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Siwalkhas poll Swami emerges stronger |
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Pressure off BSF men along border Expedite relief work: Sonia ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’ bags 9 awards Case against Indian envoy 41.41 cr for PM’s fund by oil
PSUs ACP Rathi, sues Zee TV Tight security in Jogi’s constituency
Comparative study of suicide cases
Teachers not paid
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Day of Indian air power Mumbai, February 18 And India’s air power was introduced by the whirly birds hovering over the waterfront today. Once
the whirring noise stopped, the next ones on the scene were the
Russian Sukhoi-30s, which made the vertical turn upwards and a
subsequent drop, marking the “super cobra” formation. The air show forms part of the first-ever India-organised International Fleet Review. After the Sukhoi-30s, the Cubs, the trainer version of Sea Harriers, zoomed past. Then came in the Sea Harriers, also known as White Tigers. Flying in near collision ranges, the aircraft
frittered away after a loop formation, depicting a bomb burst. Harriers are an integral part of INS Viraat, the aircraft-carrier of the Indian Navy. Within split seconds, the Jaguars rendered the diamond formation and following them were the MiG-29s, which disappeared from the scene as fast as a lightning. But the best was perhaps saved for the last. The Surya Kiran trainers made a cupid formation, followed by a “T-formation”, meaning thank you. In the hour-long air show, the Surya Kirans’ stunts lasted for about 15 minutes. Also, the Chetak helicopters performed various manoeuvres, besides the display of mock raids by marine commandos (known as Marcos), who came in Sea King commando choppers and soon embarked on boats. Cadres also performed para-jumping stunts from an AN-32 aircraft. Earlier, the Sea Kings, a Westland-UK production, and Russia-made Kamovs demonstrated their anti-submarine capabilities.
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Siwalkhas
poll Siwalkhas (Meerut), February 18 Siwalkhas has all along been a citadel of the late Mr Charan Singh, who was the towering Jat leader of western UP. After his death his scion, Mr Ajit Singh popularly known as “chhota choudhary” in the area, kept his father’s flag flying. However, Mr Ajit Singh could not keep as much hold on the voters of UP as his father was able to keep. The Siwalkhas constituency is near the Bagpat area which has been the traditional seat of both late Mr Charan Singh and Mr Ajit Singh for decades together. Thereafter, the victory and defeat of the candidate was decided on lines of the alignment which the two “choudharys” were able to bring about between the Muslims and the Jats. The backwards and the Muslim voters are equally divided in the area. It has been observed that the Muslims always hold the balance in their hands. Sometimes, they had thrown their lot behind Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party chief and often behind Mr Ajit Singh, the Lok Dal chief. Whenever, the Jats and Muslims had decided to go together in favour of a candidate, his victory was ensured. This time too there is no visible wave in favour of anybody as the voters seem to be disinterested in the byelection. A visit to this constituency by this reporter showed that the contest is likely to be triangular between the Lok Dal, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. Because of the large number of backward class voters, the BSP had been strengthening its hold over the voters during the past sometime. Its candidate Mr Sunder Lal Verma is giving tough time to Mr Charan Singh of the Lok Dal and Mr Chander Shekhar, advocate of the Samajwadi Party. As Mr Ajit Singh is keen to keep intact his citadel, therefore, his workers are working very hard amongst the Jats and the Muslims. The die-hard Jats have never left Mr Ajit Singh in the lurch. The BJP has put up Mr Kailash Bharti as its candidate who does not enjoy much ground support. Otherwise also, the BJP seems to be concentrating more on the Sarsawa seat in Saharanpur district instead of here. |
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Swami emerges stronger Dehra Dun, February 18 With cheers on his face he returned from New Delhi yesterday having achieved “biggest economic gain” for the state and “biggest political gain” for the party. The announcement of Planning Commission is seen as a big achievement of the Swami Government. Only hundred days in power cannot be considered as enough to judge one’s performance. And that too in a state like Uttaranchal which is just at its infancy stage. There were lots of problems before the government from getting special economic status to consolidate power and in this achievement Mr Swami has silenced his detractors. Talking to mediapersons here on Saturday Mr Swami said the formal decision by the Union Cabinet would be taken by April this year. The file recommended by the Planning Commission had moved and it would take some time to follow certain principles before finally being granted the special status. He also clarified that the Gadgil-Mukherji formula had nothing to do with the case. The state already fulfilled all other requirements such as sufficient hill area (80 per cent), sufficient population of
tribals, sharing international border less economic viability and lack of infrastructure. |
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Pressure off BSF men along border February 18 Surfacing of water may have kicked off excitement the scientific community, but for the BSF it meant trouble. It would have meant replanning the strategy to patrol the hostile terrain. To exactly ascertain the upheveals and disturbances caused in the Rann, the jawans of the 56th Battalion of the BSF surveyed the area a day after the quake. They noticed that large and small channels of water had come out at Bela, Mauna, Peer baba and near two observation post — OP post and Tent post, not to talk of several 15 feet to 25 feet-long channels. Some of the surfaced water channels were just 40 km from the international border, a point which the paramilitary forces cannot ignore from the security point of view. Reports said the water channels had been sighted in east of Bela Island, Khadhir, Udai, Bhurud and Kaila villages. The entire Rann along the border was manned by five companies of the 56th battalion of the Gandhidham- based unit of the BSF. To check infiltration from across the border, a wide strip of the semi-salty terrain was ploughed with tractors. The Assistant Commandant of the Bela-based company of the BSF, Mr SS Pannu, says the infiltrators leave behind their foot marks,making it possible to catch them. Apart from creating problems in ploughing the strip, the water would have softened the tracks created for plying the patrol vehicles along the border. To see for ourselves the sites where the water had surfaced, mediapersons along with the Assistant Commandant, drove to the forward areas on the north-west side of the Rann. A 15-feet-long and 10-feet wide patch of wetland was noticed. The colour of the soil had become black, apparently due to the colour of the soil beneath. But it had started drying up leaving traces of salt. We then went towards the Gadra post to see another similar site and could see Karunhar Hill, an area falling in Sind district of Pakistan. Due to salt in air, nothing was visible clearly. The company led by the Assistant Commandant was manning a 35 sq km area from Gatka village to Gadra village. |
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Expedite relief work: Sonia New Delhi, February 18 “If the more influential are able to corner the benefits of the relief efforts, it would be a manifold enhancement of the tragedy,” she said in a letter to the Prime Minister, copies of which were given to the Press today. “People of various communities have complained that there is discrimination in the distribution of relief materials” and they were being deprived of it since they belonged to a particular community, she said, adding that compensation for the dead and the injured should be paid immediately. In a five-page communication to the Prime Minister, she said the government should take measures to remove bodies still buried under the debris within a given period of time and facilitate retrieval of household materials lying under the debris. Stating that there was a perception that the government was deliberately not taking due action for the removal of debris for the fear that the death toll may rise, she said the detailed programme on clearing of debris should be given to the local people. Mrs Gandhi said the government should immediately declare a policy on the adoption of villages. |
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‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’ bags 9 awards Mumbai, February 18 For the father-son duo of Rakesh and Hrithik, it was a double success with the former bagging award for best director and the latter for best debut and best acting at the 46th Annual Filmfare Awards function. The film also bagged awards for the best music (Rajesh Roshan), best screenplay award (Ravi Kapoor and Honey Irani), best editing (Ravi Verma), best choreography (Farha Khan) and best male playback singer (Lucky Ali). The highlight of the function was the unveiling of Amitabh Bachchan’s wax model, flown in here from Madame Tussaud’s in London, by the icon of Indian cinema himself. An overwhelmed Amitabh said it was an honour for the film industry as for the first time an Indian film actor had been displayed at the 200-year-old portrait gallery. Amitabh was adjudged the best actor for his supporting role in ‘Mohabbatein’. His wife Jaya Bachchan received the best actress award for her supporting role in ‘Fiza’. Asha Bhosale and actor-producer Feroz Khan were given life-time achievement awards. Altogether Rs 1.26 crore were collected by way of sale of tickets for relief of Gujarat quake victims. Karisma Kapoor won the best actress award for her role in “Fiza” while her sister Kareena Kapoor bagged best female newcomer award for film “Refugee”. The best performance in a comic role went to Paresh Rawal for “Hera Pheri” while actor Sunil Shetty won the award for best performance in a villian’s role for “Dhadkan”. The Filmfare special jury award went to Anu Malik while Javed Akhtar received the best lyrics award for the number “Panchee Nadiyan” from “Refugee”. Lucky Ali bagged the best male playback singer award for “Ek Pal Ka Jeena” in “Kaho Na Pyar Hai” while Alka Yagnik won the best female playback singer award for “Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se” song in film “Dhadkan”. The Managing Director of The Times of India group Vineet Jain presented a cheque for Rs 25 lakh to Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal for rehabilitation of quake survivors.
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Case against Indian envoy New Delhi, February 18 The fir, registered by the special investigation unit of the agency, has named Mr Rajeshwar Singal, First Secretary and Head of the Consular and Visa Wing of the High Commission of India in the Tanzanian capital Dar-es-Salaam, as the accused. |
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41.41 cr for PM’s fund by oil
PSUs New Delhi, February 18 Out of the total amount, Rs. 41.41 crore has been donated by various oil PSUs under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the employees of Public Sector companies — BPCL (Rs 75 lakh), HPCL (Rs 45 lakh) and BRPL (Rs 8.23 lakh) . |
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ACP Rathi, sues Zee TV New Delhi, February 18 Mr Rathi in his petition has alleged that his trial was jeopardised by Zee TV as it had repeatedly telecast “India’s Most Wanted” on the Connaught Place shootout case when his trial was on, despite an undertaking to the court not to repeat the programme. Justice J.D. Kapoor last week asked Zee Network, the producer of India’s “Most Wanted”, to file its reply within two weeks and fixed May 21 as the next date of hearing in the case. Besides Zee Network, Mr Rathi has named Suhaib Ilyasi, the producer of the documentary drama and programme’s researcher Arun Srivastava of Free Star Studio in Noida (UP) as other respondents. Rathi’s counsel Meet Malhotra told the court that Zee TV network earlier had given an undertaking to the court in a suit filed by Inspector Anil Kumar, another accused in the case, not to re-telecast the segment of the episode in question. PTI
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Tight security
in Jogi’s constituency Raipur, February 18 A heavy security cordon has been laid in the constituency as Mr Jogi’s entry into the fray has been seriously contested by the BJP after its MLA vacated the seat for a Congress leader.
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Comparative study of suicide cases Hanumangarh, February 18 In the year 1998, there were 121 suicide cases reported, out of which 91 were those who had got primary education. During the next year, out of 116 suicide deaths, 53 persons had got matric education and last year out of the 163 cases registered, 64 persons had education up to the primary level. In most of the cases, the reasons for suicide could not be known. In 2000, of the total 163 suicide cases reported, in 92 cases the reasons for taking the step remained unknown. Family disputes remained the major reason for committing suicide. The data collected revealed that suicides were increasing among the males. In 1998, 80 males committed suicide, in 1999 the number was 87 and during the past year 102. Another interesting conclusion derived from this comparative study was that generally married persons committed suicide. |
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Teachers not paid Hanumangarh, February 18 The teachers have been facing the problem of not getting on-time salary for a year now. While the salary for the month of December was given in January, the employees are still awaiting for salary for January. |
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