millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 211 | Friday, 3 August 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 11,244.70 (-101.50) qSENSEX 37,165.16 (-356.46) qDOW JONES 25,236.68 (-97.14) pNASDAQ 7724.84 (+17.55) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.70 (-0.27) pRUPEE/EURO 79.73 (+0.15) qGOLD/10GM 30,435 (-365.00) qSILVER/K 39,000(-50.00) CENTRE BIHAR BANDH: FINALLY, IMRAN ANISTON UP ACKNOWLEDGES RAIL, ROAD TRAFFIC DECIDES NOT TO FOR ‘FRIENDS BENGAL’S 9.15% DISRUPTED IN MANY INVITE ANY FOREIGN REUNION’ SGDP HIKE PG4 PARTS PG10 LEADERS PG12 PG16 Indian among HIGH DRAMA AT SILCHAR AIRPORT; TMC LEADERS DETAINED Oppn to approach EC 3 abducted and killed in Super emergency, says Mamata demanding 2019 polls be Afghanistan held using ballot papers KABUL: An Indian national working for an international after TMC team manhandled MPOST BUREAU food services company in Afghanistan was among three OUR CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: Seventeen foreigners killed by unidenti- opposition parties, including fied gunmen after they were SILCHAR: Chief Minister Mamata the Trinamool Congress, are abducted from capital city Banerjee on Thursday lashed out at planning to approach the Elec- Kabul, the latest incident tar- the Centre, and the Assam govern- tion Commission, demanding geting foreigners in the war- ment after a delegation of Trinamool that ballot papers be used to torn country. Congress party (TMC) MPs were first conduct the 2019 Lok Sabha The three men -one Indian, manhandled then detained at Silchar election. a Malaysian and a Macedonian Airport by Assam Police on Thursday. The 17 parties would meet - were working as chefs for the She claimed that members of the next week to discuss the plan. French food services and facili- TMC delegation, including women, “This is a matter on which “All opposition parties ties management giant Sodexo, were manhandled at the airport and all opposition parties agreed. should go to EC on this mat- the ToloNews said, citing a accused the BJP of imposing "super We are planning to meet next ter. There should be a joint del- senior diplomat in Kabul. emergency" in the country. week. We plan to go to Election egation of opposition parties to The identities of the victims “I think this is the beginning of Commission and demand that EC,” Banerjee was heard tell- have not been disclosed. their end. They are frustrated. That is the EC conduct the coming ing opposition party leaders, » THEY WENT TO ASSAM TO CAMPAIGN They were abducted early why they are acting like a bunch of hoo- Lok Sabha elections using bal- including from the Congress. Thursday morning and their ligans. If there is peace everywhere then AGAINST A DRAFT CITIZENS’ LIST lot papers,” TMC leader Derek The TMC had staged bodies were later found in why did the Assam government not O’Brien told reporters. protests outside Parliament, Mussahi, a volatile area of the allow our MPs and MLAs to talk to the » EIGHT TRINAMOOL LEADERS STOPPED AT TMC chief Mamata Baner- questioning the neutrality of Afghan capital, the report said. affected people," she added. ASSAM’S SILCHAR AIRPORT jee took the initiative to solicit electronic voting machines, According to local media Addressing reporters at the Netaji the support of all opposi- and demanded that ballot reports, the armed men took Subhas Chandra Bose International tion parties on the matter on papers be brought back for off the foreigners from their Airport after her return to Kolkata from As the Trinamool team landed Sukhendu Shekhar Roy has a pace- hours before they were detained. Wednesday, when she visited the 2019 Lok Sabha election. vehicle at around 8:30 am (local Delhi on Thursday afternoon, she said around 1.30 pm, the airport had a large maker, he was also roughed up," said The TMC delegation including six Parliament to meet opposi- The ruling party in West Ben- time) and abducted them in a the Central BJP leaders had visited contingent of police and district offi- outraged Trinamool leader Derek MPs was kept in the VIP lounge of tion leaders and invite them gal said it is a “common pro- Toyota Corolla at the industrial Asansol after the communal violence cials who refused to let the lawmakers O'Brien in Delhi. Kumbhigram airport here in Cachar for her planned rally in Kolkata gramme” that will unite all park area of 9th Police Dis- recently flouting prohibitory orders leave citing an overnight ban on large Women MPs were also hurt, he said, district under Barak Valley region, the on January 19. opposition parties. trict in Kabul city. The driver under Section 144 CrPC. gatherings. adding: "What is going on?" officials said. Banerjee was heard appeal- Interestingly, Banerjee of the foreign nationals after “We had allowed them to visit the The argument escalated, with the Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, the Rajya The issue was raised in Lok Sabha. ing to opposition party leaders had also urged the Shiv Sena, 20 minutes reached the office area, but in Assam, the BJP is trying to Trinamool alleging that its members Sabha member who led the team, said Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day who visited her in the TMC a BJP ally, to be a part of the and informed the staff about stifle the voice of the people who are were roughed up. Visuals recorded on the police refused to let the group go into (on this issue), the statement said. office in Parliament, to send delegation. the abduction, the report said. living under uncertainty and panic. I mobile phone show Mahua Moitra, an town even after he and his colleagues The Trinamool Congress is plan- a joint delegation to the Elec- Sena chief Uddhav Thac- Police launched a search opera- condemn the way the police had man- MP, trying to get away from the police- cancelled a public meeting and assured ning to move a privilege motion in Lok tion Commission over reports keray previously demanded tion and cordoned off the area. handled our women MPs.” women, who run after her. Another the police that they would only meet Sabha on Friday against the detention of EVM tampering and to that the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- After around two hours, the She maintained that the incident in woman lawmaker is pushed. people. The legislators and parliamen- of its members of parliament in Silchar demand that the 2019 general tion be conducted using ballot bodies were recovered. AGENCIES Assam had exposed the saffron party. "Our members were roughed up. tarians protested at the arrival lounge for in Assam on Friday. See P6 election be held on ballots. papers instead of EVMs. CLOSE SHAVE Sushma Swaraj Don’t show images of Bihar Army officer buckled in front of booked by CBI in 26 cases of mid-air miss reported Chinese power shelter home rape victims: SC Manipur extra- RAHUL GANDHI till June this year: Govt to Parl Apex court restrains media judicial killing case MPOST BUREAU He added that the Airport In today’s MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU Authority of India (AAI) had NEW DELHI: Twenty six started implementing a project paper NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court NEW DELHI: An army offi- cases of mid-air miss or when for harmonising the upper air- on Thursday restrained the media cer has been booked by the aircraft come on collision space of the four “flight infor- from showing, even in morphed CBI in a case related to the course were reported over the mation” regions in the country. CITY ... form, images of the alleged victims alleged Manipur extra-judi- Indian air space this year till Under the project, the air- of rape and sexual assault at a shelter cial killings which are being June, Parliament was informed space above 25,000 feet will be CID ATTACHES HOUSE OF BIMAL GURUNG 4 home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, probed by the agency on the on Thursday. and safety management was controlled from the air traf- EDIT observing they cannot be compelled orders of the Supreme Court. The number of such inci- implemented at the airports, fic control centres in the four to “relive the trauma” again and again. This is the first such case in dents was 28 last year and 32 in along with coordination pro- metros. NEW ERA FOR BRICS 8 The apex court ban in which the 29 FIRs registered by the CBI. 2016, Minister of State for Civil cedures laid down to hand While the harmonisation media was also asked not to interview Major Vijay Singh Bal- Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a over operation from one unit of airspace of the Chennai NATION the victims came on a day when the hara, then attached with written reply to a question in to another, he added. and Kolkata flight information `1K FOR UNEMPLOYED ANDHRA YOUTH 10 Left parties called a state-wide bandh Assam Rifles, along with the Lok Sabha. The airlines were also regions was completed, for in Bihar in protest against the alleged seven other uniformed per- To prevent and minimise directed to avoid similar or Delhi and Mumbai, it would INTERNATIONAL sex abuse at the shelter home run by lors and qualified child psychiatrist sonnel has been named as such incidents, a system ensur- confusing call signs, the min- be taken up in the near future, a state-funded NGO. in questioning the victims,” it added. accused in the case pertain- ing a flexible use of airspace ister said. the minister said. CHINA TEMPLE IN SEX SCANDAL 11 Expressing concern over the The court then posted the matter ing to the killing of 12-year- BUSINESS alleged victims being subjected to for further hearing on August 7.