Mishra's
arrest stayed NEW DELHI, July 30 (PTI) The Supreme
Court today stayed the arrest of former Bihar Chief
Minister Jagannath Mishra, who is an accused in a
conspiracy case related to Rs 950 crore fodder scam, till
August 10. The relief was granted to Mishra by a
three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Punchhi,
Mr Justice K.T. Thomas and Mr Justice S.S.M. Quadri on
his petition challenging a Patna High Court order which
dismissed his appeal against a non-bailable arrest
warrant issued against him.
Calcutta Imams'
case
NEW DELHI, July 30 (PTI)
The Supreme Court today stayed contempt
proceedings against eight imams on whom the Calcutta High
Court had served notices for disobeying a court order
banning the use of microphones for giving azaan. A
three-judge bench comprsing Chief Justice M.M. Punchhi,
Mr Justice K.T. Thomas and Mr Justice S.S.M. Quadri
stayed the proceedings till August 10 when the special
leave petition filed by four imams, challenging the
issuance of contempt notices, would come for hearing.
Split verdict
GUWAHATI, July 30 (PTI)
A Division Bench of the Guwahati High Court
delivered a split verdict in connection with a corruption
case against Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong
Apang, his wife Yadap Apang and their son, Union Minister
of State for Tourism, Omak Apang. Mr Justice V.D. Gyani
and Mr Justice D.N. Chowdhury expressed opposite views in
their separate judgements delivered yesterday with the
former dismissing the petition seeking a cbi probe into
large-scale allegations in setting up hydel projects in
Arunachal Pradesh and the latter directing the cbi to
inquire into the allegations.
14 Tigers killed
COLOMBO, July 30 (AP)
The troops ambushed and killed 14 Tamil Tiger
guerrillas in the northern jungles while the military
remained on high alert during a summit of South Asian
leaders in Sri Lankas Capital, officials said
today. Thirteen rebels were killed yesterday near the
guerrilla-held town of Mankulam in Kilinochchi district,
which has been besieged by military troops for nearly a
year, the military said in a statement.
4 die in air crash
KARACHI, July 30 (AFP)
At least four persons were killed and 11 injured
when a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plane crashed into a
residential area on the outskirts of Karachi today,
police and hospital sources said. Residents said the
trainer aircraft caught fire as it fell into the
citys western Orangi Town, causing damage to 10
houses. PAF officials said the planes two pilots
baled out.
Mass grave
LUANDA, July 30 (AFP)
A mass grave containing at least 100 bodies was
found in the small village of Bula in northeastern
Angola, nine days after the massacre of 215 persons in
the same province, Angolan television reported. In its
report late yesterday, the official television channel
did not say whether the bodies were from the Mussuku
massacre or from a similar round of killing. The Angolan
Government declared Tuesday a day of mourning for the
Mussuku massacre which took place on July 21.
20 hurt in clashes
DHAKA, July 30 (PTI)
At least 20 persons were injured as opposition
activists clashed with the police during a dawn-to-dusk
strike in the Capital over the death of a student in
police custody. The protesters hurled crude members and
pelted stones at the police at Purano Paltan and nearby
Vijaynagar area forcing the security personnel to use
batons and tear gas to bring the situation under control,
witnesses said.
TV smashing begins
KABUL, July 30 (AFP)
Heavily-armed Taliban militia fighters today
launched a series of raids on electronics shops in the
Afghan Capital, smashing and taking away dozens of
television sets and video players, an AFP reporter
witnessed. Mobile teams from the ministry for fostering
virtue and suppressing vice sealed off a bustling city
center street as part of a huge operation set to hit the
entire war-weary city. Armed with automatic rifles, the
fighters were seen hurling television sets out of shops
onto the street.
Akali Dal (A) for
exclusion of US Nagar
NEW DELHI, July 30 (UNI)
A delegation of the Akali Dal (Amritsar) today
appeared before the National Minorities Commission
demanding exclusion of Udham Singh Nagar district from
the proposed hill state of Uttaranchal since the area was
inhabited by a population having a culture distinct from
that of the hill people.
The delegation, headed by
party president Simranjit Singh Mann submitted a
memorandum to commission Chairperson Tahir Mehmood
demanding setting up of a commission to determine the
boundaries of the proposed state.
Mr Mann, who along with
his party leaders has just returned after tour of the
area, alleged that it was politically fraudulent to
suddenly clamp land ceiling laws and ruin the livelihood
of thousands of people, who have through three
generations converted jungles into flourishing fields.
The commission
Chairperson, who was accompanied by commission vice
chairman Prof Bawa Singh and member James Messy, assured
the delegation to take up their case with the Central
government and the Uttar Pradesh Government.
Mr Mann while presenting
his case before the commission alleged that the Kalyan
Singh government had started destabilising the Sikhs
living in Lakhimpur and other areas of Terai.
They demanded that the
Tharu and Buksa tribes of the region who were settlers
for more than a century should not be displaced under any
circumstances.
Seeking immediate
intervention of the commission, Mr Mann accused the BJP
led coalition government of giving a political turn to
the Udham Singh Nagar issue as it was "bent upon
keeping the unwilling majority population from the plains
in the proposed hill state".
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