" & ;' 3 < < < %'(#%") *+, +(2+23 /+'0-1 (+',-. "2%2'-/ -+0"0*-,*% ,---,* =>-,->-%*"2>%10" 32/0E 2?N3%0"?+/C,-D0'0>2,- %3?0"%/**+0/%*( / $ 6@%%& @89 A% *- % - . /- /*0 + ! "$% !& !"# 3"* "-.'-/(0 Asthana, he heard an officer telling “things have been man- 12/1%% day before the scheduled aged and everything is fine”. Ahearing on the fate of CBI In his affidavit, the CBI ndhra Pradesh Chief Director Alok Verma’s petition, DIG also accused the Cabinet AMinister Chandrababu agency DIG MK Sinha on Secretary and the Law Naidu called on his Bengal Monday filed an explosive affi- Secretary of even intervening to counterpart Mamata Banerjee davit in the Supreme Court scuttle the CVC’s probe which on Monday as part of his effort accusing National Security is monitored by the Supreme 0'0 1* to bring the Opposition parties Adviser Ajit Doval, Cabinet Court. Sinha also detailed the on one platform to topple the Secretary PK Sinha, Law pressure he faced in arresting * BJP in the next year’s Lok Secretary Suresh Chandra, Manoj Prasad, who is co- " Sabha polls. CVC KV Chowdary and accused with Asthana for * % % ' After the meeting, Mamata RAW’s Dubai Officer Samant allegedly accepting bribe from * said everyone would be the face Kumar Goel and Minister for businessman Sana Satish Babu, ( 3 of a “mahagathbandhan” and State Haribhai Parthibahi associate of controversial meat they would fight together Chowdhary for trying to save exporter Moin Qureshi. 0 267896:'3 against the BJP to save the CBI Special Director Rakesh “On the morning of % * ' 3 0 nation. Asthana from corruption October 16, 2018, accused % 2 %1 '*30 / Naidu said the proposed charges. Manoj Prasad was intercepted ( 4 0 * November 22 meeting of anti- In his affidavit, the CBI at Delhi Airport on his arrival 4 5 -& & BJP parties in Delhi had been DIG accused Doval of inter- from Dubai and brought to the * postponed and it will now be fering in the bribery investiga- CBI Headquarters. During the held sometime before the tion against Asthana and pre- first few hours of his arrival on could pick him up despite his Winter Session of Parliament venting searches on the premis- CBI Headquarters, Manoj was close links with NSA Doval,” beginning December 11. es of suspects. Sinha, who was garrulous and arrogant, both at said the CBI DIG’s affidavit. “We wanted to meet on transferred while probing bribe the same time and in equal “He started bragging and November 22 (but) because of charges against Asthana, also measure. He was interviewed claimed that his brother elections we want to make it claimed that a Union Minister by the applicant (DIG MK Somesh is very close to an offi- before Parliament (Winter) of State took “a few crores” to Sinha) and others. He tried his cer in Dubai (name withheld) Session,” said Naidu, adding help a businessman under best to ward off the investiga- and to Samant Goel, present- "-.'-/(0 the SC to file his response to those who were opposing the investigation. tion by dropping names of ly RAW Special Secretary, and the Central Vigilance BJP will join and discuss (the Challenging his transfer ‘high and mighty’ and men- he can get us finished enched Central Bureau of Commission’s (CVC) report in future plans). to Nagpur, Sinha said he pos- tioning his ‘top contacts’ to cre- off/kicked out. Manoj taunted BInvestigation (CBI) a sealed cover by Monday 1 “We will chalk out a pro- sessed “documents that will ate fear in our mind. us that you people have no Director Alok Kumar Verma pm, sought some more time gramme to move forward and % & & ' ( shock the court”. However, “As per Manoj Prasad, standing whatsoever and on Monday filed his response from the SC for filing his reply. take this momentum further ) ) ) ) #$ rejecting his request for an Dineshwar Prasad, father of therefore should stay in limits to the findings of the CVC’s However the Bench, head- on the agenda to protect the urgent hearing on Tuesday, Manoj and Somesh, who and let him free. He claimed preliminary probe report on ed by Chief Justice Ranjan nation,” he said. and Income Tax Department to Chief Minister Chief Justice of India Ranjan retired as RAW Joint Secretary, that recently his brother corruption charges against him Gogoi and comprising justices Incidentally Mamata had harass and malign them. HD Kumaraswamy, NCP chief Gogoi shot back, “Nothing has close acquaintance with the Somesh and Samant Goel in a sealed cover in the SK Kaul and KM Joseph, told been among the earliest lead- In fact these premier insti- Sharad Pawar, National shocks us.” National Security Adviser Ajit helped the NSA on an impor- Supreme Court. Verma’s reply Verma’s lawyer Gopal ers to call for an Opposition tutions, including the Conference’s Farooq Sinha claimed after the Doval. This was one of the first tant personal matter. He fur- came after the SC told him to Sankaranarayanan, “We are unity through Federal Front Reserve Bank of India and Abdullah, DMK chief MK Government sent Verma and things Manoj claimed on being ther claimed that India opted do so “as quickly as possible” not shifting the date (of hear- against the BJP in which she CAG, were under “severe pres- Stalin and others. Asthana on “forced” leave and brought to the CBI HQ as he out of a contest from INTER- as the scheduled Tuesday hear- ing). You file it as quickly as floated the “one against one” sure” from the Government to Meanwhile, the Bengal BJP transferred the entire team expressed complete surprise POL.” said the affidavit filed by ing would not be deferred. possible as we will have to read theory according to which she serve its interests, he said. on Monday staged road block- investigating charges against and anger as to how the CBI Sinha. Verma, who was asked by it.” said, “the parties that are The two leaders, who met ades in Kolkata and district strong in a particular place in Kolkata for about an hour headquarters protesting alleged should fight the BJP and the and a half, said majority anti- attacks on State BJP president remaining parties should sup- BJP parties have expressed Dilip Ghosh and senior leader $# % " ! port them.” their opinions to unite for the Joy Banerjee. The two leaders Talking to the reporters single-most important cause of were attacked allegedly by after the meeting, the TDP ousting the BJP from power. Trinamool workers in Hooghly chief said the BJP Government Both leaders are in touch district while they were return- had crossed all the limits of with their Opposition parties’ ing from a meeting. # “intolerance towards the counterpart like Congress pres- Blockades were staged at Opposition parties and the ident Rahul Gandhi, former Midnapore, various places in ! "-.'-/(0 minorities” and was using the Prime Minister HD Deve Kolkata, Hooghly, Asansol and Central agencies like CBI, ED Gowda, his son and Karnataka elsewhere, sources said. +,+ ,% our people, including two Fwomen, were charred to rime Minister Narendra death after they were trapped PModi on Monday inaugu- inside a narrow cloth launder- $ ! rated at Sultanpur village in ing unit in Beedanpura area of Gurugram the long pending Central Delhi on Monday. The 83-kilometre stretch between tragedy struck when “solvent”, Manesar and Kundli of the a chemical used for ironing Kundli-Manesar-Palwal clothes made of cotton, spilled (KMP), also known as Western on to the floor and caught fire. Peripheral Expressway (WPE). Delhi Fire Services Chief The PM also inaugurated Fire Officer Atul Garg said fire- &' 580 crore 3.2 km-long fighters received a call at 12.23 Ballabhgarh-Mujesar Metro pm regarding the fire in a Mumbai: Signalling a tempo- rail link project, which would house at street number-3 in rary truce, the Reserve Bank of facilitate travel for people of Beadonpura following which India (RBI) and the ! " Delhi and Faridabad, and laid " #$ two fire tenders were rushed to Government on Monday the foundation stone of the Shri the spot and fire was brought agreed to refer to an expert Vishwakarma Skill University, ering in Sultanpur later, Modi “Work was going on this under control by 12.50 pm. committee the contentious which will come up at Dudhola said with the inauguration of (KMP) Expressway for 12 However by then the four had issue of appropriate size of L in Palwal district. the KMP project, Ballabhgarh- years. You should have got died in the blaze. reserves that the RBI must “The Board decided to M Ballabhgarh becomes the Mujesar rail link and the foun- this expressway 8-9 years back. “The owner of the illegal hold, while restructuring of constitute an expert committee fourth city in Haryana to get dation stone of the skill varsi- It was to be used during the unit Ajay Khurana (45) has stressed loans of small busi- to examine the ECF, the mem- Metro connectivity after ty being laid, Haryana has (2010) New Delhi been arrested. The bodies have nesses would be considered by bership and terms of reference Gurugram, Faridabad and taken one more step towards Commonwealth Games. This been handed over to the fam- the Central bank. of which will be jointly deter- Bahadurgarh. all-round development. shows the work culture of the ilies concerned after post- The setting up of the com- mined by the Government of "#!% & ' With the inauguration of Inaugurating the express- previous Government which mortem. A case under Section mittee, whose members will be India and the RBI,” the Central the Kundli-Manesar section of way, Modi said, “It is a signif- encouraged delays and wastage 304 of Indian Penal Code has decided by the Government bank said in a statement.