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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 Delhi, July 6: Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy Kolkata, 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- New Delhi, 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 Pranab Mukherjee’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) India,” 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 Rahul Gandhi 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 Uttar Pradesh. 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.