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Basu
heckled
LONDON, Aug 6
(PTI) — Pro-Hindutva groups heckled West Bengal
Chief Minister Jyoti Basu at a function here last night
as he lashed out at the decision of the BJP-led
government to go in for nuclear tests. Basu, delivering
the last of the freedom lectures to mark the golden
jubilee of India’s Independence at the Nehru Centre,
was heckled by a section of the audience when he said
blunders like the decision to go nuclear, coupled with
the rising spectre of criminalisation, communalisation
and casteism, would finally bring about an end to
communal and sectarian politics in India.Law and order
NEW DELHI,
Aug 6 (PTI) — The Centre today sought more time from
the Delhi High Court to file a "status report"
on the law and order situation in the Capital in the
light of a public interest litigation (PIL). Standing
counsel Rakesh Tikku submitted before a Division Bench of
Acting Chief Justice Mahinder Narain and Mr Justice Mukul
Mudgal that some more time was needed to finalise the
report as Additional-Solicitor general associated with
the matter was out of the city.
Hiroshima bombing
TOKYO, Aug 6
(PTI) — Indian Ambassador to Japan Siddharth Singh
today reaffirmed the country’s commitment to a world
without nuclear weapons while his Pakistani counterpart
Touqir Hussain defended Islamabad’s nuclear tests
saying Indian nuclear tests in May posed "the most
serious threat" to Pakistan’s national
security. The two envoys were speaking at separate press
conferences held after attending a peace memorial
ceremony commemorating the 53rd anniversary of
Hiroshima’s atomic bombing, reports Kyodo.
War exercises
MANILA, Aug 6
(AP) — President Joseph Estrada and Defence
Secretary Orlando Mercado were not informed ahead of time
of war exercises with the US Navy in the South China Sea,
Mr Estrada said today. He said Philippine navy and air
force officials would be asked to explain why they did
not inform the country’s top officials of the
18-hour exercises held yesterday outside Philippine
territorial waters.
Lawsuit filed
LOS ANGELES,
Aug 6 (AFP) — Mimi Rogers, ex-wife of actor Tom
Cruise, has lodged a $ 10-million lawsuit against the
home shopping network over an article which stated that
she wrecked a network waiting room. Rogers, who recently
co-starred in "Lost in Space" says in a
complaint filed yesterday in a Federal Court here that a
network executive was behind the article.
Arafat’s
Cabinet
CAIRO, Aug 6
(PTI ) — Two leading members of the Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat’s Cabinet today resigned
from their post charging the government with corruption,
reports said. Ms Hanan Ashrawi, who along with Mr Abdel
Jawad Saleh has resigned, said she would continue to
serve and work as a legislative council member, but not
as a member of Mr Arafat’s government. Mr Arafat
formed a new Cabinet yesterday.
Advocate-General
BHUBANESWAR,
Aug 6 (UNI) — Orissa Advocate-General Indrajit Ray,
who has been chargesheeted by the CBI in a case of
outraging the modesty of a dowry victim, resigned from
his post. Mr Ray submitted his resignation yesterday. He
told newspersons here that he had resigned from the post
on personal grounds. Mr Ray said he was grateful to Chief
Minister J.B. Patnaik for retaining him as the state
Advocate-General for so long.
Husain released on
bail
INDORE, Aug 6
(PTI) — Noted painter M.F. Husain today surrendered
before a court here and was released on bail on a
personal bond of Rs 3,000 in connection with a complaint
filed against him for painting a Hindu deity in nude. The
Magistrate turned down plea of Husain’s advocate to
grant the painter exemption from personal appearance in
the court and said the matter could be decided on August
12, the next date of hearing.
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