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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 147 | Thursday, 1 June 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9621.25 (-3.30) qSENSEX 31,145.80 (-13.60) qDOW JONES 20,948.86 (-80.61) qNASDAQ 6,169.84 (-33.35) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.51 (+0.15) qRUPEE/EURO 72.46 (-0.35) qGOLD/10GM 29,100 (-250.00) qSILVER/K 40,000 (-450.00) ADMINISTRATIVE BABRI CASE: INDIA, AUSTRALIA ‘THERE WERE REVIEW MEETING COURT ASKS CBI FAVOURITES LIMITED CHOICES AT TARAKESWAR WITNESS TO APPEAR DESPITE OFF-FIELD WHEN I STARTED TODAY PG3 TODAY PG5 WORRIES PG14 OUT’ PG16 Quick News44 CHIEF MINISTER UNHAPPY OVER HIGH FEES Massive Kabul India’s per capita income truck bomb kills 80, rises 9.7 pc to `1.03 lakh Don’t indulge in malpractices, wounds hundreds NEW DELHI: India’s per capita income grew by 9.7 per cent to Rs 1,03,219 in 2016-17 from HIGHLIGHTS Rs 94,130 a year ago. »»A suicide bomber In 2015-16, the rate of growth of the coun- Mamata warns pvt schools had detonated an try’s per capita net income stood at 7.4 per cent. explosives-packed “The per capita income at current prices dur- vehicle in Zanbaq OUR CORRESPONDENT Square around ing 2016-17 is estimated to have attained a level She asked a senior official of La 8:30 am of Rs 1,03,219 as compared to the estimates for Martiniere School Kolkata whether the year 2015-16 of Rs 94,130 showing a rise of KOLKATA: In a much-awaited they were taking donations from »»All Indians safe 9.7 per cent,” an official release said. step, Chief Minister Mamata Baner- students. The official answered in »»The occurred in Kabul’s diplomatic The data forms part of the ‘Provisional Esti- jee on Wednesday pulled up offi- the negative. However, Banerjee enclave mates of Annual National Income 2016-17 and cials of several private schools in the said that she had received informa- Quarterly Estimates of Gross Domestic Product city at a meeting held at the Town tion that the school takes Rs 2.47 2016-17’ released by the Ministry of Statistics Hall over arbitrary fee hike. lakh as admission fee from a can- KABUL: At least 80 people struggling to beat back the and Programme Implementation on Wednes- At Wednesday’s meeting, the didate. Responding to the query were killed and hundreds insurgents. Over a third of day. Per capita income is a crude indicator of Chief Minister made it clear that of the Chief Minister, the official wounded on Wednesday the country is outside gov- the prosperity of a country. in Bengal, education is of utmost said that the tuition fee had seen a when a massive truck bomb ernment control. In real terms (at 2011-12 prices), per capita importance. Banerjee expressed hike of 11.9 percent which the CM ripped through Kabul’s dip- Hours after the explo- income in 2016-17 rose 5.7 per cent to Rs 82,269, her happiness over several students termed “pretty high”. He also told lomatic quarter, bringing sion ambulances were still at against Rs 77,803 a year ago. MPOST making the state proud by scor- the Chief Minister that in 2016- carnage to the streets of the the scene as rescue workers ing high marks in several Board 17, the tuition fee was Rs 5,883 per Afghan capital and shatter- were digging bodies from Petrol price hiked by `1.23/ examinations. month while in 2017-18, the figure ing windows hundreds of the rubble. However, she also voiced her has increased to Rs 6,583. metres away. “Unfortunately the displeasure over the ever-increas- Likewise, the Chief Minister Bodies littered the scene toll has reached 80 mar- Chief minister Mamata Banerjee interacting with the representatives of private litre, diesel by 89 paise ing fee structure of private schools also requested various other promi- and a towering plume of tyred (killed) and over 300 along with the malpractice of ask- educational institutions at Basement hall of Kolkata Town Hall PIC/ AMIT DATTA nent private schools like The Heri- smoke rose from the area, wounded, including many NEW DELHI: Petrol price was on Wednesday ing for huge amount of money tage School, Delhi Public School which houses foreign women and children,” said hiked by Rs 1.23 per litre and diesel by 89 paise as donations during admissions. The private schools must consider on humanitarian group, South Point School, St Xavi- embassies after the blast in health ministry spokesman a litre in sync with rising international fuel rates. Thus, Banerjee instructed the for- grounds how parents can meet the challenge of an er’s Collegiate School, Shri Shik- the morning rush hour blew Waheed Majroh, adding the The increase in price, effective midnight, mation of a self-regulatory commit- arbitrary increase in the tuition fees every year shayatan School and others to look out the windows of several figures would continue to comes on the back of a Rs 2.16 per litre cut in pet- tee with representation from some into their fee structures. missions and residences. climb as more bodies are rol and Rs 2.10 a litre reduction in diesel prices top private schools of the city along In the meeting, Banerjee made Witnesses described pulled from the debris. effected from May 16. Petrol price in Delhi will with the School Education Depart- money from candidates as a dona- challenge of an arbitrary increase in it clear that Bengali must be taught dozens of cars choking the The interior minis- cost Rs 66.91 per litre from tomorrow as against ment Secretary, Director General tion which she termed “unethical”. the tuition fees every year. People among the three languages up to roads as wounded survi- try, which put the number Rs 65.32 a litre currently. Similarly, a litre of die- of Police and the Commissioner of Banerjee was also quick to add are complaining that it becomes dif- the level of Class X in all schools. It vors and panicked school- of wounded at 320, said a sel will be priced at Rs 5.94, as compared to Rs Police to monitor various aspects that by talking about donation rack- ficult for them to pay the increasing does not matter if a school teaches girls sought safety. Men suicide bomber had deto- 54.90 at present. Announcing the price hike, related to the schools including fee ets, she was not trying to target tuition fees,” Banerjee maintained. Bengali as the third language but it and women struggled to nated an explosives-packed Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s largest fuel hike and donation issues. the private school authorities. She She also urged the private must be there in the curricula. get through security check- vehicle in Zanbaq Square retailer, said the rates have been hiked excluding During her meeting with the explained that some touts might be school authorities to revise the fee To this, an official of a private points to search for loved around 8:30 am. “More local state levies or VAT and actual increase will senior officials of various private operating a racket and demanding structure as it often becomes dif- school pointed out a technical prob- ones. than 50 vehicles were either be higher depending on the tax rate. MPOST schools at the Town Hall, the Chief huge amounts from people for get- ficult for the people to cough up lem in making Bengali compulsory It was not immedi- destroyed or damaged,” it Minister sent out a clear message ting their children admitted to top the ever-increasing tuition fees. when it comes to Board examina- ately clear what the target said in a statement. that the state government would private schools in the city. She said that on several occasions, tions. Offering a solution to this, was. But the attack under- The ministry called on Govt service still not allow any malpractice in the “There must be transparency money under various heads is col- Banerjee said: “Do not include Ben- scores spiralling insecu- Kabul residents to donate functioning of private schools. in the process. The private schools lected from students in the name of gali in the Board examination. But rity in Afghanistan, where blood, saying hospitals were most rewarding She pointed out that some private must consider on humanitarian computer classes, summer camps make it compulsory in the school a military beset by soaring in “dire need”. schools are taking a huge amount of grounds how parents can meet the and others. examination.” casualties and desertions is See also PG10 PRANAB MUKHERJEE RAJASTHAN HC FOR COW TO BE In today’s DECLARED NATIONAL ANIMAL paper Centre’s notification does not ... CITY ban cattle slaughter: Kerala HC STATE ACHIEVES HIGHEST GST ENROLMENT 3 MPOST BUREAU NATION KERALA/ JAIPUR: Disposing of a NO CHANCE OF MODI-SHARIF MEET 7 PIL filed against the Centre’s move EDIT to ban the sale and purchase of ani- mals for slaughter at cattle markets, BARKATI AND THEMIS 8 the Kerala High Court on Wednes- day observed that the new regulation INTERNATIONAL doesn’t impose a complete ban on cat- tle slaughter. A division bench of the TRUMP TO PULL US OUT OF PARIS DEAL 11 high court, hearing a PIL filed by the BUSINESS Youth Congress secretary, said there Wednesday recommended the Cen- was no breach of citizen’s rights. tre to declare cow as the national ani- LINK AADHAAR WITH PAN USING SMS 12 “The PIL does not stand since the mal of India. Centre’s regulation only bans the sale of The court further suggested that SPORT cattle for slaughter in animal markets. anyone guilty of cow slaughter should SAI PRANEETH, SOURABH WIN 14 It has not banned cattle slaughter at all. be sentenced to life, a steep escala- Can’t the sale and slaughtering be done tion from the present three years’ at home or other places? There is no imprisonment. breach of citizens’ rights here. Seems Judge Mahesh Chandra Sharma FOR ADVERTISING like people are raising objections with- made the recommendations while kindly contact at 9810195709 out even reading the regulation,” the hearing the Hingonia Gaushala mat- or bench reportedly remarked. ter, a government-run cowshed in Jai- [email protected] The high court also reportedly pur where over a hundred cows had expressed surprise at the Madras perished over the span of a few weeks High Court’s stay order on the Cen- last year. The petition comes at a time FOR SUBSCRIPTION tre’s recent notification. “If people had when a number of states in the country kindly contact at 8800854665 read the notification properly, there are protesting the government’s deci- or would not have been protests”, the sion to impose a ban on the slaughter [email protected] court reportedly said. of cattle, primarily cows, for commer- The Rajasthan high court on cial purposes. See also PG6 IRS officer Nandini K R tops 2016 civil services exam MPOST BUREAU true. I always wanted to be an A total of 1,209 vacancies IAS officer,” she said. were notified by the govern- NEW DELHI: Nandini K R, This was her fourth attempt. ment, which were to be filled an officer of the Indian Rev- She had cracked the 2014 through the civil services enue Service, has topped the civil services exam and was examination 2016. prestigious civil services exam- allotted the Indian Revenue The civil services examina- ination, the result of which Service (Customs and Central tion is conducted by the UPSC was declared on Wednesday Excise). annually in three stages — pre- by the UPSC. Nandini belongs to the liminary, main and interview — She is at present undergoing Other Backward Class (OBC) to select candidates for the elite training at the National Acad- category. Indian Administrative Service emy of Customs, Excise and Holding a Bachelor of Engi- (IAS), the Indian Foreign Ser- Narcotics in Faridabad. neering (Civil) degree from vice (IFS) and the Indian Police Anmol Sher Singh Bedi is the M S Ramaiah Institute of Service (IPS), among others. the topper among male can- Technology, Bengaluru, her ment to various central gov- The civil services prelimi- didates securing overall sec- optional subject was Kannada ernment services, the Union nary examination, 2016 was ond rank. He is an engineering literature. Public Service Commission conducted on August 7, 2016. graduate in computer science A total of 1,099 candidates (UPSC) said. As many as 11,35,943 can- from BITS, Pilani. (846 men and 253 women), They include 44 physically didates had applied for this The top 25 candidates com- including 500 in General cat- handicapped candidates (22 examination, out of which prise 18 men and 7 women. egory, 347 belonging to Other orthopedically handicapped; 4,59,659 candidates actually - 1114(18)/2017 ICA Nandini, who hails from Backward Class, 163 from seven visually challenged and appeared. Karnataka, said being an IAS Scheduled Caste and 89 from 15 hearing impaired). A total of 15,452 candidates officer was always her dream. Scheduled Tribe, have been There are 220 other candi- qualified for the mains exami- “It is like a dream come recommended for appoint- dates on the waiting list. nation held in December 2016. 2 mp town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017

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Curated by Neelam T Researchers at Griffith University and starting in year eight and following them until l at e r.” PTI Malhotra, the affluent collection is as- Murdoch University tracked changes in late- year 11. Students were asked what time of the sembled from various cultures, including night mobile phone use, sleep and mental night they received or sent text messages and tribal, spread across the country; masks health indicators over three years in a large phone calls, and their perceptions of their such as Bhuta Mask, Chhau Mask from sample of Australian teens. sleep quality. Bengal, Wooden Mask from West Ben- They found that adolescents’ late-night The researchers also investigated gal, masks from Bastar Tribes, Odisha, mobile phone use was directly linked to poor adolescents’ symptoms of depressed Himachal Pradesh, Banaras, Karnataka sleep quality, which subsequently led to poorer mood, involvement in delin- and Maharashtra are featured. 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OUR CORRESPONDENT them that the problem would The state government be solved and instructed wanted to provide air- rain brings respite from heat KOLKATA: Following Chief senior officers of the Transport conditioned bus services for Minister Mamata Banerjee’s department to take the the districts, in which buses will instructions, the South Bengal necessary steps. start their journey from district OUR CORRESPONDENT State Transport Corporation “The bus will start from Suri headquarters to Kolkata. (SBSTC) started air- at 5.15 am and reach Bolpur at These 270 buses will solve that KOLKATA: A shower in the conditioned bus services from around 6 am. It will take four purpose, said a source. afternoon brought respite to Birbhum to Kolkata. hours to reach the state capital,” Thousands of people visit the people of Kolkata and The buses will start their said an officer of the district the capital from the districts, lowered the temperature by journey from SBSTC depot in administration. and vice-versa, round the five to six degrees. Suri and come to Kolkata. Another bus, which year. With several steps taken North Kolkata received The first route from Suri will ply through Dubrajpur by the Mamata Banerjee more rainfall than South and to Kolkata via Dubrajpur and and Elembazar, will start its government in the past six the southern suburbs. The Elembazar has already started journey from Suri at 7.00 am years, these locations have rain started around 2.30 pm on May 28. The second route, for Kolkata, the officer added. become immensely popular and continued for nearly half- which is from Suri to Kolkata The state government among people from different an-hour, bringing down the via Bolpur will soon commence decided that 270 buses operated states and even abroad. temperature. operations. by West Bengal Transport The footfall has increased As a result of the afternoon The local MLAs and Corporation (WBTC), South in all of these places and at shower, the evening became less panchayat members requested Bengal State Transport the same time Chief Minister sultry and more comfortable. the Chief Minister to start Corporation (SBSTC) and Mamata Banerjee has taken Wednesday being Jamaisasthi, air-conditioned bus service North Bengal State Transport different measures to ensure which is celebrated throughout from Birbhum to Kolkata Corporation (NBSTC) will overall development of the the state, the state government mentioning poor connectivity begin operations soon. The 270 Hills. Thus, besides tourists, had given a half holiday in of the district at the recently- buses include air-conditioned common people of the area will its offices. When son-in-laws concluded district review mini-buses, air-conditioned also be immensely benefitted are treated either to lunch or meeting. deluxe buses, 10 CNG buses with the decision to introduce dinners, a pleasant weather is The Chief Minister assured and four electric buses. the additional buses. always welcomed. The thunderstorms witnessed in Kolkata in the last Bengal IT dept 48 hours indicate that monsoon Bengal achieves is coming. The Regional The city was shrouded in a blanket of black clouds on Thursday building hopes in the hearts of citizens that a squall will save them from the to organise Meteorological Centre (RMC) Kolkata said monsoon is likely unbearable heat PIC/ANKIT DATTA first state-level highest GST to arrive in Kolkata at the end thundershowers for the last Tuesday. “The city recorded a significant drop in daytime Kolkata by June 10. Southwest of the first week or the second four days consecutively. As a only 2-3 mm rain or maybe temperature is likely over Monsoon has already advanced week of June. result, daytime temperatures less on Tuesday. Cyclone Mora Kolkata and the Northeastern into parts of Kerala and hackathon The weather in Kolkata was are now settling near normal was the reason for the rain. states of India, said Skymet Northeast India on May 30,” enrollment at 91% hot and uncomfortable in the but since these activities But the citizens do not have weather, a private forecaster. a meteorologist at Skymet DEBAMOY GHOSH past weeks as the maximum occur during the evening, the to panic about the aftereffects “Light to moderate rainfall weather further added. OUR CORRESPONDENT daytime temperature touched weather has remained warm of the cyclone as it has already and thundershowers will Meanwhile the umbrella KOLKATA: State Information 42 degrees Celsius. But and humid. However, we have hit the coast of Bangladesh,” continue over Gangetic West sellers in Kolkata are gearing Technology department will KOLKATA: Bengal has intermittent rain for the last to acknowledge that daytime the meteorologist added. Bengal including Kolkata until up for the monsoon season. organise “Bengalathon-2017”, achieved the highest couple of days gave the citizens weather is much better than However, due to the impact June 2. The intensity of these “Umbrellas of the summer which will be India’s first state- percentage of enrollment the much-awaited respite from earlier,” said a meteorologist. of this tropical storm, people rains will increase with time,” and monsoon are different. We level hackathon. Bengalathon at 91 percent in Goods and hot weather conditions. The rain in Kolkata for the expect good rainfall and the private forecaster added. hope that this monsoon will will be launched on Thursday Service Tax (GST) through “Kolkata has been last 48 hours was the result of thundershowers over Bengal, “These showers will also also be a profitable season for from the state Information the Central Board of Excise experiencing scattered a cyclone called ‘Mora’ which including Kolkata, for the mark the onset of monsoon us,” said a roadside umbrella Technology department office and Customs (CBEC) pre-monsoon rains and hit the coast of Bangladesh on next 36-48 hours. With this, which is anticipated to arrive in seller in Esplanade. at Camac Street. across the nation till date, According to the said Bijay Kumar, Principal Information Technology Commissioner, Service tax of and Electronics department, Kolkata Commissionerate on Uma Bharti promises help to CM to hold administrative the initiative was taken to Wednesday. and Mysore respectively, says encourage innovation and Kumar presented the data the data. entrepreneurship in the state. at the inaugural session of Meanwhile, on the Bengal for Ganga rejuvenation review meeting at It may be mentioned that the CII-organised two-day sidelines of the training a hackathon, which is also GST training programme programme, a senior official known as hackfest or codefest on Transition to GST from the Commercial Tax participation is indispensable Tarakeswar today is basically an event in which Implementation which Department of West Bengal for the task to be successful. computer programmers and was attended by about 100 said the state government is On the second day of others involved in software industry members more than trying to make “GST system the Abhiyan, the minister development professionals 50 percent of whom were as simpler as possible” for inspected ghat cleaning work including graphic designers, from large units. businesses in the state. It is in Kakdweep at Ganga Sagar. interface designers, project Kumar mentioned that also trying hard to keep the She also interacted with local managers and others participate. GST will be efficient and tax rate to the level which will government officials, local Information technology technology-driven. The GST suit tax-payers, the official dwellers and other stakeholders experts explained the word Council will sort out the said. during the inspection. Ganga hackathon as the combination challenges regarding the rates. “Currently, books are kept Chaupals were organised at of ‘hack’ and ‘marathon’. Here “Dual GST in India outside the purview of VAT. two locations on May 27 — the word ‘hack’ is not related will consist of Central GST The West Bengal government Ganga Sagar and Diamond to any cyber crime. It is used (CGST) and State GST wants to keep books tax-free Harbour. On both the occasions to refer to a kind of computer (SGST). In place of Central in GST regime, too, keeping the minister interacted with programming. Occasionally, Sales Tax (CST), there will be in mind the love for books local communities and there is a hardware component IGST which will be known as the people in this state have listened to their concerns. She associated with hackathons as Integrated Tax,” he said. is profound,” the official said. OUR CORRESPONDENT ladders, which aid fish in their assured people that adequate well. Some hackathons are Kumar added that 180 “Footwear is another migration upstream to spawn, arrangements for toilets will be organised simply for educational outreach programmes important product – a reason KOLKATA: Union minister would be installed in the made at Ganga Sagar. or social purposes, although have been organised by the why the state government is for Water Resources, River Farakka Barrage. Issues such Bharti addressed people in many cases, the target is to government through GST working on a proposal to keep Development and Ganga as silt management, tourism and officials at Konnagar create usable software. Mobile Van, GST Walkathon, footwear below Rs 500 free of Rejuvenation Uma Bharti said potential of the area that could in Hoogly during the OUR CORRESPONDENT Banerjee will be taking stock The Bengal IT department GST Morning Walk seminars GST,” the official said. that trash skimmers will be generate employment and Ganga Chaupal. Apart from of the ongoing projects in named this hackathon and many other such It may be mentioned that deployed soon in Bengal for ensuring adequate water flow informing the people about KOLKATA: Chief Minister Hooghly besides interacting Bengalathon-2017, in which, programmes. state Finance Minister Amit solid waste management. to promote inland waterways various ongoing and planned Mamata Banerjee will be with representatives of private tech-companies in and around A GST Motorbike Rally is Mitra, who is the chairman of Addressing a meeting of the in the state were also discussed schemes and projects under holding the administrative healthcare establishments in Kolkata will participate. The also being planned and it is the empowered committee of senior officials of her Ministry in the meeting. Namami Gange programme, review meeting of the district. programmers will develop advisable for the businesses to finance ministers, on Tuesday and Central Inland Fisheries The union Water Resources she requested them to Hooghly district and a public Hooghly being the leading software on real life challenges share their mobile numbers at said that Bengal had opposed Research Institute (CIFRI) at minister, who is on the 2,500 contribute in the cleanliness meeting where hundreds producer of potato in the state, faced in Kolkata and Sector the time of registration. the proposed 12 percent tax Farakka on Wednesday, she km Ganga Nirikshan Abhiyan, of Ganges by refraining from of people will be receiving the matter related to agriculture V Salt Lake with participants According to data available on raw cashew. reiterated that the states will has concluded the first leg polluting the river. A similar different benefits in Tarakeswar and its allied sectors would trying to find innovative with CII, the VAT migration Similarly, they have be given appropriate funds to of her Abhiyan in Bengal. interactive programme was on Thursday. come up in the meeting too. solutions through the in Bengal is quite impressive proposed 12 percent ensure that the target to clean During her tour in the state, organised in Nabadwip in This is the first The verdict of Supreme application of technology. at 86.6 percent. Moreover, tax on footwear. TheGanga is achieved. Bharti the minister took part in Ganga Ganga Sagar. administrative meeting in Court in favour of the farmers “It will be helpful for the tech Kolkata ranks third among government will fight for assured her full support to Arti at Vaishnav ghat in Kolkata The minister will start Hooghly after the Chief in Singur came on August 31 sector in the future,” said an all the cities in the number of newsprint, cinematograph the Bengal government on the where she urged the gathering the second leg of the abhiyan Minister announced a in 2016. The Chief Minister Information Technology and GST enrollment, the first and films, bleached hair and issue of Ganges erosion. to participate selflessly in from Sultanganj, Bhagalpur new board for an overall went to Singur several times Electronics department source. second cities are Ahmedabad electrical energy. She announced that fish cleaning the river as people’s from Thursday. development of Tarakeswar after the verdict and her where lakhs of pilgrims visit government did everything round the year. She had necessary to turn the 997 Minor IPS announced the formation of acre land that was “forcefully” Rural clinic sets example by treating poor the Tarakeswar Development acquired for the Tata Nano reshuffle Board in a press conference factory to an agricultural land held in Nabanna on Monday. once again. Boro rice, potato KOLKATA: In a Banerjee is scheduled to and pulses were cultivated in with a human touch at nominal rates reshuffle in the IPS visit the temple of Tarakeswar the land. Thus, there would to offer puja. She will also also be discussions on the TARUN GOSWAMI are being looked after properly. In the cadre of Bengal, be doing a reccee of the present situation of Singur. city-based clinics, the doctors hardly senior IPS officer place to identify what more The Chief Minister had KOLKATA: At a time when serious have the time to listen to the history of Sanjoy Mukherjee could be done for an overall announced that a statue will questions have been raised from the patients and to explain the dosage of has become the development of the place. be built at Singur to mark the different quarters over the high medicines to them”, Dr Kundu added. The venue, where Banerjee sacrifice of the martyrs. The price of medical treatment in private Dr Goon said a book on the proper Director, Security. will be distributing various security arrangement has been healthcare establishments, Shramik- use of drugs would be published by Mukherjee, an IPS items to beneficiaries, is tightened in Tarakeswar to Krishak Moitri Swastha Kendra, set up the centre shortly. Along with treating officer of 1989 batch, situated at a distance of around ascertain that no untoward by a group of dedicated doctors more the patients, awareness camps are was ADG Security three kilometre from the incident takes place during the than a decade ago, is a classic example of organised where they are taught about and now he is the temple of Tarakeswar. The place presence of the Chief Minister. good patient-doctor relationship. There their right to health. Three things are where the programme has been Both the bomb and dog squads has been a sharp rise in the turnout of very important for the treatment of Director, Security in organised is called the New Bus were found frisking the area locals and patients from neighbouring patients, namely, rational diagnosis, the rank of ADG. The Stand near Tarakeswar railway since Wednesday night. states over the past years. rational use of investigation and rational 1985 batch IPS officer station where lakhs of people Meanwhile, Chief Minister There is a steady flow of patients use of medicines. He said many young Virendra has been will be gathering to listen to the Mamata Banerjee will address from East and West Midnapore, doctors have shown keen interest in made the Director Chief Minister. the United Nations on Public Jhargram, Purulia, Bankura and South the initiative and are serving the poor People will start pouring Service Day on June 23 in 24 Parganas in addition to Kolkata therapists. It also provides two months workers and then the specialists patients. General of Police into the place from different Netherlands. UN had invited and from neighbouring states like of training to basic health workers. The examine him. The centre had opened a Along with other ailments, mental (Armed Police). He parts of the district since her to address the gathering Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and even popularity of the centre has compelled fair price medical shop long before the health problems are also on the was earlier Director morning. Thus, the police have on the occasion. Banerjee will Utter Pradesh. it to open satellite clinics in Bauria, state government. The pathology tests rise in rural areas. People suffering General of Police made necessary arrangements be speaking on Public Service The health centre, situated at Bagnan and Bainan in Howrah and are done at a much cheaper rate. “Care from schizophrenia, depression and (Security). Pranab to avoid any untoward incident Delivery System in West Bengal Beltala village in Chengail in Howrah organise monthly camps in Bankura, is taken to ensure that the patients are personality disorders visit the centre during the programme from and Public Service Innovation was established on March 20, 1995 Beliatore, Mathabhanga and Jalpaiguri fully cured of the ailment that plagues regularly. “It is very interesting that Kumar Das, who is where the Chief Minister 2030. She is likely to leave for in the presence of Mahasweta Devi, in North Bengal. them and this is the cause of the clinic’s unlike in the cities, where a majority an IPS officer of 2003 will be inaugurating several Netherlands on June 21 and Dr Shatrajit Das Gupta and others. Dr Asis Kundu, a close aide of Guha success,” Dr Kundu said. The clinic of the family members of patients have batch, has become the projects and lay foundations return to the city on June 23. Dr Punyabrata Goon, a close aide of Neogy, said proper medical treatment treats around 4,000 patients per month. a tendency to suppress the disease DIG (Administration). of 44 new projects. Earlier, on receiving the Shankar Guha Neogy who had worked and mutual respect between the After a doctor examines a patient, the of their near and dear ones, here the After attending theinvitation, the CM had said: in Sahid Hospital in Chattishgarh, patients and doctors are responsible health workers explain the dosage of the family members and society give them He was earlier posted programme at the New Bus “I have been invited to attend joined the centre along with a health for the success of the clinic. Whenever medicines and how to consume them to full support and it becomes easier for as DIG (P and W). Stand, Banerjee will be holding UN Public Service Day and worker. Today the centre has 23 a patient visits the centre, his detailed the patients. “This personal care is very them to overcome their illness sooner,” OUR CORRESPONDENT the administrative review highlight achievements of West doctors, 32 health workers and four family history is taken by the health important and the patients feel that they he explained. meeting in Mahavidyalaya. Bengal in public services.” 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 Govt to introduce 50 Three dead in truck accidents across state OUR CORRESPONDENT at a very high speed. trucks collided on National new e-rickshaws in Police suspect that the Highway 34 near Jagulia Kapa KOLKATA: Three persons driver of the truck had fallen intersection in the wee hours of were killed in two separate road asleep on the wheel. At the ‘Such accidents Wednesday. accidents in Nadia in the wee same time, the driver of the Police said the driver of one Bankura today hours of Wednesday. two-wheeler became nervous take place of the trucks was killed in the In the first incident, police as the heavy truck approached when drivers collision. said that a two-wheeler collided him at a high speed. A senior police officer said head on with a heavy truck that The truck hit the motorbike fall asleep on that such accidents at night was heading towards Kolkata. and rested only after colliding the wheels after take place as drivers fall asleep The incident took place at with a roadside railing. The after working long hours at a Tentulberia in Chakdah. other truck drivers initiated driving for stretch. Chief Minister Mamata A police officer said after the rescue work along with long hours’ Banerjee had launched a speaking to local people that some local people. Police statewide “Safe Drive Save neither the rider of the two- soon reached the spot and Life” campaign to check road wheeler nor the pillion rider took the driver of the bike – accidents and it has helped in were wearing helmets. Some Bipul Das (22) and the pillion reducing the number of road other truck drivers who were rider Samir Mallick (24) – to residents of Ayeshpur in their relatives. The accident led to traffic accidents in the state. Now, the present at an eatery in that area a local hospital where both of Haringhata and the accident The driver of the offending congestion in the area. police are taking steps to ensure told the police that both the them were declared brought took place when they were truck has been arrested and In another accident, one that drivers do not have to drive truck and the bike were moving dead. The victims were heading to the home of one of both the vehicles were seized. person was killed when two for long hours at a stretch.

OUR CORRESPONDENT ensure that no toto driver will become jobless. To KOLKATA: More than replace their vehicles, they State to set up onion preservation 50 e-rickshaws will be will get anything between introduced in Bankura Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 for district on Thursday. surrendering their totos; they The state government will get another Rs 3,000 to has decided to replace totos Rs 4,000 when their vehicles with e-rickshaws. On March get scrapped and another centres to enable self-reliance 10, nearly 1,000 toto drivers Rs 25,000 to Rs 27,000 in South 24 Parganas had if the battery and the surrendered their vehicles to charger of the toto are in a At present, 60% of total consumption is produced in Bengal while the rest is brought in get e-rickshaws. good condition. There are around two Thus, a toto driver will get PRITESH BASU Bengal, the matter of insufficient can be preserved for three-and-a- lakh totos and indigenously anything between Rs 30,000 to production of onions had come to half to four months and there would manufactured vans popularly Rs 35,000 for scrapping their KOLKATA: In a bid to make the state the notice of the state Agriculture be no chance of the onions rotting, known as vanos in the vehicles. They will get a loan self-reliant in supplying sufficient department and immediate steps as the centres will have a system of state. The state Transport of Rs 50,000 from the banks quantities of onion round the year, were taken to ensure an increase in automatic temperature control. At the department proposes to to buy the new e-rickshaw the state government has decided to the production of onions. In the past same time, a unique mechanism will replace the ‘vano’s with and will have to make a down set up four unique onion preservation six years, the state government had ensure a continuous process of e-carts. payment of around Rs 30,000 centres across the state. managed to ensure the production of nitrogen fixation by pumping In addition to North 24 for the same. This is the first time that such an 60 percent of the total consumption of out carbon dioxide from the Parganas, toto drivers in East A senior official of the initiative has been taken that will the state and now initiatives are being preservation centre. Burdwan, Hooghly and Nadia Transport department said ensure that there is no damage to taken to make Bengal self-sufficient in The capacity of the preservation have also shown an interest the manufacturers have crops due to lack of proper storage the production of onions. centre in Balagarh will be so huge that in replacing their totos. The taken up the issue with some facilities. With a clear roadmap in place all the onions produced in the area Transport department will nationalised banks and one of At present, 60 percent of the total on the implementation of modern can be easily stored there. Similarly, launch a massive campaign them had agreed to give the onion consumption is produced in technology to increase onion three more onion preservation centres to create awareness among entire price of the e-rickshaws the state and the remaining 40 percent production, the state Agriculture will gradually come up in Burdwan, toto drivers to get their as loan. needs to be brought in every year from department is also taking steps to Bankura and Murshidabad. The vehicles replaced. The e-rickshaws are a Nasik in Maharastra and Karnataka. create infrastructure for proper places have been identified as sites There are around 10 legal, more comfortable, Skyrocketing onion prices had preservation of onions. for the setting up of the preservation e-rickshaw manufacturers safe and cheaper mode of been a common phenomenon across Balagarh in Hooghly is one of centres as a major share of the onion in the state. While meeting transportation. the state in the months before Durga the key onion producing regions in production in the state takes place in senior officials of BMW They will have registration Puja. However, the Mamata Banerjee- the state. Thus, the first attempt to these areas. in Germany in 2016, Chief numbers and the vehicles government had managed to check set up an onion preservation centre It may be mentioned that earlier, Minister Mamata Banerjee will be insured. In case of an the abrupt increase in onion prices in has been undertaken in Balagarh. onion cultivation in the state used to had requested them to initiate accident, those travelling will 2016 by ensuring a sharp increase in According to an official of the take place only once in winter. But the a plan to produce e-bikes in get insurance coverage. The the production of onions. Agriculture department, one shouldn’t Agriculture department had taken Bengal. state government will slowly Purnendu Basu, the state onions is not quite possible in cold up of the preservation centres will be confuse the onion preservation steps to ensure that onion is cultivated The Transport department phase out totos and replace Agriculture minister, said: “The project storages and the production in the of immense help.” centres with simple cold storages. twice a year — once in monsoon and has taken up a scheme to them with e-rickshaws. has been taken up as preservation of state has also gone up. Thus, setting After the change of guard in In the preservation centres, onions then again in winter. Fake currency kingpin 4 beaten up on Six dead as car falls into gorge in Sikkim mere suspicion OUR CORRESPONDENT into the gorge. arrested from Malda Local administration initiated the Sikkim Tourism of being KOLKATA: Six members of a family rescue work but it was difficult for Department has OUR CORRESPONDENT notes. After interrogating the hailing from North 24 Parganas were them to locate the car in the gorge. accused, police came to know killed and three others, including a child Despite poor weather condition, the contacted both the KOLKATA: Police have arrested the name of the Bangladeshi child-lifters were injured when their car fell into a rescue operation was carried out and Bengal and Odisha the kingpin of a fake currency national who had been gorge while returning from Lachung in the victims were brought out of the car. racket from Malda. A team of controlling the smugglers. He OUR CORRESPONDENT North Sikkim on Tuesday night. They were taken to local hospital governments senior police officers from the told the police in the face of The accident took place at Penegla, where five were declared brought dead district conducted raids on the interrogation that he had come KOLKATA: Local people 5 km away from Gangtok. The victims and one later succumbed to his injuries. residents of Odisha. basis of specific information to the country to see how his beat up four employees were returning to Gangtok after a day’s Three, including a small boy are still Sikkim Tourism Department has received from the Indo- business was progressing in the of a private mobile phone stay in Lachung when the ill-fated car fighting for their lives. contacted both the Bengal and Odisha Bangladesh border area late on area. Police also came to know network company on the fell into the gorge. Four of the victims - Michel Bag, governments and steps have been taken Tuesday night. They arrested after interrogating the accused mere suspicion that they were There were around eight persons in B Sujata, Sefali Bag, Sovana Rajbag to bring back the bodies of the victims. one Jenarul Islam, alias Kallu that he had held meetings with child-lifters. The incident the car including the driver. Due to the – are residents of Ichapur in North The victims were staying in Seikh, a Bangladeshi national some other persons in Kolkata. took place at Garbeta in West road being slippery due to a light drizzle 24-Parganas. The two other victims - Zodiac Hotel in Gangtok and they who is believed to have master- Police were trying to know the Midnapore. earlier, the car skidded and the driver Jasmita Dandapat and her six-year-old were taken for the tour by a city-based minded various incidents of names of the other persons Police said a child went failed to control the vehicle and it fell daughter Triparna Dandapat – were travel agency. smuggling that have taken place involved in the fake currency missing from the area a few in various parts of Malda and racket. The NIA, along with days ago which led to tension other districts as well, especially Bengal Police, arrested two in the area. The local people Fire in Olpadvala Memorial Hall, none injured in areas close to the border. persons from a hotel near had been keeping tabs on any District administration Police had prior information Malda Railway Station on the new arrivals in the area. KOLKATA: A fire broke out in the basement of a commercial building on that Kallu might visit the place charge of stocking fake Indian On Wednesday morning, Jawaharlal Nehru Road in the busy office hours on Wednesday. The fire and the investigating officers currency notes in March this three employees of the mobile declares Howrah planned accordingly. Police year. Police recovered Rs 3.98 phone network company were broke out in the basement of the seven-storeyed building, causing panic as came to know during the lakh in fake currency, all of resting under a shade after smoke billowed out of the basement of the building situated in the central interrogation that Kallu, a which were in denominations completing their work and the tobacco-free business district. According to an officer of the state Fire and Emergency resident of Nababgunge area, of Rs 2,000, from the accused. driver of the auto-rickshaw, in Services department, people noticed smoke billowing out of the basement of had been involved in a number Both were residents of English which they had arrived there REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE the building named Olpadvala Memorial Hall at around 12.45 pm. Four fire of smuggling incidents. Police Bazar. Police came to know was also present. also suspect that he had been after interrogating the accused All of a sudden around 20 tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames and firefighters found operating from the state. In the that some kingpin might have to 30 people from a nearby that the source of the fire was some electrical panels in the basement of past few months police have been operating the racket from area came there and before the building. Firefighters took around two hours to douse the flames which arrested some persons for Bangladesh and that he has been they could understand continued till around 3 pm. OUR CORRESPONDENT their alleged involvement in paying visits to this country at anything, the mob started the smuggling of fake currency regular intervals. beating them up. Police, administration to take every step to maintain peace in Hills

AMITAVA BANERJEE visit Darjeeling as tourists. It is our interest to ensure peace and to see OUR CORRESPONDENT Anybody below the age DARJEELING: The Darjeeling that all are respected. We will not of 18 will not be allowed to district administration and police on allow anyone to spread communal KOLKATA: Howrah was sell the tobacco substances. Wednesday claimed that a group of disharmony, hatred and lawlessness,” declared as a tobacco- If anybody is found to be people are spreading misinformation stated Javalgi. free district by the district selling tobacco items within a and rumours in an effort to disrupt He stated that the police and administration on Wednesday. certain area of the school, he or peace, tranquility and communal administration are keeping a close At a programme organised she will be slapped with a fine harmony in the Hills. The district watch on the social networking sites at the New Collectorate Bhavan of Rs 200. administration and police have and action will be taken against on Wednesday, the District According to a data vowed stringent action against any any person spreading communal Magistrate announced the available with the district such attempts. disharmony and hatred through district to be tobacco-free. The administration, more than one Incidentally, the Gorkha Janmukti social media. Regarding the GJM’s Chief Medical Officer of health thousand people were slapped Morcha has lined up agitation protest marches during the CM’s visit in the district, deputy Chief with fines in the last one year. programmes including a 2 day bandh to the Hills and the Cabinet meeting Medical Officer, additional The health department officials of educational institutions from scheduled to be held on June 8 at Raj District Magistrate and the in the district conducted a June 1 along with protest marches Bhawan in Darjeeling, Javalgi stated nodal officer of the district were survey in Amta I and II block throughout the Hills from June 4-8. Joyoshi Dasgupta, District Magistrate, Darjeeling and Amit P Javalgi, Superintendent of Police, Darjeeling during a press breifing “Whatever events take place, the also present in the programme. in Howrah. The party is protesting against alleged police will ensure peace and security The district administration Awareness drives have been imposition of Bengali language in the language. There is no notification or has gone down drastically affecting the to all schools not to allow students to in Darjeeling. We will also ensure that has imposed various initiated throughout the district Hills. circular from the state government to image of Darjeeling as an education attend political rallies. tourists are not affected in any way.” restrictions on the selling against the consumption of The Darjeeling District Magistrate this effect. Whatever is being spread hub” stated the SP. The SP further stated that the Meanwhile the GTA Sabha met and consumption of tobacco. tobacco products. Meetings stated that fear is being stoked up are baseless rumours” alleged Joyoshi He stated that a group of people social media is being used by a group in Darjeeling on Tuiesday. Among According to a senior official in would be conducted in the regarding Bengali being imposed in Dasgupta, DM, Darjeeling. including teachers are forcing school of people to spread hatred against a other issues discussed, the GTA the district, smoking would not block level in this regard, a the Hills and Bengali replacing Nepali Reacting to the bandh call in children to take part in political particular community. “There is room Sabha discussed that all signage in be allowed at any public place. senior official said. According language. “I on behalf of the state educational institutions in the Hills rallies acting against a Calcutta High for democratic protest. There is space Darjeeling specially of business If anybody is caught smoking to the official, anti-tobacco government would like to clarify that on June 1 and 2, Amit P Javalgi, Court directive. “Why use students as for freedom of expression but there is establishments and shops will have in any public place, he/she campaign will be conducted there is no intention to impose any Superintendent of Police, Darjeeling shields to further their own political no scope for lawlessness, hatred and to be in Nepali. “Otherwise the would be slapped with a fine in various places including language on the people in the Hill stated education institutions are the interests?” questioned Javalgi. communal disharmony. Darjeeling is Municipality will not renew the trade of Rs 200, failing to pay which, markets, schools and other areas. There is no intention and no worst affected in the Hills owing to The District Inspector of Schools, a cosmopolitan place. People from all licenses of these shops” declared he would be prosecuted. adjoining areas. plans to replace Nepali with any other strikes. “Even the student enrollment Darjeeling, has also issued directives walks of life, community and religion Roshan Giri, GTA member. 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 mp nation Kingfisher House auction fails Babri case: Court asks CBI again despite reserve price cut OUR CORRESPONDENT witness to appear today MUMBAI: Lenders’ attempt on Wednesday to auction Kingfisher House, the erst- OUR CORRESPONDENT while headquarters of Vijay Adityanath prays at makeshift Mallya-owned, now defunct LUCKNOW: A special court Kingfisher Airlines, proved hearing the 1992 Babri Masjid Ram temple in Ayodhya to be a damp-squib for the demolition case, on Wednes- fifth time, despite cut in the day issued summons to a CBI AYODHYA: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi reserve price. witness, asking him to appear The 17-lender consortium before it Thursday. Adityanath, who on Wednesday offered prayers led by State Bank of India had Special Judge S K Yadav at the makeshift Ram temple here, said the lowered the reserve price of issued the summons to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute the property by 10 per cent witness after the CBI’s counsel should be resolved through bilateral talks. to Rs 93.50 crore from Rs furnished a list of the 196 wit- He was addressing a public meeting called at 103.50 crore in the previous nesses examined by courts in auction held in March. Before The property is located in Mumbai’s Lucknow and 57 in Raebareli the birthday celebrations of VHP leader Mah- that, in December auction, to the lawyers of BJP leader L K ant Nritya Gopal Das, president of the Ram the reserve price was set at Rs plush Vile Parle area near the airport. Advani and the other accused Janambhoomi Nyas Trust, an organisation 115 crore. According to bankers, the property in the case. formed to promote the construction of a Ram “There were lot of enquires has huge commercial potential The defence counsel also temple at the disputed site. for the property from buyers sought copies of statements but none of them deposited as it is located near the airport of these witnesses which were “This problem must be sorted out through the bids in today’s auction,” provided to them. bilateral talks between both the communities,” said a banker. which leaves 1,600 sq mt area possession through a private Subsequently, the court Adityanath said. Lenders had tried to auc- for development. Four floors agreement with a buyer, if issued summons to the CBI His comments seemed in line with the advice tion the property for the first are already there and permis- at least two auctions of such witness. Details about the wit- UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performs worship of the Saryu River of Supreme Court, which had suggested a time in March last year with sion for construction of fifth properties failed. ness were not immediately at Ayodhya on Wednesday PTI a reserve price of Rs 150 crore floor is also there. This gives For Kingfisher House also available. negotiated settlement of the dispute. Signifi- and for the second time in buyers enough scope for rede- banks will now explore the The judge had yesterday All the six were granted bail also ordered that the trial be cantly, Das, at whose birthday celebrations the August at Rs 135 crore. velopment of the property,” option of selling it through framed charges against former by judge Yadav on a personal concluded in two years. Chief Minister was speaking, was one of the 12 Multiple attempts to sell said a banker. a bilateral agreement, bank- deputy prime minister Advani bond of Rs 50,000 each after Besides the six, conspir- persons including BJP veterans L K Advani, M Kingfisher House failed, even In April this year, the ers said. (89), BJP veteran M M Joshi rejecting the CBI’s opposition acy charges were also framed after 38 per cent reduction 17-lender consortium had Mallya has been declared a (83), Union minister Uma to their bail plea. against Ramvilas Vedanti, Bai- M Joshi and Union minister Uma Bharti against in the reserve price in vari- managed to sell another wilful defaulter and is wanted Bharti (58), BJP MP Vinay The charge of conspiracy kunth Lal Sharma, Champat whom a CBI court had yesterday framed ous auctions since March last prime property of Mal- by Indian authorities for Katiyar (62), VHP’s Vishnu is in addition to the existing Rai Bansal, Mahant Nritya charges in the Babri Masjid demolition case. year. lya, Kingfisher Villa, in Goa default in payment of loans Hari Dalmiya (89) and one- charges against them for pro- Gopaldas, Dharam Das and Earlier today, Adityanath offered prayers at the The property is located in through a private treaty. related to Kingfisher Airlines time Hindutva firebrand Sad- moting enmity between dif- Satish Pradhan -- all of whom makeshift Ram temple here. He spent around the plush Vile Parle area near The sea-facing property that was grounded in 2012. hvi Rithambara (53). ferent groups on grounds of were allegedly present when the airport here. situated at Condolim in north He owes over Rs 9,000 The Supreme Court had religion for which they are the structure in Ayodhya was 30 minutes there. According to bankers, the Goa was sold to Sachiin Joshi crore to lenders includ- ordered restoration of the con- already facing trial. pulled down. This was Adityanath’s first visit to Ayodhya after property has a huge commer- of Viiking Media & Enter- ing SBI, PNB, IDBI Bank, spiracy charge against them on The apex court had, while The accused are also facing he took over as Uttar Pradesh chief minister. cial potential as it is located tainment, for Rs 73.01. The BoB, Allahabad Bank, Fed- April 19 in connection with the restoring the charge of crimi- charges of having made asser- He reached Faizabad today morning and visited near airport. villa was sold after three failed eral Bank and Axis Bank. He case of demolition of the 16th- nal conspiracy, directed club- tions “prejudicial to national “The total size of the plot auctions. Under Sarfaesi Act, left the country on March 3 the famous Hanuman Garhi temple. MPOST century structure in Ayodhya bing of the two cases relating to integration and injuring or is 2,400 sq mt and the con- lenders have the option to sell last year and is currently in on December 6, 1992. the demolition. The court had defiling a place of worship”. struction is only on 400 sq mt, the properties under their the UK. Current growth not translating Censor board not Whistleblower says AIIMS entrance test into more jobs: Dattatreya functioning with paper leaked, Institute orders probe OUR CORRESPONDENT enough teeth: HC he told PTI, adding that the MUMBAI: Conceding that screenshots clearly prove that growth of the economy was not OUR CORRESPONDENT and was sexually exploited by NEW DELHI: Anand Rai, who the question papers were translating into more employ- a boy, resulting in her getting exposed the Vyapam scam in leaked while the examination ment, Union Minister Bandaru CHENNAI: Observing that pregnant. Madhya Pradesh, has alleged was going on. Dattatreya on Wednesday said the censor board “is not func- The judges also closed a that the question papers of “I urge the prime minister a task force has been set up to tioning with enough teeth”, the habeas corpus petition filed this year’s entrance exam for and the AIIMS director to ask compile figures of jobs gener- Madras High Court has sug- by the girl’s mother seeking to MBBS course of the AIIMS the CBI to probe the matter,” ated in the last three years. gested that the central and produce in court her daughter, were leaked following which he said. “The current growth is a the state governments bring hailing from Mayailaduthurai the premier medical institute Rai also alleged that AIIMS jobless growth. Many European in appropriate legislation to in Nagapattinam district, and constituted a committee to MBBS seats were being “sold”. and Asian countries, includ- regulate content in films and directed the state to bring in probe the issue. In his Facebook page, he ing India, are facing it... growth also those available on various appropriate legislation to regu- Rai, in a series of tweets, urged Prime Minister Naren- is being reported but it is not Internet platforms. late publicity materials such as posted images of question has constituted a committee dra Modi to ensure justice for reflecting in employment gen- “With advanced technol- posters and flex boards. papers of the entrance exami- to inquire into the matter. The meritorious and hardworking eration,” he told reporters here. However, the minister for Labour and ogy in use in film industry now, The case relates to the dis- nation which was held across committee shall look into the students who suffer because of A jobless growth describes a Employment said the Narendra Modi- the Cinematography Act in its appearance of the girl along the country on May 28. matter immediately and sub- such “mafias”. situation in which an economy led government’s initiatives such as present form, we apprehend, with a boy, who later mar- He said that he had received mit a report at the earliest,” the “Being a doctor myself, it recovers from a recession but may not be effective. It needs ried her, following which her the question paper screenshots institute said in a statement. fills my heart with sorrow see- the job market does not. ‘Skill India’ aim to address this shortfall amendments to meet the new mother filed the petition. from a source who claimed It said, the AIIMS admin- ing the hardworking and meri- “But we should also know kind of situations in the indus- During an inquiry by the these were leaked from M C istration is also in contact with torious students suffer like this that our country has only two that employment generation current education system has try arising out of the influence court, the girl had disclosed Saxena College in Lucknow the government investigation because of the mafias who are per cent technical workforce, figures appeared to be on lower too much emphasis on theory. of information technology,” a that she was influenced by when the online test was on. agencies in this regard. continuously attempting to against the requirement which side. For instance, he said, in the division bench, comprising jus- some Tamil movies, in which The All India Institute of “Immediate and further snatch away their hardwork,” is huge,” Dattatreya said. “But I have not received engineering field 80 per cent tices S Nagamuthu, who retired heroines were apparently Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said necessary action shall be taken he said. However, the Union Min- confirmed data from 23 minis- curriculum is theory and 20 on May 30, and Dr Anita Sam- attracted by heroes who stalked it has constituted a committee once the facts are ascertained,” The Vyapam scam relates ister for Labour and Employ- tries about job creation in their per cent is practical knowledge, path, said. “The censor board them with an intention of win- to inquire into the matter and the statement said. to alleged irregularities in job ment said the Narendra respective fields. I have there- while it should have been 75 is not functioning with enough ning their love. it is in contact with the inves- Rai also tagged the Prime recruitment and admissions Modi-led government’s initia- fore set up a task force to com- per cent practical and 25 per teeth,” it said. It was submitted that the tigation agencies for neces- Minister’s Office in his tweet by the Madhya Pradesh Pro- tives such as ‘Skill India’ aim to pile the figures and come up cent theory. The court made the obser- girl was a good student and sary action once the facts are and sought a CBI enquiry into fessional Examination Board. address this shortfall. with (figures of) actual employ- “We need to have more vations while detailing the scored 441 marks out of 500 ascertained. the issue. Politicians, senior officials He said it was true that the ment generation,” he said. practical approach towards plight of a school girl, who in class X examinations and “The AIIMS takes these The AIIMS online entrance and businessmen are allegedly statistics department showed The minister also said the educating the youth,” he added. was influenced by movies aimed to become a doctor. reports very seriously and test was held in two shifts, involved in the scandal. Bose died in 1945, says BJP Govt OUR CORRESPONDENT After considering NEW DELHI: Netaji Sub- the reports of has Chandra Bose died in an aircrash in 1945, the gov- the Shah Nawaz ernment today said, putting Committee, to an end a controversy that refuses to be buried about the Justice the freedom fighter having GD Khosla survived the accident. Commission The Ministry of Home Affairs said in a reply to an and the Justice RTI application from a Kol- Mukherjee kata resident that the Gov- Commission ernment had come to this conclusion after consider- of Enquiry, the ing the reports of various government committees that probed the death of Bose, who, many concluded that believed, had not perished he had died in in the crash. the crash After considering the reports of the Shah Nawaz Committee, the Justice GD dra Bose,” it said, adding Khosla Commission and the that information regarding Justice Mukherjee Commis- Gumnami Baba and Bhag- sion of Enquiry, the govern- wanji was available in the ment concluded that he had Mukherjee Commission davp 19110/13/0048/1718 died in the crash, the minis- report on pages 114-122, try said in its reply. and on the website, mha.nic. It also sought to dispel in. It also said so far 37 files reports that Bose, who was related to Bose had been born in 1897, lived in dis- declassified. guise as ‘Gumnami Baba’ The Home ministry’s -- which was the belief of a spokesman further clari- large section of Bose’s legion fied that the reply to the of admirers. “The Mukher- RTI query was “based on jee Commission had come the facts that were already in to the conclusion that Gum- the public domain and the nami Baba/Bhagwanji was stand taken by Central gov- not Netaji Subhas Chan- ernments over the years.” 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 CATTLE SLAUGHTER BAN Bihar students protest DMK stages protest, warns of poor class XII results OUR CORRESPONDENT

PATNA: With poor results in Bihar's plus two examination another Marina revolution in which 64 per cent of stu- dents have failed, threaten- ing career of many students, OUR CORRESPONDENT he claimed. including some who have He alleged that the Modi Pro-Left student appeared in JEE mains, agi- CHENNAI: The DMK on government was coming up tated examinees on Wednes- Wednesday came down with such notifications to bodies protest day staged violent protest strongly on the BJP-led cen- divert people's attention from attack on leading to police lathicharge. tral government over the ban issues plaguing the country. Chief Minister Nitish on sale of cattle for slaugh- "Three years of BJP rule IIT-M student Kumar saw the results as a out- ter, saying a situation had have passed. There are no come of tightening of conduct Police lathi-charge students who were protesting against the poor pass arisen where "we should eat schemes or achievements that CHENNAI: Pro-Left stu- of examination without use percentage of the class XII examination in Patna on Wednesday only what the prime minister benefit people. To cover that dent bodies on Wednesday of unfair means as well strict desires". up and divert the attention of staged a protest outside the evaluation of papers. students to take compartment Leading a DMK protest people, the BJP (government) IIT Madras here condemning The CM held meeting with examination in two subjects Education Secy here against the ban, party is making such laws," he said. the attack on a PhD scholar Education minister Ashok in place of one allowed earlier working president M K Sta- He wondered if the cen- for taking part in a beef fest Choudhary, Chief Secretary and result would be given in lin also warned of "another tral government had "depos- in the campus opposing the Anjani Kumar Singh and Prin- one month time. transferred Marina revolution" (on the ited at least Rs 15 if not Rs 15 Centre's ban on sale of cat- cipal Secretary Education R K The state capital and some lines of pro-jallikattu stir) if lakh" in the bank account of DMK Working president MK Stalin addresses a protest against Union tle for slaughter. Expressing Mahajan on the results during district headquarters today PATNA: With the poor results the recent notification on the each citizen as promised by Government for banning cow slaughter, in Chennai on Wednesday solidarity with R Sooraj, who the day. Kumar told report- witnessed protest by examin- in the Bihar Plus-Two exami- matter was not withdrawn. Modi in 2014 under his efforts was attacked, the slogan- ers emerging from the cabinet ees over poor results. nation, in which 64 per cent Accusing the Centre of to retrieve the black money raising activists of the Left meeting those who think they In Patna a large number of of the examinees failed, trig- coming up with such notifica- stashed in foreign havens. Kerala to convene meet of all CMs leaning bodies demanded got less mark could apply for students gathered outside the gering student agitation, the tions to cover up its three years He questioned why action against the assailants. rechecking. Inter Council office to protest state government on Wednes- of "non-performance", he also Palaniswami had not THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Vijayan wrote to his coun- Police said the activists were In addition, compartment unsatisfactory results. Some day ordered transfer of the edu- questioned the "silence" of responded although his coun- The Kerala government on terparts appealing them to detained. Sooraj had partici- examinations would be held tried to climb main gate but cation department secretary. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K terparts in Kerala and West Wednesday decided to con- stand together and oppose pated in a beef fest held by soon so that the failed stu- were prevented by police. According to a notification, Palaniswami on the issue. Bengal have opposed the ban vene a meeting of all chief the "anti-federal" move. "We some students on Sunday. dents get opportunity to get Agitating students gained education department secre- Recalling various promises on sale of cattle for slaughter. ministers to discuss the Cen- want to call a meeting of all In a related development, through. strength after hundreds of tary Jitendra Shrivastava has made by the BJP in the 2014 Palaniswami had on May tre's ban on sale of cattle at chief ministers to discuss some IIT-M students took He said, "It's a positive youth workers of Madhepura been made new Commissioner Lok Sabha polls, Stalin said 27 said he would comment animal markets for slaughter. the issue relating to the ban," out a procession, urging the aspect that no irregularity MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu of Magadh division. The 1997 none of them, including ones on the Centre's ban on cat- The decision comes days Vijayan told reporters here institute management to take took place in the examination Yadav joined the protestors. batch IAS officer R L Chongthu about retrieving black money tle sale after going through after Chief Minister Pinarayi after a Cabinet meeting. action against those involved this time." "Students could Members of ABVP, student waiting for posting will take and creating jobs, had been the notification. The DMK in the attack on the scholar. register complaint online wing of RSS and AISF, Left Shrivastava (2000 batch IAS) fulfilled. "So, this ban, what we leader said though the BJP drawn, "another Marina rev- vant act. A pro-Tamil fringe out- after two days from today and wing students organisation, position in the education eat is now being restricted. A had given importance to coop- olution" will happen. He was The DMK leader ques- fit also staged a protest out- board would carry rectifica- sat on dharna at Kargil chowk department, the notification situation has come up where erative federalism during the apparently referring to the tioned the timing of the ban side the IIT campus. Sooraj, tion within a month time so in support of the examinees. said. In the limited reshuffle we should eat only what 2014 polls, it has now reduced pro-Jalliakktu protests held by on sale of cattle for slaugh- associated with the Ambed- that deserving students do not They pelted stones at the carried, Jitendra Kumar Singh (Prime Minister Narendra) states to "municipalities" and scores of volunteers in January ter, saying it came amidst var- kar Periyar Study Circle, suffer from pursuing future council office following which (2006 batch IAS) and who is Modi desires. The civil liber- chief ministers to "municipal this year, following which the ious difficulties being faced was injured in his right eye career," Education minister police lathicharged them. Joint Secretary in Sugar Cane ties guaranteed by the Con- chiefs." banned bull taming sport was by the farmers in the country, in assault allegedly by some Ashok Choudhary said. About half-a-dozen students Industries has been given addi- stitution are being snatched. Stalin warned that if the allowed to be held in Tamil especially in the drought-hit students claimed to be Sangh Choudhary said the Board were detained by police but tional charge of Commissioner Freedom is being snatched," notification was not with- Nadu by amending the rele- Tamil Nadu. Parivar supporters. MPOST would bend its rule and allow latter released. Sugar cane Industries. MPOST ‘Ban has to be decided ‘BJP using cow, Ram temple Cyclone Mora: NATION BRIEFS issues for votebank politics’ Navy rescues 27 Bangladeshi HC CANCELS ATIQ AHMED’S BAIL IN by states, not Centre’ CHANDIGARH: The Con- when elections near. When it RAJU PAL MURDER CASE gress on Wednesday hit out at is over, they forget Lord Ram. nationals ALLAHABAD: OUR CORRESPONDENT local leaders eat beef. Supreme Court order and rec- the BJP-led NDA government For 25 years now, they are mis- In more trouble for gangster- turned- politician Atiq Ahmed, who is in jail for allegedly "The BJP is saying this ommendations made by a Par- at the Centre, on its third anni- leading people on this issue." OUR CORRESPONDENT SHILLONG: The issue of clearly that the question of liamentary Committee. versary, accusing it of having "They (BJP) use it (Ram assaulting staff members of a university, the Allahabad banning cow slaughter has to having a law in a state on cow "The Prevention of Cru- failed on all fronts and using temple issue) for votebank High Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail granted be decided by the respective slaughter is to be decided by elty to Animals (Regulation cow and Ram temple issues politics. As far as the Congress NEW DELHI: The Indian to him more than a decade ago in the BSP MLA Raju states and the Centre's recent the state and not the Cen- of Livestock Markets) Rules for votebank politics. is concerned, whatever court Navy has rescued 27 people Pal murder case. A single judge bench of Justice Vipin notification on sale of cattle tre," Kohli told reporters here 2017 is based on recommenda- Asserting that the Con- decides will be acceptable to in a major operation in Ban- Sinha passed the order on a petition filed by Pal’s wife has nothing to do with it, the when asked about his party's tions of a Parliamentary Com- gress has never supported cow us," he said. Shukla mentioned gladesh which has been hit BJP said on Wednesday amid position on the North Eastern mittee report, which included slaughter, the party's spokes- Vyapam issue to take at dig at hard by Cyclone Mora, caus- Pooja who had moved the court alleging that while a major controversy. states where majority of people members of all political parties person Rajiv Shukla said three the BJP and said, "When the ing widespread destruction and he was out on bail, Ahmed had tried to influence the BJP leader Nalin Kohli, consume beef. and a Supreme Court order, Youth Congress activists have BJP government or its minis- rendering millions of people investigation into her husband’s murder by threatening who is in-charge of the party's "Every state government he said. been suspended for butcher- ters are in the dock, they pre- homeless. a number of witnesses in the case. Pal was shot dead affairs in Meghalaya, said the that decides to have a law or "The notification has noth- ing a calf in Kannur district tend themselves to be Vinoba Indian Navy ship Sumi- in broad daylight here on January 25, 2005. Ahmed state governments can decide not have a law on cow slaugh- ing written on cow slaughter of Kerala. Bhave (freedom fighter and tra rescued 27 people who had been granted bail in the case, in which he is a on cow slaughter ban keep- ter, do so keeping in mind the and beef ban. Any state can "Congress has always been social reformer) and remain were found adrift at sea over ing in view the local food hab- local food habits of that partic- decide on this and we fully against cow slaughter... but the silent." 100 miles away from Bangla- prime accused, in April 2005. A CBI inquiry had been its even as he admitted that in ular state and in the North East respect the federal structure. BJP has been politicising this On presidential election, deshi city of Chittagong, Indian ordered by the Supreme Court last year in the case. this state, a majority of the BJP every state government will How can the Centre impose issue and connecting it with Shukla said, "If there is a can- Navy Spokesperson Captain The high court had reserved its judgement on Pooja leaders eat beef. keep this in account," he said. on the states? The Constitution votebank politics," he said at a didate on whom consensus D K Sharma said. The Eastern Pal’s petition on May 29. The comment assumes sig- Kohli said the Centre's does not permit that and the press conference here. can be built, then it is okay for Naval Command is deploying nificance as the BJP's Megha- notification banning sale Constitution is the only book On Ram temple issue, us, but in the absence of a con- P-81 aircraft as part of its rescue BPCL ISSUES NOTICE TO TEJ PRATAP laya unit has views divergent to of cattle in animal markets the BJP follows," said Kohli, Shukla said, "For the BJP, sensus, then opposition will operation in Bangladesh. its central leadership since its for slaughter is based on a who is a lawyer himself. Ram temple issue crops up just take a call. AGENCIES "INS Sumitra operating in ON PETROL PUMP ALLOTMENT the Northern Bay of Bengal res- PATNA: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has served cued 27 survivors found adrift a show cause to Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav seek- at sea approximately 100 miles ing his reply on a petrol pump allotted to him here south of Chittagong. These by the company. The notice from BPCL was delivered Shah on door-to-door Shiv Sena takes dig at BJP, says include ladies, children and to Yadav, who is minister for Health, Minor Water elderly people," Sharma said. He also said, "Search and Resources, Environment and Forest in Grand Alliance poll campaign to poll promises prove 'lollipops' rescue for more survivors is government of Nitish Kumar on May 29 last. The show drastically hampered due to cause gave 15 days time to Yadav, the elder son of prevailing rough weather in OUR CORRESPONDENT RJD chief Lalu Prasad, from the date of receipt for Shiv Sena is part minister) Nitin Gadkari the area." submitting his reply. The notice signed by BPCL Terri- woo tribals in Gujarat recently said that waiving loans At least six persons were tory Manager (Retail), Patna, Manish Kumar followed MUMBAI: Attacking the BJP, of the Devendra will not be possible. He has a killed as Cyclone Mora made OUR CORRESPONDENT ally Shiv Sena on Wednesday Fadnavis-led reputation for speaking the landfall in Bangladesh yester- a complaint that Yadav had acquired the petrol pump said the promises made by it truth without mincing words. day, damaging several houses, at the busy Anisabad bypass road here on the basis DEVALIYA (Gujarat): Seek- during the run-up to elections Maharashtra "When we were in the with authorities scrambling to of “wrong” information furnished by him, a copy of the ing the support of tribal popu- have proved to be mere "lolli- government Opposition we used to demand evacuate over half a million notice was made available to the media said here on lation in poll-bound Gujarat, pops." "If promises have been a loan waiver but that is not people from the coastal areas. Wednesday. BJP chief Amit Shah on made into mere election 'jum- The Uddhav Thackeray led possible now," the Sena said. All flights were suspended Wednesday held door to door las' people will lose faith in party, however, said the Nar- It said BJP chief Amit Shah to and from Chittagong and 10 HELD IN JHARKHAND LYNCHING CASE campaign in this remote vil- public rallies and politicians," endra Modi government is too spoke the harsh truth when the Cox's Bazar airports due JAMSHEDPUR: Ten more persons were arrested lage of Chhota Udaipur district. the Sena said in its editorial the last ray of hope for peo- he said everybody cannot be to Cyclone Mora. At least 2.5 in connection with lynching incidents in Seraikela- He also addressed a booth- mouthpiece 'Saamna'. ple and so both the Centre and given employment at once. million people in 10 districts Kharswan and East Singhbhum districts, police said level party workers meeting "People may now be the state government have an It recalled that when in risk falling in the way of the and had lunch with a tribal shocked to learn that prom- added responsibility to live up opposition, the BJP and the severe cyclonic storm. The dis- on Wednesday. Seven persons named in the FIR in family as part of Gujarat BJP's ises of loan waiver (for farm- to their expectations. Sena had slammed the then tricts at risk were Cox's Bazar, connection with lynching of four persons in Shobhapur 'Vistarak' initiative, which aims ers) and job creation were only Sena is part of the Deven- Maharashtra chief minister Chittagong, Noakhali, Laksh- and Sosomouli villages under Rajnagar Police station at establishing direct contact party workers from Devaliya lollipops," the Sena said target- dra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra Sushil Kumar Shinde when he mipur, Feni, Chandpur, Bar- of Seraikela-Kharswan district have been arrested with people ahead of the state village, Shah said while Guja- ing the BJP-led government at government. said that all election promises guna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barisal today, SP Rakesh Bansal said. With these arrests, the Assembly polls later this year. rat remains the party's strong the Centre and in Maharashtra. "(BJP leader and Union were not to be fulfilled. and Pirojpur. total number of arrests in Rajnagar lynching incident Shah along with Guja- fortress, they have to make it has gone up to 11, Bansal said. Earlier, three persons, rat BJP in-charge Bhupendra further strong and ensure that Yadav and state party leaders it continues to remain strong. allegedly involved in the Nagadih incident in East went from door to door seeking "We have decided to take Arunachal folks may get compensation for Singhbhum district, were arrested on Monday, police votes for the saffron party in BJP's ideology and strengthen said. Altogether, 42 persons have been arrested in the this village in central Gujarat. its organisation at village level lynching incident in Jharkhand. The eastern Gujarat tribal as part of 'vistarak' (outreach) belt, despite serious efforts programme. land acquired during 1962 war with China I WILL ATTEND LALU’S PATNA RALLY, of BJP, is dominated by Con- "In Gujarat alone, a total gress, which had in 2012 elec- 48,000 party workers will go MPOST BUREAU cussed the issue at an hour-long all the issues that came up for SO WILL MAYAWATI: AKHILESH tions managed to win 16 to 17 door to door to explain party's meeting held here on Tuesday. discussion during the meeting. MAINPURI (UP): Samajwadi Party president Akh- seats out of the 28 assembly programmes, our government's NEW DELHI: After a wait of Rijiju, who hails from Khandu conveyed that ilesh Yadav said on Wednesday that he would attend segments. With the BJP set- work at central and state level... 55 years, several thousand res- Arunachal Pradesh, said the issues of lease rate, grant of ting the target of winning 150 No party would have under- idents in Arunachal Pradesh meeting was to settle the issue ownership rights, payment Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s seats out of the total 182, in the taken such an exercise. And may get an unexpected sur- of land acquired for various of dual compensation and rally in Patna on August 27 and added that BSP home state of Prime Minister right here, you can see party prise in the form of compen- defence establishments in the fixation of land rates will be supremo Mayawati would also be present there. There Narendra Modi, which they workers from booth level sation for land acquired by frontier state following the 1962 resolved soon. The chief minis- has been speculation that arch-rivals SP and BSP may consider as a prestige battle, right up to the national level," the Army following the 1962 war with China. "Although the ter said the Arunachal Pradesh shed hostility and inch closer in view of the BJP’s spec- garnering maximum seats in Shah said. war with China. The central people of Arunachal Pradesh cabinet has already constituted tacular rise in Uttar Pradesh. “I will be present at Lalu the tribal belt is crucial for the "Our party values organisa- and Arunachal Pradesh gov- can be branded as ultra-patri- a high-level committee under saffron player. tion and workers, who are the ernments are working out the otic Indians but of late a sense the chairmanship of state land Prasadji’s Bihar rally on Aug 27 and Mayawati will Shah and his team cam- soul of the party. I had been compensation, which may be of resentment has been brew- the pending issues by properly management minister to exam- also be there. If there is any announcement (regarding paigned in Devaliya village to Lakshwadeep and stayed to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore. ing among them due to non- coordinating with each other ine all pending issues. future alliance) it will me made there”, Akhilesh said under Chhota Udaipur con- there for three days, visiting Minister of state for defence payment of compensation for and the state government. The pending cases of land when asked about the possibility of SP and BSP com- stituency, which has been held 15 booths where we inducted Subhash Bhamre, minister of huge areas of land occupied by Rijiju has called for resolv- acquisition related to the dis- ing together again. However, there has not been any by eight time Congress MLA 40 new members. We are not state for home Kiren Rijiju, the Army," Rijiju said. ing all issues and clear pending tricts of Tawang, West Kameng, confirmation yet from the BSP on whether Mayawati Mohansinh Rathwa. strong there as we got only chief minister Pema Khandu Bhamre is said to have cases in a time-bound manner. Upper Subansiri, Dibang would attend the event. In a brief address to the 3,200 votes in (2014) Lok Sabha and senior officials of the cen- asked officials in his ministry He sought from the officials the Valley, West Siang newly-inducted booth-level elections," he said. tral and state governments dis- and the Army to fast-track all time they will take in clearing besides others. 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 mp nation UP housing board offers Mobile app to book unreserved Baba Siddique faces ED credit-linked subsidy plan tickets for all destinations soon DHIRENDRA KUMAR searches in PMLA case OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Passengers trav- LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh elling in unreserved classes Congress dubs raids on Siddique’s premises ‘an act of political vendetta’ Housing and Development would no longer have to wait Board, which has already in serpentine queues for get- OUR CORRESPONDENT dique and 157 others were started registration/allotment ting tickets to their destination false. It is surprising that the of flats on first come, first from the counters as the Min- MUMBAI: The ED on Wednes- state police has found nothing served basis, has come out with istry of Railways is planning day conducted searches at the against him and the Enforce- a credit-linked subsidy scheme to launch a mobile application premises of Congress leader ment Directorate is conducting under the Pradhan Mantri to address the woes of general Baba Siddique and few others raids,” Sawant told reporters Awas Yojna (Urban). class travellers. in connection with a money here. The ED on Wednesday “Under the scheme, the According to a senior offi- laundering probe case. conducted searches at about board would provide an inter- cial, the technical formalities Officials said the raids are seven locations, including on est rate subsidy of 6.5 per cent for the launching of the mobile being conducted on at least half premises of Siddique, a real to the people of the weaker sec- app have been completed and a dozen locations in the Maha- estate firm and a builder con- tion having an annual income it can be launched anytime in rashtra capital, including that nected to him. Terming the of Rs 3 lakh. Beneficiaries the next month. “The app has of a builder. ED action a “clear-cut exam- under such category would been prepared to address the The Enforcement Director- ple of vendetta politics,” Sawant get the interest rate discount ‘mad rush’ at ticket windows ate, they said, has registered a said the BJP government is for flats of 30 sqm. Similarly, at different railway stations. It’s criminal case against Siddique using investigation agencies to the people having an annual been noticed that during rush and others under the Preven- “intimidate” the Opposition, income of above Rs 3 lakh to Rs time several passengers fail to tion of Money Laundering Act but such tactics will yield no 6 lakh would also get the same get tickets for their destination Passengers travelling to the states of (PMLA) based on a local police results. subsidy for owning a house of and land in trouble for travel- Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, FIR in connection with alleged In an apparent reference to 60 sqm,” the release said. ling without a ticket. The min- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, financial irregularities in the the searches conducted by the “In the middle-income istry hopes that the app would redevelopment of a slum area CBI at the homes and offices of group category one, the peo- prove to be a great help for Uttar Pradesh and Delhi and in suburban Bandra. former finance minister P Chi- ple having income more than unreserved commuters.” Chandigarh would be able to book The agency also suspects dambaram’s son Karti recently Rs 6 lakh to Rs 12 lakh would Initially, the app would be unreserved tickets in the first phase usage of shell companies in in four cities in a tax probe case, get a subsidy of 4 per cent inter- rolled out as a pilot project by committing the alleged irreg- Sawant said, “A pattern can be est rate on the purchase of a flat Northern Railways zone, which ularities and hence the raids seen in which the opposition is of 90 sqm area,” the release said, is biggest in terms of a network and the number is increasing, the ID, the passenger would are being conducted to gather being harassed and intimidated adding that in the second cat- having 6,807-kilometre route, the Rail Ministry is aiming to get printed ticket from vend- more evidence, they said. through the ED or the CBI. egory of middle-income group, and on its successful imple- make available train tickets ing machines available at rail- Siddique has been a Con- The government is trying people having income of above mentation; the services of the through mobile phones by har- way stations. There would be gress MLA in the Maharashtra all it can to damage the Oppo- Rs 12 lakh to Rs 18 lakh would app would be thrown open for nessing the potential of Digital executives to help passengers Assembly and also served as a sition’s image and suppress its get subsidy of 3 per cent for all divisions. Passengers trav- India. “Of the total train pas- in getting printed ticket at Municipal Corporator. voice, he alleged. buying their dream home of elling to the states of Jammu sengers of the country, about vending machines and their The Congress on Wednes- “All this will yield no upto 110 sqm. and Kashmir, Punjab, Hary- 97 per cent travel in unre- details along with the photo day accused the BJP of pur- results,” he said. “To provide all the informa- ana, Himachal Pradesh, Utta- served class, while only 2 per and mobile number would be suing “vendetta politics” after He said such raids are a tion about the flats, banks and rakhand, Uttar Pradesh and cent travel in reserved class and on display at the kiosks.” the ED conducted raids on the “tactic” to divert attention from officials of Uttar Pradesh Hous- Delhi and Chandigarh would merely 1 per cent passengers The passengers can also premises of party leader and the government’s “failure” on ing and Development Board be able to book unreserved are of AC category,” a senior travel without taking the hard ex-minister Baba Siddique State Congress unit spokes- parties. various fronts and to scare the would be there to facilitate tickets in the first phase. official said. copy of the ticket as the booked here in a money laundering person Sachin Sawant alleged “Police had submitted a ‘B’ opposition. “However, we will homebuyers at the camp that Notably, a similar app was Explaining about the func- ticket details would be deliv- probe related to an alleged Rs the ruling BJP is using cen- summary to the Bandra court not deter and keep raising our would help flat-buyers in tak- also started by the ministry for tioning of the app, the offi- ered in the mobile application 400 -crore slum rehabilitation tral investigation agencies last year itself stating the com- voice for people,” the Congress ing their decision on the spot,” booking of unreserved tick- cial said, “The app would let itself. The unreserved passen- irregularities case. to “intimidate” Opposition plaints received against Sid- leader said. the release said. ets in Mumbai suburb areas a passenger book ticket and ger segment largely consists of and some destinations of Delhi make payment for the same. the economically lower class, mandal. After ticket booking proce- the lower middle class and Given that about 40 crore dure is over, the user would wait-listed middle and upper Employee ‘hijacks’ No chance of Modi-Sharif meet people are smartphone user get a booking ID and be using classes. proceedings at Toppers, aged, at Astana SCO summit: MEA students pass Tis Hazari court GAUTAM LAHIRI out of NIOS NEW DELHI: After the com- in 2017 pletion of Prime Minister Nar- endra Modi’s ongoing visits to OUR CORRESPONDENT Germany, Spain, France and Russia , India’s foreign policy NEW DELHI: The National initiative will turn towards Institute of Open Schooling Kazakhstan next month, when (NIOS) has said that there are Modi will visit the central various flexibilities are inbuilt Asian country’s capital, Astana, in the NIOS as differently- to attend the Shanghai Coop- abled, over-age and others eration Organization (SCO) have secured good marks in OUR CORRESPONDENT the proceedings and the pre- summit. senior secondary exams this siding officer as well as law- In the presence of five Eur- year. The school is not only NEW DELHI: Have you ever yers present in the room had asian countries’ heads of state, producing toppers but giving heard of a court staff “hijack- to sit idle till another stenog- India will be given full mem- a platform to others who were ing” judicial proceedings? rapher arrived. “It is pertinent bership of the strategic multi- deprived of education due to The peculiar situation was to mention that court had to lateral body for the first time some reasons, it said. witnessed last week at the Tis wait for another 5 to 10 min- since its inception in 2001. At The NIOS has choice of Hazari courts complex here utes for arrangement of other the meeting of the SCO held medium of instructions, pace when a special court deal- stenographer. in 2015, the heads of states of of learning, combination of ing with corruption cases was The scene created by the China, Russia, Kazakhstan, academic and vocational recording the evidence of a CBI stenographer... gave an impres- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and subjects, flexible scheme of witness from Kolkata through sion as if the proceedings have Uzbekistan had decided to give examination (nine chances live video conferencing and a been hijacked and the same full membership to India along The Pakistan media, citing borders of Jammu and Kash- to learn to pass/appear and stenographer abruptly walked had to be stopped,” the judge with Pakistan. diplomatic sources, said that mir. India and Pakistan signed improve the grade). out, telling the court that she said in a written order. This year’s SCO meeting influential countries in the a memorandum of obliga- It also offers credit accu- was leaving and her cab was The incident happened last will be held on June 7 and 8 SCO are pushing Pakistan and tions at Tashkent on June 24, mulations, transfer of credit waiting outside. week when the stenographer and the Pakistani media is India to re-engage in order to 2016, starting the formal pro- from other boards, validity Taking strong note of the got up at 4:25 PM and said she already gossiping about a pos- ensure that the next summit cess of joining the SCO as full of registration over the period act, the court said the woman wanted to leave as her cab was sible “handshake” meeting can be held in a more condu- members. of 5 years, part admission are stenographer dared to “disre- waiting outside. between Prime Minister Modi cive environment. They are expected to some of the flexibilities in spect the chair” and “under- When the judge reminded and Pakistan Premier Nawaz It reported that the two become full members by the NIOS scheme of studies at mined the authority” of the her that the court timing were Sharif. The Ministry of Exter- countries were admitted to next meeting at Astana in 2017. the secondary and senior sec- court by leaving a live hearing. not yet over, she responded say- nal affairs (MEA) has, however, the SCO on condition that The SCO is primarily centered ondary levels to enable learn- The court, which described ing that by the time she marks denied any chance of a meeting they would work together to on its member nations’ cen- er’s continuation. the scene created by the stenog- her attendance at the superin- between Modi and Shariff. improve bilateral ties as well as tral Asian security-related It conducts public exami- rapher as a “very sorry state of tendent’s office before leaving, But it is also true that the to promote the interests of the concerns, often describing nation twice every year and affairs”, said she “hijacked” a it will be 5 PM. Astana SCO meet will mark SCO. That was one of the main the main threats it confronts also the learner can avail the live video conference proceed- Giving further details of Modi and Shariff being present reasons that Modi and Sharif as being terrorism, separatism facility of On Demand Exam- ings in the presence of several the incident in the order, the at the same platform after quite met at Ufa, Russia, on the side- and extremism. ination round the year. lawyers, giving a “very shabby judge said the woman was a few years. An MEA Spokes- lines of the 2015 SCO summit. impression” to the public at warned that she cannot leave in person also clarified that no Indian Government WB HIDCO large present there. between the proceedings even proposal has come so far from sources are categorically deny- E-Tender Notice No.- 10(2nd Call) of G.M.(E)-II of 2017-2018 The judge, who recorded in when the other stenographer, the Pakistan government for a ing the possible of any meeting WB HIDCO invites online percentage rate open tender for detail the conduct of the ste- who had a fractured leg, was meeting with Prime Minister between India and Pakistan at an estimated amount Rs. 18,78,420/- in two bid system for nographer in the order, said the doing his pending work in the Modi on the sidelines of the the summit, keeping in view bituminous work of road from experienced, resourceful court staff created hindrance to regular court room. SCO summit. the present tension on the bonafide Govt. 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ICA/T 1757(3)2017 General Manager (Engg)-II at least one domain to get promotion WB HIDCO e-Tender notice No.33 of 2017-2018 OUR CORRESPONDENT ing will have to be completed in e- tender is invited for “Construction of Cafeteria attach The subjects in which the IPS officers two or three subjects. to Golf Course office within Eco Park, New Town, Kolkata.” NEW DELHI: Indian Police can speacilise include anti-corruption The National Police Acad- in the manner as described in the detailed e-tender notice Service (IPS) officers may soon and vigilance, police research and emy in Hyderabad and other available on WBHIDCO website-www.wbhidcoltd.com in have to specialise in at least one development, criminal investigation (CBI, similar institutes will be asked e-tender portal Last date of Bid submission closing (on policing domain like counter- to prepare training modules. line)-03.06.2017 upto 2.00 P.M. Detailed may be seen insurgency, terror funding or CID), intelligence, cyber crime, counter- The plan was discussed in our website at www.wbhidcoltd.com. cyber crime to get promotion in November last during to the senior ranks. insurgency and anti- terrorism an annual conference of top ICA/T 1759(3)2017 General Manager (Engg)-IV According to a proposal police officers of the country in prepared by the Home Min- before being promoted to the acilise include anti-corruption Hyderabad which was attended WB HIDCO istry, each of the IPS officer ranks of deputy inspector gen- and vigilance, police research by Prime Minister Naren- e-Tender notice No.32 of 2017-2018 will have to specialise in dif- eral (DIG), inspector general and development, criminal dra Modi and home minister ferent policing domains like (IG) or additional director gen- investigation (CBI, CID), intel- Rajnath Singh. e- tender is invited for “Construction of Toilet block & Locker anti-terrorism, terror fund- eral (ADG),” a home ministry ligence, cyber crime, counter- The proposal has been pre- room attach Golf Course office within Eco Park, New Town, ing, economic crimes or cyber official said. insurgency and anti- terrorism. pared as part of the follow- Kolkata.” in the manner as described in the detailed e-tender offences before being promoted The domain subjects or Before being promoted as up of the discussion that took notice available on WBHIDCO website-www.wbhidcoltd. to senior ranks. the area of specialisation, will a DIG, an officer will have to place in that meeting. com in e-tender portal Last date of Bid submission closing “As per the proposal, IPS be listed in the performance undergo training in at least one Future postings of senior (on line)-03.06.2017 upto 2.00 P.M. Detailed may be seen officers will have to speacilise appraisal report, the official of the domains. Similarly for police officers may be decided in our website at www.wbhidcoltd.com. on a particular domain and said. Among the subjects in the promotion to ranks of the as per specialisation, the offi- ICA/T 1758(3)2017 General Manager (Engg)-IV undergo mandatory training which the IPS officers can spe- IG and ADG, mandatory train- cial said. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 EDITORIAL Barkati and Themis Timely A Thousand Mirrors Different dimensions of the ethnolinguistic divide ecently in Kolkata, a com- pelling saga played itself out. monsoons Barkati, the infamous Imam ensions on the border are high and the new rules on of the famous Tipu Sultan the cattle trade notified by the Centre last week have GARGA mosque situated in central Kolkata CHATTERJEE R created a political storm. In the midst of all these was removed from his position by the developments, however, there was some good news mosque authorities amidst huge pro- Ton Tuesday as the south-west monsoon struck the coast of tests against him by fellow Muslims. Kerala. In tune with the Indian Meteorological Department’s This character who styled himself as prediction, the monsoons arrived two days ahead of sched- the “Shahi” Imam is a non-Bengali ule. This is the earliest the rains have come since 2011. The import into Bengal. There is nothing weather department has added that conditions remain ripe for Shahi about his position – the mosque the further advancement of monsoon in the remaining parts committee in charge put him there. It of the Arabian Sea and the Northeast in the next three to four is true that this mosque is part of the days. As noted in these columns earlier, the Met department waqf estate of Tipu Sultan's descen- has predicted a near-normal monsoon season, despite fears dants, but no reigning king with any of El Nino, the weather phenomenon associated with weak royal charter created this position. Be and uneven rainfall. Another below-average monsoons season that as it may, Barkati had long been would have ramped up the pressure on retail inflation. At the a prominent imam in Kolkata – partly moment the threat of retail inflation remains low, but concerns from the prominence of the mosque remain. Moreover, if this forecast is indeed correct, it could Kolkata's he controlled and partly because of the come as a major relief for large tracts of this country, which is distance of the mosque from the main still reeling from the severe water crisis. Three years of below- cosmopolitanism newspaper media district of the city average monsoons have exacerbated the agrarian crisis. India is a part of its such that he came handy whenever receives nearly 80% of its annual rainfall during the June-to- journalists wanted a “Muslim divine” September south-west monsoon, irrigating more than 50% of publicly lived angle to some story. the crop area during the rain-fed Kharif season. Considering urbanity and not Barkati played up this prominence that more than 58% of rural households in India depend on and hobnobbed with political leaders agriculture as the primary source of livelihood, these rains some private across party lines – a good indicator of are critical to sustaining the economy. Even though the share self-image of his networking skills. Though his origi- of agriculture in the GDP was just 18% in 2012, in employ- nal base was limited to the non-Bengali Tipu Sultan mosque in Kolkata ment terms that figure rises to 50%. In other words, while the rootless elites Sunni Muslims (Urdu speaking Mus- importance of agriculture may recede with regards to its share projected on to a lims would be an imperfect but work- hurled at her ('Didi' or elder sister in supremo of the Bangladesh Awami on to a metropolis. While this is an of the economy, it remains critical to employment. Another metropolis. While able short-hand) of central Kolkata, Bangla is the near universal name by League and the Prime Minister of the ideal campaign point for the BJP, it has major reason why the summer monsoons are crucial is that he styled himself as the guardian-cus- which Mamata Banerjee is known to People's Republic of Bangladesh, is reg- never been able to get any serious foot- they are the number one source of drinking water, especially this is an ideal todian of all kind of Muslim interests everyone - an image she has incul- ularly portrayed as such by the opposi- hold either in Kolkata or West Bengal, in South India. In the southern states, critical non-perennial campaign point across Bengal. Nearly 90 per cent of cated with incredible finesse). Some of tion, while in reality her government with vegetarian Hindi-speakers over- rivers depend on the summer monsoon to recharge their flow. Muslims in Bengal are Bengalis whose these charges stuck to an extent, thanks has been ceding space to Islamists at represented in their support base in a Experts contend that even though India has suffered for the BJP, it has allegiances and loyalties lay elsewhere. to the Hindi-Hindu nationalist BJP's an alarming rate on various issues, 98 per cent non-vegetarian, 85 per cent from weak monsoons over the past three years, the source of never been able This ethnolinguistic divide had other aggressive communal campaigning in including the live issue of removal of Bengali state. the problem lies much deeper. Even during years of above- dimensions. The non-Bengali Ashraf West Bengal, emboldened by Naren- the sculpture of a sari-clad Bengali When Barkati public defied a blan- average rainfall, the country remains unable to leverage the to get any serious Muslims have always been over-rep- dra Modi's victory in 2014 (in 2014, woman holding the scales of justice ket ban on the VIP-style coloured lights benefits. Water conservations efforts have not borne any foothold either in resented in Bengal's political scene by BJP performed miserably in Bengal). behind the front gates of the Supreme atop cars claiming quite comically that fruit. The example of Tamil Nadu is relevant to this discus- their self-certified claim of community Mamata Banerjee, always quick to Court in Dhaka. the British gave his position special sion, considering it is currently facing its worst drought in Kolkata or West leadership, which is only a veiled way to learn from backlashes and public mood It is true that under Mamata Baner- rights and that the West Bengal govern- 140 years. In December 2015, the city of Chennai and neigh- Bengal hint at their Ashraf extraction and non- shifts, reduced the number of occa- jee's Chief Ministership, Muslims in ment was with him, things moved fast. bouring areas were subject to massive floods as a result of Bengali, non-South Asian origin – thus sions of public bonhomie with Muslim Bengal have gained prominence in pub- The West Bengal government removed excessive rains, catching the attention of the national media. being more 'authentic' Muslims. This divines. Much to her embarrassment, lic and political life but that is in keep- the lights. This was again becoming one What wasn’t reported with much gusto was how poor man- hegemonic relationship has a much Barkati would often claim that he held ing with their numbers in West Bengal of those issues in the hand of the Hindu agement of catchment areas forced nearly 60% of the water to longer past and has weakened severely enormous powers over the West Ben- where they constitute around 27 per right. Muslim Bengalis and others pro- flow into the sea. Fast forward a year and Chennai began to over time but has far from disappeared. gal government, that he put the pres- cent of the population according to the tested against Barkati. The “Shahi” suffer from a severe drinking water crisis. Linking the failure When Trinamool supremo Mamata ent party in power or even threatening 2011 census. If anything, this marks an divine was unceremoniously roughed of the monsoons to environmental degradation, Prime Min- Banerjee's political ascent started in Narendra Modi in very direct, inciting acknowledgement that was long due. up by local Muslims. Enough pressure ister Narendra Modi on May 2016 made a strong pitch for a West Bengal, she did court many Mus- terms. This kind of braggadocio raised West Bengal is among the few states in was mounted by Muslims so that the mass movement to conserve “every drop” of water during the lim divines quite publicly. Barkati was Barkati's stock among his followers but the Indian Union where cow slaughter mosque committee removed him from Monsoon season. Various states in the past year have sought one of them – a prominent one at that. irked not only Hindu Bengalis but also for religious and consumption purposes his position. Barkati has now been cut to implement policies that aim to make India’s agriculture She rode to power in 2011 by toppling Muslim Bengalis who saw this kind of has always been legal. This marks out down to size, marking a certain matu- system more water-efficient. Compared to Brazil and China, the 34-year incumbent Left Front, and talk giving fodder to the Hindu right Kolkata as the only metropolis in the ration of Muslim politics in West Ben- India reportedly uses twice as much water per crop. Without the Muslim consolidation behind her wing for no good reason. Indian Union where beef biryani or gal with Muslim Bengalis coming on any real emphasis on water conservation and better irrigation party was one of the principal fac- The last thing a ruling party wants beef haleem actually has beef and not to their own vis-a-vis a faction of their coverage, a bountiful monsoon may not improve the state of tors behind her victory. However, her in a communally sensitive region like buffalo meat – so much for the so-called Ashraf co-religionists. The community Indian agriculture and the dwindling levels of drinking water. all-too-public hobnobbing with these the subcontinent is to be identified as “liberal” and “cosmopolitan” bastions has taken a decisive stance against a It’s time for states to step up to the plate. “According to the divines raised Hindu eyebrows. She some special agent for minorities. Such of Delhi and Mumbai. Kolkata's cos- self-serving demagogue who spoke in Central Water Commission, as of May 25, the water avail- started facing the charge of “Muslim charges have undone many a political mopolitanism is a part of its publicly the name of their creed. able in the 91 reservoirs in the country was 127% of the live appeasement” with epithets like “Mum- career in the Indian Union and Paki- lived urbanity and not some private (The views expressed storage in the corresponding period of last year and 109% of taz Begum” and “Jihadi Didi” being stan. At present, Sheikh Hasina, the self-image of rootless elites projected are strictly personal.) storage of the average of the past ten years. But the national story does not play out at the regional level; for instance, in dear the South, at present it is 8% of the total live storage capac- Quote martial EDITOR millenniumpost.in ity of these reservoirs, compared to 11% in the correspond- ADDED WOES ing period last year and 17% of storage of the average of the Civic authorities seem to be oblivious to the problem of water logging due to rains which leadr to the Log on to write letters to the last 10 years,” says a recent story in the Mint, a leading Indian Hell is empty and all editor or send them to business daily. the devils are here choked drains, traffic snarls and utter inconvenience to the pedestrians. This problem is perceived On the subject of rural distress brought on by drought, half-heartedly and attended to reluctantly. This nadir of civic services repeats every year but no one [email protected] the Centre and State government will have to maintain the bothers for it. In Delhi’s concrete jungle, the cemented pavements and reclaimed drainage courses You can also send your scope and scale of the social safety nets it offers, especially comments to The Editor, the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme block the precipitation run-off. Coupled with choked drains, water logging becomes fait accompli. Millennium Post, (MNREGS), despite positive monsoon forecasts. The effects of Its health hazards are not even recognised. Can’t civic bodies plan preventive measures to deal with three consecutive years of poor monsoons cannot be washed Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah away by one season of near-normal monsoon. What are the WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE it? When will the civic Neros wake up to the problem? Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 benefits of MNREGS? A majority of the works under the job AMBAR Via email scheme is to do with rural sanitation. Further delving into data available in the public domain, it is clear that the scheme has been used to create assets which have improved rural con- nectivity, water conservation, and drought proofing. Given the empirical evidence on record, MNREGA is not a “living General’s candid comments monument” to the failures of the previous UPA government. Moreover, evidence from independent research studies have shown that it has successfully limited distress migration, Critics of the recent 'human-shield' episode fail to understand ground realities in Kashmir increased nutritional standards of households, provided risk resilience to small and marginal farmers and vastly expanded ndia is fighting a nasty battle in on the spot. American defence expert the financial inclusion net in the country. Shrinking employ- Kashmir. It’s a war against sep- Col. Arthur Lykke explained strategy MIHIR ment generation under MNREGA will worsen the current BHOLEY aratism, terrorism, and of late (military) through an interesting non- rural crisis as emergency relief measures for drought-affected Islamism that has combined mathematical equation. According to farmers take months to arrive. It is fair to argue that India’s vil- Iagainst the Indian state. Each successive him Strategy = Ends+Ways+Means. lages, home to 2/3rds of the nation’s population, are not receiv- government has had its share of Kash- Military intervention in Kashmir is just ing the fruits of its fantastic 7.3% GDP growth. Rural wages mir ordeal and its own method of deal- strategic, not the end in itself. It’s just have plummeted, and India’s villages are battling high levels of ing with it. Being in power, now it’s the a means to achieve the end which is to unemployment. Instead of merely pouring more money into turn of the NDA government, which restore order and create an atmosphere the scheme, the Centre, and its partners in the States must seems to have decided to deal with the to strengthen the democratic process. find a way to improve basic accountability. Structural reforms terror backed insurgency rather firmly American Defense Secretary Caspar in the agriculture sector will take some time to arrive before and squarely. Accordingly, while main- Weinberger, the author of the famous India’s farmers feel the benefits. Until then, the government taining utmost restraint, armed forces Weinberger Doctrine, was even more must maintain the scope of these social safety nets and give are giving a befitting reply to the per- forthcoming. He said if we decide it is its rural brethren a chance at gainful employment. Evidence petrators across the LOC and in the necessary to put combat troops into a suggests that buoyant rural demand is critical for economic few disturbed districts of the valley. given situation, we should do so whole- growth. In the past decade, the increase in consumer demand Military However, it’s a pity that certain sec- heartedly and with the clear intention was driven in large parts by rural demand. intervention in tions sympathetic to the separatists are Army Chief General Bipin Rawat in Kashmir of winning. questioning army’s tactics and strate- Conventional wars involve all ele- Kashmir is just gies. They conveniently ignore that it is challenged by the liberal and radical end. Today, the army is fighting a war ments of national power which include strategic, not an an irregular war in which one side does alike. The earlier is unleashed by self- which successive previous political military, diplomatic, economic, and Death, end in itself. It not represent any state but new kind ish politicians, vested interest groups in parties and governments have lost. informational prowess. But the one of stateless formations bound by radi- the guise of civil society, human right We’re living in the most difficult going on in Kashmir is different. It’s a is a means to cal ideology. These radical mercenar- activists, pseudo-intellectuals and their times as far as global and national war within, so the options are limited. devastation restore order ies innovate new strategies to unleash ilk while the radical terror outfits per- security is concerned. Ideological More than military, it’s also a psycho- terror and browbeat the authority of petrate the latter. Liberal democracies fault lines have deepened, and rabid logical war. Any collateral damage is n a shocking incident, more than 80 people were killed and create an the state. Stone pelting, ambush, kid- like India are falling victim to both. As radicalism is replacing moderation. our loss. The armed forces know it well, and around 350 injured on Wednesday after a mas- atmosphere napping, murder, intimidation through such, making army our last and most Liberal democracies are not yet fully and that’s why they maintain utmost sive explosion targeted an area in Kabul where several social media; they keep inventing new formidable line of defence answerable prepared to either preempt or meet restraint. Coercion and humane judg- embassies, including India’s, are located. Fortunately to strengthen methods but for counterinsurgency, a to vested interest groups and political the challenges of radical ideologies ment are at the core of all major mili- Ifor the Indian diplomatic mission, there were no casualties the democratic professional army maintains restraint. parties will be detrimental. It’s time our whether religious or political. The tary doctrines. Indian army knows it reported. At the time of publication, it still isn’t clear what Even in the midst of grave provoca- internal security doctrine unequivo- French defence and national security well in letter and spirit. Force must be was the motive for the blast. There was also no immediate process tion, it remains more concerned about cally announces that in conflict zones, doctrine recognise this threat. It holds used when there’s no alternative. But claim of responsibility, with a spokesman for the Taliban tell- securing the civilian population rather the strategy of the forces should not be that though the world is not neces- it’s just for achieving an objective. Brit- ing journalists that the group was not involved in the attack. than destroying the enemy. So what’s subjected to unauthorised scrutiny and sarily more dangerous, it has become ish Defense Doctrine says that fighting The sheer scale of death and devastation in one of the most wrong with army’s strategy to use a comments. Making our troops subject more unstable, more unforeseeable. As power can be applied benignly. How- heavily guarded areas of Kabul highlighted the reach of the stone-pelter as a human shield to mini- to media and political trials is a delib- a result, any future military operation ever, it is an especially powerful and militant forces desperate to destabilise the elected government. mise collateral damage to civilians and erate ploy to weaken the institution. is going to be more dangerous than influential instrument of policy when In recent weeks, the Taliban have been gaining territory in defend the nation and itself? General True to the tradition of Army lead- before. It admits that casualties have it is used to deter or coerce during a the countryside. These developments have once again raised Bipin Rawat’s bold stand and defence ership, General Rawat has given the a substantial impact on national per- measured process of conflict preven- questions about Kabul’s ability to restore peace. Islamist mili- of army’s strategy reflects India’s deter- message that he is with his men who ception and support at home. Never- tion and confrontation management. tant groups, primarily a local offshoot of Islamic State and the mination and firmness. are at the forefront in the line of duty. theless, the doctrine also very firmly The message General Rawat has given Afghan Taliban, have been responsible for a string of recent For hundreds of years, nations The General has done what a General reiterates that protecting the force is is clear and unambiguous: use of force attacks aimed at creating chaos in Afghanistan and toppling thought that threat comes only from must do in such a situation. But what not only a moral imperative, but also is the last option, but if it’s inevitable it the US-backed government in Kabul. Attempts by Western other nations and that terrorism could has our political class done other than a strategic and tactical requirement in must create the impact. That’s what the governments to defeat the Afghan Taliban have not amounted never be as severe. It was considered muddling the situation? People of J&K such a situation. What’s wrong with nation expects from its army. to much. Fourteen years after the US invasion, Afghanistan the weapon of the weak. The premise and the rest of India are yet to see any General Rawat if he stands by his men (The author is a senior academic continues to stand on one knee. has changed and so have the strategies constructive and practical proposal of and supports their strategy? A strat- and a socio-political commentator. of war. Today, democracies are being reconciliation forthcoming from their egy can be devised only by the man Views expressed are strictly personal.) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 mp in focus NDA’s major challenge: NPA, not UPA Massive drop in bank credit has hit economic growth The NDA government is in the month- G. long mirthful mood, celebrating the comple- SRINIVASAN tion of three years in office. To some extent, it has delivered a taint-free government for a nation that had been painfully inured to the sorry spectacle of scam after scam tum- bling out of the cupboards of the erstwhile UPA government that held office for more than a decade! Though comparisons could be odious between UPA and NDA, as the latter focused more on presenting a clean image even with an intimidating presence of a single leader at the helm in a democracy, the apparently tranquil landscape does not mean everything is hunky-dory. One cannot ignore most of the nation’s problems includ- ing legacy ones and the new normal of pro- With the corporate moting s personality cult. sector accounting Take, for instance, the oxygen for normal breathing in the economy, the credit avail- for about 40 per able from formal channels including banks cent of the credit and its dispersal across the real sectors to portfolio of banks, keep the economy growing and glowing. In the absence of adequate credit at an afford- particularly PSBs, able rate to stakeholders, the potential for IMF said PSBs’ growth and employment generation would be difficult to realise even if the administra- soundness and tion is otherwise impeccable and free from their ability to rent-seeking leaders and bureaucrats. Unfor- tunately, NPAs have become an albatross provide effective around the neck of the economy, squeez- intermediation ing fresh flow of funds by its vice-like grip. This meant a pronounced slowdown in bank in the economy credit disbursal, hitting hard capacity cre- rest on effective ation through new venture or expansion of the extant enterprises. debt restructuring It is a great testimony to the atrophy of and deleveraging fund flows from the banking channel that bank credit grew only 5.1 per cent during the in the corporate year to March 2017, set against 10.3 per cent Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sector. That is in 2015-16. The Financial Stability Report of the apex bank in December, 2016 did not writing on the wall of the growing NPAs of Debt Restructuring Scheme (SDR) and the of banks, particularly PSBs, IMF said PSBs’ that cover restrictions on branch expansion why the RBI has mince words when it candidly noted that “a the public sector banks. He duly undertook Scheme for Sustainable Debt of Stressed soundness and their ability to provide effec- plans, business at overseas branches, enter- also carried out high and rising proportion of banks’ delin- an asset quality review (AQR) in December Assets (S4A). Under the latter, an Oversee- tive intermediation in the economy rest on ing into new lines of business and non-credit quent loans, particularly those of PSBs and 2015 to grasp the nettlesome NPAs, even as ing Committee (OC) was set up to review effective debt restructuring and deleveraging asset creation. a review of its a consequent increase in provisioning for his tenure ended before the assessment was the processes involved in the preparation in the corporate sector. That is why the RBI With enough firepower in its armoury Prompt Corrective non-performing assets (NPAs) continued complete on March 2017. Credit must go to of a resolution plan for reasonableness and has also carried out a review of its Prompt to attack the NPAs head-on, complemented to weigh on credit growth reflecting their Rajan for setting in motion the AQR process adherence to provisions of the guidelines Corrective Action (PCA), 2002 framework by the recent Ordinance that empowers it to Action (banks’) lower risk appetite and stressed that has captured and recognised the vast of the S4A scheme. RBI has also agreed recently as a precursor to resolution options. set up oversight panels to study loan recast, financial position”. Unsurprisingly, growth in majority of bank NPAs, even as cleaning up that banks with the concurrence of OC The crux of PCA is the need to pre- the banking regulator, without being a bully loans and advances of PSBs drastically fell to the mess demands concerted efforts from might refer even other cases of resolution vent banks from failing as the cost of fail- to the banks or the borrowers (corporate), 2.1 per cent in 2015-16 from 7.4 per cent in both the political masters and the banking of stressed assets to OC that are outside the ure of a bank is prohibitive and disruptive can go about seeking resolution of impaired the year before. The report reveals stressed regulator in harmony. Rajan was alive to ambit of S4A. Finance Minister Arun Jait- with systemic spinoffs and financial stabil- assets. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code assets (sum of gross NPAs and restructured the fundamental canon that financial sta- ley said in Parliament recently that actions ity implications. The PCA 2002 framework (IBC) 2016 might chip in to help in this assets) at 12.3 per cent of assets by end-Sep- bility in an uncertain and turbulent finan- have been taken to empower banks by stat- was based on capital adequacy, asset quality stolid task. All eyes are now on the June 12 tember 2016. Discerning analysts cannot cial world entails a sound banking system. utory change with amendments to Debt and profitability more specifically to capi- meeting convened by Jaitley with top banks be faulted for making a wild surmise, even He also knew that this could be predicated Recovery Tribunals, SARFAESI and other tal to risk asset ratio (CRAR), net non-per- honchos to review the steps being taken by if unfounded, if this ratio would have fur- on robust global prudential standards com- relevant laws. forming advances (NNPA) and return on them to expedite recovery of bad loans. The ther worsened by March 2017, following bined with effective bank supervision. It is It needs to be noted that this year the Eco- asset (ROA). Following a review of the 2002 Finance Ministry and the RBI need to tread the November 8, 2016, midnight decision a loss to the Central bank that such a man nomic Survey alluded to the twin balance framework by an internal working group, the cautiously on this issue. What is at stake is to demonetise high denominational notes with foresight could not get another term to sheet problems plaguing the corporate and Revised-PCA is now in place effective from the complete cleaning of the mess in India’s and the subsequent virtual halt to economic ensure that the process he had set in motion banking sector. The IMF too in its 2017 Arti- April 1, 2017. This applies to all banks in the banking sector. The economy needs the activities for a few months in the ensuing would make the banking system a bulwark. cle IV discussion issues mentioned that in country including small banks and foreign smooth and affordable flow of credit to pro- melee. No doubt, the apex bank has put in place India the link between the financial perfor- banks operating through branches or subsid- ductive segments that would propel growth In his term as the Governor of the Cen- a spate of tools and templates for resolu- mance of the banking and corporate sector is iaries. Besides spelling out in greater details and employment. IPA tral bank, the erudite and globally acclaimed tion of stressed assets that include Corpo- strong. With the corporate sector accounting R-PCA indicators, the Central bank will also (The views expressed economist Dr Raghuram G. Rajan saw the rate Debt Restructuring (CDR), Strategic for about 40 per cent of the credit portfolio wield its discretionary corrective actions are strictly personal.)

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Centre likely to face protracted legal battle over notification restricting NARENDRA MODI @narendramodi cattle trade in livestock markets, writes Debdeep Chakraborty We strongly condemn nable to come to terming it as an attempt by the terms with the government to impose the RSS the terrorist blast in expanding support agenda on the country, a con- Kabul. Our thoughts base of BJP and the spiracy of the government to are with the families Uever-rising popularity of Prime change the food habits of peo- of the deceased & Minister Narendra Modi, the ple, a violation of human rights opposition parties, particularly and an attack on the poor and prayers with the the Congress and the Left par- downtrodden. In Kerala, mem- injured. ties, see an RSS hand in every bers of the Congress and the decision that is made by the Left parties recently organised NDA (National Democratic beef-eating festivals in protest. Only healthy Alliance) government at the The aim is to link the noti- SUSHMA SWARAJ animals will Centre. What these parties fied rules with the controver- @SushmaSwaraj don’t realise is that their nega- sial and sensitive issue of beef be allowed tive approach further alienates consumption. for trading in them from the masses, thereby, The Environment Ministry bolstering the image of BJP. has stated that it is looking into livestock markets. In a democracy, political the matter raised concerning By God's grace, Indian The rules restrict parties in opposition have a some of the provisions of the Embassy staff are safe the sale of cattle vital role to play. They are well regulation. It has received rep- within their rights when they resentations both in favour and in the massive #Kabul in such markets. constructively oppose and crit- against. Among those that are blast. The word ‘cattle’ icise a decision of the govern- A “beef fest” (protest) in Kerala (Representational Image) opposing the rules are the states ment that is not in the interest of Kerala, West Bengal, Karna- in the notification of the people. The role of the adopted the strategy of wrong- chant for theatrics. in such markets. The word ‘cat- taka, some Northeast states and refers to bovine opposition, in other words, is to fully blaming RSS of influenc- The Madurai bench of the tle’ in the notification refers to the Union Territory of Puduch- ensure that the party in power ing government decisions. The Madras High Court on May bovine animals and includes erry. In Tamil Nadu, the DMK, animals and does not deviate from the path government has clarified sev- 30 granted a four-week stay on bulls, bullocks, cows, buffa- which is in the opposition in MAMATA BANERJEE includes bulls, laid down by the Constitution. eral times that RSS does not the notification in response to a loes, steers, heifers, calves, and the state, is leading the protest @MamataOfficial The problem arises when the meddle in its affairs. Also, there PIL and directed both the state camels. These animals will be against the Centre’s decision. bullocks, cows, opposition takes up trivial mat- is no proof of any such interfer- government and the Centre to allowed for sale only for agri- Congress and the Left par- buffaloes, steers, ters to target the government ence. The opposition parties, respond within that time. It is culture purposes and not for ties have till now failed to high- for the sake of opposing the however, are not willing to pay most likely that the Centre will slaughter or religious sacrifices. light any important issue before Saddened at the loss heifers, calves, party in power. Such attacks on heed. They remain determined now have to face a protracted The animals for slaughter will the country which could dent of innocent lives in and camels the government stem from ide- to drag the name of RSS into legal battle over the notifica- have to be sourced directly the image of NDA at the Cen- ological differences that exist every issue taken up by them tion. However, a closer look at from farms. The restriction tre. It is expected that in the Afghanistan. Prayers among political parties. against the government. Obvi- the rules, primarily aimed at placed on the sale of cattle for absence of any real issue both and thoughts with the Ideally, in a democratic ously, the aim is to generate regulating the livestock mar- slaughter or religious sacri- these parties are likely to con- families #kabulblast setup, the ideology of any polit- political noise so as to stay rel- kets, will reveal that they are fices at livestock markets can tinue playing disruptive politics ical party, whether in power evant at the national level and necessary for the interest of go a long way in preventing ille- for the remaining term of the or the opposition, should not at the same time keep together animal welfare, and also ben- gal trade of animals and cattle present government. reflect upon the functioning the fast diminishing flock of efit the farmer community in smuggling. The livestock mar- India is currently faced with of the government. Unfortu- supporters. the long run. kets will eventually become challenges on multiple fronts – SHEHLA RASHID nately, that is not the case in The manner in which the Besides ensuring that ani- hubs for sale and purchase of fear of rising unemployment, @Shehla_Rashid India today. Several political Congress and the Left parties mals in livestock markets are animals meant solely for agri- poverty, poor infrastructure, parties in opposition, shaken reacted after the notification adequately cared for, the rules culture purposes. inadequate health care facili- by Prime Minister Modi’s of the Prevention of Cruelty to will require that livestock mar- The Congress and the Left ties, cross-border terrorism, to Modi Govt's support for agenda of ‘sabka saath, sabka Animals (Regulation of Live- kets are equipped with ade- parties, owing to their inher- mention but a few. For most vikas’, which means collective stock Markets) Rules, 2017, quate facilities like housing, ent bias against BJP, refuse to Indians, availability of beef is Dadri, Alwar, Jharkhand efforts for inclusive growth, under the Prevention of Cru- feeding areas, feed storage, accept that the measures listed not a burning issue. Beef and & Jammu lynchings, are attempting to create road- elty to Animals Act, 1960, by water supply, water troughs, in the notification by the Envi- buffalo meat eaters constitute blocks on the path of smooth the Ministry of Environment, ramps, drainage, enclosures ronment Ministry for regu- just 7.5 per cent of the total Una ≠ provocation governance. Forest and Climate Change, on for sick animals and veteri- lating the livestock markets population of India. Hence, Beef fest in a place With no real issue in hand May 23, once again showed that nary care. Only healthy ani- have more advantages than taking up such matters will where beef is legal = to corner the government at these parties were not willing to mals will be allowed for trading disadvantages. Instead, they not help the opposition par- the Centre, the Congress and either give up their old strategy in livestock markets. Also, the are vehemently opposing the ties reclaim their lost ground. provocation the Left parties seem to have of blaming RSS or their pen- rules restrict the sale of cattle Centre’s move and absurdly (Views are strictly personal.) 10 Kabul Carnage MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Thursday, 1 June, 2017 ‘IT FELT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE’

Attacks in KABUL A massive truck bomb ripped through SINCE Kabul’s diplomatic quarter on Wednesday, killing at least 90 people AP/PTI and wounding over 400. Here are some 2016 WORLD LEADERS CONDEMN KABUL ATTACK of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital over the past year-and-a-half: 2016 JANUARY 20: A Taliban suicide bomber International in central Kabul. Six are injured. A wave of renewed militant rams his car into a minibus belonging to OCTOBER 12: ISIS claims responsibility television channel Tolo, killing seven of its for an attack on a shrine that kills at least 18 employees, in the first major attack on the people gathering to mark Ashura, one of the Afghan media. most important Shiite festivals. violence hits Afghan capital FEBRUARY 1: Twenty police officers OCTOBER 19: Two Americans including are killed and 29 people injured in a Taliban a civilian are killed when a gunman opens The Islamic State claims responsibility for the devastating explosion in Kabul suicide attack on a police base in Kabul. fire near a NATO base in Kabul, with Afghan KABUL: The huge blast during the Germany denounced the horrific FEBRUARY 27: A suicide bomber blows officials calling it an “insider attack”. morning rush hour caused panic in suicide bombing near its embassy in himself up outside the defence ministry, NOVEMBER 21: A massive suicide blast much of central Kabul, shattering win- Kabul that killed dozens of people dows as far as a mile away. Nearly two including an Afghan security officer killing 12 in an attack claimed by the Taliban. targetting Shiites kills at least 27 people and hours after the explosion near Zanbaq employed in the mission. Foreign Min- APRIL 19: A truck bomb followed by a wounds 64 at a Kabul mosque in another sec- Square, a crowded area in the capital ister Sigmar Gabriel called the attack shootout leaves 64 people dead and more tarian attack claimed by ISIS. that leads to the presidential palace as shocking. “I condemn the attack ... in well as major foreign embassies, plumes the strongest possible terms. than 340 injured in central Kabul in a Taliban- JANUARY 10: of smoke were still rising from the scene. “The attack was carried out in the claimed attack. Twin At a time when the United States immediate vicinity of the German MAY 25: Ten people are killed in a Taliban blasts near the Afghan Par- is weighing sending more troops to Embassy. It hit civilians and it hit those 2017 liament kill 38 people and Afghanistan to try to halt the govern- who are in Afghanistan to work with the suicide attack targeting a minibus carrying ment’s losses, the attack on Wednesday people there on a better future for the court employees in a western Kabul suburb. wound 86. highlighted the continued ability of mil- country. It is particularly despicable that FEBRUARY 7: JUNE 20: Fourteen Nepalese security A suicide bomb rips itants to strike even in the most secure these people were targetted.” through a crowd of Supreme Court employees, parts of the capital. Prime Minister Narendra Modi con- guards employed by Western embassies are President Ashraf Ghani called the demned the terror attack in Kabul: “We killed on the outskirts of Kabul, in a Taliban killing at least 20 and wounding 41. No group attack “a crime against humanity.” A strongly condemn the terrorist blast in claims responsibility. statement by Gen. John W Nicholson Kabul. Our thoughts are with the fami- assault. Jr, the commander of American and lies of the deceased and prayers with MARCH 1: Sixteen people are killed in JUNE 30: A double suicide attack by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization the injured. India stands with Afghani- Taliban against a convoy of police recruits simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two forces in Afghanistan, applauded the stan in fighting all types of terrorism. Afghan security forces for preventing Forces supporting terrorism need to be leaves 30 dead. security compounds. MARCH 8: the truck full of explosives from enter- and reveals the barbaric nature of the many”. The victims appear mainly to defeated.” Canada also strongly con- JULY 23: ISIS jihadists claim responsibility Gunmen disguised as doctors ing the Green Zone, a reference to the enemy faced by the Afghan people,” the have been Afghan civilians, but German demned the bombing in Kabul. “Our for twin explosions that rips through crowds storm Afghanistan’s largest military hospital area that houses the headquarters of statement said. Pakistan condemned the Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel did say thoughts are with the Afghan people in a six-hour attack officially claimed by ISIS. the coalition forces as well as several “terrorist attack in Kabul this (Wednes- that employees of the German Embassy and the victims of this heinous ter- of Shiite Hazaras in Kabul, killing at least 85 foreign embassies. “The attack demon- day) morning that has caused loss of were wounded in the attack, and that rorist attack,” Prime Minister Justin people and wounding more than 400. The official death toll is 50 but security sources strates a complete disregard for civilians precious human lives and injuries to one Afghan security guard was killed. Trudeau tweeted. AGENCIES AUGUST 25: Sixteen people are killed and survivors say it exceeded 100. MAY 3: after terrorists storm the A powerful blast American University of targetting a foreign forces ‘There was mess BBC workers among victims in Afghanistan in Kabul, in a convoy near the US embassy nearly 10-hour raid that was and NATO headquarters everywhere’ kills at least 8 people and Afghanistan suicide bombing not claimed. KABUL: Witnesses described lyst and security commentator, SEPTEMBER 5: A wounds 28. MAY 31: scenes of panic, confusion and told Al Jazeera. “It was pretty KABUL: Four BBC work- double Taliban attack near At least 90 peo- destruction following a dev- strong. It felt like a tremor, like ers and their Afghan driver the defence ministry leaves ple are killed and hundreds astating bomb blast at Kabul’s an earthquake in many parts were caught up in the suicide wounded when a massive diplomatic quarter that killed of the city. As soon as the blast bombing outside the Germany 41 dead and more than a scores of people and wounded went off, one could see a huge embassy in Kabul, the corpora- hundred injured. truck bomb rips through hundreds. “[I have] not heard amount of smoke coming from tion has said. Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, something this big before”, the area,” Rahim added. The driver killed in Overnight a third attack, Fatima Faizi, a Kabul resident, Mohammad Hassan, who Wednesday’s attack was named shattering windows hun- which was not claimed, told Al Jazeera, minutes after worked at a bank near the as Mohammed Nazir, a father targets aid group CARE dreds of metres away. the blast on Wednesday. At the site of the blast, also said the in his late thirties who had Wazir Akhbar Khan hospi- explosion felt “like an earth- worked for the BBC for more tal, there were scenes of chaos quake”. He suffered from a head than four years. Four journal- as ambulances brought in wound. The explosion went ists were injured, though their wounded and frantic relatives off at rush hour near Zanbaq wounds were not believed to be Germany suspends deportation flights scanned casualty lists and ques- square, in Kabul’s 10th district, life-threatening, the BBC said tioned hospital staff for news. close to shops and restaurants, in a statement. “I couldn’t think clearly, as well as government offices The huge blast killed at least to Afghanistan following the attack there was a mess everywhere,” and foreign embassies. 90 people and injured more Wounded men lie on their beds in Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital in Nabib Ahmad, who was Faizi said the explosion than 400 after a sewage tanker Kabul on Wednesday AP/PTI KABUL: Germany has tempo- fore there will be no collective Advice and Support Organ- lightly hurt, told the Reuters “was so loud that it shattered” filled with explosives was deto- rarily suspended deportation deportations to Afghanistan isation, which helps return- news agency. A suspected all the windows in her home. nated at an intersection in the only waging war against the large amounts of damage in flights to Afghanistan follow- in the next few days. “But it ees to the country, welcomed truck bomb ripped through Gul Rahim, who was at heavily guarded diplomatic US-backed Kabul government the explosion, which set doz- ing an explosion that killed is and remains the case that the decision and urged send- the heart of Kabul’s diplomatic the site, said “there are a large quarter. Karim Haidari, the and foreign forces in Afghani- ens of cars on fire and broke at least 90 people and injured deportations must be carried ing Afghans back to the “war- area in a “earthquake-like” blast number of casualties”. Naser BBC bureau’s manager, tweeted stan, most of the casualties of doors and windows up to a more than 400 in the Afghan out according to our laws. This torn country” was a “waste of described by officials as “one Shahalemi, who works in a a picture of the colleague who their attacks are civilians. kilometre (half a mile) from capital Kabul. principle applies to Afghani- money”. “This incident today, of the biggest” to have hit the building about five to 10 min- lost his life in the incident. At least one journalist work- the blast site. Local hospi- A German official con- stan, especially for criminals, (Wednesday) which damaged city. At least 90 people were utes from the blast scene, said Taliban Spokesperson ing for local news agency Tolo tals were overwhelmed by the firmed there would no collec- and we will continue to go part of the German embassy, killed killed and more than he felt “a huge gust of wind Zabihullah Mujahid said that was killed, as well as a security numbers of injured people tive deportations to the country down this path.” shows Afghanistan is a not suit- 400 wounded. Kabul residents ... followed by an immediate Wednesday’s explosion had guard at the German embassy. arriving in makeshift ambu- in the next few days, but said In December, Germany able place to deport people to,” said the explosion was so pow- explosion”. Officials have said “nothing to do with the Muja- Several German and Japanese lances and the death toll is the policy of deporting Afghan began carrying out group Ghafoor told The Independent. erful it could be felt through- the death toll is expected to hedeen of Islamic Emirate,” as nationals were injured in the expected to rise, the interior migrants who do not qualify deportations of Afghans as the At least seven US citizens out the Afghan capital. “I was rise. The victims appear mainly the Taliban call themselves. His blast, the countries’ respective ministry said. as refugees still remains. The government sought to show were injured in the suicide just 500m from the location to have been Afghan civilians. statement added that the Tali- security services said. A statement from the Min- official said: “The employees it was tackling the high num- bomb blast, according to two of the explosion and it was Al Jazeera’s Qais Azimy said ban condemn “every explosion The French and German istry of Interior Affairs said [at the embassy in Kabul] have ber of migrants by removing US officials. At least three of so heavy that in every part of the location of the attack was and attack carried out against embassies were damaged by it condemned “in the stron- more important things to do those who do not qualify as ref- the injured were US govern- Kabul, people thought as if it very significant, as it hit one of civilians, or in which civilians the massive bomb. Turkey gest terms the terrorist attack” than to prepare the organisa- ugees. Abdul Ghafoor, direc- ment personnel, according to was next to them,” Mushtaq the Afghan capital’s busiest and are harmed.” Even though the and China confirmed their that killed so many, including tional measures needed. There- tor of Afghanistan Migrants the officials. AGENCIES Rahim, an independent ana- most secure parts. AGENCIES organisation claim they are embassy buildings sustained women and children. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 mp Trump to pull US South Korean Manchester attacker bought Parl approves out of Paris climate Moon’s pick for deal: Reports Prime Minister WASHINGTON: US Pres- most bomb parts ‘himself’ SEOUL: South Korea’s Parlia- ident Donald Trump has ment on Wednesday approved decided to withdraw from the LONDON: Manchester sui- President Moon Jae-in’s nom- Paris climate accord, as per cide bomber Salman Abedi Manchester Mosque ‘refuses to ination of Lee Nak-yon as Reuters quoting news agency likely purchased most of the Prime Minister. Axios on Wednesday, citing key bomb components himself The 299-seat National two unidentified sources who and many of his actions were bury Salman Abedi’s body’ Assembly passed the confirma- have direct knowledge of the carried out alone, British police tion motion for Lee at a plenary decision. At G7 summit, the investigating the attack said. MANCHESTER: A major Manchester mosque has session joined by the ruling US President had refused to Officers in the northern reportedly said its funeral service will not deal Democratic Party, People’s endorse the landmark climate English city have arrested 16 with the remains of suicide bomber Salman Abedi. Party, Justice Party and Bareun change accord on Saturday, is two-fold: First, either a for- people since the attack in a The Manchester Central Mosque, which provides Party. Among the 188 lawmak- saying he needed more time to mal withdrawal, in which case packed concert hall killed 22 ers present, 164 approved of decide. He then tweeted that he it could take three years. Sec- children and adults and injured traditional funeral services to its community, said Lee. Twenty disapproved while would make an announcement ond, leaving the UN treaty that 116 others last week. its executive committee had agreed not to inter two abstained, with two votes this week. Trump’s decision will the accord is based on, which “Our enquiries show Abedi the mass murderer’s body if asked, according to listed as invalid, Yonhap news put the United States in league would be be extreme but also himself made most of the pur- The Times. It came as it was claimed authorities agency reported. Shortly after with Syria and Nicaragua as the quicker, as per Axios. chases of the core components the endorsement, Moon con- world’s only non-participants The news agency further and what is becoming apparent in the city were doing “everything in their power” ferred an appointment certifi- in the Paris Climate Agree- reported that Trump’s decision is that many of his movements to ensure Abedi’s remains will not be buried, cate on Lee. ment. The decision could also to withdraw from the climate and actions have been carried cremated or otherwise laid to rest within Greater The main opposition Lib- have sweeping implications pact was influenced by a letter out alone during the four days Manchester. A source also told the Manchester erty Korea Party (LKP) refused for the deal, which is heavily from 22 Republican US sena- from him landing in the coun- Evening News the bomber’s body was being kept to attend the vote. It called Lee reliant on the commitment of tors, including Majority Leader try and committing this awful unfit for the post, taking issue big polluter nations to reduce Mitch McConnell. It must be attack,” said Russ Jackson, head in a separate morgue from those of his victims. with the fact that Lee’s wife used emissions of gases. noted that former president of the North West Counter Ter- The ultimate decision as to what happens to a false address in 1989 to get According to the Paris cli- Barack Obama, who helped rorism Unit. Abedi’s body will lie with a coroner, according to assigned to a school in southern mate deal, which is agreed on broker the accord, had praised Police have been probing the paper. On Wednesday, police said Abedi likely Seoul as a teacher. by nearly 200 countries in Paris the pact during a trip to Europe Abedi’s last movements by purchased most of the key bomb components The LKP’s boycott of the in 2015, the countries will aim earlier this month. delving into his phone calls and vote boded ill for Moon’s to limit global warming in part After China, US is the watching his movements on himself and that many of his actions were carried efforts to foster cooperation by slashing carbon dioxide and world’s second-biggest emit- closed-circuit television. out alone. AGENCIES with an opposition-led legis- other emissions from the burn- ter of carbon dioxide. Con- “We have also have a good part of a wider network, which trips, Jackson said. lature, observers said. “At this ing of fossil fuels. News agency cerns have been expressed by understanding of the likely could not be ruled out yet. Three men who were from the Fallowfield area and North West Counter Terror- time, I believe it would be dif- Axios reported that the details supporters of the climate pact component parts of the bomb They are also keen to find arrested as part of the inves- a 37-year-old man from the ism Unit, said, “The release of ficult to forge cooperative ties of the pullout are being worked who believe that a U.S. exit and where these came from,” out why he kept going back tigation into the Manchester Blackley area were released on some people can be expected (with the ruling bloc),” Chung out by a team that includes EPA could trigger other nations to said Jackson. to the Wilmslow Road area of attack have been released with- Wednesday. in investigations of this nature Woo-taik, the LKP floor leader, Administrator Scott Pruitt. The weaken their commitments or Officers were still trying to Manchester and to find the blue out charge. Detective Chief Superinten- as we corroborate accounts that told reporters. “The responsi- choice presented before the US also withdraw. AGENCIES determine whether Abedi was suitcase he used during those Two men aged 20 and 24 dent Russ Jackson, Head of the have been provided. AGENCIES bility for providing the cause for breaking ‘cooperative gov- ernance’ rests wholly with the Jadhav case: Pak AG Ashtar Ausaf Ali Russian warship, government and ruling party,” North Korea ‘ready’ he added. submarine fire cruise However, Woo Won-shik, to lead team at ICJ meet on June 8 the ruling party whip, pledged to try his utmost to ensure ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Attor- sular access to Jadhav in violation missiles at ISIS in Syria for ICBM tests smooth cooperation with the ney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali of the provisions of the Vienna SEOUL: North Korea on Wednes- opposition bloc. “Though there will lead a team to the Interna- Convention. MOSCOW: A Russian warship and submarine day said it is ready to test launch Washington were twists and turns (in the tional Court of Justice at The The attorney-general also have fired cruise missiles at Islamic State group intercontinental ballistic missiles confirmation process), I don’t Hague on June 8 for a meeting briefed the participants of the targets around Palmyra in Syria from the Mediter- (ICBM), one day after the US suc- successfully think they meant a suspension of “agents” from India and Paki- meeting about the Pakistan gov- ranean, Moscow said on Wednesday, the first such cessfully tested a defence system to intercepted a dummy of cooperative governance,” he stan with the court’s president to ernment’s strategy for the case. strikes announced in months.The frigate Admiral intercept such projectiles. ICBM on the country’s said. “The primary reason for discuss the future proceedings The committee members Essen and submarine Krasnodar carried out four The North Korean army is ready the endorsement is citizens’ in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. were reportedly not satisfied by strikes against military hardware and fighters from to conduct a real ICBM test at any west coast, amid demand to stably handle (state The decision to send the the explanations given by the the jihadist group who had left its de-facto capi- time and place, if ordered by its leader escalating tensions affairs),” he added. Lee’s motion attorney general was taken at a government’s legal team about tal Raqa, the Russian military said in a statement. Kim Jong-un, according to an article was widely expected to pass meeting of the Parliamentary the case at the last meeting. “All the targets were hit,” the statement said, in the Rodong Sinmun, the official with North Korea through the Assembly despite Committee on National Secu- The National Assembly without specifying when the strikes happened. daily of the country’s ruling Work- LKP objections. His official rity on Tuesday to discuss Paki- The ICJ statutes provide for a speaker told the media that he Moscow said that the US, Turkish and Israeli ers’ Party. In his New Year address icy of the US, and warned the Don- appointment required consent stan’s strategy in the case, Dawn state party to a case, which does was satisfied with the briefing by military “were informed in a timely manner of to the nation, Kim said the country ald Trump administration to choose from a majority of the lawmak- reported. National Assembly not have a judge of its nation- the attorney general yesterday. the missile launches through existing communi- was in the final phase of developing the “correct” option between life and ers present. The ruling party Speaker Ayaz Sadiq chaired the ality on the bench, to choose a Senator Sherry Rehman of cation channels.” an ICBM that would allow it to tar- death, Efe news reported. Washing- holds 120 parliamentary seats, meeting. During the meeting of person to sit as an ad-hoc judge the Pakistan Peoples Party, how- President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the get the US with a nuclear weapon in ton said on Tuesday it successfully while the People’s Party with 40 “agents”, the dates for subsequent in that case. The parliamentary ever, disputed Speaker Sadiq, successful strikes by Defence Minister Sergei the future, with the aim of aiding the intercepted a dummy ICBM on the seats had pledged to cooperate hearings and submission of doc- committee took up the issue saying that everything that was Shoigu, the Kremlin said. Russia has been con- survival of the communist regime. country’s west coast, amid escalating with the confirmation process. uments related to the case India after India was granted provi- shared with the parliamentary ducting a bombing campaign since 2015 in sup- In the editorial cited by state news tensions with North Korea. The parliamentary endorse- has brought against Pakistan sional measures by the ICJ on committee members were ‘open port of President Bashar al-Assad and has a naval agency KCNA, which also included Repeated weapons tests by the ment for Lee is expected to pro- over the death sentence given to May 18 — restraining Pakistan source’ information and the contingent deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Pyongyang’s analysis of the US test, North — the last of which took vide much-needed momentum Indian national Jadhav following from executing Jadhav, 46, who replies were unsatisfactory. to bolster its firepower. the North said no foreign forces place on Monday — have led to to Moon’s efforts to form his a “secret” trial will be discussed, had been convicted of espio- “They have committed a lot Moscow has, however, not announced any could stop its progress in becom- increased tensions on the penin- own Cabinet. By law, a Pres- the report said. nage and sentenced to death by of mistakes,” Rehman said. strikes from the sea in recent months as it focuses ing a nuclear and missile power in sula, and a heated exchange of rhet- ident is to appoint his or her Pakistan is also likely to indi- a Pakistan military court. India Tuesday’s meeting was the on pushing a fragile truce between the govern- the East. Pyongyang said it will con- oric with the Trump administration, Cabinet ministers with rec- cate its intention to nominate an approached the ICJ citing that it second time the committee had ment and rebels. Islamic State is not included in tinue to strengthen its self-defence which has also hinted at possible ommendations from the ad-hoc judge for the case. had been repeatedly denied con- met on Jadhav case. AGENCIES the ceasefire. AGENCIES capacities in view of the hostile pol- preemptive strikes. AGENCIES Prime Minister. AGENCIES 33 B’deshis ‘Britain may be heading 2 dead in shooting rescued as Cyclone Mora for hung Parliament’ at private school in LONDON: Britain could be on Democrats 10 (+1) and the Riyadh, says report kills 9 course for a hung Parliament pro-independence Scottish DHAKA/NEW DELHI: in nine days time, according National Party, 50 (-4). RIYADH: At least two people were The Indian Navy has rescued to a new projection that sug- Manifesto pledges by killed in a shooting that took place in a 33 people from choppy seas gested the Conservatives could Labour which could appeal to private school in Saudi Arabia’s capital off Bangladesh which was fall 16 seats short of an overall the 25-34 age group include the Riyadh, as per AFP reports. on Wednesday assessing the majority. promise not to raise taxes for According to Associated Press, no extent of loss as Cyclone Mora The seat-by-seat prediction low and middle income earn- children were present during the inci- killed at least nine persons and by market research company ers while increasing tax for dent. Preliminary reports from state- rendered over 50,000 fami- YouGov for The Times daily the richest group.The last time linked Saudi newspaper Okaz suggest lies homeless besides caus- suggested that the Conserva- Britain faced a hung Parliament that the shooter was apparently an ing widespread damage in tives were on course to win 310 was in 2010 when lawmakers Iraqi teacher who had been fired from coastal regions. seats in the election — short from the Lib Dems and the the school.The US mission in Saudi Indian Navy ship Sumitra of an absolute majority of 326 Conservatives formed a coali- Arabia in its official Twitter account rescued 33 people who were seats needed to form a govern- tion government under the warned its citizens to avoid the area found adrift in the Bay of Ben- ment. Ed Miliband, the former leadership of David Cameron. around the Kingdom School in Riyadh. gal, about 160 kms from Chit- Labour leader, who suffered a Various polls noted a down- Talal al-Maiman, CEO of King- tagong. The Navy has also disastrous result in the 2015 ward trend in support for May dom Holding and chairman of King- deployed P-81 aircraft as part election despite predictions of since the launch of the Conser- dom School, which operated the school of its rescue operation in the a hung Parliament, replied to vative Party manifesto. “was quoted by Reuters as saying: “The country. Navy Chief Admiral the research on Twitter, say- When May called the snap shooting was “a case of a disgruntled Sunil Lanba said another ship ing: “The pollsters have been June 8 election at the begin- employee.” Talal al-Maiman, CEO —INS Gharial— has sailed to off my Christmas card since ning of March, the Conserva- of Kingdom Holding and chairman Bangladesh with relief materi- 2015 #justsaying”. tive Party led Labour by some of Kingdom School, which operated als. Medical and diving teams According to the pollsters, 20 points in most opinion polls. the school said: “The shooting was “a along with additional rub- the UK’s centre-left Labour An ICM poll for the Guard- case of a disgruntled employee.” Situ- berised boats and diving equip- party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, ian showed Labour gaining ated in northern Riyadh, Kingdom ment were also sent onboard was tipped to secure 257 seats, ground securing as much as Schools is owned and operated by the ship. AGENCIES an increase of 28; the Liberal 43 percent. AGENCIES Kingdom Holdings. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 IndianOil, OIL in talks to buy C K Birla’s Orient Cement to buy 2 Jaypee units for `1,946 crore

NEW DELHI: CK Birla Group stake in Russia's Vankor field firm Orient Cement Ltd will acquire debt ridden Jaypee ONGC Videsh Ltd too shows interest in prized field of energy-rich Arctic region Group's two firms for a total consideration of Rs 1,946 crore ST PETERSBURG: State- in an all cash deal. owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) Castrol energises Orient Cement Ltd (OCL) and its partners are in talks to has signed definitive agree- buy 49 per cent stake in Rus- quarterly profit ments with Bhilai Jaypee sia's Vankor cluster oilfields to Cement and Nigrie Cement consolidate their presence in by 4% to `179 cr Grinding Unit for the trans- the energy-rich Arctic region. actions that is expected to be IOC, Oil India Ltd and NEW DELHI: Castrol India completed before March 31, Bharat PetroResources Ltd (a on Wednesday posted 4 per 2018. unit of Bharat Petroleum Corp. cent jump in net profit at Rs As part of the agreement, Ltd or BPCL) are looking at 179 crore in the quarter ended OCL will acquire 74 per cent buying a stake in Suzunskoye, March 31, 2017. stake in Bhilai Jaypee Cement Tagulskoye and Lodochnoye The company's net profit Ltd (BJCL) from Jaiprakash fields collectively known as was Rs 172.4 crore in the quar- Associates Ltd (JAL) and its (74 per cent). plants. Vankor Cluster, sources privy ter ended on March 31, 2016, nominee for Rs 1,450 crore, the Nigrie Cement Grinding The Jaypee group has been to the development said. Castrol India Ltd stated in a company said in a BSE filing. Unit, based in Singrauli, Mad- selling off its assets to lighten its ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), BSE filing. It will also acquire Nigrie hya Pradesh, has a production debt load reported to be around the overseas arm of state- According to statement, the Cement Grinding Unit as a capacity of 2 MT. It had a turn- Rs 40,000 crore. owned Oil and Natural Gas company's total income rose to going concern from Jaiprakash over of Rs 90.70 crore in 2015- Last year, it announced sale Corp (ONGC), is also inter- Rosneft, is developing the Van- per cent for $930 million. The total outlay in Russia this year Rs 1,030.6 crore in the quarter Power Ventures (JPVL) for Rs 16, contributing 1.92 per cent of its cement plants with a total ested in the fields. kor oil and gas condensate field, 26 per cent stake would give to $5.46 billion. under review as compared to 496 crore. of JPVL's total turnover. capacity of 21.1 MT at an enter- Rosneft, Russia’s national oil situated in the northern part of OVL 7.31 million tonnes of oil. These investments will give Rs 1,000.3 crore year ago. BJCL has a cement manu- OCL however said it prise value of Rs 16,189 crore company that owns the fields, Eastern Siberia. In 2013, Van- The consortium of OIL- India 15.18 million tonnes of Commenting on the results, facturing capacity of 2.20 mil- requires "approval of govern- to the Aditya Birla Group firm wants to retain a majority stake korneft was chosen as an oper- IOC-BPRL acquired 23.9 per oil equivalent. Castrol India Limited Manag- lion tonnes (MT) and 1.10 MT ment of Madhya Pradesh for UltraTech Cement. and is keen to sell only up to ator on development of new cent stake in the field at a cost The investment made com- ing Director Omer Dormen of clinker. In 2015-16, it had transfer of land" for the trans- In February this year JPVL 49 per cent stake. In case OVL fields of Vankor cluster Suzun- of $2.02 billion, giving them pares to $28.48 billion invest- said in a statement, "Castrol a turnover of Rs 399.27 crore. action to be materialised. had alloted 305.80 crore equity is accommodated, the entire skoye, Tagulskoye and Lodoch- 6.56 million tonnes of oil. ment by Indian companies India delivered a strong set of "BJCL is in the same line of Confirming the develop- shares to its lenders as part of 49 per cent stake would have noye fields, located close to the Rosneft continues to hold the overseas in the past 50 years, results for the quarter ended business as that of the company ment, JPVL said in a separate debt restructuring scheme, to be split between the Indian Vankor field. remaining 50.1 per cent shares giving it about 10 million March, 2017 despite the lin- and the purpose of acquisition filing that it executed an agree- which would reduce the debt companies. The reserves of Suzunskoye of JSC Vankorneft. The field has tonnes of oil equivalent. gering effects of demonetisa- is to expand the business of the ment with OCL for sale of 2 of Rs 3,058 crore. OVL may possibly take 26 field exceed 56 million tonnes recoverable reserves of 2.5 bil- While Vankor produces tion and rising cost of goods." company to other parts of the MT Nigrie Cement as a going Following the allotment, per cent in proportion of the of oil and condensate, and 35 lion barrels. about 442,000 barrels of oil The company stated that company," OCL said. concern basis at a consider- financial institutions have 51 stake it bought in the main billion cubic meters of gas. Besides, the OIL-IOC- per day (4 per cent of Rus- the environment continues to The deal would, however, ation linked to a total enter- per cent equity share in the Vankor oilfield. OIL-IOC- Last year, OVL first BPRL consortium has taken sian crude oil production), be challenging as the country be subject to adjustment on prise value of Rs 496 crore. company. BPRL may take 23.9 per cent acquired 15 per cent stake in another 29.9 per cent stake in a Taas currently produces about is going through some major account of working capital JPVL is a power genera- Shares of Orient Cement stake in line with its holding in Russia's second biggest oilfield separate Taas-Yuryakh oilfield 21,000 barrels per day of oil, structural changes in its econ- and net debt of BJCL, which tion company with a capacity Ltd on Wednesday settled at the main Vankor field. of Vankor for $1.268 billion in East Siberia for $1.12 billion. and a peak of 1,00,000 bpd is omy including the upcoming shall then be pro-rated to the of 2,220 MW comprising one Rs 144.60, down 1.70 per cent, Vankorneft, a subsidiary of and then bought another 11 The investments have taken the expected by 2021. PTI GST implementation. PTI shareholding of JAL in BJCL hydro and two thermal power on BSE. PTI FM to attend IFFCO turnover dips 26% to `22,597 cr in FY17 AIIB annual Link Aadhaar with PAN NEW DELHI: Fertiliser major He said the prices of fertil- lakh tonnes from 39.84 lakh tilisers. The co-operative had meet in Korea IFFCO's turnover fell by 26 per isers were also lower in the last tonnes during the period under posted a record turnover of Rs using SMS: I-T dept cent to Rs 22,597 crore last fis- financial year. Net profit after review. Total fertiliser sales fell 33,432 crore in 2008-09. cal, hit by lower urea sales. tax also fell to Rs 684.70 crore to 107.76 lakh tonnes from The Indian Farmers Fer- NEW DELHI: The Income Tax The co-operative, which is last fiscal from Rs 705.5 crore 130.24 lakh tonnes in the pre- tiliser Cooperative Limited Department on Wednesday ‘No cyber attack celebrating its golden jubilee in 2015-16. The co-operative vious year. Urea sales dipped (IFFCO) is one of the country's urged taxpayers to link their year, had posted a turnover of paid a dividend of Rs 84 crore to 63.82 lakh tonnes from biggest cooperative societies. Aadhaar with their Permanent on Aadhaar Rs 30,400.65 crore in the pre- to its members. 78.70 lakh tonnes, while sales Founded in 1967 with Account Number (PAN), using vious fiscal. On operational front, of NPK/DAP/NP increased to just 57 cooperatives, IFFCO an SMS-based facility. biometric data’ "Our turnover has fallen as Awasthi said total fertiliser 43.94 lakh tonnes from 41.54 is today an amalgamation of The department issued production and sales of urea production declined to 84.79 lakh tonnes. over 36,000 Indian coopera- advertisements in leading NEW DELHI: The core bio- was less last year. We are try- lakh tonnes in 2016-17 from On the outlook for the next tives. It has diversified busi- national dailies and described metric data of Aadhar card ing to reduce the consumption 86.52 lakh tonnes in the previ- fiscal, Awasthi said the fertil- ness interests ranging from how both the unique identity Both the unique holders has "till date" not of urea for balance fertilisation ous year. Urea production fell iser demand is likely to remain general insurance to rural tele- numbers of an individual can identity numbers faced any cyber attack, UIDAI and maintain good soil health," to 43.27 lakh tonnes from 46.68 same this year. IFFCO is focus- com apart from its core busi- NEW DELHI: Finance Min- be linked by sending an SMS to of an individual has said in response to an RTI IFFCO's Managing Director U lakh tonnes, while the output ing more on raising production ness of manufacturing and ister Arun Jaitley will attend either 567678 or 56161. query. S Awasthi told PTI. of NPK/DAP/NP rose to 41.51 and sales of organic and bio fer- selling fertilisers. PTI the annual meeting of China- It said people can also visit can be linked The Unique Identification led Asian Infrastructure the official e-filing website of by sending an Authority of India, however, Investment Bank to be held in the department to link the two refused to share the latest cyber Lanco Infratech mid-June in South Korea. identities, in both the cases of SMS to 567678 security assessment of Aadhar Exporters, importers must AIIB aims to promote eco- having identical names in the or 56161 data, citing national security. Q4 loss swells 5 nomic development of the two databases or in case where "The information cannot region by supporting major there is a minor mismatch. Aadhaar number and the exact be shared under section 8(1) times to `528 cr quote GSTIN from July 1 infrastructure projects. India is The advertisement said name as given in the Aadhaar (a) of RTI Act as the data being the second largest shareholder linking the two numbers is the card. National asset and sharing the NEW DELHI: Lanco Infrat- NEW DELHI: Exporters of AIIB with 7.5 per cent stake key to "seamlessly avail online, "After verification from the systems in place can affect the ech's consolidated net loss and importers will have to GSTN IT system after China which has 26.06 per a world of income tax facilities." UIDAI (Unique Identification security interest of the UIDAI swollen five times at Rs 528.29 declare the Goods and Ser- cent voting shares. Russia and "Aadhaar can also be Authority of India), the linking and may lead to incitement of crore for the quarter ended on vices Tax Identification Num- fully secure Germany have 5.93 per cent, seeded into PAN database by will be confirmed. an offence and clause 7 of the March 31, 2017, mainly due to ber (GSTIN) from July 1, the 4.5 per cent stake respectively. quoting Aadhaar in PAN appli- "In case of any minor mis- Aadhar data security regula- lower operational income. scheduled date for the imple- against cyber The Finance Minister is cation form for new PAN allot- match in Aadhaar name pro- tion," UIDAI said. The company had reported mentation of the new indirect scheduled to attend Board of ment or by quoting Aadhaar in vided, Aadhaar OTP (one time Responding to an RTI query a consolidated net loss of Rs tax regime, to carry out over- attacks: CEO Governors meeting on June change request form used for password) will be required," by a PTI correspondent seeking 105.37 crore for the quar- seas trade. 14-15, sources said. This year's reprint of PAN card," it said in the department had said in to know the number of cyber ter ended on March 31, 2016, The 15-digit GSTIN is NEW DELHI: GST Network meeting is being co-hosted by the advertisement. its advisory to taxpayers and attacks directed at the core bio- Lanco Infratech said in a BSE issued by the Goods and Ser- has used 'best in class' security the Bank and Korea, and will The advertisement comes individuals. metric data of Aadhar users, filing. vices Tax Network (GSTN), the solutions to ensure that the IT be held in Jeju Island. at a time when the Supreme The OTP will be sent on the the agency said there have been Its total income from opera- IT backbone of the proposed use of the special drive by backbone for the new indirect The AIIB board had its first Court will soon hear various registered mobile number in "nil" reported cases. tions was down at Rs 1,982.68 tax regime. GSTN from June 1 to June tax regime is protected from annual meeting in Beijing on petitions challenging the con- the Aadhaar database. UIDAI presently maintains crore in the fourth quarter "Declaration of valid 15, 2017 for updation of IEC cyber attacks, its CEO Prakash June 25, 2016. The governors stitutional validity of Aadhaar The government, under the the data of about 114 crore Indi- of 2016-17 from Rs 2,066.01 GSTIN in Customs documents in GSTIN," the department's Kumar said on Wednesday. representing the Bank's 46 and also on making the unique Finance Act 2017, has made ans in over 6,000 servers located crore in the year ago quarter. (BE/SB) would be mandatory advisory said. The comment assumes sig- founding members including identity mandatory for availing it mandatory for taxpayers to in Bengaluru and Manesar. The The company's consolidated w.e.f. 0000 hrs of July 1, 2017, Meanwhile, exporters have nificance as the country is gear- India took stock of the progress benefits of various social wel- quote Aadhaar or enrolment Centre for Internet and Society net loss for 2016-17 too wid- the likely implementation date raised concerns over the tax ing up for an overhaul of its that the bank has made since fare schemes provided by the ID of Aadhaar application form (CIS) had claimed in a recent ened to Rs 2,049.13 crore from of GST, to avail IGST credit refund process under the GST. indirect tax regime and thou- opening its doors on January government, on June 27. for filing of Income-Tax returns report that Aadhaar numbers Rs 269.10 crore loss in the pre- on Imports or GST refund on They are demanding that sands of businesses will upload 16, 2016. The Income-Tax Depart- (ITR). and personal information of vious year. Total income from exports," the revenue depart- the current system of ab initio their purchase-sale invoices on Jaitley had attended the first ment had, early this month, Also, Aadhaar has been about 135 million Indians may operation in the last fiscal was ment said. exemption should be contin- the GST Network on a daily meeting and had apprised the also launched a new e-facility made mandatory to apply for have been leaked from govern- Rs 7,343.69 crore compared to The declared GSTIN would ued in the GST also. basis. GSTN is a company that bank about massive infrastruc- to link a person's Aadhaar with permanent account number ment portals. Rs 8,098.47 crore in 2014-15. be validated for correct IEC Under the GST, export- provides technology backbone ture programme being under- the PAN, a mandatory proce- with effect from July 1, 2017. The report had said the The company stated that as (Import Export Code Num- ers will have to first pay the for the Goods and Services Tax taken by the country. dure for filing I-T returns now. While Aadhaar is issued absence of "proper controls" in on March 31, 2017 the Group ber)/PAN linkage. required duty and seek a (GST) which is expected to be While the Beijing-based The department's e-filing by the UIDAI to a resident of populating the databases could has receivables from various The process to enrol tax- refund. rolled out from July 1. "We are AIIB is headed by former Assis- website has hosted a new link India, PAN is a ten-digit alpha- have disastrous results as it may State Electricity Utility Com- payers on the GSTN portal, As per estimates, export- ready for July 1 and we have put tant Chinese Finance Minister, on its homepage to link the two numeric number issued in the divulge sensitive information panies and other customers for which was suspended on April ers' working capital of up to Rs the best-in- class security solu- Jin Liqun, D J Pandian from unique identities. form of a laminated card by the about individuals, including sale of power aggregating to Rs 30, will start again on June 1 1.85 lakh crore annually could tion and the best methodol- India is the Vice President and The link requires a person I-T department to any person, details about address, photo- 1,377.30 crore, net current lia- for 15 days. get struck because of the refund ogy while developing software Chief Investment Officer. PTI to punch in his PAN number, firm or entity. PTI graphs and financial data. PTI bilities of Rs 2,419.86 corre. PTI "All concerned may make process. PTI codes," Kumar said. PTI Cabinet likely to take call on India’s diamond-gem exports to China up 28.48% $2.48 bn

BEIJING: India's diamonds, Air India privatisation soon stones and gems' exports to Govt extends last date of China NEW DELHI: The Union Cab- While the exact con- China grew by a massive 28.48 inet will soon take a call on pri- tours of proposed privatisa- per cent to touch $2.48 billion trade via Lipulekh to October 31 vatisation of loss-making Air tion could not be immediately last year, making the country India with NITI Aayog sug- ascertained, the possibility of second largest exporter to the PITHORAGARH: The gesting that taxpayers' money strategic stake sale as well as burgeoning Chinese market, government has ex- being pumped into the airline outright disinvestments are an official statement said on tended last date of border can instead be used on health being considered. Wednesday. trading with China via and education. Since the merger of Indian In the first quarter this year, Staying afloat on little over Airlines with itself, Air India Indian exports of diamonds, Lipulekh pass to October Rs 30,000 crore bailout package has been in the red. However, gems and stones amounted to 31. Situated in Dharchula extended by the previous UPA A top government official it posted an operational profit $558 million capitalising a total sub-division of Pithoragarh district, trading via regime, Air India is working on on Wednesday said the Cabi- of Rs 105 crore on account of market share of 33.8, Indian the Lipulekh pass commences on June 1. Earlier ways to improve its financial net is expected to take a deci- low fuel prices and increased Consulate in Shanghai said. upcoming India International of the trade basket with China the last date for the trading was September 10. position amid stiff competition. sion on whether to privatise Air passenger numbers in 2015-16. India was the second larg- Gems and Jewellery Show and the Consulate would take The Civil Aviation Ministry India, whose financial situation On Tuesday, the Civil Avia- est exporter of gems, stones (IIJS), to be held in Mumbai all necessary steps to facilitate Tribal traders willing to take part in the trade is already looking into the rec- is "very bad". tion Ministry said all possible and diamonds to China with a this year from July 27 to 31. Chinese industry's participa- have started taking trade passes from trade ommendations made by NITI "Financial position of Air alternatives are being consid- total market share of 31.8 per Speaking at the road show tion at the upcoming IIJS, it office at Dharchula. "We have received a letter Aayog for the national carrier's India is very bad. Niti Aayog's ered to make Air India via- cent, it said. Lin Qiang, President of SDE said in a statement. from commerce ministry of Government of India revival. view is that government should ble, even as it asserted that the The Consulate highlighted said his organisation would IIJS 2017 event will show- Finance Minister Arun Jait- spend money on health, edu- clock cannot be put back on the the figures during a road show actively consider participat- case two separate events, one extending last date of trade period from Sep- ley had last week pitched for cation, instead of spending Rs Indian Airlines merger. held in Shanghai along with the ing at the IIJS 2017 with a focusing on the gems and tember 10 to October 31," Raj Kumar Pandey, Air India's disinvestment say- 30,000 crore on Air India," the Minister of State for Civil Shanghai Diamond Exchange, large delegation from eastern jewellery sector, while the SDM of Dharchula and assigned trade officer ing the carrier's market share is official told PTI. Aviation Jayant Sinha had said (SDE) and Gems and Jewel- China region. Consul Gen- other will display machin- said. According to trade office sources, over 264 just around 14 per cent whereas The Cabinet "will soon take whatever that would be done lery Export Promotion Council eral Prakash Gupta has empha- ery and equipment related trade passes are available with the trade office at the debt burden is Rs 50,000 call on privatisation of Air for Air India will be in national (GJEPCP) to promote Chinese sised that gems and jewellery to the diamonds and crore. India", he added. interest. PTI companies participation at were an important component jewellery industry. PTI Dharchula. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 mp Modi woos Spanish firms, 'great Karnataka minister to meet time for you to invest in India'

MADRID: Prime Minister IT staff 'unions' on layoffs Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited Spanish firms to invest BENGALURU: The Karna- in India which offers "many taka government has assured Employees' forum petitions Labour opportunities" for them in members of a united front of various fields as the two coun- IT employees associations to Commissioner on TechM sackings tries signed seven agreements look into their problems, includ- and vowed to strengthen their ing layoffs. PUNE: FITE has requested the cooperation in the fight against Karnataka IT Minister Pri- Maharashtra Labour Commis- terrorism. yank Kharge has informed All sioner to order Tech Mahindra Modi, the first Indian India IT Employees Association to stop illegal removals of IT prime minister to visit Spain he will meet them 'soon' to dis- employees immediately, and since 1992, met the European cuss the issues. establish conciliation between country's top leadership and "We are here to listen to the management and staff. said India and Spain maintain them and will do all possible "On behalf of Forum for IT close and cordial relations and ner in the EU. There are more countries have faced the secu- to help them," he said, answer- employees (FITE), we request he sees great potential in this than 200 Spanish companies in rity challenge." ing to PTI query on the matter. you (Labour Commissioner) collaboration. India that are actively involved Spain, the summer holi- The minister had earlier to intervene and order Tech However, Tech The prime minister held in road construction projects, day destination of Europe, in a asked the affected IT employ- Mahindra authority to stop Mahindra has wide-ranging talks with Pres- railways, wind power, water recent government report said ees to lodge a complaint with may be required," Muqueemud- the problems faced by IT com- such illegal removals forth- ident of the Spanish govern- desalination, defense and smart that the Islamic State group the labour department. din said. panies and employees in the with...," Elavarasan Raja of blatantly denied ment Mariano Rajoy at the cities. There are more than 40 "has been publishing in Span- In an interview with PTI Muqueemuddin has been presence of IT captains and FITE of Pune Chapter said in claims of layoffs Moncloa Palace this morning Indian companies in Spain, in ish, which means an increase recently, he had also said the in touch with various associa- management of companies," he a petition written to the Labour in the first engagement during the fields of technology, phar- in the risk of its influence on government will look into the tions to organise a united front added. He sought intervention Commissioner. good performers as they were his stay here. maceuticals, automotive and radicals living in our country". matter and provide legal assis- to hold talks with the govern- to correct the way performance However, Tech Mahindra rated good in appraisals ear- After the talks, the two energy. Two-way trade totalled In "on Wednesday's global tance if the affected or laid off ment to resolve their problems. appraisal terminations are used has denied the claims of lay- lier and also were appreciated sides signed seven agreements, $5.27 billion in 2016. context", Modi said, the focus employees approach it like their After petitioning Telagana, to disguise large scale layoffs offs saying, "We continue to and awarded for their work including pacts on transfer of Modi encouraged Span- of his discussion in Spain will counterparts in Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu thereby scarring an employee implement strategies to meet from both the client and the sentenced persons and visa ish infrastructure, tourism, be on the international devel- AIITEA President Syed governments, FITE is in the pro- morale forever. the changing demands of company. waiver for holders of diplo- energy and defense companies opments. The prime minister Muqueemuddin had shot off cess of approaching the labour He also said, "while not business in the current global Bell-curve-evaluation matic passports. to invest in priority sectors in praised the Spanish president an email to Kharge on Tues- commission in Bengaluru to everything is bad with this economic environment. As a appraisal process is not trans- Five MoUs were signed India, saying "it's a great time saying under Rajoy's leader- day seeking an urgent meeting submit a petition to stop the industry, the absence of appro- performance driven organisa- parent and it is irrespective of between the two countries on for Spanish companies to invest ship the country has undergone to urge the government to take alleged "illegal terminations" priate regulations and watch- tion, we assess employee per- the performance of the employ- cooperation in organ trans- in India." economic reforms "which is appropriate corrective actions happening at Cognizant. dogs in the form of unions or formance on a regular basis and ees, Raja said. plantation, cyber security, External Affairs Minis- also the biggest priority of my and brief him on the current Muqueemuddin said the associations has led to a situa- take necessary actions wher- IT companies have been renewable energy, civil avia- try spokesman Gopal Baglay government." situation, including layoffs. united front will urge the gov- tion that unscrupulous elements ever necessary". one of the largest recruiters tion and one between India's termed the meeting a "fresh He said railways, smart cit- "We seek your earliest avail- ernment to hold an open house continue to cause severe and Raja said the restructuring in the country. However, they Foreign Service Institute and impetus to a multifarious ies and infrastructure sectors ability for a meeting to brief discussion by inviting all the unrepairable damage to the very activity has not been done on have warned that increasing Diplomatic Academy of Spain. relationship". were the priority areas for India you on the current situation so stakeholders, including IT cap- same industry that contributes performance basis, and thou- automation of processes would Spain is the 12th larg- Modi also called for boost- and Spain has "enough skills that the government can take tains and employees. "This will significantly to the GDP of our sands of employees who are lead to reduction in hiring in est investor in India and the ing bilateral cooperation to and mastery" to contribute to appropriate corrective actions as give government a sense about country". PTI being terminated are actually coming years. PTI seventh largest trading part- fight terrorism as "both our India's requirements. PTI GDP growth slides to 6.1% in Q4; 8 core sectors' ITDC enjoys another good O P Prahladka growth slips year, makes `12.05 cr profit takes over as full-fiscal rate at 3-year low of 7.1% to 2.5% in April EPCH chairman NEW DELHI: India Tour- Development Corporation NEW DELHI: Hit hard by expansion in GVA works out to the hardest hit by demonetisa- NEW DELHI: The growth of ism Development Corpora- (ITDC) Ltd. said “FY 2016-17 demonetisation, India lost be 6.6 per cent, down from 7.9 tion in the fourth quarter and eight core sectors declined to tion (ITDC), the public sector has been a motivating year for the tag of the fastest growing per cent a year ago. The GVA saw a negative growth of 3.7 2.5 per cent in April mainly undertaking under the aegis ITDC as it was the golden jubi- economy to China in the March has been declining for the five per cent during the period as due to lower coal, crude oil and of the Ministry of Tourism, lee year for the organisation. quarter with a GDP growth of straight quarters since January- compared to 6 per cent in corre- cement productions. posted a robust performance The profit is result of sev- 6.1 per cent, pulling down the March, 2016. sponding three months of 2015- The growth rate of eight for the financial year 2016-17. eral proactive initiatives taken 2016-17 expansion to a three- On November 9, 2016, the 16. The CSO said the growth infrastructure sectors -- coal, Total turnover stood at Rs by the organization to improve year low of 7.1 per cent. government had demonetised rate declined in manufacturing, crude oil, natural gas, refin- 495.14 cr as compared to Rs. productivity and efficiency at The bad news of the econ- higher value currency which mining, trade, hotels, transport, ery products, fertilisers, steel, 465.69 cr in last financial year the beginning of the year.” omy growing at the slowest wiped off about 87 per cent of communication, services related cement and electricity -- was clocking a growth of 6.32%. “Besides posting continu- pace in three years mainly on notes in circulation, leading to a to broadcasting, financial, real 8.7 per cent in April last year. Revenue from operations ous profit year after year, ITDC account of poor performance severe cash crunch and disrup- estate and professional services, As per the government data stood at Rs. 473.15 cr as com- has maintained its status of of manufacturing and service tion in the economic activities. both in the fourth quarter as released on Wednesday, coal, pared to Rs. 437.13 cr in the Mini Ratna and its commit- sectors come at a time when the When asked whether note ban well in the entire year. crude oil and cement produc- last fiscal. Corporation posted ment towards the shareholders NEW DELHI: OP Prahladka, Modi government is celebrating has impacted fourth quarter The manufacturing sector tion recorded negative growth profit before tax (PBT) of through announcing consis- Vice-Chairman-EPCH has three years in office. The GDP growth, Chief Statistician T C GVA growth declined to 7.9 per of 3.8 per cent, 0.6 per cent and Rs.17.52 cr and profit after tax tent dividends for last four con- taken over as new Chairman growth in 2016-17 is slowest in A Anant said a separate analysis cent in 2016-17 from 10.8 per 3.7 per cent, respectively. (PAT) of Rs.12.05 cr in 2016- secutive years.” Tiwari further of Export Promotion Council two years. It was 8 per cent in is needed, though he admitted cent on yearly basis. The min- Slow growth in key sectors 17 against Rs. 32.42 cr and Rs. added. for Handicrafts (EPCH) during 2015-16 and 7.5 per cent in the that this was one of the dynam- ing and quarrying sector wit- would also have implications 22.55 cr respectively in the pre- Hotel The Ashok, Ashok 154th meeting of Committee previous year. ics which might have impacted nessed a sharp deceleration to on the Index of Industrial Pro- vious year. International Trade division of Administration (COA) held The growth for the 2016-17 economic performance in third 1.8 per cent from 10.5 per cent duction (IIP) number as these The results were announced and Ashok events division of on May 30. Prahladka, repre- fiscal has slowed down despite and fourth quarters. in 2015-16. segments account for about in the Board Meeting of the ITDC were other contributors senting Hitaishi KK-Manu- very good showing by the Chief Economic Advi- The agriculture sector 38 per cent to the total fac- company held on 30th May at to the profit for FY 2016-17. facturing Company Pvt. Ltd., agricultural sector. China had Office (CSO), the expansion in sor Arvind Subramanian said growth, which accelerated to tory output. Growth in refin- the Group’s flagship hotel, The The Ashok hotel posted a Kolkata, is a leading handi- reported a growth of 6.9 per cent Gross Value Added (GVA) dur- demonetisation was a "tem- an impressive 4.9 per cent in ery products and electricity Ashok, New Delhi. highest ever turnover amount- crafts exporter from Eastern in the January-March quarter of ing the fourth quarter of 2016- porary shock" to the economy the last fiscal from a dismal 0.7 output slowed down by 0.2 per Speaking on the occa- ing to Rs. 152.91 cr. Region. Prahladka is associ- 2017. India had for the first time 17 fell sharply to 5.6 per cent and "we are seeing this bot- per cent a year ago on account cent and 4.7 per cent in April as sion Piyush Tiwari, Officiating ITDC was incorporated in ated with EPCH since its incep- outpaced China in GDP growth as compared to 8.7 per cent in toming out as remonetisation of good monsoon, failed to com- against 19.1 per cent and 14.5 Chairman & Managing Direc- 1966 with a mandate to develop tion and continues to play an rate in 2015. As per the data the comparable period of 2015- progresses". pensate for decline in other sec- per cent, respectively in the tor and Director (Commercial and expand tourism infrastruc- important role for inspiring the released by the Central Statistics 16. For the year as a whole, the The construction sector was tors of the economy. PTI same period last year. PTI & Marketing), India Tourism ture in the country. MPOST new entrepreneurs. MPOST NIIT Tech arm to acquire 55% Sebi proposes to regulate index providers of Sensex, Nifty interest in US firm RuleTek NEW DELHI: Markets regu- In a discussion paper, Sebi lator Sebi on Wednesday pro- said that an index provider ... To raise commodities NEW DELHI: Incessant RuleTek, headquartered posed new norms to regulate should have appropriate gov- Technologies, an arm of NIIT in Meridian, Idaho (US), is a index providers entities which ernance arrangements in place derivatives awareness Technologies, on Wednesday business process management design and develop bench- in order to protect the integ- NEW DELHI: Markets regu- of India (Sebi) said. The recog- announced it will acquire 55 architecture services company mark indices such as Sensex rity of the index administra- lators Sebi on Wednesday said nised Commodities Derivatives per cent interest in US-based that has done implementations and Nifty. tion process, mitigate conflicts it has formulated a scheme to Trainers (CoTs) are expected to RuleTek, in a bid to boost its for Fortune 500 companies. The index operators, which of interest, and segregate those spread awareness about com- organise programmes in small digital integration capabilities It has 65 employees and include subsidiaries of stock responsible for index gover- modities derivatives among towns and rural areas in order and expand North America reported a revenue of $6.47 exchanges and independent nance from those responsible farmers, manufacturers and to provide easy access to farmers footprint. million (Rs 41.74 crore) for entities such as S&P, currently for commercialising the indices cooperative groups. as well as their associations; and Incessant Technologies has 2016-17. do not come under Sebi's direct by implementing appropriate Under the scheme, eligible other stakeholders such as hedg- "signed a definitive agreement Vijay Madduri, CEO of regulatory purview. firewalls and employing sep- entities interested in conduct- ers, traders, processors, export- to acquire 55 per cent interest Incessant Technologies, said The proposed new norms arate reporting lines for each ing commodities awareness pro- ers, importers and consumers. in RuleTek", NIIT Tech said in the deal offers "substantial syn- include a code of conduct for function. grammes can approach Sebi for Spelling out the eligibility a regulatory filing without dis- ergies" to accelerate growth in index operators, while man- Sebi has suggested that the recognition and these entities criteria for CoTs, Sebi said that closing the deal size. the North American market. dating more disclosures and index provider should have can impart education in the applicants should be a trust, "The transaction will enable "This initiative enhances greater transparency when an oversight function for all field of commodity derivatives society, company, NGO and Incessant to strengthen its dig- our near-shore capabilities including or excluding a stock early detection of potential The Securities andaspects of the index adminis- on topics such as forward or institution in the field of edu- ital integration capabilities in line with our intent to ser- from the indices. misconduct. Exchange Board of India (Sebi) tration process. The function futures contracts, hedging and cation/other developmental/ and expand its footprint in vice our US clients with a Besides, the proposed mea- These suggestions are in has sought comments from should be separate and distinct risks, among others. ancillary activities pertaining to the high-opportunity North well rounded delivery model sures would address issues line with International Organ- public till June 20 on the pro- from the direct day-to-day pro- "The aim of the scheme is to commodity derivatives. American market and near- involving onsite, offshore and like avoiding conflict of inter- isation of Securities Com- posed norms and final regula- cess of index calculation and reach the farmers/ producers, Among other requirements, shore capabilities to its existing near- shore capability," Arvind est, creation of a robust audit missions (IOSCO) principles tions will be put in place after maintenance and, as such, be farmers cooperatives/ groups they need to have a three-year delivery model," the statement Thakur, CEO and Joint MD of mechanism and a whistle- which are globally accepted taking views of all stakeholders independent of the actual index in various parts of the country," experience in the field of com- said. NIIT Technologies, said. PTI blower framework to facilitate standards for index providers. into consideration. calculation process. PTI Securities and Exchange Board modity derivatives. PTI CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE

The Panchet Dam of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has been adjudged the best dam amongst 250 dams in the country for quality A Workshop was organised by Corporate Vigilance Department, Airports Authority of India at Bagdogra of rehabilitation works and safety requirements under the Dam on the topic “Vigilance as a Management Function” from May 25-26, 2017. The workshop was inaugurated Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) of the CWC and by Upma Srivastava, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government of Sikkim. Around 50 Executives and Non- Sunil Mehta, MD & CEO Punjab National Bank addressed Town Hall Meeting of staff members at Siri Fort World Bank. The award of excellence was conferred upon DVC by the Executives from Bagdogra, Behrampur, Durgapur, and NSCBI Airport, Kolkata participated in the workshop Auditorium New Delhi, which was attended by over 2500 staff members from Delhi Zone and Head Office Chairman, CWC on May 30 at New Delhi 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 CAPTAIN AND COACH WILL NOT ALWAYS BCCI INVITES BID FOR IPL AB SAYS SOUTH AFRICA REMAIN BE ON SAME PAGE: GAVASKAR TITLE SPONSORSHIP CONFIDENT DESPITE ENGLAND LOSS LONDON: Sunil Gavaskar said it is impossible for a captain and MUMBAI: The BCCI has invited applications through its LONDON: South Africa captain AB de Villiers insists his team coach to always be on the same page on every issue. “You will Invitation to Tender process from parties to bid for the remains confident of doing well in the Champions Trophy de- never have situation, where a captain and a coach will always title sponsorship rights of its cash-cow, Indian Premier spite a dramatic series defeat at the hands of England going be on the same page. It cannot happen because the coach is League, starting August 1 and ending on July 31, 2022. into the big event. Following on from losses to the tournament’s invariably somebody who has played in an earlier generation, The ITT will be available at a cost of Rs 3 lakh on non- host in the first two games of the three-match series, SA bowlers so their attitude will always be slightly different,” he said. refundable basis from June 1 to 21. caused an English collapse as they were reduced to 20 for 6.

CT MATCH PREVIEW England and B’desh Champions Trophy: India, Australia aim to banish favourites despite off-field worries LONDON: There are serious drop, but they have quality play- ing nations. The inexperienced off-field issues plaguing both ers in their ranks, who will not Kedar Jadhav or the seasoned batting blues teams but defending champi- let the controversies affect their Dinesh Karthik are also good ons India, along with the mighty game. The Indian team has not enough to win matches on their Australia, will start as title con- displayed any signs of stress dur- own. tenders in the ICC Champi- ing their two warm-up matches All-rounder Hardik Pandya ons Trophy, beginning here on which they won without break- lends a good balance and for Thursday. ing any sweat. the first time, India have a four- Hosts England, who have At the same time, Australia pronged pace attack of Umesh shown amazing transformation also came up with lively per- Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, as a potent limited-overs side, formances in their respective Mohammed Shami and Jasprit will be the ‘Dark Horse’ in the warm-up games. India have the Bumrah. World’s premier spin- eight-team tournament where perfect balance with 9 players ners Ravichandran Ashwin and the once formidable West Indies from the victorious 2013 side Ravindra Jadeja are also there to are a notable absentee. retained. stifle runs. For England’s Joe Root bats, during a nets session at the Oval cricket Hosts England will kickstart It will be Kohli’s first big Australia, the presence of ground in London PIC/AP/PTI the tourney against minnows test as captain in an ICC event David Warner, skipper Steve LONDON: Spectators have fan knows, remains. Bangladesh here on Thursday and India’s best batsman would Smith and Aaron Finch gives long been advised to get to Bangladesh highlighted the before the much-awaited rivalry like to shrug off his disappoint- the batting line-up a formidable sporting events early and they issue in dramatic style by col- between India and Pakistan on ing IPL form going into the look along with Glenn Maxwell could miss the key part of lapsing to 84 all out in reply to June 4. tournament. in the middle order. Thursday’s Champions Tro- Champions Trophy title- hold- However, the two teams that Both teams have a fantas- the least. the Australian team’s payment With Shikhar Dhawan, The fast bowling attack bears phy opener between England ers India’s 324 for seven in their will enjoy maximum traction tic blend of youth and experi- While a rumoured rift dispute with their cricket board Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh a fearsome look with Mitch- and Bangladesh at the Oval if final warm-up match at the Oval are surely going to be India and ence, a must for 50-over cricket. between Indian captain Virat is out in the public domain. and none other than Mahendra ell Starc, James Pattinson, Pat they aren’t in on time. on Tuesday. Australia in a tournament where Ironically, both teams have been Kohli and chief coach Anil Both teams will be starting Singh Dhoni, the team’s batting Cummins and Josh Hazlewood. Even in June, early morning Defeat by 240 runs was one can expect high-scoring in the news for reasons which Kumble has been gaining their respective campaigns in line up is the most experienced Marcus Stoinis is an all-rounder cloud cover that aids swing is certainly not want Bangladesh matches on good batting tracks. aren’t exactly cricketing to say ground since the past few days, such an uncomfortable back- among all the eight participat- with the x-factor. AGENCIES often a key part of English cricket wanted any more than Eng- conditions. land, a much-improved one-day The proof came as recently side since the Tigers knocked Kohli, Dhoni, as Monday when, across Lon- them out of the 2015 World Sridhar, Amitabh likely to interact with Kohli, Kumble don at Lord’s, England collapsed Cup, wished to see their top Yuvraj, Raina to 20 for six in five overs — the order suffer such a spectacu- NEW DELHI: In a tight cor- interview process despite his situation. the West Indies after the Cham- the applications before hand- worst start in one-day inter- lar slump against South Africa, ner amid speculation of a rift stupendous record, after what It has been learnt that BCCI pions Trophy. ing it over to the Cricket in list of top national history — against the even if they were already between chief coach Anil Kum- all has transpired in the past will start with the process of The BCCI is yet to confirm Advisory Committee (CAC) South Africa new-ball duo of 2-0 up in the three- ble and skipper Virat Kohli, 72 hours. coaches’ interview after the Pak- the names of potential candi- members Sachin Tendulkar, Kagiso Rabada and Wayne match series. the BCCI top brass seems to BCCI’s joint secretary istan match on June 4. dates, who have applied for Sourav Ganguly and VVS Lax- 100 athletes Parnell. Yet it says something about be on damage control mode Amitabh Chaudhary and GM Wednesday was the last the post. Tom Moody’s name man -- all of whom will be in A green-tinged pitch did not England’s current ‘white- ball’ and some key officials are likely (Cricket Operations) MV day for sending application for is doing the rounds but till now, the UK. MUMBAI: India cap- find favour with England cap- approach that Jonny Bair- to meet the duo separately in Sridhar are scheduled to reach coaches post as Kumble’s one- no one from BCCI has con- “The CAC will decide tain Virat Kohli, former tain Eoin Morgan but even on stow, their only batsman to Birmingham. Birmingham on Wednes- year term ends with the Cham- firmed if the Sunrisers Hyder- whether they would like to skipper Mahendra more placid surfaces the issue make a fifty at Lord’s, may not Questions are also being day and are expected to take pions Trophy. abad coach has applied or conduct the interviews in UK Singh Dhoni and styl- of how best to bat under grey play at the Oval if all-round- raised as to whether Kumble, the initiative to speak to the The BCCI is clear that what- not. only. It will be completely skies, which can often set in all ers Ben Stokes and Chris an Indian cricketing legend, coach and captain in order ever the decision is, should be It is learnt that BCCI CEO their prerogative,” a BCCI ish left-handed bats- day in England, as many a cold Woakes are fully fit. AGENCIES will be again taking part in the to understand the current taken before the team leaves for Rahul Johri will go through source said. AGENCIES men, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, have CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT EB, BAGAN LIKELY TO ATTEND JUNE 7 AFC MEETING found places in this PRESS NOTICE NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS KOLKATA: In what would be a sharp U-turn from their previous stance, city football year’s ESPN World giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan are likely to attend the June 7 meeting at Fame 100 list that The Executive Engineer(E), DCED, CPWD, 20-Subhash the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur involving all made its debut last Road, Dehradun-248001 invites on behalf of President of stakeholders to discuss the future roadmap of Indian football. Both the clubs had year. While Kohli is India from approved and eligible registered contractors joined hands in their tirade against Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), placed in the 13th spot in Composite Category in appropriate class in CPWD for organisers of the Indian Super League (ISL), and threatened to disrupt the cash-rich and Dhoni in the 15th, the following work. league if their demands of franchise fee waiver and money from the central pool 1. NIT No. 23/DCED/2017-18. Name of Work:- 1. MOEI & Fans Yuvraj and Raina have were not met. The traditional football heavyweights of the country had also threat- been ranked 90th and i/c Compound light & RMO Pump set, DG Set at CPWD Col- ened to boycott the June 7 meeting, if All India Football Federation (AIFF) president ony and Guest House Dehradun (SH:- RMO DG Set & Pump 95th respectively, said Praful Patel turned down their proposal. But on Wednesday, after getting no reply a media release here Set). 2- MOEI & Fans i/c Compound light and RMO DG Set at from Patel regarding another round of deliberations, both the outfits looked to CPWD office Bldg. Dehradun (SH:- RMO DG Set). on Wednesday. AGENCIES budge from their hard stance. AGENCIES Estimated Cost: Rs. 10,09,620/- Earnest Mone:y Rs. 20,192/- and Period of Completion: 12 Months, Last Time & date of submission of bid: 06-06-2017 at 3:00 PM. The tender forms and other details can be obtained from the website www.tenderwizard.com / CPWD or www.cpwd.gov.in Sai Praneeth, Sourabh win at Thailand Open

Sai Praneeth BANGKOK: Sai Praneeth Slovekia’s Milan Dratva 21-6 and Sourabh Verma advanced 21-14 in his opening match to the third round of the USD that started past midnight, 120,000 Thailand Grand Prix went down 14-21 18-21 to sec- Gold after notching up con- ond seeded Marc Zwiebler of trasting wins in the men’s Germany in the second round singles competition, here on match, which took place in Wednesday. less than 12 hours of his first- Sourabh, seeded 12th, sur- round clash. vived a challenge from compa- Shreyansh lost 9-21 18-21 triot Anand Pawar 21-17 20-22 to local shuttler Suppanyu Avi- 21-14, while third seed Pra- hingsanon, while Malaysian neeth, who won the Singapore Daren Liew ended Subhankar’s Open last month, defeated campaign with a 10-21 21-15 Malaysia’s R Satheishtharan 21-19 win. ssWhile Reshma 21-15 21-13 in another match. lost 14-21 12-21 to Indone- Young shuttler Sai Uttejitha sia’s Susanto Yulia Yosephin, Rao Chukka dished out a gal- Ruthvika went down 18-21 lant fight to reach the second 11-21 to another Indonesian round with a 13-21 24-22 27 player Sri Fatmawati. Wom- -25 win over Indonesia’s Jesica en’s doubles pair of Meghana Muljati in women’s singles that Jakkampudi and Poorvisha lasted an hour and 16 minutes. S Ram also crashed out after However, it turned out to losing 10-21 18-21 to Indo- be a dismal day for other Indi- nesian combo of Tania Okta- ans with P Kashyap, Shreyansh viani Kusumah and Nisak Puji Jaiswal and Subhankar Dey Lestari. Prajakta Sawant and bowing out of the men’s singles her Malaysian partner Yogen- competition, while Reshma dran Khrishnan lost 13-21 Karthik and Ruthvika Shivani 12-21 to local combo of Cha- Gadde faltered in the opening loempon Charoenkitamorn round of women’s singles. and Chasinee Korepap in Kashyap, who had defeated mixed doubles. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Thursday, 1 June, 2017 mp Woods found asleep at the French Open: Djokovic downs Sousa; wheel, no alcohol in system

WASHINGTON: More dis- Nadal roars past Haase into 3rd round turbing images of Tiger Woods have emerged in the black-and- PARIS: Nine-time winner Garros defeat in 12 years, bow- white details of police reports, Rafael Nadal and defending ing out to world No.91 Renzo depicting him sound asleep champion Novak Djokovic Olivo. behind the wheel of a car both won in straight sets to Renzo Olivo is the apol- parked awkwardly on the side reach the third round at the ogetic villain after dumping of a six-lane Florida road with French Open. top French hope Jo-Wilfried two flat tires, the engine still Nadal, the fourth seed from Tsonga out of Roland-Garros running and a blinker flashing. Spain, looked at his very best in on Wednesday. When a police officer woke outclassing Dutchman Robin The 25-year-old – playing him, Woods was so disoriented Haase 6-1 6-4 6-3. just his third major, his first on that he initially said he had just Serbia’s Djokovic, the sec- the red clay in Paris – returned returned from playing golf in ond seed, beat Portugal’s Joao to complete a 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(6), Los Angeles. Then, he said he Sousa 6-1 6-4 6-3 in two hours 6-4 first-round boilover against didn’t know where he was or and seven minutes. the 12th seed after bad light sus- how far away he was from his Djokovic will go on to face pended their match on Tues- home in Jupiter Island. Argentine Diego Schwartz- day with Tsonga serving to stay He kept falling back asleep. man while Nadal will take on alive at 4-5 in the fourth. Eventually, he failed a sobri- Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia. The Frenchman had never ety test so badly that at one Eight-time Grand Slam lost to a player ranked as low point officers moved toward champion Andre Agassi as Olivo – the world No.91 – him to ensure he didn’t fall watched Djokovic once again, at a Grand Slam and it was his over. having taken over as the earliest defeat at Roland-Garros There was no evidence of 30-year-old’s coach on a tem- since falling to Andy Roddick alcohol, however, confirm- porary basis. on debut in 2005. ing what Woods said Monday Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Portugal’s Joao Sousa during their second round match. Rafael Nadal (right) plays a shot against Netherlands’ Robin Haase Nadal finished his match PICS/AP/PTI Tsonga came within two night when he issued a state- with a tally of 33 winners and trophy from 2005-2008 and 2015 quarter-finals. There are three, maybe four, most extraordinary tennis on Everyone else are lambs to points of defeat when the ment saying he had had an only 13 unforced errors. 2010-2014. Nadal has been in formida- players that could possibly beat this surface. the slaughter when they go out Argentine served for the match “unexpected reaction” to pre- The 31-year-old is bidding His only defeats at Roland ble form on clay this year, win- Nadal. Of course you can’t discount to play Rafael Nadal. at 5-3 in the fourth on Tues- scription medicine. to become the first man to Garros were against Robin ning his 10th titles at Monte Stan Wawrinka is his big- Novak Djokovic or Andy Mur- Meanwhile, top-ranked day, but rode the home-crowd Jupiter police said he took win 10 titles at a single Grand Soderling in the fourth round Carlo and Barcelona as well as gest worry. He has the ability ray and then Dominic Thiem Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga support to break before “match a breath test that showed no Slam event, having lifted the in 2009 and Djokovic in the his 30th Masters title in Madrid. if he is on his game to play the who beat Nadal this year. suffered his earliest Roland- interrompu” was called. AGENCIES alcohol in his system. He later agreed to a urine test. Still to come is potential Harbhajan backs Kumble in video evidence from dashcam French Open: Venus enters 3rd round, Kvitova out footage showing his arrest on stint with national team suspicion of DUI in the morn- PARIS: Venus Williams eased PAES, BOPANNA ADVANCE; MIRZA ing darkness of Memorial Day. into the third round of the LONDON: Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh An affidavit and an inci- French Open with a straight dent report from the four offi- sets win over Japanese Kurumi KNOCKED OUT OF FRENCH OPEN on Wednesday backed his former teammate and cers at the scene were released Nara here on Wednesday. PARIS: Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes crossed the current India coach Anil Kumble, whose relations a day after Woods spent nearly Williams, who is seeded first-round hurdle in men’s doubles with their respective with captain Virat Kohli have reportedly hit a rough four hours in the Palm Beach 10th, won 6-3, 6-1 in an hour partners while Sania Mirza crashed out of the women’s patch apparently due to the coach’s overbear- County jail. His mug shot from and 20 minutes, reports Efe. doubles after a first-round loss at the French Open. Bo- ing attitude. The Board of Control for Cricket in the jail -- showing lifeless eyes The 36-year-old American, panna along with partner Pablo Cuevas outplayed the and scraggly facial hair -- pro- who has seven Grand Slam India (BCCI) last week invited applications for a vided a stark illustration of how titles, is set to face the winner French duo of Mathias Bourgue and Paul-Henri Mathieu new head coach as incumbent Kumble’s one- much Woods’ mystique has of the match between Belgian in a one-sided contest. The ninth seeded Indo-Uruguay- year term comes to an end at the end of the ICC been shattered since a decade Elise Mertens and Dutch Richel an pair posted a comfortable 6-1 6-1 victory. Later in Champions Trophy in June. The latest move by the of domination that golf had Hogenkamp. the day, Paes and his American partner defeated Radu never seen. Meanwhile, Petra Kvitova national cricket board has also fuelled speculation It left players on the PGA Albot of Moldova and Hyeon Chung of South Korea that the players are unhappy with the coach’s style showed yet more heart and 7-6 (7- 5), 4-6, 6-2 while fourth seeded pair of Sania Tour hopeful for better times, spirit but her remarkable come- of functioning. But Harbhajan stood firmly behind and not just on the golf course. and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan were stunned back was ended by an inspired, his former captain and believes Indian cricket “I feel bad for Tiger,” Jack by unseeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia and battling performance from qual- needs the legendary leg-spinner’s services. “Anil Nicklaus said. “Tiger is a friend. ifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Australia’s Daria Gavrilova. AGENCIES He’s been great for the game Venus Williams celebrates winning 6-3, 6-1, against Japan’s Kurumi Petra Kvitova called it the Kumble is strict, you can always talk to him about of golf, and I think he needs end of a fairytale but, even in Nara on Wednesday PIC/AP/PTI back offered by her first-round ened by three qualifying cricket. He’s very hard working and believes that all our help. And we wish him the wake of an honourable to “business as normal” from on Wednesday, with her cou- opponent Julia Boserup, the matches last week, was teak one shouldn’t leave the match till the last ball. well. ... I hope he gets out of it defeat to American qualifier now on. rageous adventure ended on 32-year-old Mattek-Sands was tough in two breakers, prevail- He’s strict but he responds to hard work more and I hope he plays golf again. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, it was The first act of her extraor- No.1 Court by a pugnacious a quite different proposition, a ing 7-6(5), 7-6(5) and capi- than just talent. As a coach, I am sure he’s going He needs a lot of support from one with a happy ending as the dinary comeback had been opponent. streetwise battler designed to talising on a few moments of a lot of people, and I’ll be one woman whose story has dom- bathed in tears and high emo- The Czech once again dem- remind Kvitova just what a long, frailty on Court No.1 after two to bring a lot of good to Indian cricket. One can of them.” inated Roland-Garros this tion but reality bit when Kvi- onstrated plenty of heart and hard road she has embarked hours and six minutes of com- also see his results of last year,” Harbhajan said Woods remains a favor- year promised her adventure tova knuckled down to the glimpses of her old champion upon again. pelling battle in the morning at a conclave here. AGENCIES ite among players young and had ensured it would be back second dramatic scene here self but after the gentle welcome The world No.116, hard- sunshine. AGENCIES old. AGENCIES NADA imposes Mijatovic sanction on 14 AFC Cup: Chhetri sends Bengaluru recalls goal that sportspersons through, Bagan play out 1-1 draw restored Real’s NEW DELHI: The National BENGALURU: Bengaluru FC taken the lead around the sev- Euro reign Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) went through to the next round enteenth minute mark, as Ali has imposed sanctions on 14 of the AFC Cup thanks to a 1-0 Samooh and Asadhulla com- MADRID: As Real Madrid sportspersons who are found win over Maziya S&RC at the bined to play Habeeb through and Juventus prepare to lock guilty of violating the anti-dop- Sree Kanteerava Stadium on for a header. He managed a per- horns once more in a Cham- ing rules. Wednesday. fect connection, and it came off pions League final, memories Seven powerlifters, five Skipper Sunil Chhetri won the woodwork, with the frame of their first final meeting 19 weightlifters and one each the Blues the game in the 57th still rattling as Nishu cleared years ago come flooding back from athletics and kabaddi minute by curling in a sumptu- the ball. There were few more for one of Madrid’s unlikely have been found guilty and ous free-kick. chances in the first half, but heroes Predrag Mijatovic. handed a four-year suspension In the other match of the Habeeb had another shot at Mijatovic scored “the last month by the Anti-Doping day, Mohun Bagan took on goal, with the center backs most beautiful and impor- Disciplinary Panel, according Abahani which ended 1-1 Johnson and Jhingan messing tant” goal of his career and to a NADA release. with Emeka Onuoha scoring up to gift him possession, but one of the most vital in The athletes, who were for the Bangladesh outfit and he couldn’t capitalize. Madrid’s history as Real found guilty of violating the Katsumi returning the favour Vineeth had a similar situa- shrugged off the unusual tag anti doping rules, were given with a spot-kick. tion presented to him, minutes of underdogs to beat a fear- opportunity to present them- Albert Roca opted for later, with a similar result as his some Juventus side 1-0 in selves before the disciplinary a 3-4-3 formation, with shot crashed into the adver- Amsterdam in the 1998 final. panel and explain their cases Amrinder Singh between the the competition, a 2-0 win over few good chances, with the first tising hoardings. The teams “It was a beautiful, unique on the date and time fixed by sticks guarded by the back- Abahani Limited Dhaka. The coming inside the opening five headed back at half-time with thing personally for me to the panel for hearing. three of Sandesh Jhingan, hosts started the game strongly, minutes. He latched onto a pass Maziya looking the better side. score the goal to win the The panel held six hearings Juanan and John Johnson. trying to cross their way into from Abdulla Asadhulla and But how things were to change European Cup,” Mijatovic last month. Harmanjot Khabra and Nishu the goal via their wingbacks, had a shot at goal, but it was in the second half! Bengaluru told AFP at a sun-drenched NADA has been conduct- Kumar were the wingbacks, but Maziya held firm through just wide. BFC were unable to came out all guns blazing and Santiago Bernabeu as big ing anti doping workshops, with Eugeneson Lyngdoh and the storm, and then seized the get much going, with skipper Eugeneson had a chance in the screens were mounted to educational and awareness Cameron Watson in the middle. initiative. Chhetri having a disappointing first move from kick-off. beam back Saturday’s final programs about the prohib- The attack was three- The visitors outplayed the half as well. Vineeth was the tar- A move set up by Chhetri in Cardiff to fans back in the ited drugs/substances and pronged, with Chekkiyot hosts for large periods in the get on way too many occasions, and Vineeth left Eugeneson Spanish capital. methods in sports across the Vineeth flanked by Alwyn first half and would have been and it became clear to the Mal- with a shooting opportunity, “Imagine how happy I country for sportspersons, George and Sunil Chhetri. disappointed to not go into divian side as well, as Cordos but he went for placement over was then that I am still happy young athletes, coaches and The visitors were unchanged the break with a lead. Yasfaadh never let him out-jump him. power, and it ended up being about it now. supporting staff. AGENCIES from their previous game in Habeeb was presented quite a The visitors should have too weak. AGENCIES “That goal was the most beautiful and important I scored as a professional player. They are moments that Zidane hoping to follow Arrigo Sacchi’s footsteps I can’t explain with words.” Madrid travel to Wales ROME: Arrigo Sacchi was a so revolutionary: a 4-4-2 sys- Nevertheless, the man who looking to make history on revolutionary who came from tem with zonal marking, the would become known as “The two fronts as the first side nowhere to lead a great AC absence of a ‘libero’, aggressive Prophet of Fusignano” first of to retain the competition in Milan side to back-to- back and constant pressing, pace, the all had to convince those who the Champions League era European Cups in 1989 and offside trap, intensive training doubted him largely because he and deliver a first La Liga and 1990. sessions. had never played at any nota- Champions League double It is a feat that no coach has But all that was revolution- ble level. for 59 years. achieved since, but that Zin- ary when Silvio Berlusconi “I never realised that to Indeed, victory would edine Zidane will match if he hired him in 1987, despite Sac- become a jockey you needed ensure a third Champions retains the Champions League chi having never been a player to be a horse first,” Sacchi joked. League triumph in four years trophy with Real Madrid in Sat- and only coached in Serie B But Berlusconi’s support was for Real. urday’s final against Juventus with Parma. crucial at the beginning. Yet, the Spanish giants in Cardiff. In a conservative Italian The story goes that before weren’t always the kings of A recent poll on the website game where the best path to an important match away to Europe they pride themselves of Corriere dello Sport saw Sac- success was via a defensive Verona, when the new coach’s as being. chi’s Milan named as the great- style, Berlusconi and Sac- methods had yet to convince Mijatovic’s strike ended est Italian team of all time by chi added a new dimension his new side, the club presi- a 32-year drought without internet users and the second- -- by a panel of 10 coaches. according to the Rome-based by introducing a more seduc- dent made it clear to every winning the European Cup. best side -- behind the ‘Grande Sacchi’s team “dominated sports daily. tive way of playing. “Win, con- Milan player: “Between the “It had been many years Torino’ that dominated ‘calcio’ Europe with a new kind of Thirty years after Sacchi’s vince and entertain,” is how team and Sacchi, I take Sacchi. since Real Madrid had won in the 1940s before being wiped football, comprised of press- appointment as Milan coach, Sacchi sums up his Milan He is staying. I’m still not sure the Champions League,” he out in the Superga air disaster ing, strength, speed and ideas,” his precepts no longer seem team’s outlook. about you.” AGENCIES added. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 1 June, 2017 ‘There were limited CHOICES when I started out’ With another comedy film,Bank Chor, coming out this year, Riteish will have ‘Sushant another comedy film to his credit is not short NEW DELHI: Riteish Deshmukh’s comedy-heavy resume is a proof that he is the go-to-man for the genre in Bollywood. The actor says comedies happened to him because there were not many other options when he began his career though he now enjoys being a part of such projects. TEMPERED Riteish has attempted all possible genres within the realm of light entertainers – be it adult comedies like the Masti and Kya Kool Hai Hum franchises, rural comedy with Malamaal Weekly and others including Housefull and Dhamaal series. at all’ The actor says when he entered the film industry in 2003 with romantic drama Tujhe Meri Kasam, he never anticipated that eventu- ally he will have so many comedies to his credit. “It is just the kinds of films that came my way. I didn’t plan on doing so many comedies. Once a film became successful, more such roles were offered to me. Ten years ago or when I started out, there were limited choices as compared to today,” Riteish said. “That time comedies were working well, so I got to do some series that did really well. I was happy to be in them. I am happy with the films I did as I have done different kinds of comedies.” The 38-year-old actor will be next seen in another comedy Bank Chor, which has been directed by Bumpy and is produced by Y-Films, MUMBAI: Kriti a subsidiary of Yash Raj Films, headed by Ash- Sanon says her Raabta ish Patil. co- star Sushant Singh The bank robbery film, which releases Rajput, who had a face-off on June 16, has been in the news ever since with media during recent press it was announced after comedian Kapil interactions, is not short tempered. Sharma backed out of the project and Rit- Sushant was caught in a verbal eish came on board. spat with a journalist at the trailer launch The actor says he was not hesitant to of his upcoming film Raabta when asked take up a project which has been passed about Pakistan’s decision to execute Indian on by one-film-old Kapil as he believes national Kulbhushan Jadhav on charges of spying. every film has its own destiny. He again reportedly lost his cool when journal- “I don’t look at it like someone ists asked about plagiarism charges against Raabta by GRANDE TO RECORD ‘inspiring has refused the film or the film producers of Telugu film Magadheera. did not work out with someone “It is strange. I have known him during the filming of and hence it has come to me. I ‘Raabta’ and that time ‘M S Dhoni: The Untold Story’ had not take a film for the merit that it released. I have seen him before and after the release of ‘M S song’ for Manchester victims holds, primarily because Yash Dhoni..’, he has been the same. Raj is producing it. Besides “It’s unfortunate that things have been taken in a wrong way. LONDON: Singer Ariana Grande is report- that will include some of the big names join- Bollywood, Riteish has I have known him as a person and he is not short tempered at edly working on a tribute song for victims of ing her during the benefit concert, the pro- also branched out in all,” Kriti says. The actor further says in both the incidences the Manchester attack which happened at ceeds of the song will go to the victims of Marathi cinema involving Sushant, things were taken in a different way. her concert venue. This is her second effort the Manchester tragedy,” a source told hol- as an actor “When he said that he doesn’t know anything (referring to towards the victims after having announced lywoodlife.com and as a Kulbhushan Jadhav) doesn’t mean putting off anger. It is rather a benefit concert that she will be holding on Grande is very keen to do this song with producer. being confident. I don’t know what went wrong... I think things Sunday. “Ariana is hoping to record a single Minaj and Cyrus, the source added. IANS PTI were taken in a different way,” she says. PTI A further development in Hooghly In the presence of Mamata Bandyopadhyay Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal Inauguration of a cluster of projects, laying of foundation stones and providing services 1 June, 2017 • Venue: Tarakeshwar • Time: 3 p.m.

Inauguration 300 bedded Super Specialty Hospital in Arambagh ● New 33/11 KV Sub-Station at Mother Dairy Complex in Dankuni Municipality ● Fire Brigade Centres at Pandua and Uttarpara ● Bansberia and Dhaniakhali Karmatirtha ● Krishak Bazar in Arambagh and Polba-Dadpur Blocks ● Upgradation of Chanpadanga Krishak Bazar in Tarakeshwar Block ● Buildings for homeless people at Ward no. 12 under Chandannagar Mu- nicipal Corporation ● Godown with 100 MT capacity and office room in Khanakul-I and Polba-Dadpur Blocks● 2 seed processing centres in Pandua Block ● Widening and strengthening of roads: Arambagh-Goghat – Ramjibanpur in Arambagh-Goghat Block and Bainchi – Bhastara – Majinan – Belmuri in Pandua and Polba – Dadpur Blocks ● Upgradation of 1 road in Jangipara Block ● Upgrading and strengthening of 1 road in Polba – Dadpur Block ● Strengthening of 1 road connecting Chunchura – Mogra – Dhaniakhali, 1 road in Balagarh Block, 1 road in Pandua Block and 1 road connecting Chunchura – Mogra – Balagarh Blocks ● Widening of 1 road connecting Chunchura – Mogra Block● Widening and strengthening of 1 road under Bhadreshwar Municipality and Chandannagar Municipal Corporation ● Roads : 4 in Singur Block, 2 in Goghat-I Block, 1 in Goghat-II Block, 9 in Haripal Block, 5 in Khanakul-I Block, 1 in Polba-Dadpur and Bhadreshwar Municipalities, 2 in Dhaniakhali Block, 1 in Tarakeshwar Block, 3 in Jangipara Block, 2 in Sreerampur-Uttarpara Block, 1 in Chanditala-I Block, 1 in Chunchura-Mogra Block, 3 in Arambagh Block, 1 in Polba-Dadpur Block, 1 in Balagarh Block and 45 in different Blocks of Hooghly District ● RCC bridges over the Ilsura river at Bho- tar village in Dhaniakhali Block and over Bhomra Canal at Kalmijri under Dhannyogori Gram Panchayet in Khanakul-II Block ● Common Production Centre in Dhaniakhali and Balagarh Blocks ● New buildings of Block Land and Land Reform Department in Chanditala-II and Dhaniakhali Blocks ● Renovation of Block Land and Land Reform office in Pandua Block and the old building of Land and Land Reform office of the District under Chunchura Municipality ● Hostel for Muslim girl students at Banshberia I M High Madrasah and hostel for Muslim boy students at Pandua Sultania High Madrasah ● 7 new high primary schools in Pandua, Chanditala-I and Singur Blocks ● Underground pipelined drinking water supply project at Arandi in Arambagh Block, at Rajhaat in Polba-Dadpur Block and at Chikrandoo in Chanditala-II Block ● Mini Indoor Complexes at Kantali High School in Goghat-I Block, at Dashghara High School in Dhaniakhali Block, at Akhna Union High School in Polba-Dadpur Block, at Mojipur Bharati Bidyamandir High School in Tarekshwar Block and at Itachuna Shree Narayan Bidyalaya in Pandua Block ● Gateway with infrastructure of traffic movement in three places of Bora-Shiakhala Road in Jangipara Block ● Foot bridge over the Kantai Canal at Saibona Tamoni and embankment at Saibona under Poley-II Gram Panchayet in Khanakul-I Block ● Shelters for flood affected people at Garh Mandaran in Goghat-II Block and at Ankari Sitarampur in Pursura Block ● Installation of 10 high-mast lamp-posts and trident lamp-posts in different areas of Furfura Sharif in Jangipara Block ● Multi-gyms in 14 Schools of Hooghly District ● Renovation of 14 Libraries in different areas of Hooghly District ● Laboratories for testing of qualities of rice in Arambagh and Khanakul Blocks Laying of Foundation Stones New 33/11 K.V. Sub-Stations at Santipur in Goghat-II Block at Malia in Haripal Block, at Maheswarpur & Sugandha in Polba-Dadpur Block, in Rishra Municipality, at Goaltuli in Hooghly –Chunchura Municipality and in Arambagh Municipality ● Renovation of the Administrative Building of Arambagh Sub-division ● Office of the Planning & Statistics Department at Chunchura● Administrative Building of Agricultural Market- ing Department at Chunchura ● Paddy Storage Centre having a capacity of 1000 MT in Balagarh, Singur and Pandua Blocks ● Rice Storage Centre having a capacity of 10000 MT in Goghat-I Block ● Box-culvert on Pandua-Polba Road in Pandua Block ● Double Box-culvert on Sultangachha-Kanpur-Dashghara Road in Dhaniakhali Block ● 1 Triple Box- culvert and 1 Double Box-culvert on Bora-Siakhala-Jangipara Road in Jangipara Block ● Underground pipelined drinking water supply projects at Bachhanari & Dihibaira in Arambagh Block and at Harishchawk in Khanakul-II Block ● Widening & strengthening of G.T. Road ● 12 nos of road in Singur Block ● Urban Primary Health Centres at Chandur & Bhatarmore in Ward no. 15 in Arambagh Municipality, and at Khoiral Baroaritala & at Mrigala on Lalbaba Road in ward no. 2 under Dankuni Municipality ● Administrative Building of Dankuni Municipality ● Karmatirtha in Khanakul-I & II Block, Goghat I & II Block and Pandua Block ● 51 nos.of Anganwadi Centres and 9 nos. of Jetty in different Blocks of the District ●Development of Sports Ground (Central Ground) at Chunchura ● Gardens at Ward no. 9,14, & 20 under Chandannagar Municipal Corporation. Providing Services

Kanyasree ● Sabujsree ● Swasthyasathi ● Sabujsathi ● Khadyasathi ● Geetanjali ● Swami Vivekananda Swanirbhar Karmasangsthan Prakalpa ● Subsidy to the farmers for purchasing big & small implements to be used in agriculture ● Hiring Centre for developed modern implements to be used in agriculture ● Soil Health Card ● Anandadhara ● Net, container and cycle fitted with thermo-insulated box for the fishermen ● Onion preservation centre ● Patta ● Term loan ● Health insurance for the journalists ● Post-Madhyamik scholarship ● Handloom Cluster development ● Uniform for the school going students.

Janab Firhad Hakim, Hon’ble Minister, Dignitaries to be present Government of West Bengal Shri Ashim Kumar Majhi, Hon’ble MLA Shri Tapan Dasgupta, Hon’ble Minister, Janab Haji Shaikh Mehboob Rehman, Hon’ble Shrimati Swati Khondoker, Hon’ble MLA Government of West Bengal Sabhadhipati Shri Krishna Chandra Santra Hon’ble MLA Shrimati Asima Patra, Hon’ble Minister, Shri Rabindranath Bhattacharya, Hon’ble MLA Janab Dr. M. Nuruzzaman Hon’ble MLA Government of West Bengal Shri Becharam Manna, Hon’ble MLA Shri Prabir Kumar Ghosal Hon’ble MLA Shri Indranil Sen, Hon’ble Minister, Shri Rachhpal Singh, Hon’ble MLA Shri Manas Majumder Hon’ble MLA Government of West Bengal Janab Iqbal Ahmed, Hon’ble MLA Dr. Ratna Dey (Nag), Hon’ble MP Sri Snehasish Chakraborty, Hon’ble MLA Shri Kalyan Banerjee, Hon’ble MP Dr. Sudipta Roy, Hon’ble MLA Shri Basudeb Bandyopadhyay, Chief Secretary, Shrimati Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Shri Asit Mazumder, Hon’ble MLA Government of West Bengal Ali),Hon’ble MP

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