Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K, B. R. Sharma today said that all arrangements have been completed for smooth conduct of polling in Jammu Parliamentary constituency where elections are being held on Thursday in the first phase of five-phased elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chief Electoral Officer was addressing a crowded press conference, in Jammu […]
Election Commission satisfied with poll and security arrangements for holding free, fair Parliamenta
Election Commissioner of India. Navin B. Chawla has said that Election Commission was satisfied with the poll and security arrangements made for holding free, fair and transparent Parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir beginning April 16. The Election Commissioner said this while addressing a crowded press conference, in Jammu Friday evening, after holding several […]
The Border War: An Arizonan’s Perspective
As an "almost native" long term Arizonan who is now in political exile in large part due to the illegal immigration situation and border wars going on now in my former home state, I cannot begin to express the outrage and betrayal I felt on behalf of myself and my fellow Arizonans who have thus […]
Geithner’s Financial Plan: Much Ado About Nothing
Yesterday Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner "unveiled" the Obama Administrations new plan for economic recovery. The almost ten pages of the speech given by Mr. Geithner were released shortly thereafter. Wall Street closed and responded in the same manner I did. Amid all the speculation and advance press releases in the end all the hype was "much […]
Darfur’s Janjaweed Loyalty to Bashir Under Strain
By Abdhalla Tajeldin Adam in Belgium (AR No. 198, 27-Jan-09) The pending indictment of Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court, ICC, appears to have eroded critical support for the embattled Sudanese president among his notorious janjaweed militia allies. Often translated as “devils on horseback”, the janjaweed are ethnic-Arab militias who have fought alongside the […]
Husbands Relax! New Criminal Procedure Renders IPC Sec 498A Toothless
With President Pratibha Patil giving assent to the newly revamped and amended CrPC (Amendment) Act 2008, and once the amended law comes into force, Section 498A (popularly known as dowry law) would be rendered a toothless penal provision as errant husbands and in-laws would no longer face immediate arrests shunting them to jail. Once the […]
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