VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# 1 2 C: 0 # D # D D -%&./012 5 7 *+%, )"" => ? & $ +/,/*!0 ) *+,- *. 9$89:;0. ;0$7.;$9719 9:-7$4O:$. =;'$98 9)=B:@ :$;7'7@A';0 !" # $ * 345/67"/482 $ %'( $) 1 809:0 *1 # 57198 Pakistan. Additional district ted are Gulab Khan and village in Rampur and Fahim and session judge (3) Sanjay Kausar Farooqi. Khan hails Ansari from Goregaon local court in Rampur has Kumar announced the pun- from Baheri village of Bareilly (Mumbai). In a pre-dawn Aannounced capital pun- ishment in Rampur on while Farooqi is a resident of attack on January 1, 2008, a ishment to four out of the six Saturday after the accused Kunda in Pratapgarh. The six CRPF group camp in Rampur ! convicted in the Rampur were convicted on Friday. The were found guilty under sec- was attacked by terrorists, " CRPF camp terror attack on court had convicted tions 420, 467, 468, 471, 200 claiming the lives of seven #$ the morning of January 1, Mohammed Sharif, Jang of the IPC. jawans and a rickshaw-puller. $ %# 2008. Bahadur, Imran Shahzad, Fahim and Sabuddin were Eight persons, including " ;;4 # " " & The convicts facing the Mohammed Farooq and also accused in the 26/11 three CRPF constables, were capital punishment are Imran Sabauddin after they were Mumbai attack case but were injured in the attack. ensing the fast-changing ' $ ( Shahzad, Farooq, Sabauddin found directly involved in the acquitted by the court. Imran Earlier, the accused, Spolitical equations in " and Sharif. Another convict attack. Fahim Ansari was and Mohd Farooq allegedly lodged in Bareilly and Maharashtra, NCP chief )*+, Jang Bahadur has been award- acquitted of the charge of belong to Pakistan-occupied Lucknow jails, were brought to Sharad Pawar on Saturday # ed life term, while Fahim 10- waging a war against the state Kashmir, Sabauddin is from Rampur under a strong secu- stepped up efforts to build a “A lot of things will hinge % year imprisonment. Two of the (Section 121) but held guilty Madhubani (Bihar), Jang rity cover on Saturday for common strategy with the on what transpires in the meet- )*+- . convicts facing capital pun- for holding fake passports and Bahadur from Moradabad, announcement of the quan- Congress leadership to explore ing between Sonia and Pawar,” ' Q ishment are allegedly from illegal weapons. Other acquit- Mohd Sharif from Khajuria tum of punishment. the possibility of supporting the former deputy Chief Minister # Shiv Sena in the Government and senior NCP leader Ajit Q ' formation in the State and in Pawar said, indirectly admitting $ Q ( the process to checkmate the that there was change in the '3 # 5+ 41 BJP in its own power game. party’s earlier stand of sitting in On a day when the Shiv the Opposition. ' 57198 Reacting swiftly to reports of pany Dewan Housing Finance folio of the Energy department. Sena said after the BJP failed in Interestingly enough, alleged fund diversion, the state Corporation Limited (DHFL) Between March 2017 and its Government formation bid, senior BJP leader Sudhir ' ttar Pradesh Chief Minister government lodged FIRs in the has caused a furore in Lucknow. December 2018, the trust invest- it would go ahead and form the Mungantiwar said the stale- $ UYogi Adityanath on Saturday case and the former director The state-owned UPPCL decid- ed Rs 2,631 crore in DHFL. Government in the “larger mate prevailing between the transferred to the CBI the ongo- (finance) of Power Sector ed to invest its employees’ funds The Bombay High Court interest” of the State, the NCP BJP and Shiv Sena would end ' # # ing probe into the investment of Employees’ Trust Sudhanshu worth over Rs 2,600 crore with had in October restrained DHFL camp confirmed that Pawar before November 6. “We will ' 12 $ )-3456 UP Power Corporation’s employ- Dwivedi and general manager DHFL. from making repayments of had already spoken to Congress form the Government with ' ees’ provident fund money in PK Gupta were arrested. The decision to invest the unsecured loans to creditors and president Sonia Gandhi on our allies in the “Maha-Yuti” " scam-hit DHFL, an official said The Uttar Pradesh Power money in DHFL was taken in the investors. DHFL has since telephone and would meet her (saffron alliance) either on ' here. Corporation Limited’s (UPPCL) meeting of the board of trustees stopped making payments to the in the Capital on Monday in an November 6 or 7. We would Q " Till the CBI takes over the decision to invest the employees’ on April 21, 2014. Samajwadi employees’ trust and over Rs apparent bid to hammer out a like to form the government in $ matter, it will be investigated by provident fund as fixed deposit Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was 1,600 crore are locked in fixed common strategy to deal with alliance with the Shiv Sena,” %# Q DG-EOW, the chief minister with the controversial Mumbai- the UP Chief Minister at that deposit with it. the emerging political situation Mungantiwar said. ' directed. based non-banking finance com- time and he also held the port- ■ See Page 3 in the State. Turn to Page 4 7 8 7 !R# 7 & / 3 $ & & # ! *4 & O ; 3 & 7 9 '(R O 7 4911 ket must be matched by open- !" &<& 9$8:$5. ings in some areas where #$ ! ' s negotiations to finalise Indian businesses can benefit. %& " olitical slugfest intensified Athe long-overdue “We have put forward rea- O & 7 ( Pin Karnataka on Saturday as Regional Comprehensive sonable proposals in a clear 9$8:$5. & '& (!)*))!+ a video purportedly with the Economic Partnership manner and are engaged in , . & &# % voice of Chief Minister BS (RCEP) enter final stages, all negotiations with sincerity. ongress president Sonia !-./& 3 . 2 Yediyurappa going public eyes are on India whether it We would like to see com- CGandhi on Saturday & # $ wherein he is heard saying will finally take the plunge and mensurate levels of ambition attacked Prime Minister 7 that the rebel Congress-JD(S) agrees to the world’s largest on services from many of our Narendra Modi saying instead ' MLAs, who were later dis- trading deal spanning 16-Asia partners, even as we are ready of acknowledging slowdown ! "#" #$ & # qualified, were kept in Mumbai Pacific nations. to address their sensitivities,” and looking for solution, he is $%& 0 ! & & " # during the final days of the Multiple diplomatic sources Modi said in an interview to busy managing headlines and 1 *01, $:.; < coalition Government under confirmed to PTI that except Bangkok Post newspaper. events and as if Government’s whether it will finally take the %1 the watch of BJP president India, all 15 RCEP member “Overall, we are clear that decisions have not damaged plunge and agrees to the world’s 2 & 1 3 = Amit Shah. He is also heard countries were on board in a mutually beneficial RCEP, in economy enough, it is now largest trading deal spanning !4 420 &3 = " > lashing out at the party lead- finalising the deal when lead- which all sides gain reason- ready to deal body blow to it by 16-Asia Pacific nations. 5 ? ership for not recognising “sac- ers of the grouping hold a ably, is in interests of India signing the Regional “As a citizen and as a mem- rifices” by the Congress-JD(S) summit meeting on Monday and of all partners in the Comprehensive Economic ber of the responsible opposi- & ;& & P Q MLAs for installing the BJP to in Nonthaburi, a vibrant city negotiation,” he said. The Partnership (RCEP) agreement. tion, it pains me to see the & # power in the State. north of Bangkok. prime minister will attend Modi is expected to sign the Indian economy under siege. $ With the video going viral, In the midst of flurry of the 16th ASEAN-India agreement during the RCEP What is even more worrying is # $ P M the Opposition Congress meetings on the proposed Summit, the 14th East Asia Summit during his ongoing that the government is in com- $$ $ 7 " # reached out to President Ram deal, Prime Minister Narendra Summit and the third summit two-day visit to Thailand. plete denial,” Sonia said. () ' Nath Kovind through State Modi, who will attend the meeting of RCEP which is The RCEP will result in Sonia also lashed out at the ' " Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai RCEP and two other key sum- negotiating the trade deal. untold hardship for farmers, Government over the & & $ B Vala to whom they submitted mits in the next three days in “At the RCEP Summit, we shopkeepers, and small and WhatsApp snooping contro- $ a memorandum demanding Nonthaburi, said addressing will take stock of the progress medium enterprises, she versy saying these activities are 7 $ %# the dismissal of the India’s concerns over “unsus- in RCEP negotiations. We claimed. Her remarks come as not only illegal and un-con- & Yediyurappa Government. tainable trade deficits” will consider all issues includ- negotiations to finalise the stitutional, they are also # < % # The memorandum