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Adjourn Parliament sine die: BJP Cong isolated on JPC demand Jaya files papers from Andipatti Chandralekha to
contest against Jayalalitha Gill for use of
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SC order on divorce due to adultery North India in
Parliament Mass transfers in Coal India Ketan Parekh
denied bail BJP attacks Delhi
Govt’s excise policy Land dispute: 4 hurt in
firing
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Adjourn Parliament sine die: BJP NEW DELHI, April 18 “Get the Budgets passed as early as possible and if even after that the Congress does not allow Parliament to function, then there is no point in continuing with the two Houses”, party spokesman Vijay Kumar Malhotra said here. There is no alternative but to adjourn Parliament till the next session instead of wasting precious time and money in an effort to continue with the business in two Houses, the spokesman said, adding that there were only two options before the Government—either to expel those disrupting the proceedings or adjourn the houses after passing mandatory finance Bills. The second alternative seems to be more viable as the country cannot afford to get the Budgets for 2001-2002 passed, he said. Terming the Congress attitude as “undemocratic” and its demand for a JPC probe as unacceptable, the spokesman said the main opposition party was
following “double standards” by disrupting Parliament on the Tehelka issue, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee whereas now it was opposing any investigation into the allegations made by a former Minister Subramaniam Swamy against Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Accusing the Congress of holding the Houses to “ransom” till the assembly elections as an instrument of their
propaganda on the Tehelka issue, Mr Malhotra said it had been isolated as all other political parties were ready for discussions on Tehelka and other
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Cong isolated on JPC demand New Delhi, April 18 Having been virtually left alone on its pre-condition of a JPC probe into the Tehelka issue, the Congress faced further isolation at the all-party meeting when even its allies like the RJD urged it to agree to the demand for curtailing the current Budget session. The Congress stuck to its demand for forming a JPC before discussion on the Tehelka issue in Parliament but this was firmly ruled out by the government saying that it was not possible to wind up the judicial inquiry or have another parallel investigation. To a query raised by an IML member, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan refused to give an assurance that government would agree to the formation of a JPC after a discussion on Tehelka issue in Parliament. Mr Mahajan later said that the Government could technically wind up the commission of inquiry but it would not be a healthy precedent by winding it up. |
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Jaya files papers from Andipatti Theni, April 18 She filed her papers before the Backward Classes Welfare Officer, Mr S Jaya, who is also the Returning Officer, at around 2.00 pm today. Ms Jayalalitha had filed her papers from Krishnagiri in Dharmapuri district on April 16. Asked whether she expected her nominations to be accepted, Ms Jayalalitha said “let us wait and see”. On senior advocate and founder of the Consumer Care Council, VOICE, filing a public interest litigation in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to restrain Returning Officers from accepting nomination papers of any candidate convicted and disqualified under the Representation of People’s Act, she said, “I do not want to comment on it”. The
Returning Officer of Andipatti, Ms S. Jaya, told reporters that she would treat all candidates equally and as per law. “The Election Commission has given some
instructions and I can deal with them myself. I can clear all doubts myself as the commission has given me enough
instructions”.
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Chandralekha to
contest against Jayalalitha New Delhi, April 18 This was announced here by the party’s National General Secretary and Spokesman, Mr Arvind Chaturvedi. He said the Central Parliamentary Board of the party had approved the request of the party’s Tamil Nadu unit to allow Ms Chandralekha to contest against Ms Jayalalitha, who filed her papers from Andipatti today. Ms Chandralekha would file her nomination papers on Friday. |
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Gill for use of
Central forces in elections New Delhi, April 18 The CEC, who reviewed the deployment of the Central security forces in the states going for polls on May 10 with senior Home Ministry officials here, directed that no Central or outside forces sent to these states should be kept in reserve. He stressed that reserves, as and when necessary, should be from the state police. The
commissioner has this time decided to enhance the level of central forces’ deployment in the states going for polls this time. The CEC also asked the chief electoral officers, DGPs and the home secretaries to send regular reports to the Commission about the law and order situation. |
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SC order on divorce due to adultery New Delhi, April 18 The court held, “In such circumstances, it is too much on his part to claim that he be given the advantage of his own wrong and be granted a decree of divorce on the ground of desertion on the part of his wife who still is prepared to live with him provided he snaps his relationship with the other woman.” A Division Bench comprising Mr Justice D.P. Mohapatra and Mr Justice Brijesh Kumar delivered the ruling while dismissing the appeal of Chetan Das with costs against a judgement of the Rajasthan High Court. The high court had upheld the judgement of the District Judge, Sriganganagar, dismissing the petition of the appellant husband under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 praying for the dissolution of marriage by granting a decree of divorce against his wife Kamla Devi. They were married in Vijaynagar, in Sriganganagar district, on November 30, 1976, according to Hindu rituals. For most part of their family life, Kamla lived separately alleging that her
husband had extra-marital relationship. Delivering the judgement for the bench, Mr Justice Brijesh Kumar said, “In such circumstances, in our view, the provisions of Section 23 of the Hindu Marriage Act would be attracted and the appellant would not be allowed to take advantage of his own wrong.” “Let the things be not misunderstood nor any permissiveness under the law be inferred, allowing an erring party who has been found to be so by recording of a finding of fact in judicial proceedings, that it would be quite easy to drive the spouse to a corner and then brazenly take the plea of desertion on the part of the party suffering so long at the hands of the wrong-doer and walk away out of the marriage on the ground that marriage has broken down”, the judges added. Imposing the cost of Rs 10,000 on the appellant husband, the judgement stated that the husband preferred to snap relationship with the respondent wife rather than with Sosamma Thomas. |
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India in Parliament New Delhi, April 18 Inter-state dispute on water: Minister of State for Home Affairs I.D. Swami told the Rajya Sabha that the government was trying to convene a meeting of the chief ministers of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan to discuss the outstanding issues on water
concerning these states to arrive at an amicable settlement. Mr Swami said the government had maintained the view that inter-state disputes could be resolved only with the cooperation of the states and that the Central Government would act as a facilitator in the
process. Cases against NRIs: Minister of State for Home Affairs, I.D. Swami told the Rajya Sabha that information relating to NRIs marrying and deserting women was not maintained by the government. The minister was replying to a question whether considerable number of NRI men from Punjab and other states were marrying and deserting women and the number of cases filed against them.
Guidelines on MPLAD: Minister of State for Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation, Arun Shourie told the Lok Sabha that some district heads of Himachal
Pradesh had reported that audit authorities had objected to the construction of community centres, mahila mandals, janj ghar, dharamshalas and sarais. The Comptroller & Auditor General, in his draft review, has also pointed out that consruction of community halls, community centres, yuvak mandals and mahila mandal buildings has been undertaken in violation of the guidelines on MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD). He said a clarification had been issued to the Himachal Pradesh Government that construction of buildings for cultural and other community activities was permitted under the MPLAD scheme. |
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Mass transfers in Coal India New Delhi, April 18 Minister of State for Coal Syed Shahnawaz Hussain admitted to The Tribune that transfers at mass scale had been undertaken but they had become necessary as “we wanted to use the talent of those officers who had helped in making mines profitable at one place for making loss-making mines profitable now”. A majority of the officials who had been transferred had been in one place or at least in one subsidiary of the CIL for 20 years or more, Mr Hussain said, adding that this had resulted in building of vested interests which had started affecting the efficiency of mines and resulting in loss of production. The transferred officials are expected to join their duties at new places on April 19. Normal service rules and even terms and conditions of CIL executives did not allow an official to remain in one place for such a long time and under normal circumstances at least 10 per cent of them should have been moved around every year but nothing happened for all these years, the minister told The Tribune. Mr Hussain, who is a first-time Lok Sabha MP from Kishanganj in Bihar, is aware of the powerful mafia which operates in coal mines in his own state. Asked as to how he could give a green signal to such an unprecedented move, the minister avoided a direct reply saying that “we have to improve coal production as the power scenario is grim”. |
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Ketan Parekh
denied bail Mumbai April 18 On
April 12, Ramesh Parikh, co-accused and Chairman of Madhavpura Bank, was released on bail on medical grounds. They were arrested by the CBI between March 30 and April 5 for allegedly defrauding the Bank of India to the extent of Rs 137 crore.
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BJP attacks Delhi
Govt’s excise policy New Delhi, April 18 “The BJP will not allow Delhi to be turned into a wholesale liquor market. The government should withdraw its decision forthwith and refrain from announcing the new excise policy”, Delhi BJP President, Mr Mange Ram Garg, said while addressing a press conference here today. |
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Land dispute: 4 hurt in
firing Hanumangarh, April 18 According to information available Mohan Lal had a piece of agriculture land near the village cremation ground. He got allotted the land of the cremation ground in his name and removed the barbed wire recently. When the villagers came to know about this, they reached at the spot. On this Mohan Lal opened fire injuring four persons. The injured were admitted to Government Hospital at Bhadra. The police has been deployed keeping in view the tense situation in the village. Mohan Lal, his son Vikas and one Jaffar Teli have been arrested and the gun used in the crime has been seized. |
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