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Page1final.Qxd (Page 3) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2019 (PAGE 6) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU From page 1 Panch among 2 killed, 8 Need internet curbs: J&K Admn tells SC Fadnavis quits, Uddhav to be next CM; swearing-in on Nov 28 he said. 1,184 passes were given to Fadnavis quit, a post-poll 1995-99 but never assumed a "Ajit Pawar told me he was leader the same day after he took injured in attacks "There was application of accredited journalists while on alliance of the Shiv Sena, the position in the Government. quitting due to personal rea- oath as the deputy chief minis- University. One car was also ted and engaged by the Army. He mind and restrictions were August 11, around 450 passes Nationalist Congress Party Uddhav Thackeray recently sons." ter. damaged. was later shot dead", he said. imposed on need to need basis. were given to other journalists. (NCP) and the Congress, picked recalled the "promise" he had The Maharashtra Assembly Governor Koshyari called a In the meantime, one more The GOC identified them as As on date prohibitory orders "From August 10, a media Uddhav Thackeray, 59, as its made to his late father to install poll mandate was more for the special session of the Legislative militant was killed in an Irfan Ahmad Sheikh, Hizbul are removed from all the police Centre was opened with internet nominee for the Chief Minister's a 'Shiv Sainik' (party worker) as BJP than the Shiv Sena, he Assembly on Wednesday for the overnight encounter at Pacchad Mujahideen commander for stations but it is in place during connections for all journalists. post. chief minister of Maharashtra. added. 288 newly-elected members to village in Pulwama district of Budgam and Pulwama and his the night time, daily report of Periodically press releases were Leaders of the three parties The BJP's efforts to cobble a "Shiv Sena lied to us and take oath. South Kashmir today. associate Irfan Ahmad. CID was sent to Superintendent given. They were free to use tonight met the Governor and majority hoping that Ajit Pawar started talking to other parties The oath will be adminis- The militant was killed in the He said that security forces of Police," he added. unrestricted internet from 8am staked claim to form the will be able to enlist the support after poll results. Shiv Sena tered by newly-appointed pro- morning after he was spotted by are on alert in South Kashmir to When Mehta tried to submit to 11PM. Besides these, 15 Government following which of a a large section of the MLAs claims to be a party that believes tem speaker Kalidas Kolambkar. the Army. He had managed to prevent any militant attack. He a sealed cover report of police internet kiosks were opened for Koshyari invited the alliance. of the NCP came a cropper after in Hindutva, but today, their The session will begin at 8 am. flee last night but was spotted by added that the recent recovery of officers, advocate Vrinda general public also," he said. Thackeray will be sworn-in almost all the 54 legislators Hindutva is bowing to Sonia NCP leader Nawab Malik the Army in the morning and was IEDs is one such success for the Grover, objected and said that if On the comparison to recent on November 28, the Sena said stood by his uncle and party Gandhi. They are swearing by said the collapse of the shot dead. security forces. any new material is filed then Hong Kong protests with the after the meeting. supremo Sharad Pawar, the 78- Sonia Gandhi," he added. Fadnavis government has punc- their side should be given a Kashmir situation by the peti- The decision to name year-old Maratha strongman. In its order, the apex court tured the BJP's "arrogance" chance to reply to it or else court tioners, Mehta said "apple can- Thackeray was taken earlier at a Sharad Pawar, who spoke to also directed that the voting in while Congress' chief should not peruse it. not be compared with oranges as joint meeting of the three parties Ajit over phone in the morning the Assembly will not be on the spokesperson Randeep The bench said that accord- Hong Kong does not face cross- at a suburban hotel in Mumbai. asking him to revisit his deci- basis of secret ballot and the Surjewala said it was based on ing to the Solicitor General these border terrorism and its protest While State NCP chief sion, has been credited for the u- entire proceedings will have to "defections" and fell like a documents pertain to national was only a protest". Jayant Patil proposed turn by his nephew and was be telecast live. "house of cards", security and cannot be shared The hearing in the matter Thackeray's name as "the being described as the 'man of "In a situation wherein, if the The BJP for its part said par- with anyone except the court. remained inconclusive and (next) Chief Minister", the the match'. Ajit Pawar cited floor test is delayed, there is a ties "rejected by people" in the Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, would continue tomorrow. State Congress chief "personal reasons' for his deci- possibility of horse trading, it Assembly polls have joined appearing for Azad, intervened On November 21, the Centre Balasaheb Thorat seconded sion to quit. becomes incumbent upon the hands to "steal" popular man- and said they would assume that has justified restrictions the proposal. Fadnavis handed over his Court to act to protect democrat- date. material relates to national secu- imposed in Jammu and Kashmir The meeting was attended by resignation to the Governor after ic values. An immediate floor The BJP also rejected the rity, pertains to intelligence after the abrogation of provi- NCP chief Sharad Pawar, senior he announced his decision at a test, in such a case, might be the opposition's criticism over its inputs and no one can deny the sions of Article 370 and said that party leader Praful Patel, crowded news conference in most effective mechanism to do decision to form government involvement of neighbouring due to the preventive steps taken Congress leader Ashok Chavan, Mumbai. so," said a bench comprising despite lacking numbers, with Damage caused by a grenade blast outside Kashmir country but the court should not neither a single life was lost nor Swabhimani Shetkari Ajit Pawar had supported the Justices N V Ramana, Ashok its spokesperson G V L University in Srinagar on Tuesday. — Excelsior/Shakeel peruse the material given in a single bullet fired. Sanghatana's Raju Shetti, BJP as leader of the 54-member Bhushan and Sanjiv Khanna. Narasimha Rao saying it had Major General Anindya In the meantime, Indo- sealed cover. The Centre had referred to Samajwadi Party's Abu Azmi, NCP legislature party and with The resignation of done so in "good faith" after Sengupta, General Officer Tibetian Border Police (ITBP) The bench said it will not terror violence in the Kashmir MLAs of all these parties and his resignation earlier in the day, Fadnavis came a day after the being assured of the NCP's sup- Commanding (GOC) Victor jawan went missing from peruse the documents submitted valley and said that for the past others. the Government has lost majori- Sena-led alliance paraded 162 port by its leader Ajit Pawar. Force, said here that for last two Srinagar after he left his camp at in sealed cover and asked Mehta so many years terrorists were The three parties named their ty, said Fadnavis, hours after the MLAs in an unprecedented "The opportunistic alliance days they were getting reports Pantha Chowk today. to explain the restrictions on being pushed through from alliance as 'Maharashtra Vikas Supreme Court ordered the floor show of strength at a luxury of defeated parties will not enjoy about militants threatening civil- Mhaske Vijay Kumar from journalists reporting from across the border, local militants Aghadi'. test for the BJP leader to prove hotel in Mumbai on Monday the public support and invite ian population in the area. Maharashtra belonging to 21- Jammu and Kashmir. and separatist organisation had The BJP with 105 MLAs is his majority. night indicating that the num- public wrath," he said. "Yesterday evening, we battalion of ITB left the camp to Mehta replied that there were held the civilians captive in the the single largest party while the The court said there is a bers were stacked heavily The collapse of the nascent launched an operation and at get treatment at SMHS hospital. no restrictions on journalists region and it would have been Sena's 56 MLAs along with the "possibility of horse trading" in against the BJP. The alliance, Government capped the month- around 18:45 hours, militants He didn't report to the hospital from August 5 and they were "foolish" if the Government NCP and Congress' 54 and 44 case of a delay in floor test. The which is expected to have a long uncertainty in Maharashtra came in a civil vehicle and troops and failed to return to the camp. given media passes and their would not have taken preventive legislators, respectively, would Governor had on Saturday given Common Minimum politics, which witnessed many challenged them. One terrorist A missing report was logded news was even telecast. steps to secure the lives of the take the combine's tally to 154. 14 days time to Fadnavis to Programme (CMP), was twists and turns since the results was killed in the vehicle and in Karan Nagar Police Station He said that on August 5, citizens.
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