After Lunch & Selfies with Shah, Bengal Couple Joins
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Arguing for lunch a few days ago in Naxal- in Krishna Ghati sector along Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir the government, advocate Arghya Sengupta told bari, joining the Trinamool Con- the Line of Control (LoC) in (PoK), returned from where a bench led by Justice A K Sikri that the leakage gress. TMC leader Gautam Deb Jammu and Kashmir. they came from. was by various other government departments was found sipping tea in the same Basit was summoned by In a related development, and state agencies. Sengupta said the leakage house on Wednesday, merely 8 days Foreign Secretary S Jaishan- 50 Pakistani students, who on might have occurred on account of balancing after Amit Shah had left, a con- Geeta and Raju Mahali, a couple who served lunch to BJP kar to convey India’s “outrage a visit to India at the invitation transparency and data protection concerns. tented man. The BJP was quick to chief Amit Shah, joined Trinamool Congress on Wednesday at the killing and the barbaric of an NGO, were sent back after As Justice Sikri pointed out that there were allege that the Mahali couple had act of mutilation of the bodies the ministry advised the organ- reports in the newspapers even on Wednesday joined the TMC under duress. of violence and hatred throughout In New Delhi, Union Minister aside Ghosh’s statement as “base- of two Indian soldiers on May isation against hosting them at about leakage of Aadhaar data, Sengupta said The saffron brigade in an the country. From the same place, Ravi Shankar Prasad said the devel- less allegations.” “They adhere to one, 2017 by Pakistani army a time which was not “appro- there could be some errors here and there and attempt to gain a political foot- we will launch our Saab Ka Saath, opment indicated that the “suc- Mamata Banerjee and the party’s personnel”, External Affairs priate” in the aftermath of the some IDs were perhaps issued in the names of hold in Bengal has left no stone Saab Ka Vikas.” cess” of Shah’s visit had unnerved development activities and have Ministry Spokesperson Gopal beheading of Indian soldiers. ‘Hanuman’ and dogs but UID remains the most unturned. On April 25, Shah along Exactly 8 days after this, the the TMC. decided to walk on that path. No Baglay said. Asked about reports of sophisticated and authentic biometric system. with the BJP front rung leaders of Mahali couple is once more in the Prasad alleged the BJP workers question of force arises. They joined India also told Pakistan the visas being denied to Pakistan “There is no absolute right to informational Bengal had flagged off the organisa- news. At around 10 am Raju and and others whom Shah met during of their own will.” killing of the soldiers was “a squash and wrestling teams, self-determination,” said Sengupta as he added tional “Booth Chalo” programme Gita Mahali received the TMC his visit to Bhawanipur, Banerjee’s Towing the same line, Gita strong act of provocation” and Baglay said the squash team the issue was not about discriminating against by having lunch in the house of a party flag from Deb at the Naxal- assembly constituency, during his Mahali told media persons that the in contravention of all norms was granted visas much before people on the basis of their having Aadhaar, but scheduled tribe couple in a remote bari block office. three-day West Bengal tour, were couple joined on their will and not of civilised conduct, he said. the event they were to partici- the purpose for UID was to prevent de-duplica- village in Naxalbari in the Darjeel- BJP State President Ghosh also under “pressure”. under duress. Baglay said it was significant pate in but they did not collect tion and to ensure targeted delivery of services ing district. alleged that the couple had been The BJP was “deeply sad and “I was inspired by the develop- that the attack was preceded it. And as far as the Pakistan to the identified sections. Stating that no enact- Flanked by Dilip Ghosh, Bengal missing since Tuesday. “They had hurt” over the development but mental work of Mamata Banerjee by covering fire from Pakistani wrestlers were concerned, ment could solve a problem in entirety, the law- BJP President, Shah had sat cross- been abducted and under force not in the least concerned, Prasad and that is why we have joined the posts in Battal sector (in the Sports Minister Vijay Goel has yer contended that only individuals and not legged on the floor enjoying a meal compelled to join the TMC. Their said, adding it was a “textbook case TMC. Nobody has forced us to join vicinity of village Battal). already spoken on the matter. companies were required to have Aadhaar since of rice, roti, daal and sabzi. Talk- body language says it all. They are of revenge politics”. the party,” she said. Blood samples collected Goel has said, “Terrorism individuals were the first target. “Tomorrow, we ing to media persons after lunch, in fear. They were seen sitting with Such tactics by the TMC cannot While Raju is a daily labourer from the site matched with the and sports can’t go along and may replace PAN with Aadhaar if such a need Shah had declared: “It is from here heads hung low not being able to stop the BJP’s expansion, he said. doing odd jobs, Gita is a worker in blood of the two Indian secu- Pakistan should understand arises,” he added. that the Naxals spread the politics look up also” declared Ghosh. A triumphant Deb brushed a tea garden. rity personnel, he said, add- that.” MPOST MANOJ KUMAR WAS A PROBE OFFICER A free, vibrant I-T Commissioner, Essar Movie ticket rates IN THE ROSE VALLEY CASE press is vital in a capped at `200 in democracy MD arrested in bribery case Former ED assistant director NARENDRA MODI MPOST BUREAU Karnataka BENGALURU: The Karnataka govern- Manoj Kumar surrenders NEW DELHI: The CBI ment has capped the price of film tickets In today’s has arrested an Income at all theatres at Rs 200 and made it man- OUR CORRESPONDENT Manoj Tax Commissioner, B B datory for multiplexes to screen Kannada Kumar paper Rajendra Prasad, and Essar and regional cinema during prime time. KOLKATA: Former Enforcement group’s Managing Director The ceiling on movie ticket prices Directorate assistant director Manoj ... Pradeep Mittal along with comes into immediate effect, with the Kumar was on Wednesday remanded CITY four others in a Rs two crore government issuing a notification imple- to police custody till May 12 after he bribery case. menting the proposal announced in the surrendered before a city court in OIL TANKER OVERTURNS AT AIRPORT 4 Prasad, a 1992 batch state budget for 2017-18. connection with an extortion case Indian Revenue Service The move comes barely a day after that allegedly revealed his links with NATION officer handling appeals Chief Minister Siddaramaiah along with the accused in the Rose Valley chit He has been booked for extortion, E-GUIDE APP FOR TOURISTS 5 related to tax matters in of the alleged bribe amount offices of two of its execu- his family watched the blockbuster “Baa- fund scam. criminal conspiracy and under the Mumbai office, had alleg- to his Visakhapatnam res- tives in connection with IT hubali 2-The Conclusion”, by reportedly Kamal Somani, a chartered Prevention of Corruption Act. EDIT edly demanded the bribe of idence. But the stratagem assessment orders. paying a hefty entry fee at a multiplex that accountant, had lodged a complaint Tarun Chatterjee, the state’s coun- Rs two crore for an order didn’t work. Both Prasad “Balaji Trust is a respon- was more than the normal price. at Shakespeare Sarani police station sel, submitted before the Bankshall OPPOSITION MUST STEP UP 8 favouring the Balaji Trust and Suresh Jain were caught sible corporate citizen and The notification also makes it manda- here, alleging that money had been Court that Pradeep had taken Rs 75 in which Essar group is the red- handed.