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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 60 | Thursday, 1 March 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,492.85 (-61.45) qSENSEX 34,184.04 (-162.35) pDOW JONES 25,543.77 (+133.74) pNASDAQ 7374.00 (+43.65) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 65.17 (-0.30) qRUPEE/EURO 79.56 (-0.01) qGOLD/10GM 31,390 (-460.00) qSILVER/K 39,300 (-250.00) SISODIA SLAMS LG, KANCHI 11 US SOLDIERS FALL I HAVE LOST A LIKENS IAS OFFICERS MUTT HEAD SICK AFTER LETTER GUIDING LIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH JAYENDRA DIES OPENED AT MILITARY MY LIFE: RANI ON ‘KHAAP PANCHYAT’ PG3 AT 82 PG7 BASE PG11 SRIDEVI’S DEATH PG16 Nirav Modi refuses With 7.2% Q3 growth, to join CBI probe Aircel files for bankruptcy; PNB chief auditor held India set to be fastest OUR CORRESPONDENT SBI, others to bear brunt MPOST BUREAU services sector as well as spending by the NEW DELHI: Billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi NEW DELHI: Show- Centre. has refused to join the CBI investigation in the ing signs of recovery, “India is on the USD 2 billion fraud in Punjab National Bank TOTAL DEBT the Indian economy right path to becom- citing his business engagements, prompting the `16,000 crore recorded a five-quar- ing one of the fastest agency to issue a stern letter on Wednesday ask- ter high growth of major economies in ing him to appear before it next week. 7.2 percent in the the World surpassing Meanwhile, the CBI has arrested PNB’s inter- INDIAN LENDERS October-December China,” Debroy said. nal chief auditor M K Sharma— a chief manager- `12,000 crore period on a good The economy is ranked official— in connection with the case, showing by critical expected to grow at 6.6 they said, adding that it is the first arrest of any sectors like agricul- percent in the current auditor of the bank. SBI’s DEBT ture, construction and fiscal ending March Sharma, a scale-IV officer, was responsible `5,000 crore manufacturing. 31, as per the second, for auditing the systems and practices of the Besides, the advanced estimates of bank’s Brady House branch--from Letters of OTHER BANKS HIT data for eight core the Central Statistics Undertakings (LoUs) were issued— and report infrastructure sec- Office (CSO), com- the deficiencies with zonal audit office, they said. PNB, BoB, tors including coal, pared to 7.1 percent Meanwhile, in a terse letter, the CBI Canara Bank steel, cement and in 2016-17. “directed” him to approach the Indian mission petroleum, showed The earlier esti- in the country where he is residing so that imme- improved growth of mate was 6.5 percent. diate arrangement can be made for his travel to OUR CORRESPONDENT intense competition following the dis- financial lenders and shareholders; the 6.7 per cent for Janu- The growth for the India, officials said. ruptive entry of a new player, legal and company could not reach a consensus ary, up from 3.4 per second quarter (July- The agency has told him that it is mandatory NEW DELHI: Telecom operator Aircel regulatory challenges, high level of concerning the restructuring of its debt cent in same month a September) has been for an accused to join the investigation whenever on Wednesday said it has filed for bank- unsustainable debt and increased losses and funding. Despite these discussions year ago. revised upwards to 6.5 they are asked to, they said. ruptcy as the company has been facing had together caused significant “nega- and the invoking of a Strategic Debt The finance min- percent, from 6.3 per- He has been asked to appear for questioning “troubled times” in “highly financially tive business and reputational impact” Restructuring scheme in January 2018... istry said that the data indicate a broad- cent estimated earlier by the CSO. next week, they said. stressed” industry. on the company. no agreement could be reached,” Air- based and significant acceleration of real The previous high was recorded at Meanwhile, I-T department has attached The Malaysian owned Maxis com- “The Board of Directors of the Cor- cel said. economic activity as projected in the 7.5 percent in the July-September quar- four assets of Nirav Modi worth Rs 70 crore. pany has a debt of over Rs 16,000 crore porate Debtor on Wednesday announced The company also said it believes that Economic Survey. ter of 2016-17. taken from a consortium of banks led by that they have filed an application under in the current circumstances, resolution “...robust growth in manufacturing The CSO said that the real GDP or State Bank of India. Section 10 of the Insolvency and Bank- process under the Insolvency and Bank- and significant acceleration in construc- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at con- Indian lenders exposure stands at ruptcy Code 2016 for undertaking Cor- ruptcy Code is an “appropriate recourse”. tion mark a turnaround in the country s stant (2011-12) prices in 2017-18 is likely Bypoll win would around Rs 12,000 crore. SBI has the lion’s porate Insolvency Resolution Process for “The Company would like to empha- economic growth momentum,” the min- to be Rs 130.04 lakh crore, as against share of Aircel debt at over Rs 5,000 crore. the respective companies: Aircel Cellular, sise that CIRP is not a proceeding for liq- istry said in a statement. the first revised estimate for 2016-17 of SBI may provide for Rs 750-800 crore in Dishnet Wireless, Aircel Ltd,” the state- uidation, rather is a process to find best According to the chairman of EAC Rs 121.96 lakh crore, released on Janu- impact 2019 polls Q3 on Aircel account. Aircel bankruptcy ment said. possible resolution for the current situa- to PM, Bibek Debroy, the economy is ary 31. NAVEEN PATNAIK will also hit other public sector banks like Sources said that the filing was made tion and that would be in the best inter- on the right track to accelerate and the CII Director General Chandrajit PNB, BoB, Canara Bank. Lender banks in National Company Law Tribunal est of everyone (vendors, distributors, current expansion in the growth rate in Banerjee said: “The significant improve- to provide for Rs 1,800 crore provision in (NCLT) Mumbai. employees, etc.) to protect and preserve a reflection of the reforms initiated by ment in GDP growth, which has accel- Q3 on account of Aircel. The company statement also noted the value of the company and manage the the government. erated to a robust 7.2 percent in the The company shutting down is that efforts to merge wireless business operations,” it added. He said the growth would pick up third quarter as against 6.5 percent in In today’s expected to impact tower firms, ven- with another operator did not yield any Aircel said it would strive to provide further in the upcoming quarter driven the previous quarter is noteworthy and dors, distributors and 500 employees results and had ultimately lapsed in Sep- uninterrupted service connectivity to its by the government’s commitment to strengthens the perception that the paper associated with the operator. tember 2017. customers and sought their support in implement structural reforms and aided Indian economy is at the threshold of a ... In a statement here, Aircel said that “Post detailed discussions with the the “current difficult period”. by higher growth in the industrial and sustained rebound in growth.” CITY INX MEDIA CASE: INDRANI CLAIMS TO HAVE PAID KARTI `3.10 CR BJD wrests Bijepur; Cong retains Mungaoli & Kolaras THREE CHARRED TO DEATH IN GR NOIDA 4 NATION NEW DELHI: In what could epur Assembly constituency Court remands Karti to one-day CBI custody be described as a significant in Odisha from the Congress MANJHI DECIDES TO JOIN LALU CAMP 5 boost to the morale of the in a by-poll, with its candidate OUR CORRESPONDENT embattled opposition party Rita Sahu defeating her nearest EDIT before the concerned judge on ahead of the Madhya Pradesh rival, Ashok Panigrahi of the INDIA’S URBAN CHALLENGE 8 Thursday. When Karti was brought Assembly elections this year, BJP, by 41,933 votes. NEW DELHI: Karti Chidam- to the Patiala House district court the Congress has managed to While Congress’s Brijendra INTERNATIONAL baram, arrested in connection with premises and was taken to the retain both the Mungaoli and Singh Yadav won by 2124 votes the probe into the INX Media case, courtroom, he told the waiting Kolaras constituencies, when in Mungaoli, Mahendra Singh MALDIVES THROWS OUT FOREIGN LAWYERS 10 was on Wednesday remanded to scribes, “It is absolutely a political went to bypolls on February 24. ruling Biju Janata Dal on Yadav defeated BJP’s Devendra BUSINESS one-day CBI custody by a Delhi vendetta. I will be vindicated”. On the other hand, the Wednesday wrested the Bij- Jain in Kolaras. See P6 Court. In its remand application filed RAZORPAY TO POWER UPI ON IRCTC 13 Karti has been arrested based in the court, the CBI claimed that on the “confessional” statement sustained interrogation of Karti was SPORT recorded before a magistrate under needed to unearth the “total con- FEDERER BAGS TWIN HONOURS 14 164 CrPC of INX Media directors spiracy” hatched in the case and also Peter Mukerjea and wife Indrani. to find out the details of overseas In their statements, which is payments allegedly received by him admissible as evidence in the court, from INX Media as a “quid pro quo”. FOR ADVERTISING the Mukerjeas had claimed to have Chidambaram. At the outset, the court allowed kindly contact at 9810195709 paid close to $700,000 (Rs 3.10 46-year-old Karti, son of former the request of Karti’s lawyers to have or crore) to Karti through subsidiar- Finance Minister P Chidambaram, an interaction with the accused [email protected] ies abroad, for organizing clearance was produced before Metropolitan inside the courtroom for 10 min- from the Foreign Investment Pro- Magistrate Sumeet Anand and the utes, after which the proceedings motion Board (FIPB) to bring in CBI sought his custodial interroga- resumed. FOR SUBSCRIPTION foreign funds for their TV venture tion for 15 days claiming that he was Earlier in the day, Karti was kindly contact at 8800854665 INX Media. The FIPB comes under not cooperating in the probe. taken into custody by a team of CBI or the finance ministry, the charge of The duty magistrate remanded officials at the Chennai airport on [email protected] which was then with Karti’s father him to one-day CBI custody and his return from the United King- and senior Congress politician P asked the agency to produce Karti dom. See P6 Sridevi cremated with full state honours, thousands pay last respect MPOST BUREAU

MUMBAI: After a lifetime under the arc-lights, Indian cinema icon Sridevi was on Wednesday given a send-off fit for celluloid posterity with surging crowds of mourners walking with the cortege as it made its slow way through the city and thousands more glued to the television to watch her last rites. The 54-year-old, whose sudden death in Dubai late Saturday sent a pall of gloom through India, was given a state funeral with her body wrapped in the tricolour and a gun salute by the Mumbai Police. TEARFUL ADIEU Sridevi, Indian cinema’s first woman superstar who straddled the parallel worlds of southern films and Bollywood, became an actor when she was only four years old. Three hundred films later, the doe-eyed actor is still remembered for her comic timing, vivacity and her quicksilver expressions. Sridevi’s funeral proces- sion was the biggest Mumbai had seen for a Bolly- wood star since Rajesh Khanna in 2012 and perhaps the biggest for a woman, said old timers. There was a sea of people as far as the eye could see. The last rites were conducted by her filmmaker People gather in large number to pay their respect during the funeral procession of actor Sridevi in Mumbai PTI husband Boney Kapoor as her family and close friends from the industry and outside packed into the Vile The actor’s body was draped in a red kanjivaram The funeral procession took about two hours to Parle Seva Samaj crematorium. sari with a bindi on her forehead. cover the seven-kilometre distance from Lokhand- The couple’s daughters, Jahnvi and Khushi, were Few could hold back their tears as the ceremonial wala to the crematorium. As the flower-bedecked by his side, sources close to the family said. gunshots rang out and the pyre was lit. hearse covered with white flowers, the colour of Fans and the media were kept outside as the mor- Many celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan and even mourning, left the Celebration Sports Club, min- tal remains of the star through the ages were con- Boney Kapoor’s niece, actor Sonam Kapoor, were utes away from the Kapoor home in Green Acres, signed to the flames. forced to get off their cars and walk the distance. Lokhandwala, frenzied crowds ran alongside. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 DECLARATION FORM IV (SEE RULE 8) 1. Place of Publication : Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002. 2. Periodicity of Publication : Daily 3. Printer,s Name : Jaiyendra Kumar Sharma 5 books to look forward (Whether citizen of India) : Yes Address : House No-283, Sector-11, Vasundhara-201012, Dist- Gha- ziabad, Uttar Pradesh 4. Publisher’s Name : Jaiyendra Kumar Sharma (Whether citizen of India) : Yes to in March 2018 Address : House No-283, Sector-11, Vasundhara-201012, Dist- Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Though February turned out to be a disappointment for bookworms, March has a variety 5. Editor’s Name : Durbar Ganguly (Whether citizen of India) : Yes Address : Farm No. 13, Palm Beach Road of books – including non-fiction, biography and short stories – that will bring cheer Fatehpur Beri, Mehrauli New Delhi — 110 074 6. Name and address of Individuals who own the Newspaper and he shortest month of the year ‘INDIAN CULTURES AS HERI- partners or shareholders holding : Durbar Ganguly turned out to be quite a dull one TAGE’ BY ROMILA THAPAR More than 1% of the total capital : Moutussi Acharyya for most readers. While Sourav Ganguly’s ‘A Century Is Not Every society has its cultures The pat- I, Jaiyendra Kumar Sharma hereby declare that the particulars given TEnough’ and ‘Do We Not Bleed’ by Mehr terns that reveal how people live and above are true to the best of my knowledge & belief. Tarar did create some buzz, most other express themselves, and how they value Place : New Delhi Jaiyendra Kumar Sharma books released during the month seem to objects and thoughts. What consti- Date : 01.03.2018 PRINTER & PUBLISHER have gone out of sight. A quick look at the tutes Indian heritage and culture has MILLENNIUM POST front shelves of bookstores and also the been much discussed. Thapar begins books trending on e-commerce sites shows by explaining how the definitions of the disappointment that February was for the concept of culture have changed bookworms. in the last three centuries, and hence DAYINDAYOUT But few recommendations for March require added attention. Cultures, when What’s on Around Town will bring cheer. Featuring non-fiction by defined by drawing on selected items Romila Thapar; a biography of actor Sanjay and thoughts from the past, remain SEOUL, MUMBAI TO NEW DELHI Dutt; a politically charged memoir by Tas- relatively unknown, except to a few. Yet, lima Nasrin; a cheeky story of a little girl’s each has a context and meaning relat- Exhibition ‘Seoul, Mumbai to New Delhi’ presents harrowing experiences with public toilets; ing them to the past and to their sig- an archive of processes and experiments that and finally a powerful collection of stories nificance as a contemporary presence. began as public interventions in Mumbai. The art from Anjum Hasan, these books are sure to Contexts, often regarded as uncon- works presented at Exhibition ‘Seoul, Mumbai to be read and talked about widely. nected to culture, can, to the contrary, ‘A DAY IN THE LIFE’ BY ANJUM New Delhi’ elicits a question into our relationship HERE ARE THE FIVE BOOKS THAT be quite illuminating. HASAN with food, how the action and function of eating WE CAN’T WAIT TO READ THIS Quixotic retirees in Coorg and young - feeding - gathering - nurturing may evoke and MARCH: newly-weds trying to eat meat; teen- provoke nostalgia, memory. Can food really age boys travelling to Benares in the define us, our relations with others – whilst nineteenth century and a retiree with provoking human vulnerabilities? The artwork of ‘SANJAY DUTT: THE CRAZY, UNTOLD ‘SPLIT’ BY TASLIMA NASRIN an anger-management problem in an seven artists will make you dwell deep in thoughts India where the right wing is rising. STORY OF BOLLYWOOD’S BAD BOY’ Nasrin is known for her powerful writing on of your relationship with food. Fourteen well-crafted stories give us a WHEN: Till March 7 BY YASSER USMAN women’s issues and uncompromising criticism of sense of daily Indian life of a wide cast religious fundamentalism. “Life felt like a feather of characters. Hasan’s protagonists are, WHERE: Korean Cultural Center India Sanjay Dutt, at one moment and heavy as a stone the very as always, living in their own heads a in the brief of next. I had never really felt this weight before, lot of the time, often whimsical and TOWARDS RISING INDIA this book, has the full weight of life, and before I could make vulnerable outliers. Where is their place Conceived by Padma Shri Awardee Vidushi been dubbed sense of things, it had crept down my back and in the new order, where have they come Sumitra Guha in collaboration with Internationally as ‘the original slowly bent my spine. I could not recognise this from and where are they going? Billed acclaimed Indian Classical musician Rupam Sarmah, bad boy of Bol- life; it was mine and yet it was not. Without paus- by the publisher as “quietly devastating, the project ‘A Musical Journey towards Rising lywood’. In the ing to consider I had given away everything life subtly subversive and wonderfully wry”, early 1980s, it had offered to me to another. Later, racked with India’ depicts Indian Music and culture right from Hasan’s stories are increasingly a good where it originated – Vedas and Upanishads, was not uncom- thirst, I had reached out and found that there address for authentic Indian fiction. mon to find him was nothing left for me... My life was spread out Science and Spirituality, Bhakti Movement and passed out over in front of me like an arid wasteland,” she writes Folk, Meditational Chakra Music, and music during the steering in her upcoming book. India’s Independence movement. wheel of his car ‘Split’ has a compelling narrative that captures ‘I NEED TO PEE’ BY NEHA SINGH WHEN: March 3 on a suburban the plight of the eminent Bangladeshi woman WHERE: India Habitat Centre road of Mumbai writer with freedom of expression and speech at And finally, why should adults have TIMINGS: 6:45 pm onwards after a night of the book’s core. all the fun? Here is a charming drugs and alco- picture book empowering chil- 8TH THEATRE OLYMPICS (PLAYS) hol. Sanjay’s open love for guns and hard party- dren to speak up about their ing, his rippling muscles, long hair and many right to use toilet facilities in a Being an international theatre festival, the Theatre glamorous girlfriends, including the top actor clean and safe environment. Rahi Olympics presents some of the greatest theatre of that time, defined machismo for a generation simply loves slurping refreshing practitioners from around the world. It is a platform of Indian men. drinks, and so she always needs to for theatrical exchange, a gathering place But underneath the tough-guy image there pee. But boy, does she hate pub- forstudents and masters, where a dialogue despite were genuine struggles, too: Both his mother lic loos! On her way to her aunt’s and his first wife died tragically young of cancer, in Meghalaya, she has to pee in a ideological, culture and language differences and Sanjay had to go through long and painful train as well as stop at a hotel and is encouraged. This Saturday, witness plays like periods of de-addiction therapy. In this book, even the really scary public toilet Choturthir Jor (Language:Bengali), Dark Borders Yasser Usman tells the uncensored story of San- at the bus depot! And when those (Language:Hindi), Wanarayan (Language: Marathi) jay’s roller-coaster life that is stranger than any around her refuse to help her with and Chakka (Language: Malayalam),in the Capital. fiction – from the time he smuggled heroin into her troubles, her only saviour is her WHEN: March 3 the United States and went on a drunken shoot- “Book of Important Quotes”. WHERE: Sri Ram Centre, Abhimanch, LTG Auditorium ing spree at his Pali Hill home after breaking up Travel with Rahi and read all with his girlfriend to his curious phone calls to about her yucky, icky, sticky adven- and Open Lawn (respectively for each play) gangster Chhota Shakeel and his role in the 1993 tures in this quirky and vibrant book TIMINGS: 5:30 pm, 8:30 pm, 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm Mumbai serial blasts. about the ever-relevant worry of finding safe and clean public restrooms. IANS (respectively for each play) Hearing loss may indicate memory impairment for some Stepping up the fight against cancer OUR CORRESPONDENT ELDERLY PEOPLE with a certain type of hear- ing loss may be more likely to also have memory very year, millions of individu- loss and thinking problems called mild cognitive als get affected and die of the impairment, says a study. killer disease Cancer, either due The study, presented at the American Acad- to late treatment or because of emy of Neurology’s 70th Annual Meeting in Los Ethe unawareness about its symptoms Angeles, looked at people with peripheral age- and early warning signs. In India also, related hearing loss, which is caused by problems the rise of this disease is alarming. in how the inner ear and hearing nerves func- Slowly but steadily, it is gripping our tion and leads to people not being able to hear. society with its deadly claws. It also looked at central age-related hearing ‘Kolkata Breast Health and Welfare loss, which is caused by problems in the brain’s Association’, an educational and inspi- ability to process sound and leads people to say, rational non – profit organization, has “I can hear, but I can’t understand.” “It’s a problem with perception. Tests of hear- been instrumental to control and nul- The researchers found that people with cen- ing perception should be given to people who are lify the curse of this disease on mankind tral hearing loss were twice as likely to have older than 65 and also to people with cognitive over the years. mild cognitive impairment as people who had impairment,” Sardone added. The mission of KBHWA is to cre- no hearing loss. Hearing loss is one of the most common dis- ate awareness in the community by “These preliminary results suggest that cen- abilities in elderly people, affecting about one- providing easy access to the informa- tral hearing loss may share the same progres- third of people over age 65. tion about the disease and to offer an sive loss of functioning in brain cells that occurs The study involved 1,604 participants of the enhanced quality of treatment to the Dr. Tapti Sen - Secretary, KBHWA Dr C Goswami in cognitive decline, rather than the sensory Great Age Study, a population-based study con- deprivation that happens ducted in the south of Italy, with an average age sufferers as well as an improved Lane, Kolkata, where everyone shall be padhyay and Rubena Chatterjee to add with peripheral hearing of 75, whose hearing and thinking and memory quality of life to the family and spending some time with the champi- zeal to the ramp. loss,” said study author skills were tested. friends. Formed and guided by ons who won their battle against the The entire show has been format- Rodolfo Sardone from Of the participants, 26 per cent had periph- some extremely reputed oncolo- perilous malady, thereby celebrating the ted and designed by reputed fashion the University of eral hearing loss and 12 per cent had central gists such as Dr Ashwini Malhotra, crusade against Cancer. designer Abhishek Roy. The celebra- Bari in Italy. hearing loss, 33 per cent were diagnosed with Dr (Professor) Litan Naha Biswas, The evening shall witness the tion will be crowned off with the per- mild cognitive impairment. Dr Tapti Sen, Dr Suma Chakravar- screening of Aro Aro Dao Pran – a formance of reputed vocalist Prabir Of the 192 people with central hearing loss, thy, Dr Chanchal Goswami and Dr film on cancer survivorship – which Das with snacks and dinner for the 144 people, or 75 per cent, had mild cogni- Suchhanda Goswami, with a vision directed by Satarupa Sanyal and pro- guests. tive impairment. of a painless world, Kolkata Breast duced by KBHWA . The movie is based The event has been conceptual- In contrast, people with peripheral Health, and Welfare Association has on a true story of a breast and ovarian ized and designed by pHREEDOM- hearing loss were no more likely to been relentless to fight the peril. cancer survivor who has enacted and 4EVER, a company that specialises in have mild cognitive impairment Apart from regular conferences portrayed herself in the movie. the field of brand management, brand than people with no hearing and awareness programs, the asso- This will be followed by champions promotion, and PR. problems. ciation also indulges itself to cele- walking the ramp with few popular faces The effort is being made to raise The researchers also found brate the ‘Survivorship Day’ every of the city like Alokananda Roy, Shar- awareness among the common people that people who had lower year so as to inspire and motivate bari Dutta, Chaitali Dasgupta, Paroma about the threat of the disease, its early scores on a test that measured the society. Banerjee, Esha Saha, Imon Chakraborty, detection, and other basic information, how well they understood Aiming to spread awareness Sreemoyee Piu Kundu, Satarupa Sanyal, so as to help the society fight and over- speech also had lower scores about this ailment, the association Shibaprasad Mukhopadhyay, Satrajit come the desperado. on a test of thinking and mem- has planned to meet on March 3, Sen, Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee, Ratul KBHWA and its crusade against ory skills. IANS 2018, at 6 pm, at Victoria 2 Ban- Shankar and Noor, along with chore- cancer continues to motivate the larger quet, Hotel Radisson Green, Garcha ography sequences by Arnab Bandyo- society for the benefit of the mass. 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No. 011-47777500 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 mp Sisodia slams LG, likens IAS officers Dy CM’s comments condemnable: Delhi association to ‘khaap panchayat’ govt employees body OUR CORRESPONDENT under which junior officers In the letter, Sisodia comes to you, please ask them are being forced not to attend demanded action against offi- how they stand in front of mir- OUR CORRESPONDENT The Chief Secretary alleged NEW DELHI: Equating meetings and speak to minis- cers who are responsible for ror after stopping payment of last week that he was beaten IAS officers association with ters..." Sisodia said in his letter non-payment of salaries to salaries of 30,000 families who NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief up by AAP MLA Amanatullah a "khaap panchayat" which to Baijal. anganwadi workers. "I have are directly connected with Minister Manish Sisodia’s com- Khan and another AAP MLA issues "fatwa" against the Claiming non-payment of tried to calmly make them anganwadi," he said. ment about government offi- in the presence of Chief Minis- Delhi government, Deputy salaries to anganwadi volun- (officers) understand, but they Earlier in the day, a joint cers was “gender insensitive” ter Arvind Kejriwal at the CM’s Chief Minister Manish Siso- teers for three months in his are not relenting. If they would forum of the Delhi government and “condemnable”, the gov- residence here on February 19 dia on Wednesday launched three-page letter in Hindi, have been sensitive, there employees also welcomed the ernment employees’ associa- night, where he had been called a scathing attack on Lieuten- Sisodia continued to fire salvo would not have been non-pay- LG for asking the chief minister tion said here on Wednesday. for a meeting. ant Governor Anil Baijal for at Baijal, saying: "You are the ment of salaries to volunteers. to take officers in to confidence. Addressing media per- The association said that "backing" officers boycotting Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. "If I scold them, they would The forum reiterated its sons here, Delhi Government they would continue to con- meetings with AAP ministers You have also been an IAS offi- approach you to register their demand to seek apology from Employees Joint Forum repre- tact ministers and MLAs only over the alleged attack on the cer, but I request you to stop demoralisation in your diary. If Kejriwal and Sisodia for the sentatives said Sisodia’s com- through written channel till chief secretary. seeing things through specta- we say more, their IAS associa- alleged assault on Prakash by ment at a national seminar Kejriwal and Sisodia tender a Sisodia's remarks came a a demoralising effect on the ing he is standing with him. cles of an IAS officer." tion issues fatwa against us like some AAP MLAs at the chief here on Tuesday regarding the “written public apology” for day after Baijal wrote to Chief bureaucracy. "You (LG) were requested "Think about a three-year a 'khaap panchayat'," he said. minister's residence. “bureaucracy and the current the alleged attack. Minister Arvind Kejriwal, say- Citing Baijal's letter, Sisodia (by the Delhi cabinet) to order old child who goes to angan- In the letter, the deputy The IAS and Delhi, Anda- situation are extremely gender Efforts by Social Welfare ing the alleged assault on Chief said when an IAS officer goes to some officers two days back to wadi, but his teacher has not chief minister asked Baijal to man and Nicobar Islands Civil insensitive and reprehensive”. Minister Rajendra Pal Gau- Secretary Anshu Prakash by the LG claiming he was scolded attend meetings, but despite got salary for the last three understand the truth of sys- Service officers have not been The association would con- tam and Transport Minister MLAs on February 19 has sent by an AAP minister, he wipes this, you wrote a letter to the months." tem sitting in Rajniwas and attending meetings with Kejri- tinue to not attend meetings or Kailash Gahlot to resolve the "shock waves" among all sec- his "tears" and despite his "use- chief minister, which suggests Baijal, a former bureaucrat, Secretariat. wal and his cabinet colleagues talk to ministers over phone, as impasse were acknowledged tions of government employ- lessness", the LG encourages that you are openly support- has also been a former Union "Attacking officers, Siso- since the alleged assault on the decided by them last week after by the association, but insisted ees across the country and had him to boycott meetings, say- ing the fatwa of IAS association home secretary. dia said, "If IAS officers union chief secretary. an alleged attack. for the written public apology. LG asks CM to reach out to AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal IAS officers making political officials to resolve impasse moves High Court for bail statements against rules: AAP SAYANTAN GHOSH Meanwhile, Kejriwal also However, Kejriwal did not NEW DELHI: A day after a assault on the bureaucrat dur- SAYANTAN GHOSH discussed the issue of girl stu- mention anything regarding sessions court here denied him ing a meeting at Delhi Chief NEW DELHI: A week after the dents being provided addi- the discussion of alleged assault bail, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Minister’s Arvind Kejriwal’s NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on alleged assault on Chief Sec- tional safety from Delhi Police on the Chief Secretary. Prakash Jarwal, arrested for residence on the night of Feb- Wednesday accused IAS officers of giving polit- retary Anshu Prakash, Chief personnel after leaving school, On Tuesday, the LG, in a allegedly assaulting Delhi Chief ruary 19. ical statements, and questioned the IAS Officers Minister Arvind Kejriwal as there were various com- letter to Kejriwal, had said dur- Secretary Anshu Prakash, on The court, while refusing Association about it, citing the service rules. on Wednesday met Lieuten- plaints about anti-social ele- ing his meetings with various Wednesday moved the Delhi to grant bail to Jarwal, had said AAP spokesperson Ashutosh demanded ant Governor Anil Baijal for ments disturb students outside service associations that he felt High Court seeking the relief. the situation could not be more a lawsuit against IAS officials for violating the a face-to-face meeting, where schools. the government employees in The legislator’s bail plea is alarming when lawmakers do service code rules, saying that the work atmo- the issue of the assault, women’s "Beat constables of the area Delhi were feeling physically likely to come up for hearing not respect the rule of law. sphere is being deliberately pulled down by safety and other government could be directed to move insecure. before Justice Mukta Gupta on While dismissing the plea senior officials. AAP leaders Ashutosh and Dilip Pandey at a press works were discussed. around in his area during “The unfortunate incident Thursday. of the MLA, the court had Condemning this act, he said, “This is a conference here on Wednesday PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA The LG said he had urged school closing time to ensure of alleged misbehaviour and Jarwal was on Tuesday noted that the chief secretary’s major conspiracy by the bureaucrats of Delhi the Chief Minister to reach out the safety of school girls," said physical assault on the Chief denied bail for the second allegations were confirmed by government,” pointing out that police has still of criminal conspiracy against the Chief Secre- to government employees to Kejriwal after the meeting. Secretary (Anshu Prakash), time, with a court here saying his medical report as well as not taken any action against the complaint of tary, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, Police resolve the impasse. He further urged the LG who is the head of the bureau- it could not ignore the fact that the statement of Chief Minister assault of Delhi Environment minister Imran Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and office bear- On his official Twitter to discuss the matter with the cracy, at the residence of the the lawmaker had “openly vio- Arvind Kejriwal’s adviser V K Hussain. ers of the IAS Officers Association. handle, the LG posted, "Met Delhi Police and also take note Chief Minister by the elected lated the dignity” of a 56-year- Jain, who had claimed that he Ashutosh alleged that under the service code He further said that the party received a Hon’ble CM @ArvindKejriwal. of the increasing number of MLAs, was unprecedented and old public servant who was saw the CS being assaulted by rules, it is clear that government officials cannot major boost on Tuesday, after the Tis Hazari Reassured him of my complete sexual offences in the city. has had a demoralising effect “honestly discharging duties”. the MLAs. make any political statements, nor can they join Court ordered that all CCTV footage from all support for steps to remove The Chief Minister also dis- on the entire bureaucracy. Deoli MLA Jarwal, who Seeking bail before the ses- any activity like strike or protest. cameras in Delhi Secretariat, where Hussain was mistrust with Govt. employ- cussed the drainage system of “This incident has sent was arrested on February 20, sions court, Jarwal’s counsel "But the officials are breaking that rule and assaulted by a mob, be preserved. ees. Encouraged again to reach Delhi, saying that land would shock waves through all sec- is currently undergoing 14-day had pleaded that the legisla- continuously attacking the government through The AAP said that on March 1, the next out to them. It is important for be made available soon for the tions of government employ- judicial custody in the case in tor was a young politician and press conferences and social media," said the date of hearing in the Secretariat assault case, it all to work together in public Public Works and Irrigation ees in not only Delhi but also in which another MLA Ama- had got married only this year AAP leader. will press criminal charges against the alleged interest in a secure and digni- and Flood Control Department the entire country,” Baijal said natullah Khan was also arrested on February 6 so he be granted On Tuesday, party spokesperson Saurabh "conspirators" under section 120b of the Indian fied work environment.” drains soon. in the letter. in connection with the alleged the relief. Bharadwaj had said that AAP would seek charges Penal Code. BSES team Outcome Budget 2017-18 attacked, one injured to be tabled on March 20 ROUSHAN ALI "Specifically, the Planning the comprehensive Outcome NEW DELHI: One person was Department should clearly Budgeting exercise initiated injured when a team of a Delhi- NEW DELHI: Continuing highlight the percentage of in 2017-18 has been useful in based power distribution com- with its initiative of ‘Outcome critical indicators that were improving governance and pany (discom) allegedly came Budget’ introduced last year, on-track and off-track as on performance-orientation in under attack by a mob during aimed at ensuring transparency 31 December, 2017, and the Government of NCT of Delhi, a routine check of power theft and accountability in expendi- top 5-10 achievements for cash and what further measures can in outer Delhi’s Kamruddin ture, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Department as per Outcome be taken to strengthen it for FY Nagar area, the police said on Delhi government is gearing Budget,” Sisodia stated in a let- 2018-19,” he added. Wednesday. up before the Budget session ter to the Department. An official said the Envi- The 20-strong BSES team for the 2018-19 year with the He also directed that based ronment Department has pro- was chased and attacked with Outcome Budget 2017-18 to on the department-wise anal- posed fast-tracking of adoption iron rods on Tuesday by a mob be tabled on March 20. ysis of critical indicators that of clean tandoors, while the of 15-20 people, including two With the Delhi government were on track as on 31 Decem- Transport Department advo- women. The BSES employee scheduled to present the Bud- ber, 2017, the Planning Depart- cated engagement of electric -- retired Delhi Police ACP get 2018-19 on March 21, Delhi ment shall also prepare a table buses, promotion of smaller Santosh Kumar Singh -- sus- Deputy Chief Minister Manish ranking top to bottom per- electric vehicles and strength- tained head injuries, the dis- Sisodia on Wednesday directed forming departments, and ening of PUC system. com spokesperson said. “The the Planning Department to mention the names of Heads "The Power department has attack was pre-planned as the prepare a detailed department- of Departments against each also proposed special policy team was attacked when two wise summary of performance of the Departments. mechanism/incentives to pro- Delhi Police personnel accom- against critical indicators of “Planning Department is mote adoption of solar energy panying it had gone for lunch,” Outcome Budget up to third also directed to summarise its in PWD departments, schools a police officer said. AGENCIES quarter of 2017-18. own learnings regarding how and hospitals," the official said. HC reserves Badarpur power station order on plea of can start operation: EPCA 20 disqualified NEW DELHI: Starting on The Badarpur plant in AAP MLAs Thursday, the Badarpur power south Delhi would be “perma- plant that has been shut for nently closed” from July this NEW DELHI: The Delhi High over four months can start year, the EPCA said. Court on Wednesday reserved temporary operation, ban “About 1,400 brick kiln its order on 20 Aam Aadmi on diesel generators will be owners have submitted affi- Party (AAP) MLAs’ plea chal- lifted, and hundreds of brick davits to EPCA undertak- lenging their disqualification in kilns can resume production ing commitment to shift to office-of-profit case. due to “some visible improve- improved-zigzag kiln technol- A bench of justices Sanjiv ment” in air quality in Delhi, ogy by April 2018. Roughly, Khanna and Chander Shekhar the Supreme Court-appointed The plant had been shut down 600 have converted. By July 1, kept its decision pending after EPCA on Wednesday said. four months ago 2018, only zigzag technology- the MLAs, Election Commis- On October 17 last year, the compliant kilns will be allowed sion of India (EC) and other Environment Pollution Con- here, “There is a some visible to operate ,” Narain said. parties concerned concluded trol Authority (EPCA) had improvement in air quality, Asked if the recent ‘Clean their arguments. imposed the measures under but it it still a long way to go to Air Campaign’, jointly organ- “Arguments heard. Judge- the Graded Response Action achieve a clean air. It is not safe ised by the Environment minis- ment reserved,” the bench said. Plan (GRAP) to combat pol- to breathe yet.” try and the Delhi government, The MLAs had on Tuesday lution in the city ahead of the Since October 17, the had any impact on the air told the court that EC’s order winter. Badarpur power plant has been quality, Narain said, “Let’s no disqualifying them for alleg- The EPCA on Wednesday shut, use of diesel generators talk about taking credit. It is a edly holding office-of-profit said its action plan category has banned, and hundreds of brick result of combined action by was passed in “complete viola- been changed. “The GRAP cat- kilns ordered to stop produc- all people.” tion of natural justice” as they egory of ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ tion in Delhi under the GRAP. The Air Quality Index in were not given the opportunity will be lifted, starting March 1. Only those brick kilns, which Delhi stood at 259 (‘poor’) to explain their stand before the So, the restrictions imposed in have implemented the zigzag this evening. Under the poll panel. The bench was also the city last October will also technology that helps reduce GRAP, measures under ‘very requested by the legislators to be lifted. However, the cate- black carbon emission, were poor’ and ‘severe’ categories remand their case back to the gory now would be ‘moderate allowed to function. are rolled out when levels of poll panel with a direction to to poor’ until we (EPCA) fur- Narain and EPCA chairman PM2.5 are between 121-250 hear the matter afresh. ther upgrade it,” EPCA mem- Bhure Lal, who too addressed microgrammes per cubic metre The MLAs had approached ber Sunita Narain said. the reporters, released a ‘Report ( g/m3) and above 250 g/m3 the high court challenging Narain, also the director card on Delhi’s air pollution’ respectively. PM10 levels have their disqualification after Pres- general of the Centre for Sci- and enunciated the measures to be between 351-430 g/m3 ident Ram Nath Kovind gave ence and Environment (CSE), to be taken by the EPCA from and above 430 g/m3 respec- his nod to the EC’s recommen- said, at a press conference March onwards. tively. AGENCIES dation. AGENCIES 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 Three charred to death as Ggn schoolboy murder case: ambulance rams into truck OUR CORRESPONDENT Court acquits Ashok Kumar The incident happened near Chhapraula GREATER NOIDA: At least three persons died while two village on NH-91 around 2 am on Special court in Gurugram directs CBI to file full copy of charge-sheet on April 10 others were critically injured Wednesday, when the ambulance tried when the ambulance they PIYUSH OHRIE a CBI-monitored probe. The sigh of relief after his acquittal. were travelling in collided to overtake a truck. As the truck tried to Haryana government finally In a country where social with a truck in Badalpur area of take a turn, the ambulance rammed into GURUGRAM: Ashok Kumar, relented to the pressure and ostracisation is very common Greater Noida early Wednesday it and immediately caught fire the 42-year-old bus conduc- allowed CBI to take the case. over the most trivial of allega- morning, police said. tor who was falsely charged by The police’s claims, how- tions, elders in Kumar’s village They added that the victims Gurugram police for the mur- ever, came undone, after the went against the tide. were charred to death, while the ambulance were so severe hospital in Noida. The three der of a seven-year-old boy CBI charged the 16-year-old At one point of a time, the the injured passengers are in a that the driver and the two bodies are in the mortuary. in the washroom of a private for the murder, and revealed entire fraternity of lawyers in critical condition. passengers sitting in the “We are waiting for the school, was a relieved man on that the juvenile committed the Sohna and Gurugram refused According to police, the backseat were immediately families to come forward to Wednesday. gruesome act out of fear of an to fight Kumar’s case. But his ambulance had dropped a killed. claim the body. They have A special court in Guru- impeding examination. village residents stood by him patient at Guru Teg Bahadur The truck driver,not been identified yet. Once gram discharged the Sohan res- Lodged in Bhondsi jail all and ultimately the case was Hospital in Delhi and was on meanwhile, is on the run. the bodies are claimed, post- ident off the murder charges this time and after overcoming taken up by Rohtak-based law- its way to Bulandshahr when “The two other passengers mortem examination will be and acquitted him from the several hurdles, Kumar finally yer Mohit Verma. the accident took place. managed to survive because conducted,” said Kumar. case, which had taken the Ashok Kumar (centre) coming out of the Gurugram court, along with able got bail on November 20. Residents of Kumar’s village “The incident happened they were thrown out of the An FIR under sections of entire nation by shock back in his lawyer, after being acquitted in the Gurugram schoolboy murder He managed this despite located in Sohna reportedly near Chhapraula village on ambulance as the glass window the Indian Penal Code relating September last year. his meagre Rs 6,000 per month had also pooled in money to NH-91 around 2 am. The broke. to rash driving and culpable The court also directed the it clearly that the accused was a after the murder came to light, salary – with which his family support his family’s expenses. ambulance was behind a truck “Had they been inside the homicide was registered at Central Bureau of Investigation 16-year-old student of the same Gurugram Police arrested was barely able to manage their “I feel happy and satisfied. and trying to overtake it. As vehicle, they might not have Badalpur police station against (CBI) to submit the full copy of private school in Bhondsi. Kumar and theorised that he household, which includes an I want to thank my family and the truck tried to take a turn, survived,” Kumar further said. the truck driver. the charge-sheet in the murder After Kumar’s acquittal, his slit the throat of the class II stu- ailing father and two young my village elders who stood the ambulance rammed into it The injured men have been “The truck driver fled the case on April 10. legal team is mulling pursuing dents, after failing to sexually children, one of whom is also by me during difficult times. and caught fire,” said Mukesh identified as Nand Maurya of spot and efforts to nab him On February 5, the premier a case against the Gurugram exploit him. seven-years-old. I now want that justice must Kumar, SHO, Badalpur Police Ballia district and Manek of are underway. We are tracking investigating agency, in its first Police officials who falsely Not impressed by the Meanwhile, along with also be done to the family of Station. Bulandshahr district. down the owner of the truck charge-sheet, absolved Kumar charged him. police’s claims, the family of Kumar and his family, residents the deceased child,” said Kumar The impact of the collision “They are undergoing which has been registered in of the murder and established On September 8 last year, the seven-year-old persisted for of his entire village too heaved a after his release on Wednesday. and the fire which engulfed treatment at the district Amroha,” said Kumar. Elderly madrasa Traffic cops to crack down Celebratory firing by nephew teacher held for on unruly Holi revellers kills groom during procession rape of 9-yr-old OUR CORRESPONDENT violations. Special traffic police of the Supreme Court Com- OUR CORRESPONDENT Cops are also inquiring checking teams with intercep- mittee on Road Safety, in cases Police said that the victim Deepak was other attendees at the wedding OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Ahead of Holi tors, along with PCR and local of drunken driving, red light NEW DELHI: In a tragic rushed to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital to know whether someone celebrations on Friday, Delhi police teams, will be stationed jumping, using mobile phone incident reported from the made a video of the incident, NEW DELHI: An nine-year- Traffic Police has made elab- on various roads and strate- while driving, dangerous driv- Capital’s Shahdara district, a with a gunshot injury in the head, but which may help law enforce- old girl was allegedly raped by orate traffic arrangements to gic locations/intersections all ing and over-speeding, an indi- bridegroom was killed during succumbed early Wednesday morning ment officials get a clearer pic- a 70-year-old teacher inside ensure safety of motorists on over Delhi to check drunken vidual’s driving license will also celebratory fire at his marriage ture of the incident. a madarsa in Narela area of roads and check drunken and/ driving, red Light jumping and be seized and he/she would be procession in Seemapuri. In December 2017, a north west Delhi, police said or reckless driving, over-speed- other traffic violations.” liable for suspension for a mini- Police said that on Tuesday Panic immediately spread Sources said that the vic- 24-year-old car mechanic was on Wednesday. ing, red light jumping, triple “Interceptors will be mum period of three months. night, the marriage proces- among the guests at the pro- tim worked as a helper on a killed and two others injured The incident reportedly riding, underage driving, rid- deployed at various vulnera- “Delhi Traffic Police appeals sion was being taken out from cession, as they saw the groom bus at Anand Vihar inter state during a suspected celebratory took place on February 25, after ing two-wheelers without hel- ble roads to check incidences to all motorists to avoid traffic Kalandar Colony and was pro- collapse to the ground and bus terminal. firing in north east Delhi’s Wel- which the Delhi Police arrested met, performing stunts on of over-speeding,” she added. violations especially drunken ceeded towards Faridabad. bleeding profusely. Police said they have come. The shots were fired by the accused teacher on Tuesday. two-wheeler and other traffic Police sources further said driving. Parents should not During the procession, the A senior police official formed several teams to inves- men in a car, which was a part The girl was admitted to BR violations. that action will also be initiated allow their minors to drive bridegroom Deepak’s nephew said that Deepak was rushed tigate the case and search for of the wedding procession. Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini, Joint Commissioner of against the registered owners vehicles. All motorists are fired from a gun to celebrate to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hos- the absconding accused. In another incident in where doctors said that though Police (Traffic) Garima Bhatn- of those vehicles which will be advised to obey traffic rules the occasion. pital with a gunshot injury in They are also scanning December, a teenager identi- she is in trauma her condition gar said, “Special checking found to be driven by minors and regulations and follow the One of the shots struck the head, and he succumbed the CCTV footage from areas fied as Mohammad Nayeem is stable. The madarsa teacher teams with alcometers have and/or unauthorised persons, directions of the traffic police- the 23-year-old bridegroom to the wound around 2 am on where the incident occurred was killed during celebratory has been identified as Zakir been deployed at major inter- being used for stunts or being men on duty for their safety as in the head and he fell off his Wednesday. and the wedding photogra- firing in a wedding procession Alam and was arrested after sections and vulnerable points driven without a valid license. well as the safety of other road horse during the Ghud Chadi He added that the accused pher is being roped in for the in Chandni Mahal area. The the girls parents informed with to detect and prosecute traffic Moreover, as per directions users,” said the officer. tradition. is currently absconding. investigation. accused was later arrested. a complaint with the police on Monday. EXAMINEES PROTEST The incident took place inside a madarsa in Narela’s JJ Narrow escape for 50-year-old shot at colony. The girls, along with her parents, lives near the madarsa. The accused had threatened the girl not to reveal the incident by masked men in Connaught Place to anyone. However after she reached home, the girl fainted. OUR CORRESPONDENT from him, they are investigat- Suspicious, the parents asked ing whether the shootout was her what was the matter and NEW DELHI: In a sensational thre result of a personal enmity. the girl revealed the ordeal to shootout reported from cen- CCTV footage of the area her mother. tral Delhi’s Connaught Place around is also being scanned Swati Jai Hind, chairperson, on Wednesday morning, two and police are questioning the Delhi Commission for Women, masked men opened fire on a victim’s relatives. However, on Wednesday tweeted, “Feel- 50-year-old man and escaped police are yet to completely rule ing sick to the core. Seeing child after their attempt to snatch his out the robbery angle. rape survivor is gut wrenching. belongings failed. Sources said that the two Her eyes, her pain, her trauma Delhi Police said that the The spot in Connaught Place, where the incident occurred PIC/MPOST assailants attacked Singh as he is inexpressible. 9 year old rape injured man has been identi- was walking towards his office. survivor has suffered severe fied as Tasveer Singh, a resident rushed Singh to the nearby a money exchange bureau in It is still unclear whether injuries. Who is responsible? of Rohini, who was shot near Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Connaught Place. the attackers had done a rec- Thousands of examinees took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against the Staff Selection Both system and society -for its PVR Rivoli, located in A block where is condition is reported Though police claim there cee of the area or had shot the Commission over the alleged paper leak for the Combined Graduate Levele Tier-II Exam. Massive traffic their deafening silence which of Connaught Place. said to be stable. was no money in the bag that victim in the busy Connaught jams were seen in south Delhi, while JLN Stadium Metro station was closed for some time PIC/MPOST ensures status quo.” Onlookers immediately Sources said he works as in the accused tried to snatch Place area purely by chance. CITY BRIEFS Viral clip shows School transport a Doctors’ strike leaves EIGHT NORTHERN RAILWAY EMPLOYEES traffic cops CONFERRED SAFETY AWARD manhandling cause of worry for patients helpless in Delhi PIC/MPOST motorist parents in Gurugram security of medical profession- als. It also warned of contempt OUR CORRESPONDENT PIYUSH OHRIE if steps were not taken. JC Passey, medical direc- NEW DELHI: A video clip GURUGRAM: Questions over tor at LNJP Hospital, said, “We gone viral on Wednesday safety of students travelling in have approved all the demands afternoon shows traffic cops school buses were raised again raised by the resident doctors, manhandling a man in Ranjit in Gurugram, after a school bus Now the ball is in their court to Nagar area of central Delhi on collided with an SUV on Feb- call off the strike.” NEW DELHI: Northern Railway on Wednesday Wednesday afternoon. ruary 24, claiming the life of a honoured services of eight of its employees through The exact reason behind 60-year-old travelling in the car Safety Awards at a ceremony held at Northern Rail- the incident is yet to be deter- and injuring several school stu- The school bus which collided with Patients stranded outside LNJP Hospital on Wednesday PIC/NAVEEN SHARMA Safdarjung way Headquarters Office, Baroda House here. The mined, sources said. dents in the bus. an SUV on February 24 The incident was filmed on Preliminary investigation YOGESH KANT Meanwhile, Rambeer Hospital Awards were presented by Assistant General Manag- mobile by a bystander in the revealed that the bus did not Key parameters of the RTA Dabaas, said, “I came from er Manju Gupta. Chief Safety Officer Seema Kumar crowd and shows two traffic have speed governor. Taking directives were identification NEW DELHI: Health services Narela to get my 70-year-old doctors protest and Principal Heads of all departments of Northern policemen slapping and chas- cognisance of the case, the child of the school transport vehicle in the Capital took a severe hit, mother examined, who is suf- Railway also attended the ceremony ing a man, who was accom- welfare committee has asked through yellow and blue paint, after LNJP and GB Pant hos- fering from cancer. But we were panied by a woman, in Ranjit the Deputy Commissioner to installation of speed governors pitals stopped their outpatient shocked to hear about the doc- seat cuts ANGELIQUE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES Nagar. Later, the lady is seen ensure that proper safety guide- and CCTV cameras, and not department (OPD) services on tor’s strike here (LNJP).” NEW DELHI: Scores of res- trying to slap the policemen. lines are met while transporting filling the vehicle with students Wednesday – with LNJP Hos- Talking to reporters, presi- ident doctors and interns at SEVEN LIBRARIES ACROSS DCB SCHOOLS The man then falls down students to and from school. beyond capacity. pital going so far as to close its dent of GB Pant Hospital resi- Safadarjung Hospital went at some distance, after being In spite of periodic checks Authorities have often fined emergency services. dent doctors’ association Dr on strike on Wednesday PIC/MPOST chased by the cops, who then by the district authorities, most schools for flouting these rules, Patients and their atten- Nishant said, “We want a safe over seat cuts in post grad- dragged him by his trousers school buses – in order to cut but parents’ grievances of unsafe dants from Delhi-NCR were and secure environment to give uate courses and termina- along the ground. costs – compromise on the buses still pour in. With most left high and dry, as resident our services at the hospital. We tion of the acting principal of As bystanders watched the safety guidelines, thus putting private schools charging exorbi- doctors at prominent Delhi also want the administration Vardhaman Mahavir Medi- entire episode, some filmed it the safety of students in peril. tant sums for school transporta- government hospital’s contin- to register institutional FIR cal College. and sent it across social media, According to transport coor- tion, most parents are forced to ued their strike for the second against the miscreants.” The agitating doctors making it viral in a few hours. dinators working in schools, a turn to private transport vehi- consecutive day, demanding “Three layers of security said that earlier, the Depart- A senior police officer 37-seat school bus costs around cles, like cabs and auto. better security for doctors and should be established to fil- ment of Surgery had 21 seats claimed, “The altercation Rs 16 lakh, with the cost only “I was forced to have my staff inside the hospital. ter out the excessive number and Pediatrics had 15 seats. started after the traffic cops going higher with further with child travel in a private vehicle Sherada, a resident of Far- attendants coming with the But now these have been NEW DELHI: Angelique Foundation on Wednesday tried to check the documents of precautions. in Vasant Kunj because they ash Khana whose six-month- patients,” he further said. reduced to almost half, with the couple on the scooty, which In the past, campaigns have were providing safe and effec- old baby girl is suffering The recent spate of attacks 12 seats in Surgery and six in inaugurated seven libraries, known as ‘Angelique took an ugly turn.” been launched by the Regional tive school transport facility from a severe chest infection, on doctors at hospitals here Pediatrics. Pustakalayas’, in seven schools run by the Delhi Can- He added that a Head Con- Transport Authority (RTA) to for my child. Even though long reached LNJP Hospital, only came under the scanner of The Resident Doctors tonment Board here. The initiative, undertaken by the stable Rajender made a PCR promote safe transportation of transportation time is a mat- to find doctors on strike and the Delhi High Court, which Association said this would CSR arm of Angelique International Ltd, was launched call about the incident and students. But they seem to have ter of inconvenience, it is also had to return home dejected on Wednesday, directed the lead to significant compro- by New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi. police are now investigating lost steam, as students are still important for his safety, “said and without a check-up of her authorities to take adequate mise for patients. MPOST the case. ferried in a risky manner. Anju Sachdeva, a city resident. daughter. measures to ensure safety and nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 mp Modi asks BJP CMs to work hard to take India, Justin Trudeau again govt’s flagship measures to masses

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head for spat on Jaspal Atwal NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday NEW DELHI: Cana- Trudeau in his response. for Canada, Jaspal Atwal asked the chief ministers of the dian Prime Minister Justin Reacting strongly to Mr was photographed with Mr BJP-led states to work hard to Trudeau’s trip to India was a Trudeau’s remarks, the minis- Trudeau’s wife Sophie Trudeau take his government’s flagship public relations disaster and try of external affairs said, “We and Canadian minister Amar- welfare measures like health it is not going away. Trudeau categorically state that the Gov- jeet Sohi at an event in Mumbai insurance for the poor, and now finds himself at the cen- ernment of India, including the last week. Amidst the row, the electricity and house for all, to tre of the Indian government’s security agencies, had nothing Canadian envoy in India with- the masses as the party gears up fire after telling the Canadian to do with the presence of Jas- drew an invite to Jaspal Atwal for the next Lok Sabha polls in parliament that he agreed with pal Atwal at the event hosted for a dinner hosted for the vis- 2019, party sources said. what one of his senior officials by the Canadian High Com- iting prime minister. Chhattisgarh Chief Minis- had said -- that factions within missioner in Mumbai or the After Mr Trudeau said he ter Raman Singh told reporters present in the meeting which “We discussed key planks the Indian government were invitation issued to him for the would take action against “the that the issue of simultane- was attended by top party of our good governance agenda behind the move to invite Kha- Canadian High Commission- person responsible” for the ous polls, strengthening the leaders, including its president and the chief ministers high- listani terrorist Jaspal Atwal to er’s reception in New Delhi. invites, Canadian lawmaker organisation further ahead of Amit Shah and Union minis- lighted what they have been the Canadian high commis- Any suggestion to the contrary Randeep Sarai had taken the the next Lok Sabha polls, and ters Rajnath Singh, Sushma doing in this aspect,” Singh sioner’s reception in Delhi. “Will the prime minister India?” asked opposition leader is baseless and unacceptable.” blame and apologised. taking the party’s development Swaraj and Arun Jaitley besides said, adding that the work to The opposition Conserva- tell the house whether or not Andrew Scheer. Jaspal Atwal was a Sikh The External Affairs Minis- agenda to the poor were among the prime minister among take electricity to all house- tive Party raised the issue in anyone in his office arranged, “Our professional, non-par- separatist active in the banned try said it is investigating how the matters discussed at the others. holds by next year and provid- Canadian parliament, demand- organised or participated in tisan public service does high International Sikh Youth Fed- Jaspal Atwal got an Indian visa meeting which lasted for over A key matter on the meet- ing a home to all families by ing to know whether Trudeau the media briefing provided to quality work and when one of eration when he was convicted and why he was cleared for the five hours. ing’s agenda was the central 2022 was also reviewed. agreed with the remarks of the reporters that included the alle- our top diplomats and secu- of a botched attempt to assas- Trudeau events. All BJP chief ministers, government’s proposal to have On simultaneous polls, official, identified by the Cana- gation that the Government of rity officials says something to sinate Punjab minister Malkiat After a lukewarm visit, this barring Goa Chief Minis- a Rs 5 lakh medical cover for 10 Singh said the party is keen dian media as national security India was somehow involved Canadians, it’s because they Singh Sidhu in Canada in 1986. row won’t help India-Canada ter Manohar Parrikar, and six crore poor families, the Chhat- to implement it and discussed adviser Daniel Jean. in his embarrassing blunder in know it to be true,” said Mr In a huge embarrassment ties in the near future. AGENCIES deputy chief ministers were tisgarh chief minister said. measures in this regard. Shivanand Jha is new Gujarat DGP CBI books RP Info Systems Jitan Manjhi decides to join Lalu camp OUR CORRESPONDENT intentions clear just after the aid and RJD MLA Bhola Yadav OUR CORRESPONDENT announcement of by-polls as said his party has extended PATNA: Jitan Ram Manjhi gave he was willing to fight from open offer to Manjhi. AHMEDABAD: Shivanand for `515 crore fraud a big jolt to the Nitish Kumar- at least Jehanabad seat. Kush- Political circles were abuzz Jha, a 1983 batch Indian Police led NDA government in Bihar waha was also eying this seat that talks were on between both Service officer, was today NEW DELHI: The CBI has ing the position in 2013, to the The banks alleged that com- on Wednesday by announcing but the BJP played a master- the parties. Danish Rizwan, one appointed as the new Direc- booked a computer manufac- tune of Rs 180 crore. pany manipulated financial his decision to join Lalu Yadav stroke and told JDU to contest. of the close associate of Manjhi, tor General of Police (DGP) turer RP Info Systems and its The other members of the statements and did not route led Mahagathbandhan. Earlier, JDU had announced conveyed to the RJD camp that of Gujarat through a notifica- directors for allegedly cheat- bank were State Bank of India, sale proceeds through the loan This is a realignment of its decision not to contest the his leader was ready to switch tion issued by the state home ing a consortium of banks to State Bank of Bikaner and Jai- account. political forces ahead of the by-elections. side if HAM gets respect- department on Wednesday. the tune of Rs 515.15 crore, and pur and State Bank of Patiala The agency had booked the 2019 General Elections with Both Manjhi and Kush- ful representation in Maha- “The government is pleased carried out searches at six loca- (both now part of the CBI), company and its directors in Lalu Yadav attempting to waha were restless after Nit- waha and Manjhi into the gathbandhan. On Wednesday to appoint Shivanand Jha, IPS tions in Kolkata on Wednesday, Union Bank of India, Alla- 2015 in connection with the stitch a new caste combina- ish Kumar’s return to the NDA Mahagathbandhan. morning, Tejashwi dropped in (GJ-1983) on a vacant post of officials said. habad Bank, Oriental Bank of case related to IDBI. But in tion of Yadavs, Muslims and fold as they feared lesser repre- Kushwaha was look- at Manjhi’s residence and the DGP,” the notification said. It is alleged that the direc- Commerce, Central Bank of the FIR, the agency had only Mahadalits. sentation in coming elections. ing more rebellious but after deal was finalised. With this, Jha will be be tors of the company, Shivaji India, Punjab National Bank, focussed on the exposure to Manjhi’s decision is also On the other hand, Lalu Yadav, meeting with Amit Shah, he With the Muslim-Yadav the first full-time DGP to be Panja, Kaustuv Ray and Vinay State Bank of Patiala and Fed- IDBI bank which was over Rs seen as a coming of age moment serving jail sentence after found announced his decision to con- combination, with about 30 appointed in the state since Bafna, and its vice president eral Bank. 180 crore. for Lalu Yadav’s younger son guilty in fodder scam cases, and tinue support to NDA candi- percent vote share (Muslims April 15, 2016, when the Canara Bank and nine other It is alleged that loans were “During 2013, IDBI Bank and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. his party also knew that a MY dates in the by-elections. One – 16 percent, Yadav – 14 per- incumbent P C Thakur was consortium member banks to taken on the basis of false and relinquished their position as For sometime now Hindu- (Muslim-Yadav) combina- of his close associates said, cent), already in Mahagath- transferred and replaced by an the tune of Rs 515.15 crore. fabricated documents. consortium leader after the stani Awam Morcha (HAM) tion is not not enough to win “Hamne faisla kiya hai ki bandhan kitty, Manjhi’s entry in-charge DGP P P Pandey. The CBI on Wednesday car- The bank in its complaint deliberations with RBI. It is leader Jitan Ram Manjhi and elections. batashe ke liye mandir nahi means he will influence about Jha, who was heading the ried out searches at the resi- on February 26, now part of learnt that in the month of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party After Lalu’s incarceration, todenge.” 10 percent Mahadalit votes. CID (Intelligence) as its DGP, dence of all the accused and the FIR, has alleged that the December 2013, IDBI Bank (RLSP) leader Upendra Kush- Mahagathbandhan leader But Manjhi became more Manjhi comes from Mushhar was appointed to the top post the corporate office in Kolk- company which manufactured lodged a complaint regarding waha have been giving a tough Tejashwi Yadav, with the sup- vocal and demanded a Rajya community. after in-charge DGP Pramod ata, they said. It is not the first computers with brand name the fraud committed on their time to Bhartiya Janata Party port of the Congress, tried to Sabha seat from the NDA. After Manjhi’s exit, Kush- Kumar retired. Kumar him- time that the company has had Chirag had taken funds from bank alone to the CBI and the (BJP) and Nitish Kumar’s mount all-out attack against Meanwhile, in its effort to waha is likely to up the ante as self followed another in-charge a brush with law as the CBI had the consortium from time to CBI investigated only their Janata Dal (United) as they Nitish and the BJP by alleg- woo Dalits, Tejashwi offered he too is considered leader of DGP, Geeta Johri, who retired booked it in 2015 for cheating time from 2012 onwards. exposure of IDBI Bank,” the started to bargain for more say ing misuse of the CBI against Rajya Sabha seat to Mayawati Koeri community which con- after serving on the post for a IDBI bank, once a leader of the These loans have become latest complaint from Canara in the alliance. his family. Tejashwi contin- which she humbly declined. stitutes roughly seven percent month. consortium before relinquish- NPA, it said, Bank said. PTI Manjhi had made his ued his effort to lure Kush- Then on Tuesday, Lalu’s close vote share. HRD Min stokes State boards thumb down controversy over Nat’l Academic Depository Newton again DHIRENDRA KUMAR NEW DELHI: The junior HRD minister, Satyapal Singh, NEW DELHI: With school has courted another contro- education boards of the states versy with his comment that staying away from National ‘mantras’ had codified laws of Academic Depository (NAD), motion before Isaac Newton, it seems the initiative taken by even as he sought to clarify his the government led by Prime earlier remarks on Darwin’s Minister Narendra Modi to put theory that had raised eye- a check on frauds in marks and brows, saying it was his “per- certificates may prove to be a sonal opinion”. non-starter. At a meeting of the Central However, in contrary to response of state boards, over Meghalaya and Goa,” the offi- Advisory Board of Education state boards, the higher educa- 300 institutions have so far cial said. (CABE) which was chaired by tion institutions have adopted been enrolled with the NAD Hoping that more education Union HRD Minister Prakash National Academic Deposi- and most of the institutions are boards would get registered Javadekar, the IPS-turned- tory (NAD) initiative with top Central varsities, IITs, IIMs, with the depository platform, politician said that “certain priority. NITs. Apart from these, some the official stressed that unless ‘mantras’ codified the laws of According to officialstate universities and private all boards don’t become a part motion much before they were sources, only four major states varsities have also started tak- of NAD, it wouldn’t be possi- discovered by Isaac Newton, such as Tamil Nadu, Punjab, ing the services of NAD,” the ble to put a complete check on according to the minutes of the Chhattisgarh and Assam have official sources said. counterfeiting of marksheets, meeting held last month joined the NAD platform as of “Its secondary education certificates, etc. Singh had also suggested now while the CBSE and north- boards of states that are show- Notably, the national aca- that Vaastu compliance of edu- eastern states are relying on the ing least interest in joining the demic depository was approved cational buildings was impor- services of their board’s aca- NAD platform. As of now, out by the Union Cabinet in Octo- tant for learning. demic depository. The NDA- of 55 education boards, only ber 2016 and became opera- CABE is the government’s ruled Bihar has recently joined 11 have joined the NAD and tional last year. The CDSL and highest advisory body for pol- the national depository as the of which seven boards are from NDSL have been entrusted with icy making in education. fifth state. the small states like Manipur, the responsibility of providing “Whatever I had said on “In contrary to the tepid Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, depository services. Darwin was my personal opinion. It has nothing to do PM Modi reviews Mehbooba meets PM; grievance handling in Delhi Police discusses security OUR CORRESPONDENT mir, which was announced by NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Modi in 2015. Narendra Modi on Wednes- NEW DELHI: Jammu and The central government has day reviewed the progress Kashmir Chief Minister Meh- already sanctioned a total of Rs made in handling and resolu- booba Mufti met Prime Minis- 62,599 crore of the package. with the government or par- tion of grievances related to ter Narendra Modi today and On Monday, the General ty’s line,” the minister said at Delhi Police. He also reviewed discussed the prevailing situ- Officer Commanding of the the National Science Day event the progress of the Kedarnath ation in the state and various army’s Srinagar-based Chinar here today. reconstruction work in Utta- development issues with him, Corps, Lt Gen A K Bhatt, had He, however, refused to rakhand. The state government an official said. said a large number of terror- comment on the controversy presented the progress of works During the hour-long ists were waiting at launching over his Newton remarks. through drone imagery. Chair- meeting, Mehbooba briefed pads across the Line of Con- Singh had drawn flak last ing the 24th interaction through Modi on the security situation trol (LoC) to cross over into month when he claimed that ‘Pragati’, an ICT-based platform in the Valley as well as along the Kashmir and that the ceasefire Darwin’s theory of evolu- for communicating with the border with Pakistan, which violations by Pakistan were an tion was incorrect and should bureaucracy, Modi stressed has been witnessing heavy attempt to facilitate the entry of not be taught in schools and on the importance of improv- cross-border firing and con- the infiltrators. colleges. ing the quality of disposal of tinuous attempts of infiltration There were 515 incidents “Nobody, including our grievances.According to an offi- by militants. of infiltration in Jammu and ancestors, in written or oral, cial statement, he also reviewed The two leaders also dis- Kashmir in 2017, in which 75 have said they saw an ape the progress of 10 infrastructure cussed the ongoing peace militants were killed. In 2016, turning into a man.... Humans projects in the railway, road, initiatives undertaken by there were 454 such cases, in appeared on Earth as humans power, petroleum and coal sec- the Centre’s representative, which 45 militants were killed. from the very beginning,” tors, spread over several states Dineshwar Sharma, the offi- In January alone, eight civil- he had said at an event in like Himachal Pradesh, Pun- cial added. ians and six security person- Aurangabad. jab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, The prime minister and the nel were killed and around 70 Javadekar had asked Singh Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, chief minister also discussed injured in ceasefire violations to refrain from making such Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, various aspects of the imple- by Pakistani troops along the comments and leave the sci- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and mentation of the Rs 1 lakh crore Indo-Pak border in the Jammu ence to scientists as it is their Kerala. PTI package for Jammu and Kash- region. domain. MPOST 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018

BYPOLLS IN ODISHA AND MADHYA PRADESH 'Bypoll win would NIA to probe human Congress retains Mungaoli & impact '19 polls' trafficking cases OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT BHUBANESWAR: Hailing his party candidate Rita Sahu's NEW DELHI: The apex anti- Kolaras; BJD wrests Bijepur victory in Bijepur Assembly terror body National Investi- bypolls on Wednesday, Odisha gation Agency (NIA) will be OUR CORRESPONDENT It’s victory of truth and devel- as its candidate, while Pani- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik the nodal authority for probing opment. The people of MP have grahi left the BJD and contested said the outcome of the polls cases of human trafficking after NEW DELHI: In what could already taken a decision to oust from the BJP. would have an impact on the the government on Wednes- of seven to 10 years and the be described as major boost the BJP from the state. The gov- Chief Minister Naveen Pat- general elections in 2019. day approved a proposal in this latter would carry a punish- to the morale of the embattled ernment that had not seen the naik said the Bijepur by-poll Sahu won the by-election regard, according to an official. ment of at least 10 years in jail, opposition party ahead of the face of Mungaoli in 14 years, result would have an impact on by defeating her nearest BJP The Union Cabinetwhich can be extended to life Madhya Pradesh Assembly camped there with their entire future elections in the Odisha. rival Ashok Panigrahi by a Wednesday okayed the draft imprisonment. elections this year, the Con- Cabinet during election,” the Patnaik thanked the peo- margin of 41,933 votes, an EC Trafficking of Persons (Preven- Aggravated offences will gress has managed to retain Congress leader said. ple of Bijepur for the "massive official said. tion, Protection and Rehabilita- include forced labour, bonded both the Mungaoli and Kolaras Odisha Election Commis- victory". "Such an enormous victory tion) Bill, which also proposes labour, forced surrogacy, use constituencies, when went to sion said Sahu polled 1,02,871 "I would like to express my with a margin of over 40,000 a punishment of life imprison- of narcotics to induce forced bypolls on February 24. votes against the 60,938 secured deep gratitude to the people of votes will have an impact on ment for repeat offenders, the labour, trafficking in the garb On the other hand, the by Panigrahi. the Bijepur Assembly constitu- future elections," Patnaik told source said. of marriage and those that lead ruling Biju Janata Dal on Pranaya Sahu of the Con- ency for having showered their reporters while thanking the According to officials of the to a pregnancy or grave illness Wednesday wrested the Bij- gress, which had held the seat blessings on the BJD," he said. people of Bijepur for their over- ministry of women and child such as HIV/AIDS. epur Assembly constituency three terms in a row, came third Asked about pre-poll vio- whelming support to the ruling development, the NIA would The draft bill also moots in Odisha from the Congress with 10,274 votes and lost his lence in Bijepur, Patnaik said BJD's candidate. While hail- receive financial aid under three years in jail for abet- in a by-poll, with its candidate gress’ stranglehold in the two votes in Kolaras assembly deposit. The BJP had polled Odisha was a peaceful state. ing the party's impressive show, Nirbhaya Fund for safety of ting, promoting and assisting Rita Sahu defeating her nearest regions, the bypolls for which constituency, in Mungaoli it 30,001 votes from Bijepur in "People will not stand for Patnaik, also the party chief, women in order to set up a trafficking. rival, Ashok Panigrahi of the were necessitated due to the thumped BJP by 20,765 votes the 2014 Assembly elections. violence in a democracy," he said the people of Bijepur have cell for investigating human The proposed law recom- BJP, by 41,933 votes. death of Congress’s Mun- in the last state polls. How- As many as 1,684 voters said. rejected violence. trafficking. mends a national anti-traffick- While Congress’s Brijendra gaoli MLA Mahendra Singh ever, this time Brijendra Singh opted for the NOTA (None Odisha's people were peace "Odisha is a peaceful state; Government officials say ing relief and rehabilitation Singh Yadav won by 2124 votes Kalukheda and its Kolaras Yadav who bagged 70,808 votes Of The above) option in the loving and had rejected the pol- the people will not stand for that in order to empower the committee which would be in Mungaoli, Mahendra Singh MLA Ram Singh Yadav. defeated his BJP rival Baisa- by-poll held on February 24, itics of hatred and violence, the violence in a democracy," he NIA to probe trafficking cases, headed by Secretary of Women Yadav defeated BJP’s Devendra However, the BJP can claim hab Yadav by just over 2000 EC's returning officer Tapiram chief minister tweeted. "Hum- added. the National Investigation Act, and Child Development Jain in Kolaras. solace from the fact that the votes. Baisahab Yadav secured Majhi said. bled by love and trust of the 2008, will have to be amended. ministry. Both seats fall in the Guna winning margins in the two 68,684 votes. The by-election was held people of Bijepur for giving @ The draft Bill divides vari- It also suggests setting up of Lok Sabha constituency that seats were much less than what Scindia said the mandate in following the death of three- bjd_Odisha a massive victory. ous offences into "trafficking" a rehabilitation fund and pre- is represented by Jyotiraditya transpired in the 2013 Assem- favour of Congress was a vic- time Congress MLA Subal BJD lives in the hearts of the and "aggravated trafficking". scribes a process to be followed Scindia, who had put in the bly elections. While Congress tory of truth and development. Sahu in August last year. people of Odisha," he said in The former category of for repatriation of trafficked hard yards in ensuring Con- won by a margin of 24,953 “People have taken a decision. The BJD fielded his widow his Twitter post. crimes would carry a jail term persons. Karti arrest is vendetta, Every person in Maharashtra NATION BRIEFS BOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR RAJKUMAR diversionary tactic: Cong must speak Marathi: Nirupam SANTOSHI ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL OUR CORRESPONDENT of vendetta against Mr P Chid- ance to INX Media for receiving OUR CORRESPONDENT ise made three-and-a-half years Mumbai: Bollywood director Rajkumar Santoshi was ambaram or his family. We will overseas funds to the tune of Rs ago by the state government to admitted to Nanavati Hospital here for a heart ail- NEW DELHI: The Congress continue to speak the truth. 305 crore in 2007 when Chid- MUMBAI: Mumbai Congress set up a 'Marathi Bhavan' has ment on Wednesday."He has been admitted to the on Wednesday dubbed the We will continue to expose the ambaram was Union finance chief Sanjay Nirupam has not been fulfilled. hospital for a heart- related problem. We can't share arrest of senior leader P Chid- Modi government’s corruption minister. It is alleged that Karti said that every person living The Congress has been at ambaram's son Karti Chidam- and we will continue to hold Chidambaram received funds in Maharashtra should speak the forefront of promoting the any further information at the moment," a hospital baram a "diversionary tactic" them accountable to people of to the tune of Rs 10 lakh in the Marathi and make an "honest Marathi language and ensuring official said. Santoshi, who started his career as an by the government to hide the country," he told reporters. case, officials said. and sincere" attempt to keep speak the language. "Everybody that it is given its due impor- assistant director for Govind Nihlani's "Ardh Satya" its scams and said "vendetta" Senior Congress leader Surjewala said scams worth the language alive. His remarks should make an honest and sin- tance, he said. The state edu- (1982), is known for hit films such as "Ghayal", would not deter the party from Sibal also termed the arrest over Rs 30,000 crore were came against the backdrop of cere attempt to keep the lan- cation minister, Vinod Tawde, "Damini" and the cult comedy "Andaz Apna Apna". speaking the truth. "malafide" and said it was done unearthed in the last 10 days the goof-up in translation dur- guage, its literature and beauty told the Legislative Council Several Congress leaders, to harass P Chidambaram."This alone. “But the prime minis- ing Governor Ch Vidyasagar alive. This is the responsibility yesterday that the government ASI SUSPENDED FOR LEVELLING including the party's commu- is complete vendetta politics, ter has not moved the tran- Rao's address to the Maharash- of each and every person who is considering to make Marathi nications in-charge Randeep this is completely malafide," sition from ‘Maun Modi’ to tra legislature on Monday. lives in Maharashtra," he said language a compulsory sub- GRAFT CHARGES AGAINST SHO Surjewala, Kapil Sibal and he said. Sibal challenged the ‘Bol Modi’. The prime minister A similar glitch happened in a statement on Wednesday. ject up to class 10 in CBSE and JAIPUR: An assistant sub inspector (ASI) in Nagaur Abhishek Singhvi, spoke out agencies to produce evidence remains mum about Çhhota on Tuesday when the last In a state where several elec- CISCE schools. district has been suspended after he accused the SHO against Karti Chidambaram's against Karti Chidambaram. Modi’ as also Mehul Choksi,” stanza of 'Marathi Abhimaan tioneering slogans are raised At present, Marathi is a of Kuchera police station of pressuring the station staff arrest. "They are always misusing the he said. Geet' wasn't played in the Vid- over Marathi, not much has compulsory subject up to class for extorting money from people. On Monday night, It was a "classical diversion- law," he said. He cited the cases of han Bhavan premises on the been done by the BJP govern- 8 in schools run by the Central ary tactic" to hide "corruption Karti Chidambaram was designer jeweller Nirav Modi occasion of 'Marathi Bhasha ment for the language, he rued. Board of Secondary Education, ASI Mehram has levelled corruption charges against scams, mal-governance and arrested at Chennai airport and his uncle Mehul Choksi, Gaurav Din', inviting the oppo- NCP leader Jayant Patil and the Council for the Indian SHO Mahaveer Prasad Meena, a sub inspector, mal-administration that have around 8 am when he returned Rotomac and Durga Das Seth sition's ire. yesterday sought to know in School Certificate Examina- through WhatsApp following which he was suspended marred this government", Sur- from the United Kingdom. jeweller to say that fresh scams Nirupam said Marathi is the state Assembly about the tions, a private board which yesterday on charges of indiscipline and unwarranted jewala said. An FIR filed by the CBI on were being unearthed every- the state language of Maha- demand for giving Marathi, the conducts the Indian Certifi- action, a senior police official said. The ASI Mehram "The Congress party will May 15 last year had alleged day but the prime minister was rashtra and it is important that status of a classical language. cate of Secondary Education has the history of misconduct and negligence on duty. not be deterred by unleashing irregularities in the FIPB clear- keeping quiet. every person living in the state Nirupam said even the prom- examination. He was suspended for indiscipline yesterday and a PM TO ATTEND EVENT separate probe was ordered into the allegations lev- CBSE boards: Laptops for elled by him, IG Ajmer Malini Agrawal said. CENTRE SANCTIONS FUND FOR RURAL kids with special needs Jordan King to talk on Islamic heritage ROADS IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH OUR CORRESPONDENT "The use of computer shall ITANAGAR: The Union Ministry of Rural Development be limited to only for typing OUR CORRESPONDENT "Because of their actions, has sanctioned Rs 706.47 crore for the construction of NEW DELHI: Children with the answers, for viewing the very few non-Muslims under- 43 roads and 15 bridges in Arunachal Pradesh under special needs appearing for questions in enlarged font size NEW DELHI: Jordan's King stand the real difference the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). class 10 and 12 board exami- and for listening the question Abdullah II, who is a 41st between Islam as it has always An official sanction order signed by the Director (rural nation will be able to use com- items. Concerned candidates generation direct descen- been, and the distorted per- connectivity) in the Union Rural Development Ministry, puter or laptops to write their shall bring his/ her own com- dant of Prophet Muhammad versions of the religion today," exam from this year, with the puter or laptop duly formatted and is known for his global he said. "So, this book is an P Manoj Kumar, addressed to the state RWD commis- Central Board of Secondary and the Centre Superinten- initiative to fight radicalisa- attempt to positively say what sioner said. Chief Minister Pema Khandu assured the Education (CBSE) approving dent (CS) shall allow the can- tion, will deliver a lecture on Islam actually is- and always Union government that the funds sanctioned will be the proposal, according to an didate only after inspection of Islamic heritage and promot- was- as well as what it is not. judiciously utilised and the projects will be completed official order. the computer by a computer ing understanding and mod- The book is split into twelve well in time, an official release said on Wednesday. However, the candidates teacher," the order said. eration at a conference in Delhi thematic chapters, each begin- will have to submit a certifi- "The computer/laptopon Thursday. ning with and centered around PAK RESORTS TO FIRING, SHELLING cate issued by a registered should not have any internet Prime Minister Naren- a key Quranic verse," he said. medical practitioner or qual- connection in order to main- dra Modi, diplomats, repre- here last evening on a three- bin Talal, a cousin of the King. Prince Ghazi bin Muham- ALONG LOC IN RAJOURI, JAMMU ified psychological consul- tain the sanctity of the exam- sentatives from a wide range day visit which is aimed at tak- Prince Ghazi, a well-known mad had studied at Harrow JAMMU: Increasing its arc of ceasefire violations, tant recommending use of a ination. The request for such of Islamic institutions, acade- ing bilateral relations to a "new scholar, is also the Chief Advi- School in UK and Princeton Pakistani troops have fired and shelled forward areas computer facility while also an arrangement will have to be micians and think-tanks will high". Reflecting the impor- sor for Religious and Cultural University, the US. along the LoC in Sunderbani, Nowshera and Khour citing the grounds for the made in advance by the candi- attend the event to be held at tance of his visit, Modi received Affairs in Jordan. He had received his first recommendation. date by sending a communica- Vigyan Bhavan, officials said. King Abdullah II bin Al-Hus- The book is an attempt to PhD from Trinity College, sectors of Rajouri and Jammu districts, forcing the The CBSE's Examina- tion with required documents India has around 17 crore sein at the airport, in a spe- interpret the real meaning of Cambridge University, and his Indian Army to retaliate effectively. The Pakistan Army tion Committee in its recent to the CS through school," it Muslims which is around 15 cial gesture. Tomorrow's event Islam and to wean it away from second PhD from Al-Azhar violated the ceasefire agreement around 1030 hours meeting resolved to grant the added. per cent of the country's total will also witness the release of those that have been distorting University, Cairo. The King's today in Nowshera, Kalal and Sunderbani sectors additional concession for Can- The invigilator will sign the population. The Muslim pop- the Urdu translation of a book its philosophy and seeking to visit comes nearly three weeks along the Line of Control in Rajouri district, a defence didates With Special Needs printouts of the answers typed ulation in India is one of the titled 'A Thinking Person's bring it into perpetual conflict after Modi travelled to Jordan spokesman said. Pakistani troops also resorted to (CWSN) category from this by the candidate which will be largest globally. Guide to Islam' authored by with the rest of the world, said as part of his trip to West Asia, year. facilitated by the CS. The Jordanian King arrived Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad an expert in Islamic studies. including Palestine. ceasefire violations in Chakla and Baldoo areas in Khour sector late last night, police said. "(The Indian) BEFORE SON'S ARREST Army is retaliating effectively", they said. Terminate Siddiqui's membership IT MADRAS ROPES IN EXPERTS FOR PC had filed petition in SC fearing 'harrassment' to UP legislative council: BSP RESEARCH IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHENNAI: Indian Institute of Technology Madras OUR CORRESPONDENT In his petition, Chidam- An FIR, filed by the CBI on INX Media case and the Air- LUCKNOW: The BSP today jan Samaj Party's petition to signed a joint development agreement on Wednesday baram has sought the apex May 15 last year, had alleged cel-Maxis case in the "normal demanded disqualification of disqualify Siddiqui as a mem- with Applied Materials India to conduct research in NEW DELHI: Senior Con- court's direction prohibit- irregularities in the Foreign course of official business". In its former leader Nasimuddin ber of the legislative council on data sciences, machine learning and artificial intel- gress leader P Chidambaram ing the CBI and Enforcement Investment Promotion Board discharge of his functions, he Siddiqui from the membership the ground that he had left the ligence (AI). The industry sectors that can potentially appeared to have a premoni- Directorate (ED) from continu- (FIPB) clearance to INX Media has "never allowed any member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative party. In an application to the benefit from this initiative are semiconductors, pharma tion of the arrest of his son ing their "illegal investigations" for receiving overseas funds to of his family, including his son, Council. council chairman on June 29, Karti when he filed a peti- and from acting in any manner the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 or any other person to interfere In a letter to the Legislative the party had demanded that and display. Speaking about the agreement, IIT Ma- tion recently in the Supreme "causing repeated harassment" when Chidambaram was the with or influence the conduct Council, Chairman Ramesh Siddiqui should not be given dras Director Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi said, “We look Court apprehending "contin- to him and his family members, Union finance minister. of official business". Yadav, Leader of the BSP Leg- any facility or allowance that forward to collaborating with Applied Materials in the ued harassment" to him and including his son. While the CBI has alleged Chidambaram has said islature Party in the Upper he used to enjoy as a legislator. fast-expanding field of AI. The IIT Madras is already his family members. However, the CBI swung that Karti had received funds that the CBI and ED can- House Sunil Kumar Chit- At that time too, Chittor a leader in this area and bringing the expertise from Karti was arrested by the into action by arresting to the tune of Rs 10 lakh in the not "harass" Karti and others, tor informed that Siddiqui had sent the application to the academics and industry ...for making early break- CBI today on his arrival from Karti today even before the case, the ED has also registered who were totally unconnected had joined another party on chairman citing various rules, London, even before Chidam- petition was heard by the top a money laundering case in the with the FIPB approval by Feburary 18 after resigning seeking that Siddiqui be dis- throughs in applications.” baram's petition could be listed court. matter. issuing repeated summons to from Mayawati's party on his qualified from membership 10 IPS OFFICERS SHIFTED IN UP for hearing by the top court. In his plea, Chidambaram, Chidambaram, in his peti- them. own. Hence, it amounted to with effect from May 27. Chidambaram, who has himself a senior advocate, has tion before the apex court, has "The petitioner (Chidam- violation of the anti-defection It was on May 27 that Sid- LUCKNOW: The UP government on Wednesday been closely monitoring the said that the position in the said that his fundamental rights baram) feels sad that his son law, BSP national general sec- diqui floated a new outfit, the transferred 10 IPS officers, including IG, Women Power case of his son in the Supreme INX Media case was "worse" were being violated due to "ille- and his business friends are retary SC Misra said, quoting Rashtriya Bahujan Morcha, Line (1090) Navneit Sikera. ADG Brijraj, attached to Court which is argued by his as, though the CBI had lodged gal" investigations being car- being targeted," the plea said, Chittor's letter to the Coun- after he was expelled from the the DGP office, has been made ADG anti-corruption party colleague and senior an FIR in May 2017, the probe ried out by the CBI and the ED adding, "The entire investiga- cil chairman. Siddiqui had BSP. The BSP in its petition had organisation, while ADG crime cell Anju Gupta has advocate Kapil Sibal, had agencies have not filed any and the central government tion being conducted by the become a BSP MLC on Janu- said that Siddiqui was elected been made ADG, Women Power Line (1090). The sprung a surprise last week report "concluding that any has been "misusing" its probe CBI and ED is a total farce and ary 23, 2015 and quit the party on a BSP ticket and since he by filing a petition on his own criminal offence had been agencies. is being made only to malign to join the Congress on Febru- was no longer associated with Women Power Line (1090) service was set up by the accusing the CBI and the ED of committed or that any pro- He has said that being the the name of the petitioner ary 18. In November last year, the party, he should be disqual- UP government in 2012 to empower women against carrying out a political vendetta ceeds of crime had arisen out Finance Minister then, he had and his son in the eyes of the Council Chairman Ramesh ified from the membership of all forms of harassment and ensure their safety. against him and his family. of that criminal offence". granted FIPB approvals in the public". Yadav had rejected the Bahu- the council. MPOST nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 mp Kanchi Mutt head 98.87 lakh MT minerals illegally mined in 5 Rajasthan districts in 5 years: CAG OUR CORRESPONDENT of environment and forests authorities claiming there was crore against the recoverable was to be utilised for the pro- Jayendra dies at 82 granted clearance for mining inadequate follow up of ille- amount of Rs 204.50 crore," the tection of environment and JAIPUR: A whopping 98.87 leases despite the area falling gal mining cases, lack of deter- CAG report on the economic health and maintenance of eco- OUR CORRESPONDENT lakh metric tonnes of miner- under the Aravali hill range, rence due to delay in issuing of sector for the financial year logical balance, especially in als were illegally excavated in it adds. notices and non- implementa- ended March 31, 2017 said. the mining areas. KANCHIPURAM (TN): Jay- a period of five years in five "We noticed serious vio- tion of policy measures. The Rajasthan mineral But the funds were sanc- endra Saraswathi -- the 69th Rajasthan districts, says a lat- lations of the orders of the According to the report, a policy, 2011, stipulated cer- tioned for activities which did Shankaracharya of the Sri Kan- est Comptroller and Auditor Supreme Court of India as scrutiny of the records of nine tain measures for curbing not meet the objectives the cess chi Kamakoti Peetam -- passed General (CAG) report, which mining leases falling in Aravalli superintending mining engi- illegal mining in the state but was actually collected for, the away here on Wednesday fol- highlights rampant unlawful mountain range were granted, neers (SME) or mining engi- perusal of records of selected CAG report said. lowing a cardiac arrest. mining and gross violations in renewed and extended. Besides, neers (ME) in five districts offices disclosed that no Mining without a licence, The 82-year old seer was the desert state, including flout- the MoEF also granted envi- - Alwar, Jaipur, Sikar, Rajsa- concrete measures like regu- mining outside lease area, rais- rushed to a private hospital on ing of Supreme Court orders ronmental clearances for min- mand and Udaipur - revealed latory supervisions, proper ing of minerals without pay- Wednesday morning after he pertaining to the Aravalli hills. ing lease despite the area falling that these offices registered vigilance, non- initiation of ing royalty are illegal mining complained of uneasiness, hos- The CAG report, tabled in in Aravalli hills," the auditor 4,072 cases of illegal mining, incentives schemes, moderni- activities which not only put pital sources said. the state Assembly on Tuesday, said. transportation and storage of sation of check posts and res- immense pressure on envi- Jayendra Saraswathi was claims that apex court direc- Rajasthan has a rich reserve mineral during 2011-12 to toration and reclamation of ronment as they do not com- the senior pontiff of the mutt tions regarding Aravali hills of copper, lead, zinc, rock phos- 2016-17. mined out pits were taken, the ply with any regulations or founded by Adi Shankara- were not followed by the state's phate, soapstone, silica sand, "Around 98.87 lakh metric CAG observed. environmental conditions but charya, receiving the mantle kept at the Kamakoti peetam the departed soul," Modi said. department of mines as mining limestone, marble and gypsum, tonnes of minerals were found Another finding of the audit they also have serious conse- from his predecessor, the late here for the public to pay final Jayendra Saraswathi was leases falling within the moun- and most of these minerals are to have been illegally excavated was that the state government quences on natural resources Sri Chandrasekarendra Saras- respects. Many of the devotees at the forefront of innumer- tain range area were granted found in the Aravalli moun- (during 2011-12 to 2016-17). had levied an environment and like forests, rivers, flora and wathi Swamigal. who visited the mutt were in able community service initia- and renewed. tain range. The department, however, health cess in 2008 on selected fauna and public health, the The junior pontiff Vijayen- tears and described him as a tives, the Prime Minister said Even the Union ministry The audit also castigated could recover only Rs 25.57 major mineral proceeds which report said. dra Saraswathi will succeed Jay- 'jagathguru.' in a tweet, adding, "he nur- endra Saraswathi. Prime Minister Narendra tured institutions which trans- The mutt was established Modi, Vice President M Ven- formed the lives of the poor by Adi Shankaracharya about kiah Naidu, Tamil Nadu Chief and downtrodden." Rahul Gandhi sets up panels Vietnam Prez pitches for 2520 years ago. The rites of the Minister K Palaniswami, DMK Vice President Naidu seer, described as 'Brindavana Working President MK Stalin, recalled the contribution of Pravesha Karyakramam' in PMK founder S Ramadoss and Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayen- for Congress plenary session expanding Indo-Vietnam vedic parlance, will commence others condoled the demise of dra Saraswathi, who passed from Thursday, according to the Shankaracharya. away today, in promoting OUR CORRESPONDENT and Anand Sharma the head the mutt. "Deeply anguished by the spirituality. the international affairs sub- maritime connectivity "Brindavana Pravesha passing away of Acharya of "Pay my respects to Kanchi NEW DELHI: Congress group with Jyotiraditya Scndia Karyakramam of HH Pujyas- Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam peethadhipathi Shri Jayendra president Rahul Gandhi on as its convener. hri Jayendra Saraswathi Shan- Jagadguru Pujyashri Jayendra Saraswati who attained mok- Wednesday constituted an Former Haryana chief min- PRIYANKA TIKOO get of USD 15 billion of bilat- karacharya Swamigal will be Saraswathi Shankaracharya. He sha. His contribution for the organising committee, a draft- ister Bhupinder Singh Hooda eral trade turnover by 2020, performed tomorrow from 8 will live on in the hearts and welfare of mankind and in pro- ing committee and its four will be the chairman of the sub- NEW DELHI: Ahead of his both sides need to promote am," the mutt's official twitter minds of lakhs of devotees due moting spirituality will always sub-groups, and a constitution group on agriculture, employ- India visit, Vietnam President investment in areas where handle said. to his exemplary service and be an inspiration for others," amendment committee for ment and poverty alleviation, Tran Dai Quang has strongly India s advantages coincide The seer's body has been noblest thoughts. Om Shanti to he tweeted. the party's upcoming plenary with Meenakshi Natarajan as advocated enhanced trade ties with Vietnam's demands, step session to be held here from convener. and boosting maritime and up aviation and maritime con- March 16 to 18. The Congress leadership aerial connectivity between nectivity, and reduce and work 'Mayawati a stubborn woman' While former prime minis- Patel, P Chidambaram, Mal- will brainstorm on the party's the two countries, a push that towards abolition of the trade ter Manmohan Singh is chair- likarjun Kharge and Kapil strategy ahead of 2019 general comes amid increasing Chinese barriers so as to create favor- OUR CORRESPONDENT his alleged derogatory remarks respectively. In 2016, Singh was man of the drafting committee Sibal, as its members. elections, in its bid to oust the assertiveness in the region. able conditions for the two-way against the BSP supremo, said caught on camera alleging t*- and Mukul Wasnik its conve- The drafting committee BJP from power. Tran, who will arrive in trade," Tran said in the email BALLIA: The vice-president of here. Singh was speaking at a hat Mayawati was distributing ner, AICC treasurer Motilal has 44 other senior party lead- The party will also dwell India on March 2 on a three- interview. Uttar Pradesh BJP unit, Dayas- function organised by the local party tickets on the basis of the Vora is chairman of the organ- ers as its members. It also has on its prospects in elections to day state visit, also feels The strong pitch by the Viet- hankar Singh, on Wednesday party leaders to welcome him amount of money paid to her ising committee and party gen- four sub-groups on political, key states of Karnataka, Mad- that India and Vietnam are namese president for increased renewed his attack on BSP chief to his home town after being and made some objectionable eral secretary Oscar Fernandes economic affairs, international hya Pradesh, Rajasthan and "blessed" with strategic loca- aviation and maritime connec- Mayawati, terming her a "stub- made the state BJP vice-pres- comments against her. its convener, a party statement affairs and agriculture and Chhattisgarh slated this year tions in South Asia and South tivity with India may not go born woman" and calling her ident early this month. Singh's statement had led to said. employment. and is likely to evolve its plan East Asia, respectively, and down well with China, which party a "shop". "BSP is not a political party, a major controversy with a case The constitution amend- While A K Antony will be at the session. This will be the there is immense potential for is in conflict with Vietnam and "Even a stubborn woman but a shop," he told media per- being registered against him. ment committee will have the chairman of the political Congress' first plenary ses- the two countries to cooperate several other countries in the like Mayawati had to back off sons later in an interaction. The BJP had expelled Singh for senior party leaders Ghulam sub-group and Selja its conve- sion under the presidentship in different areas. region, including Brunei and only because of the massive He also attacked the his comments. After abscond- Nabi Azad and Janardan ner, Chidambaram has been of Rahul Gandhi, after he took "Furthermore, both coun- the Philippines over maritime support I got from the peo- Samajwadi Party and Con- ing for more than 10 days, he Dwivedi as its chairman and made chairman of the eco- over the reigns of the party tries are endowed with advan- claims in the South China Sea. ple," Singh, who had caused gress, terming them a party was arrested on July 29 that convener, with 10 other senior nomic affairs sub-group with from his mother Sonia Gan- tages to develop maritime The presidential visit a massive furore in 2016 for of "baap-beta" and "ma-beta" year from Bihar's Buxar town. leaders, including Ahmed Jairam Ramesh as its convener dhi in December last year. economy. In this regard, we comes just over a month after could increase information Vietnamese Prime Minister exchange and share experience Nguyen Xuan Phuc's trip to HC seeks opinion of Govt, in formulating maritime strate- India as one of the chief guests 15 Congress MLAs suspended, 50 gies," Tran said. for the Republic Day parade. His call for deepening Indo- Tran also identified defence, Coast Guard on under Vietnam maritime connectiv- security and trade as effective others walkout from Guj Assembly ity assumes significance as the strategic areas of cooperation. US, Japan and a number of "India and Vietnam are water cameras at sea link OUR CORRESPONDENT ately clear. In his reply, Deputy Chief ther comments, all Congress other countries have pitched blessed with strategic loca- Following the suspen- Minister Nitin Patel said the MLAs started shouting slogans for a greater role for India in tions in South Asia and South AHMEDABAD: Gujarat sion and eviction, nearly 50 government charges 20 per against the BJP government. the Indo-Pacific region, appar- East Asia, respectively, aside Assembly Speaker Rajendra other Congress MLAs staged cent VAT on fuel. As around 15 Congress ently to contain China's grow- from young population, large Trivedi on Wednesday sus- a walkout from the Legislative He then compared Con- MLAs sat in the well, the ing influence. workforce, huge markets pended around 15 Congress Assembly. gress-ruled states like Punjab Speaker first suspended them The Vietnamese leader and rapid economic growth. MLAs for a day after they sat Earlier during the Ques- and Karnataka with Gujarat for the day and called in mar- also said both countries have Hence, the two countries may in the well and shouted slogans tion Hour, Congress MLA and claimed both these states shalls to evict them. forged a high level of politi- promote cooperation in such against the ruling BJP over VAT Vimal Chudasama sought charge 28 and 30 per cent tax While the MLAs were cal trust through mutual vis- areas as production, manufac- being charged on fuel by the details about the Value Added respectively is much higher walking out of the House, the its at the high and lower levels, turing, infrastructure devel- state government. Tax (VAT) being charged on than Gujarat. Speaker took a serious note of and worked closely for effective opment, renewable energy, Besides these, another Con- petrol and diesel by the BJP Irked by the comparison, Congress' Unjha MLA Asha implementation of the signed information technology...and gress MLA was suspended for government. Leader of Opposition Paresh Patel's sloganeering. Speaker agreements, particularly the new technology application OUR CORRESPONDENT Tirodkar had sought that more two days by the Speaker. The MLA also asked if the Dhanani asked Patel to stick to Trivedi termed the words "BJP Joint Vision Statement on such as biotechnology, green security guards be employed The exact number of MLAs government plans to reduce Gujarat and have a debate on it. Hooligans" said by Asha Patel Defense Cooperation for 2015 agriculture, nano technology, MUMBAI: The Bombay High and cameras be installed under suspended from the Assem- the taxes on fuel to give relief When Speaker Trivedi derogatory and suspended her 2020. new materials, among others," Court has sought the opinion water, and bomb detectors be bly for a day was not immedi- to the people. stopped him from making fur- for two days. "In order to achieve the tar- he said. PTI of the Centre and the Coast used along the 4.8 km long Guard on whether under water stretch. cameras can be installed along However, Prashant Sawant, Bhagwat inaugurates the Bandra-Worli sea link to the advocate for Maharashtra 'Handful of terrorists tarnishing image of Islam' enhance security around the State Road Development Cor- area and to prevent incidents poration Limited, the author- OUR CORRESPONDENT of suicides or other crimes ity responsible for maintenance NCDC centre named around it. of, and surveillance along the FARRUKHABAD (UP): A bench of Justices BR sea link, told HC that since Eminent Shia cleric Maulana Gavai and Bharati Dangre 2014, when the PIL was filed, after Modi's mentor Kalbe Jawwad on Wednes- directed today that the Cen- the security arrangements had day alleged that a handful of tre and the Coast Guard be been upgraded. OUR CORRESPONDENT terrorists working at the impleaded as parties to a PIL "86 CCTV cameras have behest of Israel and the US seeking better security arrange- been installed along the GURGAON: RSS chief were tarnishing the image of ments at the sea link. bridge.30 security guards Mohan Bhagwat on Wednes- Islam. The PIL, filed by activist remain deployed all along the day inaugurated the National "A handful of terrorists Ketan Tirodkar, alleges that stretch 24x7," Sawant said. Cooperative Development working on the directions of the "sea link is fast becoming He, however, said that the Corporation's (NCDC) train- Israel and the United States the favoured suicide spot for Court's previous suggestion on ing centre, named after the are trying to spoil the image sainiya Mujibiya here. nuddin Chisti," he said. disheartened citizens,"and that installing 'travel through X-Ray late Lakshmanrao Inamdar, a of Islam in the world," Jaw- "The basis of Islam is The cleric said that a Shia- there existed loopholes in the scanners' to check against Sangh leader and Prime Min- wad, also a member of All peace and brotherhood... It Sunni sadbhavana sammelan existing security arrangements. potential bomb threats couldn't ister Narendra Modi's mentor. India Muslim Personal Law is stated in history that Islam (meeting for communal har- On previous hearings, be implemented. Inamdar, popularly known Board (AIMPLB), told a con- spread in India because of the mony) is being organised in as Vakil Saheb, was a founding gregation at the dargah Hus- Sufi saints like Khwaja Moi- Lucknow on March 25. father of the RSS-affiliated Seh- kar Bharti, which works for the Government of West Bengal Cabinet nod to hike development of cooperatives in and guided his development. North Bengal Development Department the country. Discussing the coopera- Branch Secretariat Uttarkanya, Fulbari, Jalpaiguri The centre has now been tive movement in the coun- MPs' allowances Corrigendum upgraded as a national level try, Bhagwat said the modern st nd OUR CORRESPONDENT Rs 75,000. institute and renamed Lax- model of cooperatives may I corrigendum to the NIeT No. 138 Sl. No. 01) of 2017-18 (2 Call) Finance Minister Arun manrao Inamdar Academy have come from abroad but Ref. no. To be read as In place of CI. No. PF Registration Certificate PF Certificate and up to date PF NEW DELHI: Members Jaitley had announced in his for Cooperative Studies and the concept was always there. 4(g) (Not after February’2016) and Challan (Current as per Govt of Parliament are set to get budget speech that a perma- Human Resource Management. Cooperation and coopera- Page up to date PF Challan (Cur- rules) increased allowances with the nent mechanism would be set "I have myself worked with tiveness are qualities which are No.02 rent as per Govt. rules) Sd/- Union Cabinet on Wednes- up to revise the salaries of MPs Inamdar. For many years, he inculcated in Sangh workers, Superintending Engineer (Elect) day approving a proposal in every five years, and it would was in charge of the Sangh's he added. North Bengal Development Departrnent this regard. be linked to inflation. activities in Gujarat and had "Bina sehkar nahi udhar, Details can be seen in the Official Website www.wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in The constituency allow- The remuneration of an inducted our Prime Minis- bina sanskar nahi sehkar For all details and online tender submission visit https://wbtenders.gov.in ance, furniture allowance and MP includes a basic salary of ter Narendra Modi into the (Without cooperation there communication expenses of Rs 50,000 per month and Rs organisation and was his men- cannot be any progress and the MPs would go up consid- 45,000 as constituency allow- tor also," Bhagwat said at an without moral values there erably, sources in the govern- ance, apart from other perks. event here to inaugurate the cannot be any cooperation)," ment said. The Centre spends around Rs centre. he said. The parliamentary affairs 2.7 lakh a month on an MP. Modi has written about The event was also attended ministry had proposed an As of today, excluding the Inamdar in his book "Jyoti by Agriculture Minister Radha increase in the constituency Speaker, the Lok Sabha has Punj", he said. Mohan Singh. allowance from Rs 45,000 a 536 MPs, including two nom- Haryana Chief Minis- NCDC is a state-run month to Rs 60,000. inated from the Anglo-Indian ter Manohal Lal Khattar also organisation which works for The ministry had also pro- community. There are eight recalled Inamdar's contribu- development of the coopera- posed that the one-time fur- vacancies. tion and said he was the one tives in the country and pro- niture allowance be hiked to The Rajya Sabha has 239 who brought Modi into the vides them loans at reduced Rs one lakh from the present members. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh interest rates. 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 EDITORIAL India’s urban challenge PSBs lead As urban spaces are increasingly choked—electric vehicles with banks frauds supportive battery swap stations will mark the way ahead ince the Nirav Modi-Mehul Choksi fraud at Punjab n a decade or two, nearly 50 per National Bank (PNB) came to light at the end of Jan- cent of the 1.3 billion people in uary, a series of banking frauds have been unearthed KR SUDHAMAN India will live in urban areas at disturbingly regular intervals. The PNB scam that and transportation will perhaps Swas pegged at Rs 11,300 crore has grown in proportion Ibecome a major hurdle, particularly as the bank has recovered several more Letters of Under- in the major cities, which are already taking and Foreign Letters of Credit worth Rs 1,251 crore choked. Lately, there is a new dimen- which have allegedly been used by the companies linked to sion to this problem—pollution, to Gitanjali Gems. After the Modi-Choksi frauds, Rotomac which vehicles are a major contribu- Pens’ Chairman and Managing Director Vikram Kothari tor. It has been medically proven that was charged with swindling nearly Rs 4,000 crore worth of Indian children have 30 per cent less bank loans availed from a consortium of seven public sec- stamina because of pollution, especially tor banks (PSBs). This was followed by the revelations that in cities like Delhi, where air pollution one Delhi-based jewellery house, Dwarka Das Seth Interna- is far beyond safe limits, especially dur- tional Private Limited, availed bank loans worth nearly Rs The pollution ing winter. 400 crore in 2014 and the promoters of the company have So, experts have already begun work- since disappeared. And, this was followed by the CBI reg- from two- ing on a plausible manner to tackle this istering a case against Simbhaoli Sugars for defrauding Rs wheelers problem. There is a crying need to fast- 110 crore from the Oriental Bank of Commerce. As analysts track the development of public trans- have been pointing out—the PSBs are sitting over a pile of contribute to port and this is one of the reasons that bad loans and after the Modi-Choksi scam, several more nearly half of the metro is being expanded massively such similar frauds are likely to be reported by the banks. in major cities, but last-mile connectiv- In less than a month since the Modi-Choksi scam came to the vehicular ity is critical for the success of public light, there have been three more cases of banking frauds pollution in Delhi transport and this is perhaps a major that have been reported to the Central investigative agencies. hurdle, for which the solution could be E-rickshaws are a most effective solution to providing connectivity and reducing pollution Looking at the number of bank frauds that came to light in and hence, e-two- electric vehicles. Presently, electric vehi- the first two months of the New Year, the government has wheelers, e-autos, cles have not caught on to the desired has come up with a bright idea to have director of Lithion Power Piyush Gupta a model which simultaneously solves an asked the banks to scan all bad loans worth Rs 50 crore and level because of the prohibitive cost of Battery Swap Stations that are expected indicated that by 2019, Lithion custom- economic need for its customers and a above. The government has also asked banks to fix opera- and e-rickshaws batteries and the need for frequent and to revolutionise the use of electric vehi- ers will not be more than two km away societal need, without relying on fund- tional risks within 15 days. As the ambit of frauds at PSBs will make big time-consuming charging. cles for last-mile connectivity, especially from a Lithion swap station in NCR. The ing from the government. We believe we has been expanding, the CBI has also questioned Former E-rickshaws provide a simple, easy in major cities. This will virtually reduce company proposes to set up at least 500 are the first EV company in the world Managing Director of PNB and current Managing Director difference besides and pollution-free solution. But, its full the cost of e-rickshaws by half as the swap stations in the capital. It will be to make a sustainable model. Lithion and CEO of Allahabad Bank Usha Ananthasubramanian and being much potential has not yet been completely battery no longer needs to be owned setting up more than 10,000 such swap aims to become the largest supplier of Executive Director of ICICI Bank NS Kannan. The CBI has realised even though it is slowly catch- but leased for rent on a daily basis. The stations across the country. If this model power to electric vehicles worldwide,” clarified that they are being questioned in the perspective of cheaper than ing on in Delhi and several north Indian number of e-autos in the country may is successful, the company proposes to Gupta claimed. the accused. And finally, Nirav Modi’s international business fossil fuel-driven states that are replacing cycle rickshaws. be in thousands as against half a million set-up such stations in Indonesia, Ban- The pollution from two-wheelers arm Firestar Diamond has filed for bankruptcy in the US. In the matter of a few years, e-rick- petrol, diesel, and CNG autos. Because gladesh, Sri Lanka and perhaps also in contributed to nearly half of vehicular The fact that in so many banking frauds, none of the vehicles. This shaws have grown to 15 lakhs and are of the emergence of swap stations, the several countries of Africa. pollution in Delhi and hence e-two- private sector banks has been involved or lost money is a will also create a expected to double by 2020. E-autos, use of e-autos is going to grow manifold Gupta believes that electric vehi- wheelers, e-autos and e-rickshaws will grim reminder of the fact that it is the PSBs that have been huge opportunity e-bikes, and e-scooters too are slowly and within a year or two, the majority cles will be the predominant mode of make a big difference, besides being unable to protect themselves from being defrauded by picking up pace. Though the e-vehicle of autos in the country would become transportation by 2020. This is because much cheaper than fossil fuel-driven their clients while the private sector banks are successful for the technology is simple and cost-effective, e-autos. This is because, without battery, of economics. EVs would be cheaper vehicles. in protecting themselves from the fraudsters. This makes manufacture of the cost of the battery is quite high and which will now be leased out, the cost of to manufacture and operate, besides This will also create a huge oppor- a case for Public Sector Banks to be handed over to pri- also requires frequent charging, which e-autos would drastically come down. solving urban pollution problems. With tunity for the manufacture of lithium vate management. The Central government has pumped lithium batteries necessitates the creation of huge infra- The start-up, Lithion Power, is per- economies of scale operating, the cost batteries in the country with more bat- Rs 2.6 lakh crore in the past 11 years into the PSBs. But in the country structure. For example, e-rickshaws, haps the first to launch Battery Swap of e-vehicles, as well as batteries, will tery swap stations dotting the land- that has not improved the banks’ lending capability. The which can be manufactured in a small Stations in the country. To begin with, it fall further as in the case of solar power, scape. With swap stations being set up, poor financial health of PSBs can be attributed to the high shed, cost a little over Rs one lakh but has established battery swap operations mobile phones and LED bulbs in the e-buses and commercial vehicles too scale of Non-performing Assets (NPAs), which, as per an the lithium battery in it costs Rs 60,000. in Delhi for public electric vehicles, par- country. will become a reality in major cities, estimate, stands at above Rs 6.5 lakh crore. When so much Lead-acid batteries may cost much less ticularly e-rickshaws. The swap stations There are at present only about half providing a cheap solution to the public of money turns into NPA, there are certainly loopholes at Rs 20,000 but its life is one-tenth, will provide batteries for e-autos and a million e-two-wheelers in the country. transport problem plaguing most urban in the banking system, which cannot be changed much besides requiring more frequent charg- e-two-wheelers as well. The company This is now expected to grow exponen- areas. Just as mobile telephony created as long as the management of the PSBs is vested with the ing. Apart from setting-up charging has established five stations in North tially to several million in the next few huge employment, battery swap stations political masters. To run the PSBs efficiently and in a fair stations, which are expensive, the high and North-West Delhi and by the end years with the availability of leased lith- too have tremendous potential for job manner, the banks have to learn certain things from their battery cost has reduced the attractive- of March, the company proposes to have ium batteries in every nook and cranny creation. IPA private sector counterparts. A day earlier, Finance Minis- ness of operating e-vehicles. 20 such stations. of the country. (The views expressed ter Arun Jaitley had rapped the banking sector regulator To overcome this problem, a start-up Unveiling the company’s plans, the “Lithion Power has commercialised are strictly personal) and auditors for not being vigilant against the frauds. Now, the government has announced the setting-up of a govern- ment agency—National Financial Reporting Authority— dear which will regulate and discipline the auditors. This will Quote martial SRIDEVI THE LEGEND EDITOR millenniumpost.in take away the review and disciplinary roles of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. I am very simple, Bollywood witnessed a black day on 25th Feb when the first female superstar was no more. Log on to write letters to the As the PSBs are holding a large sum of money under Over four decades her naughty smile made everyone laugh and her tears made us cry. But editor or send them to NPAs, more frauds are likely to emerge from the bank- all these praises ing sector. As most of these bad loans are stuck in court now she has gone beyond our reach living us in deep sorrow. For many, Sridevi and the word, [email protected] cases, there is virtually nothing that the government can scare me. I feel 'Heroine' were synonymous. In a male-dominated industry in terms of popularity, she was You can also send your do to improve the prevalent situation. The only thing it can like a newcomer far ahead of her contemporary male superstars. In spite of her stardom, she was very down to do is to put more safeguards in the banking system and comments to The Editor, pursue the court cases earnestly so that those who have earth, shy and friendly to everyone, and very dedicated to her prior commitments. Miss Hawa Millennium Post, defrauded the banks are brought to justice and the banks’ SRIDEVI Hawai will always reign in the hearts of Indian film lovers. May her soul rest in peace. Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah money is recovered from them. The banks should also try and streamline its lending policies and favour small SUBHADIP PAUL Via email Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 entrepreneurs over the big corporates. In a country like India where the population is large and the government is saddled with the responsibility to provide jobs to all those who are unemployed, the banking sector can play a deci- sive role. By offering easy loans to small entrepreneurs, the Government’s enabling role banks can help people set up their businesses and instead of asking for a job, they can create some jobs for others. To fulfil the aspirations of becoming a five-trillion-dollar economy, Syrian inferno it is essential for the government to become an enabler too he situation in Syria, especially in Eastern Ghouta, or India to become ernment spending to bear the a suburb of Damascus, has not merely dipped from a $5 trillion econ- entire burden of the infrastruc- bad to worse. It seems, by all accounts, to have TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE omy, the government ture spending. reached a point of no return. Indeed, the unani- needs to go from being According to a World mousT decision of the United Nations Security Council to Fa spender to an even greater Bank global ranking of trade implement a ceasefire came, for all practical purposes, to a enabler of businesses than and transport-related infra- nought. Even if the Russians said they had asked their Syrian it currently is. With debates structure for 2016, the Neth- allies to suspend bombing for a few hours, there was a lull about the appropriate level of erlands was given 4.29 points only for a few minutes. The over 400,000 residents played it government spending abound, and Singapore 4.20. India in safe by staying indoors in the rubble. Horrific stories have the tight balance between this ranking was at 3.34 points, emerged of death, doom and despair. Emergency provisions spending to boost critical sec- significantly lower at the 35th for food, water, and medical supplies have become virtually tors versus managing a fiscal rank versus the Netherlands impossible to come by. So, has the UN and its decision-mak- deficit is a tightrope the gov- at fourth and Singapore at the ing become a farce in this God-forsaken place? Further, the ernment must tread. fifth position. It is interesting reports showing evidence of chemical weapons being used The government Numbers such as the $526 to note that according to the have added to the living nightmare. Amidst all this comes must continue billion infrastructure gap sug- World Bank, the government the news that North Korea has been sending supplies to gest that innovation in pol- spending in the Netherlands Syria that could be used to produce chemical weapons. A to spend and icy will be essential for India was at 25.04 per cent of the report on North Korea authored by a UN panel of experts efficiently allocate to truly bridge this gap, cre- GDP, while the same number has it that Pyongyang had sent acid-resistant tiles, valves, public finances, ate jobs and generate growth. for Singapore was at 11.28 per and thermometers to Syria. The same report also claims Our premise is that while cent. While not all government that North Korean missile experts visited Syria in 2016 but to truly push spending by the government spending is on infrastructure, and 2017 after the chemical weapons supplies had been up growth rates is important, it needs to focus what the data seems to suggest sent to the Middle-Eastern state. During one of the trips, much more on how to enable is that the different countries, the technicians stayed at Syrian military facilities. A UN and aspire to businesses, especially private given their economic dynam- member state reported to the panel of experts that scientists more than double investment in infrastructure. ics, have used different tools from North Korea may still be operating in Barzeh, Adra, According to a World Bank to boost infrastructure. It isn’t and Hama. The details come just two days after the Syrian the size of the report, government spending essential for a government to regime was accused of carrying out a chlorine gas attack on economy, it is as a percentage of the GDP Developing infrastructure is key to creating jobs and facilitating economic growth (Representational Image) spend a significant percentage Eastern Ghouta. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has averaged at 10.29 per cent of the GDP to be a high-quality has repeatedly denied claims of appropriating chemical imperative that between 1960 and 2016, with public finances, but to truly (2) The economically value- important because for finan- infrastructure country. weapons. Medical aid organisations, however, insisted that more thought the number in 2016 being 11.65 push up growth rates and aspire creating but not fully financially cially viable sectors the govern- A five-trillion-dollar econ- they have routinely treated victims of chemical attacks and per cent. There is pressure on to more than double the size of viable sectors. If infrastructure ment must push for regulations omy is a target worth aspiring blames the government forces for this perpetuation. In this is given on the both the fiscal deficit and rev- the economy, it is imperative sectors such as ports, refineries, that attract capital. Tax pol- for. Infrastructure spending crisis, the country’s war nears its seventh anniversary. The measures to enue deficit in India. In addi- that more thought is given on renewable energy, power trans- icies to boost capital expen- will have to form a signifi- report says that the Syrian government specifically denied tion, no remarkable change in the measures to boost private mission, mining, toll-roads, diture such as competitive cant component of the value- the accusations that there were missile experts from North boost private tax revenues is expected soon investment. water and irrigation can all be accelerated depreciation, tax- creation in the economy. The Korea inside the country, saying, instead, they were “sports investment that would provide a signifi- The recent policy by the categorised between the “finan- free windows, and centralised positive multiplier effect of trainers”. And, now, it is openly exporting terror in the form cant increase to government Modi government to open the cially viable” and the “econom- clearance windows would be infrastructure creation cannot of chemical warfare. These startling revelations apart, the spending – therefore, it will coal mining to the private sec- ically value-creating but not the key. While for the sectors be over-emphasised in terms of fact remains that, there’s little or no hope for the innocent be wise to assume that spend- tor is a welcome step. If imple- fully financially viable”, then that deliver economic value but job creation, economic growth, civilians and children of the war-ravaged Syria. Bombings ing as a percentage of the GDP mented well, this should pave the former needs effective and aren’t fully financially feasible, and national prosperity. It is continue ceaselessly—whether by day or by night. Some will not see a significant change the way for more competition transparent regulations while government spending in vary- time for the Indian government “rebels” have been the so-called targets. But, hundreds have upwards anytime soon. Hence, and higher efficiency. the latter needs government ing degrees will be required. to pay greater attention to its perished. Precisely, how a State can inflict such unimagina- for India to create the neces- The most important step spending in addition to effec- What is important to realise is role as an enabler and facilita- ble horrors, death, and destruction on its own people and sary infrastructure and jobs it towards allowing private capital tive regulations. that high-quality infrastruc- tor of infrastructure. IANS that, too, with foreign aid, remains the greatest mystery. At is essential to allow the invest- into infrastructure is to bifur- The above analysis must ture will be essential to pro- (The author heads Devel- this rate, unfortunately, time alone will tell if anything will ment of private capital. The cate the infrastructure market be based on robust cash-flow vide India with an opportunity opment Tracks, an infrastruc- ultimately be left of Syria. government must continue to to identify two segments: (1) models and past project expe- to push up growth rates. It is ture advisory firm. The views spend and efficiently allocate The financially viable sectors rience. The bifurcation is simply not possible for the gov- expressed are strictly personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 mp in focus In defence of the General’s statement India must devise a stringent policy for national border to tackle Bangladeshi influx

rmy Generals in India nor- now with change of regime in Assam of his own men is a vindication of mally do not make too and also at the Centre, some may be India’s confused border management many statements beyond feeling the heat. Given the alarm- policy torn apart between keeping their operational para- ing pace at which the demography the pro-India Bangladesh Govern- Adigm. But when they do, one has to is shifting in northeast, it is bound to ment in good humour and secur- PATHIKRIT PAYNE take them seriously. General Bipin trigger resistance from ethnic groups ing its own borders. There is a sheer Rawat made the following statement over there who are increasingly feel- disconnect between ground realities recently, ‘A planned immigration is ing insecure as a result of this persis- and how New Delhi perceives issues. taking place because of our western tent invasion and who may not wait One wonders what Assistant Com- neighbour. They will always try and inordinately for New Delhi to take mandant Atrey should have done ensure that this area is taken over, decisive actions. instead of firing to protect one of playing the proxy dimension of war- his own men, from the smugglers fare.’ The statement was invariably Let us realise: Eastern borders are about to lynch a BSF jawan, if the about the apocalyptic level of infiltra- not benign Indian approach continues to be to tion that has been consistently taking For decades India’s policymakers treat such acts as murder. Sadly, the place from Bangladesh into India’s remained obsessed with its western nation stood behind Major Leetul northeast and perhaps some of India’s borders with a false presumption that Gogoi because of a media furore but eastern states like West Bengal. The threats can never emanate from the it seems that the BSF officer has been Rohingyas could influx has been such that the demog- east. It is only perhaps in the last two forgotten. raphy of most of lower Assam has decades especially since the nuclear If India has to stop the problem not have reached been irreparably altered with ethnic test of 1998 that India has been con- of Bangladeshi influx, it has to come Jammu and settle Assamese and others on the verge of sciously waking up to the possibility out with a stringent national border near sensitive being reduced to minorities in their of a two frontal war. The Modi Gov- policy and treat all borders as equally own states in the times to come. The ernment has taken some significant sensitive. In this era of sub-conven- army bases burgeoning migration resulted in steps to fortify India's preparedness tional and Trojan wars, no border can had the eastern altered political clout as was stated along the China border. The same be termed benign anymore. Rohing- by General Rawat about the rise of needs to be replicated along the Indo- yas could not have reached all the borders not been parties like AIUDF standing on the Bangladesh border. way to Jammu and even settle near porous and prone edifice of migrant Bengali Muslim sensitive army bases had the eastern population of Assam. The need for a National Border borders not been porous and prone to orchestrated Policy to orchestrated infiltration. Given infiltration. Given The background General Rawat’s statement regarding the influx of immigrants must be heeded and acted upon Further, India lacks a coherent the murmurs of a possible Rohingya To understand the deeper con- National Border Policy. India’s schizo- hand in the Sunjuwan Army base the murmurs nection between Pakistan and Ban- to persecution. However, that was of 1983 enacted by Congress created themselves in many parts of east and phrenic approach and the self-defeat- attack, it is time to realise that exter- of a possible gladesh-based demography altering not the case with what was happen- severe impediments in deporting northeast India. The enclaves with ing concept of putting everything nal dimensions of India’s internal illegal migration to India, one has to ing in eastern India. The migration illegal immigrants? Can one deny significant illegal Bangladeshi pop- under the garb of ‘law & order’ issue security issues do not always ema- Rohingya hand understand the internal dynamics was systematic, calibrated and com- that certain political parties go head ulation now work as safe havens for is also to be blamed for the mess. nate from western borders but from in the Sunjuwan of Bangladesh. Post 1971, in spite of pletely aimed at altering religious over heels to provide such infiltra- them and often local vote-bank poli- When a miscreant involved in cross- elsewhere too. disintegration of Pakistan and cre- demography. Most of those migrat- tors with readymade ration cards and tics ensured that agencies turn a blind border nefarious activities is arrested Army base attack, ation of the Bengali speaking state, ing en masse cannot claim to be vic- voter ID card in lieu of assured votes eye to all this. by BSF, he is generally handed over Why General Rawat’s statement is it is time to realise after a horrendous war dotted with tims of persecution in Bangladesh. for their respective parties? Can one This apart, ISI has been incred- to the state police since law & order justified innumerable genocides, Bangladesh, As per reports, a former Governor also deny that whenever the issue of ibly active in pushing in fake Indian is a state subject. From then on, his The reason why General Rawat’s that external beneath the semblance of homoge- of Assam Lt Gen (Retd) Ajay Singh demographic alteration is raised, it currencies through the Bangladesh eventual release is a foregone con- statement deserves unequivocal sup- dimensions of neity, has for long remained deeply had stated more than a decade back is given a communal colour by nay- route. Malda in West Bengal is often clusion. Stringent punishment pre- port because he has shown the con- divided internally. The crack runs that the extent of infiltration is to the sayers to obfuscate the core issue? In termed the fake currency capital. ceded by strong prosecution is the last viction to tell the truth as it is. Those India’s internal deep between secular nationalist tune of 6000 Bangladeshis entering fact, the IMDT Act was so obnoxious Most of the illegal trade across the thing that happens with Bangladeshis who are opposing it have been the security issues Bangladeshis and those who had Assam every day. This has been fur- that eventually it was struck down by border happens with fake currencies. caught in borders for illegal activi- same lot who for long had refused to deep sympathy for the state of Paki- ther given impetus by alleged aspira- Supreme Court in 2005 but by then Goods go out of India without pay- ties. The distinction between petty acknowledge the problems of Kash- do not always stan, resented the split and worked tions of a Greater Islamic Republic of much of that damage was done. ing the requisite taxes while payments local crimes and cross-border crimes mir until it went literally out of con- emanate from actively to help Pakistan Army dur- Bangladesh that many in Bangladesh in fake currencies are pumped in. with national security ramifications trol and the armed forces had to move western borders ing war. The Razakars and their sup- secretly nurture. That includes parts The cycle of crime and infiltration Overall as things stand, India’s bor- rarely exists. This often emboldens it to stem the rot and clear the mess porters never stopped collaborating of West Bengal and a significant por- However, the issue is not just der regions with Bangladesh are akin the perpetrators. There have been through spillage of blood of their with Pakistan. The Gulf States, where tion of Northeast. related to illegal immigration alone. to tinderbox or a dangerous cock- several instances of BSF personnel own men in uniform. Northeast and Bangladeshis go en masse for work There have been innumerable tail of Molotov where the writ of the being brutally beaten up and even possibly even parts of eastern India became rendezvous points for hatch- Is there a Trojan invasion happen- instances of terror attacks in India state is often abysmal if not entirely been lynched by cattle smugglers are heading towards similar mess if ing plots. Funds from Saudi Arab and ing with a sinister motive? having clear evidence of involve- absent. Porous borders combined who know too well about the restric- infiltration is not stopped and the spread of Wahhabism fuelled it fur- While India continued with its ment of either ISI’s Bangladesh-based with illegal trades transacted with tions put on BSF on use of firepower, apocalyptic demographic shift is not ther. While Pakistan was simultane- massive defence spending to prepare sleeper cells or that of radical Islamist fake currencies aided by safe havens thanks to an Indo-Bangladesh agree- reversed. Pakistan might have failed ously hatching plots for fomenting for conventional wars, it remained Bangladeshi entities themselves. of Bangladeshis protected by local ment signed in 2011 to restrict the in Punjab and J&K in its misadven- separatism in Punjab and Kashmir to horribly unaware and ignorant of While ISI’s stranglehold and funding politicians in lieu of vote have created use of lethal firepower on border. tures but may have the last laugh if avenge its dismemberment in 1971, the Trojan invasion with sinister in Bangladesh to foment violent anti- the perfect ecosystem for mushroom- This has only given more impetus New Delhi fails to take cognisance the Razakars and their progenies were objectives taking place in its seem- India narrative is well known, over a ing of countless Madrasas poisoning to smuggling of fake currencies, and of the Trojan invasion taking place in orchestrating a Trojan War on India, ingly peaceful eastern borders. This period of time many of Bangladesh- a generation of minds with a deadly infiltration. the east and northeast India. Hope- the impact of which is now being felt. has been aided by certain political based terror groups such as Harkat Ul concoction of Wahhabism and anti- The incident of court marshal pro- fully, the Modi Government will con- Illegal migration can to a cer- parties who found in this swarming Jihad al Islami Bangladesh (HUJI-B) Indian hatred. All of this has been ceedings against BSF Assistant Com- tain it in time. tain extent be deliberated upon or mass of infiltrators a readymade vote and Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangla- happening for decades, right under mandant Anubhav Atrey for killing a (The views expressed justified if there are issues related bank. Can one deny how IMDT Act desh (JMB) have deeply entrenched the nose of local administrations. But Bangladeshi smuggler to protect one are strictly personal)

tweet Why fire accidents are unabated RETWEET India has a fire safety audit to assess the safety of an organisation but it lacks certain crucial legislative provisions BRAHMA CHELLANEY slew of fire accidents occurred in less @Chellaney than a month dam- SAMAR LAHIRY aging human lives, Aproperties, and goods. The fire that broke out in a factory in Hindi-Chini bhai bhai under Nehru Delhi, Mumbai’s Kamala Mills resulted in loss of buffer Tibet and rout in rooftop hotels, and Madurai’s 1962. Hindi-Chini bhai bhai under Modi Meenakshi temple were disas- has led to China’s trade surplus spiraling ters waiting to happen. Initial findings suggest that storing from less than $2.5 billion a month to inflammable materials, block- over $5 billion a month, with India now ing exit passages, overhang- underwriting China’s India containment. ing electrical wirings are some of the causes. These incidents should be treated as a wake- up call. A recent report, FICCI- RAMACHANDRA GUHA Pinkerton’s The India risk sur- @Ram_Guha Fire service is a vey, 2017 ranks natural hazards the fourth highest risk to busi- state subject and ness up from last year’s seventh has been included position. India is considered Reading a fascinating book by the great at a high risk of natural haz- French thinker Tzvetan Todorov. He says: as a municipal ards with a significant risk to "The protection of the status of minorities function in businesses and communities should be the great political principle compared to developed econ- Schedule XII of omies. India has the scope to of the 21st century. A nation furthers its the Constitution. strengthen its institutional own good by respecting & protecting its capacity, financial resources, Fires breaking out in public buildings are disasters waiting to happen due to lack of adequate in-built fire protection systems or the knowledge of it minorities". Absolutely! Due to lack of and infrastructure to mitigate resources, fire the adverse effects of natural Poorly stored goods, even regarding the scope, objective, the population. Based on a tion and protection measures hazards. According to National though they are not flamma- methodology, and periodicity 2011 study, 65 per cent defi- is also of paramount impor- services are Crime Record Bureau, 18,450 ble, may help to spread fire and of a fire safety audit. Therefore, ciency was reported in fire tance. Organising firefighting ill-equipped cases of fire accidents were hinder firefighters gain access FSA should be made manda- stations. According to Min- workshop once in six months MEHBOOBA MUFTI reported in 2015 which injured to the seat of the fire or reduce tory all over India and the work istry of Home Affairs, in 144 in localities/mohallas/schools @MehboobaMufti in providing 1,193 and killed 17,700. Fire the effectiveness of sprinkler should be entrusted to inde- towns with population over with the involvement of local adequate fire has been ranked fifth, up by systems. Goods tidily stored pendent agencies. It is reason- 1 lakh, there is a huge defi- councellor/elected represen- safety cover to the three positions from the last with gangways may help to able to have a fire safety audit ciency of fire fighting infra- tatives is one way to achieve year’s ranking, cites the report. inhibit the spread of fire. every year. In India, although structure. The government the aforementioned. There are Science is not just a subject, but your key population There has been a steep rise Fire Safety Audit (FSA) is there are many rules and reg- has provided financial assis- many offices/high rise build- to the future. I urge the youth to read more, in the constructions of build- found to be an effective tool ulations, codes and standards tance of Rs 176 crore during ings/mandir and religious research more & adopt scientific thought. ings in India, especially High to assess fire safety standards related to fire safety, these are 2009-13 to modernise states places having firefighting #NationalScienceDay Rise buildings. Because of its of an organisation or an occu- seldom followed. There is a fire services and supplements equipment installed but hardly peculiar nature, fire in resi- pancy. In other words, it is need to revisit fire safety audit the efforts towards moderisa- any person has the knowledge dential buildings, particularly aimed to assess the building for regulations and state fire ser- tion of state governments by of using them. Lack of main- high rise buildings becomes compliance with the National vices as well. providing funds. Thus, the gov- tenance makes the equipment more complex and the salvag- Building Code of India, rele- Fire service is a state sub- ernment should continue to dysfunctional. The schools MALEEHA LODHI ing operations become more vant Indian standards and the ject and has been included as provide financial support and where mid-day meals are @LodhiMaleeha difficult and sometimes even legislations enacted by state a municipal function in the XII assistance in augmenting and cooked are potential fire haz- resulting in many deaths and governments and local bodies, schedule of the Constitution. modernising the fire depart- ards. Fire service departments huge property losses. In metro on fire prevention, fire protec- The municipal corporations ments. This should be over and should visit above-mentioned cities, high rise buildings lack tion, and life safety measures. and local bodies are respon- above higher states allocation installations periodically (once Presenting Pakistan's point of view on UN adequate in-built fire protec- Although FSA is an effective sible for providing fire ser- (42 per cent) recommended in six months) and take appro- Security Council reform in the inter govt tion systems. In commercial tool to assess fire safety stan- vices in many states. Due to by the Fourteenth Finance priate actions against erring establishments, major fires dards of an occupancy, there lack of resources, fire services Commission. establishments. DOWN TO EARTH negotiations at the United Nations start in storage area and ware- are no clear provisions in are ill-equipped in providing Building awareness among (The views expressed houses than production areas. any of the safety legislations adequate fire safety cover to citizens about fire preven- are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 Posing as jihadist, Czech ‘crashed’ 2 Maldives throws out foreign Rohingyas flee to B’desh trains to provoke anti-Muslim ire lawyers for internal meddling on new Myanmar threat COLOMBO: The Maldives detained and deported a group TOMBRU (Bangladesh): basic rights. of international lawyers who Hundreds of Rohingya living Nearly 700,000 have fled travelled to the troubled hon- in no man's land have left their since the military backed by eymoon islands to study the makeshift camp and crossed Buddhist mobs launched a impact of emergency rule, into Bangladesh after soldiers brutal crackdown last year in their organisation said on from Myanmar used loud hail- the wake of militant attacks on Wednesday. ers to threaten them, commu- police posts. PRAGUE: A 70-year-old Law Asia, a regional law- nity leaders said on Wednesday. Doctors without Borders Czech man is facing terror yers' association, said it had sent Around 6,000 Rohingya has said 6,700 Rohingya were charges after allegedly causing four members in response to an have been living on a thin killed in the first month of the two train crashes and pretend- open invitation the government stretch of land between the two violence alone in a campaign ing he was a jihadist in a bid issued two days after President countries since fleeing Myan- the United Nations has called to provoke a backlash against Abdulla Yameen imposed a state of the Maldives as a peaceful witness the safety and security mar in the wake of a brutal mil- ethnic cleansing. Muslims, a news report said on of emergency. holiday paradise, although it of Male" under emergency rule. itary crackdown on the Muslim Most of the refugees Wednesday. That followed a Supreme has had little impact on life away Law Asia said they had been minority in late August. are now living in camps in The man felled trees by two Court order, later rescinded, from the capital in the upmarket trying for more than two weeks They were among the first Bangladesh. different railways near the cen- to release political prisoners resort islands popular with hon- to arrange special visas before to flee Myanmar when the vio- camp. In it, they urge the Rohingya The Bangladesh govern- tral city of Mlada Boleslav in and reinstate sacked lawmak- eymooners. The four lawyers deciding to send the delegation lence erupted last year and set "We can't now sleep peace- to leave, saying the land they ment has signed an agreement early June and late July 2017, ers -- a move that would have were detained on Sunday when after informing the immigration up makeshift shelters in no fully. Most of the Rohingya in are on is under their jurisdic- with Myanmar to repatriate the lidovky.cz news site said, cost Yameen his majority in they arrived at Male interna- authorities. man's land in the weeks before the camps now want to flee and tion and threatening them with them, but the refugees them- quoting a prosecutor. parliament. tional airport, where they were Separately, Yameen's niece Bangladesh agreed to let the take shelter in Bangladesh," prosecution if they remain. selves say they do not want to Trains crashed into both The president has overseen held and subsequently deported, Dunya Maumoon resigned late Rohingya into the country. Mohammad said. Last week Bangladesh and return. trees but no one was injured. a major crackdown on dissent Law Asia said. last night as health minister. In recent weeks they have "Around 150 families have Myanmar officials visited the Bangladesh was supposed In both places, the man left in recent years, jailing a series "By such action, the gov- She had been under pressure come under pressure from already left the camp for Ban- camp and urged the refugees to start the repatriation pro- leaflets with messages in Ara- of prominent critics including ernment of Maldives deprived to resign since Yameen ordered soldiers who have stepped up gladesh as they were afraid they to return to Rakhine. cess last month but it has been bic transliterated into Roman the opposition leader and sack- itself of the benefit of an inde- the arrest of her father, ex-presi- patrols along the barbed wire might be forcefully sent back to But community leaders delayed amid concerns over a characters. Police arrested the ing MPs who defected from the pendent and impartial assess- dent Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. border fence just yards (metres) Rakhine," he said, referring to have said they won't go back lack of preparation. man last week. ruling party. ment by a fact-finding team not The 80-year-old was presi- away from the camp and the area of Myanmar where the unless their demands for citi- Myanmar forces have also "The culprit is a Czech- Earlier this month sponsored by any individuals, dent for 30 years until the coun- broadcast messages using loud Rohingya used to live. zenship and security guaran- erected a kilometres-long born citizen whose motivation Yameen sacked the chief jus- parties or organisations in the try's first democratic elections hailers ordering the Rohingya One Border Guard Ban- tees are met. barbed wire fence along the was to raise fears of the Mus- tice and another senior judge Maldives," it said. in 2008 and was initially see as to leave. gladesh official said the Myan- Myanmar views the border in recent weeks and lim migrant wave and terror before imposing emergency The government had invited the power behind the throne Community leader Dil mar soldiers were playing the Rohingya as illegal settlers installed multiple outposts with attacks," the website quoted rule, sparking international international organisations to until be became estranged from Mohammad said the messages announcement at least 10 to 15 from Bangladesh and has long armed guards and loudspeak- Prague prosecutor Marek Bod- condemnation. send representatives to "assess his half brother and backed the had spread panic through the times a day. denied them citizenship and ers, the refugees said. AGENCIES lak as saying. AGENCIES The crisis has hit the image the situation in the Maldives and opposition. AGENCIES 30 kidnapped, Jared Kushner's access to US top secrets withdrawn Lebanon PM in Australia recalls 2.3 million six killed in Saudi for 1st WASHINGTON: US Presi- member of the team, and he vehicles over airbag problems south Afghanistan dent Donald Trump's son-in- will continue to do the impor- visit since ties law Jared Kushner has been tant work that he's been doing KANDHAR: Afghan officials stripped of his top-secret since he started in the admin- became strained SYDNEY: Australia defective airbags made by the say at least 30 people, includ- security clearance, limiting istration," White House Press announced the compulsory Japanese group. ing 19 police officers, have been his unfettered access to see the Secretary Sarah Sanders told BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime recall of 2.3 million vehicles A total of four million vehi- kidnapped and six police killed country's top secrets, media reporters. Minister Saad Hariri has on Wednesday due to problems cles in Australia are affected. by insurgents in separate inci- reports said on Wednesday. According to Politico, headed to Saudi Arabia in his with faulty Takata airbags that Some have already been vol- dents in southern Afghanistan. The decision made by Kushner's security level has first visit to the kingdom since have caused at least 23 deaths untarily recalled by manufac- Gen Abdul Raziq, Kan- White House chief of staff been downgraded from the top his now-reversed resignation worldwide. turers, with on Wednesday's dahar's police chief, said on John Kelly came as the Trump secret to secret level. from Riyadh late last year in The government interven- action concerning those that Wednesday a group of insur- administration struggles with Abbe Lowell, an attorney for a bizarre sequence of events tion -- one of the country's have yet to be fixed. gents attacked a police check- claims of intelligence leaks. Kushner, said that he "has done that deeply strained relations biggest ever consumer recalls An investigation by Aus- point, killing six police and Kushner, along with other more than what is expected of between the two countries. -- follows consultations with tralia's Competition and Con- wounding five others. White House officials who him in this process." Hariri arrived in Saudi Ara- affected manufacturers and sumer Commission found that At the same time another had been operating on interim Kushner was notified of the status within the White House The changes would "not bia early on Wednesday, and industry stakeholders. Takata airbag inflators without group of insurgents wearing clearances, had their access downgrade in a memo last Fri- as both family members are affect Mr Kushner's ability to is expected to meet the king It affects vehicles made by a desiccant -- a drying agent -- army uniforms stopped a bus altered last week after Kelly day, the reports said. assistants to the president. continue to do the very impor- and his powerful crown prince. Ford, GM Holden, Mercedes- or with a calcium sulphate des- and kidnapped 30 people, of stipulated new changes to the Kushner and the aides pre- Kushner recently has tant work he has been assigned His visit followed an invite by a Benz, Tesla, Jaguar, Land Rover, iccant had a design flaw. whom 19 are policemen, said security clearance system, viously held what is known as embraced a lower profile as by the president." Saudi envoy who visited Hariri Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda. It said that over time the Raziq. Politico and other media out- 'Top Secret/SCI-level' clear- more questions have been Kushner is currently in in Beirut. Hariri's visit is likely Similar action has taken place ammonium nitrate propel- Both incidents took place lets reported. ances, which provided them raised about his interactions charge of the vexed Middle East to boost relations with his around the world. "The com- lant could degrade, potentially last night at the border between The security clearance of with unfettered access to clas- with foreign officials and about peace process. Saudi backers. pulsory recall will capture leading to the airbags being Kandahar and Uruzgan prov- 37-year-old Kushner, who is sified information and some his financial entanglements. The decision to reduce Relations between Hariri approximately 2.3 million vehi- deployed in error. inces, he said. also Trump's senior adviser, of the country's most guarded The White House did not Kushner's access to classified and Saudi rulers took a major cles that still have a defective Worldwide at least 23 Dost Mohammad Nayab, was downgraded after months secrets. immediately comment on the information was made after hit last year. Hariri reversed his airbag that needs replacement," deaths and more than 230 seri- Uruzgan governor's spokes- of delays in completing his Despite the clearance memo on downgrading the John F Kelly, the White House resignation -- submitted from said assistant treasurer Michael ous injuries have been reported man, confirmed both reports, background check, the reports downgrade, the president has security clearance to Kushner. chief of staff, announced plans the kingdom -- upon returning Sukkar. "Absolute priority will in connection with the Takata but couldn't provide more said. the unilateral authority to "We do not comment on to overhaul the security clear- to Beirut, saying he reached a be given to replacing alpha air- airbags, Sukkar said, with a details. Kushner, who is married share classified information as individual security clearances. ance process at the White domestic deal to distance Leb- bags, which pose an immediate man killed in Australia last No one has claimed respon- to Trump's eldest daughter he sees fit, including with his We actually haven't com- House. Last week, Kelly in a anon from regional conflicts. and critical safety risk." Given year. In total, at least 100 mil- sibility for the attack or abduc- Ivanka, had access to the Presi- son-in-law. mented on Jared's. But we have statement has said that Kush- The resignation was widely the scale of the task, suppliers lion units across all car man- tion, but Raziq blamed Taliban dent's Daily Brief, a secret intel- Kushner and his wife commented on his ability to ner would be able to continue perceived as Saudi-orches- have until the end of December ufacturers have been affected fighters. AGENCIES ligence report. Ivanka have enjoyed a special do his job, which he's a valued his work unabated. AGENCIES trated. AGENCIES 2020 to progressively replace all globally. AGENCIES Egypt court gives singer two-year After alert mistake, jail sentence for belly dancing Hawaii suspends Woman tells police Steve Wynn raped her in '70s missile siren tests LAS VEGAS: A woman told each other. The woman claimed be investigated because the CAIRO: An Egyptian court has sentenced a little-known police she had a child with she did not give him a key. statute of limitations in Nevada female singer to two years in prison over an online video it casino mogul Steve Wynn after The second police report is 20 years. says "incites debauchery and immorality." The decision late HONOLULU: Hawaii authori- he raped her, while another shows a woman told police Ralph Frammolino, spokes- on Tuesday against Laila Amer by the Giza misdemeanour ties won't sounds sirens warn- reported she was forced to she had consensual sex with man for Wynn, yesterday court came on the same day that another court sentenced ing of a nuclear missile attack resign from a Las Vegas job Wynn "several times" while declined comment on the lat- during a monthly test this after she refused to have sex she worked as a dealer at the est allegations. a famous Arab singer to six months in prison over comments week. The decision comes after with him. downtown Las Vegas casino- Wynn Resorts is facing she made that were interpreted as an insult to the Nile an agency employee last month The Associated Press on hotel Golden Nugget, but "felt scrutiny by gambling regu- River. Amer's video showed her belly dancing and playing mistakenly sent cellphone and Tuesday obtained copies of coerced to perform the acts." lators in Nevada and Massa- a downtrodden housewife complaining to her husband broadcast alerts warning of an police reports recently filed by She reported she was forced chusetts, where the company about his bossy mother. Unlike her famous contemporary incoming ballistic missile. the two women about allega- to resign when she turned him is building a roughly USD 2.4 Sherine Abdel-Wahab, she awaits her yet-to-be-decided Instead Hawaii Emergency tions dating to the 1970s. down. billion casino just outside Bos- Management Agency officials Police in Las Vegas revealed "In the Summer of 1976, ton. Regulators in Macau, the appeal date in prison. AGENCIES only plan to test a separate earlier this month that they had Wynn approached her in the Chinese enclave where the Casino mogul Steve Wynn siren that warns of tsunamis taken the statements after a back hall and wanted her to company operates two casi- and other natural disasters. The news report in January revealed settlement. 1973 and 1974 at her Chicago go with him," according to the nos, are also inquiring about test is scheduled for Thursday. sexual misconduct allegations Wynn has vehemently apartment. She reported she report filed January 29. "(S)he the allegations. Humans can use sound Brigadier General Kenneth against the billionaire. denied the misconduct accu- got pregnant and gave birth to told him, "no", she was done In addition, groups of Hara last week recommended The allegations are the lat- sations the newspaper reported a girl in a gas station restroom. and had someone she was see- shareholders have filed law- that the agency suspend its est levelled against Wynn by and he attributed them to a In one instance, the woman ing. She was soon after accused suits in state court in Las Vegas to 'see' like bats: Study missile attack outreach until it women. He resigned as chair- campaign led by his ex-wife, claimed that Wynn pinned her of stealing USD 40.00 and accusing Wynn and the board prepares a report on how the man and CEO of Wynn Resorts whose attorney has denied that against the refrigerator and forced to resign." of directors of Wynn Resorts of LONDON: Humans - just like state should respond to a chem- on February 6, less than two she instigated the January 26 raped her. She said he then The women's names are breaching their fiduciary duties bats - can 'see' their surround- ical, biological, radiological or weeks after the Wall Street news story. made a phone call, kissed her redacted on the reports, and by ignoring what the lawsuits ings using sound by producing nuclear attack or accident. Journal reported that a num- One police report obtained on the cheek and left. The police said they do not identify described as a longstanding clicks that bounce off objects Hara didn't recommended ber of women said he harassed by the AP shows a woman told report does not explain how people who say they are victims pattern of sexual abuse and to "sonify" them into a picture, suspending the missile siren or assaulted them and that one officers that Wynn raped her Wynn is alleged to have entered of sex crimes. harassment by the company's scientists say. tests. AGENCIES case led to a USD 7.5 million at least three times around the apartment or if they knew The Las Vegas case will not founder. AGENCIES In a study published in the journal Proceedings B, researchers revealed how louder clicks allow "echoloca- Simple urine test can tell how much our body has aged tors" to see behind them. Previous studies have BEIJING: Scientists have iden- This could help predict our involves a molecule vital to our from 1,228 Chinese residents shown that echolocation can scientists placed an echo-pro- tified a promising new marker risk of developing age-related survival - oxygen - in what is aged 2-90 years old, using a provide detail about objects ducing disc somewhere around of ageing in urine that may help disease, and even the likely called the free radical theory rapid analysis technique called in the environment, including them. predict the risk of developing time-frame for our death, they of ageing. ultra-high-performance liquid shape, size, distance, and even "We would then retreat age-related diseases and even said. "Oxygen by-products chromatography. the material they are made behind them and use a long death. While everyone born in the produced during normal "We found an age-depen- from. stick to tap them gently on the Researchers, including same year has the same chron- metabolism can cause oxida- dent increase in urinary Just like bats, expert echo- back of their foot," said Thaler, those from Sichuan Univer- ological age, the bodies of dif- tive damage to biomolecules 8-oxoGsn in participants 21 locators instinctively increase who led the study. sity in China, found that a ferent people age at different in cells, such as DNA and years old and older," said Cai. the intensity (or loudness) of "Then, they would stop substance indicating oxidative rates. RNA," said Jian-Ping Cai from "Therefore, urinary their clicks, and click more fre- humming, unblock their ears damage increases in urine as This means that, although National Center of Gerontol- 8-oxoGsn is promising as a new quently when an object is off to and start making mouth clicks people get older. the risk of many diseases ogy in China. marker of ageing," Cai said. the side or behind them, 'BBC and using the echoes to tell us The study, published in increases with age, the link "As we age, we suffer Interestingly, levels of News' reported. - was there a target present or the journal Frontiers in Aging between our age in years and increasing oxidative damage, 8-oxoGsn were roughly Lore Thaler from Dur- not?" Neuroscience, also describes a our health and lifespan is rela- and so the levels of oxidative the same between men and ham University in the UK This revealed that echolo- way to easily measure the levels tively loose. The rate of this cellular born. markers increase in our body," women, except in post-meno- and colleagues used a special cators could spot the target in of this marker in human urine Many people enjoy long damage can vary from person We need to be able to mea- Cai said. pausal women, who showed sound-deadening room to put front of them after a click or samples. lives, relatively free of disease, to person, and may be dictated sure biological age to know One such marker called higher levels. echolocating volunteers to the two. The new marker potentially while others suffer chronic ill- by genetics, lifestyle and the whether treatments to slow 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanosine This may have been caused test. However, if it was off to provides a method to measure ness and premature death. environment we live in. ageing - which may be possi- or 8-oxoGsn results from oxi- by the decrease in oestro- Eight participants stood in the side or behind them, they how much our body has aged Some researchers consider This cellular damage may ble in the future - are effective, dation of a crucial molecule in gen levels that happens dur- this soft, foam-lined room with needed about 10 or 12 clicks, - our biological rather than normal ageing to be a disease, be a more accurate indication researchers said. our cells called RNA. ing menopause, as oestrogen their fingers in their ears hum- and the clicks became much chronological age, research- where our cells accumulate of our biological age than the One mechanism thought The researchers measured is known to have anti-oxidant ming a tune, while one of the louder, researchers said. AGENCIES ers said. damage over time. number of years since we were to underlie biological ageing 8-oxoGsn in urine samples effects. AGENCIES world 11 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 mp Indiana legislature hails Sikh 11 US soldiers fall sick after letter opened at military base role in America’s rise to power WASHINGTON: An enve- lope containing an unknown substance was opened at a US INDIANAPOLIS: Both ana more vibrant and stronger. We can learn about the Indian military base near Washington, Houses of the US' Indiana state I look forward to fostering rela- dream and the Sikh dream as leaving 11 Marines sick and legislature have unanimously tionships with the Sikh com- well. It's good for those cultural prompting the FBI to launch passed resolutions praising the munity as our state continues exchanges," he told PTI. an investigation. "significant contribution" of to grow," the state legislator The Speaker, who is yet to A gunnery sergeant opened Sikh Americans in the country. said. Earlier the day's proceed- travel to India, said he wants to the envelope received on Tues- The House of Representa- ing of the Indiana House of visit the "largest vibrant democ- day at Joint Base Fort Myer- tives, the lower house passed Representatives opened with racy" of the world. Henderson Hall in Arlington, the Sikh resolution on Wednes- a Sikh prayer by Gurinder "It is the largest democ- Virginia. day, within days of the Senate, Singh Khalsa, founder and racy, most populated democ- People who were exposed the upper house, passing a sim- head of Sikhs Political Action racy in the world. While we've reported symptoms includ- ill and caused the evacuation guage, CNN reported. ilar resolution. Committee. had some differences here and ing itchy hands and faces and of the building," Major Brian Investigators are still deter- A Sikh prayer marked the "Sikhs across Indiana are there, we've been key allies bloody noses, a Marine official Block, a Marine spokesman mining what relationship, if opening of the day's proceed- honoured to receive this rec- through much of the twenti- told NBC News. The building said. any, the sender had with the ings at the House of Represen- ognition," Khalsa said. "We are eth century and continues to was evacuated immediately. After the evaluation of 11 base. The spokesperson for tatives in Indiana, which has the US, and said the commu- formally recognise them and dedicated to the future of Indi- be key allies through the 21 first A law enforcement offi- people, three personnel were the Arlington Country Fire a population of about 10,000 nity provided significant con- their efforts on Wednesday at ana and the United States and century, particularly as the East cial said field tests for the let- transported in stable condition Department said that the inci- Sikhs who own around 3,500 tributions to and continued to the Statehouse," Bosma said. we commit ourselves to serv- and the Middle East continues ter all came back negative for for further medical evaluations. dent response is being scaled businesses in the state. serve the country, state and the "Thousands of Sikhs call ing with an open, honest heart," to be a point of conflict, its criti- any harmful substance, but the The building was screened back, however, the investiga- Noting that Sikhs in Amer- communities. Indiana home, which adds to he added. The House proceed- cal for us to have close ties with FBI is transporting it tonight to and cleared. tion remains ongoing. ica pursue diverse professions "As such the faithful ser- our state's vibrancy and diver- ings, he said, was an opportu- India," he said in response to a its lab in Quantico for further "The letter was removed, Fort Myer is adjacent to and walks of life, making rich vice of the Sikh community sity while strengthening our nity for others, perhaps who are question. analysis, CNN reported. and NCIS (Naval Criminal Arlington National Cemetery contributions to the economic to this state and the coun- economic engine," he added. not even aware of exactly who Bosma said there are some The official said the enve- Investigative Service) and FBI and is jointly controlled by the vibrancy of the US as farmers, try merits appreciation as an Asserting that Indiana is the Sikhs are, to hear a little bit key business ties that are begin- lope was addressed to the are conducting a joint investi- Army and Marine Corps. engineers, doctors, scientists, integral thread in the fabric of home to a large and thriving about the community. ning that he is aware of and Marines' headquarters bat- gation," he said. It is also home to the and business owners, the reso- American plurality," said the Sikh community, Kirkhofer Acknowledging that the some that have not yet been talion on the base, not to an The law enforcement offi- Army's Third Infantry Regi- lution said Sikhs continue to resolution sponsored by Repre- said as owners and operators Sikh community has been announced but are in the individual. cial said the text of the letter ment, known as the Old Guard, make strides toward securing sentative Cindy Kirkhofer and of businesses, Sikhs play a vital a victim of maltreatment, works. "It's exciting for us to "Shortly after receiving the contained derogatory, at time which serves as the presidential religious liberty as patriotic co-authored by House Speaker role in the state's economy, pro- because of their traditional continue the strong relation- letter, 11 people started to feel unintelligible and ranting lan- honor guard. AGENCIES members of the United States Brian Bosma. viding jobs, services and goods attire, Bosma said the religion ship, a historical relationship Armed Forces. "Indiana's growing Sikh to Hoosiers. itself was created as a protector. that we've had. And we want It observed that Sikhs have community continues to make "They are also deeply "We understand here that the to expand it, particularly in the PIO Canadian MP quits key post over Atwal invite served on local, state, and fed- tremendous contributions to involved in philanthropic and (Sikh) community just wants economic arena in both direc- eral levels of government in our state, and it's an honour to civic activities that make Indi- to live the American dream... tions," he added. AGENCIES OTTAWA: Indian-origin Randeep Sarai, a discovered on the guest list. Trudeau met Canadian MP who had invited a con- with Sarai late on Tuesday during which Daffodil extract victed Sikh terrorist to a formal dinner the lawmaker offered to resign as chair Philippine chief justice to take 15 killed, 40 during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit of the party's Pacific Caucus, The Star to India, has quit as chair of the Liberal newspaper reported. "I want to again may help fight hurt in Egypt party's Pacific Caucus, taking responsibil- apologise for my role in recent unfortu- leave... expects impeachment ity for the goof-up, a media report said nate events," Sarai said in a statement, cancer: Study train collision on Wednesday. Sarai, 43, had invited adding that he'll "be exercising better MANILA: The Philippine Jaspal Atwal - a Sikh convicted of at- judgment" in future. LONDON: Scientists have Supreme Court's chief justice extracted a natural anti-cancer -- who has drawn the ire of CAIRO: At least 15 peo- tempting to assassinate an Indian minister "As I don't want to distract from the compound from Daffodils that President Rodrigo Duterte -- ple were killed and 40 others in 1986 - to attend a reception at the good work of the Pacific caucus, I will be may help improve treatments expects to be impeached by the injured on Wednesday when residence of Canadian High Commissioner stepping down as caucus chair." Trudeau for the deadly disease. House next month and will go a passenger train collided with Nadir Patel in New Delhi. The invitation has accepted Sarai's offer to resign, the Researchers, led by Denis on leave to prepare for the trial a freight train in Egypt, offi- was revoked as soon as Atwal's name was paper added. AGENCIES Lafontaine from Universite she's confident of winning, her cials said, the latest deadly rail libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in spokesman said on Wednesday. accident in the North African Belgium, discovered that this International rights groups country. Christian-Muslim compound triggers the activa- and local critics have accused The passenger train col- Church at Jesus's tion of an anti-tumoral surveil- Duterte of drifting toward lided with the goods train near lance pathway. authoritarianism after declaring Kom Hamada station in north- violence in They established that this martial law in the south. He has she will not last for a day in her Sereno next week. ern Behira governorate. compound, an alkaloid named overseen a drug war marked by position." Duterte last year accused the At least 15 people were traditional burial site Nigeria leaves haemanthamine, binds to the thousands of killings of mostly He said Sereno has not Ombudsman anti-graft agency killed and 40 others injured in ribosome. poor suspects and has publicly committed any wrongdoing of allowing the use of illegally the accident, according to the 13 more dead Ribosomes are nanoma- threatened his opponents. and "did not do anything that obtained or fabricated informa- Ministry of Transportation. reopens after protest chines essential to the survival Last year, he said he wanted can amount to an impeachable tion to investigate allegations The injured were taken to LAGOS: At least 13 people have of our cells because they syn- Chief Justice Maria Lourdes offense" and looks forward to that he kept undeclared wealth nearby hospitals. JERUSALEM: The Jerusalem reopen the church after Israel been killed in clashes between thesise all our proteins. Sereno and a top anti-graft the trial, where her defense in past bank accounts. The cause of the accident church built at the site many on Tuesday suspended tax Christian and Muslim youths To sustain their unre- prosecutor impeached and attorneys could confront her The president denied the was not immediately known. see as the holiest in Christianity measures they strongly oppose. in central Nigeria, police said strained growth, cancer cells accused them of allowing them- accusers. allegations and challenged The passenger train was reopened on Wednesday after A proposed law that Chris- on Wednesday, in the latest vio- rely on increased protein syn- selves to be used to discredit his The complaint filed by a Sereno and Ombudsman en route to Alexandria while a three-day closure to protest tian leaders say would allow lence to hit the region. thesis. They are therefore par- administration. lawyer cited 27 grounds for agency head Conchita Carpio- the cargo train was heading to against Israeli measures had Israel to expropriate church Fighting broke out on Mon- ticularly sensitive to treatments Sereno will start an indefi- impeachment, including alleged Morales to resign along with Cairo, local media reported. left thousands of visitors locked land is also to be shelved. day in Kasuwan Magani com- that inhibit the production and nite leave on Thursday but will corruption and culpable vio- him and to open their bank Egypt's railway system has outside. A statement from Prime munity in Kaduna state, about the function of ribosomes. not resign amid reports that lation of the constitution. She accounts to scrutiny. Morales a poor safety record, mostly The two men who act Minister Benjamin Netanya- 45 kilometres by road from the In the study published rival justices demanded she quit has been accused of not declar- and Sereno denied any wrong- blamed on decades of badly as keepers of the key of the hu's office said a "professional state capital, Kaduna city. in the journal Structure, the in a closed-door meeting, her ing her assets and liabilities as doing and rejected Duterte's maintained equipment and Church of the Holy Sepulchre team" would be appointed "The mayhem led to the researchers have shown that spokesman Jojo Lacanilao said. required by the law, buying a challenge. The investigation of poor management. opened its large wooden doors to come up with a solution death of 13 people with many haemanthamine from Daf- "There is no body or institu- luxury vehicle with public funds the alleged undeclared wealth Deadly accidents have at around 4:00 am, ending the to the tax measures imposed houses and shops burnt," fodils blocks the production tion outside of the Senate which and deciding without consult- was recently terminated. claimed hundreds of lives over protest that began on Sunday by Israeli authorities in Kaduna state police commis- of protein by ribosomes, thus can force the chief justice to ing fellow justices. Opposition groups and pol- the years. at noon. Jerusalem. sioner Austin Iwar said by slowing growth of cancer cells. resign," Lacanilao told a news Sereno has sought dis- iticians have backed Sereno, According to latest figures Shortly afterwards, a group Israeli Regional Coopera- telephone. Local reports gave Haemanthamine also conference. He added that any missal of the complaint, call- who was appointed in 2012 by the state's statistics agency, of pilgrims emerged from the tion Minister Tzachi Hanegbi a higher death toll. Iwar said inhibits the production of these action to force Sereno to step ing the allegations totally by Duterte's predecessor. A 1,249 train accidents took place still darkened corridors of Jeru- will also look into the issue 20 suspects have been arrested, nanomachines in the nucleolus down other than by convict- false and "nothing short of an left-wing group of lawyers, last year, the highest since 2009 salem's Old City to visit the of land sales in Jerusalem and troops and police had been (the "ribosome factory"). ing her in a Senate trial would impeachment exercise based the National Union of Peo- when the number reached sacred site. by Christian bodies, which deployed to quell the violence. This nucleolar stress trig- be unconstitutional. on fake news." A committee in ples' Lawyers, expressed con- 1,577. "We prayed in front of the prompted the proposed law "The place is now calm. I gers the activation of an anti- "The chief justice has a deep the House of Representatives, cerns over reported efforts by In August, 43 people died in doors every day since Sun- that is now also suspended. was in the village on Tuesday tumoral surveillance pathway commitment to the constitu- which is dominated by Duterte's some fellow justices to force a train collision near the coastal day," said Francois-Roch Fer- Christian leaders are in to implore the community and leading to the stabilisation tion, democracy and to the con- allies, has preceded with tele- Sereno to step down, saying this city of Alexandria. In 2016, at let, a 29-year-old visiting with a part angry over attempts by traditional leaders to appeal to of the protein p53 and to the stitutional process," Lacanilao vised impeachment hearings undermines the high court's least 51 people were killed group of 50 people from France, Israeli authorities in Jerusalem the warring youths to sheath elimination of cancer cells, said. "If the Senate trial ends and is expected to cast an ini- integrity and respect for the when two commuter trains standing near the ornate shrine to enforce tax collection on their swords," he added. researchers said. AGENCIES and chief justice is convicted, tial vote on whether to impeach constitution. AGENCIES collided near Cairo. AGENCIES encasing the traditional site church property they consider An investigation has been of Jesus's tomb inside the commercial, saying exemptions launched into the incident. church. only apply to places of worship "We don't want to jump into They were due to leave or religious teaching. conclusion as to what led to Cosmonaut, two astronauts return to Earth from ISS later on Wednesday and were Jerusalem Mayor Nir Bar- the mayhem. The speculation relieved they were able to visit. kat says the city is due 650 mil- was that some Christian boys DZHEZKAZGAN (Kazakh- and Joe Acaba touched down statement. He was in buoyant mood on up some 10 months in orbit The church is built where lion shekels (USD 186 million) were not happy that their girls stan): Two NASA astronauts on steppe land southeast of the Misurkin, 40, who handed the way down, telling Russian over three missions and his Christians believe Jesus was in uncollected taxes on church are befriending Muslim boys," and a Russian cosmonaut town of Dzhezkazgan in cen- over command of the Interna- Mission control he felt "better 51-year-old colleague Vande crucified, buried and resur- properties. Iwar said. returned to Earth on Wednes- tral Kazakhstan at the expected tional Space Station to com- than anyone", and was the first Hei, who was in space for the rected. Custody of it is shared He stresses the Church of Central Nigeria is where day, rounding off a mission of time of 0231 GMT. patriot Anton Shkaplerov on crew member to emerge out of first time. by the Greek Orthodox, Arme- the Holy Sepulchre and all the country's mainly Muslim more than five months aboard "All descent and landing Tuesday and took charge of the the spacecraft onto the snow- Both NASA astronauts nian and Roman Catholic other churches are exempt, north meets it largely Christian the International Space Station. operations went according to Soyuz descent module carry- covered steppe. were active on Twitter while denominations. with the changes only affect- south, and tensions between Alexander Misurkin of Rus- plan. The crew members that ing the trio down to Earth has Following him out of the aboard the ISS, while Misurkin The closure seemed to be ing establishments like "hotels, the two communities have fre- sia's Roscosmos space agency have returned to Earth are feel- spent 334 days in space over craft that landed upright were eschewed the micro-blogging the longest since at least 1990. halls and businesses" owned by quently boiled over into deadly and NASA's Mark Vande Hei ing well," Roscosmos said in a two flights. Acaba, 50, who has now racked platform. AGENCIES Christian leaders decided to churches. AGENCIES violence. AGENCIES Boats sink in River Congo; Nobel Institute gets fake Peace prize nomination for Trump 14 missing OSLO (Norway): Has Donald Trump really been nominated US Prez’s ex-digital adviser KINSHASA: At least for the Nobel Peace Prize? The 14 people are feared Norwegian Nobel Institute said Wednesday it had filed a police to manage his re-election bid drowned after two over- report after receiving a seem- crowded, rickety boats ingly fraudulent nomination WASHINGTON DC: President In a statement, the Trump sank in the River Congo, for the US president. Donald Trump never stopped campaign said Parscale will the interior minister of DR "We have good reason to campaigning after winning lead “advanced planning” for Congo said on Wednes- believe that a nomination we the White House, and now he’s the 2020 effort, and that the day, though local sources received concerning Trump has making fresh moves to establish campaign also will be engaged been falsified," Nobel Institute his re-election effort. in the midterm elections. The fear the toll could be director Olav Njolstad said. The president on Tuesday announcement turned heads on much higher. "Fourteen He refused to provide fur- to disclose their choice. The person suspected of committing named former digital adviser Capitol Hill, where Republicans missing, 108 survived," the ther details, saying it was for the Peace Research Institute of Oslo identity fraud to appear eligible Brad Parscale as campaign man- have been lobbying the presi- Democratic Republic of police to give more information. (Prio) said in early February that to nominate. ager for his 2020 election bid, dent for months to keep focused Congo's interior minister, Each year, nominations for Trump's name was on the list. The Nobel Institute said it a sign he is prioritizing loyalty on the November 2018 contests Henri Mova, said in an the Nobel Peace Prize must Like last year, Trump was had received 329 valid nomina- as he works to secure his own _ with leaders and political aides be submitted by January 31. nominated for his "ideology of tions for the 2018 Peace Prize. political future in what is shap- warning Trump that Democrats email, after the two ves- Among those entitled to pro- peace by force" by an American The five members of the Nobel ing up to be a bruising 2018 could gain subpoena power over sels sank in the river in the pose names are members of who did not want his identity committee that selects the win- midterm election cycle for the his administration if Republi- southwestern province of parliament and government, revealed, according to Prio, a ner are also allowed to submit G O P. cans lose the House or Senate. Mai-Ndombe. Local of- former laureates and some uni- body independent of the Nobel names during their first meet- The rise of Parscale, largely The campaign also ficial Didace Pembe said versity professors. While the organisation which closely mon- ing of the year, which was held unknown in politics until just announced that former dep- many more people may list of candidates is kept secret itors the nominations revealed on Monday. The name of the two years ago, has been inex- uty campaign manager Michael for at least 50 years, those who publicly. It is possible that this 2018 winner will be announced tricably linked to Trump’s own Glassner will serve as chief oper- have died. AGENCIES nominate are however allowed nomination was submitted by a in early October. AGENCIES political success. ating officer. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 Note-ban has led to 5x rise in Core sector grows at 6.7% in Jan; ‘Goa mining ban yanks down fintech deals in ‘17: Report Cement, refinery output zoom India investment ranking’ OUR CORRESPONDENT OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Eight infra- India’s mfg sector growth falls structure sectors grew a faster MUMBAI: India no longer fea- pace of 6.7 per cent in January tures among the most attrac- against 3.4 per cent in the year- tive regions for investment in to 4-month low in Feb: PMI ago month as petroleum refin- the mining sector, as a possible ery and cement output zoomed fall-out of a mining ban in Goa, OUR CORRESPONDENT India s manufacturing sector OUR CORRESPONDENT tor in its financial services prac- while steel power and coal pro- says an international rpt inter- remained in growth territory, tice Julian Skan said. duction improved. national report. NEW DELHI: India’s manu- as the impact of July s Goods MUMBAI: The note-ban deci- It can be noted that the The eight core sectors -- According to the Fraser facturing sector activity fell to and Services Tax continues to sion upped investor interest in decision has had a limited coal, crude oil, natural gas, Institute’s annual survey of a four-month low in Febru- dissipate,” said Aashna Dod- the country’s fintech industry impact on its key aims as Indi- refinery products, fertilisers, mining companies, after being ary as factory output and new hia, Economist at IHS Markit that led to a five-fold increase ans returned over 99 per cent of steel, cement and electricity ranked among the bottom 10 business orders rose at a slower and author of the report. in deal activity in 2017, a report the cash held by them. -- had grew by 4.2 per cent in countries at 97 of 104 in the pace, says a monthly survey. In response to greater pro- said today. Deal activity in the country December and 7.4 per cent in investment attractiveness index The Nikkei India Manu- duction requirements, firms Venture investing in the was led by the mobile wallet- November this financial year. in 2016, and at 73 in 2015, India facturing Purchasing Manag- raised their staffing levels dur- country’s fintech sector shot turned-payments bank Paytm, Petroleum refinery pro- has been dropped from the list ers Index (PMI) fell to 52.1 in ing February. Although mod- up five times to USD 2.4 bil- which witnessed a USD 1.4 bil- duction spurted 11 per cent in of 91 countries in 2017. February from 52.4 in January, est, the pace of job-creation was lion during the year and was a lion infusion during the year. January against a flat output in Earlier this month, the indicating a modest improve- slightly faster than January. major factor driving the surge Going by numbers, there the year-ago month. Cement Supreme Court had cancelled report. combining a metric ‘best prac- ment in operating conditions. On the prices front, the in investments into such new- was a 65 per cent surge in num- output jumped 20.7 per cent all the iron ore mining leases “The limitations put by the tices mineral potential index, This is for the seventh con- survey said that cost inflation age companies globally, it said. ber of deals as compared to the in the month against 13.3 per in Goa, effective mid-March. legislative system on the mining which rates regions based on secutive month that the index accelerated to the sharpest At the global level, height- activity in 2016, the report said. cent contraction in the year- The mining ban in the tiny industry in the form of cap on their geologic attractiveness, remained above the 50-point- since February 2017, adding ened activity in India, along Demonetisation “prompted ago period. state would expectedly have a iron mining (in Goa and Kar- and the ‘policy perception mark, that separates expansion to expectations that inflation- with the UK and US led to a 18 millions of Indians to shift to Electricity generation far-reaching impact not only nataka), high export duty, and index’, a composite index that from contraction. ary risks will continue over the per cent rise in fintech financ- mobile payments and other growth also fast paced to 8.2 on the state, but also on the permission for export (of iron measures the effects of gov- According to Japanese coming months. ing at USD 27.4 billion in 2017, cashless service providers like per cent in January against 5.2 country’s image as an invest- ore from Karnataka) would ernment policy on attitudes financial services major IHS Markit upgraded its the report said. The report by Paytm”, the report said. per cent in January 2017. ment destination, a report by impact not only the investment toward exploration investment, Nomura, India s manufac- CPI forecast to 5.2 per cent for global tech major Accenture The report includes data Coal sector output the Vancouver-, Canada-based options in the country but also a statement said here. turing PMI remained in the financial year 2017-2018 amid attributed the surge in deals from investments by venture- improved by 3 per cent and public policy think tank noted. all those individuals directly “However, the policy per- expansion zone but suggested a stronger oil price forecast and to the controversial demon- capital and private-equity steel production by 3.7 per cent During the last 10 years, connected to the sector. This ception index alone does not some consolidation after the growing fiscal risks. etisation decision of the gov- firms, corporations and corpo- in January 2018. iron ore mining has added would further generate a slump recognise the fact that invest- rapid ramp up of activity The survey further noted ernment. “India s boom was rate venture-capital divisions, Crude oil production how- Rs 30,000 crore to the exche- on the already adverse unem- ment decisions are often siz- in December. In December that Indian manufacturers driven by strong demand for hedge funds, accelerators, and ever dropped 3.2 per cent, quer and brought in around ployment rate in the country,” ably based on the pure mineral 2017, the index had touched a remained optimistic towards cashless services following government-backed funds, fertilisers by 1.6 per cent and USD7 billion worth of foreign the agency warned. potential of a jurisdiction,” the 60-month high of 54.7. the 12-month outlook for out- the country s ‘demonetisation’ and both equity as well as non- natural gas by 1 per cent in the exchange, according to the The survey is ranked by report concluded. “It was promising to see that put during February. events,” senior managing direc- equity financing. month under review. Nafed gets govt Harley Davidson unveils 2 models in Softail portfolio guarantee to Stocks drop as US rate NEW DELHI: American cult nology and comfort. This is evi- obtain higher hike fear spooks investors bike maker Harley Davidson The price of Road King has been dent from the growth in the today unveiled two new mod- reduced to Rs 24.99 lakh from Rs 28.37 leisure riding segment for pre- bank credit MUMBAI: The benchmark NSE NIFTY els in its Softail portfolio - Low mium motorcycles,” MacKen- BSE Sensex dropped 162.35 BSE SENSEX Rider and Deluxe - priced at Rs lakh, while Street Glide Special is now zie said. NEW DELHI: The Cabi- points or 0.47 per cent and the Intra-day on February 28, 2018 Intra-day on February 28, 2018 12.99 lakh and Rs 17.99 lakh, priced at Rs 33.50 lakh from the earlier The company also net Committee on Economic broader Nifty settled below the -61.45 -162.35 respectively. announced a price revision Affairs (CCEA) today approved 10,500 mark as investors were Previous close: Previous close: The models are an addition Rs 29.99 lakh. for their popular Touring and (-0.58%) 10,554.30 (-0.47%) a proposal to double the guar- spooked by worries about US 34,346.39 to the four MY18 Softail mod- CVO lineup. The price of Road antee to Rs 19,000 crore to Fed rate hike and weak eco- High: High: els launched in October 2017. models is aimed at strengthen- The vehicles are powered King has been reduced to Rs Open: 10,535.50 Open 34,302.74 cooperative Nafed to help it nomic data. 10,488.95 34,155.63 The Low Rider comes with ing the brand’s Softail portfolio by dual-bending valve front 24.99 lakh from Rs 28.37 lakh, obtain credit from banks for The Sensex resumed lower 19-inch front and 16-inch rear in the country. It also contin- suspension and an adjustable while Street Glide Special is procurement of pulses and oil- at 34,156,63 and dropped fur- radiate cast wheels and stan- ues to reinforce our leadership hidden rear monoshock, the now priced at Rs 33.50 lakh seeds at the support price. ther to a low 34,076.45 due to dard ABS (anti-lock braking position among the leisure rid- company said, adding that the from the earlier Rs 29.99 lakh. The CCEA also approved heavy selling pressure in view Close: Close: system) while the Deluxe has ing segment in the country,” models are faster, lighter and Similarly, the new price for Low: 10,461.55 the government guarantee up of foreign capital outflows and 10,492.85 Low: 34,076.45 34,184.04 features such as retro-modern Harley Davidson India and have better handling than any Road Glide Special is Rs 32.99 to Rs 45 crore to the Small lower global cues. It closed at 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 styled LED lighting from front China MD Peter MacKenzie of their predecessors. lakh against Rs 35.61 lakh and Farmers Agri-Business Con- 34,184.04, a loss of 162.354 to back, running lights and said here. The new models are “The Indian market has CVO TM Limited is now avail- sortium (SFAC) for meeting points, or 0.47 per cent. tombstone tail, among others. equipped with 1745 cc Milwau- evolved and customers look able at Rs 49.99 lakh against the its existing liability and settle- The broader Nifty dipped operational and technical risks, a 19-month low in February, “The addition of two new kee-Eight 107 engine. forward to innovation in tech- old price of Rs 53.72 lakh. MPOST ment of extant claims, an offi- below the key 10,500-level following a USD 2 billion fraud also hit the market sentiment. cial statement said. to touch a low of 10,461.55 at Punjab National Bank. Also, a monthly survey “These government guaran- and finally concluded 61.45 In addition, sustained capi- showed India’s manufacturing SBI revises tees are provided for a period points, 0.58 per cent down at tal outflows and the rupee con- sector growth eased slightly in Reliance Aerostructure-Thales of five years i.e. till 2021-22 by 10,492.85. “Weak global mar- tinued to trade at 3-month low February as factory output and deposit rates for Government of India and with ket on account of Fed’s hawk- of 65.31 against the US dollar, new business orders rose at a waiver of 1 per cent govern- ish view on future rate hike and down 44 paise during the day, slower pace. joint venture gets CCI approval various tenors by ment guarantee fee,” the state- extension of selling in banks weighed on sentiments. The Nikkei India Manufac- ment said. continued to impact the mar- Investors turned cautious turing Purchasing Managers NEW DELHI: Fair trade regu- set commitment as part of up to 0.75% The government guaran- ket. FIIs are sellers in the mar- ahead of the macroeconomic Index (PMI) fell from 52.4 in lator CCI has given its nod to The proposal to set the Rafale contract, the joint tee to Nafed has been dou- ket due to domestic headwinds data, brokers said. The Decem- January to 52.1 in February, the formation of joint venture up the joint venture venture is to develop Indian MUMBAI: The country’s larg- bled to Rs 19,000 crore from and is adding pressure on INR,” ber quarter GDP growth num- indicating a modest improve- between Reliance Aerostruc- capabilities to integrate and est lender State Bank of India Rs 9,500 crore for undertaking Vinod Nair, Head of Research, bers were set for release later ment in operating conditions ture and Thales India. was announced in maintain the radar and elec- has revised retail and bulk procurement of pulses and oil- Geojit Financial Services said. in the day. even as remained above the Reliance Infrastructure- June 2017 tronic warfare sensors,” a joint deposits rates by up to 0.75 seeds under the Price Support Nifty is consolidating near Market sentiment suffered 50-point-mark that separates promoted Reliance Aerostruc- statement from the companies per cent for various maturi- Scheme (PSS), it said. the recent low while 10-year a jolt after other Asian mar- expansion from contraction ture would have 51 per cent had said last year. ties, effective today. In view of fall in prices of yield is still floating at higher kets closed with widespread for the seventh consecutive stake in the entity. ture Ltd and Thales India Pvt The joint venture would For retail deposits, below pulses and oilseeds below the levels keeping investors cau- losses and European markets month. However, Moody’s The joint venture would Ltd. develop skills and activity in Rs 1 crore, rates have been MSP, the provision of govern- tious, Nair said. dropped in early trade, track- Investors Service on Wednes- be known as ‘Thales Reliance Deals beyond a certain the Special Economic Zone of increased by up to 0.50 per ment guarantee will help in Banking stocks led by Axis ing a slump in the US stocks day estimated that India will Defence Systems’. threshold require the fair trade Mihan-Nagpur together with cent. protecting the farmers from Bank, Yes Bank, ICICI Bank overnight after the US Fed grow 7.6 per cent in calen- In a tweet today, the Com- regulator’s clearance. an Indian supply chain for the For deposits maturing in making distress sales during and HDFC Bank took a hit chair revived worries about a dar year 2018 and 7.5 per cent petition Commission of India The proposal to set up the manufacturing of microwave one year to less than two years, the peak arrival period and to after the finance ministry set sharp increase in interest rates. in 2019, amid signs of eco- (CCI) said it has approved joint venture was announced technologies and high perfor- rates have been raised by 0.15 provide remunerative prices, it a 15-day deadline for banks A declining Chinese fac- nomic recovery from impact the formation of joint venture in June 2017. mance airborne electronics, it per cent to 6.40 per cent from added. MPOST to take pre-emptive action on tory activity, which slowed to of demonetisation and GST. between Reliance Aerostruc- “Leveraging Thales off- had said. MPOST 6.25 per cent earlier. The retail deposit rates for two years to up to 10 years have been changed by 0.50 per cent Renowned doctor censures PNB chief TVS Auto Assist inks pact with Paytm Mall to 6.50 per cent from 6 per cent. The lender revised its bulk OUR CORRESPONDENT It is a 51:49 joint venture between TVS lions of car and bike users across the coun- term deposit rates for the third for comparing scam with cancer Automobile Solutions and the Automobile try and the service is being extended to time in as many months. CHENNAI: TVS Auto Assist today said it Association, United Kingdom. even non-members of TVS Auto Assist For Rs 1 crore to Rs 10 crore OUR CORRESPONDENT has partnered with Paytm Mall to provide TVS Auto Assist would also offer its through pay-per-use model, he added. bulk deposits, maturing in one PNB shares 24x7 breakdown assistance to automobile service to women passengers who travel Paytm Mall COO, Amit Sinha said the year to less than two years, the NEW DELHI: PNB MD and owners across the country. between 8pm and 5am. automobile segment in the company’s plat- bank raised rates by 0.50 per CEO Sunil Mehta got chas- gain 3% at As per the partnership, car and bike “This is a first of its kind initiative in the form was “gaining massive traction”. cent from 6.25 per cent to 6.75 tised from unexpected quar- owners would receive breakdown assis- country. The service will be offered in New “We are currently focused on building per cent. ters when a globally acclaimed close tance services from any TVS Auto Assist Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyder- this further and diversifying into newer For deposits maturing in doctor V Shanta censured him service from Paytm Mall, a company state- abad and Bangalore,” the statement said. offerings. TVS Auto Assist will be a key two to less than three years, the for using the word ‘cancer’ to NEW DELHI: Shares of ment said. TVS Auto Assist has about 5,000 Commenting on the partnership, TVS partner in driving this agenda. We expect rates have been increased by describe the Rs 12,717 crore Punjab National Bank authorised service providers covering 28 Automobile Solutions Pvt Ltd. Executive to sell over 30,000 road assistance service 0.75 per cent to 6.75 per cent. fraud at the bank by billion- recovered all its early losses States and 1,795 cities. Director, G Srinivasa Raghavan said, “we packages in this quarter,” he said. For above Rs 10 crore bulk aire jeweller Nirav Modi and Corruption is a crime and and ended over 3 per cent TVS Automobile Solutions had hived believe this partnership is a game changer The TVS Auto Assist breakdown assis- deposits maturing between one his associates. something to be ashamed of; higher on value-buying. off its breakdown assistance business into as it is a truly digital model, including pay- tance is offered under two categories-- gold year to less than two years, the Corruption is something to cancer is not,” Shanta said in The stock which a separate entity TVS Auto Assist India ment options”. membership at Rs 1,499 and platinum at rates have been raised by 0.50 be ashamed of, cancer is not, her letter. declined 6.45 per cent to Rs in 2015. The tie-up would digitally connect mil- Rs 2,999, the statement added. per cent to 6.75 per cent. she said. Observing that several can- 92 during the day on BSE, “... do not try to find paral- cer patients are cured and lead bounced back during the lels where none exist. Do not productive lives, she said, “we fag-end of trade. The stock mix cancer with corruption. do not want the word cancer to finally ended at Rs 101.35, Air India to recruit 500 cabin crew by May Ever.”, said the Ramon Magsay- be associated with guilt, hope- up 3.05 per cent. At NSE, say Award winner and cancer lessness or dread. And defi- shares of the company set- OUR CORRESPONDENT notice, the airline is looking plan, Air India has been taking specialist in a letter to Mehta. nitely not with the shame.” tled with a gain of 3.10 per to hire 500 male/female cabin various measures, including While addressing a press She also appealed to the cent to close at Rs 101.40. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Dis- crew for its Northern, Delhi rationalisation of routes and conference in connection with others not to use the word In terms of equity vol- investment-bound Air India and the Western regions on a enhanced utilisation of aircraft. the USD 2 billion scam ear- in cancer in such sense as it ume, 167.83 lakh shares of plans to hire 500 cabin crew “fixed term engagement basis”. Air India along with its lier in the month, the Punjab could outrage medical personal the company were traded members as the national carrier It was in 2016 when Air regional arm Alliance Air Nation Bank chief had said: working in the field of cancer on BSE and over 21 crore prepares to induct more air- India had hired last time cabin operates around 534 flights a “This cancer, that’s been going prevention and cure. shares changed hands at craft and meet new regulatory crew when it took on board 800 day to domestic and interna- on since 2011, we have brought The spate of frauds in the NSE during the day. requirements, a senior official fresh faces in one of the largest tional destinations. Of these, it out and we are resolving it.” banking sector running into Shares of PNB slumped has said. The government is hiring exercises in the industry. 34 flights are operated daily Strongly objecting to the thousands of crores or rupees during the morning trade working out the modalities for The national airline has on ultra-long haul routes such use of the word ‘cancer’, the leg- have outraged common people, after Nirav Modi’s Fire- strategic stake sale in the loss- cabin crew strength of 3,500 as New Delhi-San Francisco, endary cancer specialist who who often liken deep-rooted star Diamond filed a bank- making airline, which reported at present. Hyderabad-New Delhi-Chi- was awarded Padma Bhushan corruption to something per- ruptcy plea in the US, and a net loss of Rs 5,765.16 crore Besides, more cabin crew should have higher number The appointment would cago, New Delhi-Washing- in 2006 and is currently Chair- nicious as cancer. a local court in Mumbai last fiscal. would be required as more air- of cabin crew. Besides, we are initially be for five years and to ton, New Delhi-New York and man of Chennai based Cancer The worried government issued summons to the The official said the airline craft such as the A320 Neos are also expanding our operations maintain a “wait list for future Mumbai-Newark, among oth- Institute (WIA), said one ought yesterday asked all state-owned accused diamantaire. plans to hire 500 cabin crew being inducted in the coming by adding new aircraft such as requirements”, as per the Air ers, according to the official. to be ashamed of corruption banks to scrutinise non per- The stock had plum- to meet various requirements, months, the official added. the B777s and A320Neos,” the India public notice. The air- Air India plans to recruit but not of cancer. forming assets (NPAs) exceed- meted over 12 per cent in including to comply with avia- “The Directorate Gen- official said. In addition, the line plans to recruit 163 males these 500 cabin crew by early “I was extremely disturbed ing Rs 50 crore for fraud and the previous trading ses- tion regulator DGCA’s revised eral of Civil Aviation has put normal attrition has also neces- and 337 females. Of the total next fiscal, the official said add- to read your reference to can- accordingly report the matter sion, registering its fourth norms wherein an airline in place new norms, under sitated hiring of the cabin crew, vacancy, 270 are reserved for ing, “since we are hiring only cer in the context of the recent to Central Bureau of Investi- straight session of fall. MPOST should have a higher number which now flights, particularly the official added. the ST/SC/OBC candidates. trained staff, we hope them to scam unearthed at your bank. gation (CBI). of such staff. on the ultra-long haul routes According to a public As part of the turnaround join the duties by April-May.” business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 mp CCI rejects complaint 15th Finance Commission against AAI, PGCIL NEW DELHI: The Compe- lier orders as well as that of erst- tition Commission has dis- The complaint while Competition Appellate to define populism missed the allegations of abuse was filed by one Tribunal, CCI said PGCIL does of dominant position against not operate in the same market Airports Authority of India MP-based Prem as the complainant does and is NEW DELHI: In a first, the tion data instead of 1971 cen- would tour all the states begin- (AAI) and Power Grid Cor- Prakash, who runs instead, a consumer of labora- Finance Commission which sus which was the basis of ning with Arunachal Pradesh poration of India Ltd (PGCIL) tory services. recommends how much recommendations till the 13th in April, followed by a trip to while availing laboratory ser- an engineering "Every consumer/ pro- money states should get out of Finance Commission, draw- Jammu and Kashmir and Ker- vices for testing of construc- testing laboratory curer must have the freedom the taxes collected by the cen- ing some criticism from south- ala. It intends to complete the tion materials. to exercise its choice freely in tral government, will define ern states. consultations with the states The complaint was filed by accredited by procurement of goods and ser- what a populist measure is The previous commission within 2018. one Madhya Pradesh-based the Accreditation vices and such a choice is sacro- and recommend incentives introduced that idea in a small Multilateral agencies like Prem Prakash, who runs an sanct in a market economy as for states that do not resort to way for the first time. It gave OECD, IMF, World Bank engineering testing laboratory Commission the consumers are best placed them. a weightage of 10 per cent for and EU would also make accredited by the Accreditation for Conformity to evaluate what meets their The 15th Finance Com- Census 2011 data and resulted presentations. Commission for Conformity requirements and has a com- mission, headed by N K Singh, in hurting states like Tamil This is the first Commis- Assessment Bodies. Assessment Bodies petitive advantage. "Further, has many firsts to do in the the Nadu that had seen slower sion after the abolition of the It was alleged that by impos- while exercising the choice, nearly six decade old history growth in population as com- Planning Commission as well ing the condition requiring it do not constitute a significant they are free to stipulate stan- of the constitutionally man- pared to states like Bihar and as doing away of the distinc- testing of construction materi- part of the potential market in dards for procurement and the dated body. Madhya Pradesh. tion of plan and non-plan als through labs accredited to the country, as there are many same cannot be held to be anti- It has also been asked to Singh reasoned that the expenditure. National Accreditation Board other customers availing these competitive," CCI said. propose measurable perfor- terms of reference of the 15th Also, it will be the first one for Testing and Calibration services. Noting that present alle- mance-based incentives for Finance Commission provide after the rollout of the Goods Laboratories, among others, "As a buyer, AAI does not gations against PGCIL are states that have made efforts to nate incurring expenditure on The previous 14th Finance for incentives to states that and Services Tax (GST), which AAI and PGCIL had put the appear to enjoy dominant substantially similar to those expand and deepen the tax net, populist measures. Commission had recom- have seen controlled popula- has subsumed 17 indirect taxes laboratory of the complainant position and has every right to levelled earlier by the same slowed population growth, pro- "The Commission has been mended that states should get tion growth and so it balances of centre and state including and other accreditation bodies choose from amongst the vari- complainant, CCI said that it moted ease of doing business asked to look at monitorable a record 42 per cent of the tax out the concerns. excise duty, service tax and out of competition. ous available options to meet its sees no merit in re-examining and saved money by adopting performance criteria on things revenues collected by the Cen- The 15th Finance Commis- VAT. Officials in the Commis- For the case, CCI consid- requirement," CCI said adding the same issue, particularly Direct Benefit Transfer where like progress made on ease of tre. Recommendations of all sion has been asked to submit sion said the panel has no say in ered the market for laboratory that no case of contravention of when nothing new has been government dole is paid via doing business, demography the previous Finance Commis- its report by the end of Octo- fixing the Terms of Reference services for testing construc- the provisions of Section 4 of brought out against PGCIL. bank accounts of users, Singh management and whether or sions have been accepted by the ber 2019. Its recommendations and it is expected to adhere to tion materials in India as the the Competition Act is made CCI disposed of the mat- said at a media roundtable. not a state is deliberately pur- government. would be valid for five year the guideline given by the gov- relevant one. out against the public sector ter after taking a view that "no Besides, the Commission suing a populist policy," he said. For the purpose of devo- period beginning April 1, 2020. ernment. "We have no say in In an order dated February enterprise. case of contravention of the has been asked to recommend "It is now for the Commis- lution of funds, the panel has Singh said the panel would fixing of terms of reference but 27, CCI said that AAI is a con- Section 4 pertains to abuse provisions of Section 4 of the incentives for states that have sion to decide what a populist been asked to take census of hold wide-ranging consulta- we are expected to adhere to sumer of laboratory services of dominant market position. (Competition) Act" is made out been able to control or elimi- policy is." 2011 as the basis for popula- tions with all stakeholders and the ToRs," an official said.MPOST and testing services availed by Referring to one of its ear- against AAI and PGCIL. MPOST Gold plunges Razorpay to power UPI on IRCTC Amazon launches Rs 460 on weak ad-free music Data decision: NSE working with global global cues, fall service for Prime bourses, index providers for orderly transition in demand members NEW DELHI: NSE is working trade a derivatives contract on NEW DELHI: Gold prices MUMBAI: E-commerce major with international bourses and Indian securities on an offshore tumbled by Rs 460 to Rs Amazon India today launched index providers to facilitate an exchange. 31,390 per 10 grams at the its ad-free music streaming orderly transition that is not The National Stock bullion market on Wednesday, service, Amazon Prime Music, disruptive to the markets and Exchange (NSE) said that stock snapping their four-day rising OUR CORRESPONDENT over the years and 2017 saw 30 for the Prime members, at no stakeholders, its chief Vikram prices would be shared with streak due to subdued global million more passengers than extra-cost. Limaye said today. everybody including index cues amid slump in local jew- NEW DELHI: Payment solu- the previous year. Our UPI The service offers unlimited Top officials of NSE vis- constructors and they can con- ellers' demand. tions company Razorpay has offering will help IRCTC offer offline downloads and includes ited USA and other countries struct India indices based on Silver also fell by Rs 250 collaborated with Indian Rail- a new payment channel for a wide range of songs across this week to address their con- the data provided. to Rs 39,300 per kg owing to way Catering and Tourism customers that will effectively international and Indian music cerns of wide range of stake- "We have had several con- reduced offtake by industrial Corporation (IRCTC) to help manage online payments dur- labels in over 10 languages, the holders including the market versations with MSCI and are units and coin makers. customers make online pay- ing peak hours of the day in a American e-tailer said in a participants. working with them to help Traders said, sentiment was ments on latter's website and frictionless manner," Razorpay statement. "The visit was organised them make transition changes. downbeat as the precious metal mobile app through UPI (Uni- CEO and co-founder Harshil "With ad-free streaming at with an objective to reassure all Indian markets are open and fell in global markets, because fied Payment Interface). Mathur said. UPI grew the fast- no additional cost to the Prime stakeholders that the exchange continue to provide easy, sim- the dollar held recent highs "Razorpay's partnership est among all modes of retail members, we offer a welcome is working with them to facili- ple access to all foreign inves- after Federal Reserve Chair- with IRCTC is intended to offer digital payments last year, break from text and voice ads tate an orderly transition that tors who can trade in India or man Jerome Powell vowed to a frictionless payment expe- clocking 151 million transac- that come between the music," is not disruptive to the markets in GIFT city. Also licensing prevent the economy from rience to consumers through tions in January, reporting a said Sahas Malhotra, director at and stakeholders. of indices and data is a com- overheating while sticking with the UPI channel and help users growth of around 40 per cent. Amazon Music India. "This engagement with var- mercial matter and should be gradual rate rises. get comfortable with digital Razorpay currently pow- When asked if the company ious stakeholders will continue data to entities which would ces or data in any of their core viewed as such," Limaye said. Gold prices fell 0.07 per cent money, which will eventually ers online payments for more is planning to monetise the ser- going forward to address any use it to trade on international contracts if it is being used to MSCI, earlier this month, to USD 1,316.80 an ounce, and help in increasing adoption of than 65,000 small and large vice, he said there is no plan on concerns," Limaye, who is the bourses. fragment liquidity and build had termed the move by silver by 0.37 per cent to USD digital payments," Razorpay businesses like GoIbibo, Yatra, the cards as of now. managing director and chief The NSE chief also said liquidity outside their market, Indian stock exchanges to 16.32 an ounce in Singapore. said in a statement. Zomato, Zoho, DSP Black- Amazon Prime Music, executive at NSE, told PTI here. the move by Indian stock Limaye said. restrict derivatives trading In the national capital, gold It added Razorpay's pay- rock, Zerodha among oth- which was launched in 2014 His comments come days exchanges to restrict data feeds He also said that NSE will and data feeds overseas as of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per ment gateway is expected to ers. It expects its merchant across 30 countries, will now after after top bourses NSE, is not anti-competitive as the continue to provide market anti-competitive. cent purity plunged by Rs 460 process more than a mil- count to touch two lakh by be available on Android and BSE and Metropolitan Stock decision is consistent with data to market participants NSE said it is also working each to Rs 31,390 and Rs 31,240 lion transactions a month on the end of 2018 and impact iOS mobile platforms, as well Exchange on February 9 termi- the policies adopted across by and index providers includ- with the regulators to further per 10 grams, respectively. The IRCTC website and mobile 500 million end consumers as desktops in the country. It nated agreements that allowed every international exchange. ing MSCI to help them raise enhance the attractiveness and precious metals had gained Rs app. by 2020. It has clocked in a will also be available on Fire TV their index derivatives to be "It is very common to money for exchange traded competitiveness of the Indian 500 in the previous four ses- "Rail travel in India has growth rate of 30-35 per cent sticks and Echo devices. MPOST traded on overseas bourses and find other exchanges around funds (ETFs) as long as the markets for accessing and trad- sions. MPOST been growing exponentially month-on-month. data vendors from providing the world not licensing indi- data is not used to price and ing India related products. Cabinet okays Rs 5k cr action India's STEM talent sees shortage Skipper in JV pact with plan for Champion Sectors Israel's Metzerplas OUR CORRESPONDENT line Ministries/Departments despite maximum graduates shall finalise the Action Plans NEW DELHI: The govern- and the implementation time- OUR CORRESPONDENT talent mismatch is the disparity ment on Wednesday approved lines along with a monitoring between college curricula and an action plan for 12 'cham- mechanism to monitor imple- NEW DELHI: Shortage of industry expectations. pion' services sectors, includ- mentation under the overall skilled talent in Science, Tech- "Today, India produces a ing IT, tourism and hospitality, guidance of the Committee of nology, Engineering and Math- significant share of the world's for realising their potential Secretaries (CoS) under Cabi- ematics (STEM) sector persists graduates, and this share will through establishment of a Rs net Secretary. in India despite the country only continue to grow in size as 5,000 crore dedicated fund. The 12 sectors include producing maximum num- we work towards building and The fund, once set up, will Information Technology & ber of graduates globally, says strengthening our knowledge support initiatives for sectoral Information Technology a report. economy," Indeed India MD action plans of the 'champion enabled Services (IT & ITeS), According to data from Sashi Kumar said. sectors'. Tourism and Hospitality Ser- the leading job site Indeed, offer include software engi- tion to outstrip the US in terms Kumar further noted that The Cabinet has also vices, Medical Value Travel, the average level of shortage neer, web developer, business of STEM graduates produced the shift towards higher educa- KOLKATA: Skipper Lim- micro-irrigation that has the directed the ministries/ Transport and Logistics Ser- of skilled talent in India has analyst, software architect and annually, given that it leads by a tion will not only give a boost ited, one of the fastest grow- potential to save water and Departments concerned with vices, Accounting and Finance risen from 6 per cent in Janu- SAP consultant. Findings of the margin of over 2.5 million," the to STEM sector, but also help ing and a significant player in nutrients by allowing water these sectors to utilise the Services, Audio Visual Ser- ary, 2014 to 12 per cent in Jan- survey assume significance as report said adding that despite expand India s contribution to water infrastructure of India, to drip slowly to the roots of available draft sectoral plans vices, Legal Services, Commu- uary this year in STEM sector. India produced the maximum ample talent, some job roles the global talent pool. announced a Limited Liabil- plants, either from above the to finalise and implement the nication Services, Construction The leading sectors hiring graduates worldwide with remain vacant due to lack of Indeed's data also indicates ity Partnership Agreement soil surface or buried below action plans for the identified and Related Engineering Ser- STEM talent include infor- 78 million fresh graduates in requisite skills. that job seekers in the age with Israel based company, the surface. The goal is to place Champion Services Sectors, an vices, Environmental Services, mation technology, banking 2016 alone, of which 2.6 mil- According to industry group of 21-25 show 12 per Metzerplas. The name of the water directly into the root official statement said. Financial Services and Educa- and financial services. The lion were from STEM. experts and academicians, one cent more interest in STEM LLP shall be “Skipper-Metzer zone and minimize evapora- Moreover, the respective tion Services. top job roles these companies "This puts India in a posi- of the chief contributors to the jobs than in any other sector. India LLP”. The agreement is tion. Drip irrigation systems of Equal Ownership Interest – distribute water through a net- KALEIDOSCOPE 50:50 and the total investment work of valves, pipes, tubing, in the first phase is agreed to be and emitters. Depending on 8 Million USD. The deal was how well designed, installed, signed in Tel Aviv, Israel earlier maintained, and operated it is, this month. a drip irrigation system can be The joint venture will lever- more efficient than other types age Metzerplas’s global portfo- of irrigation systems, such as lio of brands and unparalleled surface irrigation or sprinkler expertise in advanced plastic irrigation. The Drip Irriga- and irrigation technologies. tion business holds immense From production equipment potential in India and is one to advanced emitters, from of the focus sectors of the gov- modern plastics and com- ernment. The current domes- pounds to complete irrigation tic industry size is estimated at systems, the company provides over Rs 5,000 crore. Under the immediate access to the mar- Hon’ble Prime Minister’s flag- ket’s most advanced, yet afford- ship scheme Pradhan Mantri able, drip irrigation solutions. Krishi Sinchai Yojna which has Skipper’s manufacturing band- been launched with the aim width and nationwide footprint of extending irrigation cover along with knowledge of gov- –“Har Khet ko Pani” – and ernment operations will make improving water use efficiency this agreement stand out and – “Per Drop More Crop”, we revolutionize the drip irriga- expect this sector to grow at a tion business in India and other robust pace and for the JV to BHEL has paid an interim dividend of 40 per cent on the enhanced NTPC was awarded for Overall Best Financial Performance by NTPC-Ramagundam’s Quest Professional Circle (PC) received Winner equity capital, post-bonus, for fiscal 2017-18 Award at 17th Southern Region Professional Circles Convention SAARC nations. become a major player in the Governance Now at the 5th PSU Awards ceremony held in Delhi Drip irrigation is a type of years to come. MPOST 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 I will take a call Federer bags twin honours on my career Federer grabs Laureus Sportsman of the year & Comeback title; Mercedes Petronas win Team of year.

MONACO: Tennis legend Roger Federer became the after 2019: Yuvi most decorated winner in the history of Laureus World MONACO: Out of the national Sports Awards after he won team reckoning for a while twin honours, his sixth, which now, India all-rounder Yuvraj includes the Sportsman and Singh says he will continue Comeback titles at the 18th edi- playing cricket till 2019 before tion of the prestigious awards taking a call on his retirement. ceremony, here. Yuvraj, who last played for In the Sportsman of the India in June 2017 in an ODI, Year category, Federer waved said the upcoming IPL holds off tough competition from great significance for him as a the likes of Rafael Nadal and good performance in the T20 Cristiano Ronaldo to bag the event will help him keep in honours. the fray for a spot in the 2019 The Swiss tennis star, who World Cup. very convincing win in the ODI won the Australian Open and “I am looking forward to series. Kohli led from the front Wimbledon this year, also a good IPL. It’s a very impor- with some big runs,” the left- clinched the Comeback of tant tournament for me as it handed batsman said. the Year award following his will only set me to play cricket “Spinners bowled very well achievements after making a till 2019. I am looking to play especially Kuldeep (Yadav) and comeback from a serious knee cricket till 2019, whatever (Yuzvendra) Chahal and got injury. cricket I get to play and take a South Africa into trouble. And While Federer bagged the call after that,” Yuvraj told PTI then they stepped on the gas title in the men’s category, in an exclusive interview on and won the T20 series 2-1. American tennis great Ser- the sidelines of the 18th Lau- Going abroad playing three ena Williams won the Sports- reus World Sports Awards here. series winning two definitely woman of the Year Award A regular in the Indian ODI shows India’s dominance.” following her Australian Open team till the 2011 World Cup Kohli might have set his success, her 23rd Grand Slam triumph before his career was sights on winning the upcom- title. jeopardised by a rare germ cell ing tours of England and Aus- Serena, who gave birth to cancer, Yuvraj’s only regret was tralia but Yuvraj said India will her first child last year, is now that he could not cement his need consistent performances the most decorated female Lau- place in the Indian Test side. from the players to achieve the reus Award winner with five “Definitely, in the first 6-7 goal. Laureus statuettes. years of my career when I was “It’s a good start to believe Speaking after receiving at my best I did not get a lot that you can dominate outside. the awards, an ecstatic Federer of opportunities because there If you can consistently do that said, “This is a very special Roger Federer with Boris Becker after recieving the Laureus Sportsman of the year award on Tuesday were such great players in the in England and Australia you moment for me. Everyone (Test) team and when I got an definitely will have the belief,” knows how highly I value my Award, 18 years after winning guests. and progressing into educa- opportunity I was diagnosed he said. Laureus Awards, so to win the Laureus Newcomer acco- While Federer bagged the title in the Brazilian football team tion, training and employment with cancer. So that regret will “Now the team is set to con- another would have been won- lade at the 2000 Awards when men’s category, American tennis great Chapecoense, which was torn programmes. always be there but these things quer the world. England and derful, but to win two is a truly he bagged the Breakthrough apart by a devastating plane Among other awards, are never in my control. I am Australia will be testing series unique honour. It was so unex- of the Year Award for winning Serena Williams won the Sportswoman crash but made a remarkable Italy and Roma football leg- just looking forward to what- but if we can get some consis- pected. I am delighted and I the 2017 Masters, his first ever of the Year Award following her comeback six months later end Francesco Totti received ever cricket I get to play,” the tent performances it will give a would like to thank the Laureus Major Championship win on which inspired the sporting the Laureus Academy Excep- 36-year-old all-rounder said. lot of self belief to the players,” Academy for all their support. his 74th attempt. Australian Open success, her 23rd world, were honoured with the tional Achievement Award, Yuvraj, who is here as a Lau- he added. “It was an unforgettable Among other winners, Grand Slam title. Laureus Best Sporting Moment honoured for his inspirational reus ambassador from India, Yuvraj himself has climbed year for me, to come back after Mercedes AMG Petronas beat of the Year Award. 22-year one-man-club career praised Virat Kohli and his up the ladders of age group a very difficult 2016, and these the likes of Real Madrid and Active Communities Net- with Roma and his 2006 World men for the character they cricket to stand where he is awards just make it even more the Golden State Warriors triple world champion wheel- celebrities and business lead- work, an international sport Cup success with Italy. showed to bounce back in the today and so he offered some memorable. When I won my to win the Team of the Year chair racer Marcel Hug won ers from around the world, the for development organisation Houston Texans defen- limited overs series after the words of advice for the likes of first Laureus Award back in Award, after securing their the World Sportsperson of the awards recognised sporting which works in the UK, Ireland sive end J J Watt received the close 1-2 loss in the Test rubber. young Prthivi Shaw and Shub- 2005, if you had said I would fourth successive Construc- Year with a Disability Award, achievement in the 2017 cal- and South Africa, received the Laureus Sporting Inspiration “I think it is a pretty great man Gill, who have already have ended up winning six I tors World Championship title. for his 800m, 1,500m and endar year and were hosted by Laureus Sport for Good Award Award for his incredible fund- performance. They showed a fetched big money from their would not have believed you. French Vendée Globe win- 5,000m titles in the T54 class Hollywood superstar Benedict for their life-changing work raising efforts after Hurricane lot of character after losing the respective franchises in the last It’s been an amazing ride.” ning sailor Armel Le Cléac’h at the 2017 World Para Athlet- Cumberbatch, while world- in using sport to help young Harvey hit Houston, where he Test series. It was as a hard- IPL auctions. Spanish golfer Sergio Gar- won the Action Sportsperson ics Championships in London. renowned singer-songwriter people make positive lifestyle raised more than USD 37 mil- fought Test series, could have “The more they get better cia won his second Laureus of the Year Award, while Swiss Attended by sports stars, Emeli Sandé performed for choices, by learning life skills lion to support relief efforts. PTI gone either way. But it was a the more they will earn. PTI Captain and coach Nadal cuts short comeback PCB bans Hasan to get pie of Davis after injury flares up for 1 year in PSL

ACAPULCO: World number ready.” Nadal is expected KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket for informing the board about two Rafael Nadal pulled out to remain at least one more day Board’s Anti-Corruption Tri- violations after a delay”. Cup prize money of the Mexican Open, cutting in Acapulco to have more tests bunal today banned Shahzaib He said the ban will be short his comeback from an done. Hasan for 12-months in the applied from the time Shahzaib NEW DELHI: In a departure injury when his ailing right hip “Maybe it is a minor situa- Pakistan Super League spot- was suspended last year in from the current formula for flared up again. tion, but the reality is that there fixing case. March. sharing the Davis Cup prize “My goal and hope was is liquid and until it goes down Shahzaib becomes the third “The ban will end on March money, non-playing captain to play in this tournament. a bit and the relevant tests are Pakistan team batsman after 17 but we have yet to decide Mahesh Bhupathi and coach Unfortunately, in my last train- done, it will not be possible to Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif whether to appeal the ban or Zeeshan Ali were allowed by ing session yesterday, I felt a diagnose,” he said. to be banned in the spot-fixing not,” he said. the AITA to claim a share from sharp pain in my leg again,” the While a victory this week scandal that broke out last year PCB Legal Adviser Taffazul the players’ prize purse from 31-year-old Spanish star said would not have been good in February at the start of the Rizvi, however, made it clear the Canada tie. hours before what was to have enough to overhaul Federer, it 2nd PSL. that even after the ban ends, Till the World Group Play- Hironmoy Chatterjee con- been his opening match of the would leave Nadal primed to The Anti-Corruption Tri- Hasan will only be able to play off tie against Canada last Sep- firmed the equal distribution ATP Tour event in Acapulco. replace the Swiss star at Indian bunal found Shahzaib guilty of official cricket after due pro- tember, the prize money was and said it was done after Bhu- Nadal, favoured to win the Wells or Miami next month. violating three clauses of PCB’s cess under a rehabilitation pro- distributed only among only pathi put forth a proposal. tournament and champion quarter-finals at the Austra- nament in a row that Nadal has The 2008 Olympic gold code of conduct for players and gramme. He claimed that the six players including the two “The distribution was done here in 2005 and 2013, had lian Open on January 23. He pulled out of or retired from medal winner is known as the he was also fined rupees one punishment awarded to the reserves while the support after the captain discussed been due to face fellow Span- has since lost his number one -- the Australian Open, Bris- “King of Clay” and is consid- million. player would “set an example staff was paid directly by the with the players and took this iard Feliciano Lopez. ranking to Roger Federer. bane, London, Paris, Basel and ered the greatest clay-court Shahzaib, who had played for other players”. All India Tennis Association call. So it was the players’ call,” “I took all the appropri- Nadal said doctors in Mex- Acapulco. player in the history of the for Pakistan during the team’s The charges against (AITA). Chatterjee said. ate steps to arrive at the tour- ico warned him not to play for The 16-time Grand Slam sport. 2009 World T20 triumph in Shahzaib include directly or However, the prize purse It is a move which hits the nament in form. I went to fear of aggravating the injury. winner Nadal previously But his success is not lim- England, was issued a charge- indirectly soliciting, inducing, for the Canada tie was distrib- singles players the most since Cozumel first, to adapt (to the “I still don’t know what it announced himself fully fit and ited to clay. Nadal has won 10 sheet suspended in March 2017 enticing, instructing, persuad- uted equally among six players as per the previous arrange- climate),” he said. is, because we don’t know. It said he was looking forward to French Open titles, three US after being accused of having a ing, encouraging or intention- along with the captain and the ment, their share was max- “But yesterday, in my last seems it’s not as bad as what competing in his second event Opens, two Wimbledons and hand in the spot-fixing scan- ally facilitating any participant coach, which means the play- imum from the prize purse. training session before the I had at the Australian Open,” of 2018. one Australian Open. dal when he appeared for Kara- to breach the code of con- ers’ share was reduced. Therefore, there is a possibility tournament, during one move- he said. “I took a couple of weeks of Nadal, who turns 32 in chi Kings in the PSL.His lawyer, duct, failure to disclose to the Each of the eight people that for future ties, the play- ment I felt a sharp pain again in “Now, my main goal is rest and worked hard on reha- June, ended 2017 as the oldest Advocate Kashif Rajwana told PCB Vigilance and Security got a little more than Rs one ers may devise a new formula, the same area where I had the to find out the extent of the bilitation,” he said earlier in year-end world number one in the media in Lahore that his cli- Department (without unnec- lakh. which does not reduce their problem in Australia.” injury.” the week. “Last week, I started the 45-year history of the ATP ent was not punished for luring essary delay) full details of any AITA secretary general share drastically. PTI Nadal limped out of the This marks the sixth tour- practising hard again. I feel rankings. AFP someone into spot-fixing “but approaches. PTI Kang flunks dope test England beat Blackcaps by 6 wickets NEW DELHI: Top Indian jav- steroid. He is now provisionally MOUNT MANGANUI (NEW “We wanted to come back New Zealand, playing elin thrower Davinder Singh suspended,” an official of the ZEALAND): Ben Stokes and strong after the defeat in the without captain Kane Wil- Kang has been suspended pro- AFI told PTI from Patiala on Eoin Morgan made half centu- first game,” Stokes said. “We liamson, who has a hamstring visionally by the world athlet- condition of anonymity. ries to guide England to a six- felt we’d let ourselves down a strain, lost opener Colin ics governing body after he Last year, the Punjab ath- wicket win over New Zealand little bit in the field. Munro (1) to the third ball returned positive for a steroid lete had also tested positive for in the second one-day inter- “I think the lads jumped of the second over the first in an out-of-competition test marijuana, traces of which were national here on Wednesday, around that and I think we bowled by Woakes then Mark last week. found in his urine sample col- leveling the five-match series showed new intensity by the Chapman, for 1 on debut, in The 29-year-old Kang’s dope lected by the National Anti- at 1-1. way that we fielded. Then to Woakes’ second over, leaving sample was taken by the offi- Doping Agency officials during Morgan made 62 and restrict them to 220 on a pretty it 9-2. cials of the Athletics Integrity an Indian Grand Prix event here Stokes signalled his return to decent batting wicket, I think The first runout of the Unit (AIU), the IAAF’s new on May 15. form after a five-month layoff the bowlers did a great job.” innings cost it Ross Taylor anti-doping body which started Kang’s dope failure was Kang, a medal prospect in with an unbeaten 63 as Eng- England bowled and (10), whose century in the operations last year, four days intimated to the Athletics Fed- the Commonwealth Games and land surpassed New Zealand’s fielded superbly after win- opening match of the series on ago in Patiala. It was found to eration of India by the IAAF the Asian Games this year, was total of 223 with more than 12 ning the toss to dismiss New Sunday guided New Zealand contain a banned steroid and yesterday and his name was not suspended by the NADA overs remaining. Zealand for 223 in 49.4 overs. to a three-wicket win with four Kang now faces the prospect of immediately removed from the at that time, since marijuana Stokes scored 12 and took Martin Guptill’s 50, his 34th balls to spare. being banned for four years. In starting line-up of men’s javelin falls under the “specified sub- 2-43 in the first match of the and reaching his a half century 9 and Jonny Bairstow for 37 ODI half century, and Mitch- Ali bowled superbly to fin- that case, his career could well throw at the Indian Grand Prix stance” category in the World series, which was his first from 54 balls, his first 50 in Morgan and Stokes put it on ell Santner’s first held together ish with 2-33 from 10 overs, be over. held at NIS Patiala. Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) appearance for England since ODIs since his 73 against the track to victory with a part- a ragged New Zealand innings. Woakes took 2-42 and Stokes The AIU officials tested “The athlete gave the tim- prohibited list of the perfor- his arrest on Sept. 25 after a West Indies in Bristol on the nership of 88 for the fourth Two early wickets to Chris 2-42. Kang at a time prescribed by ing window of 10am to 11am mance-enhancing drugs. He brawl outside a Bristol, Englnd day before his arrest. wicket. Woakes, two in the middle of Big-hitting Colin de him under the “whereabouts” on that particular day (four days took part in the 2017 World nightclub. New Zealand’s medio- Stokes and Jos Buttler (36 the innings to spinner Moeen Grandhomme (38) and Sant- clause of the WADA Code as he back) in his ‘whereabouts’ infor- Championships in London and He had a more imposing cre total seemed unlikely to not out) then added an unbro- Ali, two brilliant catches by ner, who also played a match- is one of the five Indian athletes mation. The AIU people came became the first Indian to reach influence on Wednesday’s challenge England and after it ken 56 for the fifth wicket to Jason Roy and four run outs winning role in Hamilton, placed in the IAAF Registered to Patiala and took his sample. the javelin throw final round in match, taking 2-42 from eight briefly slipped to 86-3 losing steer England home in the helped England take control were the last hope for a New Testing Pool. and that contained a banned a World Championship. PTI overs, contributing to a runout Jason Roy for 8, Joe Root for 38th over. of the match. Zealand fightback. AFP sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 mp Madrid lose 1-0 to RCD Espanyol Arsenal-City clash in doubt BARCELONA: Cristiano Karim Benzema was also not easy chances but a player Ronaldo was rested and the rested, allowing Bale his 116th of his calibre would have supporting cast failed to show La Liga appearance, draw- hoped to do better. Gunners plan to host Citizens today but game may get called off due to snowstorm up as Real Madrid endured a ing him equal with David With just over 20 minutes shock 1-0 defeat away to Espa- Beckham. left, Benzema replaced the LONDON: Arsenal manager nyol on Tuesday. Bale almost gave the visi- ineffective Isco but Espanyol Arsene Wenger faces the Gerard Moreno struck in tors an early lead, reacting first came closest to snatching a might of Manchester City for the 94th minute at the RCDE to Achraf Hakimi’s deflected winner when Gerard’s header the second time in five days Stadium as Real’s rotated line- cross but poking his near- was saved from six yards. tomorrow as the Gunners seek up felt the full punishment for post header too close to Diego Bale trudged off in the 81st salvation after an abject dis- a slack and disjointed display. Lopez. minute and Gerard finally got play in losing the League Cup Gareth Bale, Marco Asen- Real, however, gradually the goal he deserved, catching final 3-0. But But the clash sio and Isco all struggled, the ceded the ascendancy to Espa- Sergio Garcia’s cross perfectly has been thrown into doubt trio squandering the chance to nyol, who twice could have with a brilliant shot that sailed after pictures emerged of the impress ahead of next week’s been in front were it not for a past Navas and into the corner. Emirates Stadium covered in Champions League second leg combination of sloppy finish- Girona defeated Celta Vigo a blanket of snow. with Paris Saint-Germain. ing and bad luck. 1-0 here to extend their home City’s victory on Sunday Bale was certainly not the Gerard was the protagonist winning streak to five and delivered the first trophy of only Real player out of sorts in both, the forward first fail- climb to seventh place in La the Pep Guardiola era and but the 28-year-old, now back ing to capitalise on a skewed Liga. The contest on Tuesday underlined the sense that the to full fitness, was perhaps Raphael Varane clearance and featured two of the top three two clubs are on radically dif- under most pressure to stake then doing brilliantly to con- scoring duos in La Liga: Cris- ferent trajectories. his claim. trol a thundering half-volley thian Stuani and Portu for the Guardiola’s men also enjoy After missing with a num- from Carlos Sanchez, only hosts facing Celta’s Iago Aspas a 13-point lead at the top of ber of efforts at goal, and to see his finish ruled out for and Maxi Gomez, reports Efe. the Premier League and are receiving a yellow card in offside. And with Portu and Aspas virtually assured of their place the first half, he was finally Replays suggested Real had vying for spots on the national in the Champions League replaced with nine minutes been fortunate to escape. team, Spain coach Julen Lop- quarter-finals, thanks to a 4-0 remaining. Bale wanted a penalty etegui was in the stands last-16, first-leg win in Basel. There was still time, how- when his driven shot was at Girona’s Montilivi sta- Arsenal, by contrast, face ever, for Gerard to steal the blocked by the hand of Vic- dium to get a first-hand look. a huge challenge just to make Arsenal’s stadum The Emirates’ pitch covered with snow show as Espanyol scored a tor Sanchez at the back post The glory went to Portu, it back into the Champions deserved win that sees them but the defender knew little who scored the game’s only League next season. Sixth in club have failed consistently ing when to walk away. climb to 13th in La Liga. about it. goal in the 14th minute, strik- the league, they trail north to challenge for the biggest He likes one type of player, with quality He left his boyhood club in Real, meanwhile, will fall Instead, Espanyol sus- ing from the edge of the box London rivals Tottenham prizes. Barca as their most success- 17 points behind leaders Bar- tained their momentum at after Carles Planas astutely Hotspur, in fourth place, by “This development of and respect for the ball. They are things I like ful coach because the intense celona if the Catalans over- the start of the second half, relayed Alex Granell’s corner. 10 points. mediocrity has to be arrested,” a lot, so if people say we play a little bit like demands of four seasons in come Las Palmas on Thursday. with Keylor Navas able only to Celta kept their compo- Even the emergency Arsenal’s second-highest goal- the job had taken their toll. With PSG left praying watch as Sergi Darder’s header sure and only a desperate dive route of a Champions League scorer of all time, Ian Wright, Arsenal of the last 20 years then it’s good Likewise, his time at Bay- for a miracle after Neymar plopped onto the top of the by Girona’s Juanpe prevented return via winning the Europa who played under Wenger, for us.” ern never seemed likely to was stretchered off wth a crossbar. Maxi Gomez from equalizing League looks a big ask after told BBC radio. extend beyond the initial foot injury on Sunday, Zin- Bale cut a figure of increas- in the 27th minute. Arsenal were paired with Ital- Guardiola shares Wenger’s Pep Guardiola three-year contract he signed edine Zidane wrapped his ing frustration. One ballooned Girona sat in deeper in the ian giants AC Milan in the last ideals of how the game should despite winning three straight own star player up in cotton shot over from the edge of the second half and managed to 16. be played and has spoken Guardiola is a serial winner, ate the spectacle and suc- Bundesliga titles. wool, as Ronaldo was not even area was quickly followed by hang on to post a fifth consec- What is galling for Wenger glowingly of his admiration lifting 21 trophies in his first cess for which he was lured “No chance,” Guardiola included on the bench. two scuffed finishes. They were utive clean sheet. AFP and Arsenal is that in many for his counterpart’s longevity. seven years of senior manage- to Manchester by the club’s responded at the thought ways Guardiola is the mod- “I would have liked to have ment with Barcelona and Bay- cash-rich Abu-Dhabi owners of matching Wenger’s two- ern-day incarnation of what played for him,” said Guar- ern Munich. in the first place. Wenger, by decade long stay at City. “That the Frenchman used to be in diola ahead of Sunday’s final. He has shone after the first contrast, despite an enviable is not going to happen because his first decade at the club. “He likes one type of season of his career without record of success in the FA I am not going to train in 20 Wenger’s early years player, with quality and silverware in his debut cam- Cup in recent years, has failed years more.” married attractive, aggres- respect for the ball. They are paign at City in 2016-17. to arrest his side’s general slide Wenger’s desperation to sive football with a winning things I like a lot, so if peo- Rather than abandon his from the pinnacle of the Eng- hold on to recreate his glory culture. While some of the ple say we play a little bit like principles, the Catalan has lish game. days means it is increasingly frills to Arsenal’s football Arsenal of the last 20 years doubled down on the passing Guardiola has also demon- likely he will be edged towards have remained in the second then it’s good for us.” and pressing game he made strated a far shrewder sense of the exit door before he walks half of his 22-year reign, the The difference is that famous at Barcelona to cre- timing than Wenger in know- come the end. AFP We have to be careful about Bumrah: MSK India get Belgium NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bum- India wicketkeeper explained. ple players for each spot. Like & Canada in rah’s emergence as ‘Test match The other big gain has we have rested Hardik Pandya bowler’ was India’s biggest been the performance of the for the Sri Lanka series and hockey WC gain during the recently con- two young wrist spinners in we want to create a back-up cluded tour of South Africa Yuzvendra Chahal and Kul- all-rounder in Vijay Shankar.” NEW DELHI: In a favour- and national selection com- deep Yadav, who shared 33 For someone, who has able draw, hosts India were mittee chairman MSK Prasad wickets between them in been stressing on the aspect on Wednesday clubbed in made it clear that the Gujarat India’s emphatic 5-1 win in of communication, Prasad Pool C along side Olympics speedster’s “workload man- the ODI series. believes that each and every silver medallists Belgium, agement’’ is paramount for “We always believed that player has the right to know World No 11 Canada and him. wrist spinners are wicket-tak- where they stand in terms of African continental cham- Bumrah bowled a whop- ing investments that we had to national selection. pions South Africa in the ping 162.1 overs across three make. Both Chahal and Kul- Talking to this season’s men’s Hockey World Cup to formats, including 112.1 overs deep have really lived up to highest run-getter Mayank be held in Bhubaneswar from during the the three-Test our expectations. The most Agarwal (2141 runs across November 28-December 16. series in South Africa. heartening aspect has been formats) and explaining to According to the sched- millenniumpost.in “I am delighted with Jas- the pool that we have man- him the rationale behind his ule announced by the Inter- millenniumpoNO H ALFst TR U THS prit’s performance. We always aged to create. We now have non-selection in the Indian national Hockey Federation had confidence in his abilities five quality spinners for three team is one of them. (FIH) on Wednesday, Asian CHANGE OF NAME as he had done well for Guja- formats -- Ravichandran Ash- “No player should be con- champions India will open I, Moon Singh Alias rat in Ranji Trophy. But now win, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep fused about where he stands. their campaign against South Manmohan Singh S/o our primary goal is to moni- Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Our committee speaks to every Africa on November 28 Bashan Singh R/o K-56, tor his workload very carefully Axar Patel,” Prasad said. player -- even those who are to before taking on European with so much international “If you look at his action, He also said that the selected and try to give them giants Belgium on Decem- Krishna Park Extn., Tilak cricket ahead. We need to be it is a rare one and he can be endeavour of the current a fair picture. Accordingly, I ber 2 and Canada on Decem- Nagar, Delhi-18, I have careful that he is not over- prone to injuries. We need selection committee was spoke to Mayank and told him ber 8. changed my name used,” Prasad said. to use him for the important to create a proper bench- that with his brilliant perfor- Pool A, meanwhile, con- from Moon Singh Alias The chairman also indi- Test series coming ahead. For strength and they are slowly mances in domestic cricket, sists of Rio 2016 Olympic Manmohan Singh To cated that Bumrah will be each and every fast bowler, the but surely inching towards he has now definitely got him- champions Argentina, New Manmohan singh for all used only for the “impor- balance of workload is very that goal. self in the mix (national team Zealand, Spain, France. PTI tant Test series” as his sling- important and the high per- “I attribute our team’s suc- reckoning). I told him that he purposes. ing action is one of the rarest formance team will be moni- cess to the nice bench strength is now in the queue,” Prasad of rare. toring it closely,” the former that we have. We have multi- informed. PTI Prannoy unhappy ‘Dream to become World no 1’ with proposed HYDERABAD:Ace shuttler been her inspiration. PV Sindhu on Wednesday said “She has always been there rule changes her dream is to become World saying that ‘do your best’ and No 1 and she is trying to reach ‘give your best’ in whatever you NEW DELHI: Indian ace the numero uno spot. do. Be brave and stay strong shuttler H S Prannoy is not Sindhu, who had achieved and all women should do happy with the Badminton a career-best ranking of World that and believe in ourselves,” World Federation’s (BWF) No 2 few months ago, said Sindhu said on her mother. proposal to tweak the scor- when she started playing at the Asked on the challenges she ing system and reduce on- age of eight her first dream was faced to attain success, Sindhu court coaching, saying such to represent India. said she faced many challenges. changes will not achieve the “When I started playing at “But I don’t feel it’s a burden aim of increasing commercial the age of eight my dream was kind of thing because I wanted value of the sport. to play for India and that was to achieve my dream and I just The BWF Council has pro- the first dream. When I started followed that.” posed that on-court coach- playing for India that is when I “There was a certain time ing, which is allowed at the thought someday I have to be silver medallist said. where I thought what’s going 11-point lemon break and at (on) top of the world. Participating in an interac- on wrong because at sometimes the end of every game in a “I am trying to be World No tion with students and teach- you might not give your best. match, be reduced. The pro- 1...Now my dream is to become ers during a promotional event Sometimes you might just play posal also suggests “reduce World No. 1 and definitely it’s organised at her alma mater— brilliantly but when you tend to time being taken between in progress. I would want to see Auxilium High School here, lose, you think that what’s hap- points” and “reduce warm-up myself there,” the Rio Olympics Sindhu said her mother has pening,” she said. PTI time” and “racket testing”. PTI Blasters eye win over BFC BENGALUR: Kerala Blasters will look to keep themselves in contention for a play-off berth when they take on table- toppers Bengaluru FC in their last league match of the Indian Super League here on Thursday. Currently, the Blasters are placed at fifth spot with 25 points after they managed only one point in their goal-less draw against Chennaiyin FC in last match. PTI 16 Entertainment mp MILLENNIUM POST | New Delhi | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 Atif refuses I HAVE LOST to promote his latest a guiding light in my life: Bollywood song Rani on Sridevi’s death Rani, who considers Sridevi as her inspiration, says that her death is MUMBAI: Pakistani singer Atif Aslam has the most painful thing she has dealt been repeatedly shrugging off requests to promote his latest song ‘Sehmi hai dhad- with after her father’s demise kan’ from the forthcoming Bollywood film Daas Dev, says its producer Sanjeev Kumar. NEW DELHI: Actor Rani Muke- “Atif said he will do it, but it hasn’t rji recently remembered Bollywood been done. I’m not sure why he isn’t tak- diva Sridevi as a “guiding light” in ing part in the activity, but, as a pro- her life, saying her untimely death is ducer, I see that work promised hasn’t the most painful thing she has dealt been executed,” Kumar said in a state- with after her father’s demise. The ment. ‘Sehmi hai dhadkan’ was launched actor said she felt close to Sridevi, on February 22 as the first song from who is known as India’s first female Sudhir Mishra’s film Daas Dev, a contem- superstar, and also considered her porary take on Sarat Chandra Chattopad- an “inspiration personally and hyay’s novel ‘Devdas’. professionally.” Earlier this month, politician Babul “For me it’s the most painful Supriyo had asked for a ban on Pakistani thing I have dealt with after my dad’s artistes working in the Hindi film indus- passing away. And her face is coming try. He had also objected to the inclusion in front of me again and again. The of Pakistan singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s love she had for me was so tremen- voice in the film Welcome To New York. dous and intense that I feel some- Kumar said: “Normally, such state- where I have lost a guiding light in ments are made by fringe groups. When a my life.” minister says it, it leaves an impact on more “She has been my inspiration son I have lost in my life I loved and people. But we needed Atif for this song. He personally and professionally. She who loved me back,” Rani said. The has 20 million followers on social media. was very close to me. She was like my 54-year-old actor passed away in her Imagine the kind of traction we would have maasi. She was someone I looked up hotel room in the Jumeirah Emirates got had he promoted it.” IANS to. I just feel there is one more per- Towers late on Saturday. PTI Adam Scott confirmed for ‘ I believe in living in the moment’ NEW DELHI: Actor Aditi ing about it, she said: “I love watch like a piece of jew- season two of ‘Big Rao Hydari says time is lux- London and I always pick ellery on myself so I love ury and that she believes in that as a holiday spot so I watches,” she said. living in the moment. feel it is a fun collection.” After the success of her Little Lies’ “Time is a real luxury But at a time when every- latest release, Aditi is now and it’s the only thing that one has a mobile phone to gearing up for her next film keeps moving and the only see time, why is there a need with filmmaker Mani Rath- thing you have to grab and for wrist watches? nam. She considers herself make the most of. So, I “Because it’s so beauti- lucky to work with the film- really believe in living in the ful. I think wrist watches are maker for the sec- moment and giving my 100 so much fun and they are so ond time. IANS per cent to that moment,” personal. It’s something that Aditi said in an interview. you wear on yourself all the Aditi unveiled the new time and it’s really an collection, inspired by Brit- extension of your per- ain, of watch a brand. Talk- sonality... I wear the Kevin Spacey Foundation ‘GETTING NUDE FOR to shut down in the UK such the foundation will be closing on the 28 February 2018. Red Sparrow “The trustees would like to thank all their partners, artists and organisations for the great work that has been done in asso- ciation with the foundation. The trustees LOS ANGELES: Actor Adam Scott has WAS MY CHOICE’ hope that the objects of the charity will be been confirmed to return for the sec- taken forward by other organisations,” the ond season of the hit HBO drama ‘Big LOS ANGELES: Actor Jenni- “Red Sparrow really scared statement read. Steven Jackson-Winter, a Little Lies’. The ‘Parks and Recreation’ fer Lawrence has defended her the hell out of me because I drama teacher and longtime associate of alum played the role of Ed Mackenzie, the to decision to do nude scenes get nude. I tried to do the Spacey, used to head the foundation’s UK bearded husband of Reese Witherspoon’s for Red Sparrow, saying she felt movie without nudity but operations, but he left it in November last character Madeline. it fit in the narrative of the film. realized it just wouldn’t be year following the sexual misconduct alle- Season two will see Ed being “forced The 27-year-old actor plays the right to put the character gations against the actor. to confront major challenges in his mar- Russian prima ballerina turned through something that The organisation was officially regis- riage with Madeline”, reported Variety. Soviet operative Dominika I, myself, am not will- tered in Britain in 2008, during the two- Earlier, HBO had confirmed that Egorova in the Francis Law- ing to go through,” Law- time Oscar-winning actor’s tenure as actors Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern rence-directed film, which is rence said. artistic director of The Old Vic theatre and Zoe Kravitz were also returning for based on a best-selling novel The “Mother!” actor, in London from 2004 to 2015. It offered the second season of the show. by former C.I.A. agent Jason who was a victim of the 2014 scholarships, awards, mentorships and Dern will reprise her role of Renata Matthews. phone hack in which her pri- LONDON: The Kevin Spacey Foundation, educational programmes for young people Klein for which she bagged an Emmy vate nude photos were leaked created to encourage young people in the interested in film, dance and theatre. and a Golden Globe, while Woodley will to the internet, said she feared performing arts, is closing down its oper- In October last year, Spacey was be back in the character of Jane Chap- backlash for her choice. ations in the UK. The announcement was accused of sexual assaulting actor Anthony man. Kravitz will reprise her role of Bon- “My biggest fear was that made by the trustees of the organisation in Rapp when he was 14. Spacey had said he nie Carlson. people would say, ‘Oh, how can a statement posted on the its official web- had no recollection of the incident while The studio had also announced that you complain about the hack if site. “The trustees have reached the con- coming out as gay. After the allegations multiple Oscar-winning actor Meryl you’re going to get nude any- clusion that the work of the Kevin Spacey surfaced, he was removed from ‘House of Streep was cast in the show. She will play way?’,” Lawrence told Vanity Foundation UK is no longer viable and as Cards’ by Netflix. PTI the character of Mary Louise Wright. PTI Fair. Lawrence said that the movie presented her an oppor- tunity to reclaim her sexual empowerment as she made a STEREOTYPES NEVER PUSHED contrast between the hack and her choice to bare all for a film. “One is my choice. I got something back that was taken ME DOWN: DJ TERI MIKO from me,” Lawrence added. PTI

OUR CORRESPONDENT says the ‘Kolavo’ hitmaker. “It is tivals like Sunburn Festival, Vh1 not easy, but nothing is impos- Supersonic, Amsterdam Dance ith hard-hitting Trap sible and I believe that one day event to name a few. Apart from Beats infused with No.1 DJ in the world will be a this, she has been performing Electronic Sounds, DJ girl,” she further added. at the biggest colleges in India. WTeri Miko has shared the stage Being a woman in this field “College performances are the with bass giants like Marshm- is not the only challenge that DJs most exciting gigs of mine. First ello, Slander, Dyro, and Quin- have to face. There is a common of all, because the youngsters tino. It won’t be long before she misconception about DJs being are most receptive to new music becomes a household name in involved in drugs and alcoholic which gives me the opportunity the music industry. “I never miss drinks. But Teri Miko, who is to showcase new tracks. Sec- a chance to experience live art- known for her high energy on ondly, they are here to have fun, ists because every time I learn stage believes otherwise. “I think that’s why the biggest responses I something new from them. It this is an old stereotype which is am getting are from the colleges,” can be some interesting musi- coming to us from the 90s rave said the DJ who is looking for- cal trick or just an attitude in the times. I know a lot of artists per- ward to her collaboration with backstage. So I recommend to all try for being a DJ, Miko never sonally right now who are into an Indian artist. upcoming artists to attend live stopped working towards her a healthy lifestyle because when “2018 is going to be a very concerts,” said Miko about shar- passion. “From my initial stages, you give so much energy every busy year for me, I have already ing the stage with big names in I faced a lot of stereotypes in night during your gigs, you have planned a lot of releases and the industry. DJing but I take it as a real chal- to stay clean in order to survive. shows. Hopefully this year my Even though she, like every lenge which helps me to grow to And I follow this very strictly,” team, Deep Sound Entertain- other working woman, faced prove myself. But such stereo- she asserted. ment and I will take over new stereotypes in the music indus- types never pushed me down,” Teri Miko has played for fes- territories and new stages.”