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Quick News44 LAWYERS REFUSE TO DEFEND ACCUSED IN 7-YEAR-OLD'S MURDER 'DeMo has expanded CBI books Natarajan Ryan principal suspended; formal economy' in forest land case SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE NEW DELHI: The CBI booked former envi- NEW DELHI: BJP Presi- ronment minister Jayanthi Natarajan for alleged dent Amit Shah on Saturday abuse of her official position in diverting forest cops to seek fast-track court defended the policies of the land for a steel plant in Jharkhand in violation Narendra Modi Government of law, and carried out searches at her residence. and asserted, “Policies need not The CBI registered an FIR against her in be decided by people's prefer- connection with the clearance given during her ences but should be beneficial tenure in 2012 for diversion of forest land for to people.” Addressing a Fed- BJP President Amit Shah mining in alleged violation of law and against eration of Indian Chambers of the advice of officials, sources in the investiga- Commerce and Industry (Ficci) places is now part of the econ- tive agency said. Sources said the searches were conference here on Saturday, omy," he said. conducted at Natarajan's residence in Chennai, Shah said that the BJP-NDA The BJP chief also made besides premises of some other accused in New government would provide a scathing attack on the pre- Delhi, Kolkata and the mining company's office stable policy regime for the next vious UPA regime and said, in Odisha's Sundergarh. 30 years. “Before 2014 there was all- The FIR has been filed against Natarajan, “The incumbent govern- round despondency, especially Umang Kejriwal, the then managing director of ment in three years has com- on the economic front as indi- Electrosteel Casting Limited, and the company. pletely transformed the thought cated by the GDP numbers dip- The case pertains to clearance given for processes of the people and has ping from 8 per cent to 4.7… diversion of forest land in Saranda Forest in been successful in creating and the investment climate was Singhbhum District of Jharkhand to mining ‘Brand India’,” he asserted. “Our under a cloud.” company Electrosteel in alleged violation of For- vision and mission is to push “Even leakages in subsidies est (Conservation Act) in 2012. PG4 PIYUSH OHRIE three-day police remand. Law- is shocking and deplorable. We CBSE forms probe panel, the reforms agenda to its logi- were rampant. As much as Rs yers of Sohna refused to fight his are looking into every angle to asks for school's report cal conclusion so that it leads to 59,000 crore worth of subsidies GURUGRAM: Amid calls for case and the protesting parents ensure that justice is delivered in transformative changes in the was siphoned off under cor- Prasad: India to set data action by agitated parents against demanded a CBI probe into the this case at the earliest. We will NEW DELHI: The CBSE on Saturday economy and the lives of the ruption. Now, from 8.5 crore Ryan International School, Guru- case. complete our investigations in formed a two-member committee people,” Shah explained. people in 2014, direct bene- protection benchmark gram, where a seven-year-old boy There have been angry pro- seven days and at the end of it, we to probe Pradhyuman Thakur's Demonetisation, he said, fit transfers have reached over Pradhyuman Thakur was killed tests by hundreds of parents since want to make sure that everyone murder and sought a report from was a perfect example of the 36 crore people today,” Shah NEW DELHI: Law and IT Minister Ravi Shan- allegedly by a bus conductor Friday morning when the seven- is satisfied with the outcome,” said Ryan School in two days along with efforts of the Government avouched further. kar Prasad on Saturday said the government inside a toilet on Friday morn- year-old boy was found with his Gurugram Police top cop Sand- the copy of the FIR. The panel will to delink development-for- The GST roll-out is the most will come up with a robust data protection law ing, the acting principal of the throat slit in the school bathroom. eep Khirwar. probe whether the death occurred all from vote bank pressures. notable reform with a consen- which will set a global benchmark. school has been suspended. Also, They were demanding the strict- “I want to reassure that we due to negligence by the school It would increase the size of sual agreement of all state gov- "We will come up with data protection law the services of the private agency est of action against the school will not shield anyone in our and if the school had adopted all the formal economy and has ernments and political parties that will set a global benchmark like the way which provided security to the management “for abdicating their probe. After our investigations, safety measures as per CBSE affili- increased the taxpayers’ number on board, Shah pointed out. we have done for Aadhaar," Prasad said at a school have been suspended. duty of providing security to the we will also push for the setting ation bye-laws. It will find whether from 3.7 crore during the last “The ‘One-Tax, One-Nation’ session organised by Biju Janata Dal MP Bai- The accused Ashok Kumar, students”. up of a fast track court to expedite the school reported the incident to 65 years to 6.3 crore in the last reform measure will address the jayant Panda on privacy and data protection. who was arrested on Friday and Gurugram Police stated on the trial,” he added. The police police and district education officer, three years. "I definitely believe problem of regional develop- The minister said the government has formed has reportedly confessed com- Saturday that it has sought a are probing whether the accused besides the circumstances leading that the formal economy has ment imbalance and within 15 a committee to give a structured report on data mitting the crime, was produced week’s time to complete the inves- was involved in a similar offense to the murder. increased due to demonetisa- years, there would be all-round utility, data privacy and data availability. PG5 in court on Saturday and sent to tigations. “What has happened earlier too. tion. Money lying at various development of the country.”

Present NDA government has let down the nation like the GSTR-1: Return filing deadline extended to October 10 previous UPA dispensation OUR CORRESPONDENT man's utility, including raincoats, rub- RAM JETHMALANI berbands and batter for idli and dosa, Artisans with `20 lakh HYDERABAD: The 21st meeting of the have been reduced. Khadi fabric through Goods and Services Tax (GST ) Council, Khadi and Village Industries Commis- turnover exempted the highest decision-making body of the sion Act of 1956 (KVIC) stores will now In today’s GST, on Saturday extended the deadline be exempted under GST. from GST registration for filing of sales return (GSTR-1), which Talking about the increase in cess paper was to end on Sunday, by a month to rates on automobiles, he said that while HYDERABAD: The GST Council on October 10. "Since the work is huge, the status quo has been maintained for small Saturday exempted artisans and folk ... Council decided a new schedule itself for cars (petrol and diesel), hybrid cars and artists with an annual turnover of up CITY filing returns. Because of the load on the 13-seater vehicles, the Council decided to Rs 20 lakh from registration under system, we want to give adequate time to to increase the cess rates for some seg- the just introduced Goods and Ser- LEFT LEADING IN ALL FOUR JNUSU POSTS 3 taxpayers," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ments. GST cess on mid-segment cars vices Tax (GST). West Bengal Finance told reporters after the meeting. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and state FMs at the 21st GST Council meet in Hyderabad PTI has been increased by 2 per cent, for Minister Amit Mitra said that besides NATION "There are transient challenges in large segment cars it has been increased exempting artisans, the 21st meeting technology. The Council decided to the GST Network (GSTN) platform. A went up as the Council formed a five- by 5 per cent and for SUVs by 7 per cent, of the highest decision making body DERA CHIEF’S TUNNEL TO SADHVIS FOUND 4 appoint a committee, the composition detailed presentation was given to the member Committee to sort out technical he said. of the GST exempted clay idols from of which will be announced in a day or members by GSTN officials. Jaitley said glitches faced on the return-filing portal The minister said in view of the the tax. Also, no registration would BUSINESS two. It will consist of ministers who will the portal did face technical glitches on while the last date for GSTR 1 has been GST filing portal encountering increas- be required for inter-state job works, interact with GST to ensure a smooth two-three occasions due to overload. extended by a month. Jaitley said that in ing technical glitches, the Council has he said. "For artisans, artists, folk arts INDIA, CHINA FORM EXPORT GROUPS 5 transformation," he said. The GST rates on 30 items of mass consonance with the recommendations decided to set up a five-member min- and tribal arts, no registration will be The decision was taken after the consumption were slashed while the of the fitment committee, the tax rates isterial panel to oversee its functioning required up to Rs 20 lakh (turnover). INTERNATIONAL Council reviewed the functioning of cess on mid and high-segment cars on approximately 30 goods of common and smoothen the process. SAUDI SUSPENDS QATAR DIALOGUE 6 1 killed in Jaipur; curfew slapped FLORIDA CITIES BECOME GHOST TOWNS AS 5.6 MILLION PEOPLE EVACUATED SPORT JAIPUR: Curfew was clamped in four the mob, police said it was forced to fire in police station areas of the city after one air and then at the miscreants. 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But Irma or gathered at Ramganj police station and six policemen, were injured in the vio- kered down for a direct hit from the is so wide that authorities were brac- [email protected] pelted stones after a man riding a motor- lence. Jaipur Police Commissioner Sanjay monster storm. Irma's blast through the ing for destructive storm surges on both cycle was assaulted by a policemen during Agarwal said curfew was imposed in four Cuban coastline weakened the storm to coasts and the Keys, the chain of low- FOR SUBSCRIPTION routine checking. police station areas of Ramganj, Subhash a Category Three, but it was still packing lying islands that stretch south of Miami The mob damaged two dozen vehicles Chowk, Manak Chowk and Galta Gate at 205 kilometer per hour and was expected toward Cuba. "What's out there is terri- kindly contact at 8800854665 and torched four others, including one 1 am. Internet services were suspended to regain power before hitting the Florida on the appearance of ghost towns, as ner- ble," said Gisela Fernandez, a 42-year-old or ambulance and a police bus, besides set- and schools in the curfew-bound areas Keys early on Sunday, said US forecasters. vous residents heeded insistent evacua- nurse, after the storm whipped the town [email protected] ting ablaze a power sub-station. As tear were also closed. The Delhi-Agra route In Florida, cities on both the east and tion orders affecting 5.6 million people. in Chapara in the province of Las Tunas gas shells and rubber bullets did not deter through Jaipur was diverted. MPOST west coasts of the peninsular state took The storm's forecast track has shifted on Friday. AGENCIES GOODWILL MOVE WAS PROPOSED BY PM MODI DURING BANGLA PM HASINA’S INDIA TRIP INDIA’S PRIDE: Martyred Oil Minister Pradhan to visit Bangladesh to Colonel’s widow joins Army

MUMBAI/ CHENNAI: combat underwater diver sign pact for diesel exports through pipelines Swati Mahadik, the widow saved the lives of many of Col Santosh Mahadik, men under his charge. He GAUTAM LAHIRI 15 years with a proposition to north Bengal. So, ultimately, it who was martyred in a gun- was later posthumously enhance the quantity of diesel in costs Bangladesh $6.7 per bar- fight with terrorists in the awarded the Shaurya NEW DELHI: India will soon the coming years, as Bangladesh’s rel, which is higher than the price jungles of Haji Naka near Chakra by the government. sign a long-term agreement with energy demand rises. Hasina has India offers. By importing oil the Line of Control (LoC) Hailing from Pogar- Bangladesh for exporting diesel undertaken massive industrial from India, Bangladesh can save in Kupwara district, Jammu wadi village in the hilly through pipelines. Sources told production to lift her country huge foreign exchange. Bangla- & Kashmir, in November Satara district of western Millennium Post that Dhaka has to middle income nation level desh imports an average of more 2015, was on Saturday com- Maharashtra, Lt. Maha- agreed to New Delhi’s proposal and India’s supply of diesel will than 30 lakh tonnes of diesel from missioned into the Indian dik fulfilled her dream of for the ‘India-Bangladesh good- act as a catalyst for that purpose. different foreign companies. Army as a Lieutenant. As Lt Swati Mahadik stepping into her late hus- will friendship pipeline’, which The diesel will be supplied from Meanwhile, a feasibility study she completed her parade band's shoes to serve the was first proposed by Prime the Numaligarh refinery, a joint for laying the 'India-Bangladesh in Chennai, Lt Swati Mahadik broke down nation through the Indian Army. A few Minister Narendra Modi during venture of Bharat Petroleum, Oil friendship pipeline’has been and her family members and a senior army months after Col. Mahadik's death, his Bangladesh Premier Sk Hasina’s India and the Assam Govern- completed and an MoU has been officer's wife consoled and hugged her and widow stunned her family, villagers and visit to India. Union Petroleum ment. The 130-Km pipeline is signed for the project. Out of 130 wiped the tears of joy. the military establishment by announcing Minister Dharmendra Pradhan being laid from Numaligarh to supply 2 lakh to 4 lakh tones a supply diesel at $5 per barrel. km, only 5 km of the pipeline will Present on her proud moment were her intention to join the Army. will soon visit Dhaka to sign the Parbatipur of Dinajpur district, year, which might be increased Bangladesh now imports be constructed within Indian ter- her daughter Kartikee, 12, son Swaraj, 7, Swati had already crossed the upper agreement, in a move that is seen Bangladesh. as and when demand increases. diesel from West Asia at a price ritory and the rest of it would mother-in-law Kalindi Ghorpade, father age limit for entering the army and it was as Prime Minister Modi’s initia- Initially, India proposed to It has also been decided that of $2.2 per barrel. However, it be within Bangladesh. Both the Babanrao Shedge and mother. Col. Maha- only after the Indian Army and Ministry of tive to take the bilateral relation- supply 10 lakh tonnes of diesel the price of the diesel exported reaches the Chittagong port from Indian and Bangladesh govern- dik was serving as Commanding Officer, Defence specially relaxed the age limit for ship to new heights. annually but later it was agreed would be fixed at the Interna- where it costs another $4.5 per ments approved the project last 41 Rashtriya Rifles, when he was killed. n her that she could initiate her new career The agreement is valid for that at the outset, India would tional rate. At present, India will barrel to transport this diesel to month. his sacrifice, the expert paratrooper and a goals. IANS 2| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017|millenniumpost mp Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower Weekend Break -Steve Jobs WORD TO SCREEN FILMMAKERS, PUBLISHERS

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So in today’s streamlined roadmap to bring compelling nar- time, it’s even more important that books are ratives to screen. talked about.” “This idea of adapting a book to a movie is book, While the filmmaking world has become becoming more commonplace as compared and “Selec- more receptive to the idea of adapting from to five years ago,” Anish Chandy, who heads tion Day”, based on books, publishers and authors are trying to business development and sales at Juggernaut the book by author Aravind decode the ‘right pitch’ apart from looking for Books, told during an interview. Adiga, for the Indian market. These apart, there the red flags while dealing with con- “Around five years ago, there was no are a string of books being made into films or tent producers. demand.... So we were on a zero base. But now, web series. Chandy says 20 per cent queries there’s a significant demand, where people are Actor Sonam Kapoor, who has confirmed from content providers turn into deals, and that’s a better source.” getting in touch with us and asking what else that she is featuring in a screen adaptation of according to him “that’s huge for now. We are Smriti Kiran, Creative Director, Jio MAMI this country needs is there,” said Chandy, who describes over-the- Anuja Chauhan’s 2008 novel “The Zoya Factor”, hoping for it to increase on a rapid pace,” he is trying to put in place a skeletal system that fixing. Cinema needs sto- top (OTT) platforms Amazon Prime Video and said at the gala: “Books were my respite when said. Arpita Das of Yoda Press said: “The writ- can help filmmakers, publishers and authors ries and literature has plenty to Netflix as “rich uncles” who have given a boost I was growing up and then films became my ers are back in the centre. 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If a young lawyer is not recognised by this country, his ambition will be scuttled City – Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra MURDER OF PRADYUMAN THAKUR United Left leading in Parents’ trust in Gurugram all four JNUSU posts YOGESH KANT private schools shattered NEW DELHI: The united alliance of Left-affil- iated student political wings on Saturday were cruising their way to another thumping victory in PIYUSH OHRIE year-old girl student of a charging hefty fee, most of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union reputed private school in Sec- these schools compromise on (JNUSU) election, with their candidates leading GURUGRAM: While a sea of tor-56 was raped by a bus con- basic services, like security.” the race for the posts of president, vice-president, angry parents and protesters ductor in the school bus. Haryana Education minis- secretary and joint secretary of the Union. protested outside Ryan Interna- What is more alarming ter Ram Bilas Sharma on Satur- Counting went into late Saturday night, with tional School in Bhondsi over is that over 80 sexual assault day too pointed out that private the Left alliance – comprising of SFI, AISA and the callous and careless secu- cases have already registered schools were abdicating their DSF – securing four councillor seats each in pres- The Left alliance secured four councillor seats each rity inside the school premises, under POCSO Act this year in responsibilities. tigious School of International Studies (SIS)and grieving parents and relatives Gurugram. Taking note of the grow- School of Social Studies (SOS). in SIS and SOS PIC/MPOST of seven-year-old Pradhyuman Though the occasional ing anger, Vinay Pratap Singh, Meanwhile, Bhagat Singh Ambedkar Stu- at a time of “intensifying fascist onslaught both Thakur cremated his body on punitive action has been taken Deputy Commissioner of dents’ Organisation (BASO) managed to clinch within and outside university. We pledge to Saturday by the Regional Transport Gurugram said: “We have one a seat in SSS, while one at SIS went to an become the uncompromising voice of students’ The boy, a student of the Authority (RTA) against school formed a committee that will independent candidate. resistance within the JNUSU 2017.” school, was on Friday mur- buses for violating safety guide- survey the security arrange- At the time of writing this report, 2,131 out Seven candidates are in the fray for the post Family members and relatives at Pradyuman’s funeral on Saturday PIC/PTI dered brutally by a bus conduc- lines, the situation shows no ments in all private schools of of the 4,639 votes polled in Friday’s election had of the students’ union president, which is cur- tor Ashok Kumar, who slashed Gurugram to improve security screening procedures will be improvement. the city within two weeks.” been counted. The united Left got 580 votes for rently held by the AISA, in alliance with the SFI. the boy’s face from the ear lobe of their students. implemented on staff and stu- Most school buses in the The painful words of Jyoti the president’s post, while ABVP got 544 votes. “It was predominantly a three-cornered fight all the way to his throat with a The vulnerability of stu- dents in all schools. city still have neither a CCTV Thakur, mother of the deceased Chepal Sherpa, the candidate from BASO, between the right wing ABVP, the left unity vegetable cutting knife. dents within the school prem- However, the brazenness camera, nor a woman assistant. Pradhyuman, highlight how was elected as councillor from SSS with 552 of AISA, SFI and DSF, and the BAPSA (Birsa This is not for the first time ises was first felt in 2007, when with which Kumar not only Ramesh Kumar, one of the incident has broken the votes. Umar Khalid, the founder of BASO, said: Ambedkar Phule Students’ Association),” said a in Gurugram when a mur- a Class VIII student shot dead entered the school, but even the parents protesting at Ryan trust of parents. “We had saved “It has just been over a year since we constituted student at the University. der has taken place within the his counterpart with a licensed went into the washroom with International School, said: our money so that our son can BASO and in our first student union election A total of 4,639, or 58.69 per cent, of 7,903 school premises or school staff gun he had stolen from his a knife and killed the seven- “While the focus is on lacka- get an education in a good (SU), students have reposed trust in our candi- voters cast their ballots. has sexually abused a student. father. year-old exposes all of the secu- daisical approach of the school, institution. But, in the end, date from SSS.” This was a minute drop from last year’s 59.60 Yet, no attention seems to have The district authorities back rity claims. there is a deep rot in the educa- because of the school manage- Khalid added that he would like to thank per cent turnout, according to the JNUSU elec- been paid by private schools in then announced that strict In August last year, a four- tion system of the city. Despite ment, it amounted to nothing.” the students for their overwhelming support, tion committee. Police honours Man held for killing Youth arrested for killing elderly woman in Khyala girl who fought OUR CORRESPONDENT Police teams were formed suspect and he was immedi- wife in Manesar to work on different angles in ately apprehended. off snatchers NEW DELHI: Delhi Police the murder case. “During sustain interroga- PIYUSH OHRIE have cracked the case of the It was also found that some tion, he confessed to the crime. murder of a 72-year-old jewellery was stolen from the He had murdered the woman in Shahdara GURUGRAM: Gurugram woman in Khyala in north west house. by stabbing her multiple times Police on Saturday arrested a Delhi and have arrested a youth Several persons were inter- with an ice pick. After killing ZAFAR ABBAS man for murdering his wife in named Subhash. rogated at length, and soon, her, he ransacked the house Manesar. On August 6, around 8.55 based on credible information, and robbed valuables including NEW DELHI: The assumption Angry over constant fights pm, an call was received at Khy- cops established that a youth jewellery and other articles,” of three snatchers who thought with his wife Neelam, the ala police station through PCR by the name of Subhash, alias said Milind Dumbere, DCP. that young Disha was a fragile accused Manjeet on Friday about the murder of an elderly Gaurav, had been seen roam- North West. Accused Subhash in police custody PIC/MPOST and weak girl were dashed by stabbed his wife and later dis- woman in Khyala village. ing near Laxmi Devi’s house The accused is reportedly a the brave girl, after she chased figured her face by crushing it Personnel from the sta- been living alone at the house deceased and resides adjacent of deceased under suspicious drug addict and unemployed. and pinned down one of the with stone, so that she could tion, including senior officers, since her husband passed away to the Laxmi Devi’s house. circumstances on the day of Initially, his plan was only The accused Manjeet PIC/MPOST thieves who tried to snatch her not be recognised. rushed to the spot to find that nearly 25-30 years ago. Based on Kumar’s state- incident. to rob the house. But out of mobile phone in Shahdara on Manjeet, a resident of “As of now, Manjeet seems the deceased was one Laxmi The complainant Vinod ment, a case of murder and This gave cops reason to fear of being identified, he mur- Friday evening. Lambi village in Manesar, then to be the only culprit in the Devi, wife of Uttam Chand, had Kumar was the nephew of robbery was registered. believe Subhash was the prime dered the woman. Seeing Disha bravery, locals dumped her body in a nearby case. However, we are in the and passersby too intervened, forest and filed a missing com- process of finding out if there and caught another snatcher, plaint with the police of his were any other people who Drug peddlers while the juvenile in the group- wife. helped Manjeet in carrying managed to escape. His attempt to fool cops, out the heinous murder,” said Shahdara DCP Nupur however, did not work, as he a senior police official from held with Prasad on Saturday awarded was soon caught after his inter- Gurugram Police. the girl, saying: “We rewarded rogation resulted in him not The incident took place on Disha for the exemplary cour- providing suitable answers. a day when various crimes took 548 kg of age that she has shown. She Police have filed a case place in the city. chased and pushed the scooty under appropriate sections of Besides the brutal murder marijuana of the snatchers to the ground.” the IPC and sent him to jail. of Pradyuman Thakur – a Class As soon as her mobile According to police II student of Ryan International NEW DELHI: Delhi Police was snatched, by the scooty- sources, Neelam was repeatedly School – within the school Crime Branch has busted an borne thieves, she ran towards stabbed viciously and received premises, one person identi- interstate racket indulging them without wasting a sec- severe wounds on her face and fied as Ilyas was killed after in peddling marijuana from ond, caught up to them, and abdomen. eight rounds of bullets were Bhubeneswar to Delhi, after pushed the scooty so hard Police further said that fired at his SUV by unknown 548 kilograms of the substance that it lost balance and fell. “I Manjeet then crushed her face assailants. was recovered in a parcel van of wasn’t scared. The first thing with a large stone, not just to In a separate incident on Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express that came to my mind was to make sure that face is disfig- Friday, a violent scuffle took at New Delhi railway station on catch them and I did that with- ured, but that there remained place between inmates and Saturday. out wasting time,” said Disha. no chances of her surviving. cops in Bhondsi jail. Two persons were arrested for carrying the marijuana, val- TIHAR DAZZLED ued at above Rs54 lakh. Raids are being conducted to arrest remaining members of the racket. The STF, Crime Branch, had received information that Jagdish and Sarvan, residents of Faridabad, would be found in the Rajdhani train on Saturday. The police received a tip- off on September 5 that Jagdish would come to take delivery of the consignment at New Delhi railway station and then travel to Faridabad, said an officer. The contraband was kept in a parcel van of Rajdhani Train and transported to New Delhi. Jagdish was nabbed near A cultural program and fashion show were organised on Saturday to mark the convocation ceremony of Rajghat traffic signal with eight the first batch of ‘Tihar Fashion Laboratory’ here PIC/MPOST cartons of marijuana, the offi- cer added. MPOST LG Baijal oversees progress of work at Rani Jhansi grade separator OUR CORRESPONDENT Baijal was accompanied ing with all stakeholders to by Principal Secretary (Urban assess the progress and status NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Gov- Development) Rajiv Yaduvan- of the work at the project site ernor Anil Baijal on Saturday shi, North MCD Commissioner office at DCM Chowk. visited and inspected progress Madhur Vyas, Delhi Jal Board Vyas assured him that the of construction work for the CEO Keshav Chandra, Railway work is in full flow and set Grade Separator at Rani Jhansi authorities and concerned offi- November 30 as the new date road for the fourth time since cers from other agencies. for completion of work. He he took office. During his visit, the LG also apprised Baijal that issues The Rani Jhansi Flyover observed that a number of which were hindering the proj- grade separator project, work LG Anil Baijal at the site of the old/unused vehicles have ect till now have been resolved. for which started in 2008, was Rani Jhansi flyover PIC/MPOST been parked around the site. Railways officials apprised supposed to be completed by He directed North MCD and that railway works will be 2010, but ran into several legal Rs 825 crore. Delhi Police to remove all vehi- completed by October, in all troubles and has been stuck in The 1.8 kilometre long fly- cles parked in an unauthorised respects. limbo since over, after completion, will con- manner at the earliest. Chandra told the LG that North Delhi Municipal nect Pusa Road, Upper Ridge He further instructed that the work related to DJB pipe- Corporation (North MCD) and Rohtak Road through Fili- it should be ensured that no lines has been completed. had started construction for mistan Cinema, DCM Chowk, malba/garbage is thrown at the Baijal also instructed Vyas the flyover at a cost of Rs 122 Azad Market and Roshanara under-construction site and to undertake landscaping and crore. Over the past eight years, Road. It further extends to ISBT cleanliness is maintained. beautification of the space however, the cost escalated to (kashmere Gate). The LG also chaired a meet- under the flyovers. 4| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017|millenniumpost mp Parents and school authorities need to be vigilant about child sexual abuse Nation Maneka Gandhi CBI books Jayanthi Natarajan Tunnel linking Dera chief’s in forest land clearance case MPOST BUREAU gufa to sadhvis’ hostel found NEW DELHI: The CBI booked former environment minister OUR CORRESPONDENT yesterday seized from the dera during Jayanthi Natarajan for alleged the sanitisation exercise which also abuse of her official position in SIRSA (Haryana): Two secret tunnels, involved forensic examination of his diverting forest land for a steel including one that connected the Dera so-called cave where he allegedly used plant in Jharkhand in violation Sacha Sauda chief's residence with the to sexually exploit women. of law, and carried out searches hostel for female disciples, and an ille- Besides, some rooms were also at her residence. gal firecracker factory were on Satur- sealed and hard disk drives and unla- The CBI registered an FIR day unearthed on the second day of the belled medicines recovered during the against her in connection with massive sanitisation exercise at the sect 12-hour day long exercise. the clearance given during headquarters here. The entire sanitisation process is her tenure in 2012 for diver- An empty box of AK 47 cartridges, being videographed and overseen by sion of forest land for mining 84 cartons of fire crackers and chemi- retired District and Sessions Judge, in alleged violation of law and cals from the illegal factory, besides A K S Pawar, who was appointed as against the advice of officials, hundreds of pairs of shoes, designer Court Commissioner by the Punjab sources in the investigative The permission was initially of the Supreme Court. clothing and caps, were also found, and Haryana High Court on Tuesday. agency said. denied by Minister of State for The agency had registered and official said. Curfew remains in force on the Sources said the searches Environment Jairam Ramesh a preliminary enquiry in the "A window-shaped secret tunnel road leading inside the dera head- were conducted at Natarajan's but granted when Natarajan matter in 2014 on the direction that connected Dera chief Gurmeet quarters. No unauthorised person was residence in Chennai, besides assumed office. She was MoS of the Supreme Court. Ram Rahim Singh's private residence Police with recovered 85 cartons of firecrackers and explosive materials from the Dera being allowed to go inside the dera premises of some other accused with independent charge of The enquiry showed that also known as gufa or terawas to the premises in Sirsa on Saturday premises. However, life remained nor- in New Delhi, Kolkata and the the ministry between 2011 ECL signed an MoU with sadhvis (female disciples) hostel was mal in Sirsa city. mining company's office in and 2013. the Jharkhand Government found during the search," according to by his supporters which left 38 people schools, a sports village, a hospital, a A large number of vehicles includ- Odisha's Sundergarh. "Jayanthi Natarajan, the for setting up a steel plant in state Information and Public Relations dead. He has been jailed for 20 years. shopping mall and a cinema hall. The ing those of police, paramilitary, Quick The FIR has been filed then Minister of State for Envi- Jharkhand in 2004. The pro- Department Deputy Director, Satish The illegal fire cracker factory property is also home to an ostenta- Reaction Teams, bomb disposal squad against Natarajan, Umang ronment and Forests, accorded duction capacity was increased Mehra, who has been authorised by the has been sealed and a case under the tious '7-star MSG resort' with replicas and anti-sabotage team, carrying made Kejriwal, the then managing the approval for diversion of from one million tonne per administration to speak to the media. Explosives Act had been registered of Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Kremlin and their way inside the dera premises this director of Electrosteel Cast- 55.79 hectares of forest land annum to three million tonne The other fibre glass tunnel detected against the factory owner, Mehra said. Disney World inside. morning, officials said. ing Limited, and the company. for non-forestry use to ECL, yearly in 2007. by the security forces opened some five He said some chemical material to Hordes of police, paramilitary and Vehicles of the district adminis- The case pertains to clear- though the same had been In 2006, the Jharkhand gov- kilometre away from the Dera head's be used in making fire crackers was civil administration personnel were tration carrying officials drawn from ance given for diversion of rejected by the earlier Minister ernment asked union ministry private residence, he added. also found. "The search teams recov- involved in the mammoth search oper- various government departments also forest land in Saranda For- of State...without any change in of mines for grant of lease of The search was launched on the ered 84 cartons of fire crackers from ation which started yesterday on the entered the dera premises. est in Singhbhum District of the circumstances after rejec- 192 hectares of land in favour premises of the dera in the wake of the illegal factory," he said. The search direction of Punjab and Haryana High Besides, some fire tenders, heavy Jharkhand to mining company tion," the CBI FIR alleged. of ECL. The mines ministry conviction of sect chief Gurmeet Ram will continue on Sunday also, he said. Court. earth moving machines and tractors Electrosteel in alleged violation It said approval was granted said before allowing grant of Rahim Singh in two rape cases last The Dera s sprawling headquarters An unregistered luxury car and have also been pressed into service for of Forest (Conservation Act) ignoring the advice of Director mining lease all rules must be month and the subsequent violence include a township of its own, with some banned currency notes were the sanitisation exercise. in 2012. General Forests and directions complied with. DRDO carries out successful tests Have courage to admit that note Rajnath meets 20 delegations, reviews of Nag missile ban failed: Chidambaram to PM work on PMDP on Day 1 J&K visit NEW DELHI: India’s indige- OUR CORRESPONDENT nously developed third gener- OUR CORRESPONDENT ministry, where exports have Militants attack ation anti-tank guided missile declined and manufacturing SRINAGAR: Union Home (ATGM) Nag has been success- MUMBAI: Senior Congress growth is sagging. Minister Rajnath Singh on police team ahead fully flight tested by premier leader P Chidambaram on Asked if the Congress will Saturday interacted with more defence research organisation Saturday dared Prime Minis- seek the PM's resignation over than 20 delegations from differ- of HM's meeting, DRDO in deserts of Rajasthan, ter Narendra Modi to have the the state of the economy, he ent walks of life on the first day marking completion of devel- "courage" to accept that note said, "It is not easy (to ask) for of his four-day visit to Jammu constable killed opment trials. ban was a wrong decision. the PM's resignation....the PM and Kashmir. The defence ministry The former Union min- has come to a conclusion that Singh, who arrived here in OUR CORRESPONDENT said Nag has been success- ister blamed demonetisation the labour, skill development the morning, said he had come fully flight tested twice by the for much of the trouble the and MSME policies have failed, with an open mind and was SRINAGAR: Militants on Sat- DRDO against two different economy is facing, saying it for which he has sacked these willing to meet anyone who Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting with Jammu and urday attacked a police party targets yesterday in Rajasthan. resulted in loss of 1.5 lakh jobs three ministers." helps the government find solu- Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, in Srinagar on Saturday in south Kashmir's Anantnag The missile can hit a target up and the 1.4 percentage point On Congress' good show tions to the state's problems. district leaving a constable to seven km. “The ATGM Nag drop in GDP growth virtually P Chidambaram at a Press in Punjab, Manipur and Goa Officials said around 24 del- The delegations apprised Singh, state chief secretary B dead, striking barely a kilome- missile has successfully hit wiped out the micro, small and conference in Mumbai polls, Chidambaram said it egations of social, trade, travel Singh of their problems and B Vyas and officials from the tre from the venue of Union both the targets under differ- medium enterprises (MSMEs). been sacked because your is unfair to conclude that the and business organisations submitted memoranda to this Union Home Ministry. Home Minister Rajnath Singh's ent ranges and conditions with "It does not require courage labour policies have failed," recent elections were a (posi- from the Kashmir Valley called effect. The meetings lasted "The total cost of 63 projects scheduled meeting with secu- very high accuracy as desired to make a wrong decision, but Chidambaram said. tive) verdict on note ban, and on Singh, whose visit is seen as more than three hours. under the PMDP is Rs 80,068 rity personnel on Sunday, a by the armed forces,” the min- it requires courage to accept Maintaining that the coun- added that one should not be a follow-up to the prime minis- Singh also reviewed prog- crore. The project includes police official said. istry said. that you have made a wrong try is facing a "very bad eco- "dazzled" by the BJP's thump- ter's Independence Day speech ress on the implementation assistance for rehabilitation of Militants fired indiscrimi- India has been trying to decision. Demonetisation was nomic crisis", he said youth are ing victory in Uttar Pradesh. in which he had reached out to of the Rs 80,000-crore Prime flood-affected people. Rs 1,200 nately on the police person- ramp up its military capabil- a wrong decision and the PM bearing the brunt of the wrong Terming the so-called Rs the people of the region. Minister's Development Pack- crore was given for that pur- nel near the general bus stand ity in sync changing security should have the courage to policies of the government. 16,000 crore gain from unre- Representatives of travel age for Jammu and Kashmir pose and the project is com- Anantnag, the official said. dynamics in the region. accept that he made a wrong While 1.2 crore people are turned notes as "illusory", he agents, hotel and restau- and directed officials to expe- plete now," an official said. He said constable Imti- “With these two successful decision," he told reporters joining the workforce annually, said the RBI had to spend much rant owners, and shikara and dite work. The four-laning of the yaz Ahmad was killed while flight trials, and the flight test here. not enough jobs are being cre- more for printing new notes house boat associations met At a review meeting chaired Chenani-Nashri section of constable Shabir Ahmad was conducted earlier in June in the "Where are jobs? Indirectly, ated, he said. and transporting them. the minister. by the minister, officials said the national highway has been injured in the firing. The attack peak of summer, the complete government has admitted its Chidambaram said many The eventual quantum of Singh also interacted with the Centre had already sanc- completed. The project, which took place a kilometre away functionality of Nag ATGM failures. Minister for MSME more ministers should have the scrapped currency returned delegations representing dif- tioned Rs 62,599 crore, about includes the longest road tun- from the proposed venue of the along with launcher system Kalraj Mishra has been sacked, been sacked in the last week's to banks may be more than ferent communities, including 78 per cent of the package nel in India, cost Rs 781 crore. meeting of the Home Minister NAMICA has been established the skill development minister reshuffle, and referred to "fail- 100 per cent, and it should be Kashmiri Pandits, Sikhs, Shias, amount, and released Rs 22,000 The PMDP, announced by with CRPF personnel on Sun- and marked the successful has been sacked, which means ures" in agriculture which has noted that cooperative banks Gujjars, Bakarwals and Paharis. crore. Prime Minister Narendra Modi day, the official said. The area completion of development tri- the skill development mission grown at 2 per cent in Q1, and are still collecting old notes and Fruit growers and self- The meeting was attended on 7 November 2015, covers 63 has been cordoned off and a als of Nag missile,” the defence and creating jobs has failed. also the change of guard at NRIs are still depositing them, employed women also met the by Chief Minister Mehbooba projects pertaining to 15 Union manhunt has been launched to ministry said. AGENCIES The labour minister has the commerce and industries he said. minister, the officials said. Mufti, her deputy Nirmal ministries. nab the attackers. Cong revamps AICC ROHINGYA CRISIS NATION BRIEFS Handle situation in Rakhine state SECURITY IN ALL SCHOOLS TO BE team in charge of REVIEWED: HARYANA CM KHATTAR NEW DELHI: Following the outrage over the death of Madhya Pradesh unit with maturity: India to Myanmar a seven-year-old boy at a private school at Gur- MPOST BUREAU gaon on Friday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday ordered a review and strength- NEW DELHI: Initiating further Madhya Pradesh, respectively. changes in the party's organisa- The party appreciates their work NEW DELHI: A "deeply concerned" India ening of security arrangements in schools across the tion, the Congress on Saturday and contribution," the state- on Saturday asked Myanmar to handle state. “Additional Chief Secretary (ACS, education) appointed Deepak Babaria as ment said. the situation in the Rakhine state with has been asked to review the arrangements, includ- the AICC general secretary in- Babaria, AICC secretary till "maturity and restraint" while focusing ing security, installation of CCTVs and facilities being charge of Madhya Pradesh unit, now and a close confidant of on the welfare of the civilian population provided in all the schools to prevent recurrence of replacing Mohan Prakash. The party vice president Rahul Gan- along with that of the security forces and such incidents,” he said. The Haryana chief minister, party leadership also appointed dhi, will be assisted by Khan and asserted that it was imperative that vio- who was here on Saturday, was asked to comment two AICC secretaries in-charge, Kapoor, who are already AICC lence ends there. Zubair Khan and Sanjay Kapoor, secretaries. The Indian statement came in the on the demand for a CBI probe in to the case by the to assist him in handling the While Khan hails from Raj- backdrop of the continuous exodus of victim’s family. “If all the facts of the case come to the party affairs in Madhya Pradesh. asthan and was till now taking Rohingya Muslims from the Buddhist- fore then there is no need for any further investiga- The Congress is yet to care of Uttar Pradesh, Kapoor majority country in the wake of violence tion. But if we find facts are being concealed or we appoint a new president of the hails from Uttar Pradesh and against them. find something big may come out of this case, then we Madhya Pradesh unit amid a was taking care of Uttarakhand In a statement, the Ministry of Exter- are ready for any kind of probe,” he said. tussle between senior party affairs of the party. He has been nal Affairs (MEA) said that India remains Rohingya refugees walk through water after crossing border by boat through the Naf River in leader Kamal Nath and Jyoti- a former MLA, but lost this elec- "deeply concerned" about the situation in Teknaf, Bangladesh BRD COLLEGE TRAGEDY: POLICE MAKE raditya Scindia for the post. tion from Bilaspur. the Rakhine state and the outflow of refu- Madhya Pradesh goes to These appointments, though gees from that region. Bangladesh High Commissioner Syed The statement also noted that during 4TH ARREST, NAB CLERK polls by next year-end as the cleared by Sonia Gandhi, bear "We would urge that the situation in Muazzem Ali called on Foreign Secretary the prime minister's Myanmar visit it was GORAKHPUR: The Uttar Pradesh police has nabbed tenure of the current assembly the stamp of Rahul, who is ele- Rakhine state be handled with restraint S Jaishankar to discuss the issue. agreed that India would provide assistance a clerk of the BRD Medical College in connection ends on January 7, 2019. vating his close aides to senior and maturity, focusing on the welfare of Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims under the Rakhine State Development Pro- "Congress President Sonia party positions. the civilian population alongside those of have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar's gramme in conjunction with the Myanma- with the death of dozens of children at the state-run Gandhi has constituted a new The party is sniffing good security forces. It is imperative that vio- Rakhine state since August 25 when the rese government. hospital last month, the fourth arrest in the case. Sudhir team to hold the charge of look- electoral gains in Madhya lence is ended and normalcy in the state fresh wave of violence erupted. India had refused to be a part of a dec- Pandey was named in the FIR filed in the case and ing after party affairs in Mad- Pradesh, where it has been out restored expeditiously," the statement said. However, the MEA statement made no laration adopted at an international con- was arrested from near Khajanchi Chowk under the hya Pradesh and has appointed of power for the last 14 years. The statement also referred to India's mention of the meeting. ference recently in Indonesia as it carried Shahpur police station area here last night on a tip- Deepak Babaria as AICC gen- The Congress leadership strong condemnation of the terrorist During prime minister's recent visit to "inappropriate" reference to violence in off, Superintendent of Police Anirudh Siddharth Pankaj eral secretary in-charge," AICC has earlier installed new teams attacks on Myanmar security forces in the Myanmar this week, he had expressed his Rakhine state. general secretary Janardan in charge of poll-bound Guja- Rakhine state. concern at the casualties of security forces An Indian parliamentary delega- said today. Pandey is the fourth accused –nine have Dwivedi said in a statement. rat, Karnataka and Himachal The two countries have since affirmed as well as other innocent lives, the MEA tion, led by Speaker Lok Sabha Sumitra been named in the FIR –to be arrested in connection "Mohan Prakash and Rakesh Pradesh, besides appointing their shared determination to combat ter- statement said. He had also urged a solu- Mahajan, dissociated itself from the 'Bali with the case, the SSP said. Investigating Officer Ab- Kalia have been relieved of their some young faces as in-charges rorism and not allow its justification under tion based on respect for peace, communal Declaration' adopted at the 'World Parlia- hishek Singh said Pandey was produced in a court on responsibility as general secre- of party affairs in Jharkhand and any pretext, it said. harmony, justice, dignity and democratic mentary Forum on Sustainable Develop- Saturday which sent him in 14-day judicial custody. tary and secretary in-charge, Chhattisgarh. AGENCIES The Indian statement came even as values, it added. ment' held in Indonesia. millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 | 5 mp Data of people should be available for innovation and research Business Ravi Shankar Prasad Need to maintain ecological balance India’s data protection law to in extraction, says steel minister

NEW DELHI: Steel Minister set global benchmark: Prasad Chaudhary Birender Singh on Saturday urged the extractive industry to ensure that eco- NEW DELHI: Law and IT logical balance is maintained Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad The minister said in operations and disposal of on Saturday said the gov- the government waste materials. ernment will come up with Mega investments in a robust data protection has formed a extractive industries like oil law which will set a global committee to give and gas and mining have the benchmark. a structured report potential to be a spring board "We will come up with for overall development, the data protection law that will on data utility, minister said. However, at set a global benchmark like data privacy and times, issues "like ... impact on the way we have done for Aad- the surrounding communities, haar," Prasad said at a session data availability pollution and environmental organised by Biju Janata Dal catastrophe are associated with MP Baijayant Panda on pri- ter is pending (before court), the industry," Singh said at the vacy and data protection. I will be guarded in my com- National Extractive Industry The minister said the gov- ment but in strict sense what and Sustainable Development government is exploring the and renewable sources such as ernment has formed a com- you do in your house is your Summit here. possibility of scrap-based steel municipal waste, biomass and mittee to give a structured privacy," Prasad said. The challenge is to achieve plants to utilise waste for steel recycled carbon dioxide. report on data utility, data pri- The minister said the a balance to effectively leverage making and reduce burden The steel ministry is also vacy and data availability. Supreme Court judgement has these resources for economic new resources. focusing on enhancing capac- "That committee is to said Right to privacy is not an and social development and Steps are also being taken ity utilisation and technology give a report in coming three absolute right. at the same time prevent the to ensure that the steel industry upgradation as these can help months. I want to assure you Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad "On behalf of the govern- negative impact on environ- needs minimum carbon foot- in proper utilisation of our that we respect data sover- ment we also said it (privacy) ment, the minister said. Play- print. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam extractive minerals. eignty of Indians but we also the economy have said it will Enumerating achieve- name of privacy to kill it? is not an an absolute right but ing with nature can be harmful, Ltd (RINL), under the Minis- Under the National Steel appeal to Indians that your become $2 trillion in the next ments of the government in Should we stop it or should part of Article 21," Prasad said. he warned. For sustainability try of Steel, has recently set up Policy, more coal washeries will data must be made available 5-7 years. the last three years, he said 93 we not stop it? That is indeed The minister quoted from of the industry and nature, it a power plant that utilises waste be set up to reduce the depen- also for legitimate concerns, "The projection is 50-75 mobile manufacturing com- a challenge," Prasad said. the apex court judgement that is the duty of the government gases generated in the plant. dence on foreign countries for legitimate interest and for lakh jobs will be created only panies have come in India He said the information "Like the right to life and lib- and also of organisations in this The minister said he is also availability of coking coal. development of India," Prasad in digital economy in coming and there is scope for medi- technology revolution is also erty, privacy is not absolute. sector to apprehend this kind of examining if methanol can be "We import 80 per cent of said. 5-7 years apart from giving cal, defence, automobile elec- to be respected, accelerated The limitations which imbalance, he said, adding steel made using waste gases gener- coking coal from other coun- He said data of people taxes," Prasad said. tronics in the country. and in this larger framework operate on the right to life and companies have been asked to ated in steel plants. Recently at tries like Australia and prices should be available for inno- The minister said digital "The reason why I very issue of privacy has to be personal liberty would operate optimise the use of resources so some of the mines where min- fluctuate between 70-300 dol- vation and research. transactions increased from briefly gave the(information considered. on the right to privacy". that there is minimum wastage ing were to take place the prob- lars which is very disturbing The minister said India's 3,700 per day in November on) whole digital ecosystem "In a strict sense, in a con- He said the apex court or zero wastage. lem was gas. for us," he said adding the addi- digital economy is going to be 2016 to 54 lakh per day at is how should we go forward? servative sense...since I am judgement on privacy is a Singh said that for sus- Methanol can be pro- tion of washeries can reduce $1 trillion and stakeholders of present. Should we go forward in the also law minister and the mat- landmark judgement. PTI tainable development, the duced from natural gas, coal imports by one-third. PTI NTPC DADRI BAGS SAFETY AWARD TIPPER TRUCKS SUPPLY TO BCCL India, China to set up working Won contract through bid: L&T groups to promote exports NEW DELHI: India and aims to cover goods, services, charge of the ministry, also met NEW DELHI: Larsen & Tou- der process on behalf of Sca- China have agreed to set up investments, economic and Japanese minister of economy, bro (L&T) on Saturday said it nia Commercial Vehicles India industry specific working technical cooperation, com- trade and industry Hiroshige supplied Scania tipper trucks Limited for supply of 100 units groups for increasing exports petition and intellectual prop- Seko, Korean trade minister to Coal India arm BCCL after of 35 Tonne type Tipper trucks with a view to bridge trade def- erty rights. Hyun Chong KIM and Austra- winning contract in 2013 and to BCCL," the engineering con- icit with Beijing, Commerce At the sidelines of EAS lian minister for trade, tourism, would respond to CBI, which glomerate said in reply to the Minister Suresh Prabhu said meet, the minister met his investment Steven Ciobo. filed a case against the com- query in this regard. on Saturday. Chinese counterpart Zhong India's trade deficit with pany, if approached. It said L&T's bid was found "Concerned about grow- Shan to discuss ways to pro- China narrowed marginally to The CBI on Friday had filed to be the most competitive in ing trade deficit with China, mote bilateral trade between $51.08 billion in 2016-17 from a case against former CMD price (L1) among a total of we agreed to set up industry the countries. Both the minis- $52.69 billion in 2015- 16. of Bharat Coking Coal Lim- three bids, based on which an specific working groups, to ters agreed to attend the Joint India wants greater market ited (BCCL) T K Lahiry and order was placed on L&T and promote more exports from Economic Group Meeting. access in China for its goods other former senior officers of Scania Commercial Vehicles India," Prabhu said in a tweet. The department of com- and services like IT and pharma the company in the purchase India. "We will respond appro- He is in the Philippines merce in a series of tweets said products. The country has also scam of 100 tippers in 2013 priately with all necessary facts capital Manila to attend the Prabhu invited Chinese busi- insisted upon China to increase at an "exorbitant cost" which when approached by any inves- fifth East Asia Summit (EAS) nesses and industry to invest investments. PTI allegedly resulted in wrongful tigation agency," L&T said. Economic Ministers' Meeting. in India and offer facilitation gains of Rs 97 crore to Larsen In its FIR, the CBI has also The minister would also par- of investments in special eco- NTPC Dadri has bagged the Safety Innovation Award-2017 for achieving excellence in implementing and Toubro. booked the then directors ticipate in the trade ministers' nomic zones. Industrial safety in the power station. The award was presented by Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief "L&T has become aware Ashok Sarkar, Dinesh Chan- meeting of 16 RCEP member "Both ministers agreed to Minister of Delhi to S K Sinha, Group General Manager (NTPC Dadri) at the Safety Convention -2017, of this matter through media dra Jha, General Managers A countries tomorrow. set up product/sector specific organised by Institution of Engineers (India) held at New Delhi recently. Saroj Kumar, AGM (Safety) reports. In March 2013, as N Sahay, S K Panigrahi, Barain Regional Comprehen- joint working group (JWG) to and Vinay Sinha, Manager (Safety) were also present on the occasion exclusive distributors of Scania Sinha, G Upreti, A K Gango- sive Economic Partnership promote exports and bilateral Tipper Tucks in India, L&T had padhyay, and Larsen and Tou- (RCEP) is a mega trade pact trade," the department added. participated in an open ten- bro Pvt Ltd. PTI among 16 countries which Prabhu, who recently took OMCs to install new device to Raje launches world’s first check refill of fuel/gas: Paswan

NEW DELHI: To curb mal- of rising frauds at petrol/gas processed olive tea practices at petrol and gas sta- stations. "Oil marketing com- tions, the government said oil panies have agreed to install JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief tive product would earn an also tasted the olive tea and marketing companies (OMCs) high security devices. The Minister Vasundhara Raje on international identity to the praised it. have agreed to install high- timeline for installation will be Saturday launched the first olive produced by Rajasthan During this, she was shown security devices to check refill decided next week," Consumer processed olive tea, produced farmers. other agri-processed products of fuel and gas. The deadline Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Pas- from the olive plants in Rajas- She said that the state gov- being produced in Rajasthan. for installation of new secu- wan told reporters at a press than. The 'Olitia' tea has been ernment's efforts for pro- She urged for better mar- rity devices will be decided conference. produced by Olitia Foods Pvt moting olive cultivation in keting of such agri-products so next week. Three devices –Electronic Ltd following an MoU signed Rajasthan started yielding pos- that the hard working farmers Presently, security devices Flow Meters, Tamper-proof between the state government itive outcomes. earn good returns. are installed at petrol and gas Electronic Seals and Pulsar – and the company during the The target of doubling State Agriculture Minis- stations but have become prone have been tested by the Legal Global Rajasthan Agritech farmers' income by 2020 could ter Prabhulal Saini said that to tampering and manipula- Metrology Department, a Meet 2016. only be achieved by imple- being an antioxidant and anti- tion. These devices will be senior Consumer Affairs Min- While launching the menting such innovations, diabetic drink, the olitia tea is replaced with new ones in view istry official said. PTI tea Raje said this innova- she said. The chief minister very good for health. PTI HAL order book of Rs 41,000 crore very low for aeronautical industry: CMD

BENGALURU: HAL Chair- However,the basic trainer the industry starts delivering man and Managing Director aircraft HTT-40 would start these modules like front fuse- T Suvarna Raju the company's the stalling and spinning tests lage, center fuselage and rear order book of Rs 41,000 crore in the next 45 days and HAL fuselage, it adds to the capac- is very low for an aeronautical would take a production deci- ity of HAL of 16 aeroplanes per industry and hoped to book sion by the beginning of next year, plus 8 so that we could fresh orders soon. year, he said, adding that ser- deliver 24 LCA aircraft per "We do have an order book vicing contributes to about 20 year to the Indian Air Force," today of Rs 41,000 crore, which per cent of HAL's turnover he added. is very very low for an aeronau- while the manufacturing line Raju also said HAL is paral- tical industry," Raju said. is depleting. lely working on other variants He said "We have to only Raju was speaking at along with Aeronautical Devel- produce about about 35 Suk- the Air Chief Marshal opment Agency and particular hoi-30 aeroplanes, that's in the LM Katre memorial Lec- developments that are required next three years and then there ture organised by Air Force Combat Aircraft (LCA) and five aircraft and by the end of by the customer- ease of main- is nothing else left for us unless Association,Karnataka, in Advanced Light Helicop- this year it will have 11. HAL tenance modifications- refuel- we start booking orders." association with HAL and ter (ALH) were conceptual- is investing Rs 1,200 crore to ing probe and AESA radars. Stating that HAL is eagerly Aeronautical Society of India. ized during Air Chief Marshal enhance capacity of LCA pro- "We are working on it... in looking for 83 LCAs which has The lecture was delivered Katre's time,Raju said "today duction from eight per year the next 18 to 24 months we been cleared, Rajus said "oth- by the Chief of Air Staff, Air we are proud to state that LCA to 16." "In addition we have will be able to demonstrate to erwise there is no fixed wing Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa. production line has started adopted a concept of contract- our customer on LCA and the aircraft production in the next Pointing out that HAL's delivering the aircraft." ing higher modules of the air- product would be delivered in five years to come." two visionary projects Light He said "45 Squadron has craft to the Indian Industry. If numbers," he added. PTI 6| NEW DELHI SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 millenniumpost mp | | To global warming, we have an important instrument the Paris Agreement. We need to make sure that all countries commit themselves to that [accord] World UN chief Antonio Guterres US voices concern over Rohingya crisis in Myanmar Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh UNITED NATIONS: The US is “deeply troubled” by the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, American Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said. Scores of Rohingya civilians have fled nears 300,000: United Nations to Bangladesh, overwhelming refugee camps that were already bursting at the seams and trigger- COX’S BAZAR (BAN- on the lookout for any efforts ing warnings of a humanitarian crisis. Many more GLADESH): Nearly 300,000 to use the violence against have died trying to flee the fighting in Rakhine, Rohingya Muslims have fled Rohingyas to rally homegrown where witnesses say entire villages have been Myanmar’s Rakhine state into extremists. Bangladesh in the 15 days “We have taken appropriate burned to the ground since Rohingya militants since new violence erupted, surveillance measures and are launched a series of coordinated attacks on Au- the United Nations said on on alert against the move by gust 25, prompting a military-led crackdown. AGENCIES Saturday. the inactive militants to draw The figure has jumped inspiration from this (violence about 20,000 in a day. against Rohingya) or use it for “Some 290,000 Rohingya recruitment purposes,” he told arrived in Bangladesh since reporters. Cuba airlifts dolphins August 25,” said Joseph Tri- Bangladesh has a history of pura, a spokesman for the UN homegrown extremist groups, refugee agency. including those who fought to safety as Hurricane Officials said the UN has alongside the Mujahideen in found more Rohingya in vil- Afghanistan against the Rus- lages and areas which were pre- sians before returning home to viously not included by relief form their own groups. Irma slams the island agencies. Officials said they were par- Most of the Rohingya are ticularly concerned that some s Hurricane Irma contin- and some winds ... but sin- arriving by foot or boat across of the homegrown groups ued its devastating run in cerely, nothing compared to Bangladesh’s 278 kilometre would recruit students from theA Caribbean, Cuba evacuated what we were expecting,” a local (172 mile) border with Myan- the thousands of Islamic semi- dolphins held in a dolphina- radio station in Baracoa city mar, a fourth of which is made naries in the country to fight rium in the north of the coun- wrote on Facebook, accord- up by the Naf river. for the rights of the Rohingya. try, where Irma made landfall ing to the Herald. 25,000 peo- The UN said there was PIC/AP/PTI “But we are all on alert so Friday night. ple reportedly evacuated from a sharp increase in arrivals that no quarters can create dis- The six dolphins were the city. on Wednesday, when more generations. October to 377,000. for attempts by homegrown with harrowing accounts of order by exploiting the human- wrapped in wet towels to ensure But just as Cubans thought than 300 boats arrived in Refugee camps near Ban- Those flocking into Ban- Islamist militants to use the vio- deaths and rapes at the hands itarian crisis in Myanmar,” he healthy travel and put on heli- they had escaped the devas- Bangladesh. gladesh’s border with Myan- gladesh have given harrowing lence against Rohingya Mus- of Myanmar troops and Bud- said. copters that took the dolphins to tation seen on other Carib- On Thursday the UN had mar already had about 300,000 accounts of killings, rape and lims in neighbouring Myanmar dhist militias. Several fringe Islamist lead- the province of Cienfuegos, the bean islands, the full strength put the number at 164,000. Rohingya before the upsurge arson by Myanmar’s army. The to recruit new fighters, a top Images purportedly show- ers have already issued calls to Mirror reported. of Irma slammed the country The Rohingya have long in violence and are now Myanmar authorities deny any official said on Saturday. ing atrocities against the arm Rohingya refugees and As of Friday, they were again Friday evening, hitting been subjected to discrimi- overwhelmed. wrongdoing. Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Rohingya have flooded Ban- help liberate Arakan, the Ben- put in a swimming pool -- Ciego de Avila province around nation in Buddhist majority The tens of thousands of Most have walked for days Muslims have fled Myanmar’s gladeshi social media, trigger- gali name for Rakhine. but they could be moved midnight. Myanmar, which denies them new arrivals have nowhere to and the United Nations says Rakhine state for Muslim- ing an outpouring of sympathy Bangladesh’s government again if the hurricane’s As it struck the country citizenship. shelter from monsoon rains. many are sick, exhausted and in dominated Bangladesh in the among locals, who have histori- has a long-standing policy effects make that necessary, with 160 mph winds, on its Myanmar’s government The latest figure takes the desperate need of shelter, food 15 days since the latest fight- cal ties with the community. of “zero tolerance” towards officials said. way toward Florida, Irma was regards them as illegal migrants number of Rohingya refugees and water. ing erupted, according to the Monirul Islam, the head extremism and hosting insur- Dolphinarum manager upgraded from Category 4 to from Bangladesh, even if they who have arrived in Bangla- Meanwhile, Bangladeshi United Nations. of Dhaka’s police counter- ter- gent groups of neighbouring Gonzalo Carrero Escobar said Category 5 – the most power- have lived in the country for desh since violence erupted last security forces were on alert Many of those have arrived rorism unit, said forces were nations. AGENCIES the pool offered the dolphins ful designation by the National “similar conditions to their nat- Hurricane Center. ural life.” And Irma’s effects in Cuba Saudi Arabia But he added that, “If the reportedly began to look a lot Race on to rescue survivors from ruins of Mexico quake weather situation does not like the devastation seen on suspends allow us to keep them there, other Caribbean islands over JUCHIT N DE ZARAGOZA massive quake could follow remained of the building’s they will be displaced to the the last week. dialogue (MEXICO): Police, soldiers within 24 hours of the first hit. crumbled wing. saltwater swimming pool The full extent of the and emergency workers on Sat- Pena Nieto was speaking His blue uniform covered in of a hotel.” damage in Cuba remained urday raced to rescue survi- from the hardest-hit city, Juchi- dust, Vidal Vera, 29, was one of Early Friday, waves as unclear early Saturday, with Qatar vors from the ruins of Mexico’s tan in Oaxaca, where at least 36 around 300 police officers dig- high as 23 feet were slam- but devastating scenes were most powerful earthquake in a bodies were pulled from the ging through the rubble. He ming into Cuba’s eastern expected to be revealed as DUBAI: Saudi Arabia on Sat- century, which killed at least ruins. hadn’t slept in more than 36 towns, prompting flooding the hurricane moved through urday suspended any dialogue 61 people. The city’s eerily quiet hours. and power outages, the Miami popular tourist destinations with Qatar, accusing it of “dis- In the southern region hit streets were a maze of rubble, “I can’t remember an earth- Herald reported. along Cuba’s northern coast, torting facts”, just after a report hardest by the quake, emer- with roofs, cables, insulation quake this terrible,” he said. “Luckily we have only expe- with more than 50 hotels, of a phone call between the gency workers looked for and concrete chunks scattered “The whole city is a disaster rienced rains, sea penetrations Reuters reported. AGENCIES leaders of both countries sug- survivors - or bodies - in the everywhere. zone right now. Lots of dam- gested a breakthrough in the rubble of houses, churches A crowd had formed at age. Lots of deaths. I don’t know Gulf dispute. and schools that were torn Juchitan’s partially collapsed how you can make sense of it. Saudi Arabia’s Crown apart in the 8.1-magnitude town hall, a Spanish colonial It’s hard. My sister-in-law’s hus- WORLD BRIEFS Prince Mohammed bin Salman quake. building where two policemen band died. His house fell on top spoke by the telephone with President Enrique Pena PIC/AP/PTI were trapped in the rubble. of him.” Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Nieto said 45 people were killed Rescuers managed to A hotel mostly collapsed BOKO HARAM KILLS SEVEN IN ATTACK bin Hamad al-Thani on Friday in Oaxaca, 12 in Chiapas and east, packing rains likely to with sustained winds of 120 extract one and were still work- and many homes were badly when they discussed the Gulf four in Tabasco. But the actual cause “life-threatening flash kilometres per hour, was clos- ing to save the other 18 hours damaged in the predomi- ON DISPLACED CAMP dispute, state media from both death toll could be over 80, floods and mudslides, espe- ing in on the state of Vera- after the quake. nantly indigenous town of KANO: At least seven people were killed when countries reported earlier. according to figures reported cially in areas of mountainous cruz which borders the Gulf “God, let him come out 100,000 people, which is Boko Haram jihadists attacked a camp for people Saudi Arabia, the UAE, by state officials. terrain” the US National Hur- of Mexico. alive!” said a woman watch- tucked into the lush green displaced by the conflict in northeast Nigeria, militia Egypt and Bahrain cut dip- Meanwhile Hurricane Katia ricane Center said. Adding to the concerns, ing as four cranes and a fleet southern mountains near members and locals said on Saturday. The attack lomatic and trade links with made landfall in the country’s The Category One storm, authorities warned another of trucks removed what the coast. AGENCIES Qatar on June 5, suspending last evening in Ngala, near the border with Camer- air and shipping routes with CHINESE HOSPITAL BLAMED AFTER WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE oon, came as two people were killed in an explo- the world’s biggest exporter of Indian-Americans urged to raise sion outside another camp in the Borno state capital, liquefied natural gas, which is BEIJING: A hospital in China has been blamed by the local government for Maiduguri. In Ngala, a civilian militia member, Umar home to the region’s biggest US the suicide of a pregnant woman who jumped to death as she could not bear Kachalla, said jihadists in two pick-up trucks fired a military base. $1 million Harvey fund the labour pain and give birth through vaginal delivery which her family had rocket-propelled grenade at the camp, which houses The nations say Doha sup- demanded, triggering an uproar on social media. The woman jumped out of the some 80,000 people. “They (Boko Haram) fired an ports regional foe Iran and HOUSTON: The Indian dias- can history, soaking Texas with Islamists, charges Qatar’s lead- pora in the US has been urged more than 52 inches and forc- window of the operation room in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province on Friday, RPG into the camp from behind the fire fence, killing ers deny. Kuwait has been try- to raise USD 1 million to sup- ing thousands of people out of investigators said, adding that the hospital had been negligent in the case that seven people and injuring several others,” he told AFP ing to mediate the dispute. port relief efforts in the after- their homes. led to the suicide of the woman. The investigation panel, composed of officials from the neighbouring town of Gamboru. The attack, “During the call, the Emir math of Hurricane Harvey, one Indian Americans in Hous- with the health and public security departments in Yulin city in Shaanxi, said that which happened at about 8:00 pm (1900 GMT), was of Qatar expressed his desire of the most destructive storms ton met at the Indian Consulate the case was a suicide and not a homicide, as angry members of the public had followed by sustained gunfire as the jihadists drove to sit at the dialogue table and in American history that killed after Ray’s appeal. Ray explained accused the woman’s family and hospital of being murderers, state-run Xinhua away into the darkness, he added. discuss the demands of the four more than 50 people. the two funds set up by the gov- news agency reported. The investigation ruled that Yulin’s best hospital had been countries to ensure the inter- The consul-general of India ernor will allow the Indian- TRUMP BODYGUARD TO LEAVE ests of all,” Saudi state news (CGI) in Houston in Texas, Anu- American community to track negligent in its care of the patient. The official case description said the woman agency SPA reported. pam Ray, urged the community their contributions through a had gone to the hospital on August 30 when she was very close to labour. The WHITE HOUSE “The details will be to coordinate their funding. code. hospital had suggested a Cesarean because a “large foetal head circumference WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s long-time body- announced later after the “The idea is to consolidate He indicated that the idea is meant vaginal delivery would be risky.” AGENCIES guard and confidant Keith Schiller is to leave the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia con- the fund-raising efforts of the to build a strong “Indian brand”. cludes an understanding with community and present an The three Indian oil companies White House, he has said, ending a decades-long the United Arab Emirates, the aggregated picture,” Ray said. with offices in Houston GAIL, run working at businessman-turned-president’s side. Kingdom of Bahrain and the “To show our commitment Oil India, and ONGC - had Schiller -- who is officially the Director of Oval Office Arab Republic of Egypt,” SPA to, and support of, the greater committed USD 10,000 each. Egypt announces discovery of Operations -- said on Friday that he plans to return to said. Houston community, we would Michael Dell, founder Florida in the coming weeks, saying he was grateful The phone call was the like to organise a fundrais- and CEO of Dell Comput- to have had a front row seat to history, but it was time first publicly reported contact ing effort to support the may- ers, declared he will donate an to move on. “It will be great to look back on in 10-15 between the two leaders since or’s fund for Hurricane Harvey amount equivalent to what is 3,500-years old tomb in Luxor the start of the crisis. Relief and Rebuild Texas Fund given to the governor’s fund. years” the imposing former New York police officer Qatar’s state news agency by Governor Greg Abbott,” he Gitesh Desai, president of LUXOR: Egypt has said, “it’s historic,” but, he admitted, government work QNA said the phone call was said, adding that they have set SEVA International, requested announced the discovery in was maybe “not for me.” based on coordination of US a goal to raise USD 1 million. to include his organisation as the southern city of Luxor President Donald Trump who Harvey which hit the US one of the beneficiaries along of a pharaonic tomb belong- TURKEY SAYS CITIZENS FACE ‘RACIST had earlier talked with Sheikh Gulf coast last week brought with the mayor and the gover- ing to a royal goldsmith who TREATMENT’ IN GERMANY Tamim. AGENCIES the heaviest rainfall in Ameri- nor’s relief funds. AGENCIES lived more than 3,500 years ago during the reign of the ANKARA: Turkey asked citizens to be “cautious” in 18th dynasty. Germany and stay away from political gatherings The tomb is located on the ahead of this month’s election, as tensions ratcheted west bank of the river Nile in between the NATO allies. Ties have plummeted since a cemetery where noblemen last year’s attempted overthrow of President Recep and top government officials are buried. Tayyip Erdogan and Germany’s strong criticism of Antiquities Minister an ensuing crackdown which saw more than 50,000 Khaled el-Anany said the PIC/AP/PTI people arrested. Relations further deteriorated after tomb is not in good condi- the detention of several German citizens including tion, but it contains a statue The tomb is located on the west Deniz Yucel, correspondent for the Die Welt. Turkish of the goldsmith and his foreign ministry urged citizens living in Germany or wife as well as a funerary bank of the river Nile in a cemetery mask. planning to travel there “to be cautious, taking into He said a shaft in the tomb where noblemen and top government account the situation in Germany where they could contained mummies belong- officials are buried. risk xenophobic or racist treatment”. It asked them to ing to ancient Egyptian people “stay away from political party gatherings ahead of who lived during the 21st and by Egyptian archeologists ment is designed to boost the general election” on September 24. 22nd dynasties. and the fanfare surround- Egypt’s slowly recovering tour- The tomb was discovered ing Saturday’s announce- ism industry. AGENCIES millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 | 7 mp The FIFA World Cup is the most famous sports symbol, it’s unique sport -FIFA chief Gianni Infantino Rafa looks to halt Anderson’s American dream

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NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal beating 12th-seeded Pablo Car- for another title which is very nent on Sunday. surgeries that saw his ranking the next time of asking, push- Slam champion since Johan ing in his first semi-final at the moved one win away from a reno Busta of Spain 4-6, 7-5, important.” “He is a very dangerous slip as low as 1,045 and forced ing his opponent into desperate Kriek at the 1981 Australian Slams, had not dropped a set third US Open title and 16th 6- 3, 6-4. Nadal said the key to Friday’s player with a big serve and plays him to miss 10 Grand Slam defense before the delivering the Open. at the tournament, helped by Grand Slam crown Friday when For 2009 champion Del win was a change of tactics after very well on this surface. I have tournaments. killer blow into an open court. Cliff Drysdale was the last playing four qualifiers, and he he defeated weary Juan Mar- Potro, Friday’s match was the first set. known him since we were 12. Nadal hit back with venom, Nadal, beaten by Del Potro South African man in the US was a set to the good on Friday, tin del Potro 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6 -2. one too many as the physi- “I played too much to his “He’s had many injuries but gathering three breaks to take at the same stage in 2009, tight- final in 1965 but he was defeated breaking in the seventh game. The 31-year-old Spaniard, cal and emotional toll of see- backhand and I felt he was wait- the way he has come back is a the second set in just 26 min- ened the noose with two breaks by Manuel Santana. The Spaniard had pocketed the 2010 and 2013 champion ing off Roger Federer in four ing for me there,” said Nadal great example to the kids.” utes as the Argentine suffered for 4-1 and easy hold for 5-1. “It has been a long road. This the opener hitting just two win- in New York, will be playing in sets in the previous round left after his 15th successive Grand Del Potro, who saved two a power cut of staggering It was all over in means the world to me,” said ners and only one unforced his 23rd Slam final and third this him spent. Slam semi-final win. I changed it match points against Domi- proportions. the eighth game when Anderson, whose career was at a error. year, looking to add the US title “I have had an amazing sea- and it worked very well. I made nic Thiem in a last-16 tie from The Spaniard, watched by Nadal buried unleashed a crossroads in January when hip But 6ft 8in (2.03m) Ander- to his record 10th French Open. son after some tough moments him move more and make it all which he almost retired with Tiger Woods in his player’s box, backhand winner. problems forced him out of the son eventually imposed him- In Sunday’s final, the world with injuries in recent years,” more unpredictable.” illness, gained the only break then raced into a 3-0 lead in the “I’m angry to lose a chance Australian Open and his rank- self much to the approval of number one will face 32nd- said Nadal, who started 2017 by Nadal finished with 45 win- of the first set in the fifth game third before Del Potro stopped like this, but maybe tomorrow ing slumped to 80. watching Hollywood star Robert ranked Kevin Anderson, the finishing runner-up to Federer ners and 20 unforced errors to off a fortunate net cord. the rot, having lost nine games I will be calm and see how big “This is why we work so Redford and Microsoft founder first South African in the cham- in Australia. Del Potro’s 23 and 40. However, few would in succession. the tournament was for me,” hard. I was pretty nervous with it Bill Gates pionship match in 52 years. “It’s a very emotional year Despite a 4-0 winning record begrudge Del Potro a little The Argentine saved two set said Del Potro. being the first time on the sport’s Anderson finished the tie Anderson reached his for me. I am in the final again over Anderson, Nadal said he luck after he was pushed to the points in the eighth game but Anderson, 31, will attempt most famous stage.” with a power-packed 22 aces maiden final at the majors by and get the chance to fight will not underestimate his oppo- brink of retirement by four wrist Nadal soon wrapped it up at to become his country’s first Carreno Busta, also play- and 58 winners. AGENCIES Jesus goes In’Sane’ as Man City rout Liverpool Mirza-Peng crashes out anchester City under- save from the midfielder’s pow- Mlined their Premier erful low shot. League title credentials with a Mignolet was also equal to in US Open semi-finals 5-0 thrashing of Liverpool as Fernandinho’s skidding effort Sergio Aguero set a goalscor- in the 13th minute as City NEW YORK: The fourth ing landmark and Sadio Mane began to emerge as the greater seeded Indo-Chinese pair of saw red. attacking force. Sania Mirza and Shuai Peng was Saturday’s contest at the And the breakthrough came sent packing by Swiss ace Mar- Etihad Stadium burst into life when Liverpool’s defence was tina Hingis and Yung-Jan Chan when Aguero broke the dead- cut open by Kevin De Bruyne’s of Chinese Taipei in the wom- lock to become the Premier throughball and Aguero coolly en’s doubles semi-finals of the League’s all-time leading non- rounded Mignolet before slot- US Open here. European goalscorer on 124. ting home his sixth goal in as While the scoreline suggests Liverpool were left fac- many home Premier League a straight-set victory of 6 -4 6-4 ing a huge uphill battle when games against the Reds. Mane for the second-seeded pair but Mane was dismissed for rais- threatened an instant riposte in both sets it was the Indo-Chi- ing his boot in a challenge for a with a surging run, which Fer- nese combination that had the bouncing ball with goalkeeper nandinho brought to a halt by initial advantage which it frit- Ederson, who was taken off foul means just on the edge of tered away. on a stretcher after prolonged the box, earning a booking for Mirza-Peng started the PIC/AP/PTI treatment, but later confirmed his troubles. match in right earnest break- to have escaped serious injury. hosts by netting an excel- at least a few hours, with their challenge on Mohamed Salah The best was still to come ing the opposition serve taking before getting their third break Peng leading 3-1 before blow- Gabriel Jesus’ header dou- lent brace, bringing to an end opponents now three points gave the visitors an early sight from City’s perspective, with a 3-0 lead. in the ninth game to win the set ing it all away. The decisive bled City’s lead in the stoppage Klopp’s impressive record back following a first loss of the of goal from a free-kick just to Sane – on for Jesus, substi- However, the Hingis-Chan at 6-4 in 31 minutes. break came in the ninth game time that resulted from that against City, having enjoyed campaign. Without the injured the right of the penalty area, tuted with an eye on Wednes- pair levelled proceedings with The second set also went and then closed the game in the delay and he scored again early a return of 10 points from his Vincent Kompany or sus- but Alberto Moreno’s shot day’s Champions League double break to make it 3-3 along similar lines with Mirza- 10th game. AGENCIES in the second half to end any previous four matches with pended Raheem Sterling, City struck the two-man wall. match at Feyenoord – put- hopes Jurgen Klopp’s side had them. Klopp also endured were initially put on the back City responded well and ting the finishing touch on a of mounting a comeback. the joint-heaviest defeat of his foot by a visiting line-up still Kevin De Bruyne called com- flowing move before adding Substitute Leroy Sane managerial career. devoid of wantaway forward patriot Simon Mignolet into a fifth by arrowing a stun- capped a brilliant team move The victory takes Pep Guar- Philippe Coutinho’s services. action at the other end, the Bel- ning left-footed strike into the and superb display from the diola’s men to the summit for Nicolas Otamendi’s clumsy gian goalkeeper making a solid top corner. AGENCIES SELECTORS TO DECIDE ON WHETHER TO SUMMON Pradeep books CWG berth; 34 ASHWIN FOR AUSTRALIA TOUR NEW DELHI: The national selection committee will be taking a call on whether new records created by Indians to summon Ravichandran Ashwin midway through his county stint as they pick the NEW DELHI: Pardeep Singh on Saturday quali- squad for the first three ODIs against Australia, on Sunday. Ashwin is currently play- fied for next year’s Commonwealth Games with a ing for Worcestershire in the Division two of the English county and he has a four- gold medal, even as 34 new records w ere created match contract, of which only two matches are over so far. Ashwin’s next assignment by the Indians in the last five days of the Com- is a home game against Leicestershire from September 12-15 followed by his last monwealth Youth, Junior & Senior Weightlifting game against Durham from September 25-28. If Ashwin is allowed to play these two games, he won’t be available for the ODI games against Australia. With both Championships at Gold Coast, Australia. Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal performing admirably, the selectors may just On the final day of the competition, India bagged allow Ashwin to complete his county engagement. AGENCIES two yellow metals, one silver and two bronze to wrap up their successful campaign in style. Pard- eep finished on the top of the podium after lifting 147kg in snatch and 195kg in clean & jerk for a FIFA 2018 World Cup trophy total of 342kg in 105kg category. In the process, he also overhauled the national senior record in the starts tour in Moscow snatch event. AGENCIES MOSCOW: The World Cup trophy tour began a world- wide tour in Moscow on Sat- urday at a ceremony attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino. Ten months before the 2018 World Cup kicks off there, the ceremony took place at Luzhniki stadium, which has been fully renovated and will also host the final and five other matches. PIC/AP/PTI The event was also attended by football stars of “Everything is going most famous sports symbol, the past -- Bebeto of Brazil and according to scedule, every- it’s unique,” he said. former French striker David thing is supported by the “We will tell Russia and Trezeguet. financial backing,” Putin said. the entire world what a Putin has promised that Infantino said he was con- competition will take place his country will complete the fident Russia would put on a here in 2018. I’m confident preparations for hosting the tournament to remember. that it will be a remarkable tournament on time. “The World Cup is the tournament.” AGENCIES 8| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017|millenniumpost mp In retrospect Delhi Metro: A long awaited boon

STARTED NO OF DISTANCE The swanky and up-to-date Delhi Metro system CITY COUNTRY IN STATIONS COVERED(KM) introduced comfortable, air conditioned and London England 1890 270 402 Paris France 1900 303 214 eco-friendly services for the first time in India New York USA 1904 421 373 revolutionising the concept of mass urban Madrid Spain 1919 300 293 Tokyo Japan 1927 179 195.1 transportation not only in the NCR but across Moscow Russia 1934 194 325.4 the entire country, writes Lahari Basu Beijing China 1969 345 574 Mexico city Mexico 1969 196 226.5 efore the metros, travelling fer the metro over private cars rides or warming. The stations presently under con- With well planned fund requirements Seoul South Korea 1974 296 327.0 in the city in public trans- cabs, for long distance journeys today. struction are being constructed as green in advance, the sources of funds were tied port was not meant for the “The metro system truly helped in connect- buildings. It has also set up roof top solar up before the real work for Phase I began. Shanghai China 1993 364 588 fainthearted. Even travelling ing, since it became functional Gurugram power plants at many of its stations. With With a major portion of the fund being “Bin one's private car took hours owing to and NOIDA could flourish as well. And if figures like that, DMRC's future seems to financed by the Government of Japan by DMRC has become the world's first completely green the prolonged traffic jams and people had I can travel from Ghaziabad to Gurugram shine bright and help it rise up to be one way of a soft loan through the Japan Bank to leave two hours early in order to reach everyday, being in an industry which is of the largest metro networks in the world. for International Cooperation (JBIC), now metro system, and has also been certified by the UN work in time, traversing through the streets always highly active, it is only because of the While the pioneer of Metros – Kolk- called the Japan International Cooperation as the first Metro Rail and Rail based system in the of Delhi,” says Amrita, a regular Metro pas- metro,” says Anasua Mitra, a Public Relation ata – is still struggling to expand its exist- Agency (JICA), and the rest funded jointly senger. Now that we have the metro connec- professional and a daily Metro commuter. ing line and making new lines operational, by the Central and State Governments the world to get carbon credits for reducing green house tivity in so many parts of the city operating Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has not the situation has been very different in the Rs 10,579 crore project was started, which gas emissions to help reduce pollution for the past few years, taking a bus to work only succeeded in providing an alternative Capital. Laying off rails since 2002 the Delhi gradually swelled over the past decade and is an unthinkable idea for daily commuters. “The shutting down of the Blue line bus cities for jobs every day,” suggests Hassan service in Delhi was only possible because of Faridi, a regular Delhi Metro commuter for the Delhi Metro. Otherwise who could have the past three years. carried the load if the blue line had been “Before Metro, life was different in Delhi shut down?” echoes a Quora user on being like it is everywhere. The DTC and blue asked whether the Delhi Metro had con- line busses were famous back then. Metro tributed in easing traffic congestion. Trav- changed the way Delhiites commuted. It elling from NOIDA to Gurugram would connected Delhi and moved into the NCR have been a nightmare if not for the role leading to the growth of the region. But now of a saviour that the Delhi Metro blue line metros are overcrowded, and the quality plays in providing comfortable and quick of management has deteriorated. Some- transportation. times the air-conditioning doesn't work The swanky and up-to-date Delhi Metro in crowded metros! The amount invested system introduced comfortable, air con- by DMRC is mostly being used to increase ditioned and eco-friendly services for the metro trails but the quality of service has first time in India revolutionising the con- surely gone down since its inception,” opines cept of mass urban transportation not only Anasua. in the National Capital Region but across PHASE III EXPANSION INCLUDES: In context to the commuters' inconve- the entire country. Following which sev- nience, with unimaginable crowd during eral other cities like Chennai (started oper- Majlis Park - Shiv Vihar peak hours, DMRC spokesperson says, ations from 2015), Bangaluru (the second Janakpuri West - Kalindi Kunj “DMRC is gradually introducing addi- longest network in the country, operating Central Secretariat - Kashmere Gate tional coaches and improving the frequency since 2011), Mumbai (started operation on of trains on all its operational corridors to June 2014), Jaipur (began commercial ser- Jahangirpuri - Samaypur Badli increase the carrying capacity of the sys- vice from June 2015) and Kochi (opened to Badarpur - Escorts Mujesar tem; the process will be completed by next public June 2017 onwards) started opera- Dwarka - Najafgarh year.” DMRC is also trying to cope up with tions and are gradually paving out rails for Mundka - Bahadurgarh the emerging flaws that are circumscribing expansions across the respective cities. the metro services to commuters. But they Providing approximately 11,000 Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad Bus Adda have also kept up with the changing trends employments, and having around 200 trains Extension of Metro to Ballabhgarh of time. Recently, a free WiFi facility had operating daily, Delhi metro is the world's Kalindikunj to Botanical Garden been launched which enables commuters to 12th longest metro system, with Shanghai use the service at all Blue line metro stations. being the longest, and ranks 16th largest in Extension of Metro from Noida 32-Noida 62 “In Phase III, a new signaling technology terms of ridership. called Communication Based Train Con- As per the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation trol is being introduced. This new technol- Limited (DMRC) website, the DMRC was and faster travel solution to Delhiites, but Metro network presently operates connect- DMRC is now looking at an estimated cost networks along with those in London and ogy will facilitate the movement of trains registered on May 3, 1995 under the Com- has also contributed in controlling air pol- ing 218.17 Km with 164 stations plus six of Rs 41,079 crore for the Phase III expan- Bangkok. As per their website, DMRC with a design capacity of ninety to hundred panies Act, 1956 with equal equity partici- lution in the city by loading off more than more stations of the Airport Express Link. sions. JICA is providing 48.57 per cent of the has also been ranked 1st in 'Information seconds which will significantly enhance pation of the Government of the National three lakh cars off the city streets. The network also crossed the boundaries total fund, while the Government of India during travel' and 2nd in 'Train cleanliness the overall carrying capacity of the Metro Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and As per reports from July, DMRC has of Delhi to reach NOIDA and Ghaziabad and of Delhi are paying 10.04 per cent each. and comfort' in an international survey of system since more trains will be available the Central Government to implement the become the world's first completely green in Uttar Pradesh, Gurugram and Faridabad In September 2014 Delhi Metro had Metro systems conducted by the Railway for passenger services,” explains DMRC dream of construction and operation of metro. DMRC has also been certified by in Haryana. In Phase III of Delhi Metro's emerged as the second most popular and Transport Strategic Centre (RTSC), in spokesperson. a world- class Mass Rapid Transport Sys- the United Nations (UN) as the first Metro construction, the DMRC is in the process Metro network in the world, ahead of Paris, May 2015. With hopes of a decent and well con- tem (MRTS). Rail and rail based system in the world to of building another 160 km of metro lines Madrid, Hong Kong, Singapore and oth- But how satisfying is the metro connec- nected Metro system, the middle class com- A fast growing network, DMRC get carbon credits for reducing green house weaving a web of metro corridors along the ers. An online survey, conducted by Global tivity to people now? “They need to increase muter patiently awaits the completion of aims to connect every corner of the gas emissions as it has helped to reduce city's Ring Road besides connecting the city Metro Bench-marking Groups NOVA and the number of coaches in the metros, as DMRC's Phase III project by March 2018 NCR for a smooth and efficient travel pollution levels in the city by 6.3 lakh tons with many other localities in NOIDA, Gha- CoMET, on customer satisfaction had put population in the city is increasing day by along with some fine and new changes experience. Lakhs of commuters pre- every year thus helping in reducing global ziabad and Bahadurgarh. Delhi Metro among the top three Metro day with more people coming in from other brought up by the Corporation. millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 | 9 mp Beacon Business of cinema: A NAIL BITING climax Moving beyond the glossiness of Rs 100 crore film groups, the year 2017 has been a bad year business wise for Bollywood, as new Hollywood releases are eating away the profits of B’town films.Piyush Ohrie finds out why

‘Lo aaya aaya main hoon movie madaari global markets through various channels, Khatte meethe kisso ki laaya fulwaari whereas all discussions about Indian films Kaise sabke sar pe chadhi yeh khumaari begin and end with Indian audiences, and Yeh kissa hain cinema ke jaadu ka this discussion has become rhetorical a long Akkad bakkad bambe bo,assi nabbe time ago. Bollywood needs to understand poore sau that in a globalised world, things are easy Sau sau baras ka hua, Yeh khiladi na boodha to access and therefore, there are larger hua’ markets to be explored,” says Suraj Prasad from Lightcube film society. his song from the film Bombay “We have failed and are consistently fail- Talkies released in 2013 was aimed ing in terms of writing. That is one single at the celebration of Indian cinema defining factor behind major successes and turning 100 years that year. The failures in this industry. Good writing has Ttheme of Indian cinema having crossed a not been appreciated recently. From televi- century and still going strong forms an inte- sion to the big screen everywhere you can gral part in the progress of India. There may see the West impress the audiences with have been various challenges yet at the end their writing. In filmmaking everything of it the country’s cinema has evolved over is secondary to writing, and that’s the way the years and today the industry is charac- it should be. We need to understand the terised as one of our foremost soft powers. importance of text,” he says. Illustrating An example was recently displayed in further on how the quality of poor writing a meeting between Xi Jinping President is resulting in poor cinema, Prasad eluci- of China and Prime Minister Narendra dates, “We haven’t seen a single film in the Modi in Astana, Kazakhstan in June this last decade which people would like to see year at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ishing box office revenues in 2017, also ority of top Hollywood films in terms of tacle. In this genre, Hollywood does have there are around 9000 screens in India. The again, all of them seem to be one-time- (SCO) summit. Despite major differences published a list of leading media and com- technology but also in terms of idea gen- an edge over our cinema. Our mainstream shortage of screens is more likely to impact watches. This is sad; stars, marketing, and between the two countries, President Xi munication firms. As per Media Partners eration. Can western movies prove to be films are able to do well as our audiences are the small budget films of Nagesh Kukunoor promotion can drive your viewers to the mentioned to Prime Minister Modi about Asia, even though India is the world’s larg- a major threat to the commerce of Indian more attached to the stars and also relate that loses to a big budget Indian or a mas- theatres for the first show, but bad reviews his liking of Bollywood film Dangal. Dan- est film producing country, none of the film movies in the future? with our story telling,” says award winning sively marketed Hollywood film. Already spread like wildfire.” gal, that had released in May this year in production or distribution firm ranks in “Threat is an extreme word espe- filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor. well known for his films like Hyderabad In highlighting that market potential of China has broken several records in the the top 10 globally. cially in a creative medium, but yes, it is Media analyst and columnist Vinita Blues, Dor and Iqbal, Nagesh was not able Indian cinema is still untapped, Prasad runs Chinese movie industry and in the pro- The domestic production houses rely on market forces today which Kohli Khandekar in one of her columns to earn enough revenues from his latest film Dhenuki cinema project, an initiative that cess became the first top-grossing foreign one blockbuster or produce movies in col- determines the content opined that the reason domestic film pro- Dhanak, as opposed to the high budgeted aims to create film clubs in rural areas. “I film that is not from Hollywood. Dangal, laboration with other stakeholders to stem and today there is duction houses are losing out is due to ones, even though it received rave reviews may concede that Hollywood movies have however, is not the highest grossing film in the losses and keep afloat. The challenges a demand for fewer movie screens to monetise the in the foreign film festivals. more money and even better creative tal- its own country, its record was beaten by for Indian filmmakers to make their film the cinema films. She stated that more than Highlighting the challenges that inde- ent, yet, I cannot accept that our quality Baahubali 2 : The Conclusion, a movie that profitable further increases with movies of spec- 70 per cent of the industry’s pendent film makers face, Kukunoor says, can never be better than them. The pin- has been hailed for its grandness in story- from the West now slowly gaining market Rs 14,200 crore revenue “There is a lot of talent in small budget films nacle of Indian cinema is about diversity telling. Movie lovers are expecting that hit share. Popularly known as Hollywood, comes from screens. and they must not lose out because their and about various talents coming together combination of technology with creativity American film industry has surpassed While US/Can- art is not being viewed by the audiences. to meet the sole objective of telling a good will again be witnessed when 2.0 will hit the domestic film market of most of the ada has more Though there are risks involved, I will want story. It is not and should never be only the screens later this year. countries across the globe. Cultural than 43,000 the government to step in and revive the about Bollywood. The focus should also be Not only the mainstream cinema but differences and slow understanding screens National Film Development Corporation there on enhancing our regional cinema,” smaller budget films like Lipstick Under of the potential of Indian mar- of India (NFDC). Some of the finest works says Raghav Mehra, a frequent cine goer. My Burkha and Dhanak have also received ket may have prevented it from of Indian cinema was undertaken under “I feel somewhere our film makers feel appreciation from the jury and audiences achieving greater business but NFDC.” Echoing the same sentiment, Ben- that they are not as good as their western in foreign film festivals. While there may the situation may be chang- gali film-maker Ranjan K Ghosh mentions, counterparts and thereby rather than focus- be a lot of positives there are also various ing as it often does in the “Unlike the West, audiences in India must ing on our strengths we try to copy them in challenges in the business of Indian cinema climax of potboiler film of mature and view cinema as an art, rather order to look stylish. In this situation, I am that needs to be dealt with. Moving beyond mainstream Indian cinema. than as a form entertainment.” Ghosh has only reminded of RD Burman’s music com- the glossiness of Rs 100 crore film groups, Even though Mom had uploaded his movie Hrid Majharey online position for the posthumous film 1942:A the year 2017 has been a bad year business big names like Sridevi, with English subtitles with hopes that new Love Story. Despite loudness in music that wise, especially for Bollywood. Akshaye Khanna and audiences will emerge. While external mar- time, he focused on Indian musical instru- A recent report in a leading business Nawazuddin Siddiqui and ket situations may be out of control for the ments like sitar and flute to make a musi- daily highlighted that the Net Box Office was marketed extensively as film makers, there are also experts who cal album which in turn made it valuable,” Collections (NBOC) had reduced drasti- Sridevi’s 300th film, Hollywood mention that the intent to improve and he adds. Action, romance, melodrama, cally. It stated that excluding the dubbed film Spider-Man Homecom- grow further lies within. “Films from the and emotions are the key ingredients that version of Baahubali 2 the NBOC in terms ing was able to do much better West are made not sim- every Indian film maker wants to have in of revenues from theatres had fallen by over business. In times when mul- ply with their own his film to earn the label of a blockbuster. 19 per cent from Rs 1022 crores in 2016 tiplexes have faded out the audiences in Indian cinema has always connected with to Rs 823 crores in 2017. Moreover, the single screens and acces- mind, they its people in one way or another as it has losses are not a phenomenon concerning sibility has become easier are truly always been seen as a form of modernism, only this year. Citing with mobile data, mov- look- dynamism and a medium of giving hope heavy losses due ies from the Hollywood ing at for a better tomorrow. to huge flops, have found their audiences As Indian cinema has foreign pro- and a new way to generate moved ahead over the duction revenue. Various Indian years, the challenges houses like film makers have to its business Walt Disney acknowledged model have also and War- the superi- increased. Yet, ner Broth- the belief of ers have a cine goer to stopped pro- keep these virtues ducing Indian alive makes him films. The same confident that after business daily which a tense climax it will highlighted dimin- ultimately be a happy ending. 10| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017|millenniumpost mp Inland Celebrating Indian art in September

With Christies celebrating Asian Art Week, September 7 onwards, Uma Nair writes on the artworks of several Indian artists which are on display for exhibition and sale

hristies South Asian Modern and a tremendous influence over me, not its dogmas Contemporary Sale in New York on but its grand architecture and the splendour of its September 13, has a coveted Gaitonde services [...] The wooden saints painted with gold and that looks more like a painted prayer. bright colours staring vacantly out of their niches. The C“Everything starts from silence,” the Indian artist smell of incense. And the enormous crucifix with the Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde (1924-2001) once said. impaled image of a man supposed to be the Son of “The silence of the brush, the silence of the canvas, God, scourged and dripping, with matted hair tangled the silence of the painting knife. The painter starts in plaited thorns.” (E Mullins, Souza, London, 1962, by absorbing all these silences... No one part of you p 42) There are also a few heady nudes. is working there. Your entire being is.” Regarded as one of India’s most talented surrealists, “By the time of 1996’s Untitled, we see a painter of Bikash Bhattacharjee uses a photo-realistic technique great experience,” says Nishad Avari Christies Head to create macabre and often chimerical depictions Specialist in Indian Art New York. ‘There are elements of life in India, particularly through figures of here influenced by Indian miniature painting, for the subaltern and women. His paintings typically instance, such as the borders he paints down the left- feature implausible characters and sinister settings, and right-hand sides; the bright primary colours, too. constructed through the artist’s meticulous balancing The red is almost incandescent and is combined with of colour, light, and shadow. what looks like an enigmatic, new language of yellow- “Most of his pictures give a glimpse of a world that gold hieroglyphs. “This is a canvas that provokes new lies beyond the canvas which, on its part, ceases to be discoveries with every viewing, showing the balance a quadrangular piece of linen and becomes a door of light, texture, colour, and space that Gaitonde leading to a world unknown – a world of immeasurable perfected over his career. It’s attention-grabbing and depth, haunted by mute, mysterious myrmidons of yet also incredibly subtle.’ secretive, sulking souls.” (A Banerjee, ‘Exhibitions’, The date of the painting is also important. In 1984, Lalit Kala Contemporary, New Delhi, 1974, p 35). Gaitonde had had a car crash that left him physically B Prabha’s ‘Mother and Child 1976’ is a delightful impaired for the rest of his life and inclined towards study of a universal symbolism, her fluid contours and making small ink drawings on paper. Untitled of melancholic magic flowing through the bronzed body. 1996 marked a short period of return to the large Manjit Bawa’s command of colour and space creates canvases of old. truly mesmerizing compositions in Cow and Krishna Three riveting canvasses – 1958, 1959, and 1960 and Cow. His “[...] free flowing, arabesque figures, both – catch your gaze at this evocative and expressionist human and animal, are almost like personifications of sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art fragments of thoughts, ideas, of words and poetry that at New York. Lots 411, 412 and 413 belong to the are introduced into a rational real world by him.” (A modernist Sayed Haider Raza. Raza’s landscapes of Vadehra, Let’s Paint the Sky Red: Manjit Bawa, New the late 1950s and early 1960s were largely inspired by Delhi, 2011, p 7) the rolling vistas and villages of rural France, which Bawa renews and reinvigorates the traditional he encountered for the first time on his travels around language of miniature paintings using stylized forms on the country. a uniformly colored background. Bawa’s luminescent Ciel Blue was painted a decade after Raza’s arrival in monochromatic realities do not represent a void, nor France during a critical period where Raza’s treatment exhibition he had viewed while in Paris in the late of Varanasi, now considered a pivotal moment in of landscape was evolving. It is during this period 1950s. Observing that de Staël had become “very the artist’s life and career. Previously dedicated to that Raza borrows and adapts Expressionist and abstract, very sensual, very non-realistic. […] There figuration - most often stark angular depictions of Post-Impressionist schools of art that he was a whole lot of expression to be surveyed but what India’s disenfranchised and marginal classes – after had experienced for the was important was that ultimately you came this trip Kumar turned to focus his creative energy first time in Europe. back to yourself.” That is what Raza on increasingly abstracted landscapes. Raza particularly did, found himself in his colour Souza’s Still Life in Green – the Eucharist credits the pools. elements-his painting from 1963, illustrates a series influence of Ram Kumar’s Varanasi is of liturgical vessels and sacred objects, drawing from Nicolas a milestone in provenance his experiences of the Roman Catholic Church as a de Staël and rarity. In 1960, Ram child in Goa. Speaking about his fascination with whose Kumar traveled to the the church and its ceremonies, the artist states, pilgrimage center “The Roman Catholic Church had

are they merely a formal mechanism or tableau, but a tangible entity which is as central to the work as the figures suspended within it. Through her sculptural practice, Meera Mukherjee perfected a version of the Dhokra ‘lost wax’ method of casting bronze she learnt from the tribal communities of Bastar in Madhya Pradesh, a technique that became entirely her own. Her inventive process and approach consisted of sculpting the works first in wax and then building up the surface with wax strips and rolls, to give an intricately detailed and tactile finish to the bronze in which they were eventually cast. Despite the rigidity and harshness of the metal, her sculptures maintain a delicate malleability that imbues them with a dynamic sense of rhythm. Meera’s world in bronze is full of movement. The viewers’ eyes do not only follow the flowing contours of the figures but also the patterns, lineatures, and ornamentations animating the surfaces of her bronze sculptures. millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 | 11 mp Read CHAOS WITHIN ORDER FRESH OFF THE From a world preaching ideas of profit and freedom to the world practising ideas of retrogressive preservation – the Liberal Order has had a tumultuous ride, yet the journey is far from over

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ow did Donald Trump make SHELF it? The question that has been etching sharp arrows into the pride of liberals The Sun and her flowers Hacross the world. How did a misogynist, racist businessman, an alien to the fierce It is a journey of domain of politics carve a niche for him- wilting, falling, self despite being hated so vividly by the rooting, rising and world at large and by Americans so close blooming. It is a to his soil? What seems like an arbitrary celebration of love outcome is quite the opposite. As Megh- in all its forms. The nad Desai reveals, the victory of Trump Sun and her flowers in the West, the referendum supporting a stunning new Brexit at the heart of European suprem- poetry collection acy, and the victory of Narendra Modi from Rupi Kaur. closer home have a common thread Author: passing through them that corresponds Rupi Kaur to a global phenomenon we are now `373 Publisher: treading on. 50 years ago with the for- Simon & Schuster mation of the European Union, dissolu- tion of colonies and an eventual farewell to wars (or so it seemed) we welcomed a new world. A world marked by freedom: Camino Island: A Novel freedom of thought, movement, trade, market -- you name it, the Liberal Order A gang of thieves (LO) had provisions to accommodate it. stage a daring Yet, 50 years later we are encountering a heist from a secure vault deep situation when this very glorified LO has below Princeton created differences, uncertainties, and University’s grievances which citizens have firmly Firestone Library. held, and now expressed as a rejection Their loot is in circumscribing a global community. priceless, but... The focus now has been reversed, what was then outward has now shown vis- gained his chair more by hard work and Author: ible trends of turning inward. less by marketing gimmicks. His bold John Grisham ‘Politic Shock: Trump, Modi, Brexit economic moves hint that he is not will- Publisher: & the Prospect for Liberal Democracy,’ ing to placate, instead, he is rearing to go `199 Doubleday is yet another masterpiece penned by with his policies driven by an agenda of the master himself, known for his acute holistic development. In policy making, analysis and precise political and eco- Modi is several steps ahead of Trump, nomic acumen. Not everyone’s cup of who still has many promises to fulfil, yet India at 70 tea, the book makes a perfect brew for their ascendancy has an uncanny simi- those positively inclined to understand larity as it sends out strong signals of how economies and markets function, rejecting the established order, an order After almost 200 and how politics is driven by astute which celebrates elite politics. years of British thinking, not mere highhandedness. Asia presents the future. China, rule, India became a united political Boundaries do well to form virtual lim- Japan, Singapore and South Korea all entity. Only one its, much like our social media profiles, have raging economies which have question rang loud: yet the limits do little to keep invaders Not everyone’s cup of tea, the book makes a remained inward without subscribing What type of nation or interested benefactors away, again, to the liberal order. North Korea poses would the new much like our social media profiles. perfect brew for those positively inclined to another threat which it carefully har- India be? As the LO and democracy flourished nesses in its strict dictatorial regime. ` understand how economies and markets function, Author: through the 20th century, the 21st cen- Price: 595 India which is now a raging economy Roshen Dalal tury presented the world with a new Publisher: Rupa and how politics is driven by astute thinking, not after 40 years of failed socialist policies `298 Publisher: enemy, which had so forth been care- Publications mere highhandedness is probably the only Asian country car- Penguin Random fully swept under the carpet. Religious rying forth the liberal order. It is placed House India fanaticism was a thing of the past, not in the East with its eyes looking towards an element within the discourse of the contradiction, on one hand, it strongly not as a saviour, not as a beacon, but endra Modi’s ascendancy to power was the West, as Desai would say. LO. Yet, stepping into the 21st century, believes in the integration of all commu- simply as someone who didn’t herald met with harsh criticism. He was cas- The future for liberal democracy here we were, waiting to be embraced nities, religions, classes, etc, on the other this sacred order. He was an outsider, tigated for being a communalist who looks shaky. The growth of fringe right Ultimate Fidget Spinner by our new enemy, terror, which would hand, it propagates a vigorous postulate an unabashed American who prom- had massacred Muslims in the 2002 wing and left wing groups in France, be gripping the world for the next few for tolerance. This two fork approach is ised to ‘Make America Great Again.’ He Godhra riots. There were widespread Spain, Italy, Germany, and Greece, too Impress your years. The twin tower attack on 9/11 was in itself a continuous battle: of perfor- tapped on the sentiments that rejected media reports against him, as there were exemplify this belief. Desai proposes friends with loads unapprehended even by the experts ini- mance and ideology. the elitism pervading politics. As Desai about Trump. Little was pegged on his a model for direct democracy which of tips on improving tiated into expecting the abnormal. It Donald Trump’s victory emanates writes, “Don’t take your political philos- victory; yet, Modi came to power in would enhance the role of the citizen in your balance and shook the entire world and placed a slap from a disenchantment towards the ophy and try to convince them. Find out 2014 sweeping the Lok Sabha elections shaping their own political fate. While spin skills, ways to right across the face of the LO. Clearly, liberal order which had taken away what they want and package your pol- allowing BJP to form a single majority current possibilities, amplified by Brit- convince teachers they had missed some signals of griev- from America the growth rate which icy to maximise votes.” A classical pos- after decades of coalition governments ain’s vote to leave the European Union, to let you use them ance which were carefully growing a lit- had marked its ascendancy as a global tulate in business marketing, which, an at the Centre. Though Modi is accused or fancily Brexit, appear detrimental to in class, the Fidget tle further away from home in Asia and power. The opening up of markets and astute businessman like Trump, would of propagating a Hindu state his clarion the Liberal Order, change by now, we Spinner Games! the Middle-East. The Taliban projected influx of Chinese goods did not fare well have been more than willing to adopt. call has been a development for all. He must know, is the only constant. The Author: Puffin a new challenge to the USA, not just a on the American manufacturing units. Though Trump did win by votes of has emphasised on modernising the Liberal Order must turn on its head for `200 prided superpower but the very conve- Notwithstanding global ramifications the Electoral College, Hilary Clinton economy while forging strong inter- the future to take its course. “Bad though Publisher: nor of liberal thought. Since then the of this order, the intrinsic white Ameri- was ousted as a rejection of the Liberal national ties even with the seemingly it may sound, it is the devil we know, Puffin world over has witnessed the heinous can who had so forth held his ground Order, an order that had failed to secure enemy states of Pakistan and China. and though we may not admit it, love,” backlash of radical terror outfits. The LO strong begun losing relevance within his the home before conquering the world. Though both emerged from a back- Desai poignantly concludes referring to is also faced with a unique challenge of home. Trump emerged in this milieu, Further away from the West, Nar- ground of non-elite politics, Modi has change – the pinnacle of the order. Author, Shilpa Raj Book of a different world: The story we never wanted to hear whose relationship existed within restric- tive roles. Raj describes her family very minutely. In her book, she talks about her mother’s courage and authority on one side but on the other side, she describes the marital conflict with violence. Raj nar- rates that studying at Shanti Bhavan meant SAYANTAN GHOSH of its cast. “It was so unlike him to weep. learning how to swim and speak English, But there he was, the elephant chaser, all how to enjoy good food and also to avoid am a product of two worlds by himself...” at the very first line of her an early marriage. and each world has given me narrative she describes This book is a a reason to love, be kind and the reality. document of women grow strong,” this quote from Raj’s writing is empowerment. The way “Ithe book ‘The Elephant Chaser’s Daughter’ fearless but she never she fought her existence by Shilpa Raj summarises the entire falls into the trap of through, the way she story. At the time when casteism is the politics with castes. showed her courage at most discussed issue, at the time when In the book, she has every step going against discrimination against Dalits has shaken been a critic of life, the norms and beliefs of the soul of India again, Shilpa, a 20-year- not the governments the society will give the old girl, writes her story of her own world. or political parties. reader much room to This book, released on July 28, 2017, is a The discussions on visualise that creating retrospective where the author narrates her the castes always get a an identity is not fancy childhood in a poor Dalit family and she political colour but the but a necessity. Raj not herself being the elephant chaser’s daughter. author has maintained only fought against the Raj was born into a Dalit family in the a conscious distance social norms but fought south Indian village of Thattaguppe. The from it which has made with her family too. book has 18 chapters, with every chapter the book an easy read. “I had earlier asked describing the journey of the author. She The story speaks on the Price: `295 my uncles to take me, never holds back her emotion in the book behalf of millions of Publisher: Rupa but they too rejected my and writes what she remembers. The book families in the country Publications request without giving starts with the chapter ‘An Unexpected who face continuous any reason,” Raj writes Departure.’ From the very first line in the discrimination. to narrate her fight with book, Raj draws the picture of fear and The author was chosen to go to a spe- the family. The death of her sister, struggle sadness, the regular companion of a family cial school but her younger sister and of her mother, the life of her father and The fearless writing, the extraordinary the book a worthy read. A girl from a ferent world and teach you what struggle which is tagged “untouchable” because brother stayed behind with her parents, amidst all Raj herself has become the story. narrative, and the courageous life make poor Dalit family will take you to a dif- is all about. 12| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017|millenniumpost mp Routes Ooty: Charming Queen of the Nilgiris

The best ‘official’ season for visiting Ooty is between April and May which is the core summer season with flowers in full bloom at the Botanical Gardens and the annual flower show, writesShyamola Khanna

e pay scant attention to temperatures started dropping. I guess it the little jewels in the Nil- is not easy for an inexperienced driver to giris in the heart of South negotiate the curves and bends of the hills India, that innocuous hill – this stretch has some 14 hairpin bends Wrange that connects the Eastern and West- – but since I was not in the driving seat, I ern ghats. was happy clicking pictures and admiring My first trip to Ooty was a delightful the sturdy Eucalyptus and Pines on both eye opener – an experience of a lifetime! sides. Any open patches were covered The best ‘official’ season for visiting Ooty with green tea bushes. It sure was a feast is between April and May which is the for sore eyes! core summer season with flowers in full Ooty may be a bit hectic for some bloom at the Botanical Gardens and the tastes, and the town centre is a mess, but it annual flower show. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long to get up into the quieter, does get quite crowded because everyone greener areas where tall pines rise above descends on it. And to top it all, that is what could almost be English country when all the hotels/resorts make a killing; lanes. Ooty, ‘the Queen of Hill Stations’, prices are high compared to mid June and mixes up Indian bustle and Hindu later, at the advent of the rainy season. temples with lovely parks and gardens and But then Ooty in the rainy season is charming Raj-era bungalows, the latter the place to be if you wish to commune providing its most atmospheric (and most with nature, refresh your lungs with the expensive) places to stay. The town was cool mountain breeze and build up an established by the British in the early 19th appetite walking the steep hill slopes as century as the summer headquarters of often as you can. If you are adequately the Madras government, and memorably west is the lake, while the streets of the ancient trees which have taken on some day living! olent with the smell of eucalyptus – it is protected, you can really enjoy the cold. nicknamed ‘Snooty Ooty’. town snake upwards all around. From fantastic shapes over the years. The We walked back through a comfort- as if someone has sprayed some Vicks I was travelling from Hyderabad where Development ploughed through a few the bus station it’s a 20-minute walk to other impressive factor is the series of able pathway heading for the Ooty rail- into the air! the mercury had been touching 44-45 decades ago, but somehow old Ooty sur- Ooty’s commercial centre, Charing Cross. washrooms – ‘Swachh Bharat’ making way station. There we parked the car and Very soon we are at the observatory degrees in May in spite of the intermittent vives. You just have to walk a bit further Our hotel appeared to be the last an impact! The washrooms are not state got into the station. Incidentally, park- at Doddabetta. There is a very strong showers. I was told that temperatures out to find it. The journey up here on the couple of buildings up on a steep slope of the art but they are clean and the all ing costs Rs50/- while a ticket on the toy wind blowing and the mists have covered were hovering between 10 and 12 degrees celebrated miniature train is romantic and – there is an uninterrupted view of the pervasive smell is not there! train costs only Rs10! We are to go for the peaks. Climbing up the iron stairs with rain. And believe me – that is cold! the scenery stunning. mountains and the pine trees in the On one of the many boards is a ride on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway of the observatory, I feel I could easily My flight from Hyderabad to Even the road up from the plains is distance. The clouds have not dissipated mentioned ‘Toda mundi’ which roughly which is more than a hundred years old topple over with the gale force winds Coimbatore was comfortable and since impressive. From April to June (the very and the mists from up on high are translates to ‘village of the Todas’ – a and has a UNESCO Heritage tag to it. It tripping me up! Like the others waiting my friend was waiting for me with his busy ‘season’) Ooty is a welcome relief coming down with the gusty winds and tribal group considered to be the original is the slowest train in India averaging 10 to take a peep, I also stick my neck into brand new Nissan micra, we set off on from the hot plains, and in the colder slowly covering the distant pines – only inhabitants of the Nilgiris. So we started kmph. After crossing the Bhavani River, the telescope to see if I can see the peak , the 96 km drive to Ooty. The drive was months (October to March) you’ll need the tops are now visible like ghosts! My walking through the upper reaches of it climbs Asia’s steepest tracks and travels but the mists make you feel as if you are beautiful and as we entered into the ghats warm clothing, which you can buy cheap windcheater is on and it is cold! We walk the Botanical gardens in the hope of 40 kms through 208 curves, 16 tunnels, looking at a wad of soft cotton wool – no roads, it started drizzling – a fine spray here, as overnight temperatures occa- down the steep slopes and have to struggle getting to meet some of the original todas. and 250 bridges. visibility at all! Krishnan then points out mist came on and the sionally drop to 0°C. The train and bus to come up! The restaurant provides us a Unfortunately for us – but fortunately Kudos to the state of Tamil Nadu and the three peaks which look similar to stations are at the west end of Ooty’s race- decent dinner and we are all set for our for the todas – there is only one toda hut Southern Railway for maintaining this ‘the three sisters’ of the Blue Mountains course, in almost the lowest part explorations tomorrow. there, kept as a sample. The other homes toy train – it seems to be a major tourist of Australia. of town. To their The Botanical Gardens of Ooty have a are all brick and mortar with colorful blue attraction because right now the carriage We head back to the city and park definite history and a defining presence. and pink painted outer walls. is chock a block with standing room only. ourselves at the Lake and the boathouse, Set up more than 150 years ago, the We walked into one of the homes There is one carriage for Mettupalayam watching people go for rides in covered basic idea of setting up this garden and met Muthuvalli, the matriarch who and one for Conoor which we reach after boats as the fine drizzle has not abated. was to supply fresh vegetables to was sitting and wrapping wool around traversing some very beautiful natural The paddleboats lie abandoned, while the local English residents. Soon, it her knees. She agreed to wear her tribal landscapes. squealing groups of teenagers and adults became a well laid out garden with shawl, which had been woven by her. The final day is our trip to Doddabetta step into the boats and start out for the flowers and ornamental trees which She made quite a picture with her smoky peak which is the highest mountain in the long ride around the lake. encouraged the residents to ‘take the grey eyes and long silver locks and the Nilgiri Hills at 2,637 metres (8,650 feet). When we head back to the car, air’ (to go out for a stroll). stern straight look – she must have been There is a reserved forest area around Krishnan points out four shops which are Fortunately, the local government quite a dominating and impressive figure the peak. It is 9 km from Ooty, on the run by eunuchs (hijras), a special drive to has taken enough pains to keep the in her heyday! Her grown up daughter Ooty-Kotagiri Road. After a typical south empower them and to take them away place clean and inviting so that more who spoke a little Hindi and understood Indian breakfast at Adyar Anand Bhavan from begging in the streets. To be honest visitors come in. For me, the greatest money admitted that she never wore the we set course. The drive to Dodabetta is I loved the place and I hope to come attractions were the tribal dress anymore even though her another treat altogether – the continuous back again, soon. mother made the shawls by hand; they drizzle has added another dimension to were sold to raise money for every- the forests on either side. The air is red- millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 | 13 mp Trending STORIES IN A FRAME KOLKATA KALEIDOSCOPE Fun with Words

Some Shakespearean words you ought to know Anon Soon, shortly, presently Eg: Ham III.ii.272 [Hamlet to Ophelia] You shall see anon how the murderer gets the love of Gonzago’s wife Avaunt Begone, go away, be off Eg: Mac III.iv.92 [Macbeth to Banquo’s ghost] Avaunt, and quit my sight! Kolkata’s hand-pulled rickshaws and trams represent the British heritage left behind. A rickshaw-wallah’s day starts early at 5 in the morning Beshrew, ’shrew and ends late in the evening through a strenuous schedule, while the mere sight of Victoria memorial, Maidan and the clock tower at Esplanade, PICS: TIRTHANKAR DAS Curse, devil take, evil befall define the city’s vintage presence. Pilgrims resting before starting off to Gangasagar from the city are always a treat for the photographic eye. Eg: MND II.ii.60 [Hermia to Lysander] much beshrew my manners and my pride / If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied SEND YOUR ORIGINAL SNAPS ALONG WITH YOUR NAME AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE STORY BEHIND THEM TO [email protected]. IF WE LIKE THEM, WE’LL PUBLISH THEM! Perforce ADMIRAL CHEST MUTINY (1)Forcibly, by force, violently BENBOW INN COAST PARROT Eg:CE IV.iii.94 [Courtesan alone, of An- BRAIN DRAIN APPLE BARREL COMPASS PIRATES tipholus of Syracuse] He rushed into my ASHORE COVE PISTOL house and took perforce / My ring away SUDOKU WORD SEARCH BEACH CREW QUARTER- (2)Of necessity, with no choice in the mat- BEN GUNN CUTLASS MASTER ter BILLY BONES DR LIVESEY SAIL Eg: E3 III.i.182 [Mariner to King John, BLACK DOG GUINEAS SCHOONER ofthe navies] we perforce were fain to give BUCCANEER HISPANIOLA SEAFARING them way BURIED GOLD ISLAND SEAMEN CABIN BOY ISRAEL SHIP Prate CANNON HANDS SKELETON Prattle, chatter, blather BALLS JIM HAWKINS SPY-GLASS Eg: CE II.ii.202 [Luciana to Dromio of CANNONS JOLLY ROGER SQUIRE Syracuse] Why pratest thou to thyself CAPE LOGBOOK TRELAWNEY Wot CAPTAIN LONG JOHN THE BLACK Learn, know, be told FLINT SILVER SPOT Eg: AC I.v.22 [Cleopatra to Charmian, as if CAPTAIN MAROONED TREASURE to Antony’s horse] wot’st thou whom thou SMOLLETT MUSKET WALRUS mov’st?

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A teacher asked a student to write 55. Student asked: How? Teacher: Write 5 and beside it another 5! The student wrote 5 and stopped. Finish the proverb: Teacher: What are you waiting for? Student: I don’t know which side to write the chuckles An ______of prevention is worth a pound of cure. other 5!

CRÈME BRULEE INGREDIENTS Egg yolks Cups whipping cream Cup granulated sugar Teaspoon vanilla Boiling water Teaspoons granulated sugar METHOD Heat oven to 250 degrees and place the ceramic ramekins in CABBAGE THROAN a pan. Take a small bowl and beat the eggs with yolks with a brisk. Keep stirring the whipping cream along with granulated Stir fried cabbage with coconut sugar and the vanilla. Now add the egg yolks until they get INGREDIENTS fully blended and pour the mixture into the ramekins. Cabbage 1kg Place the pan along with ramekins in oven. Add boiling water Coconut 200 gm into the pan and let covers the two-thirds of the height of the Dried red chilli 2 pc ramekins. Bake it for 30-40 minutes. Take out the ramekins Mustard seeds ½ tsp ad cool it to room temperature for about 2 hour. Onion/Shallots 150 gm Cover tightly with the plastic and let it chilled. Ginger 10 gm Uncover ramekins, blot the liquid from top of custards Green chillies 4 nos with paper towel. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons granulated sugar over the custard, caramelize sugar on each custard by heating. Curry leaves few sprigs (Courtesy: Chef Choong Chew Loon,Royal China) Turmeric powder a pinch GASTRONOMY Red chillies powder a pinch Salt to taste Lemon juice (optional) 1 lemon TRICOLOR PASTA SALAD

METHOD Olive Oil Mix all the ingredients in a Wash and shred the cabbage. Grate the coconut in a coconut grater. Peel, wash and INGREDIENTS 250 grams, Del Monet 1 tablespoon, dried basil bowl and whisk well. Keep slice the onion. Peel, wash and make juliennes of ginger. Wash and remove the stem of 1 tablespoon, vinegar the dressing aside for 10 green chillies and slit. Wash and pat dry curry leaves. Tricolor Spirali 12 to 15, Del Monte Black 1 teaspoon, honey minutes. In a bowl, add COOKING Olives, sliced 1 teaspoon, crushed garlic cooked pasta, olives and Add the the mustard seeds in coconut oil until the crackling sound follows, and then add 2 to 3, hard boiled eggs Salt and pepper to taste corns. Add the dressing to the whole red chillies, curry leaves, shallots, slit green chillies and ginger juliennes. ½ cup, sweet corn, boiled mixture and toss well. Add the cabbage, turmeric powder and salt. Sauté on high flame. METHOD Dish out the salad in a serving When the cabbage is sautéed well finish with grated coconut. Cook the pasta as per the bowl, top with halved eggs (Courtesy: Chef Ashwani Kumar Singh, The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel) FOR SALAD DRESSING 75 ml, Del Monte Extra Virgin packet instructions. and serve cold. 14| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017|millenniumpost mp

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Aries (Mar 21–April 20) Taurus (April 21–May 21) You may have a lot to Pleasure options could do, but you could find call out to you over the much of the week rather week ahead, especially if distracting. It might be you’ve been busy on the best to test the waters before making any home front. After a period of hard work, YOUR LIFE, commitments or promises, especially if you might prefer to do something more they’re important. Something could occur relaxing that can act as a restorative and that would mean you’re unable to follow boost your spirits. This week, someone you through. And with a full moon in Pisces don’t see often could unexpectedly show midweek, emotions could also come to the up on your doorstep, and this could be an YOUR CHOICE fore, making it harder to know what’s best. excuse for a get-together. If love rules, then follow your heart, as Gemini (May 22– June 21) Cancer (June 22–July 22) There’s a focus on your It looks like the coming utlimately time is the only power and home zone, so the com- weeks are going to be ing weeks could offer a very busy, especially you should be your boss chance to get your place when it comes to general looking shipshape and fabulous. This might administrative tasks, writing, research, and involve removing clutter, redecorating, or online activities. This can also prove very reorganizing, all of which you’ll take in rewarding and bring many opportunities stride. The midweek full moon could bring to get your message out to the world and one family issue to a head, so stand back market your goods and services. You’ll still and resist the temptation to get involved if need to look out for mixed messages and you can. potential snafus until the end of the week.

ROOPSHA DASGUUPTA RAY Leo (July 23–Aug 23) Virgo (Aug 24– Sept 23) You could decide it’s time You’ll feel truly in your My mother doesn’t live with us. After for some cost-cutting mea- element this week as the divorce she lives in Oman. I miss her sures, because the focus on cosmic focus zeros in on always. I’m in class 7. How to cope with this? Heart your sector of money and your sign, encouraging Nilaa, Kolkata values is enhanced over the coming days. you to enjoy being you. This is not the Life is life, and you gotta accept it to of the This can be an opportunity to take stock, time to hold back but to openly express a certain extent. The wonderful thing but this is best done after the midweek full you needs, wishes, desires - and opinions, about mother is that no matter how Matter moon, which could encourage you to throw of course. But it might be wise to refrain far away she might be, you’ll always be caution to the wind and make a decision to from committing to an idea or opportuni- cosmically connected. But nonetheless, ty until early next week, when the stellar bring it to both your parents’ notice how ing because of you. This is true even if splurge on something you feel you need. much you miss your mother and long your name comes into the conversa- Keep the paperwork just in case. landscape will be much more stable. to be with her. Video chat with her and tion. In this case it has more to do with stay connected on phone as much as a disagreement between parenting styles possible. Request her to relocate to a and little to do with any misbehavior on Libra (Sept 24– Oct 23) Scorpio (Oct 24–Nov 22) place close to where you stay so that your part. Remember that it was never The emphasis falls on a Watch out for mixed frequently meeting her in person would or now your fault. Stay confident. Don’t quieter, more spiritual messages that could be easier. Do make visit plans with her let this issue get in the way of how you and ensure that she is aware of the void feel about yourself. Try to say a couple sector of your chart, so add a touch of confusion you feel. good things about yourself before you the cosmos is encourag- to a developing bond go to school or anywhere. Contact any If an inch of doubt remains, wait for the ing you to slow down or friendship. It might be easy to read My parents are always fighting, even senior family member if you feel there one who might wipe the ‘whether or not’ and pace yourself over this and coming more into a conversation or gesture than at the dinner table. My dad makes is an imminent threat of danger to any- syndrome someday weeks. This is your chance to find balance is there, which could prove embarrass- bitter sarcastic remarks, and my mom one in the house. and restore a sense of calm. But to do so, ing. However, if you can avoid making is just mean. I want to run away! you might need to resolve and release T.Sekhar, Noida I’m in a wrong relationship. I’m bro- act accordingly. Or, if you’re unable to Uma Devi, New Delhi promises, having too many expectations, issues that have been going on for some or putting this person on a pedestal, you Speak with one or both of your par- ken. What can I do? change the relationship, you can end Your life, your choice. If you truly time. ents about how their fighting affects Name unknown it altogether. This is incredibly diffi- feel that you want to settle down, please might be able to avoid any hitches. you. It is best you can do this with the Several actions can be taken to rid cult, but it applies to any relationship. do. If that inch of doubt remains, wait two of them present, so they can both ourselves of negative relationships. If someone is doing nothing but drain- for the one who might wipe the ‘whether know how you feel! During a fight, leave First, you can attempt to fix the ing your life, it’s perfectly acceptable to or not’ syndrome someday. If love rules, Sagittarius ( Nov 23–Dec 21) Capricorn ( Dec 22– Jan 20) the room if possible. Go into your room, relationship. Explain that you’re not tell them “This relationship is no longer please follow the heart. If it doesn’t, just If you haven’t had a put on your headphones and crank up attempting to change them as a per- right for me, so I must end it—I must live your life the way that makes you The focus in the coming the stereo if you must. The further away son; you simply want to change how move on.” It’s OK to move on. happy. Time is the only power and you weeks is on your sector of vacation all summer, the you are from the “line of fire” (ver- your relationship works. Finally, ask should be your boss. Don’t take any goals and career, which coming weeks could see bally speaking) the less likely you’ll be them what they’d like to change about I’m a widow, 38. I don’t know decision unless you are sure about it. could put you firmly in the you making some travel emotionally drained from the experi- the relationship. Ask them how you whether or not to remarry. What’s (Send your questions to spotlight. You could be quite competitive arrangements. With feisty Mars enter- ence. Recognize that they are not fight- can add more value. Listen attentively, your view? [email protected]) when it comes to grabbing key opportuni- ing your sector of exploration early this ties or applying for jobs. Take your time week, you might be eager to get away making decisions early in the week, when from it all and relax. Be careful when or- some influences could cause misunder- ganising your itinerary or traveling from ANURAG KASHYAP standings. Read the fine print to under- place to place. Confusion could cause a Born on September 10, 1972, in Gorakhpur, Anurag Kashyap is a film director, stand what you’re getting into. wrong turn. writer, producer and actor, known for his work in the Bollywood industry. He is widely considered the face of India’s new cinematic wave and has gained a strong cult fol- lowing. After writing a television serial, Kashyap got his major break as a co-writer Aquarius (Jan 21–Feb 18) Pisces (Feb 19 –March 20) in Ram Gopal Varma’s crime drama ‘Satya’ (1998), and made his directorial debut This week and coming Interactions could be with ‘Paanch’, which never had a theatrical release due to censorship issues. He then weeks could encourage busier and more intense went on to direct ‘Black Friday’ (2007), a film based on the book by Hussain Zaidi you to make deep- over the coming days about the 1993 Bombay bombings. Its release was held up for two years by the seated changes that and weeks. With feisty Central Board of Film Certification because of the pending verdict of the case at that mark a turning point for you. At the same Mars also moving through your sector of time, but was released in 2007 to widespread critical appreciation. His prominence relating, you might be more proactive increased with the two-part crime drama, ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ (2012). Apart from time, the present focus could also see you looking into money matters with a and willing to resolve issues that may filmmaking, Kashyap serves as the Member of board of the Mumbai-based NGO, have lingered on for too long. Things Aangan, which helps protect vulnerable children around India. He is the founder of view toward streamlining your present two film production companies as well. For his contributions to films, the Government situation and getting a better return on could get quite excitable around the time of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts investments. Wait a few days before you of the full moon, so go easy. Avoid doing You share your birthday with birthday your share You and Letters) in 2013. commit. You could change your mind. anything that you might regret later. Catering to crazy cats! Never hit, shout, chase, or lose your temper with a cat. You will simply terrify it making it nervous and confused

A cat in my building keeps scratching me ruled out, then the veterinarian will move even when he is very familiar with me. on to other causes that might interfere with Why would he do that? hair growth such as metabolic or endo- React calmly. Never hit, shout, chase, crine based diseases. or lose your temper with a cat. You will Causes of hair loss in cats can be: par- simply terrify the cat and cause it to Heads asites, such as mites (mange, ear mites); become nervous and confused .Never call fungal infections like ringworm; abscesses a cat to you and then punish it. The cat (usually caused by bite wounds from other hasn’t got a clue why you’re responding animals); a sort of obsessive / compulsive negatively to him. In fact, the cat probably disease. Some cats lick and bite and over- expects a pleasant response if you call it. tails groom to the point of hair loss due to psy- Remove yourself from the situation & stop chological reasons.; Endocrine diseases touching the cat and then hold your hands Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, such as hyperthyroidism, Cushings disease well out of striking range. Walk away and MP & Union Cabinet (rare), and diabetes; A reaction to a med- do not return until he has calmed down. Minister, also an eminent ication or other substance taken orally; Give the cat a way out. If you are trying to Contact dermititis - a reaction to direct sulphur dips. get from one room to another and a hiss- animal rights activist and contact with something irritating or aller- Psychogenic - Behaviour modification, ing, snarling cat blocks the way, look at environmentalist answers genic; Dry skin. keeping your cat in a stress free environ- the situation from his viewpoint. The cat Millennium Post readers TREATMENTS: ment and drug therapy (if other meth- believes he is trapped and you are walk- queries related to animal ods fail). ing towards him, which he perceives as Ringworm - Lime sulphur dips, anti- Abscess - Draining of the abscess and a threat. He wants to run but there is no welfare issues fungal drugs. antibiotics. escape route so he must defend himself Food allergies - Switching to a novel or Drug reaction - Switching or discontinu- by attacking. The simple solution is to step you may pet it lightly and stop if it shows low allergenic diet. ing medications. aside, let the cat pass (which he will do at displeasure. Cats are not dogs – they are Hyperthyroidism - Radioactive iodine Seborrhoea - Shampoos, omega-3 fatty speed) and then go about your way. Maybe much more independent. First, stop your cat from licking the induced (skin itch causes cats to groom to destroy the tumour, or surgery to acids, antibiotics. the cat doesn’t want to be petted and he is spot. The best way to do it is to use a head excessively, pulling out the hair), or due remove it, followed by lifelong replace- Stud tail - Antiseborrheic shampoos, simply informing you of that. Like humans, My cat has a spot at the base of her tail collar that you can get from a pet shop. She to a metabolic disease. The most common ment of thyroid hormones. neutering (where possible). some animals don’t want to be touched and that is losing hair. She is constantly lick- may have local infection or skin allergy cause is skin itch resulting from a reaction Inhalant allergy - Avoidance of the aller- (Views expressed and information pro- this should be respected. If the cat comes ing it. What can cause this and what can that is aggravated by constant licking. The to fleas or some type of allergy. If an allergic gen if possible. vided are personal; Send your questions to to you himself and rubs against you, then I do to relieve it? first step is to note if the hair loss is self- reaction to fleas or some other substance is Notoedric mange - Clipping, weekly lime [email protected]) millennium post | NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017 | 15 mp Game On

The Lankas have indeed looked like a shadow of their former self. However, to single out their bad form as the reason for India's tour white wash would be stealing credit from Virat Kohli's men, writes Sridhar Venkatesh Total domination by India, meek submission from Lanka ith a thumping seven- was less vocal about the confusion over up a storm. In his four innings, Dhoni wicket win in the lone T20 the selection of players and had a decent remained unbeaten every single time. international on Wednes- 15 months, till he resigned in June. One He may have scored just one fifty, but day, India completed a of the main reasons for Ford’s resigna- that statistic does no justice to his bril- Wfull-fledged white wash against the hosts tion was believed to be repeated inter- liance. The former Indian skipper’s intel- Sri Lanka across all three formats of the vention from Asanka Gurusinha, the ligence was on display in the second ODI, gentleman’s game. Many factors can be team’s manager, in the former’s coach- when the match seemed to be getting out attributed towards India’s thoroughly ing affairs. In fact, Ford’s contract was of India’s hands, after K L Rahul, Kedar dominant performance against their sub- supposed to last till the 2019 ICC World Jadhav and Kohli were dismissed in quick continental neighbours, the least of which Cup, if not for constant meddling by succession, by the wily off-spinner Akila is not the fact that the Lankan side which Gurusinha(reportedly), who is also one Dananjaya. Coming to the crease after hosted India was a highly inexperienced of the selectors of the national team. Kohli’s dismissal, Dhoni decided to take squad. Selection problems have been plagu- charge of the game. But this was not the In four of the five ODIs, India was ing Sri Lankan cricket for a while now. usual way people had seen him. Calm put to chase the Sri Lankan side’s rather And on August 29, these problems as never before, Dhoni fended off the meagre targets, all below the now con- reached the hilt when the five member 24-year-old off-spinner’s variations in sidered to be regular above 250 mark. selection panel, led by former skipper the air and surprising googlies by taking In the fourth ODI, Sri Lanka had to bat Sanath Jayasuriya, tendered their resigna- singles and twos. It was Bhuvneshwar second to chase a monumental target of tion en masse. At this point, the Lions had Kumar, surprisingly, who stole the show 376 in 50 overs set by India. The Lankan already conceded the ODI series after los- by taking the majority of the strike and lions floundered from the start itself, ing the first three games. Fans, too, have scoring a match winning 53, with four with openers Niroshan Dickwella and been disappointed, to say the least, with boundaries and a six. Dhoni was content Dilshan Munaweera – playing only his many throwing plastic bottles at the pitch with his relaxed 45 not out, having led the second ODI – fell for paltry scores of 14 during the third ODI. The Lankan team team to victory, as he often has. and 11, respectively. The experienced has indeed looked like a shadow of their The series also was responsible for all-rounder Angelo Mathews did try to former self. However, to single out their Dhoni attaining some incredible mile- resist the Indian bowling attack by scor- bad form as the reason for India’s tour stones, including his 300th ODI cap. In ing 70, but he found no support from his white wash would be stealing credit from the fifth ODI, Dhoni recorded his 100th teammates. Youngsters Kusal Mendis and Virat Kohli’s men. Sri Lanka has always stumping in an ODI game, the highest Wanindu Hasaranga could not do much been a happy hunting ground for Kohli, by any wicketkeeper in the history of the with the bat either, leading to a meek col- and he proved it true during his second shorter format. Dhoni’s unbeaten 49 in lapse, with the team getting all out for just tour to the island as captain. the fourth ODI was the 73rd instance he 207 in 42.4 overs. During the three Tests, India was remained not out in an ODI game, also Throughout the five ODIs, none of the domineering from the very start, bat- the highest for any batsman in ODIs. Sri Lankan top order batsmen showed ting first in all three games and setting Meanwhile, Kohli scored his 30th consistency. Not one batsman scored a up mammoth totals. The series’ highest ODI century in the fifth ODI, becoming ton and only four of them had scores of scorer and Indian opener Shikhar Dha- the joint second-highest in the list of cen- fifty runs of above, namely Dickwella, wan was top notch, scoring two tons in batsmen were then ripped apart one by ODI performances, Kohli showed why he the ODI series, scoring a ton in the first tury makers. While the Delhi batsman’s Milinda Siriwardana, Lahiru Thirimane, four innings that he played. Middle-order one by India’s bowling attack. As expected, and his team are a force to reckon with. and hitting a run-a-ball 49 in the second form with the bat showed no signs of and Mathews. Even the experienced likes walls Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra He proved his authority with the bat by ODI. His partner-in-crime Rohit Sharma deteriorating, it was his astute captaincy of Chamara Kapugedera and Upul Tha- Rahane were solid as always, both getting Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav reaped the best hitting an unbeaten 82 in the first ODI had a relatively better outing, with a fifty throughout the series that won plaudits ranga failed to rescue the team when a century in the series as well. The sting out of the sub-continental conditions and and two centuries in the last two games. and two dominating centuries over the from everyone. Young chinaman Kuldeep some stability was needed in the Lankan in the Indian tail, however, was a pleas- tore through the Lankan top order. Even The skipper also scored a quickfire 82 off five games. Yadav, who played in the last two ODIs to innings. ant surprise, with the likes of all-rounder seamers Mohammed Shami and Umesh just 54 balls in the only T20 to give India The highlight of the ODI series, as was scalp three wickets, has praised the skip- In the wake of the 3-0 drubbing at Hardik Pandya scoring a brilliant more- Yadav, and all-rounder Hardik Pan- a comfortable win, chasing a score of 171. seen in the three Tests, was the Indian per’s rotation policy during the tour. It the hands of India in the Test series, than-a-run-a-ball ton in the third Test. dya got to scalp a few. In terms of Opening batsman Dhawan, once again middle order. A reborn Mahendra Singh is this policy that gave both youngsters Sri Lanka’s coach Nic Pothas expressed Once India’s stellar batting line- showed his class in Dhoni steadied the Indian ship, whenever – like him and Axar Patel – and experi- his frustration with up set up the wall, the Sri Lankan the Sri Lankan bowling attack whipped enced work horses like Jadhav and Yuzh- the selection pro- vendra Chahal opportunities in the ODIs cess. His prede- to show their skills. cessor Graham Ford, however, 16| NEW DELHI|SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2017|millenniumpost mp Everybody has to know for themselves what they’re capable of Film - Daniel Day-Lewis

When will the industry admit that star power can no longer ensure a good opening and focus squarely on content? Open & Shut

e have just slid over the has done movies like Wanted, Dabangg, Ek first half of 2017, and the Tha Tiger, Sultan and others, which created Hindi film industry is going certain expectations of him as an actor. through its usual roller- People don’t want to see him in the kind Wcoaster of ups and downs. But this year of roles that he played in Tubelight. With has been particularly surprising. While so- Jab Harry Met Sejal, the title itself was not called underdogs like Hindi Medium and appealing and the trailer reveals the entire Lipstick Under My Burkha left the audi- plot, leaving no intrigue or anticipation. I ence stunned with their substantial con- have watched all these three movies (Tube- tent, A-lister movies have done the exact light, JHMS and Jagga Jasoos) and they have opposite. This year, we have seen many neither comedy, nor entertainment, excite- films by Bollywood biggies, that were on ment, or suspense. Besides, the music of the ‘Much-Awaited 2017’ list, disappoint these films was not appealing. Music has at the ticket counter on the very first day. the ability to considerably boost first-day Not long ago, films of actors like collections. An example of this is the film Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Shah Roy. The movie was not at all good and the Rukh Khan would assure massive open- audience found it very boring. The film ings on Fridays. But it seems times have still earned 10 crore on its first day thanks changed as the films of these stars are to its songs. If it were up to the content opening with numbers that are much alone, the film would have made just 1-2 lower than expected. Tinsel Town’s Bhai crore. So, with bad music and repetitive aka Salman Khan’s Tubelight released on stories, how will films like Tubelight, Jagga his favoured Eid weekend this year but it Jasoos and JHMS get the audience excited managed to earn only 21.15 crore, which to watch them? Why would people spend was much less than what the industry wal- good money on bad films? They could eas- lahs had predicted. ily spend it on another source of entertain- Ranbir’s Jagga Jasoos went through ment, like at an amusement park. many delays and finally released last month, to a poor opening of `7.75 crore. PS RAMANATHAN, DISTRIBUTOR, And the latest addition to this list is of Shah RAJSHRI PRODUCTIONS: Today’s audi- Rukh’s Jab Harry Met Sejal, which proved ence is very discerning and has its fin- to be the biggest letdown for the audience ger on the pulse of films before they even this year. The much-hyped film, which release. Besides, Tubelight or Jab Harry could have benefitted from the collabo- Met Sejal could not pick up later thanks to ration of ‘the king of romance’ SRK and a weak screenplay. Word-of-mouth pub- director Imtiaz Ali, made only `14.11 crore licity made sure everyone knew that the across India on its first Friday. movie had a weak script and the music Then there’s Arjun Kapoor, who is was not catchy. On the other hand, films known for getting a very good day one like Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Chennai Express (look at his previous movies and their first- are good examples of strong content lead- day collections). His film,Mubarakan , too ing to box office success as word spreads failed to take a flying start. Surprisingly, quickly and these movies enjoyed a good compared to its first day, the film’s collec- first day and a good run, overall. tions saw an upward trend and it did very good business on Saturday and Sunday. BHUMIKA TEWARI, HEAD – INDIA Also, Tiger Shroff has a huge follow- FILM DISTRIBUTION, ZEE STUDIOS: ing among young people and his films I strongly believe that content has been too would take a flying start but he wasn’t working at the box office like never before, able to repeat that with his latest release especially for the last two years. Audience Munna Michael. However, the film racked is now relating to a good story line as well up decent collections on day one but it was as a tight script. Thanks to the strong dig- less than expected. ital push in India. Audience no longer While we know that the shelf life of watch a movie because it features a star these films grew shorter due to the nega- and are demanding the full package – good tive reviews and unfavourable word-of- story-telling and a good subject. Gone mouth publicity, it makes us question why your film? It’s time we accept that star cast have seen the chemistry between Anushka are the days when a star could pull in the names like these were not able to pull in the RAJESH THADANI, MULTI MEDIA doesn’t matter to the audience any more. DEBASHISH DEY, AUM MOVIES, and Shah Rukh Khan before, so there was crowds. audience even on opening day. Earlier, our COMBINES, MUMBAI, DISTRIBUTOR: Filmmakers need to come up with new and WEST BENGAL, DISTRIBUTOR: The nothing new to watch in this film. The cliché ‘content is king’ has finally superstars would, without fail, guarantee There are so many reasons a film does more sensible concepts. audience keeps its finger on the pulse of come true. Call it unpredictable or discern- a great day one, at least, but going by the badly on its opening day. Tubelight, Jagga a movie and that determines its outcome. ARIJIT DUTTA, PIYALI FILMS, ing, either way, movie-goers have begun to recent releases, NOT ANY MORE. Jasoos, Munna Michael and even Jab Harry AJAY BAGDAI, RAJIV TRADE LINK, For example, we recently saw director- WEST BENGAL, DISTRIBUTOR: Today weigh their options carefully before they There was a time when movies Met Sejal were expected to do well. But the GUJARAT, DISTRIBUTOR: Weak story actor jodi Kabir Khan and Salman Khan the audience is much smarter than the buy movie tickets. They go ahead only if ran in cinemas for weeks and months, trailers of some of these movies were not lines are affecting openings and that is working together in Tubelight but despite industry thinks. A film’s trailer, newspa- the word-of-mouth is good. sometimes even years. However, in attractive, some just did not work, and reflected in the performance of films this great jodi, the film failed to take a giant per coverage, songs, promotions etc. give the last decade, a new phenomenon has even the songs did not make any special with a star cast like Ranbir Kapoor and opening at the box office. Another factor a 30-per cent idea about a film, and films GANDHARV SHARMA, RED ROCKS emerged, i.e., Highest Day 1, Highest connection with the audience. It is very Katrina Kaif in Jagga Jasoos; Salman khan that influences the perception of a film is its like Jagga Jasoos, Tubelight and Jab Harry MULTIPLEX, OWNER: Shah Rukh Khan Weekend and Highest First Week. But important for your first look to connect in Tubelight; Arjun Kapoor–Anil Kapoor title, which is a good indicator of what the Met Sejal have failed to connect with the has not been getting the right content for if our biggies can no longer guarantee, a with your audience. If you fail at that stage, in Mubarakan; and Shah Rukh Khan and movie is all about. That’s where the game audience in terms of songs, dialogue pro- a while now. And Jab Harry Met Sejal is Great Day One, never mind a Highest Day your film’s opening will suffer. Anushka Sharma in Jab Harry Met Sejal. starts. If the title is amazing and the film mos, teasers, trailers etc. That could be a not a very good movie. I wouldn’t say it One, what can we expect from the com- All these films failed to take big openings has a good star cast, it bodes very well for major reason these films failed to take a is even a one-time watch. Content is defi- ing Fridays? What does the future hold? BRIJESH TONDON, HK TONDON & at the box office. the film. But titles such as Tubelight and good opening. nitely the most important element that Where are we headed? In times when a COMPANY, DELHI-UP, DISTRIBUTOR: And that’s because, nowadays, the audi- Jab Harry Met Sejal are not attractive titles. determines the outcome of a film, and long run in cinemas is ruled out, how are The audience looks to trailers and teasers ence’s choices have changed. If a film has a I think it’s time Indian filmmakers GAURAV RUPAREL, GIRISH PIC- with the Salman Khan-starrer Tube- we going to recover our investments when to get an idea of what films are all about, tired or hackneyed story line, why would pulled up their socks and worked harder TURES, DISTRIBUTOR, SAURASHTRA: light too, the content wasn’t good. Peo- our films fail to take even a flying start? and if these elements do not appeal to the they pay good money to watch it? Movie- to improve our cinema. Also, talking about The movies we are talking about disap- ple are not interested in watching Let’s take stock of this conundrum audience and are not appreciated, there is goers are interested only in those films Jab Harry Met Sejal… Shah Rukh needs pointed with their trailers itself. Salman Salman Khan with his brother Sohail before things get worse. We talked to trade a good chance that your film will fail on its whose trailers promise something new and to work on concepts other than romantic Khan’s films are usually very glamorous but Khan, on screen together. Salman Khan wallahs and asked them for their opinion opening day itself. If you fail to impress the different. Sadly, we don’t see many films ones. The film didn’t even have great songs the trailer of Tubelight hinted that he was is a brand but people don’t think much of on this predicament. audience, why would they go and watch based on new concepts. except ‘Beech beech mein’. Besides, people playing a different type of role this time. He Sohail’s acting skills. BOX OFFICE INDIA