BHUBANESWAR SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2012 | 7 National PINKI CASE Oppn MPs to Bengal Govt Jindal planned meet CEC on told to file Pranab today affidavit another 26/11 New , July 6: Chief Subramanian Swamy , July 6: The Calcutta and BJD MP Bhartuhari Mahtab High Court Friday directed will meet Chief Election the West Bengal Government type strike Commissioner (CEC) V S to file an affidavit within two Sampath Saturday to complain weeks on the progress of in- , July 6: Abu Jindal ‘‘Jindal was deputed against the Presidential poll vestigation to determine the gen- Hamza, one of the handlers of by the LeT to help Returning Officer’s order rejecting der of athlete Pinki Pramanik. 26/11 attackers, was planning the Opposition demand for A division bench of Chief a similar strike with an Indian the IM in assembling scrapping ’s Justice J N Patel and Justice Mujahideen (IM) module that arms and ammuni- candidature for allegedly hold- S Chakraborty also directed he was setting up when he tion to carry out ing an Office of Profit. the prosecution to produce a was nabbed in Saudi Arabia. another 26/11-type Swamy and Mahtab will rep- case diary in the matter on the During Jindal’s 15-day ques- resent Opposition-backed can- next date of hearing. The tioning, he told investigators terror attack in didate PA Sangma on the issue Court's direction came in re- that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ,” an officer said before the CEC. Sangma and sponse to a PIL application to which he belonged had links his camp are not satisfied with in the matter. with IM. With the LeT’s help, March 30, 2009, had been busted the verdict given by Returning The Court also directed new IM modules were being following the arrest of two key Officer V K Agnihotri. After a the petitioner to file a reply created in several parts of India. plotters. meeting here Thursday, Sangma’s to the State's affidavit within ‘‘Jindal was deputed by the The terror groups had Election campaign committee another one week. It further LeT to help the IM in assem- watched a video of the Lahore has decided to take the matter directed that the petitioner may bling arms and ammunition to academy attack to study the to the CEC. file a complaint regarding carry out another 26/11-type ter- Taliban modus operandi and The RO had said he was A woman holding an umbrella walks past rows of umbrellas displayed for sale along a busy street in Kolkata, Friday UNI PHOTO circulation of a CD or MMS ror attack in India. But the place had decided to stage a similar convinced that Pranab had quit allegedly showing Pinki in was not yet decided,’’ an officer attack in Nasik, Jindal told his as Chairman of Indian Statistical the nude. The State opposed who questioned Jindal told interrogators. Institute June 20 as claimed by the petition which alleged IANS. This has led investiga- ‘‘Wearing police uniforms, the him. BJP maintains Mukherjee’s HC notice to Govt on Chavan favouritism harassment and humiliation tors to believe the LeT-IM com- LeT-IM module was planning to signature on his resignation let- of the Asiad gold medal win- bine may still be planning and strike at the Nasik Academy. But ter is fabricated. ‘‘We are going Mumbai, July 6: The Bombay quid pro quo for getting two flats sanctioned Floor Space Index ning athlete and violation of working towards executing the the arrest of Mirza Himayat Beg to the CEC with the complaint High Court has issued notices allotted to his kin. The PIL al- of 5.5 for the hotel while Constitutional provisions. terror strike. and Bilal in the German Bakery as under Article 324 of the to the Maharashtra Government, leged violation of Development Ministry of Environment and Appearing for the peti- Jindal was involved in the blast case in Pune in February Constitution, the authority of su- Centre and two private com- Control Rules and environ- Forests had granted Coastal tioner, Counsel Bharati planning of the 26/11-style 2010 led to the postponement perintendence of polls lies with panies on a PIL alleging former mental norms in the proposed Regulatory Zone approval for Mutsuddi and Ravishankar attack when he was caught of their plans,’’ the police officer the EC,’’ BJP leader S S Ahluwalia Chief Minister Ashok Chavan redevelopment of the hotel at only 2.5 FSI. However, using Chattopadhyay prayed for in Saudi Arabia and deported said. ‘‘Jindal is the highest rank- had said, Thursday. ‘‘The order misused his discretionary pow- Bandra reclamation. his discretionary powers as immediate release of the ath- to India, June 21. He was ini- ing Indian in the LeT. He also of the RO is not complete in it- ers in giving some sanctions in The notices issued by Justices Chief Minister, first Vilasrao lete, claiming it was an illegal tially remanded to Delhi revealed about the terror group self. All disputes and issues which the redevelopment of the land- S A Bobade and Mridula Bhatkar Deshmukh granted the hotel detention, punishment to the Police Special Cell for 15 and its links with the Pakistani we had raised should have been mark Sea Rock hotel here. is returnable after four weeks. an FSI of 2.5 in October 2008 police officers who were al- days and this was extended state players, particularly Inter- dealt with by the RO as per The notices were issued The PIL filed by lawyer Sonia under Development Control legedly responsible for Pinki's by 15 more days. Services Intelligence (ISI -spy Rule 5(E). But the RO has Thursday, a day after Chavan Sood said the plot belonged to Rules (DCR), 1967. In July harassment and show case to Jindal told the police that the agency)," the officer said. gone by the advice of Pranab’s and 12 others were chargesheeted the State Government which Elel Hotels and Investments 2009, Deshmukh's successor the State Government for al- LeT-IM plan to carry out a ter- Jindal, was also clued in about representative (Pawan Bansal) that in the Adarsh Housing scam in it gave on leave and licence Pvt Ltd (EHIPL) which is re- Chavan again used his dis- leged illegal detention of ror strike at the Nasik Police the German Bakery blasts, the blast this should be dealt with under which he was accused of doling basis in 1961 to M/s Luthria and building the hotel now. cretionary powers to grant Pramanik. The retired middle Academy in Maharashtra on the at Bangalore’s Chinnaswamy Part III of the Constitution on out some favours to the upscale Lalchandani (L&L) for 99 years. It alleged that Brihanmumbai FSI of 3 to the hotel under distance runner was arrested lines of the Lahore Police Stadium and the blast-cum-shoot- President and Vice-President,’’ Housing society in Colaba as a L&L sub-leased the plot to M/s Municipal Corporation had DCR, 1991. PTI June 14. PTI Academy attack by the Taliban out at Delhi’s Jama Masjid. IANS he said. PTI PC new EGoM head CENTRE Rahul denies role in Plea against Pranab dismissed RENAMES New Delhi, July 6: Home Montek Singh Ahluwalia. sexual abuse case New Delhi, July 6: said Pranab Mukherjee ought Minister P Chidambaram was The ministerial panel is to LARR BILL New Delhi, July 6: Congress MLA challenging Rs 50 lakh Observing that it cannot be to be prosecuted under section Friday appointed the head of decide on the minimum or the General Secretary fine imposed on him by the a "theatre for farcical play," 7 and section 13(1) (d) of the Empowered Group of base price for auction of tele- New Delhi, July 6: In a bid has denied in the Supreme Allahabad High Court in an al- the Supreme Court Friday the Prevention of Corruption Ministers (EGoM) on spec- com spectrum vacated from to showcase its pro-farmer Court allegations that he had kept leged sexual exploitation case. dismissed a petition, accus- Act as he had been soliciting trum auction that was recon- cancellation of 122 licenses by image, the Centre has decided a girl and her parents in illegal A bench of Justices V S ing Pranab Mukherjee of re- votes from MLAs and MPs for stituted after Agriculture the Supreme Court earlier this to rename the Land Acquisition, confinement in . Sirpurkar (now retired) and T sorting to corruption in so- his Presidential election which Minister Sharad Pawar declined year. Pawar, who earlier this Rehabilitation and Resettlement In a counter-affidavit filed in S Thakur while staying the liciting votes in the Sharma claimed was illegal. the job fearing controversies. week recused himself from (LARR), 2011 Bill as “The the apex court, Rahul submit- High Court order, which had Presidential poll and warned According to the petitioner, In a decision that was at- chairing the group fearing he Right to Fair Compensation ted that the allegations made also directed a CBI probe against an advocate of stringent ac- Mukherjee being a public ser- tacked by the BJP, would be dragged into con- Resettlement, Rehabilitation against him were ‘‘totally false, the former legislator, asked the tion if he comes forward vant ought not to seek votes Chidambaram, a former Finance troversies, is not a member of and Transparency in Land frivolous, vexatious and are respondents to file their replies with similar pleas in future. which he was doing even Minister, will head the seven- the reconstituted EGoM, Acquisition Bill, 2012.’’ “It is calculated to harm my stand- within four weeks. A bench of Justices Aftab comes out with such similar while holding the charge of fi- member group that also in- sources said. being renamed to reflect the ing an image.’’ ‘‘It is respectfully The aggrieved former Alam and H L Gokhale ini- petitions in future. nance ministry. If a Presidential cludes Defence Minister A K Sources said no date for the Government’s commitment submitted that a serious view Samajwadi Party MLA from tially imposed cost of Rs "You are trying to destroy candidate is seeking votes, Antony, Telecom Minister Kapil meeting of the EGoM has towards securing a legal guar- should be taken of such alle- Madhya Pradesh Kishore 50,000 on the petitioner- the system. This time we are what is wrong in it, the bench Sibal, I&B Minister Ambika been fixed yet. The EGoM antee for the rights of all those gations,’’ the affidavit stated. Samrite had challenged the cum-advocate Manohar Lal, sparing you. If you continue asked Sharma while dismiss- Soni, Law Minister Salman was last week reconstituted individuals and families af- The apex court April 6, last High Court order alleging it but later waived it after the to file such petitions, don't ex- ing the petition as "worth- Khurshid, Minister of State in after Pranab Mukherjee, who fected by the process of land year had issued notice to Rahul to be illegal and arbitrary counsel pleaded for mercy. pect any indulgence from us," less". A similar petition by Prime Minister's Office V was heading it, resigned as acquisition,” said a senior Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh and issued without applica- The apex court warned the warned Justice Alam, who Sharma against Mukherjee Narayanasamy and Planning Finance Minister to contest Ministry official. Government and four others on tion of mind. He wanted the advocate that it would not headed the bench. was dismissed by the Delhi Commission Deputy Chairman the Presidential elections. PTI a petition filed by a former fine to be waived. PTI show any sympathy if he Sharma in his petition had High Court June 29. PTI Navy joins global Vice Presidential poll drill hosted by US notification issued New Delhi, July 6: Indian New Delhi, July 6: The process The last day for fil- Navy is taking part, for the An Indian Navy com- for electing the 13th Vice- first time, in the largest naval modore, based in President of India commenced ing nomination is exercise in the world hosted Washington DC, is Friday with the fixed as July 20 and by US Pacific Command. representing India in Secretary General T K the scrutiny will be Sources in the Indian Navy Viswanathan issuing the poll on the next day. July said India is participating as the war game which notification for holding elec- an observer in this exercise is held once in two tions August 7. 23 is the last date code named as RIMPAC (Rim years in Hawaii With appointment of for withdrawal of of the Pacific) 2012. The ex- Viswanathan as the Returning candidature ercise began June 27 and Russia is represented by four Officer for the Vice would culminate August 7. warships. The participation of Presidential polls, the process at 6 pm on the polling day. An Indian Navy commodore, India and Russia has attracted an for filing nomination has A total of 543 Members based in Washington DC, is angry reaction from as the also begun. Incumbent Vice- of Lok Sabha and 233 representing India in the war Communist party mouthpiece President Mohammad Hamid Members of game which is held once in two People’s Daily has dubbed it a show Ansari will complete his term and the nominated mem- years in Hawaii. According to of strength by the US Navy. August 10. bers form the Electoral US Navy official website he has ‘‘The United States is using The last day for filing College in accordance with been named as a ‘‘fleet compo- this exercise to show off its nomination is fixed as July the system of proportional nent commander’’ and 22 other military strength, seeking 20 and the scrutiny will be representation by means of countries are part of this largest military alliances in order to on the next day. July 23 is the the single transferable vote naval tango. RIMPAC is being contain the military rise of an- last date for withdrawal of will elect the Vice-President. held since 1971 but this is first other country in the region. candidature. The polling Each nomination papers time that India and its close ally Such a scheme is so thor- will be held in Delhi be- should have 20 proposers Russia have been invited in this oughly exposed now,’’ the tween 10 am and 5 pm. The and 20 seconders from the important naval event. paper said in a report. UNI A boy plays on a giant trampoline at a mall in Mumbai, Friday UNI PHOTO counting will be taken up Electoral College. UNI

Personnel from Lanka shifted Krishna to lead team for Tokyo meet Cops get DNA report of French man Team Anna member attacked New Delhi/, July 6: Under pressure from Tamil parties New Delhi, July 6: India will emphasise its long-term commitment to Bangalore, July 6: The DNA test report of a French diplomat Nalbari, July 6: RTI activist and Team Anna member Akhil Gogoi has including ally DMK, Government Friday shifted Sri Lankan Air Force assist Afghan Government at the Tokyo conference on the war-torn here, arrested on the charge of raping his four-year -old daugh- been attacked and critically injured by suspected youth Congress personnel undergoing training from to Bangalore for country Sunday which will be attended by around 70 countries and ter, was received by the city police Friday. "We have received activists in Assam's Nalbari district Friday. further training. However, Government sources said the Sri Lankan international organisations. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will the DNA test report of Mazurier this evening. Some contents Gogoi, who had gone to Punni village in Dharmapur area of the dis- airmen at Tambaram have finished their current phase of training head the Indian delegation at the conference, which will also consid- trict to take stock of the flood situation, was allegedly attacked with and have been sent to appropriate alternative destination for the (findings) in the report are negative and some others positive, er the recommendations of the investment meet on Afghanistan held sticks and other sharp weapons, the police said. next phase. Hence we are seeking certain clarifications (from the lab)," recently here. Noting that India is an active member in the recon- Gogoi filed an FIR at the Nalbari police station alleging that the The training of the Lankan personnel by India came in the line of ACP (Law and Order) T Suneel Kumar said. Pascal Mazurier, struction and development efforts of Afghanistan, Ministry of Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France here, was attack was carried out by six youth Congress activists at the fire from political parties with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa describing External Affairs Friday said Krishna "is expected to emphasise it as an ‘insult to Tamil people’ and others including her bitter rival, arrested June 19 following a complaint by his wife Suja Jones behest of Assam Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs India's long-term commitment to assist the Afghan Government and DMK, also joining in the chorus. ‘‘All Sri Lankan trainees are being Mazurier, a native of Kerala, alleging that he had raped their Minister Nilamani Sen Deka who represents Dharmapur assem- its people in their efforts to build a peaceful, pluralistic, democratic sent off from this Station as per instruction of the Ministry of four-year-old daughter. The issue led to a public outrage before bly constituency. Defence,’’ a brief Defence Ministry statement said. The press and prosperous Afghanistan". The Tokyo meet will be co-chaired by the diplomat was arrested. Gogoi, who is also the Secretary General of Krishak Mukti Sangram release issued by the Public Relations wing in Chennai had created the Government of Japan and the Government of Afghanistan. The A magisterial court July 3 had extended by 14 days the judicial Samiti (KMSS), received head injuries. A profusely bleeding Gogoi main aim of Tokyo meet, which follows the series of conferences was admitted to the Nalbari Civil Hospital in a critical condition. confusion over the status of these cadets but IAF sources later clari- custody of Pascal. His bail petition has been adjourned to July 9 fied that they were not being sent back to but to another organised on Afghanistan during the last one year, include ensuring The police have launched an investigation into the incident, the by a fast track court after police filed objections to the plea. PTI PTI training institution in Bangalore. PTI sustainable development of Afghanistan beyond 2012. PTI sources added.