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Quad, Prime Minister fighting the challenge of coro- In his remarks, US Narendra Modi on Friday said na pandemic by having world President Joe Biden said there "#$ the coalition has come of age class pharmaceutical industry, is a need to focus on generat- and it will now remain an Biden said the Quad nations ing domestic demand and dri- important pillar of stability in are launching a new ambi- ving sustainable global growth. % the region. tious joint partnership to boost He talked about an ambitious Underlining the impor- vaccine manufacturing for the new joint partnership that is tance of a secure, stable and global benefit, strengthen vac- going to boost vaccine manu- prosperous Indo-Pacific region, cinations to benefit the entire facturing and strengthen vac- # #' he also talked about the shared Indo-Pacific. cinations to benefit the entire values of the four countries. Reiterating India’s role in Indo-Pacific region. & ' Making these observations fostering friendly ties with all, “We are establishing a new in the first ever summit-level Modi said, “I see this positive mechanism to enhance our talks of the Quadrilateral coun- vision as an extension of India’s cooperation and raise our ( tries, Modi also said, “We are , -+ ! ! # . ! - + ! ancient philosophy of mutual ambition as we address ! united by our democratic val- / "! !" 0 1 ' . Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, accelerating climate change,” ues, and our commitment to a which regards the world as one said the US President, men- )* free, open and inclusive Indo- a force for global good.” in the Indo-Pacific region and Japanese Prime Minister months after the Quad nations family. We will work together, tioning the commitment to +,- Pacific. Our agenda today cov- These statements in the vociferously objecting to the Yoshihide Suga were other par- carried out the Malabar series closer than ever before for ensure the region is governed ering areas like vaccines, cli- virtual meet came against the Quad alliance. US President Jo ticipants in the talks. of naval exercises at a time advancing our shared values by international law and it is /01 mate change and emerging backdrop of China flexing its Biden, Australian Prime Incidentally, the summit when the tension at the Line of and promoting a secure, stable free from 2 technologies makes the Quad military and economic muscle Minister Scot Morrison and level talks of the Quad came Actual Control were at a peak. and prosperous Indo-Pacific.” coercion. ! " ! ! ! )* # " "R !+ " R $%&' 34&'45%6 against ICore E-services under " ( IPC sections related to crimi- he CBI has summoned nal conspiracy and cheating. TBengal Education Minister The case was registered at Partha Chatterjee on March 15 the behest of the Supreme 34&'45%6 in connection with a probe into Court that had in 2014 direct- a ponzi case relating to ICore ed the CBI to take over all cases ormer Prime Minister group of companies, and TMC related to chit fund companies. FManmohan Singh and MP Abhishek Banerjee’s broth- Company directors Anukul Congress president Sonia er-in-law in connection with a Maity and his wife Kanika Gandhi are among 30 star 34&'45%6 separate case of alleged illegal were arrested by the CBI in campaigners who will address coal mining from the Eastern 2017. Maiti, a prime accused in the party’s public meetings in wo days after West Bengal Coalfields Limited mines in the ICore E-Services scam, poll-bound West Bengal for the TChief Minister Mamata Asansol, officials said. died at a Bhubaneswar hospi- first phase poll on Abhishek Banerjee, the son of Banerjee suffered an injury in P ! " Besides being Trinamool tal while under judicial March 27. former president late Pranab 01 $ Nandigram during a poll cam- # " ! % !#' ( Congress secretary general, custody. The list also comprises for- Mukherjee, senior party lead- paign, a delegation of six Partha is also a senior Minister The CBI has stepped up mer Congress chief Rahul ers Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Trinamool Congress MPs in a in the State Government and heat against politicians in poll- Gandhi, Congress general sec- Mallikarjun Kharge, Salman formal complaint to the public video of Mamata’s TMC has made allegations considered close to West bound West Bengal as the retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Khurshid, Randeep Singh 0 Election Commission on March 10 rally in Nandigram. against Suvendu Adhikari, the Bengal Chief Minister Mamata agency has already questioned former Rajasthan deputy Chief Surjewala, Jitin Prasada, Friday alleged a “deep-rooted The six-member delega- BJP candidate from Nandigram Banerjee. He has been asked to the family members of TMC Minister Sachin Pilot and for- Deependra Hooda and for- BJP conspiracy” behind the tion of the TMC met the full in the upcoming State appear before a CBI team on MP Abhishek Banerjee in con- mer Punjab Minister Navjot mer cricketer Mohammad attack and asked for an “imme- EC team, including Chief Assembly polls. “When an March 15, they said. nection with the illegal coal Singh Sidhu. Azharuddin . New Delhi:The Supreme diate and unbiased” investiga- Election Commissioner (CEC) attempt was made on the life of The CBI had registered mining case and summoned Other Congress leaders However, leaders of the Court on Friday held that a tion into the incident. Sunil Arora, for over an hour Mamata, in which she was the case against ICore group for two more relatives on March 15 who have been roped in to “G-23” faction, including person associated or employed After the TMC, a delega- and submitted a memoran- grievously hurt, to cover up the allegedly raising over 3,000 in the case, they said. improve the party’s chances in Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand with the Centre or the State tion of BJP leaders comprising dum highlighting how BJP attack, eyewitnesses were plant- crore from the common man Husband of TMC MP Bengal include Rajasthan CM Sharma, Kapil Sibal, Manish Government cannot work as a Piyush Goyal and Bhupender leaders in West Bengal had ed, illustratively, eyewitnesses by offering high returns and Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in- Ashok Gehlot, Punjab CM Tewari and Bhupendra Singh State Election Commissioner, Yadav, Sambit Patra, Swapan threatened the Chief Minister Chittaranjan Das and diverted a portion of these law Ankush Arora and his Amarinder Singh, Chhattisgarh Hooda have been left out of the who need to be an indepen- Dasgupta, and Om Pathak met through tweets and other Debabrata Das, who testified funds, defaulting on promised father Pawan Arora have been CM Bhupesh Bhaghel, and for- list of the party’s star cam- dent person. EC demanding an independent remarks and claimed it was not that Mamata’s car was hit returns, they said. asked to appear before the mer Madhya Pradesh CM paigners for Bengal. Akhilesh The judgment came on an probe in the incident. an “unfortunate incident”, but against an iron pillar, are asso- The agency had taken over investigating officer of the case Kamal Nath. Prasad Singh, who is a part of appeal by the Goa government BJP leaders also urged the a conspiracy. ciates of Suvendu Adhikari, BJP the probe into the matter in on March 15 in Kolkata, Others who are in the list G-23, has, however, been against the high court’s ruling EC that they should make In the memorandum, the candidate from Nandigram,” 2014 and registered an FIR they said. released by the AICC are included in the list. on panchayat polls. ) #( P )* $ % *+,'-.!! " (+/- 34&'45%6 & ' ! ll buildings like malls, 34&'45%6 same month previous Ashopping complexes, mul- 7!2%6 more has to be done to widen fiscal. tiplexes, office spaces, hotels, the party base and network in n a double whammy for the NSO also revised upward- restaurants, hospitals having he ruling CPI(M) is at the the concerned region. The Ieconomy, industrial produc- ly the IIP number for parking facilities in Delhi with Treceiving end of allegations community meetings attended tion growth re-entered the neg- December 2020 to 1.56 per cent a capacity of more than 100 of massive corruption charges by all households in the area are ative territory by contracting 1.6 from the earlier estimate of 1 vehicles have been directed to and favoritism in appointing unique because they conclude per cent in January, while retail per cent. set aside at least five per cent youths in Government ser- with the choicest of dishes inflation soared to a three- The factory output growth of their total parking capaci- vice. But the party stands at the ranging from biryani to pud- month high of 5.03 per cent in was in the negative territory in ty for electric vehicles, along forefront in finalising the list of ding,” said MS Giri, February on costlier food items.