administrators) has been done stay on the disqualification disinvestment exercise, the Cen- The section 65B of the as the situation is not favour- In today’s NEW DELHI: The CBI registered of 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs, tre on Wednesday decided to GTA Act states “all the pow- able (in the Hills) for elec- an FIR against a retired judge of the the Madras High Court on exit three ITDC hotels includ- ers, duties and functions of tions. We want the election paper Orissa High Court and five others in Wednesday ordered that no ing Jaipur Ashok and handover the GTA Sabha and the Exec- to take place as early as pos- an alleged corruption case and car- floor test should be held in the them to the state governments utive Sabha shall be exercised, sible. There will be an elected ... ried out searches at eight places on assembly till further orders concerned. discharged and performed by body as soon as there will be CITY Wednesday. nor can by-elections be held in The Union Cabinetsuch Sabha or authorities or a favourable situation in the Justice (retired) Ishrat Masroor those assembly constituencies. approved the transfer of Hotel such person or persons as may Hills to hold elections.” 35-FEET LONG DURGA IDOL IN HOWRAH 4 Quddusi has been booked on cor- Supreme Court by the college. The Justice M. Duraiswamy Jaipur Ashok and Lalitha Mahal be appointed by the govern- She further said: “Some- ruption charges, along with B P Yadav Apex Court had directed the gov- passed the order while hear- Palace Hotel, Mysore, to the ment in this behalf.” one many dislike it personally.