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January 17, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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TRAI
notice to cellular operators Bengal CM
accuses missionaries of spying Time to
strengthen security: DGMI CBI to
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Naga
issue: Opposition for all-party meeting 20
rounded up for cow slaughter 4 CMs told to review
population policy NHRC
takes up issue of disabled persons Sukhois,
Jaguars for R-Day flypast Advani
to visit France, Qatar Kerala
dances to bhangra tunes
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TRAI notice to cellular operators New Delhi, January 16 Sources said cellular operators had been given 72 hours to respond to the notice and the respective operators had been summoned for an individual hearing on Monday. The hearing starts at 11 a.m. In addition, the sources said the TRAI was considering slapping a hefty fine on GSM mobile operators, which could be to the tune of Rs 2 lakh per day for violation of TRAI directives. Cellular operators declined to acknowledge the receipt of such a notice. It is learnt that notices have already been despatched to the operators, including Bharti, Hutchison-Essar, Idea and BPL. The TRAI notice said: “Bharti, besides others, are hereby called upon to show cause within 72 hours hereof as to why penal action should not be initiated against you under sections 29 and 30 read with Section 34 of the Act and under the terms and conditions of the licence agreement.” “As the matter is extremely urgent, your authorised official or representative should personally appear before the authority on January 20 at 11 a.m. at the TRAI’s office along with the written explanation,” it said. The notice further said that it may be noted that in the event of a cellular operator’s failure to comply with the requisition or if the explanation furnished by the operators was not found satisfactory, the authority shall proceed to initiate necessary action under the provisions of law. Cellular phone operators have so far defied the regulator’s instruction of providing interconnectivity to limited mobility phones of fixed line operators on the grounds that these were not based on a reciprocal tariff structure. Mobile phone operators were served an ultimatum by the TRAI on Tuesday to provide interconnection to calls originating from phones operating on the Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) within 24 hours. |
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Bengal CM accuses missionaries of spying Kolkata, January 16 Mr Bhattacharjee had openly accused these organisations of launching a slanderous campaign against India and the Bengal Marxist government in particular. He warned that these would not be allowed to operate any more in Bengal if these did not change their attitude and present style of functioning. He alleged that some organisations were involved in spying and various other anti-national activities in Bengal in the name of social welfare works. Incidentally, former Congress Chief Minister, Mr Siddhartha Shankar Ray, made similar allegations during his chiefministership between 1972 and 76 in the state and accordingly, disbanded some renowned international organisations operating in the backward districts. Mr Bhattacharjee alleged that while the organisations like Amnesty International had turned a blind eye to the torture of Vietnamese by the USA and attacks on South African people, it was now trying to falsely implicate India and Bengal, in cases of human rights violations. Mr Bhattacharjee said during the period of Naxalite activities in the state, these organisations had played a dirty game in supporting the blood-shed by the Naxalites and now they were helping the ISI and other agencies in carrying out terrorist activities in India. He said both the Centre should firmly deal with these foreign agencies. |
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Time to strengthen security: DGMI Meerut, January 16 He was in the city on Wednesday evening for the inauguration of a UGC-sponsored defence studies refresher course. He also delivered an inaugural speech in CCS University auditorium. Speaking on the current geographical situation he cautioned the defence studies teachers that India was surrounded with two nuclear powers, Pakistan and China. Every Indian knows the intention of Pakistan. He said China had a vision to become world’s second largest military power in the next 30 years. Hence China wants India to be involved in the South Asian disputes and that’s why China was showing great interest in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. General Dawar further added that Bangladesh had turned into a major ISI base and in the coming year Pakistan and China would have their nuclear presence in the Indian Ocean. He stressed that we first need to strengthen our internal security than economic power and for this we had to control our increasing population. We also need to keep a check on our religions, orthodox elements, fake currency, smuggling of drugs and arms and cyber crimes. Speaking about the Subramanium Commission, he said we were implementing its findings. |
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CBI to share cyber crime probe with Japan New Delhi, January 16 Initiated by the National Police Agency of Japan, CTINS will facilitate online sharing of information on cyber crime technologies to fight such crimes. Among the countries to be networked include Japan, Thailand, Korea, China and Hong Kong. An exclusive unit in the CBI, Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (CCIC), has an elaborate plan to launch an extensive net patrolling for identification of criminals operating through the Internet, agency sources told The Tribune here today. The cell is also gearing up to tackle cases of hacking and online frauds having national and international ramifications. In view of the need to counter growing crimes committed through Internet and other computer networks, besides dealing with infringement of copyright, computer related frauds, pornography and violation of network security, increasing daily interference with e-banking and e-commerce, the CBI Director Mr P.C. Sharma, has sent a proposal to the Centre for the creation of additional 66 posts at various levels, which is under active consideration. Sources said the CCIC had been receiving a number of references from different countries for assistance in investigation of cases as well as sharing of information in respect of cyber crimes. During the last year, the CCIC registered six major cases on cyber crimes, including the one referred to by the FBI of the USA. The CCIC which started functioning from March, 2000, is a notified contact point of Interpol for reporting cyber crimes committed in India. This was done after the September 11 attack on World Trade Center in the USA. |
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Naga issue: Opposition for all-party meeting
New Delhi, January 16 The leaders, including former Prime Ministers V.P. Singh and H.D. Deve Gowda, Mr Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal (United) and Abdul Rashid Shaheen of the National Conference also demanded that the centre consult the opposition on the vexed issue. A meeting between the leaders of the opposition and the NSCN (IM) held at the residence of Mr V.P. Singh this evening welcomed the peace initiative with the Naga leaders. The meeting was also attended by Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, Mr Ram Jethmalani, Left leaders D Raja, A.B. Bardhan, Sitaram Yechuri, Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD) and Human Rights activist Swami Agnivesh. Welcoming the NSCN (IM) announcement of giving up the path of violence and adopting the peace and talks as a means to resolve the problem, Mr V.P. Singh said there would be difficulties in the path of peace.
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20 rounded up for cow slaughter Bhopal, January 16 Prohibitory orders have been promulgated in the neighbouring towns of Lateri and Sironj while a general alert has been sounded across the state. The trouble started yesterday when some people saw a cow being slaughtered in the house of a member of the minority community. The person, however, escaped the irate mob with his wife and daughter in a rickshaw but all three of them were later taken into custody by the police. The mob, apparently led by Bajrang Dal and VHP activists — Ganj Basoda in Vidisha district is a sensitive town — looted the shops and set fire to them. Around 50 shops were damaged. The police controlled the mob first by bursting tear gas shells and then firing in the air. Top police and civil officials from Bhopal had reached Ganj Basoda in the afternoon. The reinforcements were rushed from Bhopal and
Sagar. Reports received here said complaints about the same person killing cows had been made to the police earlier also but the police did not act. Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Babulal Gaur said it was much too serious an offence that the person killed a cow on the auspicious Sankranti day. Mr Gaur has constituted a three-member committee to probe the incident. |
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4 CMs told to review population policy
New Delhi, January 16 Concerned over the persistent failure of these four states in controlling population, the Prime Minister had called them to Delhi for an ineptly discussion on how they should work to achieve the target. During the meeting, the Prime Minister specifically asked them to take review meetings periodically on implementation of health, family welfare and girls’ education programmes with ministers and officials concerned. Copies of the monthly action taken reports should be sent to the PMO and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regularly, the Chief Ministers were told. India is likely to miss the targeted total fertility rate
(TFR) of 2.1 by 2010,only because of the performance of these states. UNI |
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NHRC takes up issue of disabled persons New Delhi, January 16 Stressing the need to bring human rights of the disabled to the centerstage of the development agenda, Justice Verma has observed that departments and ministries have not adequately implemented the policies and programmes for the disabled. While identifying priority areas, the commission has asked the Centre and the states to constitute a task force to frame a national policy and plan creation of barrier-free infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of the Disabilities Act. It has also asked them to review and amend rules and regulations which have discriminatory provisions or lack enabling provisions for enjoyment of full range of human rights by persons with disabilities. The commission’s specific instructions to the states are to formulate State Disability Policy and Plan of Action, carry out vertical integration of schemes of all departments related to the disabled, provide employment opportunities for the disabled, conduct capacity building/sensitisation programmes for administrators and field functionaries and enforce the provisions of the Mental Health Act, 1987. The NHRC has asked the Centre to introduce and rationalise schemes for disabled persons, develop minimum standards to ensure quality in service provided to the disabled by non-government organisations and government institutions, rehabilitate disabled child beggars and provide social security to women with disabilities. |
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Sukhois, Jaguars for
R-Day flypast New Delhi, January 16 Besides this, the Air Force will also be putting on show the MI-35 assault helicopters and the newly inducted MI-17 I V multipurpose helicopters for the first time in static display. The MI-17 I V helicopters are of the new generation and equipped with flares to detract heat-guided missiles. They were inducted into the IAF last year and can also be used for assault purposes. The IAF today issued a request to the public to avoid throwing eatables in the open which could lead to accidents during the
flypast. |
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Advani to visit France, Qatar New Delhi, January 16 Mr Advani leaves here for Qatar on January 20 for the five-day tour. During his stay in Qatar on January 21 and 22, Mr Advani would be initiating discussions on a joint working group (JWG) on terrorism. He would also call on Qatari Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani. |
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Kerala
dances to bhangra tunes Thiruvananthapuram,
January 16 That’s what is happening at the National Youth Festival now underway here. Yes! Kerala artistes at the festival had to literally take a backseat on many occasions as the local audience, exposed to such a wide variety of action-packed north Indian flavour for the first time, lapped up all, eagerly. Karanbeer Singh, Kamardeep Singh and Charanjeet Singh, members of the 45-strong Chandigarh team, are already billed as Daler Mehndi clones after they were “forced to dance to the tunes of the crowds”. “We had come to perform our traditional ‘bhangra’ and ended up dancing to ‘shawa shawa’, ‘hayo rabba’ and other ‘balle balle’ numbers on public demand”, they said, reacting to the unexpected response. Many local dance groups have already accepted them as their tutors.
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