/ ;,7 ' +< +< < VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# +$%#,-. " +"+3 0"12$$ ,45+5 $) C -85D8,48 4=0",8-,80-3 ")87 * *9>-8>"30 7894593.= ": 4"*943* 8-:*0 0* .450*530 .4* 75(*04 "8 , *-9*-*>-599N78*7@ ""0,3 5,58- 7840*73 4>780**7)5*>:*7* 9 . '()* 6A B*- 8 '* ! /0/ 01 23 -4 Q R R ' 8 (*9303 With the support of the two independents, who on Monday arnataka Assembly Speaker resigned from the Ministry, the KKR Ramesh holds the key BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224- to the State political crisis after member House, where the he declared on Tuesday that the halfway mark is 113. If the res- resignation letters of 8 of 13 ignations of the 14 MLAs are rebel MLAs of the Congress accepted, the coalition’s tally and the JD(S) were not in cor- will be reduced to 102. rect format even as the At the same time, the Congress urged the Speaker to Congress sought the Speaker’s disqualify some of these law- intervention in disqualifying its makers under the provision of rebel legislators and accused the anti-defection law. The the BJP of using money power Speaker will meet five of the to lure its members after anoth- rebel MLAs during the next er MLA quit the party. week, giving breathing space to In a counter offensive after the ruling coalition. The 13 MLAs resigned on Saturday Karnataka Assembly session Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh them handed resignation let- dealing a blow to the 13- will begin on July 12. said, “First, I will hear them and ters. Out of 13, eight are not in month-old Government, a del- The issue reverberated in try to know what is on their the prescribed format under egation of Congress leaders both Houses of Parliament on mind. If there are complaints, the rules. met the Speaker and submitted Tuesday. While the Rajya Sabha only then I will go for public “We have written back to the petition seeking, under the could not transact any business hearing.” them. If they intend to resign, anti-defection law, disqualifi- due to disturbance by the Disclosing that he had they have to give it in the prop- cation of the rebel legislators in Congress members, in the Lok “written to the Governor that er format.” line with the decision taken at Sabha the Opposition party none of the rebel MLAs has The Speaker said he has a meeting of the Congress expressed dissatisfaction with met him”, the Speaker said, “He asked three of the five MLAs — Legislature Party on Tuesday. the Government’s response that (Governor) has expressed con- Anand Singh, Narayan Gowda The move comes a day ! " & resignations by MLAs in fidence that I will uphold con- and Pratap Gowda — to meet after all the Ministers in the '()) !*+ ,-*) P " Karnataka was an “internal stitutional norms. Out of 13 him on July 12 and the rest two Congress-JD(S) coalition * / & P 1 " 2 matter” of the Congress. resignations, eight are not — Ramalinga Reddy and Government resigned, paving As Congress leader Rahul according to law. I’ve given Gopalaiah — on July 15. the way for a Cabinet reshuffle Gandhi himself joined the slo- them time to present them- Meanwhile, another to accommodate disgruntled gan-shouting, the Congress for selves before me.” Congress MLA Roshan Baig legislators. "# $ % the second day on Tuesday The Speaker said no MLA put in his papers. “Roshan The rebel MLAs, camping raised the issue of alleged sought an appointment with Baig’s letter reached today and in Maharashtra, however, destabilisation of the Congress- him since Saturday morning. “I I’ve send it to my Secretary,” the appeared undeterred by the JD(S) coalition in Karnataka by was in office on Saturday (July Speaker said. Congress’ disqualification the BJP by way of “poaching” 6) up to 12.30 pm. No MLA The JD(S)-Congress coali- move and said there was no & & and staged a walkout. sought an appointment or con- tion’s total strength is 116 question of them withdrawing L M Giving an interesting twist veyed that I should wait for (Congress-78, JD(S)-37 and resignations. " to the resignation drama, them. On leaving office, 13 of BSP-1) besides the Speaker. Continued on Page 7 , $$ # $% ' ( ) % *'' . + ! ' ' ,- . - ' , ' 0 8:78945 1 * Q ! R ' n a nationwide operation, the during her stint as UP Chief cases in which the searches are L M ! .48 *5 ICBI on Tuesday conducted Minister. continuing are being kept ' :*-45 (," searches at around 110 places In April this year, the CBI secret till the operation is over. Rajagopal, the 71-year-old in 19 States/Union Territories, had registered an FIR in con- This is the second massive ' S President Donald Trump Powner of the famous including in Delhi, Mumbai, nection with the sugar mills search operation conducted by + Uon Tuesday launched a Saravana Bhavan restaurant Kolkata, Chandigarh, Jammu, scam case besides six prelimi- the agency in a week. A simi- fresh attack on India for impos- chain which has presence in Srinagar, besides 11 locations in nary enquiries in which the lar operation was carried out ! ing tariffs on American prod- Asia, US, Europe, Australia Lucknow and NCR in connec- probe is underway, the officials last Tuesday against a host of ucts and said it was “no longer and Africa, was on Tuesday tion with the sugar mills dis- further said. accused in banking fraud cases. "#$%$# * acceptable”, days after he held sent by a Chennai court to investment scam case during The search operation also The premises of KA ' . talks with Prime Minister Puzhal Central prison to begin Mayawati’s tenure as Uttar covers an FIR against former Duggal, the then CMD, BICL, 0 ( , Narendra Modi and agreed to life imprisonment for the mur- 2+3 Pradesh Chief Minister. Haryana Chief Minister Kanpur, and company secre- sort out the trade related issues. der of the husband of a woman The CBI has registered Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The tary KV Vajpayee are being * 2 Trump, championing his employee he wanted to marry. admitted to a hospital citing ill about 30 separate cases relating operation is underway at Krrish searched for alleged irregular- ' ' ‘America First’ policy, has been The man, whose rags to health. The SC on Tuesday to corruption, criminal mis- Builders in Jasola in the nation- ities in tendering process while ' a vocal critic of India for levy- riches story has become a folk- refused to entertain his plea for conduct and arms smuggling al Capital, they said. selling the properties of BICL. 3 4 * - ing “tremendously high” duties lore in Tamil Nadu and else- an exemption from jail sen- among others before launching The search operations were The cases in which search L M+ on US products. “India has where, tried all tricks to get tence till his recovery. the pan-India search operation. conducted in Delhi, Mumbai, operations are going on also long had a field day putting himself saved from the The restaurant baron was The agency searched the Chandigarh, Jammu, Srinagar, include cheating of a Mumbai- & Tariffs on American products. ignominy of going to jail. brought to a Chennai court on premises of former IAS officers Pune, Jaipur, Goa, Raipur, based businessman who was & No longer acceptable!” Trump However, the Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon in an ambu- Netram and Vinay Priya Hyderabad, Madurai, Kolkata, sold 980 acres of land worth 5' ( % tweeted on Tuesday. early on Tuesday refused to lance with an oxygen mask fit- Dhune and sons of former Rourkela, Ranchi, Bokaro, 11 crore in Chhindwara dis- ' ' Trump’s terse comment delay his surrender. ted in his face. Though he was MLC Iqbal Singh — Wajid Ali Lucknow, Kanpur and other trict of Madhya Pradesh on the * % % within a fortnight after his The SC had in May reject- carried to the courtroom on a and Mohammed Javed — in locations in Uttar Pradesh, basis of forged documents. ' meeting with Prime Minister ed his plea challenging the life stretcher, the judge was not the graft case relating to the Uttarakhand, Odisha, The CBI has taken over inves- 6% Modi on the sidelines of the term awarded by the Madras impressed by the theatrics and sugar mills disinvestment case, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, tigation into this case following % 74 G20 Summit in Osaka on June High Court and had directed ordered that he be taken to the officials said. Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, a directive from the Madhya . , 28 where the two leaders aired beneficiary developing nation him to surrender before the Puzhal prison. Netram also held the posi- Karnataka and Bihar. Pradesh High Court. ' their concerns over the bilateral under the key GSP trade pro- court in 100 days. Rajagopal got Continued on Page 7 tion of secretary to Mayawati Officials said details of Continued on Page 7 5 + trade disputes and agreed for a gramme from June 5 after meeting of their commerce determining that India has not ministers to sort out the issues. assured the US that it will pro- Later this week, US vide “equitable and reasonable Commerce Secretary Wilbur access” to its markets. Ross and Energy Secretary The Generalized System Rick Perry are scheduled to of Preference (GSP) is the "$%& ' )%$*+ 6 7)8 address a major India centric largest and oldest US trade conference in Washington DC. preference programme and is 3 5,87 *,5" - cides has declined steadily. The Though trade is an impor- designed to promote econom- global homicide rate, mea- 93.= ": Pandey, principal secretaries of tant part of the booming bilat- ic development by allowing he overall homicide rate in sured as the victims of homi- Home and Energy depart- eral relationship, a row over duty-free entry for thousands TIndia has decreased by 10 cide per 100,000 people, nion Home Minister Amit ments, Divisional market access and tariffs has of products from designated per cent over a period of six declined from 7.2 in 1992, to UShah will inaugurate the Commissioner of Lucknow escalated in recent months, beneficiary countries.