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Wednesday,
June 4, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Do Somnath
to Bhojshala: Uma Judges on
goodwill mission to Pak USA has
double standards: Naidu Equating
Palestine, Kashmir ‘wrong’ |
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120 Kutch
quake victims get houses Court
orders FIR against minister Cable
operators to provide 45 channels
HC stays
Shetty’s arrest till June 17 Anurag’s
remand extended Bonded
labourers rescued
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Do Somnath to Bhojshala: Uma
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), June 3 “Bhojshala is not a disputed structure,’’ Ms Bharati told reporters after performing puja at Bhojshala along with Union Minister of State for Tourism Bhavana Chikhaliya. Blaming the Congress for creating a controversy on the issue, Ms Bharati said, “The Congressmen named the complex as a masjid, which was wrong and Chief Minister Digvijay Singh should repent for this mistake on part of the Congressmen.’’ “Clear remnants of a temple have been found in Bhojshala. Hence Muslims should not have any claim over the complex and steps should be taken for renovating the complex,’’ she said. Strongly advocating that Bhojshala is not an election issue for the BJP but a matter of faith, Ms Bharati said, “The Congress has unnecessarily created controversies on issues of national importance.’’ On the coming Assembly polls, she said, “The BJP will contest the elections on issues of development.’’ Ms Chikhaliya specified that the bhajans sung today had not violated any rules and norms. On the demand of the Hindu Jagran Manch for placing a ban on Namaz in the Bhojshala, the minister said that she would not comment at this stage. “We will, however, take effective steps in this direction in the future’’. Ms Chikhaliya raised strong objection over the “Bhojshala-kamal maula masjid’’ written on the documents of the Archeological Survey of India and the tickets for entry to the Bhojshala. More than 500 persons were present in the Bhojshala, when Ms Bharti and Ms Chikhaliya entered the premises. It may be mentioned that the Hindus had been earlier granted permission to offer only floral worship at the Bhojshala on every Tuesday. Likewise, the Muslims has been allowed to offer Namaz every Friday. Violence had flared over the Bhojshala issue earlier in February this year.
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Togadia: no masjid at Ram janmabhoomi New Delhi, June 3 “Ayodhya is the birthplace of Lord Rama, and we will not allow any “masjid” to be built there. We will not support leaders, be they from the BJP or the Congress, who do not protect the interests of the Hindus,” Mr Togadia said at the 25th foundation day of the Kendriya Arya Yuvak Parishad.
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Judges on goodwill mission to Pak New Delhi, June 3 The delegation will comprise Mr Justice K.G. Balakrishnan of the Supreme Court, Justice G.T. Nanawati, Chairman, Godhra Riots Commission, Justice A.P. Misra, Chairman, Legal Education Committee, Bar Council of India, Justice A.N. Divecha, a former Chairman, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices, Justice V.S. Malimath, Chairman, Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System, Justice D.S. Tewatia, a former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Mr Justice Fakhruddin of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice P.K. Shyamsunder, a former Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes, Justice S.I. Jafri, a former Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Mr S.K. Kaarvendhan, a former Chairman, Bar Council of India, and Mr Adish C. Aggarwala, Vice-Chairman, Bar Council of India. The delegation will meet the President, the Prime Minister, Chief Justices and judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and high courts and the Law Minister of Pakistan and Punjab. It will visit Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Queta to exchange their views regarding the laws on terrorism and other matters relating to judicial system in the sub-continent, according to Mr
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USA has double standards: Naidu New Delhi, June 3 “India is fully capable of dealing with the problem of cross-border terrorism, the international community also has a responsibility to crush the menace of terrorism wherever it is and in whichever form”, Mr Naidu said. “In this context there is a feeling that double standards are being followed by the USA while dealing with Pakistan”, he said. The BJP President said this while interacting with a delegation of the American Council for Young Political Leaders, comprising representatives from the Democratic Party and the Republican Party at the party’s headquarters here. Emphasising that India wants peaceful co-existence with all countries, including Pakistan, Mr Naidu said: “Unfortunately so far the experience with Pakistan has not been positive given the continuing support to cross-border terrorism”. The BJP chief said India had made repeated efforts to normalise and improve relations with Pakistan and hoped that the latest initiative of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, would result in lasting peace between the two countries. Mr Naidu also presented to the delegation a broad overview about the functioning of the Indian democracy. From the Republican Party, the delegates included Hon Dan Roach, representative, Washington, Lynette Boggs McDonald, council member, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Alex X Mooney, Senator, Maryland. From the Democratic Party the delegates included Pamela B Gonzalez, council member, Hayden, Arizona, Jacquline M. Jackson, council member, Richmond, Virginia, and Walter Burnett Junior, Alderman, Chicago, Illinois. |
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Palestine, Kashmir ‘wrong’ New Delhi, June 3 “There is no occupation in Jammu and Kashmir. There is no UN resolution to declare that Jammu and Kashmir is under India’s occupation,” the Ambassador said while speaking at the Foreign Correspondents Club. Mr
Musa, who replaced his high- profile predecessor Mr Sheikh-Al Khalid three months ago, described Kashmir as “a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan” and stressed that it should be resolved without any third party mediation. |
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120 Kutch quake victims get houses New Delhi, June 3 The village is situated barely 17km from the epicentre of the earthquake that struck the Kutch region on the Republic Day eve two years ago. Its ‘rebirth’ owed to assistance given by the Kerala-based Malayala Manorama Charitable Trust, the statement said, adding that Dr Joshi who flew to Bhuj yesterday and handed over the village key to the head, urged media groups to emulate the example.
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Court orders FIR against minister
Jaipur, June 3 The order was passed by the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VI Ramesh Chand Sharma on a complaint lodged by Badan Lal’s elder brother Roop Lal, who had contested the police version of suicide and alleged that his brother had been murdered. Roop Lal had approached the court after officials at Sodala police station refused to register the FIR against the Home Minister and merged the complaint with the suicide case lodged at Sanganer police station. Admitting his complaint, the Magistrate asked the police to register the FIR under Sections 302 and 201 of the CrPC at Sodala police station. In his complaint, which named the Home Minister as respondent, Roop Lal had challenged the police claim that Badan Lal had committed suicide by lying before a running train. There was a bullet wound on the head and “we are convinced by looking at the body that he was murdered,” Roop Lal stated. He expressed doubts over the Home Minister’s conduct in the episode and demanded that Mr Shaktawat and the guards at his residence should also be included under the purview of the probe.
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Cable operators to provide 45 channels
New Delhi, June 3 A cable operators’ delegation, which met senior Information and Broadcasting Ministry officials this afternoon to discuss the modalities of CAS implementation, said they were willing to provide 45 free channels in place of 30 channels made mandatory by the government. The operators later met Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Representatives of cable operators’ associations told reporters that they would not block any channel and give consumers the option. Ministry officials said the government had sent a letter to the broadcasters asking them to announce the pay channel rates by June 10. Meanwhile, the government today reiterated that there would be no rollback on the date of implementing CAS for cable networks from July 15. Information and Broadcasting Additional Secretary Vijay Singh said the government was not contemplating any postponement of CAS.
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Law panel for recording of statement by magistrate New Delhi, June 3 “It is the need of the hour to keep society safe against crimes and this can be possible if the guilty is brought to punishment by ensuring that the witnesses do not turn hostile during cross-examination by the trial court,” Law Commission member N.M. Ghatade told The Tribune. The commission has recommended to the Centre that appropriate steps should be taken to ensure recording of the statements of witnesses by the magistrate, he added. Since the statement of a witness before the police under Section 161 of the CrPC was not an admissible evidence before the court, the alternative should be recording of the same by the magistrate during the investigation, he said. Currently the statement of an accused turning an approver, is generally recorded by the magistrate under Section 164. There had been a drastic fall in the success of the prosecution cases during the past two decades, especially where some high-profile people, mafias and hardened criminals were involved because most of the witnesses were turning hostile under pressure. |
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HC stays Shetty’s arrest till June 17
Ahmedabad, June 3 The court also asked the prosecution to file an affidavit by June 13 if it chose to oppose his bail. The judge, however, restrained Surendra from leaving the country and asked him to deposit his passport with the investigating officer by June 5. He has been asked to cooperate with the investigating agency and refrain from tampering with evidence. Surendra has also been asked to appear before police within 24 hours of intimation. He is facing the charge of “hiring” a gangster to recover Rs 80 lakh payable to his daughter Shilpa by the proprietor of Praful sarees Pankaj Agarwal for appearing in an AD film.
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Anurag’s remand extended New Delhi, June 3 Vardhan, was arrested on May 22, on charges of paying a bribe of Rs 4 lakh to Perumal Swamy for his transfer from Delhi to Mumbai.
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Bonded labourers rescued Siddharthanagar, June 3 |
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