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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & VOL. 3, ISSUE 155 | Friday, 9 June 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9647.25 (-16.65) qSENSEX 31,213.36 (-57.92) pDOW JONES 21,189.26 (+15.57) pNASDAQ 6,300.26 (+2.88) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.21 (+0.12) pRUPEE/EURO 72.09 (+0.36) qGOLD/10GM 29,600 (-195.00) qSILVER/K 40,750 (-150.00) KMC SPENDS RS PANEL OF 9 NON- BOPANNA WINS RAJKUMMAR WANTS 30 CR TO UPGRADE NDA PARTIES TO MAIDEN GRAND TO TALK ABOUT ROADS TO MASTIC FIND CONSENSUS SLAM TITLE AT CINEMA WITH KAMAL TOP ONES PG3 CANDIDATE PG5 FRENCH OPEN PG14 HAASAN PG15 POLICE VEHICLES DAMAGED, SECURITY PERSONNEL INJURED 1st cabinet meeting in DARJEELING ON THE BOIL: Darjeeling after 45 yrs GJM RESORTS TO VIOLENCE AMITAVA BANERJEE and the GJM supporters and lead- services officers will initiate the ers left the area. special audit of GTA on Friday. DARJEELING: Darjeeling was The GJM claimed that five The team will be led by Deputy singed once again with the sit- of their supporters were injured. Commissioner Jayanta Majum- uation taking a violent turn on “We have called for a 12-hour dar. It will be giving the prelim- Thursday after agitated Gorkha bandh from 6 am to 6 pm on Fri- inary report within the next 10 PIC /MPOST Janmukti Morcha (GJM) sup- day. All education institutes will days. porters clashed with the security remain closed, traffic will not ply Reacting to the agitation, the AMITAVA BANERJEE Mahal the CM said. “Chandannagar in forces leaving as many as 45 per- and business establishments will Chief Minister said: “They do not the Hoogly district will become the 6th sonnel injured in the incident. remain shut. Emergency services, have any issue and are creating DARJEELING: After 45 years the West police commissionerate in ” Army has been deployed however, have been exempted. trouble and unrest unnecessarily. Bengal State cabinet met at the Raj Bha- stated Banerjee. in Darjeeling, Ghoom and PIC /MPOST Everything was going peacefully The BJP is adding fuel to fire and wan in Darjeeling. From starting a new The Government has decided to cre- Kurseong. A police booth was until TMC supporters started are stoking the unrest.” Secretariat in Darjeeling along with start- ate West Bengal Higher Civil Service set on fire and around 15 police meeting started at Raj Bhawan at porters torched an effigy of the throwing stones at the sit-in dem- The state government has ing a police commissioner ate in Chan- (Executive) from amongst talented and vehicles were torched along with around 2 pm. The two-hour-long CM. Suddenly there were stones onstration leading to this,” alleged declared the “bandh” called by dannagar many important resolutions meritorious officers of the WBCS to take a state government bus. The sit-in demonstration started with being pelted and amidst shouts, Amrit Yonzon, Gorkha Janmukti the GJM as illegal. Any govern- were passed at the meeting. up higher responsibilities in the Govern- Gorkha Janmukti Yuva Morcha sloganeering which continued till a stampede ensued. Some peo- Yuva Morcha leader. ment employee or employee of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ment. “1717 new posts have been cre- has called for a 12-hour bandh around 2:45 pm. Vehicles stopped ple even tried to bring down the Mamata Banerjee sat in an any local body including the GTA along with the cabinet members met at ated as part of employment generation” on Friday. plying and shops downed shutters police barricade.” administrative meeting with the who refrains from attending office the Banquet Hall in the Raj Bhawan in stated the CM. Since morning, the situation in Darjeeling. The police resorted to lathi- Chief Secretary and the Home will be treated as a case of break Darjeeling at 2pm on Thursday. Later A Chief Electrical branch office will was volatile in Darjeeling with Meanwhile, the state Cabinet charge and fired tear gas shells. Secretary at Richmond Hill. In in service and salary deduction addressing media persons Banerjee be opened up at Uttarkanya- the secre- the GJM taking out rallies and meeting followed by a press con- Police vehicles parked on the the evening, a North Bengal state will be done for the same for the dubbed it a historic day. In 1972 the State tariat in Jalpaiguri. The CM announced sit-in demonstration just metres ference got over at the same time. Chowrasta Road were torched transport bus was torched at the period of absence. In another Cabinet of the Siddhartha Shanker Ray that 8 new State Transport buses will ply away from the Raj Bhawan where Following the Cabinet meeting, while stones and bottles rained Chowk Bazar. development, Barun Kumar Ray, Government had met in the Durbar Hall between Darjeeling and Mirik. the state Cabinet meeting was the 28 ministers were at Raj Bha- on the cops from the Hill above. At around 7 pm, the 28 min- the IAS officer of 1992 batch, has of the Darjeeling Raj Bhawan. “A Skill Development Centre will taking place. The activists con- wan and Chief Minister Mamata While a large police contingent isters left Darjeeling for Siliguri, been made the new Principal Sec- “A secretariat will come in Darjeel- come up in Mirik which will generate verged from Singmari, Darjeel- Banerjee had returned to Rich- was in front of Raj Bhawan, the leaving behind the Chief Minis- retary of Gorkhaland Territorial ing in the existing PWD building next to employment opportunities for nearly ing railway station and Batasia mond Hill government guest other units went about counter- ter who refused to leave Darjeel- Administration (GTA) after the the Circuit House in Darjeeling. It will be 3,500 youths in the area. There will be Loop at the Gorkha Ranga Man- house. ing the GJM. ing till the situation returned to removal of Ravi . Ray named Tenzing Norgay Bhawan after the campus interviews also from this Centre” cha Bhawan and staged a sit-in A few yards away the sit-in Police personnel, CRPF normal. The administration has was earlier posted as Secretary legendary mountaineer. The next time a stated Banerjee. demonstration. demonstration came to an end at including lady police personnel stated that all government offices of North Bengal Development cabinet meeting takes place in Darjeeling When questioned on whether Bengali The police had set up bar- around 3 pm. An eyewitness who and several officers were injured. will remain open on Friday. Department and prior to that he it will be held here” stated the CM. language will be made compulsory in the ricades below the St Andrew’s did not want to be named stated Finally, at around 5 pm, the situ- A six-member team compris- was Commissioner of Jalpaiguri Every year 2 cabinet meetings will Hills, the CM reiterated “Bengali will not Church while the state Cabinet “At around 3 pm, the GJM sup- ation was brought under control ing senior audit and accounts Division. See PG3 be held in Darjeeling and 2 in Jungle be made compulsory in the Hills.” Lankans pull off RAHUL DETAINED THEN RELEASED Petrol, diesel rates to be stunning chase Mandsaur limps back to normalcy, LONDON: Sri Lanka rode on a solid batting govt taking no chances on farmers’ stir display to register a seven-wicket victory over revised daily from June 16 in their Group B Champions Trophy MANDSAUR (MP): Anti-riot paramilitary match at The Oval here on Thursday. forces on Thursday moved into violence-hit MPOST BUREAU Set a challenging target of 322 runs, the areas of Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district, Lankans rode on half-centuries from Kusal but the situation appeared to be improving : Come June 16 and Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka to cross in the troubled regions where farmers have petrol, as well as diesel prices across the line in 48.3 overs and register their first win been protesting for over a week demanding the country, will be revised on a daily the tournament. The duo dominated the Indian debt relief. basis in sync with international rates bowlers to add 159 runs between them and lay As contingents of the Rapid Action Force as happens in most advanced markets. the foundation of a successful run chase. (RAF) fanned out into the district, the state After the successful pilot in five Mendis was the highest scorer among the Sri government shunted out Mandsaur collec- cities, state-owned oil companies will Lankans, producing a steady 89 runs off 93 balls tor Swatantra Singh and Superintendent of violence. Burnt vehicles were removed from from June 16 revise rates on a daily before being run out thanks to an excellent piece Police O P Tripathi. the Mhow-Neemuch highway on Thursday, basis across all the 58,000 petrol pumps of fielding by Indian pacer Buvneshwar Kumar Curfew, imposed on Wednesday after and traffic had resumed. in the country. off his own bowling. escalating violence, was relaxed for two They said investigations have found that Petrol and diesel price will change tion, public sector oil marketing com- the freedom to revise rates but often Gunathilaka smashed 76 off 72 deliveries hours from 4 pm, as officials said the situa- “stone throwers and some anti-social ele- on a daily basis by a few paisa per litre panies (OMCs) have now decided to they have been guided by political with seven boundaries and two sixes. AGENCIES tion appeared to be improving. ments” had also joined the protest. depending on the movement of oil start daily revision in RSP of petrol and considerations. Rates differ by only a The police, however, said some areas were Violence had also hit Dewas, Neemuch, prices in international market and diesel in the entire country with effect few paise between pumps of the three still tense. Ujjain districts and some other parts of west- variation in foreign exchange rates. from June 16, 2017,” the statement said. state fuel retailers. Unbranded petrol at In Naya Gaon, about 70 km from Man- ern MP. Rates will vary from city to city as State fuel retailers currently revise IOC pumps in Delhi costs Rs 66.91 per In today’s dsaur, Congress vice president Rahul Gan- While two companies of the RAF, each well as from petrol pump to petrol pump rates on 1st and 16th of every month litre, while the same at BPCL pumps dhi, accompanied by senior Congress leaders comprising 100 personnel, moved into Pipli- with Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Hindu- based on the average international price in the city is priced at Rs 66.99 a litre. paper and the JD(U)’s Sharad Yadav, was detained amandi in Mandsaur, where the five farm- stan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and of the fuel in the preceding fortnight HPCL pumps sell for Rs 67.12 per litre. by the police when the opposition leaders ers were killed, another two were posted in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and currency exchange rate. Unbranded diesel at IOC pumps ... tried to make their way from the Rajasthan Garoth. Two RAF companies have also been deciding to follow a marginal differ- Instead of using fortnightly average, in Delhi costs Rs 55.94, Rs 55.99 at CITY border to Mandsaur, the ground zero of the deployed along the highway. ential pricing. pump rates will reflect daily movement BPCL outlets and Rs 60.94 a litre at farmer protests. There was high drama as Besides the RAF, contingents of the CRPF “We are moving into a dynamic pric- in international oil prices and rupee- HPCL pumps. FAKE DOCTOR ARRESTED FROM 4 the police tried to stop what had turned into have been deployed. ing. Correction in prices now happen US dollar fluctuations. With daily changes, which are NATION a rally of sorts with Gandhi leading from the MP Home Minister Bhupendra Singh after a gap of a fortnight but from now “Daily price revisions of petrol and unlikely to more than few paise per front. When police tried to push him back, confirmed on Thursday said that the five on it will be on daily basis to reflect the diesel will make the retail prices more litre, the political pressures for not CONG POLITICISING FARMERS’ STIR 7 he ran into a field nearby from where he was farmers had been killed in police firing, cost,” IOC Chairman Sanjiv Singh said. reflective of the current market condi- revising rates, particularly when they detained. a remark that assumes significance as the The daily price change will remove tions, minimising the volatility in the are to be hiked, will go, sources said. EDIT Gandhi was released after over four hours authorities had earlier claimed the police did the big leaps in rates that need to be retail price,” the statements said. Petrol price was last revised down- SELF-DEFEATING ARGUMENTS 8 of detention in the guest house of a cement not fire during the protests at Pipliamandi. effected at the end of the fortnight and This, it said, would lead to increased ward by Rs 1.23 a litre on June 1, and company. Just before he was detained by the police, consumer will be more aligned to mar- transparency in the system. diesel rates were cut by 89 paisa. INTERNATIONAL The government has brought in Manoj the Congress vice president accused Prime ket dynamics. “This will also enable a smoother “Public Sector OMCs are tak- Kumar Singh from Neemuch as the new SP Minister Narendra Modi of waiving loans The three firms in separate but flow of products from refinery/depots to ing steps to establish an appropriate INDIANS IN QATAR ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT 10 of Mandsaur. The collector of Shivpuri, O P of the country’s rich while ignoring farm- identical statements said they imple- retail outlets (petrol pumps),” the state- mechanism for conveying the prices to BUSINESS Srivastava, who took charge of the district, ers’ debts. Terming Congress vice president mented a daily revision of retail sell- ment said. “Many developed countries consumers every day, including daily said he faced a challenging situation. Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Mandsaur as a “photo ing price (RSP) of petrol and diesel on are already revising the prices of petrol publishing of the prices in newspaper ‘DON’T SELL OF CHEAP’ 12 Divisional Commissioner M B Ojha said, opportunity”, the BJP on Thursday accused a pilot basis in Udaipur in Rajasthan, and diesel on a daily basis.” on a daily basis, prominent displays of “For the last two to three days, farmers were the opposition party of “fuelling violence” Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, Puduch- While petrol price was freed from prices at the retail outlets, sending of SPORT stopping vehicles and setting them on fire.” in the farmers’ protests and claimed “guilty” erry, Chandigarh and Vizag in Andhra government control in June 2010, diesel price-related data/SMS from the cen- Police said seven cases were lodged and leaders have been identified and will be pun- Pradesh from May 1. rates were deregulated in October 2014. tralised locations, mobile apps etc,” the CAC MEETS; EFFORTS ON TO KEEP KUMBLE 14 62 people detained in connection with the ished. MPOST “After its successful implementa- Technically, oil companies have statements said. ‘Uber fires executive who obtained Indian rape victim’s medical records’ Use of human shield not norm, NEW YORK: Ride-hailing into its workplace culture after situations dictate tactics: Army chief company Uber has fired a top employees made allegations of executive who had allegedly sexual harassment and a toxic NEW DELHI: The situation To CPI-M leader Prakash killed in the operation that obtained medical records of a work environment. in Kashmir would normalise Karat accusing him of insti- was on when the reports last 26-year-old woman raped by Alexander’s handling of the soon, and was not as bad was gating Kashmiris to take came in. an Uber driver in India in 2014, situation was among the over being made out in the media, up arms over his reported Government estimates according to a media report. der had showed the medical 200 claims reported to two law army chief Bipin Rawat has remarks that stone-pelters that around 200 militants are Eric Alexander, the pres- records to “Uber CEO Tra- firms which were conducting said. rather use guns, Rawat said active in the Valley. Groups ident of business in the Asia vis Kalanick and Senior Vice the investigations into wide- chief Gen- he was misquoted. such as the Jamaat-ud-Dawa Pacific, was fired on Tuesday, President Emil Michael”. Fur- spread management issues at eral Bipin Rawat has said He dismissed criticism are aggressively using social just as the company announced ther, numerous executives at the company, the report said. use of human shield is not a that the army was trigger- media to woo youngsters. that it had fired 20 employees the car-hailing company were The news website contacted norm but individual officers happy and said the level of Thirty-eight armed mili- over the last few months for either told about the records the company about Alexan- are entitled to decide tactics violence in Jammu and Kash- tants have been killed as the harassment, discrimination or shown them by this group der’s actions, it was told that he depending on circumstances. mir needed to be brought Army foiled a total of 22 infil- and inappropriate behaviour. and sources said Alexander had was no longer employed there. He also said India was down for a meaningful dia- tration bids along the Line of Alexander had obtained carried around the document It quoted an Uber spokesper- ready for “two-and-a-half Leetul Gogoi) took a decision pass it on to us. We will take logue with stakeholders. Control (LoC) in Jammu and the medical records of the for “about a year” before other son as saying that Alexander front war” in a reference to independently. He can’t look a look at it.” “Dialogue and violence Kashmir this year. woman, who was raped and executives, “presumably the was no longer with the com- Pakistan, China and internal back at that stage and wait Rawat was talking about cannot go together,” Rawat According to the Army, assaulted by Uber driver Shiv legal department, obtained the pany. The 2014 incident had security threats. for orders. I think in his own the criticism he faced for his asserted. infiltration attempts have Kumar Yadav in New Delhi in report and destroyed his copy”. triggered scrutiny into Uber “It (human shield) is not a wisdom he took the action,” remarks defending Gogoi for On Thursday morning, a been foiled at Gurez, Mach- December, 2014, a report in The report said Alexan- by the Indian government and general norm. As a practice, Rawat said. tying a civilian to the bon- soldier was killed as the army hil, Naugam and Uri sectors the technology news website der was not among the group the company was banned from it is not supported. But situ- “If somebody has any net of an army jeep for a safe foiled an infiltration bid along in the last 48 hours, in which Recode said. The report quoted of 20 people fired by Uber as operating in Delhi till June ations would dictate. Under other ideas as to how to tackle passage through a crowd of the LoC in Nowgam sector. seven armed intruders have sources as saying that Alexan- part of an internal investigation 2015. AGENCIES the circumstances, he (major such a situation, then he can stone-pelters in the Valley. Two militants were also been eliminated. MPOST 2 mp town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 DAYINDAYOUT Reverse signs What’s on Around Town RAMADAN FEAST This Ramadan, head towards Eros Hotel for the Iftaar meal and enjoy delicacies like Khajoor-e-Khaas, Gulab Sharbat, Gosht Haleem, Seviyan ka Muzaffar UVB is the form of UV UVA affects the elastin irradiation that has in the skin and leads and so on. 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hinking of wearing a Bena- 4For a day event: If you wear- 4For sagan cer- rasi lehenga or sari for a ing a Benarasi sari or a lehenga, emony, mehendi or summer wedding? Make you must try and choose the tra- haldi: The brides are Week long theatre sure that you pick the right ditional jaal either for your sari or equally worried for Tone in terms of colour and drape it blouse. Additionally, if you are not these day or evening innovatively, suggest experts. very fond of the jaal work, you can functions as the cer- 4For main function: You can go for the designs with small boo- emonies are now cel- extravaganza concludes get the elaborative weaves done on tis for your traditional attire. Since ebrated with great your Benarasi sari or lehenga for the function is during the day, the pomp and show, MAINAK BANERJEE the D-Day. If we talk about the lat- light colours like lime, orange, mint so it gets little dif- est trend, you can unhesitatingly opt green can be the best ones for your ficult to decide on THE MORNING OF June 4 featured a spectacular for these detailed weaves with no ensemble. what exactly to wear play, ‘Proposal’ by Anton Chekov. The show was pro- borders. These weaves look perfect Moreover, if you are not very for such occasions. duced by Moscow Theatre of Russia. The packed audi- on colours like fuschia, off white, keen to sport a lehenga or sari, go Sport a meenakari ence at Bratyajon International Theatre Festival sat gold and pastel colours which are and take out that pair of denim or weave sari or lehenga through with a lot of enthusiasm and their applause trending nowadays. With that, you a pant from the wardrobe and wear with a touch of band- inspired the artistes to deliver their best on stage. can carry a beautiful traditional it with your favourite sari. This look hej which makes the whole Russian Consul General in Kolkata Alexey Idamkin Bengali drape which would work is chic and contemporary. attire unique. Also, colours watched the show along with theatre personalities great with the heavy weaves. For the jewellery, pick some such as blue, green, rose gold namely Ashok Mukhopadhyaya, Meghnad Bhattacha- To complete the look, don’t for- pearl earrings or neckpiece or both accentuate the beauty of the rjee and Goutam Halder. get to get yourself the South Indian that goes with the colour of your meenakari weaves. Team The penultimate day of the festival had night long temple jewellery which undoubt- outfit. In addition to this, get a up the outfit with heavy edly looks ethereal and extremely messy bun done with some gajra gold jhumkas and a mid- exquisite. and you are good to go. dle parting bun. IANS shows of three theatre productions, all written by playwright Bratya Basu. The evening started with ‘Jatugriha’, staged by Shantipur Sanskriti, fol- lowed by ‘Cinemar Mato’ at 11 pm and ‘Hridipash’ at 3 am in the morning. Local Bangla band, ‘Arshinagar’ captivated the audience with their melodious folk music at 2 am between two successive theatre shows. The festival ended with another Bratya Basu play, ‘Anusochna’, which dealt with ethics of forgiveness.

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The GJM supporters took out a protest rally only 100 metres away from the venue of the meeting. They shouted slogans and held a sit-in demonstration. Their anger spiralled out of control and the police were finally forced to resort to lathi-charge and fire tear gas shells on them. The protesters retaliated by hurling stones at the cops and torching police vehicles, just outside the venue in Darjeeling where CM Mamata Banerjee was holding a Cabinet meeting. The Army had to be called in to control the situation PIC/MPOST One more held Thousands stranded in Darjeeling; State govt to over power set up ITIs in grid protests govt takes steps for their safety every block OUR CORRESPONDENT KOLKATA: Police have OUR CORRESPONDENT like a nightmare,” stated Arun Stringent action will be taken arrested one more person for Sharma, a tourist from Delhi. against those who try to stop creating trouble over setting up DARJEELING: Thousands Chief Minister Mamata the plying of these buses. a power grid at Bhangar. of tourists are left stranded in Banerjee has stated that she The Bagdogra Airport will On Thursday morning, the Darjeeling Hills due to the will not leave the Hills till the open at 5 am on Friday morn- police arrested one Sunil Pal, a ongoing strife in the region. situation is normal and the last ing and will allow passengers CPI(ML) Redstar leader from With vehicles not plying in tourist has left. The state gov- inside the terminal building. Machibhanga village of South major parts of Darjeeling on ernment has also adopted mea- Restaurants and the snack bar 24 Parganas. The accused, a res- Thursday and with the 12-hour sures to ease out the situation. will start serving from 6 am. ident of Nimta police station bandh called by the Gorkha Meanwhile, Alapan The state government is area in North 24 Parganas was Janmukti Yuva Morcha, tour- Bandyopadhyay, the Princi- also trying to make arrange- actively involved in the agitation ists are finding it difficult to go and his family from Asansol ing to Millennium Post. pal Secretary of the Transport ments for tourists to leave Dar- which was organised against the down to Siliguri. had arrived in Darjeeling on Every year more than four department, has announced jeeling for Siliguri on Friday construction of a power grid in With clashes between Thursday. “When we tried to lakh domestic tourists and that special state government with police escort. “Tourism the area. Including this arrest, GJM supporters and security check in at the hotel, the man- 35,000 foreign tourists visit buses will ply every two hours had got a major boost in recent the police have so far arrested forces on Thursday, a situa- ager told us that we have to stay Darjeeling Hills. “I was stroll- from 6 am to 8 am from Sili- times. The situation is bad. This 23 persons who were involved in tion of panic has descended at our own risk and advised ing in Mall when suddenly guri to Kolkata for distressed will have a long-standing fall- the protest movement. Police are upon the Hills. Many tourists us to leave the town today there were loud sounds like passengers. “Along with this, out. If tourism has to be sal- also interrogating the accused tried to leave the town in the (Thursday). We are trying to that of bombs. At first I thought NBSTC will operate special air- vaged, then a solution needs to know if there were other per- evening but did not find vehi- arrange for a vehicle but have it was crackers but when I saw conditioned buses from Tenz- to be worked out immediately,” sons involved in instigating the cles. The few vehicles avail- not managed to do so. We people running helter-skelter, I ing Norgay Bus Terminus in stated Raj Basu, Convenor, villagers on the issue. able were charging three times are helpless and don’t know panicked. I too ran along with Siliguri to Kolkata at 5 pm, 6 Association for Conservation This is the first time when such priority has been given to technical It was alleged that Sunil Pal the normal fare. Ajoy Naskar what to do,” stated Naskar talk- my kid and my wife. It was pm and two buses at 7 pm. of Tourism. education in the state REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE used to give the protestors arms training. Police had not entered NARADA STING OUR CORRESPONDENT the syllabus taught at the ITIs, the troubled area for quite some making it more job-friendly. time. On Thursday, the accused CBI summons deputy KOLKATA: The state govern- The state government has was arrested when he came out ment will set up one Industrial set up several skill development of the area. The Bhangar move- With CBI, ED too probes Training Institute (ITI) in every centres and is preparing a pol- ment turned ugly when local Mayor of KMC block and one polytechnic icy to ensure that those who villagers started protesting the institute in every sub-division. pass out from the centres get setting up of a power grid in the whether bribe was asked OUR CORRESPONDENT This is the first time when jobs. Attempts have been made area. The locals put up road- Ahmed has been asked such priority has been given so that those who pass out from blocks protesting the construc- KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of to turn up at the office to technical education in the the ITIs get a chance to do a tion of a power grid sub-station Investigation (CBI) on Thursday sum- state. There are 235 ITIs and crash course in the skill devel- in Bhangar. The protests started for or forcefully given moned Iqbal Ahmed, deputy Mayor of the Anti-Corruption 146 polytechnics in Bengal at opment centres to upgrade in January this year. The villag- of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Branch of CBI in Nizam present. The All India Coun- their skills. The Centre has on ers torched police vehicles and repeated instigations to the leaders to (KMC), in connection with the Narada cil for Technical Education numerous occasions appre- some miscreants also pelted take something”. sting operation. Palace on Saturday (AICTE) approved the three- ciated the steps taken by the bombs at the villagers and “Somebody’s demand should not be Ahmed has been asked to turn up year course offered by poly- state government to develop thrashed some of them. instigated by giving something. Some- at the office of the Anti-Corruption gating agency had interrogated Samuel technics. In total, there are 341 the skills of the workers. The Senior officials of the state one should not be brought under cor- Branch of CBI in on Sat- earlier in this connection. blocks in the state. state government believes that government who reached the rupt practices by repeatedly requesting urday. He will be going to the CBI office Sources said that while The state government took merely getting a certificate spot tried to convince local vil- to take something. It is what the answer at around 11 am. questioning Ahmed, CBI officers will the decision to set up ITIs in from an ITI is not enough; the lagers of the importance of set- of the question whether Samuel had On Thursday morning, CBI offi- be verifying the statement given by every block as there is a great crash course will help the stu- ting up a power grid in the area offered money to the leaders on his cers went to the house of Ahmed with Samuel. demand for technical educa- dents upgrade their skills so but the locals seemed unmoved own or whether they had asked for some documents. He was not in his It may be mentioned that the High tion in the state. Keeping this that they can easily find jobs. and the officials’ efforts proved money from him would establish,” the house when the CBI officers went to Court on Tuesday directed the CBI in mind, the laboratories in The companies want skilled to be futile. Every time the officer said. his residence. to probe whether Samuel had offered the ITIs have been upgraded workers and they appreciate police and district administra- ED had interrogated Samuel in his He returned home after being con- money to the leaders on his own or the to meet the need of the hour. candidates with proper train- tion reached the spot to resolve office in Cochin for two consecutive tacted by his family members over ministers had asked for money from Some of the ITIs are being ing. The Technical Educa- the issue, hundreds of people, days on May 23 and 24. phone and signed some documents as him. looked after by private agen- tion department has spoken mainly women, came out of Two senior officers of the inves- asked by the CBI officers. Ahmed was once earlier questioned cies. The department of Techni- to experts requesting them to their homes to block the move- tigating agency from Kolkata went The had handed by officers of the Kolkata Police in con- cal Education has chalked out come up with suggestions to ment of vehicles on important Mathew Samuel to Cochin and questioned Samuel. over the probe to the CBI. The investi- nection with the case in July 2016. an elaborate plan to upgrade upgrade the syllabus. thoroughfares. Sources said that he was asked to nar- PRITESH BASU rate the entire episode in details during MID-RIVER SIESTA the interrogation. KOLKATA: After the Calcutta high The ED officers are going through KMC spends Rs 30 cr to upgrade court order to ascertain whether the recorded statement. Mathew Samuel had bribed the politi- “We have to go through the entire cians or the politicians had themselves statement and then see whether he had roads to mastic top ones sought for a bribe, alongside the Cen- given money on his own or they had tral Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the asked for it. Enforcement Directorate (ED) too is “The matter is not very clear to us OUR CORRESPONDENT probing the angle. yet and we have to really take a call on ED had also initiated a case after it,” the officer said. KOLKATA: The Kolkata CBI in connection with the Narada The ED had initiated a probe into Municipal Corporation (KMC) sting operation. While the main case is the case on April 28 and had sum- has spent over Rs 30 crore to with the CBI, the other central inves- moned Samuel repeatedly to its Kol- upgrade several important tigating agency ED is probing into the kata office. roads in the city with mastic money laundering part of the entire But the Narada News CEO had asphalt for faster movement incident. failed to turn up at Kolkata owing to of traffic. According to a senior ED officer, his ill health and was finally interro- The important thorough- though the agency is looking only gated in Cochin. fares that have been upgraded into the money laundering part CBI counsel Ashraf Ali had sub- with mastic asphalt are Park of the case, they are also trying to mitted before the High Court on Tues- A fisherman takes a break on a boat while another is busy with nets on the river Ganga Circus connector, Gariahat ascertain the same as “it is impor- day that the agency will examine and in Kolkata on Thursday afternoon PTI Road South, New park Street tant to ascertain whether there were record statement of Samuel shortly. and Darga Road. Gurusaday Road has also been repaired in the city in early 1990s dur- contractor and the state gov- while Circular Garden Reach ing the Left Front regime. But ernment grew and the former Road, Old Court House Street, as the cost of upgradation was stopped the construction work. Two free-of-cost buses introduced for CU students Sudhir Bhattacharya Road, high, the scheme was dumped. To make things worse, prob- Manindra Road and Northern But after 2015, when Chatter- lems cropped up regarding OUR CORRESPONDENT Metro Cinema, Alipore Cam- Avenue have been upgraded jee was elected Mayor for the the design of the flyover. Due There are eight campuses of the varsity pus, Hazra Campus and Bally- with mastic. second consecutive time, he to Banerjee’s intervention, the KOLKATA: In a unique move, and hostels at different points. CM gunge Science College. In the Senior officers of city decided to go ahead with the problems got resolved and the two buses have been intro- evening, the bus will be setting police’s traffic department said scheme of upgrading major- construction work of the fly- duced to give free-of-cost pick Mamata Banerjee had assured the out at 4.30 pm from Alipore as a result, the average speed ity of the city roads with mas- over was completed. and drop services to students of students of the university to introduce Campus of Calcutta University. of vehicles will go up in these tic asphalt. The construction of an Calcutta University from hos- The bus that will be con- roads. Though initial cost of After coming to power in arm of the flyover connecting tels to campuses of the varsity. an inter-campus bus movement necting all the campuses with laying mastic asphalt instead 2011, Chief Minister Mamata it with AJC Bose Road flyover There are eight campuses South Kolkata and Salt Lake of tar top roads is high but the Banerjee had stressed upon is underway and once com- of the varsity and hostels at dif- Thursday. Narayan Swaroop from Kantakal Campus of the will be setting out at the same overall cost is low. the need to improve the con- pleted, the commuters will be ferent points. Chief Minister Nigam, Managing Director university near Sinthi More in time in morning from the In 2010, when Sovan Chat- dition of city roads to increase able to reach Eastern Metro- Mamata Banerjee had assured State Education minister Partha of WBTC, was also present in North Kolkata at 9.30 am. The Hazra Campus of the univer- terjee became the Mayor for the average speed of vehicles. politan Bypass from Nabanna the students of the university Chatterjee flags off Inter-Campus the programme. An MoU was bus will be passing through sity and it will be passing via the first time, his main thrusts She took the initiative and in 20 minutes. to introduce an inter-campus Bus services in Kolkata on signed between WBTC and the Hedua Park for students staying Ballygunge Circular Road, APC were augmentation of water completed Maa flyover. The There is a proposal to build bus movement. Taking neces- Thursday PIC/MPOST university authorities to run the in Beadon Hostel, Vivekananda Road and Sealdah. The same supply and improvement of the flyover which was initiated another flyover connecting sary initiatives, the West Ben- buses to let students get free-of- Road from where students stay- bus will also be operating upto existing roads. Many city rods with the funds that were avail- EM Bypass with Biswa Bangla gal Transport Corporation day. Partha Chatterjee, the state cost transport facility between ing in the law hostel can avail Nano Science Campus at Salt were widened and it was then able under Jawaharlal Nehru Sarani in New Town. Mean- (WBTC) has introduced two Education minister, was present different campuses of the uni- the bus, City College Amherst Lake Sector III after passing decided to upgrade the major National Urban Renewal Mis- while, the construction of a fly- buses in collaboration with in the programme from where versity and hostels. One bus Street, Shraddhananda Park, through Beliaghata Main Road roads with mastic asphalt. Mas- sion (JnNURM) got stuck mid- over to ease out traffic in Budge Calcutta University on Thurs- the buses were flagged off on will start its journey everyday BB Ganguly Street, Esplanade via Paribesh Bhavan. tic top roads were introduced way. Differences between the Budge is on. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 Three killed, four Upgradation of WBCS officers: injured in car accident State bureaucrats hail CM move at Falta OUR CORRESPONDENT Attracted by the loud thud, OUR CORRESPONDENT talented. Thus, it has been 1,600 WBCS officers in Ben- locals rushed to the spot and decided to introduce WBHCS gal. The number of years that KOLKATA: Three persons, rescued the victims from the KOLKATA: West Bengal and a committee has also been a WBCS officer might have including a girl, were killed and damaged car. Civil Service (Executive) Offi- formed to look into the entire to wait to be an IAS officer four others were injured when The local people rushed all cers’ Association welcomed process. depends on the strength of the car they were travelling in the victims to Diamond Har- the move of Chief Minister Somen Banerjee, general WBCS officers in a state. It had was hit by a speeding bus at bour District Hospital where Mamata Banerjee in taking a secretary of the West Bengal been taking 28 to 30 years in Falta in South 24 Parganas on three persons were declared decision to introduce the West Civil Service (Executive) offi- Bengal. In 2016, 10 IAS officers Thursday morning. brought dead while the injured Bengal Higher Civil Service in cers’ Association, said: “We are of Bengal cadre have retired. The incident triggered ten- were transferred to a city hos- Thursday’s Cabinet meeting extremely glad and honoured. The same number of WBCS sion in the area. Police said that pital as their condition deterio- that was held in Darjeeling. We welcome the decision of the officers would get the oppor- all the victims were going to a rated. According to the doctors After the Cabinet meet- government and our sincere tunity to be IAS officers and at relative’s house at Bagaria from at Diamond Harbour Hospital, ing, the Chief Minister has gratitude to the Chief Minis- the present situation, 10 WBCS Basudebpur under Falta police four persons had received seri- come up with the announce- ter for the recognition that she officers of 1987-88 batch are station in the car when it met ous injuries and the condition ment that West Bengal Civil has given today (Thursday) to getting the opportunity. The with an accident. According of some of the injured persons Service (WBCS) officers work- the WBCS officers.” total sanctioned posts for IAS to the police, there were seven is stated to be critical. ing for 8 to 10 years can be He maintained that in the officers in Bengal are 359; out persons in the car, includ- After being informed of the selected as members of West coming days they have to work of which, 109 are for the pro- ing the driver, when the acci- incident, police reached the Bengal Higher Civil Service harder and with more responsi- moted ones. At present, 277 dent occurred. Police are yet spot and seized the bus. (WBHCS). bility so that they can give value IAS officers including 97 pro- to divulge the names of the The driver and the con- She said that the state did to the confidence that the gov- moted IAS officers are working deceased. ductor of the bus fled the spot not get IAS officers despite ernment has shown on them. in the state and the remaining Local people told police immediately after the accident. requesting the Centre and “This is a unique step that 82 posts are lying vacant. that the car was crossing Ban- There was tension in the area a WBCS officer here takes has been taken by the state The committee that has teria, apart from their job ten- talented WBCS officers will In other states like Andhra ganagar area as a speeding bus following the accident. Police around 28 to 30 years to get government for the Civil Ser- been formed will be giving its ure of 8 to 10 years, which a be selected for the same by Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Pun- approached it from the oppo- reached the spot and brought promoted as an IAS officer. The vice officers who look after the report to the state government WBCS officer has to meet to the committee. According to jab, it takes 18 to 19 years for site direction. As the bus was the situation under control. IAS officers who are working in development of the state,” he within a month and the report become a WBHCS officer. It a senior official in Nabanna, the officers to get opportunity moving at a high speed, the Police are also investigating if Bengal at present are extremely added. would include the detailed cri- is learnt that meritorious and at present, there are more than to be an IAS officer. driver could not control the the driver of the bus had fallen vehicle and it collided head asleep on the wheel at the time on with the car. The impact of of the accident. The authorities the accident was so high that are conducting raids to nab the Another fake doctor CU examinees protest after pol the car fell into a nearby ditch. bus driver. arrested from Howrah science exam gets cancelled EC special drive to enroll OUR CORRESPONDENT The incident took place when the state Educa- eligible electors OUR CORRESPONDENT tion minister Partha Chatterjee was at the uni- This is the second KOLKATA: The Calcutta University (CU) versity to attend a programme. However, police KOLKATA: In order to rope in the left out young KOLKATA: Howrah police incident in recent authorities on Thursday cancelled a political brought the situation under control. electors in the age group of 18-19 years, the Elec- arrested another fake doctor science question paper for BA examination and The students immediately attracted the from Jagatballavpur area on weeks where the this led to an agitation by the examinees who attention of the invigilator saying that they tion Commission of India will start a special drive Wednesday night. district police have staged demonstration outside the College Street were given the wrong set of question paper. in West Bengal from next Monday. “In tune with This is the second incident in campus of the university. The invigilators went through the question the theme of no voters to be left behind, the ECI recent weeks where the district arrested a fake It was learnt that the students were sup- paper and informed the matter to the con- has decided to launch a special drive to maximise police have arrested a fake doc- doctor who had posed to take two papers of political science cerned department when the university author- tor who had been practicing in in two phases. At the time of the first phase ities decided to cancel the examination. The enrollment of left out electors, in particular the the district without a valid regis- been practicing of examination, an invigilator from a college university authorities have started a probe in potential young electors (18-19 age group) with tration. According to the police, from Kadamtala bazaar area. in the district mistakenly opened a question paper which this regard to look into how the goof up had reference to 01.01.2017 as qualifying date,” the ECI the accused doctor was using a In the last two days, two without a valid was actually meant for the second phase of the taken place. said in a release issued on Thursday. The 19-day- fake registration number. The fake doctors were detected in examination scheduled to take place at around It may be mentioned that on last Monday, long special drive, which is scheduled to be accused, Rahaman Mullick, a East Burdwan’s Katwa. In both registration 2 pm. As the matter was reported to the senior the university authorities cancelled the third middle-aged man had earned the cases, district health offi- university officials that the political science paper of Bengali (H) question paper of the sec- launched on June 12, will be completed on June a good name in the locality. He cials asked the accused to sub- despite not having the proper question paper which was for the second phase ond year BA examination. The second year stu- 30, it said. During the special drive, the ECI will used to operate from a chamber mit their papers. It was learnt qualifications. All the three of examination was mistakenly given to the dents of Bengali (H) were writing their fourth accept forms from applicants and priority will be at Domjur, Jagatballavpur. that one of the accused was accused had been practicing in students appearing for the examination, they paper when they were mistakenly given the given to left out eligible voters in 18-19 age group Police said that the accused an ayurvedic doctor while the the private nursing home for the decided to cancel Thursday’s second phase of second paper question paper. (extendable up to 21 years), the ECI said. Besides, doctor used to attend various other was a naturopathy phy- past few years. political science question paper. As the exami- A senior university official said that they are government programmes in the sician. But both of them were The West Bengal Medical nation was cancelled, many students thronged examining if there was any negligence on the the Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will continue visit- district. practicing allopathy. The district Council (WBMC) is looking outside the CU’s College Street campus protest- part of the college authorities. The matter will ing every households to collect Form 6. AGENCIES On June 2, the district police administration had ordered a into the matter. Stern action ing against the cancellation of the examination. be looked into, the official assured. arrested one Subhendu Bhat- probe in both the cases. will be taken against the fake tacharya, a fake doctor from Three other doctors from doctors who are practicing in Bantra area who used to use the a private nursing home in chambers and various private registration number of another Thakurpukur are under the establishments without proper Three arrested on charges of BJP leaders accused of extortion, doctor. He used to sit in various scanner after it was alleged that registration numbers from the chambers and also attended pri- they were practicing without a Medical Council of India. The vate hospitals by using another valid registration. Samir Kumar Criminal Investigation Depart- duping medical aspirants CID begins investigation person’s registration number. Mondal, one of the accused ment (CID) has already shared After the fake doctor issue came doctors, has been practicing the information relating to var- OUR CORRESPONDENT scheme after the scam to light. Recently to light, the district police came without proper registration. It ious suspected fake doctors in one Gouranga Sarkar, a local villager, to know about the fraud being was learnt that the other two the state with the WBMC to KOLKATA: Two BJP leaders from lodged a complaint at Basirhat police committed by the two doctors. doctors, Sujay Das and Ananda ascertain if they had a valid Basirhat in North 24 Parganas have been station against the two BJP leaders on Police had arrested the accused Nanda, were also practicing registration. accused of extorting a huge amount the basis of which, police registered Debashis Dalai Nayan Banerjee Sanchayan Dasgupta of money from the villagers with false an FIR against the two. The complain- millenniumpost.in assurances that they would be given ant came to know that the accused had OUR CORRESPONDENT and Debashis Dalai (35) of Pataspur preferences while allotting houses which extorted money from the villagers on in Purba Medinipur — took money will be built under the Pradhan Mantri false promises. After considering the KOLKATA: Kolkata Police on Wednes- in two installments with assurances Gram Sarak Yojana seriousness of the incident, the district day arrested three persons on charges that they would help the victim secure The Criminal Investigation Depart- police handed over the case to the Spe- is now available in everypart of Bengal of duping a person of nearly Rs 30 lakh an admission to the medical college. ment (CID) has started a probe in this cial Operation Group of the CID who with false assurances of admission Police came to know during the connection. It has been alleged that has started a probe on last Wednesday SL DISTRICT Centre Name Agent Name Contact No to MBBS course at ICare Institute of interrogation that the three accused around 25,000-30,000 poor people who in this connection. Medical Sciences and Research, Haldia. started a company by the name of ‘IQ were supposed to get a house at Basirhat According to CID sources, the NO NAME They were remanded to police cus- Educational Service’ in 2015 at 12, Park and Taki areas of the district under the accused started extorting money from 1 East Midnapore TAMLUK N.C.Bera 7501493175 tody till June 19 after being produced Terrace, PS-Survey Park. They used Pradhan Mantri Gram Sarak Yojana the villagers from 2016 with assur- HALDIA Ayesha 9474306356 before Alipore Court on Thursday. to take huge amounts of money from have been duped. It has been suspected ances that they would be provided with Begum,Ranichak Police started a probe after receiv- medical aspirants with false promises that anything between Rs 500 – Rs 1,000 a house which will come up under the ing a complaint from one Subhendu of admission to various medical col- was being withdrawn from the accounts central scheme. The CID came to know DIGHA Kamal Lochan Panda 8906868884 Sekhar Mondal, a 26-year-old man leges. Acting of a tip-off, senior police of each beneficiary. It is believed that that the accused used to collect money 2 West Midnapore MIDNAPORE Balaram Pandit 9932708271 from Boalidanga village of Berhampore officers raided ‘Ullas Bar and Restau- the accused might have made money of from the villagers with assurances that 3 Jhargram JHARGRAM Champa Maity 9547230220 in Murshidabad in April this year. The rant’ on in North around Rs 2-3 crore with false promises they would be given preferences while 4 North 24 - Parganas /NILGUNJ B N Kundu 9836333630 complainant told the police that the 24 Parganas on Wednesday night and of assurances. The accused are Bikash allotting houses which will be set up three accused – Sanchayan Dasgupta arrested the accused. Police said that Singh, a district leader of BJP and Ran- under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sarak BARRACKPORE Biswajit Ghosh 9830830798 alias Sanchayan Sengupta (34) from the accused used to switch off their jit Pal, a local BJP leader of Basirhat Yojana. The local villagers who were BASIRHAT Uttam Biswas 9474574927 Picnic Garden area, Nayan Banerjee mobiles and frequently changed their area. Now, it has become uncertain if duped by these people demanded stern 5 Bardhaman BURDWAN Kamal Mukherjee 9332192230 (41) a resident of Block-D in Kalyani hideouts to avoid arrest. the villagers will get a house under this action against them. 6 West Bardhman ASANSOL Hiralal Sen 9933662126 SLITHERING ENTRANTS DURGAPUR WARIA Joy prakash Ray 9563601176 / CID arrests criminal from 7864818860 NIRSHA Gopal Chatterjee 9386695330 BARAKAR Jai Bhagwan Singh 9334652173 Ekbalpore for murder 7 Murshidabad BAHARAMPUR COURT Dipak Choudhury 9851612424 8 Nadia KALYANI / Dey News Agency 9830609355 OUR CORRESPONDENT metre and arrested the accused. KANCHRAPARA Further investigation KOLKATA: The Criminal revealed that his close aide 9 Howrah HOWRAH CENTRE Manik Lal Bag 9883393201 Investigation Department Khokon, who is in a correc- /9732243933 (CID) arrested a notorious tional home, had chalked out 10 Purulia PURULIA D.C.Nag 9434130550 criminal Md Aizuddin from the plan and executed it from 11 Jalpaiguri SILIGURI Toton Saha 9832046238 Ekbalpore area on Wednes- being behind the bars. Fol- day night in connection with lowing Khokon’s directions, After a long and arduous process of incubation, the Alipore Zoo 12 Hooghly CHINSURAH / CHAN- B.Singh 9883108806 the murder of one Md Ismail. Aizuddin had murdered officials, along with experts, have been able to breed and incubate DAN NAGAR The incident had taken Ismail. The police ascertained eggs of two species of pythons — Reticulated and Burmese. Out of 13 Birbhum SHANTINIKETAN Anita Shaw 9232162151 place on May 19 at Pailan in that old rivalry was the reason 41 eggs collected, 34 hatched successfully and with this, the Alipore 14 Darjeeling DARJEELING Bitta Newspaper 9434131515 South 24 Parganas in which behind the murder. So far, the Zoo has been successful in breeding all three species of pythons Aizuddin had killed Ismail by police have arrested two per- Agency found in India PIC/AMIT DATTA firing from point blank range. sons in connection with the 15 Cooch Behar COOCH BEHAR Jayanta Das 9434217084 The police had earlier murder. 16 Alipurduar ALIPURDUAR Bablu Saha 9733166169 arrested one Md Adil in this A police officer said that Transformer catches fire in Howrah 17 Kalimpong KALIMPONG Sandeep Jain 9832016738 connection and came to know they are trying to find whether about Aizuddin after interro- anyone else is involved in the 18 Uttar Dinajpur RAIGUNJ Pradyut Karmakar 9434384154 gating him. murder along with Adil and KOLKATA: Tension ran high a demonstration in front 19 Dakshin Dinajpur BALURGHAT Sujan das 8670582892 Acting on a tip-off, a joint Aizuddin. The police have at Chatterjee Hat area of How- of the policemen who rushed 20 Malda MALDA TOWN Ashim Kr.Sarkar 7797919580 raid was conducted by officers interrogated Aizuddin to know rah when an electrical trans- to the spot immediately after from CID, cops from Bishnu- that how Khokon had man- former situated in the area the incident. Others District List pur police station in South aged to pass on information as caught fire. The local residents found 21 Jharkhand RANCHI Birendra Nath Singh 9431929279 / 24 Parganas and Ekbalpore he was in a correctional home The local residents later that a transformer had caught 8409298763 police station. Aizuddin had when the plan was chalked out. damaged a CESC vehicle a fire a little after Wednes- TATA NAGAR Surender Singh 9835170495 attempted to flee realising that The police came to know alleging that CESC employees day midnight. They informed the police had conducted a raid that there are some more peo- reached the spot late despite the matter to the fire brigade DHANBAD S.K.Pandey 8409984151 in his hideout. But his attempt ple involved who had been repeated phone calls made by and also the CESC. Two fire 22 Bihar PATNA Nandalal Yadav 7765012713 turned futile as the policemen passing information to Aizud- the local residents. tenders extinguished the fire chased him for around 500 din about the victim. The local people also staged after two hours. MPOST 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 mp nation SUB-GROUP TO MEET NEXT WEEK TO START NEGOTIATIONS CRPF DG tells commanders to Non-NDA parties form 9-man ensure jawans come back safe OUR CORRESPONDENT panel to select prez nominee NEW DELHI: CRPF com- manders have been asked to "ensure" that jawans come OUR CORRESPONDENT back safe from operations, the Sena may take new chief of the paramilitary NEW DELHI: Leaders of at force has said in the backdrop least nine non-NDA parties are 'independent' of 40 personnel losing their part of the sub-group consti- lives in the last few months in tuted to arrive at a consensus stand, pitches Chhattisgarh. opposition candidate for the Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, a July 17 presidential poll. 1983-batch IPS officer who According to sources, the for RSS boss took charge of the country's sub-group will be meeting largest paramilitary force two next week to start deliberations OUR CORRESPONDENT days after 25 troops were killed CRPF recruits 743 youths from among the opposition parties in Sukma on April 24, said he on the crucial poll. MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena, rul- has made it clear to his com- Bastar region to fight Naxals They said Leader of Oppo- ing partner of the BJP at the manding officers in Bastar and sition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Centre and in Maharashtra, other theatres of duty that the NEW DELHI: As many as 743 candidates, includ- Nabi Azad, JD(U) leader Sha- today said it may take an "inde- operations should be result- rad Yadav and RJD supremo pendent" stand in the presiden- oriented and well planned, with ing 242 women, have been recruited by the CRPF Lalu Prasad aong others are tial election. safety of jawans being of para- from the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, one of the part of the sub-group. The pro-Hindutva party mount importance. worst Naxal-hit areas, for an 'all-tribal battalion' The group would comprise also said it would continue to "I have told them that the being raised to fight Maoists. The youths have leaders of prominent parties press for the candidature of RSS safety of jawans and troops in been recruited for the post of constable in the like Left, TMC, Samajwadi chief Mohan Bhagwat for the operations and the overall suc- Party and Bahujan Samaj Party highest office. cess of operations is the most CRPF from tribal-dominated Sukma, Dantewada, besides the JD(U), RJD, NCP "We may take an indepen- important thing," the CRPF Narayanpur and Bijapur districts and will join the and DMK as well as the main dent stand over casting our Director General (DG) said. 'Bastariya' battalion. "743 scheduled tribes candi- opposition party-the Congress. Possible names for the Opposition consensus candidate vote in the upcoming presiden- Both these points are essen- dates, including 242 women, have been recruited," The sources said the pos- tial election. We have time and tial in order to keep the moti- a Home Ministry official said. Bastar region sible names for the opposition will emerge only after June 15, ie after the formal again reiterate that we do not vation and morale of the men candidate will only emerge notification is issued by the Election Commission find anyone other than (RSS high. A success brings further comprises Sukma, Dantewada, Narayanpur and after June 15 i.e. after a formal on June 14. Congress President Sonia Gandhi chief) Mohan Bhagwat more positive results and in the last Bijapur districts of Chhattisgarh. The 'Bastariya' notification will be issued by has been instrumental in forming this panel.... capable of fulfilling the Hindu few weeks, there have been battalion in CRPF is a unique initiative to enhance the Election Commission on rashtra (nation) dream," Sena some good operations in the local representation in security forces and also June 14. She had hosted a luncheon meeting for Oppn leaders spokesperson Sanjay Raut said. Bastar area and other left wing provide employment to youths, the official said. Congress president Sonia on May 26 which was attended by leaders of 17 parties The party will continue to extremism-hit states, he said. Gadhi is instrumental in form- suggest Bhagwat's name till the Bhatnagar said he has trav- said. Sukma's Burkapal on April 24. ingthis panel after she hosted a end, Raut, also Rajya Sabha MP, eled to all the theatres where He added that good results Days before this incident, lfor the opposition leaders on among the opposition ranks, with other parties for a person The Congress chief has told reporters here. the force is deployed -- be it have come since the last few on March 11, 12 CRPF person- May 26 which was attended by the sources said. with "impeccable secular cre- been at the forefront of efforts Despite being the oldest LWE, militancy and law and weeks, with the Central nel were killed when they were leaders of 17 parties. With the ruling BJP yet to dentials who can discharge the to evolve a consensus among ally, Shiv Sena had embarrassed order in Jammu and Kashmir Reserve Police Force (CRPF) out providing security to road "It was suggested at the May initiate efforts for a consensual responsibility as a custodian of opposition parties for put- BJP in the 2012 presidential and counter-insurgency in the apprehending and neutralis- construction work in the same 26 luncheon that a sub-group presidential nominee, the Con- the Constitution." ting up candidates who are poll by backing the UPA can- Northeast-- and has asked his ing many ultras in the Naxal district near Bheji. of non-NDA parties be formed gress has said the non-NDA A number of leaders of "acceptable to the country" for didate Pranab Mukherjee while men to take action based on violence hit areas. The departmental inquiries who could deliberate and bring parties will make every possible opposition parties had already the posts of president and vice the saffron party supported P A good intelligence inputs. "We The CRPF is getting more in these cases are going on, the consensus among the opposi- attempt to find "the best per- met Sonia Gandhi last month president. Sangma for the post. are working to enhance and personnel from state police DG said. tion parties on the matter," said son" for India and it has many after she stepped up discus- The names of former In 2007 also, the Sena provide our teams with better forces, be it Chhattisgarh or A senior official said the a senior leader. "deserving" candidates. sions for forging opposition West Bengal Governor Gopal ignored NDA's presidential equipments and gadgets, sci- other states, to undertake joint CRPF is procuring smart It was also stated at the lun- Congress spokesperson unity on the issue. Krishan Gandhi and former candidate Bhairon Singh Shek- entific aids and dog squads so operations. "I am sure these Unmanned Aerial Vehicles cheon that as per the tradition, Abhishek Singhvi said the Gandhi has held parleys Speaker Meira Kumar have so hawat and instead voted for that they are aware of the ter- operations will bear results for (UAVs) to provide real-time the ruling party should take opposition has made it clear with West Bengal Chief Min- far emerged as the Opposition's UPA candidate and Congress rain they are working in and are us," he said. data of the terrain and possi- the lead in suggesting a con- that the BJP-led NDA cannot ister Mamata Banerjee, Bihar choices for the top post. leader Pratibha Patil. Shiv Sena able to take on the Maoists in a The CRPF had suspended ble movement of Naxal cadres. sensual candidate for the Presi- take the country for granted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, The presidential election chief Uddhav Thackeray had better capacity. the company commander (an It will also get smart tech- dent's post. on the issue, but he refused DMK leader M K Stalin, JD(U) will be held on July 17 and met Prime Minister Narendra "It has been told to the com- Assistant Commandant rank nology tools to effectively study In case it does not do so, the to come out with any specific leader Sharad Yadav, Sama- the counting of votes is slated Modi in April and termed him manders that the teams that officer) while it had transferred the area of operation before opposition parties will come name. jwadi Party's Mulayam Singh for July 20. The tenure of an "elder brother", signalling a go out should be briefed well, out the Commandant of the launching an offensive and also out with its own candidate The CPI(M), on its part, Yadav and RJD's Lalu Prasad, incumbent President Pranab thaw in the frosty ties between equipped with arms, ammu- battalion whose 25 troops were keep track of teams once when after reaching at a consensus said that it was in discussion among others. Mukherjee ends on July 24. the two saffron allies. nition and other logistics," he killed in a deadly ambush in out in the jungles. Nadda gets WHO award for India's Four Pak-aided infiltration bids foiled tobacco control in 48 hours, seven militants killed initiatives OUR CORRESPONDENT hil, Naugam and Uri sectors. in less than a fortnight in north NEW DELHI: Union Health Seven armed intruders have Kashmir. Minister J P Nadda was today SRINAGAR: Three militants been eliminated so far," the On May 26, the Army had conferred the WHO Direc- and a jawan were killed along statement said. Large quan- claimed to have killed two tor-General's Special Recog- the Line of Control (LoC) in tities of arms, ammunition Pakistani Border Action Team nition Award for accelerating the Naugam sector in north and war-like stores have been (BAT) members who tried to India's tobacco control initia- Kashmir's Kupwara district recovered, it said. According infiltrate into the Uri sector in tives and taking bold measures today, as the Army foiled yet to the statement, three militants Baramulla district to carry out to protect people against haz- another infiltration attempt. were killed in the Naugam sec- an attack on the soldiers. ards of tobacco use. The global According to the Army, tor today, while four were killed Six more militants were recognition was presented four infiltration bids, aided in the Machhil sector yesterday. killed in the same sector, the to Nadda by Poonam Khet- by Pakistani forces, have been The statement said that an next day, when they attempted rapal Singh, Regional Direc- thwarted along the LoC in anti-infiltration operation was to sneak into the valley. tor, WHO South-East Asia, north Kashmir in the last 48 in progress in Uri sector, while The Northern Command at the 'National Consultation hours, in which seven militants in Gurez, armed intruders ran claimed that in the current on Accelerating Implemen- were killed while a jawan also back leaving rucksacks behind. year, 22 infiltration attempts tation of WHO Framework lost his life. The Army statement said have been foiled and 34 armed Convention on Tobacco Con- The Army has foiled mul- the intruders were being pro- intruders have been eliminated trol (FCTC) for Achievement tiple attempts made by the vided active support, includ- along the LoC. of SDGs'. "It has rightly been Pakistan army to push armed ing covering fire (heavy calibre "Relentless operations by identified as a development infiltrators across the LoC, the artillery) by Pakistani army security forces have defeated issue. I am happy that tobacco Army's Northern Command posts on the LoC to assist them desperate attempts by Pakistan users have reduced by 81 lakh said in a statement today. to enter the Kashmir valley. and its agents to spread terror and youth consumption of "In the last 48 hours, infil- With these four operations, in Jammu and Kashmir during tobacco sees marked decrease," tration attempts have been the Army has thwarted six infil- the holy month of Ramzan," the Nadda said. MPOST foiled at the Gurez, Mach- tration attempts along the LoC statement said. We are constantly monitoring situation in Qatar: Swaraj OUR CORRESPONDENT Twitter user seeks NEW DELHI: India is constantly moni- toring the situation in Qatar, which is fac- ing diplomatic isolation by four major help 'from Mars'... Arab countries that have also closed air, sea and land links with it. outwitted by Sushma Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bah- rain announced on Monday they were cutting diplomatic ties and closing all con- NEW DELHI: "Even if you are stuck on the nectivity links with Qatar, giving Qataris Mars, Indian Embassy there will help you," within their borders two weeks to leave. is how External Affairs Minister Sushma "...We are constantly monitoring the Swaraj responded on Thursday when a situation in Qatar," External Affairs Min- member of twitterati made a tongue-in- ister Sushma Swaraj said. cheek comment. Swaraj's reply came after She was replying to a tweet seeking the Karan Saini tweeted, "@SushmaSwaraj, I government's help to bring back a few Indi- am stuck on mars, food sent via ...Mangaly- ans stuck in Qatar. aan (987 days ago), is running out, when is "@SushmaSwaraj My brother wid other ...Mangalyaan-II being sent ? @ISRO." Indians stuck in Qatar wid storage of basic The external affairs minister is known enmities ,they need our govn help. for using the social media to reach out to Plz hlp to bring dem back (sic)," a Twit- Indians in dire situations and help them. ter user posted. While Swaraj got a lot of praise for The four countries have suspended her reply, Saini was ridiculed by netizens. all flights to and from Qatar, pulled their "When someone truly does a great job, the ambassadors from Doha and ordered least you can do is 'respect' the person ! Qatari diplomats to leave. the latest data. Mocking them will get you attention but The dispute has sparked the worst dip- Immediately after the development, not respect," tweeted a user. lomatic crisis in the Arab world in years Swaraj had said India's "only concern is Following some of the critical tweets, and raised fears it will cause further insta- about Indians there". Saini tweeted, "my and our respect for @ bility in an already-volatile region. She had said the government was try- isro and foreign affairs team is sky- high, There are around 6.5 lakh Indians liv- ing to find out if any Indian was stuck there my tweet was purely humorous in nature ing and working in Qatar, according to and hoped things would get better soon. #NationFirstNoCompromise." MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 Below-MSP prices triggered MP farmers’ tragedy DHIRENDRA KUMAR mer Agriculture Secretary Siraj Hussain said, “Demands for NEW DELHI: Despite bum- waiver of farmer loan based on ‘Cong instigating violence, per production in 2016-17, the decision taken by the gov- the procurement of agricul- ernment of Uttar Pradesh are tural produce below minimum partly contributing to similar politicising MP farmers’ stir’ support price and the the UP demands in other states. We govt’s decision to write off can expect farmers of Telan- loans of about 1 lakh farmers gana, Maharashtra and Punjab OUR CORRESPONDENT led to farmers’ protest in Mad- to also make similar demands hya Pradesh and Maharash- in near future. However, the NEW DELHI: Union minister tra. Experts have pointed out farmers’ distress is not only M Venkaiah Naidu on Thurs- that farmers of Telangana and due to this. Lower prices due to day accused the Congress of Punjab would also make smi- bumper production in 2016-17 “instigating violence and politi- lar demands in coming days. are also responsible for farm- cising” the farmers’ stir in Mad- According to experts, the ers’ woes.” hya Pradesh and termed party bumper production in 2016- Hussain is presently senior leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to 17 after facing two consecutive fellow at Indian Council for Mandsaur as “another photo drought years has turned out to Research on International Eco- opportunity”. be a bane instead of a boon for nomic Relations (ICRIER). Speaking to reporters here, debt-ridden farmers. The pre- However, Union Agricul- Naidu asked the Congress to dictions by Indian Metrologi- ture Minister Radha Mohan behave in a “more mature and cal Department (IMD) of good Singh has condemned the inci- responsible” manner to help monsoon for this year has also loans from different agencies fixed MSP of Rs 5,050 for a over Rs 47,000. So for a fam- dent of firing on farmers in restore normalcy in the hotbed increased the worries of poor to cultivate more, but it turned quintal. Similarly, after invest- ily having a monthly income Madhya Pradesh. Reacting to of the farmers’ protest, instead farmers of Madhya Pradesh, out to be the reason of their ing Rs 4 to produce one kg of of about Rs 6,400 paying huge the incident, Singh said, “The of fanning sentiments. Congress is trying to politi- ernment, don’t try to create Maharashtra, Punjab, Telan- woes. Farmers were bound to onions, the produce was sold at debt is next to impossible. The incident of Madhya Pradesh The Information and cise the issue. It is instigating, panic and don’t try to aggra- gana, etc as they are now more sell their produce below min- just 0.40 paisa per kg. farmers were hopeful that with is unfortunate. Those who are Broadcasting Minister also dis- fuelling violence in the state vate the situation,” he added. concerned about getting pro- imum support price (MSP), Vallabh further added that the good harvest in the year politicising it, they are not the missed the Congress’ demand of Madhya Pradesh,” Naidu Apparently referring to the duction cost of their produce, which shattered their dreams the state government’s poor 2016-17, they would pay their well-wishers of either farm- that Chief Minister Shivraj alleged. demands for debt relief by the the experts have opined. of paying back the loans,” said response to farmer’s demands all dues, but it didn’t happen as ers or the country. The Chief Singh Chouhan step down “The Congress vice-pres- farmers, Naidu said loan waiver “Following the announce- Gourav Vallabh, an economist. added fuel to the fire to their their agricultural produce were Minister of Madhya Pradesh is from his post in view of the ident now wants to visit the depends upon financial condi- ment of bonus on pulses and Notably, farmers were protest. “The NSSO report has sold at very price,” Vallabh said. the only CM who has worked deaths of five protesting farm- place as part of his photo tion of the state governments. kharif crops by the Centre, forced to sell their tur at Rs stated that on an average every Expressing his views on the to protect the interests of ers in police firing. opportunity yatra which he Bringing farmers out of the debt-ridden farmers took 3,500 per quintal against the farmer’s family has a debt of causes of farmers’ protest for- farmers.” Naidu recalled an inci- undertakes on a regular basis,” situation calls for long-term dent which occurred on Janu- the minister quipped. measures which the Centre and ary 12, 1998 in the state’s Betul Defending Chouhan, Naidu state government were taking, Kerala House asks Centre to district where 24 farmers had hailed him as the “most farmer- he added. Congress raises NH-74 scam in died, allegedly in police firing friendly chief minister” who “The UP government ordered by then chief minis- took quick measures to con- has done it, so have Andhra U’khand house, attacks Centre withdraw cattle slaughter ban ter and Congress leader Digvi- trol the present situation in the Pradesh and Telangana gov- jay Singh. state, which he said has regis- ernments. Now the Maharash- OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT slaughter in animal markets He asked why did Singh did tered highest growth rate vis- tra government said that there was not only communal, but not step down after the deaths -vis agriculture sector. will be a biggest loan waiver in DEHRADUN: The multi-crore THIRUVANANTHA- also essentially anti-working of farmers who were seeking Naidu also listed a slew of the state. But still the Congress national highway scam rocked PURAM: Kerala’s bitter politi- class and anti-farmer. It thus compensation following losses measures the Centre and state and the other opposition party the Uttarakhad Assembly as cal rivals--the ruling LDF and has to be withdrawn, they said. caused by hailstorm in the government had undertaken in want to instigate people,” the the budget session commenced the UDF--today closed ranks The members also alleged district. for the welfare of the farmers, minister said. today, with the opposition in the state assembly to oppose that the move was an attempt “Did the Congress presi- including efforts of increasing The farmers in western Congress demanding suspen- the cattle slaughter ban, calling at corporatisation of the meat- dent visit the victim farmers irrigated area size and making Madhya Pradesh, particularly sion of business listed for the it a ‘fascist’ move that also saw trading sector, which was now then?” Naidu asked. available adequate electricity Mandsaur and Dewas districts, day to hold a debate on the the House adopt a resolution an additional source of income He assured farmers of Mad- and seeds. have been protesting for a week Centre’s alleged reluctance to asking the Centre to withdraw for small and medium farmers. hya Pradesh that the state gov- “Production of certain now, demanding debt relief and order a CBI probe into the case. its notification. Moving the resolution, ernment was taking all possible crops is beyond expectation so better crop prices. Leader of Opposition Indira During the one-day ses- Chief Minister Pinarayi steps to deal with the issue of there is fall in the prices and the The protest, however, has Hridayesh referred to Union sion, convened exclusively to Vijayan slammed the Centre, drop in prices of certain agri- government is trying to address been marred by violence and Minister for Road Transport the CBI to investigate the case. Hridayesh tried to convince discuss the controversial cat- saying the ban was to imple- cultural produce. the problem. I appeal to them, killings of peasants allegedly in and Highways Nitin Gadkari’s The moment Speaker Prem- the chair that the issue was very tle ban notification, mem- ment the political agenda of the “It is unfortunate that the please cooperate with the gov- police firing. letter to Chief Minister Triven- chand Aggarwal assumed the important and accused the bers of the ruling CPI(M)-led Sangh Parivar. dra Singh Rawat and accused chair today, Hridayesh drew Centre of not only dragging its Left Democratic Front(LDF) “The NDA government, the Union Government of try- his attention to her notice for feet over the CM’s recommen- and the opposition Congress- that has failed to fulfil any of Death toll in MP ing to shield NHAI officials. a debate on the subject under dation for a CBI probe, but also headed United Democratic its promises, was raking up NATION BRIEFS After the BJP came to power Rule 310 which meant permit- trying to protect NHAI officials Front(UDF) condemned it as issues such as cattle slaughter cracker factory in March, alleged irregularities ting a discussion in the House named in an FIR in connec- not only an “intrusion” into to divide the people through YOGI GOVT TO MAKE REGISTRATION to the tune of Rs 240 crore were by suspending the business tion with it. the rights of states but also an communal polarisation for fire rises to 25 OF ALL MARRIAGES MANDATORY detected in the acquisition of listed for the day. The Leader of Opposition “infringement” on the rights of political gains,” he said. Vijayan land for the National High- The speaker asked the read Gadkari’s letter which people on the choice of their also brought to the notice of the OUR CORRESPONDENT LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government is all set way-74 between 2011-2016. opposition members to not states that such an action will food habits. assembly the serious ‘adverse’ to make registration of marriages, irrespective of re- Rawat had suspended six insist on a debate under the adversely affect the morale of The lone BJP MLA O Raja- consequences the ban would BALAGHAT: The death toll in ligion, compulsory in Uttar Pradesh. The bill is likely to officials and recommended a rule as the question hour was NHAI officials and impede the gopal opposed the resolution. have on various sectors includ- Wednesday’s fire at a cracker be tabled before the state cabinet soon, UP’s women CBI probe into the scam. How- important with many issues of progress of projects taken up by Members of both the Fronts ing agriculture, dairy, leather factory in Balaghat’s Kheri vil- welfare minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi told PTI, today. ever, the Centre is yet to direct public interest listed for the day. the authority in the state. said the ban on sale of cattle for industry and meat export trade. lage has gone up to 25 with Once enforced, the couples who fail to register their two more persons succumb- ing to burn injuries on Thurs- marriage will be devoid of facilities that require mar- Comparing Army chief to day, police said. riage certificate. “As per the directions of the Supreme Centre discusses revival of Jewar “Two more persons have Court, marriage registration has been made manda- died (during treatment). With tory in the country. We have to follow this order as the General Dyer is sad: Lanba this, the death toll has climbed previous government did nothing in this regard,” said airport project with UP ministers to 25. Among the deceased Joshi. “We are working on it and it will be taken up in OUR CORRESPONDENT half front (China, Pakistan and are 20 women and five men,” internal security requirements OUR CORRESPONDENT be felt. We are trying to revive through flight services was Additional Director General the state cabinet meeting,” she said. During the previ- NEW DELHI: Comparing simultaneously) war”. the Jewar airport project, but being mooted, said Singh. of Police (Balaghat range) G ous Samajwadi Party government, there were murmurs, Army chief Bipin Rawat to Lanba sought to buttress NEW DELHI: The Yogi Adity- nothing is final so far,” he It was also working on an Janardhan said. on more than one occasion, of making marriage regis- General Dyer, who had earned the point, saying that “the anath government in Uttar added. The minister said nearly ambitious campaign in east- He said of the five other tration mandatory. However, it never came to fruition. notoriety for ordering the 1919 Indian armed forces are always Pradesh has launched efforts to 80 per cent of transportation ern UP to eradicate Japanese injured persons, three are being Jallianwala Bagh massacre, is ready for any contingency”. The revive the Jewar airport project in Uttar Pradesh was depen- Encephalitis which killed treated outside the state and UNABLE TO FIND BANK MONEY, a “sad comparison”, his naval Navy chief will visit Israel soon in Greater Noida, which was dent on the road network and it scores of children in the dis- two at a local hospital. ROBBERS FLEE WITH STAFFERS CASH counterpart Admiral Sunil and meet chiefs of the three shot down by the previous UPA was necessary to boost regional tricts there, he added. Fire had broken out in the Lanba said on Thursday. services of the Jewish nation. government at the Centre. air connectivity for industrial “We are running a cam- cracker factory, located around MUZAFFARNAGAR: Three men, who entered a bank Academician Partha Chat- His visit comes ahead of Prime Two Uttar Pradesh minis- development. paign to vaccinate 90 lakh chil- 10 kms from the district head- allegedly with to rob it, fled with Rs 5,000 of a woman terjee, in a piece published on a Minister Narendra Modi’s visit ters, Siddharth Nath Singh and “There are two good air- dren in 38 districts by June 11. quarters in the Kotwali police staffer after they could not find money at the bank in news website, had drawn com- to Israel. “We have an in-depth Nand Gopal Gupta, met Union ports at Lucknow and Varanasi Till yesterday, over 62 lakh were station limits, yesterday after- Shamli district. The incident occurred at Bandhan bank parison between Rawat and defence relationship. We will Minister of State for Civil Avi- in the state. The connectivity vaccinated. All the districts, noon when the workers were under Thana Bhawan town police station limits yesterday. Dyer after the former com- exchange notes,” Lanba said, ation Jayant Sinha here today between these two and the air- except four, will achieve the present there, the ADG said. mended Major Leetul Gogoi’s but did not elaborate further to discuss various proposals, ports at Allahabad, Gorakhpur targets by the deadline,” said As per preliminary inves- When the robbers entered the bank, they could not find action of using a civilian as a on his scheduled visit. including the one related to the and Bareilly is being discussed. Singh, who holds the Health tigation, intense heat caused any money there and went to the woman staffer, identi- human shield in Kashmir. “It Reacting to a report by US Jewar airport. “It was a part of Besides, plans to develop portfolio. Describing the recent a spark during cracker assem- fied as Sonam, Circle Officer Sunil Kumar Tyagi said. is a sad comparison and is Department of Defence (DoD) our Sankalp Patra (poll mani- the one at Kushinagar as a truly incidents involving violence in bling that ignited the fire, he He added that the trio robbed her off Rs 5,000 on gun- uncalled for,” Lanba said. that China is likely to estab- festo). The meeting with the international airport are also Saharanpur as “unfortunate”, said. Madhya Pradesh Chief point and fled. A case has been lodged and probe is on, On April 13, 1919, Dyer lish additional military bases Union minister was good. He on the anvil,” he said. he said the condition of law- Minister Shivraj Singh Chou- the CO said. had ordered firing on unarmed in Pakistan and other countries will now meet the chief min- The state government was and-order in Uttar Pradesh was han has announced a com- people gathered at the Jallian- with which it has longstanding ister in Lucknow on June 14 to also working on a “spiritual cir- “dilapidated” and the Aditya- pensation of Rs 2 lakh each to NO INTENTION TO SIDESTEP SC ORDER wala Baug in Amritsar. friendly ties and similar strate- take the talks forward,” Singh cuit” of ‘Ganga Darshan’ and nath government was working the next kin of the deceased. The Navy chief was speak- gic interests, he said the Navy later told reporters. planning to launch a helicop- to improve it. “We are bring- The state government would ON LIQUOR SHOPS: KARNATAKA CM ing on the sidelines of an flag- was monitoring the devel- He said with a 100-million ter service between Varanasi ing changes at the lower level, also bear the medical expenses BENGALURU: The Karnataka government decision to in ceremony of Indian Naval opment. “It is an assessment footfall, expected in the next and Allahabad for the pur- including at the police stations. of the injured. According to denotify highways in urban local bodies limits was not Mountaineering Team. which is there in the report. few years, the IGI airport in the pose. Also, a “Buddhist cir- We are taking action against Balaghat district Collector In an interview, Rawat had We have our own assessment national capital would become cuit” connecting Kushinagar, those involved in any criminal Bharat Yadav, the cracker fac- intended to circumvent the Supreme Court order ban- also said that the Indian Army and we will see what happens heavily crowded. “Thus, the Sarnath and the other major incident, including our own tory is owned by Waris Ahmed ning liquor outlets within 500 metres of highways, Chief is fully ready for a “two-and-a- in the future,” Lanba said. need of another airport would Buddhist places in the state partymen,” said the BJP leader. and was being run legally. Minister Siddaramaiah said in the Legislative Council. Responding to a question by a member about the state cabinet’s decision, he said the highways were anyway maintained by urban local bodies and they were just be- BJP MLA gives Raje ultimatum on CM residence issue ing handed over to them for “better maintenance”. In this OUR CORRESPONDENT “save the people’s property”. process, some liquor shops would be saved as also jobs of “When the government Must take up plight of farmers those who depend on them, he added. The cabinet had JAIPUR: Rajasthan BJP MLA has earmarked a residence for yesterday decided to denotify highways passing through Ghanshyam Tiwari on Thurs- a chief minister, the need to or face MP-like situation: Tiwari the limits of urban local bodies, and send a recommenda- day gave a 10-day ultimatum use another undeclared place tion to central government for giving effect to it. to Vasundhara Raje to either should not arise. However, JAIPUR: BJP leader Ghanshyam Tiwari on Thurs- declare her current bungalow here, both bungalows are being 21-YR-OLD WOMAN FIGHTS OFF RAPIST, as the chief minister’s house used,” he said. day warned that Rajasthan will smolder like Mad- or move into the government Tiwari alleged that to take hya Pradesh and Maharashtra, if the state govern- ESCAPES BY SCALING BOUNDARY WALL alloted residence, failing which life-long possession of the bun- ment “fails” to take up the plight of farmers.The BHUBANESWAR: A young woman facing rape, did what he would hold a ‘satyagraha’. galow, the Raje government government should waive loans of poor farmers others in her position would almost never think of — at- The outspoken-BJP leader had passed the Rajasthan Min- and provide incentives to the agriculture sector tacked her tormentor before escaping from his clutches. announced at a press confer- isters Salaries (Amendment) ence here that he will hold the Bill, 2017 in the last Budget Ses- as it has given to “rich corporate houses”, he told The man, who was known to her, had falsely assured the protest along with members of sion of the assembly. reporters here.“There should be time-bound free 21-year-old that he would get her a job here and when the Deen Dayal Vahini, a group “The Bill proposes that any electricity facility for cultivation and agriculture she arrived here from her home at Kendrapara, tried founded by him. former chief minister will con- should be included in the MGNREGA,” Tiwari said. to rape her at a deserted factory premise at nearby “The plush 13 Civil Lines tinue to hold the possession A strong critic of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Mancheswar on Wednesday. The woman to save herself bungalow where Chief Min- The government should den at the President’s residence of the bungalow even if he or attacked the man with stones and scaled the boundary ister Vasundhara Raje resides make public the expendi- in New Delhi. Let the people she is appointed at any other after the BJP served him notices for anti-party at present is just a few meters ture incurred in transforming see what is behind the walls,” position. “They will enjoy all activities, Tiwari said as a “well-wisher” of the wall of the factory to escape. Locals spotted her and away from the government the Civil Lines bungalow, he the BJP MLA from Sanaganer the facilities, including govern- state government, he has warned the leadership helped her to lodge a complaint with the police, who cor- allotted house. The 2,000 cr demanded. said. ment vehicles, communication, that the situation can turn ugly any day. Farmers roborated her story. The accused fled from the city after property has been converted “I also demand that it Tiwari claimed he along free air and rail travel and office the incident but was later arrested from Kendrapara, in Rajasthan are the worst affected. Nearly 22 per into a fortified palace with should be opened for public with his organisation will hold assistants. We will not allow commissioner of police Y B Khurania said. 15-feet high walls,” he said once a year, like the Mogul Gar- a door-to-door campaign to loot of public fund,” he said. cent farmers have left farming, he said. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 mp nation ED attaches assets worth SC permits Bihar Saharanpur violence accused `50 cr in two bank fraud cases liquor manufacturers Chandrashekhar arrested OUR CORRESPONDENT to export old stocks NEW DELHI: The Enforce- OUR CORRESPONDENT mission to visit the violence- ment Directorate on Thursday hit area. attached pricey hotels, luxury OUR CORRESPONDENT LUCKNOW: The main The Centre has since sent cars like Audi and Jaguar, bun- accused in the Saharanpur 400 anti-riot police person- galows and other assets worth NEW DELHI: The Supreme violence and Bhim Army nel to Saharanpur to help the over Rs 50 crore over its probe Court on Thursday modified its founder Chandrashekhar was district administration restore in two separate money laun- earlier order and allowed liquor today arrested from Himachal peace in the region. dering cases of alleged defraud- manufacturers from Bihar to Pradesh. Chandrashekhar Azad ing of banks. export their old stocks of alco- The 30-year-old activist was 'Ravan', a young Saharanpur In the first instance, the holic beverages worth over Rs nabbed from Dalhousie area of lawyer, and Vinay Ratna Singh central probe agency issued 200 crore outside the state till Himachal Pradesh, Additional had founded the Bhim Army orders for the provisional July 31. DG (Meerut Zone) Anand in July 2015 to serve the inter- attachment of a hotel each in A vacation bench compris- Kumar told PTI over phone. ests of Dalits in the Sahran- Surat and Bharuch, offices in ing Justices Ashok Bhushan He will be brought to Saha- pur region where Rajputs and Surat, Navi Mumbai, Pune and Deepak Gupta passed the ranpur on a transit remand. Dalits are involved in a long and Bharuch, flats in Udaipur, order on the application in Earlier, two members of the drawn tussle for dominance Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Surat which the manufacturers had imposed a ban on liquor in the Bhim Army were arrested in and fight against oppression. and Thane, expensive cars like contended that the apex court's state from April 1 last year. Saharanpur for their alleged Chandrashekhar belongs to Audi Q7 and A4, Jaguar and May 29 order spoke about time The apex court had on involvement in the Ramnagar Chhutmalpur village adjoin- BMW and bank balances to to destroy the stock but it did March 31 granted time till May caste violence on May 9 after ing Shabbirpur, the epicentre the tune of Rs 2.77 crore in the not indicate anything about its 31 to dispose of the old stocks one person was killed and of recent troubles. name of Ms Siddhi Vinayak "export" outside the state. and directed them to follow several others were injured Though the mission of the Logistic Limited (SVLL). The manufacturers had the resolution passed by the in a clash between Dalits and Bhim Army was to educate the The company is "pro- told the bench that there were Bihar government on disposal Thakurs at Shabbirpur village community's children free of moted" by Surat-based busi- two issues -- destruction of old of stocks following the imposi- in the district on May 5. cost with their first school com- nessman Rupchand Baid, stocks and export -- in the plea tion of prohibition in the state. About a dozen police vehi- ing up two years ago at Saha- arrested by the ED in April filed earlier and the apex court's The Bihar government, cles were set ablaze and 12 ranpur's Bhado village, it came this year under the Preven- May 29 order mention only which has prohibited con- policemen were injured on into limelight in April when an tion of Money Laundering Act about time to destroy the stock. sumption, stocking and sale May 9. Chandrasekhar, who would surrender if 37 "inno- in growing anger among the divisional commissioner and Ambedkar Jayanti procession (PMLA), for his alleged role After the brief hearing of liquor in the state had on had since been evading arrest, cent" Dalits were released on dalits," he had said. the deputy inspector general was stopped by upper caste in "aiding and laundering of today, the bench said "sufficient March 30, had passed a reso- was carrying a reward of Rs bail. The cycle of violence in of police. Rajputs. tainted money in the Bank of grounds have been made out to lution by which it has allowed 12,000 on his head. The Uttar "I feel that the UP govern- Saharanpur began on May 5, The opposition parties Chandrashekhar's strength Maharashtra loan fraud case" allow the application" in terms the companies to export their Pradesh police had recently ment has failed to address the when a man was killed, several in Uttar Pradesh have been became visible when thou- to the tune of Rs 836.29 crore. of the prayer seeking clarifica- old stocks to other states. constituted a Special Investi- issues of the Dalits. The chief injured and around 25 homes attacking the ruling BJP over sands of Dalits staged a protest "The investigation revealed tion of the earlier order. The state government had gation Team (SIT) comprising minister has lost control over set ablaze in inter-caste clashes the violence in Saharanpur. at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi that the loan amount of Rs In the May 29 order, the granted time to export excis- 10 inspectors to probe 40 cases, the police and the administra- in Shabbirpur village. BSP leader Mayawati vis- against police action and atroc- 836.29 crore was disbursed court had said, "Time to destroy able and non-excisable articles registered between May 5 to tion. There have been more The district has remained ited Shabbirpur to counter the ities by the upper castes and for the purchase of vehicles /drain the stocks is extended up till April 30, after which they May 23, in Saharanpur district cases of atrocities against the tense ever since and violence growing influence of Bhim emerged as the new champion to various companies on the to July 31, 2017. It is made clear will not be able to do so. which has seen bouts of inter- Dalits in the past two-and-a- has erupted repeatedly. Army by mobilising her party of Dalit cause. directions of Baid to the bank that no further extension will On October 7, 2016, the caste clashes last month. half months as compared to last On May 23, another per- cadre in the region. The sudden rise of the Bhim authorities for a scheme called be granted in future." apex court had stayed the Chandrasekhar had shot to one year," he had said. son was shot dead and two Congress Vice President Army under the leadership of 'Chalak se Malik' (driver to Earlier, the court had operation of Patna High Court limelight after holding a dem- "Instead of arresting the real others were wounded, follow- Rahul Gandhi had met the Chandrashekhar has unnerved owner) for drivers by Baid. extended till May 31 the dead- judgement quashing the state's onstration at Jantar Mantar in culprits of the Saharanpur vio- ing which the government had victims of Saharanpur caste BSP supremo Mayawati, mak- The total worth of the line of April 30 for disposing law banning sale and consump- New Delhi against violence on lence, the police has arrested suspended the senior superin- clashes and their family mem- ing her all the more worried attached assets in this case is of old stocks, including raw tion of all types of liquor, saying Dalits in Saharanpur. innocent people and put them tendent of police and district bers at the district's border after after he succeeded in mobilis- Rs 19.62 crore, the agency said material, fixed by the Nitish liquor and fundamental rights He had earlier said that he behind bars. This has resulted magistrate and transferred the authorities denied him per- ing Dalits in western UP. in a statement. Kumar government which had "do not go together". TN signs MoU Pradhan urges Uma PM expresses with Centre Army deploys ‘through the to ask Chhattisgarh ‘Rule of maximum grief over loss of for regional air govt to open lives in Myanmar wall’ radars in Kashmir up Kalma barrage 3 adjournments not connectivity OUR CORRESPONDENT plane crash BHUBANESWAR: Senior OUR CORRESPONDENT ANANTNAG: Aiming to Odisha BJP leader and Oil being followed’ OUR CORRESPONDENT detect terrorists who might be minister Dharmendra Prad- : Towns like Hosur hiding in wall cavities or false han has requested Union Water OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW and Neyveli in Tamil Nadu ceilings, the Indian Army will Resources minister Uma Bharti DELHI: are set to have low-cost flight now use ‘through the wall’ to advice Chattisgarh govern- NEW DELHI: The laid down Prime Min- services in the first phase of radar imaging during counter- ment to ensure free flow of procedure of allowing a maxi- ister Nar- implementation of the Cen- insurgency operations in Kash- water in Mahanandi river. mum of three adjournments endra Modi tre's UDAN scheme which mir Valley. “I will request you to advice per case is not followed in over on Thursday seeks to promote regional air A few such radar systems the government of Chhattis- 50 per cent of the matters being expressed connectivity. The state govern- have already been imported by garh for immediate opening heard by courts, leading to ris- deep sad- ment today signed a Memoran- the Army, official sources said, of the gates of Kalma barrage ing pendency of cases, a gov- of rising pendency of cases. The ness over the dum of Understanding with the explaining that the technology to ensure free flow of water in ernment panel has said. high courts have been press- loss of lives Civil Aviation Ministry for the would help in more precise - Mahanadi river to mitigate the The panel stressed that ing subordinate courts in their in Myanmar military plane implementation the scheme in and effective -- anti-military suffering of the people of Odi- the law of three adjourn- states against granting frequent crash and offered India's help the presence of Chief Minister operations. It would enable ity in the same house that had entered the house twice but sha,” Pradhan wrote to Uma ments should be strictly fol- adjournments in cases. in recovery efforts. K Palaniswami at the secretari- forces to get the pinpointed been raided, said a senior offi- were unable to find any ter- Bharati on Wednesday. lowed to reduce the pendency The task force also recom- The plane carrying 112 mil- ate here. Steps were being taken location of terrorists hiding cial involved in the anti-mili- rorists who were hiding in a Pradhan said: “It is stated -- a whopping three crore cases mended amending a key law itary personnel crashed yester- to start flight services to Hosur, inside homes in congested tancy drive. false ceiling. During the third that non-monsoon flow into across Indian courts. dealing with time-bound settle- day and its wreckage and some Salem and Neyveli in the first areas and also avoid civilian This happened on July 8 round of searches, the hiding Hirakud reservoir received The task force was set up ment of commercial disputes. bodies were recovered from the phase under the "Ude Desh casualties. last year as well when security militants gave themselves away from the upper catchment of by the government to suggest The department of legal Andaman Sea today. ka Aam Naagrik" (UDAN) or On more than one occa- forces gunned down Burhan when they fired at the Army Mahanadi basin is showing a changes in judicial procedures affairs in the law ministry is "Deeply saddened at the regional connectivity scheme, sion, the Army and the Special Wani, poster-boy of the banned men. It was only after that that significant downward trend.” for faster disposal of commer- looking into the possibility of tragic loss of Myanmar's mil- a government release said. Operations Group of Jammu terror group Hizbul Mujahi- three men, including Wani, “The percentage reduction cial disputes and to improve amending the Commercial itary transport plane. India Chief Secretary Girija Vaid- and Kashmir Police have had deen. The first time they tried were killed, leading to unrest has alarmingly gone upto 78 the country’s ranking in the Courts, Commercial Division stands ready to help in every yanathan, Transport Minister to return without engaging to get him, they couldn’t locate in the entire Valley. per cent in the month of May, World Bank index of ease of and Commercial Appellate way in the recovery efforts," M R Vijayabaskar, Civil Avia- with militants despite spe- any terrorist in the house in a Often, troops face hostile 2017. This stop of flow has doing business. Division of High Courts Act, Modi tweeted. tion Secretary, R N Choubey, cific intelligence inputs. Local village in Kokernag in south crowds when they are unable caused severe anguish situa- “Provisions for overall time 2015 to allow establishment of and Airports Authority of informers later conveyed that Kashmir despite precise intel- to locate a terrorist at a house tion in the downstream areas, standards in a civil case -- the commercial courts at the dis- India Chairman, Guruprasad the terrorists were hiding in ligence tip-offs. notified by human intelligence thus affecting the water needs number of adjournments that trict level in some states. Mohapatra were also present a specially created false ceil- The commanding offi- as well as technically generated in peak summer month,” Prad- can be granted in a case in nor- The issue came up for dis- during the signing of the MoU. ing or an underground cav- cer and his men, it is learnt, intelligence. han mentioned in the letter. mal circumstances -- is already cussion at a recent meeting of This is contrary to the inter- available in the Code of Civil the task force. est of the people of Odisha, Procedure. The representatives of the Pradhan said adding that it is “However, these time stan- Delhi High Court and the Bom- Amit Shah on 3-day Chhattisgarh visit apprehended that if this trend dards and the rule on adjourn- bay High Court had expressed is allowed to continue, there ments are not followed in more their inability to set up com- OUR CORRESPONDENT morning by Chief Minister office bearers, core group mem- met saints and held talks with will be near stoppage of flow than 50 per cent of the cases,” mercial courts at district level Raman Singh, state BJP chief bers, MPs, MLAs, officers bear- them. Shah is scheduled to of water into Hirakud reservoir the task force observed at one unless amendments were made RAIPUR: BJP national presi- Dharamlal Kaushik, national ers of various wings of BJP in chair as many as 22 meetings and in all likelihood will cause of its recent meetings. in the Act to remove proviso dent Amit Shah, who arrived general secretary Saroj Pan- the state and other top leaders, with party leaders, office bear- great loss to the reservoir and The panel, headed by regarding original jurisdiction here on Thursday on a three- dey, Rajya Sabha MP Ramvi- a party leader here said. ers and booth representatives the downward catchment areas the secretary (justice) in the of high courts and reducing day visit to Chhattisgarh, held char Netam besides other party CM Raman Singh, national to give tips for strengthening of Odisha. Odisha CM Naveen law ministry, “unanimously the value of commercial dis- meetings with party leaders leaders and workers. joint general secretary (organ- the party ahead of the assem- Patnaik on June 6 in a letter to accepted” that the law of putes that could be taken up at including MPs and MLAs in From there, he directly pro- isation) Saudan Singh, Kaushik bly polls and 2019 parliamen- Prime Minister Narendra Modi three adjournments should the district level. The law was the run up to the assembly elec- ceeded to the party headquar- and other senior leaders were tary elections, he said. had sought his intervention for be strictly followed at least for passed to create commercial tions scheduled next year. ters Kushabhau Thakre Parisar present during the meeting that Besides, he will also immediate constitution of the commercial disputes. benches in select high courts Shah was welcomed at the in Boriya-Kala area where he lasted for around two hours, take part in several other tribunal to resolve the Maha- Frequent adjournments for speedy settlement of high- Swami Vivekanand airport this chaired a meeting with national he said. Subsequently, Shah programmes. nadi water dispute. MPOST are considered a major cause value business disputes.

Notice Inviting e-Tender No. 13 of 2017-18 The West Bengal Central School Service Commission SE/SWC/PWD, Midnapore invites e-tender for the work ACHARYA SADAN: IAS officer’s mysterious death 11 & 11/1, Block-EE, Salt Lake; Kolkata-700091 “Construction of approach roads & balance work for R.C.C. Bridge over river Kethia at Sandhipur on Sandhipur- NOTICE Rambera Road in the District of Paschim Medinipur.” 1st STATE LEVEL SELECTION TEST-2017 FOR RECRUITMENT OF HEADMASTER/ has raised suspicions: BJP Estt. Amt. : Rs. 7,92,77,201.00. Bid Submission End HEADMISTRESS IN STATE GOVERNMENT AIDED/SPONSORED SECONDARY & HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS (EXCEPT HILL REGION) Date is 01.07.2017 at 15.00 Hours. Tender ID : 2017_ Memo. No.607/ 6856/CSSC/ESTT/2017 Dated: 08.06.2017 OUR CORRESPONDENT probe was recommended by WBPWD_115383_1. Any Corrigendum/ Addendum the Uttar Pradesh government related to this NIT, if published, will be available in the The West Bengal Central School Service Commission will hold 1st BENGALURU: Demanding into the death, after Tiwari’s e-portal only. For details, visit the website - http:// SLST-2017 for recruitment of Headmaster/Headmistresses in State Govt. discussion on the death of IAS family expressed suspected foul aided/sponsored Secondary/Higher Secondary Schools (except Hill Region). wbtenders.gov.in Sd/- officer Anurag Tiwari, Opposi- play as he was about to expose a The date and schedule of the said examination will be notified in due course. tion BJP on Thursday accused “big scam” in a Karnataka gov- SE/SWC/PWD Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ernment department. Tentative number of vacancies: 1749nos. of not showing the “courtesy” Opposition Leader Jag- Notice Inviting e-Quotation No. 05 of 2017-18 Application fees to the tune of Rs.1000 for General & OBC candidates to meet the officer’s family, who dish Shettar raised the issue SE/SWC/PWD, Midnapore invites e-Quotation for and Rs.750/- for candidates belonging to Reserved category (SC,ST & have raised suspicion about as the House met for the day his death under mysterious and requested the chair to the work “Installation of Fire Protection System at Physically handicapped). circumstances. allow discussion by accepting Jhargram District Hospital in the District of Paschim Candidates can apply only Online on Commission’s website on & from BJP members protested by his adjournment notice. The Medinipur (2nd Call)” Quotation Submission End Date 13.06.2017 (5pm) to 27.06.2017 (5pm) and fees may be deposited upto entering the well of the House Speaker said, he has rejected is 01.07.2017 at 15.00 Hours. Tender ID : 2017_ 30.06.2017 (5.00pm.). for some time, when Speaker K nataka cadre IAS officer, serv- the adjournment notice, as the WBPWD_115407_1. Any Corrigendum/ Addendum B Koliwad said he has rejected ing as Commissioner - Food matter was under CBI probe. The detailed notice and programme will be available from 5pm on their adjournment notice on Civil Supplies & Consumer Shettar said, “The chair related to this NIT, if published, will be available in the 12.06.2017 in Commission’s Website i.e.www.westbengalssc.com the issue as the case is under Affairs Department was found should have heard us before e-portal only. For details, visit the website - http:// probe by the Central Bureau dead under mysterious cir- rejecting our notice, several wbtenders.gov.in Sd/- of Investigation, and cannot be cumstances on the roadside issues that were under CBI Sd/- Secretary allowed for discussion. in Lucknow’s Hazratganj area probe has been discussed in SE/SWC/PWD WB Central School Service Commission Tiwari, a 2007 batch Kar- on May 17. On May 22, a CBI this House.” 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 EDITORIAL Self-defeating arguments Unsafe public Some leftists write under the influence of a reality-denying intellectual opiate he CPI(M) and its politbureau- ANIRBAN centric leaders some of whom spaces GANGULY are nearly out of job within the party itself like comrade ittle has changed since thousands came out onto TPrakash Karat have recently wished the streets of the national capital to protest for the that the Indian army ‘suffer irreparable safety of women following the horrific gangrape- damage’ in its operation against ter- murder incident on December 16, 2011. News pub- rorists in the Valley and against those Llications are still rife with horrific stories of sexual assault whose work is to facilitate, aid, abet and against women. Violence against women in India is a reality shelter terrorists in that area. That com- that unfortunately isn’t going anywhere soon. Deep-rooted rade Karat is reduced to writing inane social prejudices continue to govern the attitudes of many editorials in the CPI(M) mouthpiece is communities. What should change is how people in positions another matter altogether, it is reflective of authority respond to allegations of sexual assault against of the high state of marginalisation that women. The disappointing attitude of institutions like the he faces within the party and of his own police to the plight of victims is known to many, although growing irrelevance in its scheme of there are now instance s of how individual multinational Comrade Karat’s things with rise of the Congress infatu- companies, whose services many Indians continue to utilise, ated Yechury clique. However, coming also respond along similar lines. In the first instance, there petty editorial back to our point of discussion, of such was a horrific incident out of Gurgaon on May 29. Reports in the party’s utterances, one need not be surprised. indicate that a 23-year-old woman had walked out of her The CPI(M) has essentially and always house after a domestic dispute, and made her way to her par- puny mouthpiece been a party which has never had India’s ent’s house carrying her eight-month-old infant. She boarded reflects all national security and national interest a truck but got off after the driver allegedly sought to molest in mind. her. She then hailed an auto with her daughter in which three that continues Its leaders have never stood in soli- persons were already seated, including the driver. Instead of to ail Indian darity with the Indian forces and sol- dropping her to her parent’s place, they took turns to rape her communists, diers and have always made it a point at a vacant plot in Manesar. During the incident, the accused to either denigrate or castigate our sol- allegedly smothered the victim’s daughter as she was crying. they blame our diers and have unfairly and unjustifi- The infant died of asphyxia. Hours later, the woman took institutions, ably heaped calumny and blame on her child to a hospital in Gurgaon, where doctors said that them. In fact, comrade Karat’s petty her baby was dead. Unable to accept this devastating piece denigrate them, editorial in the party’s puny mouth- of news, she boarded the metro to the All India Institute of publicly hurl piece reflects all that continues to ail Medial Sciences, where doctors also confirmed the same. Indian communists, they blame our Shopkeepers in Kashmir when life comes to a standstill during times of unrest (Representational Image) The incident itself should send chills, but there were more opprobrium at institutions, denigrate them, publicly adverse developments in store, as the police failed to register them, and in the hurl opprobrium at them, and in the a career that is now in its twilight and blood-sucking villain of an ‘occupa- the repeated calls for bandh and have a First Information Report of the incident immediately, and name of trying to mediate or initiate also for satisfying a certain constitu- tional’ army. refused to adhere to diktats that harm only included the gangrape charge in the victim's complaint name of trying dialogue push forward and peddle the ency in the West which has put up with The Congress, unfortunately, their livelihood, slow their growth and five days later. The Gurugram police have finally arrested to mediate or enemy’s perspective. his fragmented narrative all these years despite being led by a scripture-read- dry up opportunities. Academics and three people in connection with the case. However, the area’s Be it supporting separatists, be it and generously supported him in his ing vice president has pushed leaders intellectuals in the Valley want a way police commissioner admitted to serious lapses on the part initiate dialogue justifying aggression on Indian terri- endeavour of crystallising this frag- to visit the Valley and goaded them forward. Trade and education – areas of the police in acting on the victim’s complaint. One sub- push forward tory, be it advocating the cause of stone- mented narrative of a fragmented India. to openly declare that India is hold- which are most intrinsically linked to inspector was suspended for negligence. Nonetheless, this is pelters in the Valley who are deeply The view that the likes of Chatterjee ing Kashmir by force. The recent utter- the ordinary citizens – are hit and peo- yet another instance of too little, too late on the part of police and peddle intertwined and plugged into the net- and some others propagate is thus of an ances of another terrorist infatuated ple realise that this is because of false authorities. Sadly, this isn’t the first case of police insensitivity the enemy’s work of terror and of terror financing, India in a perpetual state of fragmen- Congress leader, Mani Shankar Aiyar, slogans and coercive propaganda by to allegations of sexual assault, and there is little in the way the CPI(M) and communists in general tation and this, as I have often pointed clearly articulated that stand in sup- terrorists and they no longer want to be of deterrence against such attitudes. perspective have displayed an anti-Indian streak, out, is manna to certain quarters in the port of terrorists, of separatists and of part of that fragmented narrative. They However, such a callous attitude to allegations of sexual cleverly camouflaging a deep held fas- West who are munificent in their sup- Pakistan. In another document that the are astounded to see elected representa- assault isn’t limited to local Indian police authorities. It has cistic worldview with a thin veneer port for such narratives and to some AICC recently released the entire Kash- tives who have taken oath on the Con- recently come to light how poorly senior officials of Uber of a so-called liberalism. Whenever political sections within India – espe- mir was shown as belonging to Paki- stitution support terrorists. responded to complaints of rape against one of its drivers the CPI(M)’s ideologues and captive cially the communists and Naxals and stan, the fragmented mentality has now While they pine to be liberated from filed by a 26-year-old female passenger. The success of app- academics speak, they almost always now the Congress – who have thrived so overwhelmed Congress, that in try- the narrative of fragmentation, the likes based cab services among young professional women in the mouth and propagate terrorist propa- on and have tried to gain huge political ing to remain relevant and visible, it is of Karat, Chatterjee, Aiyar, Abdullahs national capital is based on the convenience and safety such ganda either manufactured from across mileage by broadcasting such propa- desperately siding with fragmenters of wish to further bind them and enslave services provides, enabling them to travel from one place to the border or generated in the grist ganda. In such a fragmented narra- India and mouthing their propaganda. them to a way of life which is not theirs another at any time of the day. Instead of responding to alle- mills of some academic corners of the tive, the ring-leader of stone-pelters The reality, however, especially in and into which a section of them in the gations of rape committed by one of its drivers with alacrity, West and of India. becomes an innocent shawl artisan and Kashmir, is different except for a few Valley were duped. the company attempted to Karat’s other co-ideologues, hold- a Major who, on the one hand protects corners, the entire state is peaceful, peo- Comrade Karat thus lives in a uto- question the victim’s intent. ing an extreme leftist and nihilistic view and saves lives of officials on election ple across the board are yearning to pia and writes under the influence of a The callous In fact, a senior Uber exec- and ideology, such as Professor Partha duty and on the other of those who carry on with their daily lives, are aspir- reality-denying intellectual opiate, his attitude to utive obtained the medi- Chatterjee, now in an advanced state of were preventing them from carrying ing for better opportunities and having arguments are self-defeating. allegations of cal records of the victim mental fragmentation, compared Gen- out their assigned electoral duties by seen through the false and spurious (Dr. Anirban Ganguly is Director, and presented these docu- eral Rawat, Chief of sovereign India’s adopting an ingeniously thought out ‘azaadi’ narrative wish to be part of the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research sexual assault ments to the company CEO. armed forces to the ‘Butcher of Amrit- emergency measure to tackle a poten- transforming India journey. Hoteliers Foundation, New Delhi. The views isn’t limited to Within the company, there sar’ in order to gain some traction for tially explosive situation, becomes the and traders in the Valley are fed up with expressed are strictly personal.) were discussions on whether local Indian its primary competitor Ola dear police authorities. was behind the entire epi- Quote martial EDITOR millenniumpost.in sode in an attempt to disrupt CONSIDERING THE ENVIRONMENT It has recently their business. In a desperate Solar energy is an ideal solution to many problems pertaining to environment and economy, it is Log on to write letters to the come to light how bid to wrest back its cred- When everything seems editor or send them to poorly senior ibility among Indian con- to be going against not feasible for a number of reasons. Though the returns may be remarkable, the setting up of a sumers, Uber soon added solar power plant and maintenance of that is no small task. This method of extracting resource [email protected] officials of Uber a “panic button” and cab you, remember that the You can also send your tracking features to its tax- airplane takes off against is akin to harvesting rain water which is difficult to do on a small scale. Including renewable responded to summoning app. According comments to The Editor, the wind, not with it energy projects in priority sector and lending guidelines is indeed a very pragmatic and a much- Millennium Post, complaints of to Uber, these safety fea- needed move. There should be more institutionalised undertaking of solar power exploitation so rape against one tures, each requiring two Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah finger taps, were the first of HENRY FORD the environment may be of better quality. PRITI BANSAL Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 of its drivers filed its kind introduced by the San Francisco-based firm by a 26-year-old anywhere in the world. female passenger Despite these measures, one is forced to question the seriousness with which The problem with selective outrage the company backs these assurances. Moreover, in a major rebuke of the company’s initial response to the incident, a district court in the national capital sentenced the accused We are more outraged by attacks on the western world than by ones closer to home cab driver to life imprisonment. On the issue of safety, it is imperative to understand the wenty-three peo- rant against terror attacks on business model at play. App-based cab services like Uber and SHUTAPA ple were killed in the chosen few. Ola do not consider themselves as a taxi service, but as players PAUL the shocking terror Terror attacks in Afghani- in the dissemination of information that caters to the conve- attack at the Ariana stan and Africa don’t stand a nience and safety of its consumers. Consequently, their busi- TGrande concert in Manches- chance; even our neighbour ness revolves around listing available taxi partners on their ter, United Kingdom. Another Pakistan deserves the fruits of app, and then to provide customers with a method to con- attack on London Bridge and nurturing fundamentalists on nect, and in some cases pay, for cab rides. The fine print on Borough Market left 8 dead. their soil, we tell ourselves. So their websites makes it categorically clear that these app-based None of them should have you won’t find a #JeSuisKabul companies are not liable for any harm that you would suffer died. Not the innocent who or #ILovePeshawar hashtag by riding in their cabs. Nonetheless, courts around the world came together to enjoy some trending on Twitter and Face- have made it abundantly clear last year that Uber should be music and not the people out book like #JeSuisCharlie or considered “a participant in any respective violation commit- for a walk perhaps on London #ILoveLondon. Unfortunately, ted by the driver”. What both the Gurgaon gangrape-murder The UK attacks Bridge. Any loss of human life poorer nations with backward incident and the recent revelations about Uber reveal is that are being touted especially because of a canker masses don’t find pride of place travelling in public spaces continues to be steeped in danger called terrorism is distressing. in our daily outrage. Their lives for most Indian women, with little aid from victim-blaming to be the most Reactions poured out on are as miserable as their streets men in positions of power and an insensitive police force. serious for social media and along with are dirty, we tell ourselves. Within urban spaces, one of the prime areas marked for appropriate hashtags, peo- They don’t deserve to die but change by the Justice JS Verma Committee was the public the nation in ple shared nostalgic stories of what can you do, we console transport system. In its report, the committee highlighted the recent times. their experiences in London. ourselves. We may pity them urgent need for greater safety measures for women, who use ‘I’ve laughed and cried on this but we’ll never feel the same public transport. Unlike their super-rich counterparts, most But can there be bridge’, someone on my Face- tug at emotions as an attack women still use the bus, metro, auto-rickshaw and in par- a city more in book feed wrote. ‘We love and Floral tributes left near the scene of terrorist attack in London on June 4 (Representational Image) in Paris or London. We sim- ticular cases app-based cab services to travel around the city. stand in solidarity with Lon- ror. In the last two years, the liest attack that the city had After all, the western world is ply don’t identify with people There are significant differences between men and women mourning than don’, tweeted another. If there attacks have spanned across witnessed since 2001. A tri- considered civilised, progres- from Afghanistan, Pakistan, when it comes to travel patterns. Though women assume a Kabul? Compare were no stories and emphatic Paris, Brussels, Nice, Berlin, ple suicide bombing killed 12 sive, and developed. The first or Africa. It’s not their cursed higher share of a household’s travel burden and care-taking exertions of uniting with Lon- and other locations in France, more in Kabul soon after. nations of the world hold such lives that we aspire to have responsibilities, they have inferior access to both public and the numbers of don in its grief, there was vil- Sweden, and the United King- The United Kingdom an aspirational quality in our some day. private modes of transport, according to the Global Report the dead and ification of Islamic jihadists. dom. At least 323 people died attacks are being touted to be minds that even the slightest The world is under attack on Human Settlements. wounded, along Hundreds and thousands of due to these attacks; a grievous the most serious for the nation loss of human life there affects from terror and there is a lot Transportation systems have unfortunately taken a long similar reactions filled social number indeed. in recent times. But can there us dearly. Yes, even we Indians of inscrutable violence. I am time to account for these differences. The issue is one of politi- with the amount media feeds everywhere. A But consider this. In the be a city more in mourning are shocked when the devel- hard-pressed to repeat these cal will and better policy implementation by the government of outrage major city of the western world same month as the Charlie than Kabul? Since 2015, over oped world is under attack. lines that have been on my (deregulating the outdated permit regulations on auto rick- had been brutally attacked and Hebdo attack, Boko Haram 320 people have died in Kabul Perhaps it’s the incredulous- mind for the last few years. shaws and installing GPS systems in these vehicles, besides professed everyone was outraged. How- militants unpityingly killed alone because of deadly ter- ness we feel with the reali- While the freedom to life is a complete revamp of the public bus system, among others). ever, what also emerged were over 2,000 people in northern ror attacks. The number of sation that the strongest of being routinely sodomised The emphasis must be on rethinking the way we understand selective outrage and how sub- Nigerian villages. And even deaths in Kabul in two years economies are vulnerable to in less fortunate parts of the public transport and the role gender plays. Speaking of tech- consciously some human lives as 2014 was finally winding is as much as the 14 attacks the bravado of terror. We feel world, I live in hope that nology, after the Nirbhaya case, there was a move to set up seem more valuable than oth- up, terrorists slaughtered 132 in European cities collectively empathetic towards the people someday, we, along with our “panic buttons” on smartphones and linking these with GPS ers. Allow me to explain. children in a school in Pesha- over the same period of time. and places where we may have western compatriots will feel tracking software. The Himmat app, launched in Delhi and In January 2015, 12 people war, Pakistan. Fast-forward Now compare the numbers of visited on holiday or spent a suitably outraged at the mean- Jaipur recently, carries the panic button feature, which is used working at the French satiri- to now; as the world reeled the dead and wounded, along few years studying or working. ingless loss of life in Afghani- to send a signal to the police control room, allowing it to cal magazine, Charlie Hebdo, under the news of the Lon- with the amount of outrage It is the place many of us want stan, Africa, or even Pakistan. locate the phone and its user. Only those with a smartphone erred on the side of blasphemy don attacks, another gruesome that was professed, and you’ll to be; it’s the life that we desire, (The writer is a can avail of this app. Moreover, there is little information on with their cartoons and paid attack had already taken place get the answer. No attack in so how could it be so vulgarly journalist and media how many times users have availed of the app and the Delhi with their lives. Since then, a few days ago. A truck bomb- Afghanistan or Africa can attacked? We keep asking our- entrepreneur. Views Police's rate of response. Europe has witnessed 13 other ing had killed at least 90 people ever affect us as much as an selves this and feel part-sym- expressed are strictly attacks linked to Islamic ter- in Kabul. This was the dead- attack on the western world. pathy, part-familiarity, as we personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 mp in focus Faux cosmopolitanism A THOUSAND MIRRORS Contempt towards other mother tongues is linked with contempt towards the poor and the rooted

n June 2, a journalist of Times guage than Marathi and once knowing Eng- Now channel (owned by an lish, why would anyone speak Marathi. The GARGA Agrawal Jain family from Uttar references to the mayor’s education also rein- CHATTERJEE Pradesh) accosted Vishwanath forces the same point – that it is some how OMahadeshwar, the Mayor of Mumbai. He unbecoming of an educated person, a highly leads an elected body, the Brihanmumbai educated one at that, to speak his/her mother Municipal Corporation, representing the tongue. This is the class that uses English as popular will of the people of Mumbai. Vish- a class and education marker, and thinks so wanath Mahadeshwar was the principal of low of Marathi that it finds being educated Raje Sambhaji Vidyalaya and Junior College, and speaking in Marathi incompatible. In Mumbai. Recently, he voiced his opinion another world, in another time, this would be that “the entire Maharashtra should know plainly called racism, except that in Mumbai, Marathi”. The accosting journalist was osten- it is perpetrated by people who share the skin sibly following up this statement. Mayor colour of the Marathi manoos. Mahadeshwar answered in crisp Marathi Mumbai is special. It is special in the the questions and aggressive and demean- way the Marathi speaker is sidelined in its ing statements made by the journalist. This economy, culture and all avenues of upward exchange became “news”. An analysis of the mobility. Would anyone able to make this Some Indians exchange would show the poor and unfortu- journalist’s argument in a Hindi state? In the feel very proud nate standard of English language TV jour- Constituent Assembly debates discussing the that their nalism in the Indian Union. making of the Constitution of India that was After Mayor Mahadeshwar made clear his still in the future in 1950, English knowing Prime Minister views and why he chose to spoke Marathi, Hindi speaking leaders refused to speak in goes abroad the journalist asked, “You are the mayor of English, in spite of requests and protests from Mumbai, you are the mayor of all the citizens non-Hindi speaking leaders who mostly did and speaks to irrespective of their language, irrespective not know Hindi. This special status of Hindi foreigners in of their religion, irrespective of their caste. has continued and those who upheld this Do you think you are the mayor of just the double standards then major champions of a language Marathi population of Mumbai?” He answers Indian nationalism while their subsequent they do not in Marathi that he and his party have nothing generations have helped create this power understand. against any specific group. Then the journal- architecture where only Anglo-Hindi rules ist continues, “Why is it that you are always Busy city Mumbai (Representational Image) have a pre-condition to first class Indian No one calls speaking in Marathi and enforce it that you citizenship. That makes it a class practicing have to speak in Marathi despite the fact ing in Marathi?” Braving this direct insult at the context in which this rot is only natu- The Indian Union, on the other hand, was not politico-cultural genocide against the mul- out Narendra that you know English.” The mayor answers his own language, the mayor replied that his ral. Let me go into the evident fallacies that formed on the basis of any single language. titude by dint of its grip on key sources of Modi on why he in Marathi that his party stands for learning mother tongue is Marathi, Mumbai is the came through in the journalist’s stance. The The Indian Union does not even have any power. Systemic and systematic discrimina- Marathi. The journalist then for a moment capital of Maharashtra, the official language journalist wants the mayor to speak other national language irrespective of the long- tion of this scale is pathological – it is needed speaks in Hindi breaks into Marathi and then quickly corrects is Marathi, general people largely know it languages (English in this case) because the standing false propaganda of Hindi chauvin- by the imperial ideology of a certain class, to non-Hindi herself and says, “leaning the language that and hence he speaks his mother tongue. mayor represents people from all linguistic ists and Delhi-headquartered ruling parties. a very powerful class that has aims to put you are talking about is different and speak- The harangue of the journalist again loops backgrounds. This is interesting, because the The journalist’s question, “Why is it that the plaster of Anglo-Hindi on our mother people. What ing it, even as you know English and despite back into questions she had posed earlier. Prime Minister of the Indian Union always you are always speaking in Marathi and tongues, aims to induce a kind of inferiority is okay for the intentionally doing it, what is the reason He says that it is not compulsory that every- speaks in Hindi to non Hindi populations enforce it that you have to speak in Marathi complex into non Anglo-Hindis and making behind it?...Is that the stand of the party that one should speak in Marathi – replying to and also in international forums like the despite the fact that you know English?” non-Anglo-Hindis into second class citizens Prime Minister you are supposed to speak only in Marathi the journalist’s question that does the mayor United Nations where almost no one under- shows how ill-conceived, if not outright in their own linguistic homeland. is not okay for and not in Hindi or English?” The mayor think that everyone in Mumbai should speak stands the language. I have never seen anyone false, that question is. The fact that the mayor All this goes under the banner of “cos- replies that the party has no role here, which only in Marathi, which is never a demand the protest that. If anything, some Indian Union knows English shows that he does not always mopolitanism” while the German identity of the mayor of is quite a bold and commendable non-par- mayor made. citizens feel very proud that their Prime Min- speak in Marathi but does so in a certain offi- Berlin, the English identity of London, the Mumbai? tisan statement to make. Mumbai happens Finally, the mayor asks the journalist ister goes abroad and speaks to foreigners in cial capacity. In fact, he does briefly speak in French identity of Paris not making those to be in Maharashtra, whether some people whether she was asking questions or arguing. a language that they do not understand. I am English even during the interview. And in cities any less cosmopolitan. like that or not. At this point, the journalist Then he asks the million dollar question – yet to see Times Now call out Narendra Modi fact, the journalist stands doubly exposed This faux cosmopolitanism of the Anglo- points out that the leader of the mayor’s party, does the journalist have any objection to him on why he speaks in Hindi to non Hindi peo- when she tells the mayor as part of another Hindi class stands exposed when in Times Uddhav Thackrey of Shiv Sena spoke lan- speaking in Marathi? The insistent journalist ple. And what is okay for the Prime Minister question - “ you can speak English fluently”. Now and other English TV channels, anchors guages other than Marathi. To this, the mayor asks a final question, “So you mean to say that is not okay for the mayor of Mumbai? Why? Two other questions are actually the most break into Hindi, interviews are conducted replies that there is no bar against speaking every citizen must speak in Marathi?”. The If anything, the mayor of Mumbai has a far alarming - “So, despite knowing the fact that, in Hindi, talk show guests often speak in other languages but for addressing a general mayor had never claimed or demanded that better reason to speak in Marathi. Because knowing English as a language, why is it that Hindi and no translation into English is audience, he speaks Marathi. The journalist so its unclear from what statement did the he is the mayor of a city in a state that was you are still speaking in Marathi?”, and “Why provided, in spite of data that a majority goes on: “so, despite knowing English as a journalist derive her meaning unless there is formed explicitly on the basis of a single lan- are you still speaking in Marathi when you of the non-Hindi population of the Indian language, why is it that you are still speaking a problem in her faculty of understanding. To guage, Marathi. are a Professor, you are a Principal of a col- Union do not understand Hindi. Its about in Marathi?” Because the official language of this, Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadesh- The Samyukta Maharashtra Andolan lege, you are well educated, you can speak time Mumbai rises up and casts Bombay to the state is Marathi! war says one last time, this time in English, also foiled plans of the non-Marathi elites of English fluently, on camera why is it that the where it belongs, to the dustbin of history. The mayor feels visibly insulted at such “No”. I do hope that the journalist under- Mumbai (then Bombay) to keep Mumbai out mayor of this Mumbai is actually speaking Putin speak Russian, Karunanidhi speaks a question. The journalist continues, “Why stood the meaning of the English word “no”. of Maharashtra. We live in times when a jour- in Marathi?” Let us all understand the hubris Tamil, Mahadeshwar spoke Marathi. In this are you still speaking in Marathi when you The journalist claims “You just said that”. The nalist in Maharashtra seems to be unaware and contempt for the Marathi speaker or for world of homogenisation as part of politico- are a professor, you are a principal of a col- mayor, replies thrice, in English, “No, no, no”. of all this. All large non-Hindi states were that matter any mother tongue speaker that economic domination, contempt towards lege, you are well educated, you can speak The “interview” ends. formed explicitly on the basis of language is contained in these questions. mother tongues is often linked with contempt English fluently, on camera why is it that This episode shows the kind of rot that – Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, The operative word is “still” which means towards the poor and the rooted. the mayor of this Mumbai is actually speak- underlies the standards of journalism and Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, West Bengal, etc, etc. English in their ideology is some higher lan- (The views are personal.)

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Prachi Salve, Alison Saldanha & Vipul Vivek explain why NARENDRA MODI farmers are in despair despite bountiful harvest @narendramodi plentiful harvest in (1,569) and Telangana (1,400). 2016 but imports Now, after Uttar Pradesh’s Deeply saddened at the drive some prices new government waived Rs tragic loss of Myanmar's down 63 per cent. 30,792 crore of farm loans, military transport plane. ADespite Rs 3.5 lakh crore -- the pressure is building on the enough to build 545 Tehri- governments of Maharashtra, India stands ready to sized dams -- invested on Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu help in every way in the irrigation over six decades and Karnataka to do the same. to 2011, more than half of all recovery efforts. farms depend on rains. These 3. In an era of climate change, are the three factors agitating 52 per cent of farmers without Indians who rely on farming irrigation -- 90 million families, or 54.6 The basic agri problem is DEVINDER SHARMA Farming is per cent of country’s 1.2 bil- that despite the spread of irri- @Devinder_Sharma lion people. gation -- a sector plagued by unviable as As anger sweeps rural Mad- unfinished projects and cor- farms are now hya Pradesh after the death of ruption - 52 per cent of farms among the six farmers in police firing, still depend on the vagaries The best way not to let farm protests roil rural Maha- of rain, which is becoming the nation know why world’s smallest rashtra -- wholesale markets increasingly uncertain in an farmers are protest- (the global are shut, produce is being Representational Image era of climate change. Extreme dumped on streets -- and gov- reversed two years of rural eco- cent, from 2.81 million tonnes economy. rainfall events in central India, ing is to stuff each average land- ernments of the debt-ridden nomic decline. Agricultural to 4.23 million tonnes, over the Right after demonetisation, the core of the monsoon sys- TV show with party holding size is states struggle to respond to growth, which contracted 0.2 same period. tomato farmers in Karnataka tem, are increasing and moder- spokespersons. demands for loan waivers, per cent in 2014-15 and grew and Tamil Nadu, and onion ate rainfall is decreasing. 5.5 hectares). an IndiaSpend analysis and no more than 1.2 per cent in 2. How demonetisation -- and farmers in Maharashtra and The droughts of 2014 and Since 1951, reportage from rural Maha- 2015-16, rose by 4.1 per cent red tape -- left farmers short Gujarat were the worst hit as 2015 in rural Maharashtra were rashtra explores why farmers in 2016-17. of cash prices fell by 60-85 per cent. mitigated by the plentiful rains the per capita are both angry and desperate. Across many states grow- On May 18, 30-year-old With little respite more than six of 2016, but many parts of the JASON BURKE availability of The primary reason farm- ing pulses, such as Maharash- Prashant Lande waited under months later, the experiment state also endured floods. @burke_jason ing is unviable is that farms tra, Karnataka, Telangana, and a harsh summer sun to sell 800 has aggravated the circum- On July 1, 2015, Prime Min- land has declined here are now among the world’s Gujarat, markets were flooded quintals of tur at the Amravati stances leading to the current ister Narendra Modi launched by 70 per cent, smallest (the global average with produce, especially tur agricultural produce market farmers’ strike. the Prime Minister’s Farmer’s Terrorism, as I've land-holding size is 5.5 hect- (pigeon pea), which witnessed committee (APMC). Lande “By now we should have Irrigation Programme, with written many times, from 0.5 hectares ares). Since 1951, the per capita the highest growth among all said he refuses to sell his tur to begun preparing our fields for a budget of Rs. 50,000 crores to 0.15 hectares availability of land has declined pulses. India is the world’s larg- the government procurement the monsoons, but because over five years. In 2015-16, less is a social activity. Not by 70 per cent, from 0.5 hect- est pulses producer. centre, although the state buys of demonetisation and the than a third (Rs 312 crore) of Rs about brainwashing, in 2011, and ares to 0.15 hectares in 2011, However, an influx of tur at a higher rate. At the mar- unavailability of cash, we are 1,000 crores set aside for micro- is likely to fall and is likely to fall further, pulses from Myanmar, Tanza- ket, Lande could sell his tur at still struggling to find money irrigation was released, reveals websites. About small according to Ministry of Agri- nia, Mozambique and Malawi Rs 3,800 to Rs 4,000 per quin- for sowing,” said Lande. a government report. Of this, groups further culture data. -- growing 20 per cent over tal, while the government buy- At such a time, farmers like up to April 2016, no more than Such “small and marginal two fiscal quarters, from Sep- ing centre offered Rs 5,050 per Lande turn to credit. Rs 48.3 crore, or less than five land holdings”, as they are tember 2016 to March 2017 -- quintal. Up to 57 per cent of farm per cent, was actually spent, called, now constitute 85 per caused the price of Indian tur “We don’t sell to the govern- families in Maharashtra are according to a micro-irrigation OFFICE OF RG cent of the number of opera- to plunge. ment centre because the pro- indebted; the figure for India financial progress monitoring @OfficeOfRG tional farms in the country and From Rs 11,000 per quintal cess of selling takes one month is 52 per cent, according to report. The government set Rs have little access to credit. (December 2015), the price of -- from standing in line for the National Sample Survey 1,763 as the 2016-17 micro- Those are the larger issues. tur fell 63 per cent to Rs 3,800- the token to the sale to finally Organisation’s 2013 situation irrigation target, but no data Raj & MP Govts are Here are the three reasons for 4,000 per quintal -- 20 per cent when the payment reaches the assessment survey of farm on results have been released. the current turmoil: below the minimum support account,” said Lande. “Our fel- households, the latest avail- The micro-irrigation pro- doing their best to price (MSP) of Rs 5,050 per low farmers who have sold able data. gramme covers an area of prevent me from 1. After back-to-backquintal (including a bonus of their produce at the procure- This indebtedness has far- 6,51,220 hectares or 0.46 per droughts, a good harvest, but Rs 425). ment centre on March 22, are reaching consequences. More cent of net cultivated area. IANS entering MP & meeting incomes fall Production of pulses rose yet to receive their payments farmers committed suicide in (In arrangement with Indi- the families of the As 2017 rolled in, news 29 per cent, from 17.15 mil- and it is nearly June!” Maharashtra (4,291) in 2015 aSpend.org, a data-driven, #farmers killed in from farms appeared good. lion tonnes in 2014-15 to 22.14 It does not help that the than any other state, rising non-profit, public interest jour- After droughts in 2014 and million tonnes in 2016-17. Tur effects of demonetisation con- seven per cent from 4,004 in nalism platform. The views are #Mandsaur 2015, a good monsoon in 2016 production increased 50 per tinue to be felt across the rural 2014, followed by Karnataka strictly those of IndiaSpend.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Friday, 9 June, 2017 Bodies found after Myanmar plane UK elections: Theresa May crashes into sea with 122 on board

YANGON: Bodies and debris have been found in the water after a Myanmar military plane heading for clear majority vanished over the Andaman Sea with 122 soldiers, family LONDON: The final general election disconcerting.” As a German citizen she members and crew on board, 2017 polls - all published before poll- has to wait until September to be eligible the military said in a statement. ing booths opened at 7am on Thursday to apply for British citizenship. Three bodies – those of - have given a last minute boost to the Political pollsters have taken a beat- two adults and a child – were Conservatives, after a Labour surge that ing recently after failing to predict a found by a navy ship 35km saw the gap close dramatically. Conservative majority in 2015, a Leave from the southern costal town Even YouGov, who have tended to vote last summer and a Donald Trump of Launglon, the military said. estimate higher Labour support than victory in November. A plane wheel that was most pollsters, recorded a three point For those who have lost faith in poll- believed to be from the Chi- drop for Jeremy Corbyn’s party in their ing, there is another way of predicting nese-made Y-8-200F transport final poll. electoral outcomes: ask people who are plane was also found, the state- The campaign has been marked by prepared to put their money where their ment said. it went missing on Wednesday The commander’s office ini- two terror attacks at London Bridge and mouth is. Many now believe that politi- The military transport afternoon. It is not unusual for tially said six navy ships and Manchester, but neither even seems to cal betting markets can better predict plane had been flying from such flights to carry civilians three military aircraft were have had an impact on the polling. The elections, relying on the wisdom of a southern Myanmar to Yan- to offset transportation costs searching for the plane late gap between the two major parties has crowd of punters to sort and weigh all gon when contact was lost on for military families stationed on Wednesday. By Thursday narrowed in our poll tracker since the the probabilities. Wednesday afternoon. There in the somewhat remote south. morning, it had deployed nine campaign began, however there is still Coral’s latest odds for the election were fears it may have crashed “The military plane went naval ships, five army aircraft a healthy deficit still left to overcome. have Mrs May as most likely to continue into the ocean, since its route missing and lost contact after and three helicopters. Theresa May’s Conservatives end as Prime Minister after the election. would have taken it over the it took off from Myeik, and Myeik, also known as Mer- with an average of 43 percent in our The Conservatives are likely to gain Andaman Sea. now the military has started gui, is a city in south-east Myan- poll tracker, while Labour sit on 36.5 a series of key target seats in the Gen- General Myat Min Oo ear- a sea and air search with mar on the Andaman coast. percent. According to the latest forecast eral Election, capitalising on their strong lier said the Chinese-made Y-8 naval ships and military air- The military announcement by the University of East Anglia’s Chris position in the polls. turboprop aircraft was carry- craft and is preparing for res- said Myanmar received the Y-8 Hanretty, the Conservatives would still An analysis of the 2015 general elec- ing 106 passengers – mostly cue operations,” he said. It was plane in March last year, and gain a strong majority in Parliament. tion results by The Telegraph has shown families of military personnel raining at the time, but not since then it had logged 809 Thanks to seat gains in the North that around 58 seats in Labour’s North – and 14 crew members when heavily, he said. flying hours. AGENCIES of England and Scotland, Theresa May dling advantage was a concern to party with The Telegraph’s poll tracker, which and Midlands heartlands are under would benefit from a swing of 45 seats headquarters in recent days and led to looks at national voting intention from threat due to the Brexit effect in the and end up with 375 MPs in Parliament. much last minute scrambling on the individual polls. upcoming snap election on June 8. No terror havens At the start of the campaign some campaign trail. EU citizens who are unable to vote There are 58 Labour-held seats where Iran says 5 Tehran polls had the Tories at almost double the Some experts had previously esti- have expressed how hard it is to watch the Conservatives are fewer than 9,000 in Pakistan, says vote share of the Labour Party, indicating mated that the Tories would take as the election from the sidelines. votes behind and where the constitu- that the most likely outcome would be many as 56 seats from Labour, leaving Jana Jaugsch, 26, from Cardiff has ents voted Leave in the EU referendum attackers had fought a landslide victory that would increase them with a 200-seat lead over the offi- lived in the UK for four years with her last June – 37 of which are located in the top diplomat; Theresa May’s current working majority cial opposition party, aided by Ukip’s British partner and son and is worried Midlands or in the North of England. of 17 in the House of Commons. apparent collapse in popular support about the impact the result will have. The seat with the narrowest Labour for Islamic State laughed at However, May’s lead dropped from over recent weeks. “It’s not just Brexit but as a young majority is Halifax where the Conser- 17.8 points to below seven, with a poll A healthy Tory majority is still on the family we are extremely concerned with vatives finished just 428 votes behind WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s for The Times last week indicating just cards, but Labour now look set to win the public services and the state of the Labour in the 2015 general election. This top diplomat in the US was a one point gap. more of the vote than they did under country we live in,” she said. “My partner seat is particularly vulnerable due to the laughed at by a Washington While most pollsters still give the Ed Miliband in 2015. is a nurse and like most NHS workers fact that Halifax voted to Leave the EU audience when he repeatedly Tories a clear lead, the party’s dwin- Follow how the race is shaping up she is finding the handling of the crisis by 60 percent. AGENCIES insisted that there are no safe sanctuaries for terrorists in Pakistan and that the Taliban Pak to recommend 3 names to ICJ as ad-hoc judges in Jadhav case Indians in leader, who reportedly died in a hospital in Karachi, never ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will the case. Former chief justices the ICJ, the daily said. terror can not shake its resolve, Qatar advised left Afghanistan. recommend three names to the of Pakistan (CJP) Nasirul Mulk India approached the UN the counsel said. “What is there funny International Court of Justice and Tassaduq Hussain Jillani court last month seeking stay Qureshi said that India about,” a visibly irritated Aizaz (ICJ) on Thursday for appoint- and former Attorney Gen- on the execution of Jadhav, has acknowledged Jadhav as to remain alert Ahmad Chaudhry, the Pakistan ment as ad-hoc judges to hear eral Makhdoom Ali have been which the court granted. its national. Jadhav was tried Ambassador to the US, told a the case filed by India for stay of recommended to as ad-hoc Counsel for Pakistan Kha- by a military court in Pakistan DOHA: Indians in Qatar have Washington think-tank audi- the death sentence awarded to appointees at the UN court, war Qureshi maintained that in April and awarded death been advised by the Indian TEHRAN: Iran said on Thurs- “grieve and pray” for the vic- ence which burst into laughter alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Dunya News reported. responsibility to punish terror- sentence on charges of spying Embassy to stay alert and con- day that the five Iranians who tims, but added: “We under- when he repeatedly argued that Jadhav, a media report said. The Pakistani team that ists lies with all the countries. and posing a threat to national tact their travel agents for modi- killed 17 people in twin attacks score that states that sponsor there is no terrorist safe havens A delegation led by Attor- will meet the ICJ President Qureshi had told the court security. Pakistan has said that fications in travel plans. in Tehran were Islamic State terrorism risk falling victim to in Pakistan and that Mullah ney General of Pakistan, Ashtar includes the Attorney General that the issue revolved around Jadhav will not be executed The advisory came in the group members who had the evil they promote.” Omar never left Afghanistan Ausaf will present the names to and Director General (DG) of national stability of Pakistan till he “exhausts all his mercy wake of several Gulf nations been to its strongholds in Iraq That was condemned to visit Pakistan. the court. A meeting of “agents” South Asia Affairs, Dr Faisal. and the ICJ does not have the appeals”, which includes one cutting off diplomatic ties with and Syria. by Iranian Foreign Minister The reality is, however, dif- from India and Pakistan is to Pakistan’s counsel, Barris- jurisdiction to rule over such with the President of Pakistan. Qatar earlier this week. In its The attacks on Thursday at Mohammad Javad Zarif, who ferent, argued former US dip- be held with the ICJ’s President ter Khawar Qureshi along with case. Pakistan will not be India moved the ICJ advisory issued on Wednes- Tehran’s parliament complex tweeted: “Repugnant WH lomat Zalmay Khalilzad, who Ronny Abraham on Thursday two senior lawyers is also part deterred in the fight against ter- against the death penalty day, the embassy said that air- and the shrine of revolution- (White House) statement... as served as his country’s ambas- to discuss future proceedings in of the Pakistani delegation at rorism and those sponsoring on May 8. AGENCIES lines concerned have reportedly ary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Iranians counter terror backed sador to Afghanistan, Iraq and offered refunds for cancelled Khomeini wounded more than by US clients.” The attackers the UN. flights following disruptions in 50 people and were the first were armed with rifles and “We have very firm evi- Youth from Telangana shot at, badly injured in US air operations. claimed by IS in Iran. “The five pistols and at least two blew dence of his (Mullah Omar) “Indian travellers are, there- known terrorists... after joining themselves up with suicide presence in Pakistan, where HYDERABAD/ WASH- on Thursday. for a report from the Indian fore, requested to contact their the Daesh (IS) terrorist group, vests, Iranian media reported. he went, lived, ..hospital,” he INGTON: A youth from He family said that some Embassy in the US. travel providers for advice on left the country and partici- Police said a further five peo- said, adding that for a long Telangana was critically men went to the store posing The Telangana government modifications to their travel pated in crimes carried out by ple were arrested around Kho- time there was the idea that bin injured when unidentified as customers and got into an is arranging for passports for arrangements and also remain this terrorist group in Mosul meini’s shrine on suspicion Laden never left Afghanistan. assailants fired at him in the argument with Mubeen before Mubeen’s family members to alert to further developments,” and Raqa,” the ministry said of involvement. “There is ample evidence United States, his family said firing at him. enable them to fly to the US. the advisory stated.“Thein a statement. It suggested In the midst of the unfold- that while the operation was here on Thursday. An injured Mubeen was A son of Indian Air Force Embassy of India is monitor- there were only five attackers ing attacks, the intelligence going on Haqqani network was Mubeen Ahmed (26), rushed to a California hos- employee Mujeeb Ahmed, ing the situation closely and is in rather than the six originally ministry said a third team being evacuated to safer loca- a native of Sangareddy dis- pital, where he underwent Mubeen went to the US in Feb- touch with Qatari authorities to reported. had been stopped before the tion,” the former US Ambas- trict, was on June 4 shot surgery. His relatives from ruary 2015 and completed his ensure the safety and security of The ministry released their attacks started, but no further sador to Pakistan said during twice in the stomach at a Chicago were attending on academic course. Indian nationals in Qatar,” it said. photographs and first names, details have since been given. a panel discussion on ‘Regional California store where he him at the hospital. He had started working in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the and said they were part of a “The network of this terrorist Perspectives on the US Strategy works, though the family External Affairs Min- a private store on the outskirts UAE and Egypt cut their diplo- network that entered Iran in group has been identified and in Afghanistan’, at the Atlantic came to know about it only ister Sushma Swaraj called of California. AGENCIES matic ties with Qatar. AGENCIES July-August 2016 under the some of its members have been Council’s South Asia Center. leadership of “high-ranking arrested,” Intelligence Minister Chaudhry appeared to be Daesh commander” Abu Aisha Mahmoud Alavi said. isolated as two other panel- Indian-origin lawyer dies after being hit by train in US intending to carry out “terror- “We still cannot judge that ist - the former Indian min- ist operations in religious cit- Saudi Arabia has had a role ister Manish Tewari and top WASHINGTON: An Indian-origin lawyer died after he was hit by a train at a ies”. Abu Aisha was killed and in this terrorist incident,” he American think-tank expert crossing in a northern California town. Kirtee Kapoor, the head of Davis Polk & the network forced to flee the added. Iran’s elite Revolution- Ashley Tellis - joined Khalil- Wardwell’s India group and and a partner at the firm in Menlo Park, California, country, the statement said. ary Guards have pointed the zad to say that terrorist safe It was not clear when the five finger at regional rival Saudi havens continues to exist in died in the accident on Monday near Atherton, the Mercury News reported. men returned to Iran ahead Arabia — a close US ally — Pakistan and there is level of A statement on the Davis Polk website said Kapoor was born in Bengaluru and of Wednesday’s attacks. Iran which Iran accuses of fund- support from the Pakistani did his L.L.B. from the University of Delhi Faculty of Law, a B.C.L. from Balliol denounced Donald Trump’s ing extremism and groups establishment. Tellis said College, University of Oxford, and L.L.M. from New York University School of reaction to the attacks as including IS. IS has threat- while the safe havens continue Law.“Kirtee joined Davis Polk’s New York office as an associate in 1999,” said “repugnant” after the US pres- ened to step up recruitment to exist in Pakistan, a great deal ident said the nation was reap- within Iran, to “conquer Iran of financial and person- the statement. Kapoor is survived by his wife and daughter, who live in Menlo ing what it sowed. and restore it to the Sunni nel supply does come Park. AGENCIES Trump said the US would Muslim nation. AGENCIES from Afghanistan. AGENCIES Australian girl with cerebral palsy climbs Great Wall BEIJING: An 11-year-old Australian girl diagnosed with cerebral palsy climbed the Great Wall of China, accom- panied by family members and volunteers. After scaling Austra- lia’s highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, in 2015, Taylor Walker-Lear’s next challenge was to visit the Great Wall. Inspired by her willpower, a Chinese entrepreneur spon- sored the family’s trip to Bei- jing, Xinhua news agency Wall just outside Beijing. ing one must overcome diffi- reported on Thursday. Using a walker and with culties to reach their goal. Walker-Lear was born with help from her parents, Walker- “I’m really tired, but I’m cerebral palsy spastic diplegia, Lear first walked on a flat sec- proud,” she said, adding that although the condition was not tion of the wall, then went the Great Wall was more diagnosed until she had trouble up and down some steps and impressive than she had imag- standing and walking by her- through watch towers. The ined it would be. self when she was two. climb lasted over an hour. At six years old, while Last September, she under- The Great Wall administra- watching the 2012 London went a multi-level surgery tion presented Walker-Lear a Paralympics, Walker-Lear involving four separate pro- certificate containing a quote found a role model in Aus- cedures, followed by months from a poem by Chinese revo- tralian swimmer Jacqueline of physiotherapy. On Tuesday lutionary leader Mao Zedong Freney, who also has cerebral morning, she arrived at the -- “One who fails to reach the palsy and won eight gold med- Mutianyu section of the Great Great Wall is not a hero”, mean- als at the games. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 mp Indian-American JAMES COMEY TESTIFIES BEFORE US SENATE I don’t have bad selected among 12 NASA days because Trump had ‘chilling effect’ on I’m not a astronaut candidates woman: Putin

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin Russia investigation: Comey does not have bad days because he is “not a woman”, and would rather not shower next to a ‘I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,’ the president is gay man because he wouldn’t want to “provoke him”, he has alleged to have told Comey in the White House. ‘He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go’ revealed in a documentary by the film-maker Oliver Stone. WASHINGTON: Accusing the White cerned.” Responding to a question from The Russian president’s House of defaming him with “lies”, fired Senator Burr, Comey said he has no comments came in series of FBI director James Comey today said doubt that the Russians attempted to interviews with Stone on topics it was “very disturbing” that US Presi- interfere in the the 2016 elections. ranging from geopolitics to gay dent Donald Trump asked him to stop Trump, Comey said, told him rights and Edward Snowden. WASHINGTON: Indian at Edwards Air Force Base in probing the Russia links of one of his repeatedly that he had talked to lots of When Stone asked Putin American Raja Chari, a Lieu- California. After receiving a top aide. people about him, including his cur- during a tour of the Kremlin tenant Colonel with the US record-breaking number of Comey said he saw Trump’s request rent attorney general, and had learned if he ever had bad days, Putin Air Force, has been selected by applications — 18,000 — to to stop investigating the alleged ties of that he was doing a great job and that said being a man meant he did space agency NASA among 12 join an exciting future of space his former national security adviser he was extremely well-liked by the FBI not have to worry about this. astronaut candidates who will exploration, NASA on Wednes- Michael Flynn as an “order”. workforce.“(But) on May 9, when I “I am not a woman, so I don’t conduct research off the Earth day picked 12 — its largest Asked whether he considered learned that I had been fired, for that have bad days. I am not trying for deep space missions. astronaut class since 2000. Vice Trump’s request to drop the investiga- reason, I immediately came home as a to insult anyone. That’s just the Chari, who will report for President Mike Pence joined tion of Flynn, Comey said, “I don’t think private citizen,” he said. “They confused nature of things. duty in August this year, is from NASA leaders as they intro- it’s for me to say whether the conversa- me because the president and I had had There are certain natural the state of Iowa who graduated duced the members of the 2017 tion I had with the president was an multiple conversations about my job, cycles,” Putin told the director, from the US Air Force Acad- astronaut class during an event effort to obstruct. I took it as a very dis- he had with Trump on January 27 - just talked about me staying. My common both before and after he took office. And according to Bloomberg News, emy in 1999 with bachelor’s at the agency’s Johnson Space turbing thing, very concerning.” days after his inauguration, Comey said sense told me, he’s looking to get some- he had repeatedly told me I was doing which has seen an advance ver- degrees in astronautical engi- Center in Houston. The 56-year-old former FBI chief the US president was trying to establish thing in exchange...” Comey said. a great job and he hoped I would stay. sion of the documentary. Stone neering and engineering sci- “These are 12 men and told the committee that he perceived a “patronage relationship.” Describing When Senator Dianne Feinstein “I had repeatedly assured him that was granted rare access to the ence. He continued on to earn women whose personal excel- Trump’s comments over Flynn as an that dinner, he said, “My common sense asked Comey why he didn’t stop and I did intend to stay and serve out the president and conducted sev- a master’s degree in aeronautics lence and whose personal cour- “order”. He also said Trump misguided told me that what was going on is, either say, “Mr president this is wrong” over remaining six years of my term,” he eral meetings with Putin over and astronautics from Massa- age will carry our nation to the American public when he last he thought or someone told him, ‘you the Flynn probe, Comey said “maybe told the lawmakers at the hearing being two years.Putin also used the chusetts Institute of Technol- even greater heights of discov- month said the FBI was in “disarray”. have already asked Comey to stay, and if I were stronger I would have. I was watched live across the US. interview to deny there was ogy and graduated from the US ery and who I know will inspire “Those were lies, plain and simple, you did not get anything for it.’ And the so stunned by the conversation that Comey was fired on May 9, when any persecution of gay people Naval Test Pilot School. our children and our grand- and I’m so sorry that the FBI workforce dinner was an attempt to build loyalty...” I just took it in.” When he was asked Trump expressed his deep frustration in Russia, despite a law being Currently, he is a com- children every bit as much as had to hear them, and I’m so sorry the “What the president whispered in how his colleagues reacted when Trump with the continuing probe into whether passed against the “propa- mander of the 461st Flight Test your forebears have done so American people were told that,” he said my ear was, I really look forward to asked him to “let it go” (about the Flynn members of his presidential election ganda of homosexuality among Squadron and the director of in this storied American pro- in his testimony to the Senate Intelli- working with you...I’m sitting there investigation), Comey said: “They were campaign had tied up with Russian minors” and recent reports of the F-35 Integrated Test Force gramme,” said Pence. AGENCIES gence Committee. Asked about a dinner thinking, three times we’ve already shocked,” and “they were very con- hackers against Hillary Clinton. AGENCIES a “gay purge” in the Russian republic of Chechnya. AHEAD OF COMEY’S TESTIMONY When asked whether he would be comfortable show- Donald Trump says he feels ‘completely and ering next to a gay man, he said no.“I prefer not to go ‘Impeachmint’ cocktails and $5 to the shower with him. Why totally vindicated’ after Comey’s testimony provoke him? But you know, I’m a judo master,” said Putin, Russian vodka shots offered laughing. The president is also WASHINGTON: President meeting where Trump asked WASHINGTON: Bar keepers drama of the occasion has drawn shown driving Stone around Donald Trump’s private attor- Comey to drop the FBI’s probe coast to coast offered breakfast the kind of communal public Moscow, and describing his ney, Marc Kasowitz, said his into former national security specials like “impeachmint” interest more often associated daily weightlifting regime. client felt “completely and adviser Michael Flynn. Mean- cocktails and $5 Russian vodka with major sporting events and The pair are captured sit- totally vindicated” by James while, Trump is committed to shots on Thursday as they tuned awards shows. ting down to watch the Stanley Comey’s opening statement to ensuring that US elections are their wall-mounted TV sets for In Washington, Shaw’s Tav- Kubrick film Dr Strangelove. the Senate Intelligence Com- conducted fairly and protected live broadcasts of former FBI ern was one of several bars The interviews will be mittee which said that Trump from interference from any- chief James Comey’s congres- promising to open its doors a released in four hour-long epi- was not personally being one, the White House said on sional testimony. half hour before Comey begins sodes, beginning next week, investigated amid the FBI’s Thursday. From Capitol Hill to San dent Donald Trump last month speaking, with a $10 “FBI” on the US cable channel Show- wide-ranging Russia inquiry. “The president takes our Francisco’s Castro district, tele- while leading a Federal Bureau breakfast special – French toast, time. Stone has previously Comey’s remarks were not under investigation in ey’s seven-page testimony, elections very seriously,” White vision “watch parties” beckoned of Investigation probe into bacon and ice cream. The released a film about the 2014 outlined in an advance copy any Russian probe,” Kasow- released prior to his official House spokeswoman Sarah political junkies away from the Russian meddling in last year’s Axelrad Beer Garden in Hous- revolution in Ukraine, of his testimony released on itz said in a statement. “The hearing scheduled for Thurs- Sanders said. Separately, she morning rush hour to taverns, U.S. presidential election, was ton was said online: “Join us which reiterates the Russian Wednesday. “The President is President feels completely day, detailed Trump’s interac- added that current sanctions restaurants and living rooms slated to appear before the Sen- for an early morning beer and argument that the events pleased that Comey has finally and totally vindicated. He is tions with Comey, including against Moscow would remain to view an event some likened ate Intelligence Committee at 10 engage in friendly debate”. were directed by US intelli- publicly confirmed his private eager to continue to move for- a dinner where he asked for in place until the Ukraine crisis to the “Super Bowl of Wash- a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). They served a drink called the gence, and will have been seen reports that the President was ward with his agenda. Com- Comey’s loyalty and another was resolved. AGENCIES ington.” Comey, fired by Presi- The high-stakes political impeachmint. AGENCIES by the Kremlin. AGENCIES Scotland Yard arrests India announces mission Small blast hits Qatari network Al Jazeera ‘suffers 3 more in London on clean coal utilisation US embassy cyber attack’ amid Arab crisis bridge terror probe BEIJING: Aiming to cut down emis- in Kiev sions, India on Thursday announced DOHA: Al Jazeera is believed Qatar later. Qatar says the LONDON: Three more persons have been a national mission on cleaner coal KIEV: A small blast hit the prem- to have suffered a cyber moves to isolate it over alleged arrested by Scotland Yard in connection with utilisation and setting up of two cen- ises of the US embassy in Kiev attack after the news net- ties to terrorism, which it the London Bridge attack carried out by three tres of excellence on clean coal tech- overnight causing no casualties work vowed to maintain their denies, are endangering stabil- men including a Pakistani-origin terrorist. nologies entailing an expenditure of after an unknown assailant lobbed independence. ity in the Gulf region. The arrests came ahead of the general elec- $248 million. an explosive device, Ukrainian The site tweeted: ‘Al Jazeera Al Jazeera, founded in 1996 tion in which about 46 million eligible vot- Leading the Indian delegation at police said on Thursday. Media Network under cyber as part of Qatar’s efforts to turn ers are expected to cast their ballot to choose the Eighth Clean Energy Ministerial “Investigators found that an attack on all systems, websites its economic power into politi- between Prime Minister Theresa May and here, Union Environment and Science unknown person threw an explo- & social media platforms.’ cal influence, won millions of Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn under the Minister Harsh Vardhan announced sive device onto the territory of It comes after the news net- viewers across the Arab world looming shadow of the two deadly terror a national mission on advanced ‘ultra the diplomatic mission,” the work were accused of interfer- by offering uncensored debate attacks that recently rocked the UK. Seventeen super critical technologies’ for cleaner Energy Ministers from 23 nations police said in a statement. ing in other countries’ affairs rarely seen on other local people have now been arrested in connection coal utilisation that will cost $238 mil- with 80 per cent of clean energy invest- The US embassy - located in through its reports. rial policy is going to continue broadcasters in the region. with Saturday’s attack and five remain in cus- lion. The two centres of excellence will ments and 75 per cent of greenhouse central Kiev - confirmed that an The network’s acting direc- the same regardless of what Its talk shows hosted guests tody, the Metropolitan Police said. “The Met’s be set up at a cost of $5 million each. gas emission met on June 6 to 8 here to “incident involving a small incen- tor-general Mostefa Souag happens with this event.’ who challenged the wisdom of Counter Terrorism Command, supported by “In our quest for cleaner fuels, a focus on advancing clean energy coop- diary device” happened just after dismissed these allegations The state-funded network Arab rulers and adopted the firearms officers, arrested two men on a street in national mission on methanol and eration and implementing their com- midnight but said diplomats were on Thursday. He said: ‘All this is at the centre of the dispute role of supporter of the dispos- Ilford, east London, a third was arrested after a dimethyl ether is being launched. A mitments under the landmark Paris working “as normal” after no talk about Jazeera interfering in which Saudi Arabia, the sessed. Reporters broke with a warrant was carried out at a residential address new centre on solar photovoltaic, ther- climate agreement. The Minister held damage was caused. “At this time, in other countries’ affairs is United Arab Emirates, Egypt widespread taboo of the Arab in Ilford,” the Met Police said. Of the two men mal storage and solar fuels research has a successful bilateral meeting with US we do not consider this incident a nonsense. We don’t interfere and Bahrain cut diplomatic ties news media by interviewing arrested on the street, one aged 27 was arrested been approved, costing $5 million,” a Secretary Rick Perry. Joint collabora- terrorist act,” the embassy wrote in anybody’s business, we just and transport links on Monday Israeli officials. on suspicion of the preparation of terrorist acts government statement said. tion in clean energy was discussed to on Twitter. Ukraine’s foreign min- report.’ ‘If we bring (in) guests with Qatar, which supplies nat- Earlier on Thursday Qatar and the second aged 33 was arrested for on sus- “Funding opportunities have been widen new areas of research coopera- istry condemned the incident, who are opposing certain gov- ural gas to world markets. called its tanks into action and picion of possession with intent to supply con- announced in the areas of energy tion in clean coal, carbon capture, and saying it could have “harmed the ernments, does that mean we Yemen, Libya’s eastern- warned its neighbours that it trolled drugs. The third 29-year-old man was storage, clean coal, waste water treat- accessible and affordable water. life and health of the diplomatic are interfering in the countries’ based government and the will open fire on any ships that arrested from the residential address in Ilford ment, costing $10 million,” the state- In November 2015, leaders of 20 mission staff”. AGENCIES business? No. Al Jazeera’s edito- Maldives also cut ties with come into its waters. AGENCIES on suspicion of the preparation of terrorist acts. ment added. The government also countries came together to launch Mis- All three men have been taken into custody announced that a joint virtual clean sion Innovation, a landmark five-year at a south London police station under the UK’s energy centre with UK and Indian gov- commitment to accelerate the pace Police and Criminal Evidence Act, the Met said. ernment funding of 5 million pounds of innovation and make clean energy GOVT.OF MAHARASHTRA On Thursday, Met Police made three fur- each has been initiated. widely affordable and accessible world- PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ther terror-related arrests in London, which the “Under the Indo-US joint clean wide. MI now comprises 22 econo- (National Highway) force said were not related to Saturday’s Lon- energy research, the new collaborative mies and the European Commission, don Bridge attack. Searches being conducted public-private programme on smart representing the European Union, and NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER (Corrigendum-1) at the addresses where the men were arrested. grids and energy storage has been collectively accounts for more than The developments came as fami- approved. India has also embarked on 80 per cent of the world’s total pub- Online e-tenders are invited in the Ministry’s Standard Bidding Document (Item rate Tender,) on behalf of Gov- lies of the London attackers expressed a joint programme on renewable energy lic financing of clean energy research ernor of Maharashtra from the intending bidders for the work detailed below by the Executive Engineer, National their disgust. AGENCIES with Norway,” a statement said. and development. AGENCIES Highway Division, Thane. NIT N NHD Thane /AB/TC/2016-17 Name of Work Est. Cost (Cr.) Earnest Money (Rs.) Tender Fee Period Strengthening Kalwa Creek Bridge by external pre-stress- 5.97 12,00,000/- 15000/- 11 Months ing to cantilever arm of box girder on remaining 2 piers of the bridge existing on Thane Bhiwandi bypass road of NH-3 (new NH-848) in the state of Maharashtra. (2nd call) Construction of Two lane cement concrete road with paved 31.14 62,28,000/- 25000/- 18 Months shoulder in Talasari-Sutrakar-Velugam Section of NH-848A, Km. 0/00 to 5/100, Dist.Palghar in the state of Maharashtra.

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Executive Engineer No.: NH/tender/2016-17/1208 National Highway Division Thane 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 ‘AI super-rich in assets, mustn’t be sold cheap’ MUMBAI: Air India's tangible (LHR), a good number of slots and intangible assets can well across the US and European match its over Rs 52,000 crore airports such as Frankfurt, Air India fleet expansion plan debt burden and the govern- Milan, Rome, Vienna, Stock- ment should resist a "distress holm besides other interna- sale" of the carrier, according tional airports, the sources said. faces privatisation air pocket to sources at the airline. They claimed that these As calls for divestment, slots could be worth several NEW DELHI: Air India's plans including privatisation, of thousands of crores. to expand its fleet have hit an air the loss-making Air India get Citing the example of LHR, pocket, amid uncertainty after louder, the civil aviation min- where Oman Air bought one the government's top policy- istry is looking at all possible pair of slots for $75 million making body, NITI Aayog, pro- options for the airline's revival. last year, the sources said Air posed the total privatisation of Staying afloat on taxpayers' India's slots there would be the national carrier to the PMO. money, the carrier is estimated worth Rs 4,200 crore. Decisions approved earlier to have debt of over Rs 52,000 "This apart, Air India by the airline's board regarding crore – a key factor behind the brand will have huge valua- aircraft acquisitions are cur- clamour for sale. tion. If then six-year old King- rently "on hold" and tenders Finance Minister Arun fisher brand was valued at Rs for procurement of new planes Jaitley said last week that the 3,500 crore, the valuation of the have been deferred till clarity ministry has to explore all pos- over 80-year Air India's brand emerges, an airline source said. rier, currently has ten ATRs in fleet between July and October sibilities "as to how the priva- could be anybody's guess," the In March, the Air India its fleet and had recently placed this year, the source said. tisation of Air India can be sources said. Board of Directors had approved orders for leasing of 10 more The state-owned carrier has done". The comments came Further, the carrier has a proposal to induct seven Boe- such smaller-sized aircraft by a total of 103 planes of which 42 against the backdrop of NITI 1,600 pilots and 2,000 aero- ing 787-9 aircraft in its fleet to the end of this fiscal. are wide-bodied Boeing 777s, Aayog submitting its sugges- nautical engineers to certify improve connectivity to Can- As part of its fleet expansion 747s, and 787s. 61 are narrow tions on the future course for the aircraft. ada, the US and Australia. The plans, Alliance Air has plans to bodied Airbus 319s, 320s and the airline. "Air India has made huge airline was planning to float take its ATR fleet strength to 30 321s. Its low-cost subsidiary, Airline sources said that investment in raising these tenders for procuring these air- by FY 2018. Air India Express, has 23 Boe- when the government is talking merged with Air India -- a deal (AIEL)), Air India Engineering ground handling at a number human resources skill sets, craft on lease this month. The On the other hand, Air India ing 737s. Finance Minister Arun about Air India's debt, it should that is mainly blamed for the Services Limited (AIESL), Air of domestic airports -- is esti- which carries a substantial decision has now been deferred. is also leasing 22 Airbus A320 Jaitley too has proposed privati- also consider the assets side. financial woes of the carrier. India Transport Services Lim- mated to be worth around Rs market value," the sources said. "The decision (of floating Neos, of which 4 have already sation of Air India and the civil "No other airline in the According to the sources, ited (AITSL) and Alliance Air. 1,000 crore. Despite having such huge tenders) is on hold until there joined the fleet. aviation ministry is looking at country has so much of assets the airline's current market "While AIEL is valued at "All these assets combined assets, the sources alleged is clarity on the airline's future," According to the source, the all options to make the airline on its balance sheet as much as value could be much higher around Rs 8,000 crore, the could be valued at Rs 54,000 that that there are attempts said a top Air India official when airline had planned to issue bids strong and viable. Air India. In fact, there are cor- than Rs 40,000 crore. However, value of AIESL, which has crore and thus exceeds its debt to sell the airline for "cheap" asked about the plan to acquire for seven more such planes but A cabinet note in this regard responding assets against the providing for depreciation of 31 hangers across airports, is of Rs 52,000 crore," the sources and instead, the government these planes. now there is uncertainty over is likely to be prepared shortly, total debt of about Rs 52,000 assets, the value could be at pegged at Rs 3,000 crore and said. Above all, the national should look at exit in a phased Similarly, the plan to procure these tenders as well. according to Minister of State crore," the sources said. least around Rs 27,000 crore. that of AITSL at around Rs carrier counts prime slots at manner over the coming years ten ATR aircraft by Alliance Air, However, there is no change for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha. On the basis of a valuation This estimated figure 2,000 crore. various domestic and inter- so that investments made can which has been awarded several in plan, as of now, to take the Air India has piled up over carried out in 2007, the airline's excludes the subsidiaries Besides, Alliance Air also national airports, including at be recovered. "The govern- routes under the regional con- deliveries of the remaining Rs 50,000 crore of debt mainly gross value, including aircraft and other business activities, commands a substantial valu- London's Heathrow, among its ment should not rush for dis- nectivity scheme UDAN, have four of the total 27 Dreamlin- because of high maintenance and other assets, was pegged at sources noted. ation," the sources said. intangible assets. tress sale and offload majority been put on the backburner, the ers (Boeing 787-800s) that the costs and lease rent. It barely around Rs 40,000 crore. Air India has four subsid- That apart, joint venture The airline has eight pair 51 per cent stake at this stage," official said. Alliance Air, the airline had ordered in 2006, made any operational profit in In 2007, Indian Airlines was iaries – Air India Express Ltd AISATS – which provides of slots at London Heathrow they added. PTI regional arm of the national car- which are to be inducted in the last decade, except in FY16. PTI TASL set to deliver Tata Sons garners May coal imports dip 6% on India, 67 nations sign pact to `10,300 crore check tax evasion by MNCs CH-47F helicopter from TCS buyback weak power sector demand PARIS/NEW DELHI: India parts to US Boeing programme NEW DELHI: India's coal and 67 countries have put in imports in May declined by place an agreement to plug NEW DELHI: Tata Sons, the 6 per cent to 18.15 million loopholes in existing laws that holding company of salt-to- tonne (MT), year-on- year due allowed companies to evade software Tata Group, has made to lacklustre demand from the taxes by artificially shifting over Rs 10,278 crore by tender- power sector and sufficient their place of business. ing shares in the recent buyback supply of domestic fuel. Finance Minister Arun programme by Tata Consul- "Coal import (all type Jaitley signed the multilateral tancy Services (TCS). of coals) in May 2017 stood convention, an outcome of the each signatory country since TCS, which is India's largest at 18.15 MT (provisional), OECD/G20 Project to tackle this is the main source of base software company, had kicked against 19.38 MT in May 2016," base erosion and profit shifting. erosion. MNCs often resort to off its Rs 16,000-crore mega according to mjunction ser- BEPS is resorted to by MNCs artificial shifting of profits to buyback offer from May 18, and vices, an online procurement through tax planning strate- low or no-tax locations, result- the programme closed on May and sales platform floated gies by exploiting gaps and mis- ing in little or no overall corpo- HYDERABAD: Boeing and company is proud to deliver 31. It entailed 5.61 crore shares jointly by SAIL and Tata Steel. matches in tax rules. rate tax being paid. Tata Advanced Systems Lim- the first crown and tailcone at a price of Rs 2,850 per equity The government is plan- "The convention will mod- In future, corporates will ited (TASL) on Thursday assembly for CH-47F Chinook share. According to a regula- ning to cut coal imports for and coke imports in May... The coal ministry has ify India's treaties in order to have to ensure the treaty pro- announced the delivery of the helicopter. tory filing, Tata Sons had ten- power PSUs to zero in the is mainly due to a 1.2 MT of said it will make available to curb revenue loss through visions are not read on a first crown and tailcone assem- "Undertaking the responsi- dered over 3.60 crore shares, ongoing fiscal. decline in non-coking coal the power public sector units treaty abuse and base erosion stand-alone basis, but with the bly for the Indian configura- bility of complete manufacture accounting for 64.2 per cent CEO of mjunction Vinaya imports during the month (PSUs) the supply of thermal and profit shifting strategies corresponding provisions of tion of the CH-47F Chinook and assembly for Boeing gives of the total shares bought back Varma said: "Although ther- under review," mjunction said. coal through domestic sources by ensuring profits are taxed the convention. helicopter. us an excellent opportunity to by the company. Other large mal coal prices came down in Government had said in in sufficient amount which where substantive economic According to EY Inter- Manufactured by TASL display our capability of devel- investors who participated in May from the highs of April, April that it is aiming to bring would prompt the companies activities generating the profits national Tax Services Part- here, the parts will be delivered opment and assembly proj- the buyback included Govern- ample supply of domestic coal down to "zero" thermal coal to not resort to import of fos- are carried out and where value ner Rajendra Nayak, 1,100 to Boeing for final assembly of ects in high technology areas ment of Singapore, Copthall and lacklustre demand from imports of power PSUs like sil fuel. is created," a finance ministry tax treaties would be modi- the 15 helicopters on delivery to global quality standards," Mauritius Investments Ltd and the power sector resulted in a NTPC in the current fiscal, a However, import of coal statement had said on Wednes- fied worldwide as a result of 68 to the Indian Air Force, TASL he said. EuroPacific Growth Fund. drop in imports." move that would reduce the is not solely dependent on day. Experts said MNCs doing jurisdictions signing the MLI. said in statement. "Our endeavour is to sig- While the Government of However, he said, there country's import bill by around the domestic production. It businesses in India going for- In the convention, India has "This delivery is another nificantly contribute to the Singapore got over Rs 335 crore, was a 19 per cent increase in Rs 17,000 crore. also depends on other factors ward will find it difficult to chosen a more stringent option significant step in our journey Indian defence industry and Copthall Mauritius Investments, met coal volume, as buyers The government had said it like power plant designed on evade taxes by artificially shift- to limit the specific activity to increase defence capability demonstrate our commitment about Rs 187 crore, and Euro- returned to the market after would also convince the private imported coal and insufficient ing their place of business. exemptions from definition of and manufacturing capacity to the 'Make in India' initia- Pacific Growth Fund garnered prices crashed and supply from companies operating in the availability of coking coal of Artificial avoidance of per- PE, which is defined as a fixed out of India with our strategic tive," Singh said. over Rs 161 crore from the buy- Australia resumed. power space to totally stop the required grade, the govern- manent establishment (PE) by place of business that gives rise partners," Boeing India presi- India's Defence Ministry back programme. TCS' buy- "The lower volume of coal import of thermal fossil fuel. ment had said. PTI MNCs is the key concern of to income. PTI dent Pratyush Kumar said. finalised an order with Boe- back programe was met with "Tata Advanced Systems ing in 2015 for the produc- lukewarm response from small has demonstrated its ability to tion, training and support of shareholders. The general cat- deliver high-quality compo- 15 CH-47F Chinook heavy- egory, which included financial May equity MF inflows hit nearly 2-year high of` 10,790 cr nents to the CH-47 Chinook lift helicopters to enhance the institutions and foreign inves- program on schedule, which country's capabilities across a tors, tendered over 12 crore NEW DELHI: Equity mutual mutual funds (MFs) by 2.6 per in small amounts periodically MFs racked up an inflow of Rs in turn helps Boeing meet com- range of military and humani- shares against 4.7 crore reserved funds saw an inflow of Rs 10,790 cent in May from the preced- instead of lump sums. The fre- 12,273 crore. mitments to our customers," tarian missions. Deliveries will for them. crore in May, making it the high- ing month. quency of investment is usually In May 2016, these funds he said. begin in 2019. The Indian IT companies est in nearly two years, under- "Investor awareness pro- weekly, monthly or quarterly. had seen a net inflow of Rs 4,721 "We are clearly invested in TASL is already delivering have been under pressure to pinned by investor optimism gramme and paperless invest- According to data from the crore. The assets under man- leveraging the full potential of crown and tailcones for CH-47 return excess cash on their and steps taken by fund houses ing platform for mutual fund Association of Mutual Funds agement (AUM) of equity MFs capability that exists in India Chinook helicopters for the US books to shareholders through to create awareness about MFs. investing are the two major fac- in India (Amfi), equity funds, scaled a record high of Rs 5.83 to continue delivering greater Army and international cus- generous dividends and buy- This also marks the 14th tors that have facilitated this which also include equity-linked lakh crore at the end of May value for less cost to our US tomers. The CH-47F Chinook backs. TCS rival, Infosys has straight month of inflows into growth in net inflows. period of time for both lump saving schemes (ELSS), saw 2017 from Rs 5.69 lakh crore and international customers," is an advanced multi-mission also announced its capital equity schemes. Prior to that, In addition to these, even the sum as well as Systematic Invest- net inflows of Rs 10,790 crore at April-end. Kumar said. helicopter which is being oper- allocation policy to return up such funds had witnessed a pull- investors' confidence in MF has ment Plan (SIP) investments," in May, higher than Rs 9,429 MFs are investment vehi- TASL's Chief Executive ated by the US Army and 18 to Rs 13,000 crore this finan- out of Rs 1,370 crore in March increased. Now, they are hold- Bajaj Capital CEO Rahul Parikh crore in the preceding month. cles made up of a pool of funds Officer and Managing Direc- other defence forces around cial year through dividend 2016. The strong inflows have ing their investments in equity said. SIP is an investment vehicle This was the highest net inflow collected from a number of tor Sukaran Singh said the the world. PTI and/or buyback. PTI pushed the asset base of equity oriented schemes for a longer that allows investors to invest since June 2015, when equity investors. PTI GSTN to form security monitoring and analytics centre GST likely to have ‘positive’ net NEW DELHI: GST-Network, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, NSE detailed analytics to fore- the firm providing IT backbone Strategic Investment Co and warn and prevent threats to impact on gold demand: WGC for GST, will set up a hi-tech LIC Housing Finance Ltd. GST System, implementing security monitoring and ana- However, BJP MP Subra- tools and appliances, moni- NEW DELHI: The net impact lytics centre to forewarn on manian Swamy has on multiple toring the security operations, of GST in the world's largest cyber threats and secure the occasions raised concerns over assess, continually enhance and gold consumer market would be IT system handling over 300 GSTN's shareholding pattern, improve the security posture of "positive" even as there will be crore invoices a month, a top and said it might compromise the GST ecosystem." short-term challenges, affecting official said. data security. It is also meant to "carry not only the demand but also GSTN, which had previ- The SMAC will not just out certain on-demand ser- manufacturers/retailers' work- ously assured of security of ward off potential security vices (e.g. fraud investigations, ing capital and recycling busi- data under the Goods and Ser- threats but also conduct fraud forensics, etc.)". ness, the World Gold Council vices Tax (GST), is going the investigations and forensics. Successful bidder will be (WGC) said on Thursday. extra mile in getting its soft- GSTN will appoint security required to assess and review The government is planning ware security audited by gov- companies by August which the GST system for its secu- to roll out goods and services ernment's IT certification arm, will set up the SMAC and rity design and architecture tax (GST) from July 1. Cur- STQC, its CEO Prakash Kumar GSTN officers would man it. and implementation of the rently, taxes on gold jewellery its report. While it could pres- tax regime. Manufacturers' and told PTI here. "It is more of a proactive threat prevention, detection stands at 12.2 per cent. This will ent short-term challenges to the retailers' working capital could With the impending rollout thing. Before anything hap- capabilities and monitoring be replaced with GST of 3 per gold industry, "we believe it will be tied up because of inter- state of GST next month, the GSTN pens, the SMAC will tell us capabilities. cent, which will be on top of the boost the economy and make gold stock transfers. Small-scale has taken note of possible ran- Infosys, a Security Manage- holds 24.5 per cent equity in what kind of things are hap- Based on this review, it will import duty. the old industry more transpar- artisans and retailers with vary- somware attacks and decided ment and Analytics Centre GSTN and all States, including pening around. There are two be involved in the design and "This is the biggest fiscal ent to the benefit of gold buyers". ing degrees of tax compliance to build a cyber security unit, (SMAC) is in the works to keep NCT of Delhi and Puducherry, kind of policing that you do-- implementation of the Security reform since India's liberalisa- This should support India's may struggle to adapt. he said. a watch on the ongoing secu- and the Empowered Commit- one is preventive and other Analytics Platform. tion in the early 1990s. While gold demand, which we expect "Consumer demand faces a However, GSTN itself has rity operations."We are para- tee of State Finance Ministers, is reactive. SMAC is preven- It would be responsible for gold consumers will face a to be between 650-750 tonnes in headwind from the higher rate not yet received security clear- noid about security," Kumar together hold another 24.5 per tive part where it will examine operations (including main- slightly higher tax rate, and 2017, rising to 850-950 tonnes of tax. And consumers and jew- ance from the home ministry. told PTI. GSTN, a non-govern- cent. feed and information from the tenance) of the solutions as the industry will go through a by 2020, it added. ellers may try to conduct recy- Kumar said that in addi- ment, private limited company, The balance 51 per cent world which are things going also for activities required period of adjustment, we see the In the short term, WGC cling transactions under the tion to the Security Operation was incorporated on March 28, equity is with non-government to come," Kumar said. to close the gaps in the net impact on the gold industry said GST may be disruptive as counter, away from the prying Centre (SOC) being built by 2013. The Government of India financial institutions -- HDFC, The SMAC will conduct security system. PTI as being positive," WGC said in the industry adjusts to the new eye of the tax man," it said. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 mp AAI asks TN Govt Kohli among Forbes top 100 for 950 acres to expand activities CHENNAI: Airports Author- athletes with $22 million pay ity of India has sought nearly 1000 acres from the Tamil Nadu government for expan- 28-year-old Indian national team captain ranked 89th, only cricketer to make it to elite global club sion activities at airports in Chennai, Coimbatore and NEW YORK: Indian national team, making him one Federer (4) with 64 million and The list also includes tennis Tiruchirappalli, a senior offi- captain Virat Kohli is the sole of the youngest players to ever American basketball player greats Novak Djokovic (16) and cial said on Thursday. sportsperson from the country hold the job. Kevin Durant. Rafael Nadal (33), basketball AAI Chairman Guruprasad to feature among the world's 100 It noted that last year Kohli However, in a troubling player Anthony Davis (44) and Mohapatra said the state gov- highest paid athletes in the lat- made nearly $1 million in sal- indication of gender inequal- soccer star Wayne Rooney (70). ernment has also been asked to est Forbes list topped by soccer ary and match fees from his ity, the list of 100 has only one Forbes said the 100 highest- identify 2-3 locations for estab- star Cristiano Ronaldo. national team play, and he's woman sports star. Forbes noted paid sports stars earned a cumu- lishing a second airport near Kohli, 28, has been ranked also among the Indian Premier that the top 100 athletes are a lative $3.11 billion over the past Chennai to cater to its grow- 89th on the 2017 Forbes list League's highest-paid players boys' club more than ever, with 12 months, down a per cent ing demands. of 'The World's highest paid thanks to a $2.3 million sal- tennis star Serena Williams, from last year. But the threshold "All big cities will require athletes' with a total pay of $22 ary from the Royal Challeng- who comes in at the 51 spot with to make the list rose $600,000 two airports... we will require million that includes $three mil- ers . $27 million, the lone female ath- to $21.4 million. a minimum of 2000 acres for lion from salary and winnings "The vast majority of his lete to make the cut this year. The earnings figures include a greenfield airport," he told and another $19 million from income, however, comes from Golf legend Tiger Woods, salaries, prize money and reporters here. endorsements. one of the sports world's most who was arrested recently after bonuses earned between June He said 200 acres of land A request has Describing Kohli as the impressive sponsorships port- police found him asleep at the 2016 and June 2017. has been sought from the state been placed for "Indian cricket phenom", Forbes folios," Forbes said. steering wheel of his car as a Athletes from 21 countries government for expansion of said the sports star has "for good The list has been topped by result of his medication, comes are represented among the top the existing airport here. allocation of 200, reason" already drawn compar- Ronaldo with a total pay of 93 in at the 17th spot. 100, but Americans dominate Further, a request has been 300 and 450 isons to all-time great Sachin million dollars. American bas- Forbes said while Woods the list with 63 entries thanks placed for allocation of 300 and Tendulkar. ketball star LeBron James comes continues to "sink further away" to soaring salaries in the pro- 450 acres of land for the expan- acres of land for It added that Kohli has in at the second spot with $86.2 from the player that dominated fessional Americans leagues like sion of the airports at Coim- the expansion continuously shattered bat- million, followed by Argentine the golf landscape, "sponsors the National Basketball Associa- batore and Tiruchirappalli, ting records and in 2015 was footballer Lionel Messi (3) with still see value in partnering tion, National Football League respectively, he said. of the airports named the captain of the Indian 80 million , tennis star Roger with" him. and Major League Baseball. PTI Plans were on to demolish at Chennai, and re-construct an existing structure at Chennai airport Coimbatore and RBi's gentle NTPC installs 110-KWp AC microgrid in R&D arm at an estimated Rs 2500 crore, Tiruchirappalli GST to make food works for which are likely reminder to NEW DELHI: State-run NTPC on Thurs- to start later this year and respectively grains, milk, veggies day announced installation of 110 KWp expected to be completed in banks: Please three years, Mohapatra said. On Tamil Nadu coming on AC microgrid at its R&D arm in order to This, in addition to the pro- board the Regional Connec- obey PPO order up to 5% cheaper maximise the photovoltaic generation in posed expansion activties, will tivity Scheme (RCS), he said it case of grid interruptions. "An AC Mi- enable increasing flight opera- would augur well for the state, MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank NEW DELHI: The gov- crogrid test bed of 110 KWp Solar PV with tions here from 32 per hour adding, the first flight was has asked bank branches to ernment on Thursday said demand side management to cater three to 40 while passenger footfall expected to fly into Salem and record pension payment order foodgrains, flour, milk, vegeta- will go up from 18 million to Neyveli by September this year. (PPO) number in the pass- bles and fruits will get cheaper phase critical loads has been installed and commissioned at NTPC Energy 30 million annually by 2020, The state government had books of pensioners to avoid by up to 5 per cent once the Technology Research Alliance (NETRA), the R&D arm of NTPC Ltd, Greater he said. earlier on Thursday inked a any hassle in case the PPO is Goods and Services Tax is Noida," the company said in a statement. System architecture and central- Tamil Nadu Chief Minis- pact with the Civil Aviation lost. rolled out. ised control has been designed in-house to monitor and control all generat- ter K Palaniswami has been Ministry for implementing the The Finance Ministry's The government has ing sources, storage and loads. This type of microgrid will be useful in places 'briefed' on the land require- Centre's UDAN (Ude Desh ka Central Pension Accounting exempted cereals, pulses, atta, ment for these purposes and he Aam Naagrik) scheme, con- Office in September 2014 had maida and besan from the GST, where grid is weak or absent, the statement said. PTI was "positive" on looking into necting Salem and Neyveli, issued a memorandum asking which will be implemented the matter, he said. besides Hosur. PTI Centralised Pension Processing from July 1. Centres (CPPCs) and govern- Milk, vegetables and fruits, ent, some states levy Value ment business departments to puffed rice, salt, organic Added Tax of 4 -5 per cent on France's GDF sells off full IDBI Bank crafts comprehensive turnaround instruct their bank branches manure, animal feed, fire wood, these goods. with pension system to record raw silk, wool, jute and hand- The GST Council, chaired PPO numbers in all passbooks operated agriculture equip- by Union Finance Minister 10% stake in Petronet LNG strategy, takes steps to shore up capital of pensioners or family pen- ment too will be zero-rated Arun Jaitley and comprising sioners issued by them. This under the new indirect tax state counterparts, have over NEW DELHI: France's GDF Petronet, Stichting Deposi- KOLKATA: IDBI Bank has was done to alleviate the dif- regime. the last two meetings decided International on Thursday sold tary APG bought 39.26 lakh crafted a comprehensive turn- ficulties reported by pension- "Due to no GST on these on the tax rates of almost all its entire 10 per cent stake in shares. Shares of Petronet LNG around strategy, with a focus on ers or their family pensioners items, most of them are goods and services. Petronet LNG for nearly Rs on Thursday plunged by 3.25 augmenting its capital base and to get duplicate PPO, RBI said expected to become cheaper They have been put in tax 3,200 crore through open mar- per cent to close at Rs 425.80 recovery from NPAs. in a notification on Thursday. in the range of approximately slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per ket transactions. on BSE. Dr S S Banerjee, Executive "However, it has been 4-5 per cent as compared to cent with the exception of pre- Petronet, India's biggest Earlier in March, GDF had Director, IDBI Bank, while noticed that a few agency their existing prices," a finance cious metals and imitation jew- importer of liquefied natural sent a communication to each unveiling the strategy at a Press banks have not yet imple- ministry statement said. ellery which will attract 3 per gas (LNG), is registered as a of the four principle promoters Meet in Kolkata stated “Aggres- Zone is committed to imple- support as we undertake regu- mented the instructions in all However, branded cent GST and rough diamonds private company. GDF Interna- – GAIL India, ONGC and IOC sive recovery and prevention of menting the Bank’s strategic lar banking operations, includ- their branches. Accordingly foodgrains and flours with reg- which will be taxed at 0.25 per tional, a unit of French energy and BPCL – offering "a first right further slippages is a priority initiatives to help the institu- ing deposit taking and lending all agency banks are there- istered trade mark will attract 5 cent. giant Engie SA, offloaded a total of purchase/refusal in relation area for IDBI Bank. Given the tion regain its stature, going to a burgeoning customer base. fore advised to record the PPO per cent tax under GST. The GST will subsume var- of 7.5 crore shares, amounting to the proposed sale of 10 per stress in the corporate sector, the forward. While the headwinds "The virtual confluence of numbers on the passbook of While items like foodgrains, ious central and state levies, to 10 per cent stake in Petronet, cent equity shares in the com- Bank will restrict growth in the impacting its current financial these, continued Government pensioners/family pensioners," milk and vegetables do not including excise, service tax according to the bulk deal data pany in the same proportion in corporate loan book and focus health are in large measure due support and trust in the Bank’s RBI said. PTI attract any central tax at pres- and VAT. PTI available with BSE. The shares which the promoters are holding on increasing retail and priority to legacy issues, including loans intrinsic business viability as its were sold at an average price of equity shares in the company." sector asset base. This will help given for core and infrastructure largest shareholder (88% equity Rs 421.63, valuing the transac- The four promoter firms the Bank to reduce risk weighted sector development, these have share along with quasi-Govern- tion at Rs 3,162.22 crore. hold 12.5 per cent stake each in assets and improve CAR in the been recognized and taken up ment LIC) and the turnaround India dealers may drag As of March quarter, GDF Petronet. Going by this propor- short term. The Bank will look for speedy resolution. strategy adopted by the Bank held 7.5 crore shares, amounting tion, they were each entitled to at reducing its operational cost "We affirm that the basic with a pronounced accent on to 10 per cent stake, in Petronet. buy 2.5 per cent of GDF's stake. and sell non-core assets over a operations of the Bank, as borne a ‘capital-light’ business model Among the buyers of the shares However, sources had said period of time. The Bank has out by a seven fold rise in oper- and pruning of operating cost, US GM to court for are Citigroup Global Markets that it was unlikely that any- already initiated the process.” ating profit in Q4 of FY ’17 over will stand IDBI Bank in good Mauritius and Stichting Deposi- one of them would exercise Krishnendu Banerjee, Chief Q3, among others, remain stead and help it regain its vital- tary APG Emerging Markets that option given that Petronet General Manager and Zonal robust. Our service propositions ity and privileged standing of 'measly' compensation Equity Pool. While Citigroup has been structured as a private Head of West Bengal, Bihar and in the retail segment continue yore in the emerging domestic bought 1.05 crore shares of company. PTI the North-East, added “The to enjoy widespread customer banking system.” MPOST NEW DELHI: Dealers of Gen- eral Motors, which has decided to stop selling vehicles in India by year-end, are gearing up to IT staff rap ex-Infy CFO Pai's threatening comments drag the auto major to court while also exploring possibility BENGALURU: IT Employ- dent Muqueemuddin said. Pai of a class action suit in the US, ees' Associations on Thursday had on Wednesday accused IT-ITeS leased 10% more office space in 2016 over "measly" compensation. termed as "hurting" the remarks people, who are making efforts A majority of 96 dealers, of industry veteran Mohandas to forge a union in IT indus- NEW DELHI: Office space leasing by IT and ITeS companies rose by 10% last which operate around 140 Pai that IT employees of losing try, of trying to "create a hype, year at 16.81 million square feet with Bengaluru and Hyderabad absorbing showrooms across India, are jobs if they joined hands with fear-mongering". more than 50% of this space, according to JLL India. "IT, ITeS occupiers have unhappy with the company's those wanting to forge union in "Nobody is supporting offer of just around 12 per cent the industry. them. People who go with them taken a big leap in office lease transactions in the last 15 years. Office space of total investments they have "The remarks of Mohandas will never get jobs," he had said. demand from them increased from 1.4 million sq ft in 2001 to 15.2 million sq made as compensation. Pai against IT employees of los- Muqueemuddin said they ft in 2015. "With 16.81 million sq ft area transacted in 2016, it translates to a Moreover, they also said ing jobs if they joined hands would petition the International 10% increase (y-o-y)," JLL India CEO & Country Head Ramesh Nair said. In- there would be job losses of with those wanting to forge Labour Organisation against the terestingly, he said, Bengaluru and Hyderabad together accounted for more around 9,500 due to closure of union in the industry is very "illegal" layoffs by IT companies. showrooms and service outlets. ing dealers by stating that it some of the investments made hurting. And it is an open threat Rajesh Natarajan of Forum for than 50% of this total pan-India IT space absorption. The consultant also said The dealers also warned would make new investment in dealerships," the spokesper- to the constitutional rights of IT Employee's' of Bengaluru that the transaction sizes are becoming smaller. The average size of leased that existing car owners of and bring in models and "then son added. the employees," All India IT Chapter said the remarks of Pai area fell by 14% to 27,000 sq ft in 2016 from around 31,200 sq ft in 2015. PTI the company will face ser- suddenly announcing to shut The company is also "com- Employees Association Presi- were unconstitutional. PTI vice issues as many of them operations" in India. mitted to maintain a service are unwilling to continue pro- According to one of the network across key locations CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE viding only after sales service dealers of the company, who in India with staff trained to after GM exits from the Indian runs a couple of showrooms in take care of all the needs of market. Central India, GM offered just Chevrolets on the road for Confirming plans by deal- Rs 70 lakh as compensation for maintenance and repair", the ers of GM India to drag the a total investment of Rs 6 crore spokesperson said. company to court, Federation for setting up a showroom. GM is estimated to have a of Automobile Dealers Asso- "The compensation offered total of 4.5 lakh to 5 lakh vehi- ciation (FADA) President is measly. It is just around 12 cle parc in India. John Paul Kuttukaran told PTI per cent of the investments we Another senior FADA offi- that around 50 of them have made. Imagine the hit to those cial, who is directly involved approached the apex body of of us who made investments in the matter alleged that GM automobile dealers seeking to the tune of Rs 11-12 crore engaged in talks with dealers in support. in setting sales and service "a secretive one-on-one basis "We are also examining the outlets," an owner of a dealer- and not as a group" to break possibility of filing a suit in the ship said on the condition of their unity. US. GM is a very big company anonymity. There will be a clarity on and so we have to first examine When contacted, General by early next week after the if is feasible to take up such a Motors India spokesperson 15-day negotiation process had step, if it is possible we will do said the company is meeting ended on Wednesday, the offi- it," Kuttukaran said. with dealers individually and cial added. He said the FADA is already working through a plan that FADA will seek advice from Durgapur Steel Plant organised a felicitation ceremony on Thursday discussing the matter with addresses their concerns. law firms whether to file case On the occasion of International Yoga Day, Airports Authority of India organised ‘Yoga Week’ from June 1 for the winning employees of the ‘Works Skills Competition’, lawyers. "GM India is working in India or to also simultane- to June 7 at its Corporate Headquarters Library, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi. ‘Innovation Competition’ and ‘Best Out of Waste Contest’ for the Kuttukaran also accused directly with our dealers to ously file a law suit in the US On this occasion, special invitee Dr Poonam Singh gave detailed information on the significance of year 2016-17. A K Rath, CEO, DSP along with other senior officials General Motors of indulging transition to authorised ser- where the company is based, Yoga to Airports Authority of India officers and employees through yoga and a cross section of employees were present in the programme "in loose talk" and mislead- vice outlets and to recognise he added. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017 MESSI AGREES TO NEW DEAL MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING EXTEND RONALDO DOESN’T RULE OUT WITH BARCELONA: REPORTS RANA GHARAMI CONTRACT MOVE TO NEW CLUB NEXT SEASON MADRID: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has reportedly KOLKATA: Mohammedan Sporting Club signed captain MADRID: Following a Portuguese media story claiming that agreed to a new contract which will see his earnings increase to and defensive mainstay Rana Gharami on a new deal Real Madrid football star Cristiano Ronaldo could be the subject 30 million euros a year after tax, with a buyout clause which will that keeps him with the club till the end of the Calcutta of an approximately $202.43 million bid this summer, the rise from 250 million euros to 400 million euros. It was reported Football League 2017-18. “I am very happy to sign for forward said “nothing is impossible” further fanning rumours. in the early Wednesday that he has agreed to a 3-year deal Mohammedan SC once again. I have enjoyed every min- “Nothing is impossible,” Ronaldo was quoted as saying before which will see him stay here until the summer of 2021. ute of the two seasons that I have spent here,” he said. flying to Lithuania for Portugal’s 2018 World Cup qualifier. U-17 World Dhawan’s ton takes India to Bopanna wins Cup: AIFF maiden Grand Slam asked to start summit 321 against Sri Lanka long-term plan KOLKATA: The Asian Foot- LONDON: Shikhar Dhawan attack that could have troubled title at French Open ball Confederation (AFC) has continued his love affair with the the openers. asked the All India Football ICC Champions Trophy with yet But the successful pair just Federation (AIFF) to start plan- another elegant hundred, guid- upped the ante in the second ning for a long-term solution ing India to an imposing 321 for part of the first Powerplay. on how the two leagues can be 6 against Sri Lanka in a Group B In the next five overs, India merged in future during the match here on Thursday. scored 31 runs. Their under- U-17 World Cup in October Dhawan smashed his way standing was there to be seen. this year. to 125 off 128 balls, his 10th When Rohit was playing him- AFC, Asia’s parent body career ODI hundred, and added self in, Dhawan attacked the for the sport, has also put their 138 for the opening stand with bowlers but once the Mum- weight behind legacy clubs say- Rohit Sharma, who cruised his baikar got a hang of the track, ing the contribution of outfits way to a languid 78 off 79 balls. the southpaw quietly slipped like East Bengal and Mohun The final flourish was pro- playing the role of a second Bagan to Indian football over vided by none other than fiddle. Dhawan took the charge the years is the reason corpo- Mahendra Singh Dhoni with in the sixth over hitting Lak- rates have shown interest in a quickfire 63 off 52 balls. This mal through covers and then a the game. was Dhawan’s third hundred mistimed pull got him another At the all stakeholders’ in Champions Trophy, having boundary. In Lakmal s next meeting in Kuala Lumpur, AFC scored a couple during last edi- over, Rohit played the first of headquarters on Wednesday, Gabriela Dabrowski and Rohan Bopanna hold the trophy as they tion. His entertaining innings his effortless pull-shot to get a AFC General Secretary Dato comprised 15 fours and a six. one bounce four. By the 10th celebrate winning their mixed doubles final match PIC/AP/PTI Windsor John had said in his He got an able ally in Dhoni, over, the Lankan bowling started PARIS: Rohan Bopanna lifted celebrated her 22nd birthday opening speech that legacy who got an ideal platform com- losing its grip and by the 20th his maiden Grand Slam title by last Sunday, then made it 3-1 clubs cannot be ignored and ing in to bat in the 34th over. The over, it lay in complete tatters winning the French Open mixed with an easy hold. a longer league would benefit Shikhar Dhawan celebrates scoring 100 during the match between India and Sri Lanka fourth wicket stand produced PIC/AP/PTI with Mathews lacking a Plan doubles trophy with Canadian Bopanna, feeling the pres- all keeping in the interests of 82 runs in 10.4 overs. overs), Suranga Lakmal (1/72 in shifted gears. He started on of the match bowled by Malinga B to stop the duo from scoring partner Gabriela Dabrowski, sure, hit a forehand long to be everyone in mind. The former captain used all 10 overs) and Nuwan Pradeep an attacking note only to drop to wide off point . Dhawan in the freely. The 100 came up in the becoming only the fourth be down by two breakpoints in John advised the AIFF to his experience, hitting seven (1/73 in 10 overs) most of the anchor when Rohit upped the very next over played an imperi- 20th over their second century Indian ever to clinch a major, the fifth game but managed to plan for the long-term while fours and two sixes on way to times bowled short of length ante before another round of ous cut shot off Lakmal. He fol- stand in successive overs. here on Thursday. Bopanna and save both with the Canadian the junior World Cup would reaching his 62nd ODI half- only to be pulled time and again attractive strokeplay after the lowed it up with a cover drive off Brief Scores: Dabrowski, seeded seventh, won showing good skills at the net. be on from October 6-28, while century. Kedar Jadhav s (25 of by the Indian batsmen. loss of Virat Kohli (0) and Yuvraj Malinga s bowling but it was a India vs Sri Lanka: the title following a stunning Farah though remained a short-term measure for the 13 balls) cameo was icing on the Worse, they were again Singh (7) in quick succession. cautious start during those first IND: 321/6 (Shikhar Dhawan turnaround in the final. solid in his service game, never upcoming season starting cake. Angelo Mathews wanted behind the stipulated over-rate. For Rohit, the 91 on come- five overs that yielded 17 runs. 125, Rohit Sharma 78, MS Playing only his second allowing the seventh seeds to November could be chalked his bowlers to make first use The best part about Dha- back against Pakistan had While the runs did not come Dhoni 63). Grand Slam final, Bopanna and put pressure on him. up by Indian football federa- of the wicket but the pace trio wan s innings was the sheer given him enough confidence at a quick clip but there was SL: Lasith Malinga (2/70). Dabrowski saved two match Serving at 2-4, Dabrowski tion by the next month. of Lasith Malinga (2/70 in 10 effortlessness with which he to caress the very first delivery no incisive quality in Lankan Incomplete. AGENCIES points to eke out a memorable felt the heat and was broken at “We will try to start to draw 2-6 6-2 12-10 win over Germa- love when she hit a backhand up a long-term plan from Octo- ny’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld and long. It allowed Groenefeld to ber as asked by AFC. For the Shoaib Akhtar is the toughest Efforts on to retain Kumble as CAC meets Colombia’s Robert Farah. serve out the set and she did it upcoming season which will Bopanna and Dabrowski with remarkable ease. Bopanna start after the U-17 World Cup bowler I have faced: Dhoni LONDON: The Cricket Advi- Johri expected to co-ordinate BCCI would cut a sorry fig- were down by two points but began the second set with a dou- this year, they (AFC) have asked sory Committee (CAC) com- the meeting. It is learnt that ure if they are forced to replace Farah and Groenefeld muf- ble fault but managed to hold his us to manage something in LONDON: Former India captain Mahendra Singh prising Sachin Tendulkar, CAC members will decide Kumble. fled the chances. Bopanna and serve even as he argued with the the best interests of all,” a top Dhoni has picked Pakistani speedster Shoaib Sourav Ganguly and VVS Lax- whether there is any need to “On the other hand, cricket the Canadian then had two chair umpire on a line call. The AIFF official said from Mumbai man is set to have an internal conduct interviews or straight- teams are essentially run by match points and they sealed desperation was palpable and where the executive committee Akhtar as the toughest bowler he has faced meeting with all three wanting away renew Kumble s contract. captains. One needs to respect the championship when the it had a debilitating effect on is slated to meet on Thursday. in his illustrious international career. “All the Anil Kumble to continue as the “Whether it is Anil Kumble a captain s viewpoint also. German double-faulted while the seventh seeds as Dabrowski “Dato Windsor John in fast bowlers are quite difficult, with the limited chief coach of the Indian team. retained or anyone else roped It s a Catch-22 situation for serving at 10-11. This was only yet again failed to hold serve his opening speech also said technique I had, it was very difficult to face the It is learnt that trio of Gan- in, whoever gets the job will be CAC members,” a BCCI official the second time in his career early in the second set. How- that the legacy clubs have to be guly, Laxman and Tendulkar, given a contract till 2019 World present here told PTI. that Bopanna had reached the ever, Bopanna and his Cana- taken on board and that it is fast bowlers. Still, if I had to pick one, I would pick who had roped in Kumble in Cup,” acting BCCI president The magnitude of problem summit clash of a Grand Slam. dian partner got a fresh lease of because of their contribution Shoaib Akhtar,” said Dhoni. Dhoni has come to place of Ravi Shastri, are not CK Khanna told PTI. according to BCCI insiders has In 2010, he had made the life when Groenefeld dropped all along that corporates have this conclusion despite playing against Akhtar too keen on replacing the leg- The news of skipper Virat been blown out of proportion. final of US Open with Pakistani serve at love in the next game. shown interest in the game and just 10 times in international cricket: five Tests endary leg-spinner. Kohli s alleged difference “Virat has never come parter Aisam-ul-haq-Qureshi It only got better for them have been willing to invest,” the and as many One-day Internationals. Asked why Save one office-bearer, who with Kumble has been mak- and told any BCCI official and lost to the legendary Bryan when Farah was also broken in official further added. is believed to be close to former ing rounds for some time now. that he doesn t want to work brothers -- Bob and Mike. the sixth game, putting Bopanna Age-old Kolkata clubs East he picked Akhtar over the likes of Brett Lee, Dale BCCI president N Srinivasan The BCCI invited applications with Kumble. And more- Only Leander Paes, Mahesh and the Canadian ahead 4-2. Bengal and Mohun Bagan have Steyn, Stuart Broad, Morne Morkel and James and is a staunch Kumble critic, for coach s post and even a sec- over if Kumble and Virat don Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have Dabrowski held her serve been at loggerheads with Foot- Anderson, Dhoni said: “Very simple reason: he the others are against setting a tion of officials, who are anti- t get along, what is the guar- won Grand Slam trophies for for the first time in the match. ball Sports Development Ltd was quick, he was fast, he could bowl a yorker, precedent where virtually the Kumble convinced Virender antee that Viru (Sehwag) and India. Dabrowski blinked first The German hit a fore- (FSDL), organisers of ISL, over he could bowl a bouncer but you never expected a Indian captain decides on who Sehwag to apply for the post. Virat will be on the same page. as she lost serve on the deciding hand on to the net on Bopan- franchise fee, money from cen- will be the coach of the side. “On one hand, team has Everyone in Indian cricketing point with Farah easily smash- na’s return to be down by a set tral pool and playing games out beamer. “He was a bit unpredictable (but) he was The scheduled meeting of had great performances under circuit knows that Sehwag is ing past Bopanna on an over- point. She saved that but lost of Kolkata where ISL franchise fun to play against.” AGENCIES CAC will take place post mid- Kumble. If the team reaches also a no- nonsense person, the head volley, set up after a rally. the deciding point and it was Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) are night (IST) with CEO Rahul semi-final or say final, the source said. AGENCIES Anna-Lena Groenefeld, who one set apiece. AGENCIES already based. AGENCIES

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA EB, BAGAN TO MEET AIFF CHIEF KOLKATA: In a fresh bid to resolve the Indian Super PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT League logjam, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal of- INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) ficials will meet the All India Football Federation NATIONAL COMPTITIVE BIDDING president Praful Patel in New Delhi on Saturday. The e-Tender No.10 for 2017-18 meeting has been facilitated by the Bengal governing body IFA secretary Utpal Ganguli. “Before taking a Bids for the work detailed in the table given below are invited online (e-tender) on Public Work Department decision (on running both I-League and ISL simulta- Government of Maharashtra through website https://mahatenders.gov.in by the Executive Engineer, Public Work neously) I requested the AIFF president to meet us,” Division Sawantwadi on the item rate basis (B-2) form for the following works by the Executive Engineer, Public Works Division Sawantwadi from all the Contractors who fulfills all the criteriya required to carryout the following Ganguli said. “He has given us time on Saturday and works. Executive Engineer Public Work Division Sawantwadi reserves right to accept or reject any tender without there will be both the clubs and myself. We hope assigning any reason. The Conditional tender will not be acceptable. to put forward our case,” he added. It has been learnt from the AIFF executive committee meeting on Sr. No Name of workA Estimated Cost Earnest Money Time limitin Tender Type of Tender & Thursday that Patel want to run both the leagues for (Rupees) (Rupees) Cost of Tender the 2017-18 season as a solution to the prevailing 1 2 3 4 5 6 deadlock in Mohun Bagan and East Bengal’s induction into ISL and giving it the official top-tier status. AGENCIES 1 Repairs to Major Bridge on Bordi Nhava 3,43,07590/ - 1,72,000/- 12(Twelve) Calen- B-2(Rs.10000/-) Sheva Vijaydurg Achara, Malvan Ven- dar Months (including gurla Shiroda Satarda road (MSH-4) in monsoon) K.M. 786/190 at Kolamb Tal Malvan Dist. NZ, B’desh face off Sindhudurg. e-Tender time table Govt. of Haryana 0/0 Principal Resident Commissioner in must-win game 1 Download Period of online Tender and Bid Dt. 07/06/2017 at 10.30 Hrs to Haryana Bhawan, Copernicus Marg, Preparation New Delhi-110001 CARDIFF: New Zealand and Dt. 01/07/2017 at 14.00 Hrs. Notice Inviting Tender Bangladesh enter their final No. PRC-2017/A-1/457 Dated: 6.06.2017 group match of the ICC Cham- 2 Date and time of Pre-bid meeting Dt. 23/06/2017 at.14.00 Hrs. in the office of the Chief Engineer Mumbai P.W.Region, pions Trophy here on Friday Mumbai Sealed Tenders are invited from experienced contrac- with the knowledge that even tors/registered transporters for hiring of cars with drivers on a win may not be enough to 3 Place, Date and timing of opening Technical Dt.03/07/2017 at 15.05 Hrs. office of the the Superintending Engineer P.W.Circle Rat- daily basis to Haryana Bhawan, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi- bid and Financial bid. nagiri (If possible) see either of them into the 110001 and Haryana State Guest House, Chanakya Puri, New Delhi- I 10021. semifinals. New Zealand are, Note:- Tender documents for this bid can be obtained in person or quite surprisingly, at the bot- 1. All eligible/interested contractors who want to participate in tendering process should compulsory get enrolled on request to the Superintendent, Haryana Bhawan on payment tom of Group A with Bangla- desh in the third position. Both on e-tendering portal “https://mahatenders.gov.in” the appropriate category applicable to them. of 2500/-(Two thousand five hundred only) by Demand Draft Kane Williamson and James 2. For any assistance on the use of Electronic Tendering System, the Users may call the below Toll- Free-Ph. (non refundable) in favour of Superintendent 0/o Principal Resi- teams have a point apiece in the biennial ODI tournament Neesham walk off the field after No.180030702232- Mob. No: 8879002344-Vinayak , Agre dent Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi from any one a satisfying series win against of the Nationalized Banks, on all working days between 9:30 after they were each compre- E-Mail:[email protected], [email protected] Bangladesh last year 3. It is compulsory for all participates to submit all documents online. Hrs. to 17:00 Hrs. From 12.06.2017 to 27.06.2017. hensively defeated by England, 4. Other term and conditioned displayed in online e-tender forms. Right to reject any or all online bid of work The Tender Schedule can also be had by post. on payment while their respective matches aside, both New Zealand and without assigning any reasons thereof is reserved. of the prescribed fee alongwith postage charges of Rs. 500 on with Australia ended in rain- Bangladesh would hope for an request. at the risk and responsibility of the party. induced no results. Hosts Eng- England victory against Aus- 5. Above Tender Notice is displayed on P.W.D website www.mahapwd.com. i) Last date for sale of tender document 27.06.2017. land have signalled their title tralia, assuming rain does Office of the Executive Engineer ii) last date and time for receipt of sealed tender 29.06.2017 at 3 P.M. intentions by cruising into the not disturb their calculations iii) Date and time for opening of technical bid 29.06.2017 at 3 PM. Public Work Division last-four stage following two again. While the Kiwis were a Sawantwadi iv) Date and time Ihr opening of financial bid 05.07.2017. The tenders is to submit the technical bid and financial bid convincing outings. If Austra- tad unfortunate against Aus- Fax No.02363-272214 Telephone No.02363-272214 in the different envelops. lia beat England in their last tralia given that they were in email [email protected] For any further enquiries call at: 011-23384354. 23385980, group match at Edgbatson, a stronger position when the For Executive Engineer 23386131-433 both the two teams will be in match was called off, Bangla- O.C. Approved of Executive Engineer Public Works Division, Principal Resident Commissioner the semifinals as they enjoy desh were lucky to run away PRDH-Advt. No:-1286/11/3/1718/50927 better net run-rate. with a point against the Aus- D.G.I.P.R./2017/2018/905 Sawantwadi The desperation for a win sies. AGENCIES Entertainment 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Friday, 9 June, 2017 mp Rajkummar wants to talk Nana Patekar plays the ABOUT CINEMA antagonist in ‘Kaala’ with Kamal Haasan ‘He is a legend and he has always been my inspiration,’ says the Behen Hogi Teri star MUMBAI: After hav- both the films are releasing on ing worked with his daugh- the same date its a decision ter Shruti, actor Rajkummar taken by producers. I hope Rao now wants to meet her both the films do well,” the father, southern superstar Citylights actor says. Kamal Haasan, and talk about Rajkummar, 32, appears cinema. unrecognisable in Raabta and “He (Kamal Haasan) is a he says he too was shocked and legend, he has always been an impressed at the same time inspiration. I admire his per- when he saw himself in the formances in several films but avatar of a 324-year-old man. I loved him a lot in Appu Raja. She is very committed to her “It required lot of patience In the upcoming I am big fan of Kamal Haasan work. We had great time work- to be able to sit for six to gangster drama, sir and I have told Shruti that ing on the film and that chem- seven hours every day. When I want to meet him and talk istry will be visible to everyone I looked in the mirror I felt it Nana Patekar will be about cinema. She has told me on screen (through our film was totally worth it. The kind playing a conniving, she will arrange it,” Rajkum- Behen Hogi Teri) .” of response I am getting for mar said. Interestingly Rajkummar’s the look is overwhelming. It is ruthless politician, The Shahid actor, who has Behen Hogi Teri and Raabta very rare that you get to play taking Rajnikanth teamed up with Shruti for the are releasing on the same day a character like this that is so first time in Behen Hogi Teri, – June 9. unique.” head on. says it was a delight working The actor says even though Rajkummar further says he with her. both the films are love stories, is open to experimenting with CHENNAI: Actor Nana Patekar “She is a wonderful girl. they are different from each his looks – be it shaving off will be seen playing the main antag- She looks like a diva on screen. other. “It is unfortunate that his hair or playing a woman.PTI onist in superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming Tamil gangster drama Kaala, a source said. “Nana ji plays a conniving, ruth- Himesh, wife Komal divorced less politician and he takes Rajini- kanth head on. It’s a very powerful MUMBAI: Singer-actor Himesh family,” he added. role and audiences are going to love Reshammiya and his wife Komal Ever since Himesh and Komal the face-off between him and Rajini have ended their marriage of 22 had filed for divorce, it was specu- sir,” a source from the film’s unit years and are now officially divorced. lated that the break-up was caused said. The duo had filed for divorce by his proximity to television actress Rajinikanth’s goes against Nana’s last year and were officially granted Sonia Kapoor. political party, fighting for equal divorce by the Bandra Family Court, Komal, however, said, due to rights for Tamils in Mumbai. last evening. compatibility issues they have parted Having completed his portion “Sometimes in life mutual ways and not due to Sonia. in the current schedule in Mumbai, respect becomes most important “There are compatibility issues Rajinikanth will join the sets in the and giving due respect to our rela- in our marriage but we respect next schedule here. tionship, me and Komal have ami- each other immensely. Nobody else Being directed by Pa. Ranjith, cably decided to part ways legally as should be dragged into this matter the film also stars Huma Qureshi, husband and wife,” Himesh, 43, said and nobody else is responsible for Anjali Patil, Samuthirakani and in a statement on Wednesday. this and the reason for our mar- Pankaj Tripathi. “There is no problem whatsoever riage not working is only and only The project marks the second with this decision amongst us. And compatibility.” time collaboration of Ranjith and every member of the family have “Sonia is not responsible for this Rajinikanth after last year’s Kabali. respected our decision. Komal is and at all and our son Swaym and our Dhanush is bankrolling the film, will always remain a part of our fam- family loves Sonia just like a family and he is rumoured to be playing a ily and I will always be a part of her member.” PTI cameo in the film. IANS ‘Exciting to Ticket sales for travel overseas Ed Sheeran’s India with music’ gig to start in July

MUMBAI: The first phase of ticket sales March 3, will take place at the JioGarden at for Grammy Award winning British singer BKC in Mumbai on November 19. Ed Sheeran’s India gig will go live in July International concert promoters AEG with base price tickets starting at Rs 4,750. Presents and PR Worldwide have collabo- The singer has poked fun at himself and rated with online entertainment ticketing Considering himself to be lucky to have called himself an “unfortunate looking kid”. platform BookMyShow for the gig. He said so during “Carpool Karaoke” Registration for concert tickets will achieved opportunities to travel with music, with comedian-actor James Corden for his commence from July 4, and tickets will TV show ‘The Late Late Show with James go on sale to registered customers from Evan talks about his songs, people he is grate- Corden’. July 12. “As a person I can have conversation Kunal Khambhati, Head - Live Events ful to and his stage name – MAALA and be personable, but musically if you and IP, BookMyShow said, “We look for- stand me there with a microphone (with- ward to welcoming Ed Sheeran and are LAHARI BASU aren't very musical themselves, I had out a guitar) I feel a bit naked but I’ve been committed to ensure that the event is a an incredible amount of support from glued to this guitar since I was like 11. phenomenal success.” 22-year-old singer-songwriter – Evan them. I have some good friends around “It was just a way if it ever feels awk- Besides Mumbai, Sheeran will also per- Sinton popularly known as MAALA – me and I make them listen to my songs ward I just take out my guitar. I was quite form in Taipei, Osaka, Seoul, Tokyo and shares his journey from being a teen- to get some honest feedback. an unfortunate looking kid and I feel like Bangkok. ager making it to the top three in ‘New God looked down on me and thought you This will not be Sheeran’s maiden India Zealand's got Talent’, to being one of How did the idea of performing in need help getting laid mate,” he added. visit as he earlier performed in Mum- the most sought after singers in the India come by? The concert, which is part of the Asian bai in March 2015. Sheeran is currently country. On his maiden journey to There was an invitation to come leg of his world tour to support his third receiving rave reviews for his new single India, he is performing in Bengaluru, over and play, the idea was introduced studio album “÷ (Divide)”, released on ‘Shape of you’. IANS Mumbai and New Delhi on June 7, 8 through an email. There I was, in my and 9 respectively. The award winning room writing songs, and then I got a call singer is best known for his romantic from my manager asking me whether songs 'Touch' and 'Kind of Love.' I wanted to come to India, and I was Excerpts from an interview over like 'of course I do!' India had been on ‘FANTASTIC BEASTS 2’ to have Albus the phone with Evan: my travel list for a while and I'm really looking forward to my visit but I'm also How did your journey begin? terribly nervous. It is so exciting to go Well, I practiced piano as a kid and overseas with music. Dumbledore, Grindelwald’s teen version started songwriting during high school. Then I happened to participate in the Are you grateful to anyone who helped LONDON: The sequel of Fantastic London and Paris. Rowling will again reality show ‘New Zealand's Got Tal- you in your career growth? Beasts and Where To Find Them will write the script and the movie is set ent’ during my final year in high school There is a guy who I worked closely feature a much younger version of to be released in 2018. The first Fan- and came third, that kind of opened with at Sony, who's been a mentor of some key film characters like Albus tastic Beasts and Where to Find Them the door for me into the industry and a sort to me. The people in my team Dumbledore, Newt Scamander and followed the adventure of Newt in brought me closer to like-minded peo- as well have been working with me Gellert Grindelwald. 1920s America. IANS ple. After that, I started working on the for about five years, and it is a lovely The production hose Warner Bros Maala project. feeling to know that it's not just me... is currently looking for young actors between 16 and 18 to portray both there are these people who are com- to portray the teenage version of Albus Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumb- How did the name MAALA come to mitted to making it happen and taking Dumbledore, Newt Scamander, Gel- ledore as teenagers. So, if you know your mind? my music out there. lert Grindelwald, Leta Lestrange and a any young acting hopefuls who know It was a very quick decision. I did new character in Fantastic Beasts and their Elder Wand-lore, or have a pen- not think of it for long, I just wrote Which is the song that you connect Where to Find Them 2, reports ace- chant for Sherbert Lemons, now is the down the alphabets and thought that to the most? showbiz.com. time to let them know,” the announce- it looked cool on paper! It was com- It changes constantly... I'm really The studio is also looking for a ment read. pletely random. (laughs) happy with the ones which haven't young actor to play a new character The adult versions of Newt, Grin- released. At the moment I like 'for- named Sebastian. delwald and Leta are portrayed by Who has been your inspiration? get about you' from my recent songs. “An open casting call has gone out Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp Musically speaking, the kind of I write about the things I see around for three actors between the ages of and Zoe Kravitz respectively in the music that I grew up listening to and me, it is hard to pinpoint the things 13 and 16 to play young versions of franchise. which motivated me the most, have which exactly inspire me. Newt, Leta, and another character Dumbledore will be portrayed by been songs of Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, The last song I wrote is about a called Sebastian,” read an announce- Jude Law. and Robert Plant. girl I had a crush on, haven't told her ment, shared by author J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find These were the voices that I was yet! I might just show her the song. Pottermore. Them 2 is currently in pre-production, really into. Even though my parents (chuckles) “They are also looking for actors with its story reportedly being set in 16 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Friday, 9 June, 2017