7-Phase Poll in U.P. from February 11 to March 8 Sworn in As the 44Th Chief Justice of India by the President on Wednesday
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DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. TNENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 7 ● No. 4 ● CITY EDITION ● 24 Pages ● Rs. 8.00 Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Hubballi, Mohali, Allahabad, Malappuram and Mumbai CBI allegations Obama moves to stop Google’s Sundar Pichai Mahendra Singh Dhoni baseless, says Trump repealing lays out initiatives steps down as ODI Teesta Setalvad healthcare law for small businesses and T20 skipper Page 9 Page 14 Page 16 Page 17 • • BRIEFLY One-day voting in Punjab, Polling will be spread over Candidates must pay by cheque Expense limit in U.P., Punjab Uttarakhand and Goa two days in Manipur for expenses above ₨20,000 and Uttarakhand is ₨28 lakh Jagdish Singh Khehar sworn in as CJI NEW DELHI: Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, was 7-phase poll in U.P. from February 11 to March 8 sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India by the President on Wednesday. Justice Khehar Model Code of Decision on will have a tenure for over seven Conduct comes months till August 28, 2017. budget soon, ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 into immediate effect, says EC says CEC Zaidi Bengaluru molestation: 10 taken into custody DEVESH K. PANDEY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT BENGALURU: The two men on a NEW DELHI: Assembly polls in NEW DELHI: Chief Election two-wheeler, who molested a Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Commissioner (CEC) Nasim woman at Kamanahalli here in Punjab, Manipur and Goa Zaidi on Wednesday said a the early hours of January 1, will be held between Febru- representation seeking re- were not acting alone, said the ary 4 and March 8, the Elec- commendation for the defer- police. The police have taken 10 tion Commission an- ment of the Union Budget men into custody. They had nounced on Wednesday. presentation in Parliament initially rounded up 12 suspects, The Model Code of Con- was being examined, and a but two were allowed to leave duct for the Centre, the State decision would be taken in after questioning on Wednesday governments, political due course. afternoon. parties and their candidates The budget is to be ½ SOUTH | PAGE 8 comes into immediate ef- presented on February 1. fect, it said. Mr. Zaidi was speaking at a Polls will be held in a total press conference here after Man kills 10 of family in of 690 Assembly announcing the election Amethi, ends life constituencies. schedule for five States. In the 403 constituencies Bahujan Samaj Party chief LUCKNOW: A 45-year-old man of Uttar Pradesh, the elec- Mayawati has requested the allegedly hacked to death 10 tions will be conducted in Election Commission to re- members of his family, all seven phases from February sioner Nasim Zaidi said all rent for government accom- February 11 and the second 40 constituencies on March ities in coordination with commend that the budget women and girls, before 11 to March 8. candidates have been direc- modation in the past decade round for 67 seats in 11 dis- 4 and March 8 respectively. the enforcement agencies. presentation be deferred till hanging himself from a ceiling Elections in the 60 con- ted to open bank accounts, or any other such services. tricts on February 15. Stating that demonetisa- The EC has issued Stand- the completion of the elec- fan in Mahona Paschim village stituencies of Manipur will and pay for all expenses “The maximum limit for In the third phase, 69 con- tion was expected to cause a ard Operating Procedures tion process. in Amethi district of Uttar be held in two phases on above ₨20,000 through expenses for each candidate stituencies in 12 U.P. dis- decline in the use of money for the first and the last 72 She pointed out that dur- Pradesh. The youngest victim March 4 and 8; Goa (40) and cheques. in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and tricts will be covered on power in the coming elec- hours of the implementation ing the 2012 Assembly polls, was two years old. Punjab (117) will go to the Also, each candidate Uttarakhand is ₨28 lakh. In February 19, while 53 con- tions, Commission oicials of the Model Code of Con- the budget was presented ½ NATION | PAGE 9 polls on February 4, and Ut- would have to file a separate Goa and Manipur, the limit stituencies will go to the said illegal inducements in duct to ensure a smooth after the elections were tarakhand (70) on February aidavit in the form of a “no- is ₨20 lakh,” he said. polls on February 23, and 52 other forms might record an election process. completed. 15. The counting will be car- demand certificate” declar- The first phase in U.P., on February 27. increase. METROPLUS ried out on March 11. ing that there are no dues on covering 73 Assembly seats The sixth and seventh However, the EC has kept ½ BJP HOPES TO CASH IN ON ½ ZAIDI REJECTS CHARGE 4 Pages Chief Election Commis- account of water, electricity, in 15 districts, will be held on phase will be held in 49 and a close watch on such activ- DEMONETISATION | PAGE 13 OF DELAY | PAGE 13 Trinamool takes battle JNU students allege Daily hearing on Cauvery over MPs’ arrest to Delhi arbitrary suspensions appeals from February 7 JAIDEEP DEO BHANJ ing of students belonging to Leaders detained on marginalised and oppressed LEGAL CORRESPONDENT “The direction to set Mr. Naphade submitted. way to stage protest NEW DELHI: Nine students who communities.” Karnataka counsel and have been suspended by Their hostel facility was NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court up the Board is part senior advocate Fali Nariman outside PM’s home Jawaharlal Nehru University withdrawn overnight despite on Wednesday asked of the Tribunal’s objected to Tamil Nadu’s alleged that the action against their peaceful demonstration Karnataka to continue releas- order,”Justice Misra plea. The Bench agreed with SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT them was taken in a vindict- demanding a more equitable ing 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery Mr. Nariman, observing that ive and arbitrary manner and socially just admission water to neighbouring Tamil said. its primary focus was the ap- NEW DELHI: Trinamool Con- without following demo- process. Nadu, while posting appeals peals filed by the States. gress MPs on Wednesday cratic procedures of inquiry “The AC meeting had filed by Tamil Nadu, ing from February 7 for a “We will hear appeals. The took their battle against the and fact-finding. already concluded before we Karnataka and Kerala against period of three weeks. direction to set up the Board Centre over the arrest of The students were suspen- peacefully entered. And we the Cauvery Water Dispute The Bench did not accept is a part of the Tribunal’s or- their leader in the Lok Sabha, ded on December 27, a day entered only when we found Tribunal’s decision on water- the submissions of senior ad- der,” Justice Misra said. Sudip Bandyopadhyay, in a after they were accused by that the Auditorium gate was sharing for day-to-day hear- vocate Shekhar Naphade for Advocate Mohan Katarki, corruption case to the na- the Proctor’s Oice of “dis- open. We were only raising ing. Tamil Nadu that an interim State counsel for Karnataka, tional capital. ruption of the Academic slogans without resorting to Stressing the urgency to order should be passed on countered a contention by After a meeting in Parlia- Council (AC) meeting” and any undemocratic means. We resolve the dispute at the the constitution of the Tamil Nadu that it has seen a ment House, Trinamool MPs UP IN ARMS: Trinamool Congress MPs stage a protest on the resorting to physical violence also emphasize that we did earliest, a Bench of Justices Cauvery Management Board. shortage of 4.8 TMC ft of wa- drove down in a cavalcade Tughlak Road police station premises in New Delhi after on December 26. not indulge in any kind of Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy “Several years have gone ter from Karnataka. towards the Prime Minister’s they were detained on Wednesday. — PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The suspension notices “physical violence” as and A.M. Khanwilkar sched- by...the river is perennial but residence on 7 Lok Kalyan contradicted a statement by claimed by the Proctor’s Of- uled the back-to-back hear- the litigation should not be,” ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Marg with the intention of Stressing that his party namool MP to be arrested in the university administration fice,” the students said. holding a demonstration in would continue to raise its less than a week in this case. that the AC meeting was con- They said the suspension front of it. But they were voice against the “injustice Last Friday actor-turned- ducted successfully and only of students from marginal- stopped midway and taken done by the Modi govern- politician Tapas Paul was ar- after the meeting was over ized backgrounds was a “sad into custody. ment”, Mr. Roy said 36 MPs rested. did some students enter the and cruel testimony of the in- “We were going peacefully took part in the protest. Meanwhile, protests by meeting room and shout justices which plague our so- towards the Prime Minister’s On Tuesday, Mr. Bandy- Trinamool in West Bengal slogans. ciety.” The students have residence,” Trinamool opadhyay was arrested in against Mr. Bandyopadhyay’s Norms violated been asked to depose before leader Saugata Roy told re- Kolkata by the CBI in con- arrest turned violent. The students claimed that an inquiry committee on porters, “but the police de- nection with the Rose Valley the suspension was a “viola- January 6.