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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 22 | Monday, 22 January 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS MRI SCAN FACILITY CENTRE RELIEVES NADAL FIGHTS OFF WHEN YOU BELIEVE LYING DEFUNCT AT CISF CHIEF OP SINGH; SCHWARTZMAN TO IN YOUR WORK, PANT HOSPITAL FOR TO TAKE OVER AS UP BOOK QUARTER- WORLD BELIEVES LAST 1 YEAR PG3 DGP PG5 FINAL BERTH PG14 TOO: IRRFAN PG16 India won’t hesitate to PM DEFENDS GOVT’S ECONOMIC POLICIES AAP MAY APPROACH APEX COURT cross border: Rajnath President Kovind gives nod Next Budget may not be to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs SAYANTAN GHOSH populist, hints PM Modi NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday accepted the recommendation of the Elec- MPOST BUREAU tion Commission to disqualify 20 MPOST BUREAU Tough talk lawmakers of Delhi’s ruling Aam NEW DELHI: Prime Minister »»Demonetisation a success Aadmi Party, for violating the LUCKNOW: Union Home Minister Rajnath Narendra Modi on Sunday indi- provisions of the Office of Profit. elections in the 20 assembly seats, Singh on Sunday said India has shown it can cated that the upcoming Budget »»It is a myth that common Under the provisions, lawmakers giving the opposition BJP and Con- attack its enemies not only on its soil but also in would not be a populist one and man wants sops and cannot hold any post in the gov- gress a chance to increase their foreign territory if need be. Singh’s remarks came it’s a myth that the common man freebies ernment that entitles them to perks tally. The BJP has four seats in the almost a week after the Indian Army carried out expects “freebies and sops” from or powers unless a law has been house, the Congress none. a “retaliatory action” against Pakistani troops, the government. »»Open to plug loopholes passed to exempt the posts. AAP AAP legislators, who moved killing seven of their soldiers and injuring four In an interview with Times in GST has described the Commission’s the Delhi High Court on Friday, others along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Now television broadcast on recommendation as “unconstitu- did not get any interim relief. The Poonch district. Sunday, he also pledged that “India has shown its eco- tional and undemocratic”. The leg- court posted the matter for hearing “A few months ago, Pakistan, in an act of his government will stay on the nomic strength to the world, and islators have also appealed in high on Monday. The court had earlier cowardice, attacked and martyred 17 of our course of the reforms agenda so it is but obvious that the world court, which will hear the matter quashed the AAP government’s jawans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi con- that has pulled out India from wants to know India, it wants to on Monday. order appointing 21 legislators sulted all of us on this serious issue, and the being among the ‘fragile five’ know India directly (from the A notification from President as parliamentary secretaries as it Indian Army entered the Pakistani area and economies of the world to being top leader) (and) understand it,” Ram Nath Kovind’s office said, lacked the approval of the Lieuten- killed the militants,” Singh said at a public meet- a ‘bright spot’. Modi said. “Having considered the matter in ant Governor, the administrative ing here. Modi stoutly defended “India has become a land of the light of the opinion expressed head of Delhi. “India’s image in the world has become that his economic policies, saying great opportunity now,” he said. by the Election Commission, I, “We had hoped to go to the of a strong nation, and we have given a strong demonetisation was “a huge suc- “India has become an attractive Ram Nath Kovind, president of President asking him to give us a message to the world that we can attack our cess story” and that he was open address farmers’ issues. is a myth,” he said, according to investment destination.” India, in exercise of the powers... chance to present ourselves. Now enemies not only on our soil but also in their to changes in the new Goods Times Now provided a tran- the transcript. The prime minister said insti- do here hold that the aforesaid we received this news. AAP will territory,” he said. and Services Tax (GST) to plug script of the interview ahead of The common man, he said, tutions like the IMF and World 20 members of the Delhi legisla- knock the doors of HC and even Singh said India wants to maintain a friendly loopholes and make it a more its broadcast on Sunday. expects honest governance. “He Bank and rating agencies like tive assembly stand disqualified SC if needed,” said Delhi law min- relationship with its neighbour. efficient ‘one-nation-one- tax’ Asked if his government will doesn’t demand sops and free- Moody’s are all complimenting from being members of the said ister Gopal Rai. “But Pakistan is not mending its ways,” he system. turn populist in its last full-year bies. It is our myth.” steps taken by India. assembly”. While chief minister Arvind says. He rejected criticism of pro- Budget before the general elec- Modi said his government Attacking critics of demon- The disqualification of the 20 Kejriwal did not directly respond Singh said that under the leadership of Prime viding a jobless growth, saying tions in 2019, Modi said the was taking decisions to fulfil etisation, Modi said people lawmakers will not endanger AAP’s to the goings-on, the party’s official Minister Narendra Modi, the country’s economy “lies” were being spread about issue falls under the ambit of the the needs and aspirations of the attempted to “ignite a fire, incite government. AAP has 66 seats in Twitter handle did post a statement is moving ahead at a fast pace. employment generation and his finance minister, and he does not common man. riots and knocked at doors of the the 70-member assembly. Its num- from him: “They really tormented “..and now even the global economists and government’s policies were ori- want to interfere in it. About being the first prime Supreme Court. bers will now be down to 46 seats, us, got false cases registered against experts accept this,” he said. ented towards creating jobs. “But those who have seen me minister to be addressing ple- They tried everything pos- which is well past the half-way our legislators, launched a CBI raid Singh was addressing the meeting of Acknowledging farm dis- as the chief minister (of Guja- nary at the World Economic sible just to save those who mark of 35. against me, but they never got any- ‘Bharatiya Railway Maal Godaam Shramik tress, he said it was the responsi- rat) and also as the prime minis- Forum in Davos this week, he were hoarding black money, The President’s approval of the thing. In the end, they finally got 20 Sangh’ here on Sunday. bility of the Centre and the state ter (would know) common man said this had been made possible to save the corrupt, to save the Election Commission’s recom- of our MLAs disqualified.” He said he would take up the issues and governments to identify and does not want all these things. It because India has progressed. dishonest.” WITH PTI INPUTS mendation paves the way for by- More reports on P3 problems of the railway labourers with higher authorities. SC work allocation system 18 killed in AVID BOOK-LOVER Trying to bring Taliban attack on petrol, diesel under GST to be made public: Sources Afghan hotel DHARMENDRA PRADHAN MPOST BUREAU follow the roster system of alloca- tion of work prevalent in the Delhi NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India High Court. Dipak Misra has examined sugges- “We are quite hopeful that the CJI In today’s tions from stakeholders to bring in all likelihood is going to accept our transparency in allocation of sensitive suggestions and all misunderstanding paper PILs to judges and is likely to bring in that has come out in the open after the the public domain soon the system he press conference of the four judges ... is going to adopt for it, sources close can be resolved,” Singh said. CITY to him said on Sunday. He said that a system for alloca- KABUL: A Taliban assault on They said that the listing of two tion of cases identical to that in the the Intercontinental Hotel in ‘11 DAILY DEATHS IN GGN PVT HOSPITALS’ 4 petitions demanding an indepen- Delhi High Court is followed in the Afghanistan’s capital killed at NATION dent probe into the death of CBI spe- Bombay High Court. least 18 people, including 14 cial judge B H Loya before a bench The SC website confirmed that it foreigners, and pinned security NGT ORDERS ‘INTENSIVE SURVEY’ OF RIVERS 6 headed by the CJI manifests that all would be heard by a bench headed by forces down for more than 13 issues, including allo- the CJI. hours before the last attacker EDIT cation of cases, raised Sources said that was killed on Sunday, with the by the four senior- some of the judges casualty toll expected to rise. CIVILISATIONAL GLORY 8 most judges in their who are the future The heavily-guarded lux- INTERNATIONAL controversial January CJIs – justices S A ury hotel is popular among for- 12 press conference, Bobde, N V Ramana, eigners and Afghan officials. OVER 25K MURDERED IN MEXICO IN 2017 10 are being considered. UU Lalit and D Y Interior Ministry spokesman A book lover at a book shop inside Dal Lake at Nehru Park in Srinagar PTI The Loya case peti- Chandrachud – have Najib Danish said the 18 killed BUSINESS tions will come up for been holding parleys included 14 foreigners and ONGC HIKES DEBT-RAISING BY 40% 13 hearing on Monday. with the CJI to resolve a telecommunications offi- The sources said that Justice Misra the crisis that hit the judiciary after cial from the western Farah Om Prakash Rawat appointed new CEC, Ashok SPORT has held deliberations with fellow the January 12 presser. province who was attending a judges and also taken into account the They also said that the judges who conference. “11 of the 14 for- MADRID OUT OF TOP FOUR 15 suggestions put forth by the Supreme have been having talks with the CJI eigners killed were employees Lavasa made Election Commissioner Court Bar Association (SCBA) and a for bringing the house in order were of KamAir, a private Afghan clear-cut roster system is likely to be also not happy that the four senior- airline,” said Danish. KamAir NEW DELHI: Election com- heid elections there. Former FOR ADVERTISING followed in the apex court for an allo- most judges went public with their also put out an announcement missioner Om Prakash Rawat finance secretary Ashok Lavasa kindly contact at 9810195709 cation of cases. grievances. saying some of their flights will take over as chief election has been appointed the new or “The apex court registry is very After January 18, there was no were disrupted because of the commissioner (CEC) on Janu- election commissioner. [email protected] likely to upload on its website the meeting between the CJI and the four attack. Ukraine says one of its ary 23, news agency ANI has The appointment of the decision of the CJI on the allocation judges as Justice Chelameswar was citizens was killed in the attack. reported. election commissioner was of matters. The system will be brought out of the national capital on a sched- Ten other people, including six The 64-year-old former made as a vacancy would have FOR SUBSCRIPTION in the public domain as to who will uled visit to Chennai and Bengaluru. from the security forces, were IAS officer will succeed Achal arisen in the three-member kindly contact at 8800854665 hear what categories of cases,” a highly There is a likelihood that the CJI reported wounded and more Kumar Joti, the incumbent also deputed to South Africa poll panel after the retirement or placed source said. When contacted, and the four judges would meet on than 150 people, including 41 CEC. He has previously held in May 1994 as the United of Joti on Monday. [email protected] SCBA President Vikas Singh said Monday before the court commences foreigners, were rescued from various portfolios at the Cen- Nations’ election observer to Sunil Arora is the other there was a demand from the bar to hearings, the sources said. the hotel, Danish said. P-10 tre and in the states. He was oversee the first post-apart- election commissioner. P-5 Owner of fire-ravaged Bawana VILLAGERS LEAVE HOMES TO ESCAPE PAK SHELLING firecracker storage unit arrested Border hamlets resemble ghost towns as over 40K people flee ABHAY SINGH Seven of those killed have been identified as Baby Devi ANIL BHATT vacated. We have evacuated a large Over 5000 cattle have been shifted NEW DELHI: Police have (40), Afshana (35), Sonam (23), number of people from Arnia and from various border hamlets to safer arrested the owner of the fire- Reeta (18), Nadeen (55), Rakho R S PURA: The bustling settlement of border hamlets. Most of the hamlets places, he said. cracker storage (65) and Dharma Arnia and a chain of border hamlets are now vacated”. In Samba and Ramgarh sectors unit in Bawana Devi (45), he along the Indo-Pak border now wear Choudhary, who led the police of Samba district, over 5000 people where 17 people said. The fire had an empty look, with over 40,000 villag- from the front in carrying out a mas- have migrated besides over 3000 from were killed in a started in the stor- ers abandoning their homes to escape sive evacuation of the border popula- Hiranagar sector of Kathua district. massive blaze on age unit on the heavy shelling by Pakistani forces. tion from R S Pura and Arnia sectors, Hundreds of grass houses (Kul- Saturday. ground floor of the Arnia town, with a population said houses and cattle had borne the las) have also been gutted and bovines Chief Minis- two-storey build- of 18,000, resembles a ghost town brunt of the shelling. killed in a fire triggered by bursting of ter Arvind Kejri- ing and ripped with only a few people left each in its Deputy Commissioner Jammu, mortar bombs fired by Pakistan troops wal has ordered an inquiry into through the structure. Of the adjoining hamlets to take care of ani- mals and splinter marks on the walls. After heavy cross-border shelling Kumar Rajeev Ranjan said 58 villages in Jeora farm, popularly known as the incident. 17 killed, ten were women. A mals and guard homes. Dressed in battle fatigues and bullet- for over two days, the family finally in Arnia and Suchetgarh sectors of “hamlet of milkmen”. Manoj Jain, who ran the man and woman were injured. Farming, schooling, cattle rearing proof jackets, jawans of the Border decided to leave their home along the Jammu district had been affected due The hamlet houses over 100 fami- factory, has been arrested. A Police said an FIR had been and everything else on which border Security Forces criss-cross through India- Pakistan border yesterday. to the shelling by Pakistan. lies and is famous for supplying milk probe revealed it was a factory registered under Indian Penal dwellers survive has come to a halt due borderline hamlets and paddy fields On Friday night, the situation got “Over 36,000 border dwellers have and other milk products to Jammu. of “cold firecrackers” used in Code (IPC) sections relat- to the shelling episodes. to take the position to give a befitting worse, and two shells hit our house migrated from their homes”, the DC Pakistan Rangers started shell- stage shows and Holi celebra- ing to culpable homicide not Villagers at the forefront of Paki- retaliation. Some families that had and damaged it, he said. said and added that 131 animals had ing areas along the IB on Wednesday, tions, said Rajneesh Gupta, amounting to murder, and neg- stani shelling say they feel they are initially decided to hold on to their “It had happened during the 1965 been killed, 93 injured besides dam- and till now nine people including six Deputy Commissioner of ligent conduct with respect to in a war zone with sounds of mortar homes have finally decided to move and the 1971 wars.Such large number age caused to 74 buildings and houses. civilians and four jawans have been Police (Rohini). fire or combustible material. bombs and rattle of automatic weap- after intense shelling. of mortar bombs had not since fallen While most of the border dwell- killed and nearly 60 people, includ- Firecracker packages found The maximum punishment ons booming in the area. Night after night, 80-year-old Yas- in Arnia,” he said. ers are living with their relatives, over ing over 50 civilians, injured along at the site suggest the same, he under the sections is 10 years. In the hamlets, the devastation is hpal and his family huddled together Sub Divisional Police Officer 1000 are camped in boarding and the IB and LoC in Jammu, Samba, said. Jain had rented the factory Jain was apprehended and visible all around – blood stains on the under a bed in one corner of their (SDPO), R S Pura, Surinder Choud- lodging places set up by the govern- Kathua, Rajouri and Poonch districts from January 1, the DCP said. questioned on Saturday. SeeP-4 floor, broken windows, injured ani- room as soon as the shelling started. hary said that “Arnia town has been ment in schools. of Jammu region. PTI 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 FDDI: Resurgence of NEW IDEAS IN 2018 OUR CORRESPONDENT

ecognizing the efforts made by Foot- wear Design and Development Insti- tute (FDDI) in the fields of education, skill development and nation building, Rthe institute has been awarded the status of ‘Insti- tution of National Importance’ under Footwear Design and Development Act, 2017. On this achievement, FDDI hosted Resurgence 2018 at its Noida Campus. The day’s events began with the auspi- cious lighting of the lamp. Minister of Commerce and Industry, Suresh Prabhu was supposed to be present as the chief guest but he was not able to make it to the Noida campus due to busy schedule. But the minister didn’t disappoint and made sure to convey his message through The lamp lighting ceremony of Footwear Design and Development a video call. Institute (FDDI), Noida. He said, “This is a rapidly growing sector. In the coming future, such institutes are going to prove beneficial to both students and industri- ter of a mysterious and seductive woman alists alike. FDDI has now achieved the status of whose charms ensnare her lovers, often being a University and it will continue growing like leading them into deadly situations. Life this in the future too.” in Kashi was captured by the students in Whereas, Arun Kumar Sinha, Managing Direc- a creative way by focusing on the little tor, FDDI in his addressal speech said, “For the first time, things in life. FDDI has organised to provide an opportunity for its first and A slight touch of ‘Midas’ second semester students to showcase their talent at interna- turned everything into gold and tional and national level respectively.” this is what happened at FDDI’s “Coming years will see India giving a tough competition to Noida campus when ‘Midas’ China. We don’t lack behind in anything,” added Sinha. designs walked the ramp. Many renowned leather industrialist also joined in the cele- A small film on FDDI bration which was followed by a sassy fashion event which envis- exhibited the various dimen- aged an assimilation of new ideas, thoughts, shapes, colours, sions where FDDI has worked textures and silhouettes. and tried to contribute to nation The garment and textile sector seems to be a huge affirma- building. The event saw the par- tion to the achievements of the ‘Make in India’ campaign. The ticipation of the who’s who of the leather and muslin sequence at the ramp highlighted the por- footwear and leather goods indus- tray of skills and talent of the youth of India today. try, which includes Puran Dawar, Next came Medusa on the ramp. Getting inspired by the Mukhtarul Amin, Inderdev Singh famous Baroque painting, Medusa by Caravaggio was concep- Musafir, Tauseef Mirza, RK Jalan tualised and designed and N Mohan. showcasing the Roy- Dileep Kapoor, Abhay Gupta alty of Baroque era and were present as the guests of venomous nature of honour at the programme, while Medusa. Deepak Chabbra, Abhishek Lal, Taking inspiration Aakash Sehgal, Uttam Kumar, from African culture Virender Awal, Nikhil Dua and pop art, students and Vivek Mohan were at FDDI showcased a recognised as the Star mix match of shady and Achiever Alumni of FDDI. poppy colours under The event concluded the theme of Samburu. with a vote of thanks by ‘Femme fatale’ was next the Executive Director of PICS/ NAVEEN SHARMA in line, where a charac- FDDI, Adarsh Kumar. DAYINDAYOUT Must-have shoes for men this year Reasons to use What’s on Around Town SOLO PAINTING EXHIBITION BESIDES the white sneakers and of its kind. 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Choosing effective visual vocabulary. people with narrow or smaller feet as experiment with layering. products: only vegan products will save you from harm- it fits better. They can be paired with 4High top sneakers: These 4Following a vegan beauty regime helps ful chemicals and cruel cosmetics and lowers WHEN: January 23 – 30 formal trousers, chinos and denims. shoes will keep your feet warm and you gain a healthy skin. Vitamins B and Vita- the chances of skin problems such as rashes, WHERE: Gandhi Art Gallery 4Wing tip brogues: Any wing at the same time add to your style min E regenerates the skin cells making your allergies, eczemas, acne, skin inflammation and TIMINGS: 10 am – 7:30 pm tip shoes are perfect for formal attire. quotient. Mix and match the print skin appear more soft and radiant and also other skin diseases. 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So head sharp and make good formal shoes. be mindful of the occasion – avoid 4Black casual shoes: Black tea and banana in shampoo, hair scrubs and not only kept in small cages and put through to Eros Hotel Nehru Place and indulge They can be paired with suits and garish coloured shoes for an upscale sneakers go well if you are going for conditioner helps in eradicating impurities and inhumane conditions, but they’re also subjected yourself into a unique Fondue experi- trousers with button-down shirts and formal event. Instead, one should go a monochromatic look or your game clearing the scalp, as a result in thicker, longer to tests that are cruel. 4 ence serving different varieties such as blazers. with the classics. is neutral colours. From high-tops to and stronger hair. Vegan products are free from beeswax, Classic Swiss Cheese Fondue, Double They are the go-to shoes for for- 4Chelsea boots: The laceless slip-ons, there are many options from 4Natural ingredients such as seaweed, tea collagen, gelatin, honey, carmine, cholesterol mal outfit and are here to stay. But boots are sleek and the most versatile which you can choose. IANS tree oil, vitamin E, aloe vera, chamomile and and other animal derived ingredients. IANS Mushroom Fondue, Dessert Fondue and much more. WHEN: January 31 WHERE: Blooms & Tea Lounge, Eros Hotel, Nehru Place Taking Khadi to every corner TIMINGS: 7pm – 11 pm THE UTOPIAN WORLD OUR CORRESPONDENT A solo show of paintings by Dr Amrit could sell Khadi with a very nominal initial capi- Kapoor, The Utopian World’ encompass tal investment, Saxena said that Khadi, from time togetherness, love, compassion and em- hadi would no longer be a proverbial item immemorial, had been associated with women pathy towards one and all. Dr Kapoor of outdated Khadi Bhandars. Taking seri- empowerment. ous notes of ensuring availability of this It may be noted that on November 16, 2017, have always dreamt of a utopian world; signature fabric at every doorstep, the KVIC had organised an interaction with CEOs of a world where peace and positivity KKhadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) retail chains and designers at WTC Mumbai, which go hand in glove and positive vibes in has introduced a new initiative of opening exclusive was addressed by V K Saxena and Secretary MSME, the environment result in a constructive ‘Khadi Korners’ in major malls and supermarkets AK Panda. The objective was to give retail pres- society. This is what one will feel in the in the country. On January 12 this year, an MOU ence to Khadi in major malls and retail stores. Sub- exhibition. WHEN: January 21 – 24 between KVIC and Globus chains of stores for setting sequently, convergence has been established with WHERE: India Habitat Centre up of exclusive Khadi stores named ‘Khadi Korner’ Globus Stores, a unit of Raheja Group and ‘Khadi TIMINGS: 11 am – 7 pm was signed at Mumbai. The first shop-in-shop ‘Khadi Korners’ have been planned for opening in Ahmed- Korner’, however, was opened at GIP Mall in Noida abad (on January 22), Chennai and Varanasi in the DREAM PROJECT 2018 on January 10. first phase. Tie-up has also been made with Cotton Korean Cultural Centre India is organiz- KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena, who was Bazaar at Mumbai and ‘Khadi Korner’ is planned ing Dream Project 2018 in collaboration also present on this occasion, said that it is a good for launch in February 2018 through their stores. with Korea National University of Arts. platform where customers would get a wide range Besides, discussions are on with Pantaloon, Apna Bazaar, Shoppers Stop, Big Bazaar etc for ‘Khadi Students from Art University in Korea Korner’ tie-up. are coming to train Indian musicians The KVIC Chairman further informed that to help sharpen their skills on piano, the Khadi Korner would operate on three distinct vocal and violin. Anyone with a musical models, i.e. exclusively run by the retails, run by background can apply to attend this the Khadi Bhavan and a tripartite retail by Khadi workshop. Participants will be selected PICS/NAVEEN SHARMA Institutions/PMEGP/REGP Units. “We will leave through an audition process which will no stone unturned in extending best of marketing happen at Korean Cultural Center on of Rs 1,862 per sq feet in the first ‘Khadi Korner’ support and export opportunities to Khadi insti- January 22. The training will go for two of Khadi products, without trav- in Noida. It will certainly be a major marketing tutions, PMEGP/REGP units to help market their elling much of a distance. “Even game-plan for Khadi in retail and expected to give a products and services, besides making convergence weeks. The project which was started to the initial performance is beyond major push to Khadi sales,” he said. with the trusted Corporate giants to market Khadi,” promote music and cater to the musi- the common expectation. We “Such tie-ups can ensure the growth of Khadi and he said. cal needs of Indian musicians, does not have got nearly 1000 square feet village industries on three fronts, i.e. increase in sales, “Designer intervention is also planned by KVIC charge money from the participants. area in the Globus stores. As per growth in employment generation and enhancement to introduce market trendy designs in Khadi. WHEN: January 22 – February 2 the market parameters, Rs 1,000 in wages of our valuable artisans,” he further added. Reputed designers like Ritu Beri, Nachiket and insti- WHERE: Korean Cultural Center per square feet is believed to be Announcing that another innovation in form tutes like NIFT, SNDT and Pearl Academy are also TIMINGS: 2 pm onwards (auditions) fantastic. But, we recorded a sale of ‘Khadi Mitra’ is on cards, where the housewives being involved in this initiative,” stated Saxena. 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No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 mp OFFICE OF PROFIT: AAP MLAS DISQUALIFIED Delhi Waqf Board proposes Path of truth full of obstacles, annual fee for burials OUR CORRESPONDENT 143 graveyards of varying sizes Allotment for three are actually available for burial NEW DELHI: The Delhi Waqf years will be given as a majority of them are under but in the end it prevails: CM Board has prepared a draft encroachment, he said. model graveyard policy, rec- for Rs 5,000/year. Till now, there were no set ommending a fixed 3 to 30 year But if the allotment rules or policy followed for allotment period for graves and management of graveyards ‘CEC, Election Commissioners made hasty decisions to please political bosses’ an annual fee ranging from Rs is sought beyond in Delhi. “There is also a hes- 5,000 to Rs 10,000 for burials in 3 years, Rs 10,000 itant consensus on the reuse SAYANTAN GHOSH of our MLAs disqualified. That's why tution of continuity and not a retired view of the shortage of land and of graves. Pucca graves- those he gave us 67 seats out of 70 in the members club of a group of political problem of encroachments. will be charged per covered by ceramic tiles or NEW DELHI: Hours after President Delhi Assembly polls.” “They (BJP-led appointees. Further, the EC has failed The policy also recom- year exceeding first made of bricks, stones, marble Ram Nath Kovind approved the dis- Centre) have tremendously victim- to answer the basic test laid down in mends ‘reuse’ of the land and and cement are a normal sight qualification of 20 AAP MLAs recom- ised us by imposing fake cases on our numerous judgments by the Supreme that no pucca or permanent three years in all of the graveyards. The mended by the Election Commission, MLAs. They conducted CBI raids on Court on the issue of office of profit,” grave be allowed, said a Waqf cumulative effect is dwindling Delhi Chief Minister and the party me and didn't get anything and today said Bharadwaj. He wondered whether Board official. The grave would The allottee or legal heirs availability of land for burials,” supremo Arvind Kejriwal asserted that they declared 20 of our MLAs disquali- the Commission in its opinion has be allowed only on allotment can choose to reuse the grave noted the draft policy. If imple- in the end truth will prevail and the fied,” he added. been able to spell out what pecuniary basis for a minimum period for further burials, within the mented, this policy will not party will continue its battle. Meanwhile, the AAP chief spokes- gain these 20 MLAs got by becoming of 3 years and up to a period period of allotment, it said. The only ensure that Tikona Park “Many obstacles come into your way person Saurabh Bharadwaj said that parliamentary secretaries. of 30 years against the pay- draft policy has been prepared graveyard becomes a model when you walk on the path of truth and Chief Election Commissioner and the The opposition parties welcomed ment of the fee. Allotment for the management of Tikona graveyard but will also act as honesty. The path of the truth is full of Election Commissioners are expected President’s decision. Delhi BJP pres- for 3 years will be done for a Park graveyard near Hazrat a source of reforms of other obstacles but visible and invisible pow- to behave in an independent and ident Manoj Tiwari welcomed the fee of Rs 5,000 per year. But if Nizamuddin Dargah. Its suc- graveyards in the city, he said. ers of the universe come out to help you impartial manner and not as political able understanding and justification decision of disqualifying the 20 Aam the allotment is sought for any cessful implementation will “While preparing these when you walk on it. And in the end, the stooges of their masters who appoint as to how the immediate successors Aadmi Party MLAs accused of accept- period beyond 3 years then the serve as the model for manage- policy, efforts have been made truth prevails,” he said. them. of Dr Zaidi decided to overturn this ing Office of Profit by the President of annual fee will be Rs 10,000 ment of other graveyards in the not to interfere with the reli- The CM also said in a tweet that, “Their unjustified and hasty opin- written order and chose not to pro- India and has said that with his speedy for each year exceeding first city, the official said. As per the gious part of burial practices. “ I have always said that it was God's ions to please their political bosses vide any hearing to the 20 MLAs after decision the President has made a 3 years. The maximum allot- record available with the Delhi The policy primarily aims to grace. He also knew that after three will not stand legal scrutiny,” he said. March 2017. major contribution towards protect- ment period will be 30 years, Waqf Board, there are 573 noti- achieve a mechanism to man- years these people would declare 20 He added that it is beyond any reason- “The EC is a Constitutional insti- ing democratic values. read the draft. fied graveyards. However, only age the property,” he added. AAP to hold ‘Delhi bandh’ on Delhi govt asks all depts to set Jan 23 against sealing drive MRI scan facility lying defunct up proper system to deal with NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi tion is made public. at Pant Hospital for last 1 year references from MPs, MLAs Party (AAP) will hold a day- "Our party cadres in all 70 long bandh on January 23 in constituencies will join traders Delhi to protest against the unions to raise the voice against OUR CORRESPONDENT of anonymity, a doctor work- OUR CORRESPONDENT ences received from the MPs ongoing sealing drive by the these issues on January 23," he ing at the GB Pant Hospital and MLAs on a priority basis,” BJP-ruled civic bodies and the said. The party also announced NEW DELHI: Doctors at the informed that MRI is needed NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- an official said. Centre's move to allow 100 per that its Lok Sabha and Rajya GB Pant Hospital are agitat- in almost every case. “But we ernment has directed all its Last month, the PWD had cent FDI in retail. Sabha MPs along with other ing that they cannot properly have to refer patients to LNJP departments to set up a proper also issued similar instructions Speaking to reporters after stakeholders will take part in treat the patients as their only hospital.” system to deal with references to all its engineers regarding ref- the party's Delhi State Confer- a march to the Parliament on MRI scan facility in the hospi- “The problem in referring received from elected public erences received from elected ence, senior AAP leader Gopal January 29 over the issue. tal has not been functioning patients to LNJP Hospital is representatives including MPs public representatives. The Rai said the BJP-ruled civic Rai slammed the Congress for last one year. According to that there is only one MRI and MLAs on a priority basis. official said that apart from bodies were trying to snatch government for initiating 49 per sources, “the result is that suf- scan machine in that hospi- Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu this, Prakash had also asked employment opportunities from cent FDI in retail which was fol- fering patients have to either tal, and the patients referred Prakash issued the direction at all department heads to clearly people in the name of sealing lowed by the BJP who spiked it get the scan done from a pri- for the MRI scan have to wait a recent meeting with all secre- mention the observation of business establishments. up to 100 per cent. vate diagnostic centre by pay- for weeks to get their scan taries and heads of departments. departments of law, finance and "A large sum of money was Asked about the Bawana ing substantial sum of money, GB Pant Hospital is supposed where test becomes mandatory done,” he added. The doctor The administrative depart- planning along with the com- collected under conversion and fire incident, Rai said only an or they have to wait a few weeks to be a referral hospital, which to know the exact condition of told that a requisition for an ment of the Delhi government ments of the sponsoring depart- parking charges. The traders investigation would reveal who to get referred to another gov- must have basic infrastruc- the patient,” said sources at the MRI machine has been made will soon issue instructions ment on their proposals to be have neither received anything was responsible for it. "MCD ernment hospital where the ture. “Patients from different hospital. to the Delhi government and relating to a system to deal with tabled in the Delhi Cabinet. in return nor do they have any issues licences in some cases and scan can be done. This process hospitals are referred here and Private facilities charge as it is expected that a machine references forwarded by MPs The direction comes after information about the money Delhi government also issues is time consuming and, as a encounter the sorry state of much as Rs 3000 to Rs 5000 will be available by July 2018. and MLAs. “In the meeting, the the chief secretary observed collected," Rai said, demand- licences. Only the investigation result, treatment suffers.” affairs. Non-availability of MRI for conducting the MRI scan, One wonders if this process can chief secretary asked all heads of that there is no uniformity in ing that the centre stop levying will reveal who is responsible for He further added that this scan causes major problems, which puts the poor patients be expedited in the interest of departments to set up a proper the format of the Cabinet note these charges until the informa- the incident." MPOST is the state of affairs when the especially for critical patients, in a quandary. On condition poor patients. system to deal with the refer- of the department concerned. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 BAWANA FACTORY FIRE Kin overcome with grief Driven by penury, victims had to work even on off day while identifying loved ones ABHAY SINGH The body parts of some overtime, she used to earn Rs victims had even come out of 12,000,” said Mobina, daughter NEW DELHI: For the eyewit- their charred bodies. of Madina, a deceased worker. Several relatives of victims protest outside factory in Bawana, raise slogans nesses at the spot, the scenes “It was all dark after the Deepu, the brother of the that occurred before and after fire had stopped. And the res- deceased Reeta, confirmed ABHAY SINGH had been preparing for her upcoming the fire at the Bawana factory cue work took more than two that Saturday was an off day, nuptials. On Sunday, however, he rec- was a horrifying experience, hours. It was a gory scene,” said but the factory owner had NEW DELHI: Bangles, clothes and ognised his 23-year-old daughter’s body that will be etched in their Kashyap. called his sister to work. other accessories belonging to the with the engagement ring on her finger. memories for long. Standing near the burnt Reeta’s family also claimed deceased workers at the factory in ‘’I have no words to say. I was Mamta was one of the first down factory located in F-83, that they were unaware that Bawana helped their kin identify their dreaming of happily marrying off my respondents, who informed Sector 5, Bawana, SP Mittal, explosives were manufactured charred bodies. daughter and now I am standing here the fire department after the a civil defence official, said present in the factory and the On Sunday, at Dr Baba Saheb for her body,” said the heartbroken factory caught fire. that they have not yet entered 18-year-old girl had joined the Ambedkar hospital, where the post- Bantu. “I was at my shop, when I the factory, as there are many factory only a few days ago. mortem was conducted, relatives of the Family members of some of the vic- saw the fire. I ran to the park things lying all around. “Due to our poor situation, victims were inconsolable. tims told Millennium Post that the fac- located nearby the factory, “We have called the MCD my mother started working at Runchi, the daughter of deceased tory’s security guard used to lock the but I could not do anything to and after clearance, we will go the factory. We did not know Baby Devi, sat on a chair, while her room where the deceased used to work. help. All of them died due to inside to check if any more that the factory was of fire- brother awaited anxiously for their ‘’The workers came to factory heat and even it became very bodies was lying,” he said. crackers. We thought it was mother’s post-mortem. around 9 AM and enter a room, which hard for me to breathe. So I ran Meanwhile, family mem- a plastic factory,” said Chintu, “My mother made food for us and would be locked by the guard. It would away and informed the author- bers of the deceased claimed the son of deceased Baby Devi. then left for the factory. She wanted open only after 9 pm, when the work ities,” Mamta told Millennium that Saturday was an off day for Some said the blaze also Policewomen and civil defence volunteers console the relatives of Baby Devi, one of the that her children do not remain hun- was over. Chances are that on Saturday, Post, adding that she cannot the factory workers, but they claimed the live of Soni, a preg- gry,” said 18-year-old Chintu, Baby deceased factory workers, on Sunday PIC/MPOST the room was locked and they were not forget the scenes. had been called for work and nant woman. “We were look- Devi’s son. Next to Kailash was Laxman, the husband Mukhtiyar’s spirit, who was able to escape,” said Deepu, the brother After the fire was called told to work overtime. ing forward to the birth of Around 9 pm on Saturday, he was son 70-year-old Rajjo, another woman sobbing uncontrollably at the hospital, of 18-year-old Reeta, another deceased. in, a team from Delhi Disas- The victims had no choice, Soni’s child but everything is informed of the incident, after which he who died in the fire. Laxman was able to as a lady constable tried consoling him. Meanwhile, Raju said that his ter Management Authority as they were getting a few lost,” her mother said. reached the hospital at the earliest with identify his mother by the yellow colour “She was wearing pink color clothes, brother Rakesh had been missing since (DDMA) reached the spot. thousands of rupees and had Meanwhile, DCP (Rohini) a relative Kailash. of her clothes. through which we identified her,” said the incident, with no sign of his where- Chandrapal Kashyap, one to feed their family. Rajneesh Gupta told Millen- “After I saw her bangles and red Afsana, 35, had joined the factory a relative of Afsana. abouts. On Sunday, DCP Rajneesh of the rescuers, said that he saw “My mother had to work nium Post they are verifying clothes, I realised it was Baby who died,” just a few days ago to provide for her Bantu Lal’s daughter Sonam had got Gupta said that there were two work- bodies lying everywhere inside for 12 hours and her salary whether the pregnant woman said Kailash. family. Her untimely death broke her engaged last November and their family ers who sustained injuries the factory. was Rs 5,000. After working was among the victims. ‘Civic bodies Crime Branch to Delhi govt responsible for Did not issue licence to violating norms factory: DSIIDC to Jain by giving away oversee probe deaths, alleges Meenakshi Lekhi OUR CORRESPONDENT MCD commissioners, in writ- ing, may issue orders to vacate licences’ OUR CORRESPONDENT for making sure that no illegal She said the DSIIDC owes NEW DELHI: Delhi State buildings which are not safe manufacturing happens in the an explanation to Delhi’s citi- Industrial and Infrastruc- from any point, including fire NEW DELHI: Bawana is not NEW DELHI: New Delhi MP factories there. zens on how the factory was ture Development Corpora- hazards. an isolated case, but the entire Meenakshi Lekhi and other Lekhi said, “The Labour still running, claiming that the tion Ltd. (DSIIDC) on Sunday “DSIIDC does not have national capital is a virtual senior BJP leaders on Sun- department of Delhi govern- North Delhi Municipal Corpo- evening submitted its prelimi- any regulatory functions nor tinderbox as the civic bodies day said that negligence of ment is responsible for check- ration had cancelled its license nary report on the factory fire is it mandated to issue any have, over the years, granted the Arvind Kejriwal govern- ing that no child labourers in February 2015 itself. in Bawana Industrial Area to licence/permission for fac- factory licences violating ment is responsible for the work in factories and that no North West Delhi MP Udit the Delhi Industries minister tory buildings or construc- norms, according to official death of workers, especially explosives are manufactured Raj, who visited the victims Satyendar Jain and said that tion,” noted the report. records. child labourers, employed in in any confirmed area.” in hospitals, said that it was a it not granted a licence to the The report further noted Barely a month before the the Bawana factory, which “It is the Delhi government sorry situation to see doctors factory. that the Corporation is pri- Bawana cracker unit tragedy, Police personnel stand guard on Sunday outside the fire-crackers went down in a blaze Saturday which is responsible to ensure trying their best to help the “Under the Delhi Munici- marily involved in the organ- the Delhi Pollution Control factory, where 17 persons died in a massive blaze at Bawana PIC/PTI evening. that fireman have proper equip- patients, despite the hospitals pal Corporation Act, 1957, the ised and orderly development Committee (DPCC) had At a press conference here, ments, dresses and chemical lacking adequate facilities and MCD (Municipal Corpora- of industrial estates, includ- pulled up civic bodies for ABHAY SINGH visor Ajit Ranjan also died in Lekhi demanded that each of formations to fight such fires, medicines. tion of Delhi) has the powers ing the common facilities for indiscriminately granting the incident. the victims’ family be given Rs which were missing yester- Both the BJP MPs said that to regulate the building con- promotion of industries in the licences to industrial units. NEW DELHI: A day after a Police said that a team from 50 lakh compensation. day. It is the Delhi government DSIIDC, functioning under struction as per approved lay- national Capital. In an official order, the massive fire claimed 17 lives the Forensic Sciences Labora- She also said that Bawana which is accountable for pro- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal out plan. According to Section “The activity mentioned at DPCC, which comes under in a factory in Rohini district’s tory visited the factory again Industrial area is maintained viding proper emergency med- and Delhi ministers Satyendar 349, the MCD has the power the time of allotment for this the Environment Depart- Bawana area, Delhi Police on on Sunday and conducted an by the Delhi State Industrial ical facilities in such industrial Jain, Gopal Rai and Imran Hus- to get buildings vacated in particular factory was plastic ment, said the “root cause” Sunday transferred the case to extensive search of the prem- and Infrastructure Develop- areas, which were not available sain, are primarily responsible cases of violations,” the report goods in an area measuring of the proliferation of ille- its Crime Branch for a detailed ises for about four hours, along ment Corporation Ltd (DSI- at Maharshi hospital last night,” for allowing this illegal Bawana noted. 100 square meters,” the report gal industrial units was the probe. with police. IDC), which is responsible she added. factory to run. DSIIDC added that the noted. fact that people are obtaining DCP (Rohini) Rajneesh Samples were picked up licences from the civic bodies, Gupta stated that the Com- by the team from the site for despite not having the “man- missioner transferred the case detailed examination and to datory” consent from the pol- to Crime Branch as it requires ascertain whether or not fire- Ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to kin of deceased lution board. extensive investigation and crackers made at the factory It also reprimanded agen- proper detailed follow-up. were meant for use in stage SAYANTAN GHOSH adding that the it will be fully victims and announced com- ter retweeted a video of North into the major fire. cies such as the Delhi Jal Meanwhile, the post-mor- shows. probed how the factory got the pensation of Rs 50,000. Delhi Mayor Preety Agarwal, Maken, who visited the Board (DJB), which comes tem report of 12 of the victims While the exact cause of NEW DELHI: Chief Minis- licence and who gave it. “This place, this factory, where she was heard caution- factory area on Sunday, said under the city government, concluded on Sunday and the the fire is yet to ascertained, ter Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday Lieutenant Governor Anil its licence and everything was ing officials not to say anything a magisterial inquiry was not and the power distribution bodies were handed over to sources said that the factory ordered a thorough probe into Baijal and Delhi Health Min- with the Delhi government against the fire as the factory’s enough to unravel the truth. companies of issuing water their relatives. had no fire safety measures the Bawana factory fire inci- ister Satyendar Jain visited and its industry department. It licence had been issued by “If an enquiry under gov- and electricity connections to “An information desk has installed. dent, which claimed at least patients admitted to the hos- was being run illegally,” Tiwari North MCD. ernment control is held, the such illegal industrial units. been made available at Dr Baba Meanwhile, Delhi Fire Ser- 17 lives, and announced an ex- pital on Sunday morning stated. Tiwari then took to Twit- whole truth will not come out “Industries/units are Saheb Ambedkar Hospital and vice have issued an advisory to gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the next Baijal ordered police to Echoing him, leaders of ter, saying, “What can be more as the government will try to operating both in approved staff has been deputed to help ensures proper escape routes of kin of the deceased. take strict action against the North Delhi Municipal Cor- shameful than this, where 17 save its own guilty depart- industrial areas/estates/rede- relatives identify the victims. before going to work in any “It is a very tragic incident. violators in the case. poration (North MCD) said, people have lost their lives and ments,” Maken stated. velopment areas and also in “We have also identified 14 factory. Chief Fire Officer Atul We have ordered a probe into “The police will act against “Bawana Industrial Area is the Chief Minister is retweet- The Delhi Congress chief residential/non-conforming bodies, while one female and Garg claimed that there was the incident,” Kejriwal told every accused and the govern- under DSIIDC and land allot- ing a false video.” also demanded that the Delhi areas without obtaining prior two male dead bodies are still only one escape route at the reporters after meeting the ment will not spare the culprits ment has been done by Delhi Meanwhile. Delhi Pradesh government immediately give mandatory consent from unidentified,” said Gupta. factory. “Before going to any injured at a hospital here. behind this incident,” said Jain. government.” Congress Committee president Rs 50 lakh compensation to DPCC,” says the order, dated The senior police official factory, escape routes must be He said that the injured will Meanwhile, Delhi BJP chief Earlier, Tiwari had Ajay Maken sought a judicial each of the labourers’ family December 22, 2017. AGENCIES added that the factory’s super- checked,” said Garg. get an ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh, Manoj Tiwari also visited some attacked Kejriwal after the lat- inquiry for an impartial probe who died in the tragedy. Man kills friend over 11 patients die in Ggn’s pvt Now, Gurugram police Noida Authority suspected affair with wife to get its own snipers expedites OUR CORRESPONDENT found to be in the name Shuk- hospitals daily, RTI reveals OUR CORRESPONDENT in densely populated areas of development of la’s wife, who was later located the city. NEW DELHI: A 28-year- to Faridabad. PIYUSH OHRIE well as those of neighbouring the privates. GURUGRAM: With an objec- Once dependent on industrial plots old who killed his friend sus- “She identified the deceased states like Rajasthan and Uttar In a reply to one of Khata- tive to deal with terrorists as encounter specialists, Guru- pecting the latter’s affair with as her husband’s friend Dev- GURUGRAM: With 3,643 Pradesh, are dependant on the na’s earlier RTI queries, it was well as the deadly gangs, the gram Police now want to play OUR CORRESPONDENT his wife was arrested from a ender. Devender’s father later deaths recorded in the last 11 city’s private hospitals. revealed that the absence of a Gurugram police will get its safe in using their services in drug de-addiction center in raised doubts Shukla, as he had months, statistics show that an Recently, Bhupendra Singh trauma centre led to over 10,000 own snipers. dealing with the deadly gangs NOIDA: Ahead of the grand Tughlakabad Extension, where called his son from his house,” average of 11 people lose their Yadav, the son of former Raj- patients being referred to Delhi Recently, their officials of operating in Gurugram. For a Investor’s Summit in Uttar he had gone into hiding. said Biswal. lives daily in major private hos- asthan minister, died of swine government hospitals between district police were trained long time, the services of the Pradesh on February 21 and 22 DCP (South East) Chin- After a search operation pitals of Gurugram. flu in one such private hospital. 2004 and October 2017. at NSG camp in Manesar to special men trained solely to in Lucknow, the Noida Author- moy Biswal on Sunday said was undertaken, Shukla was The information was pro- “One of the reasons for such Notwithstanding the contro- enhance their skills. kill was a strategy adopted for ity has expedited development that a torn visiting card pieced arrested from de-addicition vided to activist Mohit Khatana a high number of deaths is the versies surrounding top hospi- With snipers being required elimination of dangerous gang of industrial plots above five together proved to be a vital centre. by the Municipal Corporation large numbers of patients com- tals, another RTI reply revealed for mostly terrorist operations, leaders of Gurugram. How- acres, in order to attract big clue in arresting Pawan Shukla, Police said that Devender of Gurugram, over an RTI peti- ing from outside areas. that 224 private clinics in Guru- most states, including Haryana, ever controversial process players of the industrial sector. who had murdered his friend used to visit Shukla’s house, tion filed by him. “Most of them come in seri- gram were being run by quacks. are training their commandos involved during encounters, According to officials, com- Devender on January 18. which led the accused to sus- With over 1,430 deaths Med- ous conditions that does not Taking cognisance of the for being snipers. judicial intervention and high panies such as TCS, Paytm, “The police team re-exam- pect that his friend was hav- anata Hospital leads the charts, get adequate medical treatment issue, the Haryana government Their services are required costs used for the department Sony among others have ined the crime scene and found ing an illicit relationship with with four deaths daily. in the hospital in their areas,” wishes to enforce the Clinical not only to deal with criminals, for encounter specialists has applied for these plots through some pieces of a torn visiting his wife. Other hospitals in the list are said a senior doctor, request- Establishment Act. but also with miscreants during forced the Gurugram Police to the open end scheme. card. Shukla told police that had Artemis at 715 deaths, Park with ing anonymity. However, the passage of the rioting situations. change its strategy. The authority will allot plots “All pieces were collected he had found a card in Dev- 505, Paras with 458, Fortis with Even as ethical practices of bill has been rocky, as doctors in In the past, the law and Sources in the Crime to these applicants by February and pieced back and on the ender’s pocket, with his wife’s 314 and Max with 221. private hospitals are being ques- private hospitals have expressed enforcement officials had to Branch said that there has 15, following which an MoU back of the card was a phone number on it, which pushed The data reflects how highly tioned, poor public healthcare their dismay over the law and deal with various situations been a reduction in the dan- will be signed with the com- number. The number was him to murder his friend. residents of Gurugram, as has pushed patients towards even threatened strikes. where gunshots had been fired gers posed by the deadly gangs. pany at the investors meet. The Uttar Pradesh govern- ment has set a target to sign memorandums of understand- Protests against Padmaavat spread to Noida, Gr Noida ing (MoU) for investment worth Rs 2 lakh crore at the RAHUL SINGH People associated with the toll booth around 3pm. “The police team reached Similar protests were wit- investor’s meet. Vishwa Hindu Parishad and The mob vandalised around the spot and detained six per- nessed in Greater Noida and “Sector 155 and 156 have NOIDA: Protests against San- members of Rajput, Karni and a dozen toll booths, damaged sons. The brawl led to a traffic Ghaziabad as well. been developed as industrial jay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming Gurjar communities warned computers, attacked some pri- jam for around 30 minutes,” In Greater Noida, hun- sectors with an investment movie ‘Padmaavat’ are swell- against the release of the film, vate vehicles and argued with said Abhinandan, Noida Assis- dreds of people protested out- of over Rs 30 crores. Plots of ing in and around Delhi-NCR, which allegedly tarnishes the passersby. tant Superintendent of Police. side Grand Venice mall, amid bigger sizes have also been with Sunday witnessing pro- image of queen Padmavati. Traffic came to a halt for The protesters had come to heavy police presence. launched to attract big com- tests at various places of Gha- A massive scuffle broke out around 30 minutes, before stage a protest outside malls In Ghaziabad, the protes- panies. The civil work will be ziabad and Gautam Buddh at Delhi-Noida-Delhi flyway, police pacified the protesters. and posh markets of Noida. tors blocked roads and burnt completed and plots will be Nagar district, by members of where a mob of over hundred “The protesters had to However, heavy presence tyres, which were placed to allotted to companies wherein right wing groups and other people from these abover men- make a U-turn from DND but police presence stopped them block traffic in Sahibabad area they can set up their plants,” A CCTV shows protesters vandalising DND Flyway on Sunday communities. tioned communities stormed stopped and created ruckus. from reaching there. of Ghaziabad. PIC/MPOST said a Noida Authority official . nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 mp Shah to address ‘Ekatam Enquiry into 22 coal blocks allocated OP Rawat is new Parv’ in MP today between 1993-2005 closed: CBI to SC SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata OUR CORRESPONDENT chief of poll panel Party president Amit Shah will address ‘Ekatam Parv’ on Mon- NEW DELHI: The CBI has Lavasa is also appointed as an Election Commissioner day in Omkareshwar of poll- informed the Supreme Court bound Madhya Pradesh. Shah that it has closed its enquiry also will unveil Adi Shankara- into 22 coal block allocations, OUR CORRESPONDENT office, a law ministry statement charya’s 108 ft high statue there. which were made from 1993 to said here. Chief Minister Shivraj 2005, with the approval of the NEW DELHI: Om Prakash Rawat also served as sec- Singh Chauhan will also chief vigilance commissioner. Rawat was on Sunday retary, department of public accompany Shah in the pro- The probe agency, in its appointed the next chief elec- enterprises in the ministry of gramme along with other 18th status report filed before tion commissioner, the Union heavy industries. Earlier in senior party leaders of both the apex court in coal block law ministry said, a day before 1993, he served as a director in State and national and other allocation scam cases last have been completed. In fact yet to be filed. the present incumbent Achal the defence ministry. State ministers. won nine top posts. However, month, has said that it had reg- there were initially 45 coal The agency said that pros- Kumar Joti demits charge. He also served as princi- Chauhan’s tenure is also the political experts feel that istered 16 regular cases cover- blocks under consideration, ecution sanction was awaited Former finance secre- pal secretary to Babu Lal Gaur, known for mass engaging pro- to scenes the political pulses ing 21 coal blocks during the but two coal blocks relate to in one case while another was tary Ashok Lavasa was also the then chief minister of Mad- grammes, like ‘Narmada Yatra’ ahead of the Assembly election period 1993-2005. The top government dispensation under “active consideration”. appointed as an election com- hya Pradesh between 2004 and in last year. During that time he in the state of Madhya Pradesh court is monitoring the probe route. These are, therefore, not The CBI informed the missioner to fill up the vacancy panel as per convention. 2006. announced the Ekatam pro- the mass oriented programme in the coal scam cases. considered under this head- court that field investigation that would have arisen in the Arora would retire in April, An awardee of state gov- gramme for collection and has been organised. “In respect of 43 coal ing,” the bench, also compris- was complete in six cases but three-member Election Com- 2021, and would oversee the ernment’s ‘recognition of for- storage of metal for the statue. Around 500 people from blocks (during 1993-2005), ing Justices Kurian Joseph and “comments and scrutiny” were mission after Joti’s retirement 2019 Lok Sabha polls as the est rights’ in 2009, Rawat did It can be denoted as the ‘Janja- Chambal division will partic- CBI had registered 16 regular A K Sikri, noted. awaited. It has also given the tomorrow. CEC. Lavasa would demit M.Sc in social development gran Abhiyan.’ ipate. In order to arrange of cases covering 21 coal blocks. The Central Bureau of status of cases lodged by it for Sunil Arora is the other office in October, 2022 and planning in 1989 in the United The integrated journey transport, housing, food have Enquiry has been closed in Investigation has also given coal blocks allocations during commissioner in the poll body. would be the CEC after Arora. Kingdom. started from December 19, been entrusted to the collec- respect of the balance 22 coal the status of 16 regular cases the period 2006 to 2009 which Rawat will take over as the An EC or CEC has a tenure Lavasa, besides his stint in 2017 and will end with Shah’s tors of the three districts of the blocks. This has the approval lodged by it in connection with pertains to 168 companies. CEC on January 23, a law min- of six years. But if he turns 65 the finance ministry, was with address in Gajanan Ashram. division. of the Chief Vigilance Com- coal block allocations during During the hearing in the istry notification said. before that, he demits office. the ministries of environment The result of civic poll has Commissioner Dr MK missioner,” a bench headed by this period. matter on January 15, the His tenure will end in Born on December 2, 1953, and forest, civil aviation, power, put the incumbent leadership Agarwal said that 200 people Justice Madan B Lokur noted It told the top court that out bench had expressed its dis- December this year and Arora, Rawat is a former Madhya home, finance at the Centre in worry—where Congress from Muarena, 200 from Bhind in its order. of these 16 cases, final reports pleasure over the tardy pace of the senior most commissioner Pradesh cadre IAS officer. His and industries, tourism and bagged nine president posts and 100 participants from Shi- “It is stated (by the CBI) have been filed in seven while probe by the CBI and Enforce- after the CEC, is expected to appointment will come into public relations in Haryana, in 19 civic bodies on Satur- yopur district will also be sent that enquiry into all 43 coal investigation was complete in ment Directorate (ED) in coal take over as the head of the poll effect from the day he assumes his cadre. day, tying the BJP, which too, to join Ekatmya festival. blocks (during 1993-2005) one case but final report was scam cases. Parl panel suggests govt provide 63-yr-old widow Pak again violates ceasefire in J&K raped by security OUR CORRESPONDENT In Akhnoor, Pakistan A BSF jawan and a teenaged Samba and Kathua districts resorted to firing along the girl were killed on Thursday in the afternoon but intermit- better mobile telecom service guard in C’garh JAMMU: Pakistan troops vio- LoC, police officials said. while four persons two civilians tently went on in some areas of lated ceasefire for the fourth Indian troops were retali- and a BSF and an Army jawan Jammu district. OUR CORRESPONDENT consecutive day on Sunday ating, they said. Sepoy C K were killed and over 40 others, The last few mortar shells lation is covered by 2G, 3G and tre, state governments and the RAIGARH: A 63-year-old by resorting to heavy shell- Roy, posted in a forward post including two BSF personnel, landed in Arnia sector around NEW DELHI: Citing that 4G spectrum respectively,” the industry to vastly improve the widow was allegedly raped by ing along the Line of Control in Mankote sector of Poonch injured in the Pakistani firing 10 pm yesterday without caus- several areas in naxal-affected report said. quality of telecom and pro- a neighbour in Chhattisgarh (LoC) in Noushera, Rajouri district, was injured in Paki- on Friday. Three civilians and ing any damage. There was no districts did not have mobile During the finalisation of vide coverage evenly so that s Raigarh district, police said and Akhnoor sectors of Jammu stani firing yesterday and suc- an Army jawan were killed and report of Pakistani firing from network coverage, a parliamen- the report, members strongly the digital divide is bridged in on Sunday. and Kashmir. cumbed to injuries at a military 16 others injured in the cease- anywhere during the night, he tary panel has suggested to the objected to the fact that there the country. The incident occurred on Meanwhile, an Army jawan, hospital last night, a police offi- fire violations yesterday. said. A police official said bar- government to bridge the digi- were still areas in the Left Wing It is necessary to be truly Thursday night in Kevda Badi injured in Pakistani shelling, cial said. There was no report of fir- ring Shahpur sector, the LoC in tal gap in the country by pro- Extremism (LWE) affected dis- inclusive in such an effort, the area under City Kotwali police succumbed to injuries last His death raised the num- ing by Pakistan along the inter- the twin districts of Poonch and viding better telecom services. tricts that were not covered by panel said. station limits and the accused, night, raising the death toll in ber of persons killed in the national border in Jammu, Rajouri also remained calm as The Parliamentary Stand- even 2G network services. The report also empha- identified as private security the border firing since Thurs- Pakistani firing along the Line Kathua and Samba districts last there was no major ceasefire ing Committee on Finance in “Digital transformation sised that the Universal Ser- guard Sanjay Thakur (25), has day to 11, police said. of Control (LoC) and Interna- night, BSF and police officials violation by Pakistan since last its draft report on transforma- of the economy is not possi- vices Obligation Fund (USOF) been arrested, a local police “Pakistan has resumed tional Border (IB) in the five said. “The International Bor- evening till this evening. tion towards digital economy ble without basic 2G mobile should be fully deployed, official said. As per prelimi- heavy shelling along LoC in districts of Jammu, Kathua, der was almost calm except a Small arms firing from noted that urgent and ear- services and state-run firms particularly with public sec- nary investigation, the accused Bhawani, Karali, Said, Numb Samba, Poonch and Rajouri few rounds of shelling in Arnia across the border wss, however, nest efforts were required to such as BSNL should play a tor telecom companies for barged into the victim s house and Sher Makri areas of Rajouri since Thursday to 11. sector last night,” a BSF spokes- reported from Shahpur sector improve the quality of telecom more active role in it,” BJP MP extending mobile and internet when she was sleeping and sex- district this evening,” DC, The dead include six civil- man said. of Poonch for a few hours till 4 services in the country. Nishikant Dubey said during penetration. ually assaulted her, he said. On Rajouri, Shahid Iqbal Choud- ians, three armymen and two He said the firing from am, but there was no casualty, “The quality of telecom cov- the meeting. The fund should be utilised hearing the woman’s screams, hary said. BSF personnel. across the border stopped in he said. erage in the country is unevenly In the report, the commit- for delivering digital services to the accused’s wife rushed and distributed, as 95 per cent, 75 tee has recommended urgent the hitherto areas with no tele- thrashed her husband and Two men thrown per cent and 60 per cent popu- and earnest efforts by the Cen- com coverage, it said. dragged him home. MPOST Centre relieves CISF chief OP from moving train Singh; to take over as UP DGP in Bihar, one dies

OUR CORRESPONDENT ting tags on air passengers OUR CORRESPONDENT hand baggage, a move seen as NEW DELHI: The Centre on a major game changer in the CHAPRA: A man was killed Sunday relieved CISF chief airport security domain. and his cousin injured after OP Singh for his cadre Uttar He also initiated simpler they were allegedly thrown Pradesh, where he is expected flying procedures for specially- off a running train after being to take over as the new Direc- abled passengers after talking robbed of cash and valuables in tor General of Police (DGP). to representative groups of such Bihar’s Saran district, the rail- The Appointments Com- passengers. way police said on Sunday. mittee of the Cabinet (ACC) Singh, before heading the They were returning to headed by Prime Minister Nar- had requested the Centre to CISF, has served as the chief of their native village Barakurwa endra Modi issued an order relieve him from Central dep- the National Disaster Response in Madhepura district from allowing a home ministry pro- utation so that he can head the Force (NDRF) and he led his Ludhiana in Punjab when the posal for “premature repatri- state police force. men from the front in a num- incident occurred on board the ation” of Singh, a 1983-batch Singh, a gallantry medal ber of relief and rescue oper- Amritsar-Dibrugarh Express IPS officer. winner, has been heading the ations including the massive last night, Station House Offi- According to officialCentral Industrial Security earthquake in Nepal in April, cer (SHO), GRP (Chapra), sources, Singh (59) is expected Force (CISF) since Septem- 2015. Suman Kumar Singh, said. to take over as the Uttar ber, 2016 and has been cred- The Union government is The accused snatched cash Pradesh DGP on Tuesday. ited for ushering in some major expected to soon appoint a full- and two bags from them before The post has been lying changes in the work profile and time DG for the CISF. throwing them off the train, vacant for over a fortnight operations of the force, espe- A panel of senior Indian he said. The SHO said police after Sulkhan Singh retired on cially in the aviation sector. Police Service (IPS) officers will found the body at Majhanpura December 31. Under his initiative last soon be reviewed by the home village while his cousin was The Uttar Pradesh govern- year, the force did away with ministry before the appoint- found injured at a place about ment had earlier said that they the traditional system of put- ment is made by the ACC. one kilometre away. Mahatma Gandhi assassination case records part of Indian heritage: HC

OUR CORRESPONDENT the final charge sheet by Delhi Police and order of execution NEW DELHI: Terming the of Godse. records pertaining to Mahatma In his RTI application, Gandhi’s assassination as part Panda had raised three queries of India’s “cultural heritage”, the on which he needed clarity -- Delhi High Court has asked the the efforts made to arrest the Centre how it intends to collect absconders in the case, the rea- and maintain the entire case sons for acquitting other two information as was directed by accused and whether a copy of transparency panel CIC. final charge sheet and order of The poser by Justice Vibhu execution of Godse are missing Bakhru came while hearing a from the records. plea by the Ministry of Home Culture, the National Archives have to seek instructions. The CIC had directed Delhi Affairs (MHA) challenging an or Delhi Police. The court, thereafter, listed Police to transfer its origi- order of the Central Informa- It also told the court that the the matter for further hearing nal records, which show its tion Commission (CIC) which Ministry of Culture was work- on February 12. efforts to trace the abscond- had directed it to provide the ing on collecting and preserv- The CIC order had come ers in the case, to the NAI for police investigation’s original ing the information pertaining on a plea by Odisha-based RTI preservation. records including the case dia- to the case as the directions applicant Hemant Panda who The commission had also ries and final charge sheet to an were also issued to it by the had told the commission that noted that there was “no official RTI applicant. CIC. he was a researcher and inter- compilation of records at one The CIC had also directed The court, however, said if ested in studying the records place about his death”. Delhi Police to provide infor- the records were not available pertaining to the assassination “The police have a duty mation about efforts made by with the home ministry, it can of Mahatma Gandhi who was to explain what efforts were it to arrest three absconders -- access or call for the same from shot dead on January 30, 1948 taken to arrest three abscond- Gangadhar Dahawate, Surya other authorities. by Nathuram Godse, a right- ing accused or why they could Dev Sharma and Gangadhar It asked the home minis- wing activist. not be traced. The Ministry Yadav. try how it intended to ensure Panda had claimed that of Home Affairs has an oner- The home ministry told the maximum implementation of he had studied the records, ous responsibility to take up court that it was not the author- the objective of the CIC order. including those in the reposi- this task and place all of those ity which had all the informa- “Tell us how you are going tory of the National Archives of records with the NAI for gen- tion and it would probably be to do it,” it queried and the India (NAI), but could not find eral access of the public,” the available with the Ministry of ministry’s lawyer said he will two important documents-- CIC had said. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 CISF begins security consultancy NGT orders ‘intensive survey’ at schools in major cities of rivers in western UP OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Two months and a report will be submitted within after it first offered security two months. consultancy to schools, CISF NEW DELHI: The NGT has ordered “The CPCB shall be the convener of experts have begun a mega “intensive survey” of the Kali, Krishna the team. In case of any difficulty, neces- exercise of auditing some big and the Hindon rivers in western Uttar sary police protection shall be given to names in Mumbai, Hyderabad Pradesh and directed the inspection of the joint inspection team and its mem- and Kolkata to ensure that any 316 industries which are allegedly pol- bers for the purposes of execution of Gurugram-like student killing luting the water bodies. this order,” the order stated. incident does not recur in edu- The order comes after a plea filed by Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, cational institutions. an NGO alleged that 50 villagers have appearing for the petitioner, contended The central paramilitary died of cancer in western UP. that the people were suffering due to the force, that is mandated to guard A bench headed by acting Chair- failure of the authorities. major Indian civil airports and person Justice U D Salvi constituted a The matter will be now heard has a unique security consul- committee comprising officials from on March 19. The bench had earlier tancy wing, has also received “I have already said we took had assured the schools that the Central Pollution Control Board observed that it was the fundamental over Rs 15 lakh of the govern- up this initiative as part of our its professional but chargeable (CPCB), state pollution control board, duty of the state government to look ment prescribed service fee for responsibility towards the soci- security solutions will be cus- UP Jal Nigam to jointly inspect and after the health and the environment rendering this service, from ety. We are always happy to tom-made for them like it does carry out survey of the rivers and of the villagers. few schools. extend help of our professional for each of its clients. groundwater in six districts in the west- industries in terms of the contaminants UP. It was alleged by the petitioner that Earlier, the UP Jal Nigam had faced The consultancy fee is services,” Singh said. “It is felt that in the wake of ern part of the state. generated by them,” the order stated. groundwater in Saharanpur, Muzaf- the NGT’s ire for its failure to comply around Rs 4 lakh for an aver- The senior official, quoted the recent unfortunate incident “They shall collect samples, cause The National Green Tribunal (NGT) farnagar, Shamli, Meerut, Bagpath and with a 2015 order directing it to seal age school. ealier, added that as of today, in one of the reputed schools analysis to be made of such samples at was hearing a petition filed by NGO Ghaziabad districts was being polluted all hand pumps which were releasing A blueprint prepared by the the force is in talks with about in the national- capital-region the Central Pollution Control Board Doaba Paryavaran Samiti head C V as a result of effluents being released contaminated groundwater in six dis- force shows that separate team three dozen schools in various in which a young student lost Laboratory,” the bench said in its order. Singh, a retired scientist of Haryana Pol- underground by reverse boring by the tricts of the western part of the state. of experts have begun work parts of the country. his life, there is now a need for “They shall carry out joint inspec- lution Control Board, who has alleged industries. It had earlier directed the state govern- to provide foolproof security “Members of the elite secu- revisiting the security infra- tions of 316 industries...as well to give that due to the consumption of con- The green panel said that the cen- ment and its officials to provide potable solutions at the Podar Edu- rity consultancy wing has been structure of our schools. answers to the queries already made and taminated groundwater more than 50 tral and state pollution control boards drinking water to the villagers of the six cation Network in Mumbai, asked to be prepared and move “You will agree that a ascertain contribution of each of the villagers have died of cancer in western will bear the expenses of the inspection districts through GPS installed vehicles. Oakridge International Schools out to schools at a short notice healthy and secure environ- in Hyderabad and St Xavier’s so that this task is carried out ment is a right of every child in Kolkata. as fast as possible. and schools have a major role to Digvijay wants a new lease of “Separate board of offi- “The command of the force play in the providing the same,” Many development projects cers have been constituted and has categorised this work as the CISF letter addressed to the they are on job to draw a pro- a priority subject,” the official schools read. life for India’s ‘oldest’ river fessional and sound security said. The CISF’s security audit miss deadlines in Kashmir plan for the safety of students The force, last year, had dis- provides professional advise to SEHORE: Congress veteran much reduced. Water from the and staff of these schools. patched letters to a number of schools as to where to install Digvijay Singh, who is on `Nar- dams constructed on it should “Five more schools across schools in the country offering CCTV cameras, where to mada Parikrama’ yatra since be released at regular inter- the country have sent in their its help in creating a safe and deploy security staff, how to OUR CORRESPONDENT the last four months, is worried vals to maintain the flow,” said final approvals and such expert secure environment for their check access control, how to about the plight of the revered Singh, who embarked on the teams will soon begin their students. train their security staff and river due to illegal sand mining, yatra on foot on September 30 work at their facilities too,” a The trigger for this all-India install emergency response SRINAGAR: The development and wants urgent measures to from Narsinghpur district. senior force official said. exercise by the force was the gadgets. in Kashmir is a story of missing ensure its revival. His Narmada yatra is likely When contacted, CISF September, 2017 killing of a The consultancy wing has deadlines and work in progress. The 70-year-old former to conclude by March-end after Director General (DG) O P Class 2 student of the Ryan shared its expertise with over Many projects are under con- Chief Minister and his wife covering a distance of more Singh said the proposal made International School in Guru- 150 organisations or institu- struction for the last so many Amrita started `parikrama’ than 3,000km. by the force to the schools, gram, who was found dead in tions, including IITs, IIMs, years, with extensions issued to (circumambulation ) of the “The state government first in November last year, is the school bathroom with his RBI and the National Police them year after year - reflecting Narmada river in Madhya should launch a crackdown on getting a “good and positive throat slit. Academy in Hyderabad among the lack of capability of succes- Pradesh as a “religious and the illegal mining in the river,” re s p on s e .” The force, in its message, others. sive state governments to exe- spiritual” exercise. he demanded. cute mega projects. Singh said the Narmada is During his march, he is The governments and the the “oldest” river in India and often handed petals and sweets. CPI(M) leader executing agencies blame ect is far from completion even months, the agency has now advocated its revival. “Ram- Long-bearded priests of tem- NATION BRIEFS the situation in the valley or after missing several deadlines. pushed further the opening of pant illegal sand mining with ples on the sides of the river writes to CM to weather conditions for not The latest was December the phase one of the flyover to machines is being done in the come running when they see 4 KILLED, 9 INJURED IN BLAST AT A meeting deadlines - taking ref- 31, which was set by the gov- May. river. Roads have been built in Singh in their midst. drop Assembly CHEMICAL PLANT IN VADODARA uge in excuses -- which often ernment for the completion of “The first phase is complete the bed of the river,” he said. They address him `Raja leads to an escalation in the phase one of the flyover -- from structurally. Only black- top- To back his claim, Singh Sahab’ and his journalist-wife violence case VADODARA: At least four workers were killed and project costs. Tulsi Bagh to Barzulla Bridge. ping remains which cannot be pointed at temporary roads `Rani Sahiba’ and request nine others injured on Sunday in a blast at a chemical Kashmir valley’s longest Then last year, the Jammu taken in the winter months. We that have come up for sand them to visit their temples to OUR CORRESPONDENT plant on the city’s outskirts, a senior official said. The flyover from Jehangir Chowk and Kashmir Economic Recon- hope that in the last week of excavation in the Narmada at pay obeisance. “The water in blast at a chemical plant of the GSP Crop Science Pvt to Rambagh here is one such struction Agency (JKERA), April or in the middle of May, Babri area in Narsullaganj teh- the river has become brackish THIRUVANANTHA- Ltd led to a huge fire in the premises, a police official example. which is executing the project, if we have the right temperature sil of the Budhni constituency and unfit for drinking, espe- PURAM: CPI(M) leader and said. The blast occurred around 5.30 am in the filter Announced in 2009, the had said it would be thrown needed for black-topping, then represented by Chief Minister cially before the Narmada flows former MLA V Sivankutty construction on the flyover, open for traffic by mid-Febru- we will open it in May,” JKERA Shivraj Singh Chouhan. into the Arabian Sea in Guja- has written to Chief Minis- plant of the company, located in the Gujarat Industrial funded by the Asian Develop- ary 2018. director Satish Razdan said. “Such is the worrisome con- rat,” the former CM said as he ter Pinarayi Vijayan seeking Development Corporation (GIDC) area at Nandesari ment Bank (ADB) at an esti- However, because black- Razdan said many factors dition of Narmada - the lifeline is greeted by the Hindu faith- withdrawal of a case registered near here. “Four of the firm’s employees were killed mated cost of Rs 359 crore, topping of the stretch could were responsible for missing of Madhya Pradesh,” he said. ful with “Narmada Har” chants against him and five others in in the mishap,” Vadodara district collector P Bharthi began in 2013, but the proj- not be undertaken in winter the December 31 deadline. “The flow of the Narmada is during the yatra. PTI connection with the “unprec- said. The injured persons were admitted to different edented” violence witnessed hospitals, she said, adding that two of the injured were by the state assembly in 2015. reported to be serious. “We have ordered an inquiry Sivankutty on Sunday said Maha police steps up fight against pirated content he had written to the chief into the mishap,” she said. The cause of the blast was minister seeking withdrawal not immediately known. The fire fighters took around MURTUZA MERCHANT including that of Hollywood purchased, but its pirated ver- crime unit through which we told to desist from supporting of the police case against him two hours to douse the blaze, a police official said. and Bollywood, on the Internet sion is uploaded, he said. started studying online piracy,” illegal activities. and 5 other LDF members and The machinery and equipment in two plants of the MUMBAI: The Cyber Cell of causes them losses worth bil- “The US, the UK have he said. Rajput said around “We track their source of a similar letter had also been company were damaged in the incident. the Maharashtra Police has lions of dollars annually,” Shriv- stringent norms in place 9,000 websites, through which money. Then, we write to the sent to Assembly Speaker P started a ‘digital crime unit’ astav said. against pirated content, but it piracy activities are taking advertising agency of the com- Sreeramakrishnan. INDIAN WORKER DIES IN UAE AFTER that works towards systemati- He said the Chief Min- is a normal practise in South place, have been studied and 19 pany and the company as well According to the Marx- cally eliminating websites that ister then referred the mat- East Asian countries. In India, parameters have been applied that their advertisement is ist leader, the case should be DIESEL CONTAINER FALLS ON HIM upload pirated content. ter to the home department, we have anti-piracy laws, but to shortlist the websites. being done on a website having withdrawn as it was “politically DUBAI: A 27-year-old Indian worker was crushed The initiative, the first of its which subsequently asked the there is no proper machinery to “Based on our parameters illegal content, which should motivated” and it was up to the to death after a diesel container fell on him while kind in the country, has been Cyber Crime Cell of the police, implement them,” Singh said. like the type of content being stop. chief minister to take a deci- unloading goods from a small ship near Khalid Port in launched under directives of headed by senior IPS officer Balsingh Rajput, Superin- uploaded, downloaded, the “Apart from that, the first sion. The Kerala Assembly had the home department. Brijesh Singh, to come up with tendent of Police, Cyber Cell, number of downloads taking stage also involves writing to witnessed unprecedented and Sharjah in the UAE, a media report said on Sunday. Additional Chief Secretary a solution. said in a bid to contain piracy, place, we shortlisted 1300 web- the domain providing host, the ugly scenes on March 13, 2015 Police received a call at the operation room about the (Home) Sudhir Shrivastav said Singh, who is also the a multi-stakeholder model has sites, and further conducted Internet Service Provider (ISP), as opposition members tried incident and rushed to the site where the worker was representatives of the Motion Director General of the state’s been created on a pilot basis. a detailed study on them and and the data server from where to prevent then Finance Min- found dead, the Khaleej Times reported. The identity Picture Association of America publicity department, said con- Industry stakeholders and understood some trends,” he content is uploaded,” he said. ister KM Mani, who was facing of the victim was not disclosed. The body has been had sought the intervention of tents from the entertainment officers of the Cyber Cell are said. In third stage, out of 1,300 He added in the second allegations in bar bribery scam, shifted to forensic laboratory for autopsy to determine Chief Minister Devendra Fad- industry like movies, music members. websites, 100 have been further stage, web servers are blocked, from presenting the budget. navis into stopping uploading albums and books, softwares “Initially, we extensively shortlisted, on which, action domain names are cancelled. Some opposition members the cause of the death, the paper said. The incident is of pirated content related to the are regularly uploaded on the studied the London metropol- is being taken, in three stages, “If mirror content is once had destroyed the Speaker’s being investigated, it added. entertainment Industry. Internet. itan police’s ‘PIPCO’ unit and he said. again uploaded, then the third podium, hurled his chair and WOMAN, SON KILLED IN ROAD “Their contention was that Their owners suffer massive according to conditions favour- Rajput said in the first stage, stage of registering a crime engaged in a scuffle with the uploading pirated content, losses when their content is not able in India, started a digital all ecosystem players are being comes into play. PTI watch-and-ward staff. ACCIDENT IN BIHAR’S NALANDA DIST BIHARSHARIF: A man and his mother were killed on Sunday when their bike collided head-on with a Cops introduce ‘tourism policing’ in Naxal-hit Bastar truck in Bihar’s Nalanda district. The deceased have been identified as Sonu Kumar (21) and his mother OUR CORRESPONDENT Rima Devi (43), residents of Mai village in Parwalpur police outpost if you need to other parts of the state too. police station area of the district, police said. The ask questions about the routes, The ‘tourism policing’ con- incident occurred near Makanpur village in Noor Sarai RAIPUR: The Chhatttigarh’s destinations, transportation cept has been launched in other Bastar police, which is already and other facilities,” Deputy states, but, perhaps, for the first police station area of the district this morning when a fighting the Naxal menace, has Inspector General of Police time it has been introduced in speeding truck knocked down Kumar and his mother, now taken up the task of also (south Bastar range) Sundar- an area facing the menace of who were on their way to Biharsharif, the district providing information about raj P said. Left Wing Extremism (LWE), headquarters town of Nalanda. Both of them died on the tourist destinations in the “We will guide the visitors Chhattisgarh Tourism Board the spot, the officer-in-charge of Noor Sarai police region to visitors. by providing information. vice chairman Kedar Nath station, Rajan Malviya, said, adding the truck driver The aim is to create a posi- However, the police per- Gupta said. Chitrakote is the tive perception about Bastar sonnel will not act as tourist best place to start with as it has fled the scene. Following the incident, the local people in the country and across the guides. been receiving a good footfall blocked the Biharsharif-Ekangarsarai main road for globe. Our intention is to pro- of tourists since the past couple hours, demanding immediate arrest of the accused. As a part of the ‘tourism mote safe and vibrant tourism of years, he said. The blockade was lifted after the administration of- policing’ concept, the secu- in Bastar and make our guests The concept should be ficials pacified the agitators and promised action in the rity personnel will provide the feel comfortable,” he said. introduced by the police in matter. required information and other The attempt, he said, would other prominent tourist spots assistance to the tourists via the create a positive perception as well, Gupta said. EARTHQUAKE OF 3.6 MAGNITUDE JOLTS help desks to be set at the tour- about the Bastar region not He also credited the gov- ist places. But, the policemen only at the national level but ernment initiatives, like the KOYNA REGION IN MAHARASHTRA will not act as tourist guides, a also in the international sphere. details about the tourist spots body language, exchange of After reviewing its suc- ‘Raman Jan Tourism Scheme’, PUNE: An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter senior official said. Bastar’s popular Dussehra due to the language problem pleasantries with the visitors cess, the concept would be for the increase in the number scale jolted areas near the Koyna dam in Maharash- The first such help desk, festival, the Chitrakote water- and other issues, the DIG said. and concern for environment, expanded to other places of of visitors to the state. tra on Sunday, the MeT department said. No casualty named as ‘BEST COP’ (Bastar fall, the Tirathgarh waterfall, In view of this, a spe- he added. tourist importance in the dis- Asked about the fear of ensures safe tourism through the Kanger Valley National cial training on police-tourist The help desk would pro- trict, the DIG said. The aim is to Naxals and violence affecting or damage to property was reported so far. Tremors community-oriented policing), Park and others places attract interface was imparted a few vide information about the gradually replicate the concept tourism prospects in Bastar, were felt in the Koyna region at 11.36 am on Sunday, has been set up at a police out- tourists not only from across days back to around 35 police transportation facilities, impor- at other tourist destinations in Gupta said the rebels have according to the India Meteorological Department post near the state’s famous the country but also from personnel, including women, tant tourist spots and hospitals, all seven districts of the Bastar never targeted tourist places (IMD). The depth of the earthquake was 10 kms below Chitrakote waterfall. abroad. deployed at various tourist the police official said. division, he added. in the state. the ground, said the IMD’s report posted on its website. “Next time when you come The visitors sometimes face places in the Bastar district, Initially, the help desk has Welcoming the initiative as The visitors in Bastar need The Koyna dam area is around 190 kms away from to Bastar’s Chitrakote water- difficulties in communicating he said. They were trained in been set up at the Chitrakote “a good step,” the Chhattisgarh not be scared of Maoists as full fall, walk to the police help with local people or vendors for various soft skills, like effec- police outpost in the vicinity tourism department wants the security is being provided at the the district headquarters. desk set up at the Chitrakote getting information and other tive communication, positive of the waterfall on a trial basis. idea to be taken forwarded in tourist destinations, he added. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 mp Appointments to public bodies Left sees red in Tripura over film called 'Lal Sarkar' must be based on talent: HC OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT for the post of clerks. The eli- the judges said. NEW DELHI: The ruling gible candidates were to take "It is a settled position in CPI(M) in Tripura is seeing MUMBAI: Observing that an examination and secure the law that mere placement in the red over a Hindi feature film appointments to all public bod- minimum qualifying marks of select list or panel does not by called 'Lal Sarkar' which the ies must solely be based on "tal- 40 out of 100. itself entitle a candidate to seek party believes is a part of the ent," the Bombay High Court Since the petitioners met appointment," the bench said. BJP's electoral campaign in the has denied relief to a group of the eligibility criteria, they Many new eligible candi- state ahead of Assembly polls. lower cadre employees of the decided to take the exam as dates might appear over the Scheduled to be released in city civic body seeking that they well. However, while the BMC years, and if a public body the first week of February, 'Lal be absorbed against the exist- had around 329 vacancies, 475 sticks with just one merit list Sarkar' - or the Red Govern- ing vacancies for clerks. applicants secured the mini- indefinitely, till all vacancies are ment - is about a documentary A bench of Justices S C mum qualifying 40 marks. The filled, it will lose out on candi- filmmaker who discovers the Dharamadhikari and Bharati BMC decided to hire only those dates with more talent and cali- alleged wrong-doings of the Dangre recently held that since who had secured 49 marks and bre, it further said. Left Front-ruled government the Brihanmumbai Munici- above. The public bodies are in the northeastern state. has not taken any money for there. It mentions the national pal Corporation (BMC) was Thus, those who had expected to adopt a transpar- Producer and writer Sush- the song. He treats me like his scheme MNREGA, which a public body, it was required secured between 40 and 48 the eligibility criteria and the ments at better posts in the ent procedure and hire new tal- eel Sharman held that the film younger brother. We share a Sharman alleged was a scam to maintain transparency and marks and made it to the qual- minimum qualifying marks for BMC. ent, the court said. had nothing to do with the BJP personal relationship that has in the state. the highest standards of work. ifying list, lost out on the job. appointments as clerks. The bench agreed with the "It would be more gainful or the February 18 Assembly nothing to do with the BJP," "Though the state govern- Thus, it would gain more In 2014, a reply to an RTI The BMC's counsel, advo- corporation's stand and said for the public bodies to secure polls, but was based on facts. Sharman said. ment has claimed it has suc- by employing candidates with query revealed that the BMC cate Anil Sakhre, said the valid- several previous judgements of candidates with fresh blood "I have used my own money The producer added the cessfully implemented the "more calibre, and fresh blood still had vacant positions for ity of a merit list was only for a the Supreme Court established and vigour and more merit by to make this film. The BJP has film was to have been released national rural scheme but in and vigour," through fresh clerks. Subsequently, 15 of year and that the corporation that merely making it to a qual- initiating a fresh selection pro- nothing to do with it. It is a last month. reality only 5 per cent work selection procedures from time those who had lost out on the had decided to conduct fresh ifying or merit list did not grant cedure based only on talent," commercial film, but based on "We had planned the film has been done. No one knows to time, the court said. job in 2011 approached the examinations to fill up the new one the right to employment. the bench said. facts," Sharman said. almost two years ago. The film where the central fund has The bench was hearing high court, seeking that they be vacancies. "We are unable to accept the "If the public bodies are The CPI(M), however, was supposed to have been gone," Sharman claimed. a plea filed by 15 'grade 4' appointed on the basis of their Sakhre said some of those contentions advanced by the permitted to operate the select insisted that the BJP was released in December 2017, but The Left party denied the employees of the BMC. having qualified in the exam. who had lost out on the job in petitioners that by clearing a list for years together, it would behind the film and questioned post-production work took a allegation. As per the petitioners, in The BMC opposed their 2011 had appeared for subse- written examination and secur- become a tool for nepotism," the timing of its release. lot of time," he said. Dhar pointed out that Tri- 2011, the BMC issued a cir- demand, saying that since 2011 quent exams, secured higher ing minimum marks, they have the court said while dismissing "In every constituency they The producer said the idea pura had been awarded seven cular advertising vacancies it had made many changes to marks and even got appoint- the right of being appointed," the petition. have brought vehicles with big for the feature film struck him times by the Central govern- screens. Why are they releas- when he visited the state a few ment for its performance. ing the film in February, just years ago to shoot documenta- "Why would the Central Pub fire: 3 accused remanded before the elections? The pro- ries on tribal people. government give awards to Pondy CM accuses TN govt of ducer may not say so, but the "We went to tribal areas and us for MNREGA? For the last BJP is behind it," CPI(M) Tri- made two documentaries on seven years, we are number one in police custody till Jan 25 pura state secretary Bijan Dhar the situation in Tripura. But we among the states. We have been told said. felt we could not reach out to considered the best among all not releasing water for farm use OUR CORRESPONDENT The BJP denied it was in any the people only through docu- states where MNREGA has The arrests were way connected with the film. mentaries," he said. been implemented success- OUR CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI: Three persons, who made last evening "It's completely untrue that It was then that he decided fully," Dhar said. were arrested yesterday in con- the BJP is behind the film. to produce a feature film that Though the CPI(M) said it PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry nection with the fire at a pub in after BMC Ajoy But if the film shows the would highlight "the plight of did not think the film would Chief Minister V Narayana- the Kamla Mills Compound Mehta submitted truth about the Tripura gov- the people" of Tripura. have an impact on the people of samy on Sunday accused the here that claimed 14 lives, have ernment, I welcome it," said "Nobody in the coun- the state, the party was consid- Tamil Nadu government of not been sent in police custody till his report to the Sunil Deodhar, in-charge of try knows about the things ering complaining to the Elec- releasing water from Veedur January 25. CM in which he Tripura BJP. which are happening in Tri- tion Commission. dam for farm use in the union The N M Joshi Marg police mentioned factors Sharman, however, said BJP pura. People don't even know The 110-minute film, territory. Puducherry has a had last evening arrested Ravi Member of Parliament Babul where Tripura is located," the directed by Abhijit Ashok Paul, share in the water from Veedur Bhandari, a partner in the which caused the Supriyo had sung a song for producer said. The film tells its is subtitled in Bengali and Kok- dam in Villupuram district in Kamla Mills, station fire offi- tragedy last month free for the film. story through a documentary borok, a tribal language of Tri- that state under an inter-state cer Rajendra Patil, and Utkarsh "One of the songs has been filmmaker who visits Tripura pura, and is the Delhi-based agreement inked in 1961, he Pandey, the owner of the Nir- sung by Babul Supriyo. He and sees alleged irregularities producer's first feature film. told media here today. diate release of water in keep- belonging to Congress and the vana Hookah, in connection fire on December 29 started Narayanasamy noted that ing with the provisions of the DMK were appointed chair- with the incident. because of the flying charcoal an agreement was signed by agreement. men of the PSUs or Parliamen- The three were produced embers from hookah which Maha to launch Lucknow administration to the two governments in 1961 to Veedur dam is situated in tary Secretary to Chief Minister this afternoon before the Bhoi- was illegally served at Mojo's share water from Veedur dam the catchment areas of Varaha here as per the Act adopted in wada court which remanded Bistro. It then spread to 1 weather advisory to meet the irrigation require- river and Thondiaru in Villu- the territorial Assembly in the them in police custody till Jan- Above. verify security parameters ments of farmers in Mannadi- puram district and had been past." uary 25, senior police inspector Most of the deceased were system for pet constituency in the union a source of irrigation for farm "We took utmost care Ahmed Pathan said. visiting 1 Above. in city schools territory. lands in Mannadipet constitu- before appointing the MLAs The arrests were made last The owners of both the farmers The deal ensured availabil- ency in Puducherry. to the posts of chairmen and evening after Brihanmumbai pubs were booked for 'culpa- ity of water for Puducherry for "Besides, Tamil Nadu gov- Parliamentary Secretary and Municipal Commissioner Ajoy ble homicide not amounting OUR CORRESPONDENT 175 days to enable farmers here ernment was ignoring the therefore the situation in Mehta submitted his report to to murder' and other offences to get water for cultivation on Union Territory's share of 6 Puducherry is different from the chief minister in which under the Indian Penal Code. MUMBAI: The Maharashtra an extent of 1400 hectares from tmc feet of water released into New Delhi," he claimed. he mentioned factors which The municipal commis- government is all set to intro- the dam, he said. the Cauvery basin by the Kar- The AIADMK had yester- caused the tragedy last month. sioner's report said the owners duce a system to issue daily dis- "The release of water for nataka government," Naraya- day said it would seek disquali- The owners of the '1 Above' of Kamla Mills allowed illegal trict-wise weather advisory to Mannadipet block was stopped nasamy alleged. fication of ruling Congress and pub, Jigar Sanghvi, Kripesh alterations and usage of terrace farmers across the state. this year.. Our plea is that the On AIADMK's demand DMK legislators in Puducherry Sanghvi and Abhijit Mankar, as by the two pubs. "The system has a capacity agreement should be enforced that Congress and DMK "for holding office of profit," in well as owners of the adjoining It also said that a depart- to generate weather alerts for by the Tamil Nadu authorities," MLAs should step down from view of the Election Commis- 'Mojo's Bistro', Yug Pathak and mental inquiry will be con- every ten minutes, if required. he said adding a letter would be the posts of chairmen of the sion's decision to disqualify 20 Yug Tulli, are already arrested. ducted against some fire The state is taking a step for- shot off to the Chief Minister PSUs and Parliamentary Secre- AAP MLAs in New Delhi on According to the enquiry brigade officials for lapses in ward to explore the possibility OUR CORRESPONDENT have not been made examina- of Tamil Nadu seeking imme- tary to CM, he said "The MLAs similar grounds. report submitted by Mehta, the duty. of issuing weather advisory for tion centres, there is no bud- farmers to minimise their crop LUCKNOW: In the backdrop get for the administration to losses due to adverse weather of an attack on a class 1 stu- get CCTV cameras installed," Saharanpur Police 'inaction': conditions," Agriculture Com- dent in a school here recently, he said. 'Narasimhan should have mentioned missioner Sachindra Pratap the Lucknow district admin- "The administration can Singh told PTI. istration has decided to run a tell the private and govern- FIR against 3 suspended cops "Going by our current prep- special campaign to verify the ment- aided schools to get Centre's role in Kaleswaram' arations and capacity to handle security parameters of schools. CCTV cameras installed in OUR CORRESPONDENT late last night. the data, I think we can intro- Starting January 22, the their premises, and can even Locals rushed to the scene OUR CORRESPONDENT duce a weather advisory sys- administration will check if the pressure them. But, owing to SAHARANPUR: Three police and pulled the teens out of a Kaleshwaram Project, located around tem," the commissioner said. schools which are also board absence of any budget, the personnel have been booked drain they had fallen into after HYDERABAD: Former 300 kms away from Hyderabad, is an "The government is likely to examination centers have administration cannot put any in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur the crash. Union minister Bandaru Datta- announce it next week," Singh installed CCTV cameras -- as pressure on the government district for refusing to take two The teenagers were seri- treya on Sunday said Telangana offshoot of the Pranahita Chevella lift said. mandated by law. schools," Sharma said. wounded teenagers to a hospi- ously wounded, the SP said, and Andhra Pradesh Gover- irrigation scheme Project The agriculture commis- "Now, whether all the In Lucknow, there are tal allegedly because they did adding that the residents then nor ESL Narasimhan should sionerate conceived the pro- schools, which are examination 1,027 government and private not want blood stains in their informed the police on the have mentioned Centre's "con- posal a few years back and it centres have really installed schools, which are made exam- vehicle, a senior police official 'Dial 100' service. tribution" to Kaleswaram irri- intend to escalate the issue fur- tion of the Centre to the proj- has completed setting up of CCTV cameras is yet to be ination centres. said today. They said the policemen gation project during his visit ther and bring it to the notice ect. "They (state government) weather stations at 2,050 sites ascertained. The verification On January 16, a class 1 stu- The delay led to the death of who reached the site refused yesterday. of higher authorities. claim that the entire project across Maharashtra, he said. will be carried out to ascertain dent was injured when he was Arpit Khurana and his friend to take the wounded persons Narasimhan had praised "I don't find fault with is completed with their own "The weather stations have the ground reality," Lucknow allegedly attacked with a sharp- Sunny, both aged 17. in their vehicle to a hospital. Telangana Chief Minister K the governor for visiting resources. At least the gover- started data collection work district magistrate Kaushal Raj edged weapon in the toilet of The two were on their way The Dial-100 service has Chandrasekhar Rao for tak- Kaleswaram Project. Gover- nor should have mentioned the and its uploading on central Sharma said. a private school in Lucknow, home on Friday night, when been initiated by the Uttar ing up the gigantic project and nor praised the project and the names of the Centre or Modi," server of the state government," Sharma said the adminis- an incident similar to the kill- they lost control over their Pradesh government to initiating steps to complete it, Chief Minister (KCR) also. I Dattatreya said. Singh said. tration is getting the security ing of a Ryan school student in motor-bike and it crashed into ensure better policing through during his visit. don't comment on that. I feel Kaleshwaram Project, The first automatic weather cameras installed in all the gov- Gurugram. a pole in Beri Bagh area.. increased number of vehicles, The governor had said that the governor should have located around 300 kms away station (AWS) in Maharashtra ernment schools which have The incident evoked the call Saharanpur SP (City) Pra- painted in black. The vehicles he wanted KCR to be called as mentioned the role of Centre from Hyderabad, is an offshoot became operational on May 1 been made examination centre. for more measures to ensure bal Pratap Singh said the trio help respond to emergency "Kaleswaram Chandrasekhar and Prime Minister Narendra of the Pranahita Chevella lift last year. The weather station "But those schools, which safety of children in schools. was booked under IPC sec- after distress calls. Rao" and Telangana Irriga- Modi (in the project) because irrigation scheme Project. helps in measuring the wind tion 304 A (culpable homicide The policemen reportedly tion Minister T Harish Rao as the Centre has been support- The project holds the key to direction, wind speed, air tem- not amounting to murder). refused because the blood of "Kaleswar Rao". ing it in a big way," Dattatreya the TRS government's promise perature, relative humidity and IGNOU announces dates for A departmental inquiry has the injured teenagers would His praise for the CM and told reporters here. of providing irrigation facility records amount of rainfall, the also been initiated against the stain their vehicle, the SP Harish Rao had evoked crit- He said it would have been to one crore acres of land under officer said. MPhil, PhD entrance tests accused policemen, he said. added. icism from Congress leaders "nice" had the governor men- all projects/tanks. The Union and state gov- On the basis of a complaint The residents then took the who alleged that the governor tioned the role of the Centre or Narasimhan had recently ernments get their weather NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi National Open by an eyewitness, the FIR was teenagers to a hospital in an was biased towards the ruling the prime minister because the came under fire from some BJP alerts and inputs from the University (IGNOU) today announced admissions registered against the police- autorickshaw but doctors there TRS party. state government would never leaders of Andhra Pradesh over India Meteorological Depart- to its Ph.D and M.Phil programmes for July 2018 men at Janakpuri police station declared them 'brought dead'. Dattatreya said he did not mention about the contribu- his "functioning". ment (IMD). session in regular mode. A national-level entrance exam will be conducted on March 4 in selected Jawan on duty at CM's home examination centers across the country, Director accidentally shoots himself Hawalat is home to a Rajasthan IPS officer of IGNOU Research Unit Prof. Kaustuva Barik said. OUR CORRESPONDENT The last date to submit application form is Fe- rank Rajasthan police officer be it pub or anything else, but Governor during a question- burary 16 and the online portal for admission to PATNA: A Bihar Military Police jawan, deployed who currently holds no post their unusual names have not answer session and alleged that as a night guard at the official residence of Bihar JAIPUR: The idea of being and is under Awaiting Posting changed the real meaning and the Governor's ADC later mis- the programmes will be operational from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, accidentally shot taken to a lockup may give Orders (APO) status. the sense of the places and behaved with him after the pro- January 23. MPOST and injured himself with his rifle. The incident chills to anyone but a senior His penchant for showing things," he said. gramme. He was immediately police officer in Rajasthan lives creativity has reflected in the It is not only 'Policia' cre- relieved from the programme happened in Patna on Saturday night. The jawan, in 'Hawalat'. name of his home, which is a ativity which brings Bhushan and forcefully sent to airport identified as Pujan Guru, accidentally shot himself But this is no 'Hawalat' commonly used word in police in news, but he has remained from the academy. with his service rifle while he was on duty outside (lockup) one is afraid of. parlance. "I named my bun- in controversies in the past too. Last year, he levelled cor- the CM's official residence at 1, Anney Marg, be- Instead, it is the name, IPS galow as 'Hawalat' last year to In September 2016, he was ruption charges against the top tween 11 pm and 12 midnight, City Superintendent officer Indu Kumar Bhushan show creativity. I am in police forcefully sent to Jaipur from brass of the state police. has given to his bungalow. so I chose a name in police style the National Police Academy, He also allegedly abused of Police, Central, D Amarkesh said. The bullet hit 'Hawalat' in posh Hanuman only. It is about creativity only Hyderabad, for questioning and thrashed his driver and his chest, the police officer said. The jawan was Nagar extension locality here is that catches people's attention," knowledge of Telangana Gov- gunman in 2013. admitted to the ICU of Patna Medical College and not a traditional lockup in any Bhushan said. ernor ESL Narasimhan dur- It is the fifth time in the Hospital (PMCH), the city SP said, adding, that the police station but a bungalow "I have seen several places ing a mid- career training career of this 1989-batch IPS owned by Bhushan, an Addi- and things with funny names programme. officer that he has been put rifle has been seized. MPOST tional Director General (ADG) in New Delhi and Jaipur itself, Bhushan had opposed the under APO status. ICA/T 514(3)/2018 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 EDITORIAL Civilisational glory Maryam Nawaz With the aim of civilisational harmony, Prime Minister Modi Vs Imran Khan has been adept at crafting a stable foreign policy for India he general elections in Pakistan are due to be held on July 15 this year. In the run-up to the polls, the hat India’s foreign outreach est study, “The ASEAN Miracle: a cata- show of strength and war of words between the rul- has become resilient, imagi- lyst for peace” have noted, “ASEAN is a ing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and ANIRBAN GANGULY native, pragmatic and bold in living and breathing modern miracle. Tthe opposition have intensified, in the recent weeks. On Sat- the last four years is an unde- Why? No other regional organisation has urday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Tniable fact. Prime Minister Modi’s visit done as much as” ASEAN, “to improve launched a vitriolic attack against the Nawaz Sharif family. to Israel, the first by an Indian Prime the living conditions of a broad swath Attacking the Sharif family for a picture of former Prime Min- Minister in seven decades, along with of humanity. ister Nawaz Sharif on the government health cards, he alleged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s The more than 600 million people that the Sharif family was responsible for destroying the moral first visit to India, its wide ramification living in the region have seen remark- values of the country’s youth. “Shameful! In no democracy and the intense discussions that it gen- able progress in the 50 years since the in the world wld [would] this be acceptable: A disqualified erated is a clear example of how India’s formation of the association. ASEAN money launderer’s face on a govt health card! Apart from using external outreach has assumed coher- has brought peace and prosperity to a taxpayer money to protect criminals, Sharif mafia destroy- ence and direction and is determined to troubled region, generated inter-civili- ing moral values of our youth: As if nothing wrong with cor- India’s Foreign pursue India’s strategic as well as civili- sational harmony in the most diverse ruption/money laundering,” (sic) Imran tweeted. Soon after policy, in the sational interest. corner of the earth and brought hope Imran’s tweet, Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and his political heir For those, who sometime back felt to many people…” Maryam Nawaz hit back at the PTI chief, stating that he was last four years, or argued that there was no “Modi Doc- That which binds India uniquely to destined to complain and be afraid. “He was earlier afraid of has certainly trine” in India’s foreign policy, one can the ASEAN collective is her cultural- Nawaz, but now seems to be afraid of his picture too. You are only say that a Modi Doctrine in foreign civilisational ties. A bond that has been, only destined to complain, be afraid, and remain distressed,” broken the elite, policy is not a linear construct, nor is it over the centuries, welcomed, celebrated, Maryam slammed Imran. As per media reports, the 44-year-old intelligentsia and a predictable theory or experiment, nor innovated, grafted upon and often trans- Maryam will contest the upcoming elections from the NA-120 smart analysts can it be articulated as a settled reac- muted to appear with a distinct regional constituency in Lahore, from where her father contested and tion, narrative or series of action. It is identity of its own. While, as the authors won the 2013 polls. Nawaz Sharif had to resign as the Prime preserve, it has pragmatic, realistic, ever-evolving and of the ‘ASEAN Miracle” note, “Economic Minister last year after the Supreme Court disqualified him in generated wide transmuting while being driven by a relationship is important”, India also the Panama Papers case. He has been disqualified for life from deep and undiluted idealism and a clear “needs to strengthen the cultural rela- holding any public office. Maryam began to take interest in discussion among sense of India’s place and position in the tionship. No other partner, not the US, politics since the 1999 coup by Pakistan Army chief General people and has new global order. In its expressions, if a not Europe and not even China, can Parvez Musharaf, who exiled the Sharif family to Saudi Ara- few steps backwards are at times spotted match India’s long historical association bia. She was in the spotlight last year when a special investi- exhibited a rare or discerned, it does not mean a battre with Southeast Asia…India can expect gative team (SIT) appointed by the Pakistan Supreme Court responsiveness on retraite, it reflects rather the pursu- difficult cul de sac situations. Such an participation of all the leaders of the a warm welcome if it launches a major was investigating the former premier’s family in the Panama ance of a tactical line, a reasoned back PM Modi with his Israeli counterpart. His bold strategising has strengthened India’s diplomatic stance push to build new cultural bridges with Papers expose. Elegant and media savvy, she became an instant not seen in seven stepping meant for leaping further and Southeast Asia.” sensation when she claimed that the SIT did not have charges decades more surely, without the risk of falling activism certainly comes from a firm ASEAN countries. Continuous and On the geopolitical front, India, they against them and was, in fact, trying to find some cases by in between two summits. sense of India’s place and aspirations in sustained efforts of the last three years argue, can provide a political buffer for questioning them. She famously said that this was the first SIT At the same time, while propounding the world; it is only a laissez-faire and have brought to fruition this congrega- ASEAN. India has consistently proven, in the world which was set-up to find the charges that can be and pursuing a definitive civilisational shirking consciousness that evolves a tion with great symbolic import. India’s especially in the last three years or so, levelled against the Sharif family. It was she, among her sib- agenda for India, India’s foreign policy hands-off policy when it comes to one’s relation and engagement with ASEAN that she is a responsible power, a stable lings, who spoke to the media; and, she spoke with clarity and has, in a sense, displayed grassroots citizens, who are either stranded or fac- are unique, in that it is the resumption power, a power that is willing to work for confidence. She came across as someone who was ready to sensitivity and responsiveness. While ing challenging situations abroad. of a deeply civilisational bond of mutu- her own interests, for the region’s stabil- challenge the medieval, feudal and backward mindset of the a certain bunch of elite analysts laugh One of the first things that a nation ality and of exchange. ity and prosperity with a certain confi- Pakistan’s ruling establishment. She oozed youthful idealism and sneer at external affairs minister and civilisation does, while trying to ASEAN’s uniqueness has been that it dence which comes with the realisation with a questioning mindset. And, in doing so, she also chal- Sushma Swaraj’s hourly and daily pro- evolve a great power narrative, a civili- has survived and grown from strength of a civilisational role. “If India were to lenged Imran Khan’s star value in the arena of Pakistani poli- activeness on social media as a response sational matrix, is to actively standby, to strength by deftly balancing its own strengthen its political presence and play tics. By becoming not too agitated by the SIT probe and its to the appeals of ordinary Indians fac- protect and promote its legitimate inter- diversity, its political compulsions and a stronger role in Southeast Asia in the final verdict, she chose not to emulate Imran Khan’s politics ing difficult situations and tribulations ests and constituents, which may be stra- the region’s fast-changing dynamics. It coming decades, it would receive a posi- of street power, arrogance and disdain for the country’s Par- abroad, it only shows that Indian foreign tegic, physical and emotional-cultural. has not subsumed itself to regional hege- tive response from ASEAN countries,” liament and judicial system. Nevertheless, she was as effective policy under the Narendra Modi dispen- India’s Foreign policy, in the last mony; it has not allowed itself to enter argue Mahbubani and Sng. in conveying to the world that she was ready to take forward sation operates at the broad horizon level four years, has certainly broken the into a subsidiary relationship with the The India-ASEAN Republic Day her family’s legacy in Pakistan politics. “Do not cry over your while also being active and effective at elite, intelligentsia and smart analysts largest power in its neighbourhood. Its gathering opens up greater possibil- defeat in the general elections this year, because empty chairs the micro-dimension. preserve, it has generated wide discus- success has been phenomenal if one were ities and opportunities towards fur- are unable to give votes,” she said on Saturday’s PML-N rally A sense of Indianness, a sense of sion among people and has exhibited a to keep in mind the political evolution ther exploring and achieving those in Haripur, referring to the united opposition’s rally in Lahore’s being of and for India, a consciousness rare responsiveness not seen in seven of the region in the last three decades. aspirations… Mall Road three days back, which was a mellowed affair com- of citizenship is what exercises such decades. As the Singaporean diplomat and (The author is Director, Dr. Syama pared to PML-N’s massive rally. Nawaz criticized PTI’s per- activism that sees the foreign minister The Republic Day celebrations this public intellectual Kishore Mahbubani Prasad Mookerjee Research formance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “Did you see their show herself responding to exigencies, giving year shall witness an unprecedented and his co-author the former diplomat Foundation, New Delhi. The three days ago? Their politics has been rejected by the people,” direction towards finding ways out of congregation with the presence and and academic Jeffery Sng, in their lat- views expressed are strictly personal) Nawaz said. “Why defeat should not be your fate, for what you have done in the last four years,” asked Maryam at the Haripur rally. Currently, Maryam Nawaz is a part of Prime Minister dear Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s government as chairperson for the Quote martial A FAIR JUDGEMENT EDITOR millenniumpost.in youth initiative. Nawaz Sharif’s elder son, Hussain Nawaz, is a businessman based in Saudi Arabia. His younger son, Hassan The The furore created over the screening of the movie Padmaavat has been eventually Log on to write letters to the Nawaz, is also a businessman and lives in London. His other invalidated by the Apex Court which gives the judgement in favour of the movie. This editor or send them to daughter Asma Nawaz, is the daughter-in-law of the current entertainment finance minister of Pakistan Ishaq Dar. The Sharif family shares verdict is most welcome in the eyes of all those people who don't want to blur their vision [email protected] its roots with the Punjabis of Kashmiri origin, hailing from is in the by the false propagation of communal hatred for the purpose of vote-bank politics. All You can also send your Anantnag and Pulwama in Kashmir. As per the figures avail- able with the Election Commission of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif presentation such attempts to instigate public to fight among themselves on the issues of casteism and comments to The Editor, has a net worth of Pakistani Rupees 1.6 billion. His family has religion must be judiciously tackled by the common people themselves and the plot of the Millennium Post, a multimillion-dollar steel conglomerate and has interests in JOHN MCTIERNAN selfish politicians ought to be foiled at any cost. Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah agriculture, transport and sugar mills under the brands names of Ittefaq Group and Sharif Group. That Maryam Nawaz will IFTEKHAR AHMED Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 contest the upcoming elections from a seat earlier represented by her father is on the expected lines. However, what is still uncertain is whether she is also ready to throw her hat in the ring for the Prime Minister’s office. A generational change in Pakistan is clearly in sight. Bengal’s entrepreneurial drive Footballer scores Mamata Banerjee has been focused on enhancing Bengal’s potential as an investment destination, as was highlighted during the recent Global Business Summit for President fter the three previous Bengal or a world-class footballer par excellence and a popular global investment summits sportsman like George Weah to be elected as President turned dormant, the fourth of Liberia, by such a wide margin, must be music to the SUBRATA MAJUMDER summit held this month ears of countless millions. Indeed, he is the only Afri- Athrew some rays of hope. Most of the Fcan player to be both FIFA’s world player of the year and win the MoUs signed in the three previous coveted Ballon d’Or. When the country’s electoral commission summits remained on paper. But, the announced the ex-AC Milan, Chelsea and Manchester City latest made a seamless attempt to woo striker had taken 61.5 per cent of the vote from 98.1 per cent investors after Chief Minister Mamata of the ballots cast, the electorate erupted in joy. He beat Vice Banerjee made a hard sell by visiting President Joseph Boakai, who took 38.5 per cent of the votes. Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai and LN Boakai conceded quickly. In a country plagued by civil strife, Mittal in London before the summit. bloodshed and worse, he had no choice. People were looking Evidently, apart from Ambani and Mit- for a complete and welcome change after years of foreign pow- tal, the summit beamed with the pres- ers settling their disputes. The United Nations had been the ence of big Indian honchos like Sajjan perennial umpire. Weah promptly tweeted: “Change is on.” He Jindal, Kishore Biyani, Parmesh Adani has succeeded Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to become President in the and the nine-country representatives. country’s first democratic transition since 1944. Earlier, he had The recent focus Their presence suggested they trusted tweeted: “The Liberian people clearly made their choice... and on India-ASEAN Mamata’s slogan “Bengal means Busi- all together we are very confident in the result of the electoral ness”, with Mukesh Ambani suggest- process.” The process had been delayed by several weeks after a connectivity can ing “West Bengal will be Best Bengal.” legal challenge by Boakai. It was natural for the armed police to develop the road The success of the summit should be stationed outside the polling body’s headquarters as some of connectivity not be measured by the amount of The Bengal global Summit has made impressive inroads to portray the state as a coveted investment destination Weah’s supporters began their celebrations. George Weah, 51, investment proposed under the MoUs. grew up in abject poverty. Indeed, he was raised by his grand- between West The crucial point is whether the summit India or a gateway to South East Asia, the infrastructure for MNCs warehous- and access to the big markets of the mother in one of the worst slums of Liberia’s capital Monro- Bengal and its could create a new mindset for entre- because of its geographical placement. ing facilities, especially to attract Japa- neighbouring countries. Structurally, via, but he went on to establish a glittering football career in preneurs to take a re-look at West Ben- Its proximity to Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhu- nese Sogo Sosha and Korean Chaebol, automobile is a value-chain or compo- the 1990s. He played for a number of different teams in Africa neighbouring gal. The impact of the summit will take tan, and Myanmar spur enough oppor- whose global marketing expertise was nent-based industry. In Japanese ter- before being transferred to Monaco where he was coached by countries. This time to emerge. The presence of big tunities for trading with India. West ramped up by strong information net- minology, it is known as a supporting Arsene Wenger. He also played for Paris Saint-Germain, AC names and their acknowledgement of Bengal can act as an Indian Silk Road work and distribution channel. The base industry. It is a conglomeration Milan, Chelsea and Manchester City. He is the first and only will pave the Mamata’s relentless efforts to woo the to the country’s neighbours. Myanmar warehousing facilities can provide effec- of assembly and component manu- African player to have won both FIFA’s World Player of the way for the state investors for Bengal’s resurrection as an has emerged as a prospective trade des- tive distribution channel with the timely facturing units with a lot of interde- Year trophy and the Ballon d’Or. On being persuaded by so investment destination seemed to have tination after the return of democracy. supply of goods and low-cost logisti- pendence. Therefore, for setting up of many that he was needed for a greater cause, he formed the to become an worked well. She could also manage the With the cost cutting opportunity in cal support. a major automobile factory, the devel- Congress for Democratic Change but was initially defeated. export hub to the presence of pro-Modi entrepreneurs, logistics, a competitive tool for buoy- West Bengal has a unique advan- opment of component and parts indus- Then in 2011 he came second as a vice presidential candidate. such as Ambani and Adani. ancy in trade, border trade unleashes tage to become a strong foundation for try is imperative in the vicinity of the He has been senator for Montserrado County in Liberia after ASEAN and East West Bengal profiles for two impor- greater opportunities to augment trade global value chain (GVC) manufactur- assembly plant. To this end, having the being elected in 2014. He won 38.4 per cent of the votes in the Asia region tant characteristics of investment. One, it with neighbouring countries. ing operations in the eastern region. In benefits of low-cost production and the first round on October 10, while his opponent Boakai came is bestowed with ample natural resources The recent focus on India-ASEAN the wake of China losing out on cost presence of three top-class technical second with 28.8 per cent. This triggered the run-off as neither under the soil of Sonar Bangla, and sec- connectivity can develop the road con- competitiveness, which resulted in for- institutions, viz, IIT Kharagpur, Shib- made it past the 50 per cent mark, needed for an outright win. ond is its geographical location in the nectivity between West Bengal and its eign investors looking for alternatives, pur Engineering College and Jadavpur At the run-off, there was no looking back. He got a whopping east with its scope for border trade with neighbouring countries. This will pave West Bengal can provide a propitious University, the state has ample opportu- majority. Liberia got a leader who had succeeded on the world four nations and the North East. Pola- the way for the state to become an export land for GVC manufacturing operations nities to provide skilled workers, which stage even against all the odds. One with strong character, grit, rising on these two parameters, West hub to the ASEAN and East Asia region. between India and ASEAN. The state is a major requirement for the automo- and determination, he is known to be a man who abides by Bengal can usher a strong turf for bor- Besides, West Bengal can act as is considered to be one of the cheapest bile industry. ethics and principles. These are not common traits amongst der trade and be a pivot to India-ASEAN India’s Rotterdam, by providing spaces manufacturing places in India. Even though no automobile plant politicians nowadays. His countrymen can only look up to him connectivity—the paradigm shift of for large warehousing facilities to export Mamata vied for foreign investment was proposed at the summit, West Ben- with great hope and expectation. There are plenty of obstacles Modi’s dynamism to rein in Asia under to ASEAN and the East Asia region, in the automobile sector while she vis- gal seemed to have touched the hearts left by the history of his country, but there is every reason to the Act Asia policy. owing to the development of road con- ited Munich in 2016. She asked BMW of entrepreneurs. IPA believe that he would use his manoeuvring skills deftly. West Bengal has a distinct advantage nectivity by India–ASEAN connectivity. to set up a factory in West Bengal tak- (The views expressed to become a potential trading hub for The state government should develop ing advantage of the availability of land are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 mp in focus Augmenting political narrative For a viable ‘New India’ by 2022, a transformed political landscape is essential, says Debasish Bhattacharyya here is something tionally syndicated columnist explosive about an in an article titled ‘Why We era in which interest Need Political Parties’ pub- in politics grows while lished in The New York Times Tfaith in politics declines. What writes – ‘To survive, political does it mean for the stability parties must regain the ability of a country if more and more to inspire and mobilise peo- people warily keep track of the ple — especially the young ….. activities of an authority that Parties must be willing to over- Democracy is but they increasingly distrust?”— haul their structures, mindsets David Van Reybrouck, author and methods to adapt to a new a developmental of ‘Against Elections. The Case world…We need a disruptive phenomenon as for Democracy’ innovation that pulls demo- The successful institutions cratic parties into the 21st cen- the functioning and institutional spheres, whose tury.’ Doubtless, many will find of democratic contributions have been crucial this two-pronged approach as for the country and its people, naively utopian and find me institutions can be are mostly run by those consid- divorced from reality. Interest- bettered, extended ered competent and credible. ingly, it’s the same set of peo- There could be a few aber- ple who feel powerless to act and intensified; rations in the recent years as against political domination. political the standing of some institu- Complex problems do not nec- competition tions with significant systemic essarily always require com- influence has declined. People The accountability of political actors must be strengthened to achieve the vision of ‘New India’ by 2022 (Representational Image) plex solutions, often “outside can be made helming these places primar- the box” works but, the prereq- ily are both accountable as also tices owing to political apathy allows them to fight elections excellence in ideology. When tion politics is the inescapable Research, Common Cause etc. uisite is earnestness. Certainly, fairer and more responsible. While account- leads to the erosion of trust and repetitively or occupy impor- commitment to the ideology truth of the day and ‘common and at individual level people the upgrading and invigoration transparent. But, ability has become an admin- diminished belief in govern- tant positions despite being gets swayed by allurements, minimum programme’ is the like JM Lyngdoh, Nandan Nile- of democracy will not solve all what the world’s istrative challenge everyone is ment fairness – from divisive inept or of low calibre. And this it turns into political corrup- binding agenda of a coalition kani, Dipankar Gupta /Dr Shiv social and economic problems faced with, to be responsible politics to demonetisation to is despite a forceful civil soci- tion—the face of present-day government (given the varied Viswanathan, Arghya Sengupta that people face, but now it’s largest democracy is to accept ownership of an Ashok Khemka - transferred ety, active judiciary and critical representative democracy in ideologies among the parties) of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy high time to reorient demo- lacks primarily action or end result. It is against more than 46 times in 20-plus media including the electrify- India. There is no more and to be in power; ‘common mini- as its members. cratic politics around the axis this backdrop, one wonders, years of service. ing social network. Hence, an no less reason to believe that mum ethical agenda’ could well The scepticism whether of the country’s ‘real need’. is accountability, whether our elected representa- Democracy is but a devel- incompetent or unscrupulous true democracy has till date be the guiding spirit for all the such people will possess the Prime Minister Narendra integrity, and tives in India regardless of party opmental phenomenon as winning election is not inap- eluded the world’s most popu- political parties to serve the societal vision and wider related Modi spoke about building a affiliation will ever accept their the functioning of demo- propriate to our democratic lous democracy as the politi- country and its people better. skills needed for political lead- ‘New India’ by 2022, the 75th competency that action or inaction, responsible cratic institutions can be bet- temper. According to David cal parties’ activities, finances, Also, snail-paced deliberations ership is somewhat misplaced year of independent India and represent the vital for considerable mess across tered, extended and intensified; Van Reybrouck, “Since we have funding, and ethics remained on electoral reforms should be given their individual capacity emphasised his government’s levels of governance – eco- political competition can be reduced democracy to selecting unregulated to a great extent. fast-tracked. and social standing. And, there- commitment to fighting against embodiments nomic, social and political. made fairer and more trans- representatives, and reduced Under the circumstances, Second, the people’s con- fore, their collective wisdom in poverty, corruption, casteism, of leadership. And, it’s highly unlikely, given parent. But, what the world’s representative democracy to there is an urgent need to cerns that transparency and scaling up democratic quality terrorism and communalism. the country’s structural politi- largest democracy lacks mostly mean simply voting, a valu- broaden the scope of demo- accountability norms are can’t be short of being profound Frankly, people can’t agree There is an urgent cal characteristics that often is accountability, integrity, able system is now mired in cratic temper that until now being ignored by lawmakers and pragmatic. Political leaders more. But, can this really hap- need to broaden indulged in patronage politics and competency that repre- deep difficulties. Winning the gave rights only to political themselves have led to cham- must be willing to relinquish pen without strengthening the leading to disillusionment. sent the vital embodiments of next election has become more establishments to remedy the pion the idea of the govern- some control to those having democratic institutions and the scope of History has stood witness to leadership. important than fulfilling the structural deficiencies of the ment appointing a committee wider acceptance. establishments of the country. democratic temper the brilliance of several politi- One can argue that account- promises made in the last. Mak- political system. In order to headed by a retired Supreme The answer: perhaps no. cians whose role in the devel- ability, integrity and compe- ing the best of the system we remove such limitations, as also Court judge to find ways and Scope of the committee To sum up: To achieve ‘New opment of the country can tency do matter in electoral have is becoming increasingly to revitalise peoples’ confidence means to strengthen the dem- Revisiting interface between India’, the country’s political never be ignored. But, overall, democracy as the political difficult.” that elected officials are best ocratic institutions and public politics and governance, restor- narrative in the political land- many in politics have been the party in power or the elected Moot question, therefore, is suited to manage the nation’s services. The committee com- ing the integrity of the demo- scape must change. The above mediocrities and astoundingly representatives at Parliamen- whether the young India that affairs more efficiently and face prising six to eight eminent cratic processes, establishing two-pronged approach could unqualified. At a time when tary/Assembly/Municipal/ dreamt of shared prosperity its difficulties more bravely people with no party affiliations accountability at every level of give birth to a transformed the ability to win an election Panchayat level tend to lose for its people and the country than anybody else, the follow- is to consult various stakehold- governance structure, defin- political narrative which is matters more than the ability power for underperformance. which is fraught with multi- ing measures seem significant. ers for inputs. The report thus ing key performance indica- fundamental to the ‘New India’ to contribute, it’s bound to fuel It’s true, but it happens usu- dimensional challenges like made is to be tabled in the Par- tors, ensuring genuine citizen of 2022. People of this coun- opportunistic association over ally after five years. Further, if widespread poverty, illiteracy, Primarily two-pronged liament for discussion and the engagement and government try barely need any advertise- a hallowed association. Despite a political party or a coalition, and disparities can only rely on approach measures recommended duly responsiveness could be some ment, campaign, and publicity the progressive nature of the say ‘X’ loses power for the gov- those lawmakers who helped First, devise a ‘common acted upon; unlike the Vohra of the key areas. Another or medium to recognise the Indian Constitution, there is ernment’s performance deficit the challenges assume bigger minimum ethical agenda’ to Committee report regarding important aspect is to explore ‘New India’ that embraced a a sense of unease about the or poor performance, is likely proportions. Many a time, polit- set right political parties’ organ- crime-politics nexus, which was the increased participation of just political narrative –it can be accomplishment of our repre- to come back in power after ical parties take up programmes isational structures and politi- not acted upon. bright young minds in politics. seen and experienced at every sentative democracy. The politi- five years with almost the same and policies not because they cal agendas—listing out the dos The committee mustBecause, many believe, youth level of citizen-state interac- cal strategy of any party is a set of nonperformers/people are right but because they can and don’ts. The government in include credible apolitical participation in politics is still tions, at all stages of the policy dynamic process which can’t be ruling the roost. Another sig- be propagated well and sold to power is to take the initiative minds from various think tanks dependent on wealth, legacy processes. faulted. But, the political system nificant aspect is the long shelf the people. For political leaders, to involve all the political par- like the Association of Demo- and connections. (The views expressed that fails to adopt the best prac- life of frontline politicians that commitment arises from the ties for the purpose. If coali- cratic Right, Centre for Policy Moisés Naím, an interna- are strictly personal)

tweet Fault lines that can rock our Judiciary RETWEET A patch-up cannot resolve issues raised by mutineers, writes K. Raveendran n unusually warm January has pro- MAHESH BHATT duced an unprec- @MaheshNBhatt edented cold war, Athe first such in the annals of Supreme Court, with a detente totally absent. Four judges, all “Those who are determined to be If personal men of known integrity and ‘offended’ will discover a provocation preferences eminence, one of them a future somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust Chief Justice, have staged a enough to please the fanatics, and it is are allowed mutiny against Chief Justice Dipak Misra and his ways, degrading to make the attempt” to influence which the nation is still strug- -Christopher Hitchens the selection gling to come to terms with. The Bar Council says things are of judges, it under control and will be nor- amounts to mal any time soon. Although every day dawns with the signs NARENDRA MODI acknowledging of a thaw, by evening the situa- @narendramodi the possibility tion is back to square one, with both sides sticking to their guns that the and making a solution as diffi- judgments cult as it appeared on the first Congratulations to our cricket team for issued by them day of the revolt. Even a sec- winning the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup! ond meeting between the four They make the nation proud and inspire may also suffer senior judges and the Chief every Indian with their game as well as from personal Justice failed to melt the ice as Four dissenting Supreme Court Judges addressing a press conference in New Delhi (Representational Image) phenomenal attitude. True champions! the CJI refused to accede to the bias. That demand of the aggrieved judges and justice are for those who the politically sensitive cases the very foundation and peo- touring wise men and hon- destroys the very that he call a press conference can afford these with money. have been assigned to junior ple’s faith in the judiciary. This oured them for their knowl- to acknowledge their griev- The dictum that not even one judges, it plants a doubt in crisis of confidence cannot be edge. The title of the wisest man foundation and ances. Having criticised the innocent person shall be pun- the mind of everyone. One of overcome by the judges sit- was decided on the basis of no- YASHWANT SINHA people’s faith judges for taking their issues ished even if a thousand guilty the national dailies tracked ting around a table and sort- holds-barred debates, where @YASHWANTSINHA to the ‘people’s court’, instead go unpunished has been used 15 ‘super sensitive cases of ing out their differences. When each argument had to fulfil in the judiciary. of seeking internal means of to the hilt to let the high and national importance’ in the last some of the judges accused the some eight conditions so that This crisis of redressal, the reluctance of the mighty off the hook, rather two decades, which included mutineering judges of destroy- there was no scope for ambi- official ‘faction’ is only natural. than to protect the innocent, Bofors, Rajiv Gandhi assassina- ing the institution of Supreme guity between what was stated confidence Maybe the issue is not thousands of whom have been tion, L K Advani’s trial in Babri Court, they were partly right. and how it was understood. President's order disqualifying the 20 AAP cannot be resolving because there is no made to suffer for no fault of masjid demolition, Sohrabud- But more right is the fact that it Even one fault would make the MLAs is complete miscarriage of natural resolution possible. So deep- theirs. In contrast, those who din Sheikh fake encounter, Best had already been destroyed by argument liable to be rejected. justice. No hearing, no waiting for High overcome by the rooted is the problem that a wield power and influence Bakery etc. And it turned out some of the practices prevail- One is not sure whether the Court's order. It is Tughluqshahi of the judges sitting patch-up between the two sides hardly face the crunch. that the four seniormost judges ing in the top tiers of judiciary, ancient texts prescribed any worst order. could just leave the original So, when it is on the author- were kept away all the time as such as bench-hunting for ‘pli- norms for the clarity of court around a table issues as they are. It is like the ity of four of the five senior- the cases were referred to ‘select able’ judges. judgments. But there are texts and sorting out trial of a murder case in which most judges in the Supreme benches’ headed by junior It is an established norm which suggest that if a crime all the accused have been let off Court that the affairs of the judges. This makes it obvious that if one part of an equation went unpunished, one part of their differences because their crime could not court are conducted in ‘less that the issue had been decided is defective, the other part will the blame would devolve on BHAICHUNG BHUTIA be proved. But that does not than desirable’ ways and that on grounds other than compe- also fail scrutiny. In the context the ruler and an equal part @bhaichung mean that the murder did not the practice of bench-hunting tence as the senior judges can of court trials, this is widely fol- would be apportioned to the take place and it ceases to be is rampant to ensure that a cer- safely be assumed to be at least lowed in recording evidence account of the person sitting an event. The same is the case tain verdict goes a certain way, as competent as the others, if from witnesses. If one part of in judgment. If the concept is with the revolt. Even if the four it shakes the very foundation not more. a witness account is found to applied to the modern judicial judges settle with the CJI and of our sense of justice. It is like So, if personal prefer- be false, the whole disposi- context, our courts would have 15Silkim football team sharing a joy of everything is hunky-dory once the mathematical practice of ences, read prejudices, are tion is sought to be established earned tonnes of blame as their eating lunch together with residents of more, the issues raised, despite first stating the result and then allowed to influence the selec- as invalid because it raises dividend for miscarriage of jus- Apna Ghar, an old age home. #sikkim all the heat, will continue to constructing the steps back- tion of judges, it amounts to doubts about the credibility tice! This is the real issue left #football #team #lunch #sharing #joy haunt public conscience for a ward so that when the process acknowledging the possibility of the witness in question. In open by the Supreme Court #food #oldagehome long time to come. At least a is complete, the result is exactly that the judgments issued by ancient India, there existed a mutiny. IPA section of people have always the same as the assumption. them may also suffer from per- tradition in which the courts (The views expressed believed that, in India, law When it is alleged that most of sonal bias. And that destroys of kings and emperors hosted are strictly personal.) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 Taliban attack on Afghan hotel Pakistan SC orders to arrest Zainab's killer within 72 hrs Lahore: The Supreme Court ends after 13 hours, 18 dead of Pakistan on Sunday gave a 72-hour deadline to the Punjab KABUL: A Taliban assault on the Inter- ple trying to escape through windows police chief to arrest the cul- continental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capi- on the upper stories. prit behind the brutal rape and tal killed at least 18 people, including 14 Capt. Tom Gresback, spokesman for murder of a seven- year-old foreigners, and pinned security forces NATO-led forces, said in a statement girl that has sparked national down for more than 13 hours before that Afghan forces were leading the outrage. the last attacker was killed on Sunday, response efforts. He said that accord- Police in Pakistan's Punjab with the casualty toll expected to rise. ing to initial reports, no foreign troops province have failed to nab the The heavily-guarded luxury hotel is were hurt in the attack. killer of Zainab, whose body popular among foreigners and Afghan Neighboring Pakistan condemned was found in a garbage heap on officials. Interior Ministry spokesman the “brutal terrorist attack” and on January 9, despite carrying Najib Danish said the 18 killed included called for greater cooperation against out DNA test of 800 suspects in 14 foreigners and a telecommunications militants. over two weeks. official from the western Farah province Afghanistan and Pakistan routinely Chief Justice of Pakistan who was attending a conference. accuse each other of failing to combat Mian Saqib Nisar held the hear- footage showed her walking the culprits. The DNA tests “11 of the 14 foreigners killed were extremists along their long and porous ing of the case at the Lahore with a stranger near Peerow- of 21 million people will have employees of KamAir, a private Afghan border. registry and admonished the ala Road. Police failed to trace to be conducted if the investi- airline,” said Danish. KamAir also put Afghan forces have struggled to police officers for their failure her abductor and on January 9 gations continue in this way," out an announcement saying some of combat the Taliban since the US and to arrest the killer of the victim. her body was recovered from a Nisar said. their flights were disrupted because of Mujahid said the insurgents initially the hotel. NATO formally concluded their com- The parents of the eight heap of garbage near the Shah- No headway has been made the attack. planned to attack the hotel Thursday “We need to complete our inves- bat mission at the end of 2014. They girls who have been raped and baz Khan Road. in the case since the girl's body Ukraine says one of its citizens was night but postponed the assault because tigation, but our initial reports show have also had to contend with a grow- murdered in Kasur since 2015 Autopsy report had con- was found, despite the Coun- killed in the attack. Vasyl Kyrylych, a there was a wedding underway and they that the attackers were moved in to the ing Islamic State affiliate that has car- appeared before the Supreme firmed that the girl was sub- ter-Terrorism Department, spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign wanted to avoid civilian casualties. hotel,” said Danish. ried out a number of massive attacks Court bench and pleaded for jected to rape, torture and was Intelligence Bureau, Special Ministry, announced the death of the The attack unfolded almost six years Mumtaz Ahmad, a provincial tele- in recent years. justice. then strangled to death. Branch and Punjab Forensic Ukrainian citizen in a brief statement after Taliban insurgents launched a sim- communication employee for Helmand In the northern Balkh province, "An unspeakable crime has The horrific incident trig- Science Agency being tasked on Twitter, without providing further ilar assault on the property, which is province who survivor the attack said “I insurgents burst into a home where been committed against an gered public outrage through- with investigating the case. details. not part of the Intercontinental chain was on my way from my room toward several members of a local pro-govern- innocent girl," Nisar said and out the country with people According to the initial Afghan officials did not identify the of worldwide hotels. the reception, when I the elevator ment militia were gathered late Satur- ordered the Inspector General demanding justice for the child. investigation, the perpetrator foreigner killed in the attack. The Interior Ministry said a private door opened, I saw two-armed suicide day, leading them outside and killing 18 of Police to arrest the culprit in The girl's murder was the of is a serial killer who may Ten other people, including six firm assumed responsibility for secur- bombers. People were escaping and the of them, said Gen. Abdul Razeq Qaderi, the case within 72 hours. 12th such incident reported in have been involved in some from the security forces, were reported ing the hotel around three weeks ago. attackers were firing at them.” the deputy provincial police chief. Zainab had gone missing Kasur district in a year. six or seven such incidents in wounded and more than 150 people, The ministry says it is investigating Afghan security officials confirmed Among those killed was a tribal while going for tuition near A police officer told the Kasur. including 41 foreigners, were rescued how the attackers managed to enter that 34 provincial officials were gath- leader who served as the local police her house in Kasur city, some Chief Justice that the DNA Kasur had made headlines from the hotel, Danish said. the building. ered at the hotel to participate in a commander, he said. 50 kilometres from Lahore, on tests of 800 suspects had been in 2015 when it was revealed The Taliban claimed the attack, During a press conference, Dan- conference organized by the Telecom- In the western Farah province, a January 5. conducted. that a gang of paedophiles was which began around 9 PM on Satur- ish said that early investigations show munication Ministry. roadside bomb killed a deputy pro- Her parents had been "The police are pursuing busted for running a child sex day, saying five gunmen armed with that six insurgents entered the hotel A fire broke out at the hotel as the vincial police chief and wounded four in Saudi Arabia to perform a one-track investigation and ring in the city. suicide vests targeted foreigners and from the northern side and stormed fighting raged, and the sound of explo- other police early Sunday, according Umrah and she had been liv- must widen the scope of the Last year 4,139 incidents of Afghan officials. its kitchen. Two attackers were killed sions could be heard throughout the to Gen. Mahruf Folad, the provincial ing with her maternal aunt. probe beyond simply using child abuse took place in the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah by Special Forces on the 6th floor of standoff. Live TV footage showed peo- police chief. AGENCIES After her abduction, the DNA testing to track down province. AGENCIES N Korea delegates in South Indian dies in Myanmar soldiers UAE as diesel Over 25k murdered in Mexico in for pre-Olympics inspection container 2017, country's deadliest year jailed for killing SEOUL: North Korean dele- resort of Pyeongchang on falls on him gates arrived in South Korea February 9. The International MEXICO CITY: Mexico saw civilians in rare trial on Sunday to prepare for cul- Olympic Committee had on DUBAI: A 27-year- a total of 25,339 murders last tural performances during next Saturday endorsed the deal, old Indian worker year, official data has shown, BANGKOK: A Myanmar mili- by soldiers last May while they month's Winter Olympics, in saying the North would send was crushed to after 2017 was already estab- tary tribunal has sentenced six were heading back to their the first visit by Pyongyang offi- 22 athletes in sports ranging death after a diesel lished as a record-breaking year soldiers to 10 years in prison refugee camp after gathering cials to the South for four years. from figure skating to short- based on killings carried out with hard labour for killing firewood near Hka Pra Yang Television footage showed track speed skating. container fell on until November. three civilians in war-torn village. Two of the men were seven officials led by Hyon "It marks the opening of the him while unloading The interior ministry on Kachin state, officials said, in released and returned to the Song-Wol, the leader of the door towards peaceful coexis- goods from a small Saturday said 2,219 people a move welcomed by rights camp, while the bodies of the North's popular Moranbong tence and peaceful cooperation ship near Khalid Port were murdered in December groups. other three were found in a girl band, crossing the heavily- forged through sports," Seoul's 2017. The Kachin state police shallow grave three days later. fortified border by bus before sports minister Do Jong-Hwan, in Sharjah in the Authorities began collect- office said the tribunal handed Rights groups said the pros- arriving at Seoul train station who attended Saturday's meet- UAE, a media report ing data in 1997, and the pre- down the sentence Friday after ecution of the six soldiers was about an hour later. ing, told reporters on return- said on Sunday. vious record high of 22,409 finding the soldiers guilty of rare and the first step down a The stony-faced officials, ing to Seoul. The two nations Police received a occurred in 2011. killing three ethnic Kachin long road to ending military surrounded by hundreds of also agreed to march together call at the opera- The homicide rate per civilians in September. The impunity. Still they raised con- Seoul police officers, then at the opening ceremony under 100,000 inhabitants meanwhile prosecution came after an cerns about the trial being held boarded a train to the eastern a unification flag -- a pale blue tion room about the climbed to 20.51, against 16.80 internal investigation by the behind closed doors. city of Gangneung, where one silhouette of the Korean pen- incident and rushed in 2016, when 20,545 were recorded in states where drug len gasoline, engaging in extor- military. "There's a good reason for of two planned concerts is due insula -- and to form a joint to the site where the murdered. cartels are deeply entrenched, tion, kidnapping for ransom or Min Zaw, a Kachin state the military to keep these trials to be held. women's ice hockey team. worker was found Mexico is convulsing from a such as southern Guerrero and people trafficking. In a bid to police officer, said that during behind closed doors. It makes Hyon, a star singer and also The South's government, dead, the Khaleej wave of violence linked to drug eastern Veracruz. address the issue, Mexico's con- the hearing the six confessed it a lot easier to cover up wide- the leader of the 140-member facing mounting public criti- trafficking that has left almost Within the last year, even gress last week approved a con- that they were responsible for spread and systematic abuses," Samjiyon Orchestra chosen to cism of the sporting rapproche- Times reported. 200,000 dead since December states that were previously troversial internal security law the killings. said David Baulk, Myanmar visit the South, left the station ment, defended it on Sunday The identity of the 2006, when former president relatively peaceful, such as that would formalise the mili- Kachin state is home to an human rights specialist for For- in Gangneung without talking as "an investment for a peace- victim was not Felipe Calderon's government Baja California Sur, north- tary's role in domestic security. ethnic rebel army that has been tify Rights. to throngs of journalists. ful future".The orchestra led disclosed. The body launched a controversial mili- western Colima and central The move drew criticism fighting the Myanmar military Myanmar's military has After months of high ten- by Hyon will give two concerts has been shifted to tary anti-drug operation that, Guanajuato, were shaken by from rights groups concerned for more than seven years. been accused of violating sions over the North's mis- -- one in the capital Seoul and according to its critics, has violence. about the militarisation of the More than 100,000 people human rights with impunity sile and nuclear tests, the another in Gangneung -- dur- forensic laboratory only led to more murders and Analysts believe this may be country -- while UN rights have fled the fighting and live for decades, including in its neighbours agreed this month ing the Olympics. Seoul will for autopsy to deter- attacks. linked to a surge in the num- chief Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein in refugee camps. conflicts with rebel groups. that North Korean ath- also send skiers to the North’s mine the cause of The figures do not detail ber of autonomous cells follow- said earlier this month it "risks Calls to the military infor- Most recently it has been letes, cheerleaders, artistic Masikryong ski resort for joint the death, the paper how many of the murders are ing the capture of the heads of weakening incentives for the mation office rang unanswered accused of abuses during what troupes and other delegates training with N Korean coun- linked to organised crime but major drug cartels. civilian authorities to fully on Saturday. it calls "clearance operations" would attend the Games terparts, and hold a joint cul- said. AGENCIES experts say it is probably a large Criminal gangs have also assume their law enforcement The three civilians were against ethnic Rohingya Mus- beginning in the South's ski tural event. AGENCIES majority since the bulk were diversified, trafficking in -sto roles." AGENCIES among a group of five detained lims in Rakhine state. AGENCIES Roadside bomb kills 12 UK school forced to reverse hijab ban Synthetic virus may lead to civilians in Afghanistan’s LONDON: One of the UK's safety and welfare of our chil- ernment to take a firm stand leading state-funded schools dren. The school has taken the on young children wearing the KABUL: An Afghan official says a roadside bomb which had hit the headlines decision to make changes to hijab and fasting during Rama- effective smallpox vaccine has killed at least 12 civilians in the western as one of the first to impose a this policy with immediate dan, resigned from his post on Herat province. Abdul Ahad Walizada, a spokes- ban on the hijab for girls under effect and this follows on from Friday. According to 'The Sun- eight has been forced to reverse conversations with our school day Times', the resignation TORONTO: Scientists have man for the provincial police chief, says a 13th its decision after widespread community," the school said in followed offensive messages created a synthetic horsepox person was wounded in the explosion early Sun- criticism. a statement. posted on social media against virus that could lead to the day, which struck a vehicle in the Gulran district. St Stephen's School in "We will work with our him and the school's Indian- development of a more effec- No one immediately claimed responsibility for Newham, east London, had school community to continue origin principal Neena Lall. tive vaccine against smallpox. been planning to extend the to review this policy going for- "Now the head-teacher The discovery demonstrates the attack, but Walizada blamed Taliban insur- ban to girls under 11 later this ward in the best interests of our needs to go. Kick her out and how techniques based on the gents, who often plant roadside bombs to target year but has chosen to with- children," it adds. force her to wear hijab. Let her use of synthetic DNA can be Afghan security forces. AGENCIES draw the plans. Arif Qawi, the chair of gov- see what forcing means," one used to advance public health "The school's uniform ernors of the school who had of the messages against Lall measures. policy is based on the health, recently called on the UK gov- reads. AGENCIES Researchers from Univer- sity of Alberta in Canada pro- duced an infectious horsepox virus, which they synthetically New AI can negotiate deals better than humans reconstructed using a pub- lished genome sequence and BOSTON: Scientists have machines, Crandall said. for that!" or even an "In your DNA fragments manufactured Horsepox - an equine dis- binant DNA technologies to created a new artificial intelli- "As it is, about half of the face!" entirely by chemical methods. ease caused by horsepox virus engineer a vaccinia virus with gence system that can negoti- humans lied at some point. Regardless of the game or The team went on to show - is not a hazard to humans. It is the aim of improving the treat- ate a compromise and maintain So essentially, this particu- pairing, cheap talk doubled the that the synthetic horsepox closely related to vaccinia virus, ment for bladder cancer. relationships more effectively lar algorithm is learning that amount of cooperation. virus could provide vaccine the virus that was used as a vac- The virus is an oncolytic than humans. moral characteristics are good. When machines used cheap protection in a mouse model cine to eradicate human small- virus, which means it was mod- Researchers programmed It's programmed to not lie, talk, their human counter- of poxvirus infection. pox 40 years ago. ified to selectively kill rapidly- machines with an algorithm and it also learns to maintain parts were often unable to tell "This application of syn- While there have been dividing cancer cells while called S# and ran them through cooperation once it emerges," whether they were playing a thetic DNA technology has the no cases of naturally occur- remaining safe for surround- a variety of two-player games to he said. human or machine. potential to revolutionise how ring smallpox since 1977, it ing healthy cells. see how well they would coop- Researchers further forti- The research findings, pub- we manufacture complex bio- remains a concern to public In pre-clinical models these erate in certain relationships. fied the machines' ability to lished in the journal Nature logicals including recombinant health agencies. viruses can infect and kill can- The team from Brigham cooperate by programming Communications, could have viruses," said David Evans, pro- Current smallpox vac- cer cells, while promoting the Young University (BYU) and them with a range of "cheap long-term implications for fessor at University of Alberta. cines are used to protect first development of an immune Massachusetts Institute of talk" phrases. human relationships. "These methods advance responders and military ser- response that is needed to Technology in the US tested In tests, if human partic- “In society, relationships the capacity to produce next- vice members but are rarely prevents the cancer from machine-machine, human- ipants cooperated with the break down all the time. Peo- generation vaccines and offer used except in special circum- returning. machine and human-human machine, the machine might ple that were friends for years special promise as a tool for stances. Due to the toxicity of However, future genera- interactions. respond with a "Sweet. all of a sudden become ene- constructing the complicated most modern smallpox vac- tions of oncolytic viruses will In most instances, machines behind cooperation with peo- respond to us and articulate We are getting rich!" or "I mies,” Crandall said. synthetic viruses that will likely cines, Canada and the US have require a greater degree of programmed with S# outper- ple and what attributes artifi- what it's doing. It has to be able accept your last proposal." “Because the machine is be needed to treat cancer," said long discontinued immunis- modification than is possible formed humans in finding cial intelligence (AI) needs to to interact with other people," If the participants tried to often actually better at reach- Evans. ing whole populations, as was using older technologies. compromises that benefit both develop social skills," said Jacob he said. betray the machine or back ing these compromises than The synthesised horsepox the policy prior to smallpox Synthetic biology offers a parties. Crandall from Brigham Young If two humans were honest out of a deal with them, they we are, it can potentially teach virus is the largest virus assem- eradication. powerful tool for manufactur- "The end goal is that we University. with each other and loyal, they might be met with a trash- talk- us how to do this better,” he bled to date using chemically Researchers had previously ing these more complicated understand the mathematics "AI needs to be able to would have done as well as two ing "Curse you!," "You will pay said. AGENCIES synthesised DNA. used more traditional recom- biological therapeutics. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 mp Sikh man asked Protestors flock in droves to to remove turban anti-Trump women’s march in Canadian club OT TAWA: A Sikh man was asked to remove his turban by NEW YORK: Protestors took posted a deadpan tweet refer- female mayor, while Washing- a woman in a Canadian club to the streets en masse across encing the rallies protesting his ton protestors rallied at the foot who threatened to "rip" off the the United States, hoisting policies, urging people to "get of the Lincoln Memorial and head covering and heckled him anti-Donald Trump placards, out there and celebrate the his- marched to the White House, with racist remarks, according banging drums and donning toric milestones and unprec- speaking out on a raft of issues to a media report. pink hats for a second Wom- edented economic success and ranging from immigrant pro- Jaswinder Singh Dhaliwal en's March opposing the pres- wealth creation that has taken tections to racial equality to was playing pool with friends ident -- one year to the day of place over the last 12 months." sexual assault. "We feel like our at the Royal Canadian Legion, a his inauguration. "Beautiful weather all over work isn't done and that there's Canadian ex-service organisa- Hundreds of thousands of our great country, a perfect day so much more that we need to tion that includes people who marchers assembled in Wash- for all Women to March," he fix," said Tanaquil Eltson, 14, have served in military, when Legion president ington, New York, Chicago, wrote. Many of the demonstra- who also participated in Wash- the management approached Stephen Gallant Denver, Boston, Los Angeles tions indeed took place under ington's 2017 march. the group and asked him to and other cities nationwide, sunny skies but marchers in "I know the world around remove his patka as it was its later said that he many donning the famous pink Park City, Utah -- where the me isn't happy colors; it's scary. policy to remove any headgear plans to apologise knit "pussy hats" -- a reference annual Sundance Film Festival But I'm excited to be able to fix out of respect for the veterans, to those involved to Trump's videotaped boasts is underway -- braved chilly it," she said, clad in a red and CBC News reported. of his license to grope women temperatures and steady snow blue Superwoman outfit. However, religious gar- as religious without repercussions. to make their voices heard, led Her mother Vitessa Del ments are exempted from the garments are Protestors hoisted signs by celebrities including activist Prete, a retired US army lieu- legion s policy banning head exempted from emblazoned with slogans and actress Jane Fonda. tenant colonel, pointed to the coverings. like "Fight like a girl" and "A arrives at the foot of the Trump actress Rosie Perez and enter- year when more than three mil- This year's edition of Sun- recent flood of sexual abuse The incident took place on their policy woman's place is in the White International Hotel -- part of tainer Whoopi Goldberg, who lion people turned out nation- dance took on a political bent and harassment allegations Wednesday at Tignish town House" and "Elect a clown, the magnate-turned-com- emphasized that "we are here wide to voice opposition to in light of the #MeToo move- against powerful men that has in Canada's Prince Edward phen Gallant later said that expect a circus." mander-in-chief's real estate to say -- as women -- we're not Trump. The weekend of dem- ment against sexual miscon- galvanized women to fight back Island. he plans to apologise to those The Los Angeles mayor said empire. "We live in an alternate taking it anymore." onstrations is aimed at trans- duct, a campaign that has against injustice. A video of the incident involved as religious garments estimated turnout in the city universe -- it is so bad," said Throngs of demonstrators lating enthusiasm into political rippled through Hollywood "I've lived through decades shows a woman threatening to are exempted from their pol- was 500,000, while New York Althea Fusco, 67, who traveled paraded in Los Angeles, where action with the theme "Power and beyond since scores of of sexual harassment issues "rip" off the head covering in icy, the report said. Gallant police estimated about 200,000 to the city from upstate New actress Natalie Portman was to the Polls" -- a message actresses leveled sexual assault and it's getting better -- but it's response to being filmed and said there was some confusion protesters. York with two neighbors. among the celebrities pump- designed to drive voter regis- allegations against disgraced nowhere near where it needs a patron at the bar making an over whether the headdress was In Manhattan, a diverse "I see an erosion of democ- ing up the crowd: "Because of trations and maximize wom- mogul Harvey Weinstein. to be," the 51-year-old said, obscene gesture while saying a religious garment, and the crowd descended on Central racy," she said. you the revolution is rolling." en's involvement in the 2018 Crowds in the North Car- sporting a Wonder Woman the garment must be removed membership has met to clarify Park West, the avenue that bor- Speakers at the New York The marches aim to build midterm elections. olina city of Charlotte heard costume in coordination with because "it is the law". the branch s policy regarding ders the city's beloved park and rally included activist and on the movement launched last The president meanwhile an address from its first black her daughter. AGENCIES Legion president Ste- head coverings. AGENCIES Lebanese US lawmakers in bid to women look Turkey presses Syria offensive as rockets hit town HASSA (TURKEY): Turkish forces would also join the fight end shutdown stalemate forces and their Syrian allies later on Sunday.An AFP corre- for greater role on Sunday pressed a cross bor- spondent on the southwestern Syria bombardment WASHINGTON: US law- Monday, with both houses der offensive against a Kurd- edge of the Afrin region saw a in parl polls makers will launch a last-ditch of Congress set to reconvene ish militia for a second day, as warplane bombing the west- bid on Sunday to end a bud- Sunday. rocket fire hit a border town in ern outskirts of the area early kills 16 civilians BEIRUT: Lebanon is campaign- get impasse before hundreds of "I assure you we will have apparent retaliation. on Sunday. ing to get at least five times more thousands of federal workers are the vote at 1:00 am on Monday, Turkey had on Saturday A small unit from a Turk- BEIRUT: A Syrian government the British-based war moni- women elected to parliament forced to start the work week at unless there is a desire to have it launched operation "Olive ish-backed rebel group was bombardment killed 16 civilians tor said. Another six civilians this spring in its first vote in home with no pay. sooner," he said in a statement. Branch" seeking to oust from Sunday after the first strikes manning a monitoring point across the besieged opposition were killed in artillery fire on the nearly 10 years, the country's The impact of the shutdown At the heart of the dispute the Afrin region of northern the previous day saw 72 Turk- on a hilltop overlooking sev- enclave of Eastern Ghouta, a towns of Hammuriyeh, Arbeen first women's affairs minister that began at midnight Friday is the thorny issue of undocu- Syria the Peoples' Protection ish aircraft hit a total of 108 tar- eral Kurdish-controlled villages monitor group said on Saturday. and al-Marj. Syrian air strikes says. It is a daunting task for has been largely limited so far, mented immigration. Units (YPG) which Ankara con- gets inside Syria, according to below. The operation is Tur- Eastern Ghouta has been killed a child in the town of a Middle Eastern country that closing sites like New York's Democrats have accused siders a terror group. the army. key's second major incursion under government siege since Zamalka. The United Nations may otherwise look like one of Statue of Liberty, but the effect Republicans of poisoning But the campaign risks fur- Meanwhile pro-Turkey Syr- into Syria during the seven-year 2013 and its estimated 400,000 has said some 500 people are the most liberal in the region. will be acute if the stalemate chances of a deal and pander- ther increasing tensions with ian rebels who Ankara calls the civil war after the August 2016- inhabitants are suffering severe in critical condition inside Despite a relatively free runs into Monday. ing to Trump's populist base by Turkey's NATO ally the United Free Syrian Army (FSA) were March 2017 Euphrates Shield shortages of food and medicine. Eastern Ghouta and need to press, diverse religious groups Republicans and Democrats refusing to fund a program that States -- which has supported engaged in a "comprehensive" campaign in an area to the east On Saturday, a barrage of be evacuated for urgent medi- and women in prominent posi- have traded bitter recrimina- protects 700,000 "Dreamers" the YPG in the fight against ground operation on Afrin of Afrin against both the YPG Syrian artillery fire hit a mar- cal treatment. tions in the business world and tions over who is to blame for -- undocumented immigrants Islamic State jihadists -- and also against the YPG, the state-run and IS. The army emphasised ket in the main Eastern Ghouta Syria's conflict erupted the media, Lebanon ranks sur- the failure to pass a stop-gap who arrived as children -- from needs at least the tacit support Andadolu news agency said. that IS was also being targeted town of Douma, according to in March 2011 with protests prisingly low when it comes to funding measure by a January deportation. of Russia to succeed. Turkish Prime Minister in this operation although it no the Syrian Observatory for against the government but has female representation in poli- 20 deadline, a year to the day Trump, in return, has said Turkish artillery pounded Binali Yildirim had raised the longer has any major presence Human Rights. "Nine people since evolved into a ferocious tics, and politicians have failed since Donald Trump took office Democrats are "far more con- YPG targets around Afrin on prospect that Turkish ground in the Afrin area. AGENCIES were killed, including a woman," civil war. AGENCIES to act on a movement to insti- as US president. Highlighting cerned with Illegal Immigrants tute a quota for women in par- the deep political polarization, than they are with our great Mil- liament. "Keeping women from crowds estimated to number itary or Safety at our dangerous Bahrain arrests public life is not only a loss for in the hundreds of thousands Southern Border." women. It is a loss for the par- took to the streets of major The shutdown's effects 47, charges liament," Minister of State for US cities Saturday to march meanwhile are set to intensify. Women's Affairs Jean Oghassa- against the president and his Essential federal services 290 in mass bian told The Associated Press. policies. and military activity are con- "The main obstacles are Top Senate Republican tinuing, but even active duty crackdown mentality, a philosophy of Mitch McConnell on Saturday troops will not be paid until a life, and this needs time," set a key vote for a funding mea- deal is reached to reopen the DUBAI: Bahraini police said he said. AGENCIES sure for 1:00 am (0600 GMT) US government. AGENCIES on Sunday they had arrested 47 people on charges linked to terrorism, including plots to assassinate "public figures", ISIS bride arrested as she lands in UK as well as filing charges against another 290. LONDON: A British woman the care of the state. Scotland argues that Mahmood has not Authorities have cracked who married and gave birth Yard has released the woman been made "stateless" because down hard on dissent since under the Islamic State regime on bail while it continues its she is eligible to apply for citi- mass street protests in 2011 in Syria has become one of the investigation. zenship in the country where which demanded an elected first so-called jihadi brides to The UK authorities are her parents were born, which prime minister and constitu- be arrested on her return to working on a series of measures is Pakistan. tional monarchy in the Sunni- the UK, a media report has to tackle cases of such ISIS A similar order has been ruled, Shiite majority kingdom. claimed. brides and children returning made against another British The government accuses The 27-year-old, who can- to the UK following the terror- woman who fled Syria at the Shiite Tehran of training "ter- not be named for legal rea- ist group's defeats in its Syrian end of 2016 after her husband, rorist cells" in the tiny island sons, was arrested at Heathrow and Iraqi strongholds last year, a prominent British figure in state, located between rival Airport under terrorism laws the report said. ISIS, died in a battle. regional heavyweights Iran when she landed from Addis Aqsa Mahmood, a 22-year- The woman, who cannot and Saudi Arabia. Iran denies Ababa, Ethiopia, earlier this old Pakistani-origin suspected be named for legal reasons, involvement. In a statement month, 'The Sunday Times' ISIS recruiter from Glasgow, gave birth to two children, Bahrain's police force on Sun- reported. has been stripped of her Brit- now aged one and three, in the day said that law enforce- Her two-year-old son, ish citizenship to prevent her war zone, which means they ment had arrested 49 "terrorist whose nationality remains returning to Britain. have no nationality, the report agents" and foiled attacks across unclear, has been taken into The UK Home Office said. AGENCIES the country. AGENCIES Electronic ‘skin tattoo’ can let you remotely control devices

BERLIN: Scientists have devel- emulating a dial. oped ultrathin electronic skin Then, they associated the tattoos that can help control vir- angle between the wearable tual and physical objects with sensor and the magnetic source mere hand gestures. with a control parameter which The extremely thin, almost modulated the intensity of the invisible foil that sticks to the light bulb. palm of the hand like a second "By coding the angles skin, have sensors which pro- between 0 and 180 degrees so vide people with a "sixth sense" that they corresponded to a for magnetic fields. typical hand movement when These sensors will enable adjusting a lamp, we created a people to manipulate everyday dimmer - and controlled it just objects or control appliances "Our electronic skin traces translate them to the virtual with a hand movement over the both in the physical world and the movement of a hand, for world but also even influence permanent magnet," said Denys in augmented or virtual reality example, by changing its posi- objects there," said Bermudez, Makarov from HZDR. with mere gestures, similar to tion with respect to the external lead author of the study. The researchers were also how we use a smartphone now. magnetic field of a permanent Using this technique, the able to use a virtual dial in the Researchers demonstrated magnet," said Canon Bermu- researchers managed to control same way. The approach pro- that the ultrathin, compliant dez of Helmholtz-Zentrum a virtual light bulb on a com- vides a unique alternative for magnetic field sensors in com- Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) puter screen in a touchless way. interfacing the physical and bination with a permanent in Germany. To achieve this result, they the virtual world that goes far magnet are able to sense and "This not only means that set a permanent magnet in a beyond what is possible with process body motion in a room. we can digitise its rotations and ring-shaped plastic structure current technologies. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 Commercialise use of ISRO's Li-ion battery Call drops issue telco-specific, for EVs: Govt panel can not be generalised: COAI NEW DELHI: A panel headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha NEW DELHI: Industry body has recommended commercial COAI has said call drops are use of ISRO's lithium-ion bat- a result of operator churn and Open-minded on spectrum sale tery technology under the 'Make difficulty in getting approvals In India' initiative for electric for installing infrastructure and vehicles, official sources said. operator-specific issues on ser- The Committee of Secretar- vice quality are not "emblem- timing,will await Trai report: DoT ies also recommended that the atic" of the whole industry. power ministry should initiate The comments come at a "requisite power tariff and access time when spurt in call drops NEW DELHI: The Department policies" for enabling develop- think-tank Niti Aayog has also has once again come under the of Telecom (DoT) has kept an ment of charging infrastructure, come out with a vision docu- telecom department's gaze and open mind on the timing of the in consultation with the Central ment on electric vehicles. Telecom Secretary Aruna Sun- next round of spectrum auction Electricity Regulatory Com- The meeting of the Commit- dararajan is planning a meeting others, some have gone out of Sundararajan had said that it and will await regulator Trai's mission and others concerned. tee held on January 8 to discuss with operators soon to convey business...," he said. cannot be cited as an excuse for report before firming its views, Official sources said that the the "strategy to scale up trans- concern over call quality. Moreover, difficulty in get- call drops and that investments says a top government official. panel has firmed up the strategy formative mobility for uptake Apex industry body Cel- ting approvals for rolling out will have to made by telecom The Telecom Regulatory for increasing use of zero emis- of zero emission vehicles and lular Operators' Association of cell towers and fibre network companies in upgrading their Authority of India (Trai) had sion vehicles to lower India's ancillary technologies" was India (COAI) Director General and "intervention" by local infrastructure. held an extensive dialogue last dependence on oil imports and attended by secretaries from Rajan Mathews said the prob- municipalities shutting down Trai's new and more strin- week on spectrum auctions improve the ambient air quality. nine departments, Niti Aayog lem is confined to geographical towers have compounded gent call drop rules came into with telcos, most of whom are The panel, they said, has CEO, representatives from the pockets and some companies. problems at the local circle force from October 1 and the opposed to auctions being con- advised that "ISRO may con- Department of Space and Cab- It should not be seen as level. quarter ended December will ducted in the prevailing sce- sider transferring" its lithium- inet Secretariat, sources said. industry-wide problem, he "Some circles may be more see the first instance of report- nario given industry's financial ion battery technology used in The panel also made a case said. problematic than others... ing under the new formula. stress, accentuated by falling electric vehicles to interested for an empowered mission "Obviously there are some Delhi, Mumbai may have Trai has aready asked the profits and high levies. parties on a "non- discrimina- under Niti Aayog for overall companies that have gone out problems because these have operators to submit their net- The sectoral regulator's tory basis for commercialisation policy formulation and for driv- of business and not investing. If significant right of way diffi- work-related data for checking ongoing consultation with the is that industry is not ready for Last year, following a refer- with Make in India condition", ing the programme to boost you are customer of these com- culties. Let's disaggregate the service quality under the new industry was important as it will auctions this year. ence from the telecom depart- after obtaining approval of the uptake of zero emission vehi- panies, you'll see some chal- problem" he said. benchmarks and deadline for give an idea about the extent of Last week, after an industry- ment, Trai issued a consultation Space Commission and other cles, the sources said. lenges because towers are being Mathews said that the the same is January 21. demand for the radiowaves, the wide open house consultation, paper on the next round of spec- authorities. However, individual ini- shut down or not being main- industry has put significant As per the new rules, the most sought-after bands and Trai chairman R S Sharma had trum auction for bands like 700 In October last year, Niti tiatives may continue to be tained. To say its emblematic number of new cell towers to telecom operators may face the number of players willing said the regulator will give its MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 Aayog member V K Saraswat driven by ministries/depart- of whole industry is not fair," bolster network. a maximum penalty of Rs 10 to actually take part in the auc- recommendations "as soon as MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, had said that India has to set ments concerned. Mathews said. Last week, in a stern mes- lakh for call drops which will tions, Telecom Secretary Aruna possible". 2500 MHz and higher bands. up large lithium-ion batteries In its wide ranging recom- As an aggregate, these sage to telecom operators, the now be measured at mobile Sundararajan said. The sectoral watchdog has, During the recent discus- manufacturing plants to become mendations, the panel has also issues could be driving the Department of Telecom (DoT) tower level instead the telecom "We will wait for Trai. We however, not indicated a time- sions, many telecom operators a global player in electric vehi- said the Ministry of Petroleum overall averages down for the asked companies to get their circle level. will go by their recommenda- frame in which it will send its asked Trai to keep in mind cles (EVs) technology market. and Natural Gas may exam- industry. act together to tackle the call The Telecom Department tions because they will be able final views on the matter to the the distressed financial situa- At present, lithium-ion ine the possibility of leverag- All major operators are drop issue. had, in a series of meeting over to tell us, after interacting with DoT. tion of the industry and spate battery is not manufactured in ing the existing retail network principally in compliance with Sundararajan had said the the last few quarters, asked tel- the industry, whether people The last spectrum auction of consolidation and exits in India on commercial basis and of oil marketing companies service quality norms, Mathews DoT will meet the industry cos to adopt immediate mea- want more spectrum, which held in 2016 had seen a muted the sector, while determining the country has to depend on for scaling up public charging argued citing data by the Tele- on the call drop issue as soon sures to improve call quality band, how much spectrum, how response mainly because of high the timing of the next round imports from Japan or China. infrastructure. com Regulatory Authority of as Trai's assessment comes including setting- up additional many players will be willing to spectrum cost, leading to only of auctions. To curb vehicular pollution The Ministry of Road Trans- India (TRAI). on quality of mobile services mobile towers across the coun- participate in auction. So, (we) Rs 65,789 crore worth of radio- The industry has also been and bring down the Rs 7 lakh port and Highways may con- "We need to disaggregate benchmarked to the new call try. As per estimates, 6.35 lakh will have to wait for Trai's feed- waves being sold against the in favour of lowering of reserve crore annual crude oil import sider issuing an advisory to the problem. Don't tar whole drop parametres. mobile sites (Base Transceiver back," she said in an interview. expectation of Rs 5.6 lakh crore. prices to enable adequate partic- bill, the government is empha- states for ensuring that regis- industry with problem that has Acknowledging that mobile Stations) have been added on The telecom department Nearly 60 per cent of the ipation and ensuring fair mar- sising the need for vehicles run tration of zero emission vehicles couple of localised reasons. operators do face difficulty in aggregate basis for 2G/3G/4G has "kept an open mind on the radiowaves, including premium ket discovery especially in the on alternative fuel, including (ZEVs) is facilitated, recom- There are companies facing setting up towers at times, services during the period July issue", Sundararajan said but 4G bands, had remained unsold backdrop of the sector's finan- electric vehicles. Government's mended the panel. PTI financial challenges more than given resistance from people, 2015 to November 2017. PTI added that the understanding in that auction. cial woes. PTI AAI to raise funds to meet Govt may tweak tax slabs, bring standard deduction: EY NEW DELHI: The government increase further in order to to lower corporate tax rate to "The pre-Budget 2018 EY expenditure requirements is likely to tweak income tax boost disposable income in the 25 per cent, but the surcharge Survey with business decision slabs and rates in Budget 2018- hands of the people. would continue. Most of the makers reveals a consensus NEW DELHI: For the first 19 to bring down the burden About 59 per cent of the respondents (65 per cent) do amongst India Inc for stability time, Airports Authority of on individuals, while there is respondents were of the view not anticipate a change in the and consistency in tax policies India (AAI) plans to raise funds unlikely to be any change in the that multiple outdated deduc- current taxation of dividends and a moderate tax structure. through various means, includ- current taxation of dividends, tions would be replaced with at this stage. There seems to be little ing loans, to meet its capital according to a survey by EY. a standard deduction in order About 24 per cent of the expectation of any major direct expenditure needs in the next In a pre-budget survey to reduce the tax burden of respondents feel that with a tax overhaul after the transfor- fiscal, a senior official said. by tax consultant EY, a wide employees. The survey includes view to lowering the overall mative introduction of GST The state-owned airports majority of 69 per cent of the the views of 150 CFOs, tax in January. About 48 per cent burden on the corporate sec- earlier in the year," EY India operator is preparing to develop respondents felt that the thresh- heads and senior finance pro- of the respondents said they tor, the government may lower National Tax Leader Sudhir more aerodromes in different old limits for taxation would fessionals and was conducted expect the finance minister the rate to 10 per cent. Kapadia said. PTI parts of the country, including as part of the ambitious regional air connectivity scheme. MFs add 1.4-cr folios in 2017 "AAI enjoys a very good Govt likely to make company credit rating and like any other organisation is planning to on higher retail participation leverage debt and raise funds The state-owned airports operator is registration process more fast through loans, borrowings, preparing to develop more aerodromes NEW DELHI: Boosted by debts...," its Chairman Guru- strong participation from retail NEW DELHI: The gov- prasad Mohapatra said in a in different parts of the country, investors, the number of mutual ernment will soon bring in recent interview. including as part of the ambitious fund folios grew by a staggering changes in the registration He noted that efforts would 1.37 crore in 2017 to an all-time process for new companies to also be made to raise funds regional air connectivity scheme high of 6.65 crore. make it faster and more user- by way of internal resources, This comes following an friendly, wherein applicants budgetary support or grants nal buildings" are likely to be course. addition of 70 lakh mutual fund will be required to provide only from the central government ready at five places -- Jharsug- Under the scheme, AAI investor accounts in 2016. "need-based" information, a to meet the capital expendi- uda in Odisha, Tezu (Arunachal is required to provide certain Folios are numbers desig- senior official said. ture requirements. However, Pradesh), Calicut (Kerala), Gor- concessions to UDAN flights nated to individual investor cial awareness, which in turn Corporate Affairs Secre- he did not provide any estimate akhpur (Uttar Pradesh) and for a three-year period. These accounts, though one inves- is driving this growth," Kotak tary Injeti Srinivas said that if on the amount that is likely to Pakyong (Sikkim). include exemption from paying tor can have multiple accounts. Mutual Fund CIO Equity Har- only need-based information be raised. Also, mega projects of new landing and parking charges. According to data from the sha Upadhyaya said. is taken from the applicants, In 2016-17, AAI reported a terminal buildings are to start "This will impact AAI. How- Securities and Exchange Board Retail investor accounts then with minimal information 23 per cent jump in net profit at Guwahati, Leh, Patna, Trichy, ever, as the operations increase, of India (Sebi) on total investor -- defined by folios in equity, the name of a company can be tion on the ministry's website. There are around 12 lakh to record Rs 3,115 crore. Vijayawada, Jabalpur, Ahmed- it will be a win-win situation for accounts with 42 active fund equity-linked saving schemes reserved. The ministry is implement- active companies. According An official said capital abad, Chennai, Srinagar, Pune, AAI as the RCS (Regional Con- houses, the number of folios (ELSS) and balanced catego- "At that stage, it might not ing the Companies Act, among to Srinivas, compliance rate expenditure is set to increase Lucknow, Mangalore, Dehra- nectivity Scheme) operations rose to a record 6,6,486,373 at ries -- grew by 1.24 crore to be necessary to give so many others. About the Central Reg- would increase if cost and significantly from next financial dun and Jaipur, Mohapatra said. can transform the erstwhile the end of December 2017 from more than 5.46 crore during other details because name istration Centre, Srinivas said time required for compliance year onwards as more projects The national airports oper- non-operational/ underserved 5,2,820,155 at December-end the period under review. reservation might not lead it has been successful and that is reduced. are about to come. ator also has a vital role in airports of AAI into profit mak- 2016 -- a rise of 1.37 crore. Overall, mutual funds have to registration. Now, name is the same could be extended for "If enforcement is effective, The capital expenditure is implementation of the regional ing entities," Mohapatra said. "We are witnessing additions seen an infusion of Rs 2 lakh reserved for 20 days and ear- registration of Limited Liability compliance will go up. This is projected to be around Rs 4,100 connectivity scheme -- UDAN He also noted that once the in folio numbers mainly on the crore, while equity and ELSS lier it was 60 days. Information Partnerships (LLPs). where the whole focus should crore for 2018-19 compared to (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) -- route develops over a period of back of new folios added to the alone attracted an impressive should be need-based and need "Very soon, we will bring be," he added. Rs 2,500 crore for the current that seeks to connect unserved time, then it would come out of equity and balanced categories. inflow of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore. not increase the information out some changes, which will On Friday, the ministry financial year, he added. and under-served aerodromes. the RCS ambit and "will defi- "Continuous investor aware- Over the last few years, MFs burden on the applicants," he make the registration process launched a corporate data por- According to him, AAI When asked about the nitely prove to be a source of ness initiatives by Asset Man- have proved to be a low- cost, said. A new name reservation a faster exercise and more user tal, through which stakeholders would start borrowing for the impact of the scheme on AAI, revenue for AAI through col- agement Companies (AMCs) compliant and transparent way service is being developed and friendly. It will be comparable can soon have customised data first time in 2018-19. Among Mohapatra said it would be lection of usual charges as at and regulatory bodies are to channelise savings towards is likely to be in place on Janu- with best systems prevailing on corporates, including about others, "airports/ termi- a "win-win situation" in due other airports". PTI helping to enhance the finan- financial investments. PTI ary 26, according to informa- across the world," he said. independent directors. PTI GST anti-evasion: Cess likely on pan masala at manufacturing stage NEW DELHI: The GST Coun- capacity of production declared 28 per cent, 60 per cent cess is factory or unit would be deter- sion would be like the erstwhile But the move, he said, could cil is likely to consider levying by a manufacturer to the Goods levied on pan masala. mined by an Assistant Com- Central Excise regime whereby lead to rise in litigation as there cess on certain commodities and Services Tax (GST) author- However, pan masala con- missioner level officer. Besides, tax collection was based on would be numerous open- like pan masala at the manu- ities, sources said. taining gutkha attracts 204 per the amendment is also likely to number of packing machines ended questions like determi- facturing stage itself, a move Commodities like pan cent cess. provide for situations wherein installed in the factory for nation of annual production aimed at checking tax evasion masala are prone to tax evasion A cess, on top of highest tax there has not been any manu- items like pan masala, gutkha, capacity, temporary closure of and shoring up revenues. as they are available in small rate, is levied on luxury, demerit facturing in a factory for a con- unmanufactured tobacco and factory and lower production The Council will look at sachets and are bought mostly and sin goods. tinuous period of 15 days or chewing tobacco which are due to lean season. levying the cess at the manu- in cash and hence tracking their The proceeds from the cess more. prone to tax evasion. Deloitte India Partner M facturing stage based on pro- final supplies is difficult for tax are utilised to compensate states In such cases, cess calcu- "Companies producing S Mani said it is expected that duction capacity as against authorities. for any revenue loss on account lated on a proportionate basis notified goods might be in state several anti-evasion measures the current practice of impos- Once the Council, chaired of implementation of the GST is proposed to be abated for of jinx, as dual valuation provi- would be put into effect in order ing it on supplies made by the by Finance Minister Arun Jait- regime from July 1, 2017. such period. sions are to be made applicable. to curb evasion and increase manufacturer. ley and comprising his state According to sources, a new The anti-evasion measure "Looking ahead, CGST/ revenue collections. This proposed amendment counterparts, approves the pro- section is likely to be inserted comes on the back of decelera- SGST/IGST would be charged "These could include intro- to the GST (Compensation to posal, it would be sent to the law in the GST (Compensation tion in GST revenue collections, on transaction value method duction of reverse charge on States) Act, 2017, would be ministry for vetting. to States) Act as an "enabling which slipped to over Rs 83,000 and compensation cess would certain transactions, introduc- deliberated upon by the council The amendment is likely to provision" giving power under necessary to "safeguard reve- levy. The rules for arriving at the crore in November 2017 from be charged based on installed tion of GST on the basis of pre- in its meeting later this month. be introduced in the second leg the law to levy and collect cess nue interest", they said, adding annual value of supplies based over Rs 95,000 crore in July. capacity of production. This sumptive capacity for certain As per the amendment, of the Budget session of Parlia- on "specified goods" based on once the cess is levied at the on the capacity of production Commenting on the proposal, seems to be homecoming of products, in addition to e- way compensation cess would be ment in March. Currently, on the capacity of manufacture or manufacturing stage, further would be framed by the GST AMRG & Associates Partner production capacity based taxa- bill system that comes into force levied on the presumptive top of the highest GST rate of production. This provision was supplies would not attract the Council and such value for each Rajat Mohan said the provi- tion,' Mohan said. from February 1," Mani said. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 mp Trying to bring petrol, ONGC hikes maiden debt-raising diesel under purview by 40% to fund HPCL purchase of GST, says Pradhan NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil per share in an all-cash deal per cent stake in MRPL, HPCL stake is worth Rs 32,442 crore. UJJAIN/ INDORE: Union Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) that is to be closed before the has 16.96 per cent. He said the company's bid Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has increased its first ever debt- month-end. He said HPCL markets for HPCL was accepted by the on Sunday said his Ministry is raising plans by 40 per cent to Refusing to divulge details around 35.2 million tonnes of government on Saturday and trying to bring petrol and diesel as much as Rs 35,000 crore to of how the deal would be petroleum products while it has it has signed a share purchase under the purview of the Goods fund its Rs 36,915-crore acqui- funded, he said the company's an oil refining capacity of 17-18 agreement (SPA). and Services Tax (GST). sition of Hindustan Petroleum board has approved raising of million tonnes, excluding 11.2 Through this acquisition, "We are trying that petrol, (HPCL). the borrowing limit from Rs million tonnes joint venture ONGC will become India's first diesel and kerosene should also The acquisition would create 25,000 crore to Rs 35,000 crore. Bhatinda refinery. vertically integrated 'oil major' come under the ambit of GST. India's first integrated oil com- This will be the company's MRPL's 15 million tonnes company, having presence We are hopeful that the GST pated in the event. pany. This would be ONGC's first ever debt. refining capacity is a easy fit as across the entire value chain. Council will agree to it shortly," On the occasion, Pradhan biggest acquisition and second "We will use our (Rs 12,000- HPCL would be able to source The integrated entity will have the Petroleum and Natural Gas said cycling promotes healthy buyout this fiscal after its Rs 13,000 crore) cash first and then fuel from group firm, he said advantage of having enhanced Minister told reporters in Ujjain. life and helps in conservation 7,738 crore acquisition of 80 the liquid assets and debt will adding the two companies can capacity to bear higher risks Responding to a query, the of energy. per cent stake in Gujarat State be last," Shanker told reporters. do joint sourcing of crude oil at and take higher investment minister said the spike in petrol "Prime Minister Narendra Petroleum Corp's KG basin gas "This order can change, because He, however, refused to government cross its sell- off competitive rates. decisions. rates in the international mar- Modi has appealed to the coun- block. we won't sell the liquid assets in share details. target for the first time and Acquisition of HPCL would In this process, ONGC has ket has impacted the cost of the trymen to save energy," he said. ONGC Chairman and Man- distress. Also, we have offers for ONGC is paying 14 per would help stick to the fiscal make ONGC the nation's third acquired significant mid-stream fuel in India. Pradhan said PCRA and aging Director Shashi Shanker over Rs 50,000 crore debt at very cent higher than Friday's clos- deficit target of 3.2 per cent of biggest refiner after IOC and and downstream capacity and "Besides, the state govern- ICA would shortly sign a said the two deals would not competitive rates, both foreign ing price of HPCL and over 10 G D P. Reliance Industries Ltd. will attain economies of scale ments too levy cess on petrol," memorandum of understand- affect the company's over- currency and local." per cent of the 60-day weighted The government had set On the transaction being at various levels of operations. he said. ing (MoU) for the promotion seas acquisition plans as "with ONGC holds 13.77 per average of the HPCL scrip. a target of Rs 72,500 crore exempt from the requirement to With a turnover of Rs The Congress had demanded of cycling throughout the year a consolidated balance sheet cent stake in Indian Oil Corp Sources said while the gov- from disinvestment proceeds make an open offer to minority 2,13,489 crore and profit of that petroleum projects be in the city. (of ONGC and HPCL), we (IOC), which at Friday's clos- ernment was seeking as much this fiscal. Before the ONGC- shareholders of HPCL, he said Rs 6,502 crore during 2016- brought under the GST ambit. BJP general secretary and would be better equipped to ing price is worth Rs 25,790 as Rs 69,000 crore for selling HPCL deal, it had collected Rs the deal will create immense 17, HPCL ranks at 384th posi- In Indore, Pradhan rode a Cycling Federation of India take higher risks and eye bet- crore. It also holds 4.86 per cent controlling stake in HPCL, EY 54,337.60 crore. value and would be beneficial tion in Fortune Global 500 and bicycle at "Saksham Cyclothon" (CFI) chairman Kailash Vijay- ter assets". stake in GAIL India Ltd, which had put HPCL's valuation at Rs Shanker said the company to investors who say invested in 48th place in Platts 250 Global to send the message of save fuel wargiya and others also rode The company had on Satur- is worth over Rs 3,854 crore. 475 a share plus a premium for will also consider merging its the company in the long term. Energy Companies. and environment. bicycles at the event. day announced buying of gov- Shanker said the company getting the controlling stake. oil refining subsidiary Manga- Based on Friday's closing ONGC is the largest pro- The Petroleum Conser- Under the aegis of the ernment's 51.11 per cent stake paid less than the acquisition The outside advise the company lore Refinery and Petrochemi- price of Rs 416.55, HPCL has a ducer of crude oil and natu- vation Research Association Cyclothon, people from various in India's third largest state- price recommended by the took from Citi put the price at cals Ltd (MRPL) with HPCL at market capitalisation of about ral gas in India, contributing (PCRA) and the Indore Cycling walks of life took part in differ- owned oil refiner and mar- company's valuation adviser, Rs 500 per share. a later date. Rs 63,475 crore. At this price, around 70 per cent of domestic Association (ICA) claimed that ent distant categories--ranging keting company for Rs 473.97 EY. The stake sale will help the While ONGC holds 71.63 the government's 51.11 per cent production. PTI nearly 30,000 cyclists partici- from 13 kms to 94 kms. PTI Maruti plans India to become fastest growing Railways, road Govt to auction eight more Susanta Kumar to launch four transport ministry Roy appointed products in next large economy in 2018: Report agree on speedy mineral blocks in 3 states NTPC Director NEW DELHI: India will over- clearances: Goyal NEW DELHI: The government tonnes of limestone, iron ore 12-18 months take China to be the fastest has identified eight more min- and graphite & quartz. growing large economy in 2018 MUMBAI: Union Railway Min- eral blocks with a cumulative Of these eight blocks, only PUNE: The country's largest and the country's equity mar- ister Piyush Goyal said that he reserve of 1,133 million tonnes one limestone block in Chhat- car maker Maruti Suzuki India ket will become the fifth larg- and Union Minister for Road (MT) in Rajasthan, Chhattis- tisgarh is reserved for clinker plans to introduce around four est in the world, says a report. Transport and Highways Nitin garh and Jharkhand to be auc- and cement plants, while there new products in the next 12 to According to a Sanctum Gadkari had agreed to extend tioned by mid-march. is no end use reservation for the 18 months to build further on Wealth Management report, complete cooperation in issuing So far, a total of 88 mineral remaining, the ministry said. five years of successive double when the rest of the world clearance for infrastructure like blocks have been notified by The ministry, meanwhile is digit sales growth. offers low growth and insuffi- overbridges at spots where rail 9 states for auction, of which also contemplating at setting up The company expects to cient structural change, India, lines and highways intersect. 33 blocks have been success- special purpose vehicles (SPVs) close the ongoing fiscal with by contrast, is seen as a reform- Speaking to reporters in fully auctioned with an esti- that will acquire necessary proj- double digit sales growth. Its ing economy with the prospect Mumbai, Goyal said, " Two mated revenue of Rs 1.28 lakh ect clearances, including envi- NEW DELHI: Susanta Kumar sales in the domestic market of strong long-term growth. days ago, I had a meeting with crore over the lease period to ronmental, for the mineral Roy has been appointed as during the April-December "India will become the fast- expect from fixed income," it billion by foreign investors in Gadkari where we agreed to the states. blocks before bidding, a move Director (Projects), NTPC with period grew by 15.5 per cent est growing large economy in noted. 2017. issue clearance to each other's Of the eight mines, six are that may add pace to the auc- effect from afternoon of 19th at 12,26,418 units as against the world, eclipsing China. However, if inflation or The report that identifies infrastructure projects. Wher- of lime stone - five in Rajasthan tion process, an official said. January, 2018. Prior to this , 10,61,873 units in the year-ago Indian equity market will jump rates rise, markets are not likely various big-picture trends at ever railway tracks and high- and one in Chhattisgarh, one of Mines Secretary Arun Shri Roy held the post of Exec- period. to become the fifth largest in to register further gains. Muted play this year in the domestic ways are intersecting, we will iron ore and the remaining one Kumar had said last month that utive Director(Projects), NTPC It will launch the all-new the world," the report noted. earning could also impact mar- and global economy, noted that issue speedy clearance." He is of graphite & quartz - both in recent changes in bidding rules S K Roy, a Mechanical Engi- version of its popular hatch- At a time when developed ket performance. Aadhaar, Jan Dhan, Demon- informed thar he was keen to Jharkhand. are expected to lead to wider neering Graduate from REC, back Swift at the upcoming economies are cheering 2-3 per "Considering the fact that etisation, GST, are working to deploy CCTV cameras in all Five of the limestone blocks participation and a smoothen- Durgapur joined NTPC in Auto Expo to be held from Feb- cent growth, India is focused Nifty50 is in a broader uptrend, create a new inclusive infra- the coaches of trains to increase in Rajasthan - four in Nagaur ing of the process. 1981 as Executive Trainee. He ruary 9-14. on breaching 7.5 per cent, it a sustained move beyond the structure in India. security of commuters. He said district and one in Jaisalmer - "We had rounds of discus- is having more than 36 years According to sources, said. 10,490-10,580 levels could "Given the rapid pace at that human trafficking was a will be put under hammer on sions and have brought out the of experience in large size coal besides the new Swift, the com- Moreover, India also bene- lead to a rally towards 11,200- which the Indian economy is global challenge, adding that February 7, while the Chhat- amendments in auction rules power Stations in the area of pany plans to introduce a new fits from a favourable contrast 11,500 levels in the medium developing, investors today are railway security personnel tishgarh mine in district Baloda which we feel will go a long way operation, maintenance and refreshed version of its mid- to other emerging markets. In term," it noted. faced with the need to make and staff were being trained to will go for e-auction on March in smoothening the process," project construction. He was sized sedan, Ciaz and multiple particular, the fact that China is As per the report, a major crucial investment decisions put an end to the menace. He 12, as per the mines ministry. he has said. associated in managing largest purpose vehicle Ertiga in the downshifting to a slower pace factor that has changed is amidst multiple cross cur- also visited Matunga station The remaining two iron ore So far, 33 mineral blocks station of the country at Vind- coming months. of growth. that the domestic buyer now rents, using a complex array here which has a mention in and graphite & quartz blocks have been auctioned and rev- hyachal. Shri Roy has worked "An all new version of com- "Prospective returns for sets market prices. Domestic of choices," Sanctum Wealth the Limca Book of Records for will be auctioned on March 14. enue to the states estimated at at Korba, Unchahar, Singrauli, pact car Wagon R is also in the equities are much higher than mutual funds bought equities Management Chief Executive being managed by an all-woman These mines have a cumula- Rs 1,28,000 crore over the lease Rihand and Vindhyachal sta- pipeline but its launch time- the 6-8 per cent that one can worth $15.3 billion against $8 Officer Shiv Gupta said. PTI staff of 41 persons. PTI tive reserve of 1,133 million period. PTI tions. MPOST line hasn't been fixed," a source said. CORPORATE KALEIDOSCOPE Maruti Suzuki India Senior Germany’s Volkswagen group lines up 1 bn Executive Director (Marketing and Sales) R S Kalsi, however, declined to comment on the euros to launch new models in India company's launch programme for the next fiscal. NEW DELHI: Germany's Volkswagen group, led by Czech automaker Skoda, "That's a continuous pro- plans to invest around 1 billion euros (over Rs 7,800 crore) in India over the cess and we cannot comment next few years to develop six new models. Skoda is driving the emerging on which one will come when," he said when asked about the market strategy for the VW group and is leading the development process for upcoming new product intro- new models in India which are expected to be rolled out post 2020 when new ductions in the market. regulations related to safety and emissions come into force in the country. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill NTPC Business Excellence Assessment 2017 for Ramagundam was The company is confident The proposed six new models, three each under Skoda and Volkswagen Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India inaugurated organised from January 15 to 20, 2018. The BE Assessment Team that new products like the brands, would cater mainly to the domestic market. PTI the Saksham Cyclothon event at Indore in the presence ofKailash comprising of M K Mangla, AGM (AHM & CIVIL), VSTPS; Dr A K upcoming Swift will help in Vijayvargiya, President, Indore Cycling Association, Ramesh Dang, AGM (HR-EDC), Solapur; D K Kumud, AGM (Fuel Management), adding more volumes. PTI Mendola, local MLA and other dignitaries Korba; I S S Reddy, AGM (Operation), Kudgi; Vijay Kumar Atteri, AGM (EMG), Rihand, headed by S Satyanarayan Chetty, Quality Champion, Bangalore has carried out the Assessment based on NTPC Business Ease rules for mining: Vedanta writes to govt Excellence Model-201

NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Automobile & Defense sector minister Narendra Modi’s etc.” he added. Davos visit to court inves- He thinks that the new tors, Vedanta group chairman policies on exploration need Anil Agarwal has suggested to address the core issues. For that government should ease example, India cannot meet its the rules for exploration and target of producing 300 mil- mining of minerals besides lion tonne of steel, if it continue addressing concerns related to to have caps on production of retrospective taxation. iron ore. This necessitates the He said that land is the import of iron ore, thereby Rakesh Kumar, Director (Finance) & Anjani Kumar, Coal Controller, biggest provider and India’s leading to outgo of precious Govt. of India lighting the traditional lamp during inaugural of vast geography holds abun- foreign exchange. the three-day National Seminar on the theme “Emerging Energy IEML Chairman Rakesh Kumar receiving the best mice convention dant natural resources. I hope Similarly, domestic crude Scenario in India” organised by NLC India Limited at Learning centre award conferred to India expo centre & mart from Shri and believe that government oil attracts a high cess of 20% & Development Centre, Neyveli on January 20. Also seen are, Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam, Union Minister of State for next wave of reforms targets while ironically, imported Functional Directors, CVO & Former Directors of NLCI Electronics and IT, Culture and Tourism, Government of India unleashing of this geologi- crude oil is not taxed. He hopes cal power to spur explora- that it can be brought down to tion in the country and give a realistic level, say under 10%. rapid momentum to ‘Make in the iceberg. that India can aspire to reduce The retrospective tax issues India.’ As world’s seventh larg- “India’s geology is similar to the import bill by $ 100 bil- may be resolved to give com- est economy with political sta- or better than that of Australia, lion in natural resources sec- fort to foreign investors so that bility, India is an at inflexion Brazil, South Africa and Mid- tor, which will help to create investments can start again in point and raring to enter the dle-East and with its tremen- more than 20 million jobs and the nearly stagnant oil and gas higher growth orbit. dous skilled human resource, can help alleviate poverty. exploration sector. “As a diversified natu- the nation can produce metals, “There is a need to set up He further suggested, “The ral resources conglomerate minerals and oil & gas using hundreds of smaller enterprises mines can be auctioned on the with global presence, Vedanta world-class technology with for exploration. These enter- basis of available data as in the Resources having invested $ 30 top priority to safeguard our prises can then find the best case of oil & gas sector under billion, has perhaps made the environment.” he said. partner, who can bring in the OLAP, so that the demand can biggest foreign direct invest- India’s total import bill is technology for development. be met by domestic produc- NTPC-Ramagundam IT Department has organised IT Security Awareness programme on January 20, 2018 at IT department ment in India in the last few closed to $ 384 billion, natural Further, thousands of SMEs tion. To encourage Aluminum wherein IT maintenance staff and interested users participated in Amlohri coal producing area of NCL welcomed ‘Audyogik Surakhsha years and is committed to resources sector (crude oil & and startups by our young pro- production with 100 % value large numbers. During this occasion, IT Empanelled Auditor from AKS Rath’ (Industrial Safety Drive) during the ongoing Annual Mines increase it to $40 billion over gas, mineral and metals) con- fessionals will process this raw addition in India, it is required IT SERVICES replied queries and guided the participants on how to Safety Week. Adding a whole new dimension to safety commitment next couple of years. Yet, we are stitutes around 50% of total material in India, which has to bring duty on scrap, at par improve the overall IT Security of NCL, the drive was stationed at ‘View Point’ of Amlohri mine and of the firm view that we have imports amounting to about $ huge demand, especially for with primary metal, like other trained miners about the occupational health and safety touched the proverbial tip of 200 billion. Agarwal suggested Railways, Power, construction, metals.” MPOST 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi |Monday, 22 January, 2018 AXELSEN AND RATCHANOK CLAIM INDIA GO DOWN 1-2 AGAINST BELGIUM DIMITROV OUSTS KYRGIOS TO REACH SINGLES TITLES AT MALAYSIA MASTERS IN FINAL ENCOUNTER AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS SIBU: Reigning world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and TAURANGA: India went down fighting to Belgium 1-2 MELBOURNE: Bulgaria’s world No 3 Grigor Dimitrov won a Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon claimed the men’s and women’s in a thrilling final match of the first leg of the Four Na- gripping four-setter to knock Australia’s big hope Nick Kyrgios singles titles at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament tions Invitational tournament at the Blake Park here. Tom out of the Australian Open on Sunday. Dimitrov downed the here on Sunday. Axelsen got the better of Japanese Kenta Boon (4th minute) and Sebastien Dockier (36th) found 17th seeded Kyrgios 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 7-6 (7/4) in 3hr Nishimoto with a 21-13, 21-23, 21-18 victory in an hour and 12 the target for Belgium while Mandeep Singh (19th) was 26min and will face Britain’s Kyle Edmund in the quarter-finals minutes to bag his first title in 2018. India’s lone goal scorer. on Tuesday. We didn’t Buttler serves up Wounded India get down to gain anything playing SL, series success for says Harbhajan England v Australia business ahead of third Test KOLKATA: Senior off-spin- ner Harbhajan Singh is of the stage of the chase, with Smith opinion that India’s home series falling to a contentious low- against Sri Lanka served little down catch by Buttler off the purpose ahead of the gruelling bowling of Mark Wood (2-46). tour of South Africa. Marcus Stoinis made a late India have already lost attempt to lift Australia with the series and are staring at a a punishing 56, but England whitewash against the Proteas. managed to hold on despite Questions have been raised losing pacemen Liam Plunkett about India’s preparation for to a leg injury early in the Aus- the tour and Harbhajan gave tralian innings. his perspective. Buttler, 27, was the only “Look I believe the last Sri SYDNEY: A scintillating cen- batsman from either team Lanka series at home served lit- tury from Jos Buttler brought really to get to grips with a tle purpose. We hardly gained England a 16-run win and a slightly slow pitch, and his late anything out of it. Rather a one-day international series surge enabled England to reach few players could have gone victory against Australia here a total which had seemed out of to South Africa early. If not on Sunday. their reach until the final few Dharamsala could have been The hosts, set 303 to win overs. a great place for preparation,” by England after winning the Several English batsmen Harbhajan said on the sidelines toss and electing to bowl, were failed to capitalise on promis- of the Mushtaq Ali Trophy. always struggling in their chase ing starts, but Buttler notched “Its high altitude, cooler and eventually managed only his fifth one-day international weather, seam movement along 286 for six. century from the last ball of with bounce would have given The result gave England an the innings as England helped them ideal preparation before unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five- themselves to 38 off the final a tough assignment like South match ODI series, a remarkable two overs. Africa.” There has been a rag- turnaround after Australia had Buttler himself took 28 ing debate about Ajinkya Rah- trounced the tourists 4-0 in the runs from the last 11 balls he ane’s omission from the first Ashes Tests. faced. He faced 83 balls, hit- JOHANNESBURG: Looking up game of football, the players ball, with a bit of cheeky banter for a while before taking up off the pitch. two Tests but Harbhajan feels Australia’s hopes largely ting six fours and four sixes, to salvage pride in the third Test got down to working on their between the two. turns against pacers and throw- It retained enough green that there is no guarantee that rested with Steve Smith (45) in a dashing innings that gath- beginning here on Wednesday, skill sets. R Ashwin bowled to them downs again. hue, however. things would have been differ- and Mitchell Marsh (55), but ered momentum in the last team India got down to busi- Fielding coach R Sridhar in the same nets as well. Rahul Dinesh Karthik later batted “I have left sufficient green ent had Rahane played. AGENCIES both were dismissed at a crucial 10 overs. AGENCIES ness at the Wanderers on Sun- was the first to put in a seri- suffered a blow to his left knee in tandem with Kohli, while grass on it and I will not be day with a practice session that ous shift, with Parthiv Patel, during the first stint and put an Rahane finished up last against shaving it off again before the lasted just under four hours. KL Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane ice pack on it. He batted again throw-downs from assistant match. We will be watering it India had lost the first Test working together as the slip though, shrugging off any wor- coach Sanjay Bangar. again before the game. Unlike Yuvraj, Harbhajan star in Cape Town by 72 runs, and cordon. Later, Rohit Sharma ries for the moment. In the interim, Rohit along Centurion, there is no chance then were beaten in the sec- and Dinesh Karthik joined in as Interestingly enough, Rah- with Shikhar Dhawan was of sun burning out this grass ond match at Centurion by 135 the trio moved to batting nets. ane left out of the playing XI for among the last group of bats- because the ground is well runs to surrender an unassail- On practice wickets, Rahul, the first two Tests padded up men to take strike. Patel batted watered,” Wanderers’ chief in Punjab’s thrilling win able lead. Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar next and lined up along with ahead of Karthik in the roster curator Bethuel Buthelezi said. The players enjoyed three Pujara took first strike against Kohli and Hardik Pandya in order, and worked on facing the The Indian batsmen came KOLKATA: Yuvraj Singh and boundary and Mandeep Singh his bowling profligacy when he days off after that hurtful loss, the net-bowling duo of Shar- what could be the suggestive short-ball with Pandya assisting a cropper against South Afri- Harbhajan Singh dug deep into smacking K Gowtham for a six. ran to deep square leg to take a taking time to visit various dul Thakur and Navdeep Saini, middle-order in the upcom- him with throw-downs from a ca’s pace attack in the preced- their reservoir of experience as In reply, Karnataka managed one-handed diving catch. He safari and theme parks in and who were confirmed arrived at ing third Test. shortened distance. ing Tests. Punjab held their nerves to pip just 11 runs with Siddarth Kaul also took another catch div- around Johannesburg. the team hotel late on Saturday While the all-rounder Among the bowlers, Ash- “I have listened to the Karnataka via eliminator in the keeping his cool while bowling ing forward. Earlier, chasing a On Sunday, they were back evening. opened up with some big hits win, Kumar, Mohammed demands of the South African Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy the super over for Punjab. Yuvraj modest 159 after opting to bowl, sweating in the nets, in a bid to The nets were arranged as as per his natural style of play, Shami and Jasprit Bumrah bat- team and prepared this pitch Super League round on Sunday. was at his vintage best while Punjab were in control with end this series with their heads pacers, throw-downs and spin- both Kohli and Rahane looked ted in the nets, whilst Ishant accordingly. There won’t be any In the day’s second match at fielding at square leg region and opener Mandeep Singh laying held high as the world’s no.1 ners respectively, and Pujara solid against pacers. When they Sharma and Umesh Yadav spin available here, but there the Jadavpur University second took two stunning catches to the foundation with a 29-ball 45 Test ranked side. duly smacked the local spinner batted, Bhuvneshwar Kumar had handled the pace bowl- will be ample pace and bounce campus ground, Virat Singh’s help dismissed Stuart Binny (7x4s, 1x6). Promoting himself Noticeably, skipper Virat for what can only be described and Mohammed Shami even ing duties in the middle part for which this ground is well sterling 81 off 49 balls (3x6s, (2) and C M Gautam (36) in at No 3, Harbhajan struck 33 Kohli, who had a fiery press as two sixes. bowled with new Kookaburra of the session. known. There will also be some 6x4s) went in vain, as Jharkhand one over. from 19 balls (5x4s, 1x6) while conference in aftermath of the Vijay and Rahul also balls. Vijay, Pujara, Rahul, Thakur and Navdeep Saini lateral movement on account of faltered while chasing 171 to Yuvraj leaked 17 runs while Yuvraj’s 29 off 25 balls had five Centurion loss, was in a jovial opened up in the spin-bowl- Kohli and Rahane had dou- closed out proceedings as well. the grass. Unlike 2013 (when pave the way for Mumbai’s bowling, with Gautam (36 from boundaries including a regal mood as he chatted around ing nets, and hit a few big shots. ble stints in the batting nets. Three days ago, it was tough South Africa and India con- 13-run win. With the scores 31 balls) hitting him for two cover drive. This was after the with his teammates and local Prominently, Vijay hit Ravin- They took turns; whilst Vijay, to make out the match-wicket tested a thrilling draw), this is tied while chasing 159, Punjab sixes and one boundary in the Punjab skipper bowled another net bowlers during practice. dra Jadeja out of the park and Rahul and Pujara batted, Kohli from the square, but on Sunday, a more result-oriented pitch,” scored 15 runs in the one-over 13th over. But the out-of-favour economical spell, finishing with After a customary warm- then was bowled the very next and Rahane loitered around ample grass had been shaved Buthelezi added. AGENCIES eliminator with Yuvraj hitting a India southpaw made it up for 1 for 21 in 4 overs. AGENCIES Cilic brings up 100 as he Paes, Raja lose in pre-quarterfinals

AUSTRALIAN OPEN MELBOURNE: Veteran Leander Paes and makes quarter-finals Purav Raja on Sunday suffered a straight- set defeat at the hands of the Colombian MELBOURNE: Croatia’s Marin Cilic won his 100th Grand Slam pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Nadal fights off Schwartzman match as he mastered Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in four sets Farah in the pre-quarterfinals to bow out to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday. of the Australian Open here. The former US Open champion won the big points in put- The unseeded Indians were beaten 1-6 to book quarter-final berth ting away the 10th seed 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 7-6 (7/0), 7-6 (7/3) in 3hr 2-6 by their 11th seeded opponents in a 27min on Margaret Court Arena. contest that lasted one hour and nine min- MELBOURNE: Spain’s Rafael He will face world number one Rafael Nadal in the quarters utes at the Melbourne Park here. Nadal fought off tenacious Argen- on Tuesday. Nadal leads 5-1 in their matches. Paes and Raja failed to capitalise on any tine Diego Schwartzman to win “I’m enjoying how I’m playing. Playing well. I did good in the one of the five break points — two in the through to the quarter-finals of the off-season and those things are paying off on the court,” Cilic said. first set and three in the second — they Australian Open on Sunday, ensur- “It gives me good confidence, good excitement on the court, got in the match while the Cabal-Farah ing he remains world number one when you are winning the matches, it just pushes you a little bit duo converted four out the 10 they had. after the tournament ends. more, knowing that you believe in the things that are working. The Colombian duo broke the Indians Nadal was taken to four gruel- “I’m not taking for granted making the second week of a twice in both the sets to easily grab the ling sets in almost four hours before Grand Slam, I’m just trying to use the opportunities the best I can.” match and make it to the quarter-finals. winning 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-3 on Cilic reached the last eight in Melbourne for the second time The Indian pair had shocked the formi- Rod Laver Arena. and also claimed his 11th Slam quarter-final to equal Goran dable fifth seeds Bruno Soares and Jamie It will be his 10th Australian Ivanisevic’s record for appearances at that stage of the majors by Murray in the second round but their Open quarter-final appearance, sec- a Croatian man. game were not up to the mark on Sunday. Paes has not featured in the quarter- ond only to Roger Federer, and he The Croat won two of the three tiebreak sets and was supe- Paes and Raja, who won two Chal- finals of a Grand Slam event for more will face Croatia’s sixth seed Marin rior to Carreno Busta in the pressure moments of the round of lenger level titles to close the 2017 sea- than a year. The last time 44-year-old Paes Cilic. Nadal leads 5-1 in their pre- 16 match. son, were playing in their second Grand played a quarter-final at a Grand Slam was vious meetings. “There were lots of ups and downs and Pablo gave me a lot of Slam together. in 2016 at French Open where he and It was the Spaniard’s fourth win trouble in that third set where he was twice a break up and it was At the 2017 US Open, they fell in the Marcin Matkowski had lost to Mike and over the Argentine but his tough- difficult mentally,” Cilic said. AGENCIES second round. Bob Bryan. AGENCIES est after beating him in straight sets in the second round at the 2015 US Open. By winning Nadal ensured that Ruthless Wozniacki to take on Navarro he will remain No.1 when the new rankings are released the day after MELBOURNE: Ruthless Caroline ited her fightback with a conscious the Open ends. Wozniacki kicked into full gear on decision to be more aggressive. “Of course, I feel little bit tired, Sunday to storm into the Australian “I was thinking that I was playing but yeah good. I was able to keep Open quarter-finals where she will pit good, but not too aggressive. I want fighting until the end,” he said. her wits against experienced Span- to play like this, but sometimes you “It is the first big match I played iard Carla Suarez Navarro. cannot,” said Suarez Navarro, one of in 2018. I started later than usual On an overcast and muggy day the few who still use a one-handed so a match like this probably helps at Melbourne Park, the world num- backhand. “My team all the time they because you know that helps con- ber two turned on the style to take say me, play aggressive, play aggres- fidence in myself. another step towards a maiden Grand sive. That’s I think what I did.” “That’s confidence knowing that Slam title. Looking ahead to Wozniacki, I can resist almost four hours on The assured Dane, a semi-finalist she added: “I know how she plays. I court playing at a good intensity.” drop shot and won the point with vice to keep Schwartzman at bay, in 2011 who has never quite lived up know how tough she is. It will be a Nadal broke in the eighth game an angled volley across the net to winning on his third match point to the hype in the majors, annihilated really interesting match.” on the way to taking the opening break back at 4-4. with a return winner. 19th- seeded Magdalena Rybarikova Fourth seed Elina Svitolina saw set, but he encountered stiff resis- Nadal took control in the third Diminutive Schwartzman, 6-3, 6-0 on Rod Laver Arena in her off Czech Denisa Allertova even more tance in the second set. set with a break in the fourth game, a quarter-finalist at last year’s most impressive performance to date. quickly, winning 6-3 6-0 in 57 min- There was six service breaks but he had to fight off five break US Open, was bidding to reach “She really mixes up the pace, dence is pretty good at the moment.” with confidence after despatching utes. “I am very pleased with the as Nadal could not shake off the points before holding serve in a the last eight for the first time in I just tried to calm down, get my Her easy passage sets up a last French Open champion Jelena Osteo- performance,” said Svitolina. “It is tigerish Argentine, who levelled the titanic 13-minute second game in Melbourne. returns in and wait for the opportuni- eight clash with the gritty Suarez penia in the third round, but nerves not the first time I am going into the match by winning the tiebreaker the final set. He endeared the crowd with the ties to attack,” she said after crushing Navarro, who battled back from a set got the better of her. tournament as one of the favourites. when the top seed’s forehand was He broke in the third game of scampering around the court and the Slovak, who made the semi-finals and 4-1 down to shatter the hopes of The Spaniard, who has made the It adds more pressure, but also gives long. There was a magical moment the fourth set, but had to make his powerful ground-strokes for at Wimbledon last year. 32dn seed Anett Kontakion. quarter-finals in Melbourne twice you extra confidence.” She will face when Schwartzman ran down a some monumental holds of ser- one so small in stature. AGENCIES “I think you can tell my confi- The Estonian had been bubbling before, most recently in 2016, cred- Mertens in the quarter-finals. AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 mp Dicka’s strikes sink East Bengal in Kolkata derby KOLKATA: Criticised for opening minute while the sec- Luis Barreto in the first-half being profligate inside the ond one (34th) was a treat to injury time. 18-yard box, Dipanda Dicka the eyes as his acrobatic vol- Churchill Brothers’ stepped up his game when it ley thundered into the back of I-League winning forward mattered most with two bril- the net. Akram Moghrabi also had liant goals, as Mohun Bagan This was East Bengal’s sec- a brilliant opportunity after outclassed East Bengal 2-0 in ond loss of the season and both being set up by Dicka from the a much-anticipated I-League have come against their bitter left but he shot over the bar in derby here on Sunday. foes, the first being a 0-1 defeat his maiden outing for Mohun Written off in the run-up to on December 3 in the first-leg. Bagan. the high-voltage fixture due to Emotional scenes were Dicka gave Mohun Bagan their prolonged slump, a belea- witnessed in the embattled a dream start to the derby guered Mohun Bagan found a Mariners camp as the green- as East Bengal’s defence was star in Dicka, who showed his and-maroon fans sported caught napping when he uti- predatory skills with a couple masks of Sony Norde, their lised Nikhil Kadam’s cross that of volleys out of top drawer as injured star I-League winning was set up by Akram. East Bengal’s hopes of winning striker, who has decided to part The Cameroon striker the league almost went up in ways. found himself in a perfect posi- smoke. It was a ruthless show by tion from a Raynier Fernandes’ Mohun Bagan jumped two Mohun Bagan as the Khalid corner kick as he took it on the places to be fourth in the stand- Jamil-coached side hardly had full and his left-footed volley ings after their dominating fin- any chance and had a momen- was out of reach for Barreto. ish and they have 16 points tary joy in the 27th minute There was no looking back with a match in hand against when Katsumi Yusa speared for Mohun Bagan from then East Bengal, who slipped to in a perfect delivery for Willis on and they got their campaign third with 19 points from 10 Plaza to head it in. back on track with a memora- outings. But the assistant referee ble maiden derby win for coach It was a match that Mohun raised the flag and disallowed Shankarlal Chakraborty, who Bagan should have won by the goal as East Bengal con- was elevated after I-League a bigger margin had Nikhil tinued to remain in the lurch. winning Sanjoy Sen stepped Kadam and Akram not bun- Such was their sheer dom- down. gled clear opportunities. ination that Mohun Bagan Shankarlal rung in three The Cameroonian struck could have pumped in at least changes, including a Mari- the first one with a snap vol- half a dozen goals as Dicka ners debut for Moghrabi, who ley in what was one of the fast- missed a hattrick, while Kadam partnered Dicka in their 4-4-2 PIC/PTI est goal of the season in the squandered a one-on-one with formation. AGENCIES Jamshedpur FC take down Indian Arrows face stern Churchill test today VASCO: A stern test awaits games in the tournament are young Indian Arrows when they Kalu has been tough for his young side. Dynamos 3-2 in ISL IV clash take on a resurgent Churchill the fulcrum of “We come into this match on Brothers in a Hero I-League the back of two defeats, while JAMSHEDPUR: Jamshed- match, here on Monday. the team attack Churchill Brothers have won pur FC’s resolve deserves to be Churchill Brothers, who are and coach Alfred two matches and have lot of praised as they came back from lying at second-last spot in the confidence going into Mon- being two goals down to register 10-team event, made a host of Fernandes hopes day’s match. They have changed a 3-2 win against Delhi Dyna- changes in the new year romp- that he gets fit in a lot of players and it has been mos at the JRD Complex, Jam- ing in four foreigners in a bid to good for them. They know if shedpur on Sunday evening. The rekindle their struggling form. time they beat us on Monday they win takes the home side to the And Churchill now look a will be on same points with us fifth position on the ISL table. settled side as they remained “We are going into Mon- and it is going to be a big chal- Kalu Uche scored a cou- unbeaten in their last three day’s match with a lot of confi- lenge for us to beat them,” said ple of goals (20th and 22nd) matches but still remained three scored a goal in their win against Kalu has been the fulcrum dence after our two consecutive de Matos. “Our aim is to get before Tiri (29th), Raju Yum- points below Indian Arrows, Shillong Lajong, has been a pil- of the team attack and coach win and a draw in the last three as much experience from this nam (54th) and Trindade Gon- who are placed seventh. lar in the heart of the Churchill Alfred Fernandes hopes that matches we have played. Indian tournament. The boys are play- calves (86th) found the back A win on Monday will defence. New comer Dawda he gets fit in time. Arrows is a very good team and ing well and I am happy the of the net to help Jamshedpur ensure Churchill remain above Ceesay along with Mechac Koffi Jovel Martins is the other are very good in counter attack. way they are progressing. I am register their second win on relegation zone and also above have combined well upfront. But player who has not fully recov- So we can’t be complacent,” said not worried about the results. home soil. Both Steve Cop- dle and fed Nandhakumar on one-on-one with Subrata Paul Indian Arrows in the seventh playmaker Kalu Ogba is doubt- ered and the Churchill coach Fernandes. We have lost matches mainly pell and Miguel Angel Portu- the left flank who curled in cross inside the Jamshedpur penalty place. ful after he limped off in the first does not want to field him on Indian Arrows coach Luis due to individual mistakes,” he gal fielded an unchanged XI. inside the box. An unmarked box. Unfortunately, the young- Osagie Monday, who has half against Shillong Lajong. Monday. Norton de Matos said all the added. AGENCIES Coppell’s team started the game Uche converted a simple header ster blasted the ball over the in a 4-4-2 formation with Ashim to hand his team the lead. crossbar. From a corner, Raju Biswas partnering Izu Azuka The skipper doubled his Yumnam scored the equaliser. upfront. For Delhi, Lallian- tally and his team’s lead two Jerry curled the corner which Bedia’s header helps FC Goa defeat Kerala Blasters 2-1 zuala Chhangte operated just minutes later by scoring an was half-heartedly cleared by behind the striker Kalu Uche identical goal. This time it was the Delhi defence. Raju picked KOCHI: FC Goa edged out Kerala Blast- The game got off to an action-packed all kinds of problems. The Blasters grew the challenge of Mohamed Ali in the box with Nandhakumar Sekar and Lallianzuala Chhangte who ini- up the pieces and his curling ers FC by 2-1 with goals from Edu Bedia start as the visitors came out all guns into the match slowly and came close to but the referee asked the forward to get Romeo Fernandes being on the tiated the move and forwarded effort went straight into the top (77’) and Ferran Corominas (7’) can- blazing. After CK Vineeth was dispos- equalize when Jackichand’s cross from back on his feet. left and right flank respectively. a through ball for Nandha on corner of the net. Coppell made celling out CK Vineeth’s equaliser in an sessed off the ball, Lanzarote made a the right was only half-cleared by the The home side could have gone ahead It was an end-to-end the left flank. The young winger two changes in the 67th minute Indian Super League (ISL) clash. surging run forward before unleashing visitors’ defence. The loose ball fell to a few minutes later when Vineeth did encounter from the very begin- once again found Uche with a to add more firepower in the David James made three changes to a powerful shot that struck the wood- Hanghal whose venomous shot rattled extremely well to take down a long diag- ning of the match with both pinpoint cross. attacking third. He introduced the side that lost to Jamshedpur FC with work before going out of play. the frame of the goal. onal ball before squaring it up for Cour- teams looking to seize the ini- Jamshedpur went all guns Trindade Goncalves in place of Siam Hanghal, Rino Anto and Jackichand Goa would have their lead in just Minutes later the home side would age Pekuson when Hume was the better tiative. Ashim came close to blazing after conceding two Ashim Biswas and Anas Eda- Singh coming in for Kizito Keziron, Sam- the seventh minute after some excellent be level after a dreadful goal-kick from option. Pekuson’s shot was ultimately scoring the opening goal in the goals in quick succession. The thodika for Andre Bikey. uel Shadap and Karan Sawhney. In-form work from young Mandar Rao Desai Goa custodian Kattimani. Wes Brown blocked by the Goa defence. FC Goa fourth minute from a Priori pass home side pulled one back in the The home side were unlucky Iain Hume continued to lead up front for who whose run on the right was picked headed the ball towards Hanghal who would regain their lead 13 minutes before however, Arnab Das Sharma 29th minute thanks to a header not to win a penalty in the 74th the Blasters. Sergio Lobera on the other up well by Brandon Fernandes. Mandar flicked it first time to set up Vineeth the end of normal time when Edu Bedia came out of his line to avert the from Tiri as he outjumped Kotal minute when Vinit Rai handled hand, made just the one change to the skipped into box before squaring it up and the Kerala forward made no mis- headed in Brandon’s swinging corner. danger. It took Delhi 19 min- from a corner. the ball inside the box after Trin- side that beat Jamshedpur with Sergio to an unmarked Corominas who took take as he slotted the ball past a hapless Hume had a great chance to level just utes to break the deadlock when Chhangte got the best dade’s shot hit the Delhi mid- Juste coming in for Bruno Pinheiro at the one touch to steady the ball before slot- Kattimani. minutes later after a good cross from captain Kalu Uche headed in chance of the first half to fielder’s arm. Trindade scored heart of the defence. Ferran Corominas ting it into the back of the net. The second period started slowly the right flank but the forward headed a Nandhakumar Sekar cross. increase Delhi’s lead in the 34th the winning goal in the 86th was deployed up top with Manuel Lan- The home side were loose in pos- before bursting into life around the hour the ball straight at Kattimani with the Jeroen Lumu ran down the mid- minute when he found himself minute. AGENCIES zarote slotting in behind him. session and Goa’s pressing caused them mark when Vineeth went down under entire goal at his mercy. AGENCIES ANAND SUFFERS SHOCKING Madrid out of top four as Villarreal win DEFEAT AGAINST KRAMNIK WIJK AAN ZEE: Viswanathan Anand’s quest for a record sixth title suffered a setback as he slumped to a shock defeat against Vladi- mir Kramnik of Russia in the seventh round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament, here. Having done quite well so far, Anand went for unwarranted complications against Kramnik who was at his best to match his opponent. AGENCIES

Aguero treble gets City back on track LONDON: Sergio Aguero scored a hattrick as scoring at the Etihad. Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane Villarreal Manchester City restored their 12-point lead at The Argentina striker then converted a 63rd- the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 win at minute penalty awarded after Raheem Sterling MADRID: Villarreal moved points, two ahead of Real. 2016, sealed the deal against end discussion over the league Calleri slotted home the home to Newcastle United on Saturday. tumbled in the box following a tug by Javier above Real Madrid and into the Zidane’s team are fifth, Levante, who pulled one back title with a win at Real Betis penalty that sealed the three City’s 30-match Manquillo. top four in La Liga after a 2-1 level on 32 points with Sevilla, with a stoppage-time penalty on Sunday. points as Gabriel strode off to unbeaten run in the league, But struggling Newcas- win over Levante on Saturday who crushed Espanyol 3-0 in a from Roger. Atletico stay second on 43 the showers. which spanned two seasons, tle scored against the run that piled more pressure on the dominant display in Catalonia Russian international points, three points ahead of Griezmann lashed home came to a dramatic end with of play four minutes later struggling champions’ coach that gave Vincenzo Montella Cheryshev clattered into the Valencia after their surprise Diego Costa’s brave knock- a 4-3 defeat by Liverpool at when a rare lapse saw Jacob Zinedine Zidane. his first league win since arriv- post after charging down the defeat in a temperamental down for Atletico in the 34th Anfield last week. Murphy sprint through and Valencia had two players ing in Spain in late December. left flank to tap home Enes affair at Las Palmas, which saw minute but Portu snatched a But their return to win- finish in composed fashion. sent off as they fell to a shock The last time Real fin- Unal’s low cross, but after some defender Gabriel booked twice shock equaliser for the away ning ways here had manager Aguero, however, put 2-1 defeat at lowly Las Palmas, ished outside the top four was time on the ground in pain, for dissent after giving away side 17 minutes from time. Pep Guardiola proclaiming the result beyond doubt while Atletico Madrid gave in 2000, when they placed struggled on until being substi- the host’s winning penalty and Costa made his mark again his side needed 10 more when City’s all-time lead- leaders Barcelona the chance fifth but won the Champions tuted in the 65th minute. then his centre-back partner on Saturday, with his second victories to be crowned ing goalscorer completed to pull 11 points clear after only League — a year before coach Antoine Griezmann’s first Ruben Vezo sent off with three assist since returning from champions. his 11th hat-trick for the drawing 1-1 with Girona. Zidane had even signed for the goal in six league games wasn’t minutes left for elbowing spot- Chelsea adding to his three Their advantage at the club seven minutes from A 26th-minute penalty club as a player. enough for Atletico as they kick scorer Jonathan Calleri. goals in five games in all com- top of the table had been time following a superb run from Manu Trigueros and Real Madrid do have two drew 1-1 with Girona and gave Valencia looked set for a petitions. He lay down in a cut to single figures, for a and pass from Leroy Sane. youth product Denis Chery- games in hand on the teams Barcelona a chance to extend routine win when Santi Mina heap after being clattered by few hours at least, when sec- “We needed it (this win) shev’s first league goal in nearly around them, though, and host their lead at the top. headed home the opener from Girona goalkeeper Bono as he ond-placed Manchester United beat Burnley 1-0 after last week,” Aguero told BT Sport. “It’s a long two years saw Javier Calleja’s Deportivo on Sunday. The draw at the Wanda a corner after just five minutes, headed on for Griezmann, but earlier on Saturday. season though and we’ve not won anything yet.” side, who beat Real at the Santi- Cheryshev’s tap-in, the first Metropolitano means Atlet- but Jonathan Viera smashed it was the shot-stopper who Normal service resumed in the day’s late Guardiola added: “We need 10 more wins to ago Bernabeu for the first time goal in La Liga for the injury- ico are second and eight points home Calleri’s knock-down 15 came off worse and had to be kick-off, though, with Aguero glancing in Kevin be champions...It was important how we reacted ever last week, move up to 34 plagued attacker since March behind Barca, who can almost minutes later. substituted at half-time. AGENCIES De Bruyne’s cross in the 34th minute to open the at 2-1, we didn’t panic.” AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Monday, 22 January, 2018 ‘Working When you believe with Prabhas in Saaho is great IN YOUR WORK, WORLD BELIEVES TOO: IRRFAN opportunity’ TheHindi Medium actor, who was named the best actor at Filmfare awards says, it’s good to know that stories you believe in is what the audience is also looking for

MUMBAI: Acclaimed star Irrfan Khan is ecstatic he was named the Best Actor in Lead- ing Role (Male) for the movie Hindi Medium at the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards and said that the world believes in the work if the actor believes in it too. “Hindi Medium is very close to my heart and I wish to keep telling stories like these for the audience. When you believe in your work, the world also believes with you. It is good to know MUMBAI: Actor Shraddha Kapoor, who that the stories you believe in is was present at the inauguration of “The what the audience is also look- dock Films and T-series Hindi Wedding Junction Show” here, said work- ing for. It’s time for change and Medium also won the Best Film ing with actor Prabhas in Saaho has been a I am glad there is acceptance (popular) Award at a gala here great opportunity for her. to this change,” Irrfan said in a recently. Dinesh Vijan of Mad- AfterHaseena Parkar in 2017 Shraddha’s statement. dock films said: “Good content upcoming projects is bilingual film Saaho The actor also tweeted that has emerged as a winner.” with Prabhas and newly announced Hindi the journey of Hindi Medium “Wow, what a start to 2018 release Stree. has been testament to celebra- for all of us. It is great to see that Talking about Saaho, Shraddha said: “I tion of a story that is “told from when the dust settles, its good am definitely excited to be able to work with the heart, of good content and content that has emerged as a Prabhas. It’s the first time I am shooting for a most of all the want and sin- winner and this is a huge boost Hindi and Telugu bilingual film. It will also cerity to inculcate and encour- for all of us to work harder in be dubbed in other languages. This is a great age change”. 2018,” Vijan said. opportunity for me.” He added: “Thank you to @ Directed by Saket Chaud- Shraddha and Rajkumar Rao-starrer Filmfare and our audience who hary, the film also features Pak- Stree is currently on floors, and the actor is have been part of my journey istani actor Saba Qamar. very excited for the same. “This is the first and also for giving this movie It revolves around a couple time, I will be part of a horror-comedy film, the adulation it has got! Con- who yearn to get their daugh- and that makes it even more exciting.” IANS gratulations to the entire team!” ter educated from a reputed Co-produced by Mad- school. IANS I go through racism every day: Ed Sheeran engaged to girlfriend Daniel Kaluuya LONDON: British singer- Fourth of July party in 2015. songwriter Ed Sheeran has His engagement with Cherry announced his engagement Seaborn, who is a hockey star. with his longtime girlfriend comes after a roller-coaster Cherry Seaborn. He made year. the announcement via social His album ‘÷’ (“Divide”) media recently, reports CNN. – which also brought him to “Got myself a fiancé just India – was the most popu- before new year. We are very lar album on streaming ser- Happy being the hero people happy and in love, and our cats vices for 2017, according to are chuffed as well,” Sheeran Nielsen data. wrote on Instagram. However, his appearance on Last year, Sheeran had the popular TV drama ‘Game can relate to: Kartik Aaryan revealed he has known Seaborn of Thrones’ was not welcomed since they were children but by many fans, leading Sheeran MUMBAI: After facing few initial fail- LONDON: Get Out star they did not start dating until to temporarily delete his ures, Kartik Aaryan is now happy to have Daniel Kaluuya says he he invited her to Taylor Swift’s Twitter account. IANS reached a place where he can call himself a experiences racism “every “relatable hero”. While Kartik’s 2011 debut day” and drew on that for Pyaar Ka Punchnama went on to become his role in the film. The a sleeper hit giving him critical and com- 28-year-old actor said he mercial acclaim, his next two projects, ignored director Jordan Akaash Vani and Kaanchi bombed at the Peele’s advice to study hor- box office. ror movies when he worked But he bounced back with Pyaar on Get Out – in which he Ka Punchnama 2. His last released film played Chris, an African- was Guest Iin London which got nega- American who accompa- tive reviews. In an interview, Kartik said nied his white girlfriend Mulligan slams award shows despite achieving his share of success he is to meet her parents – and happy that the audience has loved him at instead drew on incidents a time when he is still trying to create his from his own life. for snubbing female directors own niche in the film industry. “I lived it. I live it. I live “I’m still at the start of my career and this. I just read the script, so LOS ANGELES: Actor Carey Greta Gerwig and Wonder don’t feel ‘I’ve arrived.’ People relate to my it was in me. I go through Mulligan has criticised award Woman’s Patty Jenkins. “There’s characters and see me in a different way. racism every day. Every shows for not giving female something not right, and we ‘re They identify with me and remember the day someone says some directors equal space in nom- working on it. I think Greta and nuances of my characters. I’m happy being sick stuff. “Racism’s horri- inations as their male col- the relatable hero,” he said. fying. People end up dead, leagues. The actor also called While he credited director Luv Ran- mothers lose their kids. You out the Star Wars franchise’s jan for creating this persona of a “loveable have all these experiences lack of female directors. relatable hero” Kartik also admitted that and you have to keep going “If Dee Rees was a white living the life of an actor with or without for your dreams,” Kaluuya man she’d be directing the next the baggage of an image is not easy. said in an interview with Star Wars’ she’d be nominated “Life of an actor is not his or hers, it’s Elle magazine. for an Oscar without question,” everyone’s life. Nothing is private, nothing The actor said for a per- Mulligan told Variety at the is personal. If you’re doing great in terms son of colour it is tough Sundance Film Festival. of work, that’s the price you’ve to give.” to survive in the industry. Rees, who directed the crit- Kartik has again collaborated with Luv “This industry’s hard. The ically-acclaimed Mudbound, Patty Jenkins have been over- for his latest “Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety”. The world is hard. Being young was snubbed from this year’s looked for too long. If it doesn’t romantic comedy marks the duo’s fourth and black is tough.” PTI Golden Globes race for Best happen I feel like people will collaboration. PTI Director along with Lady Bird’s react to it,” she added. PTI Hemsworth was shocked when offered 12 Strong

LOS ANGELES: Actor Chris know about the story, two was wealth, and information Hemsworth has said that he that it was true and just the that we had some of the real was shocked when he was details as to what these guys guys on set with us and we offered the war film 12 Strong. achieved in this mission. had guys from the navy seals, The actor stars in Nicolai Fugl- “12 guys who went into Special Forces, a lot of mili- sig-directed film which is based Afghanistan, 3 weeks after 9/11 tary people around to advise on Doug Stanton’s non-fiction and they took back the country us and guide us and it was great book ‘Horse Soldiers’. from Taliban, al-Qaeda while to have that sort of wealth and The film tells the story working with the local Afghan knowledge on your fingertips,” of CIA paramilitary officers people who are fighting them. he said. and US Special Forces sent So yeah pretty spectacular The real-life element made to Afghanistan immediately story,” he said in a statement. the role even more fulfilling for after the September 11 attacks. The Thor: Ragnarok actor Hemsworth. He remembers Hemsworth said the story felt also revealed that he was frequently stepping back dur- quite “spectacular” to him and trained with the US Special ing production to make sure that is what drawn him to it. Forces while getting ready to the story was told the right way. “I was as shocked as any- play his role in the role. The film released in India on one else – one I did not “We had the book, which January 19. PTI