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was a framework NatioNal Herald Case Itagreement: Rajnath

Sonia, Rahul appear in court, granted bail Haloo. Merry night carnival and a happy night baazar!!

NCSU, NGRC-1CU is now RNCSU Our Correspondent Kohima | December 19

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In a significant move, the Nagaland Contractors& Suppliers Union (NCSU) and NagalandGovernmentRegistered Class- 1 Contractors’ Union (NGRC-1CU) on Saturday merged into one body under the nomenclature- ‘Registered Nagaland Contractors’ & Suppliers Union’ (RNCSU). This declaration was formally made during the NCSU and NGRC-1 CU joint Pre-Christmas cum Felicitation of Best Traffic at Hotel Japfu,Kohima. Followingthe merger, the new body would havetwopresidentswithPele Khezhie as the working president and Seyiekuolie Kesiezie as the administrative president. The two unions unanimously decided to merge into one body in order to take up common issues with the government and for major contract works. Full story on Page 5

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New Delhi, December 19 (iANS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday appeared in a trial court here in the National Herald case filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and were granted unconditional bail. Outside, the party engaged in a political battle, attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "targeting his opponents" and terming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy his "stooge." The top two Congress leaders appeared at 3 p.m. before Metropolitan Magistrate Loveleen in the Patiala House courts in the case filed by Swamy. The party rallied behind its leaders with former prime minister Manmohan Singh and party's leaders in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Ghulam Nabi Azad present in the court. Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was also there. Congress workers had been thronging the party's central office on 24, Akbar Road since morning to express solidarity with

Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and her son and the party’s vice-president Rahul Gandhi (2nd R) arrive at a court in New Delhi on December 19. (Reuters Photo)

the leaders. They later expressed their joy at the two top party leaders getting bail. Shortly after returning from the court, both the Gandhis accused Modi of seeking to bend his opponents and said they were not afraid and will fight back. The BJP hit back, terming the Congress as closely linked with "corruption." Kapil Sibal, who appeared on behalf of the Congress leaders, told reporters that the court rejected Swamy's plea to impose restrictions on the

travel abroad of Congress leaders. "We moved an application on behalf of all the accused for grant of bail. The court was kind enough to grant bail without conditions except for furnishing security in the sum of Rs. 50,000 on behalf of each of the accused which were furnished," he told reporters after the hearing. The trial court also granted bail to Congress treasurer Motilal Vora, Gandhis' family friend Suman Dubey and another party leader Oscar Fernandes who also appeared

before it. Congress leader A.K. Antony gave surety for Sonia Gandhi while Priyanka Gandhi gave surety for her brother Rahul Gandhi. Another accused Sam Pitroda, a former chairman of the National Innovation Council was granted exemption from personal appearance after he moved a plea for the same. The court fixed the next date of hearing for February 20 at 2 p.m. The Delhi High Court this month dismissed the Gandhis' plea to quash the summons issued to

them by the trial court on June 26, on Swamy's complaint about "cheating" in the acquisition of Associated Journals Ltd., which published the National Herald newspaper, by Young India Ltd., "a firm in which Sonia and Rahul Gandhi each own a 38 percent stake". Sonia and Rahul Gandhi disembarked a few metres before the court premises and walked inside amid tight security. Swamy, the lone petitioner, later described the scene inside. "When the Gandhis entered, they were made to stand in a corner where the accused are supposed to be. They were not allowed to sit except Vora," he said. Earlier, Azad accused Modi of backing Swamy in his complaint, while party colleague Randeep Singh Surjewala termed Swamy "a stooge" of Modi. Swamy rubbished the allegations, while BJP leader Muqtar Abbas Naqvi said his party had nothing to do with the case. "National Herald is yours. Corruption is yours. BJP has nothing to do with all this," he told the media. Related story on page 8

Security and police forces have controlled insurgency in the NorthEast: Home Minister New Delhi, December 19 (The hiNDU): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in August that a peace accord has been signed with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) to end the decades-old Naga insurgency; Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday referred the accord as a “framework agreement” and said it would help in resolving the Naga problem. This is the first time that the government has used the term “framework agreement” for the peace accord. Singh, who is attending the three-day DGPs’ conference in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, mentioned this during the opening session speech he delivered in the presence of Modi and around 250 top policemen of the country. Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) chief R.N Ravi, who is also the interlocutor for Naga peace talks, had signed the agreement on behalf of the Government of India with the NSCN (IM) on August 3 in a much-publicised ceremony where Modi and the Home Minister were present. The Home Ministry, which is the nodal de-

partment on the North-East issues, was kept out of the entireprocessandChiefMinisters of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur accused the government of keeping them out of the loop of the entire process. When contacted, Ravi told The Hindu, “We never said it was a peace accord, some people loosely refer to it as an accord. It is a framework agreement and the minor details are still being worked out. We have agreed on the basic fundamental ground on which the accord would be signed.” The Twitter handle of Singh posted, “HM expressed hope that the Framework agreement between NSCN-IM and the Centre would help in resolving the Naga problem.” Singh said security and police forces had controlled the insurgency situation in the North-East. There had been the least terrorism problem in Assam this year, he said. The security forces arrested 231 armed terrorists and more than 300 conspirators, he added. Singh said the threat from the Islamic State was being monitored and the country was confident of overcoming this situation. He called upon the security forces to remain on guard to prevent sudden serious situation and urged for better coordination between the Central and State agencies.

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