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October 9, before making pub- party was keen on contesting President Xi Jinping will hold “The key aspect of the lic their decision to boycott the the BDC polls in the larger talks in Tamil Nadu’s coastal engagement will be how both local body polls. interest of the State. town of Mahabalipuram on the countries make incremen- Addressing a Press confer- Unfortunately, in the absence of October 11-12 to deepen ties, tal progress in addressing their " #$ ence at the party headquarters conducive atmosphere in the including in the field of differences and end the cycle of in Jammu, J&K Pradesh State, we were forced to take counter-terrorism, even as the ups and downs in the ties,” he % Congress Committee chief GA this decision to stay away from second informal summit comes told PTI. Mir, flanked by senior party the poll process”. amid lingering unease in ties He said the India-China over Kashmir with India assert- relationship is not only con- ing that it is an internal matter. fined to bilateral ties, but has Hours after India and important regional and global he State unit of the & '(R )*)+ % China announced Xi’s visit to dimensions. The first informal TCongress, which had earli- India, the Chinese state media summit between the two lead- er decided to contest the Block quoted the Chinese President ers took place in the Chinese Development Council (BDC) as telling Pakistan Prime city of Wuhan last year months elections in Jammu & Kashmir ),-- $.( % Minister Imran Khan during after a 73-day standoff between to strengthen the second tier of their meeting in Beijing that their armies in Doklam that the Panchayati Raj Institutions, China has been “paying close had triggered fears of a war. on Wednesday announced to /012 attention” to the situation in !" The perception that India’s boycott the polls. Kashmir and the “facts are decision in August to withdraw With their leadership under clear”. Jammu & Kashmir’s special detention since August 5, the tled there in the Centre’s reha- According to the Xinhua 67'6& '89 6::;7;;< status, triggering tension with two regional parties from bilitation package. news agency, the Chinese China’s ally Pakistan, clouded Kashmir valley, the National he Union Cabinet on These families were left President also hoped that the &">""'"","$?" preparations for the summit Conference and the Peoples’ TWednesday approved a out of the package approved by “relevant parties” can solve the ""'""+$$"""","O gained ground as both sides Democratic Party have already resettlement package under the Cabinet on November 30, issue through peaceful dia- could only announce the dates indicated that they would stay which one-time financial assis- 2016 for displaced families of ""&$&&"+"> ('$",""$& logue. 7=0+"&""($&" for Xi’s India visit on away from the poll process in the tance of 5.5 lakh will be Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Reacting sharply to reports Wednesday, barely 50 hours “absence of conducive” political given to each of the 5,300 dis- Kashmir (PoJK) and Chhamb of Xi and Khan discussing ''" "O"""" @;O'"$!"""" before the Chinese leader lands atmosphere in the State. placed families who had under the PM’s Development Kashmir, External Affairs ,"O$$-("!$''"&&""+"$$ in Chennai. The Congress decision migrated from PoK and first Package 2015 for Jammu & Ministry said Beijing is “well >"O """!+$5:+,"$$" “The forthcoming Summit has made the entire poll settled outside Jammu & Kashmir. aware” of New Delhi’s position ," will provide an opportunity for process a futile exercise as the Kashmir before relocating As per the estimates, in the and it is not for other countries the two leaders to continue BJP remains the only party in themselves to the State. wake of the 1947 Pakistani to comment on its internal matter if there is a query. trade and business ties. India is ty along nearly 3,500 km long their discussions on overarch- the fray for the BDC polls The Cabinet meeting aggression in Jammu & affairs. The summit in the ancient expected to raise the issue of Sino-India border will be major ing issues of bilateral, regional beginning October 24. In chaired by Prime Minister Kashmir, 31,619 families Government sources also coastal town in southern India ballooning trade deficit in focus areas in the talks. and global importance and to Jammu region, Jammu & Narendra Modi approved the migrated from PoJK to Jammu said there was no question of is also taking place against the China’s favour, the sources Strategic affairs expert exchange views on deepening Kashmir Panthers Party is the inclusion of the families from & Kashmir. Of these, 26,319 any discussion on the issue as backdrop of China’s growing said. Ashok Kantha said the summit India-China closer develop- only significant player in the Jammu & Kashmir which were families settled in Jammu & it is India’s sovereign matter but trade friction with the US. They added that political between Modi and Xi in an ment partnership,” the MEA poll fray. displaced in 1947 and had Kashmir and 5,300 families added that Modi will update Both leaders are likely to relations, trade and ways to informal setting in the midst of said in a statement. Interestingly, the State lead- initially moved out of the State initially moved to other parts the Chinese President on the explore ways of expanding maintain peace and tranquili- evolving geo-political power Continued on Page 4 ership of the Congress party but later on returned and set- of the country. ) " 34 R K ! % /* & ""O $""& 'O(")"K %% +$,&"-" $'&$""&0" +"!'" n a Diwali gift to nearly &'"$$0 I1.15 crore Central "1 Government employees and pensioners, the Modi ! " Government on Wednesday # $ "%" approved 5 per cent hike in &'() &("" fter the flood fury that dearness allowance. The hike &&'"&+( Awreaked its anger on near- benefitting 50 lakh employees "0" ly 2 crore people across 14 and 65 lakh pensioners, to be $"("'"$ States, the southwest mon- effective from July 1, 2019, soon finally began retreating would result in an additional "$+ +("""$( on Wednesday. The monsoon outgo of 16,000 crore annually "1 withdrawal will be complete by for the Government 345167 October 20. The season ended The Cabinet meeting '"!"$+ " with a 10 per cent higher chaired by Prime Minister &89316:'"1 rainfall than the long term Narendra Modi approved average. reduction in rainfall, the south- releasing an additional install- According to India west monsoon has withdrawn ment of Dearness Allowance *+, - Meteorological Department from some parts of Punjab, (DA) to Central Government . .) "!"$ (IMD), this is the longest Haryana and north Rajasthan employees and Dearness Relief '"&' delayed withdrawal of mon- today, October 9, 2019, as (DR) to pensioners — repre- 9:'("$&""$ soon. “The most delayed with- against the normal date of senting an increase of 5 per- ,'"$ drawal in the past years was September 1,” the IMD said. centage points over the existing ''$"'"+ recorded in 1961 (on October The excess rain this year rate of 12 per cent of the basic ""(" ! 1), followed by September 30, has not only flooded several pay/pension — to compensate "$";(1 2007,” the IMD pointed out. cities and towns but are also for price rise, an official state- The normal date of the with- expected to cause extensive ment said. - drawal is September 1. damage to standing kharif The increase is in accor- # “The withdrawal started crops in States such as Madhya dance with the accepted for- ()( "&"" from Kapurthala, Ambala, Pradesh, Maharashtra, West mula based on the recommen- &" " Karnal and Churu on Bengal, Rajasthan, Bihar and dations of the 7th Central Pay "$$$&"" Wednesday. In view of the eastern Uttar Pradesh. Commission. "$$+&+ persistence of an anti-cyclonic As per data of flood situa- “This is the highest ever 5 '$"&$"! circulation in the lower tro- tion reported by the Ministry percentage points increase in "(<,!"$ pospheric level over north- of Home Affairs, over 1,700 DA in one go by the Central =7:<$' west India, gradual reduction people have died and crops in Government,” Information and "'$$$$1 in moisture in the lower and nearly 13 lakh hectare in these Broadcasting Minister Prakash mid tropospheric levels and 14 States have been destroyed. Javadekar told the media. marriage between the parties,” marriage. the Bench said. The Bench said that if both he Supreme Court has The court, in a series of the parties to the marriage Texercised its inherent pow- judgments, has exercised its agree for separation perma- ers under Article 142 of the inherent powers under Article nently and/or consent for Constitution to annul a mar- 142 of the Constitution for dis- divorce, in that case, certainly riage of an estranged couple, solution of a marriage where both the parties can move the residing separately for over the court finds that the mar- competent court for a decree of two decades, saying it was a riage is “totally unworkable, divorce by mutual consent. case of irretrievable break down emotionally dead, beyond sal- “Only in a case where one of wedlock. vage and has broken down irre- of the parties does not agree All efforts to continue the trievably, even if the facts of the and give consent, only then the marriage have failed and there case do not provide a ground powers under Article 142 of the is no possibility of reunion in law on which the divorce Constitution of India are because of the strained rela- possible for them to live could be granted,” the Bench required to be invoked to do tions between the parties, the together.