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CALCUTTA, Sept 9 — The British Government is ready to join hands with India to flush out terrorist and other militants from the country, the British Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Mr Jack Straw announced at a press conference in Calcutta today. Amendments in cable
Act welcomed ADS to be built in
7 years: Fernandes Seminar on sexology
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UK to help India in
curbing terrorism CALCUTTA, Sept 9 — The British Government is ready to join hands with India to flush out terrorist and other militants from the country, the British Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Mr Jack Straw announced at a press conference in Calcutta today. He said: Britain is opposed to violent activities and cross-border terrorism in Kashmir and keen to see that “Kashmir problem is solved quickly through bilateral talks between India and Pakistan”. Mr Straw who is on a five-day visit to the country, today met West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr Jyoti Basu and the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadev Bhattacharyya and held bilateral talks in improving the Indo-British relations with regards to culture, trade and commerce. In Delhi, he held talks with the Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, and discussed the Kashmir problems and problems of cross-border terrorism in India and neighbouring countries. Their discussions also related to international terrorism, organised crime and drug-trafficking and drug-abuse. He met the Chief Ministers of Maharashtra and Gujarat and exchanged views on Indo-British relations. He also called on the Chairman of Human Rights Commission, Justice Verma. In Punjab, the British Home Secretary visited the historic Golden temple and Jallianwala Bagh. He also met senior Punjabi and Sikh leaders in Amritsar and exchanged views with them. Before leaving for Dhaka in the afternoon, Mr Straw at a hurriedly summoned press conference told newspersons that he was happy after visiting India and holding talks with the ministers, government officials and other cross-section of people. He said he had discussed with Mr Advani about the extradition of Peter Bleach and convicted persons of Purulia arms-dropping case, now in the country’s jails. In Calcutta, he also opened new visa-section which has been expanded and modernised. So far, 1,58,000 visas have been granted through various high commission offices in India.
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Amendments in cable Act welcomed NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (UNI) — The amendment of the rules forbidding cable networks from showing material for which they do not have the rights has been welcomed by the film industry as a major step in curbing video piracy. Actor-film-maker and Samajwadi Party MP Raj Babbar told UNI that if stringently implemented, the amendment could provide succour to the film industry as one of the main reasons for the failure of most feature films at the box office was that pirated versions often screened by cable operators within hours of their commercial release. He also hailed the decision to stop direct and indirect advertisements of tobacco and liquor on the electronic media, expressing the hope that surrogate advertising would also be curbed. However, the Cable Networks Association (CNA), has accused the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of adopting a lopsided approach while enforcing the broadcast and advertising codes since cable operators could not be held responsible for the programmes beamed by satellite television channels. No restrictions have been placed on the channels, CNA general secretary Rakesh Datta said in a statement. He asked why the Comprehensive Broadcasting Bill was being delayed. He said this was the only way to fix the responsibility for the content on broadcasters. |
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ADS to be built in 7 years: Fernandes VYPEEN ISLAND (KOCHI), Sept 9 (PTI) — India’s Air Defence Ship
(ADS), a smaller version of an aircraft carrier, will be built at Cochin Shipyard Limited
(CSL) and will take seven years to be constructed after its designing is completed, Defence Minister George Fernandes said today. The Navy has so far invested Rs 20 crore for
creating additional infrastructure at CSL for building the warship, which will carry a complement of fighter jets and helicopters, Mr Fernandes told reporters here. It would take seven years for the completion of the construction work once the designing of the ship, involving huge investments, is completed, he said. The much-awaited construction work of the Naval Academy at Ezhimala in Kerala’s Kannur district, the foundation stone of which was laid 15 years ago, will start in two weeks time, Mr Fernandes said, adding that it was expected to be completed by 2003. The project had been delayed due to prioritising of the schemes as per requirements, he said. On Project Sea Bird, which envisages construction of a naval base at Karwar in Karnataka, Mr Fernandes said work on the project would begin soon. The foundation stone of the project was laid 12 years ago. Mr Fernandes while reacting to incidents of attack on Christians asked members of the community to obscene restraint. “Facts are sacred” and this should be taken into consideration while reacting to such incidents, he said inaugurating a Surgical Complex and an Opthamology Unit at a private hospital here. |
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Seminar on sexology
inaugurated NEW DELHI, Sept 9 — The National Association of Sexology (India) today stressed the need to introduce sexology as a separate discipline in the curriculum of medical colleges Briefing mediapersons on a day- long workshop on female orgasm here on Saturday, the organising secretary of the NAS (India), Dr Mahesh Nawal said that their repeated representations to the Medical Council of India in this context had gone unheard. Dr Nawal, who is the lone qualified sexologist in Delhi, said India has only six qualified sexologist working full-time in Mumbai, Chennai, Indore and Delhi while entire north India has no qualified sexologist. He said that Mumbai based sexologist, Dr Prakash Kothari had made a representation to the MCI in 1991 after the first international conference on orgasm. But even the association’s reminder to the MCI about six months ago has not evoked any response. It has also sent a request to the Delhi Health Minister, Dr A K Walia. Dr Nawal said that since no medical college offers sexology in its curriculum, the 150-member association of sexology has taken upon itself the task of organising such workshops. The association members include general practitioners, gynaecologists, urologists, skin specialists, psychiatrists and psychologists. He said about 90 to 95 per cent women in India have never known or experienced orgasm. Dr Anil Chaturvedi, Chairman of the scientific
committee of the association told TNS that the aim of the workshop is to train family physicians as they are the first link with the patient and his family. A senior consultant in Internal Medicine at Indraprastha Apollo hospital, Dr Chaturvedi said about 450 million men in India are estimated to be impotent.
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Fair in memory of Sukha Singh,
Mehtab Singh HANUMANGARH, Sept 9 — The fair held every year in memory of Baba Sukha Singh and Baba Mehtab Singh today entered its third day. The day’s activities were marked by the visit of Giani Joginder Singh, Jathedar, Shri Akal Takht Sahib, and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Bibi Jagir Kaur. Speaking on the occasion, Jathedar, Vedanti said, the Sikh community should not forget brave persons like Baba Sukha Singh and Baba Mehtab Singh. Bibi Jagir Kaur addressing the public, said the Sikh community must be proud of Baba Sukha Singh and Baba Mehtab Singh, who saved the dignity of the religion. Bibi Jagir Kaur was presented with a siropa by Baba Balkar Singh and Baba Mehtab Singh Shahid. The fair is held every year to pay tributes to Baba Sukha Singh and Baba Mehtab Singh who in 1740 killed Massa Rangar, who did disrespect to women at Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar. Devotees remember
Baba Sri Chand NEW DELHI, Sept 9 — Thousands of devotees came to the Capital from different parts of the country to participate the birthday celebrations of Baba Sri Chandji Maharaj, the eldest son of Guru Nanak
Dev Ji. He was the founder of the Udasee sect. The birthday was celebrated in the premises of Gobind Sadan Gadaipur at Mehroli in South Delhi. A “mela” was also organised in the premises which will conclude tomorrow, a press statement said. |
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2 Delhi cops held
for gang-killing NEW DELHI, Sept 9 — The Delhi Police arrested three criminals of the Sensarpal-Rajpal gang active in the national capital, UP and Haryana. Two of them are Delhi policemen. The arrested criminals, Ravinder and Rajinder of the Delhi Police and Anil Tomar, were arrested yesterday from East Delhi. Sensarpal-Rajpal is a rival of the Jatan Sirohi gang and their rivalry has claimed 40 lives so far. During interrogation they disclosed that in June this year during the block development council elections in UP Sensarpal, Rajpal (Nai), Ranjeet and Surinder went to Saidpur village in Bulandshahar to campaign for Madan, a candidate there. While returning from there, they were confronted by five members of the Jatan Sirohi gang in which clash Surinder was killed. In retaliation they killed five Sirohi gang members. |
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Nurse killed in
hospital NEW DELHI, Sept 9 — A 22-year-old nurse of Savitri Hospital, Ms Sherly Samuel, was found strangled to death in her room in the hospital’s building last night. She had been working with the hospital for two years. She was unmarried and was given a room on the third floor of the hospital in the Saraswati Vihar area of North-West Delhi, the police said. She was on duty last night till 11.30 p.m. She went to her room after completing her duty. About half-an-hour later, she attended a telephone call and went to sleep again. At 1 a.m. a patient wanted some help of the nurse, following which a ward boy tried to contact her on the intercom installed in her room. Finding no response, he went to her room and found her dead. She was strangled with her chunni. There was no ransacking in the room, the police said. |
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