TRIGGER TIMES 3 November, 2014 Issue No. XXXI
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Former Indian Army Lt General Devendra Britain Named in UN Panel of Fadnavis Takes Formally Ends Peacekeeping Oath as 13 year War in Maharashtra Lieutenant General Abhijeet Guha is previously served as UN Special Adviser Afghanistan named to be part of a 14-member high- to the Group of Friends of Democratic Chief Minister level panel appointed by UN chief Ban Pakistan, B Lynn Pascoe of the US who Ki-moon to assess the current and future was appointed by Ban to serve as Under- UK has formally withdrawn from needs of the world body's peacekeeping Secretary-General for Political Affairs Afghanistan, ending the 13 year war that architecture. He is currently member of and Wang Xuexian of China who serves it was a part of. e lowering of the United Nations Department of Peace‐ on the Executive Board of the United Union Flag in Camp Bastion marked the keeping Operations Department of Field Nations Association of China. end of Britain’s campaign, which is be‐ Support Panel of Experts on Technology. lieved to be its longest involvement in a con#ict in modern times. Initially, the goal of the British forces was to curb the trade in illegal opium/ poppy. However, that mission proved unsuccessful and the forces changed fo‐ cus. At one point of time, the British had 9,500 British military personnel active in Afghanistan. A total of 453 British lives Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis were lost in Afghanistan with thousands more who were injured. On October 31, 2014, Wankhede Stadi‐ um witnessing over 30,000 people, in the UK’s role in direct combat in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Afghanistan has officially ended, howev‐ Modi, Bharatiya Janta Party President er, it will still maintain a presence there. Amit Shah, business tycoons, bollywood A few hundred British troops are expect‐ celebrities and sportspersons, Maharash‐ ed to be deployed at the Qargha Officer tra Governor C. V. Rao administered the Training Academy outside Kabul to train oath of office and secrecy to Devendra the Afghan national forces. UK will con‐ Fadnavis who was MLA from Nagpur, tinue to play a major role in training and belonging to Vidarbha region. He was advising Afghan forces. UK’s Special sworn in as the Chief Minister of &rst Forces operations are also expected to BJP government in Maharashtra. Besides continue in Afghanistan for the foresee‐ Fadnavis, eight cabinet ministers and able future. two state minsters also took oath. e new cabinet includes state BJP leaders Camp Bastion formed the epicenter of Former Indian Army Lt General Abhijit Guha and Ban-ki-Moon Eknath Khadse, Vinod Tawde, Sudhir UK’s operations in Afghanistan, even Mungantiwar and Pankaja Munde, all of though it controlled another 136 small He was &rst interim Director of the Of‐ whom were tipped to be in the race for bases in the Helmand province of south‐ &ce for the Peacekeeping Strategic Part‐ From what I am CM's post. Shiv Sena’s Uddhav acker‐ ern Afghanistan. e British had also nerships, and was also posted before as ay also made it to the stadium. built a 11,500 feet runway at Camp Bas‐ Deputy Military Advisor on the Depart‐ understanding & tion making it easy for the larger trans‐ ment of Peacekeeping Operations. Fadnavis took charge of the Mantralaya port planes to #y in. e scale of opera‐ the information I in the evening while also prioritized tions there had increased to such an ex‐ As said by Secretary General, it will be “Right to Service” to make sure that all tent that Bastion became the third busi‐ the &rst panel that will examine both have, I am telling the essential services are being delivered est British airport aer Heathrow and peacekeeping operations and special po‐ to the citizen on time. Gatwick. litical missions. "e world is changing you that we are and United Nations peace operations BJP also declared that Sena being a Operation Herrick is the codename that must change with it if they are to remain in the right trusted ally would be offered 10 ministe‐ was given to all British operations in an indispensable and effective tool in rial berths and may also get atleast two Afghanistan since it committed forces in promoting international peace and secu‐ direction: PM plum cabinet posts. is would be con‐ 2002. It comprises of UK’s role in the rity," Ban said. &rmed on November 10, 2014 when &rst NATO led ISAF (International Security Modi on Black day of special assembly session will be‐ Assistance Force) and USA’s Operation Other members of the panel are Ameer‐ gin. Enduring Freedom. ah Haq of Bangladesh who is currently Money UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Jean Arnault of France who has 2 TRIGGER TIMES 3 November, 2014 Issue No. XXXI News Brief From Courts Centre Submits List of 627 Indian Fishermen Account Holders to Supreme Supreme Court Supreme Court Court in Black Money Case Awarded Capital Rejects Nalini’s Directs Centre Punishment by Sri Lankan Court Nishita Golchha: Aer being directed to Plea Challenging on Delay in disclose the names in the black money case, the Attorney General for India, Section 435 (1) Government Nishita Golchha: A Court in Sri Lanka Mukul Rohtagi on ursday submitted has convicted &ve Indian &shermen for the list containing names of 627 account of Criminal Formation in smuggling drugs into the island nation. holders in HSBC, Geneva in a sealed en‐ Arrested in 2011, the anglers have been velope to the Supreme Court. e Procedure Code Delhi awarded the death penalty by the local Supreme Court had now asked the Spe‐ court. With time until November 4 to cial Investigation Team to take appropri‐ &le an appeal, the Indian Government ate action aer going through the list Nishita Golchha: A Supreme Court too ahs made a statement and has said, submitted and submit a status report by Bench comprising of Chief Justice H.L. “e Indian High Commission in November end. e Bench headed by Dattu, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Jus‐ Colombo will appeal through lawyer to Chief Justice of India, H.L. Dattu and tice A.K. Sikri dismissed the plea of S. higher court against judgment by lower consisting of Justices Ranjana Prakash Nalini, convicted with life imprisonment court on 5 Indian &shermen”. Desai and Madan B Lokur said, “We will in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. send the entire list to SIT and they can She had challenged Section 435 (1) of e fresh development could also affect proceed in accordance with law. It is for the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C) the already strained India- Sri Lankan them to take care of how to conduct fur‐ which mandates the State Government relations. e arrest of Indian &shermen ther probe.” e Bench also said that the to consult the Centre before premature by Sri Lankan authorities has seen envelope will only be opened by chair‐ release of a convict if the case was inves‐ widespread protest in Tamil Nadu and man and the vice-chairman of the tigated by the CBI. political parties including AIADMK and Supreme Court appointed SIT. DMK have regularly raised the issue On February 18, 2014 the Supreme with the Centre and have also boycotted e Attorney General also submitted to Court has granted relief to the three con‐ visits made by Sri Lankan authorities. In the Court that the details in the list are of victs in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal the past, India and Sri Lanka have also year 2006, which was supplied by the case, Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, taken a few goodwill measures to ad‐ French Government to India in 2011. by commuting their death sentence into Nishita Golchha: “In a democracy, Presi‐ dress the issue but the same could not be e Court was also informed about the life term on the grounds that the 11-year dent’s rule cannot go on forever. Lieu‐ affected. fact that some people did accept the delay in deciding their mercy petition by tenant Governor should have taken deci‐ presence of accounts and have paid tax. the Central Government had a dehu‐ sion on government formation at the Defamation e Court also allowed the Centre to manizing effect on them. e Apex earliest and should not have taken 5 submit its grievances regarding various Court later on had also stayed release of months time,”, said the Constitution Proceedings of treaties signed with foreign countries be‐ the other four convicts, Nalini, Robert Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Subramaniam Swamy fore SIT. Pious, Jayakumar and Ravichandra in Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu. e the case. e assassination of Rajiv Bench also showed its displeasure and Stayed by Supreme However, the Apex Court did not allow Gandhi, the ex-Prime Minister of India, asked why does the Centre always comes Arvind Kejriwal’s plea to provide addi‐ occurred as a result of a suicide bombing out with one statement or another just a Court tional information, and said that the in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in day before the matter is taken up for same would be heard on December 3, Tamil Nadu, on 21 May 1991. At least 14 hearing by it. Nishita Golchha: e Bench headed by which is the next date of hearing. others were killed. Justice Deepak Misra on ursday e Court also said, “With greatest re‐ stayed the defamation proceedings that spect at our command we feel the gov‐ were on before a Chennai Court. Pro‐ ernment should have taken the decision ceedings were stayed in &ve different cas‐ earlier.