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Leaked Tapes Case: CBI Gives Clean Chit To Niira Radia

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14 preliminary enquiries (PE) were initiated by CBI to probe the contents of the 8,000-odd phone conversations taped by the Income Tax Department as part of an inquiry

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation gave a clean chit to Niira Radia and others in the leaked tapes case on Wednesday. CBI stated that no case was made out against those accused.

14 preliminary enquiries (PE) were initiated by CBI to probe the contents of the 8,000-odd phone conversations taped by the Income Tax Department as part of an inquiry. These conversations were taped over a decade ago. Now as no case was made out, all the 14 PEs have been closed.

The agency’s statement was made in reference to its report that was submitted to the court in a sealed cover. But at the time of the filing, media reports citing CBI sources said that the agency had uncovered no wrongdoing in Niira Radia’s purported connections to government figures and businessmen in the 2G spectrum issue.

She had landed in this controversy following the leak of alleged taped conversations between her and her clients in connection with the 2G scam. Her PR company, Vaishnavi Corporate Communications and its affiliates, which served a number of wealthy clients, including the Tata Group and Reliance Industries, was closed down.

As a part of the surveillance of Radia’s phone on a complaint to the then Finance Minister on November 16, 2007, her conversations were recorded.

“The probe revealed that no favour was extended to any company by any official as suggested in the conversations. Radia was just boasting about her links and there is no criminality in that,” a senior officer was quoted by The Times of India at the time.

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In PEs CBI had named big industries including Tata Steel, Reliance Industries Limited, and Unitech amongst others.

On this issue two petitions were filed, one was filed by former Tata Sons Ltd chairman Ratan Tata and the other was filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation. Ratan Tata claimed that some of these conversations, being private in nature, should not have been leaked to the media. Centre for Public Interest Litigation sought these transcripts to be made public in the larger public interest.

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Alliance Air All Set To Recommence Delhi-Shimla-Delhi Flights From Sept 26

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To enhance the connectivity in north India, Alliance Air is all set to recommence its maiden Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) route Delhi-Shimla-Delhi from Monday.

New Delhi:  To enhance the connectivity in north India, Alliance Air is all set to recommence its maiden Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) route Delhi-Shimla-Delhi from Monday.

With this recommencement, the airline will expand its network in Himachal Pradesh so that commuters can fly to Delhi-Shimla-Delhi daily, Alliance Air said in a statement. “With the vision of connecting New India, it is our endeavour to offer better air connectivity between Tier-2 / Tier-3 towns to their closest city hubs.

Keeping with this endeavour, Alliance Air expands connectivity in North India by recommencing its maiden RCS route Delhi-Shimla-Delhi, which will operate daily effective September 26, 2022,” said Yash Vardhan Singh, Deputy Engineer, Alliance Air.

It further revealed that the flight shall operate with ATR42-600 aircraft. Earlier the recommencement of this flight was scheduled on September 6, 2022 but due to bad weather conditions the flight could not commence operations, it said.

The airline further informed that the fare of the flight tickets is Rs 2,141 and said that the Delhi to Shimla flight will run at 7.10 am while the flight from Shimla to Delhi will run at 8.50am daily.

“The flight 9I 821 will depart from Delhi at 0710 hrs and arrive in Shimla at 0820 hrs. Flight 9I 822 will depart from Shimla at 0850 hrs and arrive in Delhi at 1000 hrs. The introductory all-inclusive Fares for Delhi-Shimla and Shimla-Delhi will be INR 2141,” it said.

Mentioning its contribution to Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, the airline asserted confidence in enhancing connectivity to boost trade and tourism in the state and said that it would contribute in the state’s economic development.

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“Enhanced connectivity will help bolster tourism and trade in the region and contribute to the economic development of the states. Alliance Air is humbled to contribute towards the hon’ble Prime Minister’s Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative,” it said mentioning “Dekho Bharat ke rang, Alliance Air ke sang!”

Notably, there are only window or aisle seats in Alliance Air and the aircrafts are also said to have a comfortable leg space with a seat pitch of 30″. For more details prior, the passengers can log on to www.allianceair.in .

Shimla is the capital and the largest city of Himachal Pradesh, which was built on top of the seven hills– Inverarm Hill, Observatory Hill, Prospect Hill, Summer Hill, Bantony Hill, Elysium Hill, and Jakhu Hill. At a height of 2,454 metres (8,051 ft), Jakhu Hill is the highest point of Shimla.

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