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Jogi expands ministry Gandhi Peace Prize for John Hume Tehelka submits report
on discrepancies Manu’s plea
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‘Harit pradesh’ to be RLD’s poll plank Dalai Lama stable, may
be discharged 173 Patiala palace recipes discovered DISTRICT DIARY Fourth Grammy nomination for Ravi Shankar Uteem in Bangalore
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Jogi expands ministry Raipur, January 29 With this, the strength of the ministry has risen to 29, with 17 holding Cabinet rank. At a ceremony in the Raj Bhavan here Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahaya administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr Tarun Chatterjee, Mr Ganguram Baghel, Mr Sakrajit Nayak and Mr Vikram Bhagat. While Mr Chatterjee, city Mayor and representing the Raipur rural constituency in the state Assembly has been made Cabinet Minister, Mr Baghel and Mr Nayak were made Ministers of State with independent charge. Mr Bhagat has been made Minister of State. The 36-member BJP state legislature party had split with 12 of their MLAs quitting the party on December 20 and forming a new political outfit, the Chhattisgarh Vikas Party (CVP), which later merged with the Congress. Terming Mr Vajpayee’s statement as “double standards”, Mr Jogi told reporters that “several persons joined the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh without resigning, whereas these MLAs have been asked to vacate their seats”. “We will welcome more BJP MLAs. It had happened earlier and will happen in future”, the Chief Minister said, commenting on the reports that more BJP MLAs might join the Congress. Mr Jogi said there would be another expansion after the budget session of the state Assembly, commencing on February 18. “This is not the final Cabinet expansion.... After the budget session there will be a thorough reshuffle to make use of best talents available within the Congress”, he said. Denying that the inductions were a reward to legislators who left the BJP and joined the Congress, he clarified that his party wanted to utilise qualities of the legislators for development of the state. In the 91-member House, the Congress has 63 MLAs, the BJP after losing 12 members on December 20, 2001, has 23, the BSP has two members, the Gondwana Ganatantra Party one and two independents. Meanwhile, Mr Paresh Bagbahara, who had also left the BJP to join the Congress, has been appointed as Political Assistant to the Chief Minister. He will maintain coordination between people’s representatives and the government.
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Gandhi Peace Prize for John Hume New Delhi, January 29 Mr Hume was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for having unequivocally opposed violence as a means of resolving conflicts. The jury for the Gandhi Peace Prize comprises five members — the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the Chief Justice of India and two other eminent persons who are, at present, former President R. Venkataraman and former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral. Launched on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 1995, the prize is given for outstanding work and contribution to social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods. Last year, the award was conferred jointly on former South African President Nelson Mandela and Gramin Bank of Bangladesh. |
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Tehelka submits report
on discrepancies New Delhi, January 29 Admitting that there were missing portions of transcript of unedited tapes number 16, 58, 53 and 94, Tehelka, however, said, “it had transcribed these tapes with limited equipment, manpower and great stress as at that stage there was great haste in releasing the tapes to the public keeping in view the danger to life and security of the persons involved in Operation Westend.” “During the preparation of the transcripts, there were as many as 10-12 persons, simultaneously trying to transcribe the portion of the tape. At the time of submission to this commission, while the data consisting of transcription of the original tapes was being collected, there crept in certain inadvertent clerical errors and there has been no attempt to conceal anything or any portion of transcript from the commission,” the news portal said. “That the error is a bona fide error and is not actuated by malafides,” it said, and sought three days’ time to provide the transcripts for these unedited tapes.
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Manu’s plea
on trial dates rejected New Delhi, January 29 Manu, who was released from jail yesterday after he was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Friday, appeared before Additional Sessions Judge R.L. Chugh. His counsel R.K. Naseem submitted before the court that as per the high court order, Manu was directed not to stay in Delhi during his interim bail period for six weeks, except on the dates of the trial, to attend courts. “It will be difficult for him to attend the court on time if the matter is taken up on a day-to-day basis, as he has to come from Chandigarh every day,” Mr Naseem told the court. The counsel for the prosecution, Special Public Prosecutor S.K. Saxena, opposed the defence plea, saying that he was prepared to examine all witnesses in the case.
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‘Harit pradesh’ to be RLD’s poll plank New Delhi, January 29 Addressing newspersons at the party headquarters, Mr Ajit Singh said reorganisation of Uttar Pradesh had become necessary for effective administration and speedy development. The RLD supremo said “harit pradesh” had now the support of farmers, traders, industrialists, lawyers and government employees. Asked as to how his “harit pradesh” would become a reality since the BJP, a major constituent of the NDA, had not expressed its support for it, the RLD president said the ruling party was definitely for the formation of smaller states. The BJP had given 37 seats to the RLD in an electoral tie-up. |
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Dalai Lama stable, may be discharged Mumbai, January 29 “There is further improvement. His appetite has improved and he had a restful sleep last night,” Mr Prakash Mhatre, Director (operations) of Lilavati Hospital, told PTI here. “As far as the Dalai Lama’s stay in the hospital is concerned, he would have to stay here till the completion of entire course of antibiotics,” he said, adding that this would be completed by the weekend. Mr Mhatre said doctors attending on him were “happy to see that he has taken to normal breakfast and his diet shifted from liquid to soft diets”.
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173 Patiala palace recipes discovered NEW DELHI: Recipes of the kitchen of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala now are being tried in a five-star deluxe hotel in South Delhi. Nearly 173 recipes seemingly lost by the Royal family are claimed to have been discovered by a culinary company with the cooperation of former Chief Minister of Punjab H.S. Brar and his Chandigarh-based relative. Nearly 34 dishes apart from appetisers, rice, breads and sweet dishes based on these recipes can now be enjoyed at the 10-day Patiala Food Festival which began here on Friday at Singh Sahib, the Punjabi restaurant of Park Royale here. A tribute to Maharaja Bhupinder Singh known as a gourmet and for his cuisine, the festival is said to be the first in the New Year. The company has also succeeded in bringing two cooks from Patiala, one of whom (Satnam Singh) happens to be the grandson of Harnam Singh, a chef in Maharaja Bhupinder Singh’s kitchen. The third cook works in a restaurant on Lawrence Road, Amritsar. Culinary expert and Jiggs Kalra’s partner, Marut Sikka told The Tribune here that the recipes were mentioned to him by the Brars’. Determined to make the chance discovery “fruitful”, Sikka followed it up with perseverance and succeeded in putting together a menu for the festival. The company which is also a culinary consultant to the hotel managed to get 173 typed and documented recipes, 33 recipes scribbled in Gurmukhi and five to seven recipes by word of mouth from the cooks. “While some recipes written by Jemadar Harnam Singh, one of the Maharaja’s soldiers, were very detailed, others were sketchy and we had to work extensively on them. We also got some reference points from families known to the descendants of Raja Bhalindar Singh, the Maharaja’s brother credited with making seafood popular in the State. Asked why they decided to begin the calendar year with a Patiala Food Festival, Mr Sikka said, “There is so much food which India has lost. Since we have a Punjabi restaurant, we decided to have food of the region. Patiala food is more basic and provincial. As far as I know, 95 per cent of these recipes are coming into public domain for the first time. We have also created two-three recipes. For instance, the royal recipe had the Khaatai Kebab made from Lamb meat. We have introduced the Sabz Khatai Kebab from Zucchini (Taroi) and Yam (Zimmikand).” Mr Sikka said that the menu gives a brief
historical background of the food. “Vegetarian dishes constitute 70 per cent of the menu. We are a little partial to the vegetarians as we feel that they do not get enough variety. The menu also has pickles besides egg dishes like eggs Talwa (Ande Ke Kebab), fish kebab, fish curry and a prawn dish.” He feels that effort should be made to revive the dying art of cooking. “Had the manuscripts with these recipes not been found, these would have been lost.” |
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DIARY Hanumangarh The department statistic show that the birds have been visiting Badopal since 1989. So far no steps have been taken to stop these from becoming hunters prey. Under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, there has been a proposal to declare Badopal a closed area. Mr Dalip Verma, district president, People for Animals (PFA), says a police post should be set up in the area. Hunters should be imprisoned and a heavy fine imposed on them. Model maker Baldev Singh, a city lad makes structures of wooden sticks. During a fare Baldev saw prints of the London Bridge and the Eiffel Tower. He set to make these structures with wooden sticks. By working seven hours daily he completed the 7 foot-long model of the London Bridge in one-and-a-half months. The bridge has got lights and can be separated from the middle as in the original. He gave his first structure, a model of Jurrassic Park to the Swami Keshwanand Memorial Museum, Sangaria, as a token of gratitude to Swami Keshwanand. He had been a student of a school run under the name of the Swami. He completed the model of the Eiffel Tower in one month. The tower has lights, an antenna and four electricity-run lifts. Baldev plans to make models of the twin towers of Malaysia, the Titanic ship and the recently destroyed WTC towers. He is also planning to hold an exhibition of his models. Ailing hospital No equipments; no medicines; no arrangement for admitting patients sums up the condition of the government hospital in Rawatsar tehsil of the district. This building is being used for over a year. During this time only about 1,000 patients have come here and most of them for ligature and minor ailments. Pools of water near the building stink. Water-logging leads to seepage in the quarters of hospital employees. During rains access to these quarters is restricted. Water entered in a few quarters. The employees left the quarters. |
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Fourth Grammy nomination for Ravi Shankar New Delhi, January 29 The nomination is in the “best world music album” category for the album produced by Hans Wendl and recorded by Virgin Records. This rare live recording — a document of a critically acclaimed concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall on October 6, 2000 — also features Shankar’s 19-year-old daughter and disciple Anoushka assisting him on the sitar.
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Uteem in Bangalore Bangalore, January 29 Karnataka Governor V.S. Rama Devi and Chief Minister S.M. Krishna received him and his wife who arrived in an Indian Airlines plane. During his stay, he is scheduled to visit the ITPL, Infosys and Ashok LeylanD in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, before leaving for Hyderabad tomorrow afternoon.
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