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The Central Bureau of Investigation will move to Supreme Court on Monday after the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat on a dharna in Kolkata against the agency which moved to visit Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
The CBI team was stopped by the Kolkata Police to visit the city police chief’s residence on Sunday evening.
The probe agency has accused the West Bengal Government of impending investigation of a Supreme Court ordered investigation in to a Chit fund scam and expected to demand an action against the state Government and the state police.
A top source in the probe agency said that the state Government is not co operating and therefore, the CBI is most likely move to SC for the intervention.
It may be recalled that that in May 2014, the SC had handed over the investigation of Sharda chit fund case to CBI.
According to CBI, the Kolkata Police chief Rajiv Kumar who headed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Sharda and Rose Valley ponzi scheme surfaced in 2013, is not cooperating the investigation agency.(UNI)

(UNI) Congress on Sunday issued Whip for all its Members of Parliament, to remain present in the House on February 4 onwards, without fail.

The three-lined whip is issued by Chief Whip Jyotiraditya Scindia, asking Congress MPs to be present from February 4 to 8 when the discussions and passing of Motion of Thanks on President address and the interim Budget would be taken up.

All MPs of Congress in the Lok Sabha are requested to kindly remain present In the House from 1100 hrs onwards till the adjournment of the House on February 4, 5, 6. 7, and 8 without fall and support the party stand and this may be treated as ‘most important’, the Whip said.

A whip is issued to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This usually means ensuring members of the party vote, according to the party platform or other accepted policy views shared by the party.

BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath could not attend the two public meetings in West Bengal he was supposed to address today after local district administrators refused landing permission to his helicopter at Balurghat in South Dinajpur district of north Bengal.
Yogi Adityanath had two rallies at Raigunj and Balurghat, the district headquarters of North and Dinajpur, respectively. After arriving at Bagdogra Airport near Siliguri, he was supposed to fly there by a helicopter. But the local administration refused his chopper landing permission on technical grounds.
However, Yogi Adityanath’s office in Lucknow said the permission was withheld “without any prior notice”.
Later, in a telephonic address from Lucknow, Adityanath told the BJP supporters at Balurghat about the position and promised to meet them later.
This was the second incident, after BJP president Amit Shah, when a leader from the party was not allowed to land in the state. Amit Shah’s helicopter was also denied landing permission in Malda last month on technical grounds.
Meanwhile, state food supplies minister Jyotipriyo Mallick today said some trees, at least 20-25 years old, were cut down at Chikonpara to create a temporary helipad for PM Modi’s helicopter. He said the local people have decided to file an FIR at the Gaighata police station against the felling of trees.
The Prime Minister had addressed a BJP rally at Thakurnagar on Saturday.(UNI)

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today promised minimum income guarantee of Rs10,000 per month to every poor in the country, if his party was voted to power at the Centre in the Lok Sabha elections, saying he would definitely fulfill his promise as it was not like Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2014 Lok Sabha ‘Chunavi Jumla’ (hollow promise).

Two security officers have been suspended in Sweden after footage emerged of them removing a heavily pregnant woman from an underground train in Stockholm and pinning her down on a bench.
The incident happened after the woman, travelling with her young daughter, was allegedly caught without a ticket, according to an Euronews report.
In the footage, which has been widely shared on social media, the guards are seen removing her from the train at Hotorget metro station in central Stockholm before pinning her down on a bench.
The woman was taken to hospital following the incident but has since returned home, according to reports.
The video sparked debate on social media, with some saying the incident was racially motivated.
“When she was going to be escorted from the subway by our public security officers she started to make resistance,” it said.
SL said the two security guards had been “taken off duty” while the incident is investigated.(UNI)

French President Emmanuel Macron is mulling over the possibility of holding a referendum in France in an attempt to resolve the socioeconomic crisis that triggered the wave of yellow vest rallies across the country, while officials have already launched preparations for the vote in case Macron gives the signal, the Journal du Dimanche newspaper reported on Sunday, citing sources close to the matter.
According to the sources, Macron is thinking about organizing the referendum on May 26, the day of the elections to the European Parliament, and the chances that the vote will be held on this very day are “very high,” the outlet reported.
The sources noted that the department of elections at the French Interior Ministry, responsible for holding the vote, had already reserved envelopes and ballots necessary for the referendum and are waiting for the “green light” from the president.
The newspaper claims that Macron has almost made up his mind about the referendum, however, the outlet did not provide any details about the potential referendum itself.
The wave of the so-called yellow vest rallies, which have been marked by violence, clashes with law enforcement agents and public disorder, started in France in mid-November last year. While the government decided not to raise fuel taxes, which triggered the rallies in the first place, and introduced other measures to improve the country’s socioeconomic situation, tens of thousands of protesters continue to take to the streets across France every weekend. (UNI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid foundation stones of much-awaited All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and other projects in Vijaypur tehsil of bordering Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Modi on Sunday morning laid the foundation of dream project of Jammuites, the much-awaited AIIMS, to be established in Vijaypur tehsil on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, about 30 km from Jammu. The project will be completed by 2023.

The Prime Minister, however, also laid foundations of a bridge over River Chenab at Sajwal (Pargwal-Indri-Pattan); Jourian, Jammu; Pollution Abetment Project on River Devika-Tawi; Campus of Northern Regional Centre, IIMC, Jammu and 624 MW Kiru Hydroelectric Project in one go, with just a click.

Modi also inaugurated University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Janglote in Kathua district.

AIIMS will come up on more than 1954 kanals and 6 marlas of land located along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway.

The construction of AIIMS boundary wall was already underway.

Ambati Rayudu 90 off 113 and all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s 45 off 22 and two wicket spell helped India emerge victorious against New Zealand by 35 runs in the fifth and last ODI winning the series 4-1 here on Sunday.
India opening pair Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan fell cheaply at 2 and 6, but managed to put up a challenging score of 252 in 49.5 overs before the Kiwis but in reply the hosts chasing a target of 253 were bundled out for 217 in 44.1 overs.

US Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, a member of Congress from the state of Hawaii, officially announced on Saturday her intention to run for president in 2020.
Earlier in January, Gabbard announced that she had decided to run for president and intended to make a formal statement in the coming days.
“Join me in building a movement for peace at home and abroad that will fulfill the promise of America for freedom, justice, equality, and opportunity for all. Today we kick off our campaign,” Gabbard wrote on Twitter.
She also criticized the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, who, according to her, campaigned against the regime change, but now pushes for regime change in Venezuela and Iran.
Gabbard, 37, has previously served in the US Army in a war zone in Iraq. She has been elected to Congress in 2013.
Gabbard is of Samoan descent by her father. However, she is practicing Hinduism.
She is known for criticizing US tactics in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Her party members sharply criticized her for a visit to Syria in 2017, during which she met with representatives of the Syrian authorities.
Gabbard has visited the states of Iowa and New Hampshire in recent months — such visits are considered necessary for potential US presidential candidates, as the first primaries are held in these states. She is not among the favorites of the presidential campaign, as a number of other, better-known Democratic candidates are expected to announce participation in the presidential race in the coming weeks. Among the most popular potential candidates are former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Sen. Bernie Sanders. (UNI)

Congress is to hold a nationwide protest on Monday against the shooting an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi at Aligarh on January 30, Organisational General Secretary KC Venugopal said here on Sunday.
The party will hold a rally against the deeds of the Hindu Mahasabha at 1000 hrs on February 4 in all state headquarters with placards, in the places associated with the life of Mahatma Gandhi or near statues of Mahatma and will also highlight his messages.

On January 30, when the nation commemorated the 71st anniversary of Gandhi’s assassination, the members of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha in Uttar Pradesh used a pistol to shoot at an effigy of Gandhiji, distributed sweets and garlanded the statue of Nathuram Godse, Gandhiji’s assassin.
Godse was a member of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha. The members also burnt the effigy of Mahatma Gandhi and shouted pro-Godse slogans like ‘Mahatma Godse Zindabad’, Mr Venugopal said.
”These provocative and reprehensible actions happening in BJP-ruled states, take place with the candid and clandestine support given by the ruling party and the same reveals the deep hatred still carried by the right wing groups against the father of the Nation and his ideas of Secularism, Ahimsa and Brotherhood,” he alleged.
The incident happened at Aligarh on January 30, when Hindu Mahasabha National Secretary Pooja Shakun Pandey shot at an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi, to celebrate his death and the ‘martyrdom’ of Nathuram Godse, the man who killed Gandhi on January 30, 1948.
A case was registered against 13 people, including a woman leader of Hindu Mahasabha, while police has arrested three people in this connection, so far.(UNI)

First Edition of Logix India 2019 concluded with a roaring success, huge participation and great fan following across the country and globe.
The three-day mega event organised by Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) saw well over 3,000 business to business meetings along with parallel sessions on different issues, challenges and above all opportunities with regard to the logistics sector across India and the world.
As many as 130 logistics companies and their delegates from 27 countries participated at this mega event and exchanged business prospects and opportunities to make Indian logistics sector global.
Besides these, FIEO also signed MoUs with Ceylon National Chamber of Industries and Kabul Chamber of Commerce and Industries to further promote commerce and trade.
Speaking at the concluding session of the Logix India 2019, Mr N Sivasailam, Special Secretary (Logistics), Department of Commerce, Govt of India said, ”We are in a very exciting times as major initiatives have been launched because there is a better thought and understanding about the sector among all the stakeholders.”
FIEO President Ganesh Kumar Gupta in his concluding remarks said that Logix India 2019 was a major breakthrough having excelled all the expectations.
Stakeholders from CIS Nations and Iran have shown keen interest and have played a pivotal role in making this mega event a great success. India, where SMEs has key role; road, rail and other forms of transport make a better option along with logistics and infrastructure in the growth and development of the economy, said Mr Gupta.
Dr Ajay Sahai, DG & CEO, FIEO said that India is passing through a logistics revolution as about USD 500 billion is to be invested in the field of infrastructure in the country.
The draft comprehensive logistics policy and portal, which will be unveiled soon, added with GST, E-way bill and other facilitating measures will add to furtherance and efficiency of the logistics industry in the country. 

Hundreds and thousands of people holding aloft the red flags today virtually clogged the city’s main roads and streets leading to Brigade Parade Ground to attend a Left Front rally, that aims to end the BJP and Trinamool Congress government at the centre and state respectively in 2019 parliament elections. Traffic at the main two railway stations – Sealdah and Howrah – was almost at snail pace as the people from the neighbouing districts arriving on trains and began to march to the meeting venue.

The Left Front Brigade rally, the first of its kind in more than three years after 2015 was being called to intensify the movement to oust the Narendra Modi led NDA government at the centre and the Mamata Banerjee headed West Bengal government in 2019 Parliament polls.

Left Front organsiers claimed that over 3 lakh people are expected to attend the Brigade rally where CPI(M) top leaders and their left allies are expected to address the meeting. West Bengal former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattachrya, who is now ailing, is expected to attend the rally briefly, according to CPI(M) leader Rabin Deb.

He said Mr Bhattacharya has been keen on attending the rally, at least for a brief period.

Mr Deb said they have been taking advices of the medics to take care of the ailing former chief minster in the rally.

CPI(M) top leader Sitaram Yechury, Left Front chairman Biman Bose, Md Salim, Sujan Chakrbarborty have already arrived at the venue.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the highest level of the BJP leadership was indulging in the worst kind of political vendetta.

Taking to her Twitter handle, Ms Banerjee said, “The highest levels of the BJP leadership are doing the worst kind of political vendetta. Not only are political parties their targets, they are misusing power to take control of the police and destroy all
institutions. We condemn this.”

In another tweet, she said, “The Kolkata Police Commissioner is among the best in the world. His integrity, bravery and honesty are unquestioned. He is working 24×7, and was on leave for only one day recently. When you spread lies, the lies will always remain lies.”

The Central Bureau of Investigation claimed on Saturday that Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, is “absconding” and is “being looked for” for his role in going slow or diluting the SIT probe in multi-crore Saradha and Rose Valley Ponzi scams.

Earlier on Thursday, the Election Commissioner of India has taken exception to the absence of the Kolkata Police  commissioner from a meeting it had called in the city, where the poll panel discussed election preparations with senior officials.

An 1989-batch IPS officer, Mr Kumar replaced Surajit Kar Purkayastha as Kolkata commissioner in January 2016.

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan revealed that she has hermonal problem as she worked more, she put on. She said when people tell her why not she workout she tell them f…k you. ‘I had to work out hard to get my baby’ the actress said in response to questions.

Inmates in the US federal jail cry for help banging windows for help from outsiders as they face below freezing cold in the cells. Authorities have said that adequate water and medical preparedness is kept in the cells to meet with the abnormal fall in temperature.

The BJP’s Schedule Tribe Morcha on Sunday lauded Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma for taking ‘very bold and fearless initiative’ against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 and successfully ‘stalling/thwarting’ the Bill in Rajya Sabha.

In a press statement, BJP’s Schedule Tribe Morcha (STM), National Secretary Hayithung Bill Lotha unanimously and overwhelmingly’ hailed Sangma as an ‘iconic North East Hero’.

“Even before passing of the Bill in Lok Sabha on January 8 last, Sangma and AGP leaders were relentlessly meeting central leaders against the bill,” Lotha said. He said Sangma chaired a ‘historic meeting’ of 11 political parties to oppose the Bill on January 29 in Guwahati.

“Due to Sangma’s relentless hard work, the BJP-led NDA government has not officially listed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Rajya Sabha agenda list in the current budget session, he added.

Meanwhile, BJP’s ally Janata Dal-United (JD-U) claimed that due to opposition from the party, the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was not tabled in the ongoing Rajya Sabha session.

JD-U general secretary in-charge for Northeast Ahmad Khan said that due his party’s opposition, the NDA government was pressurized not to bring the bill in the ongoing last session of the Rajya Sabha. (UNI)

Father of Army man Aurangzeb, who was abducted and killed by terrorists in June last year by the terrorists in Pulwama and a retired Army General on Sunday joined BJP in the rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.
PM Modi is on a day-long visit to all the three regions of the state to lay foundations and inaugurate developmental projects worth crores.
Mohammad Haneef, father of Aurangzeb, joined the BJP along with Lt Gen (retd) Rakesh Kumar Sharma in the presence of the Prime Minister.
Haneef on Saturday said that he liked the ideology of the BJP, which is working for the welfare of poor.
They were welcomed by the BJP State president Ravinder Raina and Senior BJP leader and in-charge J&K affairs Avinash Rai Khanna.
Haneef also said that he was impressed by the vision of Mr Modi.
He also said that he is proud of his son, who sacrificed his life for the country and he wanted that every youth of Jammu and Kashmir should stand by the nation.

Union Home Minister and BJP’s newly appointed chairman of the Manifesto Committee Rajnath Singh on Sunday committed a minor faux when he addressed Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the ‘mukhya mantri -incumbent CM’ of Madhya Pradesh and corrected himself however saying soon he will get back the post.
Mr Singh referred to  Chouhan, who was recently ousted from Madhya Pradesh citadel of power, as ‘mukhya mantri’ when he said the former Chief Minister will be the convenor for the party to interact with citizens and other stake holders on farmers welfare and agrarian issue.
Speaking at the party function for the launch of party’s hyped campaign ‘Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat – Modi Ke Saath’ here,   Singh corrected himself quickly saying, “after all he was there as Chief Minister for 15 long years, so we are fixed at calling him Chief Minister”.
“…..phir se ho jayenge (He will again get back his post),”   Singh referred albeit in a lighter sense.(UNI)

A day after a mammoth public rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee-led government has denied permission for chopper landing of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s rally in the state on Sunday.

UP Chief Minister Office on Sunday said in a statement that the West Bengal government has denied permission for chopper landing of Mr Adityanath’s rally in West Bengal without any prior notice.
Yogi Adityanath was scheduled to address a rally in south and north Dinajpur, West Bengal, on Sunday.

The Trinamool Congress government refused to give chopper landing permission during his visit to Balurghat in south Dinajpur and Raniganj in North Dinajpur, officials here confirmed.
Meanwhile, BJP in-charge of West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya in a statement here has condemned WB CM Mamta Banerjee for denying permission for helicopter landing of Yogi Aditynath.

“In Democracy such act is condemnable and it shows how afraid is the Trinmool Congress after PM’s rally in West Bengal,” he said in a statement.
The BJP said that three days back permission were sought for the rally and chopper permission for both the rallies. Though the permission for the rallies were given but chopper permission by the district authorities were not given.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed two rallies in West Bengal – one in Thakurganj and one in Durgapur, drawing huge crowd. (UNI)

The ruling BJP on Sunday kicked off its much ambitious Mission 2019 – a month long ‘Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat – Modi Ke Saath’ – to enlist views of at least 10 crore families to

prepare the road map for drafting of party’s manifesto in order to ensure a progressive and prosperous India.

“It will be a people oriented programme and not merely a party programme. This campaign and people’s feedback will help ensure a strong and prosperous India,”  Shah said at a function here.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also tweeted seeking people’s suggestions and wrote: “What you all share will form the blueprint of our ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the 2019 election”.

The function was attended among others by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is the chairman of the party’s Sankalp Patra Committee and several Union Ministers and key party leaders.

BJP leaders Bhupender Yadav, Ram Madhav and union ministers Prakash Javadekar, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Smriti Irani also attended the function.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to micro blogging site and tweeted simultaneously even when   Shah’s speech was on.

“Participative democracy is an article of faith for our party. We have always worked to be an effective voice for rights and well-being of each and every Indian and to build a strong and prosperous India,” tweeted Prime Minister Modi, who is on a day long visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

“Your voice is of utmost importance. Urging you all to take part in ‘Bharat ke Mann ki Baat, Modi ke Saath’, a unique effort by BJP to get citizen feedback,” the Prime Minister wrote seeking people’s suggestions and views in making of a strong India.

“What you all share will form the blueprint of our ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the 2019 election,”   Modi tweeted.

In his speech at the Delhi meet,   Shah also said the efforts by over 11 crore BJP members and leaders would go a long way in making of ‘manifesto’ a serious matter in Indian political system.

“The campaign ‘Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat – Modi Ke Saath’ is aimed at taking people’s suggestions to ensure safety and security and improve the living conditions of the poor people and to make a New India,”   Shah said.

Speaking on the occasion,   Singh said suggestions and views would be enlisted from the people cutting across all divisions on some major broad subjects like agriculture, welfare of youths and inclusive development and inclusive growth.

“This is a gigantic and unique effort at the global level,” he said.

There will be 12 core issues from which suggestions will be enlisted from people include – farmers’ concern and that they get right price for their produces.

He also listed out several welfare measures undertaken by the government during last four-and-half years and said “our works have actually enhanced people’s expectations”.