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Banerjee said that the BJP “knows that its expiry date has come and so they are taking this strong arm tactics to humiliate a police chief,” adding the CBI was “not only -34-)") and an "assault" on the federal his role during the investigation disturbing me but also victim- polity, which has come within of the chit fund cases. The ising thesenior citizen who high drama played out in 48 hours of Prime Minister CBIofficials claimed that they supplies tea in my residence. I AKolkata on Sunday evening Narendra Modi and BJP chief were stopped and forcibly am in this dharna to save the which saw a virtual showdown Amit Shah's public "threat". whisked away by a large num- democracy, constitution and between the Central and State National Conference president ber of policemen. the state police.” investigating agencies after a Omar Abdullah and the Delhi The State police claimed Attacking the Modi posse of CBI officers — prob- Chief Minister and AAP leader, that the CBI had been barred Government for targeting the ing Sharada and Rose Valley Arvind Kejriwal, have extend- from action by the High Court Trinamool Congress with a chit fund cases — descended at ed support to Mamata. till February 13. particular motive she won- the residence of Kolkata The CBI is planning to “When we showed them dered “why the Indian cricket Commissioner of Police Rajiv approach the Supreme Court the documents they refused to and football teams are not Kumar on an claimed “secret against the Bengal Government cooperate and give us police being investigated as they were operation. The police first on Monday. help. Not only this, they also also sponsored by the Sahara whisked away the CBI officers In a blistering attack on refused to receive a letter we group. Why Babul Supriyo or to and then released them. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to hand them over the Assam Dy Chief Minister Kolkata joint director of for subverting federal democ- from our end,” said a CBI are not being interrogated. CBI P Srivastav said that the ratic norms a furious Chief Deputy SP said. Why they are torturing and Central forces had been post- Minister said, “after failing to The CBI had earlier told humiliating an honest and able ed on an emergency basis at tackle the Trinamool Congress the Supreme Court that a lap- officer like Rajiv Kumar!” senior CBI officers’ residences politically, the BJP and Modi top, five mobile phones, and 4, %( (, %,$ ) # % 5 ) #$ Incidentally K Nageshwar and CGO complex and Nizam has let loose CBI on us. There some other documents were Rao from Delhi alleged the CP Palace housing CBI offices “for is a clear indication that Ajit seized by the State appointed came had no proper papers she rushed in earlier along demn this affair.” thing from a rally and today the was “instrumental” in destroy- safety of the officers and their Doval is giving instruction to SIT headed by Kumar from the supporting their claims. They with the State Police DG Narendra Modi and Amit CBI was unleashed. I feel ing evidence. Meanwhile polit- families.” Bengal Chief Minister CBI to play the mischief at the Sharada chit fund office in only said that they had come on Virendra. Mamata said she Shah were jointly torturing ashamed to talk to this Prime ical showing solidarity leaders Mamata Banerjee embarked instance of Modi.” 2013. However, the State police a secret operation.” would run the Cabinet from Bengal she added. “The way Minister.” from Ahmed Patel of the on an indefinite Satyagraha She would call upon all the was yet to hand over the said Elsewhere at historic Metro the Dharna site from Monday. these two persons are trying to From dharna site the CM Congress, Akhilesh Yadav of alleging Central highhanded- anti-BJP Opposition parties to evidences. The CBI took over Channel where Mamata as an Before starting the sit-in provoke a coup after the mas- claimed political leaders, the SP and Delhi Chief ness and murder of federal take up the issue nationally, she the investigation a year later fol- Opposition leader had under- which she called a “Satyagraha” sive response we got in January including Akhilesh Yadav, Minister Arvind Kejriwal called democratic norms. added. The incident started at lowing a apex court order. taken a 26-day fast during the Banerjee told in a statement 19 Brigade rally is con- Ahmed Patel, and Arvind up Banerjee and enquired Meanwhile in a late night around 6 pm when about 35 Joint Commissioner Singur movement, she sat on a that could have future bearings, demnable,” the West Bengal Kejriwal, have shown solidar- about the incident, TMC statement on Sunday, the CBI officials descended at the (Crime) of Kolkata Police dharna after emerging from the “I will ask all the police forces Chief Minister said, adding, “It ity with her. She added, “I am sources said even TMC work- Congress said the CBI action Police chief residence appar- Praveen Tripathi rejected the residence of Rajiv Kumar’s of all the States and the Central is strange that Modi came yes- ready to die but I will never ers had started rail-roko in var- in Kolkata is clearly "mala fide" ently to interrogate Kumar for CBI claims saying, “Those who Loudan Street residence where forces to stay united and con- terday and threatened some- submit to dictatorial ways.” ious parts of the State. % - .) *. prise results in recently held the BJP disrespects its senior Assembly polls as party bagged leaders’’. P
aruna Shukla-senior politi- 68 seats in a 90-member State She lavished praise on Kcian and niece of former Assembly. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister 3& Prime Minister Atal Bihari Shukla who has been in Bhupesh Baghel and termed Vajpayee, claimed that politics for about four decades him a fearless, far-sighted and Congress President Rahul hailed Priyanka Gandhi’s straight forward person who Gandhi would be the Prime plunge in politics and stated, has great affection for people of Minister in future and his deci- “she would significantly con- Chhattisgarh and love the State sion to induct his sister tribute to installing Rahul more than any leader’. She stat- Priyanka Gandhi into party as Gandhi as the Prime Minister’’. ed, “Baghel is a workaholic per- general secretary was a well “Like Chhattisgarh son who believes in thought thought-out move. Government, Narendra Modi- that nothing is impossible’’. !" #$ %&'()*!" “Rahul is a fighter and led BJP Government would too She hit out at BJP nation- "# certainly will be Prime Minister suffer crushing defeat, the days al vice-president, Raman Singh, & )"6) $% in future, he is the best person the founding member of the of Modi regime are numbered,’’ who led the party to a crush- & $ ' to serve billion-plus Indians party in 1980. She joined she opined, adding, “Narendra ing defeat in 2018 Assembly aking on Prime Minister ( and take care of country’s inter- Congress in February 2014 Modi indulges in cheap popu- polls in Chhattisgarh after serv- TNarendra Modi, Congress ) ests,’’ the 68-year-old Shukla and was believed to be instru- larity, his achievements are ing the mineral-rich State for a president Rahul Gandhi Sunday who disassociated herself from mental in devising strategy zero, he spent his entire tenure record 15 consecutive years. said the Centre’s crop insurance 33-year-long association with and energising party cadres to in only altering Congress Shukla was considered the key scheme is aimed at taking away the BJP in October 2013, told end the winning streak of the Government’s schemes’’. She person in helping Raman Singh farmers income to fill up pock- The Pioneer in an interview. BJP in Chhattisgarh. further said, “I feel more com- to become Chief Minister in ets of big businessmen. , - The former BJP Congress returned to fortable in Congress rather late 2003 after Congress At his first Jan Aakansha ..!* Parliamentarian Shukla was power in Chhattisgarh in a sur- than the BJP and alleged that Government was voted out. rally rally in Bihar after taking ) % over as party president, Gandhi accused the Nitish Kumar # , Government in the state of % & '( # %( ) *' - making “empty promises” like %( +& '%%( , . - Modi said “there are many “But we have brought the instance. Had they paid atten- Modi. He promised that if the , ' ()'- . O- #$ 5%)( *.)$) children of Maa Bharti who Citizenship (Amendment) Bill tion, then the land of Guru Congress is voted to power in + P& ( # #$ have faced persecution in with a commitment... If they Nanak Dev would have been a the Lok Sabha polls a number aking a strong pitch for Pakistan, Afghanistan and are discriminated on the basis part of India,” Modi said, refer- of steps would be taken to deal The Congress leader again Delhi, farm loans will be /, / Mthe Citizenship Bangladesh...We will stand of faith, the country will stand ring to the Gurdwara Darbar with farm distress and unem- pledged to cancel farmers’ waived across the country.” (Amendment) Bill, Prime with those who were part of up with them,” the Prime Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan ployment. loans if his party came to He also pledged to provide /0 - Minister Narendra Modi said India at one time, but got sep- Minister said. He also referred where Sikhism founder Guru Calling upon “like-minded power after the Lok Sabha Patna University the status of - on Sunday his Government arated from us” due to the to the Kartarpur Corridor Nanak had settled. parties” to unite in order to elections. central university. *12 #*.), would stand with the chil- Partition in 1947. issue to target the Congress. During the maharally defeat the Modi Government in “The Congress govern- Gandhi was at his aggres- " dren of “Maa Bharti” who Targeting the Congress for “The previous Prime Minister also welcomes the Lok Sabha election, Rahul ments in Madhya Pradesh, sive best at the rally, also 01 have faced persecution in its opposition to the legislation, Governments had the tenden- Retired Lt General R K Sharma said, “We have to move togeth- Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh attended by leaders of 2 Pakistan, Afghanistan and he said the party, when it was cy to ignore the necessities and and Mohammad Haneef, er to defeat the BJP-led NDA.” have waived farmers’ loans as Congress allies including the Bangladesh. in power, did not pay “atten- sentiments of the country. You father of Rifleman Aurangzeb This was the first time in many promised,” he said. RJD, and said his party will Addressing a rally in tion of the pain of our broth- are well aware of that. Take who was killed by terrorists in years that the Congress organ- “If a Congress-led gov- play politics on the front foot, ) Vijaypur in Jammu region, ers and sisters”. Kartarpur corridor issue for the Valley last year. ised a rally in Bihar on its own. ernment comes to power in not on the back foot. *. 36 *" ".* )" 67&874 t least seven passengers Adied and 29 others were hree golden crowns, col- he BJP will seek suggestions injured early on Sunday when Tlectively weighing about Tfrom 10 crore people across a rail fracture caused 11 bogies 1.3 kg, were reported missing the country to help the party of the Delhi-bound from Sri Govindaraja Swamy prepare its ‘sankalp patra’ (man- Seemanchal Express to jump temple at Tirupati, its officials ifesto). BJP president Amit Shah the tracks in Bihar’s Vaishali said on Sunday. and senior party leader Rajnath district, railway and police offi- The crowns adorned the Singh on Sunday launched cials said. statues of deities Lord “Bharat ke mann ki baat, Modi The 12487 Jogbani-Anand Venkateswara, Sri Lakshmi and ke saath”, a month-long exercise Vihar Seemanchal Express Sri Padmavathi at an ancient to prepare the manifesto on the originated from Jogbani in shrine inside the temple com- with police who have started a basis of feedbacks received from Kishanganj district and the plex. They were reported miss- probe, he said. people from various walks of life. accident took place around 4 ing on Saturday night, a secu- Police said they have reg- At a party function here, am. Prima facie, a rail fracture rity official of the Tirumala istered a case but no arrest has Shah said the exercise is aimed ,-# + 2 ( led to the derailment, the offi- Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) been made so far. at democratising the process of ,-#PO #,)( ),P% * cials said. Chief Public told PTI. The temple was closed preparation of the manifesto, #$ Relations Officer, East Central ! #$ The theft in the temple, between 5 pm and 5.45 pm at which will accommodate the Zone, Rajesh Kumar, said the which dates back to 12th cen- the time of prasad offerings. concerns and inspiration of the In the mammoth exercise, committee, said never before accident took place at Sahadai Disaster Management Police said. tury, is suspected to have taken When priest Harikrishna country. the party will involve 300 vehi- such a massive exercise to pre- Buzurg, close to Mahanar Department, Pratyay Amrit Of the 29 people wound- place at the time of evening Deekshitulu took charge from “What kind of country cles that will l move across the pare a party’s manifesto has Road in the Sonepur division. said seven people have died in ed in the accident, two have prasad offerings, according to priest Vijayasaradhi as the tem- people want and what is their country with over 7,700 boxes been launched in a country. One general coach, one the accident. Six of the suffered grievous injuries, the police complaint filed by ple opened, he noticed the suggestion to achieve this; this across 4,000 Assemblies to The Home Minister also spoke AC coach B3, three sleeper deceased have been identified while 27 have received “simple the temple superintendent Sri crowns were missing. He then exercise will reach out to them seek people’s views, he said, at length about pro-farmer coaches S8, S9, S10 and six as Ilcha Devi (66), Indira Devi injuries”, the GRP said.The Gyana Prakash. informed Tirupati Tirumala to seek their views,” Shah told adding social media and tele- measures taken by the more coaches have derailed, (60), Shamsuddin Alam (26), injured were rushed to a hos- Surveillance camera Devasthanam, the overseeing reporters at an event here, phonic communication will Government and said the said the Chief Public Relations Ansar Alam (19), Shaida pital here, where the doctors footage was being examined to authority, and a police com- adding that it will help the also be used for this. Prime Minister has emerged as Officer. Khatoon (40), Sudarshan Das referred the seriously wound- track the culprits, he said. The plaint was filed in the early party realise the dream of a Singh, who is also the head the biggest well-wisher of farm- Principal Secretary, (60), the Government Railway ed to Muzaffarpur and Patna. TTD has also filed a complaint hours on Sunday. `New India.’ of the party’s ‘sankalp patra’ ers. () ) *+ ,-./ 67&874 he would return the Padma !"#$% #% Modi had also announced that requested the chief minister of Shri as a mark of protest against the bill is an “atonement of the West Bengal to help him pass ajor political parties and the Citizenship (Amendment) requested him to ensure that and has been awaiting Rajya wrong that was done during the bill. That means the gov- Mstudent groups of the Bill 2016, terming it “anti- his party votes against the bill Sabha nod. There has been India’s Partition. India will ernment, rather the BJP, is Northeast on Sunday intensi- Northeast”. if it is brought in the Upper strong opposition in Assam safeguard all who had been vic- determined to pass this bill. fied their campaign against Earlier in the day, former House. and other Northeastern states tims of the Partition”. They are not listening to us,” the Citizenship (Amendment) Assam chief minister and NESO advisor Samujjal against the bill. The 83-year-old director, Sharma said. Bill in the national Capital, with founder-president of the AGP Kumar Bhattacharjya told PTI The political parties have Aribam Syam Sharma, known Citing the example of ###'(# $$% a series of meetings with lead- Prafulla Kumar Mahanta along that they have met the leader- been protesting on the grounds for Manipuri films such as Tripura, the filmmaker said his- ers of the BJP, Congress and with other party leaders met ship of the JD-U, which already that the bill seeks to grant “Olangthagee Wangmadasu”, tory would repeat itself in 67&874 other parties urging them not Leader of Opposition in Rajya declared its opposition to the nationality to non-Muslims “Imagi Ningthem” and Manipur if the bill is passed. “We to pass it in the Rajya Sabha. Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, who have come up to “Ishanou”, said the plea of the have already seen this in Tripura. he CBI which is probing A delegation of 11 political Union minister Ram Vilas and will meet leaders of the December 31, 2014, thereby, Northeast people to not let the Tripuris are having no say in Tthe ICICI Bank loan fraud parties of the Northeast, Paswan and Samajwadi Party Congress, Shiv Sena, Akali Dal increasing the deadline from bill pass was not being heard by Tripura... The population of case against former MD and including the Asom Gana leaders urging them to take a and some others parties in the 1971 as per the Assam Accord. the Centre. He was bestowed Manipur is only 28-29 lakhs, CEO Chanda Kochhar and Parishad (AGP) and the stand against the bill. next two days. Also, according to the with the country’s fourth high- which is less than the population others is yet to issue a Look Out National People’s Party, met The leaders of the region- The bill provides for Assam Accord, all illegal immi- est civilian honour in 2006. of a district in Uttar Pradesh. Circular (LOC) against the Home Minister Rajnath Singh al parties of the Northeast, according Indian citizenship to grants who have come after “The bill is against the The smaller states like Nagaland, influential accused persons in and requested him not to press who are camping in Delhi, Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, 1971, irrespective of their reli- interest of the Northeast and its Mizoram and Meghalaya have the high profile case. for passing the Bill in the Rajya will meet representatives of all Buddhists and Parsis from gion, have to be deported and people, especially in Manipur. protection. Even then they are The LOC is an instrument Sabha, according to AGP leader political parties so that the bill Bangladesh, Pakistan and this bill violates that. All the leaders of the states in protesting because if the bill is that is circulated to all the air- and former Union Minister is not passed in the Upper Afghanistan after seven years of Addressing the joint sitting of the Northeast have already passed the indigenous people ports and an accused could be Birendra Prasad Baishya. The House, Baishya said. A team of residence in India instead of 12 Parliament, President Ram requested the central govern- will have no place. They will be detained and checked from delegation was led by top leaders of the North East years, which is the norm cur- Nath Kovind Thursday said the ment to reconsider (on the bill’s wiped out. It may not happen fleeing the country. Meghalaya Chief Minister Students’ Organisation rently, even if they do not pos- bill will give justice to perse- passage). But when I was fol- now, but it will happen 50 years Mallya fled from the coun- Supreme Powers are controlled Conrad Sangma. (NESO), comprising major stu- sess any document. cuted minorities of Pakistan, lowing the news, our hon- from today,” he said adding try after the LOC was diluted by Chanda Kochhar’s husband In a related development dents’ groups of the region, met The legislation was passed Bangladesh and Afghanistan ourable prime minister returning the award was the only by the CBI. Other high value Deepak Kochar. veteran Manipuri filmmaker Biju Janata Dal leader by the Lok Sabha during the through Indian nationality. announced that the bill would way in which he could raise his accused persons who have fled The FIR alleged that dur- Aribam Syam Sharma said that Bhartruhari Mahtab and Winter Session on January 8 Prime Minister Narendra be passed soon. He also voice against the bill. during the last few years ing the tenure of Chanda include Nirav Modi and Kochhar as MD of ICICI, six Mehul Choksi, both wanted loans worth 1,875 crore were the 13,000 crore PNB cleared for Videocon Group % credit fraud case and Jatin and its associated companies Mehta of Winsome Diamond, out of which she was herself on also wanted in a bank credit the sanctioning committees in fraud case. two cases. & P While the CBI had regis- The CBI FIR has also tered an FIR on January 22 named several top bankers against former ICICI Bank including the present CEO of 67&874 distributed sweets and protest against this highly con- 67&874 "#!&"%#%! %$$ MD Chanda Kochar, her hus- ICICI Bank Sandeep Baxi garlanded the statue of demnable act, the Congress band Deepak Kochar and alleging that they were also he Congress on Monday Nathuram Godse, Gandhiji’s Party has decided to hold a ightening noose around had given sanction to prosecute The kickback was routed to Videocon Group MD VN members of the sanctioning Twill hold a nationwide assassin who was a member of nationwide protest on Monday, Tformer Finance and Home Chidambaram in the Aircel- Karti’s firms Advantage Dhoot in a 1,875 crore bank committees whose role needs to protest over the re-enactment Akhil Bharat Hindu 4th February from 10.00 am in Minister P Chidambaram, Maxis case. Strategic Consulting and Chess loan fraud case, the agency is be probed. of the Mahatma Gandhi’s assas- Mahasabha. The group also all the state headquarters. the Centre has given sanction The INX Media bribe was Management Service. Afte yet to issue the LOC against The role of Chairman of sination by members of Akhil burnt the effigy of Mahatma The protest should to the CBI to prosecute him detected by the ED during Karti allegedly received the them, agency sources said. New Development Bank KV Bharat Hindu Mahasabha Gandhi and shouted pro Godse preferably be held with placards in the INX Media bribery their joint raid with Income kickbacks, the FIPB headed by Normally, LOC is issued in Kamath, Goldman Sachs India (ABHM) who shot at his effi- slogans like “Mahatma Godse etc in the places associated with case. Tax at Chidambaram’s home Chidambaram issued a n “ille- high profile cases within 24 chairman Sonjoy Chatterjee, gy at an event in Aligarh to Zindabad” etc.” the life of Mahatma Gandhi or The agency is expected to and Karti’s firms in December gall” post factor clearance to hours but the CBI is yet to take Standard Chartered Bank CEO commemorate the Martyr’s The Congress has near statues of Mahatma with file chargesheet against 2015 in connection with Aircel- INX Media to accept Rs.305 a call in the sensitive case Zarin Daruwala, Tata Capital Day on January 30. labelled the right-wing group’s an aim to highlight his mes- Chidambaram, son Karti and Maxis probe. crore as FDI especially at a time. head Rajiv Sabharwal and Tata According to an AICC actions as “provocative and sages,” Venugopal said in a senior officials in the Finance As per the CBI’s FIR, in The CBI in February 2018 Incidentally, some powerful Capital senior advisor statement, the protest will take reprehensible” and said that statement. Ministry soon for blatant vio- 2007, INX Media got FIPB arrested Karti in a surprise ministers have voiced their Homi Khusrokhan need to be place at party headquarters in such incidents “take place with ABHM secretary Puja lation in granting illegal post clearance to accept Rs. five move, when he landed from opposition to “investigative investigated, the FIR has all the states. the candid and clandestine Shakun Pandey recreated facto clearance to INX Media’ crore as FDI. The Income Tax London. Sensing danger, adventurism. recorded. Congress general secretary support given by the ruling Gandhi’s assassination by promoters Peter and Indrani found that that INX Chidambaram approached Two days after the regis- The names of these KC Venugopal said, “In a party”. shooting an effigy and Mukerjeas in 2007. illegally accepted 305 crore Delhi High Court and obtained tration of the case, the CBI had bankers figure in the FIR that shocking incident on 30 It further said such hailed the killer Nathuram Enforcement Directorate and issued notice to Peter and interim protection from arrest. on January 24 conducted was registered after a year-long January, when the nation actions “reveal the deep hatred Godse. Police have arrested has already attached Karti and Indrani, promoters of the TV The CBI and ED also searches at the premises of Preliminary Enquiry. commemorated the 71st still carried by the right-wing two individuals in connection his firms 55 crore worth prop- channel. approached the High Court Videocon Group in Mumbai Following reports of the anniversary of Gandhi’s assas- groups against the father of the with the incident and are erties in Delhi, Ooty, London After getting notice from demanding custodial interro- and offices of Nupower ICICI case FIR naming top sination, members of the Akhil nation and his ideas of secu- currently trying to locate and Spain. The market value of Income Tax, the promoters gation of Chidambaram. Renewables and Supreme banking honchos, a few min- Bharat Hindu Mahasabha in larism, ahimsa and brother- Puja and her husband, the these properties are expected to approached Chidambaram and Lasdt week, Delhi High Powers in Mumbai and isters in the Union Cabinet Uttar Pradesh used a pistol to hood”. group’s spokesperson Ashok be more than 300 crore. Karti and paid around 5 crore Court reserved the matter for Aurangabad. have advised the CBI against shoot at an effigy of Gandhiji, “To register our strong Pandey. In November, the Centre bribes. orders. Nupower Renewables and “investigative adventurism”. &
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Priyanla’s After Priyanka and Scindia’s supply clean drinking water to quality affected habitations in affected habitations on priori- of days in the national Capital programmes will be decided takeover, Rahul will hold 13 ral- areas affected with contami- the country by the Union Rural ty basis. A vigorous exercise has after her return from abroad on only after her return to the coun- lies in 13 zones in Uttar nated water. Development Ministry, the to be undertaken by the Sunday late night. try during the first week of Pradesh this month to sound the In India, 15,811 habita- Committee headed by Lok “Until and unless the habi- the Ministry to hasten its Government by way of having AICC sources said a meet- February,” AICC sources said. bugle for the election campaign tions are affected by arsenic and Sabha MP Dr P Venugopal said tations affected by contamina- efforts in supplying piped qual- more labs adequately staffed to ing of Priyanka with senior Sources said that the deci- to make it a three-cornered 9,660 habitations are affected that more needs to be done to tion are provided with adequate ity water to the contaminated bring quality water at the party leaders including her sib- sion to have two PCC chiefs - fight in the State. After the by fluoride. fight the problem of contami- Piped Water Supply, the habi- areas.” doorsteps of the users. ling and Congress President East UP and West UP- similar Congress was left out of the BSP- Of the 15,811 habitations nation. tations will keep on reeling The Ministry in its reply According to the Bureau of Rahul Gandhi is scheduled on to the bifurcation of charges of SP alliance in, Rahul decided to affected by high arsenic levels, “Though, the efforts of under the adverse effects of said that since piped water Indian Standards in its IS 10500- Monday after that her next General Secretaries is also to be launch an aggressive campaign 13,577 (about 85 per cent) are Ministry are laudable still the contamination,” said the panel supply schemes takes nearly 3- 2012 standards, the acceptable course of action will be decided. taken soon. Along with in the State. in West Bengal (9,250) and Committee feel that much more in its report submitted to the 4 years to commission, the limit of arsenic in drinking Sources said that reports Priyanka, senior party leader AICC sources said in each Assam (4,327) alone. As far as effort and strategy is required Parliament recently. States have been advised to water is 0.01 milligram per litre ythat Rahul and Priyanka will Jyotiraditya Scindia has been zone, six Lok Sabha seats will be fluoride-affected habitations to fight this problem. Mere Slamming the ministry of install community water purifi- (permissible limit in absence hold a Press meet in Lucknow assigned to take over as General identified and the Gandhi scion are concerned, of the 9,660, exercises such as coloring the its callous approach in its cation plants in identified of alternate source is 0.05 mg/l) after taking a dip in Kumbh at Secretary Incharge of UP West. will hold one rally in each zone. Rajasthan has the most with identified hand pumps having efforts to supply Piped Water to arsenic, fluoride, heavy metals and for fluoride is 1 milligram Prayagraj on Mauni Amawasya Congress sources said that There are 80 Lok Sabha seats in 5,176 habitations followed by contaminated water, tapping the contaminated habitations, and pesticides /fertilizer affect- per litre (permissible limit day on February 4 may be in all probabilities the State the State and in the present Lok West Bengal with 1,263 habi- deep aquifer, etc will not serve the panel said, “thus, with seri- ed rural habitations. in absence of alternate source is rescheduled. Congress would see two party Sabha BJP has 72 MPs and tations. the long time purposes. ous concern implores upon The panel also recom- 1.5 mg/l). AICC sources had said that chiefs and the incumbent PCC Congress only two. )# =- Kharge dissent. Appointment When the Leader of not unknown. I concede to Shri Emergency in 1976 and more he hasn’t been able to shed his of the CBI Director was a sole Opposition sits as a Member of Kharge the right to dissent. The recently when Justice Indu role as an Opposition Member, prerogative of the Government. the Collegium, he sheds off the dissenter is an assertor. He Malhotra dissented in the even though now he is a part The Government, i.e., the political colour of his office as values his views. He represents Sabarimala case, these were of a Government Committee. Council of Ministers is much as the Prime Minister an alternative view point. A dis- powerful dissents of a strong His dissent has diminished it 47 a BJP worker in the region accountable to the House of the and the Chief Justice of India senter challenges the majority. opinion. The dissenters value and credibility. he used to get demands from People. Appointments are shall both leave the authority of He does it on the basis of a call believed that the dissent may Mr. Kharge’s dissent in the rime Minister Narendra people in Delhi to bring veg- made by the Cabinet either their respective domains and of conscience dictated by his help future generations in cor- matter of the transfer of Alok PModi Sunday took a swipe at etables from Leh because of their directly or by the ACC. It was work exclusively towards fair mind. He puts his dissent recting what the dissenting Verma was coloured by his the Opposition for criticising his quality. felt that since investigation is an appointing or transferring the on record so that it can be of Judges felt was an erroneous political views. He was a peti- government's farmers' income "Pradhan Mantri Kisan independent function, India’s Director on the criterion of value to the wisdom of the view of the majority. However tioner in the Supreme Court plan, saying people sitting in air- Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is primary investigating agency merit or fairness. The position future generations. A dissent in an administrative matter of himself in support of Alok conditioned rooms in Delhi do a phenomenal scheme for farm- the CBI must maintain an of Shri Kharge as the Leader of should never be a political appointment or transfer, if Shri Verma. He should have recused not know the importance of ers. People sitting in air condi- arm’s-length distance from the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, tool. The right to dissent is Kharge dissents on every con- himself from the Committee 6000 for a poor farmer living tioned rooms in Delhi do not - Government. Hence the alter- entitles him to sit in the sacrosanct and has to be spar- ceivable opportunity, namely since his views were known. He in distant and difficult areas. know what 6,000 mean for a native opinion was voiced that Committee but the political ingly used. If a dissenter dis- on the appointment of Alok suffered from a bias and con- To woo distressed farmers poor farmer living in distant and he leader of the largest the appointment should not be colour of that office has to be sents on every conceivable Verma, transfer of Alok Verma flict of interest. Yet he did not ahead of the general elections, difficult areas of the country," he Tparty in Opposition in the made by the Government alone left outside. Shri Kharge then occasion he comes out as a per- and the appointment of R. K. recuse himself. The only task the Centre has in the Interim said. Lok Sabha Shri Mallikarjun but by a Collegium. The first is a part of a Collegium, which son either motivated by collat- Shukla in relation to the CBI before the Committee was Budget announced direct Modi was in Leh to launch Kharge dissented once again in institution to flag this concern discharges a governance func- eral reasons or as a person lack- Directorship it clearly estab- whether the CVC report con- income support of 6,000 per the first-ever university in the appointment of the new was the judiciary. At the time tion. Unfortunately, that does ing objectivity. lished a pattern of his frame of tains the adequate material for year to those holding cultivable Ladakh region. CBI Director. Shri Kharge dis- of the drafting of the Lok Pal not seem to have happened. There is a difference mind. He uses the weapon of transfer of the Director or not. land up to two hectare. It will be a cluster universi- sents regularly. He dissented Law, the present Collegium Dissents are a powerful between the dissents as a part dissent excessively and not He wanted the Committee to Speaking at the inaugura- ty comprising degree colleges of when Shri Alok Verma was was conceived. Since the instrument in democracy. They of a judicial body and dissents objectively. Using the instru- either ignore the CVC report or tion and laying of foundation Leh, Kargil, Nubra, Zanskar, appointed, dissented when Shri Congress, in 2014, was not a are more commonly prevalent in ordinary matters of admin- ment of dissent recklessly neu- sit in appeal against the finding schemes of various schemes, Drass and Khaltsi having Alok Verma was transferred recognized opposition falling in judicial pronouncements. istrative appointments. The tralizes its value. Dissents fre- of the CVC – something which Modi said, Leh and Ladakh administrative offices at Leh and has now dissented when below 10% of the seats in the Dissents are also a part of the first may involve sacrosanct quently used in administrative was beyond the jurisdiction of will also be benefited by this. and Kargil. Shri RK Shukla has been last General Elections, the parliamentary system particu- principles and the latter bodies like Collegiums compels the Committee. "Most of farmers here fill The prime minister also appointed. The only thing con- Government, maintaining the larly in the Legislative involves a preference or a dis- independent observers not to Shri Kharge has dissented this criteria and will get 6000 laid foundation stone of the new stant in the High Powered highest standards of fairness Committees. The dissenter like for a particular individual. take the dissent too seriously. a bit too frequently. Many may annually. It will be disbursed in terminal building of Kushok Committee comprising of the brought in an amendment places an alternative view point. When Lord Atkins dissented in The perpetual dissenter in a wonder if Collegium’s are three installments and first Bakula Rimpochee (KBR) Prime Minister, the Chief wherein in the absence of a Where Monetary policy 1942 in the Habeas Corpus in Collegium meant for appoint- workable. The appointment of installment will reach soon. Airport in Leh by unveiling the Justice of India and the Leader Leader of Opposition, the Committees exists, dissents are England case during the ments sends a message that he a CBI Director was never envis- I will be sending guidelines plaque. The new terminal will be of the Opposition which deals leader of the largest party in the occasionally given by Second World War or when was included as a Member aged to be a political battle. Shri to state government Sunday," he a modular, energy efficient and with the CBI Director’s Opposition was made a part of Members. Dissent in appoint- Justice H. R. Khanna in the because of his capacity of Kharge has made it look like said. self-sustaining building of 18,985 appointment and transfer, is the the appointment Collegium. ment Collegium are rare but Habeas Corpus case during the Leader of the Opposition but one. Modi said during his days as sq. Metres. RAIPUR | MONDAY | FEBRUARY 04, 2019 chhattisgarh 03 City girl wins Woman civilian killed gold at World in crossfire in Sukma Championship n STAFF REPORTER SUKMA After guns fell silent, secu- STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR at Goa on Sunday. woman who was killed and rity forces found an injured ikeshwari Sahu won gold The Indian players participat- Aanother who sustained woman at the spot following Tmedal in the 44 kilogram cat- ed in 44 kg, 48, 52, 56 kilogram of injuries in an encounter between which she was rushed to egory in the World Cup Thai sub-junior, junior and senior cate- security forces and Naxals in CRPF's field hospital in Boxing Championship being held gories. She had to beat the Indian Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Dornapal, Shukla informed. players in semi-final Saturday were later identified as The woman, however, suc- matches to reach the civilians, police said. cumbed during treatment at the final. Earlier it was suspected that hospital. Tikeshwari is the two women were Naxals, but Meanwhile, the patrolling presently working as later it was found they had no team saw some villagers carry- part-time sports links with ultras and that they ing another injured woman to trainer in a private were local villagers, Sukma's the nearby Puswada village. school and studying Superintendent of Police Jitendra The security forces then in first year in a col- Shukla told reporters here. took her also to CRPF's hospital lege at Raipur. "Investigation revealed that at Dornapal. She was later shift- The participants both the women were residents ed to the Sukma district hospi- from UAE, Sudan, of Godelguda village and not tal where her condition was France, Yemen and Naxal cadres. They were caught reported to be out of danger, Saudi Arabia includ- in the crossfire between security the police official said. ing other countries personnel and ultras while they During a search of the spot, were part of event. had gone to a forest for some one muzzle loading gun, a bag Event was organised routine work," he said. containing cash Rs 9,058 cash, by World Thai Boxing An inquiry has been initiated cordex wires, couple of elec- Federation and host- into the incident. The kin of the administration and police. (CRPF) and local police was armed Naxals, dressed as civil- tronic detonators and gelatin ed by Thai Boxing victims will be provided neces- When a joint squad of the returning from an area domina- ians, fired at them in Rengaiguda sticks along with other Maoist- Indian Federation sary assistance by the district Central Reserve Police Force tion operation, around six-seven area leading to the gun battle. related material were recovered. (TIF). Derailment at Champa Dreaded serial killer delays passenger trains nabbed in capital STAFF REPORTER n CHAMPA undertaken on war-footing to restore leave from Korba after 9 hours delay rail traffic. on Sunday while on February 4, it has ue to derailment of four rakes on STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR godman. He had reportedly murdered As per Bilaspur Railway office been delayed for an hour. Dline 6 of Champa Station yard, of n absconding serial killer who is seven persons including his father, wife sources, 18237 Gevra-Amritsar Train number 13288 Rajendra a coal laden train from Junadih to Aaccrued of seven murders was on and sister-in law, police said. Nagar-Durg South Bihar Express Sunday arrested by Saraswati Nagar passing Bilaspur has been running Police further informed that the Police with the help of citizens near under control mode at matter came to fore after enquiry into a Mahoba Bazar Over Bridge. He had Chakradharpur division on Sunday. missing case of a girl child In come to Kukurbeda of the city to cele- Train number 22884 Patna- Kukurbeda and the culprit after being brate his daughter’s birthday. Bilaspur Express has also been regu- arrested on suspicion admitted seven Station House Officer, Saraswati lated at Chakradharpur division, train murders. Nagar Police Station, Trinath Tripathi number 22910 Puri-Balsad passing informed that the culprit, Arun On his confession skeletons of per- on Sunday from Bilaspur has been Chandrakar, had already been sentenced sons killed by him were also recovered regulated at East Coast Railway divi- life imprisonment and was absconding from different places. sion while train number 68722 since May 1, 2018. Gevra-Bilaspur train has been can- The Raipur District Court later He fled from the custody of Durg celled and Raipur-Gevra passenger sentenced him for life after it was police while he on way to the Durg train number 68746 will run till proved that he murdered three per- District Court. Bilaspur and service of Bilaspur- sons namely his wife Lily Chandrakar, He would be produced to Durg Gevra will remain terminated for Sister in Law Pushpa Dewangan and District Court on Monday on a case Chhattisgarh Express has been Sunday. his land-lord Bahadur Singh, police Kumhari, several trains on the main filed against him under section 224 and retained at Korba from 12.05 hours Train number 18239 Gevra- claimed. route of Howrah-Mumbai have been thereafter he would be brought to and will commence service after 12 Nagpur Sheonath Express will com- cancelled, short-terminated and few Raipur Central jail, the official said. Meanwhile, the culprit is now under hours. mence service from Bilaspur while have been regulated on Sunday. Arun was reportedly wandering police custody and after being produced The train number 18517 Korba- service on Gevra-Bilaspur has been Under the senior officials of here and there including in various to Durg District Court, he would be sent Vishakapatnam Link Express from terminated. Raigarh Bilaspur passen- Bilaspur Railway zone and Railway cities on Maharashtra in disguise of to Central Jail, Raipur, police informed. division repair works have been Korba has been re-scheduled. It will ger has been cancelled. BJP asks cadres to work Mahant to inaugurate united for LS battle ‘Mainpat Mahotsav’ today
STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR gramme with local singers hhattisgarh unit of the Bharatiya hhattisgarh State Assembly including dance programmes. CJanata Party called a meeting on CSpeaker Charandas Mahant will On concluding day on Sunday to discuss the future strategy for inaugurate the famous ‘Mainpat February 5, Bhojpuri singer the preparation of upcoming Lok Sabha Mahotsav’ on February 4 at Mainpat Nisha Pandey and polls. The crucial meeting was held at BJP which is largely called Chhattisgarh’s Chhattisgarhi singer Mamta divisional office, Ekatma parisar. Shimla because of persisting chilly Chandrakar and others will Party will flag off three ‘Rath’ on weather throughout the year. showcase their talent. February 4 to Bastar, Surguja and Raipur The cabinet ministers, local Besides cultural pro- divisions to woo voters and brief people MLAs would also grace the occa- grammes, adventure sports about achievements of the BJP govern- sion. will also be organised for the ment at the centre, informed senior party The two-day carnival will have visitors. It includes kite festi- leader and former minister Brijmohan host of cultural programmes. On val, flying fox, river crossing, Agrawal. day-one, Bollywood singer Mohit commando net, Burma bridge, The senior party leaders put their Chouhan will present the pro- boating and archery. heads together at the lengthy meeting and discussed several issues including upcom- ing visit of BJP national president Amit Shah on February 15, its preparation along with ‘Sankalp Patra Rathyatra’ and lifetime public sentiments. upcoming event of BJP national president cooperation fund. BJP national vice-president Raman Amit Shah on February 15 a grand success. Kaushik said, “Prime Minister Modi Singh made an appeal to all the party He said, “During the ‘Rathyatra’ sugges- Follow NGT instructions, had stood along with common man of workers to use Namo App to link them- tion box will be provided to collect sugges- country and the latest example is the inter- selves in maximum for lifetime coopera- tions which will be key to the election,” he im budget, which expresses the mood of tion fund. He laid stress to make the pointed out. minister to officials Cong condemns attack on scribe STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR the state. Notice was issued to here at new circuit house, the Chief Municipal Officer of Sakti minister also instructed the STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR “The attack has actually reflected the rban Administration for failure in standards set for officials not to make construc- fascist face of BJP,’’ senior Congress leader U Minister in a review meet- Open Defecation Free (ODF) by tion in private land without ‘In a bid to cover up their Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said in press confer- ing held here on Sunday exhort- the Centre. consent of land owners and ence. ed the official of department to Similarly Chief Municipal without paying compensation. intra-pparty rivalry and bick- He alleged that in a bid to cover up maintain cleanliness in their Officer of Akaltara was issued He was also strict on illegal their intra-party rivalry and bickering the respective areas and stressed on notice for illegal recovery in hoardings and instructed the ering the BJP leaders were BJP leaders were targeting media persons. following the instructions of barrier there. officials to do a statewide “The ideology of BJP was anti-demo- National Green Tribunal (NGT). While Dongargarh CMO action for removing the illegal targeting media persons.’ cratic right from the beginning and it’s slo- In case of laxity in imple- and Katghora CMO were issued hoardings. gan that it is the party with a difference, mentation the amount of fine notice for dissatisfactory He also stressed in the ongress on Sunday hit out at Bharatiya has now been exposed after the BJP leaders would be recovered from the progress in Pradhanmantri Awas meeting to prepare a workplan CJanata Party for carrying out attack on attacked journalists while they were cover- officials, he warned. Yojana and laxity in recovery of for making the recovery of rev- journalists at its office Ekatma Parisar in ing a party meeting,’’ the Congress leader He also issued notices to revenue respectively. enue tax in urban bodies Raipur on Saturday. alleged . four Chief Municipal Officers of In a review meeting held online. 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The licence lance and after sometime, gave Friday staged a protest in front effect from February 4, 2019.” authority can verify the details pregnant woman gave birth to a child inside the vehi- of the Collectorate here over Panda in his order has of the Learners’ Licence from Abirth to a child in a 108 cle. the Centre curtailing SC/ST $ *$)67&). said that Learners’ Licence, the web portal. ambulance due to the closure After sometime, health students’ stipends. Fitness Certificate and Contract In order to download the of Gurundia community health workers opened the CHC gate Earlier, the BJD’s young he State Government has Carriage and Goods Carriage above documents, proper pro- centre in Bonei sub-division of and took both the woman and wing had launched a signature Tinitiated many citizen- Permit can be downloaded by cedures have been lined up for Sundargarh district on her child to the hospital for drive from the Dalit students friendly services in the trans- an applicant at his place of con- the applicant and RTOs have Saturday evening. The CDMO treatment. The woman and and after collection of signa- * 3 two years, the Central port sector and several certifi- venience without coming to an been asked to make them Sundargarh has ordered an her child was admitted there tures, a memorandum would Government has not released cates have been made paper- RTO. acquainted with the proce- inquiry into the matter. and the health condition of be sent to the President of India - its share on Dalit students’ less, slowly making one’s visit This would reduce the dures. According to sources, on both is reportedly stable now. for intervention, the protestors stipend after repeated to the Regional Transport number of visits by a citizen to Once the RTOs are made Saturday evening, a pregnant “An ADMO-rank officer told. reminders by the State. Offices (RTOs) a thing of the the RTO and the officers would aware about the procedures, woman of Sanbalia village, from Sundargarh will go to Attending the meeting, District youth BJD presi- past be engaged in other qualitative they can explain to the appli- after severe labour pain, was Gurundia community health State Planning Board Deputy ! dent Amarendra Das chaired Now, the Government has works, said a senior officer in cants whenever required, said taken to Gurundia communi- centre on Monday to conduct Chairman and SCs/STs Cell the meeting while among oth- decided to stop issue of three State Transport Authority an RTA officer. This would not ty health center by 108 ambu- an inquiry into the matter,” said convener Bishnu Das said soon many as two lakh Dalit stu- ers district students’ wing pres- paper-based certificates with (STA). only reduce footfalls in the lance. When the ambulance Sundargarh CDMO Dilip after BJP-led NDA dents in Odisha. ident Bijaya Shankar Das, BJD effect from February 4. These documents contain RTOs but citizens would also reached at the health center, the Sarangi. He added, “If any Government assumed power at By reducing the stipend leaders Manoj Bhoi, Dipti Das, Transport Commissioner a Quick Response (QR) Code, be able to receive the facility at family members of the woman lapses are found, we will take the Centre in the year 2014, it share, the Centre has passed the Minati Das, Dola Govinda Das Sanjeeb Panda has issued an which can be scanned and its their own convenience, said found the gate of the CHC action and ensure that such fur- has started curtailing SC/ST burden on the State and Bijayalaxmi Behera were order in this regard saying, genuineness can be verified he. locked and health workers were ther incident does not occur.” students’ stipend affecting as Government. Besides, in last present. - 9 ) , , O :; ( 2 # 3 3 3 - 1 $.) ) *. Odisha Agro Industries % excreta. They disrobed her 1 *4$)6 Corporation, MD of the and paraded her naked, besides ormer bureaucrat Bhaskar Nayagarah Sugar Mill and as finally having driven her out 3 5 $6 11 andhamal district is once FMahapatra passed away at Special Secretary of the Works from the village. 3 Kagain in the news for sim- his residence in Bhubaneswar Department. He superannuat- “My husband had an affair ilar wrong reasons as a 15-year- on Friday. He was 80 and his ed in 1997. *68).'). with another woman and want- 1 old girl has allegedly been body was cremated at At his death bed, his two ed to marry her. We had four impregnated by a relative in the Swargadwar at Puri. sons, Ashoak Kumar woman of Sundargarh district, children and when I objected $)47&). 1 Brahmanigaon area. As per a After studying Post- Mahapatra and Tripati Prasad Awho had been ostracised along him, he started spreading police complaint lodged by Graduation in English from the Mahapatra; two son-in-laws, with her family members 14 years rumour that I was a witch who he Economic Offence Wing tion that two pensioners ated three ATM debit cards in the father of the Class-X girl, a Ravenshaw College, he was Janakiballahav Mishra and ago after she was branded a witch, practiced black magic,” said T(EOW) of the State Crime Parsuram Giri of Mendra vil- the deceased pensioners. student of a private English appointed as Lecturer in Saroj Kumar Mishra, his is still leading painful life. Even if the Nuni. She said that her hus- Branch arrested a former lage and Sabitri Behera of In the case of deceased Giri medium school in Jharsuguda, English at the Khallikote Samandhi State Planning district administration had assured band, Daharu, also left her and Remuna Bank of India (BOI) Naraharipur had died in 2014 and Behera, Das had generat- she had come to her village in College here and later at the Board Member Rama Chandra her of necessary support during that lived with another woman. Branch Manager on the charge yet every month their pension ed three debit cards. These Brahmanigaon during the Puja BJB College in Bhubaneswar. Panda and a galaxy of relatives time, the hapless woman has been After knowing about the inci- of financial embezzlement. amounts were credited to debit cards were issued during vacation last year when she was He cleared OAS examination in and well wishers were present. still left in the lurch. dent, the police had arrested some The accused Dugashankar their account and further with- the period of Panda, when he ill and she was unable to go 1962. He had discharged duties “Mahapatra was an able According to sources, villagers. The district administration Panda was taken into custody drawn from ATMs through was branch head. Further back to school. On Saturday, she successfully as Registrar of the administrator, a prolific writer Nuni Ekka(50) was residing had promised Nuni of a job. But so by the EOW on Saturday and debit cards . investigation led to the arrest of complained of uneasiness, fol- Berhampur University, and above all a good human with her husband Daharu far the promise remained a promise he was forwarded to court After these fraudulent Panda. lowing which her father took her Managing Director of the being,” said Panda. Ekka and her children at only. after being booked under activities were detected by Shockingly, these illegal to the Mohana hospital, where Patratoli village of Tainsur When contacted, members Sections 419,420,467,471,406 of incumbent Branch Manager transactions were being carried doctor revealed that she is six- panchayat under Lathikata of Legal Cell said they cannot IPC and 66 and 66 D of IT Act Swaraj Mohanty, he lodged an out even without life certificates month pregnant. The girl’s fam- block. On May 4, 2004, the provide any job to anybody . FIR with the Remuna police of the pensioners. ily has alleged that she was plight of Nuni started when the until there is order from the During Panda’s tenure as in November 2018 and subse- The investigating agency impregnated by a relative in the daughter of a neighbourer fell court. “I still live in fear from Branch Manager nearly Rs 1.32 quently the matter was hand- learnt that the fraudulent trans- village. Police started investiga- ill. The villagers accused Nuni the villagers and badly need to crore was siphoned from the ed over to EOW . actions were made in con- tion into the matter after regis- of being a witch and casting be rehabilitated,” said Nuni bank in the name of several The EOW initially on nivance with former manager tering a case on the basis of the her ugly spell as the reason with a chocked voice. dead persons whose pension December 14 arrested a bank- Panda. complaint. It may be recalled behind her sickness. According to sources, Nuni amount was drawn from the ing correspondent Pravat Das EOW officials said they that another minor girl student Suspecting her practicing sor- was a devout woman and used Remuna branch. (35) of the bank after finding were looking into the other had delivered a baby at a resi- cery, irate villagers abused her to perform pujas in her house The investigating agency his involvement . Das manip- cases of withdrawals in the dential school in Daringbadi of and forced her to eat human but she was branded a witch. ascertained during investiga- ulating the system had gener- name of dead persons. the district a few days ago. " <