MILLENNIUMPOST.IN RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI | KOLKATA VOL. 7, ISSUE 232 | Wednesday, 25 August 2021 | Kolkata | Pages 12 | Rs 3.00 No Half Truths City: Pg 3 Nation: Pg 6 Film: Pg 12 State appeals to UNESCO to give Top court asks AFT to decide ‘Such a loser. You aren’t Durga Puja ‘World Heritage status’ pleas of Navy officers on PC Salman Khan’ Narayan Rane gets bail Trinamool mulls nationwide stir against Nat’l Monetisation Pipeline hours after arrest over TMC MP says this policy does not have the consent of the public as it was not listed in the BJP manifesto ‘slap Thackeray’ remark OUR CORRESPONDENT TMC would get in touch with the Opposition parties over the KOLKATA: Stating that the issue and then the protest will National Monetisation Pipe- be launched. Union minister had claimed Maha CM forgot year of Independence line (NMP) was not discussed The TMC MP stated that in either Parliament or in any the Centre’s claim that the pri- during his Aug 15 address & had to check with his aides mid-speech Parliamentary Committee or vate players would be involved the Consultative Committee in the PPP model was “abso- OUR CORRESPONDENT of the Finance ministry, Trin- lutely bogus” as the assets amool Congress (TMC) Rajya would be “perpetually leased” MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar to the private companies and Union minister Narayan Rane, Roy on Tuesday said the party the lease would be renewed arrested on Tuesday over his was planning a nationwide pro- every 25 years. remarks about slapping Maha- test against the new economic “In a huge country like rashtra Chief Minister Uddhav reforms policy. India, it is not acceptable that Sukhendu Sekhar Roy Thackeray for what he called “It (NMP) was decided by all public properties will be the latter’s “ignorance of the the Niti Aayog, which is not a handed over to private players of 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha view of NMP were 26,700 km year India won Independence”, constitutional body and was set like this,” he added. polls to avoid public wrath. He national highways, 42,300 cir- has been granted bail by a court up following the recommen- “It is alarming that perpet- added that the NMP would be cuit km of power transmission in Maharashtra’s Mahad. dations of the Centre,” he said, ual lease has been granted to implemented over a span of line, 8,000 km natural gas pipe- Rane was taken into cus- adding that the BJP had never the private sector and this lease four years. line, two hydrogen generation tody by police in coastal Rat- mentioned anything about this can be extended further. It will “The BJP is going to face a plants, 5,000 MW power gener- nagiri district, where he is major economic overhaul in destroy the ecosystem. Work general election in 2024 and ation capacity and 4,000 km of travelling as part of the Jan its election manifestos of 2014 security will no longer exist and no one knows about the man- the oil pipeline, among others. Ashirwad Yatra, an official said. and 2019. “Since they didn’t hire and fire policy will dic- date. Under such a situation, In addition to these, 400 Rane, who joined Prime mention NMP in the election tate. No strikes or protest will how can they take up a policy railway stations, 150 trains, Minister Narendra Modi’s manifesto, we can now say be allowed,” he said. that will be implemented over 1,400 km railway tracks, 265 Cabinet in July as Minister that people don’t want MNP,” He maintained that the BJP a span of four years,” he asked. goods sheds, 160 mining proj- for Micro, Small and Medium he added. had deliberately not mentioned He further stated that the ects and 161 mineral blocks Enterprises, is the first Union The leader claimed that NMP in the election manifesto assets coming under the pur- would be leased out. Turn to P4 Minister to be arrested in 20 Union minister Narayan Rane with BJP workers during the Konkan tour of ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’, at years. Sangameshwar in Ratnagiri district, on Tuesday PTI He had claimed that Thac- CM CONGRATULATES TEAM India reports keray forgot the year of Inde- Highlights pendence during his August 15 25,467 new address and had to check with » Rane, who joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet in July as Minister for Micro, his aides mid-speech. Small and Medium Enterprises, is the first Union Minister to be arrested in 20 years 1 cr throng Duare Sarkar Covid cases Earlier, he was produced » His remarks drew sharp reactions from Shiv Sena, whose workers put several posters in before a court at Mahad in Raigad district, some 160 km Mumbai and other places, calling him a ‘kombdi chor’ (chicken stealer), a reference to the OUR CORRESPONDENT from Mumbai, in front of Mag- poultry shop he ran in Mumbai’s Chembur area five decades ago camps in just 8 days istrate Shaikhbabaso Patil by NEW DELHI: India added » Sena activists poured petrol, brought by them in bottles, on the posters installed outside the OUR CORRESPONDENT the Mahad police. office and set them afire around noon. They also hurled stones at the office No. of applicants collected forms or 25,467 new COVID-19 cases, His lawyer Aniket Nikam State-run Schemes while the active cases declined had said the police had failed » Shiv Sena workers carrying placards and shouting slogans against Rane assembled in the KOLKATA: The Mamata enquired about schemes till August 24 to 3,19,551, comprising 0.98 to follow due process of law Juhu area Banerjee government on Tues- Lakshmir Bhandar 74.26 lakh per cent of the total infec- before arresting Rane, a BJP day achieved a rare feat with Swasthya Sathi 19.57 lakh tions, the lowest since March leader. A notice has to be issued Rane faces four FIRs across day afternoon by the Ratnagiri registered against Rane under one crore people registering, Caste Certificate 6.69 lakh 2020, according to the Union under Section 41A of the CrPC Maharashtra over his remark police and taken to Mahad in IPC Sections 500 (defamation), including 74.26 lakh only for Khadya Sathi 6.37 lakh Health ministry data updated (Code of Criminal Proce- that he would have slapped Raigad district. 505(2) (mischief), 153-B (1)(c) Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, Krishak Bandhu (New) 3.49 lakh on Tuesday. dure) before arresting some- Thackeray over the latter’s A complaint was lodged (remarks likely to cause dis- in its biggest outreach drive Bina Mulya Samajik 3.33 lakh The total tally of COVID- one in cases where custodial alleged ignorance of the year by Nashik city Shiv Sena unit harmony, or feeling of enmity Duare Sarkar camps in just Surakshya Yojona 19 cases has increased to interrogation is not required, of India’s Independence. chief at the cyber police station or hatred or ill-will), a police eight days. 100 Days’ Work 1.42 lakh 3,24,74,773. The death toll has he said. He was arrested on Tues- there, after which an FIR was official said. Turn to P4 The second edition of Students’ Credit Card 43,470 climbed to 4,35,110 with 354 Duare Sarkar clocked one Mutation or land records’ 63,777 fresh fatalities, according to crore registrations in only eight minor correction the data updated at 8 am. The Hope terrorists don’t use Af days while it took 18 days dur- Aadhaar related issues 57,929 active cases were the lowest in ing the first edition of the out- Banking Related issues 48,141 156 days, while the national You need to keep ego in pocket reach drive at the end of 2020. Aikyashree 26,735 COVID-19 recovery rate has soil for fuelling unrest: India Chief Minister Mamata Taposhili Bandhu 17,618 increased to 97.68 per cent, the while batting in England Banerjee congratulated all Manabik 24,950 highest since March 2020, the officers, including the district Jai Johar 13,485 ministry said. Virat Kohli CIA director held secret meeting: Report authorities, for the feat that Kanyashree 7,720 A reduction of 14373 cases helped people get benefits of Rupashree 5,962 has been recorded in the total OUR CORRESPONDENT sation which represents all sections 18 different state-run schemes, Sikhashree 4,882 number of active COVID-19 of Afghan society. Voices of Afghan including Lakshmir Bhandar, Total 1.22 crore cases in a span of 24 hours. In today’s NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday women, aspirations of Afghan chil- at their doorsteps. Also, 16,47,526 tests were con- hoped that the situation in Afghani- dren and the rights of minorities must At 11 am on Tuesday, the Sarkar camps till 6 pm on It needs a special mention ducted on Monday, taking the paper stan does not pose a challenge to its be respected,” he said. figure of registration touched Tuesday since August 16 and that out of one crore, the max- cumulative tests conducted so neighbours and the Afghan territory “A broad-based representation one crore. Subsequently, the 10,750 camps were held. More imum number of footprints far for detection of COVID-19 ... is not used by terrorist groups such as would help the arrangement gain Chief Minister sent her best than 1.62 lakh registrations at Duare Sarkar camps was in the country to 50,93,91,792. City LeT and JeM to threaten other coun- more acceptability and legitimacy,” wishes to all District Magis- have taken place only on Tues- in South 24-Parganas where Meanwhile, passengers tries, as it pitched for an inclusive and he added.