10 11 01 12 Donald NPAs, Hrithik Stokes PROFITABILITY ABSENCE WILL Trump TOP PRIORITIES: BREAKS SILENCE NOT DISTRACT SAYS HE HAS RAJNISH KUMAR ON ROW WITH ENGLAND FROM ‘total ASHES FOCUS: confidence’ KANGANA ANDERSON IN TILLERSON 4.00 CHANDIGARH FRIDAY 6 OCT 2017 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 276 www.dailyworld.in Honeypreet’s arrest dailypick triggers blame INTERNATIONAL game between Macron’s sharp Haryana, Punjab tongue throws DW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH French Twitter A BLAME game on Thursday erupted between 09 the chief ministers of Haryana and Punjab into a frenzy over the arrest of Honeypreet Insan, who claims to be the adopted daughter of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim TOMMY WILKES Singh. While Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Homeless Khattar accused the Punjab Police of not shar- Rohingya still ing information with its Haryana counterpart ahead of her arrest on October 3, Punjab CM backing Myanmar Amarinder Singh alleged that the allegations 06 were an attempt to shift attention from the insurgency situation in Haryana. “The Punjab Police should have informed the Haryana Police about Honeypreet’s where- abouts earlier. Something smells fishy,” Khat- Abuse of social tar told reporters here on Thursday. He was responding to questions about Honeypreet media platforms appearing before some media channels hours ahead of her arrest. “This (delay in her arrest) comes under SC lens has happened due to the Punjab Police. How NEW DELHI Uncharitable comments, trolls and much the Punjab police helped (her) and how aggressive reactions on social media platforms RJD leader and former railway minister Lalu Prasad, accompanied by his daughter Misa, arrives at the CBI headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday for questioning in much was in their knowledge...If it was in their on almost every issue, including judges and connection with alleged corruption in awarding the maintenance contract for two IRCTC hotels to a private firm./ PTI knowledge they should have passed information judicial proceedings, on Thursday came un- to the Haryana police and handed her over to der the scanner of the Supreme Court which them,” he claimed. PAGE 3 > expressed concern over it and agreed that regulating them was necessary. The apex court also disapproved and ex- CBI questions Lalu for over 7 pressed anguish over a statement made by a Akhilesh re-elected senior advocate and former Supreme Court Bar Association President that most of the judges SP chief for next are pro-government. hours in IRCTC hotels case five years “They should sit in the Supreme Court to see how the government is hauled up,” a bench com- NEW DELHI The CBI questioned RJD on allegations against him on which On September 26, the CBI issued Kochhar -- both named in the CBI FIR AGRA Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister prising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A chief Lalu Prasad for over seven hours basis the CBI had registered the FIR fresh summons -- the third in a month as accused -- in lieu of bribe in the Akhilesh Yadav was on Thursday re-elected M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud observed. on Thursday in connection with its in the matter,” CBI Spokesperson -- to the RJD chief and his son Te- form of a three-acre commercial plot unopposed as the national president of the The concern of the bench found strong sup- ongoing probe into alleged irregu- Abhishek Dayal told IANS. jashwi Yadav in the Indian Railway at a prime location in Bihar’s Patna Samajwadi Party (SP) for a five-year term. port from two eminent lawyers, Fali S Nariman larities in the 2006 IRCTC hotels Informed sources said Lalu Prasad Catering and Tourism Corporation district, the CBI said.A preliminary The party national executive met here for and Harish Salve, who are assisting the apex maintenance contract case. faced over 100 questions related to contract case. The CBI move came CBI inquiry allegedly found that the the 10th convention and elected the 44-year- court in a matter relating to the comment made Lalu Prasad, a former Railway Min- the case. after Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav said land was sold by the Kochhars old for another term. The executive members by former UP Minister Azam Khan in a highway ister, appeared before the agency’s Asked if the former Bihar Chief skipped two earlier summons. to Delight Marketing Company and also amended the party constitution to make gangrape case. investigators for questioning in the Minister will again be summoned The CBI on July 5 filed a corrup- payment was arranged through Ah- the term of president five years from the pres- “I have deleted my Twitter account. It was so case at the Central Bureau of Inves- for another round of questioning, tion case against Lalu Prasad, his luwalia Contractors and its promoter ent three years. abusive,” Salve said, adding that once when he tigation (CBI) headquarters on Lodi Dayal said: “We will decide it later.” wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Bikramjeet Singh Ahluwalia, another Akhilesh Yadav’s election was announced was appearing in a case relating to a Christian Road here around 11.30 a.m. The senior Rashtriya Janata Dal Yadav for alleged irregularities in accused person. by party general secretary and Rajya Sabha medical college and the subsequent happenings The CBI has also summoned his leader was accompanied by his the allotment of contracts for IRCTC The ED has since questioned Ah- member Ram Gopal Yadav, who was also on his Twitter handle forced him to delete it. son Tejashwi Yadav, a former Deputy daughter and RJD’s Rajya Sabha MP hotels in Ranchi and Puri in 2006 to luwalia. the election officer for the post. The re- “I have stopped looking at them,” Nariman Chief Minister of Bihar, in the case. Misa Bharti, who is also under inves- a private firm when the RJD chief Delight Marketing, which bought election of Akhilesh Yadav means that he said, adding that unwarranted comments about Tejaswi may join the probe on Friday. tigation by the Enforcement Director- was the Railways Minister. The con- the property from the Kochhars, will now spearhead the party campaign in almost everything can be found on these plat- “Lalu Prasad was questioned for ate (ED) in a money laundering case tracts were given to Sujata Hotels, a was later taken over by Rabri Devi the 2019 Lok Sabha and 2022 state assembly forms. / PTI / over seven hours. Our main focus was involving shell companies. company owned by Vijay and Vinay and Tejashwi, alleges the CBI. / IANS / elections. PAGE 4 > / IANS / dailyheadlines Guj riots: HC rejects Jafri’s plea alleging larger conspiracy 05 Thousands queue to pay last respects to Thailand’s late King 08 Catalan leader says not afraid of arrest over independence 09 Turkey, Iran and Iraq will decide on closing N.Iraq oil taps: Erdogan 10 NEW DELHI The Indian Air our government,” he said. IAF capable of India can fight Force is ready to fight a two- Dhanoa, who as the Vice Chief front war and has adequate ca- of the IAF had said the number striking nuke, pability to take on any military of fighter aircraft squadrons in two-front war, challenge from China, Air Chief India was not enough to fight a other targets in Marshal B.S. Dhanoa said on war on two fronts, maintained Pak: IAF Chief counter China: Thursday. on Thursday that the remark to BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Tewari, Congress leader Addressing the annual IAF a Parliamentary Standing Com- NEW DELHI Chief of Air Staff Air and the former union minister, at the release of the latter’s book “Tidings of Troubled Times” at a function in New Delhi on Thursday. press conference ahead of Air mittee was in reference to “full Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa on Thurs- / PTI IAF Chief Force Day on October 8, Dhanoa spectrum operations”. day said the IAF has the capability said in a single front scenario, The IAF currently has 33 of locating and striking nuclear and whether it is Pakistan or China, combat squadrons against a other targets in Pakistan. India’s richie rich club has few the IAF was adequately capable sanctioned strength of 39.5, The comments by the chief of of tackling any threat from the which is sought to be raised to the Indian Air Force came when neighbours. 42. Dhanoa’s predecessor Arup asked at a news conference about women, Savitri Jindal at top Dhanoa said though the Air Raha, days before his retire- global concerns over the safety of NEW DELHI As many as seven fortune from a 47 per cent Jain family controls media Force did not have the sanc- ment, had said the IAF needed Pakistan’s tactical nuclear weap- women have been named in stake in pharma major Lu- powerhouse Bennett, Cole- tioned full squadron strength at least 200 more fighter jets in ons and whether IAF would be India’s 100 richest persons pin, founded by Desh Bandhu man and Co, which is run by of 39 but it still had a Plan B in the next 10 years. able to disarm Islamabad of its list, including O P Jindal group Gupta, who died in June 2017. brothers Samir and Vineet, case a war breaks out simultane- Dhanoa said the IAF had a nuclear assets if necessary. “We Chairperson Savitri Jindal and Manju Desh Bandhu Gupta, sons of matriarch Indu Jain, ously from the eastern (China) plan to address the shortage have a draft nuclear doctrine. It is biotechnology pioneer Kiran wife of the late patriarch, is Forbes said.