millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 SUNDAY millenniumPUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 109 | Sunday, 23 April, 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 post NO HALF TRUTHS CITY PAGE 3 NATION PAGE 4 FILM PAGE 16 MCI FOR 2-YR ADMISSION FREEZE CJI PITCHES AGAINST GOVT ROLE GETTING REAL: IN LAXMAN SETH’S COLLEGE IN ARBITRATION PROCESS RAVEENA TONDON Quick News44 MILITANTS DODGED SEVEN CHECK POSTS, MAY HAVE RECEIVED ‘INSIDE HELP’ OPS, EPS bargain Pak ISI protecting al Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri in Karachi Taliban attack on army base; hard for ‘unity’ WASHINGTON: Egyptian-born Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world’s CHENNAI: The parleys for Dinakaran joins most wanted terrorists, is most likely hiding in merger of the two AIADMK Delhi probe, cops Karachi under the protection of Pakistan’s noto- over 100 Afghan soldiers dead factions — one led by check call records rious spy agency ISI, a US media report said. Chief Minister Edappadi K “Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency Palaniswami and the other NEW DELHI: AIADMK lead- (ISI) has been protecting al-Zawahiri, a trained MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANI- PM Modi condemns by former chief minister O er TTV Dinakaran reached surgeon, since US forces evicted Al-Qaeda from STAN): The toll of soldiers killed Panneerselvam — is turning Delhi on Saturday and Afghanistan in late 2001,” Newsweek said in a in late Friday’s Taliban attack on ‘cowardly terror attack’ turned into a fierce battle for joined the probe at Crime branch Inter state cell office major investigative story claiming that its infor- an army base in northern Afghani- NEW DELHI: Prime the chief minister’s post. mation is based on several authoritative sources. stan, the latest in a string of deadly None of the two groups in Chanakyapuri. He was “His most likely location today, they say: Kara- assaults against that country’s mil- Minister Narendra Modi has an absolute majority in the questioned about his links chi, the teeming port city of 26 million people itary sites, has risen to more than on Saturday condemned 233-member Assembly. The with Sukesh Chandrasekar. on the Arabian Sea,” the weekly said. This is for 100, the Afghan defence minis- the terror attack on a ruling faction is determined to The cops also quizzed him the first time in several years a news report has try said on Saturday The ministry, military base in northern keep Palaniswami as CM and about the money trail and surfaced about the hiding location of the Al- however, did not give a breakdown Afghanistan. “Strongly leave for OPS at most the party if he personally met any Qaeda chief, who is Osama bin Laden’s mentor of the casualties in the hours-long condemn the cowardly general secretary’s post. Election Commission official and successor. “Like everything about his loca- attack near Mazar-i-Sharif city. The fighter and hard nego- in an attempt to buy 'Two tion, there’s no positive proof,” Bruce Riedel, a The US military had initially terror attack in Mazar-i- tiator Panneerselvam, however, sharif. Our prayers and leaves' symbol for his fac- 30-year CIA veteran who was the top adviser said that “more than 50” Afghan is in no mood for such a deal. tion of the party. on South Asia and the Middle East for the past soldiers were killed, while an condolences to the “First and foremost, in case four US presidents, told the magazine. See PG6 Afghan army source who was on families who lost loved of a compromise between the the base at the time put the death ones,” he said in a tweet. warring factions, the CM post extra caution its founder M SIT issues second toll as high as 150, with dozens PTI is more certain. But the party G Ramachandran exercised more wounded. general secretary (GS) post, while framing party consti- summons to Kamat “They entered the compound was claimed by the Taliban and through at least seven check posts the defence ministry said in a state- going by the AIADMK bylaw, tution. After he was expelled using two army trucks with which underscores rising insecu- before entering the compound. ment, adding it would provide is a long shot. The person has by M Karunanidhi from the PANAJI: The Special Investigation Team of machine guns on top of them. They rity as Afghanistan braces for an The defence ministry said Afghan more information once an inves- to be elected by the 1.5 crore DMK, MGR introduced a by- the Goa Crime Branch has summoned former opened fire on everyone. And then intense spring fighting season. All forces had killed all the attackers, tigation was completed. cadres; and not by the func- law, which made removal of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Monday in they entered the mosque and din- were dressed in Afghan army uni- without specifying how many there Afghan officials have been tionaries. If there is more than a general secretary next to connection with investigations into the illegal ing room, killing everyone indis- forms, the source said, speaking on were. Earlier it had said one of the known to minimise casualty fig- one contestant, we will have to impossible. mining scam, after he skipped the summons criminately,” Mohammad Hussain, condition of anonymity and add- assailants had been detained. ures in some major attacks on mil- go through a process akin to “In short, for the time being, earlier week. Kamat has been asked to remain an army officer wounded in the ing that no civilians were killed. The military source at the base itary sites, such as in early March the general election. No one there cannot be any meaningful present before Special Investigation Team of attack, said as he was treated in Noorullah, a second officer said there were at least 10 attack- when gunmen disguised as doc- can select a GS,” said one fac- discussion between the Edap- Goa Crime Branch on Monday. He would be hospital. injured in the attack, speculated ers, adding that the soldiers were tors stormed the country’s largest tion leader. padi and OPS factions on the questioned in relation with the illegal min- Two of the attackers blew the militants may have had “inside “young recruits who had come for military hospital in Kabul, killing The AIADMK is today GS post,” said an MLA in the ing activity which is being investigated by us,” themselves up in the raid, which help”, noting they had to pass training”. The toll could change, dozens. paying the price for the OPS camp. senior Crime Branch official said on Saturday. This is the second summons issued to Kamat in the case. The veteran Congressman, who is Two terrorists named in the FIR filed by the Crime Branch BJP 2.0: Tech-savvy, J&K ‘gau rakshaks’ attack in the case, was summoned on Tuesday (April 18) but had failed to appear before it claiming gunned down to be out of station. He was first questioned in nine-year-old girl, four others See PG4 socially networked in Budgam the case by the SIT in February 2014. JAMMU: Four members of a self-styled ‘gau The group had attacked the family with iron SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE encounter rakshak’ (cow vigilante) group were arrested in rods during Thursday night in Talwara area Indian IT firms don’t Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district after they of Reasi. According to a report from Jaipur, a NEW DELHI: Along with its devel- attacked and injured a nomadic family of five Congress delegation met Rajasthan Governor steal jobs, they create jobs opment mantra and extensive polit- including a nine-year old girl and stole all their Kalyan Singh and demanded a Central Bureau wherever they go ical diplomacy the Bharatiya Janata livestock, police said here on Saturday. A hunt of Investigation probe into the lynching of Pehlu Party (BJP) seems to be fonder of was on to arrest the other members of the group. Khan in Alwar district, allegedly by cow vigilan- IT MINISTER RAVISHANKAR PRASAD new effective ways of communication “Police parties have been moved out to arrest tes. The delegation, led by Rajasthan PCC chief rather door to door campaigning in all the members of the group that attacked a Sachin Pilot, met the governor and handed over the upcoming elections. Apart from family of nomadic goatherds on Thursday and a memorandum. In today’s young, technology and media-savvy decamped with their livestock,” a senior police “Pehlu Khan (55) was beaten to death on team, manning the war room, conduct- twists in the last year, the party is also SRINAGAR: Two militants, officer said here. April 1 in Alwar by a mob of gau rakshaks and ing more road shows is also BJP’s one in an uncertainty in the state. who opened fire on an army Besides arresting four members of the group, there should be a CBI probe into his death,” the paper of the new poll strategies. The advance and modern poll strat- patrol, were killed by the secu- police had restored the family’s cattle, sheep Congress leaders demanded. While expressing ... Adding more, from using social egies of BJP is not only helping the rity forces in an encounter on and goats. “An FIR has been lodged. We have concern over the deteriorating law and order CITY media and digital campaigning with party to win the elections since 2014, Saturday in the Budgam dis- arrested some persons involved in the attack on situation in the state, Pilot said that criminals Google, Yahoo, and YouTube to for- but too helping to reach out to the trict of central Kashmir.