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" ther investigation for the peri- A spokesperson of Reliance # fresh controversy broke od 2010 to 2012 an additional Communications said here the Aout with a French news- tax of 91 mn was levied. tax demands were “complete- paper report that industrialist The total tax liability as per ly unsustainable and illegal” Anil Ambani’s firm was grant- the French newspaper was 151 and that the company denied Q ed tax waiver worth 143.7 mil- million Euros and six months any favouritism or gain from $% & " lion Euros months after India after the announcement by the settlement. “During the &$ announced the decision to buy India to buy Rafale jets, the period under consideration by ' &$' Rafale fighter jets. The Centre French tax authorities made a the French Tax Authorities $% && # $ moved swiftly and termed it as settlement with the company 2008-2012 i.e. nearly 10 years ( )*" % a conjectural mischievous for 7.3 million Euros instead of ago, Flag France had an oper- # Q attempt to disinform and said 151 million Euros. ating loss of 20 crore (Euro 2.7 &''( )* any connection with the Rafale Reacting to the article, million). French tax authorities ! + , - issue was totally inaccurate. Government with promoting France. the Defence Ministry said in a had raised a tax demand of over " ## ## * . Neither the period of tax Anil’s group in offsets associ- The Le Monde statement, “We have seen 1,100 crore for the same peri- + , / 0 1 2 concession nor subject matter ated with the deal with report published on reports drawing conjectural od,” the official said. 3 of concession related to Rafale Dassault, manufacturer of the Saturday said Anil’s connection between tax Turn to Page 4 ) procurement, concluded in the aircraft. The French-registered exemption to a private com- 4 present Government’s telecom company pany and procurement of L,"M / Q tenure, it said. Reliance Reliance Atlantic Rafale fighter jets by + 0123 5 Communications too denied Flag France was Government of India. Neither " * + favoritism but the the period of the tax conces- 4 # 63 7 2 * Congress seized on sion nor the subject matter of /0 + ) 5 the matter to allege the concession relate even $!$% that the tax waiver was due to Government remotely to the Rafale pro- $ # 7 “Modi kripa” as the PM acted has all along denied the curement concluded during ( 1 $&' 5 as “middleman for the busi- charges. given tax waivers worth 143.7 the tenure of the present + ) 6 / nessman”. Moreover, the latest news mn by local authorities, short- Government. Any connec- New Delhi: In the wake of 7 The report published in the report comes months after for- ly after the announcement to tions drawn between the tax reports that it granted huge tax "*+ * leading French newspaper “Le mer French President Francois buy 36 Rafale jets. issue and the Rafale matter are waiver to Anil Ambani’s French 89:(; 4 Monde” comes at a time when Hollande claimed in an inter- The report said Anil’s tele- totally inaccurate, tendentious firm, the Franch Government 7*/* < $ + a political slugfest is on over the view last year that his com company was investigated and a mischievous attempt to on Saturday said a global set- K */* = 59,000-crore Government-to- Government did not have a by French tax authorities and disinform.” tlement was reached between L Government deal for 36 Rafale “choice” in selecting Reliance found liable to pay 60 million Reliance Communications the French tax authorities and 4 M# / 2 jets. Defence as an offset partner. It between 2007 and 2010. In an brushed aside any wrongdoing the Reliance subsidiary and 7 O ) 5 The Congress has repeat- was during his tenure that the attempt to reach a settlement, and said the tax dispute was that it was not subject to any $ O " + edly alleged wrongdoing in deal was announced on April Reliance had offered to pay 7.6 settled under legal framework political interference. the contract and charged the 10, 2015 when Modi visited million which was rejected by which is available for all com- Detailed report on P4 ' 5+# ) + # $ " &'8( 7 "##$% &'()*+, +-% # 3< $ *+ , - &' &8 + + ) 5 ( #$ % " ,:;4:%<$ its Statehood in 1972. The Manipur, West Bengal, Tripura highest voter turnout was 74.38 and Nagaland with 84.56 per he first phase of polling for per cent in 1998 in the State. cent, 83.79 per cent, 83.26 per #( T91 Lok Sabha seats and four As per the data, cent and 83.12 per cent turnout Legislative Assemblies saw a 3 Lakshadweep, which has only respectively. = 0 per cent jump in voter turnout one Lok Sabha constituency, Lakshadweep, Manipur, this time round compared to recorded the highest turnout — West Bengal, Tripura and polling in 2014 for the same 86.78 per cent — among the 20 Nagaland recorded 86.62 per $ seats, apparently due to a surge States and Union Territories, cent, 79.75 per cent, 82.22 per ) of 7.5 per cent in Jammu & where polling took place on cent, 84.92 per cent and 87.91 Kashmir, 6.5 per cent in Bastar Thursday. per cent respectively in 2014. in Chhattisgarh and 5 per cent It was followed by Turn to Page 4 # 5 in western Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. * 5 + In registering a 69.43 per # >?01 cent voter turnout in the first phase of elections on Thursday, up from the 66.44 per cent in % " ,:;4:%<$ first phase of polls on April 11. 2014, the trend seems to have Incidentally, it was Bihar ( 2 made up for the sharp 12 per one of the 52 third gender where the highest turnout of cent fall in turnout in Nvoters cast their ballots third gender was recorded. Of 7 3 63 Arunachal Pradesh, which for two parliamentary seats of the 516 registered third gender &''&&''? &'8& recorded 67.08 per cent voting Jammu and Baramulla in J&K voters in the four seats of / 7 as against 79.12 five years ago. on Thursday. In far-off North- Bihar, 360 voted making up for Q = 2 The overall turnout figure is Eastern States, the lone third 70 per cent of their total pop- 7 / 7 likely to further go up as some gender voter in Sikkim too did ulation. 2 polling parties are yet to return not turn up. Similarly, none of The two southern States — and postal ballots are yet to be the five in similar category in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh counted. Mizoram cast their vote. — witnessed around 17 per 7 ; 6 According to the latest However, around 18 per cent and 15 per cent of the polling data shared by the cent population of the third third gender voters casting = Election Commission, the two gender voted in the 91 parlia- their ballot, respectively. In &'89 Lok Sabha seats of Meghalaya mentary seats in 18 States and Andhra Pradesh, there are 7 ; witnessed a 71.41 per cent two Union Territories and four 3,957 third gender voters. 7 turnout, second highest since States Assembly polls in the Turn to Page 4 !" 7 + - 7 $- # & ' $ ' () % 6 $ 7 $ ,:;4:%<$ tigated,” said a police official. 7 Chief Minister Arvind ! ension gripped Delhi’s Kejriwal claimed that it was &'8( TMayapuri on Saturday after Delhi Police that beat up locals ,:;4:%<$ + &'8?4 / local scrap dealers clashed with in the area and called it an ++$7* < police and other officials who “extremely shameful” action. day after Delhi Congress ,2+ had gone there to seal 850 ille- However, an official said Ageneral secretary PC /$+ 7 gal scrap factories. security officials took retalia- Chakco said his party may go /$+ Around 15 officials sus- tory action to bring the situa- for alliance with the Aam /$+ tained injuries in the incident tion under control. Aadmi Party but only for Delhi, and had to be taken to a hos- A team of members of the not for Punjab and Haryana, &'8( ) pital, said police, adding that as South Delhi Municipal Delhi Deputy Chief Minister <2 the sealing drive was started Corporation and DPCC and Manish Sisodia said that his 4 following the order of National police and paramilitary had party is still ready to form an <2 Green Tribunal (NGT), locals gone to effect the sealing drive alliance in Delhi provided the 7 started violent protest. The in the area when the incident Congress agrees to alliance in / drive had to be halted and only took place, senior officials said. Haryana and Chandigarh also. 7

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