New York judge fines Trump, firm $355 m Trump’s businesses run by his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr were ordered to pay $4 million each and a former CFO was asked to pay $1 million for inflating wealth on financial statements. Trump will have to pay interest from when he received benefits from his frauds, which could add another $100 million to his bills. His lawyers have said they will appeal HUBBALLI l sunday l february 18, 2024 l `12.00 l PAGES 28 l CITY EDITION CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Live-in relationship to be out of Central UCC draft document It doesn’t fall within code’s purview: Official common family law for all religious communities on matters In a significant departure from such as marriage, divorce, adopthe Uttarakhand model, the pro- tion, inheritance and succesposed central law on the Uni- sion. Co-habitation doesn’t come form Civil Code is unlikely to go under the purview of the UCC. into the question of But the Uttarakhand live-in relationships as UCC has given it a stapress it doesn’t fall within the clusive tus of marriage now,” UCC’s purview, highly said the top official. placed sources in the The official pointed National law ministry said. out that live-in relanarrative The Uttarakhand tionships are currently The BJP plans to code proposed mandareferenced under the push a national UCC 2005 Domestic Violence tory registration of narrative in the live-in relationships Act, as domestic relageneral election. and stringent punishtionships. The law also Recently, Union ment for violators, has provisions for spurring public debate Home Minister Amit maintenance now. “In on privacy and per- Shah said a secular the Uttarakhand UCC, country cannot have a child born from such sonal liberty . religion-based civil Sources said that a registered live-in recodes. senior members of the lationship will be treatLaw Commission are ed as legitimate,” he not in favour of bringing in said. While some BJP-ruled live-in relationships under the states are already mulling their ambit of the UCC bill. The 22nd own UCC bills by using the UtLaw Commission of India is tarakhand model, the official tasked with drafting a nation- said it will give rise to constituwide UCC, a long-time poll tional complexities. “Though promise of the BJP. states can enact some of the perMembers of the commission sonal laws, the central law prebelieve that the Uttarakhand vails in some cases,” he said. code legalised live-in relations The Uttarakhand code manthrough compulsory registra- dates that persons in live-ins tion, which is counter-produc- inform the registrar within a tive, said sources. “The institu- month of the relationship, else tion of marriage is sacrosanct they could face a jail term of up and live-in relationships cannot to three months, a fine of up to replace it. The UCC is about `10,000, or both. P r e e t h a N a i r @ New Delhi WITH THIS ISSUE The New Worker PLUS 12 PAGES express read Kejri may not appear before ED, says court New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday granted exemption to CM Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance for the day in connection with a plaint filed by ED against him, over non-compliance with summons. Another BJP win will make Modi a dictator: Kharge V i n c e n t D ’ S o u z a @ Mangaluru The Congress sounded its Lok Sabha poll bugle in the BJP stronghold of Mangaluru on Saturday with AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launching a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a mammoth Congress convention, Kharge appealed to people to defeat Modi’s BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections, stating that he will become a dictator if the party wins again and there will be no elections in the country in future. Kharge accused Modi of try- ing to take control of the judiciary, media, and ED and I-T departments and asked people not to make him powerful. The country will progress only if Congress is made powerful, he said. Slamming the Centre for freezing the AICC’s bank accounts, he said the accounts have Congress workers’ hardearned money. He accused the BJP of taking Rs 6,000 crore from black money hoarders. Stating that Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts benefited the most from the Tenancy Act introduced by Indira Gan- dhi, Kharge rued that the people of these districts have forgotten it and have joined hands with the saffron party . Referring to BJP flags put up in Mangaluru, he sought to know if people here got Rs 15 lakh in their bank accounts, jobs and development as promised by Modi. He said, “You have forgotten our past achievements. At least you remember our six guarantees. These guarantees have awakened Modi. He has also started promising guarantees. But what happened to his old guarantees (promises)?” Modi drills 370 into BJP, gears it up for LS polls RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @ New Delhi PM Narendra Modi hoists BJP’s flag during the BJP National Council meeting in New Delhi on Saturday | PTI PM Narendra Modi on Saturday sought to add sentimental value to the party’s target of 370 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. “Winning 370 seats would be a tribute to party idealogue Dr Syama Prasad Mukharjee who made the ultimate sacrifice for the abrogation of Article 370 and preserving Bharat’s unity and integrity,” Modi said, addressing the party’s national office-bearers at their two-day national council meet. Modi urged office-bearers to intensify their poll campaign around pro-poor work, and to in- form people how the government worked on the Ram temple in Ayodhya, brought bills ensuring quota for women in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. “Addressed the @BJP4India National Office Bearers. Complimented every Party Karyakarta for their exceptional efforts to serve people. Discussed ways to deepen our Party’s grassroots level connect across all sections of society Over the last decade, . BJP has made a mark as a party of development and good gove r n a n c e. O u r s ch e m e s, i n i t i a t iv e s a n d r e f o r m s have transformed several lives,” Modi posted on X. JOLT to CONG Nath in Delhi amid buzz on joining BJP a n u r a a g s i n g h @ Bhopal Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath and his firsttime MP son Nakul Nath suddenly flew to New Delhi on Saturday afternoon, further fuelling speculation about the Congress veteran ending his decades-long association with the party and joining the BJP. However, senior MP Congress leaders, including Digvijaya Singh and state party chief Jitu Patwari, dubbed the speculation as baseless. Nath has not confirmed the speculation and told journalists in Delhi, “Why are you so excited? You’ll be the first ones to know if anything like what you are saying (joining BJP) happens.” Sources said the rift between Nath and the party high command has widened since the party’s 2023 assembly poll defeat. Though Nath was in constant touch with Sonia Gandhi and was expecting a Rajya Sabha ticket, the Congress chose state party treasurer Ashok Singh as its candidate. Nath loyalist Sajjan Singh Ver ma said, “Only three things matter in politics — Maan, Samman aur Swabhiman (respect and self-pride). When these are hurt, a leader is bound to take a major political decision.”
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