Bihar police order arrest of actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha
PATNA, January 23 (Agencies): Bihar’s Bettiah district police have ordered the arrest of actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha for violating the model code of conduct in the October-November 2010 assembly polls. Bettiah superintendent of police Nishant Kumar Tiwari late Saturday night ordered Sinha’s arrest after an inquiry found him guilty.
Tiwari directed the officer-in-charge of Gaunaha police station to attach Sinha’s property if he was found absconding in the case. An FIR was lodged against Sinha last year for landing his helicopter without permission at Belwa Bahuari village under Gaunaha to campaign for the BJP candidate Bhagirathi Devi. He also addressed a public meeting. Sinha is a Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Patna Sahib constituency.
New York court summons Kamal Nath in 1984 riots case
New Delhi, January 23 (Agencies): A New York court has summoned Kamal Nath in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. This comes four days after he took over as Urban Development Minister. Washington has declined to provide diplomatic immunity to Kamal Nath. In response to an Indian demarche, the US state department says it cannot intervene as the matter is between the minister and Sikh NGO Sikhs for Justice.
There is no legal case against Kamal Nath in India in connection with the1984 anti-Sikh riots. According to sources, a member of the NGO in New York has filed an affidavit saying she served the summons to Kamal Nath outside the consulate but Kamal Nath has reportedly said that due procedures were not followed in executing the summon. Meanwhile, the court has served a ‘certificate of default’ against Kamal Nath for not heeding the summons. The lawyer for 1984 riots’ victims HS Phoolka said that when Sikhs were attacked outside a Gurudwara, Kamal Nath was present and leading the mob.
Voting rights for NRIs being considered: Ravi
Thiruvananthapuram, January 23 (PTI): The government is considering the issue of granting voting rights to Non-Resident Indians and suggestions have been submitted to the Election Commission on the matter, Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said today. Speaking to reporters here, he said there was a provision in the existing rules which said that a person not residing in the country for more than six months will have no right to vote.
The Law Ministry and Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry had suggested to the Election Commission that NRIs could apply for vote through e-mail if they possessed Indian passports, Ravi said. Like in the case of regular voters, the suggestion was that political parties could register complaints in case of doubts in the identity of any voter, he said.
PATNA, January 23 (Agencies): Bihar’s Bettiah district police have ordered the arrest of actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha for violating the model code of conduct in the October-November 2010 assembly polls. Bettiah superintendent of police Nishant Kumar Tiwari late Saturday night ordered Sinha’s arrest after an inquiry found him guilty.
Tiwari directed the officer-in-charge of Gaunaha police station to attach Sinha’s property if he was found absconding in the case. An FIR was lodged against Sinha last year for landing his helicopter without permission at Belwa Bahuari village under Gaunaha to campaign for the BJP candidate Bhagirathi Devi. He also addressed a public meeting. Sinha is a Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Patna Sahib constituency.
New York court summons Kamal Nath in 1984 riots case
New Delhi, January 23 (Agencies): A New York court has summoned Kamal Nath in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. This comes four days after he took over as Urban Development Minister. Washington has declined to provide diplomatic immunity to Kamal Nath. In response to an Indian demarche, the US state department says it cannot intervene as the matter is between the minister and Sikh NGO Sikhs for Justice.
There is no legal case against Kamal Nath in India in connection with the1984 anti-Sikh riots. According to sources, a member of the NGO in New York has filed an affidavit saying she served the summons to Kamal Nath outside the consulate but Kamal Nath has reportedly said that due procedures were not followed in executing the summon. Meanwhile, the court has served a ‘certificate of default’ against Kamal Nath for not heeding the summons. The lawyer for 1984 riots’ victims HS Phoolka said that when Sikhs were attacked outside a Gurudwara, Kamal Nath was present and leading the mob.
Voting rights for NRIs being considered: Ravi
Thiruvananthapuram, January 23 (PTI): The government is considering the issue of granting voting rights to Non-Resident Indians and suggestions have been submitted to the Election Commission on the matter, Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said today. Speaking to reporters here, he said there was a provision in the existing rules which said that a person not residing in the country for more than six months will have no right to vote.
The Law Ministry and Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry had suggested to the Election Commission that NRIs could apply for vote through e-mail if they possessed Indian passports, Ravi said. Like in the case of regular voters, the suggestion was that political parties could register complaints in case of doubts in the identity of any voter, he said.
