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SC probe panel will be Adani-centric; govt will get clean chit: Congress

  The Narendra Modi government will get a “clean chit” from the expert committee of the Supreme Court, appointed in the wake of the Hindenburg Research report on the Adani Group, as the committee’s focus will be “Adani-centric”, the Congress alleged Wednesday. The party maintained that only a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe can bring out the truth. Former Union minister and Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the court-appointed committee will not ask questions of the government, as its focus will primarily remain on the business group. Addressing the media, Ramesh said: “The SC committee is Adani-centred. The questions we raise are aimed at PM Modi and the government. The SC committee will not raise these questions. Only the JPC can deliberate on these questions. The BJP will have a majority in the JPC and also have its MP as the chairperson, but the Opposition will get the opportunity to raise these questio...
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Amritpal Singh still on run; cops question wife, mother

  While Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh continued to elude the authorities for the fifth day, Punjab Police on Wednesday recovered the motorcycle that he had reportedly used to escape and questioned his wife Kirandeep Kaur, an NRI, at his native village in connection with fundings received by his organisation. The bike on which he escaped was found near a canal in Jalandhar, police said. Screengrab of a video showing Amritpal Singh on a bike in a village in Jalandhar and the Brezza car in which he escaped. Jalandhar SSP Swarnadeep Singh said Amritpal had fled allegedly towards Phillaur, leaving the bike at Darapur village. A police team headed by two officers, including a woman DSP, questioned Amritpal’s wife and his mother at their house in Jallupur Khera village on Wednesday afternoon. Her name allegedly came up in connection with funds received from foreign sources for Amritpal’s activities and the group Waris Punjab De. Amritpal got married to the UK-based Kirande...
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