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NEW DELHI: The Supreme CHENNAI: Muthuvel Karunanidhi, Court on Wednesday sought a doyen of Dravidian politics, was on a response from the Jammu Wednesday laid to rest on the Marina and Kashmir government beachfront as a sea of humanity bid on a plea by Talib Hussain, a him a tearful farewell after an unsa- key witness in the sensational voury courtroom battle his party won Kathua gang rape-and-mur- to secure for him the final resting der case, alleging custodial place at the Chennai landmark. torture by the state police in Earlier on Wednesday, two peo- an alleged fake rape case. ple were killed as the rush for a final TITAN LAID TO REST A bench headed by Chief glimpse of “Kalaignar”, as the police »»The Madras High Court Justice Dipak Misra consid- used batons to control the surging allowed Karunanidhi’s ered the submission of senior crowds. advocate Indira Jaising that The country’s high and mighty burial at Marina Beach Hussain had been brutally descended on the city to pay their after overnight drama tortured in police custody last respects to the “Thalaivar” (the over the ruling AIADMK’s and judicial intervention was leader), school dropout, who left an refusal to give the five- needed. indelible imprint on the state’s public time chief minister space The bench also compris- life over decades through his literary, at the beachfront which ing Justices A M Khanwilkar cinematic and political achievements. has memorials to three and D Y Chandrachud asked The 94-year-old leader had other former chief ministers the senior lawyer to explain as breathed his last at a hospital here to how a writ of habeas cor- after fighting for life for 11 days. including J Jayalalithaa pus (produce the body) can A galaxy of leaders including »»Two people were killed as be filed in the present case as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Con- the rush for a final glimpse the accused, Hussain, is in the gress president Rahul Gandhi, Ben- lawful custody of the police. gal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, of “Kalaignar”, as the police Jaising referred to a Karnataka chief minister H D Kuma- used batons to control the Supreme Court judgement raswamy, and his Kerala, Telangana People pay their last respects to DMK chief M Karunanidhi ahead of his funeral ceremony, in Chennai on Wednesday PTI surging crowds. and said that such a petition and Andhra Pradesh counterparts could be filed even in case of Pinarayi Vijayan, K Chandrasekhar seen crying inconsolably after touch- proclaimed atheist and rationalist, no courtroom battle raged over where cal concerns. The DMK had swiftly chief minister C N Annadurai. custodial torture. Rao and N Chandrababu Naidu was ing his father’s feet before the casket Hindu rituals were performed. he should be buried. moved the Madras High Court which “There is no legal impediment The bench asked the in attendance. containing Karunanidhi’s body was Earlier in the day, as thousands The state’s AIADMK government partially heard its petition around for not allotting the place... Provide state government to file the Karunanidhi was buried with full lowered into the grave. The leader’s of grieving DMK supporters, leaders had on Tuesday rejected the DMK’s midnight and resumed the hearing a place for a decent burial forthwith response in a week and asked military honours with soldiers giving youngest daughter and Rajya Sabha and celebrities filed past the golden demand for space at the Marina for at 8 am Wednesday morning. in terms of the rough sketch given by the lawyers to serve a copy of him a gun salute and buglers sound- MP Kanimozhi fondly caressed his casket containing the mortal remains Karunanidhi’s burial and construc- The court ruled in DMK’s favour, the petitioner,” the division bench of the petition on the advocate ing the last post. head and cheek one last time. of the leader draped in the national tion of a memorial to him, citing and the Thalaivar got his final resting the court comprising Acting CJ H G general of the state. In poignant scenes, Stalin was The DMK patriarch being a self- tricolour at the stately Rajaji Hall, a pending litigations over ecologi- place next to his mentor and former Ramesh and S S Sundar ruled. See P5 NITISH ON BACKFOOT? Mahatma Gandhi It’s Harivansh vs Hariprasad Now, NRIs wanted Jinnah as PM, Muzaffarpur sex scandal: but Nehru refused for RS deputy chair’s post cannot file RTI DALAI LAMA Bihar minister resigns OUR CORRESPONDENT applications DHIRENDRA KUMAR NEW DELHI: Opposition parties MPOST BUREAU In today’s that were initially uneasy with a Con- NEW DELHI: Bihar minis- gress candidate for Rajya Sabha dep- ter Manju Verma has resigned NEW DELHI: Non-Resi- paper uty chairperson election have decided over allegations against her dent Indians cannot file RTI to put aside their differences and back husband, who is accused of applications to seek gover- CITY ... the candidate, sources said, putting links to the Muzaffarpur shel- nance-related information the anti-BJP front back on track. The ter rape horror. The police say from the central govern- HC DECRIMINALISES BEGGING IN CITY 3 Congress will field BK Hariprasad, a call records to confirm that ment departments, the Lok NATION 64-year-old lawmaker from Karna- minister Manju Verma’s hus- Sabha was informed on taka. He will be pitted against Har- Harivansh Narayan BK Hariprasad band was regularly in touch Manju Verma addresses a press after resigning PTI Wednesday. ‘4 ULTRAS GUNNED DOWN IN J&K’ 7 ivansh Narayan Singh, a first-time with the man who ran the “Only citizens of India lawmaker from Nitish Kumar’s party. TMC and other opposition parties shelter home in Muzaffarpur husband used to speak to led by Chief Minister Nit- have the right to seek infor- EDIT The government is expected to had indicated that he was not a con- in which over 30 girls were Thakur but said they didn’t ish Kumar. Verma is a JD(U) mation under the provisions field Harivansh Narayan Singh, a sensus candidate. In an election seen raped and tortured. Seventeen realise he was a criminal. MLA from Cheria-Bariarpur. of Right to Information Act, NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT? 8 62-year-old veteran journalist and as a test for opposition unity ahead of calls were exchanged between Verma’s resignation under “The resignation of Manju 2005. Non-Resident Indians INTERNATIONAL first-time lawmaker from Nitish next year’s general polls, it appeared them this year, say sources. a cloud would have significant Verma would reduce the seat are not eligible to file RTI Kumar’s Janata Dal-United. He is ominous. The call records also estab- political implications in the bargaining power of Nitish applications,” Minister of US NAVY VETERAN GETS 3 LIFE SENTENCES 11 described as a candidate who has The Shiv Sena, an estranged ally lish that between October and days to come. Kumar, who must have been State for Personnel Jitendra friends cutting across party lines - a of the BJP, will back the NDA candi- May, the minister’s husband, According to political aiming to get the lions’ share Singh said in a written reply. BUSINESS vital qualification to manage House. date for the election to the post of the Chandeshwar Verma, visited experts, Verma’s resignation out of 40 seats in the upcom- He said subject to the HPCL PROFIT JUMPS 86% 13 The Congress decided to field a Rajya Sabha’s deputy chairman, the the shelter home nine times, would give an ‘edge’ to BJP, ing Lok Sabha elections. Now, provisions of the Act, the cit- candidate Tuesday evening after Sha- party said on Wednesday. each time for several hours. which is the key alliance part- the JD(U) may settle for ten izens of India can file online SPORT rad Pawar’s party, which had agreed The government is also bank- Minister has accepted her ner in the Bihar government seats,” the experts said. application under the Right to field Vandana Chavan, backed out ing on support from the AIADMK, to Information Act, 2005. SINDHU HOPEFUL OF GOLD 15 after Naveen Patnaik indicated that K Chandrashekar Rao’s TRS and “Currently, systems of his party would not support her can- Naveen Patnaik, which will give it SC to constitute panel to look into issues in jails 2,200 public authorities have didature. The NCP said it needed the 123 votes. To win in the 245-member been aligned to receive, pro- FOR ADVERTISING backing from both Shiv Sena and the house, a candidate needs 123 votes, MPOST BUREAU committee for prison reforms the government has collected a cess and reply to online RTIs kindly contact at 9810195709 BJD. but abstention will bring down the would also have two or three huge amount under the orders from the applicants,” the or Other opposition parties too magic figure. NEW DELHI: The Supreme officials from the government of the apex court but the funds minister said. [email protected] were hesitant to project a candidate. The opposition has 117 seats - Court on Wednesday said it of India to look into the issues, are not being utilised properly. Singh said any appli- Early in the discussions, the Trin- including Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP. would constitute a commit- including that of women pris- Agreeing with the court cant can visit the portal — amool Congress said it would not Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP on Wednesday tee under the chairmanship oners languishing in jails on setting up a committee for www.rtionline.gov.in — and FOR SUBSCRIPTION field Sukhendu Shekhar Roy or any- said it would not back the Congress of its retired judge to look across the country. jail reforms, Attorney Gen- select the desired ministry or kindly contact at 8800854665 one else, and was ready to back a con- candidate; however, Mehbooba Muf- into problems in jails, includ- A bench comprising Jus- eral K K Venugopal told the department under the cen- or sensus candidate. ti’s PDP, indicated that they would ing overcrowding, and suggest tices M B Lokur, S Abdul bench that India was facing tral government and file an [email protected] After the Congress informally abstain. Support is also expected from measures to deal with it. Nazeer and Deepak Gupta enormous problems in sev- online RTI application. picked a candidate Tuesday evening, the DMK, which has four seats. The apex court said the expressed its displeasure that eral other areas as well. See P6 ‘Rafale falsehood repeated’ SCAMSTERS PUTTING RECIPIENT’S VITAL PERSONAL DETAILS ON THE DARK NET ‘FOR SALE’

MPOST BUREAU ure of a similar effort in the Parliament. There Alert issued against fake messages on IT refunds NEW DELHI: In a is not a grain of truth stinging indictment in the wild allegations of the government, repeated today nor MPOST BUREAU puter security incidents, said once a per- Clicking on the link in the SMS, opens a two former minis- anything substantiating son clicks on the SMShing (made of SMS website which is lookalike to the Income ters Arun Shourie in the purported facts NEW DELHI: The country’s premier and phishing) link, he/she runs the risk Tax Department e-filing website,” it said. and Yashwant Sinha and voluminous doc- cyber security agency — CERT-In — has of either his/her personal details being The recipient, the advisory said, is on Wednesday hit out uments marshalled to cautioned against a malicious ‘SMShing’ “put up for sale on the dark web” (clan- asked to enter their bank details to com- at the Rs. 58,000 deal corroborate the base- fraud where fake messages are being sent destine web), or even their IT department plete their income tax refund application with France for 36 less accusations. to people in the name of the Income Tax records “altered” by misusing their e-filing and then enter their login ID and password Rafale fighter jets signed in 2016, call- “Meanwhile, those raising alarm about Department saying their refunds have credentials. on the next phishing web-page. ing the deal “a textbook case of criminal the alleged danger to national security been approved, with an aim to steal the The advisory describes as to how such “After that, the details entered by the misconduct” and demanding a forensic ought to realise their responsibility and recipient’s vital personal details and put fake SMSes could be identified. victim SMS recipient are harvested as sen- audit of the entire deal by the govern- refrain from politicising for narrow indi- them on the dark net “for sale”. “There have been increased reports sitive data by the cybercriminals running ment’s top auditor. vidual ends those very matters pertain- The warning that also acts as an advi- of incidents related to fake SMS purport- this campaign for later use in identity- Hours later union minister Arun Jait- ing to the defence of the nation that was sory comes at a time when the income tax edly from Income Tax Department as the credited shortly in his bank account. An thefts or for putting up for sale on the ley hit back at the duo calling it another consistently ignored by them and by those returns filing season is on, and the Central filing of IT returns nears. This SMShing incorrect bank account number follows dark web or for even altering the user’s attempt at maligning the Government with whom they sympathise,” Jaitley said Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has some- campaign uses popular URL (universal this. Message reads to the recipient to ver- details in the Income Tax Department’s by spreading falsehood and paddling in a post. time back extended the deadline to do till resource locator) shortening services such ify the given bank account number and if records,” it said. fabricated facts regarding the 2016 In a related development, Rajesh August 31. as bit.ly, goo.gl, ow.ly and t.co among oth- found wrong, then visit the shortened bit. A senior tax department official said Inter-Governmental Agreement for the Dhingra, the chief executive officer of Recently, some people wrote on social ers,” it said. ly link provided in the message to update that the department is aware of these mali- procurement of Rafale fighter aircraft. Reliance Defence and Aerospace, called media platforms that they had received It then goes on to describe the modus his bank record. cious SMS-based and online attacks on “It is even more reprehensible that the effort to link Dassault’s decision to such messages. operandi of such attack. “The bit.ly link is leading to phishing personal taxpayers and others and they this fresh attempt to tarnish the image select his company over the public sector The Indian Computer Emergency “The message in the SMS tells the recip- web-pages. Since the bank account num- are in touch with the CERT-In authorities of the Government should come less Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd “a deliberate Response Team (CERT-In), the national ient that their income tax refund for a cer- ber in the SMS is wrong, many recipients and have also issued public advisories in than two weeks after the miserable fail- attempt to mislead.” Earlier report on P7 nodal agency for responding to com- tain amount has been approved and will be are enticed to click on the website link. this context. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 Stress helps us deal with bad news A research reveals that tendency of people to take more notice of good news than bad news disappears when people feel threatened

eeling stressed or anxious makes people pating public speaking was confirmed by mea- to their estimate. more able to process and internalise bad sures of physiological arousal (by testing their Later on they were asked to provide new esti- news, a study has found. skin conductance and cortisol levels) and self- mates of what they thought the risks would be The research, published in The Jour- reported anxiety. for themselves. Fnal of Neuroscience, reveals that a As expected, the participants who known tendency of people to take more were not stressed (more relaxed) inter- notice of good news than bad news – nalised the good news better than the the optimism bias – disappears when bad, researchers said. people feel threatened. They found these participants con- “Generally, people are quite optimis- tinued to underestimate some risks tic – we ignore the bad and embrace even when being told the threaten- the good. And this is indeed what hap- ing event was more likely than they pened when our study participants thought. were feeling calm; but when they For People who were stressed or anx- were under stress, a different pattern the ious were better than the more relaxed emerged,” said Tali Sharot from Univer- participants at incorporating the bad sity College London in the UK. news into their existing beliefs, while “Under these conditions, they still responding normally to good news. became vigilant to bad news we gave The study was replicated with simi- them, even when this news had noth- lar findings in a real-world setting with ing to do with the source of their anxi- fire-fighters, who did the task online ety,” Sharot said. while they were on shift between calls In the lab, half of the 35 participants at the station. were told at the start that they would Their anxiety was measured by self- need to deliver a speech on a surprise topic in task, the participants were asked to estimate the report, and varied naturally due to their volatile front of a panel of judges after completing a task risk level of various threatening life events, such work environment. – thus elevating their stress levels. as being a victim of domestic burglary or credit The researchers say their findings help explain The other half was told they would complete card fraud. how people benefit from a generally optimistic an easy writing assignment at the end of the study. They were then told the real risk – either good way of processing information, while still taking The heightened stress among those antici- news or bad news depending on how it compared heed of warning signs when under threat. PTI

DAYINDAYOUT Four-day event to promote hospitality sector begins What’s on Around Town BOOK LAUNCH BEYBLADE BURST CHAMPIONSHIP IGNCA is organizing a book release of Funskool India Ltd, India’s leading ‘Jewellery’ – A scientific study of social toy company, is on a mission to find tradition by Dr Gulab Kothari, ‘Ghats of talented young children /Beybladers to Banaras’ by P Jha and ‘Untold Story of put their skills to the test across a series Broadcast During Quit India Movement’, of national Beyblade Burst tournament edited by Dr Gautam Chatterjee. Dr events. A 5 city-level tournaments Mahesh Sharma, Culture Minister, Govt. will be held in prominent malls across of India will be present as the Chief Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata Guest of the event. WHEN: August 9 and Delhi. The finals for the same will WHERE: Auditorium, CV Mess take place in Paris on November 3. TIMINGS: 3 pm onwards WHEN: August 19 (Delhi finals) THE TWO WOMAN SHOW WHERE: Select Citywalk, Saket Tapsya Gupta and Shiffali Wadhawan TIMINGS: 3 pm – 7 pm are two immensely gifted artists who have come together to showcase the TREAT FOR ART LOVERS A solo Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries, along with other dignitaries at inauguration of the expo conglomeration of sculptures and art at the India Habitat Centre. The event exhibition OUR CORRESPONDENT will be graced and chaired by Maneka of paintings 8,000 visitors, this show is the first Speaking on the occasion, Harsimrat processing segments as well as indus- and chapter of country’s largest and most Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Process- tries involved in manufacturing hospi- Gandhi, Minister for Women and Child A FOUR-DAY mega congregation of comprehensive sourcing hub for the ing Industries, Government of India tality products. Development. WHEN: August 14 – 18 sculptures hospitality, retail, baking, housekeeping, hospitality, retail, baking, housekeeping, said, “I am glad to know that for pro- Rakesh Kumar, Chairman, IEML WHERE: India Habitat Centre by Sonali F&B industry, which was announced and F&B industry. Further, it has been moting India’s hospitality sector and and Executive Director, EPCH, said, TIMINGS: 6 pm onwards P. Chouhan as the biggest hospitality show in Asia, built on a grand vision to become the to provide an opportunity for the new, “This mega congregation caters to the will be on was recently inaugurated by Harsim- biggest hospitality show in Asia. young and budding entrepreneurs, a powerful trio of Food Products, F&B EXPLORING THE STREET SHOPS view until rat Kaur Badal, Union Cabinet Minis- The event will also see a fashion show like India International Hospital- Equipments and Décor Solutions along ‘Indianama 2018’ will see Indian street August 8. ter of Food Processing industry, Govt. show curated by Sunil Sethi Design ity Expo is being organised. with the key decision makers (produc- design in a new light as the work of 71 The artshow Of India in the presence of Amit Bur- Alliance and food menu by Chef Manjit IEML – a state of art venue for hold- ers, distributors, marketers, service graphic designers will be cross fertilized will be man, Vice Chairman, Dabur India Ltd Gill in Banaras Evening. Also, different ing exhibitions of international stature providers, restaurant and hospital- with 71 vibrant street side shops marking and Chairman Litebite Foods Pvt Ltd. sessions of culinary theatre by celebrity - has been host to several global events ity companies, and the entire gamut) inaugurated by Senior art critic Jyotish Scheduled from August 8 till 11, the chefs such as Devinder Kumar, Gun- successfully. And IHE 18 being held who are shaping the hospitality indus- the 71 years of India’s Independence. Joshi. WHEN: Until August 14 expo will take place at India Expo Cen- jan Goela, Gautam Chaudhary, Nis- at this very venue will be an excellent try. Let’s take your exhibition experience WHEN: Until August 25 WHERE: Bikaner WHERE: India International Center tre and Mart, Greater Noida Express- hant Kumar Chobey and others will be platform for showcasing art, innova- to a bigger, better, and a world-class House TIMINGS:11 am – 6 pm TIMINGS: 11 am - 7 pm way. With over 200 exhibitors and over organised throughout. tion, skills, and capability in the food venue.” Bringing young talent and legends UNDER ONE ROOF OUR CORRESPONDENT Under this series, Natya Tarangini has pre- sented various stalwarts but the endeavour is eeping in mind the necessity to bring not restricted to bridging the gap between legend- common masses closer to the Indian ary artists and audience but also to give platform traditions and culture, a national fes- to the young talents who are trying to make their National museum to tival of dance and music – ‘Parampara foothold in the world of art and culture. Kseries’ is organised every year. This year, the three For over two decades thousands of people day event will be held from August 10 – 12, 7 pm have witnessed magnificent art of nearly a hun- showcase rich silk heritage – 10 pm, at Kamani Auditorium. dred legendary artists including Pt. Hari Prasad Organised under the aegis of Natya Tarangini, Chaurasia, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Dr Balamu- OUR CORRESPONDENT of Thai Khadi Research Institute and cura- Dr Raja Radha Reddy and Dr Kaushalya Reddy, ralikrishna, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, tor of the exhibition at the opening evening. the event has been successfully bringing art from Birju Maharaj, Kelucharan Mahopa- TO SHOWCASE THE BEAUTIFUL silk her- Entry is free on the opening evening whereas across country to mesmerize the audience. tra, Vyjayanthimala Bali, Kishori itage, an exhibition titled ‘Mudmee: A Shared a museum ticket is required on other days. Amonkar, Mrinalini Sarabai, Astad Silk Heritage’, will be organised by the Royal Thailand and India have shared a long his- Deboo, Shubha Mudgal and others. Thai embassy, New Delhi, in collaboration tory of textiles. Various types of textiles were This year, the 22nd edition of the fes- with the National Museum and Thai Khadi imported from India to Siam for the local mar- tival will represent some of the most suc- Research Institute, ket and royal court use cessful dance productions of recent times, Thammasat University. since Ayutthaya period in addition to the musical concerts by leg- The art show will The art show will feature (14th – 18th Cen- endary artists. As has been the tradition, the feature around 50 50 pieces of old and tury). including block- audience of Parampara Series will witness two pieces of old and new printed or painted concerts every evening. Mudmee silk from new Mudmee silk from cotton (chintz) from Living up to the reputation of the institute, Thailand, and a few Thailand, a few dresses Masulipatnam, silk Natya Tarangini commenced yet another series of dresses and accessories brocade from Banaras, their annual festival – ‘Maha Shivaratri’ since past made from Thai Mud- and accessories made and patola (double ikat two years, with an objective to bring all the artists meesilk, along with from Thai Mudmeesilk silk) from Gujarat. Sia- under one roof to worship Lord Shiva through a selection of Indian mese had commis- music and dance. This festival promotes and gives Ikat silk from the col- and a selection of Indian sioned Indian-made a platform to the young and upcoming exponents lection of the National Ikat silk textiles with Siamese of music and dance and has featured artists like Museum. It will be royal patterns exclu- Ashwini Bhide, Dr. K. Vageesh, Malini Awasthi, inaugurated by H E Chutintorn Gongsakdi, sively for the royal court, usually with the flame O.S. Arun, Rajendra Gangani, Gundecha Broth- Ambassador of Thailand, and Dr B R Mani, motifs, as seen in traditional Thai paintings and ers, Bhavana Reddy to name a few. Director General, National Museum, New architecture. At the same time, textiles with Natya Tarangini also promotes other art Delhi on August 10 and will be on view till simplified or mixed patterns of Indian taste forms through its art gallery ‘Nandjeet Khemka September 25. were produced for the general Siamese public. Art Gallery’ wherein the paintings/sculpture of There will be a special lecture and gallery These Indian-Thai patterns and motifs can still various artists are displayed. Apart from this, walk by Dr Anucha Thirakanont, Director be seen in the Mudmee silk in Thailand today. Natya Tarangini is actively involved in conduct- ing education workshops and seminars. 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No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 mp NGT defers Initiated steps to completely ban Delhi HC decriminalises proceedings on tree felling in e-cigarettes: Delhi govt to HC South Delhi OUR CORRESPONDENT public, including educational begging in the Capital OUR CORRESPONDENT institutes and various stake- NEW DELHI: Delhi govern- holders at every level, and is NEW DELHI: Noting that ment has informed the Delhi also planning mass media Currently, there is no central law on begging and destitution “simultaneous consideration” high court on Wednesday that activities to communicate of the same issue at different it has initiated steps to com- the adverse effects of these OUR CORRESPONDENT damental rights for beggars in legal forums was not appro- pletely ban the production, substances”. the national capital, apart from priate, the National Green Tri- sale, and supply of e-cigarettes It submitted that the peti- NEW DELHI: The Delhi decriminalising begging. bunal (NGT) on Thursday and steps are being taken to tion was infructuous in relation High Court on Wednesday They have also sought basic deferred proceedings on a plea create public awareness. to the DGHS as it has already decriminalised begging in the amenities such as proper food seeking a stay on the proposed In an affidavit, the Director- initiated the process for ban- national capital, saying provi- and medical facilities at all tree felling in seven South ate General of Health Services ning these substances and is sions penalising the act were homes for beggars in the city. Delhi colonies. (DGHS) said preparation of already taking steps to spread unconstitutional and deserved The petitioners have also chal- A bench headed by NGT e-cigarettes and e-liquids con- awareness about the adverse to be struck down. lenged the Bombay Prevention Chairperson Justice Adarsh taining nicotine was in con- the Act. effects of these substances. A bench of Acting Chief of Begging Act. Kumar Goel said the Delhi travention of the provisions of “Therefore, the trade, com- Earlier, the Union Ministry Justice Gita Mittal and Justice The Centre and the AAP high court was already seized the Drugs and Cosmetics Act merce, production, supply, and of Health and Family Welfare C Hari Shankar said the inevi- government had in October of the issue and parallel pro- (DCA). distribution of these substances had told the court that nico- table consequence of this deci- 2016 told the court that the ceedings should be avoided. The DGHS, which comes would be prohibited under the tine addiction through e-cig- sion would be that prosecution Ministry of Social Justice had The green panel said it under the Delhi government’s DCA,” it said. E-cigarettes are arettes among young people under the Bombay Prevention drafted a bill to decriminalise would look into the issue once Health Department, put for- hand-held devices which help may lead them to try conven- of Begging Act against persons begging and rehabilitate beg- the high court decides the mat- ward its stand in an affidavit to create the feeling of tobacco tional tobacco products and it alleged to have committed the gars and homeless people. ter. “The order of Delhi High filed before a bench of Acting smoking. Various makers of the was considering a ban on the offense of begging would be However, the proposal to Court dated July 4, proceeded Chief Justice Gita Mittal and device say the e-liquid inside item. liable to be struck down. unconstitutional and are struck sidering two PILs seeking to amend the legislation was later on the same issue... simultane- Justice C Hari Shankar, which the device heats up when acti- Though there are no spe- The court said the Delhi down". decriminalise begging. The dropped. ous consideration of the same was hearing a plea seeking to vated and creates an aerosol- cific guidelines to deal with government is at liberty to The court made it clear that Central Government had said The law prescribes a penalty issue at different legal fora is regulate the sale and consump- ized vapor which provides a new emerging threats such as bring in alternative legislation the provision of the Act which there were sufficient checks and of more than three years of jail not appropriate. Accordingly, tion of e-cigarettes. The court flavor similar to tobacco. ENDS or e-cigarettes (ECs), to curb any racket of forced does not directly or indirectly balances in the Bombay Pre- in case of first conviction for we defer proceedings,” the has listed the matter for hear- The DGHS said it has several states and Union terri- begging after undertaking an criminalise begging or relate vention of Begging Act which begging and the person can be bench, also comprising Jawad ing on August 21. already initiated steps to com- tories have taken steps to pro- empirical examination on the to the offense of begging are criminalises begging. The gov- ordered to be detained for 10 Rahim and S P Wangdi, said. The DGHS said in the affi- pletely ban the production, hibit them, it had said. sociological and economic not required to be struck down ernment had earlier told the years in subsequent conviction. The tribunal had earlier davit that only a certain kind of supply, advertisement, sale, dis- The court was hearing a plea aspect of the matter. and are maintained. court that begging should not Currently, there is no central extended its order to maintain nicotine preparation is allowed tribution, and use of electronic filed by Seema Sehgal, a home- The bench said the provi- On May 16, the court had be a crime if it was done due to law on begging and destitution status quo on tree felling in under the DCA. Electronic, vapors, e-cigarettes, ENDS maker, who has sought direc- sion which treats begging as asked how begging could be poverty. It had also said beg- and most states have adopted seven south Delhi colonies by vapor, electronic nicotine deliv- e-liquids containing nicotine tions to the governments to an offense or deals with ancil- an offense in a country where ging will not be decriminalised. the Bombay Prevention of Beg- the Housing and Urban Affairs ery systems (ENDS), e-ciga- etc, among all age groups and formulate a policy and guide- lary issues like power of offi- the government was unable to The PILs, by Harsh Man- ging Act, 1959, which criminal- Ministry and the National rettes and e-liquids do not fall in all places. lines for advertisements and cers to deal with this offense, provide food or jobs. dar and Karnika Sawhney, have ises begging or have modeled Buildings Construction Cor- in the categories of prepara- It said it was also be “cre- regulation of the sale, produc- as extended to Delhi, "are The high court was con- sought basic human and fun- their laws on it. poration (NBCC). tions that are allowed under ating awareness among the tion, and supply of the product. JNU PhD scholar After referendum, JNU V-C urges SEPARATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR DELHI refuses to shake AAP spokesperson slams oppn, asks hands with V-C at students to be discovers, innovators convocation them to understand constitution, law OUR CORRESPONDENT ers voted against the Higher NEW DELHI: A JNU student Education Funding Agency OUR CORRESPONDENT on Wednesday did not shake NEW DELHI: A day after the (HEFA) loan for the Univer- Bharadwaj urged oppn leaders to hands with Vice-Chancellor outrage expressed through ref- sity, and “discriminatory poli- NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi read, understand and assimilate the M Jagadesh Kumar at the con- erendum on Tuesday by the cies” and the total breakdown Party (AAP) Chief Spokes- constitutional and legal points which vocation ceremony in protest JNU Teachers Association of the consultative process. person Saurabh Bharad- against, what he termed as, his against the ‘autocratic’ func- “We called for the referen- waj slammed the opposition mentioned that the Legislative Assembly “role in negating the idea of tioning of Vice-Chancellor M dum against the total break- who urged that Delhi being a of Delhi can enact law on any entry in the varsity being an inclusive Jagadesh Kumar, the premier down of the consultative union territory can not have c a m p u s”. varsity organised a convoca- process under which various its own Public Service Com- the State list except the subjects of Anoop Patel, who did a tion ceremony on Wednesday. academic decisions are taken mission when the Assembly He urged them to read, Law and Order, Police and Land comparative study on India’s The convocation ceremony has in the Academic Council. moved a resolution on the set- understand and assimilate the Reservation Policy and South remained suspended for last No opinion is sought and ting up of a separate Public Ser- constitutional and legal points Africa’s Affirmative Action for 46 years. matters are not discussed. vice Commission for Delhi and which mentioned that the leg- of Delhi has powers to legis- of NCT of Delhi for the pur- his doctorate, attended the con- The varsity revived the VC Koshy who is believed Some of the decisions are very was unanimously adopted by islative Assembly of NCT of late, which means all entries poses of legislation, neither it vocation ceremony but when practice on Wednesday con- to have spoken at the same casually mentioned and then the the house on Monday. Delhi can enact law and pass in List 2 except the entries 1,2 is an excluded entry from the Kumar acknowledged him and ferring PhD degrees on more function. decided upon on the basis of “It seems that they are legislation on any entry in the and 18 and all entries in Con- purview of the Government of wanted to shake hands, he did than 400 students. The convocation ceremony this chitchat,” JNUTA President either not aware of the July 4 State list except the subjects current List i.e. the List 3. “The NCT of Delhi for the purposes not reciprocate. Vice-Chancellor M Jaga- was also marred by contro- Sonajharia Minz. judgment by the Constitution of Law and Order,Police, and entry “Services” which enables of exercise of executive pow- “The way the image of JNU desh Kumar in his address versy as a PhD student refused Of the almost 580 teach- Bench of the Supreme Court Land. a Government to constitute ers in this regard. Hence, it is has gone down, the V-C has urged the students to become to shake hands with the V-C ers in the JNU, around 300 or their understanding of con- The recent Judgment by the Public Service Commission within the constitutional right, a huge role to play in it. The “discoverers and innovators” even though the later gestured had cast their ballot, said in stitutional law of the country is constitution bench of Supreme and to establish different Public obligation and authority of the decisions, policies which are and use their ideas for the good him for a handshake. statement. However, 279 vot- extremely poor. They also seem Court has given clear verdict Services, is enumerated at entry Legislative Assembly of NCT of enacted by the Vice-Chancellor of society. The referendum clearly ers voted in favour of the V-C unaware of the nine-judge con- on the constitutional rights and 41 of the List 2, that is the State Delhi to legislate on the subject are against the inclusive, demo- However, the ceremony was shows an intense tug of war being relieved, 8 voted in stitutional bench judgment in privileges of the government of List,” said in his statements. of “Services”, which include leg- cratic, progressive and secular suspended thereafter allegedly between the teachers’ associa- favour of the V-C staying in 1996 NDMC case, which held NCT of Delhi. It has executive This is not one of the islation and giving direction to credentials of our JNU,” he later because of an anti-establish- tion and the V-C, where more which 8 votes invalid and 5 vot- that NCT of Delhi is a class in powers relating to all entries on excluded entry from the pur- it’s government on the subject claimed. MPOST ment speech by student leader than 90 per cent of the teach- ers abstained. itself,” said Bharadwaj. which the legislative Assembly view of Legislative Assembly matter of “Services”. Happiness curriculum will help utilise Mystery shrouds death SC warns Amrapali group students’ energy in positive way: Dy CM of woman found in not to play smart with court OUR CORRESPONDENT tives to orient and equip the depicts harmful effects on day drain, daughter missing NEW DELHI: Don’t play Court it was ready to under- teachers for such kind of skills to day activities and sometimes smart or we will render you take the projects of the Amra- NEW DELHI: Urging teachers so that they can work at the it can also become fatal,” said a homeless, the Supreme Court pali group of companies, which of Delhi government schools prevention level. SCERT official. NEW DELHI: Mystery Alphonse stated that on on Wednesday plainly warned has failed to hand over posses- to mould the directions of The State Council of During the programme ses- shrouds the death of 23-year- checking the missing regis- the real estate major Amrapali sion of flats to around 42,000 the students to creative and Education Research & sions were taken by different old woman whose body was ter, the deceased was identi- Group, accused of delaying its home buyers. positive addictions such as Training(SCERT) organized Resource Persons from Delhi found in a drain situated in the fied as living with her family projects to the detriment of The bench had asked the dance, music, study, paint- Capacity Building Programme State Legal Service Authority, Najafgarh area of Dwarka dis- in Najafgarh.” On enquiry, it homebuyers’ interest. Directors. NBCC to place before it a “con- ing and social works, Deputy on Substance Abuse ‘Samvad Se AIIMS, Directorate of Health trict. The six months daughter was revealed that her husband The court would sell “each It also sought the details of crete proposal” in this regard in Chief Minister Manish Siso- Sankalp’ for 3500 Government Services, Psychologists and of the deceased is also miss- had lodged a missing report on and every property” of the firm companies that were looking 30 days on how they proposed dia on Wednesday said that the School teachers and officers of NGOs. ing for which teams have been July 7 at 12.05 pm. He informed to recover the cost of construc- after the maintenance of Amra- to complete the projects, along ‘mindfulness activities’ from Directorate of Education, other The issues covered dur- searching in different areas. that on July 6, he went to his tion of the pending real estate pali projects and the funds they with a time line of work. happiness curriculum will also local bodies of Delhi State. ing the programme included According to the police, a call office on the routine basis. In projects, a bench of Justices have collected and disbursed so The top court had ear- help the students to utilise their The aim of this programme the youth today, Window to regarding the floating of a the evening, when he came Arun Mishra and U U Lalit far. The apex court enquired lier cracked the whip on the energy in creative and positive is to create awareness among the new world of drugs, Iden- female body in the drain near back his owner informed him also threatened. about the details of its serving group for playing “fraud” and sense. teachers regarding the Sub- tification & management of Sector 16 was received and that his wife along with her “The real problem is that directors and those who have “dirty games” with the court The remark from Sisodia, stance Abuse as its magnitude substance use among school the investigation was handed daughter left home at about 11 you have delayed giving pos- left the Amrapali group since and ordered attachment of all who also Education Minister of is increasing day by day. children, Intervention strat- over to Assistant Sub Inspector am saying that she is going to session of homes. Don’t try to 2008. the bank accounts and mov- the national capital, came after “Substance Abuse refers egies for the Drug Abusers Mahender. The Investigating Anganbari but did not return. play smart or we will sell each The top court, however, able properties of 40 firms of he inaugurated the “Capacity to the harmful or hazard- and Addicts & Role of School Officer reached the spot and He contacted all his relatives, and every property of yours asked the power companies the real estate major. Building Programme on Sub- ous use of psychoactive sub- Health Scheme. found the body to be drowning both in Delhi and Uttarakhand, and render you homeless,” the to restore the electricity at two It had directed the group to stance Abuse” organised by stances, including alcohol and Discussion on legal frame- in the Najafgarh Drain. With but could not find her. Police bench said. projects of the group which was place before it the details of all the SCERT at Thyagaraj sports illicit drugs which can further work of Substance Abuse and the help of people around, the claimed that the husband The bench asked the group disconnected owing to arrears. of its bank accounts from 2008 Complex. result in dependence syndrome importance of supporting chil- body was pulled out of the informed that terms were not to submit within 15 days a The National Buildings till date and ordered freezing of Justice Mukta Gupta, to behavioural, cognitive and dren who have been able to drain. good between them and she valuation report of movable Construction Corporation bank accounts of the directors Delhi High Court appreciated physiology aspects. Excessive come out of this menace was Deputy Commissioner would remain silent since the and immovable properties (NBCC) India Ltd had on of its 40 firms, besides attach- SCERT for taking these initia- use of these drugs resulted also held. of Police (Dwarka) Anto past few days. MPOST of its Managing Director and August 2 told the Supreme ing their personal properties. Police developing online feedback Ggn: House owners served notices for illegal constructions system for distressed callers Residents include IAS, IPS & politicians; Houses were built without building plan PIYUSH OHRIE ABHAY SINGH Police had sent URL link to dis- added the source. Based on an anonymous complaint, a that have come up in the the 483-acre Saraswati Kunj tressed caller in the SMS along There are 18 types of calls area. Instead of taking action society formed more than three NEW DELHI: Adding more with the details of PCR Petrol for feedback which includes GURUGRAM: The Depart- survey was conducted by DTCP in which against them, the authorities decades ago is yet to be fully to ground policing, the Delhi Vehicle dispatched to attend murder, eve teasing, terrorist ment of Town and Country it was found that most of the houses have begun to unfairly target occupied. Police is working on the online the distress call. attack, rape, communal riots, Planning (DTCP) has served us,” said Kalyan Singh Sandhu, A plan where the co-oper- feedback system for police A feedback page is opened a major fire and other street notices to over 200 house own- were built without the occupation a resident of Saraswati Kunj. ative society was formed by assistance (PA 100) so that the as soon as the user clicks the crimes. The feedback form has ers for not acquiring the build- certificate and the building plan Often the building norms the inclusion of members who public feel more comfortable to URL link provided in the SMS. five questions ranging from the ing plan. These homeowners are flouted by the homeowners wanted to buy plots was hin- share their experience regard- The distressed caller can fill behaviour of the police to open include IAS, IPS, HCS officers to create extra space that can be dered due to host of litiga- ing the response of the police. the digital feedback form and ended suggestions. The police as well some politicians. All and the building plan. to demolish the houses. used for commercial purposes tions. It has been alleged by a The law enforcement grade the police assistance in have tried the initiative on few these homeowners reside in After the irregularities Meanwhile, the resi- like providing the accommoda- large number of members that agency has also done a few terms of excellent, good,or can callers in which 45.63 per cent the Saraswati Kunj along the were found by the officials, dents have claimed that this tion for rent. After the tragedy despite giving the money, they trails where the callers were be improved. The user can give rated the categories of police Golf Course road. the notices are being sent to is just another way to harass of building collapse in Greater have not been able to get their happy with PCR response. his/her comments and sugges- response, behaviour, patience Based on an anonymous the homeowners seeking their the homeowners who have Noida, the public authorities plots. The city police are currently tions through the feedback shown and quick response as complaint, a survey was con- reply as to why proper proce- been already facing a host of have begun to act against the A large number of home- working on digital feedback form. “Caller feedback will excellent whereas 30 per cent ducted by DTCP in which it dures were not followed. There problems. illegal constructions that can buyers and the challenge of system which will be more con- help the city police to improve found it good and 23.75 per was found that most of the is a possibility that if the reply “A complaint was given to jeopardise the security of the limited land resulted in the case venient and more accessible. and upgrade the response and cent people found the need of houses were built without the was found not satisfactory, the the Chief Minister’s window residents. being heard in the High court During the trial run, Delhi assistance of PCR and MPVs,” further improvement. occupation certificate (OC) authorities might even decide over a large number of slums It is important to note that for more than twenty years. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 Cops register suo motu case against kanwarias

ZAFAR ABBAS the woman to flee, before totalling the car within minutes. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Cops also said that a PCR call Wednesday registered a case against was received at 5.38 pm on Tuesday. Could not take immediate action unknown kanwarias for wrongful Even after the local police restraint and damage to property reached the spot at ten minutes later, in west Delhi’s Moti Nagar, after a they failed to find any gathering of video footage went viral showing a kanwarias. as staff was outnumbered: DCP group of kanwarias going berserk Sources said the occupants of and vandalising a car on Tuesday. the car are residents of Connaught ZAFAR ABBAS on the spot,” said Deputy Commis- Bagh and SHO of Moti Nagar. How- The footage, shot from a Place, and the girl’s father is sion of Police (West) Vijay Kumar. ever, when the inspector reached mobile, shows a group of kanwarias currently serving in Central NEW DELHI: As the public ques- The video footage, shot by the spot, he found one car damaged vandalising the car with sticks and Industrial Security Force. tions the conduct of policemen, mobile, shows policemen roaming but no Kanwarias gathering there,” batons and overturning it, after its “We have registered a case under who were seen in a video clip of around the car as it is being vandal- said the DCP. driver allegedly brushed with one of section 341 and 427/34 of the IPC kanwarias vandalising a car pas- ised by kanwarias with baseball bats The cops claimed that it is pre- the kanwarias on the way. against the unknown kanwarias. sively ambling around without mak- and sticks. mature to comment whether the Police said that the inquiry We have collected CCTV footage ing active efforts to catch or stop None of the policemen in the kanwarias are from Delhi or outside. revealed there was a heated from the area and are investigating. the kanwarias, Delhi Police have video are seen trying to snatch away Meanwhile, a police team col- exchange of words between the The occupants of the car fled the justified the inaction saying they the baseball bats from the hands of lected all the video footage shot by occupants of the car, a woman and spot and later refused to give any were outnumbered and control- the angry kanwarias. passersby, as well as the CCTV foot- a man, when the car brushed the complaint in writing, after which ling the situation until reinforce- The police said that the prior- age around the Moti Nagar Metro kanwaria. we registered the case taking suo ment arrived. ity of the PCR staff was to search station area, where the vandalism A kanwaria reportedly was motu cognisance,” said Deputy “Three of our PCR staff were the victims and know if they were took place to get some clue about trying to pass between the car and Commissioner of Police (West) seen in the video footage. Appre- injured and to attend to them if they the accused. a cart when the car brushed him. Vijay Kumar. hending any kanwaria on the spot needed help. Police said though it is difficult However, as there was a massive The mobile clip showing the kanwarias vandalising the car in Moti Nagar PIC/MPOST Cops further said that two would have aggravated the situa- “On receipt of the call, an to trace the accused immediately, movement of kanwarias on the witnesses have come forward in the tion. So sometimes it is better to inspector of Moti Nagar police sta- they are confident that the footage road, the car was stuck in traffic and Sources claimed that the woman him. This is said to have infuriated case and have collected all available wait for reinforcement to arrive. tion rushed to the spot followed by will prove vital in identifying an was beleaguered by the kanwarias came out of the car to confront the the kanwarias and they roughed up video clips and CCTV footage to This decision is taken by the officer Additional DCP, ACP of Punjabi nabbing the accused involved. who were following the car. kanwaria and later allegedly slapped the man in the car, forcing him and identify and arrest the accused. 15-yr-old rape Girl among 20 child labourers Expedite inspection of CCIs: victim gives rescued from parts of Capital NCPCR writes to states birth in Ggn; SAYANTAN GHOSH part of child labour rackets,” ABHAY SINGH As reported by Millennium accused at large The children were presented in front said officials. Post, a survey conducted by the NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- They noted that the ages of NEW DELHI: After the NCPCR claimed that all over PIYUSH OHRIE ernment, along with the Delhi of the Child Welfare Committee on these children was between 10 horror in shelter homes in the country, including Delhi, Commission for Protection Wednesday and the government and 14. Bihar’s Muzaffarpur and Uttar there are more than 1,000 GURUGRAM: In another of Child Rights (DCPCR), on It was also found that the Pradesh’s Deoria was exposed, unregistered and over 5,900 shocking case of sexual crimes Tuesday night rescued 20 child ensured all necessary steps to be taken owners kept the children the National Commission for registered child care institu- against minors in Gurugram, labourers, including a girl, from on an urgent basis together and there were no sep- Protection of Child Rights tions (CCI). a 15-year-old girl student gave different parts of the city. arate arrangements for the girl. (NCPCR) has written to chief A total of more than birth to a baby girl at Civil Hos- The children were presented department visited the area. children were working at a “All the children were pres- secretaries of all states and 2,00,000 children live there, pital here on Sunday after being in front of the Child Welfare “We found three children chips factory and were forced ent in front of the Child Wel- union territories, including Children) Act and it must also among whom more than 5,600 impregnated by a neighbour Committee on Wednesday at a glove-making factory and to work in excess of 12 hours. fare Committee that is yet to Delhi, to expedite the inspec- be ensure that such incidents belong to a different state, said a who raped her multiple times. and the government ensured three at a bakery. One of the The children were kept in decide on further actions. We tion of child care institutions. do not happens in the future,” source. In Delhi, 65 CCIs were Gurugram Police said the all necessary steps to be taken six children rescued was a girl small rooms without ventila- will return the children to the Talking to Millennium Post, added Kacker. found to be registered, while accused man is still at large and on an urgent basis. aged between 12 and 14,” said tion and were neither allowed respective families. The gov- Stuti Narain Kacker, chairper- Sources in the Commission more than 20 were unregis- a rape case has been registered The owners, who kept these an official of DCPCR. The gov- to go out nor were provided ernment will reach out to the son, NCPCR, said that soon claimed that in these letters, tered. Over 16,000 children are based on the complaint by the children were also penalised by ernment has kept the children with nutritional food, said families and make the arrange- after these incidents came to states have been asked to make staying in these CCIs. girl’s family, who are residents the government. in their custody. the official. Another official ments for the return of these its notice, the Commission inspection committees which Unregistered CCIs are of Rajiv Nagar area. “We first got the news from “We also got a report that informed that the government children,” said the official. wrote to all states asking them will conduct detailed probe of prone to violating the rights According to the complain- the Childline regarding six many child labourers were has registered cases against the He added that if the parents to check and ensure that proper every shelter home in the next of children and can even be ant, accused Rajan Tiwari first children at Bhalswa Diary area. kept near Shahdara at Babar- owners of these factories. deny acceptance or the chil- laws regarding the children are three months. “We have been involved in trafficking or abuse, raped the girl in October 2017. We also came to know that the pur. Fourteen children were “The children were brought dren are found to be orphans, implemented there. alerting the states through let- as the kids living there have no He then used it as a blackmail SDM has not taken any action. rescued upon visiting the site,” on the pretext of providing the government-run child care “There should be proper ters regarding safety and secu- identity and have no record in tactic to rape her on multiple Hence, the DCPCR along with said an official. education with a good life. But institutions will take of them implementation of the Juvenile rity of the children,” she further any concerned government occasions. officials of the Delhi Labour Officials added that the the reality is that these are all and sponsor their education. Justice (Care and Protection of said. agency. Shockingly, neither the girl ever spoke about her exploita- tion nor did her family found to about it for almost a year. BJP buckles under public pressure, Majority of victims of fake job racket However, in the last week of July, the girl’s health began to take a toll, after which she will not set up grand office in Ggn belong to West Bengal: Crime Branch was admitted to a private hos- pital where it was known that PIYUSH OHRIE ment agencies for commercial Even as the foundation she was pregnant. purposes. stone was laid by Haryana ABHAY SINGH The victims were charged Jharkhand, Bihar and Delhi. taken back, thereby leaving no “We have registered the GURUGRAM: The district Ever since the BJP office was Education Minister Ram Bilas around Rs two to five lakh each, All the victims belong to poor evidence against him. case under relevant sections head of BJP Bhupendra Chau- conceptualised, the project has Sharma in April, it was not NEW DELHI: Investigation investigators added. families. “They had prepared The team that made the of the IPC and have begun our han on Tuesday wrote to the run into several controversies. a smooth sailing and things into cases of fake jobs recruit- “The places that the rack- the list of places that were easy arrest was led by Arvind search for the accused. We will Haryana Urban Development It was alleged that 12 acre began to fall apart. ment rackets, busted by the eteers will target were pre- targets for them,” added the Kumar, ACP, STARS-II solve the case at the earliest,” Authority (HUDA) asking for of panchayat land was acquired There were multiple pro- Crime Branch of Delhi Police, planned,” added a Crime source. (Crime). “Singh interviewed said a senior official of Guru- an alternate plot where it can below market price by the gov- tests at the Deputy Com- have revealed that the racke- Branch official. On August 3, the fake the candidates near vari- gram Police. set up its party office instead ernment agencies for the office. missioner’s office by the teers targetted three areas of The STARS-II team of racket came under the police ous government offices and The case serves as a grim of the present location at After much negotiations, it villagers, who complained of West Bengal from where they Crime Branch busted the gang radar when a complaint was extorted money from inno- reminder about lack of safety Silokhera village situated along was decided that the office will being cheated and duped. duped as many as 17 youth for and arrested the two accused, received that Singh had cheated cent job seekers,” added Singla. of minors in the Millen- the Delhi-Jaipur Highway. be set up in an area of one acre “From day one our inter- several lakhs of rupees. Ajeet Singh and Vimal Kumar, innocent people on the pretext In 2012, Singh had come nium city, where it has been The decision comes at a and the remaining area will be ests were not respected by According to the investiga- from Sansad Marg area. of arranging jobs in Railways to Delhi in search of a govern- acknowledged officially that time when there is deep resent- used for creating facilities for the government agencies. We tors, the two accused targetted Additional Commissioner under the ‘Ministry Quota’. ment job, but was unable to get every fourth day, a sexual crime ment among residents of the the residents. The services that had never opposed the office the areas of Asansol, Bardh- of Police (Crime) Dr. Ajit Singh had cheated many any. In 2017, he was arrested against a minor takes place. village not only over the con- were to be provided include a construction, but the services man and Bankura, where they Kumar Singla said they have people and charged money by Delhi Police in a fake job Gurugram, along with struction of the office but over new community center, edu- that were promised to us were duped the youth by offering cheated over 50 job aspirants from them. He had also given racket. After coming out on bail Faridabad, are the leaders in how prime land is deliber- cational institution, and a vil- denied,” said Yashpal Sharma, them fake jobs in government across West Bengal and many fake letters to them upon in December 2017, he started Haryana in terms of crime ately being used by govern- lage pond. a resident of Silokhera. department through touts. north Indian states, including receiving money, which were where he had left. against minors. CITY BRIEFS SDMC instructs Hyatt to stop Several cases of isthmocele due to EXTRA TRAINS FOR RLYS EXAMINEES charging fee for parking NEW DELHI: To clear extra rush of examinees for Rail- way Recruitment Board examination, the Railways will OUR CORRESPONDENT Rai, along with senior C-section births not reported: Experts run the examination special train no 05027/05028 SDMC officials, visited the OUR CORRESPONDENT Deoria Sadar–Anand Vihar Terminal–Gorakhpur NEW DELHI: South Delhi hotel and saw that drivers Its symptoms include post- cases are from north India and is definitely a successful way Municipal Corporation on were being issued parking slips menstrual bleeding, pelvic the prevalence is reported up of improving symptoms and and 05115/05116 Chhapra-Anand Vihar Terminal- Wednesday said that Hotel against payment of Rs 200 each. NEW DELHI: As the number pain, secondary infertility, and to 15-20 per cent, but could be thereby will be improving the Chhapra. The 05027 Deoria Sadar–Anand Vihar Hyatt had agreed not to charge She asked the hotel man- of Caesarean section (C-sec- ectopic scar pregnancy. How- even higher since all cases are fertility. The thickness of isth- Terminal train departed Deoria Sadar on Augus 08 parking fee henceforth from ager to implement the instruc- tion) births increases across the ever, lack of enough awareness not reported or remain undiag- mocele also determines the at 6.00 am to reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 10.00 its visitors. tions regarding free parking country, cases of isthmocele – regarding the same is adding to nosed,” she said. surgical approach towards it. pm. The 05028 Anand Vihar Terminal-Gorakhpur The Corporation also will issued by the Corporation. a defect caused by C-section the complications further. Dr Trehan added that isth- “There are some cases train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal on August enforce its instructions regard- “It has become mandatory scars – are reported to be up Gynaecologist Dr Nikita moceleis caused due to the where isthmocele is not diag- 9 at 7.00 pm to reach Gorakhpur at 11.00 am the ing free parking in the malls, for the management of hotels, by 15-20 per cent. However, Trehan said that she has been position of the fluid-filled, nosed properly. And this, in hospitals and hotels. malls and hospitals to offer the number could be even treating as many as two-three pouch-like abnormality at the turn, leads to symptoms being next day. The 05115 Chhapra–Anand Vihar Terminal SDMC Standing Commit- free parking in the basements higher as many cases remain cases of isthmocele every uterine isthmus. uncorrected for a prolonged train departed Chhapra on August 8 at 6.00 am to tee chairperson Shikha Rai to the visitors in lieu of addi- undiagnosed. month. Women with multiple It is also called ‘caesarean period of time. No one deserves reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 1.50 am on August 9. said that the Corporation had tional FAR allowed by SDMC Isthmocele appears as a C-section births are at a higher scar defect’ as the problem can open surgeries when it can be The 05116 Anand Vihar Terminal–Chhapra train will received a complaint from an to them,” she said. fluid-filled, pouch-like abnor- risk of having Isthmocele, com- occur at the endocervical canal done laparoscopically. In safe depart Anand Vihar Terminal on August 9 at 06.00 eminent personality stating The hotel management mality in the anterior uter- pared to those who only had or in the area in the lower uter- hands, even extremely diffi- pm to reach Chhapra at 1.20 pm the next day. that Hotel Hyatt was charging claimed that Rs 200 is being ine wall at the site of a prior one C-section, she said. ine section. cult cases can be managed by hefty parking charges and has charged only for the valet ser- cesarean section, say medical “We have treated around She added that laparoscopic laparoscopy today,” said Dr DELHI ASSEMBLY ADJOURNED TO PAY also been issuing parking slips. vice and not for the parking. experts. 30 cases in the last year. Most repair of uterine isthmocele Shuchita Singh. TRIBUTE TO KARUNANIDHI NEW DELHI: The Delhi Assembly was adjourned for the day on Wednesday for mourning the demise of One in 100 north Indians suffers from celiac disease former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. All YOGESH KANT making it almost 2,000 patients,” said weight and develop chronic diarrhea, avoid food items made from wheat. the MLAs paid their tributes to the DMK leader, who Dr Govind Makharia, professor of anemia (lack of blood), and weakness 100 gm of wheat contains 80 per cent passed away on Tuesday evening at the age of 94 NEW DELHI: Little did a student of Department of Gastroenterology and of bones,” said Dr Makharia. of gluten protein. Around 50 mg of years. In his speech, BJP MLA and Leader of Opposi- Delhi University know that the cause Human Nutrition at AIIMS. He added that celiac disease leads gluten, equivalent to a bite of a chap- tion Vijender Gupta said the absence of the veteran of her stunted growth and delayed He added that a weekly clinic at to mood swings, irritation, stunted pati, may be harmful to patients suffer- politican will be felt. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Si- puberty would turn out to be her love the hospital witnesses over 70-80 growth, diarrhea, and can become ing from celiac disease. Management sodia paid tributes on behalf of the Delhi government. for food containing gluten. new patients each month, who can- severe if ignored for years. of celiac disease involves a gluten-free Despite having passed the stage not digest gluten and thus face numer- The AIIMS study covered 23,000 diet primarily,” Dr Makharia said. “Karunanidhi considered his conscience as his God. This of adolescence, her body showed no ous other issues caused by the disease. people, of which 0.6 per cent (around He added that celiac disease is not is a very strong message at a time when the society is changes, causing her worried parents A study by AIIMS reveals that one one in 160) suffered from the disease. reported extensively in India, and that being divided in the name of religion,” Sisodia said. to take her to AIIMS, where she was in 100 people in north India suffers The study found that celiac disease the biggest impediment in its pre- There is no precedent of adjourning the House over diagnosed with celiac disease – a seri- from celiac disease, which damages was more common in the northern vention and treatment is the limited the demise of a former chief minister of other state. ous autoimmune disorder caused due the lining of the small intestine when India (1.2 per cent), compared to the awareness about it and its causes. Before the adjournment of the House proceedings, all to the body’s inability to digest gluten, foods with gluten such as wheat, rye, North East (0.8 per cent) and south Screening programmes within a protein present in cereals like wheat, and barley are consumed. India (0.1 per cent). populations indicated that the dis- Celiac disease is caused due to the body’s members paid homage to the DMK chief by observing barley and some other cereals. “The damaged small intestine does “Around one-third of Indians have ease js under-diagnosed and what was a two-minute silence. “We have seen over 1,100 adult not absorb the food and thus, the genetic susceptibility to develop celiac clinically detected represents only the inability to digest gluten, a protein patients and a little over 800 children, patient fails to grow in height or gain disease and the only treatment is to tip of the iceberg. present in wheat REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 mp Parl adjourns as mark of PM, MAMATA PAY LAST RESPECTS respect to Karunanidhi

OUR CORRESPONDENT Chairman read out an obituary reference, describing Karunani- NEW DELHI: In a break from dhi as a multi-faceted person- tradition, both Houses of Par- ality and a gritty figure who liament were adjourned for the overcame difficulties. day on Wednesday as a mark of Beginning his career as a respect to DMK chief M Karu- screen play writer, Karunanidhi nanidhi who died on Tuesday used Tamil cinema to propagate evening. Dravidian ideology and contrib- Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays his last respects to DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday PTI The 94-year-old DMK patri- uted to Tamil culture, he said. arch served as the Chief Min- Karunanidhi entered poli- ister of Tamil Nadu for five tics at a very young age and was times but was never a member a member of the Tamil Nadu of Parliament. Assembly for a record 13 times, Glowing tributes were paid being elected from seven dif- to the departed leader in Lok Parliamentarians observe silence during an obituary reference of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, during the ferent constituencies, he said. Sabha and Rajya Sabha, before Monsoon session of Rajya Sabha on Wednesday PTI In 1969, he became the third the Houses were adjourned for Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu the day. ing the proceedings of the ister Ananth Kumar also said writing and produced some of and went on to serve the state There is no precedent of House for the day. the government was in favour the best hits in Tamil cinema. as its head for five terms. adjourning the House in case He sought to know their of adjournment. During his “illustrious polit- He played a key role in the departed leader is not a sit- views as there was no prece- The views were also con- ical career”, Karunanidhi “ably scripting the development of ting or former member of the dent of adjourning the House veyed to the Lok Sabha Speaker, showcased his admirable lead- Tamil Nadu, Naidu said, add- House. It is a Parliament con- in case the departed leader was the officials said. ership qualities and worked ing in his death the country vention to adjourn the day for not a sitting or former member As soon as the Lok Sabha relentlessly for the cause of the lost an eminent litterateur, an deceased sitting members, Par- of the House, the officials said. met for the day, Speaker Sumi- people, particularly the margin- able administrator, a dedicated liament officials said. They said all those who par- tra Mahajan informed mem- alised and the downtrodden sec- social worker and an outstand- However, before the pro- ticipated in the meeting said bers about the demise of tions of society,” Mahajan said. ing statesman. ceedings commenced today, Karunanidhi was one of the Karunanidhi. After observing a moment The members stood in Rajya Sabha Chairman M Ven- tallest leaders of the country Describing him as a “vision- of silence in his memory, the silence as a mark of respect to kaiah Naidu consulted senior and favoured adjournment of ary” and a “leader of the masses”, Lok Sabha proceedings were the departed soul, following leaders of various political par- the proceedings. she said he had spread his politi- adjourned for the day. which Naidu adjourned the pro- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee pays her last respect to DMK chief M Karunanidhi Wednesday PTI ties for their views on adjourn- Parliamentary Affairs Min- cal philosophy through screen In the Rajya Sabha, the ceedings for the day. Unique campaign to be launched to teach NHDC unearths ‘irregularities’ Railway employee gets four people sing national anthem flawlessly worth `200 cr; refers case to CBI years in jail in bribery case BENGALURU: A unique National Anthem important junctions. NEW DELHI: The National Han- Singh said the matter may have on the matter,” Singh said, adding MUMBAI: A special CBI court that when his brother died, Awareness Campaign will be launched fro- At each of these junctions, the volun- dloom Development Corpora- its roots in other states even though that the public sector undertaking here has sentenced a Central Raman demanded money for mAugust 15, the country’s independence teers would distribute the pamphlets to the tion has referred to the CBI a case the problem has until now been (PSU) has been asked to make sure Railway official to four years’ sanctioning pension to the fam- day, to teach people to sing it fluently and local people. related to alleged embezzlement reported in Lucknow region and that weavers do not suffer. rigorous imprisonment for ily. Raman told the complain- flawlessly. “The purpose of this event is to make of funds meant for the supply of Greater Noida. On National Handloom Day on seeking bribe for grant of pen- ant that a superior officer was Former Karnataka Lokayukta and for- people understand the importance of our yarn, after an internal probe indi- The textiles secretary said the Tuesday, hundreds of weavers held sion. Judge P K Sharma held demanding Rs 10,000 and ini- mer Supreme Court judge Justice Santosh national anthem and when to give respect cated ‘irregularities’ worth around CBI has been handed over the case protests at the NHDC headquar- the accused, MukundanRaman, tially the complainant will have Hegde will lead the campaign, to be organ- to it. National anthem is connected with Rs 200 crore, a top official said. as the central probe agency has ters in Greater Noida, demanding guilty under the Prevention Of to shell out Rs 3,000. ised by Indira Foundation and Rahstrageete patriotism. We arestarting this programme Textiles Secretary Anant Kumar expertise on such issues. payment of outstanding dues and Corruption Act last Saturday. After the complainant Jagruti Abhiyana Samiti. from 15th of this month at various places,” Singh said that irregularities worth E-mails sent to the top manage- resumption of yarn supply. The court also imposed a approached the Anti-Corrup- A specially designed national anthem said Justice Hegde. around Rs 200 crore were detected ment of National Handloom Devel- Protestors claimed that lakhs fine of Rs 2,000 on him. tion Bureau (ACB) of the CBI, Rath will run on the city roads. Noted litterateur Prof Doddarange through an inquiry report submit- opment Corporation (NHDC), of weavers from Uttar Pradesh According to the CBI, the agency’s sleuths caught It will have noted musicians on board Gowda said, “Though people sing national ted last week. a PSU under the Textiles Minis- and Uttarakhand are affected as Raman, who worked as accounts Raman red-handed while and will lead a huge procession of folk anthem, many don’t know the lyrics prop- The matter been referred to the try, did not elicit any immediate they have not been paid outstand- officer, demanded bribe from accepting Rs 2,000 from him on artistes and volunteers, the organisers said. erly. People even make mistakes in pro- CBI by NHDC as it found some response. ing dues in the current financial a person whose elder brother March 24, 2015. The prosecu- The chariot will travel around 40 kilo- nunciations. Hence, we shall distribute the transactions which may have “In the meantime, NHDC has year, whereas several have lost worked with the Central tion examined 11 witnesses dur- metres in T Dasarahalli Assembly con- lyrics of the national anthem in both Kan- taken place without the yarn being suspended three employees and their jobs due to stoppage of yarn Railway. ing the trial, said Special Public stituency here and will stop at around 72 nada and English.” MPOST distributed. instituted a departmental inquiry supply. MPOST The complainant had alleged Prosecutor Ashok Bagoria.MPOST 8 Goa officials held in K’taka IMA seeks clear-cut law on over Mahaday telemedication from MCI row: Palyekar OUR CORRESPONDENT nal prosecution in an incident Online consultations, which involved telephonic con- PANAJI: Eight officials from NEW DELHI: The Indian online prescriptions sultation, the issue came to the Goa were detained by the Kar- Medical Association (IMA) on attention of the public and was nataka Police Wednesday when Wednesday sought clear-cut and telemedicine widely discussed. they visited a site there in con- guidelines from the Medical are all topics which Although the particular nection with the Mahadayi river Council of India (MCI) on the have posed ethical stand by the high court was water dispute between the two issue of telemedication, while not to find negligence in the states, Goa’s Water Resources observing that the practice is dilemmas: IMA prez telephonic consultation but for Minister Vinod Palyekar said. illegal and unethical. other reasons. Subsequently, He said the eight offi- Apart from managing med- fession,” the IMA said. the arrest of the doctors in the cials of his department were ical emergencies and situations “Online consultations, case was stayed by the Supreme released after being questioned involving adjustment of insulin online prescriptions and tele- Court, the IMA said in the by the Karnataka Police who, levels in regular patients, anal- medicine are all topics which statement. he claimed, also told them not gesics for acute exacerbation have posed ethical dilemmas. In this situation, the judi- to visit the site without proper of chronic pain under regu- But at the same time, advancing cial law comes into force permission from the district lar treatment etc., telephonic technology can be harnessed and thereby the Bombay authorities concerned. consultation will lead to medi- for augmenting healthcare in High Court verdict gains “Eight officials from our cal negligence, the IMA said remote areas, especially tele- importance. team, which visited the site in a statement released on medicine and mobile health. Secretary General of IMA, where Karnataka has blocked Wednesday. The MCI must come out with RN Tandon, said that the the Mahadayi river water, were “Judicious use of telemed- clear-cut guidelines on these common practice involved in detained by the Karnataka ication in certain circum- important issues, which many treating a patient was eliciting Police,” Palyekar said. stances can be justified, but as developed countries have,” history, physical examination, “The action of detaining the the code of ethics is silent on Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, IMA’s going through investigations government officers who were these emerging areas, judicial national president said. and arriving at a diagnosis. on duty is condemnable,” the over-activism can prove to be Following a high court ver- Treatment was instituted after minister said. MPOST detrimental to this noble pro- dict to proceed with crimi- the diagnosis, he added. NOIDA COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mahatma Gandhi wanted (Approved by NCTE & Recognized by UGC under Section 2(f) & 12(B), Affiliated to Ch. 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MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 TO LOOK INTO PROBLEMS HC relief for Apex court reserves Hardik; sentence SC-led panel to monitor jails in Visnagar riot verdict on adultery law case suspended OUR CORRESPONDENT Asks centre ‘what public good’ does it serve AHMEDABAD: The Guja- NEW DELHI: The Supreme rat High Court suspended on Court on Wednesday said it OUR CORRESPONDENT “what public good” the penal tity of marriage rested only Wednesday a lower court’s order would constitute a commit- law on adultery served as it pro- with the woman and not the which has sentenced Patidar tee under the chairmanship of NEW DELHI: The Supreme vided that no offence would husband. quota agitation leader Hardik its retired judge to look into Court on Wednesday reserved be made if the husband of a Section 497 of the 158-year- Patel to two years’ jail term in problems in jails, including its verdict on pleas challenging woman approves an adulterous old IPC says: “Whoever has a 2015 rioting case. Justice S H overcrowding, and suggest the constitutional validity of relationship. sexual intercourse with a per- Vora also ordered that Patel be measures to deal with it. the penal law on adultery. The ASG had commenced son who is and whom he knows granted bail in the case. He will The apex court said the A five-judge constitution her arguments by saying that or has reason to believe to be not have to surrender before committee for prison reforms setting up a committee for jail court was not criticising the being run in accordance with bench headed by Chief Jus- adultery has been made an the wife of another man, with- police until his appeal is heard, would also have two or three reforms, Attorney General K government for every problem rules. tice Dipak Misra said it would offence by keeping in mind out the consent or connivance as per the high court’s order. officials from the government K Venugopal told the bench in the country. The court is hearing a mat- pass orders, after Additional the sanctity of marriage as an of that man, such sexual inter- The high court granted relief of India to look into the issues, that India was facing enormous “We are making it clear that ter relating to inhuman con- Solicitor General Pinky Anand, institution. course not amounting to the to the quota agitation leader including that of women pris- problems in several other areas we have not and we are not ditions prevailing in 1,382 appearing for the Centre, con- Anand also said that the offence of rape, is guilty of the while admitting his criminal oners languishing in jails across as well. criticising the government for prisons across the country. cluded her arguments on judgement of foreign jurisdic- offence of adultery.” appeal which will be heard the country. He said India has a popula- everything,” Justice Lokur said. The court had earlier taken Wednesday. tions setting aside adultery as On January 5, the apex in due course. Patel has chal- A bench comprising Jus- tion of around 1.3 billion which The bench has fixed the strong exception to over- The hearing in the case by a criminal offence, should not court had referred to a five- lenged the Visnagar court’s July tices M B Lokur, S Abdul is increasing exponentially matter for hearing on August crowded jails across the coun- the bench, which also com- be taken into account and the judge constitution bench the 25 order convicting him for riot- Nazeer and Deepak Gupta and there are several problems 17. try and said prisoners also have prised Justices R F Nariman, A instant matter be decided on plea challenging the validity of ing and arson at the office of expressed its displeasure that faced by the country. The apex court had on human rights and cannot be M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandra- the basis of the social condi- the penal law on adultery. local MLA Rishikesh Patel dur- the government has collected a “We are trying to solve August 5 expressed its dis- kept in jail like “animals”. chud and Indu Malhotra, went tions prevalent in India. The court had taken a ing the quota agitation in 2015. huge amount under the orders some of these problems,” the pleasure that several states had It had earlier passed a slew on for six days and had com- Referring to the inconsis- prima facie view that though The lower court, after convict- of the apex court but the funds bench told the attorney general. not yet appointed the board of of directions over unnatural menced on August 1. tencies in the penal provision, the criminal law proceeded on ing and sentencing Patel, had are not being utilised properly. Justice Lokur also made it visitors who regularly inspect deaths in jails and on prison Earlier in the day, the apex the bench posed that the bur- “gender neutrality”, the concept granted him a temporary bail Agreeing with the court on clear to Venugopal that the top prisons to ensure that they are reforms across India. court had asked the Centre den of maintaining the sanc- was absent in Section 497. so he could move the HC. MPOST Maratha groups call for Maharashtra Facebook data breach: Govt, top court spar over PILs bandh today, exclude Navi Mumbai CBI initiates preliminary Says court should refrain from making comments OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT cases and the order banning sale criticising the government for enquiry against CA, GSR of liquor within 500 metres of everything”. MUMBAI: Sakal Maratha NEW DELHI: The Centre on highways across the country, “Please do not carry the Samaj, an umbrella body of OUR CORRESPONDENT Wednesday dared to tell the saying these had impacted for- impression that we are criticis- Maratha groups, on Wednes- Supreme Court to restrain eign investment and caused job ing the government and pre- day said a ‘bandh’ would be NEW DELHI: The CBI has ini- itself from making hard-hitting losses respectively. venting them from doing their observed across Maharashtra, tiated a preliminary enquiry observations on Public Interest The top law officer told the work. You also look at the posi- except Navi Mumbai, on Thurs- against Cambridge Analytica Litigation (PIL) matters saying bench, which also comprised tive directions of the court,” Jus- day to press for the communi- and Global Science Research these had an impact on several Justices S Abdul Nazeer and tice Lokur said. ty’s demand for reservation. for alleged illegal personal issues plaguing the country. Deepak Gupta, that the coun- During the hearing, Venu- A leader of the organisation data harvesting of Indians But the top court shot back try was facing several problems gopal referred to the issue of said the protest would be held from Facebook, officials said to say that the judges were also and the court should also look budgetary restrictions and said in a peaceful manner from 8 on Wednesday. citizens and knew the problems at the progress made by the around 200 million people were am to 6 pm. It is alleged that Cambridge Rajya Sabha last month that faced by the country, while mak- government. living below the “hunger line” “It will be a state-wide Analytica received data from the probe will be handed over ing it clear that they “are not But Justice Lokur shot back, and the government’s priority bandh, excluding Navi Mum- Global Science Research which to the CBI. criticising the government for “We are trying to solve some of was to pull such persons out bai. All the essential services, employed “illegal means” of He had said there were everything”. It also asked the these problems” and referred to of this. schools and colleges have been his injuries. to only a handful of Marathas personal data harvesting of also reports that user data was government “to obey the law the matters relating to the rights “The question is how will excluded from the bandh,” Jadhavrao said, “It will be and trying to create confusion Indians using Facebook, they “illegally accessed by hardware of the land”. of widows, children and prison- you manage funds. This requires Amol Jadhavrao, a leader of a peaceful protest from 8 am within the community. said. manufacturers who had tie-ups The exchanges between the ers which were being dealt with policy deliberation,” he told the Sakal Maratha Samaj told to 6 pm. I appeal to my fellow “Fadnavis is trying to dilute After receiving a reference with Facebook. In regard to this court and the Attorney Gen- by the apex court. court and referred to the apex reporters. Maratha youths to desist from the intensity of the agitation,” in this regard from the Cen- issue, Facebook has reported eral occured when the bench “We are also citizens of this court’s order quashing 122 tele- “Due to some sensitive committing suicides. It is not he said. tre, the CBI has initiated the that they are not aware of any was hearing a matter relating country and we know the prob- com licences and banning sale issues, we have decided not to going to help the community Commenting on differ- preliminary enquiry which is misuse of information, includ- to inhuman conditions prevail- lems which the country is fac- of liquor within 500 metre of observe bandh in Navi Mum- and its cause.” ent views expressed by sepa- normally a first step to decide ing Indian users’ information”. ing in 1,382 prisons across the ing,” the judge told Venugopal. highways across the country bai,” he said. A number of people from rate Maratha groups in the last whether the allegations deserve Facebook has over 20 crore country. The AG told the court that saying several people had lost Parts of Maharashtra, the community had earlier few days, he said, “The confu- a full-blown investigation users in India. The Mark Zuck- Attorney General (AG) K K while dealing with a matter, their jobs due to court orders. especially Koparkhairane and committed suicide in support sion was created after the agi- through an FIR or not, they erberg-owned company had Venugopal told a bench headed there are possibilities that the He said if PILs were filed, Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai, of the quota demand. tators in Parli (in Beed district) said. said that the data of about 87 by Justice Madan B Lokur that court might not consider the there should be a separate para- had witnessed violence dur- “We are also making an suddenly decided to withdraw Data mining and analy- million people -- mostly in the he was not “criticising” the apex impact it would have on some graph in the plea dealing with ing the Maratha quota stir late appeal to Maratha youths to their agitation.” sis firm Cambridge Analytica US -- might have been improp- court, but the problems fac- other aspects. the impact the issue raised last month. stay away from violence. We “But meetings were held earlier faced allegations that it erly shared with Cambridge ing the country were enormous “With the Supreme Court’s might have on other aspects. Around 20 policemen, will not indulge in any aggres- in Aurangabad and Mum- used personal information har- Analytica. After the data breach and, in the past, its orders and intervention, tremendous But the bench expressed its including eight officers, were sive protest and there will be no bai, where rest of the Maratha vested from 87 million Face- came to light, the IT Ministry judgements have resulted in inroads have been made but displeasure over the government injured in stone-pelting by damage to public properties,” groups expressed their will- book accounts to help Donald had in March and April shot a situation where people have problems in India are enor- collecting huge sums of money, protesters at Kopar Khairane he assured. ingness to go ahead with the Trump win the 2016 US presi- off communications to Face- lost their jobs. mous,” he said. running into over Rs one lakh and Kalamboli. A protester, Jadhavrao alleged that bandh. Hence, tomorrow we dential election. book and Cambridge Analyt- He referred to apex court To this, Justice Lokur said, crore, under the orders of the injured in the violence in Navi Maharashtra Chief Minister are going to observe bandh,” Union Law and IT Minister ica seeking clarification on the judgements on PILs relating “We are making it clear that apex court, but these funds were Mumbai, had succumbed to Devendra Fadnavis was talking Jadhavrao said. Ravi Shankar Prasad had told issue from them. to the 2G spectrum allocation we have not and we are not not being used properly. Rahul Gandhi in Delhi HC against WhatsApp says NATION BRIEFS double check facts of PUNJAB CM EXEMPTS EX-SERVICEMEN, reopening of his tax assessment SENIOR CITIZENS FROM DOPE TESTS forwarded messages CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder OUR CORRESPONDENT did not disclose that he was for Rs 249.15 crore to YI for the Singh on Wednesday exempted ex-servicemen a director in the company -- assessment year 2011-12. OUR CORRESPONDENT and senior citizens from mandatory dope test for NEW DELHI: Congress Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YI) -- YI, which was incorporated issuance and renewal of their arms licences. The president Rahul Gandhi on since 2010. in November 2010 with a capi- NEW DELHI: Facing flak decision was taken in response to a request from Wednesday challenged in the As per the tax department, tal of Rs 50 lakh, had acquired over circulation of fake news Delhi High Court the reopen- the shares Gandhi has in YI almost all the shareholding of on its platform, WhatsApp on ex-servicemen and senior citizens groups, according ing of his 2011-12 assessment would lead him to have an Associated Journal Ltd (AJL), Wednesday said it is rolling to an official spokesperson. Many of them had been by the tax department for not income of Rs 154 crore and the owner of the National Her- out educational videos in India in possession of arms licences for decades. disclosing that he was a direc- not about Rs 68 lakh, as was ald newspaper. asking users to “double check” tor in Young Indian company, assessed by it earlier. The IT department’s move facts before sharing messages 7 YOUTHS ALLEGE TORTURE; POLICE an accused in the National Her- The department has in the followed its probe on a com- received as forwards. OFFICER SUSPENDED IN PUNJAB ald misappropriation of assets instant case applied section 147 plaint alleging that the Gan- The videos, in Hindi and two notices, with the second case. of the Income Tax Act, which dhis had misappropriated AJL’s English, will be available on one warning that it will treat PATIALA: Seven youths were allegedly tortured at A bench of Justices S Ravin- provides for bringing under the assets while transferring their Facebook - the parent company the messaging platform as abet- Sanour police station near here, prompting au- dra Bhat and A K Chawla listed tax net any income which has shares to the newly formed of WhatsApp as the messag- tor’ of rumour propagation and thorities to suspend an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), the matter for further hearing escaped assessment in the orig- Young Indian. ing platform looks to combat legal consequences will follow police officials said on Wednesday. ASI Narinder on August 14, after Additional inal assessment. BJP MP Subramanian spread of rumours that have if adequate checks are not put Singh, along with a constable, intercepted seven Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar be taken in the matter till the Gandhi’s lawyers said Swamy, in a private crimi- incited mob fury cases in India. in place. Mehta opposed issuance of any next date. the query put to their cli- nal complaint filed before a “WhatsApp is expanding In response to these notices, youths, who were on their way to attend a religious interim order by the court. Gandhi’s lawyers were seek- ent during the scrutiny of his trial court, had accused Sonia its user education campaign WhatsApp had outlined initia- function at a shrine in Patiala on Sunday, they said. The ASG, however, assured ing an interim order from the assessment was whether Gandhi, Rahul and others of on how to spot fake news and tives it is taking to curb fake Amardeep Singh, one of the victims, alleged that the bench that till the next court as the case related to he had any interest in any com- conspiring to cheat and misap- hoaxes. This week, WhatsApp news circulation, including the ASI was in an inebriated state and started mis- date, no coercive step would the assessment is listed in the pany or sister concern in which propriate funds by paying just is publishing a new video that education and advocacy efforts. behaving with them. be taken against Gandhi by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal he was a director and he had Rs 50 lakh, through which the explains the importance of the Recently, it has introduced the tax department. on Thursday. replied in the negative as YI YI had obtained the right to “forward” label and calls users forward label and also limited LUDHIANA CITY CENTRE SCAM: COURT The assurance came They also sought orders was a Section 25 company, a recover Rs 90.25 crore which to double check the facts when the forwarding of messages to after the bench asked the ASG prohibiting the media from non-profit entity, and hence no the AJL owed to the Congress they are not sure who created 5 people at one go. ADJOURNS HEARING TO AUGUST 16 what coercive steps would the reporting or publishing the director would have any inter- party. the original message,” What- WhatsApp has also stated LUDHIANA: A court on Wednesday adjourned to tax department take in the court proceedings, but the est in it. All the accused, also includ- sApp said elaborating on the that it is building an India- August 16 the hearing in the alleged Rs 1,144-crore matter. bench rejected the oral plea. To this, the bench ing Motilal Vora, Oscar Fer- 27-second video clip. based team and that it believes Ludhiana City Centre scam in which Punjab Chief The court put the query According to the tax remarked, “in which event, it nandes, Suman Dubey and Following multiple inci- the challenge of mob violence Minister Amarinder Singh is among the accused. The to the ASG after the lawyers department, Gandhi’s assess- is a nice conduit”. Sam Pitroda, have denied the dents of mob lynching across requires government, civil soci- for Gandhi urged the bench ment for the years 2011-12 was The tax department has allegations levelled against the country, the government ety, and technology companies case, alleging that a private builder was favoured to order that no coercive steps decided to be reopened as he already issued a demand notice them. had slapped WhatsApp with to work together. during Singh’s previous term as chief minister, was filed in 2007 when the SAD-BJP government was in power. District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh adjourned the hearing here after the complainant’s U’khand Cabinet okays revised policy on adventure sports counsel sought more time. OUR CORRESPONDENT said at a media briefing after to the absence of proper regula- KINNER KAILASH YATRA CALLED the meeting. tions and underlined the need DEHRADUN: The Uttara- The amended rules on river for a revised policy on adven- OFF DUE TO BAD WEATHER khand Cabinet approved on rafting, kayaking and canoeing ture sports. SHIMLA: The annual Kinner Kailash pilgrimage has Wednesday a revised policy are more practical which will The Cabinet also gave its been called off by the Kinnaur district administra- on adventure sports, impos- make adventure sports safer in nod to revised rules on para- ing a total ban on smoking Uttarakhand, Pant said. gliding and aero sports for the tion in Himachal Pradesh due to adverse weather and substance abuse by enthu- Stricter penal provisions sake of public safety, Pant said. conditions and flash flood incidents, an official said siasts while rafting, kayaking or have also been made in the In another major decision, on Wednesday. The district administration had canoeing in the state. revised policy for violators, he the Cabinet gave its clearance suspended the yatra yesterday after a pilgrim The revised policy, which said. to amendments in the Reli- died near the cave due to hypothermia and 100 also fixes a minimum qualifi- Taking a serious view of fre- gious Freedom Act, laying were stranded in flash floods. No pilgrim would be cation for raft operators, got quent accidents during rafting down a well-defined procedure allowed to undertake the pilgrimage, Officiating the Cabinet’s nod at a meet- in the state, the Uttarakhand for cancellation of registration ing chaired by Chief Minister High Court had put a ban on it of institutions which indulge Deputy Commissioner of Kinnaur Major Avninder Trivendra Singh Rawat, state at the peak of the season in June on adventure sports was not government. uted the rise in accidents dur- in fraudulent activities in the Kumar said. Finance Minister Prakash Pant this year until a revised policy brought into force by the state The high court had attrib- ing river rafting primarily due name of religion. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 mp HC to monitor CBI files third charge Plea in top court Rafale deal: Shourie, Sinha, probe into Deora against WhatsApp shelter home case sheet in Manipur fake payments service OUR CORRESPONDENT encounter cases OUR CORRESPONDENT Bhushan demand CAG audit ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad NEW DELHI: A plea has been High Court on Wednesday OUR CORRESPONDENT Zamir Khan was not killed in filed in the Supreme Court MPOST BUREAU decided to monitor the investi- a genuine encounter,” the CBI seeking direction to the Cen- gation into the alleged sex racket NEW DELHI: The CBI on FIR had alleged. tre to restrain WhatsApp from NEW DELHI: Launching a at the Deoria shelter home and Wednesday filed a charge sheet The CBI also filed a closure proceeding with its payments frontal attack on Narendra said it appeared that its owners in a special court against seven report in the case of Longjam systems unless it fully complies Modi-led NDA government enjoyed the patronage of some personnel of the Manipur Police Dhamen, who was killed by a with provisions of the RBI. over controversial Rafale fighter politician. The bench of Chief in connection with an alleged team of CDO Imphal West in The plea filed by organisa- jet deal with France, former Justice D B Bhosale and Jus- fake encounter six years ago, an alleged encounter on Febru- tion Centre for Accountability BJP ministers Yashwant Sinha tice Yashwant Varma passed officials said on Wednesday. ary 21, 2012. The agency said and Systemic Change said the and Arun Shourie along with the order while taking suo motu This is the third charge its investigation shows that Dha- messaging platform does not senior Supreme Court advocate cognizance of media reports sheet in 41 alleged fake encoun- men, an alleged kidnapper, was comply with provision of man- Prashant Bhushan on Wednes- on the suspected sexual abuse ter cases handed over by the killed in police action. dating Grievance Officer and day demanded a forensic audit of the inmates at the Ma Vind- Supreme Court to the CBI last The abducted person was other laws of India. by CAG within a stipulated hyavasini shelter by an NGO. year. The agency has charged rescued. An investigation by the To open a bank account, a time period of three months. The Uttar Pradesh govern- six policemen with criminal National Human Rights Com- customer needs to comply with Addressing a press confer- ment had announced yesterday conspiracy and murder, while mission is also underway. KYC norms laid down by the ence here, former Finance and that it will recommend a CBI another personnel has been Recently, the CBI had filed Reserve Bank of India (RBI) External Affairs Minister Yas- inquiry in the case. It seems charged with destruction of charge sheet in two encoun- and various other formalities, hwant Sinha said, “There is a the owners had got patronage evidence, they said. ter cases involving 14 police the plea said. demand from the Congress of some politician or a VIP, the The findings of the agency personnel. “WhatsApp is a foreign party that there should be a Former union minister Arun Shourie speaks as lawyer Prashant Bhushan looks on during a press conference court said while referring to the are based on forensic opinion, During a hearing before the company with no office or serv- Joint Parliamentary Commit- on Rafale deal scam, in New Delhi PTI operation of the shelter even field investigation, expert opin- Supreme Court, CBI Director ers in India. To run Payments tee (JPC) which should exam- though it was blacklisted. ion of the Central Forensic Sci- Alok Verma had to face tough Service in India, WhatsApp is ine this deal. We know that this Ambani. “Rafale is a massive scan- deal was signed between India The court said girls contin- ence Laboratory, post-mortem questions about the 14 accused obligated to have its office and Lok Sabha is in its last days, so Ambani’s firm Reliance dal which jeopardises national and France. “The company ued to be shifted to the shelter report, they said. “loafing free” in the streets of payments in India. the JPC will never function… I Defence Ltd was chosen as off- security. If it was a new deal, it which was “under Rs 8,000 home and no action was being The agency also elicited Manipur. “Moreover, it is also would suggest the audit which set partner by France-based required fresh tendering. PM crore in debt and had no expe- taken against its managers even opinion of doctors from AIIIMS The court had reportedly required to have a Grievance the CAG was supposed to Dassault Aviation, which man- Modi’s own core team did not rience in making aircraft” was though the district administra- and collected a huge volume of told Verma, “According to Officer for users in India. Yet, take up, it should be a foren- ufactures Rafale fighter jets. know what was happening,” given the contract rather than tion had received complaints. records during the investigation you, there are 14 murderers in it is being allowed to continue sic audit and it should be com- “The Rafale deal is not only said Mr Shourie, veteran jour- Hindustan Aeronautical Lim- UP’s Additional Advocate into the encounter of Zamir these cases and they are loafing with its Payments and other pleted within three months and the biggest defence scam of all nalist and former Telecom and ited (HAL),” they said. General Neeraj Tripathi told Khan on January 20, 2012, the around Manipur freely?” services, without any checks,” the findings should be placed time, but the manner in which Disinvestment minister in the While participating in the court that the Uttar Pradesh officials said. Asked about the SC’s the plea, which is likely to come before the nation.” Mr. Modi abused his position to Vajpayee government. “Bofors the debate on no-confidence government will transfer the The alleged extrajudicial kill- observation, the agency said up for hearing this week, said. Senior Supreme Court give undue benefit to Rafale and was nothing compared to motion against the NDA gov- case to the CBI as soon as it ing took place in the Kiyamgei it had informed the court that The petition also said the advocate Prashant Bhushan Anil Ambani has caused a loss Rafale, I can tell you as the per- ernment in the Lok Sabha receives approval from the Cen- Santipur area of Manipur. the CBI had filed two charge social media giant does not alleged that Prime Minister of over Rs 35,000 crore to the son who covered it,’’ he added. recently, Congress President tre. The state government has “The NHRC collected sheets against 14 personnel of comply with tax and other laws Modi was involved directly in exchequer. It is a textbook case Shourie along with Sinha Rahul Gandhi had alleged scam written to Union Home Minis- reports from various authori- the Manipur Police for “criminal of India but its reach is such the criminal misconduct and of criminal misconduct under and Bhushan claimed that Anil in government-to-government try to transfer the probe to the ties and examined the same. conspiracy, murder and destruc- that it is used by everyone, be claimed that undue favour was Prevention of Corruption Act,’’ Ambani had formed his com- deal for acquiring 36 Rafale Central Bureau of Investigation, The commission did not accept tion of evidence” after thorough it a commoner or the judges of given to businessman Anil alleged Bhushan. pany only a few days before the fighters from France. the court was told. police’s account and held that investigation. the apex court. Over 40 injured as fire SC commences final hearing on pleas CBI arrests Delhi caterer in bribery breaks out at BPCL challenging Maha law on dance bars case, its own officers also under lens refinery in Mumbai OUR CORRESPONDENT ment of the total bribe from a The agency has alleged that OUR CORRESPONDENT hawala dealer from Old Delhi, Tiwari accepted huge illegal NEW DELHI: The CBI has they said. gratification from Kochar to NEW DELHI: The Supreme arrested a caterer in Delhi’s During searches, the agency induce and influence CBI offi- Court on Wednesday com- Chanakyapuri for allegedly has recovered Rs 2.5 crore of cers using his personal connec- menced final hearing on pleas attempting to dilute a corrup- cash from his premises, they tions, they said. of hotel and restaurant owners tion case, being probed by the said. The alleged bribe of Rs 20 challenging a Maharashtra law agency, to help the accused It is alleged that the CBI, lakh was given to Tiwari by imposing new restrictions on in return for a bribe of Rs 35 while probing a corruption case Kochar through a “hawala” licensing and functioning of lakh, officials said, adding that against Vivek Batra, an IRS offi- operator in Chandni Chowk, dance bars in the state. searches were conducted at mul- cer, had called for questioning Kamal Ahmed, on August 2, A bench of justices A K tiple locations on Wednesday. the owner Neeraj Raja Kochar they said. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was The role of some CBI officers and employees of a company, When he was allegedly told by the petitioners that the is also under the scanner of the Viraj Profiles, in which he is receiving Rs 15 lakh as the sec- state government has tried to agency, they said. understood to have invested ond installment of the bribe, he circumvent a previous order of by several petitioners in sepa- the apex court had directed the Rakesh Tiwari, who runs a his ill-gotten wealth, they said. was arrested by the CBI. the apex court by bringing in rate pleas. Maharashtra government to catering service in the upmarket Tiwari was in touch with “Information has further the new law on conditions for “When the old law was expeditiously decide the pend- Nehru Park in the Chanakya- Kochar for facilitating “relief” revealed Rakesh Tiwari is also operation of dance bars. quashed, they came out with ing applications for licences to puri area, was arrested when and providing case-related “sen- in contact with officers working Senior advocate Jayant a new law. When the condi- open dance bars under the old he was allegedly receiving Rs sitive information” to him, they in AC-III branch of the CBI,” OUR CORRESPONDENT to douse the blaze. Bhushan, appearing for hotel tions were stayed, they came rules and the directions issued 15 lakh as the second install- said. the FIR alleged. Along with the Fire Bri- and restaurant owners, said the out with some new conditions. by the court from time to time. MUMBAI: At least 43 workers gade, the refinery’s own fire- state government has adopted Come what may, they won’t let The court had asked the ‘4 ultras gunned were injured after a fire broke fighting team, HPCL, Bhabha an attitude that they will not the dance bars to work. This is authorities to keep in mind V-P Venkaiah Naidu visits out following a boiler blast in Atomic Research Centre, RCF permit operations of dance bars their attitude,” he said. an order of November 24, the refinery of Bharat Petroleum and Mazgaon Dock fire brigades irrespective of orders passed by The hearing remained 2016, in which it had asked down in J&K’ here on Wednesday afternoon, were also engaged in dousing the apex court. inconclusive and would con- the applicants, who have not exhibition on Rao, Vajpayee officials said. the flames which were now He said that for years state tinue on Thursday. been granted licence, to submit SRINAGAR: Four militants The incident took place at under control, said an official government has been putting On March 28, the apex court their applications to the author- were killed by security forces the public sector oil firm’s plant of the Disaster Control Room some conditions or others to had directed the state govern- ity to get the licence, and said in an encounter in the forests NEW DELHI: Vice President he said in a series of tweets. He on the Mahul Road in Chem- of the Brihanmumbai Munici- prevent operation of dance bars ment to apprise it about the sta- the licences should be given of Baramulla district in Jammu M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednes- said he was briefed about the bur area of East Mumbai around pal Corporation. in the state. tus of applications by hoteliers to them on grounds of parity and Kashmir on Wednesday, day visited an exhibition on the modernisation of NMM, the 2.45 pm, they said. The incident took place in “Even after the apex court for licences to open dance bars with those who have already officials said. A soldier was life and works of former prime first such exercise in 50 years, Forty-three workers were the “Compressor shed of Hydro- direction, they have not issued in the state and sought its reply been given. also injured, they said. Security ministers P V Narasimha Rao in a systemic manner. injured in the incident, said cracker plant”, as per the com- licenses to 81 applicants. And on plea by bar girls challenging The Maharashtra govern- forces had launched a search and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. “Spent time viewing the Shahaji Umap, Deputy Com- pany’s statement. the three licenses, which were some of the provisions of a new ment, in an affidavit filed before operation in the Ladoora forests On the eve of the anniver- ongoing special exhibition titled missioner of Police (Zone-VI). Fire Brigade chief P S Rah- granted after the court’s prod- law regulating the functioning the court, had earlier defended in Rafiabad area on Monday fol- sary of the Quit India move- ‘Pathfinders’ which highlights After preliminary treat- angdale said the fire fighting ding, were revoked later by of these niteries. the operation of a new law lowing information about the ment, he also visited galleries at the life and works of former ment at BPCL’s first aid centre, was made difficult by heat and authorities saying there was The top court said it will meant to regulate licensing presence of militants, a police the Nehru Memorial Museum Prime Ministers Shri Atal Bihari 22 of them were allowed to go pressure inside the plant. no NOC from fire officer,” hear the matter in detail and and functioning of dance bars official said. The search oper- (NMN) at Teen Murti Bhavan Vajpayee and Shri P V Nara- home, whereas 21 were shifted According to Santosh Aad- Bhushan said. listed it for final hearing. in the state. ation turned into a gunbattle devoted to the movement and simha Rao. to nearby hospital in Chem- har, a local resident, a “massive” He added that the new law The apex court had earlier “It was observed that such on Wednesday morning with other events in the indepen- “Delighted to visit Nehru bur, he said. explosion was heard in the sur- -- the Maharashtra Prohibition asked the state government dances were derogatory to the both sides exchanging fire, he dence movement including Memorial Museum at Teen One of them was in the rounding area. of Obscene Dance in Hotels, to file an affidavit on the plea dignity of women and were said. One soldier was injured Karo Ya Maro, Non-Coopera- Murti Bhavan ... A well-main- intensive care unit, he said. “Its tremors shook windows Restaurants and Bar Rooms of bar girls and the status of likely to deprave, corrupt or in the initial firefight, he said. tion Movement and Champaran tained place where various fac- Nine fire tenders, two foam of our building which is 500 m and Protection of Dignity of applications for opening of new injure public morality,” the An Army official said four mili- movement. “I was also informed ets of Jawarlal Nehru’s life have tenders and two jumbo tank- away from the refinery,” Aadhar Women (Working therein) Act, dance bars. state government had said in tants were killed in the opera- that Shri Morarji Desai’s works been showcased properly,” he ers were pressed into service told reporters. 2016 -- has been challenged On January 11, last year, its reply. tion which was still on. MPOST will also be showcased soon,” wrote on Twitter. MPOST ‘Surrogate ads matter of concern, Majority in Jammu against have approached I&B Ministry’ revoking Article 35A: PDP PANAJI: Surrogate advertising municable Diseases Agenda and even more difficult to address. OUR CORRESPONDENT safeguard these provisions over is a matter of concern and the Sustainable Development Goals, So, a famous actress endorses a the past couple of years, others Health Ministry has suggested he also cited examples of a pan pan masala ad with a catch jingle JAMMU: A senior PDP leader have awakened now,” he said. to the Ministry of Information masala advertisement, in which and then another product hav- on Wednesday claimed that the “We will do whatever it and Broadcasting to come up a celebrity actor promotes the ing a similar name, with tobacco majority of people in Jammu needs to protect the special pro- with some measures to address product, and a CD brand com- inside, is parallely marketed. were against the scrapping of vision which acts as a bridge the issue, a top official said. mercial that is a proxy ‘promo- Since, tobacco products cannot Article 35A of the Constitu- between Jammu and Kash- Joint Secretary in the health tion’ for a liquor brand. be advertised in India, these ads tion which gives special rights mir and rest of the country, ministry Vikas Sheel said this Asked if the health ministry become surrogate ads, he said. and privileges to the people of he added. in response to a question at the has approached the ministry of As per the second Global Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, Jammu and five-day India Tobacco Con- information and broadcasting Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS A misconception is being Kashmir National Panthers trol Program hosted by the on the issue, he said, yes . 2) of India released last year, deliberately created that the We will not allow this provision Party (JKNPP) chairman Harsh Johns Hopkins University that We have been looking for 28.6 per cent use tobacco in one people of Jammu are in favour to go on the demand of a small Dev Singh asked all national got underway at South Goa’s opportunities to raise the issue form or the other. of the revocation of the Article group, the PDP leader said. and regional political parties to Majorda, about 30 km from with them (ministry of I&B). GATS is a global standard 35A,” additional spokesper- He said the act was enacted desist from issuing provocative here, on Monday. And, we have been suggesting for systematically monitoring son of the Peoples Democratic by Maharaja Hari Singh on the statements on the issue which Surrogate advertising is used them to come up with some adult tobacco use and tracking Party (PDP) Abhijeet Jasrotia recommendation of Kashmiri is sub-judice. to promote products like alcohol measures to address it, he said. key tobacco control indicators. told reporters here. Pandits and Dogras. Such moves are deplorable and cigarettes, for which adver- Chief Medical Officer in the India is the second largest con- “Like the people of Kashmir We honour (the) Maharaja attempts to influence the judi- tisements are prohibited, in the Health Ministry, L Swastich- sumer and third largest pro- and Ladakh region, almost all and hold him in high esteem. ciary and amount to contempt guise of other products. aran, during another session - ducer, of tobacco. Dogras are in favour of con- He had come out with this act of court, Singh said in a state- There are several ostensibly Challenges and Opportunities GATS 2 results found a 6 tinuation of the constitutional which is beneficial for us, he ment here. innocuous products which are for Advancing Tobacco Control per cent decline in tobacco use provision,” he added. said. He said everybody must advertised in print or screen, in India - flagged the concerns prevalence, from (34.6 per cent Jasrotia said the residents Highlighting that the provi- respect the wisdom and judge- where the targeted audience are over ‘surrogate advertising’ in) GATS 1 to 28.6 per cent in of Jammu region especially the sion acts as a”bridge” between ment of the Supreme Court. tobacco-users. These are ‘proxy’ wherein companies are getting GATS 2. The decline in preva- Dogras were mature enough to the state and the rest of India, The Congress and the Kash- or ‘surrogate ads. It is a matter away with it, just because the lence was equivalent to a 17 understand the threat to their Jasrotia said the PDP, whether mir centric National Confer- of concern for us (health min- product does not have tobacco per cent relative decrease, said next generation if the act was in power or opposition, had ence and PDP were on the same istry) and we are working on it, as an ingredient, but sublimi- Praveen Sinha, National Con- revoked. always worked to safeguard page issuing threats if Article Sheel said. nally, it is affecting the audi- sultant, WHO Country Office I am myself a Dogra and Articles 370 and 35A. 35A was tinkered with, while During a panel discussion ence towards tobacco products . for India at a session today on we are fully aware of the chal- Our president (former chief the BJP was making statements on Monday on ‘Incorporating And celebrities, by lending ‘Implementation of the National lenges the revocation of the minister Mehbooba Mufti) sin- to hoodwink the people over Tobacco Control in Non-Com- their face, have made the issue Tobacco Control Program. MPOST constitutional provision poses. gle handedly made efforts to the sub-judice issue, he said. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 EDITORIAL Nuclear disarmament? The void left The deeper concern in 2018 is that nuclear weapons are being behind brandished in a far more visible manner ugust 6 is etched of the global nuclear arsenal ven though M Karunanidhi groomed his son M K in an apocalyp- is the Holy Grail and in 2017 Stalin as his political heir, the void left by his passing tic manner on ICAN successfully negotiated away will be difficult to fill in Tamil Nadu politics as C. UDAY BHASKAR the global con- and concluded this treaty at much his absence would be felt in the power corri- Asciousness given the nuclear the UN. Edors of New Delhi. Karunanidhi was one of the most original enormity that engulfed the ICAN was awarded the voices of the Dravidian movement which sought to change unsuspecting residents of 2017 Nobel Peace prize for the Brahminical hegemony in politics besides introducing Japan’s Hiroshima on that day its effort but the major pow- the voice of Dalits and marginalised into the political main- in 1945. Three days later Naga- ers, including India, have dis- stream. For seven decades since he entered politics, Karunani- saki met the same fate, though tanced themselves from this dhi continued refining and sharpening the political agenda tragically August 9 receives advocacy. Thus the ICAN ini- that he began with. In the process, he not only emerged as a even lesser attention from a tiative, while laudable, remains formidable political leader of the South but also enriched the jaded world whose attention ineffective. Indian democracy by initiating a dialogue on the Centre-state span often oscillates from one Ironically, India, which has relationship. He was the first Chief Minister in India to seek tweet to another. legitimately claimed a distinc- autonomy for his state, an example that was followed by Chief The “national herd” in tive nuclear status in the global Ministers in other states. For the last fifty years since he became every major demographic order, has ceded the disarma- the Chief Minister for the first time in 1969, he dominated the cluster is episodically led ment space it once led from political scene irrespective of whether he won or lost the elec- Over the last from one sensational but banal 1960 to 2010. India is a non- tions. He was instrumental in making the Centre realise the year, the global event to another and the col- signatory to the Nuclear Non- importance of linguistic diversity of the country and give up lective danger that the nuclear proliferation Treaty (NPT) the idea of imposing Hindi as the sole official language for the nuclear arsenal weapon poses to humanity is and demonstrated its nuclear- entire country. His towering and continued presence in Tamil has increased in glossed over, with a fleeting weapon capability in May Nadu’s politics restricted the spread and expansion of Congress reference on Hiroshima Day 1998. Pakistan followed and and BJP not only in Tamil Nadu but anywhere in south India. numbers among when platitudes are dutifully South Asia exudes a nuclear He championed the cause of regional autonomy and cultural the nine nations mouthed by the political lead- 2018 is different from 1945 in an alarming way as prickly nuclear nationalism now rules the roost prickliness that is disquieting. and linguistic diversity of the states, which few could match. ership across the world. Based on its nuclear profile As the president of DMK, he provided the party the continu- that are capable The year 2018 is a bit dif- ence was in no doubt -- it was command and control of the apocalyptic regional nuclear that combines nuclear restraint ity of his leadership till his death. of nuclear ferent but in an alarming way. invoking the spectre of WMDs nuclear button rests with the fallout with millions -- yes, and responsibility, India was It is not that his political dominance was not challenged. On Prickly nuclear nationalism -- long-range missiles fitted Pakistan military and the civil- millions -- killed receive little admitted to the global nuclear the contrary, he faced extremely talented and well-entrenched weapons. Today, now rules the roost and the with nuclear warheads. ian leadership is only notion- or no attention. order in late 2008, thanks in political adversaries such as film star-turned-politicians MG the most serious charge has been led by the Over the last year, the global ally in the loop. Whether The greater anguish is that large measure to the political Ramachandran (MGR) and J Jayalalithaa. But after every deba- world’s oldest and most pow- nuclear arsenal has increased Imran Khan will be able to the global political leadership resolve of then US President cle, Karunanidhi’s resolve to make a comeback became stron- national security erful democracy. On July 23, in numbers among the nine assert civilian control remains remains indifferent to such George Bush. ger and he did overcome the odds and emerged triumphant. threat to the US is US President Donald Trump nations in the world that are moot. There are many voices nuclear sabre-rattling and has While New Delhi remains The political tussle between him and Jayalalithaa is specially tweeted -- as is his wont -- to nuclear-weapon capable. This even within Pakistan that done an ostrich act by treat- committed to “universal, non- noteworthy. While he became the Chief Minister of the state deemed to be a Iranian President Rouhani, apocalyptic club that holds the believe a mercurial Khan may ing these statements as politi- discriminatory and verifiable five times, Jayalalithaa was sworn in six times. Even MGR was mix of the nuclear and this one was in all caps: world to ransom includes the not be the most prudent choice cal rhetoric (bluff and bluster?) nuclear disarmament”, it has the Chief Minister for ten years. In fact, the politics in Tamil NEVER, EVER original five - the US, Russia, when it comes to nuclear and devoid of substance. And made no significant effort in Nadu for last more than fifty years revolved around these three weapon and THREATEN THE UNITED UK, France, and China. Post- weapons. civil society, which in the the last few years to demon- political figures. Their political manoeuvres, electoral wins, terrorism as posed STATES AGAIN OR YOU 1964, the other four who have However, on the other 1960s and 1970s was alert strate its status as a “different” and debacles made national headlines, keeping people amused WILL SUFFER CONSE- joined this “club” are Israel, hand, such prudence at the to the gravity of the nuclear kind of nuclear-weapon power. and anxious, depending on who they supported. Karunani- by non-state QUENCES THE LIKES OF India, Pakistan and now North very top of national politi- threat, is now cynical. The ICAN is a case in point. dhi outlived his adversaries and left a rich legacy of public life, entities, often with WHICH FEW THROUGH- Korea. Today, the most serious cal leadership, while desir- nuclear threat joins the cluster Prime Minister Narendra where political fortunes did not mean so much as living up OUT HISTORY HAVE EVER national security threat to the able, went out of the window of many lost causes -- global Modi has brought commend- to the aspiration of the people did. He began his career as a state support SUFFERED BEFORE. WE US is deemed to be a mix of the with the election of Trump as warming, ocean pollution, the able traction to the challenge scriptwriter for Tamil films but soon got hooked to the popu- ARE NO LONGER A COUN- nuclear weapon and terrorism US President, a leader who plastic peril, and shrinking of global terrorism since lar political movement of his time. He was recognised for the TRY THAT WILL STAND as posed by non-state entities, recently boasted about the bee population among other assuming office in May 2014 political speeches and artful play of words. His sympathies pri- FOR YOUR DEMENTED often with state support. size of his “button” apropos amber lights that are flashing. but has remained relatively ret- marily lied with the poor and marginalised sections of soci- WORDS OF VIOLENCE Paradoxically, over the last his North Korean counterpart. One slender sliver that fol- icent on the nuclear issue. One ety. Soon, his political speeches captured the imagination of & DEATH. BE CAU- year, Pakistan, often referred The deeper concern in lowed the focus put by former hopes that the Indian leader- the people, who recognised him as a true artiste (Kalaignar) TIOUS! Donald J. Trump @ to as the cradle and nursery 2018 is that nuclear weapons US President Barack Obama ship will address the nuclear who embodied the spirit of the common man while seeking realDonaldTrump of global terrorism, has the are being brandished in a far on the nuclear threat is the issue at the global level with a solution to their pain and agony. To be fair to Trump, this distinction of possessing the more visible manner and the effort by the ICAN -- the Inter- the urgency it warrants so that The passing away of Karunanidhi is a great loss for the Indian tweet was in response to what world’s fastest-growing nuclear leaders of the US, Russia, Iran national Campaign to Abolish Hiroshima-Nagasaki remain democracy and the way it has shaped over the past decades. the Iranian President Hassan weapon arsenal. Much of this and North Korea are cases in Nuclear Weapons -- that was the tragic exception. IANS The current lot of politicians in Tamil Nadu will take a long Rouhani had said the previous capability has been enabled by point. Each of them has jus- launched in 2007. This global (The author is Director, time to find their moorings. The issue of gender discrimina- day (July 22) when he warned a deep and opaque partnership tified this posture as a case of NGO comprising almost 500 Society for Policy Studies, New tion has been overexploited and become passe. Now, the real Washington that provoking with China and North Korea. safeguarding their national partners from 100 countries Delhi. The article is in special issue that can find favour with the common people is develop- Tehran over the nuclear deal Furthermore, Pakistan is security, sovereignty, and has pushed for an international arrangement with South Asia ment. Living up to the people’s aspiration in the fast-changing could lead to the “mother of the only nation among the integrity. The consequences treaty on the prohibition of Monitor. The views expressed socio-political scenario will need a new breed of politicians all wars”. The Iranian refer- nuclear nine wherein the that will follow by way of an nuclear weapons. Elimination are strictly personal) to aggressively pursue a development-oriented agenda. That requires a paradigm shift from the way politics and governance Dear have been practised in the past decades. The iconic presence Quote martial FAREWELL, KALAIGNAR Editor millenniumpost.in of MGR, Jayalalithaa, and Karunanidhi is missing from the political firmament and with that, the strong voice emanating No one familiar with human nature would doubt that when a person is alive no one Log on to write letters to the from the South is also a matter of history. Now, the new leaders Death may be values him as he deserves but after his demise, everyone starts paying him respects and editor or send them to will have the onerous task to regain the influence and stature [email protected] that these leaders commanded during their political career. the greatest tributes. However, what to say about Kalaignar; a politician who served as Chief Minister As the void left by the absence of Karunanidhi will be hard of all human of Tamil Nadu five terms, or a writer who made valuable contributions to Tamil literature You can also send your to fill by the next generation leaders, it makes the condition comments to The Editor, extremely favourable for the mainstream political parties to try blessings by writing novels, stories, plays, and multiple-volume memoirs. All I can say is that he was and make inroads in the region’s politics. AIADMK with their Millennium Post, 37 MPs is already hobnobbing with BJP and DMK was part a polarising figure from Tamil Nadu. His legacy is key to understanding the Tamil society. SOCRATES Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah of the last UPA government at the Centre. In the Lok Sabha Condolescence to his family and Tamil Nadu. Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 election next year, these parties may be seriously considering QEYAMUDDIN Via email an alliance with the national parties in order to further their influence both at the state and national levels. Purposeful Turbulent times for Tamil Nadu protests hat led to mass protests by students in Bangla- Stalin is set to inherit the mantle of the party’s leadership as desh to put everything to a standstill since July 29 was a road “accident” that killed two and left Karunanidhi had wished, but not in an atmosphere free of rancour several injured. Given that buses irresponsibly Wrace from one point to another, that was no surprise. But it he death of J. Jayala- it can find at a time when there was time to say enough was enough. So, the turnout against lithaa and M. Karu- is every possibility of its arch- irresponsible driving and traffic “management” was large and AMULYA GANGULI nanidhi within eight rival, DMK, comfortably win- spontaneous. True, the entire city and adjoining areas were months of each other ning the next Assembly election paralysed. But the authorities stirred themselves awake to the Thas rung the curtains down on on the basis of a sympathy wave situation to try and improve road safety for good. Road casu- the atheistic, anti-Hindu, anti- for Karunanidhi. alties in Bangladesh have been common enough. More than Brahmin and anti-Hindi Dra- Even otherwise, DMK 3,000 people die in road accidents in the country each year, vidian chapter of Tamil Nadu would have won because of according to WHO. Despite government warnings to cease politics. The beginning of this AIADMK’s fragile condition. demonstrations, student protesters paralysed the capital, with period, which underlined the But, now, few will doubt its teenagers in school uniforms erecting checkpoints and allow- state’s distinctive nature, was the excellent electoral prospects ing only emergency vehicles to pass. And while they may be watershed event of the DMK’s even if the matinee idol, Rajini- at odds with officials, they have won widespread praise for victory in the 1967 Assembly kanth, throws in his lot with an easing Dhaka’s congestion and making drivers, even officials, If Stalin fumbles, elections, which was the sec- AIADMK-BJP combine. carry driving licenses. The roads have started to function in a then other non- ond time that the then seem- Whatever be the political proper and efficient manner. The days-long demonstrations ingly invincible Congress tasted mosaic with the presence of two took a violent turn last week when authorities beat protesters Dravidian parties defeat after its loss to the com- DMKs, run by Stalin and Ala- with batons and shut down mobile internet connections as like Congress will munists in Kerala in 1957. gri, respectively, AIADMK, BJP the unrest spread beyond the capital. On Saturday, more than Among the notable losers and the two film stars, Rajini- 100 people were injured by police, according to local media be able to secure was none other than Congress kanth and Kamal Haasan, Tamil reports, while a day later, a vehicle carrying US Ambassador a foothold in a strongman K. Kamaraj, and Nadu will seemingly be back to Marcia Bernicat was attacked by “armed men.” The diplomat that too, at the hands of a stu- the times when there was one was unhurt. The United Nations expressed its concern over state from where dent leader owing allegiance With the demise of Karunanidhi, there hangs a question of dilution of Dravidian political ethos influential DMK, with Stalin’s the crackdown. “The concerns expressed by youth about road they were ousted to the DMK, which had been outfit playing a dominant role safety are legitimate and a solution is needed for a mega city formed less than two decades believed to have finally laid the been called Hindu and Brah- will be the second split in the where the Dravidian move- like Dhaka,” the UN resident coordinator in Bangladesh, Mia half a century ago ago. Since Congress had lost ghost of a “sovereign” Dravida min “imperialism”. However, to Dravidian movement since the ment is concerned. The only Seppo, said. Prominent human rights activist and photogra- by a resurgent several other state elections in Nadu. what extent Karunandhi’s sons AIADMK split from the parent difference, however, is that it pher Shahidul Alam was detained at his house on Sunday night regional political that year, the DMK’s rise can be Even then, the sense that and successors – M.K. Alagiri organisation in 1972. is not known if Stalin has the after he gave an interview to broadcaster Al Jazeera about the said to have coincided with the Tamil Nadu is significantly dif- and M.K Stalin – will be able to Will this lead to a dilution calibre to step into the larger- protests, saying that they were driven by “larger” factors than phenomenon beginning of Congress’ decline, ferent from the rest of the coun- sustain the DMK’s characteris- of the Dravidian political ethos? than-life shoes of his father and road safety alone. He pointed to “the looting of the banks, the which reflected a condition which is quite pal- try is evident from the burials of tic worldview for any length of The possibility cannot be ruled his forebears. gagging of the media, the extrajudicial killings, disappear- pable at present. Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, time is open to question in the out in view of the speculation If he fumbles, then other ings, bribery and corruption,” according to the broadcaster’s the views of a Considering, however, that as also of their celebrated pre- absence of their father’s person- about AIADMK’s proximity non-Dravidian parties like website. Understandably, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has large section of Karunanidhi was one of Con- decessors C.N. Annadurai and ality and background in the to BJP. The irony of this close- Congress will be able to secure suggested her political rivals were using the protests to whip gress’ allies in the last few years, M.G. Ramachandran, underlin- state’s politics and cultural life. ness between a supposedly anti- a foothold in a state from where up public anger against the government ahead of a general Tamil people as when the two were partners ing how unique the state’s cul- Of the two, Stalin is set to Hindu and anti-Hindi party they were ousted half a cen- election due in December. Hasina, who met with relatives of in the Manmohan Singh gov- ture is from that of North India inherit the mantle of the party’s with one known for its aggres- tury ago by a resurgent regional the two students who were killed earlier this week, urged pro- ernment, it is obvious that the as also the other states where leadership in accordance with sive espousal of the Hindu cause political phenomenon, which testers on Sunday to go home, warning that a “third party” enmity half a century ago had the dead are mostly cremated. Karunanidhi’s wishes, but not is obvious. reflected the views of a large could sabotage the demonstrations. Interestingly, last week, dissipated. At the same time, Given this distinguish- in an atmosphere free of ran- Yet, an alliance of this nature section of Tamils even if this in an attempt to address concerns raised by students, Bangla- DMK’s bias against the north- ing feature, it can be said with cour since Alagiri has long been is very much on the cards excluded the Brahmins. But one desh’s Cabinet approved new road safety regulations, which erners had also lessened, along some degree of certainty that miffed with his father’s “par- because AIADMK, which has thing is for sure: Tamil Nadu is include punishing some traffic accident fatalities by death. with the separatist sentiments, the creed of atheism, which tiality” towards the younger been considerably weakened in for a troubled period. IPA The unprecedented student protests in Bangladesh were not which had been aired till the is central to the DMK’s out- son. If Alagiri now breaks by the death of its guiding light (The author is a political in vain, after all. early 1960s. It was the Chinese look, will persist along with away to form his own party, as Jayalalithaa, has no option but analyst. Views expressed aggression of 1962 which is its antipathy towards what has is believed that he may do, it to grab whatever helping hand are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 mp in focus Surging ahead to prosperity Development of agricultural infrastructure is imperative for the welfare of the Indian farmer nder the guidance of Prime Min- enough income for their family, allied farm- ister Narendra Modi, enthusiastic ing is being promoted. Agriculture based and positive results of the sus- collaborative schemes of the government tained efforts made for the bet- includes beekeeping, mushroom production, Uterment of agriculture sector and farmers agro-forestry and bamboo production etc. RADHA MOHAN SINGH are visible. The Modi government is com- The production of natural resources from the mitted to welfare of farmers. As a result, there farm will help in creating additional employ- has been a qualitative improvement in their ment and income in agriculture. Keeping in lives. For the development of the country, view the recommendations of the National Modi government has set new standards for Commission on Farmers to increase the pro- transparency. ductivity and eliminate malnutrition, a total Under the guidance of the Prime Min- of 795 improved varieties of crops have been ister, the government has transformed the developed in the last four years by the ICAR targets meant for the implementation of out of which 495 varieties are tolerant to cli- farmers’ welfare schemes in a mission in a mate change. These have been handed over time-bound manner. Our government has to farmers so that they can take advantage of laid the foundation of a modern and future- these advanced varieties. For the first time, a oriented India with new dimensions, inno- historic initiative has been taken by the gov- To make radical vations and reformist approach to good ernment in order to overcome the problem changes in the governance. Modi government has been suc- of malnutrition which has long been a part cessful in bringing about awareness amongst of Indian society. Under this, 20 biofortified system, proper farmers through new initiatives taken for varieties were developed and released for emphasis needs the development of agriculture sector in the cultivation. In order to increase the income country. In this tenure, there has been a con- of families of marginal and small farmers, to be given to certed effort to bring qualitative changes in 45 Integrated Farming System (IFS) models post-harvest the life of farmers and rural areas. have been developed. This will help increase The President of the National Commis- soil health, water usage effectiveness and con- marketing sion on Farmers (NCF) Dr. Swaminathan serve agricultural biodiversity. On economic and related had advised the then government through its There are 22,000 rural markets across the country to help farmers sell their produce directly to consumers or retailers and get remunerative prices evaluation, these models have been found to recommendations in his report in 2006 that be beneficial in different states. This model arrangements. proper attention should be given to welfare ing its misuse in the non-agriculture sec- farmers to sell their produce in the nearby Hon’ble Prime Minister has set the target of is being set up and displayed in every KVK Keeping in view of farmers along with agro-based approach. tor. Organic farming has been linked with markets. There are 22,000 rural markets doubling the income of farmers on the 75th in order to help farmers so that they can be Farmers provide an important direction to Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PMKY) across the country thereby reducing the gap year of Independence in 2022. For deter- motivated to adopt it by looking at its suc- the unabated the efforts made for economic reforms. for sustained agricultural development and amongst them. Small and marginal farmers mining the minimum support price and by cess thereby helping them earn more income. erosion of natural Therefore, to make radical changes in the soil health, including the in-situ management while linking themselves with APMC and providing assured returns, including equal- In order to implement policy reforms and system, proper emphasis should be given to of rice straw. The Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sin- e-Nam will be able to sell their produce in an ity and farmers’ welfare, the government is new schemes in agriculture, adequate bud- resources and post-harvest marketing and related arrange- chayee Yojana (PMKSY) is a very important effective way. With the establishment of rural providing a new direction. In Dr. Swamina- get is provided. In the past few years, Modi climate change, ments. Keeping in view the unabated erosion scheme to ensure proper water management agriculture markets, farmers will be able to than’s recent article, he said that “The recent government has taken measures to imple- of natural resources and climate change, the in agriculture practices. After making an sell their produce directly to consumers or announcement of a remunerative price based ment and strengthen these schemes and a the Agriculture Agriculture Commission had also brought to extensive study of the previous schemes and retailers and will get remunerative prices. essentially on the recommendation of NCF budgetary provision of Rs 2,11,694 crore has Commission has attention the management of science-based reforming them, it has initiated the world’s To achieve a strong and competent agri- is a very important step to ensure the eco- been made. Apart from this, the government natural resources and sustainable production largest farmer friendly Pradhan Mantri Fasal cultural market with proper judicial frame- nomic viability of farming. To underline, has created corpus funds for improving the also brought and development. Bima Yojna and Weather Based Crop Insur- work, the Modi government has formulated government has ensured in its notification infrastructure for dairy, cooperative, fisheries to attention On August 6, 2018, Dr. Swaminathan, in ance Scheme in 2016. These schemes pro- and released a model “Agricultural Produce that from kharif 2018 onwards MSP of the and aquaculture, animal husbandry, agricul- his article published in the Times of India vide extensive coverage for every sort of risks and Livestock Marketing Act 2016” to states. notified crops would be minimum of 150 per ture market, and micro-irrigation. The gov- science-based said that “Although the NCF report was sub- involved in the agriculture sector. Also, Agriculture Produce and Livestock cent of the cost of production; it ranges from ernment has adopted an income-oriented management of mitted in 2006 very little action was taken The National Commission on Farmers Contract Farming and Services (Promotion 150-200 per cent for coarse cereals.” approach towards sustainable production natural resources until the present government headed by had made a number of recommendations for & Facilitation) Act, 2018 has been sent to In addition to farming, the government is keeping in mind the welfare of agriculture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office. enhancing the income of farmers. Keeping states for adoption. also emphasising on livestock, fisheries, and farmers and the consumers. and sustainable Fortunately, over the last four years, sev- these recommendations in mind, the govern- The decision to give MSP at 50 per cent development of water bodies. The Rashtriya To improve the economic condition of the production and eral significant decisions have been made to ment has implemented a lot of reformatory and more of production cost is a significant Gokul Mission, based on the conservation farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has improve the status and income of farmers.” schemes. The government has released the step for the farmers. The government is also and development of indigenous bovine spe- set a target of doubling the income of farm- development The government has taken a number of Model Agricultural Land Leasing Act, 2016 committed to implementing MSP. Since the cies, is an integral part of the overall develop- ers by 2022. For the first time in the country, initiatives for the development of agriculture to all states which is a very important step in start of Green Revolution, procurement was ment of agriculture sector. This will benefit a Prime Minister has put forward a target for sector, remunerative returns for farmers’ pro- agricultural reforms. The interests of both, confined only to paddy and wheat. Some- a lot of small and marginal farmers includ- the overall wellbeing of the farmers. duce and reducing the cost of production. the landholders and the recipient of the lease times, procurement of other commodities ing landless agriculture labourers who pos- In pursuance of this vision, the Minis- These efforts have resulted in significant are protected. The implementation of market was also being made. After the Modi gov- sess these indigenous species of bovines. It is try of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare will transformation in their lives. Establishing reforms has led to the enhancement of trans- ernment assumed charge, there has been a matter of great pride that 161 indigenous adopt a concrete strategy based on the rec- the nationwide soil health card scheme is an parency in the market. The e-NAM scheme tremendous enhancement of procurement species across the country have been regis- ommendations of the constituted committee important aspect of this thought. links agriculture markets across the coun- of pulses and oilseeds. We are determined tered and for this purpose ICAR is actively to achieve the goal of doubling the income of The government has made the use of try. Apart from 585 mandis of the country, to extend profits to the farmers of pulses, working. The development of fish produc- farmers till August 2022 when our country neem coated urea mandatory in order to the government has also set up the National oilseeds, coarse cereals etc. through the state tion development, including marine and will be celebrating 75th Independence Day. reduce the cost of agriculture and enhance Agricultural Market by focusing on open governments. With procurement of these freshwater fishes, is improving the lives of The outcomes are also being visible. the nitrogen utility competence. Since it has trade between the mandis. The budget 2018 crops at MSP, it will extend benefits to the the fishermen community. Fish production (The author is Union Minister for led to enhancement in the productivity and has highlighted the much-needed new mar- farmers who have been deprived since long. has achieved more growth rate than all other Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, thereby reducing the cost of agriculture, it keting structure. The government has also These crops are climate-oriented and are areas of agriculture. Government of India. The views has also extended a helping hand in prevent- made arrangements for small and marginal tolerant to climate change in the future. The For small farmers who cannot earn expressed are strictly personal)

tweet Trump’s trade war gamble RETWEET US moves away from competition to tariff brinkmanship, elaborates B. Sivaraman S-China trade war can make Indian VIR DAS products competi- @thevirdas tive”— declared some “Unewspaper headlines on 5 and 6 August 2018, reproducing verbatim the press release of the Confederation of Indian If you get up to heaven, i'm pretty sure Industry (CII). One started wondering God's gonna vandalize you like the why the premier industry chambers in cars you broke in his name. Also by the the country should just restrict itself way...the big guy created earthquakes, to seeing only new opportunity open- volcanoes and tsunamis...you think he's ing up due to the unfolding trade war gonna be impressed that it took ten of you instead of expressing concern over the possible overall adverse fallout of it. to damage a compact hatchback? After examining 818 product lines where the US has raised tariffs for The short-term imports from China, the CII claimed that “top exports from India to the US NARENDRA MODI “comfortable” which are covered in the list of items for @narendramodi position of the US which tariffs have been hiked include at present in terms pumps, parts of military aircraft, parts for electrodiagnostic apparatus, pas- of GDP numbers senger vehicles of 1500-3000 cc, valve I have had the opportunity of interacting has emboldened bodies and parts of taps. Exports of with Karunanidhi Ji on several occasions. these items stood at over $50 million His understanding of policy and emphasis Trump to embark in 2017 and can be increased with con- on social welfare stood out. Firmly upon this trade certed efforts.” committed to democratic ideals, his strong war gamble What! Indian exports to the US opposition to the Emergency will always be in these contentious product lines remembered. despite warning amounted to a paltry $50 million only? India has been largely silent on Trump’s high-handed trade war And the key chamber of Indian indus- by economists try comes up with a study calling for fully reproduced unverified by leading Of course, to give them the due, opinion that Trump’s tariff hikes are no that it might “concerted efforts” to increase only this? newspapers, the enigmatic ‘50’ is still despite their formal silence, in practice, solution to the growing US trade deficits MAMATA BANERJEE Even if it is doubled or even quadru- entrenched there in the press release India also promptly levied retaliatory with China-EU-Canada and to reverse @MamataOfficial precipitate a pled it would remain paltry nonetheless. text in the official CII website! Anyway, tariffs on the US when in the first round the long-term decline of the US econ- global recession Obviously, there was something amiss let us overlook the stenographic error the 25 per cent tariff hike on steel and omy productivity has to improve, and with this CII figure. So one had to visit and the CII oversight. 10 per cent hike on aluminium by the wage costs have to be brought down by the official CII site to trace their original More importantly, there was no sign US were not country-specific but were issuing more visas to skilled migrants, Today India lost one of its greatest sons. And press release and their study to unravel of any concern on the part of the cham- global tariff hikes affecting all countries. and so on. In contrast, there seems to Tamil Nadu lost its father figure. Farewell this mystery. The matter reproduced in bers regarding the dark shadows of an The impact of these hikes on India was be a paradigm shift in Trump’s thinking @Kalaignar89. My deepest condolences to the newspaper reports was ditto as in escalating trade war — like it possibly estimated to be $241 million and the (or, thoughtlessness!) from free trade the official press release too. But mer- resulting in a global recession or the matching retaliatory tariffs imposed by based on the principle of comparative the people of Tamil Nadu, @arivalayam, @ cifully in the official press release they surplus Chinese goods getting dumped India on US imports were of the order advantages to tariff hike brinkmanship. mkstalin, @KanimozhiDMK and family. India had given the link to a PDF file with the in the Indian market at cheaper prices of $240 million. A tit for tat! Now that The short-term “comfortable” posi- mourns your loss findings of the study and there below or the general price increase in the US the US is levying country-specific duties tion of the US at present in terms of the press release they had given a table and the consequently inevitable federal on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods GDP numbers has emboldened Trump in which they had listed seven rows rate hike hurting Indian imports and and threatening to levy more, some in to embark upon this trade war gamble of Indian exports to the USA in these jacking up the cost of Indian corporate India have started drooling at the new despite warning by economists that it RAHUL RAJ contentious areas classified into seven borrowing. opportunity! might precipitate a global recession. Not categories and the puzzle gets resolved Perhaps, it is because CII is known India’s exports in September 2017 only has India to overcome whatever @bhak_sala if you add up these seven figures. Not to be circumspect about matters of poli- might be lower than what it was in Sep- dependence it still has on US finance just a paltry amount of $50 million, the tics, even if it is trade politics. But even tember 2005. But then India’s exports to and technology, in the interests of soli- total comes to a decent $552.3 million! at the political level, neither the Prime the US in 2017–18 stood at $47.9 billion darity with a fellow BRICS nation, and Why are our media houses, intellectuals and Obviously, there was a typo and in Minister nor the Ministry of Exter- (as against $505 billion Chinese exports more so, in its own long-term interest, it the press release text the CII itself had nal Affairs has so far commented on to the US), while imports were $26.7 has to come out forcefully against such activists not proposing hospital or school mentioned the figure as ‘above $50 mil- Trump’s highhanded trade war. On such billion. The trade balance thus is heav- high-stakes gamble by an adventurous or Marina Beach in stead of fighting for lion” instead of ‘above $500 million’. So, a major development like a veritable ily in favour of India and India is also Trump! IPA funerals place today? it is the mystery of the missing zero! trade war, there is only a stony silence on the US hit list. But the overwhelm- (The views expressed Not only the erroneous figure was faith- from the Indian authorities. ing majority of US economists are of the are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 Pak troops to get training at Pak SC stays recount in Lahore seat won narrowly by Imran

ISLAMABAD: In a major Russian military institutes relief to Imran Khan, the Supreme Court on Wednes- day suspended a recount in a ISLAMABAD: For the first of greater cooperative and col- an evident that Pakistan has National Assembly constituency time, Pakistani soldiers will laborative approach among come out of the US bloc. in Lahore where the cricketer- undergo training at Russian global community to defeat "This agreement is a posi- turned-politician had narrowly military institutes after the two extremism. tive development and in days to defeated his rival in the July 25 countries signed an agreement Pakistan's defence ties with come Pakistan and Russia will general elections. related to it, in a sign of further Russia have moved past the come more close to each other Khan, 65, set to become strengthening their defence bitter Cold War hostilities in in the face of hostile attitude of Pakistan's new prime minister ties amid Islamabad's increas- recent years and the chill in the the US," he said. next week, faced a piquant sit- ingly uneasy relations with the relations between Pakistan and He said Pakistan has no uation after the Election Com- United States. the US has further pushed the conflict with Russia besides it mission of Pakistan (ECP) on The agreement was signed country towards Russia and is already close to China which Tuesday only gave him condi- five per cent. Soon after the Supreme on Tuesday at the conclusion China. is a good friend of Pakistan. tional approval to take oath as a Suspending the Lahore High Court verdict, Khan's lawyer of the first meeting of Russia- Commenting on the agree- "In fact, President Donald Member of the National Assem- Court's (LHC) order to re-tabu- Babar Awan wrote to the ECP, Pakistan Joint Military Consul- ment, Lt Gen (retd) Talat Trump's policies towards Pak- bly. He had contested and won late results of NA-131 constitu- requesting the commission to tative Committee (JMCC) - the Masood said that the pact has istan has forced it to find new from five constituencies. ency, the Supreme Court bench issue the notification of the highest forum of their defence opened new avenues of coop- alliances," he added. While the ECP withheld his headed by Chief Justice Saqib PTI chief's victory in NA-131 collaboration, according to the ministry of defence Rawal- Agreement on Defence Coop- eration between the two coun- Pakistan has shown eager- victory notifications from two Nisar accepted Khan's petition Lahore and NA-53 Islamabad, Pakistan's defence ministry. pindi, the visiting dignitary eration in 2014. The two sides tries and also showed that ness to build military-to-mil- constituencies, it declared him against the ruling for hearing. Dawn newspaper reported. "Both countries signed called on secretary defence also held in depth discussions both sides are eager to further itary ties with Russia in recent winner from three others from The bench observed that the In his application, Awan the Contract on Admission of and the defence minister. The on avenues of future coopera- deepen their defence ties. years. where he contested, subject to result of NA-131 has been com- argued that since the apex court Service Members of Pakistan two sides discussed the pres- tion, the defence ministry said. It was a "very good move", Earlier this year, the then the decision of a pending liti- piled the constituency could not had nullified the high court's in RF's (Russian Federation) ent status of their defence rela- Col Gen Fomin also met he added. foreign minister Khawaja Asif gation against him over alleged be deprived of representation in judgement, the ECP should Training Institutes," the min- tions with the aim to further Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Masood, who also served as visited Moscow during which violation of the election code of Parliament. issue the victory notification istry said. strengthen, expand and diver- Committee and the three ser- the defence secretary, said that the two sides agreed to set up conduct. The apex court directed of Khan. The Russian side was led by sify mutual cooperation. vices chiefs. strategically Pakistan is trying a commission to boost mili- Pakistan Muslim League- Rafique's lawyer to approach Meanwhile, Rafique took to Deputy Defence Minister Col During the inaugural ses- An Army spokesman to diversify its relations due to tary cooperation. Russia has Nawaz (PML-N) leader the relevant election tribunal Twitter on Wednesday to con- Gen. Alexander V Fomin who sion of the JMCC, both sides said that Col Gen Fomin strain in its ties with the US, over the past three years pro- Khawaja Saad Rafique had with his complaint and request demn the Supreme Court's deci- visited Pakistan from August exchanged views on bilateral met Army Chief Gen Qamar while Russia was also looking vided four Mi-35M combat and petitioned for a recount in the for a recount. sion to halt the recount. "Halting 6 7 to attend the first session and major international issues Javed Bajwa and discussed for a market to sell weapons. cargo helicopters to Pakistan NA-131 Lahore-9 constituency, Khan's PTI, the single larg- the recount has cast doubts on of Russia-Pakistan Joint Mili- including situation in the Mid- the regional security situation "There is desire on both and the militaries of the two from where Pakistan Tehreek- est party in the National Assem- the entire process," he wrote. tary Consultative Committee dle East and Afghanistan, the and matters of mutual inter- sides to improve ties and it is countries also held joint drills e-Insaf (PTI) chief Khan won bly, has nominated him to be the The PML-N leader said (JMCC). ministry said. est including enhancement of working well and the two coun- codenamed 'Friendship'. by 680 votes. next prime minister. Imran's victory had been ear- Lt. Gen (retd) Zamir ul Has- A comprehensive issue bilateral defence and security tries are cooperating to increase The drills stem from a Rafique had alleged that the Khan emerged victorious in lier pronounced by a lead of san Shah, Secretary Defence, based review was also carried cooperation. economic, defence and political defense cooperation agree- presiding officer deliberately five National Assembly constit- 680 votes. led the Pakistani delegation out during which the two coun- Fomin expressed his appre- relations," he told PTI. ment the two countries signed rejected hundreds of votes. uencies NA-35 Bannu, NA-53 He further stated that the during the JMCC meeting. tries expressed satisfaction on ciation for Pakistan Army's Defence and political ana- in 2014, lifting a long-running Rafique's lawyer contended Islamabad, NA-95 Mianwali, recount of rejected votes and Prior to the inaugural the milestones achieved since achievements against terror- lyst Dr Syed Farooq Hasnat Russian embargo on arms sales that a recount request is valid if NA-131 Lahore and NA-243 five polling stations reduced 117 meeting, held on Tuesday in the signing of ground breaking ism and expressed requirement told PTI that the agreement is to Pakistan. AGENCIES the victory margin is less than Karachi in the general elections. votes from Imran's tally. AGENCIES Beijing-Tianjin Venezuela to try MPs for Maduro life attempt Pakistani govt bullet train blacklists Sharif Pak Oppn parties stage speed raised CARACAS: Venezuela's all- ezuelan opposition and like powerful constituent assembly Requesens a member of the sons... blocks demo against rigging to 350 Km/ hour is launching proceedings on Primero Justicia (Justice First) Wednesday to try opposition party of former presidential their passports ISLAMABAD: Leaders newly formed 11-party grand BEIJING: China lawmakers over a failed "attack" candidate Henrique Capriles. and members of the newly opposition alliance, named has increased the on President Nicolas Maduro, Primero Justicia said formed 11-party grand oppo- 'Pakistan Alliance for Free who also accused exiled oppo- Requesens and his sister Rafa- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's sition alliance on Wednes- and Fair Elections', gathered maximum speed of sition leader Julio Borges. ela were "arrested and hit" in a deposed prime minister day staged demonstration in front of the Election Com- the bullet trains on Constituent Assembly chief sweep by the SEBIN national Nawaz Sharif's sons Hassan against the alleged rigging in mission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Beijing-Tianjin Diosdado Cabello called the intelligence service unit. Rafa- and Hussain have been placed the July 25 general elections, shouted slogans against the high-speed railway session to strip the lawmakers ela was later released. on the blacklist by the authori- in which cricketer-turned- alleged rigging in the elections. to 350 kilometres of their parliamentary immu- "All the statements (of ties, barring them from trav- politician Imran Khan's Paki- The 'Pakistan Alliance for per hour, reducing nity so they could face trial for detained suspects) point to elling on their Pakistani stan Tehreek-i-Insaaf emerged Free and Fair Elections' was the alleged and failed bid to kill Julio Borges, who lives in a passports, media reports said as the single largest party in formed last week at a multi- the inter-city travel the president. The Maduro administration and Bogota. In a television and mansion in Bogota protected on Wednesday. Parliament. party conference here. The time by five minutes. "When justice comes, it hits said Colombia -- including ex- radio address, Maduro simul- by the outgoing government of Sharif's sons, who live Political parties, except Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), The increase in speed hard," Cabello said. president Juan Manuel Santos, taneously accused opposition Colombia, we know he has the in London, were declared as the Khan-led Pakistan Teh- the Pakistan Muslim League- will shorten travel Maduro and his govern- who ended his term on Tues- legislator Juan Requesens and cowardice to participate in this absconders by a court after they reek-i-Insaaf (PTI), have Nawaz (PML-N), the Awami time between Beijing ment said the president had day -- had collaborated on the Borges of having plotted a type of events," Maduro said. failed to appear in any of the been complaining of rigging National Party (ANP), the South Railway Station been targeted by two flying attack with the "ultra far-right" drone "assassination" attempt He also railed against three corruption cases lodged and even demanded the res- Qaumi Watan Party (QWP), drones each carrying a kilo- Venezuelan opposition, and it on the Socialist leader over the Requesens, describing him as against them along with their ignation of the chief election the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami and Tianjin Railway gram (2.2 pounds) of powerful was financed by unnamed fig- weekend. one of his "craziest and most father after a Supreme Court commissioner. Party (PkMAP), the National Station from 35 C-4 explosives. ures in the US state of Florida. The president said several psychopathic" adversaries. Ear- decision in July 2017. They had also categorically Party (NP), the Muttahida Maj- minutes to 30 minutes But details of Saturday's No evidence was given raids were underway as part of lier, Requesens delivered a fiery The anti-corruption body rejected the poll results. The lis-i-Amal (MMA) and other with no price differ- incident remain unclear, with to support the allegations, investigations. speech in which he promised National Accountability PTI won 116 National Assme- smaller parties are part of the ence in fares. AGENCIES conflicting information com- which have worsened already Borges is one of the most to keep pushing to get Maduro Bureau (NAB) has requested bly seats. alliance. ing from various sources. fraught ties between Caracas prominent figures of the Ven- out of power. AGENCIES for the names of Hassan and The demand also gathered Former prime minis- Hussain to be placed on the steam when five empty ballot ter Yousuf Raza Gilani and Government of West Bengal Exit Control List on which boxes and over a dozen papers PPP leaders were also among North Bengal Development Department the caretaker cabinet has not were found by the roadside in the protesting leaders, along First Muslim woman set to passed a decision, Geo news Karachi and Sialkot. with hundreds of party Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri reported. AGENCIES Leaders and members of workers. AGENCIES ABRIDGED –e-NIT e-NIT Name of work Estimated Last date of ref. no. 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She was sion to allow far-right conspir- a crowded battle to replace for- a lawyer and community activ- acy theorist Alex Jones to use mer US Representative John ist prior to her political career. the platform to spread his mes- Conyers Jr. in the Michigan's 42-year-old Rashida Tlaib The 13th Congressional Dis- sage, saying he hasn't broken 13th Congressional District trict she will represent includes user rules. Democratic primary, The million. She said her day had a large southern area of subur- Apple, Facebook, Spotify Detroit News reported. been filled with emotion and ban Detroit in Wayne County. and YouTube have all banned No Republican is run- described it as "happy chaos," After boundary lines were Jones, who runs the website ning for the seat in the Demo- the report said. redrawn in 2012, the 13th is Infowars. cratic-leaning district, meaning "Especially meeting voters the only congressional district "We're going to hold Jones Palestinian-origin Tlaib is vir- and talking to them, they are entirely within one county. to the same standard we hold to tually guaranteed to win the inspired," she was quoted as Her victory comes amid every account, not taking one- Jack Dorsey seat in election scheduled for saying by the report. increase in Islamophobia across off actions to make us feel good November. "One resident said she's the US, in the wake of US Presi- in the short term, and adding hate discourse. September 11, 2001 strikes on Tlaib had pulled in 33.2 per happy for me and it's already dent Donald Trump's election fuel to new conspiracy theo- His site Infowars has the World Trade Center and the cent of the vote over Detroit written. It's been amazing to in 2016 and Trump's hostile ries," Dorsey said in a tweet. accused victims of the 2012 Pentagon. City Council President Brenda interact with families at poll- immigration policies towards "We know that's hard for Sandy Hook school shooting Spotify, the streaming music Jones, who has 29.2 per cent, ing locations. I feel very much immigrants. many, but the reason is sim- of being "actors" in a plot to online service, had already with 96 per cent of precincts supported." In 2016, presidential can- ple: he hasn't violated our rules. discredit the gun lobby. removed a number of Jones's reporting, it said. Tlaib had served in the didate Hillary Clinton won the We'll enforce if he does." In a Facebook said Jones violated podcasts last week, accusing She has boasted a grassroots Michigan House from 2009 13th District by 60.6 points series of tweets on the sub- its hate speech policies, adding them of breaking its own hate- campaign and came out on top until 2014. while Trump, a Republican, ject, Dorsey said Twitter rea- that the pages were taken down speech rules. On Monday, the in fundraising, topping USD 1 The 89-year-old Conyers won by 0.2 points. AGENCIES soned that it was journalists' for "glorifying violence, which Swedish company went a step job to shine the light of truth violates our graphic violence further and banned his pro- Government of West Bengal on unsubstantiated rumours or policy, and using dehumaniz- gram altogether. 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AGENCIES 11 New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp US navy veteran gets 3 lifers Relentless racism! 71-year-old Sikh assaulted, spit at in USA for Indian engineer’s murder NEW YORK: A 71-year- old Sikh man was brutally assaulted and spit at by two NEW YORK: A US Navy vet- and I came to the US of Amer- live without fear of becoming a unidentified men in the US eran has been sentenced to ica full of dreams and aspi- victim of hate crimes irrespec- state of California, the second three consecutive life sentences rations...Now, my American tive of "who you are, what you attack on a community mem- on hate crime charges for kill- Dream - and that of Srinu's - believe, or how you worship." ber in about a week that has ing Indian engineer Srinivas is broken," Sunayana Dumala The killing of Kuchibhotla raised concerns over increas- Kuchibhotla and wounding said in the statement read out had shaken the Indian commu- ing incidents of hate crimes in two others after he thought in court today as Purinton was nity and led to heightened fear the country. they were Iranians at a subur- sentenced, calling her husband and anxiety among the South Disturbing footage from ban Kansas City bar last year. by his informal name. Asian population in general a surveillance camera shows Adam Purinton of Olathe Addressing Purinton in and the Indian community in Sahib Singh Natt walking shot and killed Kuchibhotla, her victim-impact statement, particular, about their safety. alone on the side of a road and wounded two others Dumala said if Purinton could Concerns grew in the commu- early morning on August 6 in times near his head as he lay on in a collar brace. Indian national Alok Madasani have kept his anger inside and nity about misplaced percep- Manteca, California when two the street. He then starts leav- A report in the Manteca and Kansas resident Ian Gril- spoken to her husband softly, tions among individuals over men, wearing hoodies, walk- ing again, pauses, turns around, Bulletin said Natt has had lot at Austins Bar & Grill in Racist killer Adam Purinton "Srinu would have been more immigration status and ethnic- ing from the opposite direction and then spits at Natt. heart and other health issues. Olathe, Kansas, in February than happy to share his back- ity of Indians and South Asians approach him. This is the second attack on Manteca Police say the incident 2017. The sentences handed with suffering." ground and help you under- in America. Natt stops on seeing the a Sikh man in about a week in appears to be a robbery attempt Earlier this year, he pleaded down in federal court yester- Sessions said that while stand that not every brown Purinton, yelled, "Get out men and the two men are seen California. On July 31, 50-year but they are not ruling out the guilty in federal court to hate day will run consecutively to the "irreparable harm" that skinned person is suspicious or of my country," before shoot- talking to him. Singh then old Surjit Malhi was attacked possibility of it being a hate crime and firearm offenses aris- another life sentence 53-year- Purinton has done cannot be evil, but kind, smart and con- ing Kuchibhotla, who later walks past them but they con- while putting up campaign crime. Co-founder of National ing out of the shooting. old Purinton previously undone, "some measure of jus- tributing to America." died from injuries sustained tinue to follow and talk with signs in support of incumbent Sikh Campaign Rajwant Singh At his federal guilty-plea received for first-degree mur- tice for the victims' families has She said Purinton instead in the attack. Kuchibhotla and him. Republican Congressman said "we are disturbed and hearing, Purinton admit- der in Johnson County District been achieved." chose to rage and bully in anger Madasani worked as engineers After a brief argument, one Jeff Denham and other local appalled by the recent attacks ted in open court that he tar- Court. "The crimes at issue in The widow of Kuchib- and when he was stopped, he at Garmin, a tech company that of the men, who is wearing a Republican candidates. While on Sikh-Americans. The fact geted and shot Kuchibhotla this case are detestable," Attor- hotla told the US Navy vet- decided to take their lives. makes GPS devices. black hoodie, suddenly kicks beating Malhi, the attackers that Sahib Singh was assaulted and Madasani because of their ney General Jeff Sessions said eran that her husband was "...(U)se the time that is Hours after the shooting, Natt in the stomach and the yelled "Go back to your coun- and had his turban ripped off race, colour, and national ori- in a statement. always "respectful to others" being given to you to educate Purinton stated over the phone elderly man falls down on the try! and spray painted the same his head should be a peaceful gin, and that he shot Grillot "The defendant acted with and would have helped him yourself and inform others who to a friend, and later in person road, with his turban coming message, along with hate sym- call to action for our commu- during an attempt to flee the clear premeditation in murder- understand that not every are still out in the open and to a bartender, that he had just off. bols, on his truck. Local police nity and the many support- scene of the crime. ing one man, and attempting brown-skinned person is evil stop them from killing inno- killed some Iranians. He tries to get up and are investigating the incident as ers of our campaign Sikhs and Purinton had also pleaded to murder a second man, sim- but is contributing to Ameri- cent people as you did - choos- Purinton admitted that defend himself but the man a possible hate crime. non-Sikhs alike. This situation guilty in state court to charges ply because of their race, reli- ca's growth. ing violence over kindness," she he shot Kuchibhotla and again kicks him in the stom- Sikh advocacy group The serves as a painful reminder of murder and attempted mur- gion, and national origin. As a "My husband was more added. Madasani, attempting to kill ach. Natt falls on the road as the Sikh Coalition wrote on their that there is still much work to der, and has been sentenced to result, a promising young life than what you chose to address US Attorney Stephen McAl- both men, because of their race, man who attacked him comes Facebook page that while it be done in bringing Americans a term of life imprisonment in has been tragically cut short, him as. Always kind, caring, lister for the District of Kansas colour, religion, and national close to him and appears to does not have any immedi- of all faiths, colours, and com- state prison. and other lives have been filled and respectful to others. Srinu said a person should be able to origin. AGENCIES touch his face and spit on him. ate evidence that the attack munities together." They then walk away as Natt is on Natt was bias-related, the He said America is going lying on the road. group is quickly investigating through an "incredible time of Trump nominates Indian-American law 2 Pak girls' schools A few seconds later the man the details to learn more. Natt polarisation" and hateful rhet- in the black hoodie runs back has received serious injuries oric has been inserted in the professor to privacy & civil liberties body burnt down ... second and viciously kicks Natt three and a photo of him shows him public domain. AGENCIES No one trusts NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump has nominated such attack in a week US any more: a prominent Indian-American law professor and legal expert KARACHI: Two more girls' attacked in the northern areas Iran foreign to an agency on privacy and schools have been burnt down of Pakistan. civil liberties. by unidentified persons in In December 2011, at least minister Zarif Aditya Bamzai, a profes- Pakistan amid a spate of such two girls' schools were partially sor at University of Virginia's incidents that have raised con- damaged in low-intensity explo- TEHRAN: Iranian School of Law, has been nomi- cerns over the safety of educa- sions in Chilas. Foreign Minister Mo- nated by Trump to be a mem- tional institutions which are In 2004, girls' schools in hammad Javad Zarif ber of the Privacy and Civil often attacked by the militants Chilas came under a string of today said it was Liberties Oversight Board for opposing women's education, a attacks. Nine schools of which hard to imagine new the remainder of a six-year media report said today. eight were girls' schools were talks with the US after term expiring January, 29, Aditya Bamzai This is the second major attacked and destroyed in five 2020. incident of attack on educa- days in the area in February. it lost the trust of the The agency works to ensure He joined the University of University and of the Univer- tional institutions in Pakistan Terrorists have also blown world with its er- that efforts by the executive Virginia School of Law's fac- sity of Chicago Law School, in a week. On Friday, unknown up educational institutions ratic decision-making. branch of the government to ulty as an associate professor where he was the editor-in- militants had set 12 schools, half in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and "Imagine negotiating protect the nation from ter- in June 2016. chief of the law review. Before of them all-girls', on fire in the Federally Administered Tribal now -- how can we rorism are balanced with the Bamzai has argued cases entering the academy, Bamzai country's north Gilgit Baltistan. Areas (FATA). According to a trust them?" Zarif told need to protect privacy and relating to the separation of served as an attorney-adviser Yesterday's attack took report, about 1,500 schools have civil liberties. powers and national security in the Office of Legal Counsel place in Pishin district of the been destroyed in the tribal belt reporters on state According to Bamzai's pro- in the U.S. Supreme Court, of the U.S. Department of Jus- restive Balochistan province. during the last 10 years. broadcaster IRINN. file on the university website, he Foreign Intelligence Surveil- tice and as an appellate attor- No casualty was reported in Nobel Prize winner and edu- "America has zig- teaches and writes about civil lance Court of Review, D.C. ney in both private practice the incidents as nobody was cation activist Malala Yousafzai zagged constantly, procedure, administrative law, Circuit and other federal courts and for the National Security in the school in the night time, was also shot by the Taliban in so now no one trusts federal courts, national security of appeals. Division of the Department of Duniya News reported. 2012 for advocating girls' edu- them." AGENCIES law and computer crime. He is a graduate of Yale Justice. AGENCIES Girls' schools are often cation in Swat. AGENCIES At last, Indian sailor to come home after 18-month ship stranding in UK

LONDON: An Indian captain bours owners. a surveyor instructed by the you start thinking about the stuck aboard an Indian ship Lawyers acting for the crew court will value the ship and situation and then there's no stranded at a UK port for 18 made representations to the the sale process should con- hope," he said. months due to a long-standing Admiralty Marshal at the High clude in September. Rastogi said he would legal dispute over unpaid crew Court in July and the ship has Paul Keenan, inspector continue to work at sea after wages and port dues is set to now been arrested, meaning with the International Trans- the ordeal, adding "lightning return home, a media report the court can arrange to sell it port Workers' Federation, said doesn't strike twice". said today. and use the money for the sail- the ship could sell for 700,000 Asked about his plans when Nikesh Rastogi, 43, is the ors' wages. to 800,000 pounds. he returned home, he said: "I captain of the offshore supply "It is like a weight being Haworth said this should be think I'm going to have lots of vessel Malaviya Twenty which lifted because there was a point enough to pay those involved Indian food". has been held at a port in Great of no hope. There was a period in the wrangle, including the "I'm going to start with cur- Yarmouth, in the East Anglia where things were really bad Admiralty Marshal's costs, port ries from breakfast to dinner," region of England, since July mentally," Rastogi was quoted dues, the crew's unpaid wages he said. 2016 after its Indian owners as saying by the Independent and lawyers. Malaviya Twenty, owned declared bankruptcy. newspaper. Rastogi said they looked by Mumbai's GOL Offshore Most of the original crew He said he hopes to fly out for "markers for depres- Ltd, was arrested in July 2016 has since been repatriated back home with his colleagues sion" and he read books to keep and issued with a distrain- to India but Rastogi and three within weeks. last year and had feared they anybody can take it over". busy. ment order under the UK's other crew members have been Rastogi, from Mumbai, said would not get paid if they left Paul Haworth, a director "Your mind needs to be like Harbour Act, which means it stuck aboard for 18 months he and his three crew members the ship as it would be "con- at the law firm Birketts which a shark in that sense because cannot leave the port at Great due to a stalemate with the har- had received no wages since sidered a derelict which means represented the crew, said if you stop then you sink and Yarmouth. AGENCIES Forty-four new exoplanets ‘iPhones do not listen to consumers without discovered in consent,’ Apple tries to convince US Congmen

one shot CUPERTINO (California): Apple Inc and Commerce Committee said "both told US lawmakers on Tuesday that its companies have been cooperative thus TOKYO: Scientists have dis- iPhones do not listen to users without far. The Committee looks forward to covered a trove of forty-four their consent and do not allow third- reviewing and analyzing the responses planets in solar systems beyond party apps to do so either, after law- as we consider next steps." our own in one go, dwarfing makers asked the company if its devices Apple wrote that it had removed the usual number of con- were invading users' privacy. apps from its App Store over privacy firmations from extrasolar Representatives Greg Walden, Mar- violations but declined to say whether surveys. sha Blackburn, Gregg Harper and Rob- it had ever banned a developer. It also The findings will improve ert Latta wrote to Apple's chief executive said it was up to developers to notify existing models of solar sys- Tim Cook and Alphabet Inc chief exec- users when an app was removed for tems, and may help research- utive Larry Page in July, citing concerns privacy reasons. ers investigate exoplanet about reports that smartphones could "Apple does not and cannot monitor atmospheres. "collect 'non-triggered' audio data from what developers do with the customer Novel techniques devel- users' conversations near a smartphone data they have collected, or prevent the oped to validate the find in order to hear a 'trigger' phrase, such onward transfer of that data, nor do we could accelerate the confirma- as 'Okay Google' or 'Hey Siri.'" have the ability to ensure a developer's tion of more extrasolar planet In a letter to Walden, an Oregon compliance with their own privacy poli- candidates. Republican who chairs the House nal that they are listening. timony by its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. cies or local law," Apple wrote. Astronomers pooled data Energy and Commerce Committee, The letters, in which lawmakers Alphabet did not respond to ques- The iPhone maker's App Store from NASA's Kepler and the Apple said iPhones do not record audio cited reports suggesting third-party tions about whether it had replied to has generated $100 billion in revenue ESA's Gaia space telescopes. while listening for Siri wakeup com- applications had access to and used lawmakers. Apple declined to com- for developers over the past decade. They confirmed existence mands and Siri does not share spoken 'non-triggered' data without users' ment beyond its letter, which was seen Apple told lawmakers in its letter that it of these 44 exoplanets and words. Apple said it requires users to knowledge, followed congressional by Reuters. rejected about 36,000 apps from among described various details about explicitly approve microphone access hearings in April into Facebook Inc's A spokeswoman for the Repub- the 100,000 submitted each week for them. AGENCIES and that apps must display a clear sig- privacy practices, which included tes- lican majority on the House Energy violations of its guidelines. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 Brand IPL’s value gallops by Wilful defaulters may soon need Govt’s permission to go abroad

NEW DELHI: A government $1 bn in just a year to $6.3 bn committee has recommended that wilful defaulters with loans MUMBAI: The Indian Premier Mumbai Indians, continued exceeding Rs 50 crore must take League (IPL) has seen a 18.87 to top the charts for the third prior approval for travel outside per cent growth in brand val- season in a row with a brand India. The recommendation by uation at $6.3 billion after its value of $113 million, at a a committee headed by financial 11th season this year, aided by growth of 7 per cent, while Kol- services secretary Rajiv Kumar the hike in broadcasting rights kata Knight Riders secured the is part of a crackdown on with fee, according to Duff & Phelps. second place with a brand value the wilful defaulters fleeing the The IPL was valued at $5.3 of $104 million, an increase of country, a report by the Eco- billion in 2017. 5 per cent over last year. nomic Times said. Duff & Phelps said that The two-year ban imposed The panel has submitted broadcaster Star India, which on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) its report to the government had bagged the media rights for and Rajasthan Royals has had and has recommended tighten- Rs 16,347.5 crore for a period some bearing on their brand ing the Passport law to prevent of five years from 2018-2022, values. However, the Mahendra defaulting promoters and fraud- has given a boost to the broad- Singh Dhoni-led CSK that won sters like Vijay Mallya, Nirav cast rights fees which rose by a this year's edition of IPL, were Modi and Mehul Choksi from gua, an island nation in the West 13,000 crore had come to light in CAGR of 18.9 per cent. able to to neutralise the nega- fleeing the country. Indies, from the US and getting February and allegedly involves "Under the broadcaster, tive impact, as they were valued “It was recommended that a local passport of the Carib- Nirav Modi and his uncle content delivery expanded at $98 million, alongside Royal Section 10 of the Indian Pass- bean country. Choksi. By the time, the cen- to various regional channels Challengers Bangalore. port Act may be amended to Choksi, involved in over tral agencies were alerted, they across its channels with com- The 11th edition's runners provide that persons who are $2 billion scam in Punjab had already fled the country. mentary in eight languages up, Sunrisers Hyderabad, saw a in wilful default of loans above National Bank, is believed to Mallya had fled the country than limiting the transmis- 25 per cent rise in brand valu- a specified limit of debt may have acquired the citizenship in March 2016 after defaulting sion to sports channels with Council India, IPL recorded It further said that Star is The change in content con- ation to $70 million, from $56 be treated as financial and eco- of Antigua last year. on loans given to Kingfisher just English commentary," the the highest ever inaugural week estimated to have sold over 80 sumption, influx of over-the- million last year. Kings XI Pun- nomic risk in public interest,” a Earlier in March, the Airlines, which was promoted global valuation and corporate television viewership at nearly per cent of the advertising slots top (OTT) and digital viewing jab witnessed the most appre- government official was quoted Finance Ministry had asked by his group. Moreover, Par- finance advisor said. 300 million, with nearly 30 per even before the commence- platforms and increased sup- ciation in brand value with a 27 as saying by the daily. public sector banks (PSBs) to liament passed Fugitive Eco- It noted that the broadcast- cent increase in reach in south ment of the season. port from advertisers, broad- per cent growth at $52 million. The official said that the collect passport details of all nomic Offenders Bill, 2018 er's decision led to an increased India. "Star India's broadcasting casters and sponsors, according Social media continues specified limit may be set at those borrowers who have bor- giving authorities powers to cumulative TV reach of the Duff & Phelps said that rights deal was a game changer to him, have given the IPL to be an important driver of Rs 50 crore. Section 10 of the rowed loans of more than Rs attach and confiscate the pro- tournament across the coun- Star India is estimated to have that put IPL on par with some greater significance in terms brand value, according to Duff Indian Passport Act deals with 50 crore. The banks have also ceeds of crime and properties of try, with regional channels earned Rs 2,000 crore through of the biggest sporting leagues of brand value. & Phelps, with the first week the impounding and revocation been asked to introduce mod- economic offenders, like bank including Hindi contributing TV and digital advertise- in the world (on a fee per match Most teams saw their team of the 2018 season witnessing of passports. ifications in the loan applica- fraudsters or loan defaulters nearly two thirds of IPL's total ments, compared to the previ- basis)," said Varun Gupta, sponsorship revenues rise by 855,400 mentions across plat- These recommendations tion form issued to a borrower fleeing the country. viewership. ous broadcaster Sony who had managing director, Duff & at least 20 per cent when com- forms, from 642,900 mentions assume significance in view of to incorporate his or her pass- The law is aimed at quickly As per TV rating agency earned a total of Rs 1,300 crore Phelps and Asia Pacific leader pared to last year, according to in the first week of the previous reports of fugitive diamantaire port details. recovering losses to exchequer Broadcast Audience Research in advertising revenues. for valuation services. the report. season. PTI Mehul Choksi moving to Anti- The PNB fraud worth Rs or PSBs in cases of frauds. PTI IDBI Bank gets India Post Payment Bank to offer govt nod for Govt needs to look at problems faced loans, MFs, insurance via 3rd party acquisition by LIC by exporters trading with Iran: FIEO OUR CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI: IDBI Bank on NEW DELHI: The gov- "Anyone doing business Wednesday said it has received ernment needs to look into with Iran will NOT be doing NEW DELHI: Come August 21 approval to bring down the gov- the problems being faced by business with the United and the country would get 650 ernment stake to below 50 per exporters shipping consign- States. I am asking for WORLD branches of much awaited India cent and get acquired by insur- ments to Iran in view of the PEACE, nothing less," he has Postal Payment Bank (IPPB). ance behemoth LIC. increasing threat of US eco- said in a tweet. With the opening of Postal Pay- Earlier this month, the nomic sanctions against the FIEO Director General Ajay ment bank branches in every Union Cabinet had approved Persian Gulf nation, FIEO said Sahai said that the government district, it would become the Life Insurance Corp's pro- on Wednesday. has to take a call on the issue as first payment bank with over posed acquisition of up to 51 Federation of Indian Export the existing rupee account for 1.5 lakh access points across the per cent stake in debt-ridden Organisations (FIEO) Presi- export purposes have funds for country out of which about 1.3 IDBI Bank. dent Ganesh Gupta said that another 3-4 months only. lakh will be in rural areas. In a stock exchange filing the rupee account currently needs to immediately look at est oil supplier after Iraq and "There is an uncertainty Apart from providing the the state-owned bank said that used for payment settlement the situation and take steps," Saudi Arabia. Iran supplied with Iran on trade front," he facilities of availability of cash in the rural area that have the To overcome the limitation the government has conveyed has limited funds to meet Gupta said on the sidelines of 18.4 million tonnes of crude said. at the doorstep, the Postal Pay- direct reach to neighbouring of Rs 1 lakh deposit limit, IPPB its "no objection" to reduction export requirement only for a function here. oil between April 2017 and Jan- Bilateral trade between ment would also offer loans, villages. With these rural post has received permission to link in government's shareholding 3-4 months. The US has told India uary 2018 (first 10 months of India and Iran increased to mutual funds and insurance office branches, IPPB services around 17 crore post office sav- to below 50 per cent, relinquish- "Other than UCO Bank, no and other countries to cut oil fiscal 2017-18). $13.8 billion in 2017-18 from policies to its customers. The will be made available across ing banks (POSB) account. ment of management control in other bank is willing to deal imports from the Gulf nation US President Donald $12.9 billion in the previous IPPB would forge third party all villages in the country,” the “With this whenever deposit IDBI Bank and acquisition of with exporters who are trad- to "zero" by November 4 or face Trump has warned other coun- fiscal. However, India's exports tie-up with banks and other sources said, adding that two in IPPB account exceeds Rs 1 controlling stake in IDBI Bank ing with Iran in view of the US sanctions. tries from doing business with goods worth only $2.5 billion financial companies for pro- branches of IPPB are already lakh, it can be transferred to by LIC as promoter. sanctions. The government Iran is India's third-larg- Iran. to that country. PTI viding loans, insurance, etc operational on a pilot basis in POSB. There are a total of 37 The acquisition of control- facilities. Raipur and Ranchi. crore different types of accounts ling stake by the LIC, it added, Competition panel According to official “The IPPB would provide at post offices which will be would be through preferential RBI to pay Govt 50K cr Sebi orders sources, the Postal Payments the facilities of both savings linked to IPPB gradually,” the issue/open offer of equity, sub- ` Bank has partnered with Pun- bank account as well as current sources said. ject to regulatory approval and okays Walmart’s forensic audit jab National Bank and Bajaj accounts and the deposit limit “The IPPB would also pro- compliance with laws. dividend... in line Allianz to offer loans, mutual of both categories of accounts vide doorstep banking services, Post the transaction, IDBI Flipkart purchase of Parsvnath funds and insurance and look- would be Rs 1 lakh. It would which would be chargeable. The Bank would become a subsid- ing for more partners. also facilitate money transfer ministry has not yet decided as iary of LIC, which will have 51 NEW DELHI: The Competi- with Budget estimate Developers “All 1.55 lakh post office to other bank accounts, among what would be the charges for per cent stake in it. tion Commission on Wednes- branches will be linked to other services. However, they doorstep services,” an official Currently, LIC holds 7.98 day said it has approved US MUMBAI: The RBI on Wednes- NEW DELHI: Markets regula- IPPB by the end of this year. cannot offer loans, or issue said, adding that it would very per cent stake in the debt-rid- retail giant Walmart's proposed day decided to pay Rs 50,000 tor Sebi on Wednesday ordered There are 1.3 lakh post offices credit cards,” the sources said. nominal. den public sector bank. PTI acquisition of Flipkart. crore as dividend to government a forensic audit of Parsvnath In May, Walmart Inc in line with the Union Budget Developers Ltd (PDL), which announced acquisition of 77 provisions, helping the Centre figured in the list of 331 "sus- Swadeshi Jagran Manch’s S per cent stake of Flipkart in its stick to its fiscal roadmap. pected shell companies", on AAI mulls ECBs, masala biggest takeover till date. The The Reserve Bank, which prima facie suspicion of mis- Gurumurthy on RBI Board deal values the 11-year old follows July-June financial representation of business by Indian e-commerce firm at year, has paid about 63 per cent the government projected to the firm with regard to certain bonds for raising funds NEW DELHI: The government has appointed $20.8 billion. higher dividend than previous collect Rs 54,817.25 crore as transactions. Chartered Accountant Swaminathan Guru- "@CCI_India approves pro- year (2016-17). The RBI made dividend or Surplus of Reserve In an interim order, the murthy, who is associated with the Rashtriya posed acquisition of Flipkart a dividend payout of Rs 30,659 Bank of India, Nationalised Securities and Exchange Board Private Limited by Wal-Mart crore for the fiscal ended June Banks and Financial Institu- of India (Sebi) said, "the pres- Swayamsevak Sangh affiliate Swadeshi Jagran International Holdings, Inc," 2017. tions. The government realised ent enquiry is restricted only to Manch, on the board of the Reserve Bank of the regulator said in a tweet. "The Central Board of Direc- Rs 51,623.24 crore under this contracts/ sub-contracts under- India. The Appointments Committee of the Cabi- Deals beyond a certain tors of the Reserve Bank of India head in the previous fiscal. taken by PDL during the period net has approved his appointment as non-official threshold are required to get (RBI), at its meeting held on It is to be noted that the 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12". clearance from the Competition August 8, 2018, approved the RBI transferred a surplus of Rs The regulator directed the director on the central board of the RBI for a pe- Commission of India (CCI). transfer of surplus amounting to 30,659 crore as dividend to the exchange to appoint an inde- riod of four years, an order issued by the Person- The regulator keeps a tab on Rs 500 billion (Rs 50,000 crore) government for the year ended pendent forensic auditor to nel Ministry said. "This is the first directorship unfair business practices in the for the year ended June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017, which was less verify any misrepresentation ever. Never accepted any private or PSU director- market place. Meanwhile, Trad- to the Government of India," the than half of what it paid in the including of financials or busi- ship. Not even audit of PSUs or Pvt cos. Wanted ers’ body CAIT on Wednesday central bank said in an official previous year (Rs 65,876 crore). ness by PDL in the context of described as ‘most unfortu- statement. Earlier in March, the T he surplus payout in June the transactions during the to be free to speak. But when pressure built up nate’ the Competition Com- RBI paid interim dividend of Rs 2017 year was low on account of financial years 2009-10, 2010- I am needed to do something in public interest I mission of India’s move to clear 10,000 crore at the insistence of expenses incurred on printing 11 and 2011-12, including the had to accept," Gurumurthy said in a tweet. He is the Walmart-Flipkart deal and the government to support fis- of new currency notes follow- role of key managerial person- NEW DELHI: The Airports 1,500 crore has been floated also the editor of Tamil magazine Thuglak. PTI said it will approach the court cal position. ing demonetisation effected on nel, directors and promoters in Authority of India (AAI) will and financial bids have been against the decision. AGENCIES As per the Budget Estimate, November 9, 2016. PTI them. PTI explore options of external opened. commercial borrowings and "Approval of the Ministry masala bonds to fund its capi- of Civil Aviation in this regard tal expenditure requirements, is awaited. Other modes of Trai chief’s reminder: Pro-consumer doesn’t equal anti-industry a senior official said. financing like External Com- The AAI -- also the nodal mercial Borrowing (ECB), NEW DELHI: Outgoing TRAI competition, consumer protec- about only after a prolonged in technology space for quite agency for the ambitious masala bonds etc would also Chairman R S Sharma, whose tion and growth of the industry, discussion with the industry. some time, and telecom is more regional air connectivity be explored linking with the tenure saw major, at times con- said Sharma who is set to com- "I think reasonable time has about technology today...I have scheme -- is targeting Rs 4,100 requirement," he said in an troversial, decisions on issues plete his term as TRAI chief on been given...My position has thoroughly enjoyed this role," crore worth capital expenditure e-mailed response. like termination charge and Thursday. been that the regulation has he said. on airport infrastructure devel- Masala bonds are rupee- predatory pricing, on Wednes- In the past, decisions by come after a lengthy year-long Sharma noted that the tele- opment in 2018-19. denominated overseas bonds. day said he is of the firm belief Telecom Regulatory Authority discussion process. It is not the com sector has undergone a In March this year, the The AAI manages more that being pro-consumer does of India (TRAI), ranging from knee-jerk reaction of TRAI, that "fundamental change" marked national airport operator's than 129 airports. Flight oper- not mean one is anti-industry. slashing of call-connect charges it has issued these regulations," by operator consolidation, the board approved a proposal for ations have started from 30 The TRAI Act itself calls for to its stance on the provision of Sharma said. explosion of data and fierce borrowing up to Rs 1,500 crore airports under the Regional ensuring consumer protection points of interconnect (sought Recounting his early days market competition. "There from the market in the form of Connectivity Scheme (RCS), and growth of the sector in equal by Reliance Jio at the start of its in TRAI, Sharma admitted that are concerns about the quality "Line of Credit/ Rupee Term Mohapatra said. measure, Sharma said. services), and predatory pric- he had initially been somewhat of service and those concerns, Loan". The scheme, also known "Some people take the line ing rules have come under the apprehensive on whether the unfortunately, remain till date. AAI Chairman Guruprasad as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam that if you are pro-consumer, industry's attack. regulatory role would imbibe TRAI has tried to do the best, R S Sharma Mohapatra said the capital Nagrik), seeks to connect you are anti-industry... that is far Earlier this year, TRAI's a developmental aspect. within the framework of the Act. expenditure is proposed to be unserved and under-served from the truth. Pro-consumer predatory pricing norms TRAI's new regulations on curb- sector is financially-stressed. "... initially, I was a bit appre- There is a new regulation on ser- funded through borrowings airports in different parts of does not mean anti-industry. sparked-off a furore as old ing pesky calls and messages, Sharma on Wednesday said hensive as I had, through my vice quality that is granular and and internal resources in 60:40 the country. So far this year, It is not a zero-sum game, one telecom operators and indus- saying tailoring of systems, and that "reasonable time" has been life, been engaged in develop- will be helpful...operators have ratio. as many as 7 unserved air- should be conscious of that," try association criticised the use of blockchain technology given to the telecom operators mental work ... I was wondering also become sensitive to the fact In an interview to PTI, he ports and equal number of Sharma said. new rules. will involve Rs 200-400 crore on norms to curtail pesky tele- whether the regulatory role had that they cannot leave one area said the Request for Proposal under-served aerodromes have The TRAI Act mandates that More recently, industry body investment and 18 months for marketing calls and messages. any developmental facet. But or tower unattended for long," (RFP) for borrowing up to Rs become operational. PTI the regulator has to ensure fair COAI raised a red flag over the rollout, at a time when the The rules, he said, came I had the advantage of being Sharma said. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 mp Pradhan set to launch IOC signs up US crude oil DSF-II bid round today st NEW DELHI: Petroleum Min- of oil equivalent (MMtoe). ister Dharmendra Pradhan will Of these 60 fields, 22 belong in 1 ever term-tender deal on Thursday open the second to ONGC, five to OIL and 12 round of bidding for discov- are relinquished discovered NEW DELHI: Less than a The increased purchase of ered oil and gas fields with 26 fields from the New Explo- year after first oil from the US US oil companies has come areas on offer, an official state- ration and Licensing Policy was imported into India, state- ahead of re-imposition of eco- ment said. (NELP) blocks. owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) nomic sanctions against Iran - In the first round of bidding In DSF-I, 46 contract areas has signed up to buy crude oil India's second-biggest supplier for Discovered Small Fields consisting of 67 discovered from the US through a term- of oil. The sanctions, which (DSF) last year, 134 bids were fields spread across nine sed- tender deal, a senior company would come into force from received for 34 blocks out of imentary basins were put on official said. November 4, are likely to block 46 on offer. auction. IOC has signed a contract to current payment routes used to A total of 30 contracts were The auction attracted 134 buy about 6 million barrels of pay for Iranian imports. awarded to 20 companies, of The statement said the main e-bids for 34 contact areas of US crude oil under single ten- Iran is India's second-larg- which 13 were new entrants in features of DSF-II include a sin- the 46 offered. Later, 22 com- der for delivery in November est oil supplier, after Iraq. India the exploration and production gle licence for conventional and panies were shortlisted for 31 2018 to January 2019, he said. is the second-largest buyer of sector, the statement said add- unconventional hydrocarbon, contract areas of which 13 were Currently, the company, as Iranian oil after China. ing oil/gas from these fields is prior technical experience not new entrants with no prior well as other state-owned oil Oil Minister Dharmen- expected in 2019-20. a pre-qualification criterion, experience in the sector. firms, buy crude oil from the dra Pradhan had last month "Encouraged with the suc- no upfront signature bonus As many as 21 fields which US on a spot or current ten- told Parliament that Iran had cess of Round-I and looking and full pricing and market- did not receive any investor der basis which comprises one in April-June overtaken Saudi at the massive interest from ing freedom. interest in DSF-I will also be shipload of oil. They cannot Arabia to become the second industry especially from the "Royalty rates are further part of DSF-II bid. enter into a term or fixed quan- largest supplier of crude oil to private sector, the govern- reduced for shallow water as Post the February decision tity deals as the government Indian public sector firms. ment is now rolling out DSF compared to DSF-I," it added. of the Cabinet, an Empow- policy does not allow them to Indian PSUs, which last fis- bid Round-II which is offering The government had in ered Committee of Secretar- enter into such contracts with cal cut oil imports from Iran larger field areas in commer- 2016 brought a new DSF pol- ies (ECS) comprising Secretary non-state foreign firms. by a quarter, bought 5.67 mil- cially producing basins," it said. icy, offering "idle" small discov- (Petroleum & Natural Gas), IOC and other state firms lion tonnes of crude oil from The 60 discoveries clubbed ered fields of state-owned Oil Secretary (Expenditure) and like Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd the Persian Gulf nation during into 26 contract areas spread and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) Law Secretary have finalised (BPCL) and Hindustan Petro- will receive one very large crude in Odisha in January, he said. cargoes but are now also look- April-June. over 3,100 sq km and eight sed- and Oil India Ltd (OIL) in an and approved Model Revenue leum Corp Ltd (HPCL) enter carrier (VLCC) of US oil every Including these cargoes, the ing at tender-term deals where The US, which in May imentary basins will be put on auction on liberalised terms Sharing Contract, Notice Invit- into annual term import deals month in November, December company's US crude purchase monthly cargoes can be booked pulled out of a landmark offer. including marketing and pric- ing Offer (NIO) and other doc- with national oil companies of and January. amount to 16 million barrels in through a tender purchase," he nuclear deal and said sanc- The fields are being offered ing freedom and lower taxes. uments for DSF-II. mostly Middle East countries. It is expecting the first total since April. said. tions will be re-imposed on Iran in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kutch & The Union Cabinet in Feb- To expedite the award, the To overcome this, IOC VLCC to be delivered to Vadi- Prior to this deal, IOC had India first imported US within 180 days, has threatened Cambay shallow waters, Mum- ruary approved the second Cabinet had authorised Minis- floated a tender to buy three nar in Gujarat in November and struck deals for importing 10 crude oil in October last year to cut off access to the Ameri- bai offshore, Assam and Tri- round of DSF auctions, under ter of Petroleum and Minister shiploads of US crude instead of a second cargo at Mundra in the million barrels from six car- and has since then oil firms can banking system for foreign pura, Mahanadi shallow water, which the government is offer- of Finance to approve of the the usual practice of one cargo, same state in December. A third goes in the spot market. "We have been buying oil from that financial institutions that trade Andhra Pradesh onland and ing a total of 60 DSFs with an winners based on the recom- the official said. The company shipment is to come at Paradip had been regularly taking spot country on a tender basis. with Tehran. PTI KG offshore. estimated 194.65 million tonne mendations of ECS. PTI Businesses can approach jurisdictional NCLAT asks Tata BPCL energises Sons to file reply HPCL powers profit by 86% Q1 profit 3-fold tax officer to migrate to GST: CBIC to Mistry plea on higher refining margins to `2,293 crore NEW DELHI: The CBIC on tion number under the earlier NEW DELHI: The National Wednesday asked taxpayers, law, reason for not migrating in Company Law Appellate Tri- NEW DELHI: State-owned cially in LPG and bitumen and who wish to migrate their excise the system, along with the con- bunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday Hindustan Petroleum Corp higher value of fuel in refiner- and service tax registration to tact details, the Central Board sought a reply from Tata Sons by Ltd (HPCL) on Wednesday ies," Surana said. the GST, to approach their juris- of Indirect Taxes and Customs Friday to a petition filed by its reported 86 per cent jump He added that but for lower dictional tax officers by August (CBIC) said. ousted chairman Cyrus Mistry in first-quarter net profit on cracks (difference between 31 along with their provisional The details will then be challenging the move to convert higher refining margins. crude oil price and product ID. sent to GST Network (GSTN) the holding company of salt-to- Net profit of Rs 1,719 crore, price) and higher oil prices, Registered taxpayers under Number). for examination and to enable software conglomerate to a pri- or Rs 11.28 per share, in the margins should have been CMD D Rajkumar the erstwhile indirect tax regime The GST Council, chaired migration of such taxpayers. vate firm from deemed public April-June period of the current higher by $5 per barrel. were allotted a 15-digit provi- by Union Finance Minister, had After necessary activity, GSTN company. The NCLAT listed the fiscal was 86 per cent higher HPCL's refineries at Mum- NEW DELHI: State-owned sional ID before the introduc- last month allowed businesses will send e-mail communication matter for hearing on August 14. than Rs 925 crore clocked a CMD M K Surana bai and Visakh processed 4.52 Bharat Petroleum Corp tion of the Goods and Services with provisional ID to migrate directly to the tax payer intimat- The two-judge NCLAT year ago, HPCL Chairman and million tonnes of crude during Ltd (BPCL) on Wednesday Tax (GST) on July 1, 2017. to the new GST regime. ing the details of the process for Bench, headed by Justice S J Managing Director Mukesh K fuel to sale outlets, prices would April-June, 2018 as against 4.49 reported a three-fold rise in These taxpayers were These taxpayers will need completing the migration. Mukhopadhyay, was hear- Surana told reporters here. have gone up. Since retail price million tonnes during April- its first quarter net profit on required to complete the reg- to approach the jurisdictional Once the taxpayer receives ing a petition filed by Cyrus "The profit was higher is benchmarked at prevailing June, 2017. higher refining margins. istration formalities by filing up nodal officer of the Central or the detailed instruction from Investments Pvt Ltd seeking because of higher refining mar- international price, an inven- Also, during the period, the Net profit in April-June at certain details of businesses for state government on or before GSTN, he will be required to a stay on conversion of Tata gins which had a component of tory gain is accounted for. In company achieved the highest Rs 2,293.26 crore, or Rs 11.66 converting the provisional ID the August 31, 2018, along complete the migration process Sons into a private company inventory gains. It was aided by case of reverse, an inventory ever quarterly domestic sales a share, was higher than Rs to GSTIN (GST Identification with provisional ID, registra- as per the instruction. PTI as well as challenging a July 9 higher refinery throughput and loss is booked. volume of 9.63 million tonnes 744.56 crore, or Rs 3.79 a share, order of the Mumbai bench of higher sales," he said. In absolute terms, the with a growth of 5 per cent. in the same period of the previ- National Company Law Tri- The firm earned $7.15 on inventory gain was Rs 1,900 Surana said HPCL commis- ous fiscal, the company said in Adani Enterprises bunal (NCLT) that had upheld turning every barrel of crude crore in Q1, 2018-19 (as against sioned 65 new petrol pumps a regulatory filing. Anurag Sachan takes Mistry's sacking. oil into fuel as compared to loss of Rs 1,575 crore a year in the quarter to take the total It earned $7.49 on turn- Q1 PAT grows Last year in September, $5.86 per barrel gross refin- ago), he said. retail outlets to 15,127. Also, ing every barrel of crude oil shareholders of Tata Sons had ing margin a year ago. This Revenue rose to Rs 72,923 141 new LPG distributorships into fuel in the quarter as com- charge as DFCCIL MD 6% to `169 crore voted in favour of turning it included an inventory gain of crore in Q1 from Rs 59,891 were commissioned, taking pared to $4.88 per barrel gross into a private limited company $3.43 per barrel as compared to crore a year back. them to 4,990 as of June 2018. refining margin in the year-ago NEW DELHI: Anurag Sachan Sachan was serving as Chief NEW DELHI: Adani Enter- despite opposition by Mistry's an inventory loss of $2.86 in the "During April-June, though "For the year 2018-19, period. has assumed the charge of Man- Administrative Officer Udham- prises Ltd, the flagship com- family, which is the single larg- same period of previous fiscal. crude prices have increased sig- HPCL has planned to invest Also, it turned a higher vol- aging Director of Dedicated pur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail pany of the Adani Group, on est shareholder of the holding Inventory gain occurs when nificantly (from $49.8 per bar- over Rs 8,400 crore in various ume of 7.74 million tonnes of Freight Corridor Corporation Link Project in Northern Rail- Wednesday said its consolidated company. In his interim argu- a company buys crude oil at a rel to $73) leading to inventory projects across refineries and crude oil into fuel when com- of India Limited on way heading the most profit after tax (PAT) rose by 6 ment, the counsel appearing for particular rate but by the time gains which improved gross petrochemicals, marketing, pared with 6.42 million tonnes August 4, 2018. A challenging and iconic per cent to Rs 169 crore in the Mistry asked for a stay on the it is able to transport it to its refinery margins, a part of it pipelines and natural gas," he of crude throughput in April- Civil engineer by pro- railway project under- April-June quarter of 2018-19. conversion. PTI refinery, process it and send out was offset by lower cracks espe- said. PTI June 2017. PTI fession, he is an offi- taken so far by Indian The company had clocked a cer of Indian Railway Railways. This is a very PAT of Rs 159 crore in the year Govt considering Services of Engineers prestigious project of ago period, the company said. Digital payment transactions 42% Indians spend 6 to (IRSE) of 1981 batch. National importance, Consolidated income from He has executed entailing an invest- operations fell to Rs 7,954 crore coal royalty a large number of ment of over Rs. 29,000 in the quarter under review extremely challenging and tech- crore. from Rs 8,548 crore in the same rose to over 2,070 cr in FY18 rate revision 10 hours researching nologically advanced Railway He has many notable quarter of the preceding fiscal. infrastructure projects during achievements to his credit, Adani Enterprises Limited is NEW DELHI: Digital pay- sub-group views his 35 year long career with the which include execution of crit- the flagship company of Adani ment transactions in the coun- online to plan holidays Indian Railways. ical projects in the dense Mum- Group, one of India's largest try have increased manifold to NEW DELHI: The govern- Prior to this assignment, bai Suburban section. MPOST business conglomerates. PTI over 2,070 crore in 2017-18, ment is considering the rec- Parliament was informed on ommendations of a sub-group Wednesday. with regard to revision of pres- The digital payment trans- ent royalty rates on coal, Par- NMDC mines higher profit in Q1 actions have increased con- liament was informed on siderably - the total number transactions. "Digital Payment Wednesday. NEW DELHI: NMDC has reg- first quarter of 2018-19 is 6.98 of transactions have increased transaction targets have been "The Study Group has sub- istered PAT of Rs.975 crore a million tonnes and 6.78 million from 220 crore in 2013-2014 allocated to public and pri- mitted its recommendations... marginal increase of about 1 tonnes respectively. to more than 2070.98 crore in vate sector banks for 2018-19. which is under consideration per cent over the Q1 of 2017- N Baijendra Kumar, IAS, 2017-2018, Minister of State MeitY has set target of 3,013 with the government," Coal 18 where in the PAT was Rs.969 CMD, NMDC expressed that for Electronics and IT (MeitY) crore digital payment transac- Minister Piyush Goyal said in crore. the performance of the Com- S S Ahluwalia said in a written tions," he added. a written reply to Lok Sabha. NMDC has registered a pany is satisfactory but urged reply to Lok Sabha. As per the information The Centre had earlier decrease of 6 per cent in PBT for employees to put in more efforts In response to another received from National Crime set up a sub-group under the MUMBAI: Almost 42 per cent CMD N Baijendra Kumar the first quarter of FY 2018-19 to catch up with the production query, he said the govern- Records Bureau (NCRB), a Chairmanship of Coal Addi- Indians spend an average six Interestingly, 14% which fell to Rs.1,477 crore (Q1 crore against Rs.2,842 crore of and sales targets. Inspite of lot ment has been working with total of 10, 18 and 26 cases tional Secretary for examining to 10 hours researching online of 2018-19) from Rs.1,569 crore CPLY registering a fall of about of challenges both in Donima- various stakeholders includ- were registered under debit/ the issue of revision of royalty for deals on hotels, airlines or respondents in a (Q1 of 2017-18). The Compa- 15 per cent. lai and Bailadila Sector, NMDC ing states, smart cities, banks credit card frauds during 2014, rates on coal and lignite, the combo offers before booking a new survey say ny’s sales turnover for the first The Company’s production would be able to excel in the and payment service provid- 2015 and 2016, respectively, minister said in a written reply week-long holiday, according quarter of 2018-19 is Rs.2,422 and sales of Iron Ore during the forthcoming quarters. MPOST ers to promote digital payment he said. PTI to Lok Sabha. PTI to a survey. they have fought Around 23 per cent spend with their spouses 11-30 hours and 20 per cent spend more than 30 hours on for spending PNB talking to I-T, excise depts for Bhikaji Cama Place HQ's sale research and planning while too much time booking a week-long holiday, MUMBAI: State-run Pun- are negotiating for better valu- and its investment in Icra, Cri- stake in PNB Metlife Insur- the survey conducted by Access researching before jab National Bank (PNB) on ations because we are finding sil and BSE. ance as part of price discovery Media International, on behalf booking a holiday Wednesday said it is in nego- good interest in it," Mehta told The bank has appointed mechanism. of Expedia, showed. tiation with a few government reporters here on Wednesday. merchant banker for selling its It is also looking to shut Interestingly, the survey departments, including income He said the departments stake in PNB Housing Finance, its four representative offices also revealed that 14 per cent would book immediately, while tax and central excise, to sell its the bank is in negotiations with according to Mehta. in Sydney, Dhaka, Dubai and respondents have fought with a total of over 90 per cent will erstwhile headquarters situated include income-tax and cen- PNB owns 32.79 per cent Shanghai soon. their spouses for spending too book within the offer period. at the Bhikaji Cama Place in tral excise. stake in PNB Housing Finance, In the quarter ended June, much time researching before The survey also revealed New Delhi. PNB executive director L V while Carlyle Group, through the lender reported a net loss booking a holiday. that 65 per cent Indians don't Its managing director and Prabhakar said the first valua- its investment vehicle Qual- of Rs 940 crore due to higher The survey was conducted take risk to get great hotel deals. chief executive officer, Sunil tion of the property was done ity Investment Holdings, owns provisioning for the multi-crore online from May 30 to June 25, Out of the 35 per cent will- Mehta, on Wednesday said five to six months back but since 32.36 per cent of the paid up Nirav Modi scam and NPAs across Delhi, Mumbai, Banga- ing to take a risk to get good the bank is going for a sec- then the property rates have equity share capital. despite a recovery of Rs 8,445 lore, Hyderabad, Chennai and hotel deals, 17 per cent waited ond round of valuation of the gone up and the demand has The bank and Carlyle Group crore of bad loans. Pune, among 600 employed till the last day to make book- south Delhi property due to also increased, and hence the last month had announced to It's total provision in the adults aged 18 years and above. ings, 9 per cent booked hotel high demand. bank is going for revaluation. initiate the process to sell at quarter stood at Rs 5,135 crore. It showed that 93 per cent before approval on their leaves, "It (talks) is at the stage of The lender expects to raise least 51 per cent stake in PNB Of this, the provision for the respondents book their hotels 6 per cent booked hotel before negotiation. There are three nearly Rs 700-800 crore from official said. The bank has set a crore assets during FY19. It Housing Finance. Nirav Modi fraud was Rs 1,800 within a week of booking their flight and 4 per cent changed government agencies that we the sale of its earlier head office target to garner Rs 8,600 crore had raised Rs 167 crore in the Mehta said the bank will crore. It made a recovery of Rs flights tickets. However, if there their destination last minute, are in discussion with. Now we in the national capital, a bank from monetisation of its non- June quarter from sale of offices also dilute minority 4 per cent 8,445 crore. PTI is a hotel discount, 27 per cent it added. PTI 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 ROOKIE OLLIE POPE TO MAKE HIS TEST DEBUT STANDARD LIEGE COME FROM BEHIND KRUTIKA REPLACES INJURED FATIMA FOR VS INDIA AT LORD’S TO DRAW 2-2 WITH AJAX WOMEN’S T20 CHALLENGER TROPHY LONDON: England captain Joe Root confirmed on Wednes- AMSTERDAM: Standard Liege battled back from a two-goal NEW DELHI: All-rounder Krutika Chaudhari was on Wednesday day rookie batsman Ollie Pope will make his debut against deficit to salvage a 2-2 draw away against hosts AFC Ajax in named as a replacement for injured Fatima Jaffer in the India India in the second Test starting at the Lord’s on Thursday. Root the first leg of their UEFA Champions League third-round quali- Green squad for the upcoming women’s T20 Challenger Trophy announced that Surrey batsman Pope will receive his first cap fier. The hosts on Tuesday took the lead in the 19th minute on from August 14-21 at Alur in Bengaluru. Fatima, who was origi- batting at No. 4, replacing Dawid Malan from the side that a goal by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Dusan Tadic doubled the nally named in the Veda Krishnamurthy-led side, was ruled out won the first game by 31 runs at Edgbaston last week. advantage for Ajax 15 minutes later, reports Efe. with a knee injury and will undergo rehab. Kohli calls on Scoring against Iraq was fans to support all special: India U-16 coach Batsmen the key as India look team members NEW DELHI: India U-16 challenge now is to keep the LONDON: Indian cricket cap- football team coach Bibiano team focussed and hungry for tain Virat Kohli has called on Fernandes highlighted the success,” he said. to reverse fortunes at Lord’s fans to support the entire team teams “self-belief” after they The Indian colts made and not focus on just one or finished their engagements in short work of Jordan 4-0 LONDON: The Indian cricket ruled out playing an extra bats- Jos Buttler). Away from bowling two players. the WAFF U-16 Champion- in their opening encounter team would expect its floun- man here. He also mentioned attack permutations, Kohli will Addressing a gathering ship in Amman, Jordan. and accounted for the cur- dering batsmen to take more that the second spinner could face a tougher dilemma regard- of senior diplomats, business “We have now learnt how rent U-16 Asian Champions responsibility in pursuit of a come into contention. ing the batting line-up. The chiefs and politicians at a spe- to come back and win games Iraq in what was any Indian series-levelling victory in the In that scenario, Umesh skipper played Shikhar Dhawan cial reception hosted by the especially after a defeat. We national team’s first-ever second Test against England, Yadav can expect to be left out ahead of Cheteshwar Pujara at Indian High Commissioner have been continuously win over Iraq in any format, starting on Thursday at the with Ishant Sharma, Moham- Edgbaston, fitting-in KL Rahul to the UK Y K Sinha at his believing in ourselves,” he before rounding off Yemen Lord’s. med Shami and Hardik Pandya in the eleven appropriately. London residence on Tuesday said after India finished with 3-0 in the last match. If captain Virat Kohli had handling the pace duties. Experimentation with the evening, the batsman praised nine points from 4 matches in However, the boys lost the got support from his batting Toss-up for the second spin- number three spot is nothing his fellow teammates for their the tournament. lead and match to Asian pow- colleagues in Birmingham, ner’s slot is an interesting one. new for this team management. hardwork. “We had been conced- erhouse Japan 1-2 in their the scenario would have been The last time Ravindra Jadeja Back in 2014-15, the Kohli- “We as a team love play- ing late goals in our previous other match. completely different. The world played at the Lord’s (in 2014), Ravi Shastri combination first ing with each other and play matches in China, Thailand The colts now proceed to number one Test side came he took 3-99 in two innings but played around with number with a lot of passion. I would and Malaysia. The team was the AFC U-16 Championship close to taking the lead but fell scored 68 in the second innings three, when Rohit Sharma was just say to the fans to support pushing hard for a winner to be played in Kuala Lumpur short by 31 runs. that underlined his value with picked ahead of Pujara for the the whole team because we all in the dying stages but on from September 20. The mood in the Indian the bat and helped India put on fourth Test against Austra- are giving our best efforts and this tour, we converted our The 16 qualified teams dressing room, though, is quite a match-winning total. lia at Sydney. That experiment we all want to win together,” chances leaving us in a much in the AFC U-16 Champi- upbeat. It isn’t easy to overlook Kul- lasted two Tests against Ban- said Kohli, who was accompa- more comfortable position to onship have been divided Two days before the game, deep Yadav either. There is a gladesh and Sri Lanka (first Test nied by his Bollywood star wife defend and keep clean sheets,” into four groups of 4 teams there was healthy amount of strong appreciation for his tal- at Galle), before Sharma was AP/PTI Anushka Sharma. Bibiano said. each with the top two from grass on the Lord’s pitch. It is ent in the Indian camp, and it moved down the order with “It’s not about individuals However, Bibiano main- each group advancing to the expected that the groundsmen was once again noticeable in Ajinkya Rahane batting at num- mon aspect among these previ- back in the playing eleven. Dha- or one or two players, it’s about tained “there is always room quarter-finals. will shave a few bits off before the nets as he bowled to skipper ber three in the next two Tests. ous changes was Pujara’s poor wan only managed 26 and 13, Team India together and that’s for improvement and we still India have been clubbed the first ball. But even if they Virat Kohli on Tuesday, beating Pujara returned at number run of form (in Australia, he while Rahul scored 4 and 13, the passion everyone should have a lot of work to do.” with Iran, Vietnam and Indo- don’t, the general expectation him with drift and turn on more three in the home series against had scored 201 runs in three yet nothing has really changed carry off the field as well,” he “The hard fought victory nesia in Group C. The four is that the pitch would turn out than a couple of occasions. South Africa (2015) and sta- Tests before being dropped) or since Birmingham. According said. against Iraq was extremely semi-finalists get a direct to be quite dry. He got thumbs-up and tus quo was maintained for six strike-rate (in the second Test to the Indian camp, Edgbaston Kohli, alongside the rest of special. The 93rd minute ticket to the next edition of This has also prompted a smiles of admiration from the Tests, before he was dropped at Jamaica, he scored 46 runs was a difficult pitch to bat on his squad, interacted with the winner is something that the FIFA U-17 World Cup in rethink in the Indian camp as star batsman. In dry English again for the third Test in West off 223 balls at 28.93 before and this experiment could yet guests at the reception, signed will stay with us. The biggest 2019. AGENCIES to what bowling strategy they conditions, wrist spin is a pre- Indies (St. Lucia, 2016). being dropped). The question continue. Even so, with 36 dif- autographs and posed for self- would want to go in with. mium weapon, particularly There, much to everyone’s for the team management to ferent playing XIs in as many ies. It is always wonderful to Despite India’s overall failed against a line-up that hasn’t surprise, Kohli himself bat- answer is if they want Pujara Tests under Kohli’s captaincy, come to London and interact Don’t see any reason to batting effort at Edgbaston, faced Kuldeep much (barring ted at number three, scoring 3 — someone who has played the Indian line-up is begging with people who love the game, bowling coach Bharat Arun Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and and 4 in two innings. The com- county cricket this summer — for some consistency. AGENCIES he said. The reception in hon- our of the Indian cricket team part ways with Constantine Chhattisgarh Rural Roads Development Agency was hosted by the High Com- missioner ahead of the second VIKASH BHAVAN, CIVIL LINES, RAIPUR (C.G.) Test against England at Lord’s, till Asian Cup: AIFF E-Procurement Tender Notice starting tomorrow. N1T No. 367 /CE,/TECH./CGRRDA/201 8 Daied 07/08/2018 Superintending Engineer/ Convener (Tender Cell), Chhauisgrrh Rural Road Developmment Agency, Vikash “The whole team has Bhawan- Civil Lines Raipur invites Online Percentage rate tenders on SSOR from approved & eligible bidders played very well. We lost (the for Construction / Up gradation of Rural Roads under Jila Khanij Sansthan Nyas Shashi Parishad for. Korba first Test), but we lost narrowly. District of Chhattisgarh State. And, I am confident that at Lord’s, the Mecca of Cricket, we will win and go on to win the series,” said Sinha, praising Kohli as the “greatest batsman in the world”. AGENCIES

NEW DELHI: Stephen Bishkek, the team had made Constantine will continue as it to the Asian Cup, scheduled India’s national football coach to be held in the UAE from at least till the 2019 Asian January 5 to February 1. Cup, AIFF general secretary “We don’t see any rea- Kushal Das has said, put- son to remove him. He has ting to rest speculation about delivered the results, and an abrupt sacking following moreover, the SAFF Cup is complaints by senior players. coming up and then there is the Terming the murmurs Asian Cup. His contract Detailed N.l.T and other Details can be viewed on our website http://eproc.cgstate.gov.in on or after around Constantine as hear- expires on January 31 next 09/08/2018. In future any related corrigendum would be seen in the notice section of the website. Sd/- say circulating in the social year,” Das said. Superintending Engineer/Convener (Tender Cell) media, the top All India Foot- Specifically asked if Con- Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency ball Federation (AIFF) office- stantine is going to guide the Civil Lines, Raipur (C.G.) bearer said they don’t see a team in the Asian Cup, Das Samvad 88102/ 5 E-mail: [email protected] plausible reason to part ways responded in the positive. with the coach till the end of Apparently, after qualify- WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY the continental showpiece, ing for the Asian Cup final UTTAR HARYANA BIJLI VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED when his contract expires. rounds, some senior foot- Regd. & corp. Office: C-16, Vidyut Sadan, Sector-6, Panchkula, Haryana In his second spell with ballers met the AIFF general Ph. No. 01262-285915 Fax- 01262-295639, Web Site: www.uhbvn.org.in the senior team, the Brit- secretary during a national CIN No. U40109HR1999SGCO34166, Email- [email protected] ish coach oversaw a dream camp in Mumbai, expressing Notice inviting Tender 13-match unbeaten run that their grievances. ended with a 1-2 defeat to “I do meet players, sup- Kyrgyzstan in an inconse- port staff on a regular basis. quential away final group Players can have prob- game of the 2019 AFC Asian lems with the coach. I think Cup qualifying campaign in these rumours picked up March. pace in the social media,” Das By the time India suffered said without divulging any that rare recent reverse in further. AGENCIES Detailed terms and conditions are available on the website www.uhbvn.org.in PRDH-Advt. No:-1135/11/3191/1819/69897 Executive Engineer (OP) city Dated: 08/08/2018 Divn., UHBVN, Rohtak.

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It is learnt NEW DELHI: Indian women’s who, after the final win, became hence have complete faith that ministry continued its delib- that the ministry is not happy singles star shuttler P V Sindhu the first women’s singles player my gold shall come soon!! It’s eration with regards to size of with the naming of Raj Kumar may have missed out on her to win three world titles. It was amazing how I have received the Indian contingent for the Sacheti as one of the four deputy third consecutive major indi- Carolina’s third title in the last so much love and support from Asian Games as suspense pre- Chefs de Mission of the Indian vidual title but she sees a lot of four editions. people all around the world, vailed over its announcement. contingent. In 2013, the Chief positives with her consistent “It brings me immense and that keeps me going.” The Games begin in Jakarta Vigilance Commissioner has run, adding that she is hopeful amount of pleasure to bring In the post she also thanked and Palembang in less than 10 recommended registration of of a gold medal in the future. back the silver consecutively her sponsors and her coach- days but the Indian contingent a disproportionate assets case World No. 3 Sindhu recently second year in the BWF world ing staff. “And finally I want is yet to be known officially. against Sacheti in the wake returned with a second suc- championships. I didn’t lose the to thank my amazing team, After much changing and of the 2010 CWG corruption cessive silver medal from the gold , I won the silver and I can who have stood by me like a chopping, the Indian Olympic scandal. He worked as Joint World Championships after proudly say my silver sparkles,” pillar throughout the tourna- Association (IOA submitted a Director-General in the 2010 going down 19-21, 10-21 to her Sindhu said in an Instagram ment and also thanks to all list of 575 athletes and 213 offi- Commonwealth Games Organ- old nemesis Carolina Marin of post on Wednesday. my sponsors @olympicgold- cials to the Sports Ministry on ising Committee. Spain in the summit clash. “It was indeed a wonder- quest @baselineventures whose Monday. The ministry is yet to He was one of the aides of She had also defeated ful week in Nanjing, inspite been supporting me and a make the final clearance and is former IOA president and head Sindhu in the 2016 Rio Olym- of losing in the finals I had special thanks to my Physio @ continuing its deliberation on of 2010 CWG Organising Com- pic Games final. In the 2017 some great matches. I have physio.shetty who has always the final official list. “It may take mittee Suresh Kalmadi who was World Championships, the been really happy about my been waiting to treat me and a day or two to give the final jailed and then released on bail. Hyderabadi had lost to Nozomi consistent performance over take care of me when ever i clearance of the contingent,” a The IOA, it is learnt, is unlikely Okuhara in the World Cham- the rankings,” the 23-year-old want to and always being there source from the sports ministry to budge from its position and pionships. At Nanjing, Sindhu added. for me. Finally thanks to all said. The IOA has announced a is mulling over sending Sacheti went past Japanese super tal- “I believe that patience my coaches who helped me in send-off ceremony on August to Indonesia for the Games at its ents Okuhara and Akane Yama- and persistence make unbeat- and out and also been so kind 10 and it is likely that the offi- own cost if the Ministry refuses guchi before meeting Carolina, able combination for success, always.” AGENCIES cial list is cleared by the min- to clear him. AGENCIES Force India Ben Stokes was ‘main aggressor’ secure future Chelsea target Kepa, pays with rescue deal Athletic Bilbao buyout clause in Bristol brawl, court hears LONDON: The future MADRID: Athletic Bilbao said prosecution, why he had chosen two par- of the Force India F1 today that Kepa Arrizabalaga ticular men to try to get between, Spure team was secured after has paid his 80-million-euro told the jury: “One individual seemed to be its administrator ac- ( 93 million) buyout clause, the main aggressor, trying to get at another cepted a bid backed by a paving the way for the Spain individual. In my statement, I described consortium of investors, international to join Chelsea him as having ginger or light brown hair as the world’s most expensive with a green T-shirt on. The other man effectively ending Vijay goalkeeper. seemed to be trying to back away or move Mallya’s 10-year-old “At 12:02 pm on Wednesday, away from the situation. reign at the midfield August 8, La Liga informed our “While I was trying to stop the fighting, squad. The team was club that the player Kepa Arriz- one man struck another with a clenched put into administration abalaga had filled the condi- fist and he fell to the floor.” tions to unilaterally break his in November 2017. He was closer to his two children in the On CCTV footage, Spure could be seen ahead of the Hungarian contract tying him to Athletic also in the Spain squad for the Spanish capital. However, Real tending to Ali, who appeared to be immo- Grand Prix last month Club,” the Spanish club said in recent World Cup in Russia as coach Julen Lopetegui refused bile on the floor as cars sped past. “I stayed following the legal a statement. back-up to David De Gea, but to comment on the specula- with the person on the floor,” Spure said in action taken by Sergio The 23-year-old is expected did not see any playing time. tion following his team’s 2-1 a statement read to the court. “His eye was Perez. According to a to replace Thibaut Courtois at Kepa signed a new long-term victory over Roma in the final swollen and bloodied with blood running Stamford Bridge for a fee that contract, which increased his game of their US pre-season down his face.” statement issued on would surpass the 72.5 million release clause from 20 million tour on Tuesday. “I always say Stokes arrived for the third day of his behalf of administra- euros Liverpool paid Roma for euros, with Athletic in January that I’m not talking about play- trial holding hands with his wife, Clare tor Geoff Rowley, all Brazilian Alisson last month. to end speculation linking him ers who’re not at Real Madrid,” Ratcliffe. They were closely followed by his 405 jobs at Force India Belgium number one Cour- with a move to Real. said Lopetegui. “Keylor (Navas) agent, Neil Fairbrother, and his solicitor, tois has been strongly linked The European champions is our goalkeeper and there are BRISTOL: Ben Stokes was the “main Paul Lunt, who have been regular attenders will be saved following with a move to Real Madrid are instead on the verge of com- no other goalkeepers I can aggressor” in a late-night street fight in Off-duty police officer in the friends and family box in courtroom a deal with the team and has not returned to pleting a reported 35-million- talk about except Keylor, Kiko Bristol that left one man with serious facial tells court England number one, alongside James Hill, an asso- management, admin- Chelsea training following the euro deal for Courtois, who was (Casilla), Andriy (Lunin) and injuries including a broken eye socket and ciate at Onside Law, the legal firm used istrators and consor- World Cup. voted the best goalkeeper at the Luca (Zidane). Keylor is phe- a deep cut to his face, a court has heard. cricketer was ‘trying to by the England and Wales Cricket Board. tium of investors led Kepa has played 53 times World Cup. nomenal, he has our full confi- The England cricketer knocked out get at’ another man The court heard Ali arrived at the emer- in La Liga for Bilbao over the Courtois, who spent three dence and is an extraordinary Ryan Ali with one punch while the fire- gency department of Bristol Royal infir- by Canadian billionaire last two seasons, and made his seasons at Atletico Madrid goalkeeper. He’s delighted to fighter appeared to be backing away from mary at 3.48 am on Monday 26 September Lawrence Stroll, who is international debut in a 5-0 from 2011 to 2014, has repeat- belong to Real Madrid and we’re a confrontation, the jury at Bristol crown An off-duty police and community last year with a catalogue of injuries. He Lance’s father. AGENCIES friendly win over Costa Rica edly stated his desire to move delighted with him.” AGENCIES court was told. support officer told the court he had sustained a fracture to the medial orbital Stokes had been out with teammates in immediately identified Stokes as the most wall on the left side of his face. His left eye Bristol city centre celebrating victory over aggressive member of the group, which was very swollen and he had a laceration the West Indies in a one-day international was fighting in the middle of one of Bris- above his eyebrow. He also had a cracked match in September. He and his fellow tol’s busiest streets. lower left molar. cricketer Alex Hales were denied re-entry Mark Spure, who had been in Mbargo Hale, who the court was earlier told to Mbargo after returning to the nightclub, at a colleague’s leaving party, happened had been knocked unconscious by Stokes, where they had earlier been drinking, at upon the fight on Queen’s Road. In a state- sustained a 1.5-inch cut and bruising to his 2.08 am, after the venue had stopped allow- ment read to the court, he said: “I saw a forehead, and had a headache. The inju- ing people in for the evening. group of three to five males engaged in ries were considered to be consistent with At about 2.35 am, Stokes was filmed a scuffle in the road and was about five blunt trauma. on CCTV brawling with his co-defen- metres away. I walked into the road to try Stokes had no obvious injuries apart dants Ali and Ryan Hale. All three deny a and intervene and got between them.” from swelling over a knuckle on his right charge of affray. Asked by Nicholas Corsellis, for the hand. AGENCIES

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AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 9 August, 2018 Box office success not my aim: Rajkummar Rao ROSE TO PLAY lesbian superhero Batwoman MUMBAI: Actor Rajkummar Rao, whose latest film Fan- Stree actor feels that he is yet to ney Khan has received mixed transform that into a major box office response from the audience, says that box office success of a success like his male counterparts Penned by Caroline movie is not his aim. The critically acclaimed “That is not in my hands at the box office. Dries – ‘Batwoman’ , actor has been often praised so, I don’t have any idea how “My films are doing good by critics and audiences. But to work on that aspect,” he said. business. That’s the reason why developed at The CW he is yet to transform that into “My job is to deliver good I am constantly working in a major box office success like performances. My last year’s many films. Box office success his male counterparts such as films, whether it was Bareilly Ki of a film is not my aim because Network will be the first Varun Dhawan, Ranbir Kapoor Barfi, Trapped or Newton, have it is not in my hands. My job is and Ranveer Singh have been done good business. So it is not to act and I get satisfied when TV series focused on able to. that my films haven’t done well people appreciate my work.”IANS an LGBT superhero ‘I come from a slave owner’ LOS ANGELES: Pop star Beyonce has revealed that she descended from a slave owner who had married a slave. In an interview with the Vogue, whose September Issue cover she appears on. The 36-year-old singer said she researched about her family history after the birth of her twins – Rumi and Sir. “I researched my ancestry recently and learned that I come from a slave owner who fell in love with and married a slave. I had to process that revela- tion over time. I questioned what it meant and ctor Ruby Rose has been cast as DC tried to put it into perspective,” Beyonce said. superhero character Batwoman in a “I now believe it’s why God blessed me television series being developed at with my twins. Male and female energy was The CW Network. able to coexist and grow in my blood for A‘Batwoman’ will be the first TV series the first time. I pray that I am able to break focused on an LGBT superhero, reported Enter- the generational curses in my family and tainment Weekly. that my children have less complicated,” The character will officially make an she added. appearance at The CW’s annual DC cross- She feels that her family has over event of its shows – ‘The Flash’, ‘Arrow’, a “lineage of broken male- ‘Legends of Tomorrow’ and ‘Supergirl’. female relationships, abuse The series will revolve around Kate of power, and mistrust”. Kane, who, armed with a passion for “When I saw that clearly was I social justice and flair for speaking able to resolve those conflicts her mind, soars onto the streets in my relationship, connect- of Gotham as Batwoman, an out ing to the past and knowing This is lesbian and highly trained street our history makes us both fighter primed to snuff out the fail- bruised and beautiful,” something I would ing city’s criminal resurgence. she said. PTI have died to have The network had recently hired Greg Berlanti to develop seen on TV when the TV series. The 32-year-old actor, who I was a young has films such asxXx: Return member of the of Xander Cage, John Wick: ‘Happy for Priyanka, Chapter 2 and Resident Evil: LGBT community The Final Chapter to her cred- its, also shared the news in an who never felt Instagram post.“This is a child- represented on TV hood dream. This is something she is making India proud’ I would have died to have seen on and felt alone and TV when I was a young member of the LGBT community who never felt repre- uperstar Salman Khan has congrat- different sented on TV and felt alone and different. ulated Priyanka Chopra for bagging Thank you everyone. Thank you god,” she wrote. a major Hollywood project but said The teleplay will be penned by Caroline Dries, he got to know about her exit from who will also executive produce the show alongside BharatS just 10 days before the shooting. Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Geoff Johns. PTI Director Ali Abbas Zafar had shared the news that Priyanka had left the proj- ect while hinting that it was because of her engagement with boyfriend Nick Jonas. ‘House of Cards’ final season We are happy about her doing really good work. So what if she does not want to work with to premiere in November me, at least she is working with a big hero of Hollywood

But there were reports of a fallout between Salman and the ‘Quan- tico’ star, who has just bagged Hollywood film Cowboys Ninja Vikings opposite Chris Pratt Salman said if they knew that she had signed a big film in Hollywood, they wouldn’t have stopped her. “We got to know about it at the end moment and that too 10 days before the start of shoot- ing. We got to know that she wants to leave the film and she has gone home,” Salman said. The actor said Priyanka gave a “different reason” to them about leaving the film. LOS ANGELES: Stream- The season will “bring clo- “Whatever the reason, ing giant Netflix has officially ‘House of Cards’ in sure of the show for fans” and whether marriage or film, or announced that the sixth and 2013 became the first bring back to work some 2,000 she does not want to work in final season of ‘House of Cards’ people in the Baltimore area India or she does not want to will be premiering on Novem- original online series whose livelihoods depend on work with me and in only Hol- ber 2. to receive major the show, Netflix’s chief con- lywood films and TV shows, With Kevin Spacey out after tent officer Ted Sarandos said it’s hers,” he said. sexual misconduct allegations, nominations from in December. “We are happy and sup- Robin Wright will return as the Primetime Emmy Created by Beau Willi- portive about her doing really Claire Underwood, the Pres- mon, ‘House of Cards’ in 2013 good work. So what if she is not ident of the United States in Awards became the first original online working here. She is making the series. series to receive major nomi- India proud. If she does not She is joined by newcomers Michael Kelly, Jayne Atkinson, nations from the Primetime want to work with Salman Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear Patricia Clarkson, Constance Emmy Awards.The series has Khan, at least she is work- as well as Cody Fern. Zimmer, Derek Cecil, Camp- received 53 Emmy nomina- ing with a big hero of Holly- The series also brings back bell Scott and Boris McGiver. tions, with seven wins. PTI wood.” PTI