Centre has told the court it was considering a proposal by both EC and Law Commission to impose life ban on politicians convicted in criminal cases. File photo

New Delhi, November 1

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the central government to set up special courts to exclusively try politicians facing criminal cases so that the trial in such cases is expedited.

A Bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Navin Sinha gave the central government six weeks to detail its plans for setting up such courts, including the estimated budget.

The court wanted to know the status of 1,581 cases involving lawmakers since 2014 as well as the number of new cases that have been filed since.

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The central government has told the court it was considering a proposal by both Election Commission and Law Commission to impose life ban on politicians convicted in criminal cases.

The court will hear the case on December 13. — IANS/PTI

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NEW DELHI: The first three women fighter pilots of the country are set to script history next month when they will fly military jets after completing a strenuous training in the coming three weeks.

Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singhwere commissioned as flying officers in July last year, less than a year after the government decided to open the fighter stream for women on an experimental basis.

“You will be glad to know that their performance has been on par with other pilots despite the streneous and demanding nature of flying,” Chief of Air Staff B S Dhanoa said addressing a press conference.A senior IAF official involved in training of the three women pilots said they will steer the combat jets next month.Currently, the three women pilots are flying Hawk advanced jet trainersThe IAF chief said the next batch of three women trainee pilots has been selected for the fighter stream in July and is presently undergoing stage-2 of fighter pilot training.

“On successful completion of training, the three women fighter pilots will be commissioned into the fighter stream in December this year,” Dhanoa said.

The Martyrs’ Memorial at Hussainiwala. Tribune photo

Anirudh Gupta

Ferozepur, September 26

Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, during his September 12 visit to the Martyrs’ Memorial in Hussainiwala, had promised to make efforts for according the national heritage status to the place.For city residents, the assurance was not new as Central and state governments — over the years — have been making “hollow” promises to accord importance to the memorial.“It took almost 37 years for the nation to construct the memorial, where Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his comrades were unceremoniously cremated by the British in 1931. When constructed, the memorial is struggling to get the attention it deserves,” said former IAS officer Kulbir Singh Sidhu, who was posted here as Commissioner.It rankles him that the authorities had been unable to grant national heritage status to the memorial. “I had taken up the matter with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to notify the memorial and other Anglo-Sikh War sites as monuments of national importance. But after my transfer from Ferozepur, no one evinced interest,” Sidhu said.Shaheed Bhagat Singh Society president Jaswinder Singh said, “All these years, pronouncements made by visiting dignitaries to develop the memorial have remained hollow.”During the previous SAD-BJP government, then Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had announced Rs 13.5 crore for the development of the memorial. The announcement, however, never materialised.“Last year, Capt Amarinder Singh had written to Badal not to create new war memorials if the existing ones cannot be taken care of,” historian Rakesh Kumar said, adding it remained to be seen how much his government would make effort for it.

LONDON: Seven Indian companies are among those from 20 countries named in a list whose components were used by the ISIS to make explosives, a EU-mandated study said, suggesting that more work needs to be done to track the flow of chemicals and other items to the terror group.

The study by Conflict Armament Research (CAR) showed that 51 companies from 20 countries such as Turkey, India, Brazil, and the US produced, sold or received the over 700 components used by ISIS to build improv ..

Jammu, September 20

Family members of Uri martyrs, who belong to the Jammu region, have demanded that the families of soldiers should be given ex gratia at par with neighbouring states like Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.Raj Kumar, brother of Uri martyr Havildar Ravi Pal, sought to draw attention of the state government towards the ex gratia announced by the neighbouring states. He said apart from enhancing the ex gratia, the J&K Government must provide job to at least a kin of the martyrs. Geeta Devi, wife of martyr havildar, has also applied for a government job, but no action had been taken so far.The Uttar Pradesh government had sanctioned Rs 20 lakh for Uri martyrs, Jharkhand Rs 11 lakh, Odisha Rs 10 lakh plus pension, Maharashtra and Bihar Rs 15 lakh each and the J&K Government has sanctioned Rs 5 lakh.Though the martyrs’ families have received Rs 5 lakh, they were of the view that the amount had been sanctioned by the Army not by the state government. However, the Army made it clear that the amount was sanctioned by the J&K Government, but handed over to the martyrs’ family through the Defence authorities. — TNS

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