CMYK Postal Registration No. : MNW/336/2018-20 www.acrossstates.com RNI: MAHENG/2017/74287 Year:3 Issue : 04 Mumbai, Thursday 22-28 August 2019 Rs.5/- Pages- 24 Editor in Chief : Sanjay M. Bhaire CBI arrests Chidambaram High drama at in INX media case Chidambaram’s home before arrest Aghast on being accused of hiding from law, says Chidambaram by the law. “Until Friday and be- yond, let’s hope the lamp of lib- erty will shine bright and illu- New Delhi He was taken to CBI head- Congress headquarters, offence nor any member of my minate the whole country. I will quarters by a team of officials, Chidambaram, who faces the family. There is no chargesheet respect the law even if applied Former finance minister P they said. prospect of arrest after the Su- filed by either ED or CBI before a with an unequal hand by probe Chidambaram was arrested here In his first remarks after the preme Court declined an urgent competent court,” Chidambaram agencies,” Chidambaram said. by the CBI in connection with Delhi High Court dismissed his hearing on his appeal challeng- said. “I believe that the founda- INX media case on Wednesday anticipatory bail petition in the ing the Delhi HC order, said he Chidambaram said he was tion of a democracy is liberty, night, officials said. INX Media case, former finance was aghast that he was accused working with his lawyers through most precious article of the con- 73-year-old Chidambaram minister P Chidambaram said on of hiding from the law. The Su- the last night, preparing his pa- stitution is Article 21 that guar- who made a surprise appearance Wednesday no chargesheet had preme Court has decided to hear pers or his bail application. antees life and liberty. If I am at the Congress Headquarters been filed against him either by his petition on Friday. Flanked by Congress leaders asked to choose between life was arrested by the CBI team the CBI or ED before a court. INX “I was accused of hiding from Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu and liberty, I will choose lib- soon after he reached his Jor Media Case Live Updates the law. In INX Media case, nei- Singhvi, Chidambaram asked the erty,” the former Union minister Bagh residence, they said. Addressing the media at the ther I have been accused of any investigative agencies to abide said. Chandrayaan 2 successfully President Kovind inaugurates INDIA-WINDIES READY Raj Bhavan’s Underground enters orbit around Moon Bunker Museum FOR TEST BATTLE Read Full story on centre spread Read Full story on centre spread Read Full story on page 21 CMYK 2 Mumbai, Thursday 22-28 August 2019 Take up flood relief at war-level, Pawar tells Maha govt Mumbai said he had raised some is- ernment had on Monday NCP president Sharad sues on August 14 during announced a slew of mea- Pawar on Tuesday met his visit to flood-ravaged sures like loan waiver for Chief Minister Devendra Kolhapur district and ob- farmers, new houses under Fadnavis here and asked served that the cabinet sub- the Pradhan Mantri Awas the government to take ef- committee had taken some Yojana (PMAY) for those forts at war-level to com- policy decisions on those. who lost their dwellings, pensate and rehabilitate "However, some of the and free food grains to those hit by unprecedented demands have been par- flood-affected people. floods in parts of tially considered and there Heavy rains and floods Maharashtra. are some flaws. So, raised battered several areas of Pawar also asked the the concerns voiced by af- western Maharashtra and state government to pro- fected people in detail," the Konkan region earlier vide basic amenities at the Pawar said. this month, with Kolhapur earliest to flood-affected The NCP chief was ac- and Sangli districts bearing people in Kolhapur, Sangli, companied at the meeting the maximum brunt. Satara and other areas. by the party's Maharashtra Fadnavis also said a "I requested the chief unit head Jayant Patil, MP committee will ascertain minister to take efforts at Sunil Tatkare, senior leader causes for the unprec- war-level to bring on track Dilip Walse-Patil among edented floods and suggest those hit by the unprec- others. measures to avoid their re- edented flood crisis, com- The Maharashtra gov- currence. pensate them for losses, re- habilitate affected ones and provide basic amenities," Pawar said on Twitter after Gangster Chhota Rajan, the meeting. The former Union min- ister also hoped CM 5 others get 8-yr RI in 2012 case Fadnavis would address the concerns raised by him on Mumbai Special court judge A T tation to India from Indo- case, to approach priority and resolve them A Mumbai court on Wankhede convicted the nesia in October 2015. Upadhyay and Talvinder before the model code of Tuesday awarded eight six under various sections Besides Rajan, the five Singh to carry out the kill- conduct for the years' rigorous imprison- of the stringent others awarded the punish- ing. Nayak and Daniel then Maharashtra Assembly ment to gangster Chhota Maharashtra Control of ment are Nityanand Nayak, conducted a recce and polls, due in September- Rajan and five others for Organised Crime Act Selvin Daniel, Rohit helped the shooters identify October, comes into effect. attempting to kill a city- (MCOCA) and the Indian Thangappan Joseph alias Shetty, according to police. The NCP chief further based hotelier in 2012. 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These are citizens, rich or Chembur, who were displaced when the poor, they should be treated with dignity BMC demolished all encroachments and and not with such callousness.” Mumbai, Thursday 22-28 August 2019 3 2nd phase of Bhagwati Hospital’s revamp begins Mumbai three municipal hospitals development was envis- Mayor Vishwanath — MT Agarwal in Mulund, aged in 2009 and work on Mahadeshwar performed Shatabdi Hospital in its first phase started in the groundbreaking cer- Govandi and Bhagwati 2010. Eventually, most of emony for the second phase Hospital in Borivali — was the hospital’s operations of the redevelopment of moving at a snail’s pace due were moved to Shatabdi Bhagwati Hospital in to repeated delays in award- Hospital in Kandivali as the Borivali on Tuesday. ing the contracts. The building became dilapi- The revamped hospital Brihanmumbai Municipal dated. In July 2016, the first will have a capacity of 490 Corporation (BMC) took a phase was completed and a beds. The redevelopment decision to give a holistic 110-bedded medicine de- has been pending for years makeover to these hospitals partment was started in the now and will take another and develop one speciality adjoining building. three years to be completed. each for them. The recon- Dr. P. Jadhav, head of The new building will have struction of the three hos- peripheral hospitals in the eight floors and cost pitals is expected to cost BMC, said, “Apart from around ?500 crore. In the around ?1,000 crore. With secondary services, we are second phase, Bhagwati the redevelopment, the providing super specialty Hospital will have depart- BMC will be adding more services like dialysis, ments such as medicine, than 500 beds in these hos- nephrology, gastroenterol- surgery, orthopaedic, pae- pitals.