HC: India considered soft, weak
Expressing concern over non-cooperation from foreign nations in cracking criminal cases involving international gangster, the Delhi high court has said India “is not a powerful country whose wishes are respected by other countries”. “India is not a powerful country that its wishes are respected by other countries. India is considered as a soft and weak country even if it is progressing economically,” Justice S.N. Dhingra said.
“On all other fronts, the reputation of India abroad is not such that its requests are acceded to by the foreign governments immediately,” the court said.
The court made the remarks on a petition filed by the Centre seeking some more time to complete investigation against Naresh Kumar Jain, a Dubai-based businessman who is accused of running a hawala racket.
Jain, who is facing criminal charges in many countries across Europe and Asia, was arrested by the Delhi police. He absconded from Dubai and entered India illegally through Nepal.
The police, after conducting an initial probe, found that he was allegedly involved in many criminal activities in many countries and requested those countries to cooperate in getting to the root of his activities.
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Repolling in Assam minister seat
age correspondent
Guwahati
In a significant judgment, the Gauhati high court on Wednesday ordered repolling in two booths of the Assembly constituency from where Assam’s social welfare minister Akon Bora was declared elected by a margin of 813 votes.
Former minister and veteran AGP leader Atul Bora, accusing malpractices, had registered his strong protest before the returning officer but it was ignored in 2006.
He challenged the order of the returning officer in the Guahati high court which on Wednesday directed the election officials to hold repolling at the earliest for the two polling stations No. 196 and 164 of the 52 Dispur Assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, Mr Bora has demanded that election for the two polling stations should be held by using the ballot paper instead of electronic voting machines.
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Coal scam: Centre open to CBI probe
age correspondent
bhubaneswar
Union coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Wednesday met agitating Congress MLAs sitting on a dharna in the Orissa Legislative Assembly premises and tried to assuage their feeling saying that the Centre was open to a CBI probe into the multi-crore coal scam that has rocked the state. “If the state government recommends a CBI inquiry into the matter, the Centre would facilitate it,” Mr Jaiswal told reporters present at the dharna site.
The Congress MLAs have been staging the dharna since the budget session of the House reopened on July 14 after a brief two-week vacation.
They have been demanding ouster of two tainted ministers — urban development minister Badrinarayan Patra and mass education minister Pratap Jena — from state council of ministers.
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