BJP & CONG TRADE ‘SAY SORRY’ JIBE IN RAHUL GANDHI REMARKS

The LS and RS were adjourned soon after they met as heated exchange between BJP and Congress over Rahul’s remarks at Cambridge University in London continued

Moni Sharma

New Delhi: Parliament was adjourned for the day on Tuesday afternoon - till 11 am todayamid a continuing standoff between the ruling BJP and the Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the government and PM Narendra Modi. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha saw protests for a second straight day.

On Tuesday, Piyush Goyal picked up where he, his colleagues left off on Monday, declaring, “Both Houses are part of Parl, which have been insulted. I feel this is 1st time entire Parl was insulted.” P5

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 Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil filed a breach of privilege notice against Piyush Goyal, for violating House rules by making allegations against a member.

PM MODI HOLDS MEETING WITH TOP MINS IN PARL

On Tuesday morning, top ministers attended a meeting in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office to fine-tune the ruling party’s strategy in Parliament. Union ministers Pralhad Joshi, Anurag Thakur, Piyush Goyal, Nitin Gadkari and Kiren Rijiju attended the meeting to discuss the Parl strategy.

WOULD HAVE BEEN INTO ACTING, IF NOT LAWYER: VP

After India’s glory at Oscars, winners being praised inside RS. “It’s a recognition in which we all must take pride”, VP and RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar hailed Naatu Naatu, The Elephant Whisperer’s win at Oscars 2023. “If I hadn’t become a lawyer, I would definitely have been into acting,” he, said.

Man booked for unruly behaviour on flight refuses bail, goes to jail

First India Bureau Mumbai: Man charged for unruly behaviour and smoking on an Air India flight was sent to jail by a court in Mumbai after he refused to pay ` 25,000 for bail, instead cited online ‘search’ to claim fine payable under IPC section was ` 250. A court has granted accused, Ratnakar Dwivedi, a cash bail, but he refused

TTE URINATES ON WOMAN PASSENGER IN AMRITSAR TRAIN, HELD; RLY SACKS HIM to pay. The accused told court he had read online that fine under sec-

Lucknow: A ‘drunk’ Travel Ticket Examiner (TTE) was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly urinating on a woman’s head in A1 coach of the train going from Amritsar to Kolkata. Accused Munna Kumar hails from Bihar, he urinated on the woman while she was sleeping. Railways ministry has sacked the accused.

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Kalvi, founder of Karni Sena, dies at 68

Satyanarayan Sharma

Jaipur: Rajput leader and Karni Sena founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi, 68, passed away at a state-run hospital here on Tuesday. Family sources said he suffered a cardiac arrest late in the night and breathed his last. Kalvi was admitted to the Sawai Man Singh Hospital for the past few days. His funeral was conducted at his ancestral village, Kalvi, in Nagaur district.

Governor Kalraj Mishra, Satish Poonia, Vasundhara Raje, Shri Kshatriya Yuvak

Sangh patron Bhagwan Singh Rolsahabsar and other leaders expressed condolences on the demise of Kalvi. More on P10 tion 336 of IPC is `250, which he was willing to pay, but not bail amount.

MIN THAKUR DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM RAHUL

Rahul Gandhi goes abroad and insults the country. He should come to the Parliament and apologise to the nation. He says he is not allowed to speak in Parliament, but his attendance in Lok Sabha is lower than the average attendance of MPs in Parliament, said Union minister Anurag Thakur in Parl on Tuesday.

New Delhi: LIC on Tuesday announced appointment of Tablesh Pandey and M Jagannath as Managing Directors of the corporation. Meanwhile, Siddhartha Mohanty will take over as interim Chairman with immediate effect in addition to his own duties.

Setback For Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims

Top Court rejects Centre’s plea for addl compensation

First India Bureau New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the Central government’s curative plea for enhanced compensation for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy from US-based firm Union Carbide Corporation, now owned by Dow Chemicals. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul pronounced the verdict today after reserving the order on January 12. . The bench also comprised of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Abhay S Oka, Vikram Nath and JK Maheshwari. P6

We are unsatisfied with Union of India for not furnishing any rationale for raking up this issue after 2 decades. We are of the view that curative petitions cannot be entertained.

—Justice Sanjay K Kaul, Supreme Court Judge

The Centre’s curative plea for enhanced compensation for the victims sought a direction to Union Carbide and other firms for over `7,400 crore additional amount over and above the earlier settlement amount of USD 470 million (`715 crore at the time of settlement in 1989) for paying compensation to the gas tragedy victims.

While rejecting the plea, SC said, ‘Dispute can’t be re-opened after final settlement in 1989. Depreciation of rupee since 1989 can’t be a ground to now seek a “top-up” of compensation.” SC also expressed concern over `50 cr undistributed dues, also asked “How can Centre file a “curative” plea directly without filing a review?”

TRIAL IN LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE CASE NOT ‘SLOW PACED’, SAYS SC

SC on Tuesday said trial in 2021 Lakhimpur case, in which Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish is among those facing prosecution, is not “slow paced” and directed the concerned sessions judge to keep apprising it about the future developments of trial.

“We have received 3 letters from trial judge,” SC observed, adding it had gone through contents of letters received from 1st addl district and sessions judge, Lakhimpur Kheri.

Clash in Pakistan as police try to arrest Imran

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Lahore: Pakistani police and supporters of Imran Khan fought pitched battles outside the former prime minister’s home in Lahore on Tuesday, wounding several on both sides, ahead of his expected arrest, a government spokesman and witnesses said.