millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 202 | Wednesday, 25 July 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 11,134.30 (+49.55) pSENSEX 36,825.10 (+106.50) pDOW JONES 25,239.13 (+194.84) pNASDAQ 787.96 (+35.10) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.94 (-0.08) qRUPEE/EURO 80.51 (-0.19) qGOLD/10GM 30,840 (-50.00) pSILVER/K 39,325(+5.00) DRIVERS MAY CONG MOVES PRIVILEGE US STAR MAISIE GETS SOON HEAVE MOTION AGAINST PM SWIMMER LOCHTE ‘GAME OF SIGH OF MODI, DEF MINISTER ON SUSPENDED FOR THRONES’ RELIEF PG3 RAFALE DEAL PG5 14 MONTHS PG14 TATTOO PG15 LITTLE MARVEL CENTRE ASKS STATES TO APPOINT NODAL OFFICER; TASK FORCE TO CHECK LYNCHING Court directs Babul Supriyo to retract Alwar lynching case: Proof defamatory statements against Abhishek points to custodial death OUR CORRESPONDENT MPOST BUREAU KOLKATA: The City Civil Highlights Court on Tuesday directed NEW DELHI/JAIPUR: Rajast- the Union Minister of State » Rajasthan govt han Home Minister Gulab Chand for Ministry of Heavy Indus- Kataria said on Tuesday that evi- orders judicial probe tries and Public Enterprises, dence in the Rakbar Khan case » The government Babul Supriyo, to retract the suggested it was a custodial death defamatory statements that and the state government has will enact a law, if he made against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee. taken steps to get a judicial probe necessary, to curb the It may be recalled that in November 2017, conducted. incidents of lynching, Supriyo had made the “malicious and defam- He also said an initial com- Home Minister atory” statements against Banerjee at a Press pensation of Rs 1.25 lakh had Rajnath Singh said conference stating that the latter “illegitimately been ordered for the family of the profiteered to the tune of Rs 17 to Rs 18 crore deceased. “We have written to the » Two high-level against smuggling of coal in Bengal.” It got pub- additional chief judicial magis- committees formed to lished and circulated widely in different media trate to initiate a probe,” Kataria and even on social networking sites. told reporters at a press confer- tackle mob violence It led to defamation of Banerjee and his coun- ence here. sels moved court in December 2017. In cases of custodial death, a curb the incidents of lynching, as a visibly peeved Speaker Sumitra failed to comply with the direc- The Third Bench of the City Civil Court had Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulates Noor Islam for committee constituted at the dis- Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Mahajan allowed some of the lead- tions to prevent, investigate and granted an interim order of injunction in this winning the Barsha Sera Chalachitra Samman (Child artist) for his trict level takes decisions regarding on Tuesday amid Opposition out- ers to raise the issue after papers facilitate expeditious trial of any connection restraining Supriyo “not to make performance in the movie Sahaj Paather Gappo PIC/AMIT DATTA compensation to the family mem- cry over the growing number of were laid. such crime of mob violence and any derogatory comment or defamatory state- bers of the deceased, Kataria said. such cases. To check incidents of lynching, lynching, it should be considered ment against Banerjee”. He said a sessions judge normally Singh also said the govern- the Centre on Tuesday asked all as an act of deliberate negligence The Court on July 24 ordered Supriyo “to Hundreds missing, several heads such a committee. ment has taken the issue seriously states to appoint an SP-rank offi- and misconduct, and stern action retract the defamatory statements made in On the lines of the Pehlu Khan’s and would look at taking strin- cer in each district, set up a special must be taken against the official November 2017 at the Press conference in Asan- dead, after Laos dam collapse lynching case, the state govern- gent action against the culprits, as task force for gathering intelligence concerned. sol against Abhishek Banerjee by sending a letter ment has ordered a compensation the ruling coalition faced a scath- and closely monitor social media The move came in the wake of or otherwise within a fortnight from the date of BANGKOK: Hundreds of Several dams are being of Rs 1.25 lakh to Rakbar Khan’s ing attack from the Congress, the contents, so that no one is attacked the constitution of a Group of Min- the order.” Sanjay Basu, Advocate for Banerjee, people are missing, and an built or are planned in Laos, family. Further compensation will Trinamool Congress and the Left on suspicion of child-lifters or isters (GoM), headed by Home said: “Babul Supriyo failed to produce any evi- unknown number believed an impoverished and land- be provided based on the recom- parties in the Lok Sabha over the cattle-smugglers. Minister Rajnath Singh, and a dence in support of his defamatory statement killed after the collapse of a locked communist country mendations of the district legal rising cases of lynching. The Union Home Minis- committee, led by the Union home and hence the Court passed the order of injunc- hydropower dam under con- that exports most of its hydro- committee, he added. Opposition members created try also said wherever it is found secretary on Monday, to suggest a tion and retraction in favour of Abhishek Baner- struction in southeast Laos, power energy to neighbouring Meanwhile, the government a din during the Zero Hour, and that a police officer or an officer legal framework to check incidents jee. The falsity in Babul Supriyo’s statement has state media reported Tuesday. countries like Thailand. P11 will enact a law, if necessary, to many of them rushed to the Well, of the district administration has of lynching. been exposed.” The blatant reliance Lokpal issue: SC says Govt's Maratha quota stir turns violent, policeman hurt on social media needs AURANGABAD: A policemen and two Maharashtra by the Maratha Kranti on old, Kakasaheb Dattatreya Shinde, com- others were injured as the campaign for Tuesday. A large number of protestors mitted suicide by jumping in the Godavari to be checked by the reply 'wholly unsatisfactory' a Maratha quota turned violent here even torched a fire brigade vehicle near Kaigaon river on Monday evening demanding res- as protests were held in different parts of in Aurangabad district where a 28-year- ervations. See P7 citizens themselves MPOST BUREAU of a Lokpal despite the pas- sage of law nearly five years CHIEF JUSTICE DIPAK MISHRA NEW DELHI: The Supreme ago. Court on Tuesday expressed He said contempt action dissatisfaction over the Cen- should be initiated against In today’s tre's response on the appoint- authorities concerned or the ment of search committee court may proceed ahead paper members for a Lokpal. for appointing the Lokpal A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, R by exercising its power under Article Banumathi and Navin Sinha asked the 142 of the Constitution (enforcement ... Centre to file a fresh affidavit giving -rel of decrees and orders of the Supreme CITY evant details of the search committee. Court). DRI UNEARTHS `150 CR DUTY EVASION 3 During the hearing, Attorney Gen- The bench, in its order, said it was eral K K Venugopal submitted an affi- unsatisfied with the Centre's reply and NATION davit and said a meeting of the selection sought a fresh affidavit in four weeks committee was held, but the names giving all necessary details. MALLYA WILLING TO COME BACK HOME? 7 for the search committee were not The Centre had earlier told the apex EDIT finalised. court that the Lokpal selection commit- He said another meeting would tee, headed by the prime minister, was BEYOND THE HUG AND THE WINK 8 be held soon for appointing members scheduled to meet to set up a search of the search committee, keeping in panel for recommending a panel of INTERNATIONAL mind the provisions of law for such names for the appointment of the anti- FRANCE’S OPPN SEEKS NO-TRUST VOTE 10 appointments. graft ombudsman and its members. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, The committee comprises the prime BUSINESS appearing for petitioner NGO Com- minister, the chief justice of India, the mon Cause, said the Centre had not Lok Sabha speaker, the leader of the FLIPKART TO SHUT EBAY IN INDIA 12 specified the date of the next meeting, largest opposition party and an emi- and they are delaying the appointment nent jurist. 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SEVERAL POLLS PUT IMRAN KHAN’S PAKISTAN TEHREEK-E-INSAF MARGINALLY AHEAD Pakistan set for historic election amid charges of army meddling SAJJAD HUSSAIN the supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who was jailed ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis will go to the this month after being convicted in a cor- polls on Wednesday to elect a new prime ruption case also accused the military of minister, transferring power from one pressuring the judiciary to convict him.