millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 SUNDAY millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 347 | Sunday, 24 December, 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 NATION PAGE 4 BEACON PAGE 9 AFTER RECENT ILLEGAL BUILDING NIRMALA HOLDS TALKS WITH RUSSIAN REGHU: THE SENTIMENT COLLAPSES, KMC TALKS TOUGH Dy PM TO BOOST DEFENCE TIES OF SENTIENCE BORN IN POVERTY & IN A ‘LOW’ CASTE, LALUJI SHOOK THE ESTABLISHMENT; THAT WAS THE ‘SCAM’ & HE IS PAYING THE PRICE: TEJASHWI ‘Truth will win in the end,’ tweets Lalu after conviction DHIRENDRA KUMAR Janata Party (BJP), which is Union Minister JP Nadda said, in power both at the Centre “Instead of accepting the ver- ED chargesheets daughter Misa & her hubby NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata and in the states of Bihar and dict, Lalu is politicising the Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, Jharkhand, saying that the ‘sly’ issue… just to deviate by level- NEW DELHI: The En- chased using INR 1.2 crore who was hopeful of a ‘2G-like BJP is playing a dirty game to ing allegations of conspiracy on forcement Directorate involved in money launder- acquittal’, was convicted in yet cover up its own scams and jum- the BJP. The alliance between (ED) on Saturday filed a ing in the year 2008-09,” another fodder case by a special lebaji by spoiling public per- the Congress and RJD is an alli- chargesheet against Rash- the ED alleged. CBI court in Ranchi on Satur- ceptions about leaders of the ance of corruption, connivance triya Janata Dal (RJD) chief The agency had also day. The quantum of punish- Opposition parties to get votes. and cheating the people of India. Lalu Prasad’s daughter conducted raids at this ment in the case, which relates Comparing himself with It is clear from the verdict of Misa Bharti and her hus- location and few others in to embezzling of more than Rs South African anti-apartheid the court.” band in a money launder- July as part of its probe 89 lakh from the Deoghar Trea- icon Nelson Mandela and anti- Defending his father and sury between 1991 and 1994, caste movement messiah Dr B appealing to party members ing case. ED counsel Nitesh against two brothers, will be announced on January R Ambedkar, Lalu, in a series to maintain peace, RJD leader Rana filed the charge sheet before the Surendra Kumar Jain and Virendra 3, 2018. of tweets, said, “Had people like and former Bihar Deputy Chief court of Special Judge N K Malhotra. Jain, and others who have been al- Besides Lalu, 15 others were Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther Minister Tejashwi Yadav said, The probe agency had earlier at- leged to have laundered several crore pronounced guilty in the case King, Baba Saheb Ambedkar “Laluji was born in poverty and tached a Delhi farmhouse in connection rupees using shell companies. The Jain while six were acquitted, includ- failed in their efforts, history in a ‘low’ caste. He shook the with its money laundering probe against brothers were arrested by the ED under ing former Bihar CM Jagannath would have treated them as vil- foundations of the established Bharti and her husband, Shailesh Kumar. the PMLA. Mishra. According to RJD lead- lains. They still are villains for forces with his firepower. That The farmhouse, located at 26, Palam It had also arrested a chartered ers, the party will challenge the the biased, racist and casteist was, in reality, the biggest ‘scam’, Farms in south Delhi’s Bijwasan area, accountant, Rajesh Agrawal, who special CBI court order in the minds. No one should expect the consequences of which are Lalu Prasad is now prisoner no 3,351 at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Jail. was attached provisionally under the mediated and provided a cash amount High Court. any different treatment.” being borne by him.” Comment- Immediately after the pro- He has been allotted a 10x12 ft room and allowed to watch only “The truth is standing ing on the verdict, senior Con- Prevention of Money Laundering Act of “Rs 90 lakh to the Jain brothers in nouncement of the verdict, Lalu Doordarshan on TV set provided to him. He has been given a wooden against people who have made gress leader Manish Tewari said, (PMLA). advance so as to invest in Ms Mishail Prasad and the other convicts bed with mattress, pillow, bedsheet, mosquito net and one table & chair false promises. In the war “If these allegations are being It belongs to Bharti and Kumar and Packers and Printers Pvt Ltd as share were taken into custody and sent of truth, Lalu is not alone as investigated, why is it that the is “held in the name of Ms Mishail Pack- premium”. One of the firms that the to Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi. being on entering the court, the Soon after the announce- the whole Bihar is with him,” Srijan scam is not being inves- ers and Printers Private Limited”, the arrested duo dealt with was Mishail Earlier, when CBI Judge Shivpal RJD leader replied with folded ment of the verdict, the social- he added. Countering Lalu’s tigated? Why are there different central probe agency said. “It was pur- Printers and Packers Private Ltd. Singh asked Lalu about his well- hands, “I am fine sir.” ist leader attacked the Bharatiya charges, senior BJP leader and strokes for different folks?” Engineers can play a INDIAN TROOPS RETALIATE STRONGLY & EFFECTIVELY 21 century ‘Kung Bus veers off bridge & falls larger role in solving our fu nuns’ in bikes country’s key challenges Pak violates truce on LoC, kills swap robes for into Banas river; 33 dead PRESIDENT RAM NATH KOVIND Army major and three soldiers lycra leggings Driver dead; cops probing if he was a minor In today’s KATHMANDU: About 200 JAMMU: Pakistani troops “strongly and effectively” to the “Kung fu nuns” kicked off a opened fire on an Indian Army “unprovoked” firing. month-long journey from paper patrol, killing a major and three Major Ambadas (32) Nepal through India on Sat- soldiers along the Line of Con- belonged to Bhandara district urday, swapping their flowing CITY ... trol (LoC) in Keri sector of in Maharashtra and is survived maroon robes for lycra leg- Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri by wife Avoli Moharkar, while gings to raise awareness about FAKE ADMISSION RACKET BUSTED 3 district on Saturday, officials Lance Naik Gurmail Singh (34) human trafficking and gender said. The latest violation of the belonged to Amritsar district equality. The Buddhist nuns NATION ceasefire agreement took place in Punjab and is survived by are trained in martial arts and DEEP TUBEWELLS UP 1.1 MN IN 7 YRS 4 at a time CM Mehbooba Mufti wife kuljit Kaur and a daugh- frequently organise pilgrim- was camping in Rajouri dis- Major Moharkar Prafulla Ambadas ter. Sepoy Pargat Singh (30) ages and cycling trips to pro- OUR CORRESPONDENT viding all possible assistance to those BUSINESS trict headquarters to address belonged to Karnal district in mote gender equality. affected,” the Prime Minister’s Office people’s grievances, they said. ously injured during the cease- Haryana and is survived by “We are starting our JAIPUR: At least 33 people, includ- tweeted. ED ATTACHES DHAWAN’S ASSET 5 A Defence spokesman said that fire violation and succumbed to wife Ramanpreet Kaur and a fifth cycle yatra (pilgrimage) ing four children, were killed and Soorwal police station SHO Pakistani troops targeted the their injuries. Two other per- son, the Army said. today and our main mission seven others injured on Saturday Anoop Singh said of the 33 people INTERNATIONAL Army patrol at Brat Galla in sonnel also sustained injuries “Major Ambadas, Lance is about increasing aware- when a bus plunged into the Banas killed, seven are women and four Keri sector at around 12:15 am. and are undergoing treatment,” Naik Gurmail and Sepoy Par- ness about female empower- river after veering off a 100- foot children. The injured were rushed TRUMP SIGNS TAX REFORM BILL 6 “We suffered three fatal the spokesman said. gat were brave and sincere sol- ment, the environment and bridge in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madho- to hospitals. The bus driver was also casualties including one offi- SSP of Rajouri Yougal Man- diers. The nation will always human trafficking,” said nun pur district, police said. The incident killed in the incident, a police officer SPORT cer in the incident. Major har added that one of the two remain indebted to them for Yeshe Lhamo. Nepal has seen took place early in the morning in had said earlier. Moharkar Prafulla Ambadas, injured personnel died later. their supreme sacrifice and an upswing in the number of Soorwal police station area when the He said that 19 bodies were BARCA BATTER REAL 3-0 7 Lance Naik Gurmail Singh and The Army, in a statement, said devotion to duty,” the Army cases of trafficking since a dev- bus, carrying about 45 passengers, handed over to the kin of victims Sepoy Pargat Singh were griev- that Indian troops retaliated statement said. MPOST astating earthquake in 2015 was on its way to Lalsot from Sawai after post-mortem and autopsy of 14 FOR ADVERTISING left thousands homeless. The Madhopur in Rajasthan, they said. bodies was yet to be conducted. One kindly contact at 9810195709 country’s human rights com- The driver of the bus lost control body is still unidentified, he added. or Ultras weaker as J&K youth shun violence: CRPF mission estimated that there over the vehicle and it plunged into On reports that the bus driver was a were about 23,200 cases of traf- the river after breaking the railing minor, the SHO said it was yet to be [email protected] SRINAGAR: The trend of youth shunning vio- wanted to wean the youth off violence.