millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 162 | Friday, 15 June 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,808.05 (-48.65) qSENSEX 35,599.82 (-139.34) qDOW JONES 25,196.37 (-4.83) pNASDAQ 7758.64 (+62.95) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 67.62 (-0.03) qRUPEE/EURO 78.79 (-0.70) qGOLD/10GM 31,860 (-90) pSILVER/K 41,950 (+400) MV SSL KOLKATA SP CHIEF AKHILESH US MEDIA WORST ‘I’VE BECOME AN CATCHES FIRE, ALL TO CONTEST FROM ENEMY: TRUMP OLD HORSE OF 22 CREW MEMBERS KANNAUJ, MULAYAM AFTER KIM FILM INDUSTRY’ RESCUED PG4 FROM MAINPURI PG5 SUMMIT PG10 PG16 THE LAND HAS BEEN PURCHASED TO ENSURE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE OVER RIVER BIDYA NRI marriages need to be registered State buys 19 acres of land, the highest within 7 days: WCD ever, through Direct Land Purchase Policy PRITESH BASU MPOST BUREAU The direct purchase KOLKATA: In a major success of Chief NEW DELHI: All NRI marriages solemnised Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “Direct Land of 19 acres of land in India would need to be registered within Purchase Policy”, the Bengal government at Gosaba and seven days, the Ministry of Women and Child has become successful in purchasing 19 Development said on Thursday. acres of land in South 24-Parganas, the Gadkhali in South If the NRI marriages are not registered highest in the state so far, with the con- within seven days, the passports and visas sent of 229 landowners. 24-Parganas has would not be issued. Last week, Women and Banerjee, who had fought for the been done only Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka rights of farmers in Singur where 997 Gandhi had said that the NRI marriages acres of agricultural land was acquired to after getting the would need to be registered within 48 hours. set up Tata’s small car factory, has assured consent from 229 The decision for mandatory registration that her government will never go for of marriages within seven days was taken on “forcible acquisition of land” and the landowners and is Wednesday after a group of ministers - Gan- Direct Land Purchase Policy was intro- a “great success of dhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Exter- duced enabling the government to pur- nal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Law chase plots directly from its owners with the land purchase Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, met to map out their consent to develop “infrastructure legal solutions for redressing the issues faced including roads, railways, bridges, food committee headed by women in NRI marriages. godowns, drinking water, flood protec- by the District Officials at the ministry said that the tion works and other similar projects”. discussions were held for enumerating fine The direct purchase of 19 acres of land Magistrate details on ways to resolve the issues related at Gosaba and Gadkhali in South 24-Par- File Photo to NRI marriages. ganas has been done only after getting the Another proposal discussed was holding consent from 229 landowners and is a connecting Gadkhali and Gasaba Bazar. been registered in the name of the state is essential for the development of the landowners,” the official said adding that the properties of NRI offenders in escrow in “great success of the land purchase com- A portion of the purchased land in Gad- government. The landowners have been region that would ensure connectivity this is for the first time when 19 acres of case they abscond abandoning their spouse. mittee headed by the District Magistrate” khali while remaining part of the 19 acres provided with very lucrative money even with the mainland and at the same time land has been directly purchased. Escrow is a legal concept in which a third when there has been a lot of trouble over is on the other side of the river at Gasaba though their lands were located in such a also ensure economic development of The official further explained that the party holds a financial instrument or an asset setting up of power grid sub-station at Bazar. Construction of the bridge is a remote area. the area. Direct Land Purchase Police is effective on behalf of two other parties that are in the Bhangar in the same district. major project as it will ensure road con- The officials have approached the “The landowners were given sufficient in terms of completion of projects as it process of completing a transaction. The land has been purchased by the nectivity with islands in the Sunderbans landowners and explained in detail the time to take their decision after explain- used to get delayed for non-availability The official said the move would require state government through the district and the mainland. need of the land in that location. Accord- ing the purpose behind purchasing the of “small parcels of land”. It helped in the amendment of three legislations- Code of authorities to ensure completion of the The land was purchased from its own- ing to an official, the landowners have same. Finally, they were convinced and timely completion of projects and proper Criminal Procedure, Marriage Act and the construction of a bridge over river Bidya ers at a rate of Rs 40 lakh per acre and has realised that construction of the bridge the consent letter was obtained from 229 utilisation of the “public funds”. Passports Act. Shujaat Bukhari HC delivers split verdict on FOOTBALL FIESTA BEGINS was a brave heart, fought fearlessly for peace 18 Dhinakaran loyalists RAHUL GANDHI MPOST BUREAU CHENNAI: In a relief to the In today’s Palaniswami government, the Madras Court on Thursday delivered paper a split verdict on petitions challeng- ing disqualification of 18 AIADMK ... MLAs loyal to sidelined leader TTV CITY Dhinakaran. In the keenly-awaited judgement, NOW HILSA AT ALL SUFAL BANGLA STALLS 4 Chief Justice Indira Banerjee upheld the September 18 last order of Tamil NATION Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal TAMIL NADU BUS MISHAP KILLS SEVEN 6 disqualifying the MLAs, while Jus- tice M Sundar disagreed with her and nor on August 22 last year expressing EDIT struck it down. lack of confidence in the leadership “In my opinion, Speaker’s decision of Palaniswami and seeking a change FRESH SINO-INDIA TIES 8 is not unreasonable,” she said. of guard. INTERNATIONAL The senior-most judge after her Their meeting had come a day after will decide the judge who would hear then rival factions led by Palaniswami PAK SC SHATTERS MUSHARRAF HOPES 11 the matter afresh, Justice Banerjee and his now deputy Panneerselvam said. merged their factions after deposing BUSINESS She also said status quo would Dhinakaran as the AIADMK deputy continue till the third judge gave his general secretary amid the intense WPI INFLATION REACHES 4.43% IN MAY 12 order. power struggle in the ruling party SPORT Justice Sundar in his order said, after the demise of its supremo Jaya- “I respectfully submit that I dis- lalithaa in December 2016. 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Tripura and Manipur, disrupting rail state. administration said. See P7 UN RELEASES FIRST OF ITS KIND REPORT ON RIGHTS STATUS IN KASHMIR, POK ‘Rising Kashmir’ editor Shujaat India rejects UN body report on Kashmir Bukhari shot dead In Srinagar MPOST BUREAU Gilgit-Baltistan). challenges in the Indian state of MPOST BUREAU was also part of the Track II Taking objection to the UN Jammu and Kashmir,” the report process with Pakistan. GENEVA/NEW DELHI: The using terms like “Azad Jammu said. SRINAGAR: In an auda- Chief Minister Mamata UN on Thursday released the and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltis- It said special laws which cious attack that has left Banerjee condoled the mur- first-ever report on alleged tan” for PoK, the MEA said “The are in force in the state, such as the media industry shaken, der of Bukhari.