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Maya launches
nephew at rally
SP chief Mayawatis brot-
B her Anand Kumar and
his son, Akash, were intro-
duced at the UP ex-CMs Me-
erut rally on Monday. Politi-
cal experts and adversaries
termed it the launch of a po-
litical dynasty. P13
No Naxal link
to Gauri killing
he SIT probing the murd-
T er of journalist Gauri La-
nkesh has not found any Na-
xal link to her killing, a po-
lice source said. Gauri was
involved in getting Naxalites
to give up arms under a state
rehabilitation package. P10
Easier GST rules
for small cos?
he Centre is planning ea-
T sier compliance norms
for small businesses with
annual turnover of under
Rs 20 lakh as it seeks to wi-
den the tax base to plug lo-
opholes and make GST mo-
re broad-based. P 21
JuD man 3rd in
Lahore bypoll
heikh Yaqoob, a candida-
S te backed by 26/11 king-
pin Hafiz Saeeds JuD, finis-
hed third in a crucial bypoll
for the Lahore seat, which
was won by ousted PM Na-
waz Sharif's ailing wife Kul-
soom Nawaz. P 20
Rohingya issue govts domain,
not courts, says Centre to SC
Dhananjay.Mahapatra
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The Centre stood
by its decision to deport ille-
gal Rohingya migrants and
told the Supreme Court on
NIA arrests IS operative
in Chennai; he planned to
stage attacks in TN, P 17
Monday that militant ele-
ments among the refugees
had links with Pakistans ISI
and the so-called Islamic Sta-
te which were working to fuel
activities to destabilise India.
The government also said
that dealing with illegal mig-
rants was part of the executi-
ves exclusive policy domain
and its validity could not be
tested judicially, indirectly
Saw Kodnani at assembly, hosp on
morning of riots, Shah tells court
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: BJP president
Amit Shah took to the witness
box on Monday and deposed
before the special court that
former Gujarat minister Ma-
ya Kodnani was present insi-
de the state assembly and at
Sola Civil Hospital on the
morning of February 28,
2002, when 11 persons were
killed in communal rioting at
Naroda Gam in Ahmedabad.
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HAVE ISI, IS LINKS
Militant elements among
Rohingya in India have links
with ISI and IS, govt tells SC
Says Rohingya part of an
organised influx through
northeast & West Bengal, and
they can be legally deported
telling the SC not to entertain
petitions against the deporta-
tion of Rohingya.
The right to settle anywh-
ere in India was not available
to illegal migrants, it asser-
ted, adding that the Rohingya
were part of an organised in-
flux through routes in the
northeast and West Bengal.
Radical Rohingya, P 9
Man who probed Guj
riots is new NIA chief
T he government has
appointed 1984-batch IPS
officer Y C Modi, who was part of
the SC-appointed SIT that
probed the 2002 Gujarat riots, as
the NIA director-general. P 10
Shah, who arrived at the
court amid tight security, de-
posed for nearly 40 minutes be-
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Qaida man looking for
Rohingya recruits held
Rajshekhar.Jha
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: In the biggest bre-
akthrough made by Indian in-
telligence this year, the
special cell of Delhi Poli-
ce has arrested 28-year-
old Samiun Rahman, a
British national who po-
lice said was al-Qaidas
key recruiter in India.
Rahman, who has family
roots in Bangladesh, was alle-
gedly setting up base in Delhi,
Mizoram and Manipur to
radicalise and recruit Ro-
fore special judge P B Desai as
Kodnanis defence witness.
He, however, insisted he did
not come to testify to defend
Mayaben because we belong to
the same political party.
Kodnani had sought
Shahs examination to estab-
lish her alibi that she was at
the assembly and Sola Civil
Hospital on the morning of
February 28, 2002.
Was in same vehicle, P 10
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hingya refugees to wage war
against India and fight the
Myanmar army.
He is being described as a
battle-hardened mujahid
who had fought for Qai-
das al-Nusra Front in
Aleppo, Syria, before
being sent to Bangla-
desh as a recruiter.
Rahman was arres-
ted from Vikas Marg in
east Delhi while he was try-
ing to establish contact with a
recruit, police said.
On trail for 2 months, P 2
TN speaker
disqualifies 18
AIADMK MLAs
T amil Nadu assembly spe-
aker P Dhanapal disqua-
lified 18 MLAs supporting
TTV Dhinakaran on Mon-
day on charges that they had
voluntarily given up their
ADMK membership by su-
bmitting a petition to the go-
vernor communicating lack
of confidence in the CM. The
ADMK tally has now come
down to 116 in the 215-MLA
House. DMK and allies now
have 98 members. P13 & 18
Feel free to dump
waste in Aravalis:
Ggn civic body
Shilpy.Arora@timesgroup.com
Gurgaon: Environmentalis-
ts have flagged a new dumpsi-
te that is polluting the Arava-
lis and has already consumed
two acres of the seasonal Gh-
ata lake near the Gurgaon-Fa-
ridabad border. But its the re-
sponse of MCG Gurgaons
municipal body with jurisdi-
ction over the area that has
caused greater alarm than
this burgeoning wasteland.
MCG has said it cant, and
wont, prevent anyone from
dumping waste in the Arava-
lis or anywhere else because a
court case against a construc-
tion and demolition waste
treatment plant it has plan-
ned has tied its hands.
MCGs senior town plan-
ner, Sudhir Chauhan, told
TOI , Since environmenta-
Neck massage by barber may
damage nerve, cause paralysis
DurgeshNandan.Jha
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: A haircut at most
barber shops in India is follo-
wed by a head massage. It of-
ten ends with a neck-crack,
when the barber holds you by
the chin and turns the neck
sharply to the left and right.
Like countless Indian
As no
alternative
arrangement could be
made for dumping of
waste, people are free
to dump garbage
wherever they want...
SUDHIR CHAUHAN
SENIOR TOWN PLANNER, MCG
lists approached the Natio-
nal Green Tribunal in June
and managed to get a stay on
the plant, we were left with
no option but to allow people
to dump waste anywhere.
This is why we havent taken
any step against waste-dum-
ping at Ghata despite seve-
ral complaints.
Groundwater in Delhi, P 4
men, Ajay Kumar, 54, came
away from the salon feeling
refreshed after the haircut-
and-massage routine last mo-
nth. Soon, however, he beca-
me increasingly breathless.
It turned out that the neck
crack had damaged his phre-
nic nerves that control the di-
aphragm, which in turn cont-
rols breathing. Kumar, a PSU
Dawoods
bhai held for
threatening
builders
Ahmed.Ali@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: Fugitive gangster
Dawood Ibrahims younger
brother Iqbal Kaskar (60)
was arrested by the anti-ex-
tortion cell of Thane police
late on Monday evening after
a builder lodged a complaint
of extortion against him.
The only one of 11siblings of
Dawood to be currently ba-
sed in the city, Kaskar was
held from his residence at
Pakmodia Street by a team
led by former encounter spe-
cialist Pradeep Sharma.
Police said that Kaskar
had been threatening buil-
ders in the Thane region on
behalf of Dawood and de-
manding huge amounts
running into crores as ex-
tortion money.
Paid huge amounts, P 17
employee, had to be put on
mechanical ventilation. He
has been put on non-invasive
ventilation for breathing
support and may continue to
be on it, said Dr Anand Jais-
wal, director of respiratory
and sleep medicine at Medan-
ta The Medicity.
Beware that pop, P 2