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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 115 | Thursday, 27 April 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 9351.85 (+45.25) pSENSEX 30,133.35 (+190.11) pDOW JONES 21,023.39 (+27.27) pNASDAQ 6,024.97 (-0.52) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.11 (+0.15) pRUPEE/EURO 69.80 (+0.52) qGOLD/10GM 29,350.00 (-250.00) qSILVER/K 41,000.00 (-600.00) CONTEMPT PLEA ‘WHY DIDN’T MPS FRENCH INTEL ‘HONOURED’ FILED IN NGT AGAINST OBJECT WHEN GOVT REPORT SAYS TO PLAY SAINA SRI SRI OVER HIS LINKED AADHAAR ASSAD BEHIND GAS NEHWAL IN BIOPIC: REMARKS PG4 TO PAN?’ PG7 ATTACK PG10 SHRADDHA PG16 BJP Sweeps Delhi Civic Polls 2017 Overall Outcome Half way BJP: 181 mark AAP: 48 Cong: 30 Others: 11 BJP WINS DELHI North Delhi Wards: 104 East Delhi Wards: 64 2017 2012 Change 2017 2012 Change BJP scores a hat-trick of wins, AAP finishes a distant second SeatsVote% Seats Vote% Seats Vote% SeatsVote% Seats Vote% Seats Vote% BJP 64 35.6 59 40.6 +5 -5.0 BJP 47 38.6 35 35.0 +12 +3.6 AAP 21 27.9 -- -- +21 +27.9 AAP 11 23.4 -- -- +11 +23.4 Cong 15 20.7 29 32.0 -14 -11.3 Cong 3 22.8 19 30.3 -16 -7.5 Others 3 15.8 16 27.4 -13 -11.6 Others 2 15.2 10 34.7 -8 -19.5 Polling in one ward postponed Polling in one ward postponed Wards: 104 South Delhi North Delhi East Delhi 2017 2012 Change Municipal Municipal SeatsVote% Seats Vote% Seats Vote% Corporation Corporation BJP 70 34.9 44 33.8 +26 +1.1 Delhi NDMC AAP 16 26.4 -- -- +16 +26.4 Cantt. area Cong 12 20.3 29 29.2 -17 -8.9 South Delhi Municipal Others 6 18.4 31 37.0 -25 -18.6 Corporation KBK Pollgraphics Pic/Naveen Sharma ANUP VERMA the popularity of Prime Minister Naren- “I laud the hard work of team @BJP- In his first reaction, Delhi Chief Min- The victory is especially sweet for the Meanwhile, DPCC chief Ajay Maken dra Modi. 4Delhi which made the resounding MCD ister Arvind Kejriwal promised all coop- BJP as it comes two years after it suffered offered to resign from his post, accepting NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday The BJP’s corporation-wise tally is win possible,” he tweeted. eration to the civic bodies and refrained a shock defeat in the Assembly polls where moral responsibility for the Congress’ dis- scored a hat-trick in the Delhi civic polls SDMC - 70, NDMC - 64 and EDMC - BJP president Amit Shah said the peo- from commenting on EVMs, the alleged a near-absolute majority had pitchforked mal performance in the civic polls. as it comfortably retained control of the 47 as against AAP’s tally of 16, 21 and 11 ple of Delhi have rejected the negative “manipulation” of which has been identi- AAP to the national stage. “It is a reasonable revival of the Con- three municipal corporations, dealing a respectively. Congress finished last with politics and put their seal of approval on fied by him as the reason behind AAP’s For the AAP, the rout comes after suc- gress but I had hoped for something bet- severe blow to the AAP and dashing the 12, 15 and 3 wards. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Sabka string of poll upsets. cessive jolts in Punjab and Goa assembly ter than this. I had expected to perform a Congress’ hope of a revival. The BJP had won 138 wards in the saath, sabka vikas’ programme. “I congratulate BJP on their victory polls and the Rajouri Garden Assembly little better. Winning 181 out of 270 wards where last election. “This is an unprecedented win for the in all 3 MCDs. My govt looks forward to bypoll here and has led to murmurs of “So, as the president of Delhi Con- elections were held, the saffron party Modi expressed his gratitude to the BJP. I express my gratitude to the people working wid MCDs for the betterment discontent in the party becoming shriller. gress, I take moral responsibility and offer added muscle to its decade-long dom- people of Delhi for reposing faith in the of Delhi. This is the victory of Modiji’s of Delhi (sic),” Kejriwal, who went into a The opposition called it a “referen- to resign from my post. I have decided to ination of the corporations effortlessly BJP and ensuring its resounding victory leadership,” he said reacting to the BJP’s huddle with top leaders of the AAP as the dum” on the Kejriwal government and resign from my post,” Maken said. bucking anti-incumbency by riding on in the polls. victory in the MCD polls. results trickled in early in the day, tweeted. demanded that the CM resign. More reports on P3 and P4 Stone-pelting No plan to impose any tax on GOVT AGENCY CAPART FOR 159 FIRs AGAINST NGOS FOR FUNDS MISUSE would not help Jammu and Kashmir and agricultural income: Jaitley Make a law to regulate NGOs, the youth of the state MPOST BUREAU should channelise disbursal of funds: SC to Centre NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun MPOST BUREAU had recommended registra- that “mere blacklisting” of these their energy towards Jaitley on Wednesday said the govern- tion of 159 FIRs against various organisations would not suf- ment does not plan to impose any tax NEW DELHI: The Supreme NGOs for alleged misappropri- fice and civil and criminal constructive pursuits on agricultural income, dismissing the Court on Wednesday asked ation or misuse of funds dis- action should be initiated by MOHAMMAD AZHARUDDIN suggestion of NITI Aayog member the Centre to consider making bursed to them. CAPART/other government Bibek Debroy. a law to regulate NGOs, dis- The Council for Advance- departments for misappropri- “I categorically state that the Cen- bursal of funds to them and ment of People’s Action and ating public money received by tral government has no plan to impose consequential proceedings on Rural Technology (CAPART), them from various government In today’s any tax on agriculture income,” he said elimination of exemptions, is to also account of defaults and asked which works under the Min- departments. in a tweet. tax rural sector, including agriculture it to respond in eight weeks. istry of Rural Development CBI had in September 2015 The minister further clarified that income above a certain threshold,” A bench headed by Chief and disburses funds to volun- informed the apex court that paper as per the Constitutional allocation of Debroy had said. Justice J S Khehar said the tary organisations working in must be prosecuted. less than ten per cent of over 30 powers, the Centre has no jurisdiction Taxing agricultural income is a existing regulations were rural areas, said initially it had Taking umbrage to the fact lakh NGOs functioning across ... to impose a tax on agricultural income. politically sensitive issue and succes- not sufficient to regulate the blacklisted 718 NGOs for not that no steps have been taken the country had submitted CITY Debroy had on Tuesday said taxes sive governments have refrained from NGOs across the country, the following the due process and to evolve a regulatory mecha- their returns or balance sheets should be imposed on farm income doing so. disbursal of funds and conse- not submitting their account- nism even after the lapse of six and other financial details to MUSLIMS STILL BACK AAP AND CONGRESS 4 above a certain threshold to expand Jaitley had earlier on March 22 quential defaults. ing details. years since a PIL was filed, the the authorities. the tax base. assured Parliament: “Agriculture The bench, which also com- Subsequently it had apex court had said the Centre The apex court had NATION “On expanding the base on the per- income is not taxed and will not be prised Justices D Y Chandra- removed 15 NGOs from the and its departments were dol- expanded the scope of the sonal income tax side, other than the taxed. chud and S K Kaul, granted black-list after they complied ing out crores of rupees to lakhs PIL, filed in 2011 against Hind RAJNATH CHAIRS TOP-LEVEL MEET 5 eight weeks to the Centre to with the accounting norms, of NGOs, societies and volun- Swaraj Trust, run by anti-cor- EDIT mull over the idea of legislation it said. The Supreme Court tary organisations but were not ruption crusader Anna Hazare. J&K government bans 22 and apprise the court about its had on January 10 said public aware of the repercussion of The PIL had sought a probe SETTING NEW AGENDA 8 stand. Earlier in the day, the money cannot go unaccounted non-auditing. into alleged embezzlement of government agency CAPART for and those misappropriating The bench had also warned funds. INTERNATIONAL social networking sites MACRON GETS ROUGH RIDE 11 MPOST BUREAU networking sites shall not be transmit- BUSINESS ted in Kashmir valley with immediate Dinakaran remanded in five-day police custody SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir effect for a period of one month or till RLYS TO GO FOR 100% DIGITISATION 13 government on Wednesday banned further orders, whichever is earlier,” he OUR CORRESPONDENT symbol was allotted to the AIADMK fac- 22 social networking sites and applica- said in the three-page order. tion led by Sasikala. Media persons were SPORT tions including Facebook, WhatsApp The sites and applications which NEW DELHI: A court here on Wednes- not allowed to attend the court proceed- and Twitter in Kashmir on the ground will be inaccessible in the valley include day sent sidelined AIADMK leader T T ings.