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DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. TNENG/2012/49939 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 7 ● No. 2 ● CITY EDITION ● 26 Pages ● Rs. 8.00 Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Hubballi, Mohali, Allahabad, Malappuram and Mumbai Police file charge sheet Fresh warrant against Putin sought to help Ousted office-bearers in Monika Ghurde Christian Michel in Trump, concludes of Indian cricket board murder case AgustaWestland case U.S. election probe meet in Bengaluru Page 9 Page 12 Page 14 Page 17 • • BRIEFLY From tippler to terrorist — IS Mufti’s son Tassaduq Keep the faith, Modi tells joins PDP fighter recounts journey to Syria SRINAGAR: On the first death anniversary of PDP founder Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on party leaders ahead of polls Subahani Haja Saturday, his son Tassaduq Moideen was arrested Hussain, a cinematographer by profession, announced his ‘Demonetisation This emotional pitch in by NIA in October decision to join the party the Prime Minister’s speech formally. decision taken to was a pointer to the fact that VIJAITA SINGH ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 improve the life demonetisation and at- tempts to link it to the fight NEW DELHI: This is the story of Suriname wants India of the poor’ against corruption and ex- Subahani Haja Moideen (31) to transfer technology panding the tax base for from Kerala, who fought for NISTULA HEBBAR more public spending will be the Islamic State (IS) in Syria BENGALURU: Suriname Vice- the main poll planks for the and Iraq and escaped to re- President Michael Ashwin Adhin NEW DELHI: In the last national party. turn home and work quietly has said India should transfer executive meeting of the BJP in his father’s cloth shop in nature-friendly technology to before the Assembly polls in Poll funding Thodupuzha for a year be- Suriname to enable it to five States, Prime Minister Mr. Modi also made a fore the National Investiga- compete in the global market. Narendra Modi made com- strong case for transparency tion Agency (NIA) caught up ½ NEWS | PAGE 13 mon cause with the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun in poll funding. “A culture of with him in October last saying they were the focus of Jaitley on the second day of the BJP’s national executive transparency is emerging in year. Sinha panel sees anger his government and projec- meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. — PHOTO: PTI the country and it is our duty Moideen’s is only the in rural Kashmir ted demonetisation as a to usher in transparency in second known case of an In- long-term tool to fight black say he did not covet power, Modi told them he “had been poll funding as well.” He ad- dian coming back from the IS Tamil Nadu. The Hindu has into an alcoholic. But after SRINAGAR: A team, headed by money and corruption in or- heaven or a second life but born in poverty, and had ded that the BJP was whole- war front. The first was that accessed his interrogation marriage, his wife helped senior BJP leader and former der to improve their lives. longed to end the people’s lived in it.” He also told them: heartedly in favour of it and of Areeb Majeed from Maha- report which details his jour- him quit drinking. Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, In his concluding address suferings. “Welcome criticism, don’t be urged all political parties to rashtra, who escaped after ney. During the interrogation, has warned of growing anger in to the two-day meeting, Mr. Asking party leaders to afraid of allegations. If our come together for this. being injured in the leg. Moideen initially studied Moideen claims he was rural Kashmir and vanishing Modi said serving the poor keep the faith with regard to resolve and inner truth is Arrested the minute he at Saraswathi Vidhya Bhavan never interested in religious faith in the dialogue among was serving god. He went on his government’s decisions, strong, we will go forward in ½ MODI HAILS NATION FOR landed in Mumbai, Areeb and then moved to Vimala matters but after giving up people. to quote a Sanskrit shloka to like demonetisation, Mr our path.” FIGHTING GRAFT | PAGE 13 continues to be in jail. School in Thodupuzha. He alcohol, he became a Tab- ½ NEWS | PAGE 12 Between 40 and 50 Indians enrolled for a B.Com. degree lighi — a member of a Sunni are estimated to be in IS-held Islamic movement — in 2013. territory. SUNDAY SPECIAL He searched for the hadees Sakshi Maharaj stirs up another row with remarks The NIA stumbled upon (a collection of sayings of Moideen while investigating but discontinued the course Prophet Mohammad) and OMAR RASHID through an “objectionable” the remarks at a religious dren one should be allowed another case in which six in the second year. He then the Koran on the Internet speech, in which he allegedly function on Friday. to have, saying the increasing men from Kerala, inspired by completed a Red Hat-certi- and discovered a site called LUCKNOW: No stranger to pro- blamed the Muslim com- The MP said a particular population was posing prob- the IS ideology, were al- fied engineering course at kalamullah.com. It con- vocative rhetoric, BJP MP munity for the population- community, which spoke of lems for the country. legedly planning attacks Lynx Academy and sub- tained lectures of one Imam from Unnao, Sachidanand related problems. “four wives and 40 children,” “If problems are arising in against BJP and RSS leaders sequently, in 2010, worked in Anwar Al Awlaki (an Al Hari Sakshi, alias Sakshi Ma- The Uttar Pradesh Elec- was responsible for the pop- the country due to popula- and High Court judges. tech. support at Infotech in Qaeda preacher), who haraj, has stirred up another tion Commission also took ulation-related problems in tion, Hindus are not respons- Chennai for six months. preached jihad. SUNDAY MAGAZINE Explosives from Sivakasi Between 2011 and 2015, he He also came across IS 6 Pages controversy. notice of his controversial the country. ible,” he said. The Uttar Pradesh police remarks and called for a re- Sakshi Maharaj demanded On October 6, he was ar- worked in his family’s cloth activities in Iraq and Syria. CLASSIFIEDS on Saturday booked him for port from the administration a “common and fine law” to ½ BJP DISOWNS SAKSHI’S rested for trying to arrange shop in Thodupuzha. Pages 6 & 7 hurting religious sentiments in Meerut, where he made codify the number of chil- COMMENTS | PAGE 13 explosives from Sivakasi in Moideen had by then turned ½ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 As EC seeks view, Govt calls Budget session Police probe Akhilesh Yadav faction gives SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The EC has written to and that the Commission recommend that the Budget video of youth Cabinet Secretary would take a decision on the presentation be deferred till poll panel ‘proof’ of support NEW DELHI: The government on issue in due course. The the completion of elections kissing women Saturday convened the P.K. Sinha asking Budget is to be presented on in the five States. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 5,000 delegates. After Mr Mulayam Singh Budget session of Parliament February 1. She had pointed out that “Ninety per cent of the le- approached the EC staking for a response by STAFF REPORTER from January 31 even as the A day later, an 11-member during the 2012 Assembly NEW DELHI: The Akhilesh Ya- gislators and delegates are claim to the party symbol, Election Commission sought January 10 delegation of Opposition polls the Budget was presen- dav faction of the Samajwadi with Akhilesh Yadav, there- the Akhilesh camp also a response from the Centre parties met the CEC on the ted after the elections were NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Party on Saturday submitted fore, it is crystal clear that presented its case. Both on petitions seeking that the Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha same issue, raising an appre- over. The then UPA govern- have launched an investiga- documents to the Election we are the real SP. We sides were then asked to file Budget presentation be de- asking for a response by Janu- hension that the Central gov- ment had agreed to defer it tion after a YouTube video in Commission to prove that a should be given the cycle aidavits with evidence to ferred in view of the upcom- ary 10 on the petitions filed ernment may make some following protests by the Op- which a youth is seen kissing majority of the SP members symbol and considered the prove their claim. ing Assembly elections. by Opposition parties. The Budget announcements position parties. women without their con- and legislators supported real SP,” he told reporters The Commission, which President Pranab Mukher- government has maintained which would tend to influ- The Budget session will sent in Connaught Place the Chief Minister. after handing over is examining the claims of jee has summoned the Rajya that the Budget presentation ence the voters in the poll- begin with the President’s went viral. Mr Akhilesh Yadav’s loy- documents. both the factions, will de- alist Ram Gopal Yadav sub- cide the issue on the basis of Sabha and the Lok Sabha to need not be postponed oth- bound States. address to the joint sitting of No police complaint meet on January 31, accord- erwise development work in While the EC is yet to de- the two Houses and the same mitted the documents in Papers sent to Mulayam the numbers in the party's ing to oicial notifications.