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Sunday | 27-09-2020 02 Quad Countries Deliberating On NCB Questions Bollywood Stars Common Approach On 5G Technology NEW DELHI: The US, India, Japan in touch with Japan for the de- and Australia are exploring to velopment of 5G technology, and evolve a common approach on 5G the issue was deliberated upon Deeepika, Shraddha, Sara In Drugs Case telecom technology, expanding extensively during the first for- their strategic cooperation under eign and defence ministerial dia- MUMBAI: The Narcotics Con- While Sara Ali Khan and Shrad- during questioning, sources said. all day at its Ballard Estate of- which did not materialise. the framework of Quadrilateral logue between the two strategic trol Bureau (NCB) on Saturday dhaKapoor were questioned at Padukone, who reached the fice. He was not seen leaving Chopra was briefly associated coalition or "Quad" which was partners in November last year. recorded statements of actors the NCB's zonal office at Ballard guest house around 9.50 am, left the office even late at night. with his banner as an assistant primarily focused on the Indo- "Noting the importance of digital DeepikaPadukone, ShraddhaKa- Estate, Padukone was questioned at 3.50 pm. Prakash, who had been On Friday, NCB had also ques- director and worked only on Pacific region. connectivity and secure networks, poor and Sara Ali Khan in the at a guest house in Colaba, an of- quizzed on Friday too, was also al- tioned Dharma Productions' two projects, he said. Officials of the four countries the officials discussed ways to pro- drugs probe linked to Sushant ficial of the central agency said. lowed to leave around 3.40 pm. Anubhav Chopra in connection The NCB had earlier arrested discussed the issue at a virtual mote the use of trusted vendors, Singh Rajput's death and an al- ShraddhaKapoor reached the The agency arrested Kshitij with film industry-drug nexus. actor Rhea Chakraborty, her meeting of the 'Quad' on Friday particularly for fifth generation leged Bollywood-drugs nexus. NCB office around 12 pm and Ravi Prasad in the drugs case In a statement, film-maker brother Showik and some sus- in the backdrop of growing reluc- (5G) networks," a statement by the It also arrested Dharma Pro- left after six hours, while Sara linked to Rajput's death on Sat- Karan Johar had said Prasad pected drug peddlers. tance by a significant number of US said on Friday after the meeting. ductions' executive producer Ali Khan reached around 1 pm urday. He had been picked up joined Dharmatic Entertainment, Rajput (34), an emerging Bol- countries in Europe and elsewhere The US has banned Huawei over Kshitij Ravi Prasad. The agency and left around 5.30 pm. by a team of NCB from his resi- sister concern of Johar's Dharma lywood star, was found hanging to allow Chinese telecommunica- concerns of security, and Wash- has so far arrested at least 18 Padukone was confronted with dence in suburban Versova on Productions, in November 2019 in his apartment in suburban tions giant Huawei Technologies ington has been pressuring other persons in these cases. her manager KarishmaPrakash Friday morning and questioned on a contract basis for a project Bandra on June 14. to operate in their territories. countries to restrict the operations It is learnt that India is already of the Chinese telecom major. the same time, there are also several instances that point to the need quo has been in line with both the aspirations on the Kashmiri people my words. Rs 250-Cr Bank Fraud: KAS... for a "serious introspection of the work of the United Nations, he said. and the spirit of the UN resolutions,” Gilani said. He said the complicity of today’s vanguards and yesteryear’s facili- to officials. The anti-graft body registered the case against Dar and "Several terrorist attacks shook the world and rivers of blood have “In fact, it has played a vital role in keeping the Kashmir dispute alive tators of erosion and disempowerment cannot be erased or wished others under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act continued to flow by, he said. on the UN agenda. However, the recent unfortunate decision to grant away. for allegedly sanctioning a loan to the tune of Rs 250 crore in fa- "During those times and even today, can we suggest that efforts of the Gilgit and Baltistan the status of a provincial province represent a ma- I am of the firm opinion that we can’t allow August 5th to whitewash vour of the non-existent society for the purpose of construction of United Nations to tackle these issues were sufficient, he said. jor shift in Pakistan’s so far consistent policy,” he added. history and assume our history starts here. The complicity of today’s a satellite township at Shivpora locality in Srinagar, bypassing the Modi said India will not hesitate to raise its voice against the enemies The ailing leader’s representative further said that while the local vanguards and yesteryear’s facilitators of erosion and disempower- credit policy of the bank and on the basis of false and fabricated of humanity, including terrorism, smuggling of illegal weapons, drugs population in Gilgit and Baltistan may have some genuine grievances ment – that can’t be erased or wished away. That’s the limited point, documents, they said. and money-laundering, and will always speak in support of peace, and concerns and Pakistan is duty bound to address them, he believes Mattu said in another tweet. The ACB investigation revealed that a conspiracy was hatched be- security and prosperity. the purpose could have been efficiently and sufficiently served with- The former JKPC spokesperson, however, said he will continue to tween Dar, Mir, Hajam, Mujib Ur Rehman Ghasi -- the then registrar "Starting from January next year, India will also fulfill its responsibil- out altering the status quo. cherish his personal bond and association with JKPC chairman Sajad of cooperative societies, J-K, Syed Ashiq Hussain -- deputy registrar ity as a non-permanent member of the Security Council. I express my “The move, in our view, is laden with disastrous consequences. Gani Lone. cooperative societies, and others in creating the fake society in 2018- gratitude to all fellow member states who have bestowed this trust Pakistan risks not only weakening its position and losing moral high Mattu had joined the JKPC after winning the low key mayoral polls of 19 in order to obtain a loan from the bank, officials said. upon India, he said, referring to the overwhelming support the coun- ground but also demoralizing Kashmiri people and debilitating their the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) in 2018. He had quit the NC try received during the election in June. ongoing struggle for the right to self-determination,” he said. in September that year to contest the local bodies polls. Ex-DC Booked For Approving... "As the world's largest democracy, we will bring our years of rich ex- Terming the move to grant provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan as un- preliminary verification into a written complaint lodged by inhabit- perience for the benefit of the whole world," he added. fortunate and unwise, Gilani said that Pakistan was handing India a J&K's Power Purchase Deficit... ants of Gutlipora, Hyhama tin the border district. Modi underscored that the ideals on which the UN was founded and baton to beat it with vis-à-vis August 5, 2019 decision. charges assessed, collected and the balance outstanding against all The complainants had alleged that in brazen violation of rules, the India's own fundamental philosophy has a lot of commonality and are “India would welcome this opportunity as a blessing in disguise and the 29 power projects in J&K was not available with the department authorities had issued NOC to a crusher/hot mix plant in 2017 to not different from each other. use it to justify its August 5, 2019 decision of revoking Kashmir's spe- responsible for assessment and collection, CAG said. one M/S National Infra Construction Company Gutlipora Kupwara, a "Within the halls of the United Nations, one has often heard the cial status and merging it,” he said. "Only Rs 3,971.63 crore, 67 per cent of the assessed amount of Rs Crime Branch spokesperson said. The complainants further alleged words the world is one family', he said, adding that it is part of India's Gilani, who was recently nominated as the representative of the ail- 5,950.55 crore in respect of 17 power projects had been recovered. that the revenue records of the land on which the plant was estab- culture, character and thinking to treat the whole world as one family. ing leader, urged the government of Pakistan to rethink the decision Out of the total expenses of Rs 4,159.85 crore from the water usage lished had been manipulated by the then revenue authorities. "In the United Nations too, India has always given priority to the wel- granting provisional provincial status to Gilgit and Baltistan keeping charges fund, 2.40 per cent were allocated for creation of assets, 80.25 “After conducting a preliminary verification including spot inspec- fare of the whole world, he said, outlining that India has sent its brave in view all aspects, particularly, the possible “detrimental repercus- per cent were used for purchase of power.