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Kashmiri
women marrying outsiders: Assemby 'no' to change in status
What is India News
Service, August 28, 2004, 2000 hrs IST
The Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill
was defeated in the Legislative Assembly
amid strong opposition from the National Conference which wanted the discussion on the Bill to continue. The Congress, which supported the Bill in March, now opposes it.
The Bill denies the women of Jammu and Kashmir their State subject status and associate benefits in case they marry outsiders.
The Assembly, which reassembled after a day's gap, functioned smoothly till question hour. Later, the Speaker, Tara Chand, announced a two-hour discussion on the Bill, which had been passed by the Assembly on March 5 and later returned by the Legislative Council without any decision.
Spotlight
New PM
for Pakistan
Shaukat Aziz, who worked for 30 years in
Citibank before becoming Finance Minister when Musharraf took over,
is Pakistan's
23rd Prime Minister.
Opposition
protests: Amid opposition protests and a boycott, the ruling
coalition on Friday elected Aziz prime minister. He vowed to give
the country a competent government. All opposition
groups, alliances and parties in the National Assembly announced
that they would work together for the restoration of true
democracy in the
country. Aziz said
he would make Pakistan truly Islamic.
Cabinet
by Sept 1: Former federal minister Sheikh Rashid
Ahmed said on Friday that the new cabinet of prime minister-elect
Shaukat Aziz would be inducted by Wednesday (Sept 1).
India
visit this year: Aziz
will visit New Delhi later this year as the Saarc chairman, when he
is also expected to hold bilateral talks with Indian leaders.
Analysis in Asia Times
All
change for Pakistan's new premier
After finance minister Shaukat Aziz becomes premier on Friday,
Pakistan's political landscape will undergo considerable change,
with old-style politicians giving way to a new breed of technocrats.
This makes sense for Pakistan's development, and US needs in the
region. But many within the country disagree, violently.
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hurt in Mumbai blasts: Eighteen persons were injured on Friday
in two bomb blasts in central Maharashtra. Curfew has been imposed
in Jalna, Parbhani and Purna towns as a precautionary measure.
Unidentified persons on a motorcycle lobbed crude bombs on Kadriya
Masjid in Jalna town of Jalna district, injuring five persons, while
a similar incident occurred at a mosque on the outskirts of Poorna
town in Parbhani district, leaving 13 injured, police said.
Economic scams, terror have strong
links, says PM:
Manmohan Singh, who was instrumental in initiating economic reforms
in the country over a decade ago, feels economic reforms have helped
reduce corruption, but encouraged economic offences. A strong link
has developed between economic offences and terrorist organisations,
he said.
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Strategy
for talks with Pakistan discussed:
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Friday
discussed issues to be negotiated at a meeting of foreign ministers
of India and Pakistan to be held on Sept 5 and 6.
'Please
do not blunder under Italian pressure': Former Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharati has continued her attack on
Congress president Sonia Gandhi. In two letters written to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh
from Dharwad Jail on Friday, Ms Bharati requested them not to commit
mistakes under "Italian pressure".
KGL
hopeful of happy ending: The Indian
hostages's firm assured their captors that it had "no
presence" in Iraq.
Two
ISI agents held in Kolkata: Chiriya
chali gayee. That was an e-mail sent by ISI agent Ali Bhai to his
bosses in Pakistan to inform them of the departure of Indian troops
from the Eastern Command headquarters. Ali, a railway ticket agent
recruited by the Pakistan Intelligence agency ISI and trained at
Karachi, was arrested at Bowbazar yesterday evening.
Surjeet
brokers peace, truckers end stir: Agitating truckers
called off their 7-day-old strike Saturday. They took this decision
on Friday night following an agreement with the government on the
vexed service tax issue.
Anju finishes sixth in the
pit: There was no disgrace in this verdict for Anju. She was not beaten, she finished a battling
sixth.
Manmohan
renews call for code of conduct: Manmohan Singh stressed the
need to evolve a code of conduct by consensus for all political
parties, a code of ethics for all individuals in public life, and a
code of best practices for companies.
How
Barot became Abu Musa: The al-Qaida
terrorist held for 9/11 in London wanted to become a travel agent.
Six
injured in Kashmir: Six people including two policemen were
wounded on Friday after hundreds of Muslim protesters \96 angry
about American attacks in Iraq \96 hurled stones and fought street
battles with police.
Apang
joins Congress: In a set-back to the ruling BJP in Arunachal
Pradesh ahead of assembly elections, Chief Minister Gegong Apang,
along with his Cabinet colleagues joined the Congress today.
States
Jaya's
MPs seek to stall Governor's removal:
Alarmed by reports that the Governor of Tamil Nadu may be
changed soon, ADMK MPs on Friday sought to pre-empt any such step by
moving the Supreme Court. Twelve Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's party have sought to be impleaded in
a pending petition, filed by former BJP MP BP Singhal, challenging
the removal of four Governors by the UPA regime.
Five killed in
Andhra stampede: Five people, including two women and a boy, were killed and 10 sustained injuries in a stampede at Krishnaveni ghat near Krishna barrage in Andhra Pradesh on the opening day of the 12-day Krishna Pushkaram festival on Saturday, official sources said.
Devotees pushed one another leading to the stampede.
Biggest
jatha of Pak Sikhs arrives:
It was a dream come true for
most of the Sindhi Sikhs from Pakistan to get a chance to pay
obeisance at Golden Temple for the first time even as the biggest
jatha of Pakistani Sikhs (about 1,000 pilgrims) arrived here Friday.
Police, naxals exchange fire:
The police and naxals exchanged fire in the vicinity of the Kudremukh National Park
on Friday.
Babla
used liquor, hotel baits to fool cops: Weakness
for liquor and the lure of comfortable bed proved costly for the
six-member police team which had taken hardcore militant Gursewak
Singh Babla to Delhi for court hearings in connection with various
cases.
Neighbours
Dozens
arrested as nationalists go on strike in Quetta: Police on
Friday arrested 100 activists from nationalist parties protesting
government plans to build army garrisons to improve security in
Balochistan.
Burma Army purges Christian
officers: All Burma Army officers who are Christians have been recently ordered to retire prematurely. This includes the Army specialist doctors at the Military Hospitals. This is one of the primary reasons why the ethnic minority groups
have rejected continued military domination of politics in Burma.
Bandh against
mega-projects in Baluchistan:
Pakistan\92s
Baluchistan province today observed a one-day strike following a
bandh call given by local Baluch nationalist parties opposing the
construction of mega-projects in the province.
Koirala
prohibited from boarding domestic flight:
Security personnel at the domestic terminal of the
Tribhuvan International Airport stopped former Prime Minister Girija
Prasad Koirala from boarding a flight to Bhairahawa Saturday morning
without disclosing any reason.
Maoists
explode bombs at Nepal Lever factory:
Maoist rebels have targeted and exploded bombs at the main
factory of Nepal Lever Limited- a major Nepal-India joint venture
company-- at Basamadi in Makwanpur district Saturday night, reports
said.
Landmines
campaigner arrested in Bangladesh: The government of Bangladesh
should immediately release Rafique Al Islam, a 44-year-old country
representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL),
said Human Rights Watch.
View from
abroad
UK
scheme to allow foreign students return home richer: The
British government has relaxed its policy on certain category of
students staying on in the UK after studies.
Reuters
gets bad news from union:
International news and information provider Reuters, is the latest
to get into trouble over outsourcing. The
media company, which decided to outsource some of its editorial work
to India earlier this year, might be taken to court by the Newspaper
Guild of New York, a union whose members include more than 500
Reuters America staff.
When
India battled in Kargil, Amitava married Pakistani: Bihar-born
Pennsylvania varsity professor Amitava has had a parallel delivery -
a daughter and a book on marrying his Pak girlfriend.
Iraq
arrests 14 Nepalese labourers: They went looking for jobs but
were arrested by the Iraqi government for illegal entry.
France assures India on turban issue :
France has assured that it will sort out the issue in a manner
responsive to the sensitivities of the Sikhs.
Overall:
J&K assembly
defeated women's bill: As a result, women who marry non-Kashmiris
will be denied subject rights.
Pakistan got a new PM: Shaukat Aziz is that
country's first technocrat PM.
Sikh delegation arrived in India: A 1,000-strong
delegation of pilgrims, the biggest yet, came to Punjab from across
the Pakistani border.
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