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SILENT ON REST IN OPP ELEVATION TO SUPREME COURT

Nominations
12 IN PARLIAMENT
Don’t lecture us If Govt returns Justice Joseph’s file, in, notice
says if polls
Collegium is likely to send it back
after what you No other names may be sent as long woman to be so recommended.
Sources say that there was a
are held...

TWO SPEECHES, ONE

did to India: PM as current Collegium in place
SEEMA CHISHTI
Supreme Court, sources have
told The Indian Express that if this
consensus in the Collegium over
proposing Justice Joseph’s eleva-
tion. In April 2016, Justice Joseph
had quashed the Centre’s orders
DECISION
2018
attacks Cong
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 7 happens the Collegium proposes on Presidential rule in the state
TARGET: CONG & to send the name right back for deeply embarrassing the NDA NAGALAND
WITH INDICATIONS that the the issuance of the Presidential Indu Malhotra, Justice Joseph government.
GANDHI FAMILY Government may consider re- warrant. Sources said that if the
turning the Collegium’s recom- Justice Joseph’s name was Government neither returns the DIPANKAR GHOSE
● DON’T CHANGE mendation to elevate the only one of a judge, for- with the other being that of Indu file nor clears it or if it returns it DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 7
Uttarakhand High Court Chief warded by the Collegium for el- Malhotra who was elevated di- and then sits on it despite the
RS TV TO BJP TV, Justice K M Joseph to the evation to the Supreme Court rectly from the Bar — the first CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE DEPUTY commissioner’s
SAYS AZAD office in Dimapur, the state’s
AFTER GLITCH largest city, is perhaps a micro-

Performance-based
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cosm of Nagaland’s politics.
Lessons from the Outside the gates, uniformed
personnel of the Nagaland Police
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PRESENTS THE EDITORIAL
market’s plunge
BY ILA PATNAIK
outcome Budget in and the CRPF, called in for the
elections, patrol the streets, guns
in hand. Inside, as the candidates
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IE THINC House: Aayog chief make their way to the returning
officer’s room to file their nomi-

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nations, they do so quietly, almost
PAGE Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha. PTI Fresh licences needed, EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 7
as ifthey don’t want to be noticed.
There are only three cars with
party stickers, and just a handful

EXPRESS NETWORK Rahul replies: Disservice to spend so says SC, stops iron-ore THE GOVERNMENT may place a
of supporters for each candidate,
making very little noise.
detailed performance-based Even the official notice out-
● PM’S WIFE
INJURED IN
much time on Cong, so little on future mining in Goa March 15 outcome Budget document out-
lining the target of each ministry
lining the election schedule,
stuck on the board at the main
in Parliament on Friday, accord- entrance to the building, tells a
ACCIDENT, HER MANOJ C G & ing to NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman story of uncertainty. “If the elec-
RELATIVE DIES, P2 DEEPTIMAN TIWARY BUSINESS AS USUAL ANANTHAKRISHNAN G & Rajiv Kumar. NITI Aayog chief Rajiv Kumar tions are held, polling day will be
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 7 BY UNNY SMITA NAIR “I am hoping that on the 9th February 27th, between 7 am
NEW DELHI, PANJIM, of this month, a document will and 4 pm,” it says.

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REPLYING TO the fifth debate on
the motion of thanks on the
GUJARAT President’s Address
Parliament, Prime Minister
SURAT BEGINS TO CUT Narendra Modi today launched
FEBRUARY 7 be placed in Parliament which On January 29, the Core
will be the most detailed per- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
in THE SUPREME Court formance-based outcome
Wednesday quashed the Goa Budget document that you
government’s second renewal of would ever see. NITI Aayog has

WATER SUPPLY, VMC

OPTS FOR TUBEWELLS
a blistering attack on the
Congress and its first family. In
back-to-back speeches, he un-
derlined that the “New India”
initiatives of his government
iron ore mining licences to 88
companies during 2014-15, say-
ing the “unduly hasty” decision
was “not in the interests of min-
eral development”.
An iron ore mine in Codli
village, Goa. Reuters file
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ECONOMY
● RBI KEEPS KEY
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Ayodhya
EXPLAINED

● State govt appoints were qualitatively different from
panel to fix new fee the ones of “Old India” champi-
oned by the Congress.
limit for pvt schools
He said the Old India was lit-
tered with scams like Bofors, ex-
cesses which were seen during
Emergency and the killing of
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Referring to the state mineral and Japan”, the bench said the
RATES STEADY,
policy to underline that “iron ore “primary beneficiary” is “the
WARNS ON FIVE
hearing
from Goa is not suitable for the mining lease holder, a private en-
Indian industry” and is “mined tity” while the average Goan LEVIES, PAGE 15 begins today
only for export, mainly to China CONTINUED ON PAGE 2