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‘India should mediate in Lankan affairs’ Cops open fire during Jharkhand bandh One more charge against journalist Geelani CBSE AIEEE seat allocation list
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Indo-Russian JWG discusses border issue New Delhi, July 18 A spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs said Russia strongly believed that the world could not distinguish between good and bad terrorists and there could not be no double standard in the struggle against terrorism. A joint statement issued today by the Ministry of External Affairs here said the two sides reiterated that terrorism could not be justified on any ground and must be eradicated wherever it existed. They stressed the need for Pakistan to fulfil its stated commitment to end cross-border terrorism and extremism, not allow infiltration through the Line of Control and fulfil its obligation assumed for suppressing the activities of terrorist groups based in Pakistan-controlled territories. The delegations stressed that the interaction of Russia and India in combating international terrorism constituted an important component of strategic partnership between the two countries. In view of the need to further strengthen the universal international legal basis for combating terrorism, a detailed exchange of views took place on the ways to expedite the conclusion of the work in the UN on the Indian draft Comprehensive Convention against International Terrorism and the Russian draft International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal led the Indian delegation while the Russian side was led by Mr Vyacheslav I. Trubnikov, First Deputy Foreign Minister. Meanwhile, alarmed at the escalating tension in this region, Russia has invited President Pervez Musharraf to visit Moscow to once again stress upon him the urgent need to dismantle terrorist infrastructure even as it rejected India’s call for declaring Pakistan a “terrorist state”. Dates of General Musharraf’s visit were being worked out by the two countries through diplomatic channels, Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister V.I. Trubnikov, who was here for the fifth meeting of the Indo-Russian joint Working Group (JWG) on Afghanistan, told reporters here. Asked if the visit could take place before Russian president Vladimir Putin’s tour of India in December, he said, “it is very much possible”. |
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NORTH INDIA IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, July 18 As per information available with the Army about 97 terrorists have infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir during the month of June 2002. Adequate military measures have been taken to check terrorist infiltration from across the Line of Control. These include a multi-tiered defensive-cum-counter infiltration posture on the Line of Control, with all known routes of infiltration being guarded and patrolled by troops deployed on ground, the minister told the House. As per reports available, 762 terrorists have been killed by the Army and the Rashtriya Rifles in Jammu and Kashmir from January to June 2002, the Defence Minister told the House. There have been suggestions, including in the Press, that India should consider abrogating the Indus Water Treaty in view of Pakistan’s sponsorship of terrorism directed against India in violation of international law and bilateral agreements, the Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr Digvijay Singh, told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today. he said projects in the hydro power and irrigation sectors had been taken up for implementation in Jammu and Kashmir keeping in mind the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty. In reply to another question Mr Singh told the House that according to Mori International, one of the largest media organisations in the UK, two-thirds of people of Jammu and Kashmir take the view that Pakistan’s involvement in the region for the past 10 years has been bad. Only 15 per cent believe it has been good for the region, while 18 per cent say it has made no real difference. The minister said according to the survey, a clear majority of the population (over 65 per cent) believes that the presence of foreign militants in Jammu and Kashmir is damaging the Kashmiri cause. On the basis of citizenship, 61 per cent said they felt they would be better off politically and economically as an Indian citizen, only 6 per cent as a Pakistani citizen and 33 per cent said they did not know. New Delhi, July 18 The woman from Karnataka had gained access to the complex on a pass provided by an MP. While the police found a button-actuated knife in her possession, during interrogation Sunita claimed that it was just a kitchen knife, the sources said.
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Railway bifurcation: Paswan plans dharna Patna, July 18 Accompanied by senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jagnnath Mishra and Tariq Anwar, Mr Paswan told mediapersons here today that Railway Minister Nitish Kumar’s “self congratulatory attitude” was untenable as it was his initiative which saw the Union Cabinet approving the creation of the Eastern Railway within the shortest possible time. He said his party could even observe fast unto death if the Vajpayee government reversed the decision. Mr Paswan said former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda had inaugurated the East Central zonal office when he was holding the portfolio of Railway Minister. He said many railway projects approved by him were put in cold storage by Mr Nitish Kumar. Ms Mamata Banerjee’s outcry over the issue was also an attempt to grab the post of Railway Minister, Mr Paswan added. He said Mr Laloo Prasad Yadav, who was eulogising Mr Nitish Kumar, did not provide land for the zonal office at Hajipur when he was the Chief Minister in 1996. He dismissed the present controversy as a political gamble. The LJP chief said the NDA could not become an alternative to the RJD in Bihar “as it had lost its all sheen”. He invited all parties opposed to the RJD and the NDA to come together and overthrow their rule in Bihar and the Centre, respectively. He said that the NCP would fight against the RJD and the NDA and modalities of agitational programmes would be fixed through discussions. |
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Call girls’ source irrelevant: panel New Delhi, July 18 In his nine-page order, commission Chairman Justice K. Venkataswami said cross-examination concerning the use of call girls must be confined to the means such as whether the demand was from the officers concerned or offered as part of a pre-conceived or concerted strategy by the portal and steps taken to protect their interests. Disallowing a question on the source of call girls, put forward by Mr C. Mohan Rao, counsel for Defence Ministry official Narendra Singh, Justice Venkataswami said: “The relevant and substantial issue concerning the use of call girls is whether the means employed by the Tehelka team violate the journalistic ethics or any laws of the land.” Disagreeing with Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee, who yesterday argued that the source of call girls could be revealed to probe the conspiracy angle, Justice Venkataswami said: “There is a linkage between the source and identity of women.” The commission had yesterday heard arguments on the issue during continued cross-examination of tehelka.com Editor (Investigation) Aniruddha Bahal, who had refused to reveal the source of call girls.
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‘India should mediate in Lankan affairs’ Dehra Dun, July 18 Mr Rajapaksa, on a visit here to deliver a lecture on human rights at the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, told mediapersons here that the time had come for India to intervene in Sri Lanka through diplomatic channels, if not militarily, to resolve the crisis. “It it the desire of the communities in Sri Lanka that India play a bigger role in facilitating the peace process and in guaranteeing a final peace agreement,” Mr Rajapaksa said. He reiterated that the Indian intervention at the present juncture to end the ethnic strife could still come in the form of a political settlement between the Sri Lanka Government and the LTTE. |
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Cops open fire during Jharkhand bandh Ranchi, July 18 The dawn-to-dusk bandh call, near total in the capital, saw trouble just at the Assembly gate when agitators — defying prohibitory orders — blocked the way of State Transport Minister Sadhnu Bhagat’s car, forcing his bodyguard to fire three rounds. They later expressed anger, breaking the lights and window panes of the security room near the Assembly gate. Bandh supporters raised slogans against the government, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Babulal Marandi. The agitators set ablaze a government vehicle and tried to intimidate employees in the Social Welfare Department office at Dhurwa here. Bihar Institute of Rural Development was also set afire. To disperse the unruly mob, the police fired 10 rounds in the air near the Dhurwa roundabout. They also lobbed tear gas shells and lathicharged the violent crowd. However, no casualty has been reported. Official sources said educational institutions, business establishments, shops and markets remained closed since morning. Attendance in government offices was thin and transactions did not take place in most of the banks.
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One more charge against journalist Geelani New Delhi, July 18 The police has added Section 292 of the IPC, which deals with circulation, sale and printing of obscene material, against Geelani, his counsel V.K. Ohri today told reporters after the in-camera hearing in his case. Mr Ohri alleged that the new charge was added without the permission of the court and stated that he opposed it during the hearing held by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sangita Dhingra Sehgal in her chamber. Meanwhile, the court deferred till July 23 the pronouncement of the order on the verification of the source of information of the document allegedly seized from Geelani by the Income Tax authorities on the basis of which the police had registered a case against him under the Official Secrets Act. The court also directed the Superintendent of Tihar Jail, where Geelani is lodged under judicial custody, to file a reply to his application seeking library facilities.
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CBSE AIEEE seat allocation list New Delhi, July 18 More than 211,000 students appeared for about 10,000 seats in various institutes countrywide. The results are available on website “www.aieee.nic.in” and through the Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) on telephone numbers 011-4360680, 011-4360681, 011-4360702, 011-4360701, 011-4360709, 011-4361944, 011-4363283, 011-4366805. The seat allotment letters were being dispatched to the selected candidates by post. The CBSE has advised the candidates to report to the respective institutes with the allotment letters and all other documents required for admission between July 22 and 28.
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