Statesman (India) articles from September 2001, page 10

Statesman (India) archives from September 2001

'Trishuls' given to Rajasthan youths with govt consent.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE JAIPUR, Sept. 8. The state government has given permissions to the VHP and Bajrang Dal to donate 'Trishuls' (tridents) to youngsters during its Trishul Diksha programme in public places of Bhilwara district which...

Shiva temple discovered.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA SRINAGAR, Sept 8. A historic Shiva cave temple complex, believed to be 1,500 year-old has been discovered near the Chandanwari-Amarnath area in south Kashmir, official sources said today. The complex, discovered by a...

Mud-slinging on eve of Punjab poll.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE CHANDIGARH, Sept. 8. A highly personalised and vituperative exchange of allegations has begun in Punjab on the eve of forthcoming Assembly polls. The Punjab chief minister, Mr PS Badal, and Punjab Congress chief Captain...

Voting right for Sehajdharis could affect peace.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE CHANDIGARH, Sept. 8. Panthic Morcha, the conglomerate of Opposition Akali groups, fears that participation of Sehajdhari Sikhs in SGPC poll could affect peace and brotherhood in the state. It has also requested the...

Army busts secret bunkers.
September 13, 2001... KAVITA SURI STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, Sept. 8. The discovery of luxurious, two-storeyed concrete bunkers in the higher reaches of the Pir Panjal ranges have solved the mystery of why militants have stopped coming to the hinterland during...

Phoolans family wants to stay on in govt quarters.
September 13, 2001... MOUSHUMI DAS GUPTA STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 8. The drama that started with the Samajwadi Party MP, Phoolan Devis death continues. While the Delhi Police is yet to ascertain the motive behind the murder - almost a month and a...

Sushma, Advani to meet over N-E package.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 8. The information and broadcasting minister, Mrs Sushma Swaraj, is expected to meet Mr LK Advani, over the next few days to finalise the North-east package, an effort to counter the propaganda...

Ticketless travellers spread tentacles to heritage train.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE JAIPUR, Sept. 8. The Central Bureau of Investigations today raided the Palace-on-Wheel to check ticket less travellers. The Palace-on-Wheel, a venture of Rajastan Tourism and Indian Railways is the most prestigious...

Flood situation grim in Bihar.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE PATNA, Sept. 8: The flood situation in the 18 districts of Bihar, worsened today with heavy rains lashing the catchment areas of various rivers passing through the state. One more column of the army joined the...

Police kill Dalit.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE LUCKNOW, Sept. 8: The Uttar Pradesh police shot dead Satyendra Harijan, a dalit on the border of the eastern district of Chandauli under Rampur police station, last evening. The police alleged that Satyendra who was...

RBI note exposes nexus between GTB, Bharat Shah.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, Sept. 8. The Global Trust Bank, besides its proximity to scam tainted broker Mr. Ketan Parekh, had financed film financier Mr Bharat Shah by way of term loan, a note from the RBI in response to a JPC members...

CPM to up the ante on Centre.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 8. The CPI-M has launched a nation-wide, month-long agitation against the policies of the Vajpayee government, which is to culminate in dharnas by around one crore people in front of the central...

HC admits writ on stadium scam.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE CUTTACK, Sept. 8. The Orissa High Court has admitted a writ petition seeking an impartial probe on the multi-crore scam involving the alleged bungling of funds meant for carrying out repair and reconstruction work at...

Loan still not waived: Cong.
September 13, 2001... CHANDIGARH, Sept. 8. Punjab Congress, in its on-going offensive against Badal regime in Punjab, today charged it with misleading masses by claiming that the entire amount of Rs 8,400 crore loan had been waived by Centre. The loan was...

MLAs oppose PPL privatisation move.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE BHUBANESWAR, Sept. 8. Thirteen MLAs belonging to the the SC/ST community, backed by a minister yesterday opposed the central governments move to privatise Paradip Phosphates Limited. They charged that the disinvestment...

Tripura CPM worried over partymens killings.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE AGARTALA, Sept. 8. CPI-M leaders in Tripura are worried over the reported involvement of armed activists of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura, the ruling group in the Tripura tribal areas autonomous district...

New US, China envoys may meet President on 14 Sept.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 8. Newly appointed diplomats of the USA, China, New Zealand and Zambia, who have been here for the past couple of months, are likely to present their credentials to the President on 14 September. ...

Naga Hohos veiled threat to NSCN(I-M).
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA GUWAHATI, Sept. 8. The apex Naga Hoho, in a veiled warning to the NSCN(I-M), today said cessation of Nagaland from the Indian Union as demanded by the NSCN(I-M) without a consensus would have serious consequences. A...

Jagmohan set to review tourism policy.
September 13, 2001... MOHAN SAHAY STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 8. Mr Jagmohan, the new minister for tourism, is all set to review the national tourism policy. The review will include considering a change in the fees being charged from foreign tourists...

Conference against racism.
September 13, 2001... SALMAN HAIDAR INDIA was the first country to raise the issue of apartheid at the United Nations. It took the lead in opposing the pernicious racist doctrine of the South African regime of that time and helped mobilise international opinion...

Tribute to a Bengali.
September 13, 2001... JEREMY SEABROOK IMET Vinod Chaudhury when he was 90 in his modest home in the centre of Chittagong. A small colour-washed room, walls covered with portraits of freedom fighters, including Gandhiji and Prithi Lothawadar who,with her colleagues...

[0] 100 YEARS AGO TODAY.
September 13, 2001... SEPTEMBER 9, 1901 HINDU MARRIAGE REFORM A Memorial was submitted recently by Mr Khimji Hirji Kayani, the Honorary Secretary of the Cutchi Dassa Assawal Mandal, Bombay, to the Maharaje Gaekwar of Baroda, appealing to him to aid in the...

NET NEWS.
September 13, 2001... Godzilla vs tamagotchi YOU are Godzilla. Tokyo has hired you to wipe out the tamagotchi menace. Your mission is to kill three tamagotchi per level. For each tamagotchi you allow to escape, you will get into more trouble with the Tokyo city...

Eighth among 10.
September 13, 2001... Tomorrow, thankfully, is yet another day. And if it wasnt so, how would those who served only by standing taking socks on the jaw have got on? The defeat in Sri Lanka meant one series gone with the wind but come end-of-September, our worthies...

Lele queers pitch for Laloo.
September 13, 2001... SHYAM SUNDAR GHOSH STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 8. Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav is on a sticky wicket where the elections in the Board of Control for Cricket in India are concerned. The former Chief Minister of Bihar, who became the...

Kumble looks to tango with Harbhajan.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA BANGALORE, Sept. 8. Leg spinner Anil Kumble, who is all set to return to international cricket after nearly an year, today expressed eagerness to bowl with Harbhajan Singh during the South African tour. Kumble added that...

Injustice of slavery recognised.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA DURBAN, Sept. 8. The World Conference Against Racism tonight adopted a declaration recognising the injustice of slavery and colonialism and the plight of Palestinians but the issue of casteism, opposed by India, found no...

Megawati in Aceh, asks for forgiveness.
September 13, 2001... JAKARTA POST ASIAN NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA, Sept. 8. Indonesian President Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri, today publicly asked for forgiveness from all Acehnese, for the past mistakes of the Indonesian government. She said this before thousands of...

BNP wants to change Ganga water-sharing treaty.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA DHAKA, Sept. 8. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief, Mrs Khaleda Zia, has pledged to bring changes in the water sharing treaty with India and review the Chittagong Hill Tracts agreement if voted to power in the 1...

Minister defends DPL ultimatum.
September 13, 2001... DURGAPUR, Sept. 9. The state power minister, Mr Mrinal Banerjee, defended the decision of the state-run Durgapur Projects Limited to issue ultimatum to defaulting consumer units, here today. Significantly, Durgapur is the ministers home turf...

Durga images not to exceed 10 ft from next year.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 9. Images of Durga, which are more than 10 feet high, wont be allowed in pandals from next year onwards. Kolkata Police disclosed this at a meeting of the citys Durga Puja Coordination Committee at...

CM wants IOC for Haldia.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA KOLKATA, Sept. 9. Mr Buddhadev Bhattacharya today expressed hope that the Indian Oil Corporation would participate in the Rs 5170 crore Haldia Petrochemical Limited and said the issues relating to the shareholding of the...

Bengal Municipal Act a model law.
September 13, 2001... SOMA MOOKHERJEE STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 9. The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993, which governs all municipalities in the state, has been recommended as a model law by the National Conference for Good Urban Governance, held in...

No pandals in parks: CMC.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept.9. No new puja committees will be allowed to set up pandals in parks this festive season. After the fun and mirth during the five days of the Durga puja, the city reels under the rubble of dirt and...

CUs results to come late.
September 13, 2001... ANUPAM DASGUPTA STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 9. The Calcutta Universitys graduation (Part I honours and general) results will be published almost a month behind schedule this year. Mr OS Adhikari, CUs controller of examinations,...

WB waters safer for Olive Ridleys.
September 13, 2001... TIRTHANKAR MITRA STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 9. - The numerical strength of Olive Ridley turtles in the Sunderbans and Midnapore coast indicate that the water of the Bay of Bengal is not much polluted by oil spillage or dumping of...

WEEKEND REVIEW.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 9. The new bearish trend that overtook the market towards the closing period of the previous week, continued on the Calcutta Stock Exchange, with share prices eroding due to fresh selling pressure in...

Auto export promotion council to be formed soon.
September 13, 2001... NIVEDITA MUKHERJEE STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 9. The Centre has initiated fast track steps in line with the automotive industrys long-standing plea for an export promotion council (EPC), government sources told The Statesman on...

CII, Ficci to submit findings on economy to Centre.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 9. The economy is the flavour of the month, and the chambers of commerce and industry are vying with each other to make their presentations and forecasts, while the interest levels from the top echelons...

KHURANAS CAPER Not even a paper tiger now.
September 13, 2001... It used to be said that one word from George Fernandes could bring Bombay to a standstill, but more than a mouthful from Madan Lal Khurana failed to achieve something similar in the Capital. So much so that what he saw en route to Parliament...

SOFT TARGET Imposing the veil on Kashmirs women.
September 13, 2001... After attacking minorities, Kashmirs ultras are now targeting women. The hitherto unknown Lashkar-e-Jabbar has set a deadline for all women to get into the burqa, and to underline the message, thrown acid on the faces of two government...

The Curates Egg! Are only parts of the SC judgment excellent?
September 13, 2001... The Government are not always wrong! The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet were entirely right in rejecting the panel of three names sent up by the Selection Committee for the appointment of the CBI Director, under procedures set by the...

WHITHER NEPAL?-I Serious Domestic Problems Confront Deuba.
September 13, 2001... By PARMANAND FIFTYFIVE-YEAR-OLD Sher Bahadur Deuba took over as the 11th Prime Minister of Nepal on 26 July though he was elected leader of the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party on 22 July, and was appointed to the post by the Nepali...

EXPLORING THE RUSSIAN SOUL.
September 13, 2001... By OLGA SOBOLEVSKAYA Russias great novelist Leo Tolstoi, who never got a Nobel Prize, is wildly popular with people all over the world. In his novels, he wrote about Russia and the Russian soul that always aspires for simplicity, good and the...

The Statesman 100 YEARS AGO.
September 13, 2001... SEPTEMBER 10, 1901 (Letters To The Editor) ANGLO-INDIAN VOLUNTEERING SIR, Would you very kindly allow me, through the medium of your hospitable columns, to inform all who are interested in Volunteering in this city that the projected public...

Micromachines To Beat Net Traffic Jams.
September 13, 2001... DEUTSCHE PRESSE-AGENTUR GLASGOW, Sept. 9. Tiny mac hines, less than the width of a human hair, are being developed by scientists in Britain to speed up the Internet. Scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, has...

China keen on IT tie-up with India.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 9. China is keen to have a tie up with India for developing five information technology segments of e-governance, e-education, e-commerce, e-finance and e-community, Ms Lei Koc Lon, mayor, Jiangmen...

MP bags award for female literacy.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE BHOPAL, Sept. 9. Madhya Pradesh has bagged a prestigious Government of India award for its achievement in raising female literacy by a staggering 20.93 per cent in the state during 1991-2001. The Prime Minister, Mr Atal...

MLAs wont resign to force early polls: Mulayam.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE LUCKNOW, Sept. 9. Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav today said his party MLAs were not going to resign en masse to force an early election in the state. Neither would they forgo their salary for six months because of the Assemblys...

VP Singh to back Lok Morcha.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA LUCKNOW, Sept. 9. Mr VP Singh today said he would extend support to the newly formed Lok Morcha in the next UP Assembly elections keeping in view the post-poll political scenario. The former Prime Minister told...

Its unbelievable: Mira Nair.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA NEW DELHI, Sept. 9. "It's unbelievable," said an ecstatic Mira Nair summing up her feelings on her latest venture Monsoon Wedding, a story detailing the drama of Punjabi marriage," winning the prestigious Golden Lion...

Flood situation in Bihar, UP still grim.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA NEW DELHI, Sept. 9. The flood situation in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh continued to be grim today with major rivers flowing above the danger level. Army and PAC jawans were drafted for rescue and relief operations....

Thackeray upset over Cabinet reshuffle.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA MUMBAI, Sept. 9. Shiv Sena chief Mr Bal Thackeray today expressed unhappiness at the recent reshuffle in the Union council of ministers and demanded that his partys representatives be given better portfolios. Mr...

CBI raid on train to be probed.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE & PTI JAIPUR, Sept. 9. The state tourism minister, Ms Beena Kak, today said the CBI raid on the Palace-on-Wheels carrying 68 unauthorised travellers was unfortunate. She said the incident would be probed and action...

Freebies in the name of promoting tourism.
September 13, 2001... VIJAY THAKUR STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE JAIPUR, Sept. 9. The CBI raid on Palace on Wheels reveals the racket of complimentary travellers. Such trips were intended for media persons, travel writers and travel and tour operators. The idea was...

Man burns alive four of family in Bihar.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE PATNA, Sept. 9. One Sanjay Sah allegedly burnt alive four of his family members last night at Dawna village in central Bihars Bhojpur district. Illicit relationship between Sahs wife and his step brother, Kundan...

Speakers nod may be sought to question Priya.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 9. The CBI is thinking of asking the Lok Sabha Speaker for permission to question Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi on the forged letter, purportedly written by the Cabinet secretary to the PMO on Air India...

Hizb blast kills six Armymen in Udhampur.
September 13, 2001... PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Jammu, Sept. 9. Six Armymen were killed when militants blew up a vehicle in a convoy in Udhampur district today, police said. A defence spokesman, however, put the toll at five, including a junior commissioned...

No Arabian nights for MPs in Iraq.
September 13, 2001... SANJAY SINGH STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 9. Arabian nights it wasnt for the members of Parliament who were part of the goodwill delegation to Iraq. The 23 MPs, part of a jumbo 80-member group, are puzzled, if not a little upset....

A Russian in American cyberspace.
September 13, 2001... CYBER AGE N D BATRA DMITRI Sklyarov, a Russian computer programmer, was arraigned on 4 September in a federal district court in California for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 that makes it a crime to develop and sell...

Biological confidence game.
September 13, 2001... Stem cell research is at the cutting edge of the new biology. As arguments swell the world over about the ethics of modern research, corporations are buying up the rights to every biological process and to every life form. Capitalist...

[0] /net.news/.
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DPL issues ultimatum to defaulters.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE DURGAPUR, Sept. 7. With Coal India Limited breathing down the neck of the Durgapur Projects Limited, for clearing its dues worth Rs 183 crore, the DPL has turned the tables on its customers and issued an ultimatum to...

Victory for East Bengal.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 9. An angular header by Suley Musah in the 22nd minute enabled East Bengal to defeat Manaksia Tollygunj Agragami 1-0 at home in their concluding first-leg match in the Super Division League today. Both...

Munda has dreams, not power.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 7. Mr Karia Munda has been assigned by the Prime Minister to industrialise rural India, but he needs financial and licensing powers to do so effectively. Speaking at a press conference here today,...

Prove me corrupt, dares Mala Roy.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept.7. If anyone can prove any corruption charge against me, even if that be of a paltry amount of Rs 15, then I will step down from the position of not only an MIC, but also a councillor, member,...

Bangla media heap praise on Ashraful.
September 13, 2001... DEUTSCHE PRESSE AGENTUR DHAKA, Sept. 9. Wiping off the tears of humiliation from agonising defeats in the Asian Test Championship, the Bangladeshi media today pinned their hopes for the future on the teenage prodigy who had created cricket...

CMDA seeks police help to save city parks.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 7. The CMDA authorities have sought the help of the city police to save its parks in the maidan area from criminals and drug addicts. Recently 21 costly waterproof fountain lamps and a couple of metal...

SEB lifts curbs on CESC after pact.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 7. The State Electricity Board today lifted restrictions on power supply to the CESC after the latter agreed to a payment schedule for clearing Rs 164 crore out of its nearly Rs 900-crore dues to the...

Indian Airlines flights rescheduled.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 7. Indian Airlines will be operating an additional flight between Kolkata and New Delhi on 9 September. The flight IC 1402 will leave Kolkata at 7.00 p.m. and arrive at New Delhi two hours later. Indian...

Plans to ease traffic near Ballygunge flyover site.
September 13, 2001... SWATI SENGUPTA STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept.7. In absence of adequate funds for the proposed flyover at Ballygunge Phari, the state government, currently, has to make do with what is available. Due to lack of funds the core...

First English Gita rediscovered.
September 13, 2001... SOUGATA MUKHOPADHYAY STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 7. An attempt at restoration of valuable documents, manuscripts and rare books at the Asiatic Society, has brought into limelight a prized collection that was almost forgotten. ...

Govt aims teledensity of 15% by 2010.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 6. The government aims to catapult teledensity to 15 per cent by 2010. Announcing this, the telecom secretary, Mr Shyamal Ghosh, said despite having the seventh largest tele network with 33 million...

New telecom regulator to have unprecedented powers.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE KOLKATA, Sept. 7. Watch out for the big daddy of all regulators. The Convergence Commission of India, touted as the super regulator, will have unprecedented powers to monitor telecommunications as well as the...

Rathi contests Sebi findings.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI; Sept. 7. Contesting the Sebi report on stock scam, Mr Anand Rathi, former president of the Stock Exchange, Mumbai, has justified his calls to the surveillance department since they were within the ambit of the...

Ketan Parekh rigged GTB price, says Sebi report.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, Sept. 7. The stockbroker, Mr Ketan Parekh, in collusion with the Ranbaxy-promoted Vidyut Investment Ltd and Credit Suisse First Boston Securities, rigged the price of Global Trust Bank scrip ahead of its...

PM says Enron issue has affected credibility of power sector reforms.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 7. The Prime Minister today acknowledged that the controversy surrounding the future of the Dabhol power project, had affected the credibility of Indian power sector reforms. He raised the issue in his...

FOREIGN POLICY Vajpayee Needs To Achieve A Consensus.
September 13, 2001... By Prakash Nanda Few words in Indian polity are bandied about as much as consensus. All political groups recognise that the approval ratings of consensus on any issue, particularly if it relates to foreign policy, approach 100 per cent. Yet...

THE TIN MAN OF HIJLI.
September 13, 2001... By SHYAMAL CHAKRABARTI INDIAN Institute of Technology, Kharagpur is observing its 50 years of existence this year. Fifty years is not a long time for an academic institution, for there are many European universities that are 10 times older...

ON RECORD.
September 13, 2001... Becoming a Prime Minister is not a big thing. Every two years, the PM... is changed and I am waiting for the change. That is the reason I am welcoming you at my temporary residence. Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, while addressing national award...

DONT PLAY WITH FIRE Buddhadev should consider Pankajs proposal.
September 13, 2001... The proposal by Pankaj Banerjee, Opposition Leader in the West Bengal assembly, to Buddhadev Bhattacharya that both visit violence-hit districts to see the extent of political terrorisation and verify whether victims of CPI-M atrocities who...

AIR NON-INDIA No need for a national carrier.
September 13, 2001... DISINVESTMENT minister Arun Shourie has his job cut out to revive interest in Air Indias disinvestment. But his first priority must to be ensure that the fiasco over the first effort is not hijacked by the many vested interests to sabotage a...

Cong backs Digvijay, Antony on saffronisation.
September 13, 2001... STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 7. The Congress defended Mr Digvijay Singh, chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and Mr AK Antony, chief minister of Kerala, regarding their stands on the saffronisation of education. While the party...

CBI nails Nar Bahadur in assets case.
September 13, 2001... Ex-chief minister used office to help self, family members STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, Sept. 7. During his tenure as the Sikkim chief minister, Mr Nar Bahadur Bhandari had acquired immovable and movable assets worth Rs 1.8 crore, which...