New Delhi: The CBI yesterday questioned West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan as a “witness” in connection with its ongoing probe into the procurement of AgustaWestland VVIP choppers for ¤556.262m.
Narayanan, 80, was quizzed in the Kolkata at the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He was asked to appear before the agency to record his statement in connection with the deal as he was part of the group which had gone into the tendering procedures before the helicopters were purchased, CBI sources said.
Narayanan was the National Security Adviser in 2005 when Indian officials decided to amend technical specifications for the 12 helicopters the UPA government wanted to buy for use by the president and the prime minister, among others VVIPS.
The CBI is also expected to record the statement of Goa Governor B V Wanchoo and he has been asked to appear before the agency as he was the chief of elite Special Protection Group (SPG) guarding the prime minister before he was appointed governor. The agency had sought permission to record their statements as part of its probe that was scrapped by the government in December last year.
Delhi University scraps four-year course
New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) yesterday gave in to the UGC diktat and scrapped the year-old four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), bringing cheer to thousands of DU aspirants who will now be admitted to the earlier three-year course. Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh said that the university had decided to roll back FYUP.
“The University of Delhi recognises the need of the hour. It is of paramount importance to protect the interest of the students by ensuring the start of the admission process,” Singh, who was behind the FYUP programme, said in a statement.
“In line with the directive of the UGC, the university has decided to roll back the FYUP. Consequently the admission process shall be conducted under the scheme of courses that were in force in the academic session 2012-13 in all the colleges of the university of Delhi,” he added.
The controversial programme had pitted the University Grants Commission (UGC) and DU against each other with the former asking the varsity to junk it.IANS
