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Monday,
February 24, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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CBI moves
court for Advani’s trial Kashmir
panel to suspend talks Trade
unions to hold stir |
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Cong
defends poll partner in Tripura 150 cr
sought from Centre for Ardh Kumbh |
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Coast
Guard to set up 10 stations
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CBI moves
court for Advani’s trial Lucknow, February 23 The CBI petition was moved in the Special CBI
court, but since the court is vacant owing to the retirement of Justice Srikant Shukla on December 31,last year, the CBI had moved the district court of Mr J.M. Paliwal here. A highly placed source in the CBI said the District Judge had fixed February 26 as the date of hearing of the CBI petition. “The case had, in fact, come up for hearing on February 22 but the hearing was deferred till February 26 following the death of a lawyer and subsequent condolence meeting held on the court campus,” the source said. In the petition the CBI had pleaded that it should be allowed to investigate against 21 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The 21 accused in this case include among others L.K. Advani, Human Resource Minister Murli Manohar Joshi, state president of Madhya Pradesh Uma Bharti and 18 others. The Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court has been requested to appoint a Judge for the Special Court. The CBI had also pleaded before the District Judge to grant permission to shift all papers related with the said case to the Rae Barelli Special Court so that it could start proceedings against the 21 accused. The CBI had initiated proceedings following the Supreme Court order of November 29, 2002, in which it had upheld Mayawati-led government’s views that the CBI could begin proceedings and trial in the Rae Barelli Special Court against the accused. Meanwhile,
BJP leaders have refused to react on this sudden development. The spokesman of the party HN Dixit said the law might take its own course. |
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Kashmir
panel to suspend talks New Delhi, February 23 Mr Ashok Bhan, a member of the committee, said it did not want to be seen as a parallel body for talks in the state. “Why should we be seen as a parallel body,’’ Mr Bhan said, adding that Mr Vohra could get the desired results. “When the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government in Jammu and Kashmir was acting as a facilitator for talks, what is the need for a citizens’ initiative,’’ he said. However, he said certain steps of the government had caused impediments in the committee’s efforts to restore peace in the state. Mr Bhan said the committee had made considerable headway in its talks with Hurriyat Conference. He said the committee had managed to create a common opinion within the separatist groups about abjuring violence and return of Kashmiri Pandits. The seven-member committee was formed in August last year. Besides Mr Jethmalani and Mr Bhan, the other members of the committee include Mr Shanti Bhushan, Mr Fali Nariman, Mr Dileep Padgaonkar, M.J. Akbar and Mr V.K. Grover. The Committee visited the Kashmir valley and other parts of the state twice and also held several rounds of talks with the Hurriyat conference and separatist leader Shabir Shah, besides holding talks with political parties in the state. |
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Trade unions to hold stir New Delhi, February 23 Trade union leaders, who met where last evening to discuss about the proposed protest march to Parliament on February 26, said that the date of proposed strike would be decided soon. They said that the government moves would result in demolishing the system of collective bargaining, diluting the Industrial Disputes Act, disinvesting nationalised banks, cutting down rate of interest on provident fund and pension among other things. The leaders said that trade union members were also upset over the government reinforcing its policy of aiding private management to carry forward the policy of hire and fire. They said a draft legislation to withdraw the Industrial Disputes Act from enterprises having 300 or less workers had been made ready for introduction in the Budget session. They said the draft amendment of the Registration of Trade Union Act to curb the formation of new trade unions was in the offing, particularly in new industries wholly owned by domestic and foreign corporates and joint ventures. The leaders claimed that over a crore jobs had been lost during the past four year and around six lakh industrial units had been closed. |
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Cong defends poll partner in Tripura Agartala, February 23 The ruling CPM has blamed the Congress for forging alliance with the INPT which, it alleged, was the overground outfit of the banned National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT). Ms Gandhi said the Left Front government in Tripura had no right to remain in power because they failed to provide safety and security to the common people. She alleged that the Left Front here were inciting one section of the people against another resulting in violence, thousands of youths were unemployed, schools closed in the hill areas and many women tortured in the state.
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150 cr sought from Centre for Ardh Kumbh Hardwar, February 23 Mr Subhash Kumar said Rs 52 crore had been released by the government for the projects of permanent nature. The mela officer, Mr Om Prakash, said most of the construction work this time could be of permanent nature. This would reduce expenditure on the holding of Kumbhs and ardh Kumbhs in future and would also strengthen infrastructure facilities such as potable water, sewerage, roads and electricity in the mela area. The state has also decided that the task of ensuring quality of construction would be entrusted to the Roorkee-based IIT and CBRI. |
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Coast Guard to set up 10 stations New Delhi, February 23 According to official sources, five Coast Guard stations were proposed to be set up in the next five years and another five between 2007 and 2012. These proposed stations include Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Beypore (Kerala), Kavaratti (Lakshadweep Islands), Pondicherry, Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), Kamorta (Andaman and Nicobar islands) Vadinar (Gujarat), Gopalpur (Orissa), and Bhatkal or Malpe (Karnataka). |
INSAT-3A LAUNCH DEFERRED TO APRIL AIR-INDIA INTRODUCES VRS JHARKHAND COPS GO ON STRIKE 17 CONG WORKERS
103 COW CARCASSES FOUND IN VILLAGE |
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