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assembly polls 18 sitting MLAs on verge of hattrick BHOPAL, Nov
13: For 18 sitting
legislators testing their electoral fortunes from the
Chhattisgarh region in the November 25 assembly elections........more PATNA,
Nov 13: CBI designated court today extended by
another two weeks judicial remand of former Bihar Chief
Ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra......more BHOPAL,
Nov 13: The ruling
Congress has fielded more backwards, minorities and
scheduled castes candidates for the November 25 Assembly
elections..........more CHITTORGARH,
Nov 13: Congress
president Sonia Gandhi today accused the BJP of wasting
time in placating its coalition partners at the centre
instead of devoting it for the welfare........more NEW
DELHI, Nov 13: Former
Bihar Chief Ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath
Mishra today filed Special Leave Petitions (SLP) in the
Supreme Court seeking bail in the Rs 950 crore fodder
scam..........more NEW
DELHI, Nov 13: The
Supreme Court today fixed November 20 for hearing a
petition moved by former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath
Mishra........more JAIPUR, Nov 13: Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and two of his predecessors—Shiv Charan Mathur and Heera Lal Deopura......more |
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Committee be set
up to verify
national museum’s articles: HC NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Delhi High Court today allowed the Central Government to appoint an independent person with experience in the field of arts and culture to head the physical verification committee, formed......more Sonia blames BJP for wasting time in CHITTORGARH, Nov 13: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today accused the BJP of wasting time in placating its coalition partners at the centre instead of devoting it for the welfare of the people and said the sooner the Government is thrown out the better for the people and the nation........more Rabri asks police PATNA,
Nov 13: Bihar
Chief Minister Rabri Devi today directed the State Police
to make all-out efforts to check violence in the State.....more NEW
DELHI, Nov 13:
India has always been a status quo society unable to
adapt itself to changes, chairman of National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC) Justice M N Venkatachaliah said
here today. ..........more NEW
DELHI, Nov 13:
Delhi High Court today summoned the Chief Wildlife
Officer to explain his position on allegations of
permitting a person to keep certain articles in his
residence in violation of the Wildlife (Protection)
Act............more NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh today claimed that the killing of Samata Party candidate Ved Singh was the result of "inter-gang rivalry" and criticised the Samata for giving a "political colour" to the incident..........more |
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assembly polls 18 sitting MLAs on verge of hattrick BHOPAL, Nov 13: For 18 sitting legislators testing their electoral fortunes from the Chhattisgarh region in the November 25 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, a victory could earn them a hattrick or two in the electoral arena. While some like Congress veteran Shyama Charan Shukla and Minister Chanesh Ram Rathi are on the verge of a double hat-trick, several others like BJP state president Dauram Ratnakar are trying to notch up their first hattrick. Of these 18 legislators, nine belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seven are from Congress and one each from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Communist Party of India(CPI). Mr Shyama Charan Shukla, who had already scored a hattrick from Rajim seat during 1962 to 1972, is now working diligently to attain a distinction of a two time hattrick scorer as he had won his traditional seat in 1990 and 1993 elections. State Minister Chanesh Ram Rathia, who has been consecutively won the Dharamjaigarh assembly seat in the last five Vidhan Sabha polls, is trying his luck in the same constituency in pursuit of a double hat-trick. Besides, sitting Congress legislators in the queue to notch up their first hat-trick include Mr Ashok Rao(Bilha), Mr Ramchandra Singh Deo (Baikunthpur), Mr Aand Kumar Patel(Kharasia), Mr Madhava Singh Dhruve (Sihava), and Ms Gita Devi Singh (Dongargaon). Another Congress leader and Minister in the outgoing Digvijay Singh Cabinet D P Dhritlahare, who rebelled against the party and has filed his nomination as an independent from Maro constituency of Durg district following denial of party ticket, is also in pursuit of a hat-trick. BJP legislators trying to make a hat-trick from Chhattisgarh region include Mr Gangu Ram Baghel (Arang), Tarun Chatterjee (Raipur-rural), Mr Prem Prakash Pandey (Bhilai), Mr Prem Singh Sidar (Lailunga), Mr Brajmohan Agrawal (Raipur-city), Dr Raman Singh (Kawardha), Mr Ram Vichar Netam(Pal), Mr Vishnu Dev Sai (Patthalgaon) and Shiv Pratap Singh (Surajpur). BSP state president Dauram Ratnakar(Pamgarh) and CPI Manish Kunjam (Konta) are also trying their fortune in the hustings to earn the distinction of a hattrick maker. Besides, sitting Congress legislators in the queue to notch up their first hat-trick include Mr Ashok Rao (Bilha), Mr Ramchandra Singh Deo (Baikunthpur), Mr Nand Kumar Patel (Kharasia), Mr Madhava Singh Dhruve (Sihava), and Ms Gita Devi Singh (Dongargaon). Another Congress leader and Minister in the outgoing Digvijay Singh Cabinet D P Dhritlahare, who rebelled against the party and has filed his nomination as an independent from Maro constituency of Durg district following denial of party ticket, is also in pursuit of a hat-trick. BJP legislators trying to make a hat-trick from Chhattisgarh region include Mr Gangu Ram Baghel (Arang), Tarun Chatterjee (Raipur-rural), Mr Prem Prakash Pandey (Bhilai), Mr Prem Singh Sidar (Lailunga), Mr Brajmohan Agrawal (Raipur-city), Dr Raman Singh (Kawardha), Mr Ram Vichar Netam (Pal), Mr Vishnu Dev Sai (Patthalgaon) and Shiv Pratap Singh (Surajpur). BSP state president Dauram Ratnakar (Pamgarh) and CPI Manish Kunjam (Konta) are also trying their fortune in the hustings to earn the distinction of a hattrick maker. Ten sitting legislators, who had already scored poll hattrick, from Chhattisgarh region are testing their electoral fortunes for the fourth time. Eight such candidates from Congress are Mr Krishana Kumar Gupta (Raigarh), Mr Jalam Singh Patel(Baloda), Mr Ravindra Choubey (Saja), Mr Rajendra Prasad Shukla (Kota), Mr Satyanarayan Sharma (Mandirhasaud), Mr Surendra Bahadur Singh (Sakti), Mr Madan Gopal Singh (Ambikapur) and Mr Dhanesh Patila (Dongargarh). Two BJP legislators in the outgoing state legislative assembly Ganeshram Bhagat (Bagicha) and Mr Vikram Bhagat (Jashpur) have also scored a poll hat-trick earlier and are once again in the fray. Chhattisgarh region, which is all set to become a new state in the near future, constitutes 90 assembly segments of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. (UNI) |
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extends remand of Laloo and Mishra PATNA, Nov 13: CBI designated court today extended by another two weeks judicial remand of former Bihar Chief Ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra in a conspiracy angle case of the multicrore fodder scam. Special CBI judge S K Lal asked Beur jail authorities to produce Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Yadav and Bihar Jan Congress chief patron Mishra before his court on November 27 for routine attendance in the case. However, the two leaders were not produced before the court today on account of illness. Jail authorities informed the court that Yadav and Mishra were ill and doctors attending them at the sub-jail at BMP guest house, where they are lodged in judicial custody, had advised them bed rest. While Yadav was reported to be suffering from backache and muscular pain, Mishra was down with fever and stomach problems. Lal also extended till November 27 judicial remand of former Bihar Ministers Vidya Sagar Nishad, C P Verma and RJD MLA R K Rana. Meanwhile, Yadav and Mishra today filed special leave Petitions (SLP) in Supreme Court seeking bail in fodder scam conspiracy cases and challenging a Patna High Court order rejecting their bail plea. A three-judge bench of Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice A S Anand, Justice V N Khare and Justice M Srinivasan fixed November 2o for hearing of the SLP filed by Mishra. Yadav’s SLP, his counsel BB Singh said, may be tagged along with Mishra’s petition for hearing on the same day. Nishad, Verma and Rana were produced before the CBI designated court today following production of warrants against them in the case. The case (RC 64 (A)/96) relates to fraudulent withdrawals of more than Rs 97 lakh from Deoghar treasury by the State Animal Husbandry Department officials through forged and fake bills. The Special Court had after rejecting their prayers for regular bail on October 30 remanded them to judicial custody till today. Patna High Court had on Tuesday rejected petitions against special court order denying bail to Yadav, Mishra and others in the case. (PTI) Cong fields more Backwards, SC/ST candidates than BJP BHOPAL, Nov 13: The ruling Congress has fielded more backwards, minorities and scheduled castes candidates for the November 25 Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh compared to its arch rival, the Bharatiya Janata Party. As per the statistics provided by the two parties, the Congress has fielded 79 candidates belonging to the backward communities as against 65 of the BJP. While ten candidates belong to the minority community in the Congress list, the BJP has only one. Similarly, the number of scheduled tribes candidates nominated by the Congress is 79 as against 77 of the BJP. The Congress has also fielded five Scheduled Tribes and two Scheduled Castes candidates for the general seats. As far as the representation of Muslims are concerned, there had been continious decline since 1956-57 when a maximum of ten were elected. There was no Muslim in the outgoing Assembly (1993-98). This time, the BJP has fielded just one candidate, Mr Moinuddin Ansari for the Burhanpur seat, while the Congress has put up six. As far as the representation of women are concerned, neither the Congress nor the BJP have given adequate representation. They form less than ten per cent of the total number of candidates. The BJP has fielded 29 women candidates, including 13 belonging to Scheduled Tribes and five backwards community. The Congress, contesting 318 seats had given nominations to 26 women candidates. Among them, ten belong to scheduled tribes, eight in the general category and four each to Scheduled Castes and backward communities. The BJP has entered the election fray with as many as 142 new faces after denying the ticket to several sitting legislators. As per the figure available with the party sources, only 95 MLAs out of 111 had been renominated. Among the aspirants are the 178 candidates who had contested the 1993 elections. The BJP has allowed use of its symbol by Mr Sunil Ram Teke of the Republican Party, who is contesting on the BJP ticket from Dongargarh seat in Rajnandgaon district. Similarly, the Congress party has, under an agreement, left one seat for the Republican Party of India (Khokhar). (UNI) Sonia blames BJP for wasting time in placating allies CHITTORGARH, Nov 13: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today accused the BJP of wasting time in placating its coalition partners at the centre instead of devoting it for the welfare of the people and said the sooner the Government is thrown out the better for the people and the nation. Addressing an election rally here, she termed the BJP-led Government as one formed by "power hungry middlemen" and held it responsible for the various maladies afflicting the nation such as price rise and deteriorating law and order. The BJP-led Governments at the Centre and the states had failed in fulfilling its moral responsibility of attending to the people’s problems and needs, especially providing them with essential commodities. She also squarely blamed the BJP Government for the Mutardoil adulteration episode saying, its failure in taking proper action against the culprits had ruined the livelihood of mustard oil dealers. Gandhi accused the Rajasthan Government of supporting the Central Government decision hiking the price of the urea instead of taking up the farmers cause. The Central Government which had allowed export of onion was now importing the same at higher prices, she charged. Referring to the law and order situation in Rajasthan, she said atrocities on women and crimes in general were on the increase and asked the people to vote for Congress to ensure a better life and usher in all round development. Linking the eroding purchasing power of the common people due to the policies of BJP Governments, Gandhi said the party had proved itself to be totally devoid of sensitivity to people’s hardships. She said it was an example of the inability of the BJP-led coalition Government that it could take no effective action in the face of a major problem arising from adulteration of mustard oil which had claimed several human lives. Gandhi blamed the Rajasthan Government for the mounting unemployment and said this was a direct result of the Government placing a ban on recruitment in jobs both in Government service and public sector units. The Congress president charged that during the eight-year rule of BJP in Rajasthan, all steps for development taken by the previous Congress Governments had been reversed in all sectors. She also criticised the Rajasthan Government for what she called its refusal to provide necessary powers to panchayat and municipal bodies as envisaged in the Constitution Amendment Act. She said that only Congress would be able to provide a stable Government and put the state back on the road to prosperity. (PTI) |
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cases NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Former Bihar Chief Ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra today filed Special Leave Petitions (SLP) in the Supreme Court seeking bail in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam conspiracy cases while challenging the Patna High Court order rejecting their bail plea. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice A S Anand, Justice V N Khare and Justice M Srinivasan fixed November 20 for hearing of the SLP filed by Mishra after the same was mentioned before it by counsel A M Khanwilkar. Counsel for Yadav, B B Singh, mentioned that the Rashtriya Janata Dal President has also filed an SLP today and the same may be taged long with Mishra’s petition for hearing on November 20. The bench advised the counsel to bring the same to the notice of the registry for necessary action. Mishra, in his SLP, said he was granted bail by the Supreme Court in a fodder scam conspiracy angle case on October 13, 1997. He alleged that CBI had arrested him again in another conspiracy case where the charges and the material relied against him were same as the previous case. Yadav in his SLP termed the CBI action of arresting him again as politically motivated while Mishra has pleaded for grant of bail on medical grounds as well. (PTI) |
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Dr Mishra’s bail petition in SC NEW DELHI, Nov 13: The Supreme Court today fixed November 20 for hearing a petition moved by former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra seeking bail in the multi-crore rupee fodder scam case. Dr Mishra is currently lodged in a Patna jail. The petition by special leave was directed against a Patna High Court order rejecting his bail plea. The hearing was fixed by a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Dr A S Anand, Mr Justice V N Khare and Mr Justice M Srinivasan on a request made by Dr Mishra’s counsel Ajay Khanwilkar. Meanwhile, the court directed Rashtriya Janata Dal president Laloo Prasad Yadav’s counsel B B Singh to inform the Registry when he sought to move a similar petition from his client.(UNI) |
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Rajasthan Assembly polls JAIPUR, Nov 13: Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and two of his predecessors—Shiv Charan Mathur and Heera Lal Deopura—are among the 1,439 contestants trying their electoral luck in the November 25 Assembly election. While Mr Shekhawat is seeking re-election from bali Assembly constituency in Pali district, Mr Mathur, who has held the top post twice earlier, has been fielded by the Congress from the Mandalgarh Assembly constituency in Bhilwara district. Mr Deopura, who was in office for just two weeks, is contesting the Kumbhalgarh Assembly seat in Udaipur district as the Congress nominee. Mr Mathur is seeking his fifth term in the Assembly after a gap of eight years. He is pitted against sitting BJP legislator Badri Prasad and three others. He was elected to the Assembly for the first time in 1972 and again in 1980 and 1990 and held the office of Chief Minister twice between 1981 and 1990. He resigned from the Assembly in 1991 on being elected to the LoK Sabha from Bhilwara parliamentary constituency, for a second term, on the Congress ticket. Mr Mathur was elected to the lower house for the first time through a by-election in 1962. He lost the 1996 Lok Sabha elections and did not take part in the 1998 Lok Sabha polls. Mr Deopura will take on sitting BJP legislator Surendra Singh Rathore, his brother-in-law Rameshwar Lal Asawa (Ind) and two others for the Kumbhalgarh Assembly seat for his sixth entry to the State Assembly. He had won his first Assembly elections way back in 1967 from the same constituency and secured his second successive term in 1972. After suffering a defeat in 1977, he won again in 1980. Since then, he had scored a hattrick but in the last Assembly election in 1993 he was defeated by the BJP nominee. Mr Deopura was the Chief Minister for two weeks in 1985 when the then Chief Minister Shiv Charan Mathur resigned in the wake of the killing of legislator Man Singh (Deeg) in a police firing. (UNI) |
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