BJP hits back at TMC over allegations of 'misuse of CBI'

"TMC senior members are under arrest or being questioned by the central agency for their involvement in the Saradha ponzi scheme scam. The question BJP would like to ask Mamata Banerjee is why is she portraying TMC a victim of BJP sponsored conspiracy? The larger question in your mind is 'if he sings to CBI then what will happen'?" the BJP said.
  
BJP secretary Siddharth Nath Singh said in a statement that state minister Madan Mitra is close to Banerjee and Sudipto Sen and knows enough on Saradha scam.
  
He said the CBI probe was ordered by the Supreme Court when BJP was not in power. "In order to divert the scam issue you are doubting the investigation and casting aspersion on the apex court," he said.
  
Singh also questioned the Left and the Congress for supporting the TMC in Parliament.
    

Source: Chhattisgarh News in Hindi and MP News in Hindi

Jindal to return 294 acres of land to farmers: Mamata Banerjee

"Jindal has communicated his decision to us to return the 294 acres of land to the farmers procured for their project. We are forming a committee under the district magistrate so that the land is returned to the farmers," she said.

With the return of land and scrapping of the project, the company is estimated to incur at least Rs 700 crore loss as it had made considerable investment there.

JSW had bought 294 acres of land from 485 farmers paying Rs 3 lakh per acre which is nearly 275 percent higher then the then prevalent rate.

Also, free shares of equivalent amount and a job guarantee for every land seller's family was agreed upon. However, with lack of availability of raw materials impeding the project, the company decided to return the land.

Post the handover, JSW Bengal will be left with 4,268 acres government land, which has been leased to it for the Rs 35,000 crore project.

Source: Chhattisgarh News in Hindi and MP News in Hindi

Israeli government approves new bill to detain asylum seekers

The bill proposal, called "The Infiltration Prevention Act," is the third formulation of the bill, the two previous versions having been struck down by the country's Supreme Court, for the alleged infringement upon the migrants' basic human rights.

According to the bill, once asylum seekers enter Israel, they would be sent to a prison called Saharonim, and from there, they would be brought to the Holot detention centre in the southern Negev desert for a period of up to 20 months.

The Supreme Court, Sep 22 disqualified the government policy, which allowed the detention of illegal migrants for up to a year without trial. In 2013, the Supreme Court had struck down the first formulation of the bill, which had allowed the authorities to lock migrants up for a period of up to three years without trial.

Following the approval of the government, the bill would be transferred, for discussion, to the Knesset (parliament) committee for Interior Affairs and then put to several rounds of voting in the Knesset plenum.

According to Israeli authorities, there are currently about 48,000 African migrants who had entered the country without permits across the Egypt-Israel border. Most of them have from the war-torn African countries of South Sudan and Eritrea.

 About 2,000 illegal migrants are currently held at the Holot facility. Israeli authorities consider the migrants to be a risk to the Jewish character of the state. On the other hand, harsh measures taken against the migrants are criticised by left-wing protesters and activists.

Source: Chhattisgarh Hindi News and MP Hindi News