basu bipasha harassed

RaJa, others obJect CB1's movç
of fiJing additional documents
PBD
NEW
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BUREAIJ/PTI
DEH
I. JAN
The
II
:
high-profile
SEVERAL
-
the
(Misra)
iccused
documents,
between
2011
the
with
filed some
to
former
appeared
who
the couit
the 20 cOsè,
The counsel
,
'-:
appearing for
former telecom minister A Raja,
ex-tehecom
secretary Siddharth
Ilehura and others said that the
-
court
they
the
along
charge
agency
0p Saini,
had
filed some
TRAI
-
matter for
Edhura, DS Mathur and
Behura's counsel SI'
court
listed
tocwrrow
for
The court defeçred recording
of statement of Misra after both
the CBI and the defente counsel
'agreed'
to
arguments on filing
AX Singh said that the agency
was entitled
documents
to file additional
which, was seized
first decide
on
the
some
the charge sheet.
"We are filing it now and this
has earlier passed an
court
order in this regard as
said.
defence counsel,'however oppOsed Cliis plea and said
they need time of at least a day
file
detailed
to
uments by the agency.
argue on the issue.
has not
given proper reasons.as
to why it has filed these docu
take thse documents on record
was against the principles of
and thereafter,
Misra, just a
day before his deposition as a
law and was not mainthinable.
'As per CIII, it was an mad
record and
tarn
examination-in-chief
partly
deferred as cer
documents
are
not
an application
on
filed
by the prosecution is coming up
their
reply'
to
The defence counsel said that
"Nripendra Misra examined
in
wellWe
are bringing these documents in
the court for this case,' Singh
issue of filing of additional dcc
Minochá
reasons,
could not have beenfiled with
the
remained inconclusive,
contended that the CBI's plea to
to
The
has
During
of documents, Cliis prosecutor
earlier and due to
said,
arguments on the fil
Clil's move was "thalafide" as it
ments, related
proves
ing of additional documents by
the CBI after Misra's deposition
including
others on the issues of licences
and spectrum allocation.
only
are
malafide on the part of the CM
as these documents has been
filed at this stage of the triaV he
___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sushil
documents
n0w.,.1t
'1
files, correspondence between
Misra and former telecom secre
'tacks
parties," the court said.
why these
essential
but
The
other reason has been given as
not been
in October
for disposal tomorrow regard'
ing placing of those documents
they have
of FIR
part
on record on the prayer of both
to
documents
to
depose asaproseaition;witi4ss
in
his
their
uments earlier in the court. No
in March
special CDI judge
chairman
Misra,
:before
recording
mistalce on
that they. could not file the doc
back
Kumar, appearing for Raja, told
documents relating
Nripendra
these
witness
sheets," senior advocate
yesterday
TRAI
the
were not filed in
Department of Telecom (PoT).
had
but
2009
Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) and
The agency
to
while
registration
exchanged
Telecom
shown
provided to us. The documents
were seized by CBI a day after
filing additional
including some
communications
has
statement way
20
CBl's move of
CBI
documents
case today raised
objection in a Delhi court on the
in
verten[
wjtness.
if
the CDI
Misra,
proceed
these
wants to
examine
the agency could
without referring to
then
documents
fijed yesterday.
which
it had
CBI SUSPECTS
RUIAS, KUAITANS
BEING EVASIVE
CBI
(1,
SUSPECTC.
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The summons
have therefore
been pasted at the Rhaitans'
New Friends Colony house in
Dethi and are likely to be pasted at the Ruias' addresses in
Mumbai as well.
Essar and Loop
officials
admitted that their promoters
were in Dubai but denied they
"
were evading summons. "No
summons have been received
by the Ruias," said an Essar
Cb
Rajesh Ahuja
[email protected]
spokesperson.
NEW DEIJIE The CBI suspects that
Essar
Loop Telecom claimed
ma
promoters
Ravikant Ruia and nephew
separate statement: "IP and
Kiran Khaitan are non-resident
Anshuman Ruia as well as Loop
Indians.
Telecom promoters IP Rhaitan
address in Dubai has been provided to the CBI. Summons are
group
and wife Kiran Rhaitan are trying to evade summons from the
Their
residential
081 special court in connection
required to be served at a place
where they are residing. It is
with
incorrect
the
2G
scam-related
chargesheet filed against them
in December.
"The summons were sent to
the addresses given by the Rthas
and Khaitans when their state-
ments were recorded before the
081. But now they are claiming
that they don't reside at those
addresses. No one has received
the summons," said a senior
agency official.
--
The Ruias and Khaitans
whose families are related
have been ordered to appear
before the court on January27.
But they are currently in Dubai
and denied having received any
summons.
CONTINUED ON PAGES
n NO PRANAB
ROLE. Pll
and baseless to sug-
gest that they are evading
sum-
mons,"
-
The four were charged with
cheating the department of
telecommunications by allegedly using an Essar group front
company, Loop Thiecom, to get
unified access
service licences
for 21 circles during A Raja's
term as tele&,m minister in
January 2008.
2G case: CBI summons Khaitans
CBI officials on Wednesday pasted atthe
residence of looplelecom promoters I P Khaitan
and his wife (iran the court summons seeking
their presence before itin the 26 spectrum
allocation case. The agency officials reached the
"'permanentaddress"ofghajtan at New Friends
Colony to serve the summons butthere was no
one to receivethemfollowingwhichthey
pasted the notices at the gates. The CBI had
pasted them aspartof"normal process" of
service of summons and itshould not be
construed asthe addressees beingabsconding,
CBI spokesperson Dharinl t'lishra said.
Pm
CBI arrests bank
manager
for R52.5-cr fraud after a decade
MEW DELHI: A woman bank manager, who had allegedly stole&
t2.5 crore and hiding in Canada for over a decade, has been
arrested by the CBI. Preeti Sajwani, 44, had allegedly stolen
money from Indian Overseas Bank's Gandhinagar branch in
2001. Sajawani fled to Canada soon after the probe began.
She was deported to India on Wednesday.
CBI seals offices of three DVC
engineers
BOKARO: The CR! has sealed the offices ofthree senior offi-
cials working with Damodar Valley Corporation's (DVC)
Bokaro power unit and frozen the bank account of one of
them. "Twenty CBI officials raided the residences and
offices of superintendent engineer (fuel and efficiency) RD
Sahu and executive engineers Itudra Sen and Rajiv Ranjan
and sealed their offices yesterday," SP (CBI-Dhanbad)
Kumar Majhi said.
" Pramod
plan
to capture Bhanwari on celluloid
Film producers
C'
do homework
scout
'
1:1'
JJJflli rn7
in right way it could prove to
be a blockbuster. Maa Tujhe
Sa/aamfilmmaker Mahendra
Ohariwal plans to start th?
shooting locations
JAIPUR
!Pooti
Dcvis tragic
will
Bhanwari
soon find its
the silver
way to
screen. At least half-a-dozen film
producers from 1-findi, Tamil and
Malayalam languages have shown
crime
in
scripting a
by February
If all goes well, Bipasha Basu
would play the role of the
nurse in Ohariwals movie.
Dhariwal is awaiting her confirmation and dates as he
wanted to start the shooting
of the film at the earliest
saga
Interest
the controversial CD,
This is one of hottest subjects
for a movie and if it is made
for possible
LOKPAL SETHI
trayaL They have also gone through
T"!L
sex-and-
thriller revolving around
her kidnapping and murder.
Mahendra Dhariwal, produc-
in
which
nurse is seen In a compromising
position with sacked Minister
Mahipal tyladerna.
If all goes well, Bipasha Basu
would play the
role of the nurse in
Dhariwal's movie. He had already
approached the actress and provided the details of the character.
her confirmation
wanted to start the
shooting of the film at the earliest. For the role of Mahipal
Maderna, Dhariwal is trying to
He is awaiting
and dates as he
field Anupam Kher.
Similarly for the role of In&ra
Bishnoi, sister of another arrested
accused Malkhan Singh, MLA from
Luni, Dhariwal has approached
er-thrector of Sunny Deol starrer
liEn Maa Tujhe Salaam, has already
registered title Ajab Rhanwari ki
and directors have sent
on September 1. These producers
Amrita Singh. "I am trying to get
their associates to Borunda, Bilara,
Pipar, Tilwasani, Osian, Newra
and directors, with the help of
trade people here, are trying to
the right actors, who could fit in the
roles of Malkhan Singh,
Gajab Kahani with the fllm writers body here. Talking to The
Pioneer, Dhariwal said with the
Road and Jodhpurto capture eve!y
possible detail of the crime, life
style of the nurse and her affairs
find
and Bishnaram and Amarchand,
concluding that the nurse
was murdered, they are in the
process of giving the finishing
touches to the script.
with bigwigs among politicians,
police and bureaucrats.
A source said that they were
CBI
According to film trade circles
in Mumbai, some of these pro
ducers
also in touch with some police
officials, who initially investigat-
ed the case, when
she disappeared
the
best
Rajasthan for
locations
In
shooting their film
on Bhanwari Devi.
As the nurse had acted in a
Rajasthani movie about Jat legend
Veer Tejaji and had cut nine albums
of Rajasthani songs and folk dances,
they have watched them several
times to ensure an accurate por
Sahiram
husband of the nurse to make
film a real one' he said.
the
According to Phariwal, this
was one of hottest subjects for a
movie and if it was made in right
way
it
could
prove
to
be
a
blockbuster. He plans to start the
shooting by February or March.
Defence opposes CBI's
'extra' documents
STAFF REPORTER
NEW DELHI
counsels in the
Defence
scam case on Wednesda
2G
opposed
the filing of fres
documents by the CR!, includ-
letters exchanged between
Tral and the department of
telecom (DoT) during his
ing
tenure.
Just before
former Telecom a
Regulatory
of
Authority
india
these documents, related to
Misra, just a day before his
deposition as a witness.
Raja's advocate Sushil
told Special Judge OP
Kuniar
Saini, "The CBI has shown
these documents to the witness
(Misra) while recording his
statement way back in March
2011 but they have not been
provided to us.
The
r
B[IllhI
documents
were
seized
a
(Trai)-
chairman Nripendra Misra was
October
depose as a prosecution witness on Wednesday, a defence
counsel said, "The prosecu-
along with chargesheetsr
tion cannot take the court and
the defence for granted. It is
CBI's plea was against the prin
mala fide on the prosecution's
part to file documents related
to a witness's deposition just a
tainable.
day ahead of that witness's tes-
adjourned recording of
timony before
ment of Misra after both
to
The
the court."
agency
had,
on
Tuesday, filed some documents
relating to Misra, induding Tral
files, correspondence between
Misra and former telecom secretaries
Behura,
PS
Mathur
others on issues of licences
and spectrum allocation.
Counsels
of
former
and
Telecom Minister A Baja and
Behura
objected, saying the
agency has not given proper
reasons as to why it has filed
2009
Behura's
but not
-
counsel
Minocha contended
ciples oflaw and
filed
SP
that the'
sims not main-
The court has listed the'
matter for Thursday. The court
state-
CRI and the defence
the
counsel
agreed
on this
to first decide
issue.
CBI prosecutor AX
Singh
said the
agency was entitled to
file additional documents
seized earlier, which could
be
filed
with the
not
chargesheet. "This court has
earlier passed an order in this
The
regard," Singh said.
defence asked for at least a day
to file a detailed reply.
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MULTI-CRORE FOREST
SCAM
Environment MUtter
seeks details
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 11
CVC
Environment'
could
Jayanthi
Minister
Natarajan today
saying that the scam
be
probed as
investigative agency
Path,
has
complaint
sought details from offi-
found
cials of her ministry
of an independent probe.
after it
was advised by the Central
Vigilance
launch a
Commission
to
CBI probe against
politicians and bureaucrats
in
Haryana,
allegedly
involved in a multi-crore
forest scam.
Sources said the officials
have been
the
asked
to
brief
minister
the charges
The ministry
'worthy"
had
referred
the matter to the CVC after
an in-house inquiry found
merit
in
allegations
lev-
ministry to ask the Haryana
irregularlties like
file an
to
which the case
be
transferred
after
could
to the CRI.
inet
CVC
minister.
He also alleged
tation
The
CBI
had
opinion
con-
to
the
of
General
Srivastava
which
confirmed
the
harassment of Chaturvedi
A
X
and recommended quashing of the chargesheet and
referring the matter immediately
to
the
CBI
for
impartial investigation.
The
chargesheet
was
quashed
on
by the
January
19.
President
Haryana
the findings
of
IFS
the inquiry panel and asked
frequently
for exposing the scam and
the Union Ministry to have
a fresh look at the case. The
Centre had rejected the
he complained
demand.
transferred
its
Cabinet Secretariat,
Environment Ministry
in 2010 constituted a twomember panel headed by
the
had rejected
Haryana-cadre
officer
the
2007
2008.
query following a request
veyed
siphon-
at the park in
by the Environment Ministry,
financial
ing off of funds to the tune
of crores of rupees in planand
In response to the
Acting on the \directions
Inspector
of a herbal park on private
land of a legislator under
the
the Cabinet
of the
Forests
that there was
corruption in the setting up
referred
to
Secretariat.
Cttäturvçdi
pressure from a state Cab-
government
who
elled by IFS officer Sanjiv
about the
communication of the
CVC and its advice to the
FIR
ment to President Pratibba
the
was
an
suspended
of
harass
-
PTI
Fin mm to JPC: 2Gnotè
issued after PMO nod
BJP, CPI Zero In On PC's Role As Finance Minister
20 accused object to CBI filing more papers
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: The controversial 2G
notethat suggested P Chidambaram
as finance niirüster could have
exchanged between Telecom Regulatory Authority of lndia(TßAl) and
nipped the telecom scam was issued
with the approval of the Prime Min-
ex-chairman NripendraMisra.
ister's Office, top ministry officials
told the Joint Parliamentary Com-
in the2Gspectrum allocation scam on Wednesdayobjectedtothe
Accusedmove
offihing additional documents having communications
CBI's
Department ofTelecom
(DoT)
-
a day before the deposition of TRW's
The counsel appearing for formertelecom ministerA Raja,ex-telecom
mittee onWednesday
secretary Siddharth Behuraand others said cBl's move was "malafide" as it
had notgiven proper reasons why it had filed these documents related to
The committee was also told
that the word "perusal" had re
Misrajustaday before his deposition asawitness.
"TheCBI hasshownthesedocumentstothewftness(Mista)while
placed "approval" in the context of
finance minister Pranab Mukherscrutiny of the note in an internal noting just two days before
the "backgrounder" was readied.
jee's
At Wednesday's meeting of the
committee,
opposition members
asked why the finance ministry
abandoned its case for a revision of
2G licence prices from 2001 rates of
Its 1,600 crore as they sought to es-
recording his statementway back in March 2011 butthey have not been
provided to us. The documents were seized by CBI aday after registration of
FIR in October2oo9 buttheywere notfiled inthe courtalong with the
chargesheets," senioradvocate Sushil Kumar, appearing for Raja, told special
cßljudgeOP Saini.The agency had on Tuesday filed some documents
relating to Mist-a. who appeared before the court to depose as a prosecution
witness in the 20 case.The documents included TRAI files, correspondence
between Misra and formertelecom secretaries Behura, D SMathurand
others on the issues of licences and spectwm allocation. Behura's counsels p
Minochacontendedthatthecßl's pleato take these documents on record
was againstthe principles of lawand was not maintainable.
TNN
t
ministerAllaja.
"
Chidambaram's role as finance
minister was the focus
of
ques-
tions posed by RIP's Ravishankar
Prasad and CPI's Gurudas Dasgupti
with DMK's T Shiva also chipping in as finance secretary It S
Cujrai and department of economic affairs secretary It Goplan faced
a barrage of questions.
Congress members did not par-
much in the discussion
with the usually vocal Manish Tewan keeping his own counsel.
ticipate
evaluation of 20 spectrum, cost indexing and
even auctions. But
there isno direction from Chidambaram on the record before the
LIPC,
they said.
EvenonNovember22,2oo7-the
licences were allotted on January
10,2008-the fmance ministry said
it was not clear how price deter-
that this was more than "mere
sight'. Trinamool's Kalyan Banerjee said this amounted to owner-
wanted pricing to be restored to the
ship.
GeM on telecom's mandate and 11-
While officials were questioned
on the lack of directions from the
then fmance minister and the
"agreement" between Chidamba-
could have acted to stop the 2G
llcensingprocess.
prepared as a "backgrounder", the
pointed to official jottings by
former fmance secretary and current RBI governor Subba Rao andother officials insisting on market
bers
officials did not offer a direct answer, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha
mined as far back as 2001 could be
applied in 2007 without "current
evaluation".
The ministry also
-cence
Sources said opposition mem-
question
Multherjee was in the
know of the note's contents, butthe
whether
did ask of the implications of the
note being "seen" by the minister
in light of the law ministry view
DTvW's Shiva reportedly wanted to
know whether the fmance minisfry
word was "approyal".
This brought into
process stayed.
On the March 25,201120 note
officials said it was initiated by the
cabinet secretariat but finally approved
by PMO. On the controver-
sial overwriting were the word "peseems
a
handwritten
rusal"
insertion, it was said the original
ram
and Raja on pricing reported
to the PM, the 2G note was discussedintermof itscontentsbeing
not just a factual presentation but
also offering conclusions on the
then finance minister's role..
CBI court
summons
Khaitans,
Rulas next
New Befit!: The
CBI on
Wednesday pasted court sum-
monsat the residence of Loop
Telecom promoters IP Khaitan and his wife Kiran, seekbig their presence
in the2G allocationcase. Agency officials
reached the 'permanent address of Khaitan at New
Friends Colony in Delhi to
serve the summons but there
was no one at home.
CBI spokesperson Dharini
Mishra said the summons were
pasted as part of 'normal
process' and it should not be
construed as the addressees beabsconding. The special
big
CBI court, while taking cogni-
zance of the agency's chargesheet, had instructed all the accused
to be present before it on
January 27 which is the next
date of hearing.
The agency will undertake
a similar exercise on Thursday when court
summons will
be served to then vice-chairmanof EssarGroupßavißuia
and promoter of Essar Group
companies
of
Anshuman
Ruia at their Walkeshwar
Road residence
in Mumbal,
said.
sources
spokesman said
ment,
An
Essar
in a
state-
"No
summons have
been received by the Ruias."
In a statement, Loop Tele"Mr and Mrs I P
com said,
Khaitan are NIRIs. Their residential address in Dubai has
been
provided
to C. Any
is
required
summons
to
be served at the place where
thej are
residing. Hence,
mediareports suggestingthat
they are avoiding summons
are completely incorrect and
baseless." TNN
Jr
Kushwaha's aide inCBI
net for NRHM scam
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Lucknow:The
CBI has detained a BS1' legislator in connection with the Rs 2,000
crore
National Rural Heath Mission
(NRHM) scam from tjttar Pradesh's Deoria.
Sources said Ram Prasad
Jaiswal's detention on Tuesday night is part of the CBI's
efforts to build a watertight
case against formerUttar Pradesh family welfare minister
Babu Singh Kushwaha, whose
induction into the HJP was put
on hold recently after a furor
over taking the BSP discard
facing corruption
charges.
are beiieve to be close to Kushwaha and instrumental in the
movementof cash in the scam.
Jaiswalis aflegedlly believed to
be the main link between
The investigators are believed to be in possession of
material which corroborates
Kushwaha
and the private
companies awarded contracts
Kushwaha%
under the scheme.
earlier
cess to some senior BJP leaders. Investigators believe that
residences and busipremises of leading sup-
Kushwaha had used this link
to join RIP The CBI is also
The
agency
had
raided
ness
pharmaceuticals and
medical equipment in Moradabad
the Jams
who too
pliers of
-
-
proximity with
the Jams and their direct ac-
planning to question another
Kushwahas
aide, BSP MLC
Ram Chander Pradhan soon.
CBI pastes summons
at Khaitan's house
New Delhi: CBI officials on Wednesday
pasted at the residence ofLoop Telecom
promoters I.P. Khaitan and his wife Kiran
the court summons seeking their pres-
ence
before It In the 2G spectwm alloca-
tion case.
The agency officials
reached the
per-
manent address of Khaitan at New
Friends Colony here to serve the sum-
mons but there was no one to receive
them following which they pasted the
notices at the gates.
The CBI had pasted them as part of
normal process" of service of summons
and it should not be construed as the
addressees being absconding, CBI
spokesperson Dharini Mishra said.
The agency will undertake a similar
exercise on Thursday when the summons will be served to the then vicechairman Essar Group Ravi
Ruia and
promoter of Essar Group of Companies
Anshuman Ruia at their
Road residence
said
in
Walkeshwar
Mumbai, CBI sources
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the
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of
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Maruti Suzuki India
Sen
Ltd eel
about
best-selling
its
cess
Swift hatchback,
what needed to
be done.
learn
management
digital media,
and
Ork-ut
as
for
products
and services.
key
coming up online
that
was
kept
that the
interiors Jacked fi-
nesse. That
was
fixed in the
sought to be
launched
new Swift
in August last year.
Duetotheirexplosive
plafforms
growth
have
me-
become
a
key loot that hseJps auto makers
improve their vehicles, besides
keeping thens
connected with
potential buyers,
on
-
Wednesday this
acknowledged
was
In various forms
at the stands of carmakers such
Manni, Hyundai Motor In-
as
dia Ltd
and BMW
India Pvt.
Ltd.
visittirs to register a Eacebook
'like' by using fingerprinttDs.
ltyundai used
rather than
a
'buzz" card
a
fingerprint to
get
reputation
Manufacnarers, fierce
sold 59 Beetles in the first nine
For Hyundai, social media is
months of Ibis
critical because it targets young-
against 332 in
er
last year.
people.
lot of young
a
said
oilier,"
Arviad
ro
or
ing,
tiyundai.
"Its
connect with them."
Moreover, social media has
nsuttiplier
Iconic sbtus
BMSV's Mini. Cooper Son unpin at the Aicto Expo.
effect wisest it
a
comet
to the dissemination ofint'ornsa-
SPEEDY START
Mini off the mark with
on
of
money
the medium,
they
Marud
200
BY AMBIT
has
percentage
year and
been
is
ex-
to he 16% by the end of
the current fiscal year, Srivasta
said,
Hyundai's expenditure on the
We will showcase the entire
NEW EaH
ing,"
IKumar
aj
one
Vadhera,
a
dreas Schaaf had said In
39-year-old businessman, ii
versation in
of the many people who vie
much discussion
lied the 14MW stall at
the
Auto
Expo in Delhi feasting his eyes
on
BMW Todia president An-
the Mini Countiyinan—one
board
'lnce
from the Mini
cars
level
years
BMW
last
few
con-
the
them.'
Schaat's
stable.
medium has goneup 108% from
at the
managed to
over
have
we
a con-
November. "After
decision appears to
"We have
Vadhera
wanted
to
-against
an
tapped
Apple Pad attached
out very digitized but the direc-
the Auto Expo," said Vad-
AUTO
"There
tion
hera, slightly perturbed by
EXPO
about the brand,
the poor crowd
2012
clear,"
Srivastava
saitt.
According to the Internet and
Mobile Association of India, the
number
of
Internet
manage
ment at the event, which
ended
It's
users
ing
on
Wednesday.
a great
To
thing to
own
this
market for such iconic
A
52-year-old brand,
hut
we
latest Minis,
bear almost
which
no
did not expect such de-
to the original
feature
begin with, the company
Minis
us
BMW
bought by
mand
will import the
a
small
by British Motor Corp. It
in
1994
along wirh the Rover Grossp. The
enquiries
were
cars.
the Mini
a
are
larger,
technical relation
car
though they
similar
design lan-
gil age.
The BMW Group already seila
com-
Rolls-Royce
brand, isn't
thanks itt part to the increasing
"How
data
the car,
sales of susnrtphiones. Facebook
brands being used in Hollywood
he priced at 25-37 lakh.
'We will start delivery of vehi-
could get their photos shot
currently has 38 million titers itt
flicks plying
cles from April onwards and the
in India, though the last two are
inspnrted through inclepe ndent
India.
lie
focus is
cbannelt.
and uploaded
Ott
on
Facehook im-
mediately.
"It's
a
Automobiles
very
cost-effective
loot"
said Christian Saffer, di-
rector,
marketing, BMW India.
it's much cheaper titan placing
advertisement in
a
newspa-
per.
For volutne
as
abour
a
good move by BMW to bring the
hrand to India as there is a grow-
crossed tOO million in late 2011,
Apart from
an
in
was
on display.
to each model
liters
when
pages
car'
come
But Majeed also said it
was
spokesperson.
very
will
a
said
BMW
the headquarters after
demand
car
week,
still
I have been
car.
the
down."
initially developed as
or
are
that
city
told to visit the dealership
as a country
book the
lot to do with that. Going forthere is every possibility
ward,
was
the UK,
"Comp-
years ago.
practice
'So these bookings may have
era.
a
auto
a
ared to advanced markets like
Facebook
lot
l'ricewaterhouseCoop-
leader,
for the
tions to their Facebook pages
and share them with friends its
real time.
three
Majeed,
had close to lOU bookings
also upload technical specifica-
with a connect card that could
exchange infnrmatlonwith their
a
to come to India," said
car
Abdul
have paid off.
2-3%
is
while
bigger
a
'There would have been
instant feedback. Visisors could
BMW India registered visitors
that
may be
demand.
for the
I%i
RAJ
of the four
we
said
expert
Mini
11l emission
be difficult to sustain the initial
range at the Men Fipo and will
focus initially on brood build-
ended March 2011.
pected
introduced this year.
Bharat
brand than the other two, it will
(4,nrit. r@littclflifl I.
corn
erore
advertising and marketing budget on digital media in the year
This
norms
BMW's
100 bookings in a week
have been raising
11% of its total
spent
don't
the
of buyers who would he waiting
amount
spend
single
a
meet
An
tion,
he said.
Companies
as
period
ears
mostly because these
important
talk in their languageto
we
year
same
unit of the Fiat 500 since April,
Sax-
ena, director, sales and market-
fiscal
the
Fiat SpA hasn't sold
cus-
and most are hooked
the social media in some way
tomers
Va
competi-
looks unlikely. Volkswagetr
tion
on-
line."
the
provided by
cars
the Society of IndianAutomobile
both products arid services
a
the latest sales
But going by
data for these
Maruti. "It helps get feedback
doubling each
The Maruti pavilion allowed
tle and the Fiat 500.
Shashank
Srivaslava, chief generalmanag-
the
At the Auto Expo that ended
in Delhi
said
medium,"
that
irs the past few years, social
dia
ing
"We have
criticism
'piasticky'
cars—Volkswagen Group's Bee-
In India, the Mini will compete
a couple of other iconic
"Social media is a very engag-
Face-
Twitter
comments regarding
One
to express themselves helter.
and in making
the
least. nine
at
parent
with
tracks
including social
German
tional survey, with visitors able
er
on
networking sites such
book,
The
of po-
months in advance.
reputation
online
company's
on
a database
tential customers. The method
is more effective than a tradi-
refreshing
social media provided ideas
creates
car
makers such
Maruti and l-lyttndai, the pro
are
a
high-in-
product category and
with buyers belonging to the up-
volvetnent
per-income.
the
use
Net-savvy
segment,
of digital media will rise
further, said
loses tto
on
you
Indian roads?"
was referring to
the Minis in
the 1969 film The Italian
the 2003
see
remake
came.
It was not easy
Job
of the
and
same
kel,
on
cars
the high-end
will
mar-
the BMW,
March, two exclusive Mini showwill open in Delhi and
a
and BMW
Motorrad (two.wheeler) brands
Only
the spokesperson said. By
rooms
for BMW India
built units. The
pletely
yet
one
have
group brand doesn't
an
ence—Ilusqvarna
todian
pres-
motorcycles.
third in Mumbai. By the cad of
five variants of the Mini will
Chandigarh,
be available fur Indian custom-
next
Pradeep Saxena,
Pvt. Ltd to convince headquarters in Germany to allow it to
Chennai and Bangalore too will
ers—the Mini Cooper, Mini Coo-
Auto-
bring the Mini to India, purely
have Mini dealerships.
per S. Mini Cooper Convertible,
Mini Cooper S Countryman and
executive
director,
motive,
market research and
a
oufly
taid Vadhera.
ie?
TNS
sales forecasting firm,
because of questions
and
profitability.
on
pricing
year,
Prow,
'We expect many such
tomers.
hut
we
cus-
don's intend to
a
special editionvariant.
Misras deposition
fit 2G trial delayed
te Bureau
The agency had filed the documents
before Special CBI Judge OP Saini on
New Delhl, Jan
11: Former Telecom
Tuesday saying, "CBI is submitting the
Authority of india (Trai)
following relevant documents for keep-
Nripendra Misras cross exthe 20 spectrum trial was
ingthe same onjudicialrecords asthese
Regulatory
chairman
amination in
could
deferred on Wednesday at the behest of
defence counsels who didn't want
chargesheet.'
to take cognisance
July 1,2008, letter to Siddharth Behura
These
court
of
the document
which CRI sumbitted on Tuesday
The counsel appearing
telecomministerA Raja,
retary
for
In
former
er-telecom sec-
Siddharth BehUra
and others
not
be
along
filed
documents
which
Misra
with
include
in
the
Misra's
capacity
his
as the Tral chairman had reiterated his
earlier
communication
to
DoT
saying the department should take rec-
said CBI's move was 'mala fide' as it has
ommendations
not given proper reasons as to why ithas
mcd these documents, related to Misra,
awarding
just a day before his deposition
as a wit-
conditionsof licenceof existing service
ness.
providers.
Fiercely contesting CBI plea that it
inadvertently forgot to submit the important documents
to the court until
from
licence
Tral
before
to a new
service
and
provider or amending the terms
/
Misra in his earlier communication
in
November
2007
telecom secretary D
to
the
S Mathui
previous
had said
now, Majeed Memon counsel for Vinod
that jsetore awarding a licence to a new
Goenka said that It was unfair to deprive
service
the defence any time to peruse the com-
time-bound recommendations
munication
Tral.
before it cross examined
Misra.
provider, DoT
shall
seek the
from
In his statement before CBI Misar
"It is not just Misra, of 10 witnesses
who have been cross examined so
at
had said that In his September 2007 let-
least six required to be confronted with
these documents, If the court now
availability of spectrum should be con-
of
conditions for the licence for a new ser-
fat
ac-
cepts
CBI's plea we will be deprived
cross examination," Memon argued.
ter to Mathur he had pointed out that
slderedwhiledeciding
vice
provider.
on the terms and
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CM pastes summons at Khaitan residence in 2G case
By Mall Today Bureau
In New DelhI
AHEAD of the trial based on the CBVs
chargesheet against the promoters of
EssarGroup and LoopTeiecom,theagency
on Wednesday pasted summons outside
the New Friends Colony residence of ii'.
khaltan and his wife (Iran, both of
Loop.
The trial Es set to begin on January27.
Hearing the 2G cases, Justice OP. Saint
had on December21 Issued the
summons
asking
Essar
Group promoters ilavikant
Rula and Anshuman Rule, Loop Mobile
promoter Kiran Khaltan, Khaltan Group
promoter I.P. Khaitan
and Essar Group
dtrector(M&A)ytkassaraf to be present
on
January27.
The Rules and the Khaltans are NRIs arid
have beenaway forsometime.Neitherthe
Khaitans nor their representatives were
avallabletorecelvethesummons,prcrnfllog the CBI to paste it outside their resldeuce.The summonsare now presumed to
have been served, an officialsaid.
The Cal sources said they would try on
Thursday to deliver the summons to ituias
ortheir representatives. "lfthatIs not possible,
we would paste the summons outsidetheir premises aswell," theyadded.
A CDI officer clarified: "Theirpresence Is
required on January21 and they are free
to go anywhere beforethat The Rulas
have hugestakes In India and
we
will not
assume airØiing wiUl the hearingbegins,"
A Loopspokesperson said the summons
should have been served at the Khattans'
Dubal residence. "Any summons is
required to be served at the place of
residence. The reports suggestIng that
theyareavoldlngthesummons are completely
Incorrect and baseless," she said.
The EssarGroup madea one-linestatement "No summons has been received
bythe Rules."
DEm4cE OPPOSES
NEW DOCUMENTS
was to appear as a prosecution witness. FormertelecomministerA.
Baja, former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behuraand others askedjustice
before he
Saini to dismiss the al's application for
addingthese documentsto the record.
Behura's counsel S.P. Minocha said:
"The prosecution has not explained why
these documents were not flied earlier."
in an appilcation seeking to add the
documents, theCRi had claimed thatthe
tenure to submit the documents earlier
Meanwhile, the defence counsel In the
26 trial onWednesday accused theCBl of
deliberately concealingdocumentscon-
had been "Inadvertent". But Behura's
reply to the application claimed the
deiay was "specifically" to fill the gaps
nected to former Tral chairman Nilpendra Misra and tiling these Just one day
in the prosecution's case and It wouid
prejudice the defence of the accused.
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