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Joshi to fight
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Atal-Pervez spat
may cast shadow on SAARC Summit Jogi meets Sonia amid talk of tie-up with BSP
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Maharashtra to
comply with MCI order Mumbai, September 27 The Maharashtra Government today announced that admissions to the state medical college would be completed by September 30 as per the directives of the Medical Council of India (MCI).
Amriteswari turns
50 Indian team to
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Joshi to fight legal
battle to exonerate himself New Delhi, September 27 "If the people’s sentiments are strong, it becomes God’s voice. Temple will be constructed at the birth place", Mr Joshi, who quit the government in the wake of the Rae Bareli court deciding to charge him along with six others in the Babri Masjid demolition case, told a group of BJP activists from Uttaranchal. Crores of people desired that the Ram temple should be constructed at his birth place in Ayodhya, he told some people who had gathered at his house to extend solidarity with him. Stating that he derived support from the people, Dr Joshi hoped that he would be able to disprove the false charges levelled against him. Later talking to newspersons, he said he would "certainly" meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee after his return from abroad tomorrow. Asked whether he would take back his resignation if asked by the Prime Minister, Dr Joshi said "let us see what he does. Don’t ask any hypothetical question". |
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Atal-Pervez spat may cast shadow on SAARC Summit New Delhi, September
27 This
thought first came up for discussion in government circles in the wake
of the July 22 terrorist attack on Army camp in Tanda (Jammu and
Kashmir) and then again after the August 25 Mumbai blasts. It is
likely to gain currency in the wake of the Indo-Pak spat during the
United Nations General Assembly in New York in the past few days. Mr
Vajpayee’s attack on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in New York
yesterday is being seen here as a precursor to the possibility of Mr
Vajpayee not attending the SAARC Summit. Though External Affairs
Minister Yashwant Sinha told reporters in New York on September 25
that Mr Vajpayee would go to Pakistan to attend the summit, officials
here say that the issue would be decided by the Cabinet Committee on
Security (CCS). The CCS would have to consider a host of factors,
including the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the infiltration
figures and the unusual statement of General Musharraf in the UNGA two
days ago. General Musharraf had said that Pakistan “would also be
prepared to encourage a general cessation of violence within Kashmir
involving reciprocal obligation and restraints on Indian forces and
the Kashmir freedom movement.” Mr Vajpayee in his rebuttal on
September 25 had rejected Pakistan’s use of terrorism as “a tool
of blackmail” and scored a diplomatic victory over General Musharraf
by saying: “Yesterday, the President of Pakistan chose this august
assembly to make a public admission for the first time that Pakistan
is sponsoring terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.” In the same speech,
the Prime Minister also stated: “When the cross-border terrorism
stops — or when we eradicate it — we can have a dialogue with
Pakistan on the other issues between us.” This statement is being
seen in the officialdom here as suggestive of a rethink in the
Vajpayee government. There is another dimension: the very relevance
of SAARC with Pakistan as member of the seven-nation regional forum.
Efforts have been on by the Vajpayee government in past few years to
forge economic ties with nations, regions and blocs with focus on
negotiating free trade area regimes with them. In this direction, a
significant development will take place in February next year when Mr
Vajpayee is likely to visit Thailand to attend the first summit of
BIMSTEC (a forum comprising Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and
Thailand). So far, BIMSTEC has been having ministerial-level meetings
only. SAARC countries like Nepal and Bhutan are also likely to be
included in the expanded BIMSTEC which already has India’s two
important South East Asian trade partners — Myanmar and Thailand.
The new-look expanded BIMSTEC would in effect be a more cohesive and
powerful forum than SAARC minus Pakistan. So, the argument is where
is the necessity of sticking to SAARC with a hostile member country
like Pakistan showing no improvement in its mindset and attitude
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Jogi meets Sonia amid talk of tie-up with BSP New Delhi, September 27 Mr Jogi, who is considered close to top BSP leaders, airdashed to the Capital for a brief meeting with Ms Gandhi and left for Raipur soon after. Congress sources said the party was exploring the possibility of a tie-up with the BSP in the November elections. The relations between the Congress and the BSP have started looking up following Ms Gandhi’s visit to ailing BSP leader Kanshi Ram in a Delhi hospital earlier this week. Ms Gandhi had a long one-to-one meeting with new BSP chief Mayawati at the hospital. Mr Jogi had also called on Mr Kanshi Ram. The Congress was examining the demand of the BSP for seats in various states. Though the BSP had earlier said it would contest the Assembly poll on its own, Ms Mayawati in her recent remarks has praised Ms Gandhi while lashing out at the BJP leaders. The sources said Ms Gandhi asked Mr Jogi about the party’s preparations for the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. The Congress leadership has been persuading senior leader Shyama Charan Shukla to head the party’s campaign committee in the state where his brother V.C. Shukla heads the Nationalist Congress Party. Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, who is in charge of Chhattisgarh, met Ms Gandhi after her meeting with Mr Jogi. Mr Deshmukh, Congress treasurer Motilal Vora and
political secretary Ahmed Patel met in the evening to finalise the campaign committee in Chhattisgarh. The Congress state election committee is scheduled to meet on October 8 to recommend the names of party candidates to the central leadership. Ms Gandhi is going on ‘jan sampark abhiyan’ in the state on October 8 and 9 during which she will travel mostly by road. |
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Jaundice affects hundreds in Bengal Kolkata, September 27 It has been officially stated that over 100 people of the border districts of North 24-Pargans, Nadia and Murshidabad have taken ill during the36 hours after consuming water of the Ischamati. Three persons have died and 300 hospitalised. The condition of 50 persons is stated to be critical. In the border districts of Jessore and Khulna in Bangladesh, a large number of villagers have become victims of jaundice and other water-borne diseases. The administration of both countries has banned the use of Ischamati water by residents. The West Bengal Government has sent a team of doctors to the affected districts. Another team of Kolkata Medical College and Hospital has been sent to the district to study the reasons for the sudden outbreak of jaundice and hepatitis among such a large number of people of both countries. According to reports, the Fisheries Department of Bangladesh had sprayed a special type of chemical in the Ischamati river for water purification which may have caused pollution of the water. The chemical was supplied by a private company of
Bangladesh. The sample of the chemical has been sent for a laboratory test. The proprietor of the company has been arrested. According to the state Health Minister, Dr Suryakanto Mishra, the government has asked the people in the border areas of West Bengal not to use the Ischamati water. The district authorities and respective municipalities have been told to exhume water supply to the
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Maharashtra to comply
with MCI order Mumbai, September 27 In all 25 per cent of the 50 per cent government quota would be reserved for the SC/ST/VJNT/OBC candidates under the directives of the Mumbai High Court, state Health Minister Digvijay Khanvilkar told reporters. A total of 35 per cent of the students would be given full scholarship, he added. The admission procedures would be completed by the last day of this month, Mr Khanvilkar said and emphasised that “this is final.” The admission procedures would be done through Internet with two or three district nodal centres from this evening and “would finish by September 30,” he said. Of the 50 per cent government quota, 18 per cent was reserved for the SC/ST/VJNT candidates for whom “the government will reimburse the entire fee amount according to the fee structure approved by the special committee, that will be appointed by the high court,” Mr Kanvilkar said. Of the remaining 25 per cent quota, the first 10 per cent students would also be given Rs 1 lakh annually, provided they come under the economically backward category. For the rest of 50 per cent quota of management of the private medical colleges, the admission would be purely on merit basis of the MH-CET results, Mr Khanvilkar added.
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Amriteswari turns 50
Kochi, September 27 Pooja were performed at her holy feet after which “Amriteswari’, as she is worshipped, addressed a sea of humanity which had gathered since early today to hear the ‘love incarnate’. Devotees from 191 countries have come here to participate in the birthday
celebrations, which was attended, among others, by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi and others from country’s political, business and cultural spheres. Famous Hollywood actress Linda Evans, Bollywood star Jackie Shroff and Malayalam matinee idols Mamooty and Mohanlal also graced the occasion. Born in 1953 in a poor fishing village in Kollam District of Kerala, Amma has taken initiatives in starting several projects to help the poor and downtrodden. The western media has described her as the ‘hugging saintess’ of India. It is her style to hug all her devotees while blessing them and she has so far hugged 50 crore mortals, it is claimed. Addressing the concluding session of the four-day celebrations, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat said in the age of globalisation, mankind could survive only by imbibing the ancient Indian ethos of “vasudhaiva kutumbakam” or treating the world as one family. He said he was impressed with the compassion showered by Amma on all regardless of national, religious or caste barriers and the various social welfare projects she was carrying out in the fields of education and medicine. Earlier, in her birthday address, Amma said one could make ones life a festival by always saying and doing good things. There was a need to develop the quality of patience. “One should always think of God, open our hearts to each other to clear all misunderstandings and work for a better world.”
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Indian team to attend world police meeting New Delhi, September 27 Senior police officials, law enforcement officers and security experts from Interpol’s 181 member countries would meet at
Benidorm, Spain to participate in the 72nd Interpol General Assembly. CBI Director and Interpol-India head P.C. Sharma is leading a five-member Indian delegation to this meeting. The four-day conference, which will conclude on October 2, will focus on issues of terrorism, illegal immigration, organised crime, economic offences and other offences done taking advantage of modern technologies. |
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