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38 killed in Taliban
attack near Af parl
Two large explosions near
Afghanistan parliament in Kabul
killed at least 38 people, including civilians and military
personnel and another 72 people
were wounded in the attacks on
Tuesday. P11

2026 Fifa WC to have 48

teams: Fifa will expand the
World Cup to 48 teams, adding
16 nations to the 2026 tournament likely to be held in North
America. With 80 matches
instead of 64, Fifa forecasts extra
income of $1 billion. P16

Passengers strip mentally

ill girl on train: A17-year-old girl
was stripped and had her hair
cut by passengers of an AC 3-tier
compartment of the HowrahJodhpur Express after she was
accused of stealing a bag. P8

Sakshi clarifies after EC

notice: The EC issued a showcause notice to Sakshi Maharaj
on Tuesday over his four wives,
40 children remark even as the
Unnao MP said that he didnt say
anything about Muslims and
the media has misrepresented"
his statement. P7

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BSF jawan who

griped about food
seeks CBI probe
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: As pressure mounted

on Tej Bahadur Yadav over his video post criticising living conditions for soldiers at the border, the
BSF jawan remained defiant, claiming he had surpassed legendary
revolutionary Bhagat Singh in exposing corruption in the forces.
Jo bomb Bhagat Singh ne nahi phoda woh maine phod diya.
Aur ab main peechchhe nahi hatunga (I have done what Bhagat
Singh didnt. Now I wont back
down), Yadav is heard claiming
in a 2.15-minute audioclip that
emerged on Tuesday.
If this benefits thousands of
others (jawans), I wont back
down. Its not a big deal if somebody gets something from my sacrifice, he said. P 8

Rahul, Akhilesh
to begin SP-Cong
poll campaign
Swati.Mathur@timesgroup.com

Lucknow: The Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance may not have

been formally announced yet, but
both parties appeared on Tuesday
to be racing ahead with plans to
kickstart a joint election campaign
led by Gandhi siblings Rahul and
Priyanka, along with Akhilesh
and Dimple Yadav, later this week.
Confirming the development,
sources told TOI that the ongoing
Samajwadi family feud delayed
the announcement of the alliance
because Akhilesh insisted on clarity on whether he retains control of
the party and its poll symbol the
bicycle. The EC, in front of which a
petition submitted by both sides is
pending, is expected to hear them
out on January 13. P 7

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At home turf, PM makes reforms

pitch to woo global biz leaders
Top Global
Execs Shower
Praise On Modi

WHAT THEY SAID

Adani Group will
invest over Rs
49,000 crore in
Gujarat next five
years giving direct
and indirect
employment to 25,000 people

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Gandhinagar: The eighth edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global

Summit that kicked off on Tuesday saw global business leaders
extol Prime Minister Narendra
Modi for his Make In India drive
and digital push, some of whom
even saw him emerge as an international leader.
While inaugurating the summit, Modi banked on these campaigns to hard-sell India as the
most profitable destination and
assured corruption-free governance while addressing a 5,000strong audience and political
and business delegations from
around 100 countries. The number of partner countries for the
summit has increased from eight
in 2015 to 12 this time.
The business blitzkrieg is expected to witness over Rs 30 lakh
crore worth MoUs of investment
intentions to be inked. On Tuesday, it was only Adani group chairman Gautam Adani, who announced Rs 49,000 crore investment
over the next five years in ports,
edible oil and other infrastructure projects.
Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani said that
he plans to connect all schools,
colleges, traders and hospitals in
the state with 4G internet. Till
2014-15, only 35% of people in Gujarat had access to 3G internet.
By Diwali 2017, 100% people wo-

Gautam Adani

CHAIRMAN, ADANI GROUP

In 2007, I had said if

you are not in
Gujarat, you are
stupid. Some years
later, one ought to
believe that you got to
be stupid if you are not in Gujarat
Ratan Tata

CHAIRMAN, TATA SONS

PM Modi addresses the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar on Tuesday

uld be covered. David Farr, CEO,

Emerson Electricals, announced
additional investment of $200

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million over the next three years

to expand their India business.
Modis feverish pitch for investment comes at a time when
demonetization has left several
sectors bleeding and downward
growth projection in coming qu-

arters. While he drew applause

several times during his speech,
the biggest compliment came
from Peter Huntsman, president
and CEO of US-based Huntsman
Corporation.
Modi visited our country
last June. But there are many, many in our country who wish that
you (Modi) would stay and take
over leadership of our country. It
would have been biggest Indian
export to US, he said to thunderous clapping.
Modi strongly harped on the
Make In India campaign which
he said has achieved global recognition and acceptance, so
much so that he does not need to
explain it to the business community now.

Notes scrapped on govt prod, RBI tells panel

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank

of India (RBI) has told a parliamentary panel that it recommended on November 8 the
scrapping of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000
notes after a prod from the government a day before.
The response is part of the
7-page note the central bank

has sent to Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance.

Stating that the Centre conveyed its advice on November 7,
the RBI told the panel: "The
Central Board of the Reserve
Bank met on 8 November, 2016.
The Board noted that a summary measure in the form of withdrawal of legal tender character of these high denomination

bank notes to contain the menace of counterfeit notes is proposed by the government. It was
observed that such a proposal
could not have come at a more
opportune time than coinciding with the introduction of
MG (New) series of notes, RBI
said in its reply to the panel.
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Reliance has invested

cumulative $45
billion in Gujarat
biggest investment
by an Indian
corporate in a single
state
Mukesh Ambani

CHAIRMAN, RIL

Mr PM, you visited

our country in June
and there are many
of us who wished
you would have
stayed and taken over
leadership of our country
Peter Huntsman

CEO, HUNTSMAN CORPORATION, USA

There is no country in
the world that has a
better future plan
than India. India
has Modi who is one
of the top three
leaders I have met in my life
John Chambers
CHAIRMAN, CISCO

Govts slow handling

of key cases riles SC
Dhananjay.Mahapatra@timesgroup.com

New Delhi: The Supreme Court expressed displeasure on Tuesday over

the Centre being too slow in handling
sensitive cases in the highest court and
also slammed it for seeking adjournment in almost every case.
There was a string of cases in the
morning session in which a bench of
Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices N
V Ramana and D Y Chandrchud found
the Centre seeking more time, saying it
was unprepared. In fact, this has been
the trend in the apex court, where the
central agency under the law ministry
handles the distribution of cases
among the law officers.
Most of these officers get the files of
cases listed for hearing in the SC late in
the day, leaving them very little time to
prepare their arguments. Many a time,
the law officers remain unaware of filing of reply affidavits in a case, hindering their efforts to place the facts of the
case properly.
In fact, the government started on a

Assume you are

voting for Kejri as
Punjab CM: Sisodia
New Delhi/Chandigarh: Delhis
deputy chief minister, Manish Sisodia, just stopped short of declaring
Arvind Kejriwal the chief ministerial candidate of Punjab during an
election rally in Mohali on Tuesday,
giving rise to speculation whether
the Delhi CM was indeed intending
to make the switch. In response to
questions about who would be
AAPs CM candidate in Punjab, he
said: You should vote presuming
that Arvind Kejriwal will become
the CM of Punjab. TNN P 7

SC lens on 30L NGOs

over funds utilisation

he Supreme Court ordered the Union

and state governments on Tuesday to
scrutinize the accounts of nearly 30 lakh
NGOs and voluntary organizations, which
together received thousands of crores of
rupees of public funds, and take civil and
criminal action against all those misusing
the grants. P 8

wrong foot before the CJI on January 4,

when the first case listed before the
bench headed by Justice Khehar had to
be adjourned as the solicitor general
was not prepared with the case.
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Mumbai airport
on the edge after
Interpol alert
Mumbai: Mumbai airport was put on
high alert on Monday night post an Interpol input about a bomb on board a
flight to Kuala Lumpur. Security agencies combed three aircraft for suspicious objects even as around 400 passengers and 500 pieces of check-in bags were put through a thorough security
check. Given rising instances of terror
attacks on airports, the call had CISF
security personnel, Mumbai police
and airport operator on edge even as
departures of two Malaysia Airlines
flight and one Malindo Air flight were
delayed four to five hours. TNN P 9