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Warrant to arrest Sharad Yadav issued New turn to Tehri dam row, VHP to start protest Conviction not final if appeal pending: SC Triple talaq a constant
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| Thackeray stands by Saamna editorial Mumbai, March 25 In a complete turnaround, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray said today he stood by the editorial in his party mouthpiece, Saamna, demanding the removal of Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra and Officer on Special Duty N.K. Singh from the Prime Minister’s Office but said timing of the demand was “improper”. Pak regime has promoted women’s cause: Lions chief Orders against unlicensed vehicles
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Warrant to arrest Sharad Yadav issued Patna, March 25 Superintendent of Police (Madhepura), Jagmohan, when contacted over phone said Madhepura’s Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Mathura Mandal had taken cognizance of the complaint and an FIR lodged with the Sadar police station here on October 9, 1999 by two local college teachers, Vishnu Deo Yadav and Jagdeo Yadav. The FIR stated that Sharad Yadav on March 3, 1999, went to polling stations No. 216 and 217 with armed supporters and drove out genuine voters collected before the polling stations to exercise franchise. The SP said later that the police found the allegations to be “true” and had sought an arrest warrant from the court against the Union Minister. The court after considering the pleas of both the sides issued non-bailable arrest warrant against Yadav last Tuesday.
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New turn to Tehri dam row, VHP to start protest Dehra Dun, March 25 Since long, the environmentalists have been apprehending submergence of the surrounding area of the proposed Tehri dam in the event of a quake. Gandhi satyagrahis led by noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna have been trying unsuccessfully to stop the construction of the dam. Last year the VHP joined hands with Bahuguna to change the views of the Union Government by pegging the issue to the ideology of Hindutva by saffronising the issue. They have been campaigning to save the Ganga from the onslaught of the dam. Although, the VHP has altered the very character of the whole movement of environmentalists but indirectly has given a boost to Bahuguna’s campaign, conducted almost single-handedly focusing on human and environmental issues. According to Bahuguna, the blasting of the rocks for cutting tunnels through the mountains had severely weakened the rocks in and around Tehri, a fact borne out by unprecedented landslides in the Garhwal region of Uttaranchal. Take any road from Dehra Dun or Rishikesh to the upper Himalayas and consider yourself lucky if you come out unscathed. The local residents fear that the surrounding mountains, that form a natural wall around the dam have been weakened by the blasts and felling of trees. They may not be able to protect the 260.5-meter-high water filled dam over 43 sq km if hit by severe earthquake. Unfortunately, if it happens the water will flood downstream regions within a matter or minutes submerging dozens of villages and thousands of acres of land. The trend in the developed countries now is to build small hydro-power projects in order to minimise environmental and human damage. Bahuguna has also been campaigning towards the same end, but the national policy makers have given no response. The Tehri dam project has been mired in controversy since its very inception. The dam site was identified in 1949, a period when big dams were considered key to India’s development. The spadework began in 1961 and the Planning Commission cleared the project in 1972. But the Rajmata of Tehri-Garhwal protested against the dam in Parliament. |
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Conviction not final if appeal pending: SC New Delhi, March 25 “An appeal being a statutory right, the trial court’s verdict does not attain finality during the pendency of the appeal and for that purpose his trial is deemed to be continuing despite conviction,” a Bench comprising Mr Justice K.T. Thomas and Mr Justice R.P. Sethi said in a recent judgement. Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act says that a person convicted of any offence and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years shall be disqualified from the date of such conviction and shall continue to be disqualified for a further period of six years since his release. Delivering the judgement in a case of undue delay in the hearing of an appeal, Mr Justice Sethi, writing the judgement for the Bench, said: “To have speedy justice is a fundamental right which flows from Article 21 of the Constitution.” Mr Justice Sethi said: “Prolonged delay in the disposal of the trials and thereafter appeals in criminal cases, for no fault of the accused, confer a right upon him to apply for bail.”
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Triple talaq a constant threat: forum New Delhi, March 25 In its recent report, the forum asked the Muslim Personal Law Board to take up the matter on a war footing, saying, “Listening to the testimonies of women, it was felt that more than anything else the practice of triple talaq has been an anathema for them.” “The Muslim community should itself declare that this form of talaq was unacceptable to it,” the report said. The forum, which recently held its national colloquium, said “The procedure, as stipulated in the Koran, should be instituted for obtaining talaq, such as proper cause should be shown and the matter should be referred to arbitration.”
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Thackeray stands by Saamna editorial Mumbai, March 25 “If the editorial says Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s image is being tarnished by the presence of Mr Brajesh Mishra, Mr N.K. Singh and Mr Ranjan Bhattachrya (Vajpayee’s foster son-in-law) and demands some action in this regard, then there is nothing wrong in it,” he said in an interview published in Saamna here. Soon after the publication of the editorial on March 19, Sena Parliamentary Party leader Anand Geete and some other leaders had said in Delhi it was not written by Mr Thackeray.
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Pak regime has promoted women’s cause: Lions chief Sriganganagar, March 25 She was in the city to attend the regional conference, which is being attended by delegates from all over the region. Most of her time is spent jetting across 57 Asian countries overseeing various welfare projects initiated by the club in this part of the world. “The love for me was evident when I won by getting the maximum number of votes from Indian delegates. This, at a time when the Kargil war was in progress and tempers were running high on both sides, she said while thanking the delegates for their support. In fact, nobody from this part of the world can hope to win without the Indian votes, which form a majority of the 1. 60 lakh votes polled. Before coming here she had toured the quake hit areas — Bhuj, Ahmedabad, Gandhidham, Bachau — to oversee various rehabilitation projects being run by Lions Club International. A total of $ 5 lakh will be spent in the coming months in Gujarat. Aid is also pouring in from Lions’ units in Japan and Korea, besides the USA. Talking to The Tribune during the lunch break, she said,” Gen Pervez Musharaff had introduced far reaching changes which will allow 33 per cent reservation for women in local bodies elections. This was something most non-governmental and social organsations had been fighting for the past many years. We had even petitioned Ms Benazir Bhutto in this context, but nothing came out of it,” she said. “In fact, two women have been elected as Nazims (Mayor) of cities in Punjab, which is the first time in Pakistan. This is a significant victory and will serve as a stepping stone for other women empowerment schemes in the future. Also on the anvil are schemes for education of the girl child and other benefits to give them rights, thereby elevating their status in society,” she observed. Referring to the widening chasm between both the countries, she said the people have had enough and wanted peace. “After nearly half a century of hate and hostilities, we have nothing to show but realise that peace is the best bet. In this context, the NGOs and other social organisations on either side should keep on passing resolutions espousing peace, tolerance and healthy relations”, she opined. “It is time both governments realise that they have to do what the people want and not try to indulge in a game of oneupmanship,” she stressed. “The people of Pakistan have watched the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas with dejection and despair and feel that such a step was unwarranted and is totally against the spirit of universal brotherhood,” she commented. She, however, remarked that she was not a politician but an ambassador of goodwill and peace and as such her reactions to queries were that of the society at large in her country. The destruction of the statues, which had existed for more than 2,000 years, is an indication of the extreme kind of religion being practised there. Mercifully, it has not pervaded our country,” she added. |
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Orders against unlicensed vehicles Hanumangarh, March 25 Sources in the Rajasthan State Roadways Corporation alleged the District Transport Officer and the police were not helping in checking the movement of such vehicles. In April, 1999, the corporation started a campaign to stop such vehicles from plying. The Divisional Commissioner issued orders to all district collectors to take strict action against the owners of such vehicles. The orders also said permanent flying squads should be constituted to check the licences and cancel the registration of the vehicles. Teams were constituted but the investigations were discontinued after three months. The Traffic Commissioner, Jaipur, later declared an area two km to five around bus stands as no-parking zones and a ban was put on booking offices of private vehicle owners in the area. |
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