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PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 147 | Thursday, 31 May 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,614.35 (-18.95) qSENSEX 34,904.11 (-45.13) pDOW JONES 24,483.33 (+121.88) pNASDAQ 7433.31 (+36.71) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 67.43 (+0.43) nRUPEE/EURO 78.45 (-0.00) pGOLD/10GM 32,090 (+230) qSILVER/K 40,700 (-200) NIPAH SCARE: INDIA AND NEW AI SYSTEM MAY CLARKE PRAISES FOURTH PATIENT INDONESIA SIGN SOON HELP ROBOTS GOT FOR ADMITTED TO ID 15 AGREEMENTS DO HOUSEHOLD BALANCE OF HOSPITAL PG3 PG6 CHORES PG10 NUDITY PG16 Faux pas: Petrol, CM asks GTA to focus on water crisis diesel prices cut by Sewerage, roads should also get adequate attention, says Mamata 1 paisa, not 60 paise AMITAVA BANERJEE MPOST BUREAU Highlights KALIMPONG: In February, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to NEW DELHI: Petrol and die- »»In all, petrol price was Darjeeling was marred due to the sel prices were on Wednesday increased by Rs 3.8 per 104-day agonizing standoff over the cut by 1 paisa per litre each, the litre and diesel by Rs statehood issue which left the people first reduction after 16 days of 3.38 this fortnight of the Hills not only jobless but they relentless price hikes. also became apprehensive about their But the marginal decline »»Rahul Gandhi slams 1 future. had its share of excitement paisa hike Three months later when Baner- with state-owned Indian Oil jee’s convoy pulled up in front of Jarvie Corp (IOC) first announcing ing prices of petrol and diesel. Hall, Dr. Graham’s Homes in Kalim- a reduction of 60 paise — the The selling prices of petrol and pong on Wednesday for the adminis- biggest since daily price revi- diesel with effect from May trative review meeting, the turnaround sion was introduced in mid- 30, 2018, have been rectified. was evident with the region thronging June last year, only to retract it Today, there is a minor reduc- with tourists. within a couple of hours citing tion in fuel prices.” Emphasising on the development a technical error. The marginal reduc- map, the Chief Minister advised the The oil companiestion comes after 16 consecu- state government authorities in Dar- on Wednesday morning tive price increases since May jeeling and Kalimpong districts to announced a reduction in pet- 14 when fuel retailers ended focus on the water crisis, sewerage, rol price by 60 paise to Rs 77.83 a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll construction and upkeep of roads and a litre and diesel by 56 paise to hiatus to pass on a spike in waste management. Rs 68.75 in Delhi. This was rec- global oil rates. In all, petrol Speaking at the administrative tified to 1 paisa a litre. price was increased by Rs 3.8 review meeting of the two districts in “The reduction was sup- per litre and diesel by Rs 3.38 Kalimpong, she said: “Darjeeling and CM Mamata Banerjee arrives for the administrative posed to be one paisa, but due in that fortnight. Kalimpong have immense potential. review meeting in Kalimpong on Wednesday PIC/ MPOST to a clerical error the price Last week, the government There is unmatched natural beauty prevalent on May 25 was com- had stated that it was work- here. It is your duty to present a clean bank accounts in two instalments. “We hara scheme,” stated Banerjee. gallery needs to be renovated. Around is being constructed in Kalimpong as municated as Wednesday’s ing on a long-term solution to and green Darjeeling to the tourists have received complaints that there Speaking of the immense poten- 19 tourist cottages are said to come well. Around 2 acre of land has been price,” a senior official of Indian address the volatility in fuel who visit these places. For the next two are lots of gaps in the present system tial in the field of tourism, she added: up at Tiger Hill in Darjeeling. The allotted for the Police Lines and cor- Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s prices. The Kerala government years, we should concentrate on four of allocation of funds by the boards. “Tourism industry is one of the most Chief Minister also asked the Power rectional home in Kalimpong. largest fuel retailer, explained. has decided that it will reduce key areas — water, sewerage, roads This has to stop and there should be important industries of Bengal. We are department to look into the electric- Banerjee also inquired about the Rates had on Tuesday the prices of petrol and die- and waste management.” a proper audit of the accounts,” she giving a lot of emphasis to North Ben- ity problems faced by Lava, Loleygaon 100 day work scheme in Darjeel- touched an all-time high of Rs sel by Re 1 in the state from She asked the GTA and Hill stated. gal as this place has a lot to offer. All and Rishap in the Kalimpong district. ing and Kalimpong districts. Binay 78.43 per litre for petrol and Rs Friday, June 1. With this, Ker- Municipalities to sit with the Munici- The Chief Minister spoke on the projects have to be finished on time.” Kalimpong MLA Sarita Rai Tamang, Chairman, Board of Admin- 69.31 a litre for diesel in Delhi. ala becomes the first state to pal and PHE departments in Kolkata new avenues for employment gen- She asked the state Tourism requested the CM if a B Ed. College istrators, stated that around 500 Prices vary from state to announce a cut in fuel prices. during the next 10 days and work out a eration for the youth and stressed on department and the GTA to renovate could be opened in Pedong in Kalim- schemes are underway in the GTA. state depending on local sales Congress president Rahul consolidated plan to resolve the drink- skill development to impart training the Swiss Cottages in Mirik. De-silt- pong. The Chief Minister assured her “Land right documents (pattas) tax or VAT. Delhi has the low- Gandhi on Wednesday ing water crisis in the Hills. in beautician courses, hospitality, as ation of the Mirik Lake, landscap- that she would look into the matter. will be handed over to 271 beneficia- est rate among all metros and slammed the one paisa cut in She also insisted that henceforth tourist guides and in the medical field ing including gardens and pathways A proposal has also been given ries from the forest villages of Kalim- most state capitals. fuel prices, saying if this was funds for construction of houses of the as well. around the area is on the anvil. for six new police stations in Dar- pong on Thursday at Lohapool,” stated Later, IOC in a statement Prime Minister Narendra beneficiaries through the 15 develop- “Buses can be given to youths and Inquiring about the progress of jeeling and three in Kalimpong dis- Tamang. Banerjee also inaugurated a said: “There was a techni- Modi’s idea of a “prank”, it was ment boards should go directly to their Self Help Groups through the Gatid- work at Tiger Hill, she stated that the trict. A new administrative building number of projects on Thursday. cal glitch in posting the sell- “childish and in poor taste”. LAST WEEK SEBI SERVED NOTICE ON KOCHHAR In today’s paper ICICI Bank orders probe into ... allegations against Kochhar CITY MPOST BUREAU The scope of CENTURY-OLD BUILDING PULLED DOWN 3 enquiry would be com- NATION MUMBAI: The board prehensive and include of India’s largest private all relevant matters CLAT 2018 RESULTS TODAY 6 sector lender ICICI arising out of and in Bank has ordered an the course of exami- EDIT independent probe nation of the facts and CRUCIAL B’DESH ELECTIONS 8 into allegations of ‘con- wherever warranted, flict of interest’ and use of forensics/email INTERNATIONAL ‘quid pro quo’ in bank’s reviews and records of MD and CEO Chanda statements of pertinent 10 RARE NEUTRON STAR DISCOVERED Kochhar’s dealing with personnel, it said. BUSINESS certain borrowers. The enquiry, the bank said, will be There are allegations of involve- conducted by an ‘independent and ONGC Q4 NET UP 37% 13 ment of Kochhar and her family credible’ person. SPORT members in a loan provided to Vid- The whistle-blower had alleged eocon group on a quid pro quo basis. that the bank’s MD and CEO had DISCUS THROWER GOWDA RETIRES 14 It was alleged that Videocon not adhered to provisions relating Group pumped money into NuPower to code of conduct of the bank and Renewables, a firm owned by Deepak legal and regulatory provisions relat- ‘No bids for Air India so far, Kochhar, husband of Chanda ing to conflict of interest over a period Kochhar. and also alleged quid pro quo in the will not extend deadline’ Last week, market regulator Sebi course of Kochhar’s work in dealing had served a notice on Kochhar on with individual customers/borrowers NEW DELHI: The government has not received dealings of the bank with Videocon of the bank. any bids so far for its stake in state-run carrier Group and Nupower. Interestingly in April, the board Air India, the civil aviation secretary told TV The enquiry was ordered by the had expressed full confidence in channels, a day before the formal bidding pro- board, at its meeting on Tuesday, on a Kochhar and ruled out any quid pro cess closes. The government will not extend the complaint by an anonymous whistle- quo as alleged concerning specific deadline for submissions of interest in Air India, blower against Kochhar, the bank said loan given to Videocon group. RN Choubey said on Wednesday. The deadline in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The regulator filing, which came for receiving bids has already been extended “...the enquiry to be headed by on Wednesday after the close of stock once to May 31 from May 14. PM Modi’s gov- an independent and credible person market, further said the enquiry ernment, keen to sell the loss-making, debt- (will) examine and enquire into an would cover all “connected matters” ridden airline, finalised plans in late March to additional anonymous whistle-blower in the course of investigations to bring divest a 76 per cent stake. AGENCIES complaint...,” it said. the matter to a conclusion. Country as a whole likely to receive normal monsoon, barring east and north-east: IMD

OUR CORRESPONDENT cent,” the IMD said. There is also a 43 percent probability NEW DELHI: The entire country is of normal monsoon, it added. likely to get normal monsoon this year, On the progress of the monsoon, it except the east and northeast India, which said that the conditions are favourable is expected to witness “below normal” for its further advancement into some rainfall, the Met department said on parts of north-eastern states during next Wednesday. 48 hours. With this announcement, the MeT “normal”. Also, rainfall is considered as It added that the conditions are also has kept its prediction of “normal” mon- “deficient” if it ranges below 90 percent likely to become favourable for further soon unchanged in its second stage long- of the LPA and “above normal” if it falls advance of the southwest monsoon into range forecast. between 104 to 110 percent of the LPA. some more parts of south peninsula The monthly rainfall over the country Above 110 percent of the LPA is con- around June 3. as a whole is likely to be 101 percent of its sidered as “excess” rainfall. “Rainfall activity is likely to increase Long Period Average (LPA) during July, “Rainfall over the country as a whole over parts of Maharashtra and Goa states and 94 percent of LPA during August - for the 2018 southwest monsoon season from June 6,” the IMD said. both with a model error of plus or minus (June to September) is most likely to be Importantly, in the first long-range 9 percent. normal (96 to 104 percent of LPA). Quan- forecast last month, the IMD had pre- Notably, anything between 90-96 per- titatively, the monsoon season (June to dicted that the country is likely to get 97 cent of the LPA is considered as “below September) rainfall for the country as a percent of the LPA (normal monsoon) normal while rainfall in the range of whole is likely to be 97 percent of the LPA with an error margin of plus or minus 96-104 percent of the LPA is considered with a model error of plus or minus 4 per- five percent. 2 mp around town MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 Experts suggest ways Ace singer enthralls the audience to protect yourself from with her mellifluous voice indoor air OUR CORRESPONDENT FROM SINGING heart render- pollution, ing Tagore songs to some timeless ‘Puratani’ (Old Melodies), Riddhi which is five Bandopadhyay has created a niche for herself in the music arena. To celebrate her two-decade-long times worse journey, “Pancho Kobir Konya”, the solo musical evening by Rid- than outdoor dhi Bandopadhyay was organized at ICCR where she sang some of the air pollution everlasting compositions. The event was graced by Soumitra Chattopad- hyay, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Goutam Ghosh and Kamaleshwar Mukho- padhyay amongst others. Riddhi Bandopadhyay, a dis- tinguished name in International music territory, had the privilege to learn music from the stalwarts

(L-R) Soumitra Chattopadhyay with Riddhi Bandopadhyay

like Chandi Das Mal, yesteryear female songstresses from Manju Gupta, Krishna Red-Light areas such as Kanan Devi, TIPS TO AVOID Chattopadhyay, Soilen Angur Bala, Indu Devi, Tinkori, who Das, etc. This show was became a prominent face later in the specially arranged for her primitive stages of Bengali cinema. audience in Kolkata. “Reaching this stage of life was The solo musical per- never easy for me. In the past twenty Indoor air pollution formance for the eve- years, I had to overcome many hur- ning was divided into dles. I am thoroughly indebted to my two parts – First half family and gurus, without their sup- ndoor air pollution is very much real and was focused on “Pan- port this would have been never pos- it can be five times or more worse than cho Kobir Gaan”, the sible for me. I always tried to stay true outdoor air pollution. From everyday section that emphasized to my style of singing, never thought consumer products and household hab- on different mellifluous of copying others. I have worked with Iits such as paints, pet allergens to cooking gas, compositions by Rabi- kids from the red-light areas, taught can be an additional source of air pollution. ndranath Tagore, Atul- them the joy of music. After twenty So, what now and how do we shield ourselves? prasad Sen, Dwijendralal years of struggle, passion towards Experts say, “According to the World Roy, Rajanikanta Sen and singing and zeal for regular improve- Health Organization (WHO), global air pol- Nazrul Islam. ment, I can say that I am content. I lution database released in Geneva, India has The second part of believe the coming days will be more 14 out of the 15 most polluted cities in the the program was rather challenging for me and I will be able world in terms of PM 2.5 concentrations. It interesting, as in this to entertain the audience in the best (L-R) Nabaneeta Dev Sen with Riddhi Bandopadhyay said 7 million people die every year because of particular segment, the possible way through my work,” said outdoor and household air pollution...Reports at Pancho Kobir Gaan emphasis was given on Bandopadhyay. like these suggest that the impact of pollution on human health is fatal. Air pollution has impact on most of the organs and systems of human body. The lung is one of the major sites 7th International Theatre of interaction with environmental particulates that causes and aggravates many respiratory diseases like COPD, asthma, and lung cancer”. Festival kick-starts in Kolkata Here are some tips which can help to avoid indoor air pollution: MAINAK BANERJEE 4Say no to scented incense sticks and candles: After reading this you might think THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL twice before lighting up those decorative can- Theatre Festival, organized by dles or using agarbattis. Studies suggest incense Kalindi Bratyajon, was officially sticks and scented candles release undesired inaugurated by the State Minister chemicals that can cause serious health prob- of Power, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay lems like skin allergies and even heightens risk in the august presence of the Direc- of respiratory cancer tor of Embassy, Cultural Relations, 4Say yes to some greenery: Yes! Plants Italy, Dr. Andrea Baldi and Regional are your best friends. They provide fresh Director, ICCR, Goutam De. oxygen to our lungs and planting a Sovandeb Chattopadhyay few indoor plants in your home congratulated the festival conve- with help you breathe clean ner, Bratya Basu for taking such a and off course it gives that extra punch to your indoor décor. So, go ahead, buy but also people pollen, and other irritants which tends to get some beautiful indoor around them. trapped inside your house can be removed to plants and give your house While we are all a large extent if there is a proper ventilation. a chic look. aware about the 4Give away your plastic habits: Plas- 4Remove carpeting if harmful effects of tics are a major cause of air pollution. The possible: Those aesthetic car- smoking, it is dead- by-products of plastics called microplastics pets and rugs can actually be a lier indoor. Since there are small pieces of plastic between the size of source of indoor air pollution. Car- is no space for the smoke 0.1 micron to 5mm in diameter. These micro- huge and praiseworthy initiative nel Baule, Italy, a theatre company pets can capture a lot of pollutants such to go out so you tend to inhale plastics are immensely harmful to our health. each year for presenting a week- which does research on physical small dust particles, food which fall on the the same air repeatedly, harming your nos- Shockingly microplastics have found its way long global theatrical extravaganza theatre – mime, pantomime, com- floor, pet hair, dust mites, pesticides, cockroach trils and lungs. to our homes also. Their contributors can be before the theatre lovers of Bengal. edy of art and dance. There were allergens and other dirt. These pollutants may 4Ensure good ventilation: Proper ven- simple things like erosion of synthetic carpets, The audience was enthralled two scintillating performances, one become airborne while vacuuming or dur- tilation in your house will prevents air pol- synthetic clothing or cosmetics. by the inaugural songs presented was Scetch and Scotch and the other ing renovations. Children are more exposed lutants from affecting you and your family’s 4Get an air purifier: Air purifiers are the by Bachchan Sau, a very talented Two. Simona Di Maio and Luca Di to these pollutants are they tend to play on health. Not only that, having a proper flow of best way to clean the indoor air. In addition to visually challenged singer. This Tomasso deserve a special mention the carpet. air inside your home can help you get rid of investing in your health it can prevent micro- was followed by the first theatri- for their outstanding non-verbal 4Indoor smoking is deadly: Avoid smok- all the unwanted smells arising from cooking plastics, allergies and impure air from harming cal performance from The Teatro display of physicality on stage. ing Indoor. It affects not only the smoker or from carpets. Also, allergens such as dusts, you and your dear ones. IANS Beware! Divorce can shorten lifespan

Study of Aging, a long-term health included data from 5,786 partici- tion and levels of inflammation was study of adults over age 50 living in pants out of which 926 people were also examined. Great Britain. The study includes divorced, separated or had not remar- After tracking the deaths among seven waves of data, collected from ried. The rest of the sample group the participants during the study, the ower life participants every two years begin- comprised of married participants. researchers found that divorced or relationships satisfac- ning in 2002. The participants self reported their separated population had a 46 per end, we lose that tion The study, published in the jour- life satisfaction, exercise frequency cent greater risk of dying than their important social among nal Annals of Behavioral Medicine, and smoking status. Their lung func- still-married counterparts. control of our health divorced Lpeople can lead The results also showed that behaviors,” Bourassa to lower physical activity and divorced or separated women partic- explained. increased smoking -- two fac- ipants had further lower life satisfac- It is important to note tors associated with early death, tion than married participants. that divorce doesn’t always new research reveals. “While the study didn’t explic- lead to negative health out- Divorced participants were itly examine why divorce seems to comes. Quality of life, for exam- more likely than married partici- be associated with greater likeli- ple, can significantly improve pants to smoke and, as a result, hood of smoking and lower lev- for individuals who have ended had poorer lung function, which els of exercise, one possible unhealthy relationships. predicted early mortality, the explanation, supported by existing Still, since divorce over- study found. research, is that divorced individuals all continues to be linked to “We were trying to fill in the no longer have spouses holding them poorer health, knowing that gap of evidence linking marital sta- accountable for their health behav- smoking and exercise may tus and early mortality,” said lead iours,” Bourassa said. be part of the explanation author Kyle Bourassa from Univer- “If you imagine a husband or wife could help inform inter- sity of Arizona in the US. who doesn’t smoke and their partner ventions for those who’ve The findings are based on data does, one might try to influence the gone through a separa- from the English Longitudinal other’s behavior. In many ways, when tion, Bourassa said. IANS Although every possible care and caution has been taken to avoid errors or omissions, this publication is being sold on the condition and understanding that information given in this publication is merely for reference and must not be taken as having authority of or binding in any way on the writers, editors, publishers, and printers and sellers who do not owe any responsibility for any damage or loss to any person, a purchaser of this publication or not for the result of any action taken on the basis of this work. All disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of competent court and forums in Delhi/New Delhi only.

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For editorial, call: 9836072100 city 3 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 mp Kolkatans land in soup State govt to Nipah scare: Fourth patient organise synergy as banks, ATMs down for MSME & admitted to ID Hospital shutters for 2 days Textiles sector KOLKATA: The state gov- OUR CORRESPONDENT REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE deal with such patients. had residues of fruit bat saliva. ernment is going to organise In the past one week, three The doctors have advised that a synergy for the Micro, Small KOLKATA: Uttam Bhowmik, patients from various parts of people must be cautious while and Medium Enterprises and a resident of Ghatal in West Murshidabad were admitted to having cut fruits. Textiles sector. If everything Midnapore who had recently the Beligahta ID Hospital with Fruit bats are among the goes as planned then the syn- visited Kerala, has been admit- flu-like symptoms. The victims carriers of the virus, which is ergy is going to get organised ted to the Beliaghata ID Hos- were all contractual labour- named after Kampung Sungai in September. pital after he complained of ers, who had visited Kerala at Nipah, a Malaysian village that According to the sources flu-like symptoms. This is the some point of time in the first witnessed an outbreak in in the Micro, Small and fourth instance where a patient recent past. 1998. In case of a Nipah virus Medium Enterprises and Tex- has secured admission at the Beliaghata ID Hospital attack, the mortality rate is tiles department, there was a hospital with unknown fever. mand Hospital on May 25. He certify whether it was a case of authorities have, however, con- much higher than other dis- detailed discussion in this con- According to his family had gone to his native place in Nipah virus or not. firmed that the first victim to ease. The tests are done only nection. But final decision on members, the victim had been Kerala on a leave for about a It may be mentioned here take admission was not affected at the National Institute of the date and other aspects of suffering from fever, accompa- month and joined service on that the state Health depart- by the Nipah virus. All the vic- Virology. PIC/MPOST the synergy will be taken in nied by headache and vomit- May 13, after his arrival in the ment has already issued an alert tims have been kept at the isola- Niranjan Barman, a car- meetings to be held soon. ing, for the past few days. With city. The state government is yet to all the state-run hospitals, tion ward of the hospital. penter from Falakata in the OUR CORRESPONDENT the people who came to the city It has been learnt that the the scare of Nipah virus doing a to confirm if his death was due asking them to take prompt The scare has spread as North Dinajpur district was from villages for treatment of event is going to be held in round across the state, the fam- to the Nipah virus or if there action and report to the depart- many patients have already admitted on Wednesday eve- KOLKATA: Common people their near and dear ones in hos- Biswa Bangla Convention Cen- ily members were not ready to was any other reason. ment if any patient is admit- died in Kerala after being ning with symptoms similar to were heavily inconvenienced pitals and nursing homes in tre. The final decision on the take any risk and admitted him According to a Defence ted with suspected symptoms affected by the Nipah virus. Nipah virus infection. He used with banks remaining closed the city. venue is also yet to be taken. to the hospital. spokesperson, the victim’s of Nipah virus. The hospital The city doctors have advised to work in Kerala. “Unless lab on Wednesday, following a call There are hundreds of peo- A senior official of the Meanwhile, it may be men- body fluids were sent to the authorities in the districts are people not to consume half- tests are done and we get the by bank unions for a two day ple, whose close ones undergo department said: “It has been tioned here that a soldier, Seenu National Institute of Virology referring the patients to the eaten fruits, after it was found results, it cannot be labelled as a strike. treatment in hospitals in the finalised that the synergy is Prasad (27), who was posted at (NIV) in Pune, which is the Beliaghata ID Hospital, as the that the first patient in Kerala Nipah infection,” stated Pralay The bank unions have city for months and they need going to take place in Septem- Fort William, died at the Com- only agency in the country to latter is specially equipped to might have eaten mangoes that Acharya, CMOH, Darjeeling. called for the strike on May 30 to be present round the clock ber itself and the rest of the and 31, protesting against a sal- in the hospital premises itself, aspects are going to be final- Maheshtala bypoll: ary hike of 2 percent. so that they can provide nec- ised soon.” KMC pulls down century-old building in city Nearly 9,800 branches essary medicines as and when There will be discussions in of different banks remained required. the synergy on different issues BJP made fake OUR CORRESPONDENT Bengal Legislative Assembly closed in Bengal on Wednes- In most such cases, their related to the sector and at had unanimously passed The day. The ATMs had almost family members drop cash in the same time, there will be promises to voters, KOLKATA: In a major move Kolkata Municipal Corpora- turned dry with people with- their accounts in the banks in a platform for the direct dis- the Kolkata Municipal Cor- tion (Amendment) Bill, which drawing money from Tues- their villages and the person cussions on different issues claims Trinamool poration (KMC) on Wednes- gives KMC the power to auc- day night to ensure that they looking after the patient with- that will ensure sharing of day pulled down a century-old tion a building, pull it down do not fall short of cash on draws the same from ATMs in knowledge. KOLKATA: Though Trin- “dangerous and dilapidated” and construct a new one with Wednesday and Thursday. the city. It may be mentioned that amool Congress leaders are building in Central Kolkata. PIC/MPOST proper rehabilitation of the There are around 21,000 ATMs They had a difficult time the Mamata Banerjee gov- confident about retaining the The civic authorities had tenants, where the owners in the state, including 3,200 in on Wednesday as they had to ernment has taken several Maheshtala Assembly seat, earlier identified the building have failed to repair the Kolkata. approach the medicine shop steps for the development of they alleged that BJP had tried as dilapidated and requested structures. But it had not become pos- owners to get medicines, assur- the MSME sector in the past to woo poor people by prom- the residents to vacate the KMC had put up billboards sible for all to withdraw money ing that they would surely give seven years. Now, the synergy ising free gas connections if premises. But despite the KMC all over the city, requesting the from ATM machines or bank the money on Friday or as is going to help the entrepre- their candidate gets elected. notice, the residents contin- owners of buildings that are branches on Tuesday and they soon as someone from their neurs from the sector to grow The result of the bypoll will be ued to stay in the house. It had more than 50 years old, to landed in a difficult situation as homes reaches the hospital their businesses. announced on Thursday. also put up a notice in front of As monsoon poses a serious month. The owner said that it examine the health of the struc- they did not have money even with money. It may be mentioned that a The seat fell vacant after Tri- the house. threat to these structures, the is not possible for him to repair tures by an empanelled struc- for emergency purposes. With the banks remaining major step was taken to ensure namool Congress MLA Kas- KMC usually does not pull Building department of KMC the building with this amount. tural engineer. There were many ATM closed on two days at the end online pollution clearance and turi Das died of a massive heart down old structures that are had decided to demolish these Senior civic officials said Senior civic officials said counters where “no cash” of the month, a large section at the same time, the website attack some months ago. The occupied on humanitarian houses. around 2,000 buildings have some owners of old buildings boards were found displayed of people are also apprehen- www.silpasathi.in was also by-election was held on May grounds and requests the res- A KMC team led by the been identified, which are dan- have shown interest in pulling since morning and people were sive whether they will get their introduced for the benefit of 28, where over 70% votes had idents to repair them. But the senior officials of the Building gerous and dilapidated. The down the houses with proper harassed as there was no other salary in the beginning of the the entrepreneurs. been polled. requests only evoke lukewarm department and demolition civic authorities have failed to rehabilitation of the tenants. way to get money. next month. Moreover, the online The party has nomi- responses. workers began pulling down identify the owners of some of “We cannot allow inmates However, people who set Monoranjan Das, an application for fiscal incen- nated Dulal Das, chairman The residents continue to the old tenanted house on Rani these houses. of old dilapidated buildings to out from their home to spend employee of a private com- tive through www.wbmsme. of Maheshtala Municipality stay in the old houses and KMC Rashmoni Road. “The problem lies with the die every year. We will continue the day in office and returned pany, said that he had depos- gov.in was introduced in 2017. and husband of the deceased is blamed when portions of The building, not repaired houses where the ownership to pull down these structures home in the evening, didn’t ited some high value cheques The MSME department also MLA. The BJP has nominated these houses collapse. In 2017, for the past 50 years or more, is not known. The tenants had for the safety and security of face much trouble as they had on Tuesday. But it would take introduced the “Service With Sujit Ghosh, a retired police as many as 22 people who used was occupied by tenants who trespassed the houses and are the occupants of the adjacent come out of the house properly more time for clearance of a Smile” (SWAS) app to extend officer, while Congress and to live in old dilapidated and pay monthly rent that vary not paying any rent,” they said. buildings,” a senior civic offi- prepared. the cheques, with the banks online support to entrepre- CPI-M have inked an alliance. dangerous houses, had died. between Rs 25 to Rs 50 per On March 10, 2017, the cial said. The situation was worst for remaining closed for two days. neurs. MPOST CPI-M’s candidate is Prabhat Chowdhury. DAILY GRIND Local Trinamool Congress leaders alleged that BJP had Bengal awaits Centre’s response on promised the BPL card hold- ers free gas connections, if their candidate gets elected. Intense ‘unified control’ of Tenughat reservoir campaigns with this assurance were conducted in the pock- PRITESH BASU the timing of its release have is again writing a letter to the ets where Trinamool Congress The state to be finalised considering Ministry of Water Resources is strong. KOLKATA: The Centre is yet government suggestions of Bengal, Bihar in this connection. As 22% voters are mostly to give any positive response to and Jharkhand governments, Rajib Banerjee, the state people engaged in garment the Bengal government in con- had repeatedly besides that of the minister of Irrigation minister, said: “It’s trade who belong to the minor- nection with the “unified con- protested against Water Resources and Damodar been more than a month since ity community, the campaign trol” over the release of water Valley River Regulation Com- discussion was held on the was organised in a very calcu- from Tenughat reservoir in the release of high mittee. It will ensure that excess issue in the regional conference lated way in the areas domi- Jharkhand to control flood in volume of water water is not released during of the eastern region. Now, we nated by them. Damodar basin. monsoon, which leads to flood. are going to send another let- In the pockets where fac- The state government had during monsoon It may be recalled that the ter to the Centre, so that final tory workers have strong pres- raised the issue and placed its state government had repeat- decision in this regard is taken ence, BJP had given plenty of demand of “unified control” Moreover, this comes when edly protested against the as early as possible.” assurances including free gas in front of Arjun Ram Megh- only a few days are left for the release of high volume of It may be mentioned that connections and setting up wal, Union minister of state for monsoon to set in. According water during monsoon, when the state government had sent a schools for their children. Water Resources, River Devel- to the forecast of the Regional most waterbodies remain full, letter to the Centre in this con- There are 2,67,600 voters in opment and Ganga Rejuvena- Meteorological Centre, mon- as it had led to flood in South nection, soon after the discus- the constituency. Kasturi Das tion, in the regional conference soon is going to hit South Ben- Bengal districts last year and sion with the Union minister, had defeated Samik Lahiri of of the eastern estates on water gal by June 10. affected the lives of common in the presence of represen- CPI-M by 12,457 votes in 2016. resources that was held in Kol- The Bengal government people. Chief Minister Mamata tatives of other neighbouring Local Trinamool Con- kata in mid April. had placed its demand for “uni- Banerjee had also raised the states. gress leaders are confident of But the Centre is yet to give fied control” over the release of issue of the release of excess A joint secretary level offi- increase in the margin of Das. any positive response to the water, as once it is in place the water from reservoirs. cer from the state Irrigation In vast areas under Maheshtala state government, even though neighbouring state Jharkhand With the delay in the Cen- department had also gone to Municipality, the youths are almost one and a half months alone cannot take decision on tre’s reply and only a few days Delhi and held meeting with an engaged in some job or the have passed after the regional the release from the reservoir. left for the monsoon to set in, official from the Centre. But no A vendor sells fruits at a roadside stall in Kolkata on Wednesday PIC/AMIT DATTA other. MPOST conference. The volume of water and the state Irrigation department final decision had been taken. FUEL PRICE HIKE IMBROGLIO Mamata worried about tourists Trinamool holds protest demonstrations stuck in Dras due to landslide across Bengal, common people join in OUR CORRESPONDENT KOLKATA: Chief Minister OUR CORRESPONDENT ernment at the Centre for “its Mamata Banerjee expressed PIC/MPOST indifference” in this connec- concern over the tourists from KOLKATA: Trinamool Con- tion. They demanded immedi- Bengal who got stuck in Dras gress organised protests over ate intervention of the Centre following a landslide, and the hike in the price of petrol to ensure a drop in the prices directed senior officials to take and diesel at different parts of of petrol and diesel. It may be necessary steps for their safety the state, including Birbhum, mentioned that with prices and security. on Wednesday. of diesel remaining high for A group of people from It may be mentioned that almost two weeks now, the Konanagar in Hooghly had Trinamool Congress MP and cost of essential goods are now gone for a trip to Kashmir, Leh President of the party’s youth starting to go up. and Ladakh and got stuck on ensure that the tourists do not cials have also come to know wing, Abhishek Banerjee, had The truck owners have their way back from Leh and face any problem and return that the work of clearing the protested against the abnormal expressed their helplessness in Ladakh. safely to their homes. road is going on in full swing hike in the prices of petrol and continuing to transport goods A Landslide took place Senior officials of the state and would be done by Thurs- diesel on Tuesday, at Gandhi at previous rates and have on Tuesday at Saitani Nalah, government contacted officials day afternoon. statue in Kolkata. started charging high as the which is situated between Dras of Kashmir administration. It As soon as the road is On Wednesday, Trinamool fuel prices have gone up. and Sonmarg, leaving the tour- has been learnt that officials cleared and it is declared safe Congress workers held rallies “Automatically, the cost of ists stranded on their way back from Kashmir administration for vehicles to ply, initiatives at different places, protesting all sorts of goods is going up from Leh and Ladakh. are extending all help to those would be taken to help the against the same. and common people have to All tourists were taken back who are stuck in Dras. They tourists return home. It may be recalled that it was suffer for the same,” said Puspa to Dras, the sub-divisional have given food and water to The state Tourism depart- Chief Minister Mamata Baner- Naskar, who sells vegetables at a headquarters, where there are the stranded tourists. The local ment has also opened a helpline jee, who was the first to raise local market in the city. hotels, hospitals and habitation. administration has also made number (033-22358271/033- her voice protesting against the She further said the The Chief Minister, who necessary arrangements to pro- 22358272), on which people hike in prices of petrol and die- increase in the prices of fuel is in Kalimpong at present, vide medical assistance to the can contact for any assistance. sel. She had tweeted stating that to an increase in the prices of in the protest rallies held in party supporters staged sit-in- will also affect their business, as directed officials of the state tourists, who are stuck at the So far, there is information the hike in the prices of pet- essential commodities. Com- different parts of the state. At demonstrations and shouted the sale of goods will go down government to take necessary place since Tuesday. of about 22 people from Bengal rol and diesel would also lead mon people also participated many places, local people and slogans against the BJP gov- with increase in prices. steps on an immediate basis, to The state government offi- getting stuck in Dras. 4 city mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata |Thursday, 31 May, 2018 Seven killed in two TMCP leaders Now, Group-A officers to submit of Panihati separate road accidents school complain OUR CORRESPONDENT wall of the house, the stone chips fell on the victims who against principal KOLKATA: In a tragic inci- were asleep. Locals rushed to ‘Self Appraisal Report’ online OUR CORRESPONDENT dent, four persons who were the spot immediately after the asleep, have been killed when accident but failed to rescue PRADIP CHATTERJEE REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE a loaded dumper rammed into the victims. KOLKATA: TMCP leaders at This move will not only fix the their house situated on the road They reported the matter to Panihati Mahavidyalaya lodged KOLKATA: In a unique initia- side. the local police, who brought a a complaint with the local MLA tive, Bengal government is all accountability of the bureaucrats but The incident took place in crane and removed the vehi- Nirmal Ghosh, who also hap- set to introduce an online sys- also enable the government to recognise Amrasota village of Asansol in cle. The victims were later pens to be chief whip of the tem of ‘Self Appraisal Report’ West Burdwan district on early brought out from the debris TMC in the Assembly, against for all the Group-A officers the best performing officers in each dept Wednesday morning. of stone chips. All of them the principal of the college for from June this year, bringing The victims were crushed were declared brought dead his alleged irregularities. more transparency in the entire specific reason. assessment. to death after stone chips of the after being taken to a nearby system of administration. Only one SAR shall be writ- The appraisal includ- truck fell on them as the vehicle hospital. The general The new system will help ten by an officer for any par- ing assessment against the overturned immediately after The driver of the dumper the government to access, ticular period of the appraisal attributes will be made by hitting the house. has been absconding since the secretary of the through a centralized for- year and there will be a single the reporting authority with According to the West incident took place. Follow- college union Rima mat, the data of every individ- reporting, reviewing or accept- respect to the self appraisal sub- Burdwan police, the victims ing the incident, locals staged ual officer, their performance ing authority at each level of mitted by the concerned officer. have been identified as Rohit a demonstration on NH 60 Barua said the and qualities at the click assessment who will be spec- The reviewing authority Kumar (19), Suraj Kumar (18), resulting in huge traffic jam. agitation would of a mouse. ified in the reporting chain/ shall record his remarks in the Satish Kumar (12) and Sishu They demanded that police continue until State Finance department hierarchy by the concerned SAR, while accepting author- Kumar (14). Rohit, Suresh and must keep a vigil on vehicles has given the platform where cept of nodal officer has been department, directorate, dis- nodal officer. ity will accept the self appraisal Satish were three brothers and that flout traffic norms. The the ‘corrupted’ Group-A officers have to sub- introduced. trict, sub-division or block level There would not be more report by making his own Sishu was their cousin brother. demonstration was lifted fol- principal is mit data of their achievements, According to a recent noti- depending upon the stake- than one person assessing an assessment appropriately. The Their house is situ- lowing the intervention of the removed the areas where they performed fication issued by the state holders created in the system, SAR in the capacity of report- cadre controlling authority for ated close to National High- senior police officers. exceptionally or in areas they Finance department, the nodal who will authenticate the SAR ing, reviewing or accepting the cadres will decide whether way 60. According to the Another incident took place lagged behind, from June this officer shall be a Group-A offi- flow from employee to report- authority for a given a period of the SAR is to be disclosed to preliminary investigation, in Cooch Behar, where people The leaders also staged a year after the portal goes live. cer who will create the chain of ing, reviewing or accepting time under any circumstances. the officer. police suspect that the driver died on Wednesday morning. demonstration outside the col- This move will not only ‘Self Appraisal Report’ (SAR) authorities. In case of a delay in appraisal by After coming to power, lost control over the vehicle They were killed when the lege campus alleging that the fix the accountability of the flow in the system and specify The nodal officer shall also any of the reporting, review- the Mamata Banerjee govern- while taking a turn and the car they were travelling in hit a principal of the college, Mukti bureaucrats but also enable the reporting channel in online be responsible for defining the ing or accepting authorities or ment has stressed on the com- truck eventually hit the house road side tree. Ganguly has been involved in the government to recognise mode. system i.e whether the flow of for any other reason, the nodal prehensive development of and overturned. The incident took place in some financial irregularities. the best performing officers There shall be at least one SAR will be offline or online. officer may take away the SAF e-governance to bring in more According to police, the Pundibari area of Cooch Behar They also alleged that Gan- in each department. For the nodal officer for each cadre The nodal officer may also from that authority and allot transparency in the adminis- dumper was coming from on Wednesday morning. The guly is solely responsible for a smooth management of the of a department. The nodal change the reporting/review- it to his successor or to his tration and also to make offi- Birbhum’s Panchami. As soon identity of the victims is yet to dip in the standard of educa- ‘Self Appraisal Report’, a con- officers may be created in the ing/accepting authorities with higher authority to make the cers accountable. as the dumper hit the outside be confirmed. tion in the college as a result of which the number of total stu- dents has reduced to 300 from KMC gears up against what stood to be around 1,200 S Dinajpur govt offices IT deparment mulls IT four years ago. The TMCP lead- ers staged a protest demonstra- tion demanding the removal to get prepaid meters vector-borne diseases of the college principal for Park in Kalimpong her alleged involvement in OUR CORRESPONDENT have been asked to take imme- irregularities. OUR CORRESPONDENT or internet services. OUR CORRESPONDENT diate steps. In case of buildings They also raised the mat- Similarly, the government KOLKATA: In view of mon- that are being constructed, the ter with Ghosh. They informed BALURGHAT: The South offices from June onwards have KOLKATA: The state IT soon, which may hit Bengal builders are requested not to Ghosh about how the college Dinajpur unit of West Bengal to recharge the same for elec- department is setting up an seven days ahead, the Kolkata store water for more than seven has degraded during her ten- State Electricity Distribution tricity services. IT park in Kalimpong. In the Municipal Corporation’s health days. The residents have also ure as a principal. Company Limited has taken A message before termi- administrative review meeting wing has geared up to inten- been asked to clear containers There was a fall in the stan- measures to install prepaid nation of services will be sent held in Kalimpong on Tuesday, sify drives against vector-borne used to store water once a week dard of education. meters in all the government from WBSEDCL to the con- Chief Minister Mamata Baner- diseases. and change the water in flower The general secretary of the offices from the next month sumers for continuation of jee had praised the boys and It may be mentioned that vases at least once a week. college union Rima Barua said of June. Officials said the sur- connectivity. girls of the hills and said they Chief Minister Mamata Baner- Senior civic officials said the agitation would continue vey work for launching the new Notably, the post paid bill- are quite intelligent. jee has instructed the civic during rains that hit the state until the ‘corrupted’ principal system has been on. ing system has been active She is planning to take up bodies in the state to prepare recently, civic teams had taken is removed. It was also alleged Debashis Sen inspects a site in Kalimpong Initially, it has been decided since WBSEDCL started the matter with the state IT schemes to control Dengue special drives in the affected that the principal refused to that the prepaid meters will be functioning. department. After the first ever trict includes areas under the the country come to study in and Malaria. The state Urban areas. The health department give concessions to the students distributed to all government Officials said the concerned administrative review meet- Kalimpong Sadar Sub-Division the schools. Mamata Banerjee development department has workers have been given train- and outsiders could enter the offices, except state-run hos- department faces losses too due ing in Kalimpong, which was and areas under Kalimpong, wants to set up an education given Rs 4 crore to the KMC for ing and the KMC is ready to college gym and perform ille- pitals where electricity con- to non-payment of bills by the presided over by Chief Minis- Jaldhaka and Garubathan. hub on Kalimpong-Kurseong taking up measures to control combat the situation. gal activities due to the tacit sumption is much higher, in defaulters particularly in cases ter Mamata Banerjee, Debashis Kalimpong is famous for Bud- belt. Presidency University will Dengue that includes massive It may be mentioned that support of the principal. and around the district. of households’ connectivity. Sen, additional chief secretary dhist monasteries and board- have a campus in Kurseong. A awareness campaign. the KMC has six laborato- Basu also alleged that Gan- Sources said the new meters Regional official ofof IT department visited two ing school. state-run university will come As the mosquitoes are ries exclusively to test Dengue guly has links with some BJP will be ultramodern and prob- WBSEDCL Nirmal Biswas sites: a plot of land where the Dr Graham’s School was set up at Mongpu as announced changing their breeding sea- cases. There are technicians in leaders. The students’ agitation, lem free. said: “Initially we have decided proposed IT park can come up up over a century ago. Besides by the Chief Minister. In this son, the KMC has been con- every ward who can visit the has sparked tension in the area. Officials said the pre- to install the prepaid meters and a rented building. It was this, there is St. Joseph’s Con- backdrop, the construction of ducting anti-larvae drive from houses and collect blood sam- When asked about the matter, paid electricity billing system in government offices where further decided that a district vent, St. Augustine’s School, an IT park will add more value January. Teams regularly visits ples which are then tested in Ghosh said the students have through the new meter is sim- electricity consumption is less IT meet will be held in Siliguri Paramount School, Rockvale to the area. individual houses to inspect the KMC labs. The civic doctors raised their protests against the ilar to prepaid mobile connec- than 5 kilowatt. Soon, the rest on Friday. management College, Central After the site is selected, underground reservoirs and have requested people to get alleged irregularities of the col- tivity where the consumers of the government offices and Kalimpong, the 21st dis- School for Tibetan and Mod- the IT department will take up overhead tanks. In case the their blood examined if they lege principal. have to purchase particular households will be under the trict in Bengal was set up on ern Convent School among steps for construction of the covers of the tanks and reser- are found to suffer from fever The principal was not avail- data pack either for voice call same category.” February 14, 2017. The dis- others. Students from all over IT Park. voirs are not found, the owners for more than three days. able for a comment. Speeding truck Calcutta HC reprimands Centre, FOR THE BETTERMENT mows down civic volunteer CBSE over NEET Bengali paper fiasco OUR CORRESPONDENT 180 mistakes in 180 questions Representative Image OUR CORRESPONDENT in the Bengali version of the KOLKATA: The Calcutta High NEET question paper. BALURGHAT: A civic volun- Court has reprimanded the The medical aspirants, who teer was killed in a road acci- Centre and Central Board of appeared for the examination dent on Wednesday morning. Secondary Education (CBSE) with Bengali as the medium, The incident took place in for the huge number of mis- could not attend the question Daulatpur-Thakurpura area takes in the Bengali transla- paper as it was full of errors and under Banshihari police sta- tion of National Eligibility cum ambiguity. tion in South Dinajpur. Entrance Test (NEET) question In many questions, the paper this year. translation was incomplete. Angry locals The court asked the Centre Md Alauddin Mandal, to reserve a seat for the medical a lawyer who helped Apala staged a aspirant who moved the peti- move the Writ petition in the demonstration tion in the court. court said: “The CBSE should NEET is the national conduct a reexamination or and blocked level single medical entrance give grace marks to the can- Gazole-Hili test conducted by the CBSE didates who faced inconve- National Highway throughout the state. There nience due to the question was a hue and cry across the paper mistakes. 512 for one hour state after thousands of medi- Neither the Centre nor the cal aspirants appearing for the CBSE has taken any initiatives The deceased civic volun- examination in Bengali faced in this regard, even after Ben- teer, Muqtar Hussein (30) was difficulties as most the paper gal Chief Minister Mamata the resident of Kurshadanga translated in Bengali were full paper were also brought to the filed in the Calcutta High Banerjee wrote to the Union village at Harirampur block. of errors. notice of the court. Court pointing out the errors Human Resources Develop- He was posted in Harirampur In a major development, After listening to the plea, in the Bengali translation of ment Ministry urging them for police station. Locals informed the Calcutta High Court has the Calcutta High Court also the National Eligibility cum a re-examination. the deceased was hit by a goods instructed the Centre and sought clarification from the Entrance Test (NEET) ques- Some city doctors also laden speeding truck coming CBSE to reserve a seat for Apala CBSE in connection with the tion paper. Apala Debnath, wrote to the Prime Minister State Power minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay inaugurates a 200 KW solar plant at The Durgapur from the opposite direction Debnath who moved a Writ errors. filed the petition. and Union health minister when he was crossing the area petition seeking its interven- The development took The petitioner pointed out seeking their intervention in Projects Limited PIC/MPOST towards Mehindipara riding tion. The errors in the question place after a writ petition was that there were as many as this regard. motorbike. While the locals rushed him to a nearby health cen- Digha, Mandarmani on tre, the doctor declared him Woman held after video of beating up mother-in-law goes viral brought dead. Angry locals staged a dem- OUR CORRESPONDENT latter had picked up some fruits from a amnesia patient. alert due to high tide onstration and blocked Gazole- garden adjacent to their house without Police initiated a search for the Hili National Highway 512 for KOLKATA: Kolkata Police arrested taking permission from the woman. place where the incident took place OUR CORRESPONDENT selfies with the rough sea in the about one hour demanding a middle-aged woman on charges A neighbour recorded the entire and went to the house as soon as they background. Police and district immediate posting of full-time of beating up her mother-in-law on scene on a mobile phone and posted found out the location. KOLKATA: The district administration urged the visi- traffic police as according to Wednesday. Police have arrested the it on a social networking site. They arrested the woman. administration of East Mid- tors to not go near the sea and the locals, the area is accident woman, Sapna Pal, after a video clip The video went viral by Wednesday Police also came to know that the napore issued an alert in the watch it only from a distance. prone zone. Police from Ban- where the woman was found merci- morning. Within a few hours, around woman often used to beat up her coastal areas of Digha and According to a weather shihari and Harirampur police lessly beating up her mother-in-law, 25,000 people shared the video and mother-in-law. Mandarmani due to high tidal expert, there is a high tide in stations reached the spot and went viral. finally it was also viewed by the police. Police also spoke to the neighbours. waves. Digha and the fishermen have lifted the agitation and block- The incident comes just a few days Sergeant Subhro Chakraborty, who It may be mentioned that the Kolk- Digha and Mandaramani been advised against venturing ade after positive assurance to after the Mother’s Day. After seeing is posted with Bansdroni police sta- ata Police runs a project called Pranam are the major tourist spots in into the sea. . fulfil the protestors’ demand. the vide, police initiated a search for tion, saw the video footage and took to ensure safety and security of elderly the state, with recorded num- Tourists, who had assem- The driver and cleaner of the the woman. up the matter with the officer-in- people mainly, who stays all alone in ber of footfall. There was a huge bled near Digha and Mandar- killer truck have been abscond- They finally arrested the woman charge of the police station. their houses. tidal wave hit on Wednesday. mani beaches to enjoy the high ing. A search operation has from her residence. They also received several mes- Police have extend all support to Many people were seen taking tide, were asked not to congre- been on. The body has been Sapna Pal A police officer said the woman sages to take steps in order to save the the elderly people and help them in photographs of the rough sea. gate near the sea shore as pre- sent for post-mortem. beat up her mother-in-law because the elderly woman, Jasodha Pal, who is an case they face any trouble. While some others tried to take cautionary measures. nation 5 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 mp More Cong leaders request ex-Prez DGMO-level talks rekindle Pranab to withdraw from RSS event

OUR CORRESPONDENT man, I am really astonished to hear about it,” Chowdhury said hope among border residents THIRUVANANTHAPURA/ in Kolkata. KOLKATA: Former president “My question is does he OUR CORRESPONDENT What was their fault? They Pranab Mukherjee accepting (Mukherjee) think his pre- were in their homes. At least 25 Mehbooba an invite from the RSS to attend vious comments against RSS R S PURA: The decision of mortar shells hit houses in my its function in Nagpur drew were wrong ... We still remem- India and Pakistan to fully area,” he said. welcomes India, calls from more Congress lead- ber how Pranab Mukherjee as implement the 2003 ceasefire There is nothing more pre- ers to him on Wednesday to a senior leader of the Congress and stop cross-border firing cious than peace, Lal said. Poor Pak DGMO’s withdraw from the event over had criticized RSS as a commu- has generated hope among the people from both sides are suf- what they called in the “inter- nal and a divisive organization”. border villagers here who have fering. Meagre compensation decision est of secularism”. triya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) However, Mukherjee is no been bearing the brunt of fierce of Rs one lakh and a job or five Ramesh Chennithala, a has been trying to divide the longer President, nor a Con- shelling repeatedly. lakhs for human life and Rs OUR CORRESPONDENT senior Congress leader from country on religious lines and gress leader, and he is free to The optimism, though, is 30,000 for an animal is all that Kerala, sent a letter to Mukher- to run the incumbent govern- take any decision, he said. tinged with wariness as prom- is given. Motor companies are SRINAGAR: Jammu and jee requesting him to refrain ment by remote control. “I can’t say what prompted ises of peace have often not not entertaining the claims for Kashmir Chief Minister Meh- from attending the event while “Being one of the tall- him to take such a decision,” lasted. The border residents are damage to vehicles and the gov- booba Mufti on Wednesday West Bengal Congress chief est leaders of the great Indian said Chowdhury, who has again returning to their homes ernment also does not cover welcomed the agreement by Adhir Chowdhury and senior National Congress, which has shared a long association with after getting displaced due to the damage of the vehicles DGMOs of India and Pakistan Congress leader V Hanu- been responsible for preserving Mukherjee. intense Pakistani shelling for under any scheme, he said. to fully implement the cease- mantha Rao echoed similar the secular fabric of this coun- Hanumantha Rao said the nine days from the middle of Lal says he raised these fire pact of 2003 and stop cross sentiments. try, your decision has invited former president should with- this month. INDO-PAK BORDER FIRING issues with Chief Minister border firings, saying it would Mukherjee, who has been unparalleled disgruntlement draw his decision”in the inter- We welcome any initiative Mehbooba Mufti on one of her bring great relief to the people a Congress veteran, has been among the rank and file of the est of secularism”. aimed at ensuring peace along DGMO Lt Gen Anil Chauhan was the second time this year recent visits. of the state. invited to be the chief guest Congress Party,” the letter said. Mukherjee, who had held the borders. People are leaving and Pakistan’s Maj Gen Sahir the people of the border vil- The villahe head said the The chief minister said hav- at the valedictory function of “As a person who has served the highest post of President, the relief camps and return- Shamshad Mirza, the two lages were forced to flee their border residents have faced ing peace on the borders was Sangh Shiksha Varg -- a train- as the first citizen of our coun- should not attend the meeting ing to their homes after the armies issued identical state- homes. Pakistani shelling for the past the first essential step to a larger ing camp for RSS volunteers at try and the greatest ambassa- of RSS as it is a “communal” DGMOs of the two countries ments saying both sides agreed The first migration took over two decades. Besides the understanding and expressed the organisation’s headquarters dor of secularism, I request you organisation, the AICC Secre- agreed to maintain the cease- to fully implement the 15-year- place in January itself and we risk to our lives, the educa- hope that it would sustain. in Nagpur on June 7. Accord- to reconsider your decision to tary and former Rajya Sabha fire, Yashpal, sarpanch of Deba old ceasefire understanding. returned after DGMOs of the tion of our children is getting Wholeheartedly welcome ing to an RSS functionary, the attend the RSS meet on June member said. village of Abdullian sector, Yashpal, however, says that two countries spoke to each affected along with farming the reiteration of the commit- former president has accepted 7,2018,” it said. “I am requesting him that said. this was not for the first time other and it was followed by and other business activities, ment to the ceasefire on the the invitation. Alleging that the RSS was a he should withdraw,” Rao said Director General of Mili- that India and Pakistan are flag meetings between the he said. border by both DGMO’s. This Senior Congress leader ‘communal outfit’, the Congress in Hyderabad. tary Operations (DGMO) of speaking to honour the 2003 security forces on the either Pawan Raina of Suchetgarh brings great relief to the people P Chidambaram said now leader said its vision of creating He said Mukherjee was a India and Pakistan yesterday ceasefire agreement. side. However, after a lull of said nobody can imagine the residing in the vicinity, Meh- that the former president has “Hindu Rashtra” comprising senior Congress leader who has agreed to “fully implement” the Pakistan has always violated several months, we were again plight of border residents dur- booba wrote on Twitter. accepted the invitation he only one section of the popu- been held in high esteem by ceasefire pact of 2003 in “letter the agreement and we do not in the relief camps, he said. ing the times of ceasefire vio- Peace on our borders is the should go and tell the RSS lation is in sharp contrast with former prime minister Rajiv and spirit” and to stop cross have any faith in it, the village It has become a routine to lations.Over the past several first essential step to a larger “what is wrong” in their ide- the Congress ideology of secu- Gandhi, UPA chairperson border firings. head said. migrate to safer places three years, the situation had wors- understanding & (and) I truly ology. His party colleague larism and democracy. Sonia Gandhi and Congress The two military com- Some people of the vil- to four times a year, rued Lal. ened, he said supporting the hope it sustains, she said. Abhishek Singhvi opined that Adhir Chowdhury president Rahul Gandhi. manders reviewed the prevail- lage who were reluctant to go We want a permanent solu- peace initiatives between the Director General of Mili- the party would like to first expressed surprise over “Their (RSS) thinking is ing situation along the LoC back to their homes and were tion to this problem. We pray two countries. tary Operations (DGMO) of hear what Mukherjee has to say Mukherjee’s decision and said Hindutva. They are not sec- and the international border still housed at the relief camps, that the two countries uphold Veena, 28, who works as a India and Pakistan yesterday before making any comments. he is unable to relate it with ular. They want ‘Hindu desh’. in Jammu and Kashmir during returned last night after getting the agreement in true spirit, saleswoman at a cosmetic shop agreed to “fully implement” the In his letter, Chennith- the former president’s previous How he (Mukherjee) can go? a conversation over the hotline information about the DGMOs he added. here to help her family of five ceasefire pact of 2003 in “letter ala, also leader of the opposi- comments against the Sangh. In this country, Hindu, Mus- at 6 PM, the Indian Army said. telephonic talk and the deci- Referring to the recent Pak- comprising parents, a sister and and spirit” forthwith to stop tion in Kerala assembly, said “I am really surprised to lim, Sikh, Christian, everybody The special hotline con- sion to maintain ceasefire along istani shelling that left 12 peo- a brother, said they returned cross border firings in Jammu Mukherjee’s decision had come hear about the decision of is there... So my request is he tact was initiated by the Paki- the borders, he said. ple dead and scores injured, Lal to their house yesterday after and Kashmir. The special hot- as a “rude shock” to the secular Pranab Mukherjee to attend should rethink (his decision to stani DGMO. Following the Sarpanch of Chandu Chak said three of those killed were spending nearly a week in the line contact was initiated by the minds of the country. RSS’s programme in Nagpur. attend the RSS meet) and he conversation between Indian village, Bachan Lal, said this natives of his panchayat area. relief camp at the ITI campus. Pakistani DGMO. He alleged that the Rash- Just like any other Congress- should not go,” he said. JDS-Cong Govt in K’taka paralysed: BJP Kumaraswamy promises farm loan waiver in 15 days

OUR CORRESPONDENT unconditional support to the ity on the floor of the assembly OUR CORRESPONDENT tatives of farmers groups and issue with Congress president the stategovernment. a statewide bandh on Mon- JD(S), but “now everybody has on May 25, two days after his progressive peasants to discuss Rahul Gandhi. Kumaraswamy also said he day which evoked a lukewarm HYDERABAD: With the JDS come to know that there are lot swearing-in on May 23. BENGALURU: Saving farm- the problems faced by them. The chief minister said would call a meeting of repre- response. and Congress in a tussle over of conditions, he said. Deputy Chief Minister G ers is the priority of his gov- “We will come to a decision Gandhi was also committed to sentatives of nationalised banks The chief minister had the issue of allocation of port- “Ultimately, there will be Parameshwara, also state Con- ernment, Karnataka Chief in 15 days. In 15 days, it will farm loan waiver. in 2-3 days and seek informa- recently said he would retire folios in their ruling coali- a dysfunctional government. gress chief, said in Bengaluru Minister H D Kumaraswamy get completely implemented.... “I’m getting it (the loan tion about farm loans extended from politics if he failed to hon- tion in Karnataka, the BJP on What we will have in Karna- yesterday that a final decision said on Wednesday, as he Whatever may be the difficulty, amount) calculated, what- by them. our the promise, and asked Wednesday alleged “paraly- taka for a few days will be a dys- regarding allocation of portfo- promised to honour his com- our governmentis committed ever thousand crore rupees it In the run up to the Assem- farmers not to “fall prey to the sis” in Government function- functional government. Sooner lios would be arrived at soon. mitment to waive farm loans to maintaining fiscal discipline, is....saving you is our govern- bly polls, The JD(S) leader had BJP conspiracy”. ing in the southern State. “It’s the people realise it, the better”, Sources say that the two within 15 days and insisted and also saving you (farmers),” ment’s responsibility,” he told promised to write off agricul- But before doing that, he a paralysed situation. It’s a Rao said. Hectic parleys have parties have not been able to there was “no going back” on it. Kumaraswamy told the meet- the gathering. tural loans totalling a whop- had said, since he was head- paralysed government in the been on between both Con- arrive at a consensus on allo- Kumaraswamy, under ing after listening to farmers The meeting was attended ping Rs 53,000 crore within 24 ing a coalition government, functioning”, BJP General Sec- gress and JD(S) on cabinet cation of key portfolios, most attack from the BJP over the for about three hours. by Parameshwara, deputy hours of coming to power. he would have to consult the retary in charge of Karnataka, expansion and portfolio alloca- importantly Finance, which alleged delay in fulfilling his Kumaraswamy said he leader of opposition in the The BJP has been targeting alliance partner and take into P Muralidhar Rao, said here. tion since Chief Minister H D both Congress and JD(S) want pre-poll assurance to the farm- and Deputy Chief Minister G AssemblyGovinda Karajola him over the “delay” in keeping account the financial condition The Congress had declared Kumaraswamy proved major- in their kitty. ing community, met represen- Parameshwara will discuss the (BJP), and senior officials of that promise, and had called of the state. Sitharaman Telangana CM wants state healthcare reviews border Fire at sugar mill in Meerut: NGT security situation system to become role model for India in Nagaland shoots notice to Centre, UP govt OUR CORRESPONDENT tresses, bed sheets and saline OUR CORRESPONDENT stands were provided. KOHIMA: Defence Minis- Two workers had died while one was HYDERABAD: In a signif- Telangana government ter Nirmala Sitharaman today NEW DELHI: Taking note of hospitalised with burn injuries due to icant drive to empower citi- has designed a beautiful health reviewed the security situation the recent fire at Bajaj Hindus- zens with convenient access checkup scheme and also pro- at forward posts of the Assam than Sugar’s mill in Meerut, the the fire in one of the storage tanks at the to healthcare, the Telangana moted diagnostic tests for Rifles, along the India-Myan- National Green Tribunal has distillery division of the mill at Kinauni government since inception everyone in every village on mar border, in Mon district of sought response from the Envi- in 2014 has launched several a regular basis as prevention Nagaland. ronment Ministry and Uttar during loading of ethanol in containers. world-class programmes and is better than cure. It is the Sitharaman, who arrived in Pradesh government on the healthcare measures. It has also agenda of the government to Nagaland yesterday on a two- issue after a plea sought mea- Hindusthan Sugar Mills in do so. strengthened the public health conduct diagnostic tests, steps day visit, also interacted with sures to avert such incidents. the state and that none of the The direction was issued care system and hospitals in a to spread of the disease and also the commanders operating on Two workers had died reports submitted by the UP after owners of some of the big way. protect people from acquiring the ground, a release issued by while one was hospitalised with government had any informa- units, which were shut earlier Chief Minister of Telan- diseases. the PRO, Defence said. burn injuries due to the fire in tion on status of the distillery. for non-compliance of rules, gana K. Chandrashekhar Rao The government has Accompanied by Lieuten- one of the storage tanks at the The lawyer said the dis- had approached the court wants the state to become a is the committed endeavour of amenities, in existing govern- decided to organize eye camps ant General Gopal R, the gen- distillery division of the mill at tillery units were more acci- alleging that the UP govern- role model in public health in Telangana government, par- ment hospitals. Similarly, dur- all over the state on a large scale eral officer commanding of Kinauni during loading of eth- dent prone during the summer ment was delaying the inspec- the country. It has ushered a ticularly the BPL, low income ing 2014-15, Rs 4,062 crores, and provide free of cost spec- the Army’s Spear Corps, she anol in containers. months and appropriate direc- tion, which was necessary for paradigm shift in the health- groups and in remote areas during 2015-16 Rs 5,024 crores, tacle s to the needy. The Chief assessed the border manage- The incident occurred in tions should be issued to the licence renewal. care by making facilities more ‘says Hon’ble Chief Minister during 2016-17 Rs 5,992 crores Minister of Telangana has sug- ment operations at the forward the afternoon on May 26 and authorities so that a similar The green panel initially accessible, with benefits reach- Sri K.Chandrashekhar Rao. and during 2017-18 Rs 5,976 gested that besides the eye spe- posts, it said. the fire could be fully extin- mishap is averted in the future. slapped Rs five lakh as costs ing the BPL families and lower Mostly prominent is issue crores were allocated. cialists in the state if need be, The Spear Corps is head- guished in the evening next The matter is listed for next for the delay but reduced it income group people. The gov- of health cards for suffering Revolutionary reforms were services of eye specialists from quartered in Rangapahar, day with the help of state fire hearing on July 24. to Rs 50,000 on the repeated ernment has also introduced sections of society – govern- brought in the maintenance other state should be sought in Dimapur. department along with the The tribunal had earlier insistence of the counsel for digital solutions to stop cor- ment employees, pensioners, of Government hospitals. Government has decided The commanders briefed army. slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the state. ruption and malpractices in journalists etc covering over Towards maintenance of a sin- to give Rs 1000 pension per her about the prevalent condi- A bench headed by act- the UP government for the The state government told public life. 900 diseases providing cash gle bed in the government hos- month from this financial year tions under which the Army ing Chairperson Justice Jawad inordinate delay in filing a the tribunal that it has com- The state government has free treatment in government pitals on an average Rs.5016 is to the patients suffering with units function along the inter- Rahim issued notices to the report on the status of distill- plied with the order in “all seri- established healthcare centers hospitals. being incurred monthly. Daily lymphatic filariasis (Filaria) national border, the release Ministry of Environment and eries and sugar mills manufac- ousness” and inspected the five comprising of Primary Health So for 11,35,702 health card a different colour bed sheet is benefiting 47,000 people. said. Forests, UP government and turing, storing and transporting industries, but due to “inadver- Centers, Community Health issued Govt., has decided to set being used in the government KCR Kits Scheme aimed at The minister, after a com- Petroleum and Safety Organ- ethanol without obtaining per- tence”, the report could not be Centers, Area Hospitals, Dis- up wellness centers in 14 Super hospitals to maintain hygiene the wellbeing of mother and prehensive assessment of isation (PESO). mission from PESO. filed. The order came after a few trict Hospitals and Specialized specially Hospitals. accordingly 60000 bed sheets child and has been unveiled the forward posts, expressed The notice was issued after The green panel had noted industries approached the tri- Centers in the Cities which The government has ear- were procured in four differ- in Telagnana for poor preg- “immense satisfaction” over advocate Sanjay Upadhyay, that despite its specific direc- bunal seeking modification of are all listed digitally and net- marked Rs 7,375.20 crore in ent colours at a cost of Rs.2.63 nant women to give nutritious the “high standards of profes- appearing for petitioner NGO tion on February 22 to file the its order directing all states to worked for optimum service the 2018-19 budget to provide crores. In all the 42 area hospi- food and to take care of the new sionalism and dedication” dis- SAFE, said the industrial unit inspection report in two weeks, shut down distilleries running to poor. ‘Providing healthcare better medical services and tals across the state new mat- born after delivery. played by the units, it said. was one of the 14 units of Bajaj the state government failed to without PESO nod. Maha CM asks crop insurers to IAF lends helping hand to douse fires in J-K, Punjab OUR CORRESPONDENT due to major fire”, Defence The spokesman said that another fire engulfed the Garh Spokesman Col N N Joshi said. two helicopters were immedi- Mata Mandir in Pathankot in settle farmers’ claims by June 7 JAMMU: The Indian Air Air Force Station Udham- ately launched for humanitar- Punjab, posing a major threat Force (IAF) has carried out pur was requested by the civil ian operations at shrine hill and to life of pilgrims and nearby OUR CORRESPONDENT ister’s Crop Insurance Scheme. tilisers. The insurance compa- twin “bambi bucket” opera- administration to contain the helicopters collected the water habitants, the spokesman said. The chief minister nies should try and ensure that tions in Mata Vaishnodevi hills situation and secure life and from Chenab river near Reasi On request of the district MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief expressed displeasure over the farmers get the crop insurance in Jammu and Kashmir and property, he said adding that and precise drop was carried at administration Pathankot, Minister Devendra Fadnavis slow progress in settlement of money in their accounts before Pathankot hills of Punjab to helicopters based at Air Force new track between Ardh Kun- Air Force Station Udham- on Wednesday directed insur- farmers’ claims by insurance June 7,” he said. douse major fires, an official Station Udhampur were imme- wari & Bhavan. pur responded and launched ance companies to expedite companies for the kharif sea- A lot of information needs said today. diately pressed into action. It was a daunting task keep- another helicopter operation the process of settling farm- son 2017. to be gathered about the ben- “A major forest fire broke “The helicopters were ing in mind the high ridges equipped with Bambi bucket, ers’ claims and deposit the crop Minister of State for Agri- eficiary farmers for various out in the hills of Mata Vaish- equipped with under slung of Trikuta hill, high tension the spokesman said. cover amount into their bank culture Sadabhau Khot was also will be sufficient rainfall, Fad- government schemes before nodevi shrine (in Katra in Reasi water buckets which can carry cables and challenging ter- As there were no standard accounts by June 7. present in the meeting. navis mentioned. transfer of funds into their district) from May 23, which water up to 4,500 litres. In avi- rains, he said. The operations helipads near the water body, He gave the direction dur- The weather forecast for “Farmers will be immensely bank accounts, Fadnavis noted, halted the yatra. More than ation terminology, these are at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine the helicopter had to oper- ing a meeting called to review this year is that the monsoon benefited if they get the money adding that this causes a delay 20,000 pilgrims were stuck at known as bambi buckets”, he was started on May 23 and con- ate from remote location near the impact of the Prime Min- will arrive on time and there required to buy seeds and fer- in the disbursement of money. various places along the track said. tinued till May 27. On May 28, Ranjit Sagar of Thein dam. 6 nation mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 India, Indonesia sign 15 agreements SC clears decks for JAKARTA: India and Indone- CLAT 2018 results sia on Wednesday elevated their bilateral ties to Comprehen- Both nations condemn OUR CORRESPONDENT law schools. The result of the sive Strategic Partnership and examination is scheduled to be called for freedom of naviga- NEW DELHI: The Supreme declared tomorrow. tion in the Indo-Pacific region Court on Wednesday cleared the Soon after the exam, sev- as they signed 15 agreements cross-border terrorism decks for declaration of results eral pleas were filed in six dif- including one on defence coop- of the Common Law Admission ferent high courts across the eration after Prime Minister JAKARTA: India and Indo- leaders also affirmed that Test (CLAT) 2018 on Thursday country and also in the apex Narendra Modi held “produc- nesia on Wednesday strongly terrorism should not be asso- for admissions in 19 prestigious court seeking quashing of the tive discussions” with President condemned terrorism in all ciated with any religion, creed, national law colleges across the CLAT alleging inconsistencies Joko Widodo. its forms and manifestations nationality and ethnicity,” said country. and technical glitches during Prime Minister Modi, who including cross-border terror- a joint statement issued after A vacation bench of Justices the May 13 online test. arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday ism and urged all countries their meeting. L N Rao and M M Shantana- The apex court had on May night on his first-ever official to work towards disrupting They also called upon all goudar also asked the grievance 25 said that the candidates who visit to Indonesia, was accorded terrorist networks and their countries to work towards dis- redressal committee, headed by had appeared in the CLAT 2018 a red carpet welcome on his financing channels. rupting terrorist networks and a former high court judge, to and complained of glitches, arrival at the Merdeka palace, Prime Minister Naren- their financing channels, and submit its report on June 6 after could make online representa- one of the presidential palaces dra Modi and President Joko halting cross-border move- taking note of the complaints of tions to the two-member griev- in Indonesia, on Wednesday Widodo also shared the view ment of terrorists from terror several CLAT aspirants alleging ance redressal committee. morning. on the imperative need to organisations as well as other technical and other glitches dur- NUALS had told the bench The meeting commenced eradicate radicalism and reit- terrorist groups threatening ing the test conducted on May that it has constituted a two- with a tete-a-tete between the erated the importance of pro- peace and security in respec- 13. The bench rejected the con- member panel, headed by two leaders, followed by the moting peaceful pluralism tive region. tention of the petitioners that retired Kerala High Court delegation-level talks. They dis- that would lead to true civil- The two leaders also called the CLAT 2018 be cancelled judge Justice MR Hariharan cussed areas of strategic coop- Prime Minister Narendra Modi flies kites with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during the India-Indonesia isation harmony, and mod- for enhanced cooperation and a re-test conducted. Nair to look into the students’ eration, ways towards ensuring Kite Exhibition, in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday PTI eration through a holistic including through greater Around 54,000 candidates complaints. better economic ties, closer cul- approach. exchange of information and had undertaken the CLAT 2018 The bench had said the tural relations as well as regional and closer cultural relations the Region) matches Widodo’s and well-being and that’s why “The two leaders reiter- intelligence between the two for admissions in 19 national panel, which also comprises and global issues of mutual between our nations,” Modi Maritime Fulcrum Vision. we have agreed upon mutual ated their strong condem- sides. law colleges in the country. Dr Santhosh Kumar G, Head interest. tweeted. “As mutual partners and vision and principles for the nation of terrorism in all its They also called for expe- The National University of Department of Computer “Held productive discus- In a joint press statement neighbours, our worries are Indo-Pacific region,” he said. forms and manifestations ditious finalization and adop- of Advanced Legal Studies Science at Cochin University of sions with President Joko after the meeting, Modi said similar. It is our duty to ensure Modi also strongly con- including cross-border terror- tion of the Comprehensive (NUALS), with the aid of pri- Science and Technology, would Widodo. Glad that ties between India and Indonesia have agreed maritime security and safety. demned the recent terror strikes ism and terror-related inci- Convention on Interna- vate firm M/s Sify Technologies examine the complaints and India and Indonesia are gain- to elevate their ties to Compre- This is also for the safety of our on three churches in Indonesia’s dents in Indonesia and India tional Terrorism in order to Ltd, had conducted the CLAT representations received from ing strong momentum. We hensive Strategic Partnership. economic interests,” he said. second-largest city Surabaya, and affirmed that perpetra- strengthen the existing inter- 2018 on May 13 for admissions the students till 7 pm of May discussed areas of strategic He said that India’s Act East “In the Indo-Pacific region, and said India stands resolutely tors of these heinous acts must national counter-terrorism in the undergraduate and post- 27 and take appropriate deci- cooperation, ways towards Policy and the vision of SAGAR we, as partners, have mutual with Jakarta in the fight against be brought to justice. Both legal framework. PTI graduate programmes in law sion on a case-to-case basis after ensuring better economic ties (Security and Growth for all in interests in each other’s progress terrorism. PTI courses offered at the premier “due analysis”. CBI takes over Gutkha EC, democracy ‘mistress’ of Bangladesh agrees to take scam probe in TN those in power, says Sena back 33 infiltrators: ADGP OUR CORRESPONDENT mission and its machinery have OUR CORRESPONDENT ing it was a “goodwill gesture” ers to Bangladesh, Bhattacha- OUR CORRESPONDENT had said while issuing its direc- become like slaves of the gov- because there was no depor- rya said. tions on a plea by DMK MLA J MUMBAI: In a virulent attack ernment. Hence, they are not GUWAHATI: For the first tation or repatriation treaty Bangladesh had last month NEW DELHI: The CBI has Anbazhagan. on the Election Commission ready to take complaints of dis- time, the Bangladesh govern- between the two neighbour- identified 152 of its nationals taken over investigation in the “We, therefore, deem it (EC) over complaints of mal- tribution of alcohol and money, ment has agreed to take back ing countries. Asked when the lodged in the detention camps gutkha scam, pertaining to ille- appropriate to direct the CBI functioning of EVMs and the autocracy of government 33 of its nationals who were 33 foreigners would be sent back and written to the External gal import, manufacture and to investigate the illegal man- VVPAT machines in bypolls, and threatening statements,” declared infiltrators by the For- to their homeland, the ADGP Affairs Ministry with a proposal sale in Tamil Nadu and alleg- ufacture, import, supply, dis- the Shiv Sena on Wednesday it charged. eigners Tribunals in Assam, a said it would take some time as for their repatriation in batches, edly involving a state minis- tribution and sale of gutkha dubbed the poll panel, democ- The publication also mocked senior police official said on the modalities for their repatria- official sources said. ter besides a former and a top and other forms of chew- racy and elections as “mistress” EC for blaming the hot weather Wednesday. tion would have to be worked According to the White police official, on the orders of able tobacco... detect and take of those in power. for malfunctioning of EVMs. The Bangladesh Assistant out by the External Affairs Paper of the Assam Government Madras High Court, officials action against those involved Unsparing in its criticism of said. “The BJP has corrupted “The temperature keeps High Commissioner based Ministry with its Bangladeshi on the Foreigners’ Issue, “Gov- said. in the offence... in connivance ally BJP, the Sena alleged that EVMs, and made them into a fluctuating. However, we never here recently visited detention counterpart. ernment of India has authorised The agency has regis- with public/government ser- the ruling party, which, it said, machinery that can be used for heard of the prime minister’s camps in the state and found The addresses of the people the state government under the tered the FIR against uniden- vants,” the bench said. has an “autocratic mindset”, has its own purpose. Elections and flight engines having stopped 33 inmates there declared as in the detention camps were sent provisions of Section 3(2) (e) of tified officials of Tamil Nadu The scam came to light on corrupted the Electronic Voting the Election Commission have working due to hot weather or foreigners to be the citizens of to the Bangladeshi government the Foreigners Act, 1946 and government, Central Excise July 8, 2017, when Income- Machines (EVMs) to serve its become the mistress,” it alleged. computers of the BJP’s social his country, Additional Direc- and after their verification it Para 11(2) of the Foreigners department and food safety Tax sleuths raided the godown, own purpose. Referring to complaints of media cell malfunctioning due tor General of Police (Special became clear that they are Ban- Order, 1948 to set up deten- department. offices and residences of a pan It warned that people’s loss technical snags in EVMs and to hostile weather,” it quipped Branch) Pallab Bhattacharya gladeshi citizens, he said. tion centres.” The case which was being masala and gutkha manufac- of faith in the election process VVPAT machines in Maharash- and asked “why did EVMs stop said. Being declared a foreigner “Accordingly, detention cen- probed by the state police was turer in Tamil Nadu, who had was “dangerous” for democracy. tra’s Bhandara-Gondia and Pal- functioning then?” The 33 foreigners were by a tribunal did not necessarily tres have been set up at Goal- handed over to the CBI by been facing charges of tax eva- “Our country can no longer ghar Lok Sabha bypolls, it said Since the last several years, kept in detention camps after mean that the person was from para, Kokrajhar and Silchar Madras High Court last month. sion to the tune of Rs 250 crore. be called the largest democracy while each vote counts and can EVMs were procured from they were declared to be illegal Bangladesh as their addresses for keeping persons declared “The clandestine gutkha The manufacture, storage in the world. EVMs have spoilt be a deciding factor, thousands (PSU) BHEL or from the Elec- migrants from Bangladesh by had to be verified by that coun- as foreigners. business is a crime against and sale of the chewable forms the democracy. Those in power of people got “bored” waiting tion Commission of India. This various Foreigners Tribunals, try, he added. “The number of such for- society, which is needed to be of tobacco, including gutkha at present have made democ- in queues and returned with- time, the machines were pro- Bhattacharya said. In 2013, the Centre had eigners kept is three detention curbed,” a bench comprising and pan masala were banned racy their mistress with their out voting after the machines cured from a private company He hailed the decision of issued instructions to Assam centres (as on 15/10/2012) is Chief Justice Indira Banerjee by the Tamil Nadu government autocratic mindset,” an editorial malfunctioned. in Surat, the Sena pointed out, Bangladesh to take back those government not to push back Goalpara (66), Kokrajhar (32), and Justice Abdul Quddhose in 2013. in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ “The present Election Com- adding that this raises doubts. citizens for the first time, say- but deport the illegal foreign- and Silchar (20),” it said. Armed forces 34 leopards die each NATION BRIEFS a rare breed of Congress to start ‘tweet morcha’ 14 FAKE DOCTORS HELD FROM J’KHAND human beings, yr in Raj, says report on June 2 against fuel price hike HAZARIBAG (JHARKHAND): Fourteen fake doctors JAIPUR: With an alarming seven deaths each,” as per the were arrested from different areas here, a senior of- says President average of 34 leopard deaths data of Wildlife Protection Soci- OUR CORRESPONDENT been increased 211 per cent on ficial on Wednesday said. Acting on complaints, a raid every year in Rajasthan, accord- ety of India (WPSI). petrol and 400 per cent on diesel was conducted on Tuesday and police arrested 14 OUR CORRESPONDENT ing to a report, as many as 238 Till May 21 this year, 23 MUMBAI: Condemning the in the last four years, he claimed. persons, including a woman, who practised as doctors big cats have died in the desert leopard deaths were recorded. reduction of fuel prices by just “We will ask the prime min- without having medical degree, Deputy Commissioner PUNE: President Ram state from January 2012 to May While 11 were found dead, 1 paisa per litre after 16 days of ister to reduce the Excise on pet- of Hazaribag Ravi Shankar Shukla said. Nath Kovind on Wednesday 21, 2018. 12 were killed, the WPSI data relentless price hike, the Con- rol. Similarly, we will also ask described the armed forces as Listed at par with tigers reveals. gress in Mumbai on Wednesday for removal of these two taxes ‘PERMANENT HC IN ARUNACHAL SOON’ a “rare breed of human beings” under Schedule 1 of the Wild- Talking on the issue, For- said it would launch a social Now, the petrol and diesel prices on fuel and bring it under the and said they are a symbol of life Protection Act (WPA), 1972, est and Environment Minister media campaign on June 2 to have been reduced by 1 paise. Goods and Services Tax (GST), ITANAGAR: A permanent high court would be set excellence and dedication for the population of leopards faces Gajendra Singh Khimsar noted express its anguish. This is a cruel joke and we con- which is 28 per cent,” the Con- up in Arunachal Pradesh soon, Chief Minister Pema the entire country. a serious challenge due to vari- that the rise in population of As a part of the online cam- demn it,” he said. gress leader said. Khandu has said. A permanent bench of Gauhati High The president was here to ous reasons, prominent among leopards could be one of the rea- paign, titled “Tweet Morcha”, Nirupam along with prom- The opposition party will Court was established at Naharlagun and inaugurated review the passing out parade of those are man-animal conflicts, son behind increase in the con- the opposition would mobilise inent ‘twitteratis’, including soon release ‘hashtags’ (used on by the then Chief Justice AS Anand of the Supreme the 134th course of the National availability of prey base and flict between man and animal. people to post tweets to Prime author Sucheta Dalal, will gather social media to easily find mes- Court in August, 2000. The chief minister made the an- Defence Academy (NDA) at road/train accidents. He claimed that the govern- Minister Narendra Modi and at the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar sages with a specific theme or Khadakwasla here. Quoting the report, out of ment is making all efforts to Chief Minister Devendra Fad- Sangh office on June 2 and col- content) for people from across nouncement at a public meeting on the second day of “The armed forces are not the total deaths that occurred avoid such conflicts where vil- navis over the issue and suggest lectively start posting tweets to the country and the world who his visit to Lower Dibang Valley district yesterday, an merely about doing a job they during the above mentioned lagers are forced to kill animals ways to reduce the fuel prices, Fadnavis and Modi asking them are active on twitter to tweet official release said. are about answering a calling. period, 84 were found dead -- in their self-defence. Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay to reduce the petrol and diesel posts seeking reduction in fuel And this is a calling for a rare both natural and unnatural -- We have launched one of Nirupam said on Wednesday. prices, he said. prices, he said. PUNJAB HIGH COURT TO GET NEW CJ breed of human beings,” he said while 52 were killed in road/ its kinds ‘Project Leopard’ to The campaign is aimed at “We will also tweet on how “Recently, we were out on NEW DELHI: The Punjab and Haryana High Court is set during the event. train accidents and 31 due to increase prey base so that ani- rallying the people who are fuel prices can be reduced. streets to protest the fuel hike. to a get a new chief justice in the coming days as the Delighted to review the pass- infighting. mals do not stray out for food active on social media to put Maharashtra collects nearly But, there are people who pre- Law Ministry has cleared the name of Justice Krishna ing out parade, Kovind said as “24 were killed in seizure and water. Under the project, pressure on the central and 40 per cent Value Added Tax fer to comment online rather Murari for the post. Justice Krishna Murari is a judge the supreme commander of the and poaching, 19 were killed boundary wall work will finish Maharashtra governments to (VAT) on petrol per litre. We than taking to streets. This is armed forces, this was a moment by villagers, 14 by tiger or other in next two months in Jhalana reduce the fuel prices, he said. will tweet to Fadnavis to reduce our endeavour to mobilise this of the Allahabad High Court and his name to head the of immense satisfaction for him. animals whereas electrocution Forest Reserve in Jaipur, Khim- “The fuel prices are being VAT on petrol,” Nirupam said. section of the society,” Niru- Punjab and Haryana High Court was cleared by the “The armed forces are a sym- and rescue operations claimed sar said. MPOST increased for the last 16 days. The Central Excise duty has pam said. Supreme Court collegium last month. Justice Ajay Ku- bol of excellence and dedica- mar Mittal was recently appointed as the acting chief tion for the entire country. This REHABILITATION OF KALAGARH RESIDENTS justice of the Punjab and Hayana High Court following parade comprises cadets from the retirement of Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar who was all parts of India and from a variety of communities. Its har- ` heading the HC. mony speaks for our essential NGT raps Uttarakhand govt, slaps fine of 3 lakh TN DEPUTY CM’S SON GETS PARTY POST unity as much as for our plural- ism as a society,” he said. OUR CORRESPONDENT National Park and in any case for default committed within a CHENNAI: The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on The president said a soldier not more than one year. period of one week from now. Wednesday effected a shake-up in its party ranks, or an officer in uniform, irre- NEW DELHI: The National It had also said that the Affidavit be also filed within appointing its Coordinator O Panneerselvam’s son to a spective of whether he or she Green Tribunal has rapped the Deputy Commissioner of the one week subject to deposit of key post. Panneerselvam and AIADMK co-coordinator is from the Army, the Navy or Uttarakhand government for area would file status-cum cost”. K Palaniswami announced the appointment of P Ravin- the Air Force, evokes admira- not demolishing illegal struc- compliance report, every three The NGT had earlier also dranath Kumar as Theni District Secretary of ‘Puratchi tion and trust everywhere in the tures inside Kalagarh, the most months before the tribunal, to criticised the Uttar Pradesh country. “If a fellow citizen sees sensitive core area of the Jim show progress in compliance government, whose irrigation Thalaivi Amma Peravai,’ a forum named after the late a member of the armed forces Corbett Tiger Reserve, saying agarh. However, the state gov- tion could take place. In the of directions. department has a residential Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. at a railway station or a market it was trying to “frustrate” its ernment was trying to delay circumstances, we are justified However, no status report colony in Kalagarh constructed or at any other place, there is an directions. compliance on the pretext that in concluding that unless a seri- has been filed despite assurance. before Uttarakhand was carved INDIA-NEPAL JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE immediate emotion of pride and A bench headed by act- land for rehabilitation was not ous view is taken, the State will While permitting the state out of the state, for non-compli- DEHRADUN: A joint military exercise between India reassurance,” he noted. ing Chairperson Justice Jawad available. again frustrate the directions of to file the affidavit, the tribu- ance of Supreme Court order and Nepal began at Pithoragarh on Wednesday with Commending their unpar- Rahim slapped a penalty of Rs “From the narration of the the Tribunal,” the bench said. nal said, “Be that as it may, even directing eviction of residents soldiers from both the countries sharing their experi- alleled and unquestioning ser- 3 lakh on the state government facts as stated, the intention of The state government on though we may permit filing from these colonies. ences of counter insurgency and counter terrorist vice to the nation in times of for not filing an affidavit on State appears not honest. The September 21 last year had of undertaking to give a time- The apex court, in Decem- war and peace -- on the border demolition and asked it to file order has not been complied assured the tribunal that inhab- line no further indulgence will ber 2013, had directed the UP operations. The military exercise, which is set to or within the country -- during the document within a week. on one pretext or the other itants would be removed and be shown. Hence for defaults irrigation department to vacate conclude of June 12, is called ‘Surya Kiran’ and is con- a natural calamity, Kovind said The green panel said that it and now the ground created structures would be demol- committed, the State of Utta- residential colonies and hand ducted alternatively in India and Nepal every “the armed forces represent the had ordered demolition of the is about want of land for reha- ished as expeditiously as pos- rakhand is directed to pay them over to Uttarakhand gov- six months. best of the Indian ethos”. illegal structures inside Kal- bilitation before the demoli- sible from the Jim Corbett compensation of Rs 3 lakhs ernment within six months. nation 7 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 mp CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL Modi’s 48 months better than Cong’s No need for apprehension: 48-yrs rule for farm sector: Minister OUR CORRESPONDENT he added. Stating that modern mar- NEW DELHI: The NDA gov- kets are being developed to ernment’s “achievements” in ensure better price to farmers, the farm sector during the last Singh said 585 mandis (whole- Rajnath tells Assam CM 48 months are much higher sale markets) in 14 states have when compared to the Con- been linked so far to the online OUR CORRESPONDENT Supreme Court. gress’ 48-year rule since inde- trading platform called e-NAM The meeting discussed the pendence, Agriculture Minister and additional 415 mandis will NEW DELHI: Amidst a row arrangements required to dis- Radha Mohan Singh claimed be connected by 2020. over the citizenship amend- pose of claims and objections on Wednesday. There has been increase ment bill, Home Minister after publication of the next Listing out the first four in government procurement Rajnath Singh on Wednes- draft NRC on June 30, the state- years’ achievements of the of pulses, oilseeds and cotton day said the people of Assam ment said. Modi government in the agri- through various schemes dur- should not be apprehensive It was emphasised that an culture sector, the minister Agriculture Minister Radha ing the last four years of the about the proposed law and adequate opportunity must be said the Centre has rolled out Mohan Singh government, he said. any future step would be taken given to people in this regard several new schemes to boost To ensure farmers get bank only after consultations with all and necessary arrangements production and cut input costs “For 48 years, one family loans, Singh said the Modi gov- stakeholders. Ex-CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (C) along with Anup Chetia (2nd L), be made to avoid any inconve- with an aim to achieve its target was ruling the country and it ernment has encouraged to This was conveyed to general secretary of ULFA take part in a protest rally against the nience to public. It should be of doubling farmers’ income did not do any major devel- form over 25 lakh joint liability Assam Chief Minister Sar- Citizenship Amendment Bill, in Guwahati on Wednesday PTI ensured that claims and objec- by 2022. opment work in the agri sec- groups in the last four years to bananda Sonowal by the home tions are disposed of as per law, Singh said programmes tor. Initiatives taken by former whom Rs 27,930 crore has been minister at a meeting where the ing protests against the central gladesh in Assam. guistic identity and heritage of and in a proper manner. such as Pradhan Mantri Fasal Prime Minister Atal Bihari released by the government. issue was discussed. government’s move to enact Sonowal also said all efforts Assamese people. It was also emphasised that Bima Yojana (crop insurance Vajpayee were also stalled by Asked about the protest “The home minister said the Citizenship (Amendment) would be made to address the “The home ministera strong information education scheme), Pradhan Mantri the UPA. We have achieved called by some farmers’ bodies that there should be no appre- Bill 2016 that seeks to grant concerns of people of Assam in assured the chief minister that and communication campaign Krishi Sichai Yojana (irriga- much more in agriculture in from next month, Singh said hension in minds of the people citizenship to non-Muslims this regard. a committee will be set up at might be launched to inform tion), Soil Health Card, neem- just 48 months,” Singh told the ministry has not received of Assam about the citizenship from Bangladesh, Pakistan and He requested the home the earliest in consultation with people about the process of fil- coated urea, linking of mandis reporters here. any representation from these amendment bill. The home Afghanistan who came to India minister to set up a commit- the state government,” a Home ing claims and objections after to a electronic trading plat- In the 2018-19 Union organisations. minister has assured that before due to religious persecution in tee to make recommendations Ministry statement said. publication of final draft NRC, form e-NAM, among others, budget, the government The country’s foodgrain taking any step, the people of those countries. for implementation of Clause The meeting discussed vari- it said. are making a difference in the announced it would fix mini- production is estimated to have Assam will be taken into con- Organisations spearhead- 6 of the Assam Accord which ous administrative and secu- A massive exercise to lives of farmers. mum support price (MSP) 1.5 touched a record 279.51 mil- fidence. All stakeholders will ing the protests said that the provides for constitutional, leg- rity arrangements related to update the NRC was being He also slammed the Oppo- times higher than the cost of lion tonnes in the 2017-18 crop be consulted,” he told report- bill, if passed, would pave the islative and administrative safe- the updation exercise of the carried out in Assam follow- sition for failing to appreciate production and also frame a year (July-June) but the farm- ers here. way for giving citizenship to guards to protect, preserve and National Register of Citizens ing a directive of the Supreme the changes these programmes mechanism to ensure the sup- ers in some states are in distress Assam has been witness- illegal immigrants from Ban- promote the culture, social, lin- (NRC) as per the orders of the Court in 2005. are bringing at the ground level. port price reaches to farmers, because of sharp fall in prices. PNB fraud: ED attaches B’luru court has Madras HC refuses jurisdiction to Govt asks UP govt to clean `52.80 crore wind farm of hear Antrix-Devas all 35 drains in Allahabad relief to PC’s family in NiMo’s family in Jaisalmer dispute: HC OUR CORRESPONDENT black money case NEW DELHI: The Delhi High NEW DELHI: Ahead of the CHENNAI: In a setback to NEW DELHI: The Enforce- Court on Wednesday held that 2019 Mahakumbh, the Cen- former union minister P Chi- ment Directorate has attached a court in Bengaluru has the tre on Wednesday asked the dambaram’s immediate fam- a Rs 52.80 crore wind farm jurisdiction to hear the dispute Uttar Pradesh government to ily members, the Madras high owned by Nirav Modi’s family between ISRO’s Antrix Cor- expedite the process of cleaning court on Wednesday refused in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer in con- poration and Devas Multime- all 35 drains in Allahabad that to stay prosecution initiated nection with its money laun- dia which has won an arbitral meet river Ganga well before against them by the income dering investigation into the award of USD 672 million from the mega religious congrega- tax department under Black over USD 2 billion PNB fraud an international tribunal. tion begins. Money Act. case, the probe agency said on Mumbai, against the diaman- Devas had moved the high Director General, National On May 11, the I-T depart- Wednesday. taire and his family on May 24 court for implementation of Mission for Clean Ganga ment filed a complaint against The agency said it has issued in the over USD 2 billion PNB the arbitral award by seeking (NMCG) Rajiv Ranjan Mishra Chidambaram’s wife Nalini, made by Chess Global Advi- a provisional order for attach- fraud case stating that over Rs attachment of bank accounts reviewed the progress of proj- son Karti and daughter-in-law sory, a company co-owned ment under the Prevention of 6,400 crore of bank funds were of Antrix. However, Antrix had ects under Namami Gange pro- Srinidhi for alleged non-dis- by him which amounts to an Money Laundering Act (PMLA) allegedly laundered abroad to challenged the maintainabil- gramme in UP and requested closure of overseas assets in offence under the Black Money for freezing the 9.6 MW-power dummy companies by him and ity of Devas’ plea which was the state’s chief secretary for ghats along the river. Bioremediation is a pro- the special court for economic Act, the department said in its capacity farm (consisting of others. The ED had registered rejected by a single judge bench active involvement of 26 dis- During the meeting, there cess by which either natu- offences, Chennai. complaint. multiple wind mills) that is an FIR, called the Enforce- of the court last year. trict Ganga committees to be was also a detailed discussion rally occurring or deliberately The complaints were filed Assailing the move, the trio “owned by” Ms Solar Exports, ment Case Information Report Later, Antrix filed an appeal, constituted for rejuvenation on the preparations for Maha- introduced microorganisms under section 50 of the Black moved the high court seek- Ms Stellar Diamonds, Ms Dia- (ECIR), in this case on Febru- which was today allowed by of the river, a statement by the kumbh, scheduled at Allahabad are used to consume and Money (Undisclosed Foreign ing interim order staying the mond R US and Ms Neeshal ary 14. The CBI had also filed a division bench of justices Ministry of Water Resources in January-February next year. break down environmental Income and Assets) and Impo- prosecution and to direct the Merchandising Private Limited. two charge sheets in this case S Ravindra Bhat and Yogesh and Ganga Rejuvenation said.. pollutants. sition of Tax Act. According department to provide a copy The first three firms are earlier this month. Khanna that said the City Civil While reviewing all 30 sew- MAHAKUMBH The NMCG also urged the to the I-T department, Nalini, of the complaint to them. involved in the Punjab National Nirav Modi, who is abscond- Court in Bengaluru, where Ant- erage projects being under- state government to focus on Karti and Srinidhi have failed When the plea came up for Bank (PNB) alleged fraud ing and has not joined the ED rix had challenged the arbitral taken in UP under Namami “A detailed discussion on tributaries of Ganga and send to disclose a property they hearing, senior counsel AR L case as they “got the Letters probe in the case till now, and award, alone can hear it. Gange programme, the NMCG the preparations for Maha- proposals for Meerut, Mora- jointly own in Cambridge, in Sundresan for the petition- of Undertaking (LoU) issued others are being probed under Paris-based International urged the state government to kumbh 2019 at Allahabad took dabad, Saharanpur, Lucknow the UK worth Rs 5.37 crore. ers said, “Law mandates that fraudulently from the bank”, the various criminal laws after the Chamber of Commerce’ arbitra- complete eight of the 10 ongo- place. The NMCG asked the and Jaunpur so that work on Apart from this, the depart- a special court must be estab- ED said in a statement. fraud came to light this year tion body, International Court ing projects by December and UP government to expedite cleaning of tributaries such as ment has alleged that Karti had lished to hear cases under the It said the market value of following a complaint by the of Arbitration, in its September start work on the remaining the process of cleaning all 35 Hindon, Ram Ganga, Kali and failed to disclose an overseas Black Money Act. But so far the asset is Rs 52.80 crore. Punjab National Bank that they 2015 ruling had asked Antrix to sanctioned projects at the ear- drains in Allahabad that meet Gomti may begin at the earli- bank account he holds with the state has not notified any The central probe agency allegedly cheated the nation- pay damages amounting to USD liest, it said. river Ganga upstream through est, the statement said. Metro Bank in UK and invest- such special court. The special has attached Nirav Modi’s assets alised bank to the tune of over 672 million (Rs 4,432 crore) In addition, the UP admin- bioremediation so that proj- The NMCG also raised with ments he had made in Nano court for economic offences worth over Rs 691 crore till now. Rs 13,000 crore, with the pur- to Devas for “unlawfully” ter- istration was also asked to com- ects could be implemented the state government the issue Holdings LLC, USA. does not have jurisdiction to It also filed its first charge ported involvement of a few minating a deal in 2011 citing plete the repair, rehabilitation well before the Mahakumbh of solid waste going into Ganga Besides this, Karti has also take cognizance of the com- sheet, before a special court in employees of the bank. MPOST national security reasons. MPOST and construction work of 87 begins,” the statement said. through drains, it said. failed to disclose investments plaint.” AGENCIES QUEEN MAXIMA MEETS MUMBAI’S DABBAWALAS Maneka seeks blocking of India asks UK to expedite extradition dowry calculator website of fugitives including Mallya, LaMo

OUR CORRESPONDENT Gandhi said in her letter NEW DELHI: India on this was not only shameful Wednesday asked the author- NEW DELHI: Union Women but also illegal as it promoted ities in the UK to expedite and Child Development Min- dowry. extradition of Indian fugitives ister Maneka Gandhi has asked “I request you to have this residing in the UK, including Information Technology Min- site blocked immediately and Vijay Mallya and Lalit Modi. ister Ravi Shankar Prasad to initiate action against the own- The request came during block a website which claims to ers/developers of the website a dialogue of Indo-UK affairs calculate the dowry amount for and the agency which is host- held in the national capital grooms and take action against ing this website,” the minister between home secretary Rajiv Out on bail, Mallya is fighting of information and intelligence its developers. said. Gauba and UK’s second perma- the extradition case in a UK inputs on such issues. Gandhi on Tuesday wrote a She further mentioned that nent secretary Patty Wilkinson. court. The two sides also discussed letter in this regard to her cab- she has asked the Secretary in During the discussion, the Nirav Modi and his uncle the issue of streamlining the inet colleague Prasad, saying the ministry of WCD to initiate issue of fugitive Nirav Modi Mehul Choksi, who left India visa process for Indian students the website should be blocked proceedings under the Dowry was also raised. New Delhi early this year, are wanted by and highly skilled professionals as it promotes seeking dowry Prohibition Act in this matter. sought London’s help in locat- authorities for allegedly dup- and other categories. by men. The practice of dowry is a pun- ing the fugitive billionaire jew- ing Punjab National Bank of The Indian side also com- She said that it has been ishable offence in India. eller’s whereabouts. Rs 13,000 crore. municated concerns on Sikh brought to her notice that there The website, which have Mallya, facing CBI and The dialogue also covered radical elements based in the is a website www.dowrycalcu- been seen by some on social ED investigations, is accused issues such as cybersecurity, UK and urged the British gov- lator.com that suggests a dowry media networks as a satiri- of defrauding Indian banks of women safety, organised crime ernment to maintain a vigil amount a potential groom can cal attempt at the practice of Rs 9,000 crore. He left India and terror financing. The dele- over activities of such ele- expect to get after considering dowry, says on its website that on March 2, 2016, and was gation also held discussions on ments and take appropriate Queen Maxima of the Netherlands interacts with the Dabbawalas, in Mumbai on Wednesday PTI parameters like his caste, quali- it is “dedicated to all the match arrested by Scotland Yard next the need to put in place a mech- action including timely shar- fication, profession, income etc. making aunties of India”. year on an extradition warrant. anism for the timely exchange ing of intelligence. AGENCIES Marks-based evaluation is failing India’s education system, say experts HYDERABAD: Top-scoring ing Director of leading biotech “mugging-up” and memory mer Head of Human Resources evaluation of teaching in class- an annual intake of 2,000 seats students may be basking in firm, Biocon, Kiran Mazum- tests, and they are not about at IT major Infosys where he room. More stress should be each as done by China. glory in this exam results sea- dar-Shaw said in an era of the extent of knowledge that also served as Chief Financial on learning and acquiring Fifty per cent of India’s son but noted personalities say design thinking, data science the student has acquired, he Officer, told PTI. knowledge. 3,500 engineering colleges are the marks-based evaluation is and innovation, educational lamented. He added: “Today, all Pai said creativity and inno- “bad”, he said. failing India’s education system assessment must change from “Students are put through knowledge is available on the vation have become casualties With a population of 6.4 with creativity and innovation marks-based evaluation to IQ a standard course which pro- web; what we need is more in India’s education system. crore, the UK has 95-plus uni- taking a backseat. (intelligence quotient) and EQ duces a stereo-type product,” problem-solving skills.” “We need more high quality versities, while Karnataka with Most of the schools and (emotional quotient)-based the eminent scientist said. Secretary-General of indus- universities so that there is no 6.5 crore, has only 45, half of higher education institutions systems. According to Chairman of try body ASSOCHAM, D S mad rush to get high marks to which are of “poor” quality, are in a race to ensure top “Project-based experimen- Manipal Global Education Ser- Rawat said most of the higher get into top universities. according to him. scores and good percentages tal learning is essential,” she vices, T V Mohandas Pai, the study institutions and even This shortage (of high qual- “We need good capacity in and not on producing good told PTI. system has become more rigid schools are in a race to ensure ity institutes) has led to exces- high quality institutes so that human resource, according to Former Chairman of Indian and focused on marks; and not top scores or good percentages. sive focus on marks”, Pai said. students know that admission them. Space Research Organisation, on learning and creating excite- “As long as there are no Agreeing with the view, individual’s aptitude and tal- He said the idea that short- isn’t only by marks or test,” Pai There is shortage of high G Madhavan Nair said the ment and curiosity. incentives on original research, Nair, said there is no scope in ent is needed. age of seats at high quality insti- added. He expressed the view quality institutes and also not marks-based system is out- “We need to have more you can say, we are produc- the present system to assess an “Montessori type of educa- tutes would lead better quality that students are at different much incentives to original dated and creates unhealthy active students, more proj- ing products and not a good individual’s talent and scien- tion system is more apt,” sug- is absurd. India, Pai said, needs levels of learning and it’s very research, they say. competition. ects, lighter curriculum, more human resource from the uni- tific temperament. Nurturing gested Nair, who said there 100 IITs and IIT-like institu- difficult to create common Chairperson and Manag- Exams have become doing than theory,” Pai, a for- versities,” Rawat said. of creative thinking based on should also be continuous tions in the private sector with standards. PTI 8 editorial mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 EDITORIAL Crucial B’desh elections Opposition New Delhi must ensure that Beijing does not exploit the situation

eneral elections in Bangla- targets govt desh will be held by the end of this year. The Constitu- he opposition parties have started to target the tional requirement is that the Centre on rising fuel prices in the country. On Gelections be held between October 31, Wednesday, when the Oil Marketing Companies BARUN DAS GUPTA 2018, and January 28, 2019. This time (OMCs) reduced fuel prices by 1 paisa, Con- the elections will be held in conditions Tgress President Rahul Gandhi, who is currently abroad for that are different from those in 2014. his mother Sonia Gandhi’s medical check-up, asked the Then the biggest opposition party, the Prime Minister if this was a prank. He went on to say that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of if it was a ‘prank’, it was ‘childish’ and ‘in poor taste’. “ONE Begum Khaleda Zia, boycotted the polls paisa!?? If this is your idea of a prank, it’s childish and in because Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poor taste,” tweeted the Congress president. Rahul Gan- and her Awami League refused to have dhi had thrown a #FuelChallenge at Prime Minister Nar- the elections conducted by a caretaker endra Modi last week and demanded that he should either government. The boycott helped the cut the fuel prices or face a nationwide agitation. The fuel League immensely. It entered Parlia- prices have witnessed a hike for 16 consecutive days since ment with a huge majority. May 14, driving the petroleum prices to an all-time high in Several countries This time around, Begum Zia will many cities including Delhi and Mumbai. The revised pet- not be able to lead the party into the rol prices in Delhi is Rs 78.42 per litre and Mumbai 86.23 including India electoral battle. In February she was per litre. The price of petroleum products differs from state are closely sentenced to five years’ imprisonment to state due to local taxes. for misappropriating $2.53 lakh which While the Centre has so far resisted from making a watching the she had received as donations from decision to provide relief to the consumers from the ris- current political overseas sources for an orphanage run ing fuel prices, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayai Vijayan by her. She is also debarred from con- on Wednesday announced that the LDF government will developments in testing elections. Though she assured cut petrol and diesel prices by Re 1 with effect from June 1. Bangladesh in her weeping supporters before being “Our state is not doing financially well. But our government taken to jail that “There is no need to has taken the decision to cut sales tax on fuel to effect a Re 1 the run-up to the cry; you all wait, I shall be back soon”, reduction in petrol and diesel prices from June 1. This will general elections. that seems rather improbable. But this cause a revenue loss of Rs 509 crore annually. This should time her party, BNP, is going to enter the be seen as our message to the Centre. Fuel prices cannot go India has several election fray, if necessary, without her. It up like this. They must slash prices so as to provide relief for concerns. First, will not repeat the mistake of boycotting the common man,” Vijayan told reporters after the weekly it would want the polls and practically giving a walk- Cabinet meeting. Though the Centre has said that it was over to the Awami League. working on a long-term solution to rising fuel prices, it has to see that a As a political party, the BNP depends India needs to be wary and think out of the box to counter the growing Chinese influence in Bangladesh so far not explained what those measures are going to be. non-communal primarily on the Jamaat-e-Islami which Meanwhile, credit rating agency Moody’s on Wednes- provides the cadre and the muscle power and order. acquired two Chinese submarines, set- biggest assistance ever offered to Bangla- day cut its forecast for India’s GDP growth in 2018 to 7.3 government to fight elections. The Jamaat has a black Several countries including India ting alarm bells ringing in New Delhi. desh by any other country. As recently per cent from 7.5 per cent earlier. “The Indian economy is comes to power record. It had collaborated with the are closely watching the current politi- A section of public opinion in Ban- as March this year, Chinese ambassa- in cyclical recovery led by both investment and consump- Pakistani army during the 1971 free- cal developments in Bangladesh in the gladesh is very sensitive to their coun- dor Zhang Zuo, announced that his tion. However, higher oil prices and tighter financial con- which will combat dom struggle and was responsible for run up to the general elections. India has try entering into any defence agreement country had begun implementing $10 ditions will weigh on the pace of acceleration. We expect terrorism and the killing of many freedom fighters, several concerns. First, it would want to with India. Even some retired and serv- billion worth of infrastructure projects GDP growth of about 7.3 per cent in 2018, down from our intellectuals, and cultural personalities. see that a non-communal government ing army officers are reported to have in Bangladesh. previous forecast of 7.5 per cent,” the report said. India’s terrorist outfits. According to a February 2016 study of comes to power which will combat ter- strong reservations about Bangladesh It is here, in the field of development, GDP grew by 7.2 per cent in the third quarter, compared Secondly, that the Jamaat by the European Foundation rorism and terrorist outfits. Secondly, getting into any defence partnership that India is facing the biggest challenge to China’s 6.8 per cent during the quarter, making India the for South-East Asian Studies (EFSAS), that it should treat Chinese overtures with India. The Hasina Government is from China in Bangladesh. The terms of fastest economy in the world. The rising fuel prices have it should treat “Given the present situation in Ban- with caution. And thirdly, that it will aware of it and has to contend with it. Chinese ‘assistance’ are not known and already hit the agricultural markets around the country, Chinese overtures gladesh, it is evident that the past has maintain friendly relations with India When Sheikh Hasina visited New Delhi it will not be surprising if Bangladesh where prices of fruits and vegetables have already started caught up and the future of Jamaat-e- and widen the field of Indo-Bangla- in April last year, as many as twenty- finds out at the end that the only way showing the impact. Because of the hike in the price of with caution Islami looks grim, With most of its top desh cooperation. At the moment, it is two bilateral agreements were signed. to repay the loans is to sell the equities petrol and diesel, the transportation cost of these highly leaders and financiers gone, it is almost advantage Hasina. India offered a $500 million credit line of the projects to the Chinese compa- perishable commodities has increased. The farmers who certain that the backbone of Jamaat has The Chinese have been making over- specifically for defence purchases from nies concerned, as has happened in the were already getting lower prices for their produce now been crushed. (It) will need a miracle to tures to Bangladesh for a long time, India, but the details were not made case of the Hambantota port project in have to bear an increased transportation cost. The situa- make its way back to the political and Dhaka has supported the Chinese Belt public. Hasina visited India again last Sri Lanka. But that is still a long way tion is likely to escalate to an overall rise in the prices of societal structure of Bangladesh.” and Road Initiative. When Begum week and had talks with Prime Minis- off. Meanwhile, New Delhi will have to most commodities, giving the opposition more ammuni- This is true but the Jamaat still retains Khaleda Zia visited China in December ter Narendra Modi. think out of the box as to how to counter tion to attack the government. This is not a good news for the power to indulge in large-scale vio- 2002, as Prime Minister, she signed the India’s primary concern in Bangla- the growing Chinese footprint in India’s the Centre in an election year. lence and targeting of the minorities and Sino-Bangladesh Defence Cooperation desh is China. India is no match for neighbouring countries because this has The Congress has already taken up the issue of fuel sniper attacks on its political opponents. Agreement. Today, the defence forces of China in terms of investment in Bangla- also long-term strategic implications for price hike and has been warning for a nationwide agita- Its mischief-making potential should Bangladesh are equipped mostly with desh. In April, 2016, China and Bangla- India. IPA tion. Other parties have also voiced their concerns and the not be under-estimated. It can always Chinese military hardware – from tanks desh signed several agreements under (The views expressed people resorted to protests in some states including Odisha whip up communal passion with the to aircraft to frigates and patrol ves- which China would make a total invest- are strictly personal) and West Bengal. Like the Kerala government, all of them help of jihadi elements and disturb law sels. In 2016, the Hasina government ment of $38 billion in Bangladesh -- the want the Centre to cut the fuel prices. As per an estimate, if the oil prices stick to $80 a barrel in the international dear market, the government’s subsidy to the oil sector will be SOLUTION REQUIRED EDITOR millenniumpost.in in the range of Rs 35,000 crore, Rs 10,500 more than bud- Quote martial geted. Though the oil prices in the international market Lakhs of Bank employees go on strike on May 30 and 31 are apparently inconveniencing the Log on to write letters to the have come down to the mid-$60 a barrel after touching editor or send them to the $80 mark, the government does not want to interfere A bank is a place depositors. Public money transactions by the banks become tough now for the status of the in the daily oil price mechanism which is linked directly to that will lend you customers are gradually deteriorating and banks have to work under heavy pressure. While [email protected] international oil prices. If it goes for a price cut to provide money if you can the management guides huge loan disbursement on one hand and the opportunist customers You can also send your a relief to the consumers, it will have to either forego the comments to The Editor, taxes it has levied on the import of crude oil or subsidise prove that you are taking advantage of loan non-disbursement on the other, it has kept the employees at bay. Millennium Post, the crude oil after purchasing it at a higher cost. Either way, don’t need it Demonetisation has already proven how the bank employees have worked up to relieve the it is going to lose a lot of money. For cutting the fuel prices problems of the customers. The government should get down to brass tacks of their demand and Pratap Bhawan, 5 Bahadur Shah by Re 1, the Kerala government has decided to cut the sales BOB HOPE Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110 002 tax and take a revenue hit of Rs 509 crore annually. In a year bring out the solution to their pay enhancement. SAMIR CHAKRABORTY Via email when the government needs more money to spend on its favourite projects ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year, the rising fuel prices are all set to eat into its revenue by forcing the government to take necessary measures to reduce the fuel prices. Reviving India’s banking system Freeman in denial Given the increased importance of India in the global economic ven as the #MeToo movement has taken a toll of sex predators, an unlikely name has come up in the system, banks will have a crucial role to play shocking form of the iconic Morgan Freeman. The octogenarian has already issued a detailed apol- he decision by the actual loan repayment infor- Eogy after eight people accused him of sexual harassment TAPONEEL MUKHERJEE Reserve Bank of mation. All bank loans would or inappropriate behaviour, and the actor said his actions India (RBI) to grant have to be marked against this should not be equated with incidents of sexual assault or banks the option to index, hence ensuring trans- abuse in the workplace. In his statement, Freeman said “I Tspread provisioning equally parent valuation. am devastated that 80 years of my life is at risk of being over up to four quarters for Eventually, the aim would undermined, in the blink of an eye. All victims of assault mark-to-market (MTM) losses be to develop a robust and and harassment deserve to be heard. And we need to lis- on investments is one that functional secondary market ten to them. But it is not right to equate horrific incidents merits discussion. for corporate loans, to provide of sexual assault with misplaced compliments or humour. These investments are those correct pricing and manage- I admit that I am someone who feels a need to try to make held in Available for Sale (AFS) ment of risk. A functional sec- women and men feel appreciated and at ease around me. and Held for Trading (HFT) ondary market would eliminate As part of that, I would often try to joke with and compli- It is essential that accounts for the quarters ended information asymmetry from ment women, in what I thought was a light-hearted and December 31, 2017, and March the system such as in the US humorous way. Clearly, I was not always coming across the banks prepare 31, 2018. This step has been loan market, an excellent tem- way I intended. And that is why I apologise and will con- themselves to taken to assist the banks in plate from which to learn. tinue to apologise to anyone I might have upset, however dealing with declining profits India should learn a few les- unintentionally. But I also want to be clear: I did not create face global from both the rise in yields on sons from the Japanese Banking unsafe work environments. I did not assault women. I did macroeconomics- government securities in the crisis of the 1990s. Poor lending not offer employment or advancement in exchange for sex. past few months and Non-Per- combined with delayed recog- Any suggestion that I did so is completely false.” Eight peo- driven volatility forming Assets (NPAs). nition of losses ended up cre- ple said they were victims of what some called harassment through While in the short run, such ating “zombie banks” in Japan. and others called inappropriate behavior by Freeman. Three a step might assist in alleviat- The economic and social impli- entertainment reporters have said Freeman made inappro- robust internal ing the pain in the banking sys- cations of a poorly functioning priate remarks to them during press junkets. Freeman also mechanisms that tem, in the long run, it needs to It is essential that the banking system adheres to strict regulations around transparency (Representational Image) banking system were there for issued a statement after the allegations first surfaced, say- move towards creating a more everyone to see as Japan strug- ing he is “not someone who would intentionally offend or help them both robust framework based on ing strategies to show upside expect regulatory changes to atility through robust internal gled to regain growth rate over knowingly make anyone feel uneasy. I apologise to anyone mitigate and stringent MTM regulations. We immediately and show down- shield them from market vol- mechanisms that help them the past decades. who felt uncomfortable or disrespected. That was never need to enforce MTM clauses side gradually. Instead what the atility in financial instruments both mitigate and manage risks It is essential that the bank- my intent.” Entertainment Tonight released footage from manage risks on financial institutions such as banking system requires now they hold for trading accounts. such as rising bond yields on ing system adheres to strict a 2016 interview for Freeman’s movie ‘London Has Fallen’, such as rising banks with regards to securities are accountability and trans- Banks need to account for the government securities. regulations around transpar- in which the actor is seen asking reporter Ashley Crossan across the spectrum, including parency. We are sure RBI has increased volatility in their In addition to MTM valua- ency. A transparent banking if she is married and if she’s ever “fooled around with older bond yields on loans and not just bonds. thought through this tempo- pricing, risk limits and risk tions for the bond market, India system assists in higher lending guys.” Reports about Freeman’s alleged behaviour prompted government Situations that allow banks rary policy change. However, management and not expect needs to push for such valua- standards and better dissemi- credit card company Visa to suspend its marketing cam- to spread losses and display it should be made clear to the the central bank to bail them tions of bank loans going for- nation of information regard- paign that featured Freeman. The Screen Actors Guild also securities profits up front may encourage banks that it will not grant them out of stressful situations. ward. The policymakers need ing corporate credit quality. said it is in the process to determine what, if any, action will poor risk-taking by the banks such relief on a regular basis. Given the growth of the to come up with a framework The Indian banking system be necessary regarding Freeman, who received its lifetime and should be discouraged. The In the broader macro-eco- Indian economy and the that allows for bank loans to be must make strides towards achievement award in January. But, interestingly, whatever “Held to Maturity” accounts nomic picture, it is crucial for increased importance of the regularly valued, hence pricing greater transparency so as to Freeman,”the grandpa of US”, said is all on camera. Move- with the banks have the req- banks to brace themselves for country in the global eco- in credit quality gradually. provide an efficient system that ments punctuated by hashtags such as #MeToo were given uisite bond holdings that they a period of increasing interest nomic system, banks will have A framework for MTM val- is so essential for economic life after accusations surfaced against former movie mogul can hold to maturity without rate volatility. As global inter- a crucial role to play as facili- uations for bank loans would growth. IANS Harvey Weinstein. But it remains debatable if it would be having to account for MTM est rates move higher, bond tators of trade and business. require a central agency to cre- (The author heads Devel- just to put Weinstein and Freeman in the same boat and valuations. yields in India will reflect the It is essential that they pre- ate indices for loans based on opment Tracks, an infrastruc- branded similarly. Banks should not assume global volatility to some extent. pare themselves to face global commonly shared informa- ture advisory firm. The views that they can indulge in trad- Market participants should not macro-economics-driven vol- tion from the banks based on expressed are personal) 9 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata| Thursday, 31 May, 2018 mp in focus In the clutches of Climate Change The once prosperous agrarian economy of Ethiopia is now dwindling as major water reserves are diminishing, writes Mekonnen Teshome Tollera

thiopia, commonly called Lake Abjata was spread over an area the Water Tower of Africa, of 194 square km in 1973 and cur- is one of the African nations rently its expanse is just 90 square endowed with abundant km. Efreshwater resources. The coun- Lake Ziway, in the upper valley of try is currently building Africa’s the basin, is the main water source biggest hydroelectric dam, which for Lake Abijata through the Bul- is expected to generate 6200 MW bulla River. Since the volume in it is power and which has been sur- significantly decreasing, it is obvi- rounded with controversies over the ous that the amount of water flow- use of Nile River waters. ing into Lake Abijata would be much Despite being a huge resource of less than earlier. renewable surface and ground fresh- The water extraction for irriga- Huge demands water that amounts to 123 billion tion and industrial activities from of water for cubic meters per annum and 2.6 bil- Lake Ziway and its sources, the Meki lion cubic meters per annum, Ethio- and Katar rivers, has also posed a domestic supply, pia is confronting huge challenges of great threat to the existence of Lake industrial, and disappearing water bodies owing to Abjata. Bethlehem Abebe, a tourism Climate Change and over utilisation and environment expert, said, “If irrigation uses of existing resources. Lake Ziway continues in its current has brought These problems apparently cause rate of decline, studies predict that a burgeoning similar effects on other African Lake Abijata will completely dry up water bodies, like the Lake Chad, within the next 20-50 years.” pressure on the which seems to shape other lakes The scenarios developed for the Ethiopian water and rivers of Ethiopia, especially years 2001-2099 showed that both, those in the Rift Valley river basin. temperature and precipitation, are sources. Various Zewudu Molla, a farmer who likely to increase from the previous scholars and uses water from Lake Ziway (Rift 1981-2000 level. These changes are Valley Basin), which is located likely to have significant impacts their studies 160 km south of the Capital Addis on the inflow volume into the lake. indicate that Ababa, for irrigation, said, extract- Since these temperatures will ing water from the lake using his be most prevalent in the Rift Val- Climate Change water pump is becoming difficult ley basin, rehabilitation works by takes the lion’s since the water level in the lake is all governmental and non-govern- rapidly diminishing. There are sev- mental authorities must be intensi- share among eral other farmers who rely on the fied before the worst comes. the various lake for irrigation and they are the ones being blamed for the decreas- Conservation and governance reasons for the ing water levels. As the efficient and sustainable diminishing This is when Ethiopia has already use of water is critical for the Ethi- lost the Haramaya Lake, one of its opian economy, which is mainly resource of greatest lakes to over utilisation. agrarian, experts suggest that water lakes and rivers There is no water left in the lake, resources should be conserved which was once situated 510 km east and effectively governed. Natural in Ethiopia of Addis Ababa. This lake was once resources, especially forests and all spread over an area of more than 10 the biodiversity, must be conserved miles and was 30 feet deep. Conse- with steps like the closure of water quently, the Harar city, which is an sources for people to prevent mis- Islamic holy centre with a popula- use and overexploitation. This is tion of more than 100,000 and situ- Once home to exotic birds, Lake Abijata is swiftly drying causing massive emigration of avian species when locals and farmers are pro- ated few miles away from the lake vided with other alternatives to earn site will now have to find another other lakes are being highly contam- ishing resource of lakes and rivers ance. The Sustainable Development matic extremes such as heat waves, their living. source of potable water. Its fisher- inated by various pollutants gener- in Ethiopia. of the Protected Area System in drought, and change in rainfall pat- The project “Building adaptive men have also moved to another ated by the urban settlements”. Debasu Bayleyegn Eyasu, direc- Ethiopia (SDPASE) also confirms tern adversely affect the prevailing water resource management in Ethi- nearby lake that probably would face tor general for Climate Change that evaporation is the major cause conditions. opia” is one of the efforts the Ethio- the same fate. Climate Change and overutilisation Implementation Coordination, Min- for the decreasing water levels. For The misuse and overexploitation pian government is making to build According to official sources, Ethiopia has 12 major river istry of Environment, Forest and Cli- example, the evaporation rate of of forests, lakes, and rivers have also resilience to Climate Change by the Haramaya lake bed is left with- basins and most of its lakes and riv- mate Change (MEFCC) of Ethiopia, Lake Abjata, another threatened brought about extreme hardships strengthening the water resource out a drop of water because of ero- ers are found in the Great Rift Val- said the diminishing water bodies and highly diminishing Rift Valley and difficulties on people and wild- management. sion, population increase in wasteful ley where the country shares water and their water balance is a huge lake, is 372 million cubic meter per life in most parts of Ethiopia. “Peli- Such projects would continue farming practices, little or no atten- with Kenya and other lower riparian concern for the present day condi- annum, while the groundwater out- cans and other birds are emigrating to try in identifying the current tion paid by the government and countries. Huge demands of water tion of Ethiopia. “Lowering level of flow is just one million cubic meter. in high numbers from the diminish- bottlenecks in water resource Climate Change. Professor Zinabu for domestic supply, industrial, and water in lakes and other water bod- Though Ethiopia is not yet indus- ing lake Abjata. We used to see thou- management at federal and basin Gebre-Mariam of the Ethiopian irrigation uses has brought a bur- ies is a good indicator of Climate trialised, the huge global greenhouse sands of Pelicans and other birds levels and plan actions to help the Hawassa University said that most geoning pressure on the Ethiopian Change,” said Eyasu. gas emissions would definitely affect around the lake and now it is difficult government and river basin authori- cities and towns are flourishing water sources. Various scholars and Rising temperatures in the its economy. As a result, Climate to spot them in even hundreds,” said ties deal with the dangers of Climate along many Rift Valley lakes and their studies indicate that Climate Rift Valley basin cause significant Change will have a profound impact Fekadu Abay, a security personnel Change. DOWN TO EARTH that’s the reason why “the Chamo, Change takes the lion’s share among changes in its hydrological compo- on the availability and variability of at the Abjata-Shalla National Park. (The views expressed Abaya, Hawassa, Ziway, Koka and the various reasons for the dimin- nents and in the lakes’ water bal- fresh water as the frequency of cli- A study by SDPASE shows that are strictly personal)

tweet Free Lula! RETWEET As the aggressive Brazillian-right seeks to bar the most popular leader from

contesting elections, global demand for Lula’s release amplifies, argues Patrick Foley ATISHI MARLENA ince a parliamentary coup took @AtishiMarlena place in 2016, against elected President Dilma Rousseff, Bra- zilian democracy has been under Sequence of events: Simmense threat. October’s Presidential 1. CBI closes one case on @SatyendarJain election offers a way out of the political yesterday crisis, but the country’s most popular 2. @SatyendarJain announces price capping and candidate has been arrested without regulation of private hospitals material evidence against him. Brazil- 3. Immediately CBI raids the residence of @ ian democracy is still at stake. Lula has led every SatyendarJain today morning Former President Lula da Silva, single 2018 poll, known as Lula, was arrested in April Does this sequence of events say anything to even in those after being charged with receiving a you?! “bribe” from construction company polls carried out OAS in the form of an apartment. No since his arrest. evidence has been produced that Lula SHASHI THAROOR or his late wife had taken any owner- His popularity ship of the apartment. In fact, the entire @ShashiTharoor stems from the case is based upon the plea bargain of huge gains he a convicted OAS executive, Jose Pin- heiro Filho. It has also been reported Inclement weather didn’t allow the helicopter has made while that Pinheiro was initially blocked from to land in Tawang, disrupting the Committee’s in office, with plea bargaining when his original story scheduled plans. The army snapped into action matched Lula’s and that he had already Echoes for Lula’s release are reverberating through corners of Brazil & we took a six &half hour drive to Dirang the Brazilian spent six months in pre-trial detention across the Sela Pass (amid some spectacular Workers Party before giving the testimony. What this translates to is that the right- been implicated in multiple corruption slogans. These attacks bear all the signs The role of the prosecuting judge wing congressman openly holds homo- scandals and was even caught on wire- of an intimidation campaign aimed at scenery, somewhat obscured by mist). lifting millions in the case, Sergio Moro, has come phobic, misogynistic, and racist views. tap discussing a bribe to silence impris- stopping the movement behind Lula from poverty and under heavy criticism within Brazil While his public support for Brazil’s past oned former speaker Eduardo Cunha. and this is precisely why Brazilian pro- and internationally. British QC Geof- military dictatorship is worrying, his The stark reality facing the 64 mil- gressives need international support. ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY reducing rampant frey Robertson has taken the case to comments to a female fellow politician lion Brazilians who supported Rousseff This month, Rousseff was in Brit- @adgpi inequality through the United Nations human rights com- are among the most shocking. and the PT is that they voted for a left- ain where she met with progressive fig- mittee and said that the tactics used Back in 2016, he told Federal Dep- wing President, had a right-wing Pres- ures of the labour movement to talk a series of world- by Moro “would inevitably get a judge uty Maria do Rosario: “I wouldn’t rape ident imposed on them and will now about the situation in Brazil. Among renowned reforms removed from the case” if carried out you because you’re not worthy of it” and face a choice between hard-right and them was Chris Williamson, a Labour 29 May 1999. #IndianArmy launched several here in Britain. then proceeded to brag about the state- centrist candidates at the next election MP who has been speaking publicly aerial reconnaissance missions over the entire Lula has led every single 2018 poll, ment to his followers on social media if Lula is kept off the ballot. Progressive against the coup since it first took place Kargil heights. Number of foot patrols were even in those polls carried out since his claiming he had “put her in her place.” policies were a clear winner in the last in 2016, who said that Dilma’s “undem- also launched to gather latest information. arrest. His popularity stems from the The coup government itself is extremely election and, yet, they are being wiped ocratic impeachment was a tragedy for #RememberingKargil #ThisDayThatYear huge gains he has made while in office, unpopular, having implemented hard- off the map. the Brazilian people.” Rousseff also met with the Brazilian Workers Party (PT) line neoliberal reforms that would These attempts to shut down pro- shadow secretary of state for justice lifting millions from poverty and reduc- have never been accepted at the bal- gressive politics are not isolated to the Richard Burgon, who said it was “wor- ing the rampant Brazillian inequality lot box. These include a 20-year freeze electoral system, incidences of violence rying to hear how a politicised judiciary MANISH SISODIA through a series of world-renowned on healthcare and education spending; against the left are on the rise in Brazil, has excluded Lula.” @msisodia reforms. However, unless the warped scrapping environmental and indig- with Lula supporters facing numerous Internationally, support for Lula is conviction and arrest of the former enous protections; rolling back Bra- incidents of targetted attacks. growing and on May 16, five former president is overturned, Lula will not zil’s labour laws; and privatising major Before his arrest, a campaign bus of European leaders penned a letter call- be allowed to participate in the 2018 public utilities. Lula’s was shot at by unknown attackers. ing Lula a “tireless journeyman in the Many congratulations to all students who have elections. Michel Temer, the imposed Presi- A few weeks ago, a “Free Lula” protest reduction of inequalities in Brazil and passed the Class 10 CBSE Board exams. It was Second in the polls behind Lula is dent and key orchestrator of the coup, camp was shot at during the night, injur- a defender of the poor” – further criti- a tough year for all students as Board exams the infamous ultra-conservative Jair is the most unpopular President in Bra- ing two. Peaceful protesters have been cising his imprisonment. IPA were happening for the first time after 10 years Bolsonaro, who has made a name for zil’s history. He has an eight-year ban beaten with metal poles while attack- (The views expressed himself as the “Latin American Trump.” from running for office against him, has ers have voraciously shouted far-right are strictly personal) 10 world mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 New AI system may soon help Scientists develop life-like 3D mini brains for drug testing

WASHINGTON DC: Scien- robots do household chores tists have developed a life-like 3D mini-brain — containing BOSTON: Scientists are Puig. might include steps like: walk all six major cell types found in developing an artificial intel- Unlike humans, robots to the television, switch on normal organs including neu- ligence system that can get vir- need more explicit instructions the television, walk to the rons and immune cells — that tual agents to complete simple to complete easy tasks - they sofa, sit on the sofa, and watch could help study diseases and household chores in a simu- can not just infer and reason television. tests new drugs. lated environment, paving the with ease. Once the programmes were In a study published in way for future robots to learn For example, one might created, the team fed them to the journal Scientific Reports, such tasks. tell a human to "switch on the VirtualHome 3D simulator researchers reported that their The team from University the TV and watch it from the to be turned into videos. Then, advanced 3D organoids pro- of Toronto in Canada and Mas- sofa." a virtual agent would execute mote the formation of a fully sachusetts Institute of Technol- Here, actions like "grab the the tasks defined by the pro- cell-based, natural and func- ogy (MIT) in the US trained remote control" and "sit/lie on grams, whether it was watch- tional barrier - the blood brain the system called VirtualHome sofa" have been omitted, since ing television, placing a pot on barrier - that mimics normal and the effects of drugs once can help advance the science using nearly 3,000 programmes they're part of the common- the stove, or turning a toaster human anatomy. they cross the barrier. toward better treatments and of various activities, which sense knowledge that humans on and off. The blood brain barrier is "The shortage of effective improve patients' lives," said are further broken down into have. The end result is not just a a semipermeable membrane therapies and low success rate Atala. subtasks for the computer to To better demonstrate these system for training robots to do that separates the circulating of investigational drugs are due The development of the understand. cute 1,000 of these interactions and unambiguous descriptions kinds of tasks to robots, the chores, but also a large database blood from the brain, protect- in part because we do not have model opens the door to A simple task like "mak- in the Sims-style world, with of all the steps needed to com- descriptions for actions needed of household tasks described ing it from foreign substances a human-like tissue models for speedier drug discovery and ing coffee," for example, would eight different scenes includ- plete a task," said Xavier Puig, to be much more detailed. using natural language. that could cause injury. testing," said Anthony Atala, screening, both for neurologi- also include the step "grabbing ing a living room, kitchen, din- a PhD student at MIT. To do so, the team first col- Companies like Amazon This development is impor- director of Wake Forest Insti- cal conditions and for diseases a cup." The researchers dem- ing room, bedroom, and home "These programmes can lected verbal descriptions of that are working to develop tant because the model can tute for Regenerative Medicine like HIV where pathogens onstrated VirtualHome in a 3D office. instruct a robot or a virtual household activities, and then Alexa-like robotic systems at help to further understanding (WFIRM) in the US. hide in the brain and avoid world inspired by Sims - a life- "Describing actions as com- character, and can also be used translated them into simple home could eventually use data of disease mechanisms at the "The development of tis- current treatments that can- simulation video game. puter programmes has the as a representation for complex code. like this to train their models to blood brain barrier, the passage sue engineered 3D brain tis- not cross the blood brain The team's AI agent can exe- advantage of providing clear tasks with simpler actions," said A programme like this do more complex tasks. AGENCIES of drugs through the barrier, sue equivalents such as these barrier. AGENCIES China denies spending more on foreign students US man charged Missouri Guv & rising Republican with painting BEIJING: Amid mounting and influence. However, it is star to quit over hairdresser affair criticism at home, China has true that problems have been swastikas on denied spending more on for- emerging as the number of eign students with hefty schol- foreign students has been ris- JEFFERSON CITY (US): Mis- arships compared to domestic ing,” Lao Kaisheng, a professor cemetery stones souri Governor Eric Greitens, primary and high school edu- of education at Beijing Nor- a sometimes brash outsider cation and promised to raise mal University, told the Global CHICAGO: A man in the US whose unconventional resume standards for scholarships for Times. state of Illinois was charged on as a Rhodes Scholar and Navy foreigners. The We-media article Wednesday with hate crimes SEAL officer made him a ris- The education ministry is fanned online sentiment by and other criminal offences after ing star in Republican politics, mired in controversy after a saying the standards for over- swastikas were found spray- abruptly announced his resig- We-media article criticised the seas students to enrol in Chi- painted on hundreds of head- nation on Wednesday after a ministry for spending only half nese universities and receive stones in a cemetery. scandal involving an affair with the money on Chinese primary scholarships from China are Some 200 graves were his former hairdresser led to a and high school students, a low. Moreover, some overseas defaced with swastikas drawn broader investigation by pros- total of 1.64 billion yuan (USD students “just come to China to with black spray paint between ecutors and state legislators. 255 million) in the ministry’s have fun” instead of studying, Friday night and early Satur- The 44-year-old governor Eric Greitens 2018 budget, than on foreign to private medical colleges in standards “will stop receiving and have not made any contri- day morning at the Sunset Hills made the announcement nearly students, who have a budget India. China sees the rise of the funds,” a Ministry of Education butions to China. Cemetery in Glen Carbon, a 17 months after taking the oath considering whether to refile before his affair became public of 3.32 billion yuan, state-run foreign students as part of its official told the daily. The ministry is planning to small community near the city as Missouri's chief executive charges. in January. The woman's then Global Times reported today. diplomatic push to increase its Stating that there was a introduce rules for higher edu- of St Louis. The vandalism with a pledge to root out "cor- In April, the local St. Louis husband released a secretly In 2016, 442,773 foreign global influence. misreading of official data, the cation requirements for foreign occurred as the country was rupt career politicians." prosecutor's office charged Gre- recorded conversation in which students were studying in Chi- While promising to raise official said the budget of 1.64 students in China, thepaper.cn entering the Memorial Day holi- The investigations of him itens with another felony, alleg- she described the alleged inci- na’s schools and other educa- the bar for scholarships for for- billion yuan is only for primary reported. day weekend, which commemo- widened to include questions ing that he improperly used the dent. The woman later told tion institutions, 11.07 per cent eign students, the education and high schools directly affili- The national fiscal spend- rates fallen American veterans. about whether he had violated donor list for a charity that he'd a Missouri House investiga- of whom received government ministry promised to increase ated with the Ministry of Edu- ing on education in 2016 was About 1,300 veterans are buried the law in financing the cam- founded to raise money for his tive committee that Greitens scholarships. the spending on Chinese cation. The official did not in 3.139 trillion yuan, accord- at the nondenominational cem- paign. Greitens said his resigna- 2016 campaign. restrained, slapped, shoved and About 15,000 Indian stu- students. reveal the total spending. ing to a report released by the etery. Black-and-white secu- tion would take effect on Friday. Less than two weeks ago, threatened her during a series of dents, mostly medical students, “China has a strict process “The number of foreign stu- ministry in 2017. rity video captured the alleged A St. Louis grand jury the Missouri Legislature began sexual encounters that at times study in China. The medical in awarding foreign students dents in China has increased Half of the amount was vandal's image, and police indicted Greitens on Febru- meeting in special session to left her crying and afraid. courses in China are popular government scholarships. over the years, which helped used for primary and second- arrested 34-year-old Timothy ary 22 on one felony count of consider whether to pursue Greitens said the allega- as they are cheaper compared Those who don’t meet the in promoting China’s image ary education. AGENCIES McLean. AGENCIES invasion of privacy for allegedly impeachment proceedings to tions amounted to a "politi- taking a photo of the woman try to oust Greitens from office. cal witch hunt," and vowed to without her consent at his home A special House investiga- stay in office. But the report's Malaysia to build island in in 2015, before he was elected tory committee had subpoenaed release created a firestorm, MH370 hunt may resume if new governor. The charge was dis- Greitens to testify next Monday. with both Republicans and missed during jury selection, Greitens' brashness alien- Democrats calling for his but a special prosecutor was ated some GOP legislators even resignation. AGENCIES waters near Singapore evidence found: Malaysian PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Malay- to enlarge Middle Rocks into a KUALA LUMPUR: The hunt 2,000 year-old rock paintings found in China sian Prime Minister Mahathir small island for us," the 92-year- for Flight MH370 may resume Mohamad said on Wednesday old -- who started his second if new evidence comes to light, BEIJING: Over 600 rock paintings, mous Prefecture, confirmed that 609 he wants to develop an island stint as premier this month after Malaysia's prime minister said some dating back 2,000 years, have rock paintings had been discovered, on a cluster of rocks previously a surprise election win -- told on Wednesday, as a private been found in a Tibetan prefecture in state-run Xinhua news agency reported. disputed with Singapore, a move a press conference. He gave no search for the plane draws to that could anger its neighbour. more details about what the pro- a close. northwest China's Qinghai Province, Wei Jian, deputy director of Chinese The strategically located posed island would look like or The Malaysia Airlines jet a media report said on Wednesday. Society of Rock Painting, said the paint- area has long been a flashpoint how long it would take to build. vanished in March 2014 with The paintings depicting animals, human ings were created over a wide time between Kuala Lumpur and Mahathir added that Malay- 239 people -- mostly from figures, nature and constellations were span with the oldest dating back 2,000 Singapore, and they previously sia had already built a structure China -- on board, en route discovered on May 5 by villagers who years. One of the paintings is of a hu- took a territorial dispute to the on Middle Rocks. Reports said from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. immediately reported the finding to man figure waving something like a flag United Nations top court. Malaysia inaugurated a mari- US exploration firm Ocean The International Court of time base there last year. James Infinity was contracted for a Mahathir Mohamad the local authorities. The government of with left hand, and using the right hand Justice in 2008 awarded two Chin, a Malaysia expert from three-month search for the Chindu County, Yushu Tibetan Autono- in gesture like a salute, Wei said. AGENCIES rock clusters, called Middle the University of Tasmania, said Boeing 777 on a "no find, no find," he told a press confer- tres (43,000 square miles) of Rocks, to Malaysia while a that Singapore would see the fee basis". This is set to end in ence. "We understand the feel- seabed. nearby island was deemed to move as "hostile". "Among the the coming days after finding ings of the relatives but we The ship conducting the be Singaporean territory. Singapore elite, they will see it no sign of the wreckage. cannot allow the search to go hunt, Seabed Constructor, was Malaysia launched a chal- as part of Mahathir's anti-Sin- The private search came on forever." a Norwegian research vessel Rare, isolated neutron star discovered lenge to that ruling last year gapore stance," he said. after an Australian-led hunt, But he added: "If we find carrying 65 crew, including but Singapore's foreign ministry It came after Mahathir which covered a vast area of any new information, we may two members of the Malay- WASHINGTON DC: NASA said on Wednesday it had been announced this week that he the southern Indian Ocean and resume the search." sian navy as the government's scientists have discovered a withdrawn by Kuala Lumpur. was scrapping a planned high- was the most expensive in avia- Transport Minister representatives. special kind of neutron star However, at the same time, speed railway between Kuala tion history. It was suspended Anthony Loke said he hoped It used eight autonomous for the first time outside of the Mahathir announced Malay- Lumpur and Singapore, as he last year. a final report into the plane's drones equipped with sonars Milky Way galaxy, and released sia wanted to develop an island seeks to improve the nation's Mahathir Mohamad, who disappearance by an indepen- and cameras, able to operate a stunning image of the stel- on Middle Rocks, at the east- finances. Both developments became Malaysia's premier for dent international investiga- at depths up to 6,000 metres lar body located 200,000 light ern entrance of the strategic are likely to alarm the Sin- a second time after a shock tion team would be published (20,000 feet). years from Earth. Singapore Strait. The 100-kilo- gapore government, already election victory, indicated the by July. Only three confirmed frag- Neutron stars are the ultra metre (60-mile) strait is one wary of Mahathir's return as government had no plans at the Ocean Infinity had stood to ments of MH370 have been dense cores of massive stars of the world's busiest com- ties between the neighbours moment to resume the hunt. make up to USD 70 million if it found, all of them on western that collapse and undergo a mercial shipping routes, with were famously stormy during "We have come to a stage found the jet or its black boxes. Indian Ocean shores, including supernova explosion. vessels using it to access the city- his first stint as premier from where we cannot keep search- The private US firm scoured a two-metre wing part known The newly identified neu- state's port. "It is our intention 1981-2003. AGENCIES ing for something we cannot over 112,000 square kilome- as a flaperon. AGENCIES tron star, discovered using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Euro- sion, oxygen-rich remnants millennia ago. pean Southern Observatory's contain the debris ejected from The X-ray energy signature, China plane forced to land as window cracks Very Large Telescope (VLT) in the dead star's interior. This or 'spectrum,' of this source is Chile, is a rare variety that has debris is observed on Wednes- very similar to that of the neu- both a low magnetic field and day hurtling through space tron stars located at the center BEIJING: An airplane flying airline did not offer an apol- on a plane since April. no stellar companion. after being expelled at millions of two other famous oxygen- from China to Vietnam turned ogy, it said. A Sichuan Airlines plane The neutron star is located of miles per hour. rich supernova remnants: Cas- back to make an emergency The aircraft was an Airbus carrying 128 people made an within the remains of a super- Chandra observations of siopeia A (Cas A) and Puppis landing after cracks appeared A321, according to plane track- emergency landing in southwest nova - known as 1E 0102.2- E0102 show that the super- A. These two neutron stars in a window, just two weeks ing website FlightAware. China on May 14 after a cock- 7219 (E0102) - in the Small nova remnant is dominated by also do not have companion after another airliner's cockpit The head of aviation for Bei- pit window broke at 32,000 feet Magellanic Cloud, located a large ring-shaped structure stars. window broke mid-flight in the jing Capital Airlines told Xin- (9,800 metres), sucking the co- 200,000 light years from in X-rays, associated with the The lack of evidence for country, state media said on hua that cracks had appeared pilot partly out of the aircraft. Earth. blast wave of the supernova. extended radio emission or Wednesday. in a window but not the cock- The pilot was hailed a "hero" A new composite image The new MUSE data pulsed X-ray radiation, typi- The Beijing Capital Airlines pit window as some passengers for safely landing the flight. Only of E0102 allows astronomers revealed a smaller ring of gas cally associated with rapidly flight bound for Nha Trang in had claimed. two people were injured. to learn new details about this that is expanding more slowly rotating highly-magnetised southern Vietnam with 211 peo- But an explanatory note In April, a woman died after object that was discovered than the blast wave. At the cen- neutron stars, indicates that ple aboard returned to the east- given to passengers with the air- being partially sucked out of more than three decades ago. tre of this ring is a blue point- the astronomers have detected ern city of Hangzhou around line's official seal, which is being a Southwest Airlines flight Oxygen-rich supernova like source of X-rays. Together, the X-radiation from the hot an hour after take-off on Tues- circulated on social media, only headed to Dallas from New remnants like E0102 are impor- the small ring and point source surface of an isolated neutron day, the official Xinhua news said the plane was encounter- yuan (USD 60) in compensa- said the flight was cancelled due York when a porthole was shat- tant for understanding how act like a celestial bull's eye. star with low magnetic fields. agency said. ing turbulence. I have been on tion, CCTV said. to "mechanical failure". tered mid-flight. Flying shrap- massive stars fuse lighter ele- The combined Chandra About ten such objects have "After an hour of flight, the a lot of flights and I had never Several disgruntled pas- The airline, a subsidiary of nel from an engine explosion ments into heavier ones before and MUSE data suggest that been detected in the Milky plane suddenly jolted violently," witnessed such strong turbu- sengers refused to board an Chinese conglomerate HNA broke a window in the Boeing they explode. this source is an isolated neu- Way galaxy, but this is the a passenger surnamed Zhang lence. Many of the children in alternative flight because they Group and Airbus, could not be 737 flight with 144 passengers, Seen up to a few thousand tron star, created in the super- first one detected outside our told state broadcaster CCTV. the cabin were scared and cry- considered the compensation reached for comment. It was the which was safely landed by the years after the original explo- nova explosion about two galaxy. AGENCIES "An in-flight announcement ing." Passengers were given 400 too low and were upset that the third window-related incident pilot. AGENCIES 11 Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 world MILLENNIUM POST | mp Ministers who can’t use laptops in 6 India suffered most deaths months will be sacked: Nepal PM

KATHMANDU: Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on while serving US puppet UN Wednesday warned his new ministers that they will be sacked if they fail to learn how UNITED NATIONS: India ent the Dag Hammarskjold keepers inspired "us to work to operate a laptop within six has lost the highest number of Medal to 132 military, police harder to support a sustainable months. its peacekeepers in various UN and civilian personnel from 37 peace in some of the world's Oli, who took charge as peacekeeping operations in the countries who lost their lives in most complex and challeng- Nepal's prime minister in Feb- last 70 years, with 163 military, peacekeeping operations dur- ing places". ruary for the second time, said police and civilian personnel ing 2017. Under-Secretary-General the Prime Minister's Office will from the country laying down No peacekeeper hailing for Field Support Atul Khare be made paperless within six their lives in the line of duty. from India was killed while said the international commu- months. According to the UN, of the serving in any UN peacekeep- nity owed a "debt of gratitude" Speaking during the 12th 3,737 peacekeepers who have ing mission in 2017. to the brave men and women general convention of Nepal in making Nepal an informa- the Nepal Communist Party died since 1948, 163 have been In 2016, two Indian peace- who risk their lives every day National Teachers Organisa- tion technology friendly coun- (NCP). from India, the highest total keepers - Rifleman Brijesh in service to others. tion here, he said that anyone try within the time period. “It is necessary to redefine from any troop contributing Thapa who served with the UN "We grieve with the families at the Council of Ministers who Meanwhile, Nepal’s Prime Marxism in order to prove that country. Organization Stabilisation Mis- and nations of our fallen col- does not know how to operate a Minister K P Sharma Oli on freedom, liberation and end India is currently the third sion in the Democratic Republic leagues. But beyond gratitude, laptop will be sacked, the Kath- Wednesday underlined the to exploitation is possible only largest contributor of military flag, alongside more than 15,000 working around the clock to of the Congo (MONUSCO) and we owe our peacekeepers all mandu Post reported. need to redefine and reinterpret under Marxism. and police personnel to UN international and national civil- protect people and advance the Private Ravi Kumar who was the support we can muster to "I have already said in the the Marxist philosophy, saying “Our principles of a peo- peacekeeping, with 6,693 now ian staff and nearly 1,600 United cause of peace," Guterres said in deployed with the UN Interim ensure they are well equipped, Council of Ministers meeting a new thinking was required to ple-oriented state and the gov- deployed in Abyei, Cyprus, Nations Volunteers. Mali to mark the International Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) well trained and well prepared that we will make the office effectively use Marxism in the ernance system of competitive Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, the This year marks the 70th Day of UN Peacekeepers. - died in the line of duty and to complete their missions suc- paperless within six months contemporary world. democracy are coherent,” the Middle East, South Sudan and anniversary of the establish- The north-west African posthumously received the Dag cessfully," Khare said. and the meeting's programmes Oli, who is also the chair- Prime Minister said, adding Western Sahara. ment of United Nations peace- country is the most danger- Hammarskjold Medal. At a time The General Assembly and agenda will be discussed person of the ruling Nepal “a new thinking is required to However, the UN owes keeping, the flagship enterprise ous place in the world to be a of increasingly complex con- established the International using laptops, said Oli. Communist Party (NCP), successfully and effectively use India USD 92 million for of the Organization described UN 'blue helmet' and last year flicts and rising peacekeeper Day of United Nations Peace- He said that the ministers while inaugurating an interna- Marxism in the contemporary troops, formed police units and by Secretary-General Antonio 21 troops serving with the UN fatalities, the Secretary-General keepers in 2002 to pay tribute can take help from their assis- tional seminar on “Marxism w or l d .” contingent-owned equipment Guterres as "a proven invest- Stabilisation Mission in Mali said, "as we recognise a legacy to all men and women serving tants in operating the laptops and Socialism” organised by He said that the commu- as at April 30, 2018. ment in global peace, security (MINUSMA) lost their lives, of service and sacrifice around in peacekeeping, and to honour for six months. the party here to mark the bi- nist forces in Nepal, which The UN commemorated and prosperity". together with seven civilians. the world, I am also committed the memory of those who have "We will bid farewell to any centennial of Karl Marx, also led the “movement to over- the International Day of United "We express our gratitude Upon his return from Mali, to taking Action for Peacekeep- lost their lives in the cause of ministers failing to operate said that it is necessary to prove throw the autocratic regimes” Nations Peacekeepers on Tues- to the more than one million the Secretary-General will pre- ing action to make our opera- peace. The Assembly designated laptops on their own after six that the progress of humanity in the past are now struggling day, paying tribute to the service men and women who have side over the observance of the tions more effective and safer May 29 as the Day because it months," he said, adding that and end to social exploitations against poverty, deprivation and sacrifice of peacekeepers served under the UN flag, sav- day on June 1. in on Wednesday's challenging was the date in 1948 when the the sacked ministers will be were possible only by following and backwardness. around the world. ing countless lives. We honour He will lay a wreath to hon- environments". first United Nations peacekeep- given the laptops so that they the ideology. “We have a firm belief that, Currently, more than 96,000 the more than 3,700 Blue Hel- our those who lost their lives Under-Secretary-General ing mission the United Nations can learn to operate until their The Communist Party of we will succeed in the move- uniformed personnel from 124 mets who have paid the ulti- while in the service of peace for Peacekeeping Operations Truce Supervision Organization next tenure. Nepal-UML, led by Oli and ment for social transformation troop and police-contributing mate price. And we pay tribute and will also officiate at a cer- Jean-Pierre Lacroix said the ser- began operations in the Middle Oli further said the gov- CPN-Maoist Centre formally and economic prosperity in our countries serve under the blue to the 14 peacekeeping missions emony to posthumously pres- vice and sacrifice of UN peace- East. AGENCIES ernment aims to take strides merged on May 17 to form country, Oli said. AGENCIES After widely reported Top North Korean heads to US; Singapore Airlines to start IMF-backed PM of Italy yet to murder, anti-Putin Russian Russian FM to visit Pyongyang worlds longest flight... name Cabinet WASHINGTON DC: A senior ROME: Italy's caretaker prime scribe turns up alive figure in the North Korean all of 18 hours, 45 minutes minister is expected to unveil regime was en route to the US his cabinet line up on Wednes- KIEV: A dissident Russian on Wednesday, and Russia's top day in a bid to end the chaos journalist who was reported diplomat was preparing to visit SINGAPORE: Singapore Air- that has raised fears for the sta- murdered in Kiev dramatically Pyongyang as diplomatic prep- lines said on Wednesday that it bility of eurozone after the pop- reappeared alive on Wednesday arations for a historic nuclear will relaunch the world's longest ulist coalition's bid to govern in the middle of a briefing about summit between Donald Trump commercial flight in October, a collapsed. his own killing by the Ukrainian and Kim Jong Un gathered pace. journey of almost 19 hours from Carlo Cottarelli had prom- state security service. General Kim Yong Chol, the city-state to New York, but ised to deliver the list "as soon Ukrainian authorities had right-hand man to the North it will not be available to econ- as possible" but the economist said on Tuesday that Babchenko, Korean leader, will meet US omy travellers. discreetly left the presidential a 41-year-old critic of President Secretary of State Mike Pom- The daily, non-stop journey palace after a brief meeting Vladimir Putin and of Russian peo in New York, officials said. from Changi to Newark Airport with President Sergio Mat- General Kim Yong Chol policy in Ukraine and Syria, had Babchenko Trump confirmed the gen- will cover about 16,700 kilo- tarella on Tuesday afternoon been shot dead at his flat and other way of doing it. Separately, eral was on his way in a tweet Last month the North's said. "The United States contin- metres (10,300 miles) and take ronment, while long-haul flights without making any statement. that his wife had found him in I want to apologise to my wife and boasted that Washington foreign minister Ri Yong Ho ues to actively prepare for Presi- about 18 hours 45 minutes, the often make more cash than Shortly afterwards a pool of blood. for the Hell that she has been would have a "great team" for held rare talks with Lavrov in dent Trump's expected summit airline said in a statement. those that require stops. Giovanni Grasso, a spokes- His reported murder through." He went on to thank the talks aimed at resolving the Moscow, part of a quickening with leader Kim in Singapore." The current record holder is There are also plans for a man for the president said Cot- had triggered a war of words the Ukrainian Security Service, nuclear standoff. effort to improve strained ties Kim Yong Chol was at Beijing Qatar Airways Flight 921 from non-stop route from Singapore tarelli "has informed the head between Ukraine and Russia the SBU, for saving his life and The US president still hopes with global powers. Russia was airport on Wednesday for his Auckland to Doha, which takes to Los Angeles using the same of state of the situation and... and sent shivers through the said the most important thing the summit will take place on a member of six-nation talks flight to New York. He used the 17 hours 40 minutes. plane, the airline said. both will meet again on Thurs- journalistic communities in was that what he called other big June 12 in Singapore. "Meet- held between 2003-8 aimed at restricted VIP entrance, accord- The Singapore Airlines flight The new route comes as day (Wednesday) morning." both countries. But on Wednes- acts of terror had been thwarted. ings are currently taking place persuading the North to scrap ing to AFP journalists. Pompeo's will use the long-range Airbus the city-state's flag carrier faces Mattarella on Sunday blocked day, an emotional Babchenko He did not specify what those concerning Summit, and its nuclear programme. spokeswoman said it would be A350-900ULR, which will be tough challenges. Last year, it a cabinet proposed by the anti- appeared before reporters say- planned acts were. more. Kim Young (sic) Chol, Japan is also keenly watching the third meeting between Pom- configured to carry 161 pas- consolidated its low-cost units immigrant League and their ing he had been part of a special The SBU said it had received the Vice Chairman of North summit preparations. Trump peo -- who opened contacts with sengers - 67 in business class TigerAir and Scoot into a single allies in the Five Star Move- Ukrainian operation to thwart a information about the plot and Korea, heading now to New will meet its Prime Minister the isolated Pyongyang regime and 94 in premium economy. entity in a streamlining exer- ment (M5S). Mattarella vetoed Russian attempt on his life and had managed to prevent it. York. Solid response to my let- Shinzo Abe in Washington on when he was still CIA director The airline had flown a simi- cise.And this month it said it the League-Five Star pick for said he was fine. "I would like to Babchenko, a Putin critic, ter, thank you!" Trump wrote. June 7, White House spokes- -- and Kim. "We're still finalis- lar route from 2004 until 2013 will absorb its struggling pre- economy minister, euroscep- apologise for what you have all lived in the Ukrainian capital Moscow said Russian For- woman Sarah Sanders said. ing exactly what these meetings but cancelled it as it fell short mium regional wing, SilkAir, tic Paolo Savona. The populists had to go through," Babchenko, after receiving threats at home eign Minister Sergei Lavrov "Since the president's May will look like," she said. The trip of revenue expectations. How- into the broader group following cried foul and abandoned their who looked on the verge of tears for saying he did not mourn would travel to North Korea 24 letter to North Korean leader is part of a flurry of diplomacy ever, its latest decision comes as a multi-million-dollar upgrade joint bid for power. at times, told reporters. the victims of a Russian mili- on Thursday to discuss Pyong- Kim Jong Un, the North Kore- before the on-again, off-again carriers look for new sources of as part of reforms to stay com- That left Cottarelli, a former "I'm sorry, but there was no tary plane crash. AGENCIES yang's nuclear programme. ans have been engaging," she summit. AGENCIES revenue in a competitive envi- petitive. AGENCIES IMF economist known as "Mr Scissors", tasked with naming a technocrat government. Leading fashion designer jailed in Indonesia fraud Five Star and the League, Belgium shooting rampage was who hold a majority in both houses of parliament, have JAKARTA: An Indonesian fash- Jakarta-based First Travel in vowed to reject Cottarelli's pro- ion designer who shot to global 2009 to operate trips to Saudi terrorist act, say prosecutors posed technocrat government. fame with her Muslim-themed Arabia. But it had not sent any BRUSSELS: The man who Crossing the road, he fired said it's being treated as ter- New elections are now consid- collection was sentenced to 18 clients to Mecca since early last killed three people during a several shots at a 22-year old rorism given the way Herman ered the most likely outcome years in prison on Wednesday year despite being paid for them, knife and shooting rampage man who was a passenger in a acted, which she says resembled of the political saga, sparked by for a multi-million dollar fraud the court heard. through the Belgian city of Liege car, killing him. Herman then Islamic State calls via video to an inconclusive poll in March. and money-laundering. The court fined Hasibuan carried out an act of "terror- took at least one woman hos- attack police with knives and On Tuesday, Five Star A court near Jakarta con- 10 billion rupiah and sentenced ist murder," prosecutors said tage at a nearby school. When steal their weapons, the fact leader Luigi Di Maio called for victed Anniesa Hasibuan, 31, her spouse to 20 years in prison. on Wednesday, and authorities police closed in, he ran out that he yelled "Allahu Akbar" a return to the polls "as soon as and her husband of cheating He was slapped with the same were trying to establish whether onto the sidewalk firing and and was in contact with radi- possible". Italian media said the customers who booked pilgrim- fine. Prosecutors had demanded he acted alone. police fatally shot him. He calised people. Earlier, Interior elections could be scheduled age trips to Islam's holiest city 20-year prison terms for both. Benjamin Herman, an yelled "Allahu akbar," the Ara- Minister Jan Jambon confirmed for as early as July. Mecca through a travel agency "(The defendants) have been inmate on a two-day release, bic phrase for God is great, sev- that Herman had already killed The uncertainty in the they operated. had become a household name way models wore hijab head proven legally and convincingly attacked two female police offi- eral times during the rampage, another person the day before country and the fear that the The pair were accused of in the world's biggest Muslim- scarves and Muslim-inspired guilty of committing a crimi- cers with a knife from behind, authorities said. the attack. Jambon also said that Five Star Movement and the bilking thousands of clients out majority country. designs, a first for the presti- nal act together," said presid- stabbing them repeatedly, before Belgian federal magistrate the woman he took hostage may eurosceptic League could win of at least 848 billion rupiah In 2016, Hasibuan's collec- gious event. ing judge Sobandi, who like stealing their weapons and Wenke Roggen said on Wednes- have talked the shooter down even more votes if a fresh vote (USD 60 million), a steep fall tion was shown at New York Hasibuan and her husband many Indonesians goes by one shooting them as they lay on day that the attack was con- and helped to avoid more deaths is held appeared to spook the from grace for Hasibuan who Fashion Week where all her run- Andika Surachman established name. AGENCIES the ground, officials said. sidered "terrorist murder." She inside the school. AGENCIES financial markets. AGENCIES Love-lorn Pak man walks to India ‘People regret failure more than inability to do duties’

NEW YORK: People are single biggest regret in life, 76 research shows that's not true, border 'to get shot', lands in jail haunted more by regrets about per cent of participants men- he said. failing to chase their hopes, tioned a regret about not ful- "Don't wait around for goals and aspirations than by filling their ideal self. inspiration, just plunge in. FEROZEPUR (PB): Heart- after twice being denied per- about not fulfilling their duties The expectations of the Waiting around for inspiration broken over not being able to mission to marry her. and responsibilities, a study has ought self are usually more is an excuse. Inspiration arises marry his lover, a Pakistani His family and that of the found. concrete and involve specific from engaging in the activity," man decided to walk up to the woman disapproved of their The research, published in rules - such as how to behave he said. Indian border hoping a BSF relationship, according to his the journal Emotion, builds at a funeral - and so are easier People often fail to achieve bullet would kill him. account. on the idea that three elements to fulfill. their ideal goals because they Instead, Mohammad Asif He said both were in love make up a person's sense of However, ideal-related are worried about how it will (32) landed behind bars. and wanted to get married. But self: the actual, ideal and the regrets tend to be more gen- look to others. For example, He was caught by 118 Bat- the woman was forced to marry ought selves. eral: Be a good parent, be a a person might want to learn talion of the Border Security someone else. The actual self is made up of good mentor. how to sing but feel they could Force on Monday near the He said he wanted to hang Sometime back, she got the attributes a person believes "There aren't clear guide- never let others hear how bad Mabboke border post and himself but changed the plan divorced. Again, Asif pleaded they possess. The ideal self is posts. And you can always do they are. handed over to the Mamdot as that would not have been with his family to let him marry the attributes they would ide- more," said Tom Gilovich from "People are more charitable police, BSF officials said here the right thing to do during the her, but they refused. ally like to possess, such as hundreds of participants experienced regrets about their Cornell. than we think and also don't on Wednesday. holy month of Ramzan. Asif comes from a well-off hopes, goals, aspirations or through the course of six stud- ideal self far more often (72 per The research has practical notice us nearly as much as we Asif told the security forces A resident of Jalloke village family that owns around 25 wishes. The ought self is the ies, describing the differences cent versus 28 per cent). implications, Gilovich said. think," he said. that he walked towards the in Pakistan's Kasur district, acres of land and he has cleared person they feel they should between the ought and ideal More than half mentioned First, we often assume we first "If that's what holding you Indian border hoping that a Asif was in love with the sis- his senior secondary exams, have been based on duties, obli- selves, and asking them to list more ideal-self regrets than need inspiration before we can back - the fear of what other bullet from the BSF jawans ter-in-law of his eldest brother Station House Officer (SHO) of gations and responsibilities. and categorise their regrets ought-self regrets when asked strive to achieve our ideals. people will think and notice - would pierce his heart and end Atik-ur-Rehman. Mamdot police station, Rash- Scientists from Cornell based on these descriptions. to list their regrets in life so However, a significant then think a little more about his trauma. Asif decided to end his life pal Singh, said. AGENCIES University in the US surveyed The participants said they far. When asked to name their amount of psychological just doing it," he added. AGENCIES 12 business mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 Revealed! 8 of 10 people worried MFs’ exposure to InfoTech about their Aadhaar data security NEW DELHI: Following the Facebook data breach, the reaches record high in April sentiment of Indian internet users has taken a beating, a NEW DELHI: The mutual study suggests, as 80 per cent fund industry is betting big on of respondents said they are IT firms as its equity exposure ` recovers ahead of GDP concerned about their Aadhaar to the sector climbed to all- data security. time high of nearly Rs 71,000 The national study by mar- crore in April amid depreciat- data, jumps 43p against $ ket research and analysis com- ing rupee and market volatility. pany Velocity MR, which was Since January, MF houses MUMBAI: The rupee on conducted among 5,800 respon- have increased weight on the Wednesday staged an impres- dents, noted that 8 out of 10 peo- sector, which gets a major sive comeback after on Tues- ple are concerned about their chunk of its revenues in US day's rout and ended with a Aadhaar data security and feel dollars. solid 43 paise gain against the that the government should MF's allocation to software American currency at 67.43 intervene for their online data stocks stood at Rs 70,773 crore after traders unwound bullish protection. Recent data breach episode involving as on April, accounting for 7.37 dollar positions. "Every netizen is leav- Facebook and Cambridge Analytica per cent of their total equity Forex market sentiment ing a trail of digital footprints assets under management swung back in favour of the with everything that they click has created an awareness on issues (AUM) of Rs 9.6 lakh crore, MFs have an exposure of `96,727 cr in domestic currency after the ini- online. From personal informa- around information privacy, user according to data available with the finance space, followed by consumer tial wave of volatility on the back tion, to financial data, to bio- the Securities and Exchange of easing political uncertainty in metric details, all this data is rights and consent policies Board of India (Sebi). durables (`64,476 cr), autos (`55,370 cr), Italy and expectations of robust accessible in some form or the In comparison, the expo- construction projects (`43,224 cr) GDP growth. other on various foreign servers bridge Analytica has created an Pune also noted that 4 in every sure was at Rs 64,265 crore in Besides, massive unwind- the status of the world's fastest- that one cannot fathom," Veloc- awareness like never before on 10 respondents said their opin- March. It was at Rs 42,023 crore and petroleum products (`37,143 cr) ing of long dollar positions by growing major economy in the ity MR Managing Director & issues around information pri- ion about Facebook has gone in April 2017. exporters and corporates also October-December quarter. CEO Jasal Shah said. vacy, user rights and consent down in recent months. At current levels, the MF in January to Rs 70,773 crore The BSE IT index jumped lifted the overall trading mood. India's economy is back Shah further noted that policies, nudging companies One-third of respondents industry has the highest expo- in April. sharply by over 18 per cent per A sharp US dollar retrace- on track at this juncture and "with the new General Data to review and strengthen their said that they would share lesser sure to software sector since Industry experts said that cent so far this year, while the ment slide, despite a goodish expected to gradually rise with Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy protection rules. on Facebook, even though they August 2009. Data is not avail- fund managers raised their BSE's benchmark Sensex grew pickup in the US treasury bond continued implementation of regime coming into play, it is a According to UIDAI Chair- will continue to be on Face- able for sector-wise exposure allocation to software stocks by just 2.5 per cent during the yields ahead of key US growth major structural reforms, a forex wake-up call for internet com- man J Satyanarayana, more than book," the study said. Moreover, before that time, when the due to declining rupee against period under. and employment data, also sup- dealer said. panies to tighten their security 121 crore residents have been even though people believe that equity funds had deployed Rs the US dollar. Like exporters, Among others, MFs have ported the recovery momen- Meanwhile, crude prices policies with immediate effect." enrolled for Aadhaar and it has social media sites are not com- 11,913 crore (6.71 per cent) in IT companies earn majority of an exposure of Rs 96,727 crore tum. The government will climbed to $76 a barrel, largely Europe has introduced the been used for over 19 billion pletely safe for financial transac- software shares. their revenue in dollars. Depre- in finance space, followed by release gross domestic prod- due to tight supplies despite GDPR regime that all tech com- authentications. tions, they have not completely This year has seen a consis- ciating rupee means exporters consumer durables (Rs 64,476 uct (GDP) data for the March expectations that Organiza- panies have to adhere to. The national study that stopped using it either. tent growth in investment in get more rupee per US dollar. crore), auto (Rs 55,370 crore), quarter and 2017-18 fiscal on tion of the Petroleum Export- The recent data breach epi- covered prominent Indian cit- The higher age group of software stocks by equity fund Indian rupee is currently construction project (Rs 43,224 Thursday. India's GDP had ing Countries and its allies will sode involving US-based social ies including Delhi, Kolkata, 46-60 years is more willing to managers with fund infusion hovering at around 68-level crore) and petroleum products expanded by 7.2 per cent in pump more in the second half networking giant Facebook and Mumbai, Hyderabad, Banga- continue using Facebook as growing from Rs 29,937 crore against dollar. (Rs 37,143 crore). PTI the third quarter and regained of 2018. PTI British data analytics firm Cam- lore, Chennai, Ahmedabad and before, the study noted. PTI Johnson & Johnson India Malaysia sets up ‘Will you pay Bhushan Steel’s dues,’ NCLAT asks Tata Steel NEW DELHI: The com- statement of statutory dues of to equity. "This Rs 28,592 crore offer in floats flexible fund for donations to pany law appellate tribunal on the company. After the entire exercise, Tata 14 years is a spoiler," he said. Wednesday asked Tata Steel if it The two member bench would hold 75 per cent stake Meanwhile, senior advocate working norms will clear the statutory dues like headed by NCLAT Chairman, and banks would get 12.27 per S Ganesh appearing for Singal income tax and GST of Bhushan Justice S J Mukhopadhaya also cent. Singal family would be submitted that Tata Steel was NEW DELHI: With a view ease national debt Steel, a company it had acquired asked the Resolution Profes- left with 2.5 per cent and the ineligible to bid for Bhushan to accelerate diversity and in the insolvency proceedings sional, which oversaw the auc- remaining 10 per cent would Steel under section 29 A of IBC. inclusion, Johnson & Johnson KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's earlier this month. tion of Bhushan Steel, to state be public holding. The section mandates that a India on Wednesday said it has new Prime Minister Mahathir The National Company Law how much would L&T get from to undergo insolvency under While L&T wants to recover person convicted for any offence enhanced its flexible work- Mohamad said on Wednesday Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Rs 532 crore offered to all the the new bankruptcy law. its Rs 956 crore dues, Singal punishable with imprisonment ing provisions, and sabbatical the government will set up a hearing appeals against the operational creditors. Tata Steel offered Rs 35,200 family has made a Rs 28,592 for two years or more is ineligi- arrangements programmes. trust fund to let the public con- acquisition filed by Bhushan Bhushan Steel owed its crore in cash to acquire Bhushan crore counter-offer. ble for submitting a resolution Johnson & Johnson India is tribute to easing the country's Steel's founding Singal fam- lenders about Rs 56,000 crore Steel. It would pay another Rs During the proceedings, plan. Tata Steel UK, a foreign enhancing its human resources huge national debt. ily and the firm's operational and was among the 12 big loan 1,200 crore over next 12 months senior advocate Abhishek Manu subsidiary of Tata Steel, was policies to address the needs of Mahathir's government last creditor Larsen and Toubro, defaulters identified by the to creditors and convert the Singhvi opposed the Rs 28,592 fined by an English Court in its multi-generation workforce, week revealed that the national asked Tata Steel to submit a Reserve Bank of India last year remaining debt owed to banks crore offer by Neeraj Singal. February 2018, he added. PTI a company release said, add- debt and liabilities exceed 1 tril- PM Mahathir Mohamad ing that "these policy changes lion ringgit ($250.6 billion), or reinstate the importance of 80 per cent of Malaysia's gross In her fundraising cam- April exports from employees being able to cham- domestic product, after taking paign, Nik Shazarina Bakti, India & Indonesia agree to nearly pion work-life integration". into account government guar- 27, said Malaysians in the past SEZs grow 5% Under the flexible working antees and other payments. It had given jewellery, money and provisions, Johnson & John- has blamed economic misman- valuables to help raise funds to `20,548 crore son employees can take up the agement and corruption under in seeking independence from triple bilateral trade to $50 billion option to work remotely once former scandal-tainted leader Britain. "This time, we are doing NEW DELHI: Exports from a week and/or choose flexible Najib Razak and the long-rul- it. We can tell our children and the country's special economic JAKARTA: India and Indone- hours to meet their daily work ing coalition that was ousted grandchildren of this initiative zones (SEZs) grew 5.44 per cent sia have agreed to double their India looks forward and personal responsibilities, a by a surprise defeat in a May 9 that we all took part in to save in April to Rs 20,548 crore as efforts to boost bilateral trade company release said. national election. Negaraku (my country) Malay- against Rs 19,488 crore in the to $50 billion by 2025, Prime to balanced The Nurturing Family "There are many Malaysians sia," she said. same month a year ago, EPCES Minister Narendra Modi said on Bonds Program, is designed who were willing to donate to The government has said on Wednesday said. Wednesday after holding com- RCEP trade pact: to support expectant mothers, the government when they it will axe a multi-billion-dol- According to Export Promo- prehensive talks with President from early pregnancy stages found out how bad our coun- lar high-speed railway project tion Council for EOUs & SEZs Joko Widodo. Commerce Secy until way after the baby is born. try's financial situation is. We to Singapore and review other (EPCES), highest growth in out- Prime Minister Modi, who The program also addresses welcome their patriotic stand," large-scale infrastructure proj- ward shipments was recorded arrived here last night on his NEW DELHI: India will fathers, as they step up to play Mahathir said on Wednesday. ects, mainly Chinese invest- from the Cochin SEZ which first-ever official visit to Indo- endeavour to have a "bal- an active role in nurturing the The finance ministry said ment, to cut costs. It has also witnessed a 704 per cent jump nesia, exchanged views with anced" RECP trade agreement baby. in a statement that the "Malay- reopened an investigation into from Rs 461 crore in April last President Widodo on potential as it would cover 40 per cent of The sabbatical arrange- sia Hope Fund" will provide a massive corruption scandal year to Rs 3,708 crore this year. areas of cooperation in areas the global GDP and over 42 per ments program supports a systematic and transparent at the 1MDB state investment "Total exports in April this like defence, maritime security, cent of the world's population, employees in taking time off platform to manage all public fund set up by Najib when he year from SEZs amounted to Rs trade and economy. a top government official said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Indonesian President Joko from work for personal rea- donations. The move is unusual took power in 2009 but partly 20,548 crore as against Rs 19,488 In a joint press statement Widodo at the Arjuna Wijaya Chariot statue in Jakarta, Indonesia, on "This is perhaps the most son like perusing higher stud- for a government but it comes blamed for the rising debt. crore in April 2017," said Vinay after the talks, Modi said India Wednesday PIC/PTI ambitious agreement we are ies related to current/potential as a response to a crowdfunding The 1MDB fund accumu- Sharma, Officiating Chairman and Indonesia have agreed to doing. It encompasses about 40 future roles, community ser- campaign started recently by a lated billions in debts and is of EPCES, adding that the gov- upgrade their ties to Compre- 28.7 per cent to $18.13 billion hensive Economic Partnership per cent of global GDP and over vice or health. Malaysian to help settle the stag- being investigated in the US ernment's policies have man- hensive Strategic Partnership. in 2017 with Indonesia's exports and reiterated that it needs to 42 per cent of the world's popu- The company announced gering government debt. The and several other countries. US aged to register a healthy growth He said India and Indone- to India reaching $14.08 bil- be comprehensive, fair and bal- lation. So it's a huge significant its enhanced eight-weeks' election victory by Mahathir's investigators say Najib's associ- roadmap for manufacturing and sia have agreed to double their lion and its imports from India anced with benefit to all mem- bloc. It is not an easy one. There paternity leave policy for new alliance inspired patriotic senti- ates stole and laundered at least service industry. efforts to take bilateral trade to standing at $4.05 billion. ber states. The two leaders will be ramifications, neverthe- and adoptive fathers in August ment among many citizens who $4.5 billion from the fund. Najib, EPCES said the major sec- $50 billion by 2025. In a joint statement issued also instructed officials to opti- less it is important because of 2017. This is in addition to the have expressed pride on social who denies any wrongdoing, tors recording healthy growth According to Indonesia's after the talks, the two countries mise the cooperation between our geographical connect and company's existing 26-weeks media about being part of a new and his wife have been barred include biotech, chemicals, Central Statistics Agency (BPS), said they have agreed to work ASEAN and India for establish- our natural complementari- maternity leave policy for new Malaysia that is free from graft from leaving the country pend- pharmaceuticals, computer, trade between the two countries intensively for the early conclu- ing a sustainable and mutually ties," Commerce Secretary Rita mothers launched in 2011. PTI and race politics. ing the investigation. PTI electronics, and plastic etc. PTI in 2016 was $12.9 billion. It rose sion of the Regional Compre- beneficial trade relations. PTI Teaotia said. PTI CBIC has ‘interim solution’ for fast exporter refund clearance ICAI scripts accounting NEW DELHI: To fast-track new indirect tax regime, could "On receipt, if the list of cular shows the government norms for local bodies’ clearance of exporters' refund, not transmit records to Cus- exporters from Customs pol- plans to resolve some more the CBIC has laid down pro- toms EDI system and conse- icy wing, GSTN shall transmit issues with IGST export refund cedure that will address the quently IGST refunds could the records of those exporters where data is not transmitted to cash flow statements problem of mismatch in refund not be processed, it said. to Customs EDI (electronic customs for processing. claims. In a circular to all prin- Goods and Services Tax data interchange) system," the "Rather than hitting at NEW DELHI: Chartered cipal chief commissioners and (GST), which subsumed over CBIC added. basic issue of inability to revise accountants' apex body ICAI director generals, the Cen- a dozen local taxes, was rolled Once the exporter receives GSTR-3B, government has on Wednesday said it has tral Board of Indirect Taxes out from July 1, 2017. the refund, he has to submit to laid out a detailed procedure issued accounting standards and Customs (CBIC) said In cases where the export- the customs office a certificate loaded with multiple applica- for local bodies with respect to that exporters with refunds ers have "inadvertently mis- from Chartered Accountant tions/ communications, CA cash flow statements. stuck have committed mistake declared" IGST paid on export saying there is no discrepancy certificate and post-refund The Accounting Standards while filing GSTR-1 and 3B. supplies as IGST paid on inter- between the IGST amount audit for guaranteeing genu- for Local Bodies (ASLBs) are Besides, there are certain cases state domestic outward sup- refunded and the IGST amount ine refunds only and keeping aimed at ensuring that the ability and decision-making where they have "short paid" plies while filing GSTR-3B, the paid on exports between July the unscrupulous elements at financial reporting by local purposes," the institute said in Integrated GST (IGST) vis-a- Customs policy wing will now 2017 to March 2018. a bay," Mohan said. bodies reflects how efficiently a release. vis their liability declared in send to GSTN a list of export- In phase I of refund fortnight, observed "Non-submission of CA Beginning on Thursday, and effectively local bodies A cash flow statement, GSTR-1. ers whose cumulative IGST certificate shall affect the future the CBIC is conducting sec- have discharged their respon- when used in conjunction with "In view of the above, fol- amount paid in GSTR-3B for from March 15 to 30, the Central Board IGST refunds of the exporter," ond phase of 'special refund sibilities in using public funds, the other financial statements, lowing procedure is being July-March is greater than or of Indirect Taxes and Customs had it said. fortnight' to fast track clear- according to ICAI. provides information that prescribed to overcome the equal to the cumulative IGST The CBIC further said that ances of exporters' refund. The Institute of Chartered enables users to evaluate the problem of refund blockage. amount indicated in GSTR-1. cleared refunds totalling `17,616 crore the exporters will be subject to In the first phase of refund Accountants of India (ICAI) historical changes in cash and This would be an interim solu- The GSTN will then send a "post refund audit" under the fortnight observed between has issued ASLB 2 'Cash Flow cash equivalents and changes tion subject to undertakings/ emails to these exporters which will in turn inform the claimed in the Shipping Bill/ GST law. March 15 to March 30, the Statements'. in net assets/equity of an entity, submission of CA certificates informing them about trans- taxpayers about this and ask GSTR-1 is paid," the CBIC said. Federation of Indian Export CBIC had cleared refunds "Application of ASLB 2 will among others, it added. by the exporters ... and post mission of records to Customs them to make IGST payment. The customs department Organisations (FIEO) has on totalling Rs 17,616 crore. be useful for the local bodies to "The enhanced disclosures refund audit scrutiny," the EDI system. "The exporters would have will compile the list of export- Tuesday said that refund of This comprised Rs 9,604 identify their sources of cash as prescribed in ASLB 2 would CBIC said. In cases where the refund to make the payment of IGST ers, who have claimed refund over Rs 20,000 crore are pend- crore of Integrated GST inflows, cash outflows, and the lead to improved and better Because of the mismatch claim is higher than the IGST equal to the short payment after making required payment ing on account of IGST and refunds, Rs 5,510 crore ITC cash balance as at the reporting transparency in the financial in GSTR-3B and GSTR-1, GST paid on exports, the customs in GSTR-3B of subsequent or IGST towards short-paid ITC (input tax credit). refund by the Centre and Rs date which will provide users operations of local bodies in Network (GSTN), the company department will share the list months so as to ensure that amount, which will be sent to AMRG & Associates Part- 2,502 crore ITC refund by of financial statements with the larger public interest," the handling the IT backbone for of such exporters with GSTN the total IGST refund being the GSTN. ner Rajat Mohan said the cir- States. PTI information for both account- release said. PTI business 13 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 mp Fuel prices fixed by oil cos... ONGC energises Q4 profit by 37% to 17-quarter high Govt has no role: Pradhan NEW DELHI: State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) NEW DELHI: With opposi- price has increased because of on Wednesday reported its tion parties mocking the one a fight between Iran and Amer- highest profit in 17 quarters paisa cut in the prices of petro- ica, America's sanction on Iran after net profit in three-months leum products, Petroleum Min- and Venezuela crisis. We need to March 31, 2018 jumped 37 ister Dharmendra Pradhan on to keep in mind international per cent on back of higher oil Wednesday said the prices are diplomatic challenges when we prices. decided by the oil companies think about energy security," Net profit in the fourth quar- and the government has no he said. ter of 2017-18 at Rs 5,915.12 role in it. Noting both Central and crore, or Rs 4.61 a share, was "Petrol prices were con- state governments have respon- higher than Rs 4,340.18 crore nected to the market a few sibilities for welfare, he said: "Of net in the same period of the years back and daily pricing was the entire money that the Cen- previous fiscal, the company brought in a year back. The gov- tral government collects, 42 per said in a statement. ernment does not fix the price. cent is given to the states as per The company realised "The government used to 14th Finance Commission. Of $66.71 for every barrel of crude CMD Shashi Shanker monitor the price when it used the balance, 60 to 70 per cent oil it produced from nominated to give out subsidy but today goes back through Centrally fields, up from $54.91 a barrel made 12 oil and gas discover- pura. The board of directors of the oil companies are free to sponsored schemes. Develop- it got in January-March 2017. ies in the year, half of them were ONGC recommended a final decide their price as per the ment of the states is a prior- Gas price realisation was also on land. Out of the six onland dividend of Rs 1.35 per share international market. The gov- ity issue." up 15.6 per cent at $2.89 per discoveries, two were monetised (27 per cent). This is in addi- ernment has no role in moni- On Kerala declaring a price million British thermal unit. during the year itself, the state- tion to the interim dividend of toring the price apart from the cut of Re 1 per litre of petrol and ONGC's oil production ment said without giving details. Rs 5.25 per share declared in policy framework," he said. for the last 16 days totalling to paisa!?? If this is your idea of commodity and its prices are diesel from Friday forgoing the declined 3 per cent at 6.2 mil- "In FY18, ONGC has regis- two phases previously. Earlier in the day, Indian Oil Rs 4 per litre. a prank, it is childish and in determined by several factors amount from its tax portion, lion tonnes in the quarter. tered an RRR in excess of 'one' Meanwhile, ONGC) has Corporation (IOC) reduced the The Congress slammed the poor taste. PS: A One paisa cut like quantum of oil production, Pradhan said the state is one of For the full 2017-18 fiscal, for the 12th consecutive year. replaced a government nominee prices of petrol and diesel by one government for "playing a cruel is not a suitable response to the international market and poli- the largest tax collectors. net profit was up 11.4 per cent This reflects ONGC's strong director on board of Hindustan paisa after accidentally showing joke" on the people. #FuelChallenge I threw you last tics, oil companies and the taxes Other states should try to at Rs 19,945 crore. exploratory record over the Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) a fall of 50-60 paisa per litre due "Dear Prime Minister, you week," tweeted Congress chief levied by the Centre and states. reduce fuel prices but each state Turnover in the fourth years," it said. The discoveries with its nominee as it consoli- to a "technical glitch". The minor have cut the price of petrol and Rahul Gandhi. However, Prad- "I have said this (oil) is an has their limitations and priori- quarter rose 5 per cent to Rs were made in Krishna Goda- dates control over the company reduction came after a daily hike diesel today by 1 paisa. One han said oil is an international international commodity. The ties, he said. IANS 27,703.54 crore. The company vari basin, Assam and Tri- it had recently acquired. PTI Balmer Lawrie NSEL: ED conducts clocks highest SBI increases its fixed deposit Aviation ministry to give ever profit in FY18 fresh raids in 5 cities interest rates for select tenures CBI all assistance in NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The undertaking the action. KOLKATA: Balmer Lawrie & Enforcement Directorate on "Some documents have been NEW DELHI: The country’s year deposits will get 7 per cent Co Ltd, a Mini Ratna Category Wednesday conducted fresh recovered during the searches largest lender SBI has increased while senior citizens will earn AirAsia probe: Choubey – I PSE with diversified busi- searches in five cities in con- that are expected to continue its fixed deposit interest rates on 7.5 per cent. SBI has kept inter- ness portfolios, has announced nection with the NSEL money till on Thursday," a senior official select tenures. The range of hike est rates same for the deposits NEW DELHI: The civil avia- results for the quarter and year laundering probe and recovered said. The Enforcement Direc- in the rates starts from 0.05 per above Rs 10 crore. tion ministry on Wednesday ended March 31, 2018. The "some documents", officials said. torate (ED), over the years, has cent (5 bps or basis points) to SBI is aiming to expand said it would fully cooperate Company had yet another year They said the raids, under attached assets valued at over Rs 0.25 per cent (25 bps). The new its fund base further with the and provide all assistance to the of excellent performance and the Prevention of Money Laun- 2,800 crore in this case. interest rates came into effect revised interest rates. The lender CBI in the investigation into the posted the highest ever profits dering Act (PMLA), were being The central probe agency, from May 28. lier. For senior citizens, one-to- had increased deposit rates by alleged violations in the AirAsia in its history. conducted against some of the along with the Economic SBI, in its website, stated two-year deposits will earn 7.15 up to 50 bps or 0.5 per cent in India matter. The total income for the accused defaulters in Delhi, Offences Wing of the Mumbai that it will offer 6.65 per cent per cent interest against 6.9 per February. Last month, private "We are yet to receive for- fourth quarter of the FY 2017- Chandigarh, Ahmedabad Police, had registered a crim- interest on term deposits for cent. FDs between two and three lender HDFC Bank had also mally anything from the CBI. 18 decreased by 3.34 per cent (Gujarat) , Mumbai (Maharash- inal case in 2013 under the one-to-two-year against 6.4 per years will also get 7.15 per cent. increased term deposits rates. We will fully cooperate with and stood at Rs 517.31 crores tra) and Bengaluru (Karnataka). PMLA to probe the National cent earlier. It also mentioned These rates are only for Following the increase, the bank them. We will provide all assis- as compared to the same period The agency, it is understood, Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL), that deposits between two and deposits below one crore. For is offering a flat return of 7 per tance to them in the investi- last year. While the Profit Before has gathered some fresh evi- defaulting firms and others three years will fetch 6.65 per bulk deposits between Rs 1 crore cent on all maturities of over gative process," Civil Aviation Meanwhile, the Tax (PBT) for the quarter ended dence recently and hence is associated with it. PTI cent instead of 6.60 per cent ear- and Rs 10 crore, one-to-two- one year. AGENCIES Secretary R N Choubey said. March 31, 2018 was Rs 116.22 The CBI has filed an FIR carrier’s shares crores, the net profit (PAT) for against AirAsia and other offi- fell by as much as the quarter was Rs 87.95 crores. cials, including Group CEO The gross income of the NCLAT lets Vedanta pay Electrosteel `5,320 cr upfront Tony Fernandes, for allegedly 6.3% to 78 cents in Company stood at Rs 1830.14 trying to manipulate govern- Kuala Lumpur, the crores for the FY18. The net NEW DELHI: The National challenging Vedanta's bid. The bench also clarified that for debt-ridden Electrosteel. for Electrosteel under section 29 ment policies through corrupt income clocked was Rs 1797.10 Company Law Appellate Tri- "During the pendency, if Renaissance Steel wins the Renaissance Steel's resolu- A of the Insolvency and Bank- means to get international lowest level since crores registering a growth of bunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday the parties may act as far the case, then the Committee of tion application was rejected by ruptcy Code as one of Vedanta's licence for AirAsia India. late November 1 per cent in net turnover on allowed Vedanta Ltd to make an approved resolution plan and Creditors (CoC) will have to the CoC of Electrosteel Steels. affiliates in Zambia -- a unit of AirAsia India is a joint ven- the levels achieved in 2016- upfront payment of Rs 5,320 the resolution applicant may return the money to Vedanta. Earlier on May 1, NCLAT its UK-based parent Vedanta ture between Tatas, which owns 17. While the PBT for the year crore to lenders for acquisition deposit the upfront amount to The appellate tribunal also had directed maintaining status Resources Plc -- had been found 51 per cent stake, and Malaysia's for international operations, ended March 31, 2018 increased of Electrosteel Steels. Committee of Creditors sub- reserved its order over Renais- quo in the case pertaining to the guilty of criminal misconduct. AirAsia Berhad. Choubey said, "We do not know by 2.76 per cent to Rs 261.12 A two-member bench also ject to the order of the appeal," sance Steel's petition. sale of the debt-laden firm to Electrosteel owes lenders "The case has been registered what is the scope and nature of crores, the PAT increased by said this payment would be sub- the NCLAT bench headed by On May 17, NCLAT admit- Vedanta Ltd. Renaissance had more than Rs 13,000 crore, of under 120-B (criminal conspir- that investigation." 8.45 per cent and stood at Rs ject to the outcome of the peti- Chairman Justice S J Mukho- ted the petition of Renaissance submitted before the NCLAT which about Rs 5,000 crore is acy) under the IPC and sections Meanwhile, shares of bud- 184.82 crores. MPOST tion filed by Renaissance Steel padhaya said. Steel challenging Vedanta's bid that Vedanta is not eligible to bid to State Bank of India alone. PTI 13(2) read with 13 (1) (d) of the get carrier AirAsia fell to a six- Prevention of Corruption Act. month low on Wednesday after The searches took place at five Indian authorities raided the air- Chinakuri locations in Delhi NCR, Mum- line’s local offices and accused its Amazon India rebrands India is ‘open, flexible’ on Apple... bai and Bengaluru," CBI spokes- boss Tony Fernandes of illegally power plant person R K Gaur said. obtaining operating licences. Currently, AirAsia has a fleet The carrier’s shares fell as groceries unit to take awaiting formal proposal: Prasad to get new life of 18 aircraft and has plans to much as 6.3 per cent to 3.10 start international flights after ringgit (78 cents) in Kuala Lum- NEW DELHI: India is "open KOLKATA: The 30 MW Chi- it has 20 planes. To a query on pur, their lowest level since late on BigBasket, Grofers and flexible" on negotiating nakuri power plant located in whether the case would have an November, before edging back terms with Apple Inc for mak- Asansol is expected to get a new impact on AirAsia India's plans up. PTI NEW DELHI: E-commerce ing iPhones in the country, life after being out of operations giant Amazon is aggressively Union Minister Ravi Shan- for several years. Eastern Coal- MINING R&D ramping up selection for gro- kar Prasad has said, asserting field Limited (ECL) recently cery on its platform and focus- that the tech titan "will not be a invited tender for refurbishment sing on speedier delivery as it loser" if it opts to do so in Asia's and subsequent operations of looks to consolidate its position third-biggest economy. this plant for next twenty years. in the segment against rivals In an interview to PTI, the The tender process was like BigBasket and Grofers. IT minister said: "We are in Ravi Shankar Prasad Tim Cook conducted online through the The competition in the seg- the process of serious engage- of Apple, what they bring to the China in overall mobile sub- e-Tender portal, in which India ment is expected to intensify ment with Apple. Let us await table," Prasad said. scriber base, and had 1.18 bil- Power Corporation Limited (a further as Amazon.in's arch- their response. I can only tell India is not just a large lion users at the end of March Kanoria Foundations company rival, Flipkart is also firm- you, Apple will not be a loser consumer market but can also 2018. having its headquarter in Kol- ing plans to enter the grocery in India (because of the oppor- serve as a strong export hub for The explosion in mobile kata, West Bengal) emerged as segment. tunities it presents)... but let us global mobile phone makers usage has been fuelled by low the lowest cost bidder through As part of its efforts, Ama- wait for the formal proposal." like Apple, he said, adding that tariffs, liberal data allowances the reverse auction process. zon.in has re-branded its 'Ama- He exuded confidence that the government is engaged in and intense competition. Successful conclusion of this zon Now' service to 'Prime India offers a massive domestic discussions with the US-based Apple does not make tender process is expected to NMDC signed a research agreement with Commonwealth Scientific Now' and has invested in chill Jeff Bezos market and export potential for firm on the issue. devices itself and partners result in significant benefits both and Industrial Research organization (CSIRO) Australia for research chain for products like fresh smartphone companies. Apple did not respond to an with contract manufacturers for ECL and the local people. In collaboration in the field of complex iron ore processing by energy fruits, vegetables and dairy. mum conditions for leafy prod- He asserted however that email seeking comments. to handle the capital-intensive addition to having assured sav- efficient dry processing techniques. The agreement was signed by Prime Now, an app-only ucts and dairy products like incentives cannot be doled out Smartphone makers are demands of building factories ings in its power bill, ECL also NMDC Director (Technical) Narendra Kumar Nanda, and CSIRO Group service, is available to custom- curd and paneer," Amazon to one player, to the detriment looking to boost business in and hiring staff. expects to receive yearly lease Leader Keith Vining in the presence of NMDC CMD N Baijendra ers in Bengaluru, Mumbai, India Head (Prime Now) Sid- of another. India - a country of 1.3 billion All Apple devices avail- payment of over Rs. 4.5 cr from Kumar. On this occasion Director (Commercial) T R K Rao, Director New Delhi and Hyderabad. dharth Nambiar said. "Naturally, incentive can- people - as sales in other large able in India are imported, the plant operator. (Production) P K Satpathy, Director (Personnel) Sandeep Tula, and "Prime Now has an He added that the com- not be in a manner that dislo- markets like the US and China except for the iPhone SE that Moreover, plant operations other senior officials were also present expanded selection of over pany has seen strong cus- cates the current players. But stagnate. India is the second is assembled by Wistron in the are expected to create more than 10,000 products... This includes tomer response and quantities we are open and flexible in case largest market globally after country. PTI 150 jobs. MPOST selection across categories like ordered have grown by 90 per fruits and vegetables, grocery, cent monthly since the launch staples, meats, and home and of the 'Now' store. kitchen," Amazon.in said in a Amazon has committed Tough govt rules keep Tesla away from Indian roads: Elon Musk statement. $500 million to its food retail Amazon.in said the venture in India. NEW DELHI: Tesla CEO Elon with 15 years experience at handle replied back to Musk: 10,000 Supercharger stations for orders are fulfilled by Ama- The statement said Amazon Musk said on Wednesday that Ford Motor Company, joined “@elonmusk With respect his company’s electric vehicles zon through the Now Store, India has 15 fulfilment centres he would love to roll out Tesla Tesla Motors as Chief Financial to news reports on launch around the world by 2019 end. supermarkets like Big Bazaar, equipped with temperature- electric cars in India but the Officer in 2010. plans of Tesla in India being He tweeted a global map of Aditya Birla More, and local controlled zones to meet deliv- tough government regulations He holds Bachelors’ and delayed, please note some key the upcoming Supercharger sta- specialty sellers like Licious and ery timelines. have forced him to apply the Masters’ degrees in Materi- clarifications#MakeInIndia”. tions, mainly in Europe, North Pescafresh. Grocery segment accounts brakes on his plans till date. als Engineering from Banaras Tesla was expected to enter America and China but not in Under Amazon's Prime for a significant portion of the “Would love to be in India. Hindu University and North- India with Model 3 that sells for India. Now service, Prime users will unorganised retail segment Some challenging government western University, respectively nearly $35,000. Prime Minister There are at present 1,229 get the benefit of express two- in the country. With people regulations, unfortunately,” and an MBA from Carnegie Narendra Modi visited Tesla Supercharger stations across hour delivery between 6 am to becoming comfortable buying Musk tweeted in a response to Mellon University. headquarters at Palo Alto, Cal- the world, with 9,623 Super- midnight. Same-day and next- even milk and bread online, a Twitter user who wrote “No Ahuja, who works out of ifornia in 2015 and met Musk chargers installed which can day delivery will be available the online grocery segment is Tesla in India” on his Twitter Tesla’s San Carlos headquar- who gave Modi a tour of the charge an electric vehicle in just for other customers in two- projected to witness a strong handle. ters, quit Tesla in 2015, only to company’s electric car plant. 30 minutes (nearly 80 per cent hour slots from 6 am to 12 growth over the next few years “Deepak Ahuja, our CFO, is rejoin it in 2017. “Prime Minister Modi and I capacity). midnight. in India. from India. Tesla will be there as Last year, Musk said Tesla’s talked about electricity genera- Tesla recently confirmed "We have invested in cus- According to a report by soon as he believes we should,” cars could come to India in the tion and how there are ways to that it has produced its tomised infrastructure of ful- Franchise India, the online added Musk, also the SpaceX summer but there was no fur- skip ahead with it as with cell- 300,000th vehicle. There are filment centres (FC) for faster grocery market is expected founder. ther news. Musk later blamed “Maybe I’m misinformed, supply doesn’t yet exist in India phones,” Musk said later. now 212,821 Model S vehicles, deliveries and chill chains to to be Rs 2.7 billion market by Ahuja, a seasoned auto the FDI norms for delay in Tes- but I was told that 30% of parts to support that,” he had tweeted. The Tesla founder on Mon- 71,927 Model X vehicles, and maintain temperatures at opti- 2018-19. PTI industry finance executive la’s entry into the Indian market. must be locally sourced and the The Make in India’s Twitter day revealed plans to install 1,770 Model 3 vehicles. IANS 14 sport mp MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 COURT STAYS SL CRICKET BOARD ELECTION GOPICHAND INAUGURATES HYDERABAD FC PUNE CITY, COACH POPOVIC PART WAYS COLOMBO: The Court of Appeal in Sri Lanka has stopped the HUNTERS’ BADMINTON ACADEMY PUNE: Indian Super League franchise FC Pune City and its head election in the national cricket board, SLC, scheduled for Thurs- HYDERABAD: In the presence of national team coach Pullela coach Ranko Popovic have parted ways. The Serbian manager, day. A three-member Appeals Court bench issued the order Gopichand, around 150 kids from across Telangana took part who guided the team to semi-finals in 2017-18 season, opted to holding up the election until June 14 in response to a petition in a two-day badminton tournament for under 13 boys and call it a day with the Stallions as he is looking for new challeng- filed by Nishantha Ranatunga against the incumbent Thilanga girls in singles and doubles categories as the Hyderabad Hunt- es. The decision was announced by a media release issued by Sumathipala. Ranatunga had claimed Sumathipala was not suit- ers got its academy underway here on Wednesday. The coach the club on Wednesday. He joined the Indian side in September able to hold the SLC president’s position. was present during the inauguration. 2017 and made a lasting impression. Morgan named in England ODI Head, Marsh to lead Australia A squad after finger fracture squads in India Celebrated discus LONDON: England cap- Australia. tain Eoin Morgan has been The Irishman was named MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia included in the one-day inter- on Wednesday in a 13-man (CA) on Wednesday named Tra- national squad for matches squad to travel to Edinburgh vis Head and Mitchell Marsh as thrower Gowda retires against Scotland and Australia and then one of 14 against Aus- leaders of Australia A sides tour- despite suffering a fractured tralia in a series starting at The ing India for a triangular ODI NEW DELHI: Top discus finger. Oval on June 13. series, also involving South Africa thrower Vikas Gowda on Morgan was ruled out of Sam Billings will be A and two four-day matches in Wednesday retired after com- his scheduled appearance for included against Scotland to August-September. peting at the highest level for the Rest of the World against deputise for wicketkeeper Jos Head will lead the one-day more than 15 years, during the West Indies in a Twenty20 Buttler, and seamer Tom Cur- team, while Marsh has been which he became the first and fixture at Lord’s on Thursday ran will bolster the squad by named the captain of the four- only Indian male to win Com- after chipping the end of his one when he is added to the day team that will take on India A monwealth Games medals in right ring finger. ranks to face Australia. in two four-day matches. the discipline. Morgan’s county Middle- This will be the first time The squads with Alex Carey as The retirement of the sex confirmed he suffered the England have played in Scot- the vice-captain and first-choice four-time Olympian, who injury when he was fielding land since May 2014, when wicket-keeper in both have a fair will turn 35 on July 5, has not during the Royal London One- aged by hurricanes last year. they defeated the hosts by 39 sprinkling of Australia interna- come as a surprise as he has Day Cup match against Som- But while he won’t be able runs in Aberdeen. tionals and, apart from Carey and not taken part in any major erset on Sunday. The batsman to play in that match, Mor- England, currently number Head, Ashton Agar, Peter Hand- international event since win- was set to captain the World XI gan — England’s limited-overs one in the ODI world rankings, scomb, Usman Khawaja, Michael ning a bronze in the Asian in a game which is being held skipper — will take charge on defeated Australia 4-1 in a five- Neser, Matt Renshaw, Mitchell Championships last year in to raise funds for stadiums in June 10 against Scotland and match series held in Australia Swepson and Chris Tremain fea- Bhubaneswar. Dominica and Anguilla dam- then in five matches against in January. AGENCIES ture in both line-ups. His retirement was announced by the Athlet- Just six of the ics Federation of India on its players across the twitter page after Gowda sent best Champ! @g_rajaraman Championships. some time. He did not take ICC World XI set to face Windies the AFI a letter, declaring his @PTI_News @kaypeem @ He also won silver in the part in the recent Common- two sides have never intent to call it quits. IndiaSports @Ra_THORe @ 2010 Commonwealth Games wealth Games as the AFI had LONDON: A galaxy of for- see some high-quality cricket aged Nepal leg-spinner Sand- played international His retirement was Media_SAI,” AFI tweeted. and a gold in the 2014 Glasgow made a strict rule that those mer and current stars will be on Thursday,” Afridi said on eep Lamichhane. cricket announced by the Athlet- The Mysore-born Gowda’s CWG. In the Asian Games, he who do not take part in the in action at the iconic Lord’s on Twitter. Pandya has also opted out ics Federation of India on its family moved to Maryland, won a bronze in 2010 and a sil- national championships, Thursday to play an exhibition The World XI side, in since then, to be replaced by Twitter page after Gowda sent USA just before he turned six. ver in 2014. which serve as selection tri- match between the ICC World fact, has had more than a few countrymate Mohammed Just six of the players across the AFI a letter, declaring his His father Shive was a former He took part in the 2004, als, will not be allowed to par- XI and the West Indies and help changes since being formally Shami, who has also been the two sides have never played intent to call it quits. athlete and a national coach at 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olym- ticipate in the multi-sporting raise funds for the refurbish- announced. swapped with Tymal Mills, international cricket — Marnus “@vikgo70 Vikas Gowda, the 1988 Olympics. pics. Of the three, he was able events. ment of five cricket stadia in Morgan was the first name while Sam Billings has filled in Labuschagne, Jack Wildermuth, #India’s greatest discuss Gowda, who holds the to reach the final round only Even for the Asian Cham- the Caribbean that were dam- announced, followed by those for Morgan. Brendan Doggett, Swepson, Kurtis thrower, Olympian, CWG2014 national record of 66.28m in the 2012 London Games. pionships last year, he was told aged by Hurricanes Irma and of Afridi, his compatriot Shoaib English cricketers Adil Patterson and Neser, who earned a gold medallist retires from (achieved in 2012), is one of His retirement came just a to come to Bhubaneswar all Maria in 2017. Malik and Thisara Perera, the Rashid and Sam Curran have maiden national call-up on Tues- Athletics. Thanks, Vikas for the most decorated Indian few months before the Asian the way from the US prior to Former Pakistan skipper Sri Lanka T20I captain. also been late additions to the day as Josh Hazlewood’s replace- serving Indian athletics & tak- athletes, having won a gold Games in Indonesia but he the event, to take part in the Shahid Afridi has finally been Next came Rashid Khan, 13-man squad. ment for the limited-overs tour ing it to great heights. All the in the 2013 and 2015 Asian has been on the wane for selection trial. AGENCIES named to lead the World XI the Afghan leg-spin super- The squad still wears an of England. after England’s limited overs star, and Bangladesh stalwarts extremely strong look. Commenting on the leader- captain Eoin Morgan sus- Shakib-al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, Billings, Karthik, ship group for the tour Trevor IOA finalises Torch Relay tained a broken finger during Iqbal, followed by Indians Ronchi and Malik, with Afridi Hohns, the national selector, World Cup: Salah likely a domestic match. Dinesh Karthik and Hardik and Perera providing excellent said: “We’re looking for leaders details with Asiad organisers “It’s a great honour to be Pandya and New Zealand- options for a late burst, makes for future Australian teams, and leading the ICC World XI side, ers Luke Ronchi and Mitchell for a mouth-watering batting Travis, Mitch and Alex are all very NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association to be out for a month that too for such a good cause. McClenaghan. line-up. impressive young men.” (IOA) and a seven-member delegation from the I’m sure all the players from That completed the XI, Karthik, Ronchi and Bill- “Travis and Mitch both have Indonesia Asian Games Organising Committee either side are looking forward but Shakib opted out because ings are all wicket-keeping can- captaincy experience at state level, to the match with great enthu- of personal reasons and was didates, while in McClenaghan, and this is an exciting opportu- on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Under- siasm and people will get to replaced by the exciting teen- Curran and Mills, there’s a nity for them to lead a new group standing (MoU) and finalised the details for the good pace department. of players in different conditions. commencement of the Torch Relay. The Torch The Executive Engineer(A-I) Midnapore(A-I) Division, But the most exciting is Alex, as our Twenty20 vice-cap- Relay for the 18th edition of the Games will be Narampur, Paschim Medinipur, invites online Tenders perhaps the spin attack, or the tain in the UK and Zimbabwe, is leg-spin attack, with the two also someone we rate very highly held on July 15 at the Major Dhyan Chand Na- on behalf of the Governor of West Bengal for different Rashids and Lamichhane all as a leader, and this is another tional Stadium here where the permanent flame works as per Tender ref. No. WBWRDD/EE(AI)/ available for selection, not to opportunity for him to develop of the Asian Games is located. AGENCIES MD/eNIT-2/2018-19(Sl.No.1 to 6), Id No. 2018_ forget Afridi himself. AGENCIES those skills,” he added. AGENCIES WRDD_173796_1 to 6. Details will be available from website: http://wbtenders.gov.in. PKL auctions: Sd/- Executive Engineer(A-I) Iranian Atrachali Midnapore(A-I) Division costliest buy ever MUMBAI: After bagging Fazel Atrachali for a whop- ping Rs 1 crore, making him the costliest buy in the history of the league, Pro Kabaddi League franchise U Mumba continued to bank on Iranian talents as the side bought Abofazl Maghsod- louemahali and Hadi Tajik in the foreign players’ auction here on Wednesday. Iranian defender Atrach- ali, having a base price of Rs 30 lakh, sparked off a bidding LONDON: In a body blow by Real Madrid defender Ser- war between Jaipur Pink Pan- for Egypt and their star striker gio Ramos in the first half of thers and the Mumbai-based Mohamed Salah, Liverpool’s the Champions League final in franchise. physio has said that the player Kiev. He left the ground in tears However, it was the latter faced three to four weeks out as Liverpool lost 1-3. who bagged Atrachali. with the shoulder injury suf- Coach Jurgen Klopp Government of West Bengal, Gujarat Fortunegiants fered in the UEFA Champions described the injury as a “really Office of the District Magistrate, had the option to retain the League final. serious injury,” but the Egyptian Iranian but they declined to “He (Salah) is sad about Football Federation said it was Darjeeling exercise the Final Bid Match what happened but is totally optimistic that he will be ready District Planning Section option. With this purchase, focused on recovery, seeing for their World Cup opener Abridged E-Tender Notice the Iranian also surpassed when he can be ready,” physio against Uruguay on June 15. Nitin Tomar, who was till Ruben Pons told Marca. Egypt take on hosts Rus- 1) E-NIT. No. 01/PLAN/DARJ/2018-19 Dt 29.05.2018 now the costliest buy in the “In principle it will be sia, on June 19, and Saudi Ara- league after being bagged between three and four weeks, bia, on June 25, in Group A. For the above mentioned e-NIT the last date of by UP Yoddhas for Rs 93 lakh but we will try to reduce those Salah has travelled to Spain to submission of bid online is 12.06.2018 upto 6.00 in the previous year’s auc- dates — that’s the big goal.” undergo treatment, the Egyp- AGENCIES AGENCIES PM. For details log in at www.darjeeling.gov.in tions. Salah was hacked down tian federation said. Sd/- District Magistrate Sunil bhai and I complement Darjeeling each other well, says Jeje MUMBAI: India striker Jeje Lalpekhlua on (Singh), Alen (Deory), Manvir (Singh) are all Wednesday said he and skipper Sunil Chhetri ready to give it a shot. We all are confident to complement each other well upfront whenever shoulder the responsibility and deliver when they turn up for the national side. the situation demands,” he said. The Mizo striker, who is enjoying a dream India play Chinese Taipei in the tourna- run of form scoring goals on a regular basis at ment opener at the Mumbai Football Arena the domestic and the international level, made on Friday. special mention of his partnership with Chhe- The 2016 AIFF Player of the Year also said tri during India’s preparatory camp here ahead that he has learnt a lot from the ups and downs of the Hero Intercontinental Cup. in his life since his international debut against “Sunil bhai is most senior amongst us and Chinese Taipei in 2011. he leads us by example. But, what I would like “It has been a long journey for me since to say is that we work cohesively as a complete 2011. I have learnt so many things. I was going unit. We complement each other on the field to through a rough phase after the knee injury. get the job done,” Lalpekhlua said. I was struggling and was hardly getting an Lalpekhlua, who is three matches short opportunity to prove myself,” Lalpekhlua said. of 50 International caps for India, added that “As a striker you need to grab the opportu- everyone in the team is willing to share the bur- nity and also need the backing of your coach. den and carry the responsibility. That helps you to improve as a player and gives “It’s not only me and Sunil bhai. Balwant you confidence.” AGENCIES sport 15 MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 mp Usain Bolt trains at Peru beat Scotland in Djokovic reaches third Norwegian football club international OSLO: Multiple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is friendly training with Norwegian top- round, Halep wins opener flight side Stromsgodset as he LIMA: Peru defeated Scotland pursues his dream of becom- 2-0 in an international friendly ing a professional footballer, ahead of the 2018 FIFA World PARIS: Former champion newspaper Verdens Gang Cup, stretching their unde- Novak Djokovic reached the reported on Wednesday. feated streak to 13 games. French Open third round for The 31-year-old Jamaican, In the Estadio Nacio- the 13th consecutive year by who retired from athletics nal here crammed with beating Spanish qualifier Jaume after winning eight Olym- about 45,000 football fans on Munar 7-6 (7/1) 6-4 6-4 on pic gold medals, is a soccer Tuesday night, Peru demon- Wednesday, while women’s top fanatic and trained with the strated rhythm and strength seed Simona Halep battled to club in Drammen, some 40 against a disciplined but infe- victory in her opening match. km south-west of Oslo, earlier rior Scotland, with goals from Djokovic, the 2016 Roland on Wednesday. Christian Cueva and Jeffer- Garros champion and former He also hopes to play some son Farfan, reports EFE news world number one, is seeded part in a friendly against the agency. 20 this year after struggling to club’s Under-19 side. The team coached by rediscover his best form after “I want to try to get better, Ricardo Gareca was formida- returning from a right elbow to work as hard as I can, play ble enough despite the absence injury. as much as I can. of captain and striker, Paolo He wasn’t at his best on “Maybe a club will see Guerrero, and was armed with Court Suzanne Lenglen, but something and decide to give during his time at the club coming to try out and that good offensive strategy. goes on to face Spain’s Roberto me a chance,” said Bolt, who and added that he may get a he was damn fast — the The Peruvians had their Bautista Agut for a place in the hung up his spikes after last chance to play in a game to door opened, and Bolt came first chance to score a goal at last 16. year’s world championships show what he can do. in. It was a shock for them, 5 minutes, with a free kick by The Serbian 12-time Grand in London. The Stromsgodset play- they couldn’t believe it,” Flo Cueva that was sent to the cor- Slam champion fired 39 winners Stromsgodset sporting ers were surprised to find the added. ner by Scottish goalkeeper Jor- but 33 unforced errors and was director Jostein Flo said Bolt world’s fastest man in their Manchester United fan dan Archer. broken three times by Munar, Simona Halep after defeating Alison Riske at the Roland Garros stadium on Wednesday AP/PTI was given shirt number 9.58 dressing room on Wednes- Bolt also trained with Bunds- From that moment on, the world 155. — his world record time for day, Flo said. liga club Borussia Dortmund it was 20 minutes of abso- “I am very happy to be here World number one Halep “I think I’ll be ready tomor- Ukrainian fourth seed Elina the 100 metres — to wear “We told them a player was in March. AGENCIES lute dominance by the home on Suzanne Lenglen and see so fought back after a disastrous row, I feel strong in my legs,” Svitolina reached the last 32 team who waited for the right many people and see the sup- opening set to beat American said the top seed. for the fourth straight year by moment to break through the port,” said Djokovic. Alison Riske 2-6 6-1 6-1 in their “Anything can happen with brushing aside Viktoria Kuz- BCCI set to Spanish squad trains rigid defensive scheme of the “Jaume is a great player, he delayed first-round match. the rain so all we can do is rest mova in straight sets. Scots. By the 25th minute, has lots of quality and good con- Halep, the runner-up in and try to be at our best when The 23-year-old, who without Monreal the Peruvians retreated a few centration. I congratulate him Paris in 2014 and 2017, slumped we step on the court.” Halep arrived in Paris having won her increase selectors’, meters and chose to make some on a great match today.” Bau- 0-5 down in the opening set to needs to reach the semi-finals second straight Italian Open MADRID: Spain’s national football long passes to Farfan, which, tista Agut, the 13th seed, saw off world number 83 Riske whose or better if she is to retain the title, saw off her Slovakian team on Wednesday completed their however, did not result in much Colombian qualifier Santiago only win at the tournament world top spot. opponent 6-3 6-4. umpires’ salaries third session in the pre-World Cup except for a weak shot from the Giraldo 6-4 7-5 6-3, but Czech came in 2014. Eighth seed Petra Kvitova Svitolina, a two-time quar- training camp without defender Na- forward that reached the hands 17th seed Tomas Berdych lost The Romanian commit- eased into the third round with ter-finalist at Roland Garros, NEW DELHI: The BCCI has decided to reward of Archer. a rain-interrupted first-round ted 16 unforced errors in the a 6-0 6-4 victory over Spain’s will next take on Romanian 31st the three national selectors with increased cho Monreal, absent due to muscle When Scotland had loos- match to home hope Jeremy set but stepped up a gear from Lara Arruabarrena on Court seed Mihaela Buzarnescu. remuneration besides doubling the fees of pains. Monreal’s fellow defender ened up a bit and made some Chardy on the showpiece Court that point on to book a second- One. Elsewhere, charismatic Jap- umpires, scorers and video analysts. Dani Carvajal was also absent from timid offensive attempts, Peru Philippe Chatrier 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 round match against Taylor The two-time Wimbledon anese 21st seed Naomi Osaka The decision was taken by the Cricket Oper- training as he recovers from a mus- responded in depth with Far- (10/8) 1-6 5-7 6-2. Townsend of the United States. champion has now won 13 con- came through a tight match ations wing of BCCI headed by Saba Karim cle injury suffered with Real Madrid fan anticipating Archer, but his The unlikely adventure of “It’s always difficult in the secutive matches on clay after with Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas and the COA also feels that chief selector MSK goal-shot was blocked with an Argentinian world number 190 first round of a Grand Slam, you claiming titles in Prague and 6-4 7-5. Prasad and company should be rewarded for during the Champions League final arm by Scott McKenna lead- Marco Trungelliti, who became are always nervous,” said Halep. Madrid, and will face Estonia’s The 20-year-old Osaka is their services. on Saturday, reports Efe. Monreal ing to a penalty. Cueva finally the eighth lucky loser in the The 26-year-old, who is still 25th seed Anett Kontaveit for a seeded for the first time at a Interestingly, BCCI treasurer Aniruddh was unable to train normally with scored a penalty shot at 37 draw after driving back to Paris looking for a first Grand Slam place in the last 16. major tournament, having lifted Chaudhry is not aware about the remunera- the rest of his teammates due to minutes thereby opening the from Barcelona, came to an end title, will play for the second Czech Kvitova, 28, has not the prestigious Indian Wells title tion hike. scoreboard in favour of the as he lost 6-1 7-6 (7/1) 6-1 to straight day tomorrow, after the reached the quarter-finals at earlier this year before beating As of now, chairman gets Rs 80 lakh per pains he felt after Tuesday’s training Peruvians and amid the excite- Italian Marco Cecchinato in the match with Riske was pushed Roland Garros since a run to Serena Williams in Miami the annum while other selectors get Rs 60 lakh. session. AGENCIES ment of fans. AGENCIES second round. back from Tuesday due to rain. the last four in 2012. following week. AGENCIES The decision to increase the remuneration was taken as two ousted selectors Gagan Khoda and Lahiri looks at the millenniumpost.in Jatin Paranjpe are drawing the same salary as millenniumpo NO H ALFst TR U THS Devang Gandhi and Sarandeep Singh. Messi warms up for World Cup “Since selectors can be only appointed in Memorial with CHANGE OF NAME AGMs, Jatin and Gagan despite not rendering I, Puja Choudhury, D/o services are drawing a fat salary as per norms. with hat-trick against Haiti fond memories This is being unfair to Devang and Sarandeep, Naresh Kumar Choudhury, who are criscrossing the country,” a senior BUENOS AIRES: Lionel Messi and lot of hopes R/o 637, Dakshindari BCCI official said. warmed up for next month’s FIFA Road, 16C Brijdham It is expected that chairman will get some- World Cup with a hat-trick as he DUBLIN: Anirban Lahiri, who Housing Complex, thing in the range of Rs 1 crore while the two inspired Argentina to a morale- achieved his career-best result Kolkata-700048, that others will get anything between Rs 75 to 80 boosting 4-0 win over Haiti in a pre- at the Memorial last year by fin- I mother and natural lakh. tournament friendly here. ishing tied-2nd, returns to the gurdain of my minor son The BCCI has also decided to double the Messi scored a quickfire second- event with a lot of hope and Mayank Choudhury date match duty fees of domestic match referees, half double (58th and 68th minutes) expectations. of birth 05.01.2010. I umpires, scorers and video analysts after a gap to add to a first-half (17th minute) The 30-year-old Indian, who of six years. The recommendation for a hike in penalty, before setting up substitute has fallen outside of top-100 for have changed my son’s fees was made by the Cricket Operations Divi- Sergio Aguero (69th) as Jorge Sam- the first time in four years, has name from Mayank sion headed by Karim in consultation with the paoli’s side hammered the Carib- been paired with Kevin Streel- Choudhury to Mayank CoA during a meeting on April 12. bean minnows in their final phase man and Jamie Lovemark in the Jhunjhunwala for all future However, treasurer Chaudhary has not been of preparations for the showpiece morning wave. Young Shubhan- purposes. kept in loop regarding any of these financial event. With this hat-trick, the FC kar Sharma, who has been mak- decisions. “I can remember that Aniruddh had Barcelona talisman took his inter- ing an attempt to get onto the e-Tender Notice suggested a substantial hike during a finance national tally to 64 goals in 124 PGA Tour, will make his maiden e- Tender is invited by the undersigned vide Tender Id-2018_ committee meeting last year but I don’t think appearances. appearance at the storied event. WBPWD_173930_1 (N/W:Installation of AC machines he has been kept in loop this time,” a senior The Albicelestes, who are two- win came against a side that has not Mascherano joined Javier Zanetti Sharma has been paired with & electrical works at the office of the AD, ARD at SAHC, BCCI official said on conditions of anonymity. time world champions, had strug- qualified for the World Cup. as Argentina’s most capped player Trey Mullinax and Andrew Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur — Electrical Installation As per the revised pay structure, an umpire gled throughout the qualifying Haiti could not even register a with 143 international appearances. Dorn in the afternoon session. Works.). Last date of Submission: 07/06/2018,10:30 A.M. will now get Rs 40, 000 per day for a first class, campaign but the thoroughly dom- shot at the goal in the whole match. “I have no doubt that we are The tournament is one of Information in details will be available from the website: three day or 50 over game compared to the ear- inating display here should boost It was a night of celebration for going to grow, we have time, this the most significant ones in the http://etender.wb.nic.in. Corrigendum notice(s) of this tender lier Rs 20,000. AGENCIES their confidence even though the another Barcelona star as Javier team is going to take shape”. AGENCIES season as Jack Nicklaus hosts if any, will only be published in the above website. the event. Virtually all top stars Executive Engineer, including World No. 1 Justin P.W.D, Dakshin Dinajpur Electrical Division Goalkeeper Neuer Thomas, No. 2 Dustin Johnson, Australia ball-tampering penalties Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and participates in Phil Mickelson are in the field as is Tiger Woods, a multiple win- Germany training ner here. Lahiri, speaking about are extreme, says Shane Watson Nicklaus, said, “He’s very, very BERLIN: Germany goalkeeper approachable, more so than I DUBAI: The punishments and the reprimands that have tralia coach Justin Langer as tasked with drafting a charter Manuel Neuer on Wednesday would have thought. The first slapped on Australian crick- happened in the past,” Watson the “right-man” to rebuild the of behaviour in the wake of took part in his national foot- couple of times, it’s hard to talk eters Steve Smith, David War- said at a news conference in team. the scandal in South Africa. ball team’s training session because you’re in the presence ner and Cameron Bancroft for Dubai. “They’ve paid a heavy “He is certainly going to All-rounder Watson signed ahead of a pre-World Cup of greatness. It was nice of him their roles in a ball-tampering price, there is no question, and make sure the Aussies are on a contract on Tuesday to play friendly against Austria. to extend me membership at the scandal were extreme, former when they come back they will the right track,” said Watson, for Karachians in a 10-over On Monday, the goalkeeper Bear’s Club, which is not exactly Australia international Shane be doing everything they can who retired from international format league in the United played 30 minutes in a friendly easy to come by. I remember Watson said on Tuesday. to try and repay people for the cricket in 2016. The Austra- Arab Emirates (UAE) later this against the U-20s team that writing a letter to him. Smith and Warner are serv- mistakes they made.” lian team heads to England year, days after hitting a Man- was held behind closed doors, “I never thought, growing ing year-long bans for their Former Australia inter- next month for a tour which of-the-Match winning century reports Efe. up, that I’d get to share that kind part in the Cape Town scan- national and spin-bowling includes five one-day interna- for the Chennai Super Kings Goalkeeping coach Andreas of relationship with him. This is dal in March, while Bancroft great Shane Warne has said tionals and a Twenty20 match. in the Indian Premier League Kopke said he believed noth- one of my favourite tournaments got a nine-month suspension. the punishments on the trio Watson ruled out a return (IPL) final. ing could prevent Neuer from and the course is one my favou- Smith has also been banned were overly harsh. The scandal to international cricket and Watson said he will play reappearing in Saturday’s rite ones,” Lahiri added. AGENCIES from taking on any leadership outraged fans and the incident said that new players should grade cricket in Australia with friendly against Austria, as position for an additional 12 drew criticism from Austra- be given the opportunity. Sutherland later in September he is fit after being sidelined months and Warner will not lian Prime Minister Malcolm He added that he was open before returning to the UAE for eight months due to a foot be allowed to serve in a lead- Turnbull. to a mentoring role with the for the 10-over league and that injury. ership position again. Watson said there was Australia team but was not he expected to play in the next Neuer has completed his “It is an extreme penalty no question that the players interested in going on tour. Big Bash League which starts recovery process and the for what they did compared to “made a huge error of judg- Cricket Australia this month in December and the IPL next upcoming friendly will be his the bans that have happened ment” and backed new Aus- appointed Watson to a panel season. AGENCIES last chance to play before coach Joachim Low announces the final list for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Real Kashmir FC qualifies for I-League Low will have to exclude one of the four goal- BENGALURU: Real Kashmir FC on delivered a free-kick into the box, but keepers recalled in the provi- Wednesday secured promotion to the Pawan Pratap Singh was unable to hit the sional list. I-League, having clinched the 2nd Divi- target with his header. The national coach warned sion League title beating Hindustan FC That proved to be a costly miss as Real that Neuer would only 3-2 here. Kashmir took the lead five minutes later go to Russia as a starter, but David Robertson’s side only needed a through Ifham, who collected a pass from if the goalkeeper is excluded, point to win the title and promotion on Danish before calmly slotting past Mit- Barcelona’s Marc-Andre ter the final day of the 2nd Division League hun Samonto. Stegen will be the starting season. Hindustan FC then came close to lev- goalie. Real Kashmir scored through Ifham elling matters in the 28th minute when Germany, which competes Tariq Mir (22nd minute), Danish Farooq Loveday Enyinnaya lost possession inside in Group F along with Mex- (42’) and Nadong Bhutia (67’) while a house on fire as they took the game to the box, but Kushant’s shot went wide of ico, Sweden and South Korea, Kushant Chauhan (34’ & 80’) was on Real Kashmir. the target. Kushant, however, redeemed is to start defending the World target for Hindustan FC. Hindustan FC created the first threat himself by scoring the equaliser in the Cup title on June 17 against the Hindustan FC started the match like in the 17th minute when Nikhil Gehlot 34th minute. AGENCIES Mexican side. AGENCIES 16 mp Entertainment MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 31 May, 2018 Shah sees cinema halls in museums in future

MUMBAI: Veteran actor Nas- where you sat on wooden seats eeruddin Shah says that the I won’t be and used to buy 40 paise tick- future will be all about comput- around to see it, ets and watch the movie from ers and web, and that within 50 the first row. “I have been very years, cinema halls will only be but I really miss fascinated by director Qaushiq in museums. the thrill of going Mukherjee’s films. I think he is “The future comprises the pretty unique filmmaker. “The computer and web. I think to a crowded first film of Qaushiq Mukher- within 50 years, cinema halls will cinema and jee that I saw was Tasher Desh, only be in museums,” Naseerud- in which my son acted and the din said in a statement. watching a movie way he has shot the play by Rabi- “And people from that time ndrath Tagore is a completely would be in awe that thousands heads. unique take on it. came together to watch a film. “I won’t be around to see I have also seen Ludo and It’s a tragedy, films are a com- it, but I really miss the thrill of Garbage, which I cannot say are munal experience, more and going to a crowded cinema and perfect movies, but what he is more of it is becoming personal.” watching a movie, immaterial attempting to do is to find new He joked that maybe in 100 if the seats were comfortable cinema language. I was very years, children will be born with or not. I grew up in places like interested to see what he would telephones implanted in their Meerut, Alibaug and Nanital, do with an action thriller”. IANS

Clarke praises GoT for BALANCE OF NUDITY Praising GoT for showing both male and female nudity, she Clarke recalled a moment in which her expressed her love interests strip for the camera delight that so many women are ctor Emilia Clarke make people feel bad. It’s too fans of ‘Game Of Morgan demands immediate has praised ‘Game fabulous.” Of Thrones’ for its She went on to praise the Thrones’ – which balance of male and show’s equal amounts of male she believes is apology from CNN femaleA nudity. and female nudity by recall- She has starred as the pow- ing one moment which saw due to its gender- LOS ANGELES: Morgan Free- the report, Freeman’s Rev- erful Daenerys Targaryen on another of her love interests man’s lawyer has demanded an elations Entertainment co- the hit HBO series for seven strip for the camera. Her com- balanced story immediate retraction and an founder Lori McCreary, has years. In an interview to US ments come amid a time of apology from CNN for a report rebutted the story. “CNN also Glamour, Clarke revealed why unrest in Hollywood. in which multiple women needs to retract the portions she thinks ‘Game Of Thrones’ Reflecting on this, Clarke accused the veteran actor of of the story that concern Lori is so popular with both men expressed her delight that sexual harassment and inap- McCreary and apologize to her and women, amid the indus- so many women are fans of propriate behaviour. try’s recent inequality scandal, “Game Of Thrones” – which In a letter sent to the media Freeman’s lawyer reports dailymail.co.uk. she believes is due to its gender- house, Freeman’s lawyer Robert The actor, 31, praised the balanced story lines. Schwartz said the report was a sent a letter to series for showing both male IANS product of a “year-long witch CNN asking to and female nudity – and hunt” against the 80-year-old claimed the show’s depic- that has caused damage to his apologise for the tion of power struggles is reputation and career. damage caused to what makes it so appealing “At a minimum, CNN to women. Clarke reflected immediately needs to issue his reputation on why her love interest Khal a retraction and apologize to Drogo was not exposed on- Mr. Freeman through the same for defaming and injuring her,” screen, while her character channels, and with the same it added. It also claimed that stripped fully naked. level of attention, that it used to CNN reporter Chloe Melas, First joking of her co-star unjustly attack him on May 24,” one of the co-authors of the Jason Mamoa’s manhood, she read the 10-page letter obtained report, misinterpreted Free- said: “Oh, I did. I saw his mem- by The Hollywood Reporter. man’s remarks to her during a ber, but it was covered in a pink The letter also claims that press junket for his film Going fluffy sock. Showing it would one of the women named in In Style. PTI Hanks wanted to make cameo Olivia Munn was unconvinced she could become ctor Olivia Munn says she was introduction of the character, so it’s in ‘Solo: A Stars Wars Story’ not convinced she was suited to going to be a smaller part and for this do action roles until she starred movie...’ She told: “I sort of didn’t realise inA X-Men: Apocalypse. that I would have to do so much train- The 37-year-old starred as Psylocke ing for it until I got there and I realised ACTION STAR in the 2016 superhero film, and Munn that my stunt double, who had never said the experience has given her a thirst been a stunt double before”. for more action roles, reports female- “And I said, ‘Well, that’s cool as long Munn, who was first.co.uk. as you could just have a fight scene’. And starred as Psylocke in “I really didn’t realise how much I to me, I grew up loving her so I know loved doing it until I actually was train- that they really didn’t do her justice the 2016 superhero ing for X-Men,” Munn said,when asked the first time that she was introduced”. film, believes that the what attracts her to do action parts. And I’d watched it and I She added: “When I signed was like, ‘This is stu- experience has given on for X-Men, I wasn’t sure if pid’. The first time I her a thirst for more I wanted to do it and I was saw it, I thought, talking to (screenwriter) ‘You have to give action roles Simon Kinberg, and he her more,’ “And was like, ‘This is the so then, since I have a background in martial arts and gymnastics and I cared so much about the fight scene for the character, I started training every day”. However, Munn did not initially appre- LONDON: Director Ron Howard has ciate just how much revealed Hollywood star Tom Hanks hard work was needed wanted to make a special to star in an action appearance in Solo: A Star film. IANS Wars Story. The 61-year-old vet- eran star was interested in playing a Stormtrooper in the recently released Han Solo stand-alone. “Tom Hanks was interested in being a Stormtrooper. It would have been great. He was shooting and he just couldn’t get there. But now that Lucasfilm knows that Tom Hanks is interested, I’m sure they’ll work it out some day,” Howard told news website JOE.ie. Hanks has previously worked with How- ard in Splash, Apollo 13 and the Da Vinci Code trilogy. In the past, James Bond star Daniel Craig made a as Stormtrooper cameo on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Star Wars: The Last Jedi was suppose to have cameos by Prince Harry and William and actor Tom Hardy all disguised as Storm- troopers, but unfortunately the appearances had to be chopped from the final cut. PTI