millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 3, ISSUE 97 | Tuesday, 11 April 2017 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 9181.45 (-16.85) qSENSEX 29,575.74 (-130.87) pDOW JONES 20,712.94 (+56.84) pNASDAQ 5,902.84 (+25.03) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.56 (-0.28) qRUPEE/EURO 68.42 (-0.20) qGOLD/10GM 29,290.00 (-10.00) pSILVER/K 41,800.00 (+50.00) TO BETTER KRISHI BILL TO REFORM NO AGREEMENT ‘HALF GIRLFRIEND BAZAARS, REVIEW OF TRANSPORT STOPS INDIA FROM MIGHT START DEBATE FUNCTIONAL ONES SECTOR PASSED BY USING ANY ENERGY ON KNOWING ONE’S TAKEN UP PG3 LOK SABHA PG7 SOURCE: GOYAL PG13 LANGUAGE’ PG16 DUES WORTH `10,469 CRORE PENDING WITH THE CENTRE PAK ARMY COURT SENTENCES INDIAN All liquor shops across ‘SPY’ KULBHUSHAN JADHAV TO DEATH MP to be shut down in Mamata meets PM, seeks Jadhav’s death sentence phases: Chouhan is ‘premeditated murder’, MPOST BUREAU early release of central funds angry India tells Pakistan BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh is headed towards SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE ance (NDA), TMC sources said. total prohibition as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh The sources said that “Banerjee MPOST BUREAU Chouhan has announced that all liquor shops NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief had not been able to meet Advani would be closed across the state in a phased Minister Mamata Banerjee on since the death of his wife Kamla NEW DELHI: The govern- manner. Monday met Prime Minister Nar- Advani last year. It was a cour- ment on Monday summoned “Alcohol prohibition will be implemented in endra Modi seeking early release of tesy call. They discussed the health Pakistan High Commissioner the entire state by closing all liquor shops in a funds to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore of ailing leaders like Atal Behari Abdul Basit after reports phased manner,” Chouhan said while addressing due to the state under various cen- Vajpayee and Priya Ranjan Das- emerged that alleged Indian a programme at village Neemkhera (Heerapur) trally sponsored schemes. munsi. Advani got emotional talk- spy Kulbhushan Jadhav had of Narsinghpur district on Sunday. In the nearly half-an-hour-long ing about his former colleagues.” been sentenced to death by » India summons Pak High Commissioner, strongly- This programme was organised during the meeting in the morning, Mamata Mamata also met Union Min- the Pakistani military. Foreign worded demarche issued ongoing river conservation awareness campaign also raised the loan waiver issue ister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal, secretary S Jaishankar ordered ‘Namami Devi Narmade - Narmada Seva Yatra.’ with the PM while discussing the Renewable Energy and Mines Basit’s presence and issued a » Jadhav was arrested on “In the first phase, the state government state’s debt situation. Piyush Goyal. After the meeting, demarche stating that the pro- March 3 last year closed all the shops falling within a radius of five Drawing the PM’s attention to Banerjee said that “After a three- ceedings that led to Jadhav’s » India's repeated requests kilometers from the banks of river Narmada on the problems arising out of lack year fight, the Centre has finally sentencing are farcical. for consular access to either side. In the next phase, the liquor shops of funds, she said dues worth Rs decided to allot the largest coal “The proceedings that have Jadhav went unheeded would not be allowed to open in residential 10,469.01 crore were pending with block — Deocha-Pachami in led to the sentence against localities, near educational institutes or reli- the Centre for MNREGA, Swachh Birbhum district to West Bengal. Shri Jadhav are farcical in the India will regard it as a case of gious places,” he said. Chouhan reiterated that Bharat Mission, food subsidy Earlier it was a joint venture of five absence of any credible evi- premeditated murder,” it stated. a de-addiction drive would also be launched in among other programmes. states under Bengal Birbhum Coal- dence against him. It is signifi- Earlier on Monday, Pak- the state soon. During past one month, several The Prime Minister said he fields Limited (BBCL), but now it cant that our High Commission istan’s powerful army chief protests against liquor shops have been reported would look into it, Mamata, who belongs to Bengal.” was not even informed that Shri approved the execution of from across the state. On April 5, the protesters was in the capital on a four-day Deocha Pachami Dewanganj Jadhav was being brought to alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan had burnt two vehicles and damaged four oth- visit since Saturday, said here after Harisingha is the country’s largest trial,” the Ministry of External Jadhav after a military court ers in Bareli town of Raisen district when Excise the meeting. coal block with reserves of 2,102 Affairs said in the demarche. found him guilty of “involve- Department was trying to shift the liquor shops She, however, declined to say million tonne and spread across 21 The strongly-wordedment in espionage and sab- from a highway to a local residential colony. anything on Teesta water sharing villages in West Birbhum. Earlier, demarche further said that if otage activities” against the Earlier on April 3, BJP MLA from Indore-1, issue and said that there was no talk the Bengal government had sought the due course of law is not country. The death sentence to Sudarshan Gupta had demanded total liquor on it with the PM. priority over coal apart from the observed in the case, India will Jadhav, 46, was confirmed by prohibition in the state while extending support “We do not have money for state production of Syngas or synthesis regard Jadhav’s execution as army chief Gen Qamar Javed to the agitation against the opening of liquor development work. West Bengal gas, from the block because it held murder in the first degree. Bajwa after the Field General shop. Besides, protests were also reported from pays Rs.40, 000 crore to the centre. a majority 27.8 per cent stake. The “If this sentence against an Court Martial (FGCM) found several parts of the state including Indore, Sagar, The Centre is yet to release funds to TMC supremo said: “There will be Indian citizen, awarded with- him guilty of “all the charges”, Burhanpur, Chhatarpur, Vidisha, Narsinghpur, the tune of Rs. 10,459 crore,” Baner- BJP veteran Lal Krishna Advani, reminisced about old days, includ- an investment of Rs. 12,000 crore out observing basic norms of said the military’s media wing Satna, Morena, Dewas and some other towns jee told media in the Parliament. with whom she has always shared ing 1998 when Banerjee was a part and more than 1 lakh youth will law and justice, is carried out, Inter-Services Public Relations during last one month. The Bengal chief minister met a good equation. The two leaders of the National Democratic Alli- get job opportunities.” the Government and people of (ISPR). No poor shall be 16 Oppn parties urge EC to revert to NDA top guns meet to denied his subsidy rights at all. Be very paper ballots, Mamata takes lead formulate Prez poll strategy clear about that OUR CORRESPONDENT MPOST BUREAU ing of top NDA leaders since the RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD NEW DELHI: Sixteen Opposi- alliance stormed to power in 2014 tion parties on Monday urged NEW DELHI: A meeting of NDA’s and could result in smoothing over the Election Commission to top leaders, headed by Prime Min- any differences between the BJP In today’s revert to the paper ballot system, ister Narendra Modi, was held on and many of its small allies, some claiming the faith of the people Monday evening as the ruling alli- of whom have often complained paper in the EVMs has “eroded”. ance put up a show of strength about lack of communication. Representatives of par- ahead of elections to the post of Its allies from Bihar, including ties including Congress, BSP, the President and Vice President. Union Ministers Ramvilas Paswan ... DMK, Trinamool Congress and Leaders of 33 BJP allies, includ- and Upendra Kushwaha besides CITY the Left met top EC officials to ing the new friends it has won Jitan Ram Manjhi, from Uttar PARK STREET METRO BEST MAINTAINED 4 demand reintroduction of the Bengal Chief Minister Mamata lot papers instead of EVMs in over in Goa and north-east states, Pradesh, including Union Minister ballot paper system. Banerjee who was in Delhi took upcoming elections in view of attended the meeting after its pres- ruling alliance as well as an exer- Anupriya Patel and Om Rajbhar, NATION The poll watchdog, which the initiative to unite opposition the alleged tampering. ident Amit Shah reached out to cise in taking stock of the national besides a host of allies from Ker- has vouched for the reliability of parties on the EVM issue. The parties are demanding them. political scene. ala, Tamil Nadu and other states DESERTED NRI WOMAN SEEKS HELP 6 EVMs, said it would soon con- “I had written a book in that the EC dispel the apprehen- Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thac- The meeting assumed signifi- are believed to have attended the vene an all-party meet to discuss 2006 on how EVM can be tam- sions they have and reassure the keray, who has often flayed the saf- cance as the saffron party will need meeting. Former Punjab Chief EDIT the issue, senior Congress leader pered. The current system is not people of the country and voters fron party and Andhra Pradesh the support of its allies to push a Minister and Akali stalwart Par- US-RUSSIA STANDOFF ON SYRIA 8 Kapil Sibal and DMK leader T transparent, so it is better to go on the serious issue.