Vol. 65 No. 168 | MONDAY | NOVEMBER 15, 2021 | 15 Pages | AMAZON MISLED CCI, INTERNAL EMAILS SHOW: FRL DIRECTORS EDIT EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD RIOT NO DIRECTOR WILL BE KEEN ON RUNNING ACTING CLASSES ON THE SET: DIVYA KHOSLA KUMAR 330c. 240c. CBI, ED chiefs can get extension up to 5 years MINUS TELTUMBDE GOVT BRINGS IN ORDINANCES WHICH COME INTO EFFECT 'AT ONCE' FPJ NEWS SERVICE New Delhi The tenures of Directors of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) can be now up to a maximum of five years. Until now, the Directors of the CBI and the ED enjoyed a fixed tenure of two years from the date of their appointment. But the chiefs can be now given extensions every year for up to three years after they complete the two-year term. Two Ordinances to this effect were brought in by the government on Sunday and have been signed off by President Ram Nath Kovind. A Supreme Court bench - headed by Shilpa, hubby are booked for duping bizman Justice LN Rao - recently gave a judgment in a case linked to the extension of Enforcement Directorate chief SK Mishra, who took charge in 2018, underscoring that the extension of tenure "should be done only in rare and exceptional cases". The Ordinances have come ahead A Supreme Court bench recently gave a judgment in a case linked to the extension of ED chief SK Mishra, who took charge in 2018, underscoring that the extension of tenure "should be done only in rare and exceptional cases". His tenure ends on November 17 of the completion of Mishra’s tenure on November 17, which was extended by another year last year, in what was called as an "unprecedented move" by some critics. The Ordinances underline that "...no such extension shall be granted after the completion of a period of five years A win with just seven balls to spare in total, including the period mentioned in the initial appointment." The move could set off questions in the upcoming Parliament session; while no immediate response was available from government officials about the need for such an order, it may result in both ED Director Sanjay Mishra and Director CBI Subodh Jaiswal getting further extension. Since a committee, which includes the Chief Justice of India, the leader of opposition and the prime minister, appoints CBI Director, an extension beyond two years would need the committee’s approval. If a year-byyear extension has to be given, the committee will have to approve it. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE STAFF REPORTER Mumbai The Bandra police have booked actress Shilpa Shetty her husband Raj Kundra , and others for allegedly cheating a Mumbai based businessman of Rs 1.51 crore. The FIR was registered on Saturday based on a complaint lodged by businessman Yash Barai. The complainant has alleged that in July 2014 the accused, including Shetty and her husband, asked him to invest in a fitness franchisee and he was promised good returns in return. However, the project did not materialize and the accused allegedly used the money for their own benefit, Barai has alleged According to the police, the actress and her husband had started the company SFL , Fitness Pvt Ltd, and proposed to build gyms and spa centres; they had roped in investors to raise capital for the franchises. Barai claimed he was assured that SFL Fitness will provide him a franchise and open a gym and spa at Hadapsar and Koregaon in neighbouring Pune, but that did not happen, as per the FIR. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE TAILPIECE VIKRAM GOKHALE BACKS KANGANA ‘BHEEKH’ REMARK PTI / Pune Veteran Marathi actor Vikram Gokhale has come out in emphatic support of Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, who had recently remarked that India had merely received ‘bheekh’ (alms) in 1947 and the country got real freedom only in 2014, when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister. Speaking at a function here in Maharashtra on Sunday, Gokhale said what Ranaut had said was true. “I agree with Ranaut’s statement. We were given freedom. Many people were just mute spectators when freedom fighters were hanged (during the British raj). These mute spectators included many senior leaders. They didn’t save the freedom fighters who were fighting against the British,” said Gokhale, who is known for his roles in Marathi theatre, Bollywood and television. Gokhale said that every political party, including the BJP tries to derive benefit from , controversies. Replying to a query on the purported communal violence in Tripura and its echo in Amravati and other cities in Maharashtra where incidents of stone-pelting had taken place, the actor said communal riots were a result of vote bank politics. “Every political party plays that (vote bank politics),” he claimed. Speaking on the political scenario in Maharashtra, Gokhale said former allies Shiv Sena and BJP should come together again for the betterment of the country. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE Two women journalists detained Complain of intimidation by cops over their Tripura tweets ONLINE REPORT Agartala Two women journalists, who had been reporting on recent instances of alleged religious vandalism in Tripura, have been named in an FIR lodged by a local Vishva Hindu Parishad activist. The journalists had been Samriddhi Sakunia Swarna Jha earlier booked for spreading communal disharmony , committing insult with the intent of provoking breach of peace and criminal conspiracy . The two journalists -- Samriddhi K Sakunia and Swarna Jha -- have been detained by the Assam Police at Nilambazaar in Karimganj district of Assam, close to the Tripura boundary . CONTD. ON NATION PAGE SANJAY JOG Mumbai The killing of top-notch Naxalite, Milind Teltumbde, is seen as a big jolt for the outlawed Maoist movement in the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh (MMC) zone. Teltumbde was the pivot of the movement in Maharashtra and gave it a certain momentum in the last 20 years. Now, there is no leader who can possibly take over from him; with that the movement is rudderless. The Gadchiroli District Guardian Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, who had himself weathered a threat from Naxalites last month, has congratulated the police for its operation. He said he would soon visit the district to felicitate the police personnel and look up those injured in the encounter. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE AUSSIES Maoists gun down four Sec 144 in CHAMPS relatives of ‘informer’ Pune rural AGENCIES Dubai Australia's players celebrate their win in the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup. They beat New Zealand by eight wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. NAXALS ARE ADRIFT Sunrise: 06:46 am Sunset : 06:00 pm Australia lifted their maiden T20 World Cup trophy on Sunday with a commanding eight-wicket win over New Zealand in the title clash which was rendered onesided by Mitchell Marsh with his blistering 77-run knock. Skipper Kane Williamson top scored for the Black Caps with his 85-run knock while opener Martin Guptill contributed 28 runs after Australia asked them to take first strike. Pacer Josh Hazlewood (3/16) took three out of four wickets while leg-spinner Adam Zampa (1/26) accounted for one Australian batsman. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE LAW KUMAR MISHRA Patna Ahead of the three-tier Panchyati Raj elections , armed Maoists struck in the wee hours on Sunday and set on fire the house of a surrendered and rehabilitated Maoist, Saryu Singh Bhokta, in Dumariya village in Gaya district, 130 km south of Patna. The Maoists also brutally murdered the two sons of Bhokta and their wives: They were asked to stand outside their house and riddled with bullets. Later, the four bodies were hung on bamboo poles in the family cattle shed with leaflets attached. The Maoists have alleged in the leaflets that Bhokta was as police informer and be- JAWAN IN HONEY TRAP Acting on the direction of Army Intelligence, the Bihar ATS on Sunday arrested Ganesh Prasad, an army jawan posted at Pune, on charges of spying for Pakistan. Ganesh is alleged to have passed information about field formations to his Facebook friend, a woman doctor with Pakistani Navy. CONTD. ON NATION cause of his alleged treachery the police had raided their hideout in Dumariya jungles in March this year and killed four of their comrades. They had also looted ‘arms and ammunition’. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE SANJAY JOG Mumbai Following the violence in Amravati, Nanded and Malegaon on November 12 and 13, after there were protest rallies to condemn communal violence in Tripura, Pune District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh has issued prohibitory orders in rural areas under Section 144, barring the gathering of more than five persons. There is also a ban on sending or posting messages on social media and messenger platforms which could potentially lead to communal disharmony and a law-andorder situation. The orders will be in force from November 14 till the midnight of November 20. CONTD. ON NATION PAGE