millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 191 | Saturday, 14 July 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 11,018.90 (-4.30) qSENSEX 36,541.63 (-6.78) pDOW JONES 25,021.12 (+96.23) pNASDAQ 7842.81 (+18.90) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.53 (+0.04) pRUPEE/EURO 79.92 (+0.03) qGOLD/10GM 31,115 (-95.00) 1SILVER/K 40,030 (-0.00) NEW ‘DYNAMIC ‘S-400 MISSILE DEAL DEJECTED ENGLAND, PRIYANKA FARE’ FOR WITH RUSSIA TO GO BELGIUM AIM TO LOVES THE IDEA APP-BASED CABS AHEAD DESPITE US LEAVE WORLD CUP OF GETTING FROM JULY 20 PG3 SANCTIONS’ PG5 ON A HIGH PG15 MARRIED PG16 Nawaz Sharif arrested TOP COURT ON I&B’s PROPOSED SOCIAL MEDIA HUB ‘India-US 2+2 strategic at Lahore airport 90 killed in poll violence Monitoring WhatsApp is like dialogue in September’ QUETTA: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam, sen- tenced to jail for corruption, creating surveillance state: SC were arrested within minutes of landing at Lahore airport on Friday night. They are expected MPOST BUREAU to be flown to Rawalpindi. Highlights Over 10,000 policemen are posted in the city NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court to check against any trouble or show of strength on Friday took a strong note of » The govt wants to tap by supporters for the homecoming of the three- the Information and Broadcast- citizen’s Whatsapp time prime minister, who wants to mobilise his ing Ministry’s decision to set up messages. That would party ahead of elections on July 25. The admin- a social media hub for monitor- be like creating a MPOST BUREAU “That was the only window istration has ordered that mobile phones will be ing online data, observing that it surveillance state, (available to them for North shut in the city from 3 pm to 12 am. will be “like creating a surveillance says Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The first 2+2 Korea talks). There is no other Earlier on Friday at least 90 people, includ- s t a t e”. India-US strategic dialogue, re a s on .” ing a top nationalist leader, were killed and more The top court said the govern- » I&B ministry plans to deferred at the last minute last The structured talks than 180 others injured as powerful bomb blasts ment wants to tap citizens’ What- create social media month, will now take place between the foreign and targeted two separate election rallies in Pakistan, sApp messages and sought its hub to monitor online in the first week of Septem- defence ministers of the two the deadliest in a string of attacks on candidates response within two weeks. data ber, Defence Minister Nirmala countries were scheduled to ahead of the July 25 polls. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Sitharaman said on Friday, dis- happen in the first week of Militants targeted a gathering of the Balo- Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar » Top court seeks missing speculations that the July. As such Sitharaman and chistan Awami Party (BAP) leader Siraj Raisani and D Y Chandrachud issued a Centre’s response American decision to put off External Affairs Minister in Mastung area of Balochistan province. notice to the Centre on a plea by within two weeks the talks on July 6 signalled Sushma Swaraj were to meet The nature of the attack was not known and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leg- a lower priority to the ties US Defence Secretary Jim Mat- police and intelligence agencies were trying to islator Mahua Moitra and sought between the two countries. tis and Secretary of State Mike figure out if it was a suicide bombing. Attorney General K K Venugopal’s and the AG or any law officer for Recently, the Broadcast Engi- be the “eyes and ears” of the gov- “The 2+2 dialogue with the Pompeo in Washington on More reports on P12 assistance in the matter. the government will assist the court neering Consultants India Limited ernment and provide real-time US is to happen in the first week July 6. “The government wants to tap in the case. (BECIL), a Public Sector Under- updates from the ground. of September. The agenda will But days before that, the US citizens’ WhatsApp messages. It Earlier, on June 18, the apex taking (PSU) under the ministry, The tender document says the be to develop and strengthen informed India that the meet- will be like creating a surveillance court had refused to accord urgent had floated a tender to supply soft- platform is expected to provide strategic defence cooperation ings had to be put off due to state,” the bench said. hearing on the plea seeking to stay ware for the project. automated reports, tactical insights and to follow-on with what had “unavoidable reasons”. Senior advocate A M Singhvi, a central government move to set “A technology platform is and comprehensive work-flows to transpired during the meeting The “2+2” dialogue for appearing for Moitra, said the gov- up a ‘Social Media Communication needed to collect digital media initiate engagement across digital with US Defence Secretary Jim strategic level talks, which was ernment had issued a request for Hub’ that would collect and analyse chatter from all core social media channels. Matti”,” she told reporters here. agreed between the two sides proposal, and the tender will be digital and social media content. platforms as well as digital plat- “The platform may be used to The minister asserted that during Prime Minister Naren- opened on August 20. The counsel for Moitra had forms such as news, blogs... In a disseminate content and hence, there were no reasons for defer- dra Modi’s June 2017 US trip, “They want to monitor social said that the government is try- single system providing real-time should support publishing fea- ring the talks other than the will replace the Strategic and media content with the help of this ing to monitor the social media insights, metrics and other valuable tures,” the document says, add- fact that the US Secretary of Commercial Dialogue between social media hub,” Singhvi said. content of individuals by tracking data,” the tender document says. ing the platform needs to power a State Mike Pompeo had to be in the foreign and commerce The bench then said it is listing their social media accounts such Under the project, media per- real-time New Media Command North Korea in the first week of ministers of the two countries the matter on August 3, before the as those on Twitter, Facebook and sons would be employed on a con- Room,” according to the tender July for unscheduled meetings held during the Obama admin- opening of tender on August 20 Instagram, and their e-mails. tractual basis in each district to document. with officials of that country. istration. See P5 A victim of a bomb blast brought to a hospital in Quetta following an attack at an election rally Don’t attempt to create split CM congratulates CHANGE OF HEART Remorseful thief returns stolen It’s been like a in PDP, Mehbooba warns BJP sprinter Hima Das dream so far gold ornaments with an apology HIMA DAS Mujahideen, and Mohammad Yasin Malik, the pro-Independence JKLF MPOST BUREAU on Tuesday. thief seemed to have sec- chief. The intruder broke open ond thoughts about his mis- Salahuddin is now based in AMBALAPUZHA: A man the back door and took away demeanour and returned the In today’s Pakistan. who stole gold ornaments the valuables- a finger ring, ornaments to the owner with “There are differences in every from a house here returned earring and a locket kept in an apology letter, pleading not paper party like there are differences in every it two days later with an apol- the almirah. to get him arrested. family and these can be addressed... ogy letter. When the family returned, “Please do not get me ... “There can be no splits without The thief had gained entry they realised the house was arrested. Pardon me. I am sorry. CITY Delhi’s involvement. In 1987, the into the house in Thakazhi burgled and immediately The mistake I have commit- robbery on people’s vote created one panchayat when the family informed the police. ted is due to my extreme condi- TMCP FACTIONS CLASH IN BARASAT 4 Salahuddin and one Yasin Malik,” MPOST BUREAU was away attending a relative’s However, by then the tions,” he said in the letter. NATION the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief said. KOLKATA: Chief Minister BHOPAL MODEL HELD BY ‘LOVER’ RESCUED 5 MPOST BUREAU Mehbooba was talking to report- Mamata Banerjee on Friday ers at the Martyrs’ Graveyard at hailed sprinter Hima Das, EDIT SRINAGAR: In her first public Naqshband Sahib after paying trib- who became the first Indian SEN’S SENSELESS PRATTLE 6 appearance after resigning as Jammu utes to those killed in firing by sol- woman to clinch a gold medal and Kashmir chief minister, PDP diers of Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh at a global event the World INTERNATIONAL president Mehbooba Mufti on Fri- on this day in 1931 during protests Under-20 Championships in SHARIF WIFE IN CRITICAL CONDITION 12 day said any attempt by the Cen- against his autocratic rule. Finland. tre to “engineer” a split in her party This was her first public appear- Banerjee said that her BUSINESS would have “extremely dangerous” ance in the state after she resigned as achievement would surely consequences. chief minister. inspire other girls to believe EXPORTS UP 17.57% IN JUNE 13 Mehbooba resigned as chief min- After the government fell, sev- in themselves.