New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) yesterday rejected Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s plea to derecognise the Congress as a party for extending a `900m loan to Associated Journals Ltd, publisher of the now defunct National Herald. “Your letters dated November 3 and November 5 are not maintainable,” the EC said in a letter to Swamy.
The EC further told Swamy in its letter: “If the party (Congress) has not complied with any of the provisions of the Income Tax Act, as alleged by you, that matter does not fall within the jurisdiction of the commission.”
Denmark to examine extradition request
New Delhi: Denmark yesterday assured India that it would undertake a techno-legal examination in the case of Purulia arms drop accused Kim Davy, and initiate discussions for his extradition on that basis.
Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt met India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on the margins of the Asia-Europe meeting in Vientiane, capital of Laos.
“During the meeting, the Denmark prime minister recognised that the developments regarding extradition of Kim Davy to India needed to be addressed,” an official source said.
More labour trouble
at India’s Maruti
NEW DELHI: More labour trouble loomed for India’s top carmaker Maruti as workers said yesterday they would back demands for the reinstatement of employees who were fired after a deadly riot in July.
The worker’s body representing employees at the Manesar plant, near New Delhi, where the riot took place said they would support a planned two-day hunger strike by dismissed colleagues who want their jobs returned.
“We will not take part in the hunger strike today and tom orrow but we support the protesters,” Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union general secretary Kuldeep Janghu said.
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