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| Is Shabir Shah going to shun separatism, join mainstream politics? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 24: The decision of the Minister of Home Affairs to review the ban imposed on the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDEP) fuelled rumours that prominent jailed separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah is going to shun separatism to join mainstream politics before the Lok Sabha election.
The JKDEP-one of the constituent of the All Party Hurriyat Conference was founded by Shabir Ahmed Shah who was arrested on July 25, 2017, in the case in which the Special Cell of Delhi Police had earlier arrested his close aide Aslam Wani.
He was arrested in connection with over a decade-old money laundering case against him for alleged terror financing.
A Delhi court in 2017 issued a non-bailable warrant against the separatist leader. The agency had issued several summons to Shah over the last few years in pursuance of the August 2005 case, wherein the Delhi Police's Special Cell had arrested Mohammed Aslam Wani (35), an alleged hawala dealer, who had claimed that he passed on Rs 2.25 crore to Shah.
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| Congress ‘disgraces’ veteran politician Karan Singh | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 24: Although veteran politician Dr. Karan Singh has refused to accept new responsibility as a member of the executive committee member of the J&K PCC, the party leadership has virtually disgraced a leader of such stature by shifting him from national political to just Union Territory politics.
After he was nominated as a member of the executive committee of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) veteran politician and former Sadr-e-Rasayat of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Dr. Karan Singh ruled out accepting new responsibility in the grand-old-party any more.
Congress leader Dr. Karan Singh has asked that his name be dropped f... | |
| | | | Pak in financial mess, 77 flights cancelled due to no fuel | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 24: Financial conditions of the neigbouring Pakistan are going from bad to worse as seventy-seven flights of Pakistan International Airlines due to non-availability of fuel.
Although some flights have been resorted, thousands of Pakistanis are stranded at various places across the world and inside Pakistan.
Since Sunday, the airline has cancelled around 77 international and domestic flights due to the non-availability of fuel to manage its flight schedule.
Presently operating with just 16 aircraft, the partially state-owned airline, which the caretaker government wants to privatize, has got into a muddle with the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) refinery which... | |
| | | | Cultural Marxists, woke elements using media, spoiling country’s education and culture: Mohan Bhagwat | | | |
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Nagpur, Oct 24: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said cultural Marxists and woke elements are using their influence in media and academia to spoil the country’s education and culture.
Addressing the RSS Dussehra rally in Nagpur, Bhagwat described cultural Marxists and woke elements as selfish, discriminatory and deceitful forces using their influence in media and academia to spoil the country’s education and culture.
These destructive forces call themselves "woke" and claim to be working for some lofty goals, but their real goals are to disrupt orderliness in the world, he said.
“These selfish, discriminatory and deceitful forces seeking their sectarian interests are m... | |
| | | | Indians will be affected if Middle East conflict spreads beyond Gaza: Omar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 24: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said if the conflict in the Middle East spread beyond Gaza, a large number of Indians working in the region will be affected.
“If the conflict drags on, we will definitely get affected. No other country has more nationals working in that region than we have. If the conflict spreads beyond Gaza, our people will be affected by it.
“That is why we want the war to stop, the bombings should stop. The United Nations (UN) and other countries will have to do justice. They cannot have different rules for different countries,” Abdullah told reporters at the party headquarters in Srinagar.
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| | | | TS Wazir murder case: Delhi HC stays order discharging 3 accused | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Oct 24: The Delhi High Court has stayed the discharge of three accused from charges in the murder case of National Confrence leader Trilochan Singh Wazir.
Delhi Police had approached the High Court against the discharge of the three accused and mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice.
Justice Vikas Mahajan on Saturday after hearing the revision of Delhi Police stayed the operation of the discharge of three accused namely Balbir Singh alias Billa, Rajinder Chaudhary alias Ganja and Sudershan Singh Wazir.
The High Court has issued notice to the respondents and sought a reply. The next date of hearing is December 13, 2023.
Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court had recently ... | |
| | | | Rajnath performs 'Shastra Puja' in Tawang | | Hails troops for guarding frontier with unwavering commitment | | | Agencies
Tawang/New Delhi, Oct 24: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday performed ‘Shastra Puja’ in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang and celebrated Dussehra with Army soldiers in the strategically key region that is close to the frontier with China.
Singh, accompanied by Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande, also carried out a comprehensive review of India's military preparedness along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh and lauded the troops for guarding the border with "unwavering commitment and unparalleled courage.".
In 1962, Chinese troops had clashed with Indian forces in the region, and significantly, Tawang town was over-run on October 24 that year.
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| | | | Judges though “not elected but play vital role”: CJI | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Oct 24: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has said judges, though not elected, have a very vital role to play because the judiciary has a "stabilising influence" in the evolution of societies which are rapidly changing with technology.
He was responding to the most common criticism that unelected judges should not venture into executive's domain. He made the observations while speaking in the 3rd Comparative Constitutional Law discussion co-hosted by the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington and the Society for Democratic Rights (SDR), New Delhi on the topic - 'Perspectives from the Supreme Courts of India and the United States'.
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