QBullet: J&K Restrictions to be Lifted After 15 Aug; CJI Snubs CBI
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1. Restrictions Will Be Eased After 15 August: Jammu and Kashmir Governor
Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday criticised Congress’s Rahul Gandhi for being “ill-informed” and said the Wayanad MP was talking on the basis of propaganda across the border. He also said his invitation to Gandhi to visit J&K stood withdrawn.
“I asked him to come and see the situation for himself. But he has put conditions for his visit — he wants to come with a delegation, then he wants to meet detained politicians. Is it possible? I never invited him with these conditions. So the invitation is withdrawn. In the last week, 20 Indian TV news channels were here. He should talk to them, find about the situation from them and educate himself,” said Malik in an exclusive interview with TOI at Raj Bhavan.
(Source: The Times of India)
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2. Why Does CBI Do a Good Job When There Are no Political Overtones in a Case: CJIChief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi file image.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday did some plain speaking at a CBI programme, pointing out that the agency had not been able to “meet the standards of judicial scrutiny” in a number of high-profile and politically sensitive cases.
“Why is that whenever there are no political overtones to the case, the CBI does a good job,” Gogoi said while addressing the 18th D P Kohli Memorial Lecture at Vigyan Bhawan during which he presented awards to distinguished CBI personnel selected for outstanding investigation and performance
(Source: The Times of India)
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3. Election Commission Holds Internal Talks on Bifurcation, Delimitation
The Election Commission (EC) held “internal discussions” Tuesday on the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019, in which Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora and his colleagues Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra were briefed by senior officers on the new law, especially its provisions on delimitation of the state’s Assembly seats.
(Source: The Indian Express)
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4. Won’t Intervene on Kashmir for Now: SC
Putting faith in Centre’s assurance that normalcy will be restored in few days in Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to intervene and pass order for lifting clampdown in J&K saying that the issue is very sensitive and government should be given some time to normalise the situation.Supreme Court of India. (Photo: Reuters)
Holding that no one is aware about the ground realities prevailing in J&K, a bench of Justices Arun Mishra, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi said that it would not be proper for it to interfere at this stage. It said that decision to impose restriction was placed to maintain law and order there. It asked attorney general K K Venugopal on how long the restriction would go on and whether the government is reviewing the situation.
(Source: The Times of India)
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5. Crisis in Auto Sector Takes Its Toll, 286 Dealership Outlets Shut in 18 Months
Vehicle sales numbers in July, the worst in 19 years, have reaffirmed the downturn in the automobile sector, coming on the back of over 286 dealership outlets downing their shutters in the last 18 months and at least 15,000 job losses estimated over the last quarter.(Photo: Reuters)
Industry players say the worst is still to come and that the of consumer demand and the liquidity crisis — could get prolonged as automakers compulsorily transition to new technologies, rendering their products more expensive.
(Source: The Indian Express)
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6. In Letter to PM Modi, Rahul Asks for Long-Term Strategy for Flood-Ravaged Wayanad
In an official letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday requested Centre’s assistance in tackling the flood situation in his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad, one of the severely affected areas in the state battered by torrential rainfall and landslides.Rahul Gandhi visited the flood-affected Wayanad.(Photo: Rahul Gandhi/Twitter)
(Source: The Indian Express)
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7. Delhi Court Frames Charges Against Kuldeep Sengar for Murder of Unnao Rape Survivor’s Father
A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered the framing of charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, his brother Atul Sengar along with three Uttar Pradesh police personnel and five others for falsely implicating Unnao survivor’s father in a case of possessing illegal firearms. The survivor’s father had died in judicial custody on April 9, 2018.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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8. In Sikkim Assembly, BJP Zooms From 0 to 10 After Inducting SDF Lawmakers
Ten MLAs of the Sikkim Democratic Front joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Monday, making the BJP the main opposition party in the northeastern state. The SDF, a former ally of the BJP, was ousted from power after 25 years in this year’s assembly election.10 Sikkim Democratic Front MLAs join BJP in presence of the party National General Secretary Ram Madhav in New Delhi.(Photo: PTI)
The SDF won 15 seats in the April election, but two of its leaders got elected from two seats. “So the effective strength of the SDF legislature party is 13 and 10 of them joined the BJP today,” BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said. “With this the BJP will become the main opposition party in Sikkim, and we will play the role of a constructive opposition.”(Source: Hindustan Times)