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Monday,
June 3, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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VHP not to
raise ante under war clouds LF withdraws
support to Maharashtra
govt BJP-BSP combine wins 3 Assembly seats BJP to be in
saddle in Goa
Now, Laloo’s
son-in-law does it CBI moots action
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Scientists see
spots in sun Jail inmate dies
in mysterious circumstances IIT results out
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VHP not to raise ante under war clouds Ayodhya, June 2 “As long as war is hovering over India, we will not ask or do anything which will cause tension to the government,” he told reporters at the ‘Purnahuti Yagna’ here. VHP International President Ashok Singhal, who also attended the yagna, demanded that the government enact a law to hand over the acquired land for the temple construction. He said the future programme of the temple movement would be discussed at the two-day meeting of VHP’s ‘margdarshan mandal’ at Hardwar beginning on June 22. Claiming that the 100-day yajna was a ‘success’, he said the VHP would next launch a ‘Ram Naam japa yagna’ in every village. Mr Singhal accused the Faizabad district administration of imposing “unnecessary restrictions” in the temple town due to which a large number of Ram sevaks could not attend the yagna. The 100-day yagna at Karsevakpuram concluded with performance of special prayers this morning in the presence of a number of VHP leaders. Later a ‘shobha yatra’ (a procession) with a decorated kalash (urn) was taken out amidst tight security to Naya Ghat on Saryu river for immersion. Officials said the function passed off peacefully and no untoward incident was reported from Ayodhya and Faizabad. Demanding that all madrasas in the country, including Deoband Dar-ul-Ulum in Saharanpur, be shut down, Mr Singhal told reporters that “they are training boys in militancy for Talibanisation of the country”. “The country may face a division along language, caste and religious lines if strict action is not taken against the divisive forces,” he said. Mr Singhal said the VHP was not against Muslims but was opposed to “jehadi terrorism”. VHP general secretary Praveenbhai Togadia, who was also present, said “jehadis are generating hatred against Muslims in the country and people should be cautions against their evil designs to de-stabilise the country.
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Stop war mongering, VP tells Centre Allahabad, June 2 “There is enough room for diplomatic pressure to resolve bilateral disputes, including cross-border terrorism. Time is not yet ripe for a full-fledged war between India and Pakistan,” he told reporters here. Urging the Vajpayee government to sustain diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to rein in terrorists , Mr V.P. Singh said the government must “act patiently and work out a future course of action” to resolve longstanding disputes with Islamabad. Accusing the Prime Minister and various Cabinet ministers of indulging in “war mongering”, he said they should “stop making irresponsible and loose statements on serious issues like war”. He said, “Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi did not indulge in such war mongering in 1971 before leading the country in a war with Pakistan in which we emerged victorious”.
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Pak army explodes smoke bombs
Jodhpur, June 2 The explosions were sighted by BSF personnel opposite the Navtal border checkpost, about 500 meters inside the Pakistani territory. As to why Pakistan exploded the smoke bombs was not known but the BSF had stepped up vigil along the border, Mr Mallik said.
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LF withdraws
support to Maharashtra
govt
Mumbai, June 2 This was decided at a meeting held this evening at Peasants and Workers Party Minister Ganapatrao Deshmukh’s residence in south
Mumbai, following “dissatisfaction” over the performance of the DF government. The nine MLAs belong to the Peasants and Workers Party
(PWP), Communist Party of India (CPM) and Janata Dal (Secular) with a strength of five and two MLAs each respectively, in the House. The 288-member DF government has the strength of 74 Congress, Nationalist Congress Party 61, Shiv Sena 69, Bharatiya Janata Party 56, Independents 12, Peasants Workers Party 5, Bharipa Mahasangh
(BRP-BMS) 3, Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2, Janata Dal (Secular) 2 and Republican Party of
India-Gavai 1 and Samajwadi Janata Party (Mah) 1, Native People’s Party 1 and Gondwana Party 1.
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BJP-BSP combine wins 3 Assembly seats
New Delhi, June 2 While the ruling BSP-BJP combine in UP has retained one Lok Sabha and three Assembly seats besides wresting one Assembly seat, the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has won two of the three Assembly Seats and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa has wrested the lone Assembly seat (Bhadrak) to which poll was held. Besides, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh has retained the Amalapuram Lok Sabha seat and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar, the ruling Left Front in West Bengal, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), also part of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra and the ruling Congress in Karnataka have emerged victorious in the byelections in their states. The one sore exception appears to be the Dumka Lok Sabha seat in Jharkhand where the ruling Babulal Marandi Government suffered unexpected reverses as JMM supremo Shibu Soren, who had challenged the might of the BJP and entered the fray as a party nominee. won the seat. He beat BJP’s Ramesh Hembram with a victory margin of over 94,000 votes while Jharkhand Chief Minister and Congress candidate Simon Marandi came third. The results were being seen as a major setback to the BJP which was confident of winning the prestigious seat. The party had won the Rajya Sabha seat from the state on May 31. In Karnataka, the ruling Congress retained the Narasimharaja Assembly seat. Its nominee Tanveer Sait defeated his nearest Janata Dal (S) rival Maruti Rao Pawar by a margin of over 11,700 votes in the byelection. Counting in the Saidapet Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu has been suspended on charges of irregularities. Barring the Dibai Assembly seat, the ruling BSP-BJP coalition in UP has managed to retain one Lok Sabha seat (Akbarpur) and all the three Assembly seats-Baheri, Jahangirganj and Kunda. The main opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) suffered a major setback when the BSP wrested the Baheri Assembly seat from the party. The SP was supported by the Apna Dal and the Rashtriya Kranti Party of former UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh which retained the Dibai seat. Continuing its hold over the masses, the ruling All India Anna DMK (AIADMK) in Tamil Nadu won the byelection to the Acharapakkam and Vaniyambadi Assembly Seats. AIADMK candidates — A Buvaragamoorthy in Acharapakkam (Reserved) constituency and R. Vadivel in the Muslim-dominated Vaniyambadi wrested the seats from the PMK and the Indian National League (INL), respectively. In Andhra Pradesh, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) retained the Amalapuram (Reserved) Lok Sabha seat with its nominee G Vijayakumari, wife of the Late Lok Sabha Speaker G.M.C. Balayogi, defeated her nearest Bahujan Samaj Party rival J.B. Raju. In Bihar ruling RJD nominee Ramanand Yadav was declared elected from the Danapur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Satya Narayan Singh of the BJP by a margin of 58,000 votes. RJD retains the seat which fell vacant after Party chief Laloo Prasad Yadav resigned following his election to the Rajya Sabha. The party has also retained the Chattarpur Assembly seat on which its nominee Gauri Shanker Sardar defeated his nearest rival Vishwa Mohan Bharti of JD(U) by 237 votes. In Orissa ruling Biju Janata Dal candidate and former Minister Prafulla Samal won the byelection to the Bhadrak Assembly seat by defeating his nearest rival Congress candidate Naren Palei by 6381 votes. The ruling Left Front candidate Tarapada Chakraborty (Forward Bloc) won the byelection to Onda Assembly seat in West Bengal defeating his nearest Trinamool Congress rival by 63,264 votes. The ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Suresh Jain won the Jalgaon State Assembly in Maharashtra defeating Shiv Sena candidate Prof Chandrakant Sonawane by 57,857 votes.
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BJP to be in saddle in Goa Panaji, June 2 Parrikar would be sworn-in as Chief Minister at 10.30 am tomorrow at Raj Bhavan, they said. The BJP, which had emerged as the single largest party with 17 seats in the 40-member House, was extended support by the MGP-UGDP combine. With an Independent also on its side, the BJP required only three MLAs to reach the magic number of 21 to form the government. Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party’s Sudin Dhavlikar said he, along with party MLA P.Madkaikar, had submitted a memorandum extending support to the BJP. United Goans Democratic Party’s Mickey Pacheco, a recruiting agent, said his party had extended an unconditional support to the BJP. To a query, Pacheco said he had not sought any ministry for himself. Meanwhile, the Speaker of the dissolved Goa Legislative Assembly and former Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane was unanimously elected leader of the 16-member Congress Legislative Party. “We will prefer to sit in the opposition as the party does not have the requisite numbers,” Mr Rane said here after the election. Mr Rane informed that he would resign from the post of Speaker.
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Now, Laloo’s son-in-law does it Mumbai, June 2 The much-awaited reception organised by the groom, Ramesh Kumar, and his family to mark his marriage to the RJD chief’s second daughter, Rohini, took place amidst tight security even as a steady flow of city’s movers and shakers made their way to the reception venue. NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, film stars Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Jackie Shroff, officers of the Income Tax Department were among those who attended the function. The soft “shehnai” music played on as cocktails and fresh juices made continuous rounds under the canopy of stars and subdued lighting for the night. The elaborately prepared menu by chief Bharat Chaudri included lip-licking “fish koliwada fingers”, “chicken hariyali tikka”, “lasooni paneer tikka” and “corn sheekh kebab”. The lavish dining table also boasted of the evenly done up “murgh tikka lababdar”, “dum ka bhuna gosh”, “fish gassi”, “achari paneer with peppers”, “handi chole with batura’s”. Surprisingly, the fare also included the southern all-time favourite “appams” and fried “idli chaat”. The 800 carefully selected guests also had a variety of choice at the chaat counter which included “dahi samosa chaat” “chilled rasgulla chaat” and “dahi batata puri” as well as the desert counter with fresh fruit salad and mouth-watering hot “jalebis”.
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CBI moots action against Agarwal New Delhi, June 2 According to Finance Ministry sources, the agency had received a complaint from Pawanjit Singh, who had alleged that Agarwal had forged documents against him and subjected him to “harassment” and wrongful confinement. After making a preliminary inquiry into the case, the CBI found that Agarwal had allegedly indulged in fabrication of a case against him. The CBI suggested to the Ministry of Finance to take regular departmental action against him in this case. The agency had sent two cases to the Finance Ministry, seeking prosecution of Agarwal in two other cases. Meanwhile, in a related development, the Revenue Department, supposed to give its decision on the two cases before June 9 to the Delhi High Court, questioned the CBI about the reliability of Abhishek Verma, the co-accused in the Bharjatiya case who had turned approver, the sources said. |
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Scientists see spots in sun Mumbai, June 2 If this spot complex begins to produce energetic solar flare activity, the potential for middle latitude sightings of auroral activity may also increase over the next two weeks, the solar astronomers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Nehru Planetarium here said. The sunspot complex will be easier to view with the protected eye till June 4 or 5 as it rotates from east to west, scientists added. On May 27, a large, potentially active sunspot complex rotated into view around the south-eastern limb of the sun. This sunspot complex, identified as active sunspot region 9973, currently measures 960 millionth of the solar hemisphere, the astronomers said. This is large enough to completely map a little more than five-and-a-half times the entire surface of the earth into the sunspot complex and large enough to spot with the “protected” naked eye with solar filters, according to the Amateur Astronomers (AA) secretary, Mr Aadil Desai. Mr Desai warned that those who are interested in observing the spot complex of the sun, “should use solar filters approved for observing sun.” “The sunspot in question is visible in the south-east of the sun. It appears to be moderately complex magnetically and may support energetic solar flaring,” the astronomers said. It is still too close to the solar limb to see all details of the spot complex, Mr Desai said, adding that “however, the size of the complex alone is enough to raise some concerns.” Sunspot is a dark area in the photosphere of the sun caused by the lowered surface temperature. The sizes and numbers of the sunspots vary in the 11-year sunspot cycle, which is shared by all other forms of solar activity.
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Jail inmate dies in mysterious circumstances Imphal, June 2 |
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IIT results out New Delhi, June 2 The results are also available on the official websites of the various
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