August 6, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Assam Voter List
Aug 6, 2025 06:53 IST
First published on: Aug 6, 2025 at 06:06 IST
The prospects of holding early parliamentary elections in Assam appeared to recede when a team of the student agitation leaders arrived in New Delhi and demanded a fresh revision of rolls with a “clear set of directives”. The leaders met the Chief Election Commissioner, R K Trivedi, and emphasised in a memorandum that the assumption that any non-citizen entering Assam before 1971 had automatically acquired citizenship was not legally tenable.
A Bigger Bench
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to increase the number of Supreme Court judges from 18 to 30, it is learnt. The Cabinet is also believed to have agreed to raise the strength of high court judges. The government will now bring a bill in Parliament to this effect. What was worrying the government was the accumulation of a large number of cases in high courts and the Supreme Court.
Assassination Plot
A conspiracy to cause disorder in Haryana and kill very important persons, including CM Bhajan Lal, family members of Gen R S Dayal, who led the military action in the Golden Temple last year, and the senior superintendent of police, Ludhiana, was unearthed by the Kurukshetra police following the arrest of five persons. One foreign-made .455 bore revolver, hand grenades, two guns and a large quantity of ammunition have been recovered.
Billiards Battle
The legendary Bob Marshall outclassed second seed Subhash Agrawal and Indian national champion Geet Sethi beat holder Michael Ferreira to set up a clash between experience and youth in the final of the 25th World Amateur Billiards Championship on August 6. The 75-year-old Marshall beat Agrawal in all departments of the game to record a convincing 2809-1872 win while Sethi forged ahead in the last hour to topple holder Ferreira 2513-2379.
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