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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 22 | Monday, 22 January 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS MRI SCAN FACILITY CENTRE RELIEVES NADAL FIGHTS OFF WHEN YOU BELIEVE LYING DEFUNCT AT CISF CHIEF OP SINGH; SCHWARTZMAN TO IN YOUR WORK, PANT HOSPITAL FOR TO TAKE OVER AS UP BOOK QUARTER- WORLD BELIEVES LAST 1 YEAR PG3 DGP PG5 FINAL BERTH PG14 TOO: IRRFAN PG16 India won’t hesitate to PM DEFENDS GOVT’S ECONOMIC POLICIES AAP MAY APPROACH APEX COURT cross border: Rajnath President Kovind gives nod Next Budget may not be to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs SAYANTAN GHOSH populist, hints PM Modi NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday accepted the recommendation of the Elec- MPOST BUREAU tion Commission to disqualify 20 MPOST BUREAU Tough talk lawmakers of Delhi’s ruling Aam NEW DELHI: Prime Minister » Demonetisation a success Aadmi Party, for violating the LUCKNOW: Union Home Minister Rajnath Narendra Modi on Sunday indi- provisions of the Office of Profit. elections in the 20 assembly seats, Singh on Sunday said India has shown it can cated that the upcoming Budget » It is a myth that common Under the provisions, lawmakers giving the opposition BJP and Con- attack its enemies not only on its soil but also in would not be a populist one and man wants sops and cannot hold any post in the gov- gress a chance to increase their foreign territory if need be. Singh’s remarks came it’s a myth that the common man freebies ernment that entitles them to perks tally. The BJP has four seats in the almost a week after the Indian Army carried out expects “freebies and sops” from or powers unless a law has been house, the Congress none. a “retaliatory action” against Pakistani troops, the government. » Open to plug loopholes passed to exempt the posts. AAP AAP legislators, who moved killing seven of their soldiers and injuring four In an interview with Times in GST has described the Commission’s the Delhi High Court on Friday, others along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Now television broadcast on recommendation as “unconstitu- did not get any interim relief. The Poonch district. Sunday, he also pledged that “India has shown its eco- tional and undemocratic”. The leg- court posted the matter for hearing “A few months ago, Pakistan, in an act of his government will stay on the nomic strength to the world, and islators have also appealed in high on Monday. The court had earlier cowardice, attacked and martyred 17 of our course of the reforms agenda so it is but obvious that the world court, which will hear the matter quashed the AAP government’s jawans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi con- that has pulled out India from wants to know India, it wants to on Monday. order appointing 21 legislators sulted all of us on this serious issue, and the being among the ‘fragile five’ know India directly (from the A notification from President as parliamentary secretaries as it Indian Army entered the Pakistani area and economies of the world to being top leader) (and) understand it,” Ram Nath Kovind’s office said, lacked the approval of the Lieuten- killed the militants,” Singh said at a public meet- a ‘bright spot’. Modi said. “Having considered the matter in ant Governor, the administrative ing here. Modi stoutly defended “India has become a land of the light of the opinion expressed head of Delhi. “India’s image in the world has become that his economic policies, saying great opportunity now,” he said. by the Election Commission, I, “We had hoped to go to the of a strong nation, and we have given a strong demonetisation was “a huge suc- “India has become an attractive Ram Nath Kovind, president of President asking him to give us a message to the world that we can attack our cess story” and that he was open address farmers’ issues. is a myth,” he said, according to investment destination.” India, in exercise of the powers... chance to present ourselves. Now enemies not only on our soil but also in their to changes in the new Goods Times Now provided a tran- the transcript. The prime minister said insti- do here hold that the aforesaid we received this news. AAP will territory,” he said. and Services Tax (GST) to plug script of the interview ahead of The common man, he said, tutions like the IMF and World 20 members of the Delhi legisla- knock the doors of HC and even Singh said India wants to maintain a friendly loopholes and make it a more its broadcast on Sunday. expects honest governance. “He Bank and rating agencies like tive assembly stand disqualified SC if needed,” said Delhi law min- relationship with its neighbour. efficient ‘one-nation-one- tax’ Asked if his government will doesn’t demand sops and free- Moody’s are all complimenting from being members of the said ister Gopal Rai. “But Pakistan is not mending its ways,” he system. turn populist in its last full-year bies. It is our myth.” steps taken by India. assembly”. While chief minister Arvind says. He rejected criticism of pro- Budget before the general elec- Modi said his government Attacking critics of demon- The disqualification of the 20 Kejriwal did not directly respond Singh said that under the leadership of Prime viding a jobless growth, saying tions in 2019, Modi said the was taking decisions to fulfil etisation, Modi said people lawmakers will not endanger AAP’s to the goings-on, the party’s official Minister Narendra Modi, the country’s economy “lies” were being spread about issue falls under the ambit of the the needs and aspirations of the attempted to “ignite a fire, incite government. AAP has 66 seats in Twitter handle did post a statement is moving ahead at a fast pace. employment generation and his finance minister, and he does not common man. riots and knocked at doors of the the 70-member assembly. Its num- from him: “They really tormented “..and now even the global economists and government’s policies were ori- want to interfere in it. About being the first prime Supreme Court. bers will now be down to 46 seats, us, got false cases registered against experts accept this,” he said. ented towards creating jobs. “But those who have seen me minister to be addressing ple- They tried everything pos- which is well past the half-way our legislators, launched a CBI raid Singh was addressing the meeting of Acknowledging farm dis- as the chief minister (of Guja- nary at the World Economic sible just to save those who mark of 35. against me, but they never got any- ‘Bharatiya Railway Maal Godaam Shramik tress, he said it was the responsi- rat) and also as the prime minis- Forum in Davos this week, he were hoarding black money, The President’s approval of the thing. In the end, they finally got 20 Sangh’ here on Sunday. bility of the Centre and the state ter (would know) common man said this had been made possible to save the corrupt, to save the Election Commission’s recom- of our MLAs disqualified.” He said he would take up the issues and governments to identify and does not want all these things. It because India has progressed. dishonest.” WITH PTI INPUTS mendation paves the way for by- More reports on P3 problems of the railway labourers with higher authorities. SC work allocation system 18 killed in AVID BOOK-LOVER Trying to bring Taliban attack on petrol, diesel under GST to be made public: Sources Afghan hotel DHARMENDRA PRADHAN MPOST BUREAU follow the roster system of alloca- tion of work prevalent in the Delhi NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India High Court. Dipak Misra has examined sugges- “We are quite hopeful that the CJI In today’s tions from stakeholders to bring in all likelihood is going to accept our transparency in allocation of sensitive suggestions and all misunderstanding paper PILs to judges and is likely to bring in that has come out in the open after the the public domain soon the system he press conference of the four judges ... is going to adopt for it, sources close can be resolved,” Singh said. CITY to him said on Sunday. He said that a system for alloca- KABUL: A Taliban assault on They said that the listing of two tion of cases identical to that in the the Intercontinental Hotel in ‘11 DAILY DEATHS IN GGN PVT HOSPITALS’ 4 petitions demanding an indepen- Delhi High Court is followed in the Afghanistan’s capital killed at NATION dent probe into the death of CBI spe- Bombay High Court. least 18 people, including 14 cial judge B H Loya before a bench The SC website confirmed that it foreigners, and pinned security NGT ORDERS ‘INTENSIVE SURVEY’ OF RIVERS 6 headed by the CJI manifests that all would be heard by a bench headed by forces down for more than 13 issues, including allo- the CJI. hours before the last attacker EDIT cation of cases, raised Sources said that was killed on Sunday, with the by the four senior- some of the judges casualty toll expected to rise. CIVILISATIONAL GLORY 8 most judges in their who are the future The heavily-guarded lux- INTERNATIONAL controversial January CJIs – justices S A ury hotel is popular among for- 12 press conference, Bobde, N V Ramana, eigners and Afghan officials. OVER 25K MURDERED IN MEXICO IN 2017 10 are being considered.