Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: Deleng/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Published from New Delhi & Hyderabad Price: 3.00 No: 6 Issue No: 298 New Delhi, Sunday, November 3, 2019 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16) ED files charge sheet Police, protesters clash Nadal advances in against Ratul Puri in Paris to keep edge over in Hong Kong AgustaWestland case Djokovic P-5 P-9 P-11 Briefs President Kovind EPF in DHFL soup: UP to Kashmir move to make maiden was to free India visit to Meghalaya safeguard employees’ interest of terrorism: Modi Lucknow/New Delhi, Nov 2 against those involved in it,” UP Bangkok, Nov 2 (IANS) A day after on Nov 4 (IANS) Hit by a controversy over Power Minister Shrikant Sharma German Chancellor Angela Merkel Shillong, Nov 2 (IANS) President Provident Fund of Uttar Pradesh tweeted. “Employees of the UP- voiced concern about the Kashmir Ram Nath Kovind would make his power corporation employees PCCL are like family members to situation, Prime Minister Narendra maiden visit to Meghalaya on Mon- being invested in tainted DHFL me and the government will en- Modi on Saturday got the Indian di- day to address a convocation at company, the state government sure that the interest of anyone is aspora in the Thai capital to cheer the North Eastern Hill University on Saturday promised action not affected,” he added. loudly his government’s decision (NEHU), one of India’s premier cen- against the “guilty” and said it Earlier, Priyanka Vadra, who is to scrap special status for Jammu & tral universities. will ensure that no employee’s Congress in-charge of eastern Ut- Kashmir. With the packed Indian The President will arrive from Gu- interest is hurt. The govern- tar Pradesh, raised questions over diaspora audience listening to his wahati by an Indian Air Force helicop- ment assurance came hours af- the development. In a tweet, she every word, Modi in his reference to ter and land at Eastern Air Command ter Congress General Secretary Finance Corporation Limited said, “The BJP government in Ut- Kashmir, said: “India took a major headquarters’ Advanced Landing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra targeted (DHFL), whose promoters were tar Pradesh invested the money step to free India of terrorism and Ground in Upper Shillong. the Yogi Adityanath-led govern- recently grilled by the Enforce- from the provident fund of the extremism. Do you know what was Governor Tathagata Roy and Chief ment, asking whose interest was ment Directorate (ED) for their state’s power corporation person- done, do you?” -- as the crowd loudly Minister Conrad Sangma, besides being served through the move. alleged links with a front com- nel in a defaulting company like roared “Modi, Modi”. This year has been amazing for me as apart from doing other dignitaries will receive Kovind. In a questionable decision, the pany of late Iqbal Mirchi, a close DHFL. Whose interest was to be “When the decision is right and interesting films and scripts: Jacqueline Fernandez NEHU Vice Chancellor Prof. S.K. state-owned UP Power Corpora- aide of underworld don Dawood served by investing more than Rs the intention is right then its echo is Court allows ED to quiz Christian Srivastava told IANS that the universi- tion Ltd (UPPCL) has reportedly Ibrahim Kaskar. “Investing em- 2,000 crore of the employees’ hard heard across the world. And I hear ty is all set to welcome the President. invested its employees’ fund ployees provident fund money earned money in such a company? this even in Thailand,” he said, as the Michel for 2 days Kovind is also the Visitor of NEHU, worth over Rs 2,600 crore with in DHFL is matter of serious con- Is it justified to play with the future crowd stood up to cheer loudly. New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) A Delhi Court on which was set up in 1973. Mumbai-based Dewan Housing cern. Stern action will be taken of the employees?” .........................more on page 9 Saturday allowed the Enforcement Director- ate to quiz alleged middleman Christian Mi- chel in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. Police, lawyers clash at Tis Sena raps BJP for threat Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar allowed the ED to quiz Michel in the Tihar Jail on No- to impose President rule vember 5 and 6. Hazari, advocate injured Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) The be imposed if the state didn’t common people will make The court also allowed Michel’s counsel Aljo Shiva Sena here on Saturday get a government by Novem- out of this threat by Mungan- K. Joseph to meet his client for 30 minutes on New Delhi, Nov 2 the scuffle started after a vocates objected to this said the President was the ber 7, Raut said dragging the tiwar? Does it mean that the the said dates. (IANS) A minor alterca- lawyer parked his vehicle and ended up damaging constitutional head of the President’s office into the President of India is in the The agency had moved an application in tion between some Delhi outside a lock-up used to police vehicles present at country and any attempts by state political crisis in this (BJP’s) pocket or that the seal the court seeking permission to interrogate Police personnel and keep criminals. the spot. the Bharatiya Janata Party manner was “unwarranted, of the President is lying in the Michel and record his statement in the jail. advocates in Tis Hazari He was “rudely” told by “How can you put an (BJP) to misuse the office of improper”. office of the BJP in Maharash- Michel was extradited from Dubai last year. court premises escalated some police constables to advocate in lock-up. We the President or the Governor The Marathi ‘manoos’ tra?.” While the CBI is probing his alleged role in the into a big clash on Sat- remove it but he insisted are lawyers not crimi- was “a threat to the country”. would not be cowed down Terming the remark “un- deal as a “middleman”, the Enforcement Di- urday, resulting in arson on parking his car there nals,” an agitated advo- “The President is the con- by such threats nor attached democratic and unconsti- rectorate is investigating money laundering that left one lawyer in- as he had an “important cate said. stitutional head. He’s not in any importance to (Mungan- tutional”, it said: “Are they charges against him. jured with a bullet injury. hearing,” the advocate Eyewitnesses say that anybody’s pocket. Issuing tiwar’s) statements, the Sena trying to convey that the BJP The lawyers announced told IANS. seeing the situation go- such a threat is an insult to MP said. The Sena would could impose the President’s Rahul Gandhi still a political an indefinite strike start- Some other advocates, ing out of control, police the public mandate and peo- honour the commitments of rule in Maharashtra if it’s not intern, says ex-aide ing this Monday in all who were eyewitness to decided to fire in the air to ple of Maharashtra,” Sena MP its alliance with the BJP “till able to form the government district courts, demand- incident, told IANS that disperse the agitating ad- Sanjay Raut said. the last moment”, he added. here.” New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi’s ing an action against the the policemen then took vocates but a bullet hit the Hitting out at senior BJP Earlier, in an edit in the The remark clearly showed former aide Pankaj Shankar said here on Sat- policemen involved in the advocate to the police advocate who was kept in leader Sudhir Mungantiwar party mouthpieces ‘Saamana’ the lack of knowledge of the urday the Congress leader was still under “in- the firing incident. Ac- lock-up. This escalated the lock-up, turning the for his warning on Saturday and ‘Dopahar Ka Saamana’, Constitution and rule of law, ternship” despite having joined the politics 15 cording to an advocate, the situation as other ad- situation ugly. that the President’s rule could the Sena stated: “What the it added. years ago in 2004. Saying that the former Congress chief has made no contribution to politics, Shankar told Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) ceived Sidhu’s letter this morning The Deputy Commissioners had Nanak Dev, whose 550th birth an- IANS, Rahul had “ruined” the party and its Forwarded Sid- Punjab Chief Minister Amarind- and immediately sent it to the state contacted the MLAs in their re- niversary the world is celebrating youth organisation. er Singh has forwarded Navjot Chief Secretary. spective districts, and the Amritsar this year. India should have stood “What’s his contribution to politics? Under Singh Sidhu’s letter, requesting The Chief Minister himself later Deputy Commissioner had been as one, especially considering the his leadership, the Congress has gone down to hu’s permission permission to visit Pakistan for told media persons in an infor- pursuing the matter with Sidhu’s deeper agenda which seemed to double digit (in the Lok Sabha),” said Shankar the Kartarpur Corridor inaugu- mal chat that, along with all other office, but the latter had failed to be behind the Pakistan decision to who handled the media for the former Con- ration, to the Chief Secretary for MLAs, Sidhu had also been invited respond, said Amarinder Singh. open the corridor and also to set up gress chief for many years. to Chief Secre- necessary action. to join the all-party ‘jatha’ or del- The Chief Minister lamented the a university in the name of the first On his criticism of the former Congress This was disclosed here on Sat- egation going from Punjab to Kar- politicisation of the Kartarpur Cor- Sikh guru, but instead the whole is- president, Shankar said, “I am not against tary: Punjab CM urday by an official spokesperson, tarpur Sahib via the corridor on ridor, in violation of the ideology of sue had been politicised for vested Rahul Gandhi, but I want to show mirror to who said the Chief Minister had re- November 9.