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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 148 | Tuesday, 29 May 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,688.65 (+83.50) pSENSEX 35,165.48 (+240.61) qDOW JONES 24,753.09 (-58.67) pNASDAQ 7433.85 (+9.43) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 67.43 (+0.35) pRUPEE/EURO 78.41 (+1.68) qGOLD/10GM 31,965 (-405) qSILVER/K 40,830 (-370) GOVT PROPOSES TO CONGRESS INSISTED NAB SUBVERTING ‘THERE’S FEAR OF CAP PROFIT ON ON MAKING HDK DEMOCRACY, WARNS BEING FORGOTTEN DRUGS, CONSUMABLES THE CM: DEVE OUTGOING PAK PM BY FILM INDUSTRY’ AT 50% PG3 GOWDA PG5 ABBASI PG11 PG16 Monsoon hits Kerala, 81 FAMILIES OUT OF 100 HAVE THE LPG CONNECTION NOW: PM EVM glitches reported in announces Skymet ‘10 cr LPG connections given in Maharashtra and UP Bypolls in 4 LS,10 assembly seats 4 yrs against 13 cr in 6 decades’ MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: Bypolls were held on Monday in four Lok MPOST BUREAU The clean fuel is leading to Sabha and ten assembly seats healthy India, Modi said, citing across the country, days after NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Highlights benefits of LPG fuel. a joint opposition alliance Narendra Modi on Monday said »»The LPG reach is now 100 percent in During the recent 'Gram Swaraj claimed power in Karnataka. his government had distributed 70 percent villages and more than Yojna', 11 lakh people received As complaints about mal- 10 crore LPG connections in four 75 percent in 81 percent villages LPG connection in one day, he functioning voting machines NEW DELHI: Kerala got good rains on Monday, years, including four crore free to said, adding more and more are flowed in from Maharashtra prompting the private weather forecast agency poor women of which 45 percent »»Ujjwala scheme was launched in joining the list of beneficiaries. and Uttar Pradesh during the Assembly bypolls - includ- Skymet Weather to declare the onset of monsoon beneficiaries have been Dalits and May 2016 to provide in three "Ujjwala Yojana has strength- by-elections on Monday, the ing one Assembly seat elec- in the state which marks the arrival of the rainy tribals resulting in a "big social years as many as five crore free ened the lives of the poor, margin- Election Commission said the tion - were held in Chenganur season in India. The country’s national weather transformation". LPG connections to women from alised, Dalits, tribal communities. "severe heat conditions" were in Kerala, Noorpur in Uttar forecaster - India Meteorological Department Underling his government's extremely poor households This initiative is playing a central interfering with the machines. Pradesh, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, (IMD) - however, remained cautious, saying the pro-poor credentials, Modi also role in social empowerment," Modi Calling the reports of large- or RR Nagar in Karnataka, monsoon will hit the state in the next 24 hours took a dig at the previous regimes said. Ujjwala scheme was launched scale voting machine malfunc- Ampati in Meghalaya, Sil- (on Tuesday) as predicted by it ten days ago. saying when he was young, the in May 2016 to provide in three tion "an exaggeration", the lia and Gomia in Jharkhand, “The wait for the arrival of much awaited wealthy and influential people years as many as five crore free commission said it is taking Jokihat in Bihar, Maheshtala in southwest monsoon 2018 has finally come to an would get the LPG and tell the LPG connections to women from steps to correct it. West Bengal, Sahkot in Punjab end on Monday. As per the weathermen, all the poor that it was unsafe to have a extremely poor households. It also The four LS seats where and Tharali in Uttarakhand. criteria required for the declaring the onset of gas connection at home. aims to reduce the use of pollut- by-polls were held are Kai- One of the Assembly bypoll monsoon over the Indian mainland have been Interacting through video-con- ing fuels such as wood and dried rana in Uttar Pradesh, Bhan- contests to watch out for is the met,” said the Skymet Weather which had pre- ference with some women benefi- cow dung that, according to the dara-Gondiya and Palghar in RK Nagar one in Karnataka. dicted May 28 (Monday) as the onset date. ciaries who received free cooking World Health Organization, cause Maharashtra and the lone seat It's the one that's an election Emphasising that the monsoon already gas connection under the Ujjwala 1.3 million premature deaths in for the lower house of Parlia- and not a bypoll. This constitu- reached Kerala on Monday, the Skymet Weather Yojana, a flagship welfare scheme India every year. ment in Nagaland. ency didn't see Assembly polls claimed that “all the criteria required for declar- aimed at increasing LPG coverage The target was raised to 8 crore The Kairana LS seat is the on May 12 along with the rest ing the onset of monsoon over the Indian main- among the poor, the prime min- this year by adding two additional next big test for the BJP ver- of Karnataka. land has been met.” ister said ten crore LPG connec- years. sus a unified opposition. A by- Voting here was resched- The IMD, however, stuck to its prediction of tions have been given in the last India aims to increase lique- poll is being held here because uled for Monday, after 9,567 May 29 as a date of onset. Mritunjay Mohapatra, four years as compared to 13 crore fied petroleum gas (LPG) usage to of the death of sitting BJP electoral photo identity cards additional director general of the IMD, said that in six decades since independence. cover 80 percent of its households MP Hukum Singh. The saf- were found in a flat in Jalahalli the weather agency would formally announce its Modi recalled his childhood by March 2019, against 72.8 per- fron party has fielded Singh's on May 9, three days before the arrival on Tuesday after observing “consistency saying his mother struggled with cent in 2017. daughter Mriganka Singh. She state went to polls. Here, the of all its parameters on the second day”. smoke emitting from cooking on Under the scheme, the govern- faces the Rashtriya Lok Dal's contest is among the BJP, the He said, “Kerala got good rains on Monday, firewood or cow dung, and asserted influential who received the have the LPG connection now. ment gives a subsidy of Rs 1,600 to (RLD) Tabassum Hasan, who Congress and the JD(S). The and all the conditions are favourable. We’ll go by that his government would increase domestic gas connection earlier The LPG reach is now 100 per- state-owned fuel retailers for every is supported by the Congress, latter two are fielding separate our definition and criteria to formally announce coverage of clean fuel to 100 per- but his government has kept the cent in 70 percent villages and free LPG connection installed in the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates, despite coming the onset of monsoon.” AGENCIES cent households soon. poor at the centre of the drive. more than 75 percent in 81 per- poor rural households without and the Bahujan Samaj Party together to form the govern- He said it was the rich and He said 81 families out of 100 cent villages, he said. one. (BSP). ment. Detailed report on P5 Will retire if I fail 'No comprehensive dialogue FRENCH PREZ MACRON HAILS HIS COURAGE CBSE class 10 to waive farm loans with Pak till it shuns terrorism' Malian to get French citizenship results to be H D KUMARASWAMY for Spiderman-style rescue declared today PARIS: A Malian migrant Gassama leapt into action In today’s who saved a four-year-old Saturday evening on seeing a child hanging from a fourth- child dangling in mid-air from paper floor Paris balcony after scal- a balcony half-way up an apart- ing the building with his bare ment block in the multi-eth- ... hands was honoured by French nic 18th district of the French President Emmanuel Macron capital. OUR CORRESPONDENT CITY on Monday and offered The video shows him pull- IPL GAMBLERS EXPLOITED TECHNOLOGY 4 citizenship. ing himself up from balcony to NEW DELHI: The Central External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, with Ministers of State MJ Akbar and V K Singh, Two days after his dar- balcony as a man on the fourth Board of Secondary Edu- NATION at a press conference in New Delhi on Monday PIC: NAVEEN SHARMA ing Spiderman-style rescue -- floor tries to hold on to the cation (CBSE) on Monday viewed millions of times online that Gassama join the French child by leaning across from a announced that the results SC TO HEAR PLEA ON UP STRAY DOGS 6 GAUTAM LAHIRI stan over its "Gilgit Baltistan Order -- Macron received Mamou- fire service. neighbouring balcony. of Class 10 examinations 2018" relating to administrative con- dou Gassama at the presiden- “I was not thinking of any- On reaching the fourth- would be declared Tuesday. EDIT NEW DELHI: There cannot be any trol over Gilgit-Baltistan, saying Paki- tial palace. thing. I went straight up”, Gas- floor Gassama, who lives in a "The results will be MESSY DIPLOMATIC ORDER 8 extensive dialogue with Pakistan till it stan always "distorts history". “All the (Gassama’s) doc- sama, who wore jeans and a hostel for immigrants, throws declared on May 29 at 4 shuns terrorism, External Affairs Min- "Pakistan tries to teach us his- uments will be put in order,” short-sleeved patterned shirt, one leg over the balcony before pm," an official from the INTERNATIONAL ister Sushma Swaraj said on Monday, tory and geography. It is one coun- Macron told the sporty told Macron, recounting the reaching out with his right arm CBSE said. asserting talks were not appropriate try which does not believe in, and I 22-year-old who has become a episode. and grabbing the child. The board exams were NZ TO SLAUGHTER 150,000 COWS 10 while people are dying on the border. would say one thing to their answer national hero, referring to his “Bravo,” Macron replied. Firefighters arrived at the marred by controversy this "We are always ready for talks with 'look who's talking', Swaraj asserted. immigration status. “I’m pleased because it’s the scene to find the child had year with question paper BUSINESS Pakistan but with a caveat that terror Pakistan's Cabinet on May 21 In the meeting, live foot- first time I’ve received a tro- already been rescued, with a leaks being reported from OIL Q4 NET PROFIT AT `866.5 CR 12 and talks cannot go together... There approved Gilgit-Baltistan Order age of which was carried on phy like that,” Gassama, who spokesman saying that “luck- Delhi-NCR, Haryana and cannot be a comprehensive dialogue 2018 which was also endorsed by the president’s Facebook page, arrived in France in Septem- ily, there was someone who was Jharkhand of Class 10 SPORT till Pakistan shuns terror," the minis- the assembly of the region. The order Macron gave Gassama a medal ber 2017, said after receiving physically fit and who dared to mathematics paper, but the ter said while addressing a press con- is being seen as Islamabad's efforts for bravery and also proposed his medal. go and get the child.” AGENCIES HRD ministry had decided ‘WATSON STILL GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY’ 14 ference at the completion of four years towards incorporating the disputed against conducting a re- in power of the Narendra Modi-led area as its fifth province. examination in the "inter- government. India on Sunday summoned Paki- TN orders permanent closure of Sterlite Copper plant est of students". "Jab seema par janaze uth rahe stan's Deputy High Commissioner This was the first batch FOR ADVERTISING hon, to baatcheet ki awaaz acchi nahi Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and MPOST BUREAU killed in police firing. 48-A) enjoining protection of to appear for the Class 10 kindly contact at 9810195709 lagti (when people are dying on the lodged a strong protest over Islam- The Government Order environment and provisions board examinations after or border, talk of dialogue is not appro- abad's latest move, saying any action CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu (GO) said it endorsed the of the Water Act, 1974, to order the CBSE decided to junk [email protected] priate," she added. to alter the status of any part of the government on Monday issued recent closure direction of the the permanent closure of the the Continuous and Com- She was replying to a question on territory under its "forcible and illegal a Government Order, direct- Tamil Nadu Pollution Con- copper factory "in the larger prehensive Evaluation FOR SUBSCRIPTION whether India-Pakistan talks can take occupation" has no legal basis. ing the state Pollution Con- trol Board, and also asked the public interest". (CCE) and reintroduce the place after the general elections there. On Monday Pakistan termed trol Board to seal the Vedanta TNPCB to "seal the unit and It referred to the PCB order board exams. kindly contact at 8800854665 However, she admitted that the India's claim over Jammu and Kash- group's copper plant and close close the plant permanently". of April 9 refusing to renew its Over 16 lakh students or NSAs of India and Pakistan meet to mir as "spurious" and said it contra- it down "permanently" follow- The document cited the consent to allow Vedanta's cop- appeared for Class 10 exams [email protected] hold "talks on terror". dicts everything from history to the ing last week's violent protests Constitution's directive prin- per smelter plant at Tuticorin to this year. The minister also hit out at Paki- situation on the ground. during which 13 people were ciples of state policy (Article operate. See P6 DELHI METRO MAGENTA LINE: KALKAJI MANDIR-JANAKPURI WEST CORRIDOR INAUGURATED New corridor will cut commute between Noida & Ggn by 30 mins

YOGESH KANT the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ing Kalkaji Mandir station (with Gurgaon will shrink by at least 30 passenger traffic demands shorter (DMRC) network has reached to Violet Line). minutes. intermediate loops with higher rate NEW DELHI: The 24.82-km Kal- 277 km, officials said. This section is also the longest "After the inauguration of this will be introduced after studying the kaji Mandir-Janakpuri West stretch Passenger services on the seg- stretch to have been opened so far vital link, the approximate time traffic pattern, they said. of Delhi Metro's Magenta Line was ment, which has 16 stations — 14 in the DMRC's Phase-III project. to commute between HUDA City The Delhi Metro is also touting opened on Monday, which will underground, two elevated — will With the opening of this stretch, Centre (end of Yellow Line on Gur- the Magenta Line as a 'Knowledge bring domestic terminal of the city begin from tomorrow at 6 am from the entire Janakpuri West-Botanical gaon side) and Botanical Garden Corridor' as four major universi- airport on the DMRC network and Kalkaji Mandir and Janakpuri West Garden Magenta Line corridor, cov- (on Blue Line in Noida) stations ties of the Delhi-National Capital cut travel time between Noida and stations simultaneously. ering the city's arterial Outer Ring will be about 50 minutes," a DMRC Region (NCR), have been con- Gurgaon by at least 30 minutes. After the inauguration, the dig- Road, has become operational. official said. nected on it. Union Minister for Housing nitaries travelled in a train to the Terminal 1 of the IGI Airport "Currently, a metro journey The Jawaharlal Nehru Univer- and Urban Affairs (Independent Hauz Khas metro station. has also been connected to the from HUDA City Centre to Botan- sity (JNU) and Indian Institute of Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri and At 29 metres, the five-level new metro network through this cor- ical Garden takes about an hour and Technology (IIT) are the institu- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- Hauz Khas station is the deepest ridor, with an eponymous station a half with the interchange at Rajiv tions which will get metro connec- wal inaugurated the corridor at metro station in the entire network on it. Chowk station," they said. tivity with the opening of the new Nehru Enclave metro station. and an engineering landmark as its On December 25, Prime Min- The corridor will operate with 24 corridor and Jamia Milia Islamia Speaking on the occasion, Kejri- tunnel goes beneath that of the exist- ister Narendra Modi inaugurated trains which will gradually increase University in south Delhi and Amity wal said that the Delhi government ing station on Yellow Line. the 12.64-km-long stretch of the Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, along with Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and to 26 apart from the operating University in Noida have already got would soon decide on the delayed Hauz Khas (with Yellow Line) Magenta Line's Botanical Gar- DMRC chief Mangu Singh take a ride in metro in Magenta line on Monday PIC/MPOST reserves. metro connectivity with the open- Phase IV of the Metro network. and Janakpuri West (with Blue Line) den-Kalkaji Mandir corridor, cut- The frequency will be 5 minutes ing of the Botanical Garden Kal- With the opening of this sec- stations are the interchange facilities ting down the travel time between more than 30 minutes. remainder of the Magenta Line, and 15 seconds during peak hours kaji Mandir section in December tion, the total operational span of on this corridor, besides the exist- Noida and parts of south Delhi by Now, with the opening of the the travel time between Noida and through the whole section and if last year. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 DAYINDAYOUT What’s on Around Town Tips to consider while doing SATIATE YOUR CRAVINGS TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENT The scorching heat of summer To mark the World Environment brings in plenty of happiness with day, India International mangoes. 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This shows that the brain’s activity can be kill any germs IANS modified by different forms of instruction. uring the season of heat also lead to diarrhea. in the eggs. 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A small group of students were This treat usually packs nearly 500 cal- gain. Buy eggs only from the brain’s ‘central executive network’ – showed taught a physics course that utilised ‘Modeling ories and gets a 60 per cent of its flavour stores or other suppli- activity when dealing with such problems. Instruction’, a style of teaching which encour- from saturated fat. A better idea: Make ers that keep them Another area that became active was the ages students to be active participants in their your own ice cream sandwiches using posterior cingulate cortex, which is linked to learning. lower-fat sorbet. episodic memory and self-referential thought. “This suggests that learning physics is an 4TOO MUCH SPICE: Spice “These changes in brain activity may be imaginative process, which is not typically how powders can certainly liven up a related to more complex behavioural changes people think of it,” Brewe said, in reference to meal, but spices also can heat up in how students reason through physics ques- the study which aimed to explore how students the body as spices boost the rate tions post- relative to pre-instruction,” Brewe use their own mental models to understand of metabolism. noted. new concepts. 4RICH NON-VEGETAR- “These might include shifts in strategy or “The idea of mental models is something IAN FARE: Summer is not the an increased access to physics knowledge and that people who research learning love to talk time to tuck into rich meat problem-solving resources,” he said. about, but have no evidence of what is happen- gravies or tandoori, fish and Using fMRI (functional magnetic reso- ing inside brains other than what people say or chicken, or even seafood. 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No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 mp Dust storm, Govt proposes to cap profit on Centre yet to supply rain likely to coal for power, bring respite drugs, consumables at 50% from heat wave blackout likely: Jain SAYANTAN GHOSH Proposal a part of draft advisory prepared by Delhi govt’s expert panel on health NEW DELHI: After a gruel- OUR CORRESPONDENT If any problem arises, there will ling week where the heat wave ROUSHAN ALI conference here on Monday. patients should be consulted be a blackout This is a man- led the mercury to soar to 45 The draft advisory has been before administering drugs in NEW DELHI: Delhi Power made disaster in making,” Jain degrees Celsius in Delhi, the NEW DELHI: The profit per prepared on the basis of recom- the non-NLEM category. Minister Satyender Jain on told reporters on Monday. weather department is expect- cent on medicines and con- mendations of a nine-member The National List of Essen- Monday once again expressed The Minister said that ing some relief over the next sumables at private hospi- expert panel, headed by Direc- tial Medicines of India, 2011, is his anguish over the Centre power plants used to have a few days. tals and nursing homes in the tor-General of Health Services a list of medicines, prepared by not supplying coal to thermal reserve coal stock for 14 days. The regional weather fore- city has been proposed to be Kirti Bhushan, which was set the Union Ministry of Health, power plants in Delhi and However, now the stocks are casting centre in New Delhi has capped at 50 in a draft advisory, up by the Arvind Kejriwal-led which are considered essential NCR. only for 24 hours. predicted that there could be Delhi Health Minister Satyen- government on December 13 in India. The minister expressed Earlier in his letter to Goyal, a dust storm on Tuesday, fol- dar Jain said here on Monday. last year. “The draft advisory would apprehension over a possible Jain had stated, “It has also been lowed by rain and a thunder- “Any patient cannot be The panel was set up after be implemented by amend- blackout that the Capital may gathered that this coal shortage shower on Wednesday. compelled to purchase medi- allegations of excessive charges ing the Delhi Nursing Homes face in the next two days, is due to non-availability of This could bring down cines from hospital’s chemist and unfair employment prac- Registration Act, and eventu- because power plants do not transportation rakes/wagons the temperature to around 41 store,” the advisory draft states, tices by a few private facilities ally, it would mean that a pri- have reserve coal for 24 hours. with Indian Railways.” degrees. according to which the sale were reported. vate hospital or a nursing home Addressing the media here, Jain also requested the On Sunday, the day temper- price of medicines and con- “The draft has been put in could lose its licence to operate Jain again slammed Union Union Coal Minister to issue ature at the Safdarjung obser- sumables could be a maximum Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain at a press conference announcing public domain, inviting sug- in Delhi, in case it violates these Coal Minister Piyush Goyal for necessary instructions to vatory was recorded at 44.2 of 50 per cent more than the the draft advisory here on Monday PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA gestions and objections for a norms,” Jain said. the shortage and said he had resolve the issue and make degrees Celsius, four degrees purchase price, or it could be period of 30 days. After that, The expert panel appointed written to Goyal on May 17 but sure that it does not repeat in above normal. the MRP, whichever is lower. before the last rites. held by a hospital and denied to we will implement the policy by the Delhi government the latter has not responded the future. “A heat wave is a condition The draft advisory pro- Jain, however, said that the the family for want of payment with revisions,” Jain said. include then Indian Medi- yet. “With the rising when the maximum tempera- posed by the Delhi govern- proposal does not imply that of due bills. The Minister added that the cal Association president Dr “There is no coal in power temperature and increasing ture of a place shoots beyond ment further states that private the bills would be waived and “There has to be dignity in draft also proposes that doc- KK Aggarwal, Delhi Medical plants in the NCR. Dadri I, power demand, this coal stock 40 degrees Celsius and is at hospitals in the Capital “can- hospitals can take legal action death. A body cannot be held tors at private hospitals and Council president Dr Arun II, Badarpur, Jhajhar (plants), position is very alarming and least five degrees above the not hold hostage” bodies of in case the payments are not hostage just for bills. After nursing homes should prefer- Gupta, former president of none of them has stock (coal) needs immediate attention in normal,” said Kuldeep Srivas- patients, who have died during made later by the families. death, a body belongs to the ably only prescribe drugs from Delhi Medical Association Dr for more than one day. We order to avoid load shedding tava, a senior scientist with the treatment there, even if families “Body of any deceased society, and final rites must be the National List of Essential RK Gupta, and other experts always had extra power but or any major grid incidence,” regional weather forecasting are unable to pay the due bills patient cannot be forcibly with- performed,” he said at a press Medicines (NLEM) list and and senior bureaucrats. today there is no extra power. Jain said in the letter. centre. Even though the core city did not record a heat wave, other areas such as Palam, Aya 15 dengue cases this year Sunanda sent mail to Tharoor saying she Nagar and Ridge area experi- enced heat wave as the temper- OUR CORRESPONDENT and 1,730 prosecutions have ature in these areas was at least been initiated,” it said. South had no ‘desire to live’: Delhi Police to court five degrees above the normal. NEW DELHI: Three fresh Delhi Municipal Corporation At the Palam observatory, cases of dengue have been (SDMC) Commissioner P K OUR CORRESPONDENT taken as a “dying declaration”, ... suicide had been abetted by the mercury touched 45.8 reported in May, taking the Goel had last month issued an the police told the court, which her husband or by such relative degrees Celsius, while the day total number of people affected advisory on prevention and NEW DELHI: “I have no today reserved for June 5 its of her husband” if she kills her- temperature at Aya Nagar and by the vector-borne disease in control of vector-borne dis- desire to live...all I pray for is order on whether to summon self within seven years from the Ridge area was recorded to be the national Capital this sea- eases in Delhi. He had urged death.” This is what Sunanda Tharoor as an accused in the date of her marriage. To drive 45.9 degrees and 44.9 degrees, son to 15, according to the lat- the heads of educational insti- Pushkar wrote in an e-mail to case. home the point that Pushkar respectively. est municipal report released tutions and offices to cooperate her husband Shashi Tharoor Referring to Section 113A was subjected to cruelty, he The city had recorded the on Monday. in checking mosquito breeding nine days before she was found of the Indian Evidence Act, also alleged that Tharoor did season’s first heat wave last Moreover, 14 cases of in their areas. dead in a luxury hotel room Special Public Prosecutor Atul not bother to take care of his Saturday. malaria have also been The SDMC Commis- here, police on Monday told a Shrivastava said, “It is pre- ailing wife who was suffering “We are expecting a dust recorded till May 26, with 10 sioner also advised people city court. sumed that if she has com- from high fever. He said that storm on Tuesday followed by of them this month. Of the to buy coolers designed by The police also said that Police said that Sunanda Pushkar mitted suicide, she must have Pushkar used to write poems, some rain on Wednesday. This 15 cases of dengue, six were the National Centre for Dis- Sunanda’s death was due to poi- had sent the mail to Shashi been subjected to cruelty before the contents of which showed could bring down the temper- recorded in January, three in ease Control (NCDC), which soning and 27 tablets of Alprax Tharoor on January 8, 2014 death. Court may take cogni- that everything was not right ature to around 41 degrees by February, one in March, two prevents mosquito-breeding, were found in her room but it sance of this fact that it is a case with her. Wednesday in all places includ- in April and three this month, instead of conventional desert was not clear how many pills which is reflected in the post- of abetment, as the death has Delhi Police had on May ing Safdarjung, Palam, Aya according to the report. uary 13. coolers. He also asked heads she had consumed. mortem report. In an e-mail taken place within seven years 14 accused the Lok Sabha MP Nagar and the Ridge area,” said Cases of Vector-borne Meanwhile, domestic of various offices to nominate While quoting from the sent to Tharoor on January 8, of the marriage, and under the from Thiruvananthapuram of Srivastava. diseases are usually reported breeding checkers have found a nodal officer to ensure com- charge sheet, the Delhi Police 2014, she had written, “I don’t law, a case of abetment is made abetting Pushkar’s suicide and The Indian Meteorological between mid-July and Novem- mosquito-breeding at 19,205 pliance with the advisory. told Additional Chief Met- care about the test. I have no out .” urged the court that he should Departnment has forecast that ber-end, but this period may households in the city till May At least 10 people died in ropolitan Magistrate Samar desire to live...all I pray for Under Section 113A of the be summoned as an accused in some parts of the country may stretch up to mid-December. 26, the report said. “24,084 Delhi due to Dengue last year, Vishal that Sunanda had inju- is death,” the police claimed. Act, a court “may presume, the four-and-half year-old case, get relief from prevailing heat There were no cases of any legal notices have been served according to the SDMC, which ries on her body which were Sunanda’s mail and messages having regard to all the other claiming there was sufficient waves like condition in the next vector-borne disease till Jan- for mosquito-genic conditions tabulates data for the entire city. received prior to her death on social media should be circumstances of the case, that evidence against him. 24 hours. NDMC to Man stabs 24-yr-old to death auction off Taj Jharkhand girl rescued from Mansingh, two over suspected affair with wife forced labour in Rajouri Garden OUR CORRESPONDENT after a PCR call was received Reports from the area also other hotels about the murder. Immediately, claimed that the accused him- OUR CORRESPONDENT girl was being forced to work as DCW further stated that The matter has been reg- NEW DELHI: A man was a police team rushed to the spot self told the victim’s family of a domestic help in a residence the girl claimed she had been istered at the local police sta- OUR CORRESPONDENT arrested from south east Del- and took the victim to a hos- the murder. NEW DELHI: Another in Rajouri Garden. working in the house for the tion, after which the girl was hi’s Badarpur area on Monday, pital, where he was declared Police was informed about case of atrocities committed “The girl has been missing past two years and had been produced at the Child Welfare NEW DELHI: New Delhi after he killed a 24-year-old by brought dead. the murder which took place against a Jharkhand girl from from Jharkhand for the past placed there by her aunt. Her Committee. Municipal Council (NDMC) stabbing him several times with Deputy Commissioner of inside the deceased house. was reported in the Capi- two years, where a missing brother had also taken Rs DCW chairperson Swati on Monday announced the a sharp object, Delhi Police Police (South East) Chinmoy “Several facts in the case tal, as Delhi Commission for FIR was registered. Her par- 10,000 from the employer. Maliwal stated, “Strong sec- e-auction of three premium said. Biswal said that Sonu suspected is being verified,” said an Women (DCW) rescued the ents had complained that the “She said that she never tions under the Bonded Labour hotels, including Taj Mansingh, Reports claimed that after that the victim was in having an investigator victim from forced labour in 15-year-old girl was missing received any payment from the Act and ITPA Act should be for a licence period of 33 years. murdering the youth, the affair with his wife. When asked whether the west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden. for the last two years and had employer and had also been added to the FIR and strong The last date for submission accused Sonu informed his The victim’s family told accused had stabbed him more The victim, who hails from been held captive and working forced to work at other houses action should be taken against of bids for Taj Mansingh with father of the incident. cops that after he left the house than 10 times, Biswal said it Jharkhand’s Gumla district, as a domestic help in Rajouri in Mohan Nagar,” said a DCW the culprits. Repeatedly, girls 292 rooms, The Connaught Police said they are yet to late Sunday night on the pre- could not be ruled out. Cops had been held captive for two Garden,” said a DCW official. official. are being trafficked from the with 85 rooms and Hotel Asian verify this. text of some work, he did not said that the deceased was ran a years and forced to work as a The Commission, along The employer, meanwhile, poorest parts of Jharkhand to International with 38 rooms, is According to police, the return home. mobile shop in the same local- domestic help. with Delhi Police personnel, alleged that he paid Rs 1 lakh to Delhi. Trafficking rackets run June 7 and the auction will be deceased lived in Badarpur and Soon, the victim was found ity. A case has been registered DCW, in a press release on reached the house and found the placement agency for two by placement agencies should conducted on June 19, 20 and was a neighbour of the accused. at Sonu’s house, where his body in this regard. Cops are inves- Monday, said that an NGO the girl. She said she had been years, but was unable to pro- be busted and steps should be 21, respectively. The incident came to light was found with multiple stab tigating whether Sonu had ear- Shakti Vahini approached it placed at the said location by a duce papers in this connection immediately taken to ensure “NDMC announces the in the early hours of Monday, wounds. lier threatened the deceased. with the information that the placement agency. when questioned by cops. that this crime ends.” launch of e-auctions of license rights of an iconic 5-star hotel property situated at 1, Man- singh Road, another hotel Vishwas apologises to Jaitley, defamation suit junked CNG price hiked by property situated at 37, Sha- heed Bhagat Singh Marg and a OUR CORRESPONDENT ten apology to Jaitley and his the same as proof against var- was’s apology and wanted to Kejriwal and other AAP tourist lodge situated at 1, Jan- family for causing any harm to ious leaders. Like any other withdraw the case, which the leaders also apologised to Jait- `1.36, up to `41.97 a kg path Lane,” the Council said in NEW DELHI: As dissident their reputation. In his letter, party workers, we trusted him. court allowed. ley and his family for level- a notification. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Vishwas said that the remarks “When a leader takes a On April 3, the high court ling charges of corruption that OUR CORRESPONDENT to 5.30 am at the select CNG “All the three properties leader Kumar Vishwas apolo- made by him and other party stand after a public statement, had accepted a joint applica- they claimed occurred dur- stations across the region. are located at the heart of New gised to Union Finance Minis- leaders against Jaitley were the workers repeat his words. tion made by Chief Minister ing Jaitley’s 13-year stint at NEW DELHI: CNG price However, the price of piped Delhi and have excellent con- ter Arun Jaitley, the Delhi High based on information shared by We too, without questioning, Kejriwal and AAP leaders San- the Delhi and District Cricket in the national Capital was cooking gas has not been nectivity to major demand cen- Court on Monday disposed their leader and AAP National trusted our leader’s illogical jay Singh, Ashutosh, Deepak Association. on Monday hiked by Rs 1.36 revised. tres and transportation hubs,” off a defamation suit filed by Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, the words,” reads Vishwas’s letter. Bajpai, and Raghav Chadha Jaitley had, however, con- per kg as input raw material “There has been a steep it added. The e-auction will be the latter against Vishwas as Delhi Chief Minister. Jaitley’s counsel told Jus- to seek withdrawal of a civil tinued with the proceedings got costlier because of rupee appreciation of the dollar as conducted through MSTC, a withdrawn. “Arvind used to show us tice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw that defamation case filed by Jaitley against Kumar Vishwas as he depreciation and rise in natural compared to rupee since the government company. Vishwas tendered a writ- papers saying he had collected his client had accepted Vish- against them. had not tendered the apology. gas price. last CNG price revision. The Compressed Natural base price of natural gas being Gas (CNG) will now cost Rs procured by IGL from its 41.97 per kg in Delhi, with sources is dollar linked thereby Vegetable, fruit sellers hit hardest by fuel price hike the new price coming into making the entire input price effect Tuesday midnight, totally dependent on price SAYANTAN GHOSH 30 and Rs 15, respectively. Whatever is in the govern- The rise in transport prices Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) of dollar vis-a-vis rupee,” the Wholesalers are a worried ment’s hands logs a surge in comes at the end of the mango said in a statement here. statement further said. NEW DELHI: High crude oil lot as they feel that the prices prices, while whatever is with season in Uttar Pradesh. Fresh In adjoining Noida, Greater IGL said the increase would prices and its cascading effect may increase further if diesel the farmer logs a dip in prices. stock hitting the markets is Noida and Ghaziabad, rates have a marginal impact on on diesel and petrol rates has charges shoot up unchecked. “Nationalised banks charge being sourced from Maharash- were increased by Rs 1.55 to the per km running cost of made the going harder for veg- “The farmers are obviously a higher rate of interest mak- tra, and from Gujarat. ?Rs 48.60 per kg. vehicles. etable and fruit sellers of Delhi. a worried lot,” said a member ing it difficult for us to borrow. The prices of mangoes sold The increase was warranted For autos, the increase Vegetable growers in Uttar of the vendors’ committee of Electricity and water costs are in India cannot rise, but man- “to offset the impact on its would be 4 paise per km, for Pradesh have reportedly said Ghazipur Mandi. higher now. Transportation goes exported can be priced up. input costs as a result of recent taxi it would be 7 paise per they prefer to let their crops Farmers with large acreage costs are up. But my tomatoes “The rise in transport costs appreciation of dollar vis- km and in case of buses, the rot in the fields than harvest it. deploy tractors these days, as fetch a meagre Rs 1 or 2 per kg,” does not help the farmer as the a-vis rupee and revision in increase would be nearly 40 The ongoing heat wave getting bullocks to plough is the committee member said. price of mangoes cannot go up proportions of domestic gas paise per km. and hiked oil prices have hit not viable. People from other strata of much, for it is perishable and is allocation,” the statement said. “With the revised price, the mandis hard, resulting in a However, not everyone society too have been affected available in plenty in the mar- IGL said it will continue to CNG would still offer over 60 steep hike in prices of vegeta- The rise in transport prices comes at the end of the mango season in owns tractors and the cost of by the rise sharp in diesel ket. The transportation costs offer a discount of Rs 1.50 per per cent savings towards the bles and fruits. In the past few Uttar Pradesh REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE/PTI renting one has gone up by 40 prices. for a truck of mangoes to Jaipur kg in the selling prices of CNG running cost when compared days, retail and wholesale rates to 80 per cent for an hour, due As high vegetable prices or Jodhpur has gone up, from for filling between 12.30 am to to petrol driven vehicles at the of all seasonal vegetables have derstorm at the beginning of kg in the retail market, is now to rising fuel prices. “We fail to have skewed the household Rs 40,000 to almost Rs 60,000. 5.30 am at select outlets. current level of prices. When shot by Rs 5-10. the month, that they are now priced at Rs 60. understand as to what’s going budget, people are contemplat- Farmers can’t pass on these Thus, the consumer price compared to diesel driven Vendors lament that they having to battle with the rise Cucumber and potatoes are on in the country,” he said. ing carpooling to curtail their costs to the consumer because of CNG would be Rs 40.47 per vehicles, the economics in have hardly been able to in diesel prices. fetching a rate of Rs 40 and Rs “The government earlier monthly expenditures. House- there is no shortage of mangoes kg in Delhi and Rs 47.10 per kg favour of CNG at revised price recover from the price rise they Vegetables such as ladyfin- 20 a kg, respectively. Till last had announced fixed prices, wives claim to be cutting cor- in the market,” said Naresh in Noida, Greater Noida and would be nearly 40 per cent,” had witnessed during the thun- ger, which was sold at Rs 50 per week, they were available at Rs and then remunerative prices. ners to run their kitchen. Singh a mango wholesaler. Ghaziabad during 12.30 am the statement added. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 This IPL, gamblers exploited Man dressed as woman objects to teasing, stabbed to death technology to dodge probe ZAFAR ABBAS NEW DELHI: Wearing ghunghroo and dressing like As per data, over 750 persons held between April 1 and May 15 for gambling a woman proved costly for a 22-year-old man who was ABHAY SINGH in the stadium from where he of betting through watching taken to the jungle and bru- provides the details to other TV and contacting other book- tally murdered after he resisted NEW DELHI: The 2018 Indian bookies over the phone. Due ies regarding the rate. Police teasing by a group of hooligans Premier League (IPL) wit- to the difference in time in the said they used to watch live IPL in South-East Delhi’s Okhla nessed a change in the modus television broadcast, they used matches and note down bets Industrial area. The deceased operandi of gamblers. This year, to know the details of the game from gambler by using mobile Kalua was stabbed by seven the racket was more organised before the telecast and manip- phones. The cash was collected including three juveniles using and instead of using registers ulate the whole bidding. The in advance from the gambler as a Swiss knife. and notepads for betting, the Shahdara district police also token money. The West Delhi It was on the intervening accused misused technology to conducted a drive against gam- also busted a gang in which the night of May 22 and 23 when at earn money and dodge police bling and arrested more than accused used to take the Bet- around 2 am Kalua dressed in investigation. The overall data 50 persons. ting Rate’s of IPL 20-20 Cricket black was stopped by the hoo- The accused have been arrested related to gambling, which was One IPL gambling racket Match of Delhi Vs Chennai per ligans of the area who were accessed by the Millennium was busted by Farsh Bazaar ball per over from one person all in inebriated state. The accused fled the spot on their deceased had no permanent Post, claimed that from April One IPL gambling racket was busted and cash Rs 44,510, output box Police Staion where 13 per- over the phone and further accused started making fun motorcycles,” said DCP South address and was a vagabond 1 to May 15, more than 200 having 19 parallel lines, 28 mobile phones, 1 LED TV and others seized sons were arrested and cash gave the same to the punters. of his dressing. He told them East Chinmoy Biswal. of Kalkaji Mandir area. Kalua cases were registered and over Rs 44,510, output box having The Feroz Shah Kotla not to make fun of him. On The accused were identified was an orphan and was raised 750 persons were nabbed from modus operandi where bet- person living outside India or 19 parallel lines, 28 mobile ground witnessed seven IPL this, the accused caught hold of as Naveen (20), Aman Kumar in a Dharamshala near Kal- different parts of the Capital. ting racket software and gam- in a country where betting is phones, 1 LED TV and others matches in Delhi which were him and took him to the jungle Singh (20), Mohit Kumar (25) kaji Mandir. He used to keep The arrests also included those ing websites were being used legal and the password was sent seized. The accused were oper- guarded by more than 800 and started beating him. “The and Sajal Kumar Maheshwari the company of kinnars and at who were involved in the IPL for the illegal activity. The use to the Indian associate and they ating racket by creating a mini police personnel including accused were carrying a Swiss (19), all residents of Govin- times also dressed like them. betting. of the betting software was to played the gambling here. exchange. five additional DCPs. Six cases Army Knife along with him dpuri. Three juveniles were On the fateful night, he wore The highest number of maintain records of gambling The district also busted The North-East Delhi also of pickpocketing have been and they stabbed in his chest. also apprehended. Cops said a black suit-salwar with ghun- the arrests came from Shah- whereas for gambling websites another technique of live bet- arrested four persons who registered in IP Estate police Kalua succumbed to the inju- the accused consumed alco- ghroo, which was made fun of dara district which busted the an account was created by a ting. One of the accused sits were using the old technique station. ries on the spot. After this, the hol before the murder. The by the accused. Man commits Fake ‘Territorial DND flyway mishap: Police Meerut-based gang of suicide in Army’ racket busted, car thieves busted Gurugram yet to find any bodies NEW DELHI: A Meerut- of Police (East) Pankaj Singh based gang who used to steal stated that during interroga- OUR CORRESPONDENT 3 held from Haryana OUR CORRESPONDENT person or body. "We searched car were found in accidental costly SUVs from the streets tion Isteyaq revealed that he almost all nearby hospitals but condition. of Delhi was arrested from was arrested earlier also in GURUGRAM: Barely a day OUR CORRESPONDENT to Delhi and introduced him NEW DELHI: Delhi Police no headway in the case," said According to a senior East Delhi area. The accused MCOCA case at Hauz Khas after a menial worker from to an army personnel, namely continued their 10-hour the police official. police officer, the impact of used to dispose of the vehicle in police station. During the raids, Uttar Pradesh allegedly com- NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Amit at Army Unit who also long search to reconstruct a Police are also unable to the collision between the high- other states or countries. Also, the other accused were nabbed mitted suicide by jump- crime branch has busted a fake further assured employment sequence of the event about contact the relatives of the end bike and the Etios car was they used to steal the vehicle from Uttar Pradesh. “Isteyaq ing in front of the Metro recruitment racket with the to the victim in “Territorial an accident which includes a owner of the vehicle as they such that both the vehicles on the demand of the receiver. along with his associates used train, on Monday there was arrest of three persons. The Army”. Thereafter, the alleged costly Harley-Davidson bike have no clue about that. Police were found to be in a mangled The accused were identified as to steal the stereo from the car. another worker who was accused engaged in cheating persons took Rs 5 lakh in cash and a car on South East Delhi's stated that on Sunday at about condition. Isteyaq (40) and Mohammad Later, he came across another found dead in mysterious innocent unemployed youth of from the complainant on vari- DND flyover on Sunday. Police 3 am an information about the Police have registered a Israar (57) and Furkhan (40). accomplice who met him in the circumstances. Haryana promising them jobs ous occasions in June, July and claimed that they suspect that accident at DND flyway was case of the accident under rel- Police claimed that on May 19 jail. From him, he learnt how to A man in his early 30s was with "Territorial Army". August on the pretext of physi- the bikers might have fallen in received at Sunlight Colony evant sections of the law. the team was checking vehi- compromise the security fea- found hanging in the under The gang members used to cal test, medical test, interview Yamuna river but they are yet police station. Police said that they are cles on Karkari More Flyover tures of luxury vehicles,” police construction Rajiv Chowk conduct fake physical tests in and final selection. to find the bodies. The police team rushed to scanning the CCTV footage when they nabbed Isteyaq. The said. Later, they made a gang underpass. He committed sui- Delhi Cantt, get fake medical The alleged army person- Deputy Commissioner of the spot which was on Yamuna from the cameras installed accused was so desperate that who usually came in a stolen cide by creating the rope from tests done in a hospital, and nel had conducted fake physi- Police (South East) Chinmoy bridge from Noida to Delhi. near the DND flyover. "We are he even tried to break open the vehicle and parked it adjacent plastic materials. interviews were conducted in cal and medical tests in Delhi Biswal stated that on Monday The police found that a Harley connecting the sequence of the picket barricades and scuffled to the vehicle being targetted. Meanwhile, the police have the parking area of the units. Cantt through a so-called they carried out the search Davidson bike having Delhi event how the accident took with the police officers. They stole the vehicle within a begun their investigations and They even issued fake appoint- doctor namely Sandeep and operation but yet to find any number plate and Toyota Etios place," said the police officer. Deputy Commissioner few minutes. taken the body for post-mor- ment letters and even joining finally, Pardeep gave an Indian tem. As the deceased had no letters. Army joining letter to the vic- identity card, he is yet to be The matter came to light tim, dated 18/08/17,” said Ram PIL questions identified. While some peo- when a complainant, Sudheer, Gopal Naik, DCP Crime. How- Over 200 shanties gutted in Noida fire ple in the vicinity said he was told the police that in June- ever, on reaching Bangalore, safety of rails a worker, others said he was a July last year, one Sunil Jogi of Pradeep's phone was found to vagabond. his village had introduced him be switched off. Several oth- supplied to DMRC RAHUL SINGH “Initial investigations to one Pradeep, a resident of ers approached the police with reveal that this is a case of sui- Sanjarwas, who induced him similar allegations against the by Swiss firm NOIDA: In a major fire inci- cide. However, we will carry by offering an employment gang. “Our team has arrested dent, over 200 shanties were out our investigations to exam- in “Territorial Army” for the three members of recruit- NEW DELHI: The Delhi High gutted in fire that broke out ine whether there was any- post of G D and demanded Rs ment racket -- Amit Kumar Court on Monday sought the in Barola area of Noida on the thing else that was involved 5 Lakhs for the same. The vic- alias Amit Fauji, Suni Kumar DMRC’s response to a PIL intervening night of Sunday in the unfortunate death tim was trapped in the lucra- alias Jogi, and Devender -- all seeking in-depth inquiry into and Monday. Officials sus- of the youth,” said a senior tive offer made by Pradeep. resident of Haryana,” said the the safety of rails procured pect a short circuit in one of police official. Pradeep took the complainant officer. through a Swiss company for the shanties was responsible metro tracks. The petition, for the blaze. While there was which came up for hearing no loss of human life, the resi- before a bench of Acting Chief dents lost their important doc- Noida people complain of dirty water Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C uments, clothes, valuables and Hari Shankar, alleged that the other household goods in the RAHUL SINGH also alleged that the author- from a gutter as the water is rails supplied by the Swiss com- fire. ity has not arranged any water totally black or dark brown pany -- East Metal AG -- may According to reports, Important documents, clothes, valuables and other household goods were destroyed in the fire NOIDA: Residents of various tankers for them which have in color. We are forced to buy have high content of Hydrogen a short-circuit occurred at posh sectors of Noida have forced them to buy water from expensive water bottles to use making them more susceptible around 1 am on Monday in fire became massive gutting While the station officer spread quite quickly, forcing complained that the water the market to meet their basic it for bathing and other basic to breaks or fractures which one of the shanties built in an more than 200 shanties. Heavy reported that 120 shanties have everyone out of their houses. being supplied to them is inad- needs. needs” said Gulab Singh Bhati, could lead to a major disaster. open ground in Barola village damage was reported till the been damaged, locals claimed The slum area is built at a equate and of very poor quality, “Even after the hiked prices a resident of sector 20 Noida. Rails are continuous line of under sector 49 of Noida and fire tenders reached the spot. that the number was over 200. vacant plot and around 200 over past few days, increasing of water by the Noida author- Residents also claimed that steel bars laid on the ground as triggered the fire. The slum No casualties were reported Locals also alleged that the fire families reside over there. the risk to various water-borne ity, we are getting dirty water the problem of dirty water sup- one of a pair forming a railway area sparked the fire which but many were left stranded in tenders reached late at the spot Most of them belong to Ben- diseases. for the past three days. For- ply in these sectors in not new track. The court issued notice engulfed an LPG cylinder. the scorching sun on Monday even after several calls were gal, Bihar and eastern part According to the resi- get drinking, the water is not as they have been battling with to the DMRC and the Swiss The cylinder blast spread fire to morning. made to them. of the country and work as dents, the water supply to their suitable for bathing or even a poor supply of water from company, which won the con- nearby houses in which other Fire officials said that "Despite numerous calls, daily waged labourers, rick- houses has been contaminated washing clothes. Looking at past many years. tract for supplying the rails, and cylinders went off and the fire around a dozen fire tenders the fire brigade reached the shaw pullers and house help and they get black coloured, the color of the water flowing The residents appealed to sought their response to the turned uncontrollable. were pressed into action and spot after one and a half hour," in nearby societies. The fire has foul smelling water whenever through the taps, it looks like Noida authority to address the plea by October 9, the next date Around hundred small the flames were doused after said Yaseen, a resident of the left them with no food, clothes they open their taps. They we are getting a direct supply issue at the earliest. of hearing. AGENCIES LPG cylinders blasted as the six hours of efforts. area. He added that the fire or shelter. CITY BRIEFS As Khattar intervenes, INDIAN RAILWAY IS ON CLEANLINESS Depleting bunds waiting to be MISSION STEADILY registry of fourth floor NEW DELHI: Indian Railways is the third largest rail replenished in Gurugram network with 66,000 route kilometre stretch covering may be allowed in city more than 8,000 stations. Consequent to the launch PIYUSH OHRIE or small water dams. of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ on October 2, 2014 by For a city that used to have OUR CORRESPONDENT stilts parking. Residents and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Railways had GURUGRAM: Haryana ponds and bunds, today most builders also claim that the also launched ‘Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ Chief Minister Manohar Lal of them are encroached and GURUGRAM: Good news public agency had also taken Khattar on Sunday inaugu- built up areas. Most of the may be in store for thousands the registry fee and assured to achieve the vision of ‘Clean India’ by October 2, rated the beautification drive bunds that have now become of builders and residents who occupancy certificate to the 2019, which shall be the 150th Birthday of father of the Badshahpur drain. To extinct were set up during the have recently made the build- required parties. However, now of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. To take forward the be undertaken by the Munici- British times. Those that are ing structures upto fourth floor they have backtracked. momentum of ‘Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat’, a series of pal Corporation of Gurugram surviving continue to remain following the new building The aggrieved parties have measures to improve the cleanliness of stations were (MCG), the 6.5-kilometre in a neglected state. Pleas have code of Haryana Urban Devel- also maintained that failure of stretch that runs from National also been filed at the green opment Authority (HUDA). the public agency to review announced in the Rail Budget presented in 2015, 2016 BEFORE and 2017. One of the measures given in 2016 Budget Highway-8 to Sohna road will courts to prevent the encroach- After the intervention by Hary- their decision will result in now be beautified by setting AFTER ments along drain channels. ana Chief Minister ML Khat- more protests. This is for sec- is ranking of A1 and A category stations based on up cycle tracks and walkways. While MCG has started a tar, there is a possibility of the ond time in quick succession regular periodic third party audit and feedback from The total length of Badshahpur drive this monsoon to clean public body of withdrawing when residents have openly passengers, with a view to identify unclean spots/ drain is 28 kilometres. the water ponds in and around its order of not registering the protested against the pub- gaps and to improve cleanliness standards and also Besides the plan to beau- the district, the environmental- fourth floor. This is the sec- lic agency’s move after the to propel healthy competition among railway stations. tify the drain, the civic body ists and residents do not seem ond time in quick succession increase in the enhancement The same is being incorporated in trains. is also tasked with the process to be impressed by the work of when the CM office has inter- fees. Earlier, HUDA had sent of elongating the drain. It is, MCG officials on the ground. vened in HUDA’s order that notices to over 3,000 plot own- TWO MEN ATTACKED however, facing a major chal- After 2016 when the city was has been contested bitterly by ers asking them to pay the extra lenge as human settlements flooded as there was no effec- the residents. charges. Most of the protestors NEW DELHI: Two men were attacked after they had have come up around the area. tive space to channel out the Earlier, builders and cer- claimed that they had already an argument with a few men in their neighbourhood in In the past, hundreds of water, the public agencies took tain residents protested paid a substantial amount central Delhi’s Chandni Mahal area on Sunday night. drain channels and bunds were The 6.5-kilometre stretch that runs from National Highway-8 to Sohna cognisance of the seriousness against the move to restrict in purchasing their plot and Police said that the men managed to flee from the created in Gurugram for the road along Badshahpur drain will now be beautified by setting up cycle of the situation. Many private the sale of the fourth floor in now they were not in a finan- spot and search is going on. Police said that the matter proper drainage of water in the tracks and walkways organisations have also been the builder floors. According cial condition to pay extra came to fore when they received a call from one of Najafgarh drain. Public and roped in to enhance such chan- to the aggrieved residents, the amount. Meanwhile, there are private organisations are com- different parts of Gurugram are falling at an alarming rate. nels. In one such case, a pri- HUDA in its new building code also reports that several people the passersby, informing them about the men lying in ing together to preserve these highlights that another oppor- One of the major reasons cited vate organisation successfully introduced in March 2017 had have not been able to get the pools of blood. vital channels. The present sit- tunity may be lost in enhanc- for the scarcity of water is the revived one-kilometre stretch allowed the fourth floor to be possession of their plots even uation of water logging across ing the groundwater levels that depletion of ponds and bunds along the Wazirbad bund. constructed along with the after more than 15 years. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 mp Bypolls: Parties say EVMs, Congress insisted on making VVPATs malfunctioned HDK the CM: Deve Gowda But poll panel says reports exaggerated OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT Cong, JD-S leaders meet to work NEW DELHI: Opposition BENGALURU: JD(S) parties and the ruling BJP on Supremo HD Deve Gowda said Monday moved the Election on Monday he had offered to out power-sharing arrangement Commission claiming “hun- support a Congress-led gov- dreds” of EVMs and paper trail ernment in Karnataka after the NEW DELHI: The Congress raswamy and other leaders of machines deployed for Kai- fractured verdict in the Assem- and the JD-S are likely to seal our ally in Karnataka. We are rana Lok Sabha and Noorpur bly polls but the latter insisted the deal over portfolio allo- likely to finalise the portfo- assembly bypolls developed on HD Kumaraswamy becom- cation in Karnataka within lio-sharing issue within a day snags and were not replaced ing the chief minister. a day or two, a senior Con- or two. We will be meeting for hours. Gowda said during gress leader said on Monday again this evening and hold But the Election Commis- his hour-long discussion after the two coalition part- further discussions," senior sion termed as “exaggerated with senior Congress lead- ners held deliberations over party leader Venugopal said. projection of reality” reports ers Ghulam Nabi Azad and the issue. After the meeting, Kuma- of ‘large scale’ failure of EVMs Ashok Gehlot, he was told that Top leaders of the two raswamy exuded confidence during Lok Sabha and assembly the decision to back his son Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy meets Prime Minister parties including Chief Min- that an amicable power shar- bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and BJP MLA Suresh Rana, 4th from right, waits in a queue to cast his votes Kumaraswamy for the post of Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Monday PTI ister HD Kumaraswamy ing arrangement will be Maharashtra and said adequate for Kairana parliamentary constituency bypolls, in Shamli on Monday PTI the chief minister was taken by and deputy chief minister G worked out. number of reserve machines the Congress high-command. will also have to continue with was under Congress' will and Parameshwara met here at JD-S leader Danish Ali, are provided for any eventu- sons for EVM malfunction. EVMs and VVPATs for every "There was discussion their programmes. Without not under the will of 6.5 crore the residence of Leader of the who was also part of the dis- ality. Sources in the poll panel Concerns were also general and by election to the between me, Congress leaders their support it is difficult. people...who has rewarded him Opposition in Rajya Sabha cussions, said that the talks did say that shoddy handling raised about the function- Lok Sabha or state assembly. Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok "That is why he (Kumaras- for his fight?" Gowda asked. Ghulam Nabi Azad. were "constructive" and of VVPAT machines by the ing of paper trail (VVPAT) “It is pertinent to mention Gehlot. I told them, you form wamy) said I will give resigna- Kumaraswamy had yester- Senior Congress leader would yield a positive out- ground staff, especially when machines. Sources in the EC that during commissioning of (the government), I have no tion, if need be. He was under day said he was at the "mercy" Ahmed Patel and AICC come. The two partners in the temperature is high, led to noted that failure on part of EVMs and VVPATs, apart from problem. They insisted that Congress' will and not under of the Congress and not the 6.5 incharge of party affairs in Karnataka are involved in their heating, resulting in their the ground staff led to heat- EVMs and VVPATs required Kumaraswamy become the the will of 6.5 crore people. He crore people of Karnataka as his Karnataka K C Venugopal hectic bargaining over port- malfunctioning. ing of the machines. An official for deployment at every poll- chief minister and that it was has called himself child of cir- party had not received the full were also present during the folio sharing ever since SP leader Ramgopal Yadav said those who skipped train- ing station, adequate number their high-command's deci- cumstances," he said. mandate which it had sought. meeting. they got together to form a and RLD chief Ajit Singh along ing programmes and “spent of reserve EVMs and VVPATs sion," the former prime min- Kumaraswamy had prom- Karnataka Congress lead- "We held discussions with government in the southern with others met top EC officials time on their phones during (around 20-25 per cent) are ister told a press conference. ised to write of farm loans total- ers as also Kumaraswamy are in Chief Minister H D Kuma- state. MPOST claiming that the faulty EVMs training sessions” placed the prepared to replace any defec- Amid reports of contin- ling Rs 53,000 crore within 24 the national capital for discus- were not replaced on time. machines at places where ‘heat tive machine on poll day at the ued differences in the newly- hours of coming to power, sions on portfolio allocation, given (to his party)." "It is left as "low level" the speech by the The leaders demanded that sensitive’ nature of the device polling station,” it said. formed JD(S)-Congress but has now sought time cit- and reports said there were to them...Congress is a major Leader of the Opposition in repoll should be announced in created problems. It said the reserve EVMs/ coalition over portfolio allo- ing coalition compulsions and differences among them on party, we are a minor partner. the Assembly B S Yeddyurappa polling stations where EVMs A poll panel spokesperson VVPATs are kept with sector cation and farm loan waiver, the need to assess the financial who should get key ministries, We did not ask for power, they ahead of the trust vote sought were not replaced for over later said a joint delegation of officers, who replace the defec- which has delayed the expan- condition of the state. The BJP including the finance minis- themselvescame. I said make by Kumaraswamy. "I saw the one-and-a-half hours. At poll- the RLD, SP and Congress and tive EVMs/VVPATs. Since each sion of the Kumaraswamy min- has appealed to farmers and all try. When asked about Kuma- someone from Congress the proceedings on TV. As a com- ing stations where EVMs were a separate delegation of BJP sector officer is entrusted with istry, Gowda indicated it would sections of society to observe raswamy's earlier statement chief minister, Iwill support. mon man I'm saying, I have not replaced within one-and-a-half representatives met the EC and only 10-12 polling stations, be difficult to keep the promise a state-wide bandh today to that he would form the gov- There is no hiding this. I am seen such low level speech," he hours, additional time should brought to its notice concerns the time taken to replace any of relief to farmers. protest Kumaraswamy's fail- ernment with those who agree not after power," Gowda said added. Calling the JD(S)-Con- be granted to voters to exer- about functioning of VVPAT EVM/VVPAT is normally less "How? With 37 members ure to honour his promise of to implement the JD(S) mani- in response to a question about gress alliance "unholy", Yeddy- cise their franchise, they told machines in some of the poll- than 30 minutes. (MLAs of the JDS), we have to loan waiver. festo, Gowda said,"Discussions whether the Congress was not urappa had attacked the Gowda reporters after meeting the EC. ing booths in bypolls today. “The replacement of defec- run the government with the "Yesterday, he (Kumaras- are going on. What can be done supporting Kumaraswamy's family, saying, "The father and They alleged that poll offi- “The Commission assured tive EVMs/VVPATs during support of another party. We wamy) said with pain that he when finance ministry is not good decisions. Gowda termed sons will finish the Congress". cials “took their own time” in them that all necessary action actual polls is a normal pro- replacing EVMs in rural areas, will be taken on issues raised. cess and does not vitiate the the base of their voters. The They were also assured that integrity or credibility of the Will retire if I fail to waive EVMs were, however, replaced the concerns related to VVPAT poll process in any way whatso- Political parties cold to law panel with alacrity in urban areas. have been verified on ground ever,” the statement read. A BJP delegation, including and appropriate actions have The poll panel also rejected farm loans: Kumaraswamy general secretaries Bhupender been taken by the District Elec- reports that polling was can- consultation on simultaneous polls Yadav and Arun Singh besides tion teams. The Commission celled in 35 booths in Bhan- its media head Anil Baluni, has also informed that on the dara-Gondiya LS constituency OUR CORRESPONDENT Brahma has supported the by the Election Commission, OUR CORRESPONDENT raswamy told reporters. informed the Election Com- basis of reports of RO, DEO in Maharashtra. idea of holding the two sets of the working paper also says He said he has heard state- mission that EVM machines and Observers, further action “Also, the reports emerging NEW DELHI: None of the elections together, the sources that a no confidence motion NEW DELHI: Karnataka ments by BJP leaders including were dysfunctional for a long will be taken.” in some quarters about EVMs/ seven recognised national and said. against the government should Chief Minister H D Kuma- BS Yeddyurappa on the issue period in 197 booths in Kai- The EC said voters who VVPATs failing in 25 per cent 59 state parties have responded Seeking to give shape to the be followed by a confidence raswamy on Monday said he of farm loan waiver. "I am not rana and Noorpur. have queued up outside poll- polling booths in the same con- to the Law Commission’s con- government’s concept of one motion. is committed to waive farm sitting quiet. I am not Yeddy- Yadav told reporters that ing stations will be allowed to stituency are also incorrect. It sultation on the ‘working nation, one election’, the Law This would ensure that if loans or else he will retire from urappa to sit quiet." they urged the EC to hold cast votes despite end of poll- is clarified that voting has not paper’ on holding simultaneous Commission’s internal work- the opposition does not have politics, and asked people "The guidelines to waive repolling in booths were elec- ing hours. But in a statement, been cancelled in any polling Lok Sabha and state assembly ing paper has recommended numbers to form an alterna- not to fall prey to the "BJP's farm loans have been kept tion process was severely poll panel denied that the fail- station in Bhandara-Gondiya polls, a proposal being pushed holding of simultaneous Lok tive government, the regime in conspiracy". ready. They will be shared affected. They asked the EC to ure of the voting machines was constituency and voting is con- by the government. Sabha and assembly polls in office cannot be removed. The JD-S leader, who was before the public on Wednes- send observers to identify such unusual. “... the Commission tinuing smoothly after neces- May 8 was last date of sub- two phases beginning 2019. Chief Election Commis- sworn-in Karnataka Chief day in Bengaluru," he told booths and also find out rea- allocates sufficient reserve of sary replacements,” it said. mitting response. Among the The second phase of simul- sioner Om Prakash Rawat had Minister last week after the reporters. prominent people who have taneous polls can take place in a word of caution on simulta- Congress extended uncondi- The Karnataka chief min- responded to the document are 2024, the document states. neous polls when he recently tional support to his party, said ister accused the BJP of con- V Narayanasamy in his capac- The document has pro- said that the legal framework he is ready with the guidelines spiring against him and urged BJP chief, Mins meet RSS functionaries ity as Puducherry chief minster posed amending the Consti- required for holding of the two on farm loan waiver, details the people not to fall prey to and former chief election com- tution and the Representation elections together will take a lot of which will be disclosed on it. The JD-S leader said his NEW DELHI: BJP chief Amit The BJP was represented missioner H S Brahma. of the People Act to shorten or of time to get ready. Wednesday. government is for the people Shah, along with five cabinet by Shah, party vice-president BJP, Congress, CPI, CPI- extend the terms of state legis- We cannot put the cart Kumaraswamy was talking and he will serve the people ministers, met top function- Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, gen- M, Trinamool Congress, BSP lative assemblies to effect the before the horse. Logisti- to reporters here today after till the time he is the chief min- aries of the RSS here on Mon- eral secretary Ram Madhav and NCP are the national par- move. cal issues are subservient to meeting Prime Minister Nar- ister. "Don't panic and get con- day to deliberate upon various and secretary (organisation) ties recognised by the Election The states which are recom- legal framework. Unless legal endra Modi. "I have clearly said fused (by BJP statements). Not polices of the Narendra Modi Ram Lal. Commission (EC). mended to be covered under framework is in place, we that I will waive farm loans. I only on farm loan issue, I will government, including the for- The government was rep- Highly-placed sources in phase I are where assembly don’t have to talk about any- had promised during election work on other matters related mulation of the much-awaited resented by the five minis- the Commission said Naraya- polls are due in 2021. thing else because legal frame- that I will do it in 24 hours. to people. There will be a dif- education policy. ters -- Rajyavardhan Rathore, nasamy was of the view that States which will come work will take a lot of time, That is true. At least you should ference when I work as CM," The coordination meeting JP Nadda, Maneka Gandhi, simultaneous polls cannot be under phase II are Uttar making constitutional amend- give time to breathe. Today, I he claimed. of the Sangh, its affiliates, the tives from the Rashtriya Sway- Mahesh Sharma and Prakash held without amending the Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, ment to (changing) the law, all have limitations. Before his meeting with the BJP and the government was amsevak Sangh's (RSS) Sewa Javadekar. Constitution. He said any move Delhi and Punjab. To hold the process will take time,” he "If I don't do it, have clearly prime minister, Kumaraswamy chaired by RSS joint general Samooh (social work wing), The RSS was represented by to amend the Constitution to elections in these states along had said. said that I will retire from pol- also met top Congress leaders secretary Krishna Gopal. Shiksha Samooh (education the Seva Bharti, Arogya Bharti, extend or reduce the term of with LS polls, the terms of the He had said once the legal itics and I will resign as chief in the national capital to work The meeting was held wing), Samajik Samooh and Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, Vidya the state assemblies would be assemblies have to be extended. framework is ready, the EC will minister. Why cannot you out power-sharing arrange- over several rounds between Vichar Samooh (ideological Bharti and Sanskar Bharti against the federal structure. Based on a suggestion made deliver. wait for some time?," Kuma- ment with the ally. the ministers and representa- issues wing). among others. MPOST Telangana tribals ask Congress to sack Renuka Chowdhury

OUR CORRESPONDENT als by not taking action on Chowdhury. NEW DELHI: Tribal Speaking to mediaper- organisations across Telan- sons, Kalavathi alleged that gana region have threat- Chowdhury took Rs 1.10 ened to boycott Congress crore from her husband, party in coming elections promising to get him a if the party high command ticket to contest from Wyra failed to suspend former Assembly constituency in Rajya Sabha MP Renuka 2014 elections. Chowdhury. She further alleged that Participating in a the ticket was not allotted dharna programme in to her husband and when Khammam district of the he sought the money back, state on Monday, Lambada Chowdhury refused to and Banjara tribal organ- return it. She said her hus- isations have demanded band had borrowed the immediate action on senior money to pay Chowdhury, Congress leader for alleged and was under immense cheating of a tribal leader. pressure to repay the debts, Supporting Bhukya which led to his untimely Kalavati, widow of Dr death last November at the Bhukya Ramachandra age of 48. Naik, a surgeon and Con- Chowdhury has denied gress supporter from Wyra any wrongdoing. The Con- in Khammam district, the gress leader said it was Lamabada rights organisa- totally “baseless, unsub- tion state president Ravi- stantiated and politically chandra Chouhan asked the motivated”. Congress to prove its com- In the 2014 elections, mitment to the tribals who the Congress had an alli- have been supporting the ance with the CPI, which party for decades, by tak- was allotted the Wyra seat. ing serious action against In the 2009 elections, Naik, Chowdhury. who ran the Sri Harshini Other leaders who par- Nursing Home in Kham- ticipated in the rally and mam town, contested on a dharna advised the Con- Congress ticket but lost to gress not to antagonise trib- the CPI candidate. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 Man with Nipah SC no to urgent hearing symptoms kept TN Govt orders permanent on plea on pollution under observation from Tuticorin plant in Goa hospital OUR CORRESPONDENT closure of Sterlite plant OUR CORRESPONDENT PANAJI: The state-run Goa OUR CORRESPONDENT Asked what he had to say agement for renewal of consent NEW DELHI: The Supreme Medical College and Hospi- to the people of Tuticorin, the as pollution control norms were Court on Monday refused to tal (GMCH) has kept under CHENNAI/TUTICORIN: chief minsiter said, “Peace not being followed, and since urgently hear a plea seeking observation a patient, who The Tamil Nadu government has returned to the town and May 24 the unit was not get- direction to Tamil Nadu gov- arrived here from Kerala and on Monday ordered the state it must continue, and peo- ting power and water supply, ernment to file a status report was found having symptoms Pollution Control Board to seal ple should cooperate with the he said. on its efforts to control arsenic of the Nipah virus. and “permanently” close the government. Their demand He said representatives and cadmium pollution in the cate N Rajaraman, also sought State health minister Vish- Vedanta group’s copper plant in has been fulfilled by Amma’s of the protesting groups met ground water around the Ster- filing of a status report for wajit Rane said the man was Tuticorin following last week’s government.” him, Deputy Chief Minister O lite Copper’s smelting plant at implementation of the guide- under observation at Goa violent protests over pollution Palaniswami said people of Panneerselvam and other top Tuticorin. lines of the National Human Medical College and Hospi- concerns during which 13 peo- Tuticorin were seeking perma- government officials at the Sec- At least 13 persons were Rights Commission for regis- tal , located near here in North ple were killed in police firing. nent closure of the plant since retariat on Monday. killed and hundreds injured in tration of information regard- Goa district, and it was not yet Soon after the issuance of it did not meet the environ- Earlier, Panneerselvam met the recent police firing at Tuti- ing the deaths in an encounter confirmed if he was infected the Government Order (GO), ment related conditions of the those injured in last week’s corin on thousands of protest- between a police and others in with the deadly virus. top Tuticorin district officials National Green Tribunal and police-public clashes and fir- ers demanding closure of the a register in so far as the death The blood samples of the sealed the copper smelter unit the Tamil Nadu Pollution Con- ing at a government hospital in Vedanta Group-run Sterlite of 13 people in the Tuticorin patient were sent for testing to premises and pasted the order over enivornmental pollution per smelter plant at Tuticorin trol Board. Tuticorin and asserted that the Industries for allegedly pol- police firing on May 22 and 23. the National Institute of Virol- at the main gate. concerns. to operate. Recalling the efforts initi- government will take “resolute” luting the area causing severe Last week, a separate peti- ogy in Pune, Rane said, adding Palaniswami told reporters The Government Order The order recalled how on ated by late J Jayalithaa in 2013 steps for the permanent closure health problems for the local tion was filed in the top court that there was no need to panic. in Chennai the “plant has been (GO) said it endorsed the recent May 23 the TNPCB had issued for the closure of Sterlite plant of the copper plant. residents and depletion of the by an advocate G S Mani seeking The patient’s identity was permanently closed”. closure direction of the Tamil directions for closure of the unit following a gas leak incident “Today, the main demand water table. a court-monitored CBI probe not disclosed by GMCH. The government’s decision Nadu Pollution Control Board, and disconnection of power that year, he said on March 29, of the people is that the copper The fresh plea has demanded into the deaths of protesters A senior Goa Medical Col- came a day ahead of the start and also asked the TNPCB to supply to it. The power supply 2013, the unit’s closure was plant should be permanently a status report regarding the during the anti-Sterlite rally in lege and Hospital official said of the state Assembly session “seal the unit and close the plant was disconnected a day later. ordered. Subsequently, power closed. In keeping with their steps taken to remove the cop- Tamil Nadu. The plea has also the man arrived in Goa from where it is likely to come under permanently”. Chief Minsiter K supply to it was discontinued demand, it is shut now. I would per sludge deposited by the sought registration of an FIR Kerala yesterday and com- intense Opposition fire over the The document cited the Palaniswami said the govern- and the unit was shut. like to make it clear that Ster- company that the petitioner for the alleged offence of mur- plained of having symptoms Tuticorin incidents. Constitution’s directive prin- ment has issued the GO in def- However, the plant lite plant will be permanently alleged had polluted the ground der against Tuticorin Collector, similar to the Nipah viral “Now the plant is perma- ciples of state policy (Article erence to the sentiments of the approached the National Green shut,” he said. water across Tuticorin. Superintendent of Police and infection. nently closed. The GO has been 48-A) enjoining protection of people. Tribunal which allowed opera- Quoting Jayalalithaa’s pop- A bench of Justices L Nag- other police officials. “The patient himself sus- implemented,” Tuticorin Dis- environment and provisions The locals were protesting tions on August 8, 2013, he said. ular slogan of “Makkalal Naan, eswara Rao and MM Shanta- The petition has termed as pected that he might be trict Collector Sandeep Nan- of the Water Act, 1974, to order for the closure of the factory The government had Makkalukagavey Naan (I am nagoudar said the petition will inadequate the compensation infected with the virus. So, duri said. the permanent closure of the for 99 days. Protesters turned appealed against this direction by the people and I am for the come up in due course in July of Rs 10 lakh to the families of adequate precaution has been The closure of the cop- copper factory “in the larger violent on May 22, the 100th in the Supreme Court and its people),” Palaniswami said his after the summer vacation and those killed during the protest. It taken by the hospital, as per per plant caps sustained pro- public interest”. day of their stir, and 13 peo- petition is pending there, he was “Amma’s government” that refused to list it for an urgent has sought compensation of Rs the protocol drawn by the state tests and campaign for the It referred to the PCB order ple were killed in police action said. followed in her footsteps and hearing. 50 lakh to the families of those government,” he said. last several years by the local of April 9 refusing to renew its against them last Tuesday and On April 9, the TNPCB had was committed to the welfare The plea filed by social activ- killed and Rs 25 lakh to those The virus has so far claimed people against copper factory consent to allow Vedanta’s cop- Wednesday. rejected a plea of the plant man- of the people. ist P Shiv Kumar, through advo- seriously injured in the firing. 13 lives in Kerala. 3 Naxals killed in Jharkhand Guj HC extends relief from Top court to hear plea on Jun 1 against encounter arrest to Teesta till June 13 culling of stray dogs in Uttar Pradesh OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT the Rs 1.4 crore fund embezzle- OUR CORRESPONDENT was established that dogs were ment case related to their NGO behind such attacks. RANCHI: Three Naxals were AHMEDABAD: The Guja- Sabrang Trust. NEW DELHI: The Supreme The plea said that subse- killed and two others surren- rat High Court on Monday The duo had moved the Court on Monday agreed to quent investigations had pointed dered after an encounter with extended the protection from plea for anticipatory bail after hear on Friday a plea against towards attacks on children by security forces in Jharkhand on arrest to activist Teesta Setalvad an FIR lodged against them alleged rampant culling of stray wild animals and not stray dogs. Monday, a senior official said. and her husband Javed Anand on March 30 this year by com- dogs in Sitapur district of Uttar It has alleged that there was The official said the till June 13, in a Rs 1.4 crore plainant Raeeskhan Pathan. Pradesh following deaths of sev- “indiscriminate and inhuman encounter took place between fund embezzlement case. Opposing the bail plea in eral children in the area over the killing” of stray dogs in Sitapur the Maoists and a joint squad Earlier today, Justice AY extending their interim pro- the lower court, the Crime past few months. on the mere assumption that of the CRPF and state police Kogje, in whose court the mat- tection from arrest and transit Branch had claimed that the The plea was mentioned for the deaths were being allegedly in the Chatarpur police station ter was listed, recused himself anticipatory bail from May 2 to couple misused the money urgent hearing before a bench caused by dog attacks. area of Palamu district early on from hearing it saying “not May 31, granted to them by the granted to their NGO by the of Justices L Nageswara Rao and The plea claimed that “owing Monday. before me.” Bombay High Court. Union Ministry of Human MM Shantanagoudar which to lack of proper and timely “After the encounter, the The matter was then taken The apex court had said the Resource Development said it would hear the matter efforts by the district adminis- bodies of three Maoists were up by the court of Justice Biren duo will not be arrested till May between 2010 and 2013 for on June 1. tration to contain the number recovered along with an AK-47 Vaishnav, who extended the 31, but before that they would their “personal and political The petition has sought of attacks and the reason behind the problem grew this month tal killing of community dogs assault rifle, two self-loading activists’ interim protection have to approach the compe- c a u s e”. a direction to Uttar Pradesh the same, the attack increased when unconfirmed reports of by hanging them alive, burying rifles (SLRs) and another rifle. from arrest till June 13. tent court in Gujarat which will In its submission, the Crime government to ensure that no drastically which has as per the attacks being carried out by stray them alive, hitting them with “Two Naxals who were The court has listed the case decide the matter on merits. Branch said the accused mis- more killings of community reports has led to death of 13 dogs appeared in the media after ‘lathis’ (wooden stick), leav- injured in the gunbattle have for next hearing on June 12. Setalvad and Anand had used the funds “to pay wit- dogs take place in the state as an children”. statements by the district mag- ing them to bleed to death in surrendered before the forces,” The Supreme Court had moved the Gujarat High Court nesses in serious cases in after-effect of death of 13 chil- The petition, filed by advo- istrate of Sitapur. a pile of garbage and shooting he said. A search operation in last month granted temporary after a lower court rejected Gujarat (2002 riot cases) to dren in the past seven months cate Gargi Srivastava, has “Following such newspaper them point blank started,” the the area is still on, he said. relief to Setalvad and Anand, their anticipatory bail plea in make false deposition.” in the Sitapur district unless it claimed that the magnitude of reports, indiscriminate and bru- plea said. Upendra case: Agencies ‘GILGIT-BALTISTAN’ ISSUE Kerala police BRIEFS forms SIT to trace NATION mulling fresh charges for Pakistan summons India’s missing woman PUNJABI SINGER FOUND SHOT DEAD CHANDIGARH: A 23-year-old Punjabi singer was Deputy High Commissioner OUR CORRESPONDENT found dead in Dera Bassi near Chandigarh, police illegally obtaining CDRs said here on Monday. Navjot Singh’s body, bearing SAJJAD HUSSAIN fallacious claim” over Kashmir, THIRUVANANTHA- four to five bullet injury marks, was found few metres NEW DELHI: Investigating IAS officer was supervising the according to a statement issued PURAM: A special investiga- away from his car at village Rampur Sainian in Dera agencies are mulling pressing affairs of the said company dur- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on by Faisal’s office. tion team has been formed to Bassi, Mohali, at around 1 am, said Inspector Mahinder criminal charges under the Tele- ing her tenure in the ministry Monday summoned India’s It said a written demarche trace a 20-year-old woman, who Singh, police station (Dera Bassi). The singer’s family, graph Act as part of their cor- for alleged misappropriation Deputy High Commissioner J to this effect was also handed had gone missing under myste- living in Mohali, was frantically searching for him after ruption and money-laundering of funds. P Singh and issued a demarche over to Singh. rious circumstances from her probe against journalist Upen- Charges under various sec- over the Indian statement that The Foreign Office spokes- home in Pathanamthitta dis- he did not reach home last night, police said. dra Rai and others after they tions of the Indian Telegraph the entire state of Jammu and man in a statement yester- trict in March. COP SHOT AT, INJURED IN UP claimed to have recovered the Act like sections 24 (unlawfully Kashmir, which also includes day claimed that the “Jammu DGP Loknath Behera des- call detail records (CDRs) of a attempting to learn contents the so-called ‘Gilgit-Baltis- and Kashmir was a disputed ignated Range IG, Manoj Abra- CHANDAULI (UP): A sub-inspector was shot at and senior Enforcement Directorate of messages), 25 (intentionally tan’ areas, is an integral part India’s Deputy High territory”. ham to lead the 15-member SIT, injured by three bike-borne assailants in Barahauli (ED) official and an IAS officer, damaging or tampering with of India by virtue of its acces- Commissioner JP Singh “Pakistan categorically a statement said here. area which comes under the jurisdiction of Alinagar who was earlier posted in the telegraphs), 26 (telegraph offi- sion in 1947. rejects India’s protest against the The state police also police station, police said on Monday. Santosh Kumar Ministry of Corporate Affairs. cer or other official making away Pakistan Cabinet on May 21 Jammu and Kashmir, which Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 and announced a reward of Rs (45) was fired upon by the three bike-borne assailants PTI had first reported yes- with or altering messages) and approved Gilgit-Baltistan Order also includes the so-called ‘Gil- its claim over Jammu & Kash- five lakh for those providing terday that the ED and the CBI 31 (bribery) could be pressed in 2018 which was also endorsed git-Baltistan’ areas, is an inte- mir as an ‘integral part’ of India. information about the missing while he was on duty last night, leaving him injured, Su- had seized the CDRs of some light of new revelations, official by the assembly for the region. gral part of India by virtue of Everything from history to law woman, Jasna Mariya James, a perintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh said. senior government officials, sources said. The order is being seen as Paki- its accession in 1947. to morality to the situation on second year graduation student. following a recent raid on the Obtaining CDRs was a cog- stan’s efforts towards incorpo- Commenting on India’s the ground belies India’s spuri- Though the police had ear- 5 OF A FAMILY FOUND DEAD IN BIHAR premises of Sanjay Snehi, an nizable offence, they said, add- rating the disputed region as its remarks, Pakistan Foreign ous claim,” the spokesman said. lier announced Rs two lakh LAKHISARAI: Five members of a family including associate of Rai. ing that the ED and the CBI fifth province. Office spokesman Dr Moham- “These resolutions, pledging reward, no information had three minor children were found dead at their home at At least 10 CDRs, including would exchange notes on the India yesterday summoned mad Faisal on Monday said that the right to self-determination been received so far. Lakshmipur village in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district, police one of a senior ED officer prob- new development. Pakistan’s Deputy High Com- Singh was summoned on the to the people of Kashmir, were There were rumours that said on Monday. The husband was found hanging from ing the Supreme Court-mon- The offences under the said missioner Syed Haider Shah in issue. accepted by India, Pakistan and Jasna was spotted in Benga- itored Aircel-Maxis case and provisions were punishable with New Delhi and lodged a strong Faisal, who is also the the international community,” luru recently. a ceiling fan while his wife and their three children another of an IAS officer who prison terms, they said. protest over Islamabad’s latest Director General (South Asia he said, referring to UN Secu- Though a police team had strangulation marks on their neck, Sub-Divisional served as a joint secretary in the Apart from the CDRs, the move, saying any action to alter & South Asian Association for rity Council resolutions. rushed to the place, they could Police Officer (SDPO) Manish Kumar said. Prima facie, Ministry of Corporate Affairs a probe agencies have claimed the status of any part of the ter- Regional Cooperation) issued The spokesman said that not trace the woman or ensure it seems to be a case of family feud, the SDPO said. few years ago, were recovered. to have recovered a number ritory under its “forcible and the demarche to Singh. Pakistan as a responsible mem- veracity of the information. Sources said the ED officer of other “incriminating docu- illegal occupation” has no legal Singh was summoned “to ber of the international com- According to her family, ULTRAS LOOT `1.7 LAKH FROM BANK was also probing the 2G spec- ments” like a confidential com- basis. register Pakistan’s categorical munity, had always taken steps Jasna, who was on her study SRINAGAR: Two militants looted Rs 1.7 lakh in cash trum allocation scam, in which munication between the Indian The Ministry of Exter- rejection of the Indian state- consistent with UN Security leave, had gone missing from from a bank and took away a 12-bore rifle from its a firm where Rai was employed High Commission in Singapore nal Affairs said it conveyed to ment on the Gilgit Baltistan Council resolutions on Jammu her home at Vehoochira in guard in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on was under the scanner, and the and a former ED chief. PTI Shah that the entire state of Order 2018 and its baseless, & Kashmir dispute. PTI Pathanamthitta on March 21. Monday, police said. The armed militants barged into the Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch at Srigufwara in Anantnag district this afternoon and looted Rs 1.72 Visit to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia to boost Act East Policy: PM lakh at gunpoint, a police official said. He said the OUR CORRESPONDENT gunmen also snatched the 12-bore rifle of the bank’s this address. It would be an Forum. I will also address the gratulate the new Malaysian ther,” he said. On 31 May, Modi versity where I would interact private security guard before fleeing the place. opportunity to articulate India’s Indian community in Indone- leadership and looks forward will visit the India-Singapore with young students,” he said. NEW DELHI: On the eve of point of view on regional secu- sia,” he said. He said India and to meet Prime Minister Maha- enterprise and innovation exhi- Later in the evening, he will YOUTH BEATEN TO DEATH IN UP his visit to Indonesia, Singa- rity issues and maintenance Indonesia enjoyed strong and thir Mohamad. bition and will also address a deliver the keynote address at pore and Malaysia, Prime Min- of peace and stability in the friendly ties and shared deep “In Singapore, I will be business and community event Shangri-La Dialogue. “This GORAKHPUR: A 20-year-old man was hung upside ister Narendra Modi said on region,” he said. In a statement historical and civilisational focusing on enhancing India- followed by a roundtable meet- will be the first time that an down from a tree and allegedly beaten to death Monday that India had a robust posted on his Facebook page, linkages. “Both countries are Singapore partnership in areas ing with select top CEOs of Sin- Indian Prime Minister would after he was found in a compromising position with his strategic partnership with all the prime minister said he multi-ethnic, multi-religious, of Fintech, skill development, gapore to discuss business and deliver this address. It would girlfriend by her family members, the police said on the three countries and his visit would be in Jakarta tomorrow plural and open societies. I am urban planning and artificial investment opportunities. be an opportunity to articu- Monday. On the complaint of the deceased’s father, would provide a further boost on the invitation of Indonesian confident that my visit to Indo- intelligence. Singapore entities On June 1, the PM will late India’s point of view on a case was registered against four people and they to the country’s Act East Policy. President Joko Widodo. nesia will create greater syn- have become major partners call on Singapore President regional security issues and were arrested, a police offficial said. “The youth had In Singapore, he will deliver “This is my first visit to ergy between Asia’s two largest with India in areas like urban Halimah Yacob and hold del- maintenance of peace and sta- the keynote address at Shangri- Indonesia as PM. I am looking democracies and further ele- development, planning, smart egation level talks with Sin- bility in the region,” he said. On entered the girl’s house in Lala Tola village last night La Dialogue, an annual secu- forward to my discussions with vate our bilateral ties,” he said. cities and infrastructure devel- gapore Prime Minister Lee June 2, he will unveil a plaque at but was caught by her family members who hung him rity meet, on June 1. “This will President Widodo on 30 May, He said, on May 31, on his opment. My visit in Singapore (Hsien Loong). “(I) am look- Clifford Pier, where Gandhiji’s upside down and beat him to death,” Pipraich SHO, be the first time that an Indian as also to our joint interaction way to Singapore, he will make presents an opportunity for ing forward to my visit to the ashes were immersed in sea on Arun Shukla said. Prime Minister would deliver with the India-Indonesia CEOs a brief halt in Malaysia to con- both countries to engage fur- Nanyang Technological Uni- March 27, 1948. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 mp RSS invites Naidu differs with MSY & Akhilesh move SC for Pranab to address its Nehru on religion time to vacate official homes workers NAGPUR/NEW DELHI: The OUR CORRESPONDENT nature, must act in a manner RSS has invited former pres- that reflects that the ultimate ident and veteran Congress NEW DELHI: Former UP chief authority is vested in the citizens leader Pranab Mukherjee to ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and it is to the citizens, that the address newly recruited RSS and his son Akhilesh Yadav on holders of all public offices are workers on June 7 in Nagpur. Monday moved the Supreme eventually accountable. Mukherjee has given his Court seeking “appropriate The NGO had also chal- consent to participate in the time” for vacating their official lenged another UP law of 2016 programme, RSS’ Akhil Bhar- residences allotted by the Uttar called ‘The Allotment of Houses tiya Prachar Pramukh Arun Pradesh government. under Control of the Estate Kumar said. The top court had on May 7 Department Bill-2016’ to regu- Mukherjee will be the chief OUR CORRESPONDENT unexplored universe. It is the held that former chief ministers security of his family. Union Home Minister Rajnath the erstwhile Akhilesh Yadav late the allotment of government guest at the valedictory session religion which provides some of Uttar Pradesh cannot retain “We are requesting the Singh and Rajasthan governor government to the ‘UP Minis- accommodation to trusts, jour- of the Tritiya Varsh Varg’ or the NEW DELHI: Vice President answers to these raging issues,” government accommodation Supreme Court to grant us suf- Kalyan Singh, who were Chief ters (Salaries, Allowances and nalists, political parties, Speaker Third Year Course organised M Venkaiah Naidu has dif- he said. after demitting office and said ficient time to make arrange- Ministers earlier, had informed Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, and Deputy Speaker of legisla- by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak fered with former Prime Min- The Vice President further that a chief minister was at par ments for a suitable alternate the estate department that they 1981’. tive assembly, judicial officers Sangh (RSS) in June this year. ister late Jawaharlal Nehru in stated that Nehru’s emphasis on with a common man once his accommodation, taking into will vacate the government In its order, it had observed and government officials. The Sangh leadership invites the matter of religion and its scientific temper and his out- or her term ends. consideration the security of the bungalows. that a Chief Minister cannot The apex court had sought eminent people for the annual importance. Speaking at the look on religion may make him The two former Chief Min- petitioner and his family mem- Rajnath Singh and Kalyan continue to occupy public prop- the UP government’s response event held at its headquarters at Indian Institute of Integrative agnostic and some may even isters had earlier moved the UP bers,” Akhilesh said in his plea. Singh are among the six for- erty like government bungalows in November 2016, after the plea Reshim Bagh in Nagpur. Medicine in Jammu on Mon- call him an atheist. government’s estate department “Grant us sufficient time to mer chief ministers who have which belong to the people of claimed that state government We have invited the former day, Naidu paid tributes to “While I pay my tributes seeking two years’ time to vacate make arrangements for a suit- been asked by the estate depart- the country and said the provi- has sought to skirt the Supreme President of India and it is his Nehru for his push to science to Nehru, whose death anni- their official residences and able alternate accommodation, ment to vacate the bungalows sion had the effect of creating Court verdict of August 1, 2016 greatness that he has given his and technology as an integral versary was observed yester- shifting to their private accom- taking into consideration the within 15 days in pursuance a separate class of citizens for by amending the law. consent for participating in the part of the national planning day, for promoting the cause of modations in Lucknow. security of the petitioner, age of the Supreme Court’s order. conferment of benefits by way In that verdict, the apex programme, Kumar said. and stated his differences with science and scientific spirit, In their pleas filed through and ill health,” plea by Mulayam However, former UP chief of distribution of public prop- court had held that the practice Earlier this year, Mukherjee a former PM on the issue of I beg to differ with him in advocate Garima Bajaj, they Singh Yadav said. minister and BSP supremo erty on the basis of the previ- of allotting government bunga- had also invited top Sangh lead- religion. the matter of religion and it’s have sought appropriate time to The pleas by the father-son Mayawati recently put up a ous public office held by them. lows to former chief ministers ers at the launch of the Pranab Naidu said, “Scientific utility for humanity,” Naidu vacate their official bungalows duo has been filed in the back- signboard outside her offi- The court, in its 29-page of Uttar Pradesh was bad in law Mukherjee Foundation here. advances may illuminate our said. on various grounds. drop of the May 7 apex court cial accommodation in Luc- order, had said once such per- and they should hand over their RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat understanding of the universe. Naidu further said, “Every While the plea filed by judgement that had struck down know announcing that it was a sons demit public office, there possession in two months. had also called on Mukherjee But it is the religion which religion is a body of values and Mulayam Singh Yadav sought an amendment in a state legis- memorial named after the party is nothing to distinguish them It had also said the state gov- during the last days of his ten- provides answers to the unex- prescriptions for its followers to sufficient time from the apex lation allowing former Chief founder late Kanshiram. from the common man. ernment should recover appro- ure as President. plored universe.” abide by. In the absence of this court to make arrangements Ministers to retain govern- The top court had passed The apex court had also said priate rent from the occupants Mukherjee had also invited “The issues of mind and disciplining force and code of for alternate accommodation, ment accommodations even the order on a petition filed by that in a democratic republican of these bungalows for the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat soul and the relentless inter- conduct, it would be difficult the one by his son Akhilesh has after demitting office. an NGO Lok Prahari challeng- government, public servants, period of their “unauthorised for lunch at Rashtrapati nal unrest and lack of inter- to enforce social order on such urged the court to consider the Shortly after this verdict, ing the amendments made by entrusted with duties of public occupation”. Bhavan. MPOST nal peace constitutes this vast a larger scale.” REVAMPED IRCTC PORTAL NIA pressured to CIC seeks CRPF IG’s report ‘Your countdown has begun’: Inmate Change boarding point, confess crime, LeT man to court on ‘fake encounter’ in 2017 threatens Punjab CM in FB live video NEW DELHI: The Central predict waitlist ticket NEW DELHI: An alleged Lash- Information Commission (CIC) LUDHIANA: In yet another are readily available every- video, Faridkot police lodged kar-e-Taiba (LeT) member, who has sought from the CRPF case of lax security inside where and my brothers and sis- an FIR against Gobind and DHIRENDRA KUMAR tal has been prepared in such recently turned approver in a detailed records related to a Faridkot’s Modern Jail, an ters are falling prey to drugs,” another inmate Kuldeep Singh a way that passengers would case of receiving funds from report submitted to the force inmate went live on Facebook Govind says in the video. who recorded the remarks. NEW DELHI: The new gen- modify their journey details Pakistan and UAE-based LeT by its Inspector General Rajnish for about three minutes and The inmate further said Faridkot SSP Dr Nanak Singh eration ticket booking system without any hassle,” the offi- operatives to further terror Rai about a “fake encounter” in made objectionable remarks he had to send out the mes- said police was inquiring as to is all set to offer user-friendly cial said, adding that the avail- activities in India, has moved Assam in 2017. The commis- against Punjab Chief Minis- sage through Facebook as he how internet facility was avail- features such as changing of ability lookup for other days a Delhi court alleging the NIA sion’s directive came on a plea ter Captain Amarinder Singh, didn’t have the phone numbers able inside the jail along with boarding point if required, and fare break up has also been had “pressured” him to confess of a journalist who had sought violation and corruption. DGP Suresh Arora and Jail of the CM or DGP. “Other- the mobile phone. Gobind has enquiring/searching trains and provided. to the crime. In an application the disclosure of the report on In such a scenario, the dis- Minister Sukhjinder Singh wise, I would have called them three cases against him, includ- checking availability of seats “The feature of managing moved before District Judge the grounds that alleged extra closure depends on whether any Randhawa. directly,” he says. ing a murder and another of without login, etc. the payment options by mark- Poonam A Bamba, accused judicial killings were violation of of the exemption provisions of The inmate, Gobind Govind then goes on to attempt to murder, while Kul- According to a senior ing six banks as preferred Mahfooz Alam, currently in human rights and did not come the RTI Act is applicable or not. Singh, who has been lodged rant about the lack of facilities deep Singh has an NDPS case Indian Railway Catering and banks under My Profile’ sec- judicial custody, has sought to under the exemption given to During the hearing on the at Faridkot jail since April, and water scarcity in the jail. against him. Both have been Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) tion has also been provided to retract his confessional state- the CRPF from making disclo- issue, the CRPF, which had also threatened the CM, say- “Baba Farid society of Faridkot booked under 42 and 52A of official, the major attraction fast-track the ticket booking ment given earlier, which will sures under the RTI Act. earlier not applied any of the ing his countdown had begun must provide water supply for Prison Act, confirmed SSP of the revamped booking during peak hours,” the official come up before the court during In response to his RTI query exemption clauses under Sec- and Akal Purakh (God) had inmates if they see this video,” Faridkot. system is its new feature of said, adding that the enhanced hearing on July 3. “The appli- seeking a copy of the report on tion 8 of the RTI Act while assigned him this duty. Govind says. In the past 6 months, over ‘waitlist prediction’, through ‘Vikalp’ feature with easy navi- cant/accused has given the con- the fake encounter by a joint rejecting the petition, started In the video, Govind, who Stating that the gurudwara 50 mobiles have been seized which one can predict the gation provides user, the option fessional statement before the squad of security forces in citing every possible exemption hails from village Mari Bhaini, in the jail premises had lim- from Faridkot jail. In Novem- chance of a waitlisted or RAC of choosing alternate accom- Magistrate, which he wants to Assam in which two persons clause under the statute. Faridkot, also charged Ama- ited arrangements, Govind ber 2017, gangster-turned- ticket getting confirmed on modation in case of wait- withdraw as the same was given were killed in cold blood, the “Having heard the parties... rinder Singh for making a false asked Amarinder to visit the social activist Lakha Sidhana the basis of historical booking list tickets in different trains, under pressure and out of fear CRPF cited Section 24 of the the commission is of the view pledge in a Bathinda rally to place himself to take a stock had also gone live on Facebook trends. including specials. of the investigating agency. “It RTI Act to deny its disclosure. that the appellant has made a end the drug menace in Pun- of the condition. “There needs from jail and asked farmers not “Different filters as per Technological innovations is, therefore, prayed that he may The section exempts the prima facie case warranting dis- jab before the Vidhan Sabha to be a bed for Guru Granth to burn paddy stubble. departure/arrival time, class, in the development of new user kindly be allowed to retract his CRPF and other listed organ- closure of information sought, elections. Sahib and flooring needs to be In April this year, five train, and quota have been pro- interface have been deployed to confessional statement,” advo- isations from ambit of the RTI by bringing it within the ambit “You (CM) should go to the done. A langar should also be pictures of Bhola “Shooter” vided for facilitating journey facilitate seamless navigation cate MS Khan, who represented Act, but it does not apply when of first proviso of Section 24 of Golden Temple and apologise organised inside the jail,” he celebrating his birthday inside planning of the passengers. The in mobiles, desktops, laptops Alam, quoted from application the information sought pertains the RTI Act,” Information Com- for taking a false pledge. Drugs asserts. the jail were posted on Face- user-friendly layout of the por- and tablets. moved before the court. MPOST to allegations of human rights missioner Azad has said. MPOST are rampant in Punjab. They Taking cognizance of the book. AGENCIES Police arrest When PM Modi gave stern 12 Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s message to Theresa May

Bijapur district NEW DELHI: Prime Min- been seized by the Indian ister Narendra Modi gave authorities as he faces money OUR CORRESPONDENT a strong retort to his Brit- laundering charges to the tune ish counterpart Theresa May of more than Rs 9000 crore. RAIPUR: Twelve Naxals were on Vijay Mallya’s extradition Swaraj also added, “We on Monday arrested from sep- case, external affairs minister have sent out Mallya’s extradi- arate places in Chhattisgarhs Sushma Swaraj informed on tion request. One of the cases insurgency-hit Bijapur district, Monday. in the court is by the State police said. “Prime Minister Modi told Bank of India (SBI) consor- Bijapur Superintendent of British Prime Minister that UK tium, which involves 12 banks. Police Mohit Garg told PTI that courts asking about the condi- They have won the case and the six Naxals were apprehended tion of Indian jails is not right, money can now be recovered.” from the forest near Dalla vil- as these are the same prisons In April last year, Mallya lage under Basaguda police where they had jailed our lead- was arrested by Scotland Yard station limits, five from areas ers like Gandhi and Nehru,” on an extradition warrant. falling under Bedre police sta- Swaraj said while address- Apart from this case, the tion and one from Tarnichhil- ing the media on the comple- High Court of London on Feb- patpara in Jangla village. tion of 4 years of the National ruary 12 ordered Mallya to pay Six Naxals were nabbed Democratic Alliance (NDA) an estimated $90 million to a after a joint team of the Central government. Singapore-based aircraft leas- Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) Prime Minister Modi’s ing company in claims 168th battalion and District stern message to the Brit- The case involves a number Force acted on a tip-off and ish PM was conveyed when of aircraft leased by Vijay Mal- launched a search operation the two leaders met in Lon- lya’s now-defunct Kingfisher near Dalla in Basaguda, he said. don in April, during the Airlines from BOC Aviation Basaguda is located about meeting of Commonwealth in 2014. 450 kilometres from the state Heads of Government Meet- Mallya is among 53 per- capital. ing (CHOGM) and discussed sons, who are facing pros- The six arrested from the Mallya’s extradition, wherein ecution complaints from forest near Dalla village have he had complained to the UK the Enforcement Director- been identified as Madkam courts about the conditions of ate under the Prevention of Hunga (24), Oyam Manglu Indian jails. Money Laundering Act, 2002, (26), Kunjam Hunga (45), Liquor baron Vijay Mallya and they are absconding, the Punem Bandi (35), Uika Podia is absconding and currently Ministry of External Affairs (25) and Nupo Pandu (20), the living in the United Kingdom. (MEA) had said in July last SP said. PTI His assests in India have year. AGENCIES ‘Lion cub dead in infighting in Amreli’ VADODARA: A lion cub was “There were nail marks the adult might have visited the found dead in the Tulsi Forest on the body of the lion cub. A spot a second time, Patel said. Range of Gujarat’s Amreli dis- post mortem confirmed that The cub’s carcass was cre- trict and nail marks on its body the cause of death was infight- mated at the same spot where and post mortem confirmed ing,” Patel said. it was found, he said. that it had been killed by an The forest department The 14th Lion Census, adult lion, a senior forest offi- team that rushed to the spot which took place between May cial said on Monday. also found the presence of an 2-5 in 2015, had estimated the The cub, around a year old, adult male lion close to where total number of lions in Guja- was found dead in Bhaniyavidi the cub’s body was found. rat at 523. village of Khambha tehsil in The fight between this adult Of these, 201 were adult Amreli district yesterday, said lion and the cub possibly took lionesses, 109 adult males and Range Forest Officer PR Patel. place about 18 hours ago and 213 sub-adults and cubs. MPOST 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 EDITORIAL Messy diplomatic order Swaraj’s sound Unpredictable Trump has disrupted the entire global order, stance disarraying diplomacy and pushing India closer to Russia and China n Monday, External Affairs Minister Sushma apricious US trade and dip- Swaraj said during the annual press conference of lomatic policies seem to have her Ministry that India is not softening its stance NANTOO BANERJEE thrown world diplomacy against Pakistan even though the two countries into disorder. Countries in Ohave allowed track-II diplomacy and some official engage- CEurope and Asia are getting increasingly ments to take place. She also criticised Pakistan for its reply confused and uncertain about staying on India’s protest against the Pakistan government’s order on ‘allied’ with the US. With President Gilgit-Baltistan. India, on Sunday, had summoned the Paki- Donald Trump appearing as a highly stan deputy high commissioner Syed Haider Shah to protest unpredictable ‘ally’ even to tradition- against Islamabad’s order on holding more powers in the Gil- ally close Britain, Germany, and France, git-Baltistan region. India sees this as an attempt by Pakistan nations are confused over a changing to annex this strategically important region, which shares its diplomatic order. Russia and China have border with China. The proposed China-Pakistan Economic certainly gotten closer to protect them- Corridor (CPEC) that connects mainland China with Gwadar selves against the US whim-whams in Port in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan passes through their region. India seems to be at its wit’s this region. The Gilgit-Baltistan Order, 2018, promulgated last end as the US is pushing hard to block week, entrusts the Prime Minister of Pakistan with indisput- imports from India under one pretext able authorities in matters over the Gilgit-Baltistan Order. The or the other, restrict movement of intel- order also cancels the power of the Gilgit Baltistan Council and India is highly lectual persons, move more exports to transfers it to the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly, which will have concerned about India and exercise penal restrictions on powers to make legislation regarding the mineral, hydropower, trade with countries not in sync with and tourism sectors. The latest move by the Pakistan govern- the US action US policies. The pressure threatens ment is being seen as an attempt to make Gilgit-Baltistan a against Iran India’s independent trade and diplo- separate province. In a statement, the Ministry of External matic policy pursuits. Affairs said that India had conveyed to Pakistan that Jammu because it is the India is so fed up with the US threats and Kashmir, including the Gilgit-Baltistan area, is an integral second largest on the trade and economy fronts that on part of India by virtue of its accession in 1947. Replying to a oil importer from last Thursday, it took an unprecedented With Trump disrupting the global order, Russia and India could strengthen their alliance question on whether India is ready to hold talks with Pakistan, retaliatory action raising import duties Swaraj said that India is always ready to talk to Pakistan but that country, up to 100 per cent on five products, would try to salvage the deal and keep lion barrels of US oil through a tender. to rope in Prime Minister Narendra there is a caveat that Pakistan must stop supporting terrorists. after China. India including wheat, shelled almond, wal- Iran’s oil trade and investment flowing. Like the rest of the world, India too Modi, earlier in the week, over their Talks and terror cannot go hand-in-hand. At a time when the nut, and protein concentrate, imported India is highly concerned about the US was stunned on last Thursday when informal meet for almost six hours at Indian Army is being attacked on the border, India cannot talk is also under mostly from the US. It invoked “emer- action against Iran. Because, it is the President Trump cancelled his planned Bocharev Creek in Sochi, to work on a with Pakistan, she said. She said that talks can happen even agreement with gency powers” to increase import duties second largest oil importer from that summit with North Korean leader Kim “non-bloc security architecture” in the before the elections in Pakistan on July 25, but the condition under Section 8A of the Customs Act. country, after China. India is also under Jong-un in Singapore on June 12, blam- Indo-Pacific region. This is despite the remains that Pakistan will have to denounce terrorism and Iran to construct Earlier, India told the WTO that it pro- agreement with Iran to construct the ing the increasingly hostile rhetorics fact that India is working with the US, stop supporting terrorists. She also said that talks are going on the Chabahar poses to raise duties by up to 100 per Chabahar port, the first part of which from Pyongyang. The US president Japan and Australia to bring stability with the US over the H1B and H4 visa policy and the Indian cent on 20 products such as almonds, was completed in December. India and said he was pulling out of the meeting for a rules-based order in the region. government is making all-out efforts to ensure that the new port, the first part apple and specific motorcycles imported Iran agreed to develop Chabahar on the because of the ‘tremendous anger and India is engaged with the US and its US policies do not affect Indian workers. On the question of of which was from the US if Washington does not roll Gulf of Oman outside the Strait of Hor- open hostility’ in a recent statement allies Japan and Australia across bilat- MEA helping out Indians all over the world, she said that her back high tariffs on certain steel and muz, near Iran’s border with Pakistan. from Kim. Even as the summit date eral, trilateral and quadrilateral formats ministry has rescued 90,000 Indians from hostile places all completed in aluminium items. The US has moved The port and road project, when com- was nearing, both the leaders were busy to bring stability in the Indo-Pacific over the world. Indian foreign minister Swaraj is known for December the World Trade Organisation (WTO) pleted, is expected to give India a direct engaging themselves in shadow boxing region and make it inclusive amid Chi- offering prompt help to Indians across the globe. She is usu- against India’s export schemes. India, access to Afghanistan and oil-and-gas and brinksmanship, playing hardball. na’s ambitions and BRI (belt and road ally available on Twitter readily and responds promptly to any along with a number of countries such rich central Asia, bypassing Pakistan. The sudden cancellation of the initiative) projects. distress call from an Indian anywhere in the world. Just a day as China and Russia, has dragged the Now, here comes the possibility of a Trump-Kim summit stunned almost Modi and Putin now agree to a pro- ago, she directed the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu to help a US to WTO for creating artificial tariff US embargo on countries and compa- everyone. Yet, within 24 hours of his posed document on a fight against group of 15 mountaineers who were stranded in the Everest barriers. Under the circumstances, no nies dealing with Iran. Indian Oil Cor- announcement, President Trump sang extremism, separatism and terrorism, to region for the last two days due to inclement weather. One one is too sure about the possible out- poration (IOC), the largest importer of a different tune, saying the summit be signed at the Shanghai Cooperation of the group members had left a message on Swaraj’s Twitter come of a US-India 2+2 dialogue that Iranian oil, may be forced to turn to could still be on. On Saturday, May 26, Organisation (SCO) summit in China account seeking help from the Indian government. As Prime may be held in July. other oil exporting countries, includ- Kim Jong-un met South Korean Presi- next month. Russia is keen to connect Minister Narendra Modi has been holding mega diaspora Meanwhile, the unilateral US pull- ing the far-flung US, to prevent sup- dent Moon Jae-in for the second time the Indo-Pacific region with its initia- meets during his trips abroad, Swaraj’s prompt help to Indi- out of the international nuclear pact ply disruptions, further pushing up in a month, holding a surprise sum- tives in the Eurasian hemisphere. Rus- ans living out of the country complements Modi’s outreach with Iran, followed by its threat, last oil import costs. IOC planned to buy mit at a border truce village to discuss sia views India as a key player in that programme among the Non-Residents Indians. Though most week, to impose sanctions on Tehran 140,000 barrels per day of Iranian oil Kim’s potential meeting with Presi- process. The developments may see the of the decisions in the realm of Indian foreign policy is taken and also on foreign companies dealing during this financial year and has an dent Trump. Global leaders in Europe world order taking a new direction if by Prime Minister Modi himself, Swaraj has been instru- with Iran are causing new headaches option to buy an additional 40,000 bpd. and Asia are trying to reorganise their the US continues with its freak diplo- mental in improving relations with neighbours like Bangla- for oil-starved India. Other signatories Indian refiners have raised oil imports diplomatic policies and usher in new matic manoeuvres across the globe, desh, Myanmar and Nepal through concerted dialogue and of the international nuclear agreement from Iran after the latter agreed to steep dialogues in the interest of peace and including with countries such as Iran, bilateral visits. She has also played a key role in preparing the with Iran — France, Germany, Britain, shipping discounts. IOC is now think- security in the region. the two Koreas and Turkey. IPA ground for the Indian Prime Minster’s recent informal sum- Russia and China — too are concerned. ing of tapping the spot market to buy This could probably explain Russian (The views expressed mits with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President They disagree with the US and say they US oil. IOC recently bought three mil- President Vladimir Putin’s initiative are strictly personal) Vladimir Putin. Modi’s frequent foreign visits and engage- ments with top world leaders coupled with Swaraj’s enlight- dear ened backroom support has ensured that Indian viewpoints GREAT EXPECTATIONS EDITOR millenniumpost.in are better calibrated and presented at the international level. Quote martial During his foreign visits, Modi has been trying to expose the Even after 7 decades of Independence, two hundred million people in India are deprived Log on to write letters to the challenges from Pakistan and China besides keeping his focus Electricity of grid-connected electricity, although, as of now, the total installed power generating editor or send them to on improving trade relations. The Indian foreign policy has [email protected] been successful in exposing Pakistan as a hub for terror activi- can transform capacity stands at 345 GW. The Government has to increase the power generation ties and the country stands isolated, with the US consistently people’s lives, not You can also send your pressurising Pakistan to mend its ways and end its support for capacity to 850GW by the end of the year 2032 which can only be done with the proper comments to The Editor, terrorist organisations presently flourishing in the country. In just economically Energy mix from the different options. The Government has set an ambitious but difficult the case of China, India recognises its recent advancements but also socially Millennium Post, and has allowed trade relations to flourish between the two target of achieving adding 175GW of Renewable Power by the year 2022. For that, a Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah countries but it firmly opposed the Chinese military’s efforts PIYUSH GOYAL drastic reform in the power sector is necessary. Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 to build a road near the international border in Doklam. The AMAR NATH BHADRA Via email idea was clear that India will not be bullied by an aggressive China. India’s relations with other world powers like the US, Germany, France and the UK have also witnessed new dyna- mism and a vibrant exchange of ideas. The credit for all this, in part, goes to Indian foreign minister Swaraj, who together with the Indian Prime Minister, makes for a formidable com- Why Himachal pines for respite bination to drive the Indian foreign policy. Extremely high summer temperature and inflammable pine Denuclearisation needles cause fire to engulf forests in the state

orest fires have been will see that incidents of forest for all SUBHOJIT GOSWAMI raging in pine forests fires are much less in the latter,” he world could only sit and watch last week as two of Dharamshala for the Kumar affirms. men seemed to play with the fate of humanity, on last three days, causing the flawed assumption that Donald Trump and Kim Fa significant loss of tree cover. Scorching summer in the hills Jong-un had the collective best interests of all at heart. Although the exact extent of While pine trees are the TTrump has shown the dangers of placing millions of lives in fire is not clearly known, at least principal convict, a part of the the hands of a couple of fragile men. In this month alone, he 618 sites reportedly caught fire blame also goes to extremely torpedoed the successful Iran nuclear deal and all but the best in this region. Strong winds in high summer temperature pre- hope of North Korea engaging in direct diplomacy as a means the region on Sunday morning vailing in the region in the last to denuclearise. He threatened mass murder of millions of further pushed the fire to other few days. Heat wave conditions innocent civilians while pulling out of the upcoming summit areas, including near Dharam- continued unabated in the lower with Kim Jong-un for reasons of hurt feelings and strong lan- shala cantonment. hills of Himachal Pradesh, with guage. But that is the lie nuclear states have been telling us for This is the time Una registering the hottest tem- 70 years. Mankind is safest living a breath away from annihi- Problem with pine perature at 43.6 degrees Celsius lation because there are “good guys” with a nuclear weapon of the year when This is the time of the year on Sunday. Maximum departure (Trump), who will discourage ‘bad guys’ from ever wanting pine trees shed when pine trees shed their from the normal temperature them (Kim). Sounds familiar? In reality, the greatest threat we leaves, covering large chunk of in most districts has been high. face is the existence of nuclear weapons. South Korean President their leaves. open land within forests. With According to the circular Moon Jae-in lives within the range of conventional weapons With summer summer temperature already issued by India Meteorological permanently aimed at Seoul that can be launched even before temperature hovering in mid-30s, the pine Department on May 27, max- the US nuclear weapons destroy the North Korean regime. needles take hardly three to four imum temperatures in some Knowing this, his worst nightmare came true this year with already hovering hours to get completely dry. parts of Himachal Pradesh Trump’s war of words that pushed all to the brink of nuclear in mid-30s, the These heaps of needles become were “appreciably above nor- destruction. His solution? Careful diplomacy with the North highly inflammable and eas- mal” (3.1°C to 5.0°C). In fact, on one hand, and gentle ego stroking of Trump on the other. pine needles ily catch fire. However, there Himachal Pradesh has been And, imagine, Trump is hoping for the Nobel prize for Peace! take hardly three is another facet to it: practice Pine trees create problems for the forest department as well as the native farmers. [Photo: Vikas Choudhary] witnessing a steady increase North Korea, largely in a symbolic gesture, put on a show by of waste burning by the com- in maximum temperature blowing up their nuclear test site. Trump responded by blow- to four hours to munities living in the vicinity hectares of pine forests in the slowly spreads beyond their to douse flames. Despite suffer- over the decades. According ing up the peace process. All of this goes to show no one can get completely of these forests. Dharamsala circle, which com- control. Recently, a cabinet ing from depleting water level, to state-level climate change rely on these piecemeal agreements to guarantee world safety. “In absence of a proper prises 20 per cent of the total meeting was held to explore water had to be sourced from trends released by the IMD, Men with fragile egos should not have the world’s faith placed dry. These heaps waste collection and disposal forest area in that circle. How- possibilities of making com- the Sukhana Lake in Chandi- the highest increase in annual in them to solve these existential crises. There is a solution. of needles system, the communities find it ever, these trees create problems mercial use of pine needles,” garh to douse fire. mean maximum temperatures These weapons are now prohibited by treaty and it is a matter convenient to burn their waste. for the forest department as well adds Kumar. “Whoever promoted pine during 1951-2010 was observed of getting every state on board. Last year, 122 nations adopted become highly Although they keep a watch as the native farmers. Experts say that there is trees and planted in this state in Himachal Pradesh (+0.06°C/ the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the inflammable and stand close to the burning “As pine trees produce bio- technology available to con- has done great disservice to the year). UN, and it is well on its way to becoming international law. garbage, embers often burst out chemicals that do not allow any vert these pine needles into people. Why can we not phase In a sign of temporary Quite simply, the possession of nuclear weapons by anyone to nearby forests, triggering a kind of vegetation to grow, the combustible bricks. out pine trees and replace them respite, the local meteorologi- is a grave humanitarian threat that cannot be countenanced. massive fire,” says Dharmesh forest department does con- Closer to the capital city, with deodar (Cedrus deodara) cal office has forecast rains or There is still hope for the Koreas. Trump has accused others Kumar, Sub-divisional Magis- trolled burning of pine forests Kasauli has already been reeling or ban (White Oak)? A state, thundershowers in the mid- of clinging to a magical vision of a nuclear-free world. There trate, Dharamshala. to ensure there is growth of under high maximum tempera- which is already reeling under hills for five days from May 28 is a legitimate path forward to denuclearisation for all using a The forest department has grass during monsoon months ture. It has also witnessed a mas- drinking water crisis, has to to June 1 and rains and thun- multilateral treaty that cannot be torn up if someone’s feelings been planting pine saplings and animal fodder is available. sive forest fire in area around the now use its water to stop for- dershowers in the lower hills are hurt. At a time when peace is at such a premium, this is in the region for the past few The villagers, at times, take this Air Force Station. A helicopter est fires. If we do a compara- on May 30 and 31. DOWN TO EARTH the only solution to ensure mankind does not become extinct. decades due to high survival exercise upon themselves and was pressed into service by the tive study between places that (The views expressed rate of the tree. There are 27,910 set these needles on fire, which defence authorities on May 26 grow only pine and deodar, we are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 mp in focus Divide and conquer Cities that have adopted robust waste segregation policies have been successful in instating their ambient hygiene

n 2016, the Centre for Science and Envi- through decentralised waste management RICHA AGARWAL ronment (CSE) came out with a report and 85 per cent of the city is segregating on Solid Waste Management titled, “Not its waste. in My Backyard: Solid Waste Manage- The wet waste from all other wards and Iment in Indian Cities”. It was clear from the commercial spaces goes to a centralised com- report that the cities that are segregating their posting facility run by Infrastructure Leasing waste have been able to effectively process and Financial Services (IL&FS) while the dry and treat it. While some have achieved the waste is stored in dry waste collection cen- status of zero landfill cities, others are work- tres and are sold by waste collectors for extra ing towards becoming Zero Waste. With the income. Less than 20 per cent (90 tonnes) of objective of promoting segregation, CSE, on the total waste generated (447 tonnes) goes to December 12, 2017, launched a platform the dumping ground. The city sets an exem- called the ‘Forum of Cities that Segregate’. plary model for waste management, involv- This one-of-a-kind initiative was launched ing all stakeholders. in 20 cities from 13 states of the country to develop a knowledge exchange platform for Panchgani leads the way participating cities on solid waste manage- Panchgani, a famous tourist destination, ment (SWM), training and capacity building has made outstanding efforts in making its To promote waste on the source-segregation model of SWM, city clean while ensuring few options for tracking and assessing the progress of cities waste processing and disposal. Through con- segregation on source segregation among other param- stant effort of the municipal council, it has among residents, eters and collating the feedback and inputs been successful in implementing 100 per the Greater from the forum cities and providing policy- cent segregation in all its 2,755 households relevant information to the state governments and commercial spaces. The city generates Hyderabad and Centre on SWM. some seven tonnes of waste every day and Municipal The argument that segregation is the key processes every bit of it. After collecting seg- for waste management was only strength- regated waste, the dry waste is segregated fur- Corporation ened recently with the release of the Swachh ther in as many as seven categories such as came out with Survekshan 2018 results. Most of the cities glass, metal, rubber, clothes, recyclable plastic in the country that are ensuring segregation or bottles, shredded plastic, and footwear. The a plan to bring of waste at source have been in the list of the wet waste is composted and sold while the together citizen awardees. It is now well understood that seg- dry waste is sent for recycling to Pune. The regation at source is at the heart of the waste previous garbage disposal site has now been volunteers called management solution. It improves collection converted into a garden, which also serves as ‘Swachhdoots’ efficiency and leads to better efficiency in the a tourist point named Swachh Bharat Point. processing of waste and resource recovery. who will visit Five out of 20 Forum cities were adjudged Practicing segregation individual in various categories for their work on waste To promote waste segregation among management and sanitation. Indore and residents, the Greater Hyderabad Munici- households Bhopal ranked 1st and 2nd in 2017 (last pal Corporation (GHMC) came out with and commercial year’s cleanest cities) and have shown signif- a plan to bring together citizen volunteers icant improvement this year in segregation called ‘Swachhdoots’ who will visit individual establishments to at source and opted for decentralised waste households and commercial establishments apprise citizens management approaches. Mysuru, which has to apprise citizens on the practice on segre- been a pioneer in waste management for the gation. The city has brought together 3,000 Waste segregation at the source is the most effective way to get rid of landfills polluting major cities on the practice on past many years, has been awarded India’s swachhdoots who are not only now apprising segregation cleanest city in the 300,000 to 1,000,000 pop- the citizens but also monitoring the segrega- ulation bracket. Greater Hyderabad has been also in commercial spaces. Citizens are being Bhopal. About 275 tonnes of waste is being Mysuru: Pioneering waste management tion status in the city. recognised for the best solid waste man- encouraged to practice home composting, treated by the centralised composting centre Mysuru has been adjudged as one of the The city has also been working on inte- agement practice in all capital cities/UTs of while more than 700 temples, market areas, at Bhanpur and 25 tonnes of waste is treated cleanest cities in the country for many years. grating waste pickers into the formal setup the country. The city has undertaken mass parks, gardens and other bulk generators are via decentralised methods. Few RWAs and This is not only because of the aesthetic clean- of waste management by offering them campaigns for source segregation. When it treating wet waste in a decentralised manner. bulk generators are also segregating and treat- liness but also due to the waste manage- a vehicle in turn for service under a pro- comes to cities with less than 100,000 popu- Residents who are composting can sell ing their wet waste in-situ. ment system that the city has strengthened gramme called ‘Swachh Autos’. Each person is lation, Panchgani has emerged as the cleanest their home-made compost at a centralised Currently, the city is setting up an inte- over the past few years. The city encourages expected to collect segregated waste from 600 in the west zone. This small hill station has facility at a fixed rate. All the wet waste in grated waste management facility spread over its residents to hand over segregated waste households and the money made from the incorporated practices such as 100 per cent the city is being composted while all the dry an area of 46 acres in Adampur Chavni area. to the collector. The city has 47 dry waste collection of user fee and sale of dry waste source segregation, collection and process- waste is being channelled for recycling. The The facility will have a waste-to-energy plant, collection centres apart from a Zero Waste goes to the collector and helper directly. ing of solid waste. remaining non-recyclable dry waste is made compost plant, provision of dry waste to RDF Management Unit (ZWM) in seven zones. This is one of the many other initiatives of into refuse-derived fuel (RDF), which will centre, and sanitary landfill and leachate Segregated waste from two or three wards GHMC. Another initiative is called the ‘Black Managing solid waste be used when the waste-to-energy plant, treatment plant. Even though there is a cen- out of five or 10 wards in each zone goes to bag campaign’, introduced with an aim of For the second year in a row, Indore and which is under construction, is ready. Less tralised treatment unit, the bulk generators the ZWM where the wet waste is compos- creating awareness and promoting the 3R Bhopal have secured first and second rank than 10 per cent of the city’s waste now goes and households are encouraged to treat maxi- ted and dry waste is further segregated into principle — Reduce, Reuse and Recycle — as India’s cleanest cities. Both have initiated to the landfill. mum waste at source. The Bhopal Municipal as many as 28 fractions. These seven ZWMs for plastic waste. Money made from the sale source segregation among the residents as Bhopal has also successfully implemented Corporation (BMC) launched ‘KABAAD are run by local NGOs and self-help groups of recyclable plastic goes towards livelihood they firmly believe that waste management 100 per cent source segregation in house- SE JUGAAD’ — a people-driven initiative who make money from the sale of compost development of the informal sector in the is only possible if the waste is segregated at holds, commercial establishments and bulk towards solid waste management in which and dry recyclables. city. DOWN TO EARTH source. Indore has achieved 100 per cent generators of the city. Both centralised and BMC is just a facilitator and the entire pro- Mysuru treats close to 60 tonnes of wet (The views expressed source segregation not only in households but decentralised processing is being practised in cess is run by the community. waste and 90 tonnes of dry waste per day are strictly personal)

tweet Sanitation and well-being RETWEET With Swachh Bharat Mission in full-swing, the debate of women’s access to safe bathing spaces must be accentuated, discuss Minaj Ranjita Singh and Meghna Mukherjee RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD @rsprasad ocial norms dictate that health risks that bathing in the a woman should protect open can lead to. For them, her modesty by dressing bathing is an age-old practice and behaving “appro- that has been carried out in Members & office bearers of BJP Mahila Spriately”. Despite such norms the open. It is paradoxical how Morcha of Odisha met me at Bhubaneswar. being strictly followed in India, this issue has not been raised It was great to share #DigitalIndia initiatives in many parts of the country, in the public forum when talks that are leading to women empowerment. Apart from women are expected to bathe about building toilets are in They all thanked me for #StreeSwabhiman in the open. full swing. Can it be because hygiene, this It is shameful that even women tend to suffer in silence initiative of CSC for setting up sanitary pad compromises today safe and private bathing accepting it as their destiny? units in rural areas. do not exist in a majority of the Or is it related to their lack of women’s dignity rural areas for women. Accord- access to resources? too. The water ing to the 2011 Census, 55 per The physical stress of car- cent of rural households do not rying water from hand pumps KAPIL SIBAL in which they have any kind of enclosed bath- and other sources and the men- @KapilSibal bathe is used for ing space within the premises tal strain of performing all their washing utensils, and this proportion rises to an household chores along with alarming high of 95 per cent in maintaining hygiene with lim- EVM's in Kairana (UP) and in Bhandara- clothes, and even the poorer pockets of the coun- ited water takes a toll on their try. Women have no option, health and life. Many devel- Gondia, Palghar (Maharashtra) Lok menstruation then, but to bathe fully clothed opmental activists say that Sabha polls hit by heat wave says Election clothes which can in nearby ponds, wells, hand women’s struggle with sanita- Commission. Opposition protests. It seems pumps or streams. tion arises due to the lack of the heat wave is also getting selective. The lead to various Apart from hygiene, this water. While there is a long way heat wave seems to have bypassed EVM's bacterial and compromises their dignity to go for the construction of where BJP is confident! fungal infections. too. The water in which they bathrooms to become a pol- bathe is used for washing uten- Bathing in public spaces severely compromises women’s hygiene (Representational Image) icy mandate, it is important to The problem sils, clothes and even menstru- place greater stress on making gets acute ation clothes, which can lead upper caste families had bath- embarrassment when walking and bathing near a hand pump water available to every rural MARKANDEY KATJU to various bacterial and fungal rooms, they were not ready to back home in wet clothes. They fully clothed does not allow us household. @MKATJU when there is a infections. The problem gets be interviewed. Women from are also unable to clean their to clean ourselves properly. But Past literature and qualita- acute when there is a scarcity lower castes usually bathe private parts, leading to skin what choices do we have? We tive research suggest that access scarcity of water of water and multiple commu- either in the open or in some infections and rashes. do not have enough time or to water, toilet, and bathroom and multiple nities and castes live together. kind of makeshift arrange- Talking about their men- money to waste on building facilities have a significant rela- The Mahagathbandhan of Opposition parties, communities Often, long walks for carry- ments where sari/plastics cover strual hygiene practices, bathrooms. When you have so tion to a woman’s well-being. without any common principle except the ing water results in the neglect a small portion in the house around 49 per cent reluctantly many mouths to feed, you tend That said, the issue of lim- and castes live of sanitation and hygiene. To or in the backyard. Out of the shared that they had to wait to prioritise them rather than ited access to secured bathing lust for power and pelf, reminds me of Lord together probe this issue, focus group 55 women interviewed, 53 per to change their soiled clothes building bathrooms.” spaces with adequate water Shankar's baraat described so vividly in the discussions and interviews cent had either a temporary when no one was around. It Our research in Gaya and needs immediate attention. Ramcharitmanas. were conducted from Septem- arrangement or bathed inside can be imagined how a daily some villages in Jharkhand, When the movement of build- ber 2016 to September 2017, the house when men were not chore can turn into a trouble- Odisha, and Rajasthan show ing toilets under the Swachh with women from rural areas present. The rest of them sim- some task for these women. that the compromise and Bharat Mission is in a full- of Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, ply bathed near a hand pump 63 per cent admitted that they drudgery that rural women fledged swing, it is time to find JAMES WILSON Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, or a pond. In almost all the vil- cleaned the menstrual cloth or face due to the absence of a way to integrate secure bath- @jamewils and Rajasthan. lages, women have separate threw the used sanitary nap- secured bathing spaces is far ing spaces with access to water In an exploratory study con- spaces for bathing where men kin in the same place where more severe than one can in that programme. DOWN TO EARTH ducted in Gaya, Bihar, a major- are prohibited. However, this they bathed. A middle-aged expect. (The authors are junior ity of the participants admitted is not followed in some com- woman from Kusa village in In spite of feeling uncom- research fellows at Vikasan- Rains.. Nothing makes a pluviophile so to facing inconveniences due to munities, causing women to Sherghati block of Gaya said, fortable and insecure, these vesh Foundation, an initia- ecstatic!! #Kerala #MyClicks the absence of private bathing experience eve-teasing and “We are aware that not bath- women either do not complain tive of TATA Trusts. The views spaces. Although women from lewd comments. Women face ing daily can cause infections or are unaware of the grave expressed are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 Super-elastic electronic fibre To undo US damage to N-deal, China’s Xi to host Iran’s Rouhani paves way for smart clothes BEIJING: Iran's president will attend a summit with his Chi- nese and Russian counterparts GENEVA: Scientists have some thermoplastic elastomers Scientists integrated their next month, officials in Bei- developed a tiny, super elas- that have a high viscosity when fibres into robotic fingers as jing said on Monday, as they tic fibres that can incorporate heated. artificial nerves. Whenever the try to salvage the nuclear deal electrodes, paving the way for After the fibres are drawn, fingers touch something, elec- thrown into upheaval by Don- smart clothing and artificial they can be stretched and trodes in the fibres transmit ald Trump. nerves for robots. deformed but they always information about the robot's China, Russia and Euro- The fibres can detect even return to their original shape. tactile interaction with its pean powers, all of which the slightest pressure and strain Rigid materials like nano- environment. signed the 2015 Iran nuclear and can withstand deformation composite polymers, met- The research team also accord, are scrambling to save of close to 500 per cent before als and thermoplastics can be tested adding their fibres to the pact following the US recovering their initial shape. introduced into the fibres, as large-mesh clothing to detect president's decision to quit Scientists at Ecole Polytech- well as liquid metals that can compression and stretching. the agreement and reinstate nique Federale de Lausanne be easily deformed. "Our technology could be sanctions. has signalled that it intends to Asian republics and two new (EPFL) in Switzerland came "For instance, we can add used to develop a touch key- China's President Xi Jin- keep working with the Islamic members, Pakistan and India. up with a fast and easy method three strings of electrodes at board that's integrated directly ping will meet Iran's Hassan regime despite the US move. The summit will discuss a for embedding different kinds the top of the fibres and one into clothing, for instance," said Rouhani on the sidelines of the Chinese businesses are three-year action plan to "fight of microstructures in super- facturing. They started by cre- ing the components' relative at the bottom. Different elec- Sorin. Shanghai Cooperation Organ- expected to step up activities the three evil forces" -- terror- elastic fibres. ating a macroscopic preform positions stayed the same. trodes will come into contact The researchers see many isation (SCO) meeting on June in Iran to fill the void left by the ism, separatism and extremism For instance, by adding with the various fibre compo- The end result was a set of depending on how the pres- other potential applications. 9-10 in Qingdao, said Foreign exit of US companies and the -- and strengthen coopera- electrodes at strategic loca- nents arranged in a carefully fibres with an extremely com- sure is applied to the fibres," Especially since the thermal Minister Wang Yi. possible withdrawal of Euro- tion on tackling cybersecurity tions, they turned the fibres designed 3D pattern. plicated microarchitecture and said Fabien Sorin from EPFL. drawing process can be eas- Russian President Vladimir pean rivals for fear of punitive breaches and drug trafficking, into ultra-sensitive sensors. The They then heated the pre- advanced properties. This will cause the elec- ily tweaked for large-scale Putin will also attend the sum- measures enforced by the US. Wang said. method can be used to produce form and stretched it out, like Until now, thermal draw- trodes to transmit a signal, production. mit, he added. Iran is currently an China will also push for hundreds of metres of fibre in a melted plastic, to make fibres ing could be used to make only which can then be read to This is a real plus for the Wang did not include the observer member of the SCO, "reforms to the multilateral short amount of time. of a few hundreds microns in rigid fibres. However, research- determine exactly what type manufacturing sector. The tex- nuclear deal in a readout of the though it has long sought full trading regime" connecting To make their fibres, the sci- diameter. While this process ers used it to make elastic of stress the fibre is exposed tile sector has already expressed summit's formal agenda. membership. the markets of SCO members, entists used a thermal drawing stretched out the pattern of fibres. With the help of a new to - such as compression or interest in the new technol- But Beijing, which is Iran's The regional bloc focus- which account for nearly 40 per process, which is the standard components lengthwise, it also criterion for selecting materi- shear stress, for example," said ogy, and patents have been top trade partner and one of ing on security and trade also cent of the global population, process for optical-fibre manu- contracted it crosswise, mean- als, they were able to identify Sorin. filed. AGENCIES the biggest buyers of its oil, includes four ex-Soviet Central he said. AGENCIES Eight killed in China approves 13 new Ivanka Pakistan fire US team in North Korea to prepare

KARACHI: Eight Trump trademarks in 3 months members of a family, for Kim summit, reveals Trump including four women, were killed after be- Ivanka photo WASHINGTON DC: President daily said. ing trapped inside Donald Trump on Monday said The two officials know each with son sparks a US team was in North Korea other well - both were part of their burning house in backlash over to plan a summit with its leader their respective delegations that Pakistan's largest city on Kim Jong Un, indicating that negotiated the 2005 denuclear- Monday. Police officials border splits the much-anticipated meeting isation agreement through the said the eldest son of could take place as scheduled. six-party framework. Gulzara Bibi, who had WASHINGTON DC: Trump withdrew from the The talks are expected to survived the blaze in Ivanka Trump is facing planned June 12 Singapore sum- continue on Tuesday at Tongil- mit with Kim on Thursday but gak, or "Unification House," the Baldia Town area, told an online backlash for quickly announced that it could building in the northern part of them his mother was men- tweeting a "tone deaf" get back on track. The cancel- the demilitarised zone where tally unstable and set a photo of herself cud- lation apparently followed Sec- Kim met Moon on Saturday, room on fire after locking SHANGHAI: China has market a host of things from dling her son as outrage retary of State Mike Pompeo The Post reported. the house from inside. approved 13 Ivanka Trump baby blankets to coffins, as grows over a federal setting some strict ground-rules Last year, Trump and Kim "The mother, her three trademarks in the last three well as perfume, make-up and government policy to ahead for the meeting, which in summit. "Our United States announce the delegation's were threatening war after daughters and four sons months and granted provi- furniture. turn resulted in a North Korean team has arrived in North Korea members, The Washington Post Pyongyang tested its most pow- sional approval for eight more, Trademarks can be signs of separate the children of minister reportedly saying that to make arrangements for the reported earlier Sunday that erful nuclear bomb to date and were in one room where raising fresh conflict-of-inter- corporate ambition, but they undocumented migrants Pyongyang could make the US Summit between Kim Jong Un Sung Kim, a former US ambas- launched test missiles it said Gulzara Bibi allegedly est questions about the White can also be filed defensively, to from their parents. The taste an appalling tragedy and and myself," Trump said in a sador to South Korea and for- were capable of reaching the first set fire," one official House. block copycats. eldest daughter of that a stalemate could lead to a tweet. mer nuclear negotiator with the United States. Tensions were said.Neighbours of the The most recent approval Ivanka Trump and her President Donald Trump, nuclear-to-nuclear showdown. "I truly believe North Korea North, had been called in from calmed after Kim extended an family which resided from China came Sunday, and father have filed for trademarks who serves as an advi- Later, the North Korean has brilliant potential and will his posting as envoy to the Phil- olive branch to Seoul by offering in Malang Goth, a low more are likely to come. Trade- in dozens of countries. sor to her father, posted leaders said they were ready to be a great economic and finan- ippines to lead the preparations. to send a delegation to the Win- mark office records show at Critics say foreign pow- meet anytime and anywhere. cial Nation one day. Kim Jong Sung Kim met with North ter Olympics in South Korea, income area in Baldia least 25 Ivanka Trump marks ers could try to use valuable the picture of her with Kim had an unscheduled meet- Un agrees with me on this. It Korea's Vice-Foreign minis- sparking a sudden detente that town, said Bibi was men- awaiting review. intellectual property rights to her infant son on Sun- ing with South Korean Presi- will happen!" Trump said in the ter Choe Son Hui, who said led to Trump agreeing to hold tally unstable. AGENCIES The new marks could allow curry favor with the White day. AGENCIES dent Moon Jae-in wherein they same tweet. last week that Pyongyang was direct talks with the North the First Daughter's brand to House. AGENCIES discussed ways to revive the While the US did not "reconsidering" the talks, the Korean leader. AGENCIES Kabul library bus drives Afghan children to read 2 women struck New Zealand to slaughter 150,000 by lightning as KABUL: The door of the blue who has dedicated herself to bus slides open and dozens of improving the reading and sto- children excitedly bound up the rytelling abilities of children in summer storms cows to end bacterial disease steps, eager to get their hands on Afghanistan -- an opportunity hard-to-find books in Kabul's she never had as a child. WELLINGTON DC: New first mobile library. Karim grew up a refugee lash Germany Zealand plans to slaughter Named Charmaghz -- the in Pakistan and returned to about 150,000 cows as it tries Dari for walnut, which is asso- Afghanistan after the fall of Tali- BERLIN: German authorities to eradicate a strain of dis- ciated with logic in Afghani- ban in 2002. She completed her say two women have suffered ease-causing bacteria from the stan because the nut resembles undergraduate degree in Kabul serious injuries after being national herd. a brain -- the converted public before winning a Chevening struck by lightning in the west- Politicians and industry bus is hard to miss as it winds scholarship to study a master's ern city of Bochum. leaders announced the ambi- through the dusty streets of the in public policy at Oxford. The city's fire service says tious plan on Monday. They Afghan capital. "When we were children we the women, in their early 20s, say it will cost hundreds of The library-on-wheels offers did not have access to... libraries were walking on a footpath millions of dollars, and, if suc- pupils and street kids free access day, is a rare exception. Charmaghz. for children," Karim, 26, said. when lighting struck late Sun- cessful, would be the first time to children's books, which are The vehicle, which is rented Children sit cross-legged on "I remember as a kid at day. One of them had to be an infected country has elimi- in short supply at public schools from a state-owned bus com- the carpeted floor or at desks school we didn't even have resuscitated by paramedics at nated Mycoplasma bovis. and libraries. pany and takes precautions to reading aloud from some of chairs -- we were sitting on the scene. Farming is vital to the econ- the bacteria are found, even if cacy group Federated Farmers, It also offers one of the few avoid government buildings, the 600 books that have been the floor to study." The library Western and central Ger- omy in New Zealand, whose some of the animals are healthy. said it was important to try to spaces outside the home that main roads or other crowded donated by Afghan publishers. bus stops at schools, parks many saw heavy storms Sun- isolation has helped protect They say many of the cows will get rid of Mycoplasma bovis children can use in a city where areas targeted by militants in "I come to the bus once a or orphanages throughout day, flooding roads and it from some diseases which be slaughtered at processing while there was still a chance. fear is increasingly keeping resi- Kabul, is a relatively secure place week to read books," 13-year- the week, and is an "efficient" basements. Firefighters in the affect herds elsewhere. plants and used for beef, but She said they would try to make dents behind closed doors. for them to read, play chess and old Zahra said. way to reach lots of children, state of Hesse rescued two Last July, Mycoplasma bovis some cows will have to be killed sure affected farmers had all the As both the Taliban and the see friends. "Boys, you sit in the "On Monday I'm reading Karim said, helping to improve women who were trapped in was found in the country for and buried on the farms or support they needed, including Islamic State group step up their back and girls in the front. It is about how to improve your Afghanistan's low general rate their car by a mudslide. the first time. Found in Europe dumped in approved landfills. adequate compensation. attacks in Kabul, with civilians important to be organised," one health. I'm reading what I of literacy of just 36 per cent. Dozens of flights were can- and the US, the bacteria can Officials have the legal "This is a tough time, and paying the price, many parents of three volunteers tells the chil- should do and what I should Even now most public celled at Frankfurt Airport, cause cows to develop mastitis, authority to forcibly enter the pain and anguish they're -- traumatised by the violence, dren as he pulls books from an eat." "When I go home I share schools in Afghanistan do not Germany's busiest, because of pneumonia, arthritis and other farms and kill animals even going to go through is really some of them already devastated overhead shelf and places them the stories I read here with my have libraries, said Shafiullah, storms. Germany and other diseases. They are not consid- in cases where a farmer might hideous," she said of the by loss -- have stopped taking in outstretched hands. brothers and sisters." who used to work at Kabul's parts of Europe have been ered a threat to food safety, but resist, but they said they hope affected farmers. "And we have their children out in public. Unlike traditional libraries The library bus was launched main public library and now experiencing an unusually long do cause production losses. they don't have to use those to support them as neighbours, Charmaghz, used by as where chatting is discouraged, in February by Oxford Univer- helps non-profit organisations stretch of very warm weather in Officials say they plan to kill powers. Katie Milne, the community members, farmers, many as 300 children every the constant hum of voices fills sity graduate Freshta Karim, publish children's books. AGENCIES May. AGENCIES all cows on any farms where national president of the advo- friends." AGENCIES Hidden mountain ranges discovered under Antarctica ice LONDON: Researchers have therefore designed to fill in the as the Foundation Trough, PolarGAP project," Kate Win- at which ice flows out from discovered mountain ranges gap in the satellite data cover- is more than 350 kilome- ter, a research fellow at Nor- the centre of Antarctica to its and three huge, deep subgla- age of the South Pole and in tres long and 35 kilometres thumbria University. edges, leading to an increase cial valleys hidden beneath the particular acquire the missing wide. Its length is equivalent "We now understand that in global sea levels," she added. Antarctica ice. gravity data. to the distance from London the mountainous region is "By mapping these deep The findings, published Airborne radar data were to Manchester, while its width preventing ice from East Ant- troughs and mountain ranges in the journal Geophysical also collected to enable map- amounts to more than one and arctica flowing through West we have therefore added a Research Letters, are the first to ping of the bedrock topogra- a half times the length of New Antarctica to the coast. In key piece of the puzzle to emerge from extensive ice pen- phy hidden beneath the ice York's Manhattan Island. addition we have also discov- help understand how the East etrating radar data collected in sheet. The data reveals the The two other troughs are ered three subglacial valleys in Antarctic Ice Sheet may have Antarctica as part of the Euro- topography which controls equally vast. The Patuxent West Antarctica which could responded to past change and pean Space Agency PolarGAP how quickly ice flows between Trough is more than 300 kilo- be important in the future," how it may do so in the future," project. the East and West Antarctic metres long and over 15 kilo- Winter said. Fausto Ferraccioli, principal Although there are exten- ice sheets. metres wide, while the Offset "If the ice sheet thins or investigator of the European sive satellite data that help The team, led by researchers Rift Basin is 150 kilometres retreats, these topographically- Space Agency PolarGAP proj- image the surface of the Earth from Northumbria University long and 30 kilometres wide. controlled corridors could ect. "Our new aerogeophysi- and its deep interior, there was in the UK, has mapped for the "As there were gaps in satel- facilitate enhanced flow of ice cal data will also enable new a gap around the South Pole first time three vast, subglacial lite data around the South Pole, further inland, and could lead research into the geologi- area, which is not covered by valleys in West Antarctica. no one knew exactly what was to the West Antarctic ice divide cal processes that created the satellites due the inclination of These valleys could be from the centre of the conti- ice sheet to thin, these troughs tre of Antarctica to the sea, rais- there, so we are delighted to moving," she said. mountains and basins before their orbits. important in future as they nent towards the coast. could increase the speed at ing global sea levels. be able to release the very first "This would, in turn, the Antarctic ice sheet itself was The PolarGAP project was help to channel the flow of ice If climate change causes the which ice flows from the cen- The largest valley, known findings to emerge from the increase the speed and rate born," said Ferraccioli. AGENCIES 11 New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp ‘NAB using war on graft to Italy prez names technocrat & IMF puppet Cottarelli as PM

ROME: Italy's president was wage war on Pak democracy’ set to appoint a pro-austerity economist as prime minister on ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Monday as the country lurched anti-graft body, the National into fresh political chaos after Accountability Bureau (NAB), Former chief justice Mulk a bid by two populist parties to established by a dictator to form a government collapsed. "pressurise" politicians, is cre- Carlo Cottarelli, an econo- ating circumstances that are appointed caretaker PM mist formerly with the Interna- "damaging" the country, out- tional Monetary Fund, arrived going Prime Minister Shahid ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's for- for the position. at the presidential Quirinal pal- Khaqan Abbasi has said. mer chief justice Nasirul Mulk Though, Abbasi spoke first ace on Monday morning, with Abbasi's remarks came days was on Monday named as the but he let Shah announce the a temporary technocrat gov- after NAB Chairman Justice country's caretaker prime min- name of the caretaker leader. ernment on the table as Italy (retd) Javed Iqbal ordered a ister for a two-month period, Abbasi described the agreed- faces the strong possibility of probe against the embattled ending the political wrangling upon candidate for the caretaker new elections in autumn. Germany, debt ratings agencies "I hope that we can give the former prime minister Nawaz between ruling PML-N and the prime minister as someone The crisis was sparked and financial lobbies. floor to Italians as soon as pos- Sharif for allegedly laundering Opposition ahead of the general "who no one can object to". when President Sergio Mat- Cottarelli, 64, was direc- sible, but first we need to clear USD 4.9 billion to India. elections on July 25. "His role as a caretaker PM tarella vetoed the nomination tor of the IMF's fiscal affairs things up. First the impeach- The NAB, in a press release The National Accountability Bureau, The announcement was will be in favour of the coun- of fierce eurosceptic Paolo department from 2008 to 2013 ment of Mattarella... then to the on May 8, had said that its established by a dictator to ‘pressurise’ made by Leader of the Oppo- try and the democratic pro- Savona as economy minister, and became known as "Mr polls." "Why don't we just say Chairman had taken notice of sition Khursheed Shah at a press cess," he said. enraging the far-right League Scissors" for making cuts to that in this country it's point- media reports claiming that the politicians, is ‘damaging’ the country, conference here which was also Announcing the name, Shah and leading to the anti-estab- public spending in Italy. less that we vote, as the rat- former premier allegedly laun- warns outgoing Prime Minister attended by incumbent Prime said the NA speaker had played lishment Five Star Movement European stock markets ings agencies, financial lobbies dered USD 4.9 billion to India. Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi a major role in both parties calling for his impeachment. and the euro received an early decide the governments." Sal- The media reports had cited a Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and National Assembly Speaker reaching an agreement. The two parties' approved boost Monday after the veto of vini, who was Savona's biggest purported report of the World Ayaz Sadiq. "We have made a democratic nominee for prime minister, the fiercely eurosceptic econ- advocate and a fellow euroscep- Bank, which it later denied as tator to pressurise politicians, a leader who was ready to go Mulk, 67, is likely to be decision. I am thankful to the lawyer and political novice omy minister, which poten- tic, declared that Italy was not "incorrect". who want to disband the NAB to the prison for the sake of his sworn in on Friday, June 1. The PM, to the speaker, for making Giuseppe Conte, stepped aside tially averted a eurozone crisis. a "colony", and that "we won't Sharif, 68, later slammed through consensus. It should be principles. Speaking about the present government will com- this decision with patience, set- over the decision, exacerbat- But Milan's stock exchange have Germany tell us what to the NAB chairman for failure pondered over in the (national) National Security Committee plete the tenure on May 31 and ting aside emotion. The name of ing the political turmoil nearly proved volatile, turning to do". on his part to probe the report dialogue whether it is in inter- meeting, which was called soon the caretaker government will the person I would like to pres- three months after March's losses in mid-morning trad- On Monday, Salvini threat- at internal level before going est of the country whatever the after Sharif's statement on the remain in office until a new gov- ent is very respectable," the vet- inconclusive general election. ing, in a sign that early positiv- ened to break his alliance with public with it. He also slapped NAB has been doing," Abbasi 2008 Mumbai attack, he said it ernment is set up through elec- eran PPP leader said. Mattarella said he had ity may not last. the League's pre-election righ- a legal notice to NAB chairman told Geo TV on Sunday, attack- was necessary to put an end to tions. Shah expressed hope that "The name is Nasirul Mulk, accepted every proposed min- Cottarelli will struggle to twing coalition partner Silvio demanding an apology for his ing the anti-graft body. the situation after the statement Mulk will successfully conduct who has remained a chief jus- ister except Savona, who has gain the approval of parliament Berlusconi should the media "insulting" press release and pay The NAB was established by PML-N supremo. For the first free, fair and impartial elections tice. He has played a historic called the euro a "German cage" with Five Star and the League mogul's Forza Italia party vote Rs 1 billion as damages within by former military ruler Pervez time, Sharif, in an interview to in Pakistan on July 25. role... in the judiciary and when and has said that Italy needs commanding a majority in for the government. the next 14 days. Musharraf, who established it in the Dawn newspaper, had pub- The announcement came he was a lawyer," he said. a plan to leave the single cur- both houses. The 81-year-old billion- Abbasi also said that there the late 90s. licly acknowledged that mili- after weeks of deadlock between The job of the caretaker rency "if necessary". "They've replaced a gov- aire former prime minister was a need for a national dia- "The circumstances created tant organisations were active the PML-N and the Opposition prime minister is to keep the The leaders of Five Star ernment with a majority with released a statement on Sun- logue, that whatever the NAB by the NAB at present have been in Pakistan and questioned the over the name of the caretaker country running between the and the League, Luigi Di Maio one that won't obtain one," said day in which he praised Mat- was doing whether it is in the causing damage to the country," policy to allow the "non-state prime minister. It took the gov- dissolution of parliament and and Matteo Salvini, furiously Di Maio. A livid Di Maio later tarella's efforts to "safeguard nation's interest. "The anti-graft the Prime Minister said. actors" to cross the border and ernment and the opposition six the new government being denounced the veto, decrying called for the president to be this country's families and body was established by a dic- Abbasi also hailed Sharif as "kill" people in Mumbai. AGENCIES meetings to decide on a name sworn in. AGENCIES what they called meddling by impeached. businesses". AGENCIES 125 mn-yr-old dandruff shows DR Congo shows French president Macron his place Spain’s far-Left Podemos how dinosaurs shed their skin KINSHASA: The Democratic are nostalgic for the colonial Republic of Congo (DRC) order" and "closed-door meet- leader wins confidence LONDON: Scientists have dis- reacted angrily on Monday ings and open plotting against covered 125 million-year-old after French President Emman- our country's sovereignty." dandruff preserved amongst uel Macron met the head of the The representatives of vote over luxury home the plumage of feathered dino- African Union (AU), appar- France, Rwanda and Angola saurs and early birds, revealing ently suspecting closed-door were called to the foreign min- MADRID: Spain's far-left party the first evidence of how the dealings on the crisis-riddled istry in Kinshasa on Saturday Podemos has said its leader has giant predators shed their skin. country's future. after Macron's remarks. won a confidence vote called Just like human dandruff, Government spokes- Previous conflicts in the after an outcry over his purchase the fossil dandruff is made of man Lambert Mende blasted DRC -- from 1996-97 and from of a luxury home. Podemos tough cells called corneocytes, Macron for "dog-whistle 1998-2003 -- sucked in coun- leader Pablo Iglesias along with which in life are dry and full of remarks" that he made last tries around central Africa, his partner who is Podemos par- the protein keratin. thosaurus - clearly shed their Wednesday in Paris after meet- including its neighbours, liamentary spokeswoman Irene The study, published in the skin in flakes, like the early bird ing with Rwandan President Angola and Rwanda. Montero, won 68.4 per cent of journal Nature Communica- Confuciusornis studied by the Paul Kagame, who is also the Mende on Monday did the nearly 190,000 votes cast. tions, suggests that this modern team and also modern birds AU's current chair. not address speculation about Nearly a third, 31.6 per cent, (USD 700,000) with a swim- skin feature evolved sometime and mammals, and not as a sin- The comments caused "dis- ‘Some people, who are nostalgic for whether Kabila would run voted against the couple remain- ming pool and guest house. in the late Middle Jurassic, gle piece or several large pieces, comfort, not to say anger" in again in the elections, which ing in their roles, Pablo Eche- The purchase caused unease around the same time as a host as in many modern reptiles. Kinshasa, Mende told a press the colonial order, hold closed door are at the legislative and local nique, the party's secretary of among the rank and file of of other skin features evolved. "It's unusual to be able to conference. meetings and plot against our country's level as well as presidential. organisation, said in a Facebook Podemos, which was formed "The fossil cells are pre- study the skin of a dinosaur, Macron had said, "France sovereignty’ But he made it clear Kabila post on Sunday. in 2014 to represent "the peo- served with incredible detail and the fact this is dandruff supports the initiative taken planned to remain a key figure The party's nearly 500,000 ple" against "the caste" -- as it - right down to the level of proves the dinosaur was not by the president of the African in national politics through his members were eligible to vote called the country's political nanoscale keratin fibrils. What shedding its whole skin like Union, in strict concertation 2016 after he reached his The question is about know- role as party chief. online from Tuesday until on and business elites. In the past is remarkable is that the fos- a modern lizard or snake but with the president of Angola," two-term constitutional limit ing what may have been said Kabila "is head of the presi- Sunday as to whether the cou- Iglesias had made much of the sil dandruff is almost identical losing skin fragments from but did not elaborate. Angola -- a constitutional clause has between him -- because he dential majority," Mende said, ple should stay on in their roles. fact that he lived in a modest to that in modern birds - even between its feathers," said Mike President Joao Lourenco was allowed him to remain in office spoke about it -- and the pres- referring to the majority of pro- The couple, who are expect- apartment in Vallecas, a working the spiral twisting of individual Benton, from the University of visiting Paris on Monday. until his successor is elected. ident of Rwanda concerning Kabila MPs in parliament. ing twins, called the vote ear- class Madrid neighbourhood, fibres is still visible," said Maria Bristol in the UK The verbal broadside from Kabila's presidency has the DRC without us know- "When we hold the elec- lier this month after they were that belonged to his great-aunt McNamara from University of Modern birds have very the DRC comes in a context of been stained by a reputation for ing about." "When the answer tions, he will be the head of accused of hypocrisy for buying and bought his clothes in super- Bristol in the UK. "There was fatty corneocytes with loosely mounting tensions ahead of corruption, oppression of free comes, if it is unsatisfactory, the presidential majority. And a house for over 600,000 euros markets. AGENCIES a burst of evolution of feath- packed keratin, which allows presidential elections sched- speech and poor governance. you can be sure that we will since we intend to win, Kabila ered dinosaurs and birds at this them to cool down quickly uled for December 23. The DRC's armed forces are draw all the consequences," will be the head of the pres- time, and it's exciting to see when they are flying for Countries in central Africa struggling to repress conflict Mende said. "No-one has the idential majority after the evidence that the skin of early extended periods. are casting a worried eye, amid in the vast, lawless east, which right to envisage solutions to elections," he said. "There's birds and dinosaurs was evolv- The corneocytes in the fos- fears that the sprawling, vol- is under the sway of multiple our problems without us," he nothing unconstitutional about ing rapidly in response to bear- sil dinosaurs and birds, how- atile state could spiral once rebel groups. said, condemning "people who this." AGENCIES ing feathers," McNamara said. ever, were packed with keratin, more into war, possibly draw- Mende The dandruff is the first evi- suggesting that the fossils did ing them into it. said, "We do dence of how dinosaurs shed not get as warm as modern DRC President Joseph not accuse their skin. The feathered dino- birds, presumably because they Kabila, 46, has been in power the French saurs studied - Microraptor, could not fly at all or for as long since 2001 and should have president of Beipiaosaurus and Sinorni- periods. AGENCIES stepped down at the end of anything. Blockchain publicity stunt using Mao lookalike creates uproar in China

BEIJING: A publicity stunt featuring a Mao Zedong loo- kalike at a conference on block- chain in China on Monday sparked an uproar on social media, with some users saying the "shameful" disrespect to the Executive Engineer founding leader could hurt the Provincial Division No. 4 P.W.D. B&R Br. Rohtak industry's image. PRDH-Advt. No:-1081/11/5003/1819/66164 Phone 01262-282871 Dressed in a grey Mao suit Dated: 28.05.18 e-mail: [email protected] and speaking in an accent from Mr Mao's birth province of Hunan, an actor told the audi- ence at the 2018 Boao Asia Blockchain Conference that he wished the event a success. ated by the ruling Communist ket that has grown rapidly. "You are worthy of being Party as the founder of modern While Beijing has banned called the great sons and China and his face appears on initial coin offerings, shut cryp- daughters of the Chinese banknotes. tocurrency trading exchanges nation, and I thank you in the Some social media users and limited bitcoin mining, name of Mao Zedong," the denounced the stunt. it has continued to flourish actor said, according to vid- "This is shameless," wrote through alternative channels eos posted on WeChat, a social one user on WeChat. in China. media platform. Others said it could hurt the “Blockchain is a fledg- Chinese law prohib- future in China of blockchain, ling business that warrants its using images of past and a technology that underpins the attention and open atti- current leaders in television bitcoin and other digital cur- tude from the government, advertisements. rencies. A ticket for the two- and we will not tolerate any Actors are also banned day conference on the southern scam behaviour that disrupts from promoting goods and ser- Chinese island of Hainan cost industry order in the name of vices in the image of national up to 2,980 yuan ($466). blockchain,” said another user leaders, according to the State Chinese authorities have on WeChat. Administration for Industry cracked down on the cryp- Conference organisers and Commerce. tocurrency business to try to apologised for the perfor- Mr Mao, who died on Sep- limit risks as consumers pile mance, co-organiser Bikuai tember 9, 1976, is still vener- into a highly speculative mar- said on its website. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 OIL oils Q4 profit to` 866 cr CAIT files CCI petition against NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil US Walmart’s Flipkart deal India Ltd on Monday reported a net profit of Rs 866.5 crore for ONGC mulls new reporting NEW DELHI: Traders body and online sellers," CAIT said, the March quarter on the back CAIT on Monday said it has adding that this transaction of higher oil prices. approached the Competition would result in vertical inte- The company had a net standard to up credit rating Commission of India (CCI) gration which no other player profit of Rs 19.31 crore in the against the Walmart-Flipkart in India would have. January-March quarter of NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil format, the three parameters of integrated reporting system to deal, stating that it will cre- "The complainant appre- 2016-17 owing to one-time and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) environment, social and corpo- strengthen its corporate gover- ate unfair competition and an hends that the deal is bound to impairment it had taken. plans to adopt stringent report- rate governance are extensively nance policy and ensure greater uneven level playing field for circumvent established laws and In a statement, OIL said it ing standard on environment, studied. transparency in its business, domestic players. FDI (foreign direct investment) got $64.93 per barrel for crude social and corporate gover- Under the environment they said. The Confederation of All policy of the government since oil it produced in the January- nance (ESG) to help improve head, factors such as energy ONGC Chairman and Man- India Traders (CAIT) said the the ultimate object of Walmart March quarter of the fiscal its credit rating, top company and emissions, preservation of aging Director, Shashi Shanker, deal would deny market access is to enter the retail trade of the 2017-18 as compared to $52.50 officials said. the ecosystem, water utilisa- said the company is continu- to non-preferred sellers and country and in the absence of a barrel in the same period of ONGC, India's top oil and tion and waste management ously striving to improve its impact small traders on offline any policy on e-commerce or the previous year. CMD Utpal Bora gas producer, will be the first are covered. Under the social statutory reporting system in platform. retail trade, it would be easy Its output was however flat public sector company to adopt head, key factors such as com- order to strengthen its policies The confederation has "filed for them to reach out to retail at 0.8 million tonnes while cent jump in net profit to Rs reporting standards that are at munity engagement, local pertaining to sustainability and its objection petition in CCI tie-ups and preferential sellers, market," it added. gas production was margin- 2,667.93 crore. par with international bench- employment, human rights corporate governance. against the Walmart-Flipkart where even online vendors face Earlier this month, Walmart ally lower at 0.7 billion cubic Oil production was up 3.5 marks, which will bring greater and workforce inclusiveness "The ESG reporting will deal," it said in a statement. discriminatory conditions. Inc had announced the acqui- metres during the quarter per cent at 3.39 million tonnes transparency. are emphasised. be benchmarked with the "The merger of two compa- Walmart, it said, would sell sition of 77 per cent stake in under review. while price realised increased Officials said the new ESG Under the corporate gov- world's best practices in terms nies will create an unfair compe- its inventory on the platform Flipkart for about $16 billion OIL's turnover increased to by over $8 to $55.72 per barrel reporting would help raise the ernance head, parameters like of sustainability reporting. As tition and uneven level playing of flipkart.com either directly (Rs 1.05 lakh crore) in the larg- Rs 3,784.91 crore in the March in the fiscal. Natural gas rates company's credit rating, which health and safety, ethics and an energy company, ONGC field and will indulge in preda- or through a web of associated est e-commerce deal which will quarter, from Rs 3,308.98 crore however declined to $2.69 per will increase its capacity to raise compliance and customer pro- relentlessly pursues to promote tory pricing, deep discounts and preferred sellers. give the US retailer access to a year ago. million British thermal unit funds - both debt and equity - tection are covered. environmental consciousness loss funding," it alleged. "This will create an the Indian online market that For the entire 2017-18, from $2.78 per mmBtu, the from markets worldwide. ONGC plans to hire a con- and protect the ecosystem," he It also claimed that Flipkart unhealthy competition much to is estimated to grow to $200 the company posted 72 per statement said. MPOST Under the new reporting sultant shortly to revamp its said. PTI is a combination of exclusive the disadvantage of both offline billion within a decade. PTI Blackstone in ` logs 3rd straight gain, Munjal-Burman combine gives consent $2.4 bn bid for Oz Bank of India Q4 loss office realty giant soars 35 paise to 2-week to re-opening of Fortis bidding process widens to `4K crore SYDNEY: US private equity high on crude comfort NEW DELHI: Fortis Health- jals-Burmans combine said "it ing when the meeting would NEW DELHI: Bank of India giant Blackstone has made a 3.1 care on Monday said the Mun- appears that there may be inde- take place. on Monday reported widen- billion Australian dollars ($2.4 MUMBAI: The rupee contin- jals-Burmans combine, whose cision on the part of the com- "Necessary intimation to the ing of its net loss to Rs 3,969.27 billion) bid for office property ued its unabated rise for the bid for investing Rs 1,800 crore pany regarding the bid process, regulator and stock exchanges crore in the March quarter giant Investa, the Australian- third-straight day, surging by 35 was approved by its board, have which we understand could be would be given accordingly," due to higher provisioning for listed firm said on Monday. paise to end at a new two-week consented to re-opening the on account of a few sharehold- the spokesperson added. Fortis' mounting bad loans. Investa Office Fund -- high of 67.43 against the US bidding process to enable the ers indicating their preference board of directors is scheduled It had reported a net loss of which has 4.0 billion Austra- dollar after a surprise crash in company to move ahead with to the company for re-open of to meet on May 30 to consider Rs 1,045.54 crore for the Janu- lian dollars of Australian assets crude prices quickly faded near- the fund-raising transaction. the bid process". and approve the audited finan- ary-March period of the pre- 62,328.46 crore as on March under management -- said the term trade deficit and inflation The development comes at While expressing "deep cial results for the quarter and ceding fiscal, 2016-17. 31, 2018, sharply up from Rs 5.25 Australian dollars per worries. a time when there is an uncer- anguish and regret" over the financial year ended March 31, In the previous quarter, 52,044.52 crore a year ago. Net share bid was unsolicited. The domestic currency mar- tainty over the process of sale of matter, Munjals-Burmans com- 2018. October-December, of 2017- NPAs were Rs 28,207.27 crore, The company's board is ket heaved a sigh of relief fol- Fortis as four of the directors, bine said they have has con- In their letter, Munjals-Bur- 18 the loss was at Rs 2,341.20 compared with Rs 25,305.05 set to "unanimously recom- lowing a significant easing in who had approved the Munjals- sented to re-opening of the mans combine said "this situa- crore. crore. mend" the proposal, saying it crude prices that will lead to Burmans bid, are no longer on bidding process "in order to tion may have arisen largely on The bank's asset qual- Income in the March quar- presented shareholders "with considerable improvement in the company's board. facilitate the company to expe- account of the lack of informa- ity worsened as on March 31, ter of 2017-18 also fell to Rs an opportunity to realise their India's position on fiscal front, In a regulatory filing, Fortis ditiously finalise and close its tion available to stakeholders. 2018. The gross non-perform- 10,722.07 crore, from Rs investment... for significant bolstering investor confidence June. Healthcare said it has received fund-raising so that the compa- Munjals-Burmans combine ing assets (NPAs) hit 16.58 per 12,335.71 crore a year ago. value and certainty". towards the home currency. The meltdown could be a a letter from Hero Enterprise ny's business does not suffer any said it expects the re-bidding cent of the gross advances, as Provisions for bad loans for The bid came just over a Global crude oil collapsed blessing in disguise for India Investment Office and Burman further". Fortis Healthcare, how- process to be conducted in a fair against 13.22 per cent by end January-March, 2017-18 were month after Blackstone made after Saudi energy minis- as gradual uptick in inflation family Officer ...giving their con- ever, did not clarify whether it and transparent manner, with March 2017, the bank said in a increased to Rs 6,699.23 crore a lower, confidential offer, ter Khalid al-Falih endorsed made investors jittery and they sent to re-open the bidding pro- will re-open the bidding process. full clarity to all stakeholders regulatory filing. from Rs 4,483.53 crore year ago Investa added.Shares in Investa prior comments from his Rus- fear the Reserve Bank of India cess to enable the company to When contacted, a Fortis and bidders regarding the cri- Net NPAs rose to 8.26 per same period. surged 10.26 percent to 5.10 sian counterparts calling for (RBI) may shift its stance from move ahead with the fund-rais- spokesperson said the compa- teria and objectives which will cent, as against 6.90 per cent. BoI said: "Due to non avail- Australian dollars in intra-day self-imposed output curbs to neutral to tightening which led ing transaction. In a letter to ny's board will take a decision be considered relevant by the In absolute terms, the gross ability of profit, no dividend is trading in Sydney on Monday. be relaxed, perhaps as soon as to hardening of yield. the board of directors, Mun- on the matter without specify- company for this purpose. PTI NPAs or bad loans reached Rs proposed." PTI Goyal, Smriti fix strategy with EPCH to firm up textile exports Iffco, IPL buy 37% stake Coal India targets 630 million tonnes NEW DELHI: To formulate the the Chairman included: to the exporters. strategies for enhancing export • Enhancement of list of • Scheme of ‘ Rebate of State in top Jordan mining firm output in FY19 in each sector which comes essential embellishment, trim- Levies’ (ROSL) on Exports of under the Ministry of Textiles mings, tools and consumables Handicrafts NEW DELHI: Fertiliser major (nearly Rs 900 crore)," IFFCO KOLKATA: Coal India Ltd and to resolve the problems and to be imported duty free and • Engagement of Foreign IFFCO and Indian Potash Ltd Managing Director U S Awasthi has pegged its production esti- challenges faced by the Hand- Exemption from payment of Designers in the handicrafts (IPL) have acquired 37 per cent said. The deal will ensure phos- mate at 630 million tonne for icrafts Sector, Piyush Goyal, IGST on import of such items. sector to be made easy, cap to stake in Jordan's largest mining phatic reserve security to Indian the 2018-19 fiscal, the mining Union Minister of Finance and • Inclusion of ‘Merchant be reduced. and chemical firm JPMC for farmers and help achieve bal- major's Chairman and Man- Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Min- Exporters’ in the list of export- • Enhance Allocation of about Rs 900 crore. anced use of fertilisers in the aging Director A K Jha said on ister of Textiles called a meeting ers eligible for benefit of ‘interest funds under Market Access Ini- The shares have been pur- country, he added. India is Monday. with the heads of Export Pro- EPCH Chairman O P Prahladka at a meeting with Acting Finance equalization scheme’ (previously tiative and relaxation in Opera- chased from Kamil Holdings, dependent on imports for phos- "We are now projecting to motion Councils on Sunday at Minister Piyush Goyal and Textiles Minister Smriti Irani known as “interest subvention tional Guidelines for Funding owned by Brunei Investment phatic fertilisers. produce 630 million tonne of New Delhi. scheme”). Under the MAI Scheme to Agency, which is the largest Awasthi said IPL has bought coal and supply to power sector O P Prahladka, Chairman- growth. possible cooperation towards • Issuance of eBRC in case of include Markets of USA, Can- shareholder in Jordan Phos- about 27 per cent stake, while will be 525 million tonne," the EPCH gave an overview of the Prahladka informed that resolution of all the issues, which Exports of Handicrafts to Iran. ada, EU, Japan, and other devel- phate Mines Company (JPMC). IFFCO through its subsidiary newly-appointed Chairman and sector and also placed before both the Union Ministers gave are hampering the exports of • If Issuance of eBRC is not oped markets for extending "IPL and IFFCO have jointly Kisan International Trading has Managing Director said here at the Ministers strategies being a patient hearing to the issues handicrafts from the Country. done by the bank within stipu- invitation to buyers to RBSM’s bought 37 per cent stake in purchased around 10 per cent an interaction with the media adopted by the EPCH for export raised by him and assured all The major suggestions placed by lated time, banks to pay penalty organized in India. MPOST JPMC for about $130 million in JPMC. PTI on his first day in office. PTI Equity market turning CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE more stable on rising domestic ownership

NEW DELHI: The Indian equity market is moving towards Since May 26, a less volatile structure, thanks 2014, Sensex has to rising ownership by domes- tic investors and this will lead risen by 10,207.99 to a more stable structure going points or 41.3%, forward, says a report. According to a report by while the NSE Nifty Sanctum Wealth Management, spurted 3,246.10 even as foreign investors have been sellers of Indian equities points or 44.11% in 2015, 2016, and 2018, the market is within a comfortable Narendra Modi government, shooting distance of all time the Indian markets have wit- new highs. nessed a significant rise. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated ‘Bangladesh Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the 2,400-mw first phase of NTPC’s Patratu "This is important, because it Since May 26, 2014, the day Bhavan’ at Visva Bharati University campus in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Super Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand on May 25, 2018. The project is a 74: 26 Joint Venture between suggests that the Indian market Modi was sworn in as the Prime Banerjee on May 25, 2018. NBCC (India) Ltd, a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Government of Jharkhand and Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (PVUN), a subsidiary company of NTPC is morphing towards a more sta- Minister, the benchmark Sensex Affairs, is the implementing agency for this Rs 24.22 crore project. The Bhavan will house a cultural establishing a total capacity expansion of 4,000 mw. Jharkhand Governer Droupadi Murmu, Chief Minister ble and less volatile structure," has risen by 10,207.99 points or complex including a library and a museum. It is a barrier-free building with 453 capacity state-of-the-art Raghubar Das, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh, and other said the Investment Strategy 41.30 per cent, while the NSE auditorium equipped with international standard audio system and two seminar halls senior officials from Ministry of Power and NTPC were present on the occasion note by Sunil Sharma, Chief Nifty spurted 3,246.10 points Investment Officer, Sanctum or 44.11 per cent. The Sensex Wealth Management. hit a life-time high of 36,443.98 As per the report rising SIP on January 29, 2018. flows are a game changer. For- The report noted India's eign investors selling caused a macro situation could be major sell-off in 2015, however improving soon after the Sau- foreign investors selling in 2016, dis and Russian President Vladi- 2017 and 2018 has been offset mir Putin representing two of by domestic investors buying the three largest suppliers of oil and "we expect stabler, deeper globally, voiced concerns about equity markets going forward". high oil prices and stated an The report further noted intent to increase crude pro- that equities beat other asset duction in the second half of classes even when bought at the year. market peaks, and valuations "A case can be made that are likely to stay elevated due crude has peaked for the year. As part of Swachh Pakhwada celebrations, Health Awareness and A two day ‘Train the Trainers’ program was arranged by IndianOil to the Modi premium, demo- That's great news for equities Menstrual Hygiene Program was organised by NTPC-Ramagundam Eastern Region’s Learning & Development Department for training ONGC has been adjudged the winner in the ‘Oil and Gas Exploration’ under CSR-CD in association with Dhanwantari Hospital on May 28, the coordinators of Nodal Training Centers of Eastern region. A graphics, financialisation and and India, and markets made a category of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards 2018. The award equity returns. sharp recovery late in the week," 2018 at Dr. B R Ambedkar Hall, TTS. Dr. Sasmita Dash, CMO spoke in compendium and CD on Building Trust was inaugurated by IndianOil’s was received by Director (Finance) Subhash Kumar on behalf of the details on Health Awareness with special thrust on Menstrual Hygiene. Executive Director (Regional Service) Amit Kumar Basu, Executive The BSE benchmark Sensex the report said adding "equities organization from Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla surged about 241 points to end look better positioned on Mon- Sanitary napkins were distributed among the participating women Director (West Bengal State Office) Dipankar Ray and Calcutta on May 25, 2018 at Mumbai University Professor(Organization Behaviour) Sharmistha Banerjee at 35,165.48 on Monday. day than they have in some time besides carrying out blood test In the last four years of the now". PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 mp 132 years after making Coca-Cola, firm enters Holistic strategy to find long-term alcoholic drinks market solution to fuel prices: Pradhan JAPAN: Coca-Cola launched BHUBANESWAR: The gov- That process is underway," he its first ever alcoholic drink ernment is planning a "holis- had said. on Monday in Japan — a fizzy, tic strategy" to find "long-term State-owned Indian Oil Oil ministry has given ‘in lemon-flavoured concoction solution" to spike in petrol and Corp (IOC), Bharat Petro- laced with spirits that seeks to diesel prices triggered by a spurt leum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and capitalise on the growing pop- in international rates, Oil Min- Hindustan Petroleum Corp principle’ nod to petrol ularity of "chuhai" alcopops ister Dharmendra Pradhan said Ltd (HPCL) were in April 2002 enjoyed especially by young on Monday. given freedom to revise rates of women. He did not share any details petrol and diesel on 1st and 16th and diesel futures: ICEX Although the US firm dab- of the strategy. of every month based on aver- bled in the wine business in Petrol and diesel prices were age rate of benchmark interna- NEW DELHI: The oil minis- this, the capital markets watch- the 1970s, the experiment in on Monday hiked for the 15th tional petroleum product prices try has given its in-principle dog had sought views from the Japan is "unique" in the com- day in a row, taking the cumu- and rupee-US dollar rates in the approval for futures trading ministry in this regard. pany's 125-year history, said lative increase this month to preceding fortnight. in petrol as well as diesel and ICEX was asked by the Coca-Cola Japan president the highest in at least five years. The revisions continued the final clearance from regu- ministry to give a detailed Jorge Garduno. Petrol price has been hiked till just before the general elec- lator Sebi should come soon, presentation on petrol and From Monday, three new by Rs 3.64 a litre and diesel by Rs tions in 2004 when oil com- a top official of commodity diesel futures contracts to oil "Lemon-Do" drinks — con- 3.24 in Delhi since state-owned panies went slow and after a derivatives exchange ICEX minister Dharmendra Prad- taining three, five and seven oil firms ended a 19-day pre- sensitive let's see how things are ceding an election. Congress-led UPA came to said on Monday amid rising han, senior bureaucrats and oil percent alcohol — will be avail- strawberry, kiwi and white Karnataka poll hiatus to resume unfolding". There was a 19-day freeze in power the entire process was fuel prices. marketing companies, Prasad able in the southern Kyushu peach. daily price revision on May 14. Pradhan was replying to revising rates before Karnataka reviewed as the international oil The development also noted. region of Japan. They range in strength from The prices are at an all-time questions on when consumers went to polls, and since the time prices started moving up. Rates comes at a time when state- "After getting approval A 350-millilitre can will set between three and nine percent high. can expect relief from rising the hiatus ended on May 14, at refinery gate were revised run oil marketers have hiked from the regulator, we will you back 150 yen ($1.40). and are particularly popular "I have already categorically fuel prices. rates have gone up by on every on fortnightly basis but not all petrol and diesel prices contin- soon launch the product as we "This is a pilot project in the with young drinkers, especially stated (on) this issue several He, however, did not elabo- single day - petrol price was on of the desired hike was passed uously for the past two weeks. have all the infrastructure in region which has a sizable mar- women. times. The present oil price hike rate on the solution or the holis- Monday raised by 15 paisa a litre on to the consumers and that "The Petroleum and Natu- place for this," he added. ket," Masaki Iida, spokesman Coca-Cola is wading into is due to three main factors. tic strategy. He also refused to and diesel by 12 paisa, according increase not passed on con- ral Gas Ministry has given an Petrol price has been hiked for Coca-Cola's Japanese unit, an already competitive market, Hike in the international price of say if the government is plan- to a price notification issued by verted into a subsidy. in-principle nod to launch pet- by Rs 3.64 a litre and diesel by told AFP. where major Japanese compa- crude, fluctuation in the dollar ning a cut in excise duty to pro- oil marketing companies. The UPA government finally rol and diesel futures contracts Rs 3.24 in Delhi since state- He declined to reveal the nies such as Suntory, Kirin and and Indian currency ratio, and vide relief to consumers. Last week, after a weekly freed petrol price in June 2010 and we are hoping that Sebi owned oil firms ended a 19-day exact spirit in the drink, as Asahi dominate the shelves. some of the tax issues are also The government had raised meeting of the Union Cabi- and the diesel rates were decon- will give final approval in this pre-Karnataka poll hiatus to the recipe is a closely guarded And the firm's president there," he told reporters here. excise duty on petrol by Rs net Law Minister Ravi Shan- trolled by the current BJP gov- regard soon," ICEX Managing resume daily price revision on secret. has already dampened hopes Petrol in Delhi costs Rs 78.27 11.77 a lire and that on diesel kar Prasad had stated that the ernment in November 2014. Director and Chief Executive May 14. Last month, the com- Coca Cola product devel- of people hoping to get a tipple a litre and diesel is priced at by 13.47 a litre in nine instal- government is working on a The central government lev- Officer Sanjit Prasad said. modity exchange launched opers got the idea after visit- outside Japan, saying there are Rs 69.17. Delhi has the low- ments between November 2014 long-term solution to address ies Rs 19.48 excise duty on a litre He said the decision was 30-cents diamond futures con- ing Japanese-style "izakaya" no plans to launch "Lemon- est fuel price among all metros and January 2016 to shore up the volatility and frequent revi- of petrol and Rs 15.33 on die- taken by the ministry after con- tracts in addition to its product pubs, where they discovered Do" outside of the country. and most state capital due to finances as global oil prices fell, sions in rates. sel. State sales tax or VAT var- sultations with oil marketing basket of 1-carat and 50-cents that lemon-flavoured drinks However, the push is seen lower incidence of local sales but then cut the tax just once in "The government is keen ies from state to state. Unlike companies and other experts. contracts. are very popular, according to as part of a broader campaign tax or VAT. October last year by Rs 2 a litre. that instead of having an ad hoc excise duty, VAT is ad valorem The contracts are expected to The bourse had launched the firm's website. to diversify beyond sodas "For a long-term solution, The government had in June measure, it may be desirable to and results in higher revenues help hedge against volatility the world's first diamond The popular "chuhai" as health concerns see con- Government of India is plan- last year junked a 15-year old have a long-term view which for the state when rates move up. in oil prices. The Indian Com- derivatives contracts in August drinks — which contain vodka sumers in the US and other ning for a holistic strategy... practice of revising rates every addresses not only the vola- Every rupee cut in excise modity Exchange (ICEX) had 2017 with 1-carat futures or a distilled, grain-based spirit developed markets weaning bringing petroleum products fortnight and introduced daily tility but also takes care of the duty on petrol and diesel will approached Sebi seeking its contracts, and had subse- called "shochu" — come in a themselves off sweet drinks and within the ambit of GST is one revisions which worked well unnecessary ambiguity arising result in a revenue loss of Rs nod to launch petrol and die- quently added the 50-cents range of flavours such as grape, diet colas. PTI among them," he said. "We are except periods immediately pre- out of frequent ups and downs. 13,000 crore. PTI sel futures contracts. Following contracts. PTI NHPC powers Q4 profit NLCIL records 23.3% NTPC energises Q4 profit by 18% to `185 crore EBITDA rise in FY18 by 41% to `2,926 crore NEW DELHI: State-run hydro NEYVELI: The Earnings Before NEW DELHI: State-run power power giant NHPC on Mon- Interest,Tax and Depreciation major NTPC on Monday day posted an 18 per cent jump & Amortisation (EBITDA) of posted a 40.69 per cent jump in its net profit at Rs 185.33 the company for the year 17-18 in its standalone net profit at crore for the quarter ended stood at Rs 3706.79 crores com- Rs 2,925.59 crore for the March March 2018, helped by lower pared to Rs 3006.13 crores in 2018 quarter, mainly on the expenses. the previous year registering a back of higher revenues. The company's net profit growth of 23.3 per cent. The company's standalone was Rs 156.88 crore for the For the financial year 2017- net profit was Rs 2,079.40 crore quarter ended on March 31, 18, NLC India Ltd, achieved a in the corresponding quarter a 2017, a BSE filing said. turnover of Rs 8496.20 crores year ago, NTPC said in a BSE Total revenue in the quarter as compared to Rs 8652.59 filing. account of deferred tax mate- was 77.90 per cent down from dipped to Rs 1,434.43 crore in crores in the year 2016-17 with CMD Sarat Kumar Acharya Its total income on stand- rialised which is recoverable 78.59 per cent in 2016-17 . the quarter from Rs 1,604.99 a decline of 1.81 per cent mainly alone basis stood at Rs from beneficiaries. Gross power generation CMD Balraj Joshi announcing the audited financial results for FY18 in crore a year ago. Total expenses the presence of Director (Personnel) N K Jain and Director (Finance) due to unprecedented surrender The company’s 2,3617.83 crore in Q4 of 2017- During the quarter, the was 68.58 billion units (BU) in were Rs 1,352.07 crore in the M K Mittal on Monday in New Delhi of power to the tune of 2566 MU 18, against Rs 20,886.85 crore company paid an interim divi- March quarter up from 63.77 quarter, down from Rs 1,742 impacting the revenue of the profit after tax in a year ago. dend of Rs 2.73 per equity share BU a year ago. During 2017- crore in the corresponding tion to the interim dividend the FY 2017-2018 stood 85.32 company adversely by around 2017-18 stood at For the entire 2017-18 fiscal, (par value Rs 10 each) for 2017- 18, the gross generation of elec- three months of 2016-17. of Rs 1.12 per equity share per cent against 83.41 per cent Rs 783 crores. its consolidated net profit came 18. The board of directors rec- tricity was 265.79 BU, up from On annual basis, its con- already declared in February achieved during 2016-17. Besides the benefit of around `1848.78 crore in at Rs 10,501.50 crore, mar- ommended a final dividend of 250.31 BU. The average power solidated net profit came in at 2018, thereby making total div- Unit – 1 of Parbati-II HE Rs 750 crores was passed by ginally down from Rs 10,713.94 2.39 per equity share (value tariff of the company was Rs Rs 2,781.04 crore for the entire idend for 2017-18 to Rs 1.40 Project was successfully syn- the company to the beneficiary Rs 679.33 crores on transition crore in the previous fiscal. On Rs 10 each). Total dividend 3.23 per unit. 2017-18 fiscal, down from Rs per equity share, on the face chronized on partial load. DISCOMS (on account of non from IGAAP to INDAS which a consolidated basis, its total (including interim dividend) The imported coal con- 3,485.90 crore in the previous value of Rs 10 each. Unit-2 has also been success- applicability of Clean Environ- when excluded results in a com- income for the fiscal stood at for 2017-18 is Rs 5.12 per equity sumption was up at 0.10 mil- financial year. Additionally, 330 MW fully spun and spinning at rated ment Cess and Excise Duty parative growth of PAT by 9.43 Rs 89,641.59 crore as against share (of Rs 10 each). lion tonnes in March quarter The board of directors in a (3x110 MW) Kishanganga speed has been completed. with roll out of GST) which if per cent in the year 2017-18. Rs 83,009.31 crore in 2016-17. The plant load factor (PLF) from 0.08 million tonnes a year meeting on Monday has also Power Station in Jammu & Also, an interim dividend included would have resulted in The achievements are due The company said sales or capacity utilisation of coal ago. However, during 2017-18, recommended the payment Kashmir and 50 MW Solar of Rs 849.80 crore was paid to a total turnover of Rs 9246.20 to operational efficiency and include Rs 210.33 crore, as on based plants was down at 79.03 the imported coal consump- of final dividend at the rate of Project in Tamilnadu were Government of India for finan- crores showing a growth of 6.86 prudent Cost Management ini- March 31, 2018, on account of per cent in March quarter from tion was 0.32 million tonnes 2.8 per cent of face value of Rs commissioned in FY 2017-18. cial year 2017-18. per cent. tiatives, which helped to score income tax refundable. Sales 81.21 year ago. During 2017-18, as against 1.03 million tonnes 10 per equity share (Rs 0.28 With commissioning of these A total interim dividend of The company’s Profit after a PAT of Rs 1848.78 crores also include Rs 66.98 crore on the PLF of coal based plants in the previous fiscal. PTI per share) for 2017-18, subject two projects NHPC crossed Rs 1149.05 crore has been paid Tax (PAT) in 2017-18 stood at inspite of huge set back due to to approval of shareholders in 7000 MW mark in installed for the year 2017-18 as against Rs 1848.78 crores as compared power surrender and passing of ensuing Annual General Meet- capacity. total dividend of Rs 1984.61 to previous year’s PAT of Rs around Rs 750 crores benefit to ing (AGM). Overall cumulative PAF crore for the financial year 2368.81 crores included tax and the consumers taking a hit on its SAIL supplied 43,000 tonnes of steel This dividend is in addi- of NHPC Power Stations for 2016-17. MPOST other regulatory gains of around turnover. MPOST for Eastern Peripheral Expressway Industrial powerhouse Gujarat has also made NEW DELHI: Steel giant SAIL on Monday said it supplied 43,000 tonnes of steel for the country's first smart and green highway - Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), contributing to the infrastructural architecture of the huge leaps in health & social sectors: Dy CM country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Sunday inaugurated the country's first green and smart express highway - EPE, built at a cost of Rs SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE in 2001 to 4,200 in 2018. 11,000 crore. The total quantity supplied by SAIL for this project includes We take care Nitin Patel also added that TMT rebars, plates and structurals which have been supplied for construc- GANDHINAGAR: With the state government is plan- tion of this 135 km long Eastern Peripheral Expressway. SAIL is also sup- reports of the death of 111 new- of pregnant women ning a combined health insur- born babies in five months at till delivery, have ance scheme of MA Yojana (of plying steel for the swiftly upcoming Western Peripheral Expressway. SAIL an Adani-run hospital in Bhuj, the state government) and of the has been supplying steel for various infrastructure projects. MPOST Gujarat’s health care system is lowered infant new health insurance scheme once again facing questions. mortality rate from by the centre. However, Deputy Chief Min- 48 to 30 Recently, GVK EMRI, which ister and the Health Minister operates 108 ambulance ser- Nitin Patel claimed that the vices in the state, launched two incumbent BJP government is our key target. We have also boat ambulances for the coastal has done intensive work in this come up with more specialty region. It has also come up with sector and has introduced many and super-specialty hospitals in neonatal ambulances in order to schemes to take a measure on both the urban and rural areas," ensure emergency transfers for mortality rate and infant mor- the minister added. neonates who require more spe- tality rate (IMR). NITI Ayog Chairman Rajiv cialist treatment at another hos- Speaking to Millennium Kumar had claimed in an inter- Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Nitin Patel pital. This is primarily launched Post, Patel asserted that the view early this year that Gujarat to reduce the IMR as part of Government has initiated a has done a lot of good work in sioner Jayanti Ravi observed, Micro Self-help groups," she the Millennium Development survey on women and families industrialisation but its progress "The government has appointed added. With the collaboration Goals (MDGs) and is specially in both urban and rural areas. in the education and health sec- health officers in various parts of IGNOU and Indian Institute designed to attend pediatric "Our health and family welfare tors has not been commensu- of the state. They visit differ- of Public Health, the Gujarat emergencies. schemes take care of a preg- rate. Patel said he is not aware of ent places, including sensitive government has also planned There are a total of 580 nant woman till she delivers such a statement but emphati- zones, and stay at night depend- nursing bridge courses . It is a ambulances run by by GVK her child. The health policies cally asserted that there are no ing on the seriousness of the sit- six-month course and aims to EMRI across the state apart do also ensure a healthy baby loopholes. Even last year, the uation. The government is also fill up the vacancies in the rural from Tamil Nadu, Goa, and and its proper care. The rate of death of 18 new-borns within trying to strengthen new-born health care system. "Sometimes Madhya Pradesh. delivery of a child in maternity three days reported at Ahmed- babies’ care. This has resulted MBBS doctors are reluctant to ASHA workers in the village hospitals is 100 per cent in the abad Civil Hospital caused a in a decrease in IMR from 48 serve in remote areas. There- areas have also been provided entire state of Gujarat," Patel massive outrage in Gujarat, to 30." fore, this will eventually fill the with TeCHO mobile applica- pointed out. forcing the state health depart- "Iron tablets, nutritious gap," explained a government tion -- a community-based safe "The maternal death rate ment to order a probe. This time foods are being provided to health official . motherhood and child survival and infant death rate have too it ordered an inquiry on pregnant women and the The data further shows that platform inaugurated by Prime decreased in the state and Friday. mother of a newborn under the number of MBBSes in the Minister Narendra Modi in the making the graph further low Gujarat Health Commis- 'spot feeding' scheme through state has increased from 1,300 last year. 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018

AFGHAN PACER ZADRAN OUT OF INDIA ROMA CONFIRMS SIGNING OF ZAGREB’S ROMA LEGEND ANNOUNCES AUTOBIOGRAPHY TEST DUE TO KNEE INJURY CORIC UNTIL 2023 ON ANNIVERSARY OF FINAL MATCH NEW DELHI: Afghanistan pacer Dawlat Zadran has been ruled ROME: Italian football club Roma on Monday announced the MILAN: Roma legend Francesco Totti revealed on Monday he out of the one-off Test against India. “Fast bowler @dawlat_ signing of Croatian midfielder Ante Coric for five years. The is writing his autobiography as he marked the anniversary of zadarn suffered a knee injury during the training camp in India. 21-year-old midfielder joined Roma from Dinamo Zagreb for the day he played his final match for the Italian club. “I’m writ- He has been advised one month’s rest by doctors. Therefore, he $6.9 million, reports Efe. “I am very pleased to be at Roma, ing the story of my life, both football and extra-curricular,” the will not be available for the T20I series against Bangladesh as one of the biggest European clubs,” the Croatia international 41-year-old said in an internet video post. “For me it’s a very well as Afghanistan’s one-off Test against India,” a tweet said. said, according to Roma’s official website. important project, slowly I will reveal the details,” he added. De Villiers retirement Being dropped from ODIs a blow to World Cup gives me more time to prepare Under shadow of Tuticorin bid, says Gibson for England Tests: Rahane tragedy, CSK welcomed

MUMBAI: Ajinkya Rahane is an eternal CHENNAI: Chennai Super Kings’ return optimist, who is ready to find a silver lin- to the city following a fairytale IPL tri- ing in everything, including his rejection umph received the rapturous welcome from India’s limited overs team. it deserved, even as murmurs of scaling He believes that being overlooked for down an elaborate reception plan swirled the limited overs leg of the UK tour will in the wake of the Tuticorin tragedy. give him more time to do his homework CSK beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by for the big-ticket five-match Test series eight wickets in an authoritative display against England, starting August 1. in the final last night to win the trophy “It is important that you get time to on its return after serving a two-year JOHANNESBURG: Coach Ottis Gibson admit- prepare yourself and clarity is impor- suspension. ted on Monday that the retirement from inter- tant, when you know that you are not Australian all-rounder Shane Watson national cricket of AB de Villiers was a blow in ODI squad and you just going to play did the star turn with a blistering century. to South Africa’s hopes of winning the Cricket Test matches in England. I will get good A large number of fans were waiting World Cup next year. amount of time for the Afghanistan Test at the city airport to welcome the team Gibson revealed that he had spoken to De and after that for the England tour,” Rah- members and went into raptures when Villiers the day before last week’s announcement ane told reporters on the sidelines of the the players emerged. by the star batsman but had been unable to con- CEAT Cricket Awards. CSK officials were at hand to receive vince him to change his mind. Even if there is an element of frustra- India will have it easy when they embark the players. Later, the players were wel- “We had a conversation,” said Gibson, who tion, Rahane doesn’t want to show that. on their gruelling five-Test tour of the Old comed at Crowne Plaza hotel by the staff was briefing journalists ahead of the South Afri- “No, I am not at all frustrated; actu- Blighty, feels Rahane. with garlands. Here too, a number of fans can squad getting together to undergo their ally the thing is I can tell you this is actu- Asked about England’s comprehen- had gathered. Former BCCI president N annual fitness and medical assessments. ally motivating me, because I am actually sive defeat at the hands of Pakistan and its Srinivasan greeted the players at the hotel. “He called me the morning before he made looking to make a comeback. Right now, implications, a cautious Rahane said: “It is The players were to attend a private PTI the announcement,” said Gibson. “We had a long my focus is on Test cricket. I still believe very hard to judge (England) right now. dinner later on Monday. conversation around whether he was making the that I can come back and do well in Playing in England at their own backyard The team’s players, including Harb- happy that the “Men in Yellow” man- unbeaten 117 off 57 balls. right decision. He reckons he is. He has spoken shorter formats with World Cup (2019) is always a challenge. Yes, Pakistan played hajan Singh and South African veteran aged to win the trophy, making it a dream “It was difficult two years for the fran- to the people in his close circle.” Gibson said De coming up.” very well. They bowled and batted well Imran Tahir, tweeted that they were comeback after missing two years owing chise. The desire to get back to the com- Villiers’ decision had been a shock to him. While there are enough indications but there is still sometime to go for our delighted to win the trophy for the fans. to suspension. petition was high. It was sustainable to “He is one of the best players in the world. He that he has fallen off the radar as far as series. We can’t take England for granted Harbhajan mentioned that the team CSK head coach Stephen Fleming has keep winning throughout. The players could have made a huge difference in the World India’s limited overs scheme of things are as they can comeback anytime.” was dedicating the triumph to the people. admitted that his franchise experienced were motivated (to win),” Fleming said Cup and he knows that... he’s chosen to walk concerned, Rahane is still hopeful that he Before the England Test series, Rahane Meanwhile, CSK officials, including a difficult time during the two-year ban after his side beat SRH to clinch the title. away from the game at this time and it is what it can turn the table. will be leading India against Test debu- CEO K S Viswanathan, took the trophy from the IPL and his players were moti- “I am proud of how different individu- is.” Gibson said the World Cup in England and “I still believe in myself. I did well in tants Afghanistan in the historic one-off to the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams vated to win the title. als stood up at key times. I am proud the Wales in June 2019 was still a year away. ODI cricket whenever I got my opportu- Test in Bengaluru, starting June 14. “Right Information Centre temple in the city. Reinstated into the IPL after a two- way experienced players showed their “We’ll have to alter our plans obviously but it nities. In West Indies, I got man-of-the- now, our focus should be on Afghanistan The glittering trophy was placed year-ban for their team management’s way. We believe experience coming back gives us enough time to do that.” De Villiers, 34, series award (with four half-centuries). Test match and then think about England. before the idol of Lord Venkateswara, role in the 2013 spot-fixing scandal, CSK into the competition was going to be a key announced his retirement last Wednesday, say- Against Australia, I did really well. In We can by no means take Afghanistan the presiding deity. outplayed Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight component. There were lots of emotions ing he was “tired” after a 14-year international South Africa, the team management lightly. The world accepts and respects A group of fans said though they were wickets in the summit clash here on Sun- in the franchise for what had happened, career during which he was hailed as one of the asked me to bat at No. 4 and I did well, Rashid Khan as a quality bowler. Whether not able to see the CSK team play at home day night to clinch their third title, with there was a lot of reasoning behind this best players in the game. so it is just a matter of time. I am still con- in life or cricket, nothing can be taken (M A Chidambaram stadium), they were Shane Watson leading the charge with an team,” said Fleming. AGENCIES He said it had been a tough decision but that fident that I will make a comeback and do for granted,” the stylish Mumbaikar said. “I would like to retire while still playing decent well for my country in shorter format,” “Qualifying for a Test is the biggest thing cricket”. the right-hander put up a brave front. for Afghanistan cricket and that is good “It’s disappointing for the country and world Pakistan may have walloped England for cricket. We need to go out there and ‘Watson still good enough to play’ cricket that AB de Villiers isn’t playing cricket inside three and half days in their first play with the good intensity like we play anymore,” said Gibson. AGENCIES Test at the Lord’s but that doesn’t mean with every other team,” he said. AGENCIES SYDNEY: A day after veteran spurring CSK to the title. Aussie Shane Watson single- Stoinis believes Watson handedly helped the Chennai was under appreciated by the CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Super Kings (CSK) to a third Australian public during his PRESS NOTICE Indian Premier League (IPL) 14-year international career NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS crown, all-rounder Marcus and went on to say that the all- The Executive Engineer(E), DCED, CPWD, 20-Subhash Stoinis feels the retired Watson rounder could still dominate Road, Dehradun-248001 invites Percentage rate bid could still be a force in interna- in the shortest format. on behalf of President of India from Approved and tional cricket in case he wants “He’s still good enough to to come out of retirement. play for Australia, for sure,” eligible registered contractors in Composite Category in Watson, who turns 37 next Stoinis told RSN, as reported appropriate class in CPWD for the following work:- month, retired from interna- by cricket.com.au. 1. NIT No. 23/DCED/2018-19. tional cricket in 2016 but on “(But) I think he enjoys “We sat down over there “I don’t think the Austra- Name of Work:- Remnovation of electrical Intallation in Sunday defied age to overcome having family time. He played (in India) and he’s mentored lian public realised how good IInd fllor DMC office at G&RB, Survey of India Dehradun.. a sluggish start and a ham- a lot of cricket for Australia in me for a couple of years now. he was when he was playing Estimated Cost: Rs. 13,24,034/-Earnest Money Rs. 26,481/- string problem and hammer a demanding time, so I think His hunger to keep getting for Australia,” added Stoinis, and Period of Completion: 02 Months, Last Time & date an unbeaten 117 from just 57 he’s just enjoying playing the better at the end of his career, who plied his trade for the of submission of bid: 02-06-2018 at 3:00 PM. & the same balls in the IPL final, his sec- odd tournament and then it’s no coincidence why he’s Kings XI Punjab in the just- shall be opened on the same day at 3.30 PM. ond century of the tournament going back (to his family). so good. concluded IPL. AGENCIES The tender forms and other details can be obtained from the website www.tenderwizard.com / CPWD or PAK PENALISED FOR SLOW OVER-RATE Shami replaces www.cpwd.gov.in, DUBAI: Pakistan have been penalised for maintain- ing a slow over-rate in the Lords Test against England, Pandya in World XI which the visitors won by nine wickets to go one-up in the OFFICE OF THE DIVISIONAL MANAGER CTU & DIRECTOR DUBAI: India fast bowler TRANSPORT, UNION TERRITORY; CHANDIGARH. two-match series. According to an ICC statement, match Mohammed Shami has Ref. No.SPA/CTU/2018/5346 Dated 28.05.18 referee Jeff Crowe imposed the fine after the side was replaced an indisposed Har- e-TENDER NOTICE. ruled to be three overs short of their target when time dik Pandya in the ICC World The Chandigarh Transport Undertaking invites e-tenders in two bid system allowances were taken into consideration. AGENCIES XI squad for the May 31 T20 i.e. technical bid and financial bid which are to be submitted online International against the West separately from the firms/manufacturers/companies/authorized dealers/ Indies at Lord’s. distributors/stockiest/suppliers for the purchase of Lubricants, Grease and England wrist-spin- Oil Items for the use of buses of CTU, Chandigarh. (As per list as Annexure-A’ to the tender documents available on the website i.e. [email protected] & ner Adil Rashid has also http://chandigarh.gov.in The prospective bidders can also be visit in the been added to the World XI office of CTU during office hours on any working day by contacting General squad. Manager, CTU-I (Mobile No. 07015765795), Assn. Controller (F&A) (Mobile All the proceeds from this No. 9815552432), CTU-///Works Manager-I (Mob No.7889090848)/ Store Purchase Assistant (Mobile No. 09417524603), or mail Id ctu-chdnic.in match will be used to rede- CTU Administrative Block, Plot No. 701, Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh velop the stadia in the Carib- for any kind of information with regard to the items. The tenderers are bean, which were damaged required to quote their landed rates (excluding all taxes/GST) for a period due to hurricanes last year. of 1 (one) year for each tender as per BOQ to the tender documents on the website. The detailed terms and conditions of the tender can be downloaded Shami has replaced all- from the website of Chandigarh Administration i.e., http://chandigarh.gov. rounder Pandya, who has in. Or website http://etenders.chd.nic.in/nicgep/app. pulled out due to a viral The important dates for submission of e-tender is as under:- inflection and will join Dinesh 1. Date and time of receiving the tender : 28.6.18 upto 2.00 P.M Karthik as the second Indian 2. Date and time of opening the tender (technical): 28.6.18 upto 3.00 P.M. AGENCIES 3. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD): Rs.1,50,000/- in the shape of Bank player in the side. Demand Draft/FDR/Bank Guarantee from any scheduled Bank in favour of Director Transport, UT, Chandigarh. 4. Date of Pre-Bid meeting: 12.06-18 at 11.30 a.m. in the office room of General Manager-I, CTU, Plot No. 701, Industrial Area, Phase 1, Chandigarh. The undersigned reserves every right to (a) cancel/withdraw/amend the advertisement or extend the due date at his sole discretion or (b) accept or reject any tender without assigning any reason. Divisional Manager CTU & Director Transport Memo No 4096-98/PRC-53(Advt) U.T., Chandigarh.

CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT PRESS NOTICE NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS The Executive Engineer(E), DCED, CPWD, 20-Subhash Road, Dehradun-248001 invites Percentage rate bid on behalf of President of India from Approved and eligible registered contractors in Composite Category in appropriate class in CPWD for the following work:- 1. NIT No. 24/DCED/2018-19. Name of Work:- Remnovation of electrical Intallation in Computer Hall, Conference Hall & Tech Section Room at NGDC, Survey of India Dehradun. (SH-Electrical Works). Estimated Cost: Rs. 22,54,399/-Earnest Money Rs. 45,088/- and Period of Completion: 02 Months, Last Time & date of submission of bid: 02-06-2018 at 3:00 PM. & the same shall be opened on the same day at 3.30 PM. The tender forms and other details can be obtained from the website www.tenderwizard.com / CPWD or www.cpwd.gov.in, sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 mp Real Madrid fans Formally convey policy regarding Wawrinka stunned, Djokovic wins urge Ronaldo to Indo-Pak series: BCCI tells govt stay during CL NEW DELHI: The BCCI has requested the Union PARIS: Former French Open cham- the tournament, but he was still far too government to formally convey its position with pion Stan Wawrinka continued to good for Dutra Silva on Court Philippe celebrations struggle with form and fitness as he Chatrier. regards to Indo-Pak bilateral cricket series, which was dumped out in the first round by “It was good to start this year with a MADRID: Real Madrid sup- is on hold since 2012 due to political tension be- Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Monday, a win. I wasn’t at my best, he played with porters urged Cristiano Ron- tween the two neighbours. The BCCI has repeatedly defeat which will send his world rank- a lot of spin. aldo to stay at the club during clarified its stance that it won’t be able to engage ing plummeting, but Novak Djokovic “I didn’t play very well, but I won in celebrations at the Santiago cruised through in straight sets. three sets,” said the 20th seed, who will Bernabeu stadium on Sunday in bilateral contests unless the government gives Wawrinka, who lost to Rafael Nadal next face David Ferrer or Jaume Munar. to mark their third consecu- clearance. It is understood that the richest cricket in last year’s final and won the 2015 title, Former world number one Victoria tive Champions League title board wants a formal communication before they was beaten in a five-set thriller 6-2, 3-6, Azarenka’s return to Grand Slam ten- after an open-top bus parade head to ICC Disputes Resolution Forum where they 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 by the Spanish world nis lasted just two sets as the Belarusian through the Spanish capital. are set to counter PCB’s compensation claim of $70 number 67 on Court Suzanne Lenglen. slumped to a 7-5, 7-5 loss to Katerina Ronaldo had overshad- The 33-year-old has been plagued Siniakova. owed Madrid’s 3-1 win over million for not honouring the MoU, signed in 2014. by a knee injury and arrived at Roland Azarenka, who missed much of last Liverpool in Saturday’s final in “The BCCI would be grateful if you could formally Garros having won just one match on season after being embroiled in a cus- Kiev to lift a record-extending convey the policy/position of the Government of India clay in Geneva last week, his first event tody battle over her son, was broken 13th European Cup by drop- on the need or requirement of prior clearance from in three months. to love in the 12th games of each set ping a hint that he was about the Government of India for the Indian cricket team The defeat means that the three- to be dumped out by the Czech world to leave the club in an inter- time Grand Slam champion will slip number 57. view moments after collecting to play the Pakistan cricket in in-bound or out-bound from 30th in the world to outside the It was Azarenka’s first Grand Slam the trophy, declaring “it was tours,” BCCI recently wrote to the ministry. When top 250 after the tournament, having match since losing to Simona Halep in beautiful to be at Real Madrid”. asked about the latest e-mail, a senior BCCI official failed to defend the ranking points he the Wimbledon fourth round last July, The Portuguese looked in told PTI: “These are routine communications on part gained in 2017. but she still believes she can return to a far better mood during the “There is no frustration (at rankings the top of the game. celebrations in Madrid and of BCCI. It is our duty to seek permission from the slip). It’s just tough,” said Wawrinka. “No doubt about it. Maybe not lifted supporters’ hopes that government with regards to bilateral series.” AGENCIES “But again, I knew from the begin- today, but no doubt about it,” the now- he would not be leaving by ning that it will take a long, a lot of time world number 82 insisted. declaring “See you next year” to get back. I knew that from the sur- Petra Kvitova also found life hard, while the team were gathered Notice Inviting E-tender gery that it will take a year at least to get but the two-time Wimbledon cham- at the Cibeles fountain where where I want to be.” pion fought back from a set down they traditionally celebrate tro- There were worrying signs for his to beat Paraguay’s Veronica Cepede phy wins. Ronaldo was given a fans when he pulled up and called for Royg 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 on Court Philippe hero’s welcome at the Bernabeu a medical timeout after just six games, A fired-up Wawrinka duly levelled Wawrinka’s form totally deserted Chatrier. as fans chanted his name and but he played down fears he had caused the match, and saved a break point to him in the fifth set, and Garcia-Lopez The 28-year-old Kvitova is one of sang “Cristiano please stay”. further damage to his already trouble- serve out the third set after breaking comfortably wrapped up victory. the favourites to win a maiden Roland Madrid’s all-time top scorer some left knee. in the opening game, as 34-year-old Serbian star Djokovic had little Garros title after winning four titles gave an optimistic speech say- “My knee is good. I blocked some- Garcia-Lopez threw his racket to the trouble in reaching round two, though, this season, including on clay in Prague ing: “I feel proud to play at the thing else at the beginning of the first ground in disgust. seeing off Brazilian world number 134 and Madrid. biggest club in the world. I’m AGENCIES PRDH-Advt. No:-1052/11/3484/1819/66161 Xen/TS Division set, and that’s why I had to ask,” he said. The match looked to be all but over Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. “I’ve won 12 matches straight on very comfortable here.” Dated: 28.05.18 HVPNL, Rohtak The 23rd seed found his rhythm when Wawrinka broke in game five of The 12-time Grand Slam cham- clay, but I’m still a long way from from nowhere after a poor first set, the fourth set, but he became ragged pion dropped serve three times and Rafa,” she said in reference to Rafael crunching two massive forehands to and Garcia-Lopez forced a decider by will have to markedly improve to chal- Nadal’s upcoming bid for an 11th men’s break for a 3-1 lead in the second. edging a tie-break. lenge Rafael Nadal in the latter stages of singles crown. AGENCIES SL says pitch-fixing bf.M;u vksojlht- cSad Indian Overseas Bank claims ‘difficult to believe’ SGAD COMPLEX, NAINITAL ROAD, RURDRAPUR, US NAGAR, UTTARAKHAND, Tel: 05944-247626, E-mail: [email protected]

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket board on Mon- day described allegations of pitch-tampering at Galle International Stadium as “difficult to believe” but agreed to cooperate fully with an international investigation. TV news channel Al Jazeera broadcast a doc- umentary Sunday showing a groundsman and a player allegedly discussing altering the pitch at Galle during Australia’s 229-run loss in the sec- ond Test against Sri Lanka in 2016. Australia lost all their 20 wickets and were beaten inside three days. Galle groundsman Tharanga Indika and pro- fessional cricketer Tharindu Mendis also alleg- edly speculated about fixing the pitch to ensure a result in under four days in the Test against England in November. Both men have been suspended by Sri Lanka Cricket pending the outcome of an investigation by the International Cricket Council. A third man, provincial coach Jeevantha Kulathunga, was also suspended. But the board’s vice-president Mohan de Silva said there had been no complaints about the Galle pitch from captains, umpires or the referee during the match between Australia and Sri Lanka in 2016. “There is no need to investigate the Test. Players did not complain. Captains report, umpires report and the match referee’s report did not say anything about the pitch,” he told reporters. “There is nothing adverse about the pitch. It is difficult to believe there was any wrongdoing.” Indika and Mendis were stood down Sunday after a trailer for the Al Jazeera documentary was aired. Kulathunga was suspended after the full pro- gramme by the Qatari channel alleged corrup- tion at the highest levels of world cricket. AGENCIES NEYMAR READY FOR WORLD CUP RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil- ian national team striker Neymar has admitted that he is not yet 100 percent game-ready after the injury that has kept him off the pitch for nearly three months, but said that there is still enough time for him to fully recover before next month’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. “I’m not 100 percent ready yet,” the PSG striker said in a press conference. AGENCIES

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Executive Engineer, DGIPR/2018/2019/1016 Public Works Division, Nanded 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Tuesday, 29 May, 2018 ‘THERE’S FEAR OF BEING FORGOTTEN BY FILM INDUSTRY’ MUMBAI: Actor Diana Penty says it is a constant battle for her between giving into the temptation of doing more movies to stay visible or signing projects she genu- inely believes in. Diana, who has done four films in her eight-year-old career, began her stint in The Happy Bollywood in 2010 with Cocktail, which Bhaag Jayegi was commercially successful. actor is After a gap of nearly four years, currently seen she went on to star in Anand L Rai’s hit in Parmanu – romantic-comedy But she said that at the same time, she Happy Bhaag Jayegi. realised, that’s how it works, it’s human Because I wasn’t featuring John Looking at her nature. And it is true, there is this fear.” around, people assumed Bollywood journey Diana admits that there are times when Abraham in so far, Diana says the she is concerned about the slow pace of her I was doing other things four-year gap between career, “Sometimes you wake up with mini and was not interested in the lead her first two films panic attacks where you feel like ‘Oh my made her feel that the God! I don’t have a film right now! Should films anymore industry had forgot- I just do something that comes my way ten her. because I don’t have another film’? But I maker to not think of you because you are Asked if she ever had the fear of being feel at the end of the day, your gut takes not in the radar. Diana says it is about the forgotten, the actor said, “I think it actually over. I have never been able to go against balance and what is more important is the happened with me – the time that I took my instinct.” visibility through one’s films. between Cocktail and Happy Bhaag Jayegi, She says, her idea of visibility is dif- The actor is currently seen in Parmanu a lot of people told me, ‘out of sight is out ferent from those actors who make more – featuring John Abraham in the lead. of mind’, and it did happen.” news with their “airport appearances” than She found the film extremely engaging “Just because I wasn’t around, people through the movies they do. at the script level and believed it would be a just assumed I was doing other things and “If you are a complete hermit, some- great story to be brought on screen. was not interested in films which I thought times it is difficult for people to (remember “When I began reading the script, I felt was unfair,” she added. you). It’s very natural for, maybe, a film- it was very well written,” said Diana. PTI ‘Women in Veere... Arjun Rampal, have taken script Meher part ways to another level’ AFTER 20 YEARS MUMBAI: Actor Sumeet Vyas, who will MUMBAI: Actor Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jesia have called soon be seen in Veere Di Wedding, says his co- it quits after 20 years of marriage. stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor There was speculation about the status of their relationship Ahuja, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania for long. And the couple set the record straight by announcing have taken the script of the forthcoming film their decision to part ways through a joint statement. to another level. The statement read: “After a 20 year long beautiful jour- Veere Di Wedding is directed by Shashanka ney filled with love and beautiful memories, we would like to Ghosh and co-produced by Rhea Kapoor, share, that all journeys have different paths and we feel that it Ekta Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. is time for us to move on to different destinations hence forth. “It was a special experience. They’re all “We have always been solid supremely talented people and so focused. It when it has come to us, we will We have was inspiring to see how committed Kareena continue to be solid for each is. She’s so other and our loved ones, as we always been focused and embark upon a new journey.” driven. Same The High Jack They added: “Both of us solid when it has goes for actor says that being extremely private peo- come to us, we Sonam, Swara it was a special ple feel strange to be making and Shi- this statement, but such are will continue to kha. They’ve experience the circumstances of our lives. be solid for each really taken working with Where the truth can get dis- the script to such supremely torted and lost.” other and our another level,” Arjun and Mehr got mar- loved ones Sumeet said in talented and ried in 1998 and have two a statement to focussed co- daughters – Mahikaa and IANS. Myra. Veere Di actors They might have separated, but will always “be there for Wedding is an one another”. upbeat coming-of-age story revolving around “We are a family, our love for each other is forever intact the lives of four childhood friends through and we shall always be there for one another and most impor- life’s ups and downs and the trials and tribu- tantly for our children Mahikaa and Myra. We would therefore lations with regard to family, marriage, accep- appreciate our privacy through this time. Thank all for their tance and societal perceptions. support. Relationships can end but love lives on.” The film is set to release on June 1. IANS “We won’t be commenting on this any further.” IANS ‘John Mayer has an interesting Katherine Langford confirms view on the world’ exit from ‘13 Reasons Why’ LOS ANGELES: Singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes says his mentor John Mayer is one of the most “intellectual” artistes LOS ANGELES: ‘13 Reasons season 1, and to be asked back around and he always has a unique point of Why’ star Katherine Lang- for a season two. view on the happenings in the world. The ford has confirmed that she “Thankyou to @netflix @ 19-year-old singer, who has been a long- will not be returning to the paramountpics @anoncon- time fan of the ‘Gravity’ singer, says he has a controversial hit series for a tent , the incredible produc- great influence on him. “The most incred- third season. ers, creatives, cast and crew for ible thing I learned from (him) is Though a season three is making these last two years so that no matter how much expe- yet to be ordered by Netflix, special. And to all of you here rience you have, you never are the 22-year-old actor, who – Thankyou for filling my life done learning,” he said.“He’s played the lead Han- a bada**. He’s just so smart nah Baker, signed off and intellectual. He has from the show in a a very interesting view heartfelt Instagram on the world - a view I’ve post. never heard from anyone else,” Langford thanked Mendes told People magazine. the cast and crew as The ‘Believes’ hitmaker says well as fans in her post Mayer, 40, is a collabora- and also shared a pic- tive artiste and believes ture of a blackboard in pushing himself mural dedicated to her as a musician.“He’s character, Hannah. always trying to learn “‘Hannah... I love and wants to get bet- you... And I let you go’. ter; he always wants to Those are the words I grow with the people and not was able to say six months ago, with love and light,” she wrote. get left behind,” he says. In and now can finally share with Langford added the show April last year, the duo first you... As most of you know will always be a “special part performed together at May- @13reasonswhy was my first of my life”. The actor promised, er’s concert collaborating on a duet ever job and I am so grateful “There is a lot coming up this mash-up of Mendes’ ‘Mercy’ and Mayer’s ‘In to have had the opportunity to next year, and I can’t wait to Your Atmosphere’. PTI tell Hannah’s story so fully in share it with you.” PTI