Govt, Oppn Brace for Today's No-Trust Vote
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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 200 | Friday, 20 July 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS qNIFTY 10,957.10 (-23.35) qSENSEX 36,351.23 (-22.21) pDOW JONES 25,199.29 (+79.40) qNASDAQ 7854.44 (-0.67) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 69.05 (-0.43) qRUPEE/EURO 80.02 (-0.25) pGOLD/10GM 30,825 (+25.00) qSILVER/K 39,150 (-50.00) OVER `1,000 CR LS PASSES FUGITIVE ISRAEL ADOPTS ‘DON’T WANT TO FOR DEVP WORK ECO OFFENDERS CONTROVERSIAL SEPARATE MY IN UNAUTHORISED BILL AS OPPOSITION JEWISH ‘NATION- IDENTITY FROM COLONIES PG3 ATTACKS GOVT PG7 STATE’ LAW PG10 SHAHID’ PG16 Class-X student at- BJP CONFIDENT OF WIN, OPPN SAYS ISSUE NOT JUST OF NUMBERS PC, son Karti charged by tacked by rival group near school, dies CBI in Aircel Maxis case Govt, Oppn brace for MPOST BUREAU ZAFAR ABBAS NEW DELHI: Congress leader NEW DELHI: Schoolchildren of a Delhi gov- P Chidambaram and his son ernment school turned so brutal on Wednesday Karti Chidambaram were on that they murdered a fellow 17-year-old school- Thursday named as accused in mate just outside the school in Jyoti Nagar of today’s no-trust vote a charge sheet filed by the CBI North East Delhi. in the Aircel-Maxis deal case in The boy Gaurav was punched and kicked SIMONTINI BHATTACHARJEE the motion. On the other side, which they have been charged several times on his body by the school chil- another key political stakeholder for alleged criminal conspiracy The CBI was conducting dren that he got severe internal wounds and col- NEW DELHI: Hectic efforts are in the south- the TRS also seemed and misconduct. probe as to how Chidambaram, lapsed just after the beating. He was immediately on to form ranks on both sides of to maintain a distance from the no- The agency filed its supple- who was the finance minister in rushed to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital by his the political divide ahead of Fri- confidence motion since Wednes- mentary charge sheet before 2006, granted Foreign Invest- brother but he succumbed to his injuries. See P4 day’s no-confidence motion against day. The ruling BJD in Odisha said special CBI judge O P Saini ment Promotion Board (FIPB) the government. Given the NDA’s it would reveal its stand on the who fixed it for consideration approval to a foreign firm when sheer numbers in parliament’s motion on the floor of the House on July 31. only the Cabinet Committee on Hardly anything done to lower house, the government may on Friday. The BJD has 19 MPs. Besides Chidambaram and Economic Affairs (CCEA) was not face too many jitters during Indications are that it might abstain Karti, the CBI named ten indi- empowered to do it. the trust vote. The big question from the trust vote. viduals, including public ser- The senior Congress lead- clean Ganga: NGT will be the decision of fence-sitters All the key parties including the vants, and six companies as er’s role had come under the given next year’s general elections. BJP and the Congress have issued accused in the case. scanner of investigating agen- NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK and whips to ensure the presence of all The charge sheet was filed cies in the Aircel-Maxis deal of (NGT) on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction Telangana Rashtra Samithi of K its members in the House. for the alleged offences of Rs 3,500 crore and INX Media over the cleaning up of Ganga and said the Chandrashekar Rao, are likely to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on criminal conspiracy under the case involving Rs 305 crore. situation was extraordinarily bad and hardly vote in favour of the government, Wednesday said the discussion on Indian Penal Code (IPC), pub- In its charge sheet filed ear- anything effective has been done to clean the sources said, after BJP chief Amit the no-confidence motion moved lic servant taking illegal gratifi- lier in the case against former river. Shah reached out to them. Naveen by BJP’s former ally TDP and oth- cation, punishment for abetting telecom minister Dayanidhi A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Patnaik’s BJD is likely to abstain. ers will be held for the full day fol- this offence and public servant Maran, his brother Kalanithi A K Goel said that despite claims by the authori- Though the numbers are heav- dence motion will be taken on Fri- the National Democratic lowed by voting on it. committing criminal miscon- Maran and others, the agency ties, the work done on the ground for Ganga ily stacked against the opposition, day, a Sena functionary said late on Alliance(NDA) has 313 mem- The BJP claimed it would com- duct under the Prevention of had alleged that Chidambaram rejuvenation was not adequate and regular mon- the Congress and other par- Thursday night. bers including 274 (including the fortably sail through the no-confi- Corruption Act. had granted FIPB approval in itoring was required to improve the situation. ties indicated on Friday that they Earlier in the day, a whip issued Speaker)of BJP, 18 of Shiv Sena, dence motion and that it is hopeful If convicted, the offences March 2006 to Mauritius-based The Green panel ordered survey to seek are keen to utilise the debate to by the Sena had asked all MPs to six of Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP of getting support from several entail a maximum punishment Global Communication Ser- views of common man about what he feels on attack the government on a range support the NDA government. and four from Shiromani Akali non-NDA parties. of seven years. vices Holdings Ltd, a subsid- ground about the pollution in Ganga and said of issues including farm distress, The BJP, on the other hand, is Dal(SAD). The majority mark in The Congress, however, said it According to the sources, iary of Maxis. the feedback could be given through e-mail of slow economic growth and rising seeking to expand the guaranteed the House is 268. There are 11 is not only a question of numbers. the CBI is yet to obtain sanc- The Enforcement Director- the authorities concerned. incidents of lynching. support of 313 members and said vacancies. The debate in Lok Sabha will tion to prosecute the public ate is also probing a separate “It is the most prestigious river in the country Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thac- it would back the government and As the opposition and the be held from 11 am on Friday. servants. money laundering case in the which 100 crore people respect but we are unable keray has asked his party MPs to look for support from regional par- government geared up for the Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is The money alleged to be Aircel-Maxis deal in which the to protect it. Let us try to make the mechanism remain in Delhi, but the final deci- ties like the All India Anna Dravida no-trust motion- the first in 15 scheduled to speak soon after it given as illegal gratification was agency has questioned Chid- as strong and effective as possible,” the bench, sion as to whether the party will Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) years, Tamil Nadu Chief Min- starts, PM Modi, who will be pres- taken from a Malaysia-based ambaram and Karti. Both also comprising Justices Jawad Rahim and R S support the Modi government and the Biju Janata Dal(BJD). ister K Palaniswami hinted his ent in the House, will respond to it company and Aircel Televen- Chidambaram and Karti have Rathore, said. See P7 against the Opposition’s no-confi- In a House of 534 MPs, party AIADMK might not back shortly before the voting is held. tures Ltd, they said. denied the allegations. Condemn mob No compromise on security Now, software to Mallikarjun Kharge writes to lynching, asked check plagiarism states to take action of passport mobile app: MEA PM, boycotts Lokpal meet RAJNATH SINGH in PhD theses MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU would also like to caution that MPOST BUREAU any eminent person who would NEW DELHI: There has been no NEW DELHI: Leader of Con- be chosen for appointment as In today’s compromise on security aspects NEW DELHI: The govern- gress in the Lok Sabha Mal- Lokpal would not accept this concerning passport applications ment on Thursday said it is likarjun Kharge on Thursday appointment made by a selec- paper through the new mobile app and any making it mandatory for all boycotted a meeting of the tion committee that did not attempt to get fake passports made universities to scan PhD the- selection committee for consider the views of the oppo- ... from cyber cafes will be rejected, ses through a robust software appointment of Lokpal that remained unacknowledged and sition,” he said. CITY External Affairs Minister Sushma to check plagiarism. was chaired by Prime Minister unaddressed. Kharge objected to him Swaraj said on Thursday. residence. Disclosing this while Narendra Modi. “Under these circum- being invited as a ‘special invi- BUILDING DEATH TOLL UP TO NINE 4 Replying to a query during Ques- With the launch of the ‘mPass- replying to supplementaries Earlier in the day, Kharge stances, I must once again tee’ and said that the govern- tion Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Swaraj port Seva App’, a person now does not in the Rajya Sabha, HRD Min- wrote to Modi saying he will respectfully inform that I ment was well aware that there NATION said “all security measures” were require access a computer and printer ister Prakash Javadekar said it not attend such meetings till would not be able to attend the is no such provision under sec- 14 KILLED AS BUS ROLLS DOWN GORGE 7 being followed and once the data cen- to apply for a passport.