RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 millenniumpost.in REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20

PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 179 | Friday, 29 June 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,589.10 (-82.30) qSENSEX 35,037.64 (-179.47) qDOW JONES 24,025.23 (-92.36) qNASDAQ 7435.33 (-9.76) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.79 (-0.18) qRUPEE/EURO 79.67 (-0.09) pGOLD/10GM 31,650 (+80.00) qSILVER/K 40,800 (-80.00) CM KEJRIWAL AND ‘CONSPIRACY TO PROBE INTO ‘SUCCESS HAS SISODIA TO BE KILL JOURNALIST ‘INDECENT CLOTHES’ NO BEARING ON CHARGED; AAP CRIES SHUJAAT HATCHED FORCES REPORTER DEPRESSION CONSPIRACY PG3 IN PAKISTAN’ PG6 TO LEAVE SAUDI PG11 PG16 German team trolled LADY PILOT SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING ANY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Monsoon reaches mercilessly by netizens after shock WC exit Chartered plane crashes in Delhi one-day early Mumbai suburb; five killed MPOST BUREAU »»Those killed include »»The crash site was tal in Ghatkopar, a civic official said. two pilots and two near to buildings under A fire brigade official said, “Our MUMBAI: Five persons were killed control room got a call at 1.15 pm when a 12-seater aircraft crashed aircraft maintenance construction, so there informing a plane crash. Our in a crowded Mumbai suburb on engineers on board were very few people jawans were immediately rushed to Thursday, the second air mishap and a pedestrian there at the time the site to launch the rescue opera- MOSCOW: The internet turned cruel for Ger- in Maharashtra in as many days. tion. Four fire engines and as many many fans on Thursday as online mockery swept Those killed include two pilots water tankers were rushed to douse the globe following the defending champions’ and two aircraft maintenance engi- the fire that occurred after the plane shock World Cup elimination. neers on board and a pedestrian in crashed.” Girls get drenched during Thursday’s downpour PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA A stream of memes and jokes flooded social the Ghatkopar area where the plane Meanwhile, Prabhu has media after a stunning 0-2 defeat to South Korea crashed, police said. expressed profound shock over the OUR CORRESPONDENT some parts of West Rajasthan, condemned Die Mannschaft to their earliest exit The pilot and flight test engi- air crash and directed concerned entire Haryana, Chandigarh, in 80 years. neer of a Sukhoi Su-30M aircraft officials of the ministry to rush to NEW DELHI: Monsoon Delhi, remaining parts of west “Don’t mention the VAR,” was a common of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited the crash site and extend all pos- reached the national capital Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, refrain, while Brazilian media gleefully took had ejected safely after it crashed sible help and assistance, an offi- on Thursday, a day ahead of Himachal Pradesh and Pun- their revenge for Brazil’s 7-1 humiliation by Ger- near Nashik yesterday. cial said. its scheduled arrival, the India jab,” the IMD said. many at the last World Cup in 2014. The plane, which crashed in the “The aircraft took off from Juhu Meteorological Department “Conditions are favourable “AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...” read Jagruti Nagar locality shortly after airport for a test flight. There were (IMD) said. for further advance of South- a tweet from Fox Sports Brasil that ran to 272 1 pm on Thursday, once belonged two pilots and two aircraft main- It would cover the entire west Monsoon into remaining characters. In dramatic scenes in Kazan, Kim to the Uttar Pradesh government tenance engineers on board. All country in next 2-3 days, parts of north Arabian Sea, Young-gwon’s stoppage-time opener was ruled and was sold to UY Aviation, an of them, along with one person on Additional Director General Gujarat, Rajasthan and thus legitimate after intervention from the Video official said. the ground, are dead,” a DGCA offi- Mritunjay Mohapatra said, the entire country during the Assistant Referee, before Son Heung-min added The King Air C90 12-seater air- cial said. implying that the Southwest next 2-3 days,” the IMD added. the second goal minutes later. craft had taken off from the Juhu Moments before a small Beech- Monsoon could cover the rest This year, the monsoon “Germany’s fastest exit from Russia since airstrip on a test flight, he said. craft C 90 crashed at a Mumbai sub- of the nation a fortnight before reached Kerala on June 28, 1943,” posted one user, while another tweeted a Civil Aviation Minister Suresh urb Thursday afternoon the pilot its scheduled date. three days ahead of its nor- picture of Germany towels reserving all the seats Prabhu has directed the Directorate swerved to avoid hitting any resi- The usual onset date for mal onset date. It battered the on an empty plane. General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) dential building, saving many lives, monsoon in Delhi is June 29 western coast in the first half Mexico fans were particularly delighted after to investigate the plane crash, an tweeted former aviation minister while it usually reaches Srig- of the month. South Korea’s last-gasp win allowed them to official said. »»THE KING AIR C90 12-SEATER AIRCRAFT HAD TAKEN Praful Patel. anganagar in west Rajasthan, However, after a brief lull, qualify for the last 16 behind Group F winners A team of DGCA officials OFF FROM THE JUHU AIRSTRIP ON A TEST FLIGHT The crash site was near to build- its last outpost in the country, it made a steady advance. Sweden -- while Germany finished rock bottom. rushed to the crash site for a pre- ings under construction, so there on July 15. The Southwest Monsoon Aeromexico offered a 20 percent discount liminary investigation, the official were very few people there at the “Southwest Monsoon has gives 70 per cent of the rain to on flights to South Korea, tweeting an image of said. It is expected that the detailed (AAIB), he added. management teams rushed to the time. Praful Patel praised the pilot, further advanced into some the country, where agriculture a plane with doctored “AeroCorea” livery and the enquiry will be made by the Air- As reports of the crash came spot and bodies of those killed were saying she had avoided a bigger more parts of Gujarat region, remains a significant contribu- slogan, “We love you Korea!” Ryanair tweeted a craft Accident Investigation Bureau in, police, fire brigade and disaster taken to the nearby Rajawadi hospi- tragedy at the cost of her own life. most parts of east Rajasthan, tor to the GDP. picture of an unhappy Germany fan, offering “Loew fares” — a reference to German coach POLL BODY GETS TOUGH Joachim Loew. AGENCIES Donations through poll bonds: ‘Good reason to Iran the ‘next North Korea’, postpone talks, EC asks Facebook to block India should re-think ties SBI refuses to share details PM Modi knows NIKKI HALEY MPOST BUREAU why’: Nikki Haley advt 48-hr before polling MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: The State Bank of NEW DELHI: A day after In today’s India (SBI) has refused to disclose the US abruptly postponed NEW DELHI: The Election details of buyers of electoral bonds, crucial dialogue with India Commission has asked Face- paper political parties which have redeemed scheduled in Washington book to examine blocking of these and the bank’s reports sent to next week citing “unavoid- political advertisement during CITY ... the government on their sales, call- able reasons”, Nikki Haley, the last 48-hours before polls in ing it personal information held by it the US ambassador to the the country. ACTION AGAINST CBSE 130 TEACHERS 4 in fiduciary capacity exempted from United Nation, said Prime On June 4, at a meeting of disclosure, an RTI response shows. Minister Narendra Modi the committee constituted by NATION The details provided by the bank “knows exactly why” and the Election Commission of SURGICAL STRIKE: CONG, BJP SPAR 7 shows that in March 2018, it sold the reason had nothing to India (ECI) to study provisions bonds worth over Rs 222 crore while do with India. of Section 126 of the Represen- EDIT in April the number dipped to Rs “There is a very good rea- tation of the People Act, 1951, a could be augmented during tent’ on Facebook and these 114.9 crore. son. PM Modi knows exactly Facebook representative agreed election period if the need are reviewed as per the global COOPERATION IN PARLIAMENT 8 Mumbai saw maximum enthu- ciples based on implied contract. what. The rest of the world to examine providing a win- arises. community standards. “If the INTERNATIONAL siasm among donors to purchase “The bankers’ obligation to main- will know soon. It has noth- dow or button on the Facebook Section 126 of the Repre- content is found to be violat- electoral bonds with Rs 122 crore of tain secrecy arises out of the contrac- ing to do with India at all,” page for flagging complaints sentation of the People pro- ing community standards, they QUEEN ELIZABETH II GETS WAGE HIKE 11 bonds being sold from the SBI main tual relationship between the banker Nikki Haley told NDTV in about violation of election hibits displaying any election will be taken off,” he stated, branch in the maximum city while in and customer, and as such no infor- an exclusive interview on laws, according to minutes of matter by means, inter alia, of according to the minutes of BUSINESS April it saw sales of Rs 53 crore, it said. mation should be divulged to third Thursday. the meeting. television or similar appara- the meeting. ‘US DIKTAT ON IRANIAN OIL IMPORTS’ 13 Activist Venkatesh Nayak, who parties except under circumstances “Things happen. It will The representative also tus, during 48 hours before the The action would be filed the RTI application, contested which are well defined,” it said. come to light why this has agreed to examine if the num- hour fixed for conclusion of promptly taken if a complaint SPORT the response of the SBI stating that Nayak said when the SBI is in a been rescheduled. But the ber of Facebook reviewers poll in a constituency. was made by the Commission denial of information about buyers of contractual relationship with its cus- relationship between India attending to complaints against The official of the social or its machinery about viola- JAPAN REACH LAST 16 DESPITE LOSS 14 electoral bonds and receiving political tomers, according to the RBI Master and US has never been stron- content posted by users can be media giant at the meeting tion of any provision of the parties is “patently erroneous”. Circular, its CPIO cannot claim the ger in our eyes, and I hope in increased from current 7,500 stated that complaints could law concerning “contents on “The CPIO is treating both the protection of “fiduciary” connection the eyes of India it is the same persons. The number, he said, be lodged against the ‘con- Facebook”. FOR ADVERTISING buyers of EBs and the political parties which is a trust-based relationship way,” she said. kindly contact at 9810195709 as being in a “fiduciary relationship” and has nothing to do with the bank- On Wednesday night, US or with SBI! This is in complete viola- ing business. Secretary of State Michael Rupee crashes to lifetime low of 69 against US dollar tion of the Master Circular issued by “This position has been clearly Pompeo spoke with Exter- [email protected] the Reserve Bank of India regarding explained by the Supreme Court of nal Affairs Minister Sushma NEW DELHI: The Indian importers and banks. In early The dollar’s sharp gain the basis of customer confidentiality. India. More importantly, when the Swaraj to convey his regret rupee recovered marginally trade today, the rupee fell to overnight coupled with falls in FOR SUBSCRIPTION Para #25 of the July 2015 Master Cir- Finance Minister has repeatedly said for having to postpone the from its lifetime low to trade an all-time low tracking Asian Asian peers caused the drop in kindly contact at 8800854665 cular,” he said. that EB scheme is ‘engineered’ to “2+2 dialogue”, which had at 68.95 per dollar in late morn- peers, with weakening macro- early trade, traders said, adding or The master circular said the scope make political party funding more been scheduled for July 6. ing deals on Thursday amid economic fundamentals on the they were hopeful the central [email protected] of the secrecy law in India has gener- transparent, then, is there not a duty AGENCIES See P6 heavy month-end demand for domestic front also weighing bank would step in to prevent ally followed the common law prin- to the public to disclose? Nayak said. the American currency from on the currency. further losses. MPOST Indian money in Swiss banks AGENCIES ASKED TO REWORK THE EARLIER PLANS rise 50% to over `7000 crore No trees would be cut for redevelopment MPOST BUREAU of seven colonies in South Delhi: Puri ZURICH/NEW DELHI: Money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 per SAYANTAN GHOSH an Expression of Interest for the Department of the Delhi govern- cent to CHF 1.01 billion (Rs 7,000 crore) acquisition of tree re-location/ ment on the recommendation in 2017, reversing a three-year downward NEW DELHI: No trees would transplantation equipment and of Delhi Environment Minister trend amid India’s clampdown on suspected be cut in the process of rede- engaging services of trained pro- Imran Hussain. black money stashed there. velopment of seven colonies fessional entities in this respect, The government had In comparison, the total funds held by in South Delhi, Union Minis- an official release said. announced that it would be all foreign clients of Swiss banks rose about ter Hardeep Singh Puri said on Puri’s comment came after he cutting over 14,000 trees for 3 per cent to CHF 1.46 trillion or about Rs Thursday, as he also assured that held a meeting on the proposed building over 25,000 flats for 100 lakh crore in 2017, according to the the national capital’s green cover cutting of trees with Delhi LG government employees in seven official annual data released on Thursday lion (about Rs 4,500 crore) — the lowest would not be damaged and steps Anil Baijal, DDA vice-chairman colonies of south Delhi. The pro- by Swiss National Bank (SNB), the central ever since the European nation began mak- would be taken to enhance it. Udai Pratap Singh, NBCC CMD posal attracted heavy criticism banking authority of the Alpine nation. ing the data public in 1987. The housing and urban Anoop Kumar Mittal, CPWD from green activists, politicians The surge in Indian money held with According to the SNB data, the total affairs minister said the agencies DG Abhai Sinha and HUA sec- and citizens. Swiss banks comes as a surprise given funds held by Indians directly with Swiss — the NBCC and the CPWD — retary D S Mishra, among others. During the meeting, a deci- India’s continuing clampdown on suspected banks rose to 999 million Swiss francs (Rs entrusted to executing the rede- I chaired a meeting of all sion was taken to plant more black money stashed abroad, including in 6,891 crore) in 2017, while the same held velopment project had been stakeholders where NBCC/ than one million trees, ranging banks of Switzerland that used to be known through fiduciaries or wealth managers asked to rework and redesign the CPWD have been asked to from 8-12 feet height, in differ- for their famed secrecy walls for years. increased to CHF 16.2 million (Rs 112 plans to avoid cutting of trees. rework & redesign the plans. three months. Citizen groups Amid a blame game over ent parts of Delhi with NBCC The Indian money in Swiss banks had crore). These figures stood at CHF 664.8 However, some trees may be We will also go ahead with a will be invited to suggest loca- environment nod for the proj- planting 25,000; CPWD - 50,000; fallen by 45 per cent in 2016, marking their million and CHF 11 million, respectively, transplanted at some other loca- compensatory plan of planting tions for transplantation, he said ect, Puri said all the permissions DDA- 10 lakh and DMRC- biggest ever yearly plunge, to CHF 676 mil- at the end of 2016. tion, and the NBCC has floated 1 million trees within the next in another tweet. were earlier granted by the Forest 20,000, an official release said. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town SMELL OF RAIN, JOY OF CHAI... Mister Chai, a first-of-its-kind tea restaurant in the heart of the city In remembrance of Raza presents an all new monsoon menu with scrumptious delicacies to enjoy Arun Vasant, 60x120, Acrylic on Canvas, 2013 India’s favorite drink, tea. The menu Over the years, Syed Haider Raza formed is a kaleidoscope of regional dishes with a modern twist. The menu is an assortment of sweet to spicy dishes like his own subtext for modernism, creating Kutchi Dabeli, Aloo Tuk, Bun Chapli and more. WHEN: July 7 onwards a repertoire of symbols, colour tonalities, WHERE: Lobby Level, Shangri-La’s - Eros Hotel TIMING: 11am – 7pm and defined spaces within a vocabulary ACRYLIC ON CANVAS Come and see the amazing artwork of global sensibilities by the Manipuri artist, Oinam Dilip. The beautiful set of paintings are being made with UMA NAIR acrylic ness of the strokes of the brush. Both in invoking the vibrancy and spirit of colours and these works reflect a vast compilation both the sacred spirit of life as it tran- therefore, the ttar Raag is a show that of memories manifested in the balance scends time and speaks to us about the comes as a tribute in mem- of both forms as well as formlessness life cycle, the constant emanating core exhibition has ory of Syed Haider Raza by because we know that he maintained of creation reflected in his search and been titled the Raza Foundation and a powerful bond with the forests, riv- quest for the eternal Bindu. as ‘Acrylic on itU opens on July 1, Sunday. “We have ers and the parched earth of India. In In an interview spread over 5 days canvas’ chosen works that have been created those last years, with his fragile body, in 2015, Raza said: “The Bindu is the WHEN: July 3-10 WHERE: Art by Raza Saab during the last few years it was a deeply incandescent experi- seed, the germ, the core, and it gives Gallery, India International Centre, of his life,” says Sanjiv Choube of the ence to watch him painting with his birth to the fecundity of the world. Annexe Lodi Estate Raza Foundation. At the Shridharani long slender fingers not quite as firm When I create the black Bindu it is a TIMINGS: 11am- 10 pm Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, as they used to be. In these few works, cosmic force, the sole energy for the Raza’s works form an elegiac echo we see how he evolved from painting universe or for instance. When you see CELEBRATING MONSOON that brims the sacred chants of subtle expressionistic landscapes to abstract my Bindu disturbed, it is because of Step out of your home this Monsoon gentility and tranquility. ones and his geometric abstraction the troubles and tribulations and the and enjoy the highest selling buffet The Paris dweller for 60 years, his in the Bindu series. His experiments disturbance that you see in Purush last few years in Delhi were spent only were influenced by the new medium of Prakriti.” offer at SMAAASH Cyberhub and painting and you see in these works acrylic, with which he began his new According to Raza, “The point, the Gurgaon Pub Exchange. Now, a a flashback of his many periods as if approach and experiments on canvas. bindu, symbolizes the seed-bearing the wholesome meal and a range of fun he wanted to traverse the terrain once Tanmay, Arun Vasant and Aabha are potential of all life, in a sense. It’s also games are available at just rupees more. Over the years, Raza formed three works that belong to his unfor- a visible form containing all the essen- 549. The mouth-watering buffet his own subtext for modernism, cre- gettable Shanti Bindu series. tial requisites of line, tone, colour, ges- includes One Veg Soup, Green ating a repertoire of symbols, colour These three works have about them ture, and space.” The concentric circle tonalities, and defined spaces within a resonance that speaks to us about becomes more of a central point rep- Salad Bar, One Compound Salad, a vocabulary of global sensibilities. dawn and dusk, they are about trans- resenting concentrated energy as well Veg Hakka Noodles, One Chicken In this show, there are hints of his lating from atmospherics a unique as rippling of memories and moments Curry Indian, Chicken Oriental and early strokes, the images from nature energy that doesn’t just vibrate with that pass through the tide of time. The a lot more. and specifically the forests of Madhya colour but also reflects a subtle soft- Bindu that manifested itself in vari- WHEN: Ongoing Pradesh which retained a prominent ness that is bathed in the dynamism ous forms throughout Raza’s works WHERE:SMAAASH Cyberhub and place in his mind long after he left of light. In his last years his work was were the genesis of creation as well Gurgaon Pub Exchange India in 1950. ‘Aar Paar’ and ‘Tree’ are deeply representational, the combina- as a focal point of meditation. This two works that exemplify that early tion of bright scorching colours and show is a must visit for art lovers and TIMINGS: 12.30pm to 3pm and Tree, 2014, Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100cms phase with the thickness and brisk- soft transparent brushstrokes succeed will run till July 10. 7pm to 10.30pm Education can boost men’s BEYOND COLOURS 2: DISPLAYING THE RARE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS chances of online dating

HARD TO FIND a partner online? Rev up your education levels, as women are more likely to prefer edu- cated partners while dating online, a study of online dating behaviour of over 40,000 people has found. The findings showed that women in the reproductive age or under 40 are more picky about the education level of men they prefer and seek the same level or higher in a potential mate. Conversely, men in the middle- aged (above 40) tend to become more picky about their partner’s education level. “It is quite an amazing way to look more for both men and women in the is often associated with social status at human mating behaviour (internet years of peak fertility (18-30 years), and intelligence – both attributes that dating websites like RSVP) because it mostly women had a clearly higher are highly sought after,” Whyte added. Boyhood Days_Oil on Linen_24x24_PSA gives us a really vivid snapshot of such minimum standard for the educa- The study, published in the jour- a large and diverse age group (18-80 tion level they wanted in their mate nal Psychological Science, stems from An art exhibition titled ‘Beyond Colors 2’ is going on in the Visual art Gallery, India Habitat Center, Delhi. The five-day exhibition was years) of people in a pretty uniform across all age. the largest ever behavioural economic inaugurated by the interior designer Lipika Sood and senior artist Jiten Hazarika on June 29. Amrita Prakash, a well-known artist, mate choice setting,” said behavioural “Evolution favours women who analysis of Australian online dating and curator of this exhibition informed that artist from various parts of the country including Kolkata, Raipur, Jodhpur, Bangalore are economists Stephen Whyte, from the are highly selective about their mates behaviour, reviewing 219,013 partic- displaying their best work at the exhibition, which will last until July 3. Water colour paintings, oil paintings, ink wash paintings, pastel Queensland University of Technology. and in many cultures women have ipant contacts by 41,936 members of color paintings, glass paintings, spray paintings and miniature paintings are the major highlights of the showcase. The main participants While the education level of a been shown to use education as an online dating website RSVP during a include Archana Singh, Harlin Singh, Sullu Mathew Chander Bose, Dr Ritu Jhori, Rashmi Jamwal, Nikita Mishra, and Jyoti Singh. potential mate mattered indicator of quality. This is because it four-month period in 2016. IANS Opt for bold colours this monsoon

ith monsoon round the corner, bold colours are here to stay. With pas- Wtels being a summer trend, the youth is trying different tones in rainy season. Bold ones being a favourite.

Fashion designers share some tips on colours which can be trendy in this monsoon: 4Maroon shade in outfits: Maroon has been a favourite since time immemorial in all styles but this year maroon can be seen sported in not just the conventional maxi dresses but also in jumpsuits, off shoulders, ruffles, cold shoulders and short dresses as well. As today’s youth loves to experiment with fashion so maroon can also be seen sported in daily causal college wear. 4Peach shades: Peach is the colour which one shade that looks extremely stunning in late brown maxi party dresses are a very classy 4Green shade: Green is the colour goes with all dark and lighter tones and a very pictures and also it’s warm bold tone high- coloured option this season. of freshness and cool and perfect for cool choice for monsoon as it’s one classic lights all the types of complexions very well. 4Prussian blue or denim Ink blue: It monsoon. This colour always looks good shade that goes well with almost all styles so Also try magenta lipstick in monsoon which was earlier seen sported in denim attire on most complexions. If you are warm it’s here to stay this monsoon and for seasons to will increase your confidence level and is much but in today’s time this shade has become toned focus on mustard, khaki and dark come. Extend the theme of the outfit through prettier than others. Pair magenta dresses with very popular in all styles. This shade can green. If you are cool toned try bright green to your accessories and don’t forget to add wide orange, white and dark blue colour. be seen commonly in party outfits or colour like parrot green. Try to combine green brim hat in this season. 4Chocolate brown: It was once a shade casual. The best styles in this shade apart with bright colours like yellow and white. Add 4Cool magentas: The colour donned in that was seen generally in trench coats or boots from denim outfits are maxi dresses, 3D some solid colours to your outfit and watch an off shoulder outfit is the best buy this sea- but in today’s scenario it’s rather a trending printed skater dresses and all types cold the transformation. son. The best point about magenta is that it’s shade in terms of its appeal with youth. Choco- shoulder styles. IANS

Although every possible care and caution has been taken to avoid errors or omissions, this publication is being sold on the condition and understanding that information given in this publication is merely for reference and must not be taken as having authority of or binding in any way on the writers, editors, publishers, and printers and sellers who do not owe any responsibility for any damage or loss to any person, a purchaser of this publication or not for the result of any action taken on the basis of this work. All disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of competent court and forums in Delhi/New Delhi only Printed and Published by Jaiyendra Kumar Sharma on behalf of Front Row Media Pvt. Ltd. and printed at The Indian Express Pvt. Ltd., A-8, Sector-7, Noida-201 301 (U.P.) and published from First Floor, Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002. Editor: Durbar Ganguly, Executive Editor: Arya Rudra. Email: [email protected], Tel. No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 mp CS ASSAULT CASE 9,000 Metro staff threaten strike CM Kejriwal and Sisodia to be from June 30, services may be hit OUR CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI: The charged; AAP cries conspiracy 9,000-strong non-executive staff of Delhi Metro Rail Cor- poration (DMRC) has threat- ABHAY SINGH AND ened to go on strike from SAYANTAN GHOSH June 30 while shutting down CCTV cameras at CM’s services completely, if their NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief demands are not met by then. Minister Arvind Kejriwal Some of the non-executive staff and his deputy Manish Siso- residence lagged by 40 of the DMRC have been dem- dia might be charged by the onstrating at a few metro sta- police with criminal conspir- tions, including Yamuna Bank acy over the alleged attack on and Shahdara, since June 19 a number of issues, including past several days "metro ser- a top bureaucrat in Febru- mins on assault night in support of their eight-point pay scale revision, modifica- vices have not been affected." ary. Sources say the police are demand. tion of DMRC Staff Council Bhardwaj said on the first day reportedly preparing a charge- OUR CORRESPONDENT team examined the CCTV On Human Resource as an employees union, proper of the protest many employees sheet based on the evidence system installed at Kejriw- issues pertaining to a section guidelines for sacking of an - from drivers to station con- and statements of many and it NEW DELHI: Delhi-based al's official residence in Civil of the employee in Delhi Metro, employee and that too in trollers and other staff - wore is set to be filed soon. Rohini forensic report did not Lines area and seized the hard DMRC spokesperson said, “A extreme conditions. black armbands to register The Delhi Police is expected AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said that a conspiracy was not mention whether the cam- disk connected to the system meeting was held on Thurs- The council said the their protest. to file a chargesheet in the case hatched to defame the Delhi CM and Deputy CM in a bid to destabilise eras were tempered with or the for investigation. Fourteen of day at the office of the Regional demands have been sent to "Subsequently, when the soon. “We are at an advanced the elected State Government clock was altered around the the CCTV cameras were run- Labour Commissioner (RLC). Delhi Metro authorities and DMRC did not take cognisance stage of investigation and the time of the alleged assault on ning while seven did not func- All the issues raised by the Union Urban Affairs Minis- of our demands, we went on chargesheet is being prepared,” In response to the reports the CCTV footage normally Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash tion. It was found that there employees are under discus- try. “Our first demand is that symbolic hunger strike, when an officer said. The police had on preparing charge sheet walking out on his own from by AAP MLAs at Chief Minis- was a time lag of 40.43 min- sion and all possible efforts are the DMRC Staff Council be many of our members did not on February 23, examined against the CM and Deputy the CM residence? The truth is ter Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. utes with respect to the time being made to reach a mutually changed to a DMRC employ- consume food while on duty the CCTV system installed at CM, the AAP slammed the that a conspiracy was hatched When the police seized around of the alleged attack, the police acceptable resolution as early as ees union as the council is not and demonstrated by sitting on Kejriwal’s official residence in Delhi police. "With full respon- to defame the Delhi CM and 47 CCTV cameras, which were had said and now the foren- possible.” a constitutional body and so, it platforms," he said. Civil Lines area and seized the sibility, the AAP states that no Deputy CM in a bid to desta- installed at Chief Minister’s sic report has confirmed. The The Delhi Metro Rail Cor- does not have any teeth. Other "If our demands are not met hard disk connected to the sys- incident of violence took place bilise the elected State Govern- residence, the time displayed Delhi Police is expected to poration Staff Council had demands include implementa- by June 29, we will go on com- tem for investigation. on the night of 19th Febru- ment,” Bharadwaj added. on the CCTV cameras on the file a chargesheet in the case given a call to all members tion of our Industrial Dearness plete hunger strike and work Anshu Prakash has alleged ary 2018 at the residence of The opposition Congress night of the alleged attack on soon. "We are at an advanced to join the agitation but not Allowance (IDA) as per the 3rd in that condition, and drivers that in CM Kejriwal's presence, the Delhi Chief Minister," said said the case is of "serious CS Prakash was nearly 40 min- stage of investigation and all have supported the stir. pay revision scale,” the coun- will drive trains in that condi- he was attacked by lawmakers AAP chief spokesperson Sau- concern". "The truth of the utes behind the actual time, the chargesheet is being pre- The non-executive workforce cil's secretary, Ravi Bhardwaj, tion. And, if anything happens of Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi rabh Bharadwaj. case should come out and the a forensic report has con- pared," the officer said without includes train operators, sta- said. A senior DMRC official, to our members or to com- Party (AAP). He complained “Delhi Police has been people should know what is firmed, ahead of the filing of elaborating. tion controllers, operations and when contacted, said: "There muters then the DMRC shall to the police that he was beaten planting all kinds of fictitious the reality and assault of CS the chargesheet in the case. A Chief Secretary Prakash maintenance staff and techni- is a possibility of services shut- be responsible for it," Bhard- by two legislators as part of a stories for last four months, in presence of CM and Dep- senior police officer privy to was allegedly attacked during cians, and form a major com- ting down if no agreement is waj said. "Even then if our conspiracy between everyone but has been unable to answer uty CM is an issue of serious the investigation said the foren- a meeting at Kejriwal's official ponent in the operation of the reached, but we are hopeful of voices are not heard by DMRC present in the room, a state- a simple question that if the concern," said Sharmistha sic report was received earlier residence on February 19. The rapid rail network. reaching a resolution." authorities, we will completely ment seen to point at the Chief Chief Secretary was assaulted Mukherjee, Delhi Pradesh this week. police said Kejriwal was pres- Some of the council mem- He also claimed that dur- stop work from June 30," he Minister. how was it that he was seen in Congress spokesperson. On February 23, a police ent when the attack happened. bers have been protesting over ing these protests over the claimed. Coal stock up at Intensify vector-control Monsoon woes: Gurugram measures: LG to agencies

NTPC but situation faces waterlogging, traffic jams NEW DELHI: With the arrival ments. Three municipal com- of monsoon in the capital, missioners, Public Works PIYUSH OHRIE sites. The Gurugrm Metro- Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Department, police, railway still critical politan Development Author- (LG) Anil Baijal on Thursday and Delhi Metro Rail Corpo- GURUGRAM: The rain on ity (GMDA) has also set up directed local bodies and other ration officials among others Thursday evening was set to a control room at Sector -29 agencies to intensify vector- were also present. ROUSHAN ALI bring a reprieve for citizens suf- where the officials can be con- control measures. Baijal also The LG was informed that The power demand fering from scorching heat and tacted on 9999395748 for all directed authorities concerned letters along with an advi- NEW DELHI: A day after in Delhi came humidity but the city’s infra- the waterlogging complaints. to ensure coordination with sory, including 'Dos & Don'ts', Delhi Power Minister Satyen- structure again failed to cope Even as the district admin- neighbouring states in order to have been sent to various gov- dar Jain's strigent warning over down on Thursday with a few millimetres of rain. istration may be preparing be prepared to tackle the vec- ernment and private offices, the depleting level of coal stock with the onset of Like always, various parts of to deal with the challenges tor-borne diseases. The direc- buildings and institutions for at thermal power plants, a gov- the city faced excessive water- expected during monsoon, tives were issued at a meeting prevention and control of vec- ernment official said the sup- monsoon logging, traffic jams and long most of the residents still seem that was chaired by the LG to tor-borne diseases, according ply of the fossil fuel improved duration of power outages. dissatisfied with the work discuss the status of measures to a statement issued by the L-G slightly on Thursday but the sit- tions Dadri I & II, Jhajjar and In a telling statement to city’s done. “You can understand taken to combat mosquito- office. "The LG has directed uation still remains critical. Jain Badarpur have been facing an crumbling infrastructure, the the level of preparedness when borne diseases such as Dengue, for intensification of vector- on Wednesday feared a black- "acute coal shortage" for many newly built sector road near the at National Highway-8 . The Badshahpur drain that would even Golf Course road that is Chikungunya and Malaria, and control measures by the field out in the city, saying the actual days due to non-availability of IFFCO Chowk caved in for the Delhi- Jaipur highway bore the have allowed the flow of water expected to have one of the seasonal influenza in the city. staff of local bodies (domestic stock of coal for thermal plants transportation rakes, Jain had second time. brunt of excessive water log- into the Najafgarh drain. Like best infrastructures in the city The meeting was attended breeding checkers or DBCs). at Dadri, Jhajjar and Badarpur said in his letter to the Union With the works of Bad- ging on July 29, 2016, when just the previous year, a large num- gets water-logged. While major by Delhi Health Minister Saty- "Regular house-to-house visits could meet the requirements of power minister. shahpur drain not completed 46 millimetres of rain stalled ber of police officials will be projects may have their difficul- endra Jain, North Delhi Munic- for checking and eliminating all only 1.63 days. "The situation This is the second time this year, the authorities have the traffic at the busy highway deployed on the road to man- ties, what is stopping the offi- ipal Corporation (NDMC) possible breeding sites should improved a little over past 24 that the Delhi government has stationed 40 pumps to chan- for more than 18 hours. age the traffic. According to cials to clean the drains,” asked Chairman Naresh Kumar and be made, besides regular mon- hours but, it is still critical," a alleged that the Indian Rail- nel out the water. Majority of The Haryana government officials, 485 law enforcement Rajesh Sethi, a city resident. senior officers of the health and itoring of DBCs by higher offi- Delhi government official said. ways wasn't providing wag- these pumps will be stationed had planned to expand the officials will be deployed at 26 urban development depart- cials," LG office said. MPOST Power department's data ons for transportation of coal showed the stock of coal had to these plants. In May, Chief come down to 91,129 met- Minister Arvind Kejriwal had ric ton on Wednesday and written to Prime Minister Nar- Green cover in Delhi increased in last three years: Delhi govt increased to 1,01,985 met- endra Modi, requesting him to SAYANTAN GHOSH ric ton on Thursday. The coal direct the Railways to provide Congress govt at the Centre hi's environment. "Another plan modifications can be pensatory plantation before also said that the AAP is lying requirement of the three plants rakes for transporting coal to which is now being repackaged petition was filed by Rajiv Suri executed by DDA. The Cen- felling of trees. AAP minister about the facts. Congress is 56,000 metric ton per day. the power plants. The power NEW DELHI: The Delhi by PM Modi as a smart city in the NGT which also men- tral Government claimed that is answerable for dereliction President Rahul Gandhi on Normally, a stock of 8,40,000 demand in Delhi came down government on Thursday plan. This project was intro- tioned the drawbacks of the the work of redevelopment of duty and must face conse- Wednesday accused the BJP metric ton coal required to on Thursday with the onset claimed that the green cover duced by the Congress Central project but the NGT straight is for the residential use only quences for failing to do his and the AAP government in meet 15 days' need is main- of monsoon. The peak power of Delhi has increased in the govt by the then Minister of away dismissed both the but the brochures prove that duty." He added that Delhi the capital for cutting down tained for the three thermal demand was 6,118 MW at 2.57 last four years. However, the MoUD Ajay Maken," said AAP petitions by saying that the the redevelopment is done for Govt paid about Rs 23 crore thousands of trees in the past power plants in Delhi-NCR. pm on Wednesday. It came CAG report has claimed that chief spokesperson Saurabh Environment Clearance was commercial propose. "The res- for raising and maintenance four years, calling it "madness". Jain has sought the Centre's down to 5,671 MW at 3.33 the green cover in Delhi has Bharadwaj. He added that the approved in 2012 and the lim- idential land in Delhi is being of plantation for 7 years till "In Delhi, the BJP with intervention through a letter pm on Thursday, State Load decreased over the years. The Central government is work- itation period for taking any used for commercial purpose," its successful establishment. AAP's approval has hacked to the Union Power Minister R Disptach Centre data showed. AAP also alleged that ear- ing on a project against which legal scrutiny has expired," said he said. The land was allotted by DDA. down thousands of trees in the K Singh. The combined capac- The peak power demand this lier Congress and now BJP is Aman Lekhi, husband of BJP Bharadwaj. In response to this, BJP However, it failed to carry out past 4 yrs for 'development'. ity of the three power plants year touched an all-time high responsible for cutting trees MP Meenakshi Lekhi, had filed The AAP leader also said MLA and leader of the oppo- plantation of 39,950 trees at Even children know that trees that supply electricity to Delhi of 6,934 MW on June 8 and in Delhi. a petition in the High Court that as mentioned in section sition Vijender Gupta said, Narouji Nagar and Netaji are critical to our survival and is 2,000 MW. remained consistently above "The whole project of rede- in 2014 by claiming that it will 11(a) of DDA, any master "AAP has not only lied to the Nagar. difficult to replace," said Gan- Thermal generation sta- 6,500 MW for past many days. velopment was planned by be extremely harmful to Del- plan and zonal development public, it failed to ensure com- The opposition Congress dhi on Twitter. Minister says DUTA slams plan to replace UGC Dust and pollution push allergic cops refused to with higher education commission conjunctivitis cases in Delhi-NCR file FIR against OUR CORRESPONDENT a quick desperate step in the the draft says. cutting of trees same direction," they said in a The DUTA said that it is ABHINAV SINGH NEW DELHI: The Delhi Uni- statement. also not clear how shifting The onset of NEW DELHI: Environment versity Teachers' Association "Under the leadership grant functions to the minis- NEW DELHI: The increase monsoon is set to Minister Imran Hussain today (DUTA) on Thursday con- of PM @narendramodi has try will result in less interfer- in mercury in summer times alleged the police refused to demned the government's embarked on a process of ence. On the contrary, we fear leads to an increase in allergic further aggravate register an FIR in connection plan to replace the apex edu- reforms of the regulatory agen- that it will result in an increased ailments and one of the routine the allergic with felling of trees in the Net- cation regulator University cies for better administration of direct interference by the gov- occurrences is of conjunctivitis, aji Nagar in violation of a high Grants Commission (UGC) the HE sector (sic). In a land- ernments, the statement added. a common reaction of the eyes problem court order, and wrote to city with a higher education com- mark decision, a draft Act for "There seems to be an attempt to dust particles. Due to the police chief Amulya Patnaik mission and said it will result repeal of #UGC & setting up to corporatise education sector escalating pollution levels, this proper precautions are not fol- seeking his intervention. in an increase in direct inter- #HECI (Higher Education by focusing on homogeneous, problem seems to be present lowed. “Precaution should be Hussain had earlier this ference by the governments. Commission of India) has been one-size-fits-all administra- in the Delhi-NCR area all year taken in order to protect eyes, week said he received a com- It is, however, not clear why prepared," Union HRD Minis- tive models and best practices round. The onset of monsoon especially during this season plaint from environment activ- this overhaul is necessary and ter Prakash Javadekar tweeted rather than allowing institu- is set to further aggravate the when the weather is hot com- ist Vimlendu Jha that trees how it will address the needs on Thursday. tions to evolve them over time, allergic problem. bined with high level of pollu- were being cut at the Netaji of higher education in a better The Higher Education based on their specific needs," “Number of patients com- tion. Avoid long hours in direct Nagar despite the stay by the way, the body said. Commission of India would the statement said. ing with allergic conjunctivi- “We are observing an infectious. Vernal-keratocon- sun, use protective eyewear, Delhi High Court till July 4. "The present structure is focus solely on academic mat- The HRD Ministry has tis has significantly increased increase in the number of junctivitis (VKC) is a serious drink lots of water, wash eyes He directed the Forest being completely replaced ters. Monetary grants would be asked all educationists, stake- recently. Dust storm, high level patients coming with allergic condition may further lead to and consult a doctor if symp- Department to lodge an FIR without providing a detailed in the purview of the ministry, holders and the general public of pollution and dry weather conjunctivitis. The predomi- complex diseases like keratoco- toms persist,” asserted Dr Sax- against the people responsi- study of its founding goals, according to the draft. "Less to give comments and sugges- are the factors which have led nant symptom in allergic eye nus or limbal deficiency which ena. Talking about the medical ble for it. But Hussain said the achievements, its shortcomings government and more gov- tions before 5 pm on July 7 to an increase in the number of disease is itching which can be are dangerous to the ocular treatment of conjunctivitis, Dr police were refusing to file an and their possible reasons and ernance, separation of grant on the draft, which has been patients coming with redness of associated with redness and surface and may cause per- Lal said, “Treatment is mostly FIR in the case and sought Pat- corrective measures taken or functions, end of inspection released on its website. The new eyes, with stinging and burning watering. Whereas, in viral manent vision loss in extreme medical, eye drops may need to naik's intervention in the mat- required to improve the health raj, focus on academic qual- Act is likely to be tabled in Par- sensation,” said Dr Rohit Sax- conjunctivitis, patients usu- cases,” explained Dr Ikeda Lal, be used for a prolonged period. ter. He has also asked for an of the UGC. Even as the gov- ity, powers to enforce compli- liament during the monsoon ena, Professor, Ophthalmology, ally complain of stickiness of another seasoned Ophthalmol- Children are the worst-affected appointment with the police ernment had to shelve proposal ance to the academic quality session. The government was All India Institute of Medical the eyes, burning irritation and ogist at Delhi Eye Centre and who keep on rubbing their commissioner to discuss the of creating HEERA because of standards and to order the earlier planning a single regu- Sciences (AIIMS) who further redness. So, it is very important Sri Ganga Ram Hospital. eyes. Therefore, the habit of eye matter. The proposal to cut the opposition received, dis- closure of sub-standard and lator for technical education, elaborated that Children are to differentiate the two as the The allergy can become a rubbing needs to be replaced tress was made for re-develop- mantling of the UGC to cre- bogus institutions are some of national council teachers train- more prone to allergic conjunc- treatment is different and also serious menace if the symp- with the habit of instilling eye ment of seven colonies in the ate a new agency looks like the highlights of the new Act," ing and the UGC. tivitis during this season. allergic conjunctivitis is not toms are overlooked and drops." South Delhi. MPOST 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 CBSE orders action against 130 Fake currency notes again flushed into India via Bangladesh, 2 held teachers over evaluation errors OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Fine quality Board declared both Class 10, Class 12 results in last week of May Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) has been seized by OUR CORRESPONDENT re-evaluation process. Delhi Police special cell when Maintaining that the most glar- a team of Northern Range, NEW DELHI: Facing flak over evalu- ing examples of miscalculations in Special Cell, arrested two key ation errors in answer scripts of Class the Delhi region have already been members of an international 10 and 12 board exams, the Central reported, CBSE officials said a detailed FICN racket. They have been Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) report regarding the matter is being identified as Praveen, a resi- has initiated action against 130 teachers prepared. The re-evaluation saw some dent of East Champaran, Bihar, in the country. Similar action is likely students in the Delhi region getting presently residing at Vijay to be ordered by more regional offices 50-55 marks more than what they Enclave in Delhi and Sonu against schools, teachers or coordina- had initially got when the results were Chaudhary (25), from West tors where evaluation errors have been declared in May this year. In one case, Champaran, Bihar. found, according to the board's officials. a student, who had initially failed in Fake Indian currency notes The accused Sonu Chaudhary and Praveen "Letters of initiating immediate Urdu, passed after re-evaluation. amounting to Rs 5 lakh in the disciplinary action, including suspen- The Class 12 marks are especially denomination of Rs 2,000, have it was revealed that FICN is quality FICN amounting to Rs sion, have been issued to schools by the crucial as Delhi University conducts been recovered from the pos- being brought to India through 4 lakh. Praveen disclosed that CBSE's Dehradun office in respect of 27 admissions based on the board exami- session of the arrested persons. Bangladesh and Nepal. It is he procured FICN from Sonu identified teachers or coordinators for nation results. While such cases of mis- The recovered FICN appears to being smuggled into Malda, to circulate it in the busy mar- the gross mistakes committed by them," calculations have been reported in the have been printed in a sophisti- West Bengal, through Indo- kets of Delhi. the official said. He said action has also past too, this is the first time that such cated printing unit. Bangladesh Border and also “On June 27, after an exten- been initiated against 14 erring teach- action has been initiated. Police received information in bordering districts of Bihar sive search and at the instance ers in Chennai, 11 in Allahabad, seven The CBSE, however, maintained that for last about six months through Indo-Nepal border by of accused Praveen, Sonu was in Bhubaneswar, six in Delhi, two in that the percentage of mistakes have the circulation of FICN has anti-national elements. also arrested from West Cham- Guwahati and one in Trivandrum, and major mistakes in totalling of marks in CBSE had, on 1 June, started the pro- come down. For instance, in 2017, a been revived by the members On June 23, specific infor- paran. High-quality FICN eight each in Ajmer and Panchkula. Class 10 and 12 board exam papers, the cess of re-evaluation for those who had total of 20,162 students from the Delhi of an International syndicate mation was received by Spe- amounting to Rs 1 lakh was "Five teachers from the Delhi region official said. appeared for the Class 10 and 12 board region applied for re-evaluation, and after demonetization. A police cial Cell that a key member recovered from his house. He – three from government schools and "The re-evaluation saw some stu- examinations this year. in 4.97 per cent cases, the marks were team was deputed to develop of the said syndicate would also disclosed that he used to two from private schools – are sup- dents getting 50-55 marks more than The board had declared both the increased after re-evaluation. This year, the information. Both human come near Sector-2, Rohini, receive the supply of FICN posed to be put under suspension. what they had initially got when the Class 10 and class 12 results in the last 11,083 students from the Delhi region and technical surveillance was to deliver a big consignment from Bangladesh via Nepal Schools concerned have been asked results were declared in May this year. week of May. However, candidates who applied for re-evaluation, and marks mounted on the movements of FICN to his contact. A trap where it is smuggled from Pak- to take the prescribed action," he said. A detailed report is being prepared in were unsatisfied with the marks they were increased in 3.26 per cent of the of suspected members of this was laid that resulted in the istan,” said Sanjeev Yadav, DCP They have been held responsible for the matter," the CBSE official said. The were awarded were able to apply for the cases. syndicate. During surveillance, arrest of the accused with high- Special Cell. Works on Sohna 200 buses for public Nigerian held with Police recover knife which transportation in road expressway killed Major's wife Gurugram on Aug 15 drug worth Rs 1.5 cr OUR CORRESPONDENT 1.5 crore in the International to begin in July ABHAY SINGH of police custody in the court. OUR CORRESPONDENT Market. The weapon After killing the woman, Army NEW DELHI: The Anti- The team who made the OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: After get- of offence major Nikhil Handa contin- GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Metropolitan Human Trafficking Unit of arrest was formed under ting misled for several days, ued to mislead the investiga- Development Authority (GMDA) is all set to Crime Branch has arrested a Surender Kumar Gulia, ACP GURUGRAM: After successful completion of Delhi Police was finally able was recovered tors even as he was taken to introduce 200 buses, including air-conditioned 35-year-old man of Nigerian (Anti Human Trafficking developmental works at Golf Course Road and to recover the knife which was near Meerut- different areas to ascertain the buses, for public transportation in Gurugram origin with illegal drugs worth Unit). Obinna revealed that Sohna road, the Haryana government is all set to used by Major Nikhil Handa places he visited after the inci- this Independence Day. At present, there are Rs 1.5 crore in the interna- he and his associate and fel- invest in Sohna road. The ambitious project that to kill the Shailza Dwivedi in Muzaffarnagar dent. The police claimed that around 50 Haryana Roadways buses that are tional market. Police claimed low countryman Charles have will be key to ensuring connectivity in Delhi- Delhi Cantt area. The weapon Highway the accused had also planned operational in the city. that they have recovered high- been peddling drugs in Uttam Mumbai corridor will have the investment put of offence was recovered near to flee to Agra after the crime Not only the number of the buses in the grade heroin from his posses- Nagar and Janakpuri area for in by the state as well as the Central government. Meerut-Muzaffarnagar High- that chances of data recovery but due to awareness of topog- city inadequate but also poor maintenance sion. The accused identified as the past four months. "For- The total amount of investment in the projects way. The police also recovered are quite low since its moth- raphy, he choose Meerut for and regular breakdown the buses result in Obinna Fortune who is from tune had arrived in Delhi on a is slated to be around Rs 1,100 crore. Besides traces of burnt clothes from erboard is badly damaged. the hideout. inconvenience to the commuters. The poor Imo State in Nigeria has been tourist visa about five months extending the width of the road, there are also the spot. A senior officer, privy to the The victim's body was transportation system in the city has resulted arrested under the provisions ago. While residing in Uttam plans to build two elevated flyovers at the busy The investigators also probe, said that a CCTV grab found with her throat slit near in the residents relying on shared autos and of the Narcotics Drugs and Nagar, he came in contact with route. The project would be completed in one- found that the accused has showed that when Handa was Brar Square in the Delhi Can- private local buses. Lack of an effective public Psychotropic Substances Act a fellow countryman named and-a-half years and the work is expected to deleted his chats, messages going towards Meerut, he had tonment area on Saturday. Ini- transport facility has resulted in the increase and the Indian Passport Act Charles who arranged heroin begin in July. that were exchanged with the taken a detour on the Meerut- tially, the police was informed of illegal cabs plying in the city. for not being able to furnish to be supplied in the city," said With Gurugram being the major point in the victim. The phones will be Muzaffarnagar highway. Police that a woman had died in an GMDA has begun preparations to find the his passport. Kumar. Fortune has not been Delhi-Mumbai corridor, this is the third major sent for a forensic examina- also recovered his clothes that accident. But later, when they bus depots where the buses will be parked. According to Joint Com- able to furnish his passport as project where the National Highway Authority tion. "Some indecent materi- he had burnt and will be send- inspected the body, it was Four bus depots have been chosen by the missioner of Police (Crime), yet. According to police, the of India (NHAI) along with the state govern- als were also recovered," said ing them for a forensic exami- found that her throat was slit. public officials for this purpose. The areas Alok Kumar, on June 25, the accused's passport was kept ment will invest to revamp the city roads. The the police sources. Deceased's nation. The accused person's The accused had allegedly run being considered as bus depots are 13.5 acres accused was arrested on the by Charles. Efforts are being NHAI has already built a number of flyovers and phone that was broken by the police custody is ending on Fri- his car over her face and the in Kadipur, 4.6 acres in Sector 53, 12 acres in basis of an information from made to trace Charles and underpasses at the city’s busiest points along the accused will also be investi- day and the investigators are body in order to make the inci- Sector 33 and three acres near Central Mall Vikas Puri. They recovered locate the source of the nar- Delhi- Jaipur highway. gated but the police suspect not likely to seek an extension dent appear as an accident. near MG road. heroin worth more than Rs cotic substance. Man walks away with lenient Man attacks wife LG orders enhanced security with razor inside at girls’ schools/colleges sentence for pushing wife off stairs Delhi Court OUR CORRESPONDENT ling on motorcycles as it serves OUR CORRESPONDENT able under section 308 (Part her under the influence of NEW DELHI: A man alleg- the dual purpose of increased II) of the IPC, which attracts liquor and when she resisted edly assaulted his wife and his NEW DELHI: Lt. Gover- police visibility as well as NEW DELHI: A man, punishment in the form of his behaviour, he kicked and 11-year-old son inside a court- nor Anil Baijal on Thursday greater area coverage in a short who pushed his wife down imprisonment up to seven punched her. room of the Tis Hazari court stressed upon a structured span of time. He suggested the staircase under the years... The convict has clean Before her daughter could on Thursday. The accused has mechanism for interaction that community engagement influence of alcohol and records and it seems that he rescue her, her husband been arrested by the police. between police officers and initiatives like Eyes and Ears injured her severely, has been has mended his ways. pushed her off the stairs, due Narender Saini (42) and his principals of girls' colleges/ Scheme, YUVA, Sashakti, sent to three-month imprison- "Further, he appears to to which she suffered multi- wife were present in the court- schools, and deployment of Neighbourhood Watch ment by a Delhi court, which be remorseful. Moreover, the ple fractures and injuries in room along with their son for more security guards in and Scheme and Prahari be inten- took a lenient view towards complainant and their daugh- her hands, face and head. The the divorce proceedings. The around such institutions to sified to get optimum results. him saying he appeared ter had already left the com- incident took place at his resi- man assaulted his wife and the generate a greater sense of On the safety of senior citi- remorseful. pany of the convict. This court dence in Dabri area of south- son in the courtroom after a security among them. zens residing alone, he directed The court awarded him is of the view that a lenient west Delhi. heated argument. The immedi- While chairing a law and that the police must register a sentence of three months view is required to be taken The man had denied all the ate provocation is not known. order meeting of the Delhi such people through an out- and 12 days, the period he against the convict. The con- allegations claiming he had “The man came to meet his Police, Baijal stressed the need Lt. Governor Anil Baijal reach programme and conduct has already spent behind bars vict is sentenced to imprison- a verbal altercation with his son in one of the meeting ses- to have a structured mecha- regular surprise checks. during trial, for the offence of ment for the period already wife, after which she acciden- sions in the court. It was then nism of interaction between The LG also reviewed the ibility of police in field and The meeting was attended attempt to commit culpable undergone (3 months and tally slipped from the stairs. he assaulted his wife and his the Station House Officers measures being taken by the enhancement of community by the Delhi Chief Secretary, homicide punishable under 12 days) by him," Additional The court, while holding son was also injured in the (SHOs) and the heads of the police to curb the menace participation. Principal Secretary (Home), section 308 of the IPC con- Sessions Judge Vivek Kumar him guilty, relied on the sole incident. He probably carried girls' institutions for a prompt of mugging and other street According to the police, Delhi Commissioner of Police, sidering that the victim and Gulia said. testimony of the victim saying a sharp-edged weapon like response in cases of need. crimes, among other things. 174 anti-snatching teams Director (Education), Direc- her daughter had separated According to the prosecu- she answered all the material a razor,” said a senior police He also advised the Edu- The Delhi Police made a have been constituted and 877 tor (TTE), Commissioner from him immediately after tion, an FIR was registered on questions "convincingly and officer. cation Department to deploy detailed presentation on the snatchers have been appre- (Excise), Special Commis- the incident two years ago. the complaint of the victim no inconsistency, discrepancy The injured woman and her more security guards in and preventive measures taken by hended in 2018. sioner (Transport), and Spe- "Convict has been found alleging that on April 16, 2016, or contradiction cropped up son were immediately taken to around schools during girls' them like identification of hot Baijal also stressed upon cial and Joint Commissioners guilty for offence punish- her husband started abusing during her deposition." hospital for treatment. They shift to make them feel safer. spots of crime, enhanced vis- intensification of beat patrol- of Police. were later discharged. MPOST Delhi-based scribe attacked Sexual crime on rise in Gurugram as NCPCR translating laws into OUR CORRESPONDENT 4 rape cases reported in a single day Hindi for children's safety

NEW DELHI: A Delhi-based PIYUSH OHRIE plaints of molestation till June. only sexual crimes but the law sApp number. ABHAY SINGH police stations, Child Welfare stated that the internet service journalist was brutally attacked What is more shocking and enforcement officials also have Acknowledging that safety Committee (CWC) and par- providers showing the identity in South Delhi's CR Park area. GURUGRAM: There were disturbing is an exponential to deal with rising number of of women in the city is a major NEW DELHI: Many laws ents in Delhi as well as in other of the child victim of sexual The victim was beaten up by a four cases of rape in a single rise in crime against minors. human trafficking cases. law and order challenge, related to the children are states so that they can under- abuse is violations of JJ Act, man and his relatives who live day including a five-year-old In just six months, the city In 2017, 154 minors were senior officials of Gurugram in English and sometimes it stand the laws which are meant POCSO and IT Act. in the area which resulted in raped by a neighbour and a has witnessed more than 100 kidnapped from the city out police said, the manpower is becomes difficult for the stake- for the safety of children. An official from the child the injury near one of the eyes. woman of Kenyan origin cases of sexual assault against of which 115 were girls. From being increased. Most of them holders like parents, govern- The commission will soon rights' body claimed that many "The incident took place gang-raped after being offered minors. 2012 to 2017, over 1,062 chil- will be deployed in the night. ment officials to understand hold a meeting with the con- persons without knowing the on Thursday afternoon when a lift at MG road. In the con- In all, there have been dren have been kidnapped out Strict instructions have also the language as they are from cerned officials so that they law share the videos of child I was inside the car. They text of a foreign organisation 60 cases of crimes that have of which 677 are girls. Accord- been issued to pubs and bars Hindi background. For making can brief them about the whole abuse on social media as they attacked me with the fist," said deeming India to be the most been registered under Pro- ing to Gurugram police, the in Gurugram to ensure that it easy for them, the National process. Yashwant Jain, mem- are unaware of the laws. The the reporter. dangerous country for women, tection of Children from Sex- gangs from Uttar Pradesh and no illegal activities should be Commission for Protection of ber NCPCR, stated that the POCSO E-BOX of NCPCR He further claimed that one of the richest cities in the ual Offences Act (POSCO) in Rajasthan are highly active in allowed. Child Rights (NCPCR) is now commission has been work- has received more than 50 he had shifted to the place country is definitely not doing addition to 40 cases of abduc- committing such crimes. The new police commis- working to provide the laws ing in this regard and soon it cases regarding Protection of recently. any good to improve this dubi- tion, human traffickings and Lack of infrastructure like sioner of Gurugram, KK Rao, in Hindi. will come up with something Children from Sexual Offences "They claimed that I delib- ous image. forced child labour. the development of proper has already stated that he will The child rights' body has substantive. The commis- Act. According to the data erately scratched their vehicle In just six months, the Mil- Gurugram along with its helpline has also increased want his force to be the most found that in many cases it is sion had asked Internet Ser- accessed by the Millennium which was completely false and lennium city is all set to break counterpart Faridabad is lead- the troubles for the victims. visible force present on the city difficult for the stakeholders vice Providers Association of Post, from August 26, 2016 to they started beating me merci- the crime record that was reg- ing in terms of sexual crime While difficulties of getting rods than in the police sta- to understand laws as many India to monitor child abuse December 8, 2017, there were lessly," said the journalist. After istered in the full year. Accord- against minors. In 2017, through the police helpline tions. There are also plans to of them are not well-versed in contents and stop such videos 59 complaints which were reg- the attack, the journalist went ing to the police records, there there were 106 cases of sexual number 100 are well docu- develop six fast-track courts English. So, they are translat- going on the Internet. A copy istered under POCSO and out to the police station to report have been already 59 cases of crimes against minors while mented, a major setback has for the speedy trial of sexual ing the laws into a Hindi book- of the four-page letter is with of which 46 cases were dis- the incident. rape and 107 formal com- in 2016 there were 115. Not been the withdrawal of What- crimes against women. let which they will be sent to the Millennium Post. The letter posed of. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 mp Parties that attended HDK swearing- Opposition creating unrest in in may not contest together: Gowda OUR CORRESPONDENT

society, cut off from reality: PM NEW DELHI: Six non-BJP parties may have attended the OUR CORRESPONDENT Modi said at the event which instant divorce. “You have seen swearing-in ceremony of HD marked Kabir’s 500th death the approach of these people on Kumaraswamy as Karnataka SANT KABIRNAGAR (UP): anniversary. triple talaq. Modi said Muslim Chief Minister to present a Invoking 15th century poet- “They want to deceive the women demanded removal of united opposition face, but it saint Kabir Das, Prime Minister poor, the oppressed and the triple talaq despite threats. But does not mean that they will Narendra Modi on Thursday deprived to fill their pockets, political parties that indulge in contest together in all states in accused the opposition of cre- build bungalows worth crores vote bank politics for power 2019 Lok Sabha polls, JD(S) ating unrest in society and and make their relatives own- were creating hindrances in the supremo HD Deve Gowda sug- joining hands for petty politi- ers of properties worth crores,” passage of the triple talaq bill in gested on Thursday. cal interests. he said. “They think if there is the Parliament. However, he favoured for- “Those who imposed unrest they will benefit politi- They want a weak society mation of a third front to take Gowda said the Samajwadi “So far, there has not been Emergency and those who cally, he said. for their own vested interests, on the BJP at the earliest, saying Party and BSP are discussing any discussion on this issue... were against it are now trying Those who always talk of and do not want to see a soci- there were clear “signals” from sharing 40 seats each in gen- Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to forge alliances,” he said at his ‘samajwad’ and ‘bahujan’ are ety free from evils.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi eral elections in Uttar Pradesh. and Kumarswamy will discuss public meeting. extremely selfish, he said in an Lauding Kabir, the prime and the ruling party to their “In Karnataka, we will fight and finalise that,” he said. Modi was on a first ever visit apparent reference to BJP’s key minister said he envisaged Lord cadres in states to be ready for with the Congress despite hav- Gowda also said his party by a prime minister to the non- rivals in Uttar Pradesh - the Ram as an ideal king. Modi Lok Sabha polls as early as in ing small issues with them,” he was willing to give away one descript Maghar town where Bahujan Samaj Party and the described Kabir’s imagination November-December. said. However, Gowda refused Parliamentary seat in Karna- Kabir Das, who preached Samajwadi Party. as democratic and panth nir- “It is not necessary that to comment when asked about taka to its ally BSP. “In return, against caste and religious dif- Referring to the recent con- PM Narendra Modi offered Chadar at Sant Kabir Mazaar and paid peksh (secular, denomination- the parties -- which attended remarks made by former CM I will ask BSP to give one seat ferences, attained salvation. troversy over former chief min- homage to the great saint and poet, Kabir, at Maghar, in Sant Kabir neutral). Unfortunately some the swearing-in ceremony of and Congress-JD(S) coordi- in Uttar Pradesh to Danish Ali “The lust for power is such isters being served notices to Nagar district of UP on Thursday PTI families claim themselves to Kumaraswamy as Karnataka nation committee chairman (who is JD-S Secretary Gen- that those imposing Emergency vacate their bungalows in com- be the `bhagya vidhaataa (sav- CM -- will fight together in all Siddaramaiah that the current eral). In Kerala, LDF will give and those who had opposed it pliance with a Supreme Court ment repeatedly wrote letters showed the way to eradicate iours) of the people, and are states,” Gowda told reporters. Karnataka government will one seat to us,” he added. then are today walking shoul- order, he said, “Those people but they did not give the num- social inequalities existing in hell-bent on contradicting the He was here to attend a meet- survive for only an year. “It is The JD (S) leader said he der-to-shoulder, and searching had developed an attachment ber of houses to be constructed society, he said. preaching of Kabir Das ji.” “In ing of a parliamentary panel his feeling,” he added. will be meeting non-NDA for an opportunity to snatch to their luxurious bungalows.” for the poor. It was a govern- Unfortunately, today an the name of poverty alleviation, on defence issues which got The seat-sharing for 2019 leaders in “coming days”. power, he said. He criticised the approach ment which was interested in attempt is being made to politi- they forced the poor to remain postponed. Lok Sabha polls has not yet Noting that Modi and BJP They are not bothered of the previous government in its own bungalows,” he said. cise the names of these great dependent on vote bank poli- Presenting a united front, been decided though there President Amit Shah are indi- about the welfare of the coun- Uttar Pradesh when his BJP “After Kabir, it was Raidas, personalities for vested inter- tics. In the last four years, we top leaders of the Congress, are rumours that Congress cating about holding simulta- try or society, but are con- government at the Centre Mahatma Phule, Mahatma ests and to divide and break up have made utmost efforts to TMC, BSP, AAP, CPI (M) and will fight from 18 seats and neous polls, Gowda said there cerned about their own welfare launched the Pradhan Man- Gandhi and Babasaheb society,” he added. change this through various TDP had attended the cere- the JD(S) will get the rest 10 in is a need to form a third front and their family’s interest, tri Awas Yojana. Our govern- Bhimrao Ambedkar who He also raised the issue of schemes,” he said. mony last month in Bengaluru. Karnataka. at the earliest. Goel meets Manmohan Singh, seeks BJP will win ‘Cong-JD(S) ‘differences’ would be resolved’ 22 Lok Sabha OUR CORRESPONDENT Discordant voices have has to be discussed at the high Cong support for Monsoon Session emerged from the Congress command level and with the BENGALURU: Karnataka and the JD(S) on a host of Chief Minister, and six vacan- seats in West OUR CORRESPONDENT Deputy Chief Minister G issues, including presentation cies from the Congress and one Parameshwara on Thursday of the budget, as Siddaramaiah from the JD(S) would be filled Bengal: Shah NEW DELHI: Union Minis- said that differences between who held finance portfolio in at the earliest. ter of State for Parliamentary the ruling coalition partners, the previous government, had Prior to the expansion, Affairs Vijay Goel on Thursday if any, would be discussed and recently said there was no need posts in key boards and cor- met former prime minister and resolved at a Congress-JD(S) for a fresh budget and insisted porations would be filled up senior Congress leader Man- coordination committee meet- that a supplementary budget with legislators, discussions on mohan Singh to seek his party’s ing, which is likely to be held would do. which have already begun. support to make the Monsoon here on July 1. maiah purportedly expressing A video also had surfaced Parameshwara also said Session constructive. On the raging controversy doubts over the longevity of on Sunday, purportedly show- as the party president, he has The session is set to begin over former Chief Minister Sid- the JD(S)-Congress govern- ing Siddaramaiah expressing given instructions that no on July 18 and end on August daramaiah’s remarks doubting ment had surfaced on Tues- his displeasure to a few Con- one other than those holding 10. The triple talaq bill is among the longevity of the coalition day, adding to the strains in the gress MLAs over presentation responsible positions, whether the legislative items topping the government, Parameshwara, coalition. of a fresh budget. in the government or the party, central government’s agenda who is also the Pradesh Con- Parameshwara also accused Parameshwara said the should make any statements. during the session. gress chief said, the issue was the BJP of attempting to desta- main objective of both the “Siddaramaiah is our leader, When contacted, Goel said left to the party high command. bilise the coalition government Congress and the JD(S) coming he is the coordination com- JATIN TAKKAR it is very important to have the “There is a possibility that and said, “It is not going to be together was to provide good mittee chief, also CLP leader. Opposition’s support during the coordination committee possible.” governance and carry on pro- Whatever statements he makes, PURULIA: Lashing out at Tri- the session, which will have 18 will be meeting on July 1, and He said, “Whatever lit- people programme, including he makes it with the responsi- namool Congress government sittings with 68 bills pending anything related to the differ- tle murmurs (are there in the the farm loan waiver. bility. Let others not make any in West Bengal for “unleash- in Lok Sabha and 40 in Rajya sibility of both the ruling and Parliamentary Affairs Min- ences between the two parties’ coalition), the BJP is trying to He said the budget would statements twisting his state- ing violence” on political rivals, Sabha. the opposition parties that Par- ister Ananth Kumar has said leadership will be discussed, magnify it and trying to desta- be presented on July 5 and any ments... as it may give different BJP chief Amit Shah on Thurs- Out of the 68 bills in Lok liament function efficiently. the triple talaq bill, passed and we will resolve all those bilise our coalition. I can tell new programmes or alloca- meaning,” he added. day said sacrifice of his party Sabha, 12 are very important Goel said the Budget Ses- by Lok Sabha and pend- issues to strengthen the pres- them, it is not going to be pos- tion of funds for them would On his meeting with min- workers will not go waste and it and of 40 in Rajya Sabha, nine sion was a complete washout as ing in Rajya Sabha, would be ent coalition government,” he sible for them. We are very be decided then. isters, Parameshwara said they will win 22 of the state’s 42 Lok are very important, Goel said. the productivity in Lok Sabha among the priorities of the told reporters here. strong in our coalition. Initial Parameshwara rejected the held discussions about prepa- Sabha seats in 2019. The minister said he has was 4 per cent and 8 per cent in government. Stating that no discussion little hiccups will be there... we view that Siddaramaiah’s meet- ration for the 2019 Lok Sabha Addressing a rally here, he requested Singh for Congress Rajya Sabha. He had said the govern- took place regarding any state- will resolve them.” ing with several MLAs and polls, strategies to be adopted, said if people of Bengal “want support to run Parliament He said this was “not a time ment would push for consti- ments by anybody including “It (differences) is not leaders was a show of strength, finding a suitable candidate and to stop the illegal immigration smoothly during the Monsoon for raising allegations” on each tutional status for the National “our leader” Siddaramaiah at something on policy matters... pointing out that he too had also to coordinate between dif- from Bangladesh then they Session. other but to think about maxi- Commission for OBCs. The his meeting today with Con- it is something about issues, visited him at the nature cure ferent levels of the party. have to dethrone the Mamata- Goel said Singh welcomed mising the session’s output. National Commission for Med- gress ministers, he said, “All and we will resolve it. I can hospital and discussed the Ministers have suggested led TMC government.” the government initiative for Goel said he will meet lead- ical Education Bill and the that is left to the party high assure the people of Karnataka party matters. that the district in-charge min- Shah attacked the state reaching out to opposition par- ers of other opposition parties transgender persons bill would command...” of a strong coalition govern- Asked about the next round isters had to be immediately government for unleashing ties and said it was the respon- to seek their support. also be taken up. A video showing Siddara- ment,” he added. of Cabinet expansion, he said it decided. violence in the state and said that the people who are used to listening Rabindra sangeet Kailash Mansarovar visit: ‘No are now hearing the noise of ‘Security cordon was PM invoking Saint Kabir for bombs. “Violence has never been formal request from Rahul’ the culture of Bengal. This is breached during First political gains: Mayawati a state of great personalities NEW DELHI: The Minis- a pilgrimage to Kailash Mansa- such as Gurudev Rabindra OUR CORRESPONDENT named after 15th century mys- of the backward eastern region try of External Affairs (MEA) rovar after the May 12 assembly Nath Tagore, Bankim Chan- Couple’s visit to Puri’ tic poet. “Kabir Das is in the of the state, she added. on Thursday said it has not polls in Karnataka. dra Chattopadhya among oth- LUCKNOW: BSP chief May- hearts of people... BJP should “What happened to the big received any “formal request” He had made the announce- ers. And you all can see what awati on Thursday accused desist from indulging in poli- dreams of achchey din and for Congress President Rahul ment three days after an air- Mamata has done to this state.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tics for gaining cheap public- promises specially made by Gandhi’s visit to Kailash Man- craft in which he was travelling Shah, who earlier in the of indulging in “politics of vote ity,” the BSP chief said. Narendra Modi before the last sarovar in China’s Tibetan from Delhi to Karnataka devel- day visited the families of the bank” by remembering Saint The former UP chief min- Lok Sabha elections,” she asked. region. oped technical snag. Kumar BJP workers who were alleg- Kabir Das ahead of 2019 gen- ister further alleged that mas- Mayawati said that it was “We have not received any said Gandhi can visit Kailash edly killed in the political vio- eral elections. sive funds were spent on Modi’s her government which had formal request for his visit Mansarovar either through lence, said their sacrifice will “When the Lok Sabha elec- event at Maghar, where Kabir created a new district in hon- to the Tibetan Autonomous the MEA-organised route or not go waste. tions are just round the corner, breathed his last and was our of Kabir and proposed the region in China,” MEA Spokes- through a private route. “More than 20 of our party the prime minister is remem- buried. idea of dividing the state into person Raveesh Kumar said. He said the MEA has not workers were killed in the state bering Kabir Das... Is it not “For laying the foundation four parts to ensure overall Last week, the Congress received any communication in recent past. Their sacrifice petty politics of vote bank,” the stone of the Kabir Das acad- development. had said that Gandhi was yet for the second option as well. will not go waste. I challenge OUR CORRESPONDENT We had submitted a report to BSP president said. emy to be set up at a cost of Development of the state’s to receive a response from the Known for its religious val- Mamata Banerjee that we will the temple administration in Mayawati ridiculed Modi’s Rs 24 crores, almost as much eastern region was not possible government to his request to ues and cultural significance, dethrone you in coming days,” BHUBANESWAR: The Odi- this connection,” Sarangi said. visit to the ‘nirvan sthal’, the money was spent on the func- without the creation of a sepa- undertake the Kailash Mana- Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, he said. He said the next gen- sha Police on Thursday said However, the minutes of mausoleum of Kabir in Maghar tion and its publicity by the rate eastern part for which her soravar Yatra. organised by the Ministry of eral elections will lay the foun- “some people” had breached the temple management com- earlier in the day where he held BJP,” she said. government had got a resolu- Addressing a rally here External Affairs, is undertaken dation stone for change in the the security cordon during mittee’s March 20 meeting, a public rally and laid the foun- The programme was an tion passed which is still pend- on April 29, Gandhi had by hundreds of people every state and the party will win 22 President Ram Nath Kovind’s which had been in circulation dation stone of an academy effort to hoodwink the people ing with the Centre, she said. announced that he would go on year. MPOST Lok Sabha seats. PTI visit to the Puri Jagannath Tem- on social media, mentioned ple with his wife on March 18. that the Rashtrapati Bhavan The statement by Puri expressed displeasure over the Rahul hits out ‘Must prevent division of Superintendent of Police Sar- conduct of servitors. Chinese military delegation thak Sarangi comes a day after It also said some servitors at AAP, BJP over the state government denied allegedly milled around Savita votes to defeat BJP in 2019’ receipt of any letter from the Kovind, while she was offer- redevelopment Rashtrapati Bhavan regard- ing prayers inside the temple’s to shortly visit India: Official LUCKNOW: UP Congress the experiment had failed in ing the alleged misconduct of sanctum sanctorum, leading to project in Delhi chief Raj Babbar on Thursday the 2017 Assembly polls. servitors in the 12th century occasional jostling. K J M VARMA Pakistan. “During the visit, he monk Xuanzang to India. said in order to defeat the BJP “In the 2017 UP Assembly shrine. A section of the media Sources in the tem- NEW DELHI: Congress will have meetings with mili- “The militaries of India and in the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- polls it was an experiment with had reported that the Rash- ple administration, in their chief Rahul Gandhi on Thurs- BEIJING: A Chinese military tary leaders of both the coun- China are willing to imple- tions, division of opposition the aim of defeating the BJP. trapati Bhavan wrote to the defence, said the March 20 day hit out at the BJP and the delegation will shortly visit tries and relevant leaders ment the important agreement votes must not take place in The experiment was not suc- temple administration, alleg- meeting might have dis- AAP over felling of trees in the India, as a major follow up to concerning border defence and reached between the two lead- the state. cessful,” he said. ing inappropriate behaviour by cussed the matter, based on a national capital for a redevel- the informal summit between controls and as well as coop- ers in the development bilat- On speculation of Congress Babbar stressed that the servitors outside the sanctum police report, which suggested opment project and called for Prime Minister Narendra Modi eration at the theatre level,” he eral relations,” he said. “We are forming an alliance with the final decision on the alliance sanctorum of the temple that the security cordon was fighting this madness . and President Xi Jinping, a said. The newly-formed West- willing foster strategic mutual Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar will be taken by the party Sarangi said the district breached during the First cou- Taking to Twitter, he said defence ministry spokesper- ern Theatre Command of the trust with India and promote Pradesh, Babbar said: “Our high command which will be collector of Puri, ahead of the ple’s visit. The president of the even children know the impor- son said here on Thursday. PLA guards the 3,488-km long win win cooperation to manage party believes that for defeat- acceptable to party workers in President’s visit, was asked to Suar-Mahasuar Nijog (servi- tance of trees in life and urged The delegation of the Chi- Line of Actual Control (LAC) differences and disputes of the ing the BJP, division of votes the state and across the coun- ensure that no servitor goes tors’ organisation), Damo- people to stand by the Con- nese People’s Liberation Army with India. About the impact of borders,” he said. China had on should not take place. We tried try. Meanwhile, convenor of close to the First couple or dar Mahasuar, on Thursday gress against it. In Delhi, the (PLA) will be headed by Major the Wuhan summit on military June 1 announced the visit of its this in Gorakhpur and Phool- the communication depart- requests them to sign on any lodged a complaint at the Sing- BJP with AAP's approval has General Liu Xiaowu, Deputy ties, Colonel Wu said China military delegation to India, the pur (bypolls).” “In Kairana, we ment of the Congress Priyanka book during their visit to the hadwara PS against Puri Col- hacked down thousands of Commander of China’s West- and India are neighbours set first since the 73-day military never sought any cooperation Chaturvedi accused UP Chief temple. “Though the temple lector Arvind Agarwal and trees in the past 4 years for ern military region, Defence by nature. standoff at Dokalam last year, despite the fact that we had Minister Yogi Adityanath of administration had informed former Shree Jagannath Temple development. Even children spokesman Colonel Wu Qian He said the friendly coop- that caused major disruption 2.5 lakh votes. Our aim was to attempting to stoke a contro- the servitors about the instruc- Administration (SJTA) chief know trees are critical to our said. He said both sides were eration between the countries in relations. Subsequently both defeat the BJP. We moved a step versy for refusing to wear a tion, some people tried to Pradeep Jena, accusing them survival ...Stand with the Con- currently finalising the dates can be traced back to the intro- sides made efforts to improve backward and never took credit cap offered to him at the mau- go close to the President by of trying to defame the servi- gress and together let's fight for the visit, adding that Gen- duction of Buddhism to China ties leading up to the Wuhan for it,” he added. soleum of Saint Kabir Das in breaching the security cordon. tors of the temple. this madness, he said. MPOST eral Liu would also be visiting and travel of famous Buddhist summit. PTI However, Babbar noted that Maghar last evening. MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 ‘T’gana’s Kaleshwaram project to ‘Conspiracy to kill journalist be partially operation by yr-end’ OUR CORRESPONDENT Shujaat hatched in Pakistan’ NEW DELHI: The Kalesh- waram Lift Irrigation Proj- ect (KLIP), which is claimed to be the country’s biggest of its kind, may prove to be a ‘game changer’ for the fortune of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekar in the run-up to simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 2019, who is leaving no stone unturned to partly begin its operations by August 2018. The massive KLIP, consid- The suspects in senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari’s murder case PTI ered crucial for the prospects cious and intimidating content by Delhi police in 2003 and he supervision of the IG Kashmir. of ruling Telangana Rash- Inspector General of Police SP Pani addresses a press conference to against him like ‘Kashmirfight. had served sentence also. Later, Pani said the investigation tra Samiti in the 2019 Lok will also begin a new era for release the identity of four LeT cadres in Srinagar on Thursday PTI wordpress.com’ and facebook he resumed his eduction and has so far established that this Sabha and assembly elections, The ambitious the farming community,” he OUR CORRESPONDENT account ‘Kadwa such Kashmir’ completed Master’s in Business “terror crime” was committed is expected to become partly project will provide said, adding that the project Swayam Prakash Pani told and twitter handler ‘Ahmad Administration from Jaipur by “proscribed terror organisa- operational from August this was conceived in 2007-08 but reporters that the killers were Khalid’, ahmadkhalid@313. before returning to Srinagar. tion LeT. The conspiracy was year, an official statement said. irrigation facilities actual work started after the SRINAGAR: Srinagar, Jun 28 identified as Jatt, a Pakistani “During investigation with He was arrested by Kashmir hatched in Pakistan and exe- The ambitious project will to farmers of 20 Telangana Rashtra Samiti gov- (PTI) Cracking the case within national, Muzzafar Ahmad and the cooperation of service pro- police in 2016 for another ter- cution was done by the three provide irrigation facilities to ernment assumed office. a fortnight, the Jammu and Azad Malik, residents of south viders tangible evidence has ror related case and was subse- accused” and added it was an farmers of 20 out of 31 dis- out of 31 districts “During our movement Kashmir Police on Thursday Kashmir, who had carried out been collected to establish that quently released on bail. important case and the investi- tricts of the state besides drink- for the separate state, we had said it had “tangible evidence” the plan to kill Bukhari on June individuals behind it belong “We will be approaching gators are going to focus on all ing water to the twin cities of Telangana Chief Minis- focussed on three main issues to establish that conspiracy to 14 when he was coming out of to Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist the Interpol for a Red Cor- the evidence they have. Hyderabad and Secunderabad ter K Chandrashekar Rao had - water, funds and employment. kill veteran journalist Sujaat his office. The IGP said -dur organisation and all the con- ner Notice against Gul after “There will also be a situ- and water for industrial use in recently met Prime Minister These were the main concerns Bukhari was hatched by cad- ing investigations, it was found tent on social media was posted obtaining a non-bailable war- ation where transfer of evi- many cities. Narendra Modi and sought Rs before the people. We decided res of Lashkar-e-Taiba terror that there was a series of social from Pakistan,” Pani said. rant against him from the local dence has to be done through The Rs 80,000-crore proj- 20,000 crore for the project. A to take up the irrigation issue outfit in Pakistan and executed media campaign in which The person running these court,” he said. the mutual legal assistance ect on the Godavari river com- press statement cited Telangana on priority. After completion by its terrorists based in Kash- online platforms were used two social networking sites has Immediately after the treaty,” he said. Asked about prises three barrages, a series of Irrigation Minister T Harish of the project in 2022, we will mir which included Naved Jatt, which were intimidating at been identified as Sajjad Gul, killing of Bukhari, a Special the involvement of another sus- pumphouses and storage tanks. Rao as saying that KLIP will be able to irrigate 37.08 lakh who escaped from police cus- times. “Investigation has estab- who had managed to flee India Investigation Team headed pect Zubair Qayoom, who was The mega irritation project is become partly operational acres of land of 20 out of the tody in February. lished that there was campaign using passport that had been by Deputy Inspector General arrested two days after the 14 being built by Megha Engineer- from August 2018. 31 districts of Telangana. With Giving details of the evi- in certain social media plat- “fraudulently” obtained by the (Central Kashmir Region) V June incident, the IGP said at ing & Infrastructure Limited “After completion, this proj- the completion of its first phase dence collected, Inspector Gen- form against Shujaat Bukhari accused. Gul, a resident of Sri- K Birdi, was tasked to carry this stage his role is also being under the supervision of its ect will give a new direction to it will be able to irrigate 18.82 eral of Police (Kashmir range) spreading hate campaign, mali- nagar, had earlier been arrested out the probe under the overall investigated. director B Srinivas Reddy. irrigation in the country and lakh acres of land,” Rao said. Punjab Cong leader Surinder Singla passes away Memo containing sensitive materials OUR CORRESPONDENT prompted Apex court to pass order NEW DELHI: Punjab’s former Punjab CM Amarinder finance minister Surinder Sin- OUR CORRESPONDENT materials have come into the averment casts serious cloud “We are of the view that gla died on Thursday at the All mourns Singla’s death possession of the Government over respondent no.3 (Singh),” faced with the aforesaid mate- India Institute of Medical Sci- NEW DELHI: A confidential for which leave was sought to the bench noted. rial (not really material in the ences (AIIMS) here, after he CHANDIGARH: Punjab breathlessness. In a statement memo signed by a senior officer place the same in a sealed cover The apex court modified its petition), it would be appro- was rushed there complaining Chief Minister Amarinder issued here Thursday, the chief of the Cabinet Secretariat, con- before this court, which is in the earlier order in which it had priate to direct that the gov- of breathlessness. Singh on Thursday mourned minister said he would miss taining “very sensitive materi- form of a memo dated June 26, said that no action should be ernment is free to look into According to family the death of former finance Singla, who made outstanding als”, has prompted the Supreme initiated against Enforcement the material found against the sources, Singla (78) breathed minister Surinder Singla, contribution to the stabilisa- Court to give a free hand to AIRCEL-MAXIS CASE Directorate (ED) officer Singh third respondent (Singh) and his last around 6 am at AIIMS describing it as a big loss for tion of the state’s economy as the Centre to look into the by any other authority. the same can be inquired into following multiple medical the Congress party. finance minister in his previous “serious” allegations against The Centre, in its affidavit, by the government despite the complications. He was rushed As a mark of respect to the stint as chief minister. ED’s Joint Director Rajeshwar 2018 duly signed by the Joint told the court that certain alle- interim orders of this court there at 4 am after he com- departed soul, the chief minis- He also recalled Singla’s Singh, who is probing the Air- Secretary of Cabinet Secretar- gations were made against him dated May 1, 2014 and Novem- plained of breathlessness. ter declared a holiday on Fri- development works for his cel-Maxis deal case. iat,” the bench said in its order on earlier occasions which had ber 1, 2017 and to that extent, He had not been keep- Surinder Singla day for all government offices. constituency Bathinda, and A vacation bench of Jus- which was uploaded on the apex resulted in “discreet enquiry”, the interim orders stand modi- ing well for a few years now Singla, 78, passed away in added the able administrator tice Arun Mishra and Sanjay court’s website on Thursday. but the matter was later closed. fied,” it said. and was last month admitted to Samana town in Patiala the early hours of Thursday at and economist had left a void Kishan Kaul observed that the “It is averred in the affidavit “Suffice it to say at this stage The bench also said that to AIIMS for the treatment district. AIIMS in Delhi, where he was in the Congress and in hearts memo, placed before it by the (by the Centre) that the com- that we would not like to com- since a charge sheet has already of pneumonia. He had only He was a former Rajya rushed after complaining of of the people he served. MPOST Centre in a sealed cover yester- plaints need further and thor- ment on that material placed been filed in the Aircel-Maxis returned home last fortnight, Sabha member from Pun- day, has “given rise to at least a ough investigation. There is before us. On perusal of the case, “it will be the call of the but was not keeping very well, jab. He last represented the Congress government of Ama- Lodhi Crematorium at 11 am. conclusion that the allegations allegation of amassing wealth same, it has given rise to at least government authorities” as to the family said. Bathinda Assembly constitu- rinder Singh. He is survived by his wife, are serious in nature”. by respondent no. 3 (Singh) in a conclusion that the allegations whether Singh has any further Singla was a senior state ency and was Punjab’s finance Singla’s cremation would a son and a daughter. Both the “However, it has been the names of relatives. Same is are serious in nature,” the court role to play in the matter or in Congress leader and belonged minister during the previous take place tomorrow at the children are living abroad. averred that very sensitive required to be investigated. The said in its order. the probe and trial. Iran the ‘next N Korea’, India Police verification BRIEFS Centre in High Court against order report on Seth’s NATION should re-think ties: Haley KAMALA MILLS: FIRE OFFICER GETS BAIL NEW DELHI: Dubbing Iran as discussed the issue of India's passport under quashing suspension of STC CMD MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday a "threat" and "the next North business with Iran with Prime Korea", US Ambassador to the Minister Narendra Modi. examination granted bail to a Mumbai Fire Brigade officer, who OUR CORRESPONDENT UN Nikki Haley on Thursday "We do have this in terms was arrested in the Kamala Mills fire case. Fire Of- said her country will encourage of our dialogue because I think NEW DELHI: The External ficer Rajendra Patil was arrested, along with others, NEW DELHI: The Centre has India to rethink its relationship that India also recognises the Affairs Ministry on Thurs- following the blaze at two roof-top restaurants in the moved the Delhi High Court with Iran and decide whether it threats of Iran. We understand day said the police verifica- Kamala Mills compound in central Mumbai in Decem- against its single judge order wants to continue doing busi- the logisitics becoming a play tion report on the passport of quashing suspension of the ness with it. with Iran but we have to always Tanvi Seth, who had accused ber last year. State Trading Corporation’s Her remarks assume sig- make sure that the priority is a Lucknow passport official of COMMISSION AGENT SHOT DEAD CMD against whom the CBI nificance as they come after the peace and security," Haley said. humiliating her and her hus- has lodged a case of cheating US told India and other coun- Later, in an interview to band over their inter-faith mar- LUDHIANA: A commission agent was shot dead al- for allegedly causing a loss of Rs prolonged suspension of the ther prolong his suspension tries to cut oil imports from NDTV, she said India should riage, is under examination. legedly by a motorcycle-borne youth at Salem Tabri 2,112 crore to the government- official without deciding his for an indefinite period, as till Iran to "zero" by November 4 rethink its relationship with In its report, the Uttar locality here on Thursday, police said. According to run entity. representation for review of the date, charge-sheet has not been or face sanctions, making it Iran, as the US gets set to Pradesh Police has said that Seth an eyewitness, the incident took place when Gharnjit A vacation bench of justices action taken against him was served upon him,” the single clear that there would be no impose sanctions against those had not been living in Lucknow Singh Chaudhry was sitting in a shop. Chaudhry was Vinod Goel and Rekha Palli, “wholly unjustified”. judge had said. waivers to anyone. Haley, here doing business with Tehran. for the past one year. According rushed to the Christian Medical College and Hospital, before whom the petition was The single judge had said the Challenging the May 18 on her first visit after becom- "All of us have to rethink to the police verification report listed, said it would be heard by Supreme Court has mandated order, the Centre in its plea ing the US Ambassador to the who we choose to do business sent to the Regional Passport where he was declared brought dead, police said. the appropriate bench on July 4. that a suspension order should has contended that the single UN, said in an address that Iran with. I think as a friend India Office (RPO), Seth has been ED FILES PROSECUTION COMPLAINT The plea, filed through not extend beyond the period did not take into account the is a "theocratic dictatorship" should also decide, is this a residing in Noida. Central government stand- of three months and during this fact that the CBI has lodged a that abuses its people, funds country they want to continue “Police verification report MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday ing counsel Arun Bhardwaj, period, the charge-sheet should case against the CMD, Khaleel terrorism, and spreads conflict doing business with. So, yes in respect of Tanvi Seth said it has filed a prosecution complaint before a has contended that the single be served upon the delinquent Rahim, and others for alleged throughout the Middle East. I had that conversation with has been received. We are special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) judge erred in quashing the officer. “abuse of official position, The Tehran regime is the hid- PM Modi. It was a constructive examining the report. Our court here against Gitanjali Gems owner Mehul November 2016 order of sus- “Undisputedly, no charge- cheating, fraud, criminal con- den, and sometimes not-so- conversation. passport officers are empowered Choksi in connection with the multi crore Punjab Na- pension against the chairman- sheet has been served upon spiracy, breach of trust and mis- hidden, force behind most of "I think for the future of to take necessary action as per the cum-managing director of the petitioner (CMD) and in view appropriation of stock to cause the conflict in the region, she India, future of resources ,we Passport Act,” MEA Spokes- tional Bank (PNB) fraud case, the agency said. corporation. of the protracted suspension financial loss to the tune of Rs said. Replying to questions after would encourage them to person Raveesh Kumar The complaint charged Choksi and 13 others - eight The single judge on May 18 of the petitioner, I find that 2,112 Crore (as on February 28, her address, the 46-year-old rethink their relationship with told reporters in response to a individuals and five companies - under section 4 of had said in his order that the there is no justification to fur- 2017) to the corporation”. Indian-American said she had Iran," Haley said. MPOST question. MPOST the Act for the offence of money laundering. MINOR RAPED AFTER BEING ABDUCTED MANDSAUR (MP): An eight-year-old girl was al- Amarnath Yatra begins from both Baltal, Pahalgam routes legedly raped by a man, who abducted her from outside her school here, police said on Thursday. OUR CORRESPONDENT Amid tight security, the first first time using radio frequency batch of nearly 3,000 Amarnath (RF) tags to track Amarnath- The incident took place on Tuesday evening and the SRINAGAR: The annual Ama- pilgrims from Jammu reached bound vehicles, while the accused, identified as Irfan alias Bhaiyu (20), was rnath Yatra to 3,880-metre high the twin base camps at Baltal CRPF has introduced motor- arrested late last night, a police official said. cave shrine in south Kashmir and Pahalgam in Kashmir last cycle squads with cameras Himalayas started from both evening. and various life-saving 4 HELD FOR ‘KILLING’ PC’S KIN Baltal and Pahalgam routes on After getting road clear- equipment. COIMBATORE: Four persons, arrested in connection Thursday after delay of several ance, the second batch of The security has been with the killing of a relative of former Union minister hours due to heavy rain in the 3,434 pilgrims left Bhagwati heightened for this year’s yatra P Chidambaram, were on Thursday sent to a 15-day morning. Nagar base camp from Jammu in view of the militant attack “The yatra began from for Kashmir in the early hours on a bus carrying Amarnath judicial custody by a court in neighbouring Tirupur. Baltal base camp as the first today, officials said, adding they pilgrims last year that left eight Gouthaman, Vimal, Manibharathi and Murthy were batch of pilgrims made their are expected to reach the base of them dead and 18 others arrested for abducting and killing C Sivamurthy, a way towards the holy cave,” a camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam injured. Tirupur-based knitwear exporter, near Vellore. spokesperson of the Shri Ama- and Baltal in the valley later Around 40,000 security rnath Shrine Board (SASB) in the day. personnel from the Jammu and `50K FOR INFO ON ABDUCTED COPS said. Over two lakh pilgrims Kashmir Police, paramilitary, KHUNTI: The Khunti district administration on Thurs- The yatra also commences have so far registered for the National Disaster Response day announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for those from the traditional Pahal- 60-day yatra which is sched- Force and the Army, have giving information about the whereabouts of three gam route as 59 pilgrims from uled to conclude on August 26 been deployed for this year’s Chandanwari were allowed coinciding with the ‘Raksha pilgrimage. First batch of Amarnath pilgrims arrive at the base camp at Baltal, in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir PTI policemen, who were abducted from BJP MP Karia to proceed towards the cave Bandhan’ festival. Considering the carrying Munda’s residence at Anigada-Chandihdih in the shrine, she said A total of 2.60 lakh pilgrims capacity of the existing tracks 500 pilgrims on each route Baltal route usually return to 42 kms, with an overnight stay district recently. We are continuing with the search Heavy rainfall in the morn- offered prayers at the shrine and other available infrastruc- daily. the base camp within a day, at one of the halting stations operation, Aswini Kumar Sinha, SP of Khunti, said. ing delayed commencement of last year. ture in the pilgrimage area, the While the pilgrims per- those taking the traditional before they can pay obeisance annual Amaranth Yatra. The government is for the SASB has decided to allow 7, forming the yatra via shorter Pahalgam route have to trek at the cave shrine. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 mp Surgical strike video clips: Cong, Names of all ‘genuine Indians’ to be included in NRC: Assam CM

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2005 after a series of meetings BJP take potshots at each other between the central and state GUWAHATI: With Assam on governments and the influen- OUR CORRESPONDENT piest with the Congress’ stand, and sacrifice of our brave sol- the edge ahead of the publi- tial All Assam Students’ Union which has given them a “cam- diers cannot become a politi- cation of the final draft of the (AASU). NEW DELHI: The Congress paign handle” against India, cal vote-garnering tool for the National Register of Citizens Assam, which faced influx of on Thursday sparred with Prasad said. Modi government and the BJP, (NRC), Chief Minister Sar- people from Bangladesh since the BJP over the release of The Congress’ only aim he told reporters. bananda Sonowal on Thurs- the early 20th century, is the purported video clips of the seems to be directed at break- By making public the videos day said names of all “genuine only state having an NRC, first Army’s surgical strikes in Pak- ing the morale of the armed of the strikes, has the govern- Indians” will be incorporated prepared in 1951. istan-occupied Kashmir with forces, he said and asked it to ment not somehow endangered in the list of the state’s citizens. cooperate with us like they did The current exercise, started the opposition party accusing answer if it considers the video lives of armed forces personnel Sonowal also ruled out any in the past,” he said. in 2005 under the then Congress it of using soldiers’ sacrifice for real or not and approves of the who participated in the action possibility of violence after the Meanwhile, NRC state coor- regime, got a major push only votes. surgical strikes or not. as also civilians living along the publication of the NRC saying dinator Prateek Hajela said the after the BJP came to power Hitting back, the BJP Prasad said that the opposi- Line of Control, he asked. adequate forces were deployed final draft of the NRC in Assam in the state with illegal immi- claimed that the Congress was tion party has become so des- “The government has across the state to deal with any will not be released on June 30, gration from Bangladesh as a behaving more like a fringe perate with its repeated losses utterly failed to provide a situation. as scheduled, due to floods in poll plank. player than a mainstream party Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference in elections that it has been direction, vision and policy “Names of all genuine Indian Barak Valley. The Supreme Court, which by “questioning” the armed repeatedly questioning the for dealing with Pakistan and citizens will be included in the The current wave of floods is monitoring the entire process, at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday NAVEEN SHARMA/MPOST forces. commitment and courage of checkmate Pak-sponsored ter- final draft. There should be no in the state has affected more had ordered that the first draft Several TV channels on the other it has failed to provide charge, accused the Congress the armed forces. rorism, he said. apprehension over it,” he said. than five lakh people in seven of the NRC be published by Wednesday showed video a direction and vision to deal of repeatedly making state- If the BJP wanted to draw Surjewala said the “apathy” The chief minister said districts. As many as 25 people December 31 after completing clips reportedly of the surgical with Pakistan. ments that questioned the political mileage, then a video and “incapacity” of the Modi the state government has pro- have also lost their lives in the the scrutiny of over two crore strikes which were carried out The blood and sacrifice of commitment and bravery of purportedly showing the government has resulted in the vided all assistance to the NRC floods. claims along with that of around on terror launch pads across the country’s brave soldiers the armed forces, and lowering Army’s operation in PoK would sacrifice of 146 soldiers, more authorities and people too have The part draft of the NRC, 38 lakh people whose docu- the border in September 2016. cannot be a political vote- gar- their morale. have been released during polls than 1,600 ceasefire violations been extending full cooperation a list of the state’s citizens, was ments were suspect. The defence ministry or the nering tool, he said, accus- Such comments make it in states such as Uttar Pradesh, by Pakistan and 79 terrorist to the entire exercise, which published on the intervening Of the 3.29 crore applica- Army has not offered any com- ing the government of giving clear that the Congress is no Gujarat or Karnataka, he said. attacks post-September 2016. is being undertaken under night of December 31 and Janu- tions submitted, there was con- ment on the footage. a step-motherly treatment to longer a mainstream party but Earlier, Surjewala said the The doublespeak of the the direct supervision of the ary 1 where names of 1.9 crore fusion over the inclusion of 29 Addressing a press confer- the armed forces by not provid- a fringe player in the national September 2016 surgical strikes Modi government and the BJP Supreme Court. people out of the 3.29 crore lakh people who had submit- ence, Congress chief spokes- ing them with state-of-the-art politics, he said, adding it does were shamelessly politicised by stands reflected in the step- “The central government has applicants were incorporated. ted certificates issued by ‘gram person Randeep Surjewala equipment and slashing their not look like the same party the BJP for the Uttar Pradesh motherly treatment of our provided additional forces fol- The massive exercise aimed panchayats’ as proof of iden- said while on the one hand budgetary allocation. which ruled the country for Assembly elections in March armed forces, both in terms of lowing our requests. Both the at identifying illegal immigrants tity, after a Gauhati High Court the Modi government is seek- Union minister Ravi Shan- over 60 years. last year. providing for security appara- central and the state govern- in the state that borders Ban- order in February had deemed ing credit for the sacrifice and kar Prasad, fielded by the BJP Terrorists and their patrons Let the ruling dispensa- tus as also in slashing the bud- ments are working as a team. gladesh is being carried out in ‘panchayat’ certificates invalid, valour of the armed forces, on to counter the opposition in Pakistan would be the hap- tion remember that the blood getary allocation. We hope that the people will Assam following a decision in another official said. US mum on reason Khunti gangrape Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: Bhushan Mizoram adopts resolution incident pre- against Citizenship Bill for postponement planned: NCW Kumar Sinha appointed as JS, DFS AIZAWL: The Mizoram moved by state home minis- OUR CORRESPONDENT place of IAS officer Lok Ran- been named Joint Secretary Assembly on Thursday unani- ter R Lalzirliana, impressed of 2+2 dialogue OUR CORRESPONDENT jan, who is the central govern- in Department of Justice, the mously adopted an official res- upon the Centre that the Bill, NEW DELHI: Senior bureau- ment’s nominee on the board order said. olution, expressing opposition if enacted, would be harmful NEW DELHI: The National crat Bhushan Kumar Sinha has of ICICI Bank. Ranjan was in Saurabh Endley will be to the Citizenship (Amend- to states like Mizoram where LALIT K JHA Commission for Women said been appointed as Joint Secre- May transferred to the Person- Joint Secretary, Ministry of ment) Bill, 2016. a large number of illegal Bud- on Thursday the alleged gan- tary in Department of Finan- nel Ministry. Development of North East- The bill, introduced in the dhist migrants from Bangla- WASHINGTON: The US on grape of five NGO workers at cial Services (DFS) as part of a IAS officer NK Sudhansu ern Region. He is 1990 batch Lok Sabha to amend the Cit- desh resided. Thursday did not spell out the gunpoint in Jharkhand’s Khunti bureaucratic reshuffle effected has been appointed as Profes- officer of Indian Railway Ser- izenship Act 1955, proposes Lalzirliana said the Bill, “unavoidable reasons” that district was pre-planned, and it by the government. sor (Economics) in Lal Baha- vice of Mechanical Engineers to make illegal migrants of six seeking to make illegal forced the postponement of the questioned the role of the man- Sinha, a 1993 batch officer dur Shastri National Academy (IRSME). communities -- Hindus, Sikhs, migrants eligible for Indian first 2+2 dialogue with India ager of the school from where of Indian Economic Service of Administration (LBSNAA), Kalyani Chadha, also Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and citizenship on the basis of again, a development that India the women were abducted. (IES), has been appointed to Mussoorie. an IRSME officer, has been Christians -- eligible for Indian religion, was against the watchers here say was “unfor- could have been used to reset a The five women had gone to the post for five years, an order Sushma Taishete, a appointed Joint Secretary in citizenship after six years of res- principles of secularism and tunate” and “more than a little relationship experiencing grow- Kochang village in the district issued by Personnel Ministry 1988 batch officer of Cen- Department of Social Justice idence in the country. “amounted to patronage of embarrassing” for the Trump ing tensions on the econ side,” to create awareness on migra- said. tral Secretariat Service, has and Empowerment, it said. The official resolution, some religions”. MPOST administration. he said in another tweet. tion and human trafficking on He has been appointed in One observer noted that A State Department spokes- June 19, when they were alleg- Siliguri Jalpaiguri President Donald Trump’s pre- person said External Affairs edly abducted from R C Mis- Development Authority occupation with Russia could Minister Swaraj and her Ameri- sion School and later gangraped 4 held for raping Siliguri Jalpaiguri have led to the postponement. can counterpart Pompeo dur- at gunpoint. Development Authority External Affairs Minister ing a phone call on Wednesday The NCW, which had sent a minor in J’khand Sushma Swaraj and Defence agreed to reschedule the 2+2 three-member team to Khunti, JAMSHEDPUR: Four youths, Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dialogue as soon as possible cast serious doubts over the con- including a minor, have been were to travel to Washington at a mutually convenient time, duct of Father Alfonso Aiend, arrested in connection with to take part in the meeting with location. Pompeo spoke over the school manager who report- the alleged gangrape of a girl US Secretary of State Michael phone with Swaraj on June 27 edly failed to inform authori- in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, R Pompeo and Secretary of to discuss further strengthening ties about the abduction of the a senior police officer said on Defence James Mattis on July 6. US-India cooperation. Pompeo ‘nukkad natak’ team members. Thursday. The 16-year-old girl, This new dialogue format conveyed to Swaraj “his regret “He also persuaded the vic- in her complaint, had said one was agreed upon between the at the postponement” of the tims to not disclose the facts to of the four youths, an acquain- two sides during the visit of PM 2+2 dialogue previously sched- anyone. It is, therefore, consid- tance, had on Tuesday taken Narendra Modi to Washington uled to take place on July 6, the ered that he has definitely acted her to an isolated place, where in June 2017. It was seen as a spokesperson said. contrary to the legal require- the other three joined him in vehicle to elevate the strategic “The Secretary and Minister ments and possibly connived raping her, Palamu Superin- relationship between the two Swaraj agreed the 2+2 dialogue with the accused in commit- tendent of Police Indrajeet countries with special focus on would be rescheduled as soon ting the crime,” the NCW said. Mahatha said. MPOST bolstering strategic, security, as possible at a mutually con- Government of West Bengal and defence cooperation. venient time and location,” the Government of West Bengal North Bengal Development Department Safe to say that US-India State Department spokesperson North Bengal Development Department Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri relations have taken their “big- said, hours after MEA spokes- Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri ABRIDGED-e-NIT gest tumble” in quite some time, person Raveesh Kumar tweeted ABRIDGED –-NIQ tweeted Michael Kugelman that during the call Pompeo e-NIT Name of work Estimated Amount Last date of Bid NIQ ref. Name of work Last date of Bid submission ref. no. submission from the Wilson Center. expressed his “regret and deep No. NIT-28 CONSTRUCTION OF CLASS- Rs. 3,07,27,202.00 23/07/2018 “In the Trump era, no US disappointment” at the US hav- 15 of Preparation of Preliminary Project 13/07/2018 up to 14.00 hours OF ROOMS OF FALAKATA COL- upto 15:00 relationship is foolproof,” he ing to postpone 2+2 Dialogue 2018-19 Report (PPR) for proposed 2018-19 LEGE BUILDING (G+2) Hours said. “This is really big. 2+2 for “unavoidable reasons.” PTI “Construction of Alipurduar FALAKATA IN THE DISTRICT Engineering College at Alipurduar OF ALIPURDUAR in the District of Alipurduar”. Siliguri Jalpaiguri Siliguri Jalpaiguri Sd/- Superintending Engineer Sd/- Executive Engineer North Bengal Development Department Development Authority Development Authority North Bengal Development Department Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in

Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority

Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 EDITORIAL Cooperation in Parliament Mission Bihar Restrained cooperation between the ruling and opposition fter three years, BJP president Amit Shah is head- ing to Bihar where NDA partner JD(U) is show- parties will hinder crucial resolutions ing signs of discomfort with being in the alliance. Recently, JD(U) Chief Nitish Kumar did not turn he monsoon ses- Aup at the International Yoga Day events in the state. After sion of Parliament, NDA partner Shiv Sena, which has been consistently criti- NITYA CHAKRABORTY beginning on July cising the NDA government at the Centre for the past four 18, is expected to years, it is the JD(U) that is now playing the hardball. Other Twitness a sharp confrontation NDA partners in Bihar like Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Jan- between BJP and the Congress- shakti Party (LJP) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok led opposition, preventing the Samta Party (RLSP) are also sending indications that they smooth functioning of pro- would seek a more equitable share in the seat distribution ceedings of both Lok Sabha for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2019. And, not and Rajya Sabha. Right now, so long ago, another important NDA partner, the Telugu the political temperature is so Desam Party led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chan- intense that any talk of coop- drababu Naidu deserted the alliance, accusing the BJP-led eration mentioned by the rul- Central government of not fulfilling the promise of accord- ing party is being dealt with ing the state the special category status after its bifurcation contempt by the opposition in 2014. Shah is expected to hold parleys with all the three leaders. Congress President NDA partners in Bihar as well as his own party members All indications Rahul Gandhi is in the foulest to chalk out a common plan for the upcoming Lok Sabha point that mood and he is looking for any elections. In his two-day visit to the state, he would review opportunity to hit back at the the poll preparedness of his party in alliance with the NDA Congress and PM. Modi and other senior BJP members. In the last Lok Sabha election, BJP had won 22 other opposition leaders are known to extend seats out of 40 in the state while JD(U) had won six seats, open diatribe against the Gan- The Parliament’s monsoon session is expected to witness several roadblocks Lok Janshakti Party six seats and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party parties are not dhi family, which has widened three seats. Given the fact that JD(U) has 71 seats, against ready to allow the area of confrontation and, ment is that any failure by the ing that NDA has no majority cated and the BJP is directly in the monsoon session include BJP’s 53, out of 225 in the state Assembly, it is likely to seek in all possibility, the coming Parliament to pass these two in Rajya Sabha. Congress is now trying to win over the educated also the Prevention of Corrup- a larger share of the seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elec- smooth sailing Parliament session will be a bills during the monsoon ses- in a mood for total opposition and forward-looking Muslim tion (Amendment) Bill 2013 tions. Also, the regional parties and NDA members in the for these two bills victim too. sion will make a mess of gov- unity and the Congress Presi- women through its stance. The which requires investigating state are of the view that BJP is no longer a strong force in The BJP-led government ernment decisions. The winter dent is ready to support a can- Congress, as a part of its strat- agencies to get more sanction the state and, therefore, it should spare more seats for the in Rajya Sabha is worried about passing key session of the Parliament gen- didate of any other opposition egy, will not allow the BJP to of the appropriate authority alliance partners. BJP winning an unprecedented 22 seats where they have economic bills which were erally meets in the second half party who will be the common make political mileage out of its in the government to investi- in Bihar in the last Lok Sabha election was attributed to its a presence in the earlier issued as ordinances of November and, this year, candidate of the opposition. actions just a few months ahead gate officials including retired alliance with the regional parties which ensured that the as the government leadership the Prime Minister is in such There is every possibility that of the crucial Lok Sabha polls. ones. Another key pending bill votes in favour of the alliance were not divided. To repeat the majority. Even believed it needed emergency a frame of mind that he might the entire opposition will opt The last Budget session is the Financial Resolution and success of the last Lok Sabha election this time around, BJP before the bills action and the official legisla- opt for preponing the Lok for a senior Rajya Sabha mem- turned out to be the least pro- Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017, will have to keep the alliance with caste-sensitive regional tion formalities could be taken Sabha poll from April/May ber of the Trinamool Congress ductive in 18 years due to under which a bail-in clause parties intact and going. But that’s not easy in view of the are considered, up later in the monsoon ses- 2019 to November/December as the opposition nominee. If serious political differences has been proposed as one of over-assertiveness of the alliance partners and the chang- the ruling sion. These include the Insol- this year. The Finance Ministry there is total unity of the oppo- between the ruling and the the resolution tools in case of ing dynamics of the state politics in which Lalu Yadav’s vency and Bankruptcy Code does not want to take any risks sition, it is difficult for the rul- opposition parties. BJP should insolvency in a bank wherein Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has regained much of its lost party and the (Amendment) Bill replacing about these two bills and there ing BJP to have its candidate have tried to mend fences with depositors will have to bear a ground. Realising this, Nitish Kumar is said to have once opposition will the ordinance and the Fugi- are desperate efforts underway elected in a contest. the opposition by not contest- part of the cost of the resolu- again opened a channel of communication with the party. tive Economic Offenders Bill to persuade the opposition to Amidst this atmosphere of ing the Deputy Chairman’s tion by a corresponding reduc- Similarly, BJP has also stopped being excessively critical of confront on the replacing the ordinance. The support the two bills at least in confrontation, the talk of gov- post in Rajya Sabha. There is tion in their claims. This bill has RJD. Lalu Yadav, who was serving a jail term in Ranchi in issue of election IBC Bill amendment recog- the coming monsoon session. ernment leaders including the still time, if the NDA parties been flayed by the experts as the cases related to fodder scam, has been shifted to a hospi- nises home buyers as financial All indications suggest that Prime Minister for coopera- decide to give the post to the also the depositor organisations tal in Mumbai and some NDA ministers at the Centre have of Rajya Sabha’s creditors and allows promot- Congress and the other oppo- tion from the Congress and the opposition candidate as a ges- and the bank unions. Though visited him there. Though RJD has been opposing the Modi Deputy Chairman ers of MSME to bid for their sition parties are not ready to opposition in passing the vital ture of goodwill, the ground the Finance Ministry is claim- government since the very beginning and has been steady stressed firms if they are not allow smooth sailing for these two bills, will not cut any ice. could have been prepared for ing that there is no threat to in its alliance with Congress, a change in its stance in favour willing defaulters. Minister two bills in the Rajya Sabha The monsoon session of the a smoother monsoon session, the security of deposits, experts of BJP cannot be ruled out. In view of all these possibilities, Arun Jaitley fought hard to pro- where they enjoy the majority. Parliament, which will have 18 but the aggressive stance of BJP are saying that the bank depos- Shah’s Bihar visit assumes greater significance. RJD is in a mulgate the ordinance. Though Even before the bills are con- sittings, will also consider the and the Government has ruled its have been put at a risk due resurgent mode in Bihar and it has the necessary support he is recuperating now and the sidered, the ruling party and triple talaq bill, and a Consti- out that possibility. The situa- to the provisions of the bill. base to emerge as the most potent political force in the state. Finance Ministry is being man- the opposition will confront on tutional status for the National tion in the monsoon session There will be severe opposition BJP, which has been carrying along with lesser political enti- aged by Piyush Goyal, Jaitley is the issue of election of the Rajya Commission for OBCs. Since might be far worse compared attack against the provisions of ties such as JD(U), LJP and RLSP, cannot be oblivious of the making all efforts along with Sabha’s Deputy Chairman. The the campaign for the Lok Sabha to the Budget session. this bill. The ad hoc Finance rising stars of RJD. In the last Lok Sabha election, Narendra the PMO to ensure that both current Deputy Chairman PJ elections is already underway, Of the 40 odd bills listed Minister will have a tough Modi was the chief election campaigner for the BJP. Attired these bills are approved by the Kurien’s term expires before the all the political parties will for consideration in the Bud- task in justifying this bill in in colourful dresses, he travelled the length and breadth of Parliament since the provisions session starts and BJP is plan- look at the issues from their get session, only two were Parliament. IPA the country and delivered emphatic speeches that com- were given immediate effect via ning to put up a candidate of respective political mileage. approved by Lok Sabha without (The author is Editor- pelled people to attend his public rallies in large numbers. ordinances. the ruling combination for the As regards the triple talaq bill, discussion. The key pending in-Chief, IPA. The views He promised a new era of governance that would focus on The worry for the govern- Deputy Chairman post know- the situation is very compli- bills which could be taken up expressed are strictly personal) development, fight corruption and bring back Indian black money stashed up abroad. He piled up charges of corruption and inefficiency on Congress-led UPA, which surprisingly Dear lacked spirit and enthusiasm to counter Modi’s offensive. DISREGARD FOR RULES IN ONGOING DDCA ELECTIONS Editor millenniumpost.in Though BJP-led NDA won a landslide victory in the elec- Quote martial tions, commentators attributed the victory to Modi, who A bizarre situation came to light on the first day of DDCA elections wherein morning radio Log on to write letters to the came to assume a larger than life image in Indian politics. editor or send them to Cut to the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Modi is still Every election is (107.2 Radio Nasha) unveiled fresh remark of Rajat Sharma’s ardent run for the post of president the BJP’s most sellable face but his appeal and aura look a sort of advance in the same. This remark amounts to an effective part of campaigning that, as per the DDCA [email protected] somewhat eclipsed by the setbacks in the recent by-polls, guidelines, should culminate prior to the start of this year’s polling i.e., on 26.06.2018. Strangely, You can also send your especially in Kairana, Phulpur, and Gorakhpur. In these auction sale of comments to The Editor, elections, the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party stolen goods the first day of polling was carried out without any sort of action taken on the same thereby joined hands and fielded common candidates that resulted conflicting the body’s regulations. Taking note of such a breach of regulations set by the DDCA Millennium Post, in the defeat of the BJP. Now, this phenomenon is being H. L. MENCKEN raises a question on the efficacy of these polls. Such infringement could jeopardise the sanctity of Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah taken as a template by the opposition parties to take on the Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 BJP in the nationwide Lok Sabha elections of 2019. Now, it the authority, let alone the principles itself. ROHAN CHANDRA Via email is worth watching how the Modi-Shah combine turns the table on the united opposition. Africa’s depth Building India’s tomorrow of poverty Indian infrastructure must be oriented to the possibility of creating a he African continent has, indeed, emerged as the one living in extreme poverty. The findings based robust ecosystem involving all stakeholders on a projection by the World Poverty Clock and compiled by Brookings Institute, show that more e are at the mid- nisms that can capture some Tthan 643 million people across the world live in extreme point of 2018. of the upsides in the property poverty, with Africans accounting for about two-thirds of TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE The chance to value to finance the infrastruc- the total number. In Nigeria, as with other countries on attend an infra- ture asset can be crucial. Design the continent, that figure is projected to rise. “By the end of Wstructure conference at this of such an arrangement will 2018, in Africa as a whole, there will probably be about 3.2 juncture would provide the take time but is well worth the million more people living in extreme poverty than there perfect opportunity to reflect effort. The Hong Kong Mass are today,” the researchers write. Despite being the largest on and re-examine the issues Transit Railway provides an oil producer in Africa, Nigeria, for instance, has struggled confronting the Indian econ- excellent template that can teach to translate its resource wealth into raising living standards. omy today. A bevvy of distin- us a lot. A slump in oil prices and a sharp fall in oil production wit- guished delegates ideated on The biggest takeaway from nessed the country’s economy slide into recession in 2016. the next significant steps to the conference was the need The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that although finance Indian infrastructure at for various stakeholders in growth was again beginning to rise, “more needs to be the annual meeting of the Asian the infrastructure ecosystem done to reduce unemployment and address poverty”. But, In projects Infrastructure Investment Bank to engage and work together. while the numbers of Nigerians falling into extreme pov- such as metro in Mumbai. There are some crit- The multilateral institutions, the erty grows by roughly six people every minute, poverty in train networks ical takeaways from the meet- The Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway provides an excellent template that Indian Metro can adopt (Representational Image) export credit agencies, and the India continues to decrease. At present, an estimated 5.3 ing, allowing us to revisit some government can work together per cent of Indians or 71.5 million people, live below the or industrial interesting themes. infrastructure. Covered bonds equity sponsors’ interests with projects isn’t aggressive above to create mechanisms to boost poverty line. The researchers note that 14 out of 18 countries corridors, it is The success of the National as a financing instrument made those of the lenders. and beyond financially viable infrastructure financing. Export where poverty is rising are in Africa, adding that if current Highways Authority of India’s for an interesting discussion. Better contracts that reward levels. A contract design that credit agencies, along with the rates persist, 90 per cent of the world’s poorest will be liv- essential to (NHAI) toll-operate-transfer Despite the relatively smaller equity holders for well-exe- ensures that equity sponsors multilateral institutions, can ing on the continent by 2030. Bangladesh and Indonesia realise that to model and the ability of the gov- bond market in India, the cre- cuted projects and hold them have more “skin in the game” play a significant role in both are the only other non-African nations to feature among ernment to create infrastruc- ation of a covered bond mar- accountable (by penalising and leads to a better financing mar- providing capital and, more the list of 10 worst affected countries, with an estimated ascertain the ture assets effectively once again ket framework here is one that locking in their cash-flows) if ket for infrastructure. importantly, in lowering the 17 million and 14.2 million people living in extreme pov- monetary value brought to the fore the advan- merits attention. In common project execution suffers, can One issue that certain pub- cost of capital for infrastruc- erty, respectively. Other nations in Africa to feature on the tages and need for “asset recy- parlance, one can think of cov- help create better project struc- lic infrastructure assets such as ture projects. Given the fact that list of 10 worst affected countries include the Democratic creation from cling” done well. ered bonds as those that have tures, instead of lenders who are metros (rapid transit system) infrastructure projects tend to Republic of Congo, with 60 million people; Ethiopia with the asset, merely Attracting long-dated recourse both to an issuer and left stranded with heavily-lever- have faced is financial viability have an essential component of 23.9 million people; Tanzania with 19.9 million citizens; patient capital such as pension a pool of assets. Covered bonds aged projects. A better contract due to low revenues from the long-dated debt, the ability of Mozambique, with 17.8 million people; Kenya, with 14.7 looking at the funds and insurance companies in Europe, especially Germany design ensures that as the cash asset relative to the investments multiple institutions to coop- million people; and Uganda with 14.2 million. Data com- cash flows from into greenfield infrastructure have been a game-changer for flows from a project decline and required. In projects such as erate and fill in the financing piled by the World Poverty Clock was drawn from both projects will be challenging, over a hundred years. It would the project is unable to meet metro train networks or indus- gaps is critical. household surveys and new projections on country-wise the asset itself is given that such funds are not be prudent to see what poten- specific pre-determined finan- trial corridors, it is essential Discussions around infra- economic growth from the International Monetary Funds’ insufficient adequately equipped to under- tial they have in India. cial ratios, the equity sponsor is to realise that to ascertain the structure and finance always World Economic Outlook. Researchers noted that between take construction risk. There- It was also interesting to unable to withdraw any cash monetary value creation from point towards the large size January 1, 2016, and July 2018, the world has seen about fore, a significant method to note the emphasis placed by from the project. the asset, merely looking at the of the infrastructure gaps and 83 million people escape extreme poverty, owing in part to finance new infrastructure will experts on the potential for bet- If the project returns can cash flows from the asset itself the vast pool of global capital. the introduction of internationally agreed UN Sustainable be through government par- ter contract design to help cre- meet the financial ratio con- is insufficient. The ideas above might pro- Development Goals, intended to “end poverty” by 2030. ticipation in the construction ate more financing. While we ditions again, then the equity A metro train network or vide valuable insights into solv- “The task of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is becoming phase – and mobilisation of have made significant strides sponsor will not have the an industrial corridor project ing the infrastructure finance inexorably harder because we are running out of time. the capital pool through asset in contract design for infra- money “locked-up”. Such a has significant value creation in paradox. IANS We should celebrate our achievements, but increasingly monetisation after that. This structure projects, the Non- contract design, as correctly the surrounding areas through (The author heads Devel- sound the alarm that not enough is being done, especially asset monetisation will pro- Performing Assets (NPAs) at pointed out by a distinguished increased connectivity, resulting opment Tracks, an infrastruc- in Africa,” the researchers observe. vide the government with the banks demonstrate that more panellist, also helps ensure, to in substantial increase in prop- ture advisory firm. The views capital with which to create new work needs to be done to align some degree, that bidding for erty prices. Designing mecha- expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 mp in focus Keeping your cool The debate of arriving at a universal ‘comfortable temperature’ has far-reaching consequences for the well-being of our ecosystem

t what temperature do we 55 as a tool to define thermal com- AVIKAL SOMVANSHI feel ‘comfortable’? When fort requirement for buildings. This I was in New York, my got global acceptance in 1984 when roommate and I could it was made a part of ISO 7730, set by Anever settle on an answer. His defi- the International Standards Organ- nition of comfortable temperature isation and CEN CR 1752, design (21-22 degree-C) left me shivering, criteria for the indoor environment and my preferred 27-28 degree-C mandatory for EU members. made him sweat. Is there more to thermal comfort Could science be wrong? than what feels right? Who decides Going by Fanger’s conclusions, what is comfortable for everyone? I had no ground to justify my war- The question seems benign at the ring with my roommate. But what surface but its answer has far-reach- if science was wrong about the ing ecological consequences. homogeneity of human body and expectations? Murky science defining comfort It is well established that popu- The human body Even shuffling a degree to suit lations residing in specific geogra- is constantly our comfort considerably alters the phies have gradually developed a energy demand. Cooling appliances distinct morphological and physio- trying to such as air conditioners, fans and logical makeup to adapt to the local establish some coolers already account for 10 per climate. They also develop a unique cent of all global electricity con- response to heat or cold on the basis sort of thermal sumption according to the recently of culture. equilibrium with released, The Future of Cooling A heterogeneous adaptation to report, by the International Energy climate is seen in a population’s heat its surroundings, Agency. tolerance or how they choose to a process This is likely to rise significantly define uncomfortable weather. For in the future. In India, cooling- instance, in Sweden, a heat wave is that is highly related energy demand is expected if the daily maximum temperature dependent upon to soar from 90 terawatt hour in 2016 crosses 25 degree-C for three days to 1,350 terawatt hour in 2050, says running. The US, on the other hand, the surroundings’ the report. Need I elaborate on the pegs the number at 32.2 degree-C. ability to environmental and socioeconomic The Indian Meteorological Depart- fallout it can cause for a country ment (IMD) has different thresh- absorb the heat where almost 80 per cent of rural old temperatures for declaring heat dissipated by the households are still waiting to be wave for the three major geograph- electrified? ical regions: plains (40 degree-C), human body. If In order to check the energy coastal (37 degree-C), and hills (30 the surroundings cooling demand, governments and degree-C). industry have been pushing for Identifying a suitable universal comfortable temperature is a challenging task (Representational Image) Simply put, people in different are unable to energy-efficient variants of centuries- regions have different standards for absorb the heat, old technologies. Many are playing falo, New York in 1902, as a solution thermal behaviour of the human too much then one feels cold. tal variables, such as air temperature, uncomfortable weather. In general, then one feels hot around with the definition of ther- to improve manufacturing process body were enabled by the develop- Thermal comfort discussions and mean radiant temperature, relative legal definitions of heat wave sug- mal comfort to address the impend- control in a printing plant based in ment of thermodynamic theory in scientific enquiry vis-a-vis laws of humidity and air velocity to define gest people in tropical climates have and if it absorbs ing crisis. Brooklyn, New York. Temperature the 19th century. The hypothesis is thermodynamics gained momen- human thermal comfort. PMV was higher heat tolerance than people in too much then In the course of my investiga- and humidity control was necessary that if a human body is a thermo- tum in the 1930s. These led to the complimented by the Predicted Per- temperate regions. tion into the science and business of to maintain paper dimensions and dynamic engine, then it ought to creation of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard centage of Dissatisfied (PPD) – a This flies in the face of Fanger’s one feels cold keeping it cool, I realised the science ink alignment. Over a period of time, achieve a state of maximum produc- 55 (Thermal Environmental Condi- measure of the percentage of people theory and could be a possible expla- around ‘comfort’ and standards that this invention for industrial applica- tivity (at work) or comfort (at leisure) tions for Human Occupancy stan- who will not be comfortable with nation for the difference in my com- shape it are quite murky. tion expanded to improve general in a state of thermal equilibrium. dards) in 1966. given temperature conditions. fort from my roommate’s. There is a workplace productivity and, ulti- Our bodies generate heat through The most interesting aspect of 7.8 degree difference in the defini- Air conditioners: From industrial mately, the comfort at homes. metabolic activities. In order to Scientific definition of ‘comfortable’ Fanger’s study was that it stated that tion of heat wave between my home- to commercial In the 1890s, a meeting on space maintain internal temperature at 37 A breakthrough was achieved there is no significant difference in land, the Indo-Gangetic plains and Since the invention of mechani- heating and ventilation in New York degree-C, the body employs vari- in 1970 when a Danish professor the expectations of comfort con- his home, California, US. cal means, especially air condition- led to the formation of a professional ous means to dissipate additional PO Fanger declared he had found ditions between his American and But, is the technical measure of ing, to control indoor environment, association that would play a piv- heat. An average human body is esti- a mathematical equation to define Danish students, between students thermal comfort same or correlated scientists have been striving to find otal role in defining thermal comfort mated to dissipate the same amount human thermal comfort. In a series and the elderly or between males to the limit of heat tolerance? Plati- the thermal sweet-spot that would standards globally. This association of energy as a 100-watt light-bulb. of studies conducted at Kansas State and females. Fanger discussed the num and silver melt at 1,770 degree- make indoors comfortable for all. was renamed the American Society The human body is constantly University and Technical Univer- effect of body build, menstrual cycle, C and 961 degree-C, respectively, This quest has been primarily sup- of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- trying to establish some sort of sity of Copenhagen, Fanger surveyed ethnic differences, food, circadian but it doesn’t mean both aren’t com- ported and promoted by the Heat- Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) thermal equilibrium with its sur- subjects in a climate chamber where rhythm, crowding and colour, and fortably solid at room temperature. ing, Ventilation and Air-Condition in 1954, as it expanded its horizons roundings, a process that is highly the indoor conditions could be con- concluded that these do not appear DOWN TO EARTH (HVAC) industry, which was origi- to include air conditioning and dependent upon the surroundings’ trolled. Fanger developed the Pre- to have any significant influence on (The author is Programme nally set up to improve the perfor- refrigeration. ability to absorb the heat dissipated dicted Mean Vote (PMV) model on the comfort conditions for low lev- Manager, Sustainable Cities mance delivery of their products. by the human body. If the surround- the basis of this survey and com- els of activity. Programme, Centre for Science and The first modern air conditioner Thermodynamic explanations ings are unable to absorb the heat, bined a human variable of activity In 1974, this PMV/PPD model Environment, New Delhi. The views was built by Willis Carrier at Buf- Scientific investigations into the then one feels hot and if it absorbs and clothing with the environmen- was adopted in the revised Standard expressed are strictly personal)

tweet Mexico gears for change RETWEET Mexico is poised for a regime change on July 1 as anti-Trump

Obrador is touted to emerge victorious FLAGS OF HONOUR n news that US workers won’t ing the Mexican agricultural economy. @FlagsOfHonour like to hear, particularly those in Despite all that, especially the loss of Midwestern industrial states that farm jobs, many Mexicans view NAFTA MARK GRUENBERG witnessed their jobs and plants as good for them because they have decampI south of the border, some switched views over the last quarter of #RememberAndNeverForget two-thirds of Mexicans support a new a century from being producers to being #Braveheart Naib Subedar Chuni North American Free Trade Agreement. consumers. Lal, #AshokChakra(P), #VirChakra, Some of that support seems to be com- Poor and working people in Mex- #SenaMedal (Gallantry) 8 JAK LI, who ing from people in that country who are ico, like their counterparts in the US, made the supreme sacrifice for the Nation so angry at President Trump that they have small incomes with which to meet fighting terrorists in Kupwara #onthisday are inclined to back whatever it is that a large number of needs. The lower he opposes. Also, in support of a new prices available in outlets like Walmart, 24 June in 2007. #ServingOurNation @ NAFTA is Mexico’s leading Presiden- regardless of the role they play in the adgpi @HQ_IDS_India tial contender, Andres Manuel Lopez world economy, are something peo- Mexican opinion Obrador, known by his initials, AMLO. ple need. Mexican hatred for Trump spans Younger and more educated people, RAMACHANDRA GUHA polls give the the political spectrum there, ever since including those who are a bit better off @Ram_Guha progressive he started his US Presidential bid in economically, are also shifting to Lopez 2015 by fanning the flames of hatred for For Mexicans exhausted with corruption and hateful towards Trump, Obrador seems to Obrador, the panel said. And, unlike in Lopez Obrador, immigrants from that country. Trump be the clear winner the past years, when AMLO ran from the candidate of denounced Mexican migrants to the US the left, even the upper, educated classes The bigotry of the Puri priests well predates as rapists and murderers and promised threatens to pull out of the talks and stand strongly for – among other goals don’t see him as a threat. One point the formation of the BJP. They did not his self-founded to build “a big beautiful wall” at the US- dump NAFTA, unless the two other — enforceable worker rights and inde- which changed their views, according let Indira Gandhi in because she had Morena Party, a Mexico border – and get Mexico to pay countries agree to his demands. pendent trade unions in Mexico and to panelists: Lopez Obrador’s success- for it. Mexican politicians of all stripes The labour movement in the US curbs on how far unsafe Mexican trucks, ful pragmatic mayoralty of Mexico City. married a Parsi; and they abused Mahatma 20-percentage resolutely refused and denounced him. wants to see changes in NAFTA but driven by tired truckers, can roam over During his time in the mayor’s chair, Gandhi because he sought to abolish point lead over AMLO is no fan of Trump’s wall either. focuses on the push for higher wages US roads. The current NAFTA now AMLO continued his nationwide repu- Untouchability. Nor are the organised labour or US con- for Mexican workers. Better conditions lets them roll everywhere in the US, tation for grassroots organising while each of the next gressional Democrats. for Mexico’s workers would reduce the after a long, and sometimes-success- using the slogan “For the good of all, two contenders, Mexican opinion polls give the incentive that US industries now have ful campaign by the Teamsters to limit the poor first” to promote old-age progressive Lopez Obrador, the candi- to pick up and move to Mexico where the trucks to within 20 miles north of pensions, financial support for single OMAR ABDULLAH from two date of his self-founded Morena Party, they exploit much cheaper labour. Pena the border. mothers and the jobless, investments @OmarAbdullah traditional parties, a 20-percentage point lead over each Nieto has resisted demands for higher The Economic Policy Institute cal- in urban redevelopment, infrastructure the conservative of the next two contenders, from two wages and increased labour rights in culated that since it took effect a quar- and education. traditional parties, the conservative Mexico. ter of a century ago, NAFTA cost the Mexican voters of all classes are There is nothing to be gained from debating National Action National Action Party (PAN) and the Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau US between 770,000 and one million more disgusted with the performance currently ruling Institutional Revolu- initially supported requiring stronger industrial jobs as corporations ranging – or the lack of it – in this century. They whether the #SurgicalStrikes took place. Party and the tionary Party (PRI). AMLO currently US labour laws, including the repeal from GM to Mondelez – Oreo cookies – fault Pena Nieto and PRI in the last six What we should be objectively discussing is currently ruling gets 47 per cent of those polled. of all the so-called right-to-work laws, headed south of the border to pay lower years in failing to combat crime, cor- what the strikes changed on the ground. And, political coattails still matter but has since soft-pedalled that stand. wages, escape unions and avoid envi- ruption and allowing rampant drug Institutional more in Mexico. The analysts at the Trudeau also wants to keep the busi- ronmental rules. The Communications trafficking, along with prior failures Revolutionary discussion, sponsored by the Wilson ness-slanted secret trade court, the Workers add NAFTA also prompted in those fields by PAN’s two presi- Center in DC, agreed that AMLO could Investor-State Dispute System, in US firms to shift call-centre jobs away dents in the 12 years before that. Left RAMESH SRIVATS Party sweep Morena majorities into office NAFTA. Organised labour in both the from union workers in the US, export- unsaid: Until 2000, PRI ruled Mexico @rameshsrivats with him in both houses of Mexico’s US and Canada has opposed the secret ing them to Mexico, the Philippines for decades as a virtual one-party state, Congress and in governorships of its trade court. and India. since the end of the second Mexican most-populous states. The US labour movement, in a long And, independent analysts point out Revolution in 1929. I think that even if I criticise the weather, The current PRI government of analysis of what the US should seek in that NAFTA is responsible for a share AMLO is an outsider “compared to Enrique Pena Nieto is renegotiating the “new NAFTA” talks, says Trump’s of the undocumented people crossing his PRI and PAN presidential foes” and some people will think that I am criticising NAFTA, facing off against the Trump trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, the US border since it passed. That’s Morena is a new party. They (Mexicans) the-weather-under-the-current- administration and the Canadian should push for higher wages in Mex- because NAFTA opened the Mexican like that. IPA government, and rise to defend it. government of Liberal Prime Minis- ico, and a lot more. market to cheap mass-produced US (The views expressed ter Justin Trudeau. Trump repeatedly US unions also urge Lighthizer to farm goods, principally corn, decimat- are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 PIO Amul Thapar in Trump's list ‘Pak Hizbul, JeM recruited, of judges to fill US SC vacancy

WASHINGTON DC: Amul used children in Kashmir’ Thapar, an Indian-American legal luminary, is among the 25 UNITED NATIONS: Paki- security forces against armed Jammu and Kashmir report- shortlisted judges US President stan-based banned terror out- groups. edly also led to closure of Donald Trump could nominate fits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Citing government data, school for varying periods, to replace Supreme Court Jus- Hizbul Mujahideen recruited the report said 188 civilians including in Rajouri (65) and tice Anthony Kennedy, accord- and used children in Jammu were killed in Naxal-affected Poonch (76) districts," it said. ing to American media reports. and Kashmir during clashes regions, but no disaggregated In Pakistan, the report said, Justice Kennedy, 81, with security forces last year, data on children were available. the UN continued to receive announced his retirement according to a UN report on In March this year, a reports of the recruitment and from the US Supreme Court Thursday. 15-year-old boy was killed dur- use of children, including from on Wednesday. He met Trump The annual report of the ing clash between the security madrassas, also, the alleged use at the White House last after- UN Secretary General on forces and Lashkar-e-Taiba ter- of children by armed groups noon soon after he told his col- Children and Armed Con- rorists in Padgampora village for suicide attacks. leagues in the Supreme Court The son of Indian-Ameri- Court and Thapar as among flict, covering the January- of Pulwama district. In January, Tehrik-e-Tali- that July 31 would be his last can immigrants, Thapar is the one among them. December 2017 period, said Guterres asked the Indian ban Pakistan released a video day at the apex court. Nation's first Article III judge "Thapar is a favourite of globally, over 10,000 children government to put in place showing children, including Thapar, 49, is one of the 25 of South Asian descent. He was Senate Majority Leader Mitch were killed or maimed in con- measures to hold perpetrators girls, being instructed how to shortlisted judges on Trump's confirmed by the Senate 52-44. McConnell, and as a candidate, flict last year while more than of child recruitment and use to perpetrate suicide attacks. Supreme Court List. Trump Thapar began his legal Trump said he would consider 8,000 were recruited or used as account and engage with the The report said while age- told reporters that his nomi- career in private practice, after Thapar as a Supreme Court combatants. UN to end and prevent viola- disaggregated data on civilian nee to replace Judge Kennedy clerkships with Judge S Arthur pick," it said. The report covers 20 coun- ing tensions in Jammu and of children as informants and tions against children. casualties were limited, inci- would be from this list com- Spiegel of the District Court for "He was interviewed by tries, including war-torn Syria, Kashmir. spies by the security forces. In Jharkhand, the report dents of children killed and piled by the Heritage Founda- the Southern District of Ohio Trump for the Supreme Court Afghanistan, and Yemen and Noting "grave violations", it The UN said it continued to said, suspected Naxalites injured in attacks in Paki- tion and the Federalist Society. and Judge Nathaniel R Jones vacancy last year," the report also the situation in India, the said three incidents of recruit- receive reports of recruitment attacked a school in Khunti stan by armed groups were Multiple American media of the Court of Appeals for the said. Philippines and Nigeria. ment and use of children by the and use of children, including district, partially destroying reported. outlets later identified Thapar Sixth Circuit. "Kennedy's resignation On the situation in India, two terror outfits were reported by the Naxalites, particularly in it. It cited a suicide attack in from Kentucky as one among He received his BS from reopens the door for Thapar's the report of UNSG Antonio in Jammu and Kashmir during Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. With regard to military Sehwan, Sindh Province in the shortlisted judges. Boston College in 1991 and consideration," said Courier Guterres said children contin- clashes with the security forces. "Naxalites reportedly resorted use, the occupation of over February in which at least 75 Last year, Trump appointed his JD from the University of Journal. ued to be affected by incidents "One case was attributed to to the use of a lottery sys- 20 schools was documented people, including 20 children, Thapar, who sits on the 6th US California, Berkeley. McConnell, who called for of violence between armed Jaish-e-Mohammed and two tem to conscript children in by the Central Reserve Police were killed. Also eight attacks Circuit Court of Appeals and a According to 'The Washing- a nominee who will interpret groups and the government to Hizbul Mujahideen," the Jharkhand," it said, adding chil- Force in Srinagar, Kashmir, in on educational facilities and former United States Attorney, ton Post', seven judges could the law fairly and apply it even- forces, particularly in Chhat- report said, adding that "unver- dren continued to be killed and April. students, including four target- for the District of Kentucky and be on Trump's mind to replace handedly, has praised Thapar in tisgarh, Jharkhand and dur- ified" reports also indicate use injured during operations of "Increased tensions in ing girls' schools. AGENCIES District Judge. Kennedy on the Supreme the past. AGENCIES Koreas hold talks on connecting roadways North Germany It’s official: First Trump-Putin home explosion SEOUL: North and South Korea the other will run between the leaves 3 dead held talks on Thursday on estab- North's western city of Kaesong summit at Helsinki on July 16 lishing roadways to run across and the capital Pyongyang, said their border -- part of the initia- the statement. The joint "field WASHINGTON DC: U.S. Berlin: German authori- tives agreed between their lead- research" on the routes will President Donald Trump and ties say three people ers to forge closer ties. begin in early August, it added. Russian President Vladimir have been killed in South Korea's Moon Jae- The agreement came two Putin will meet on July 16 in a massive explosion in and the North's Kim Jong days after the two Koreas held Helsinki, the Kremlin and the on the upper floor Un agreed to a broader plan to similar talks on connecting the White House said on Thursday, of a row house in the re-connect or newly establish railways running across the bor- a first official summit that will railways and roadways between der. The two sides then agreed be closely watched by nervous northern city of Bremen. the two countries in a landmark to conduct a joint-study "at an U.S. allies in Europe and critics Police told the dpa summit held in April. early date" on modernising the of Russia in America. news agency that rescue Linking the transport sys- Officials who met at the bor- to a joint statement released by railways -- originally built by The two countries crews had found the tems of the two Koreas will der on Thursday to hammer out the South's government. Japan in the early 20th century announced the details simul- bodies of a 41-year- require the modernising of details chose two routes along One will connect the South's but left to crumble for decades taneously a day after striking old woman and her sev- the impoverished North's age- the peninsula's western and eastern border county of Gos- after the 1950-53 Korean War a deal on holding the meet- badly among critics who ques- sel is investigating possible col- ing and crumbling roadway eastern coasts for the first-phase eong with the North's major resulted in the division of the ing following a visit to Mos- tion Trump’s commitment to lusion by the Trump campaign en year old son, as well infrastructure. modernising works, according eastern port of Wonsan and peninsula. AGENCIES cow on Wednesday by U.S. the NATO alliance and who with Russia, which Trump has as that of a 70-year- national security adviser John have been concerned about his denied. old neighbor after the Bolton.”The two leaders will frictions with longtime allies Bolton told reporters in explosion this morning. discuss relations between the such as Canada and Germany Moscow he expected Russian Investigators were still United States and Russia and over trade. meddling in U.S. politics to be trying to determine the a range of national security Trump has long expressed a discussed at the summit. issues,” the White House said desire for better relations with He said he did not rule cause of the explosion, in a statement. Moscow, even as Washington out Trump discussing Russia which destroyed most Trump and Putin have met tightens sanctions. rejoining the Group of Seven of the home. Around 70 twice before on the sidelines of Hanging over relations industrialized countries to firefighters were able international gatherings. with Russia since Trump took make it the G8 again. to put out the blaze that Their summit could irritate office in January last year is After Trump and Putin met followed the explosion U.S. allies who want to isolate the conclusion of U.S. intelli- briefly in Vietnam in Novem- but investigators were Putin, such as Britain, or who gence community that Moscow ber 2017, Trump was criticized are concerned about what they sought to interfere in the 2016 in the United States for saying still waiting on DGIPR/2018/2019/1552 see as Trump’s overly friendly presidential campaign to tilt he believed Putin when the the rubble to cool attitude toward the Russian the election in Trump’s favor. Russian president denied accu- before beginning their leader. Moscow has long denied sations that Russia meddled in work. AGENCIES It is also likely to go down any meddling. A special coun- the 2016 election. AGENCIES

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA Office of the Executive Engineer, Public Works Division , Nagar Road Beed-431122 Email: [email protected] Phone : 02442-222474 E-TENDER NOTICE NO. 10 YEAR-2018-19 Online B-2 e-Tender for the following works are invited by Executive Engineer,Public Works Division, Beed from the Contractors Regis- tered with Govt. of Maharashtra in P.W.D. in appropriate class; Tender documents may be downloaded from website http://mahaetenders.gov.in or http://maharashtra.etenders.in. Right is reserved to reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason thereof.

CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS

Period of download of bidding document :- As per online Tender schedule E-Tender Opening :- As per online Tender schedule All information about E-tender is available on the following Portal. 1. http://mahapwd.com 2. http://mahaetenders.gov.in or http://maharashtra.etenders.in (Changes if any will be intimated over above portal) Sd/- EXecutive Engineer DGIPR 2018/2019/1548 Public Work Division Beed 11 New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp India votes against OPCW Probe into ‘indecent clothes’ forces reporter to leave Saudi

RIYADH (SAUDI ARABIA): entertainment authority, fol- draft on chemical weapons Saudi authorities have launched lowing a conservative backlash a probe after a female TV pre- against a circus featuring women senter wore "indecent" clothes wearing skintight leotards. THE HAGUE: India has its deepest sympathies to the international legal norms. It is while reporting on the end of In April, Saudi sports voted against the draft deci- victims of chemical weapons important to maintain the cred- a decades-long woman driv- authorities shut down a female sion on addressing the threat attacks and their families. ibility and integrity of the Con- ing ban, triggering outrage on fitness centre in Riyadh over from chemical weapons use The conference has been vention, he said. social media. a contentious promotional at a special conference of the called by the UK, the US and All investigations of the Shireen al-Rifaie, a Saudi video that appeared to show a Organisation for the Prohi- the West to have discussions on alleged use of chemical weap- presenter with Dubai-based Al woman in figure-hugging gym bition of Chemical Weapons upholding the global ban against ons should be conducted in an Aan TV, appeared in a widely- clothes. (OPCW) here, citing "incom- the use of chemical weapons. impartial and objective manner circulated video wearing a loose Later that month, the sports plete consultations". The UK has reportedly pro- and strictly in accordance with headscarf and a partly open authority apologised over a pro- Speaking at the confer- posed to consider empower- the provisions of the Conven- gown that revealed her trousers motional video of a WWE event ence, India's Ambassador and ing the OPCW to identify the tion, the ambassador said. and a blouse. The clip sparked a that showed scantily clad female Permanent Representative to organisation or government He urged that all provisions torrent of criticism from arch- wrestlers drawing euphoric the OPCW, Venu Rajamony, responsible for chemical attacks of the Convention be utilised to conservatives on social media, cheers from men and women said the country is against in addition to its existing power address these concerns, accord- with the Arabic hashtag "naked media, with many Saudis mock- alike. the use of chemical weapons of carrying out the investigation ing to a statement issued on woman driving in Riyadh" gain- ing hardliners for describ- Earlier, Saudi women cele- under any circumstances and ing importance and implications ways and means to strengthen into such cases. Thursday by the Indian Embassy ing traction. The kingdom's ing a fully clad woman as brated taking the wheel for the believes those who indulge in should be the end result of a the Convention and its effective "It has been India's consis- at The Hague. Rajamony said General Authority for Audio- "naked". first time in decades today as the such "abhorrent acts" must be comprehensive and extensive implementation including on tent position that the use of while there was unity on the visual Media on Tuesday said On Sunday, women cele- kingdom overturned the world’s held accountable. consultation," he said, explain- the present issue of timely attri- chemical weapons anywhere, goal, there are strong differences they had referred Rifaie to inves- brated taking the wheel for the only ban on female motorists, "We have studied this draft ing India's vote on the draft deci- bution to the extent, provided it at any time, by anybody, under on how to achieve this goal. tigators, accusing her of "violat- first time in decades as the ultra- a historic reform expected to very carefully and have con- sion on 'Addressing the Threat is strictly within the framework any circumstances, cannot be "India attaches the highest ing regulations and instructions" conservative kingdom over- usher in a new era of social sulted widely including with from Chemical Weapons Use'. of the Convention. The inter- justified and the perpetrators importance to this organisa- by wearing "indecent clothes". turned the world's only ban on mobility. the drafters and the main co- "As our concerns have not national community has high of such abhorrent acts must be tion and has therefore always Rifaie has dismissed the charge, female motorists. The much-trumpeted sponsors of the draft decision. been addressed by the draft expectations of the Chemical held accountable," Rajamony emphasised the importance telling news website Ajel that she The conservative petro-state move is part of Crown Prince However we believe that on an decision, India has decided to Weapons Convention and it is said. The use of chemical weap- of consensus and the need for was wearing "decent clothes". has some of the world's toughest Mohammed bin Salman’s plan issue of such grave importance, vote against the draft decision," incumbent on all States Parties ons is in complete disregard of all decisions to be taken by the Ajel reported that Rifaie left restrictions on women, who are to modernise the conservative the consultations conducted by Rajamony said. to rise up to this expectation by humanity, and is reprehensi- members of OPCW in consulta- the kingdom after the contro- required to wear body-shroud- petrostate -- but it has been the sponsors remain incomplete. "However, India remains preserving and protecting the ble and contrary to the provi- tion with each other, taking on versy erupted. ing abaya robes in public. dented by the jailing of female It has been India's view that the willing and open for discus- Convention" he said. sions of the Chemical Weapons board different points of view," The outrage also prompted Earlier this month, Saudi activists who long opposed the draft decision of such far reach- sions with States Parties to find He said India expresses Convention as well as accepted he said. AGENCIES light hearted banter on social Arabia sacked the head of its driving ban. AGENCIES Market fire kills 15 in Kenya capital Ex-Pak PM Abbasi moves HC against Pak SC ousts Sharif man Aziz from polls disqualification to contest election with contempt of court ruling ISLAMABAD: A prominent statement against the judiciary tions for a period of five years, tion in the Supreme Court, the ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's for- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz during television shows last year. the Dawn reported. report said. mer prime minister Shahid leader and loyalist of former Aziz, a PML-N candidate from According to Article 63 (1) Aziz, while addressing a Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday premier Nawaz Sharif, Daniyal Narowal NA-77 seat for the gen- (g) of the Constitution, a person press conference in September moved the Lahore High Court Aziz was on Thursday disquali- eral elections, was indicted on shall be disqualified from being last year, had accused Justice against an election tribunal's fied by the Supreme Court from March 13 and the judgement elected or chosen as, and from Ijazul Ahsan of summoning decision barring him from con- contesting general elections for was reserved on May 3. being, a member of the Majlis- NAB authorities in Lahore for testing the July 25 general elec- five years, weeks ahead of the Justice Musher Alam, of a e-Shoora (Parliament), if he has preparing corruption cases tion from Rawalpindi. July 25 polls. three-member bench of the apex been convicted by a court of against Sharif, his family mem- NAIROBI: A fire at Nairobi's Questioning the tribunal's The apex court had on Feb- court, read out the judgement, competent jurisdiction...unless a bers and former minister Ishaq Gikomba market killed 15 peo- jurisdiction to disqualify a can- ruary 2 issued a contempt of which pronounced him guilty period of five years has elapsed Dar. ple on Thursday, a government didate, Abbasi's counsel Kha- court notice to Aziz, the then and ordered him to custody till since his release, it said. Later, in December, the official said, less than a year after waja Tariq Rahim urged the Federal Minister for Privati- the rising of the court. Following the verdict, firebrand PML-N leader had a blaze to destroyed much of the high court to set aside the ver- sation, for making derogatory The court's verdict rendered Aziz's counsel said that his cli- hurled accusations against Jus- Kenyan capital's largest open- dict. Observing that Abbasi was tions for NA-53 Islamabad date from NA-57 (Murree in and contemptuous speeches and him disqualified to contest elec- ent would file a review peti- tice Ahsan. AGENCIES air market. guilty of concealment of facts and NA-57 Rawalpindi seats. Rawalpindi), Masood Abbasi "We have lost 15 people from and withholding of complete Initially, election officials had had challenged his candida- this tragedy this morning," said information from his voters , rejected his nomination from ture in the tribunal led by Jus- regional coordinator Kangethe a single-member tribunal of Islamabad but accepted his bid tice Lodhi. He had accused the Thuku. "We're yet to establish Justice Ibadur Rehman Lodhi from Rawalpindi. former premier of tampering the cause of this fire," he said, on Wednesday disqualified the He had challenged his rejec- with the nomination papers and which is believed to have started former prime minister from tion from the capital in a special illegally occupying forest land in a timber yard. contesting the general election election tribunal of the Islam- in his native Murree city near The pre-dawn blaze left over from Rawalpindi and declared abad High Court, where his plea Islamabad, and certain other 70 people injured and destroyed that he was not Sadiq' (truthful) was accepted by judge Mohsin objections including not declar- many of the market's wood and and Ameen' (righteous). Akhtar Kayani on Tuesday. ing the exact worth of a house tarp stalls where second-hand Abbasi had filed nomina- Abbasi's rival candi- in Islamabad. AGENCIES clothes, shoes and vegetables are sold on the eastern side of the city. A police officer at the scene Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho questioned said emergency services contin- ued to search the area. "We are on suspicion of embezzlement... apologises still trying to get to some cor- ner [of the market] which has SEOUL: Korean Air's chairman has sions, obstruction of business and violat- heavy smoke, because part of apologized before being questioned ing an immigration law. Prosecutors are the area has not been accessed by prosecutors investigating alleged investigating the 69-year-old leader due to live electric wires," the wrongdoing by him and his family. Cho at the South Korean flag carrier on officer said. Witnesses heard explosions as gas canisters were Yang-ho said "Sorry" and bowed his suspicions of embezzlement and breach swept up in the inferno. Nine of head before entering a Seoul pros- of trust. Local media said prosecutors the dead were in an apartment ecutors' office on Thursday. Cho joins are also looking into Cho's alleged eva- block next to the market while his wife and two daughters who were sion of inheritance taxes but an official six others -- including four chil- questioned by authorities since April on at a Seoul prosecutors' office did not dren -- died of their injuries in a variety of charges including tax eva- confirm. AGENCIES hospital. AGENCIES Queen Elizabeth II gets 13% hike in tax payer-funded ‘wages’

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II got a 13 per cent hike in her Brit- ish taxpayer-funded allowance ahead of extensive repairs to Buckingham Palace, estimated to cost around a whopping 369 million pounds. The 92-year-old monarch's accounts released on Thursday showed the public funds used by her for official expenditure and duties went up from 41.9 million pounds to 47.4 million pounds. royal events would be kept to More than 4 million pounds a minimum. of that hike was spent on the ini- "The programme addresses tial phase of palace modernis- the urgent need to overhaul the ing, including the removal of Palace's essential services, some old wiring, while 21.4 million of which have not been updated pounds went on staff payroll since the 1950s. These important costs and the rest on travel and works will help avert the very other maintenance costs over real danger of a catastrophic the previous year. building failure such as a flood Large-scale refurbishment or fire," said Sir Michael Ste- work on Buckingham Palace's vens, keeper of the privy purse east wing will begin in April (in charge of royal accounts). 2019, which is expected to cause The Queen's official expen- years of upheaval for the royal diture is met from public funds family at their traditional Lon- in exchange for revenue from don residence. The removal of the Crown Estate -- or the nearly 10,000 treasures from the extensive property owned by Royal Collection installed in the the monarch. The "core" Sov- wing will begin in the coming ereign Grant, or expense allow- months. Priceless antique fur- ance, is usually based on 15 per niture, paintings and tapestries cent of the net surplus of the will be moved to other wings, Crown Estate. However, from transferred to other palaces, this year the total grant is based lent to exhibitions or placed on 25 per cent of the surplus, an in commercial storage, the increase intended to meet the Palace announced. A spokes- costs of refurbishing Bucking- person said that disruption to ham Palace. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 US Apple, S Korean Samsung ‘India least vulnerable to strengthening of $’ NEW DELHI: India is among the 5 countries which are least end 7-year iPhone patent war vulnerable to currency pres- sures amid strengthening of SAN FRANCISCO: Apple million damage award. the US dollar, because of low and Samsung have ended a The jury had been asked dependence on external capi- years-long patent battle over to determine whether design tal inflows, Moody's Investors copied iPhone design with features at issue in the case are Service said on Thursday. an undisclosed settlement, worth all profit made from In a report on the impact of according to a US court filing Samsung smartphones that strengthening of the US dollar on Thursday. copied them -- or whether on other sovereigns, Moody's The world's two biggest those features are worth just said the appreciation of $has smartphone makers reached a fraction because they are prompted a sharp currency a truce in their seven-year- components. depreciation and/or a signifi- old court battle a month after The three design patents in cant decline in forex reserves a federal court jury ordered the case apply to the shape of in a number of emerging and Samsung to pay Apple some the iPhone's black screen with frontier markets. 539 million for copying pat- rounded edges and a bezel, However, India, China, driven in part by the recent rise cal. This was higher than $14.4 ented iPhone features. and the rows of colorful icons Brazil, Mexico and Russia are in oil prices, it remains mod- billion, or 0.6 per cent, CAD That award was seen as a displayed. among the "least vulnerable" est as a percentage of GDP and in 2016-17 fiscal. Moody's said victory for Apple, which had Two utility patents also to currency pressures, it said. is largely financed by equity India's large and relatively sta- argued in court that design was involved apply to "bounce- "Large savings channelled inflows, including foreign ble domestic financing base essential to the iPhone. back" and "tap-to-zoom" through the financial sec- direct investment. limits external vulnerability. Financial terms of the set- functions. tor allows these economies to "India's significant build-up "India's limited exter- tlement were not revealed and An original trial find- largely fund themselves domes- of foreign exchange reserves in nal vulnerability is supported neither company elaborated ing that Samsung violated tically, thereby lowering expo- recent years to all-time highs by a large and relatively sta- on the brief court order which Apple patents preceded a sure to volatile portfolio flows," provides a support buffer to ble domestic financing base dismissed the litigation dating lengthy appellate dueling over Moody's said. help mitigate external vulner- for government debt, which back to 2011. for comment, Apple referred to many people at Apple. watched as a precedent for whether design features such The Indian rupee col- ability risk," said the US-based contributes to the economy's "Whereas the court has a statement released last month South Korea-based Sam- whether design is so important as rounded edges are worth all lapsed to a lifetime low of rating agency. resilience by sheltering it from been advised by the parties after the jury announced the sung declined to comment. that it could actually be con- the money made from a phone. 69.10 against the US dollar in India's foreign exchange abrupt changes in external that the above-entitled action damages award. Apple's lawsuit claimed sidered the "article of design" The retrial regarding dam- early trade on Thursday as ris- reserves in the week to June 15 financing conditions," it added. has been settled, all remaining "This case has always been Samsung, now the world's big- even in a product as complex ages was one element of a 548 ing crude oil prices deepened stood at $410.07 billion. Although India's debt claims and counterclaims in about more than money," the gest handset maker, copied the as a smartphone. million penalty — knocked concerns about the country's CAD, which is the differ- affordability is relatively weak, this case are hereby dismissed statement read. design and other features of The case had been sent down from an original 1 bil- current account deficit (CAD) ence between the inflow and the average maturity of debt is with prejudice," US District "It is important that we the iPhone as the smartphone back to the district court fol- lion jury award — Samsung and inflation dynamics. outflow of foreign exchange, close to 10 years and over 96 Court Judge Lucy Koh wrote. continue to protect the hard market was exploding. lowing a Supreme Court deci- was ordered to pay for copying Moody's said although jumped to $48.7 billion, or 1.9 per cent of it is in local cur- When contacted by AFP work and innovation of so The case was keenly sion to revisit an earlier 400 iPhone patents. PTI India's CAD has widened, per cent of GDP, in 2017-18 fis- rency. PTI Sebi mulls ways for transparency HDFC Mutual ‘Adequate procurement, MSP increases Bids invited for Fund gets Sebi advice on in spot price polling mechanism nod for IPO are critical for rural demand to pick up’ merger of 3 PSU NEW DELHI: To improve NEW DELHI: HDFC Asset NEW DELHI: Rural demand general insurers transparency and credibility Management Company, the has seen some traction in NEW DELHI: Bids have been to the spot price polling mecha- country's largest mutual fund recent months and, going for- invited from consultants to nism in commodities, Sebi has firm, has received Sebi's go- ward, adequate procurement as advise on the proposed merger proposed to make it compul- ahead to float an initial pub- well as minimum support price of three public sector general sory for exchanges to accredit lic offer. (MSP) increases could push up insurance firms as announced an independent polling agency The company had filed rural incomes this fiscal, says in this year's budget. and bring such agency under draft papers with Securities a report. There is a proposal by the its purview. and Exchange Board of India According to a research government to merge three The capital markets regula- (Sebi) in March and received report by HDFC Bank, the public sector general insur- tor has come out with a con- its "observations" on June 22, extent of pick up in rural ance companies (PSGICs) -- sultation paper on ways to as per the latest update with demand is dependent on a National Insurance Company enhance efficiency in the poll- the markets watchdog. Sebi's number of factors, as a good Ltd, Oriental Insurance Com- ing methodology adopted for observations are necessary for monsoon alone will not do the growth on the other hand has cent to 3.7 per cent during the pany Ltd and United India determination of spot price for any company to launch public trick. seen a decline. Nominal rural same period. Insurance Company Ltd. commodities. The availability of the paper issued on Wednesday. polling participants like e-mail, issues like rights issue, initial "Adequate procurement wage growth has been moder- The report further noted "PSGICs invite expression correct and transparent infor- The Securities andapp, specific web-based applica- public offer (IPO) and follow- and the effectiveness of MSPs ating since the middle of 2017," that the increase in rural infla- of interest (EoI) from compa- mation about the spot price of Exchange Board of India tion, which could supplement on public offer (FPO). to act as a floor for crop prices the report said. tion, uptick in construction nies/firms interested to pro- any commodity is essential for (Sebi) has proposed for uni- the present system of telephonic Going by the draft papers, will be crucial. Even if MSPs As per the report, wage activity some and of the decline vide consultancy services for arriving at the expected futures formity in approach amongst conversations, Sebi suggested. the proposed IPO offers up to are increased substantially, the growth declined to 3 per cent in in rural wage growth is likely to the merger of the three firms prices of the commodity. the exchanges on the process "The strengthening of the 2.54 crore equity shares of the actual income realisation of February 2018 from over 7 per be reversed. into one strong single entity, This is necessitated as any of price polling methodology. process of dissemination of fund house through an offer farmers will be determined by cent in April last year. Also, real "Looking ahead, given the creating enterprise value and divergence in the linkages Further, the regulator has spot prices of a commodity for sale of 85.92 lakh shares by what percentage of crops will wage growth has seen a secular expected pickup in the non- shareholders worth for better between the two prices could recommended bringing the may strengthen the conver- HDFC and up to 1.68 crore be bought at these prices," the decline over the last year and farm sector with manufactur- listing," a public notice said. lead to adverse impact on the independent polling agency, gence and integration of spot shares by Standard Life. report said. has now turned negative. ing activity showing signs of As on March 31, 2017, price in two markets -- deriv- conducting polling of spot and future prices of a commod- The offer comprises a net Moreover, revival in rural Moreover, both agri and revival, GST related disrup- PSGICs together had more atives and spot, the regulator prices, as well as the partici- ity thereby enhancing efficiency offer to public of up to 2.21 crore wages will be essential for a non-agri wages have declined. tions fading away, and con- than 200 insurance products noted. Under the consulta- pants (price submitters) under of both spot and derivatives equity shares, a reservation of up sustainable recovery in rural Agriculture wage growth tinued push to construction with a total premium of Rs tion paper, Sebi has proposed its purview by registering and market," it noted. In the draft to 3.20 lakh shares for purchase demand. declined from close to 9 per by the government the fall in 41,461 crore and a market share to make it compulsory for supervising them. proposal, it has been suggested by eligible HDFC AMC employ- "The most important leg of cent in April 2017 to 2.3 per agri wages might moderate and of around 35 per cent. exchanges to accredit an inde- Also, Sebi has suggested pro- that exchanges should consider ees. Besides, 24 lakh shares have the rural demand puzzle is that cent in February 2018 with overall wage growth outlook The combined net worth pendent polling agency for viding incentive to the polling increasing the time slot for col- been reserved for eligible HDFC while rural demand indica- non-agricultural wage growth might improve," the report of three companies is Rs 9,243 spot price polling, which can participants for submitting the lection of price from polling shareholders. PTI tors are looking up, rural wage also moderating from 5 per said. PTI crore with total employees' do the job independently for spot prices and requiring polling participants. strength of around 44,000 all the exchanges on a specific agencies or exchanges to enter Besides, it proposed to spread over 6,000 offices. commodity. into a legal contract with the increase the frequency of col- The consultant is expected "This is necessitated because polling participants for obtain- lection of the prices from the India raises worries on Oz taxation of IT firms to advise on organisational of the fact that the universe ing their services. polling participants so that the NEW DELHI: India has flagged Prabhu to Canberra and Sydney. off-shore services to the US During his visit, Prabhu restructuring, rationalisation of the polling participants is The move may put necessary polling agency can obtain reli- serious concerns with Austra- As per global trade norms, companies. has sought investments from of human resources, manage- limited and the same partici- contractual obligations on the able spot prices throughout the lian authorities on the taxation Australia can tax only on-shore The Indian side have also Australian superannuation or ment of operational issues, reg- pants are being called many polling participants for submis- day. "Instead of asking for per- issue on Indian IT companies activities of Indian IT firms and asked for greater market access pension funds in sectors includ- ulatory and compliance issues, times in a day especially where sion of spot prices. ception of polling participants providing off-shore software not off-shore services rendered for it fruits and vegetables ing industrial corridors, ports, it said. same contract is listed on more The regulator has sought about the price of specific grade services to their Australian from India. including potato, tomatoes, smart cities, airports and rail- The consultant is expected than one exchange or the same public comments till July 27 of a commodity, exchange or clients. Certain Indian companies onion, okra and cucumber to way projects. to handhold the management participant deals in multiple on the proposal and a final polling agency may poll them "Australian authorities have have approached Australian increase exports. The bilateral trade between of all the three companies, commodities. regulation will be put in place on the actual traded prices of stated that they would look into courts also on the matter but "We have also raised the India and Australia increased throughout merger process till "As a result, many a times after taking into consideration the commodity with detail of the matter," an official said. the courts have passed orders issue of investment proposals to $18 billion in 2016-17 from the new organisation is formed these polling agents do not views of the stakeholders. There the quality and grade of those The issue was raised during against them. of certain Indian mining com- $14.11 billion in the previous and set in place, it said. answer the calls from the should be alternate means for commodities traded by them," the recent visit of Commerce Indian IT firms earn the panies which are stuck there," fiscal. Trade balance is highly The last date for submission exchanges," the regulator said in collection of the quotes from it added. PTI and Industry Minister Suresh highest amount by providing the official added. in favour of Australia. PTI of bids is July 16. PTI Black money paradise Swiss US gives Disney approval to buy Fox banks enjoy 25% profit growth ... amid bidding war with Comcast NEW YORK: Walt Disney Disney’s agreement with ZURICH/ NEW DELHI: services, together with the staff Co won US approval to buy the government could be a set- Banks in Switzerland saw their concerned, to non-banking Twenty-First Century Fox Inc back for Comcast, which has profits rise about 25 per cent to group companies. entertainment assets for $71.3 yet to respond to Disney’s lat- CHF 9.8 billion in 2017, even as Since these companies do billion on condition it sell Fox’s est offer for Fox, unveiled last their foreign customer depos- not have banking licences, the 22 regional sports networks, week. Comcast, whose offer is its fell amid a global crack- staff who work for them are not the Justice Department said worth $65 billion, declined to down taking down their famed included in the bank statistics, on Wednesday, giving Disney comment. secrecy walls. the SNB said. an edge over Comcast Corp’s Fox also declined to The rebound follows the This led to a significant competing bid. comment. Swiss banks' profits nearly halv- reduction in staff numbers at The Fox movie franchises Disney said it was “pleased” ing to CHF 7.9 billion earlier banks in Switzerland, falling by and TV shows have been with the agreement reached in 2016. 10,427 to 1,10,413 staff in terms the subject of a bidding war with the Justice Department The overall customer of full-time equivalents. In the between Disney and Comcast, and said it looked forward to deposits rose marginally by 1 domestic component, the total both of which want to expand creating “even more compel- per cent to about CHF 1.8 tril- deposits had increased. Among individual coun- number of staff decreased by their own entertainment busi- Disney owns ABC, Pixar, Yankees baseball games around ling consumer experiences.” lion, despite the dip in money As in 2016, fiduciary funds tries, Saudi Arabia accounted 7.7 per cent to 93,554, while nesses to compete with fast- Marvel Studios and “Star Wars” the New York metro area. Analysts have antitrust con- deposited by their foreign cli- administered by banks rose, for 8.6 per cent of such funds, the number abroad declined by growing digital rivals Netflix producer Lucasfilm, plus an Together, Fox’s regional cerns about Comcast’s com- ents, according to data released by about 15 per cent to CHF UAE (5.9 per cent), the UK (5.6 13.4 per cent to 16,858. Inc and Amazon.com Inc. array of theme parks. The Fox sports networks have about peting bid, which would add on Thursday by the Swiss 138.2 billion. While domes- per cent) and Turkey (1.9 per Meanwhile, money kept The deal does not include assets being acquired include 61 million subscribers and Fox’s movie and TV studios National Bank (SNB). tic fiduciary funds registered a cent). by Pakistani nationals in Swiss the nationally broadcast Fox a cable group that includes have rights to broadcast live to Comcast’s NBC Universal. The domestic customer slight increase of CHF 0.9 bil- Of the 253 banks in Swit- banks fell by over 21 per cent to News, Fox Business or Fox FX Networks, National Geo- games of 44 of 91 US profes- Chief Executive Brian Rob- deposits were up CHF 57.6 lion to CHF 22.7 billion, there zerland, 229 recorded a profit a record low of CHF 1.115 bil- Sports networks. graphic and 300-plus inter- sional sports teams in three of erts had said that Comcast was billion to CHF 1,193.4 billion, was a significant rise in depos- in 2017, while the remaining lion (Rs 7,700 crore) in 2017, If Disney prevails over national channels plus Fox’s the four major sports leagues. willing to offer the same condi- while foreign customer depos- its from abroad, which were 24 institutions recorded loss. even as the same from India Comcast, the combination stake in Hulu. The Justice Department tions as Disney and promised its were CHF 40.5 billion lower CHF 16.9 billion higher at CHF The number of banks in rose after three straight years would expand Disney’s unri- Disney, which also owns said that without the divesti- to fight for the deal in court if at CHF 594.7 billion. 115.6 billion. Switzerland declined again, of decline. valed portfolio of some of the sports network ESPN, has tures, “the proposed acquisition necessary. A factor contributing to A breakdown of fiduciary from 261 at the end of 2016. The Pakistani money in world’s most popular charac- agreed to divest all of Fox’s would eliminate the substantial The sports networks could this divergence was big banks' deposits from abroad showed The aggregate balance sheet Swiss banks had fallen by 6 per ters, uniting Mickey Mouse, regional sports networks, head-to-head competition that attract a variety of bidders transfer of financing trans- the developing countries total rose by 4.8 per cent to cent to CHF 1.4 billion (about Luke Skywalker and Marvel which provide sports pro- currently exists between Dis- among technology and media actions to Switzerland from accounting for 36 per cent, off- CHF 3,249.4 billion. Rs 9,500 crore) in 2016. Before superheroes with Fox’s X-Men, gramming for regional and ney and Fox and would likely companies looking to get their abroad, accounting for around shore centres of 42 per cent and Against the backdrop of that in 2015, these funds had “Avatar” and “The Simpsons” local markets, such as Fox’s YES result in higher prices for cable hands on live sports, sources CHF 17 billion. In 2016, both developed nations of about 22 regulatory requirements, the risen 16 per cent from CHF franchises. Network, which airs New York sports programming.” said. AGENCIES domestic and foreign customer per cent. big banks transferred in-house 1,301 billion at 2014-end. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 mp US tells us to stop Iran oil buys Adani group's APSEZ to buy Kattupalli port for `1,950 cr NEW DELHI: India's larg- ... We'll go by national interest est port developer and part of Adani Group APSEZ on Thurs- day said it has inked a pact to MUMBAI: Petroleum minis- levels after sanctions were lifted acquire Marine Infrastructure ter Dharmendra Pradhan on in 2015, and in May 2016, India Developer for Rs 1,950 crore. Thursday reacted cautiously to agreed to transfer to Iran about Marine Infrastructure the US demand to stop crude $6.5 billion that it owed for Ira- Developer Private Limited imports from Iran, saying the nian oil shipments but which (MIDPL) is the operator of Kat- government "will go by the was held up for payment due tupalli Port. national interest". to sanctions. Of the Rs 1,950 crore, Adani Oil imports from Iran Following the latest Amer- Ports and Special Economic surged to about 705,000 bar- ican threat, the State Bank, Zone Limited (APSEZ) will be rels per day in May, the highest which was facilitating pay- paying Rs 1,562 crore towards since last October, according ments to Iran, had last week settlement of dues of MIDPL. to industry data, despite the said it would not continue with "It has executed Share Pur- able to reduce logistics cost of 2016, had granted approval for threats of fresh US sanctions the job. chase Agreement between industries in the region and be the transaction. against Tehran after the US In 2010, the Reserve Bank Larsen and Toubro Limited, one of the engines of growth," MIDPL was incorporated president Donald Trump had ceased using a Tehran-based Marine Infrastructure Devel- APSEZ CEO Karan Adani. on January 22, 2016, and had Rs on May 8 unilaterally withdrew regional body, the Asian Clear- oper Private Limited, L&T Ship- MIDPL is engaged construc- 98.64 crore revenue in 2016-17, from the nuclear deal that his ing Union,to handle transac- building Limited and Adani tion, maintenance, development the filing said. APSEZ said with predecessor Obama had sewed tions with Iran. In January Kattupalli Port Private Limited and operation of Kattupalli Port. backup area of 322 acres, Kattu- up with Tehran. 2012, Iran agreed to accept to acquire 97 per cent shares of The company is likely to com- palli port provides ample space In May the volume rose rupee payments to settle nearly Marine Infrastructure Devel- plete the acquisition in a week, for future expansion of port to 10.2 per cent over the previous half of its sales to India. oper Private Limited (MIDPL). APSEZ said. The company in facilitate trade requirements. month and about 45 per cent Meanwhile, Pradhan said MIDPL is the developer and a regulatory filing to the BSE APSEZ plans to transform over the same month last year. the new city gas distribution operator of Kattupalli Port," said the acquisition will be "Rs Kattupalli into a multi commod- While India is the second contracts, which will begin on APSEZ said in a statement. 1,950 crore enterprise value of ity port to handle cargoes like largest crude customer for Iran July 10, if successful, will add Kattupalli Port is one of the which Rs 388 crore is the con- containers, automobiles, break behind China, Iran is the third nine more Maharashtra dis- most modern ports in India, sideration for the acquisition of bulk, general cargo, liquid cargo largest source of crude for the tricts including Aurangabad, emerging as new gateway for shares and the balance Rs 1,562 and project cargo. country after Iraq and Saudi Kohlapur, Satara and Sindhu- EXIM trade in Chennai / Ban- crore is towards settlement of Presently the port has Arabia. It supplied 18.4 mil- cautiously when asked about sively in recent years. sue a maximum pressure cam- durg, among others, to the gas galore region and provides a liabilities of MIDPL". capacity to handle 1.2 Million lion tonne crude in the April his views on the latest US direc- "In fact, there is not a sin- paign against Tehran's nuclear pipeline network. Currently whole new dimension of ser- APSEZ said the acquisi- TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent 2017-January 2018 period. tion to the government to stop gle oil producing country from bomb programme. At that six districts are covered by gas vices with speed and sophisti- tion will enable the company unit) per annum. APSEZ said With around 200 million crude imports from Iran from where we don't buy crude time, he gave foreign compa- pipelines in the state. cation, the company said. to develop container terminal amongst the many advantages of barrels per annum,India is the November 4 or face economic today. We have even placed nies either 90 or 180 days to The minister also said he "We are going to start our operation to increase market Kattupalli port is its unique loca- third largest consumer of fos- sanctions. contracts with Brunei. So there wind down their business with has asked the Petroleum and construction to diversify the share and provide container, tion - it is located 30 kilometers sil fuels after the US and China The minister, who was here is no threat of supply disrup- Iranian counterparts, depend- Natural Gas Regulatory Board cargo of the port and will be bulk terminal operation and towards north of Chennai and and is one of the few markets to attend the final leg of the tions because of the latest threat ing on the type of commercial to work towards laying gas adding 40 million tonne of new marine services. has connectivity with hinterland that has a steady demand roadshows for the ninth round of US sanctions." activity. pipelines along the proposed capacity in next 3 years. We are About governmental or reg- of North Tamilnadu, Chennai, growth. of the city gas distribution auc- It can be noted that Trump It can be noted that India Mumbai-Nagpur expressway, confident that with our supe- ulatory approvals, it said the Bangalore and South Andhra "We will go by our own tions, further said, "Our source withdrew the US from the Iran has increased oil purchases which if done will add 20 more rior infrastructure and efficient Tamil Nadu government vide Pradesh - locations which are interests," Pradhan quipped markets have widened mas- nuclear deal on May 8 to pur- from Iran to nearly pre-2012 districts. PTI handling of cargo we will be an order dated February 29, highly industrialised. PTI JSPL to rejig Sriram resigns as SBI Air India to now operate four Zensational biz! Japan liabilities of MD... in midst of IDBI SA business Delhi-Tel Aviv flights a week firm starts Buddhist NEW DELHI: Jindal Steel and Bank stake sale buzz NEW DELHI: Air India is set Power Ltd (JSPL) will restruc- to increase the frequency of its sermon service ture the liabilities of its South NEW DELHI: SBI managing Delhi-Tel Aviv flights from three African business and develop director B Sriram has resigned to four per week from July 14 TOKYO: Feeling uncer- a plan to make it profitable, from the country's largest to cater to the growing tourist tain about life? Need a bit of according to a regulatory filing. lender after his appointment flow between India and Israel, guidance? A Japanese firm The company has decided to as chief executive of IDBI Bank, said an Israeli tourism ministry is launching a new service take the 'Business Rescue' route sources said. official on Thursday. allowing you to talk to a smart in efforts to revive the South The development assumes The Indian national carrier speaker and receive a sermon African business, which primar- significance amid reports that will now fly a 256-seater Boeing from Buddhist monks. ily consists of Anthracite coal insurance behemoth LIC is 787 Dreamliner every Saturday, Tokyo-based Yoriso said mine. "With a view to protect mulling acquiring a majority in addition to those presently today its new feature would the interests of various stake- stake in the debt ridden state- as Deputy Governor of RBI. being operated on Tuesdays, enable users to listen to three- holders and with a long-term owned bank. The ACC approved the Thursdays and Sundays, it said minute sermons via a smart vision of turning it profitable The government last week appointment of Sriram as MD in a statement. speaker given by four monks through the new service, and sustainable, the company appointed Sriram as manag- and CEO of IDBI Bank for three At present, besides the Air depending on their mood. Ayaka Takada, spokeswoman has taken the strategic decision ing director and CEO of IDBI months with effect from M K India, Israeli carrier El Al oper- exponentially in the last few Indian citizens to Rs 1,100 from A three-minute sermon for Yoriso, told AFP. to take the Business Rescue (BR) Bank for a temporary period of Jain's demitting office, said an ates flights between Mumbai years and this introduction will Rs 1,700 to encourage Indian is often given at religious ser- Buddhism and Shintoism route," the company said. three months. order issued last week by the and Tel Aviv. help meet the growing demand travellers visit Israel, he said. vices to commemorate the are the two major religions in Under the BR plan, JSPL He has put in his papers Department of Personnel and The ministry said another from India. With one way duration of 7 anniversary of a loved one's Japan but attachment to reli- will engage a business rescue and his resignation from the Training. Israeli airline 'Arkia' too has also "India is an important mar- hours and 10 minutes, Air India death in Japan. gion has dropped. practitioner who will look to board of SBI has been forward LIC is looking to enter the showed interest to operate direct ket for us and I am delighted to is currently the fastest nonstop Users can talk to a smart As the population ages restructure the liabilities - both to Appointments Committee of banking space by acquiring flights between Israel and India say that it has been one of the flight between India and Israel speaker developed by Japan's and rural communities operational and financial - as the Cabinet (ACC) headed by majority stake in IDBI Bank as to cater to the significant rise in best performing markets in Asia taking a straight route between messaging app giant Line and shrink, some 30 per cent of well as develop a plan to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi the deal is expected to provide the air traffic volume between with a 31 per cent growth last the two countries, overflying decide how they are feeling: Japan's 75,000 Buddhist tem- the business profitable. for acceptance, sources said, business synergies despite the the two countries. year over 2016 and 31 per cent Saudi Arabia. uncertain, angry or sad. ples are at risk of closing by "The management is confi- adding the competent author- lender's stressed balance sheet. "We are pleased with the Air between January and May 2018 The Delhi-Tel Aviv AI 139 The speaker will then 2040, according to Kenji Ishii, dent that by opting for the BR ity will take a final call on the A possible scenario would India's move to increase weekly over 2017," Director of Israel flight made its maiden jour- choose a sermon randomly a professor of Kokugakuin route, it can revive the business matter. be the insurance major mak- flight frequency in light of the Ministry of Tourism for India ney on March 22 this year and from 12 talks. University in Tokyo. in South Africa and be able to Sriram took charge of IDBI ing IDBI Bank a subsidiary on significant rise in tourist arriv- and Philippines Hassan Madah since then the occupancy rate "We hope that people will The new service will be increase its enterprise value in Bank on June 22 following M K the lines of its housing finance als from India. The outbound said in a statement. Israel has has gone up from 60 per cent feel close to Buddhist monks" launched late next month. PTI the long run," it added. PTI Jain demitting office to take over and mutual fund businesses. PTI numbers to Israel have grown also reduced its visa fees for to over 80 to 83 per cent. PTI Bhel in pact with South Korean Times Internet buys majority Wipro finishes firm for emission control tools Kovind hails GAIL Utkarsh students divestment of stake in MX Player for `1K cr NEW DELHI: BHEL on Thursday said it has inked who cleared JEE IIT Advanced exam data centre biz a pact with South Korean firm NANO Co Ltd for design and manufacture of emission controlling KANPUR: President Ram which 591 secured admission MUMBAI: Times Internet globally. in Germany, UK Nath Kovind on Thursday felic- in IITs/NITs and other reputed (TIL), the digital venture of Times Internet chief exec- devices for coal-based power plants. The Tech- itated students from underpriv- engineering colleges. The suc- the Times of India group, has utive officer Gautam Sinha NEW DELHI: Wipro, the nology Collaboration Agreement with NANO Co ileged sections of society who cess rate of the project is 87 %. bought majority stake in local said India presents one of the country's third largest IT ser- is for design and manufacture of SCR Catalysts cleared the JEE IIT Advance This year, 99 out of 100 stu- video platform MX Player for biggest digital entertainment vices firm, on Thursday said it for De-NOx application in coal-fired plants. PTI 2018 examination after inten- dents qualified in JEE Main, over Rs 1,000 crore, as part of opportunities in the world with has completed the divestment sive coaching under GAIL out of which 52 students quali- its plans to enter the video over- over 400 million Internet users. of its data centre business in (India) Limited’s Corporate fied in IIT Advance, including the-top (OTT) space. "We are building a con- Germany and the UK along CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE Social Responsibility initiative six girls. MX Player is investing tent experience with the qual- with Wipro Data Centre and GAIL Utkarsh. The students are selected aggressively into premium, ity of mainstream media, but Cloud Services, Inc for a con- The felicitation programme year of free residential coaching on the basis of written test, original, digital-first content, designed specially and exclu- sideration of $399 million. was held at the Indian Insti- under this CSR project. GAIL interview and strict eco- with an emphasis on high qual- sively for Indian millennial that In March, the Bengaluru- tute of Technology (IIT) cam- was the first PSU to start the nomic criteria. Most of them ity Hindi and regional produc- are digital-first," he added. based company had said it will pus here. Also present on the coaching centre at Kanpur for come from rural background tion, a release said on Thursday. The platform will launch divest its hosted data centre occasion were GAIL officiat- talented but underprivileged and their parents have small "TIL has invested over Rs with more than 20 original services business, consisting of ing Chairman and Managing students in 2009-10. sources of income. They can- 1,000 crore to acquire a major- shows, and over 50,000 hours Wipro Data Centre and Cloud Director Dr Ashutosh Kar- Conducted in partnership not afford to pay costly fees of ity stake, to build a digital- of premium content across all Services, Inc (United States of natak and Center for Social with CSRL, ‘GAIL Utkarsh’ private institutes. So far, more first video streaming platform languages, according to the America), a portion of data Responsibility and Leadership started with just 23 students, than 150 students have got job atop MX Player's 350 million release. centre business in Germany (CSRL) Director S K Shahi. which expanded to 100 stu- placements in reputed compa- install base in India," the release MX Player will continue to and UK, and certain employees The students, who are dents from 2011-12. Since its nies, thus completing the ‘Pro- added. support its offline video play- in India who support the said The 5th unit of NTPC-Rihand, continuously producing for 385.6 days, managed to make the new record. The Rihand project has from the ninth batch of ‘GAIL inception, 679 students were cess of Transformation’ for The company has installed back features that are currently operations to Ensono for $405 become a 3000 MW production company today. Meeting of media Utkarsh’, were provided one enrolled in the initiative, out of them. MPOST over 500 million devices available. PTI million. PTI representatives concluded with Group General Manager AK Mukherjee (Rihand) Top 100 global cos' market cap gallops by 15% to $20 trillion NEW DELHI: The total mar- 66 per cent in value compared Meanwhile, the market capi- than any other company, hand- ket capitalisation of the top 100 to 2017. talisation of the companies from ing back another $31 billion global companies has increased It's followed by two Chi- China in the top 100 leaped by to investors in dividends and by 15 per cent since last year to nese companies - Tencent, up 57 per cent compared to 2017, share repurchases in calendar $20 trillion, as the US retained by $224 billion or 82 per cent, with 12 Chinese companies year 2017 (having distributed the leading position with 54 and Alibaba, rising by $201 bil- making the top 100, up from $29 billion in calendar 2016), companies in the list, says a lion or 75 per cent. The next 10 last year. Hong Kong also the report said. survey. three highest performers in contributed another two com- Sector-wise, technology According to PwC's Global absolute terms are all from the panies, up from one in 2017. remains ahead of the financial Top 100 ranking, released on US Microsoft, Alphabet and No Indian company made sector in market capitalisation Thursday, the total capital- Apple. it to the list. for the third successive year, isation of the top 100 global Others in the top 10 in terms Meanwhile, despite com- with consumer goods in third The Institution of Engineers (India), West Bengal State Centre organised a commemorative lecture at R N Mookerjee Hall on the companies has grown on a year- of absolute increase in market fourth year running, the US "48 per cent of growth in the ing sixth in terms of absolute place. occasion of 165th Birthday of Sir Rajendra Nath Mookerjee. Dr on-year basis, since the global capitalisation include Ping An accounts for more than half past year has been contributed growth in value, Apple retained The global top three are still Arup Roy Choudhury, Chief Commissioner, Right to Public Service financial crisis. Insurance (up by $90 billion), of the top 100 (54 companies, by US companies, on the back pole position in terms of mar- technology companies Apple, Commission, West Bengal delivered the lecture on the topic Amazon is the strongest ICBC (up $89 billion), Boe- down from 55 in 2017). It also of strong economic conditions ket capitalisation for the seventh Alphabet, Microsoft followed “Engineers are the flag bearers ofCorporate Ethics and Culture” performer in terms of absolute ing (up $85 billion), Berkshire weighs in with 61 per cent of the and their pre-eminent position year in a row. by Tencent in fifth position and increase in market capitalisa- Hathaway (up $81 billion). overall market capitalisation, in the technology sector," the Apple has also returned Facebook in eighth, down from tion, gaining $278 billion or As per the report for the down from 63 per cent last year. report said. more cash to shareholders sixth last year, the report said. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018

Brazil win to set up Japan booed off but reach last-16 tie against Mexico MOSCOW: There were no World Cup shocks in Moscow as Brazil last 16 despite Poland loss secured a 2-0 win against Serbia to progress to the knockout stages as Group E winners. VOLGOGRAD: Japan and Poland After Germany’s surprise exit were booed from the pitch in Vol- from the competition earlier on gograd after a farcical end to their Wednesday all eyes turned to Bra- final Group H match which saw the zil, another World Cup heavyweight Blue Samurai qualify for the last 16 with its progress not yet secured despite a 1-0 defeat. and one keen on making amends Japan went through by the slim- for their 7-1 World Cup semi-final mest of margins — their fair play thumping to the Germans four years record — after the last 10 min- ago on home soil. utes were played out like a train- The minimum needed from the Brazil’s players celebrate after Thiago Silva score in Moscow AP/PTI ing match as both sides settled for Brazilians at the Spartak Stadium to the result. make sure of their place in the next In the 35th minute, a Silva when in the six-yard box. They will meet either Belgium or round was a draw. Goals in either delightful Coutinho pass over the The striker had another opportu- England after reaching the knock- half from Paulinho and Thiago Silva top of Serbia’s defence found Pau- nity in the 64th minute, but his close out stage for the third time in their ensured the five-time champions linho galloping through the middle range downward header was caught history. When Jan Bednarek scored added three points to their tally to and the midfielder converted from comfortably by Brazil’s goalkeeper. his first international goal in the Japan lose to Poland but have top the group and set up a last-16 tie close range for his first goal of the Mitrovic’s profligacy proved to 60th minute for already eliminated reached the last 16 by having a better against Mexico. competition. be costly. Despite Serbia being in Poland, the score between Colom- disciplinary record than Senegal Serbia had their moments, but It was a strike which eased Bra- the ascendancy, Brazil doubled their bia and Senegal stood at 0-0 mean- Brazil had too much creativity and zilian nerves and left Serbia needing advantage when Silva headed Ney- ing Japan were going out. as hardly any tackles were made minute of a game played at sedate his fierce shot was parried out of firepower in the final third to put two goals if they were to stay in the mar’s corner in at the near post. But once news filtered through in the last 10 minutes as Poland pace in 36 Celsius temperatures. harm’s way by goalkeeper Lukasz their continued participation in this competition. The Serbians looked The header punctured Ser- of Yessy Mina’s 74th minute goal decided any sort of win would be Bednarek played a blind pass Fabianski, one of five changes in competition in doubt. dangerous on the counterattack and bia’s hopes and from there on it for Colombia the match changed enough and Japan decided not to across his penalty area straight to Poland’s starting line-up. The Serbians were far from over- in the second half they had oppor- was a question of how many Bra- for the worse. The strike meant risk any yellow cards Japan coach Muto who shifted it to Yuto Naga- The Polish captain Robert whelmed in the first half and while tunities against a sometimes uncon- zil would score and were it not for Colombia would win the group Akira Nishino made six changes tomo motoring down the left flank. Lewandowski is renowned as a the attacking triumvirate of Neymar, vincing Brazilian defense. Vladimir Stojkovic twice saving and Japan were ahead of Senegal including bringing in attacking pair His whipped cross was met by world-class goal scorer for Bay- Philippe Coutinho and Gabriel Jesus Aleksandar Mitrovic, whose efforts from Neymar at point-blank despite identical points, goal differ- Shinji Okazaki and Yoshinori Muto a diving Okazaki header which ern Munich but, as in the rest occasionally threatened, they did not overhead kick in the first half range it could have been a heavier ence and goals scored, because they for his World Cup debut. flashed wide. of Poland’s sorry World Cup terrorize. Instead, defensive errors sailed over the crossbar, headed a defeat for the Serbians whose World had received fewer yellow cards. And it was they who fashioned Moments later Muto won pos- campaign, he was seeing little of the proved to be Serbia’s downfall. rebounded Alisson save straight at Cup is now over. AGENCIES A cacophony of boos rang out the first real opening in the 12th session again outside the box and ball. AGENCIES Argentina train before World Cup clash with France Swiss through to last 16 but Mina winner BRONNITSY (RUSSIA): Argentina practiced at the national sends Colombia team’s training camp in the Russian town of Bronnitsy on lose captain Lichtsteiner through as rowdy Thursday, two days ahead of their FIFA World Cup second- round game against France. Head coach Jorge Sampaoli led NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: Senegal exit the session with 22 available players, while midfielder Enzo Switzerland moved through Perez, who started in Argentina’s previous two group match- to the World Cup last 16, SAMARA: A powerful header after a draw over Costa Rica from Barcelona’s Yerry Mina es against Croatia and Nigeria, worked out in the gym due but will be without captain fired Colombia into the last 16 to a hip injury, reports Efe. In its Group D clashes, Argentina Stephan Lichtsteiner because of the World Cup with a 1-0 tied 1-1 with Iceland, lost 3-0 to Croatia and won 2-1 over of suspension. win over Group H rivals Sen- Nigeria. Argentina are to take on France on Saturday, the A 93rd minute own goal by egal, who crashed out due to opening day of the knockout round, at Kazan Arena. Perez the unfortunate keeper Yann a poorer disciplinary record Sommer from a Bryan Ruiz than Japan. has not been ruled out for that clash. AGENCIES penalty gave the central Ameri- Colombia and Japan will can side a deserved 2-2 draw on play either England or Bel- a night of late drama in Nizhny gium, who were playing later Argentina, France hope to reach Novgorod. That wiped out a on Thursday. Swiss lead which had lasted The South Americans, potential in World Cup clash only two minutes after substi- Switzerland’s Blerim Dzemaili celebrates after scoring his side’s first looking to reach the latter tute Josep Drmic slotted home goal during the group E match against Costa Rica on Wednesday AP/PTI stages after reaching the quar- KAZAN: France and Argentina took different paths to the knockout stage to apparently give the Swiss an ter-finals in Brazil, risked going but have much in common at this World Cup. Both teams are filled with undeserved victory. The draw ensured Swit- Daniel Colindres in the 37th out of the tournament at the big-name players, both like to play an entertaining style and both have Earlier, Blerim Dzemaili zerland finished second in the minute. first hurdle. failed to impress so far. had thumped home in the first group behind Brazil. It was the Arsenal player’s But after seeing the video Forty years after their last meeting at soccer’s biggest tournament, the half to give Switzerland the lead But Switzerland will be left second yellow of the tourna- assistant referee come to their former champions meet on Saturday in Kazan for a spot in the quarter- against the run-of-play in the counting the cost after yellow ment after being booked in the rescue in a disappointing first finals, needing their best players to come to the fore. With its armada of 31st minute against the team cards for experienced defend- opening game against Brazil. half, Colombia were handed star players, France qualified unbeaten from its group but has yet to find who finished bottom of Group ers Lichtsteiner and Fabian He was one of three players a last-16 lifeline 13 minutes the right rhythm. In three matches, coach Didier Deschamps’ team has E. That goal was cancelled out Schaer means they will miss the who had escaped a ban going from the end when Mina rose lacked ambition and intensity. The poor form of striker Antoine Griez- by Kendall Waston’s header game against Sweden in Saint into the match after the con- to meet a corner from the right mann has been a concern. Argentina had a shakier path to the knockout AP/PTI in the 56th minute, the cen- Petersburg on July 3. troversial “double eagle” goal and direct a header into the stage and coach Jorge Sampaoli has been heavily slammed. AGENCIES tral Americans first goal of the Lichtsteiner received a yel- celebrations in the fevered 2-1 roof of Khadim Ndiaye’s net. tournament. low card for a late tackle on victory over Serbia. AGENCIES Poland’s 1-0 consolation win over Japan meant the Asians finished level with Sene- Historic Germany win leaves gal, who were agonisingly elim- England, Belgium face off in a game neither may really want to win inated because they were issued S Korea coach feeling ‘empty’ six yellow cards in the compe- ITH top spot in group G on the Semi-finals: Uruguay, Portugal, tournament that offers little time off tition, two more than Japan. line, a bizarre situation has arisen France or Argentina. between games. With an “easier” path KAZA ARENA: South Korea at the first hurdle for the first In Samara, Colombia coach inW which neither Belgium or England A daunting prospect, particularly ahead of the team that finishes second, coach Shin Tae-yong hailed the time since 1938. Jose Pekerman kept faith with may want to actually win their final owing to a potential quarter-final there will surely be a temptation to engi- unfancied Asians’ momentous Unfortunately for South the attacking front line that game and therefore top the group. match-up with either five-time cham- neer a favourable result with the bigger 2-0 World Cup victory over Korea, who had been given thumped Poland 3-0, with Here’s the situation: pions Brazil or perennial under-achiev- picture in mind. holders Germany on Wednes- no hope following defeats to midfielders Juan Quintero, England and Belgium are locked ers Mexico. With both teams safely through to day but admitted it left him Mexico and Sweden, it was not James Rodriguez and Juan together with two wins apiece at the By finishing runner-up, the route the knockout stages, each coach has feeling “a little bit empty”. enough to secure their passage Cuadrado providing the sup- top of Group G heading into their final — on paper at least — looks a lot more suggested they will make changes — as A pair of late goals from to the last 16 for the first time port for striker Radamel Fal- encounter on Friday morning (AEST). manageable. many as 10 have been mooted for Bel- Kim Young-gwon and Totten- since 2010. cao up front. Conventional wisdom would sug- Round of 16: Colombia, Japan or gium whilst Gareth Southgate will also ham forward Son Heung-min, In 2002, the Asians joint- But by the end of an enter- gest that winning the group should pro- Senegal. shuffle his English pack in Kaliningrad. combined with a superb display hosted the tournament with taining first half, Pekerman was vide the “easiest” possible passage to the Quarter-finals: Sweden or For Belgium coach Roberto Marti- from goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo Japan and finished in fourth forced to tinker when Rodri- latter stages of the tournament. Switzerland. nez, at least one of those changes will helped South Korea create one place. guez was forced off with an At this World Cup though, conven- Semi-finals: Spain, Russia, Croatia be enforced after top-scorer Romelu of the greatest shocks in the his- “I feel great but at the same injury problem and replaced tional wisdom has been turned on its The path to the final for the team or Denmark. Lukaku suffered a minor ankle injury, tory of the tournament. time I feel a little bit empty, so I by Luis Muriel. head. With a clear disparity in strength that wins Group G looks like this: Additionally, the team that finishes with disciplinary factors also coming Germany, the 2014 cham- feel a little bit ambivalent,” Before then, Senegal had between teams on opposite sides of the Round of 16: Colombia, Japan or runner-up will have an extra 24 hours to into effect with key players Jan Vertong- pions, Confederations Cup Shin said when asked to shown attacking potency but, draw, winning the group might not be Senegal. prepare for its next match — a key factor hen and Kevin de Bruyne both sitting champions and FIFA’s top- put his side’s historic feat into all too often, failed to threaten all it’s cracked up to be. Quarter-finals:Mexico or Brazil. to consider midway through a lengthy precariously on one yellow card. AGENCIES ranked team, were eliminated context. AGENCIES David Ospina’s goal. AGENCIES Portugal-Uruguay more than Shock Germany win ‘shook South Korea upside down’ Ronaldo v Suarez, says Alves SEOUL: South Korean fans rejoiced But instead it was Sweden and Mexico the round of 16? We defeated Ger- on Thursday and called for national who advanced after the Scandinavians many, the world number one!” added KRATOVO: Portugal defender tugal’s five goals so far, while service exemptions after their team romped to a 3-0 win in the group’s another. Bruno Alves said Saturday’s Barcelona star Suarez net- went out of the World Cup in a blaze other match. “It was an honourable exit.” World Cup last-16 clash with ted against Saudi Arabia and of glory, eliminating defending cham- The Taeguk Warriors, semi-final- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon Uruguay will be more than Russia. pions Germany with a shock 2-0 ists in 2002, brought the defending joined them, tweeting on Thurs- simply a battle between Cris- “I don’t think it will be a victory. champions “down with them”, Yonhap day: “Reality beat our imagination tiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez. duel between Suarez and Ron- In one of the great World Cup news agency said, adding that Ger- today” and praising the South Korean The European champions aldo,” Alves said on Thursday. upsets, Kim Young-gwon and Son many “unceremoniously bowed out footballers. will face Uruguay in Sochi for a “It’s a match between the Heung-min both scored in injury time of the tournament”. South Korean players swept the place in the quarter-finals after two teams, Portugal and Uru- to condemn footballing superpower South Korean social media were most-searched terms on major portals finishing as runners-up behind guay, and we’ll do everything Germany to their first opening-round flooded by tens of thousands of mes- and dozens of online petitions were Spain in Group B. we can to win.” exit in 80 years. sages from fans expressing joy and launched on the presidential web- Uruguay won all three Portugal survived a late South Korea were pelted with astonishment over a victory that had site, urging Moon Jae-in to exempt of their group matches, scare against Iran on Monday, toffees, a Korean insult, when they seemed utterly implausible before the star players, including Tottenham beating hosts Russia as Ronaldo missed a penalty returned winless from Brazil 2014 and match. Hotspur forward Son and goalkeeper 3-0 in their last outing, and are and was fortunate to escape a although they again leave early, after of 16... but we sent the world number adding the game “shook South Korea “This is far more shocking than Cho Hyun-woo, from their manda- the only team yet to concede a red card for an elbow. defeats to Mexico and Sweden, they one packing,” said a headline in Seoul’s upside down”. our advance to the semi-final at the tory two-year military service. goal at the tournament. “At this stage we still believe finished above Germany on goal dif- major Dong-A daily. Germany went into the game 2002 World Cup,” one commenter “They gave us so much hope,” said Real Madrid forward Ron- we have room for improve- ference in Group F. “We are so proud of you,” the knowing that a win by two clear goals said. one petitioner. “Their talent should aldo has scored four of Por- ment,” Alves said. AGENCIES “We didn’t make it to the round newspaper said on its front page, would have seen them into the last 16. “Who cares we won’t make it to not be wasted in the military!” AGENCIES 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 mp sport Second T20I vs Ireland: As team wanes, DC United welcomes Wayne WASHINGTON: After weeks on a permanent transfer,” said a able for 20 league matches this said. Rooney, a record goal- of speculation, former England statement from the English club. season. scorer at both club and inter- captain Wayne Rooney swapped “Rooney will complete the However, the Washington national level with Manchester football for soccer on Thursday, formalities of his move when Post reported the club hopes United and England, comes to Few changes for India arriving in Washington to join the MLS transfer window opens he could start training with the the MLS as one of the biggest beleaguered Major League Soc- on July 10. struggling side as early as the names to ever grace the league. DUBLIN: Fresh from a 76-run win in the cer side DC United. “From everyone at Everton, end of this week in order to Once England’s youngest- opening match, India will look to ring in While the club remained we thank Wayne for his service be match ready in time for the ever player — and still their a few changes as they attempt to finish tight-lipped, it was a not-so- to the club and wish him every opening of their new stadium, youngest-ever goalscoarer — off their assignments in Ireland on a win- cryptic tweet that confirmed success in the next 3 1/2 years Audi Field, in mid-July. a 17-year-old Rooney whet ning note during the second and final T20 the rumors: the 32-year-old on with DC United.” DC United sits at the bottom fans’ ever-present appetite for a International here on Friday. a flight, grinning with thumbs The former England captain of the MLS Eastern Conference superstar-in-the-making at the India were runaway winners in up, his photo captioned by an and Manchester United star was but coach Ben Olsen this week 2004 European Championships. Wednesday’s opening T20I, scoring 208/5 American flag emoji. Everton expected in the US capital to tie said new additions to the side The hype at fever pitch, that in their 20 overs, with Rohit Sharma and and United later officially con- up the details of a contract that would be “exciting.” same year he joined another Shikhar Dhawan contributing 97 and 74 firmed the transfer news. reports have said will be worth “If and when additions teenage whiz kid, Cristiano runs, respectively before wrist spinners “Everton and Wayne Rooney 13 million. come, it will be exciting. I think Ronaldo, at United for the first Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have reached an agreement for Rooney, 32, will be sidelined the additions that we will bring of 13 seasons at the club, during shared seven wickets between them to the player to join MLS (Major until the MLS transfer window in will help this club in a whole which he racked up 253 goals in restrict Ireland to 132/9. League Soccer) side DC United opens on July 10, and avail- bunch of different ways,” he all competitions. AGENCIES It indicated that India’s first-choice eleven was functioning properly after a break of three months, and tuning itself for the England tour. The big question is of bench strength and chances for the likes of Lokesh Rahul, Dinesh Karthik and Umesh Yadav. Going into the second match, Kohli All-round India hammer Ireland by 76 runs had hinted at making a few changes in the middle order to give everyone game- DUBLIN: India rode on an all-round effort to kick off their English time so they could acclimatise to the conditions. summer with a 76-run thrashing of minnows Ireland in the first India will have an advantage from the of the two-match T20I series here on Wednesday. Put into bat, fact that the pitch for the second T20I is the visitors posted a commanding 208/5, thanks to brilliant half expected to play much in the same fash- centuries from seasoned openers Rohit Sharma (97 off 61 balls; ion as on Wednesday. 4x8, 6x5) and Shikhar (74 off 45 balls; 4x5, 6x5) before the bowl- Kohli’s mantra of giving chances to those sitting on the bench could be ers sprung into action to restrict the hosts for a meagre 132/9. extended to the bowling line-up as well, Ireland’s chase surrounded around opener James Shannon’s (60 where both Umesh Yadav and Siddarth off 35; 4x5, 6x4) half century as all the other batsmen faltered in Kaul are raring to go and longing for reading India’s wrist spin twins — Yuzvendra Chahal (3/38) and game time. Leaving out all-rounder Har- Kuldeep Yadav (4/21). Ireland batsmen’s weakness against quality dik Pandya for three full-time pacers and two spinners still gives Kohli five bowling spin bowling was clearly exposed as wickets started to crumble options, enabling him to leave out Suresh one after the other as soon as skipper Virat Kohli employed Cha- Raina and Manish Pandey and bring in hal and Kuldeep. AGENCIES both Rahul and Karthik. On the other hand, Ireland will need Barring opener James Shannon’s 60 Indian spinners. to work on their batting, which fell like off 35 balls, none of the Irish batsmen While an upset looks improbable, Ire- nine pins to India’s wrist spin twins -- could apply themselves and all they could land are more than capable of springing a Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. afford was the dull sweep shot against the surprise or two on home soil. AGENCIES

Srikanth, Sindhu CANTONMENT BOARD AGRA win; Saina 114 F.S.ROAD, SADAR, AGRA CANTT. NOTICE INVITING TENDERS crashes out of Tenders are invited from contractors through the Government e-procure- ment portal http://eprocure.gov.in/cppp/ by the Cantonment Board Agra for Malaysia Open outsourcing of teaching, non- teaching, instructor, technical and auxiliary staff on contract basis for KUALA LUMPUR: Star shut- Cantonment Board Schools including Rainbow Public School and Skill Devel- tlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi opment Center. The period of contract will be for minimum two year from the Srikanth notched up straight- game wins to progress to the date of commencement and it may be extended in future The Board reserves quarterfinals but it was cur- the right to cancel or tains for Saina Nehwal in the withdraw the tenders without any notice and the Board’s decision in this regard $700,000 Malaysia Open world will be final. Terms/conditions, eligibility criteria and connected details may be tour super 750 tournament seen in the office during working hours or in the above portal. here on Thursday. Earnest Money Deposit Rs. 1,00,000=00 Olympic and world cham- pionship silver medallist Cost of Tender :Rs. 1000=00 Sindhu brushed aside the chal- lenge of Malaysia’s Ying Ying Lee 21-8 21-14 to set up a clash with Olympic champion and former world no 1 Carolina Marin. The 22-year-old Indian has a 5-6 head-to-head record against the Spaniard. In men’s singles, fourth seed Srikanth saw off Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei 22-20 21-12 in 36 minutes to take his Note : head-to-head count to 3-0. 1. Tender applications not accompanied by requisite cost of tender will The 25-year-old from Gun- be treated as rejected. Each applicant has to deposit cost of tender. Tender cost tur, who had briefly become is non-refundable. world no 1 in April, will clash with France’s Brice Leverdez 2. Date of opening of Cover-2(Financial Bid) will be informed online and tomorrow. The Indian had the same will be opened only in respect of qualified and eligible contractors who beaten the world no 22 French fulfill eligibility criteria according to their bid submitted in Cover-1(Technical in three games at All England Bid). Championship this year. 3. Uploading of bid does not constitute any guarantee for opening of Earlier, Saina’s run at the Financial Bid (Cover-2) of the tenderer. Malaysia Open ended with a straight-game loss to Japan’s 4. For submission of e-tender, the bidders are required to get themselves Akane Yamaguchi. registered with eprocrement.gov.in website along with class II/III digital signa- Saina, a two-time Com- tures certificates issued by authorized Organisation under IT Act, 2003. monwealth Games gold med- 5. Any change/modification in the Tender Inquiry/NIT will be intimated allist, went down 15-21 13-21 through above said website only. Bidders are requested to visit the above men- to world no 2 Yamaguchi in 36 tioned website regularly to keep themselves updated. minutes at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil, a suburb in Kuala Sd/- Lumpur. This is Saina’s sixth M.Venkat Narshimha Reddy straight loss to the Japanese in No.7/School/Contract/CBA/2018 . Chief Executive Officer, seven meetings. The only time Telephone : 0562- 2227379 Cantonment Board, Agra Saina had defeated Yamaguchi was in the 2014 China Open. HARYANA ROADWAYS ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED World No. 3 Sindhu hardly (A GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA UNDERTAKING) broke any sweat as she first REGD. OFFICE & FACTORY: 6th MILE STONE, JAIPUR HIGHWAY opened up a 6-4 lead and then BEHRAMPUR ROAD, KHANDSA, GURUGRAM (HARYANA) reeled off eight straight points TEL.0124-221560, TEL-FAX-0124-2215389 (GSTN -06AAFH8157K1Z6) to jump to 14-4. EMAIL ID: [email protected] CIN-U34101HR1987SGC029904) Chhattisgarh Rural Roads Development Agency In the second game, Sindhu NOTICE FOR INVITING E-TENDER VIKASH BHAVAN, CIVIL LINES, RAIPUR (C.G.) again held an 8-7 lead before Online E. Tender are hereby invited for fabrication of bus bodies and allied job work in TATA and Ashok E-Procurement Tender Notice moving to 13-7. Lee tried to Leyland Chassis in HREC as per AIS:052( Bus Body Code). NIT No. 350 /TC-T/CGRRDA/2018 Dated /06/2018 make a comeback but Sindhu The Superintending Engineer / Convener (Tender Cell), CGRRDA on behalf was always ahead as she com- of Governor of Chhattisgarh invites the percentage rate bids on SOR of PMGSY fortably sailed into the quarters. 22/02/2018 amended till date in electronic tendering system for construction of In the men’s singles, roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana PMGSY Batch-I Year 2018- Srikanth zoomed to a 11-3 19 for the district of Rajnandgaon of 11 number of roads with 6 Package, Length 48.89 Km, Total Estimated Cost of Rs 2777.29 Lacs (Including 12 % lead at the break after dominat- G.S.T.) as per B.O.Q. including their routine maintenance for five years from the ing the proceedings right from eligible contractors registered with unified registration system ( e-registration). the start. AGENCIES annum in same two Date of release of Invitation for Bids through e-procurement: 30. /06/2018 Availability of Bid Documents and mode of submission: The bid document millenniumpost.in is available online and should be submitted online in https://eproc.cgstate.gov. millenniumpo NO H ALFst TR U THS in. The bidder would be required to register in the web-site which is free of cost. For submission of the bids, the bidder is required to have a valid Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities. CHANGE OF NAME The bidders are required to submit (a) original bid security in approved form I, Nadeem S/o Abdul and (b) original affidavit regarding correctness of information furnished with bid Rasheed R/o 34-A/1, document as per provisions of Clause’4.4 B (a) (ii) of ITB with Superintending Engineer / Convener, Tender Cell, CGRRDA, Vikash Bhawan, Civil Lines, Khureji Khas, Krishna Raipur C.G. on a date not later than three working days after the opening of Nagar Delhi-110051, do technical qualification part of the Bid, either by Speed/ Registered post, failing

hereby solemnly affirm which the bids shall be declared non-responsive. and declare that i have Tender documents can be downloaded online from the Portal: http://haryanaeprocurment.gov.in by the Last Date/ Time for receipt of bids through e-procurement as per time changed my name from firms/ individual registered on the Portal. The tender can be download from 29.6.18 at 11:00 Hours and schedule. For further details please log on to https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in. In the last date submission of online e tender is 20/07/18661 upto 17:00 Hours. future any related corrigendum would be seen in the notice section of the Nadeem to Nadeem As the Bids are to be submitted online and are required to be encrypted and digitally signed, the Bidders website. Ansari for all Purposes. are advised to, obtain Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) at the earliest. For any clarification bidder may Sd/- that Nadeem and contact Help Desk: 1800-180-2097(Toll Free Number) 0124-2215660. Superintending Engineer convener(Tender Cell) Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency Nadeem Ansari are one PRDH-Advt. No:-1263/11/84/1819/67828 General Manager, Civil Lines, Raipur (C.G.) and the same person. Dated: 28.06.2018 Hr. Roadways Engg.Corpn.Ltd., Gurugram Samvad 87372/5 E-mail : [email protected] 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Friday, 29 June, 2018 Deepika recalls how people ‘Karwaan, thought that 2014 a journey of emotions, was one of the best ‘SUCCESS HAS NO years of her life in adventures and chaos terms of career Karwaan, a dark but no one noticed comedy, revolves BEARING ON her battle with around three depression oddballs from ‘ different walks of ollywood star Deepika Padu- kone believes that mental life who are thrown health has “nothing to do with together on a how successful you are”. In an interviewB with ES Magazine, the Pad- bizarre journey DEPRESSION maavat star recalled her battle with depression at the time when her career was at the peak. LONDON: Irrfan Khan has “There was a lot happening (in described his upcoming 2014) - people thought professionally filmKarwaan as a journey it was one of the best years of my life. I full of “emotions, adven- was on a career high but that’s the thing tures and chaos”. about depression – there are no warn- The 51-year-old ing signs,” Deepika said. actor took to Twitter “It just comes and it has nothing to to share the first trailer do with how much money you have or of his film. “Emotions. how successful you are... It can affect Adventures. Chaos. literally anyone,” she added. Experience all of these Deepika said she recovered through as you get on board! “lifestyle changes and medication” and #KarwaanTrailerOut- went on to set up the Live Love Laugh Now,” Khan wrote, Foundation. sharing the link in “There are a lot of people who come the tweet. and say that they contemplated com- The National mitting suicide and after seeing (what) Award-winning I’ve done, they understand what they actor is currently were going through and their lives have recuperating from changed,” she said. Neuro Endocrine “And that was the entire purpose of Tumour. doing what I did. So I’m happy I made Karwaan, a dark that decision to come out,” she added. comedy, revolves Deepika also revealed the advises she around three odd- got early in her career. balls from differ- “To get a boob job, do the beauty ent walks of life The Padmavat actor pageants. They felt it was the right who are thrown says that doing way to be picked up by a director, or a together on a bizarre producer. It might be an easier way to journey. Directed by beauty pageants achieve what you want to achieve. But Akarsh Khurana, the might be an easy I haven’t been that person. I’ve always film marks the Bollywood followed my gut,” she said. PTI debut of Southern star Dulquer way to be picked Salmaan and webseries actor up by directors and Mithila Palkar. Salmaan and Palkar also shared producers, but she the trailer on the microblogging site has never been that and wrote, “You never know what life has in store for you! Get onto kind of a person this journey of a lifetime with us!” The film is set to release on August 3. It has been produced by Ronnie Screwvala in association with Ishka films. PTI ‘Dhadak’ is unique in Scarlett Johansson didn’t its own way: Ishaan audition to date Cruise MUMBAI: Actor Ishaan Khat- fan of this song especially, the ter, who is all set for the release way Amitabh Bhattacharya has of his forthcoming filmDhadak , written the lyrics of this song. has said that his film is unique in I hope audience will have same its own way. amount of fun while watching “I really hope when audience this song as much as we had watch the film, they realize that while shooting it.” it is a sincere adaptation and it’s On being asked about how a unique film in its own way. We he feels when comparison are have been really honest while drawn between Sairat (the orig- making this film and we have inal film) and Dhadak, and sacrificed our blood, sweat and between the common factor of tears while making it. So, I hope both the film – ‘Zingaat’ song –, our efforts will connect with the he said, “Comparisons are bound audience,” said Ishaan. to happen with Sairat because Sharing his feeling while our film is official adaptation of launching most anticipated song that film.” ‘Zingaat’ from his filmDhadak , Dhadak is a romantic drama Ishaan Khatter said, “I am feel- film directed by Shashank Khai- ing really happy to launch this tan, produced by Dharma Pro- song as it comes at very impor- ductions and Zee Studios which tant juncture of the story in the is starring Janhvi Kapoor and film and to get an opportunity Ishaan Khatter in lead roles. ctor Scarlett Johans- to dance on this song was really The film is scheduled to be son has trashed a report amazing experience. I am a huge released on July 20. IANS claiming that she audi- tioned to date superstar ATom Cruise. A former Scientolo- gist had claimed that the Avengers: ctor Evan Rachel Wood says she was Infinity War star was one amongst Wood was afraid afraid to tell her sexual abuse experi- the listed women to audition to ence, but she pushed herself to open date Cruise following his split from up about it. Nicole Kidman years ago. to tell her sexual AEarlier this year, the actor shared her “The very idea of any person domestic violence and sexual abuse experi- auditioning to be in a relation- ence with the House Judiciary Committee as ship is so demeaning,” Johans- part of an effort to secure a bill of rights for son said in a statement to sexual assault survivors in the US. The Hollywood Reporter. abuse story “Amanda Nguyen, who wrote the Bill con- “I refuse for anyone to tacted me, just as a fellow survivor, and reached spread the idea that out. She said,‘We have passed this on a federal I lack the integrity to level, but it still has to be implemented in all choose my own rela- states, and we need to tionships. Only a man bring more awareness aka Brendan Tighe would Evan recently to it’,” Wood said. come up with a crazy story “And I was like, like that,” she added. shared her ‘Well, I have really only Tighe, a former Scien- sexual abuse told my story to about tologist, recently appeared on five people, I can count NBC’s ‘Megyn Kelly Today’ and experience on one hand, so to go revealed that during his time as a with the House from that to everyone, part of Cruise’s Scientology secu- to the world knowing, rity unit, he saw reports of women Judiciary it was overwhelming. I who auditioned to date the actor. Committee don’t know a world in Tighe explained that the which everyone knows reports were accidentally sent to this about me, and it his printer and he only remem- was terrifying to think about what that would bered Johansson because he rec- mean, and what people would think. But, the ognised her name. fact that I was so afraid to tell my story, and “Another actor, Erika Chris- ashamed, just made me want to do it more, tensen, had to disconnect from because I felt like that it was wrong, and I Scarlett Johansson because it didn’t shouldn’t feel like that, so I said yes,” added go well. That was in that report,” the actor. IANS Tighe had said. PTI