SC Declines Urgent Hearing of Plea Against Sasikala
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Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] Postal Registration Order No HD/1188/2017-19 www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: APENG/2010/35309 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Issue No: 41 Published from Hyderabad & New Delhi Hyderabad, Price: 3.00 No: 8 Saturday, February 11, 2017 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16) Bengal government was Trump backs One China policy in Kohli double, Saha ton digital long before Centre: ‘cordial’ call with Xi in India’s huge 687/6 Mamata Banerjee P-5 P-8 P-11 Briefs SC declines urgent hearing Stage set for polling in ‘sen- of plea against Sasikala sitive, crucial’ western UP Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) precedented security de- New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The government’s plea was reserved The stage is set for the cru- ployment has been made Supreme Court on Friday de- on June 7, 2016. cial first phase of the Uttar in sensitive areas -- Shamli, clined an urgent hearing of a The high court by its ver- Pradesh assembly polls, vot- Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar, plea seeking direction against dict had reversed a September ing for which will begin on Mathura, Bulandshahr and AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala 27, 2014 trial court judgement Saturday morning. Agra. being sworn-in as Chief Minis- which had sentenced Jayala- Polling will be held in 73 In all 826 companies of ter of Tamil Nadu. lithaa to four years in jail and assembly constituencies central forces have been sta- A bench of Chief Justice Jag- imposed a Rs 100 crore fine after spread across 15 districts in tioned for the first phase of dish Singh Khehar, Justice N.V. a trial that lasted for 18 years. the western part of the state, polling. Ramana and Justice D.Y. Chan- Sasikala, who was elected beginning 7 a.m. The campaigning for this drachud said “sorry declined” General Secretary of AIADMK In the first of the seven- phase had many firsts. as the petitioner urged the following the death of Jayala- phased staggered elections This was for the first time bench to accord the plea an ur- lithaa in December 2016, was in the state, a total of 839 in the electoral history of gent hearing. elected leader of the legislature candidates are in fray. the region that former Chief The petitioner contended that party on February 5. Respond- The mMaximum number Minister Mulayam Singh Deepika’s first English film ‘XXX: Return of Sasikala should not be sworn-in ing to reports that most of the of candidates are in Agra Yadav, now a mere ‘mentor’ Xander Cage’, which was made on a budget of as the verdict on Karnataka gov- Karnataka High Court order MLAs were not reachable on the South where 26 are trying for the Samajwadi Party (SP), $85 million, has joined the 1000 Crore club ernment’s plea challenging her acquitting late Chief Minister phone, he said he had switched their luck to be part of the did not campaign. acquittal in a disproportionate J. Jayalalithha, Sasikala and her off his mobile phone to avoid 17th state assembly. The So also Congress President India’s December factory output assets case was awaited. two relatives V.N. Sudhakaran “unnecessary calls,” and to least number of candidates Sonia Gandhi who did not falls post-demonetisation The top court is expected to and Elavarasi for allegedly avoid any kind of speculations - six each - are from Hastina- turn up due to ill-health. pronounce its verdict on the amassing disproportionate as- and “wrong news.” Gudiyatham pur, Iglas and Loni seats. The duo of Uttar Pradesh New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) A month after the Karnataka government’s appeal sets to the tune of Rs 66.65 crore MLA Jayanti Padmanabhan also Amid heightened fears of Chief Minister Akhilesh Ya- government went in for demonetisation, In- next week. during Jayalalithaa’s first term said she was not being detained poll violence, already proved dav-Congress Vice President dia’s factory output contracted by (-)0.4 per The Karnataka government as Chief Minister (1991-1996). as was being made out and true by a spate of incidents Rahul Gandhi campaigned cent during December, official data showed has challenged a May 11, 2015 The verdict on the Karnataka lashed out at Panneerselvam. in the past few days, an un- jointly. on Friday. The factory output, as per the Index of In- dustrial Production (IIP), had risen by 5.7 per cent in November, 2016. Earlier, it encoun- Bengal to have special fund for tered a (-)0.9 per cent slide in the correspond- ing month of the previous year. note-ban hit workers, farmers As per the IIP data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the contraction was Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) and came back to the state. alleviate their hardships,” growth could be affected mainly on account of a 2.00 per cent decline Criticising the central gov- They have been suffering he said. Terming the note by a range of 1-3.5 per cent, in manufacturing output, which has the maxi- ernment’s demonetisation a lot. I am proposing to a ban as an ‘unprecedented’ Mitra said. The state’s eco- mum weight in the overall index. move, West Bengal Finance give one-time grant of Rs move, Mitra said scrap- nomic growth rate could Minister Amit Mitra on Fri- 50,000 each to 50,000 job- ping of higher value notes also be restricted to 9.27 Trump phones Iraqi PM day proposed Rs 250 crore to less workers so that they have not only impacted per cent, he said. on travel ban assist workers who lost their could start their own ven- the small and medium He also touched upon jobs due to the note ban. ture. For this, I allocate a enterprises but also de- the debt burden of the Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) US President Mitra, in his budget pre- fund of Rs 250 crore in this stroyed the entire supply state. “The loan which was Donald Trump phoned Iraqi Prime Minister sentation, also proposed a budget,” Mitra said. chain across sectors. “It taken 10 years back by the Haider Al-Abadi amid an increasingly strained Rs 100 crore special fund “Farmers and agricul- adversely impacted the Left Front Government in bilateral relationship following Trumps execu- for farmers and agricul- tural workers, who depend growth prospect of the 2006-2007 has now ma- tive order travel ban. tural workers who suffered on cooperative loans, have country’s as well as states’ tured for repayment. In Iraq was on the list of seven Muslim-major- due to the demonetisation. suffered a lot after imple- economy,” the Minister 2016-17, the total burden The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari being presented ity countries whose citizens were temporarily “There are many work- mentation of note ban. said. Eminent economists for principal repayment with the ‘Flag Sticker’ by a delegation of All India Federa- banned from entering the US as a result of the ers who have lost their jobs I propose a Rs 100 crore predicted that the GDP and interest would be of tion of The Deaf, on the occasion of “59th Flag Week of The controversial order. But according to an offi- due to demonetisation special fund in order to (Gross Domestic Product) the tune of Rs 40,000 crore. Deaf”, in New Delhi on February 10, 2017. PIB cial readout of Thursday’s call from the Iraqi Prime Minister’s office, the two world leaders may be finding some common ground, ABC News reported on Friday. Sasikala sacks Madhusudanan from party “The Prime Minister stressed the impor- Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) brought disrepute to it, and duress. Earlier on Friday, Mad- tance of a review of the decision on the right AIADMK General Secretary V.K. so was being ousted from the husudanan told reporters: “As of Iraqis to travel to the US and lift Iraq from Sasikala on Friday dismissed E. party post and the AIADMK’s per the party by-law, a person the list of countries mentioned in the execu- Madhusudanan from the party primary membership. can become General Secretary tive order,” read the statement from Al-Abadi’s for backing acting Chief Min- She urged the party mem- of AIADMK only if he/she is a office. ister O. Panneerselvam, and in bers not to have any truck with member for a continuous pe- “And Trump stressed the importance of co- his stead appointed senior par- Madhusudanan. The dismissal riod of five years.” ordination to find a solution to this issue as ty leader K.A. Sengottaiyan as came a day after Madhusu- Madhusudanan said Sasikala soon as possible and that he will direct the US the party Presidium Chairman. danan joined hands with Pan- was not a member of the AIAD- State Department in this regard.” Sasikala said in a statement neerselvam, who has revolted MK for a continuous five years The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Naval Symphonic that Madhusudanan had violat- against Sasikala by saying that and hence was not qualified to BSE 28,334.25 Orchestra 2017, in New Delhi on February 10, 2017. PIB ing the party’s principles and he quit as Chief Minister under be General Secretary. Sensex NSE 8,793.55 GOLD 22 CT 29,550 Erdogan approves Turkey’s SILVER 1 KG 42,200 37 countries participate in Pakistan ‘Aman-17’ naval exercise constitutional reform bill Forex Rates Karachi, Feb 10 (IANS) A Pakistan is fully committed to Dongpinghu.