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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 287 | Tuesday, 17 October 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,230.85 (+63.40) pSENSEX 32,633.64 (+200.95) pDOW JONES 22,916.25 (+44.53) pNASDAQ 6,614.51 (+8.71) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.74 (+0.19) pRUPEE/EURO 76.41 (+0.17) nGOLD/10GM 30,850 (0.00) qSILVER/K 41,400 (-100.00) NAJEEB PROBE: HP POLLS: PM INDIAN-ORIGIN HEMSWORTH WILL HC CHIDES CBI WANTS 10-15% TEENAGER IS DO BOLLYWOOD FOR ‘LACK OF SEATS FOR WOMEN UK’S ‘YOUNGEST FILM WITH GREAT INTEREST’ PG3 CANDIDATES PG6 MILLIONAIRE’ PG11 SCRIPT PG16 Supreme Court directs Supertech to refund ‘Development will trump dynasty’ `1 crore to flat buyer NEW DELHI: Hold- PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI TEARS INTO CONGRESS, GANDHIS ing that real estate companies must ful- MPOST BUREAU fil their obligation vaad”; development politics will to hand over flats to Highlights triumph over family rule.” buyers on time, the GANDHINAGAR: Prime Min- » Congress slighted tall Congress, he alleged, always Supreme Court has ister Narendra Modi on Mon- Gujarati leaders like Sardar avoided contesting elections with directed Supertech day lashed out at the Congress a focus on development. Limited to refund and the Nehru-Gandhi family, Patel and Morarji Desai “Every time there is an elec- around Rs One crore accusing it of disliking Gujarat » Congress pursuing negative tion, it would raise the issue of to a buyer for a delay in giving possession of a and Gujaratis who were an “eye- politics communalism, spread the poison flat in its Noida project. sore” for them. of casteism. They never have the A bench of Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit Invoking tall leaders from the » Slighting Gujarat model of courage to contest a poll on the turned down the plea of the company that it poll-bound state like Sardar Val- development concrete issue of development,” could not complete the project on time as con- labhbhai Patel and Morarji Desai, he said. struction was stayed because of order from the Prime Minister accused the » Congress was an equal The PM’s remark came against National Green Tribunal (NGT) and held that “Congress and the family” of partner in GST the backdrop of the agitation by the buyer should not suffer because of delay in slighting them. the influential Patel community the project. He also alleged a “conspiracy” I had expected for reservations in government In this case, the buyer, Ankur Goswami, had was hatched by the Congress to jobs and educational institutions. booked a flat worth of Rs 1.1 crore in Supertech’s put him in jail, in an apparent ref- them to fight this Modi said “negative” politics Capetown project in Sector 74 in Noida in Octo- erence to accusations of his com- election on the issue of was responsible for the current ber 2012 and he was assured by the company plicity in the 2002 post-Godhra development, but they condition of the Congress, which to hand over the flat within a year by October riots. once ruled all over the country 2013. As the company failed to complete the Accusing the main opposition are not doing that. Now and gave so many prime minis- construction even three years after the deadline, party of pursuing “negative poli- they have decided ters from one family. Goswami initiated legal proceedings against the tics”, Modi dared the Congress “The Congress’s only agenda is company in 2016 and filed a complaint before to fight the upcoming Gujarat to belittle Gujarat’s to save one family,” he said. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Com- Assembly polls on the develop- development The PM called the Congress mission through his advocate Dushyant Singh. ment plank. “an equal partner” in decisions The Commission in July directed the com- He also targeted the Congress The rally was held to mark the power at the Centre, you hatched said,”The whole party is on bail”. online campaign ‘Vikas (devel- about the Goods and Services Tax pany to refund the entire amount of Rs 96 lakh over the resignation of party conclusion of the saffron party’s a conspiracy to put me in jail. You He also dared the Congress to opment) has gone crazy’, which (GST). deposited by him with 10% interest. It rejected leader Madhavsinh Solanki, who ‘Gujarat Gaurav Yatra’ (march knew that it was not possible until contest the polls on the develop- targets the Gujarat model of “I want to tell my friends that the contention of the company which had taken as the foreign minister was alleged for Gujarat’s honour) ahead of Amit Shah (BJP chief) was put ment plank. development. Congress is an equal partner in the defence that the flat buyer had not deposited to have sent a letter to his then the high-octane electoral battle behind bars, you did that. “I had expected them to fight Rahul Gandhi has, during GST decisions. They should not the amount on time and allowed his plea. “Hav- Swiss counterpart to scuttle the for the state where the BJP holds Referring to Congress lead- this election on the issue of devel- his frequent trips to the state, spread lies on GST,” he said. ing not cancelled the allotment on account of Bofors scandal probe. sway. ers, including party president opment, but they are not doing criticised the Gujarat model of The PM assured the people the delay in making payment, the company now “They forced Solanki to resign. “You did not waste any oppor- Sonia Gandhi and her deputy that. Now they have decided to development. that his government was “actively cannot deny a refund of the amount paid to it the party can go to any extent to tunity to strike. When I was the Rahul Gandhi being on bail in belittle Gujarat’s development,” “This election is a fight striving to remove any issues with by the complainant on account of the aforesaid save the family,” he said. chief minister and you were in the National Herald case, Modi he said referring to the Congress’ between ‘vikasvaad’ and “vansh- the GST.” alleged delay,” the commission had said. AGENCIES SUSPECTED LPG CYLINDER BLAST Governors are not Talwars walk free 66 machines being “political parallel power At least 7 killed in building used for counting centres” after four years in jail scrapped notes: RBI M VENKAIAH NAIDU collapse in Bengaluru MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU from the debris, had sus- tained 60 per cent burns and In today’s BENGALURU: At least seven was in a critical condition. She NEW DELHI: At least 66 Sophisti- persons, including three was admitted to the Victoria cated Currency Verification and Pro- paper women, were killed and several Hospital. cessing (CVPS) machines are being others feared trapped when a Along with the child, Janaki used for counting junked Rs 500 and ... two-storey building collapsed (26) was also undergoing treat- Rs 1,000 notes that were deposited post due to a suspected LPG cyl- ment for the burn injuries she demonetisation, the Reserve Bank of CITY inder blast near Ejipura in the received in the incident, the India (RBI) has said. DENGUE CLAIMS TWO WOMEN 4 city on Monday. police added. A global tender has been floated Eyewitnesses said the blast Karnataka Home Minister for the procurement of new CVPS NATION took place at around 7 am, Ramalinga Reddy, who vis- machines, the central bank said in bringing down a large portion ited the spot of the building reply to an RTI query on details of MULAYAM, SHIVPAL MISSING FROM SP LIST 6 of the 20-year-old building. collapse, told reporters that such machines being used for count- EDIT Fire brigade and National the structure belonged to one ing demonetised notes in the country. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar come out of Dasna Jail on Monday PTI Disaster Response Force (18), Ashwini (28), Saravana Gunesh, who had rented it out “As on date 59 CVPS are in opera- 2018 WILL BE A TURNING POINT 8 (NDRF) personnel, who (18), Maladri (25) and Sarva to three families. tion in RBI for the purpose. In addi- OUR CORRESPONDENT Talwars’ advocate Tanveer rushed to the spot, recovered Kalyan (19). “Two families were residing tion to this, seven CVPS available INTERNATIONAL Ahmed Mir expressed satisfac- the bodies, including those of The government hason the ground floor, while one with commercial banks are also being ASSANGE COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA: HILLARY 11 GHAZIABAD: Dentist cou- tion that they were able to over- the three women, the police announced a compensation of was on the first floor. Kalavathi used,” it said in response to the RTI ple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, turn the guilty verdict and get a said. Rs five lakh each for the kin of and Ravichandran were on the application. BUSINESS acquitted last week of the charges clean chit for the two. The deceased have been the deceased. first floor. They died on the It said seven CVPS machines were of murdering their 14-year-old “My clients were sold over identified as Kalavathi (68), The police said three-year- spot, while two children were in the process of being leased, while WHOLESALE INFLATION FALLS TO 2.6% 12 daughter Aarushi and domestic and over again and it was a her- Ravichandran (46), Prasad old Sanjana, who was rescued injured,” the minister said. seven others available with commercial help Hemraj, walked free from culean task for us to fight not banks were also being used.