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Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY SC agrees with EC on clean Rahul Gandhi tenders an chit to Modi, Shah speeches unconditional apology to SC Asks Congress MP to file fresh petition against comments ‘violating’ poll code Says he wrongfully attributed ‘chowkidar’ remark to court Priyanka dares Modi to legal correspondent On April 30, the court was fight poll on promises Krishnadas Rajagopal challenging the merits of its New Delhi categorical that he had to NEW DELHI NEW DELHI orders. Congress president Rahul either offer an apology or Congress general secretary The Supreme Court on Wed­ “The PIL has become in­ Gandhi on Wednesday un­ face criminal contempt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on nesday agreed with the con­ fructuous. The complaints conditionally apologised to Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tention of the Election Com­ have been decided by us, the Supreme Court for Admit mistake: judge fight the election on mission of India (EC) that its rightly or wrongly. Our or­ wrongfully attributing the “Any person can make a mis­ Chowkidar chor hai’ demonetisation, GST, crime clean chit to Prime Minister ders have been communicat­ phrase ‘ take, but having made it, you against women and ‘false Narendra Modi and BJP pre­ ed to the Congress party, to (watchman is a thief ) to it. should go ahead and admit promises’ made to the sident Amit Shah for their Mr. Randeep Surjewala... “The deponent [Gandhi] it,” Justice Sanjay Kishan nation’s youth. She said only poll speeches may be right This petition is only about unconditionally apologises Kaul on the Bench had told the Congress party could or wrong, but the court cer­ delay. The petitioner cannot for the wrongful attributions senior advocate Abhishek bring development tainly cannot examine the expand the petition and go to the Supreme Court. The Rahul Gandhi Manu Singhvi, who repre­ to all sections of society. merit of its decisions on the into the merits of our or­ deponent further states that sented Mr. Gandhi. basis of a public interest liti­ ders,” senior advocate Ra­ any such attributions were made the remark to media in “And what is this ‘regret’ DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 1 gation (PIL) petition filed by kesh Dwivedi, for the EC, entirely unintentional, non­ a reaction to a Supreme written inside brackets,” Congress MP Sushmita Dev. raised a preliminary wilful and inadvertent,” Mr. Court verdict allowing the Chief Justice Gogoi had BJP govt. will demolish A Bench led by Chief Jus­ objection. Gandhi submitted in a three­ maintainability of the Rafale asked Mr. Singhvi. illegal colonies: Kejriwal tice of India Ranjan Gogoi, hate speeches and misuse of poll body that Ms. Dev’s pre­ Ms. Dev’s latest affidavit, page additional affidavit. review petitions. The court had said it NEW DELHI however, gave Ms. Dev the li­ the armed forces for political sent plea dealt solely with filed on May 7, accuses Mr. The case is scheduled for In his affidavit, Mr. Gand­ could make no sense of what Aam Aadmi Party national berty to challenge afresh, if propaganda. the issue of delay shown by it Modi of making “obscene” hearing on May 10 along hi, through advocate Sunil Mr. Gandhi wanted to con­ convener Arvind Kejriwal on she so desired, the merit of in deciding complaints remarks to “malign” the im­ with the Rafale case review Fernandes, urged that the vey in his earlier 28­page affi­ Wednesday said that the the EC orders clearing Mr. ‘Plea deals with delay’ against Mr. Modi and Mr. age of former Prime Minister petitions before a Bench led court may “graciously be davit, which expressed ‘re­ Narendra Modi­led Modi and Mr. Shah of violat­ The hearing saw the Bench Shah. The EC said Ms. Dev Rajiv Gandhi. by Chief Justice of India Ran­ pleased to accept the instant gret’ without apologising. government has large­scale ing the Model Code of Con­ fundamentally agreeing to cannot later improve on her jan Gogoi. affidavit and close the pre­ plans to demolish duct by delivering alleged the objection raised by the PIL plea through affidavits CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 On April 10, Mr. Gandhi sent contempt proceedings.” CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 unauthorised colonies in Delhi. Addressing a press conference , he said a few Gandhi family Central government officials Iran says it will not had told him about the plan. Naidu meets Rahul; to call on Mamata too used warship as DELHI METRO Ī PAGE 3 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Opposition leaders plan conclave on May 21 to discuss post­poll arrangement honour nuclear curbs personal taxi: PM Special Correspondent Agence France-Presse ‘Modi doesn’t know how to discuss the prospects of a Congress has to join the al­ region. Iran said it was res­ New Delhi Tehran Jatin Anand to speak the truth’ post­poll arrangement. liance. There is no fourth op­ ponding to the sweeping un­ The New Delhi GWALIOR Andhra Pradesh Chief Minis­ In an interview to tion,” he said. Iran said on Wednesday it ilateral sanctions that Wash­ Congress president Rahul ter N. Chandrababu Naidu Hindu on Wednesday, Mr. Mr. Naidu was in Delhi to had stopped respecting li­ ington has reimposed since Prime Minister Narendra Gandhi told a rally at met Congress president Ra­ Naidu asserted that post­ attend the Supreme Court mits on its nuclear activities it quit the agreement one Modi accused the Gandhi fa­ Phoolbagh in Gwalior on hul Gandhi in New Delhi on May 23, a new Prime Minis­ hearing on a review petition agreed under a 2015 deal year ago, which have dealt a mily of using a naval war­ Wednesday that while his Wednesday morning before ter would replace Narendra filed by 21 Opposition parties with major powers until severe blow to the Iranian ship as a “personal taxi” party has delivered on heading out to West Bengal. Modi. The prime ministerial demanding 50% Voter­Veri­ they find a way to bypass re­ economy. and attacked “fourth gener­ promises made in the Madhya Neither the Congress chief candidate would be amica­ fied Paper Audit Trail count. newed U.S. sanctions. Iran’s Supreme National ation practitioners of dynas­ Pradesh Assembly elections, nor Mr. Naidu spoke to the bly selected, he said. The court dismissed the peti­ The announcement came Security Council said that it tic politics”. He also took a Prime Minister Narendra media after the meeting. “There are only three tion, following which the par­ as Washington stepped up no longer considered itself dig at the AAP­led Delhi go­ Modi “does not know how to Mr. Naidu will be meeting N. Chandrababu Naidu possible options. One, ties again met the Election its rhetoric against Tehran, bound by the agreed restric­ vernment for what he speak the truth”. West Bengal Chief Minister where the Congress leads; Commission to press their de­ accusing it of planning “im­ tions on stocks of enriched termed was its ‘naakaam NORTH Ī PAGE 3 and Trinamool Congress Opposition leaders are second, where the Congress mand. minent” attacks and deploy­ uranium and heavy water. (unsuccessful) model of go­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD chief Mamata Banerjee and trying to work out a meet­ supports from outside like ing an aircraft carrier strike vernance’ without naming attending her party’s rallies ing on May 21, two days be­ in the United Front govern­ ALTERNATIVE DREAMS group with several nuclear­ U.S. THREATENS MORE it on Wednesday. DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES on Thursday and Friday. fore the Lok Sabha results , ment, or third, where the Ī EDITORIAL capable B­52 bombers to the SANCTIONS Ī PAGE 12 DETAILS Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 3 arrested Runaway plane NC, PDP seek action in ‘bribery’ case in Alwar gang Peerzada Ashiq Wednesday demanded ac­ votes, as an inquiry had Srinagar tion on the bribery charges found “prima facie merit” rape case, SP The National Conference, levelled by local journalists in the allegations. the Congress and the Peo­ of Leh against Bharatiya Ja­ shunted out ples Democratic Party on nata Party leaders to swing DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 10 Special Correspondent JAIPUR Three of the five accused in the Alwar gang­rape case of April 26, which caused widespread out­ rage after video footage of the incident was uploaded on social media, have been arrested by the police. The State government also shunted out Superinten­ dent of Police, Alwar, Rajiv Pachar on Tuesday night. The accused have been identified as Indraraj, Ash­ ok and Mukesh, while two of their accomplices are absconding. Inspector General of Police, Jaipur Range, S. Sengathir on Wednesday said that Mukesh had re­ corded the crime and uploaded the video on so­ An AN­32 transport aircraft of the IAF overshot the runway on Tuesday night while taking off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji cial media. Maharaj Airport in Mumbai. No injuries were reported but the incident affected flight operations. * VIJAY BATE (REPORT ON PAGE 7) Mr. Sengathir said 14 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC police teams have been formed to arrest the re­ maining accused. The vic­ tim — a Dalit woman — was Stick to July 31 deadline for final NRC, says SC allegedly raped in front of her husband after the cou­ Act with wise discretion while dealing with objectors: court ple was waylaid on Thana­ gazi­Alwar bypass road Legal Correspondent keeping the law in mind.