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Tuesday,
June 5, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Brig Surinder shown the door Fire in Delhi’s Ordnance depot Breach Candy gets ready for PM’s operation
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UP, Uttaranchal lock horns Rao Man Singh elected to RS PPCC vacancies to be filled soon
Cong for White Paper on quake relief Id
greetings by President, PM
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Brig Surinder shown the door New Delhi, June 4 The Brigadier, Army officials said, had been served with notice under the Army rule (5A of rule 14) on the recommendation of Army Chief Gen S. Padmnabhan. The officials said termination of service of the Brigadier, however, would not stop him from receiving all post-retirement benefits like pension and gratuity. Brig Surinder Singh, who was removed from Kargil command under cloud, had last year been served notice for not complying with his command duties of mounting an effective surveillance of the LoC leading to Kargil intrusion and then later retaining some classified documents relating to Kargil intrusion and their wrongful use.
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Fire in Delhi’s Ordnance depot New Delhi, June 4 A fireman of the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) was injured while dousing the fire. He has been admitted to Uggarsen Hospital where his condition is stated to be stable. The Chief Fire Officer, Mr S.K. Dheri, said initially, the fire fighters of the DFS were not allowed to enter the premises of the godown as Army personnel tried to extinguish the fire themselves. Only when the fire went out of control, did depot officials call the DFS men doused the fire within two-and-a-half hours. The fire officer said that cause of fire is not yet known. The Army has set up an inquiry to investigate into the reason. The ACP of the area, Mr Asif Mohammad Ali, said the Army personnel strictly prohibited the entry of policemen. A defence official said the ordnance depot did not contain any ammunition and was being used to store damaged tents and other water-proofing materials. He did not give any
details about the damage caused by the fire. This is the fourth incident of fire in the Army’s Ordnance depots in the country since April last year when a major fire at the Bharatpur ammunition depot in Rajasthan destroyed a huge quantity of arms and ammunition. The second was in the ammunition depot near Pathankot in Punjab while the third was at Birdhwal in Rajasthan last month. |
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Breach Candy gets ready for PM’s operation Mumbai, June 4 While Mr Vajpayee is expected to be here on Wednesday, Dr Ranawat who, is scheduled to carry out 20 similar operations on other patients, will arrive tomorrow. Mr Vajpayee will be operated upon on June 7. “We are fully prepared for Mr Vajpayee’s operation and he will receive the best of treatment at our hospital’’, Breach Candy Hospital’s General Manager (Planning and Marketing) Cyrus Engineer said. Dr Ranawat had performed Mr Vajpayee’s left knee replacement surgery on October 10 last year. It was Dr Ranawat, who had advised Mr Vajpayee, during his last year’s tour to the USA, to go for knee-replacement surgeries to get rid of his osteoarthritis. Dr Ranawat, will be assisted during the operation by noted orthopaedic surgeons Dr Nandu Laud and Dr Harish Bende and anaesthetists Dr Enrico Godzillo and Dr Sarish Gupte. Dr Ranawat’s theatre assistant Clifton Kia and operation table nurse Seles Bagley, who will form the rest of the surgical team, will arrive here with him tomorrow. Soon after his arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport, Mr Vajpayee is likely to go directly to Breach Candy Hospital, where the team of doctors will perform pre-surgery check ups on him, hospital sources said. Mr Vajpayee’s personal physicians are likely to accompany him from New Delhi. At the hospital, its Director K.G. Nair held a series of meetings with hospital administration as well as security staff to ensure that everything goes on smoothly. The hospital has also set up a special task force for this purpose to monitor all arrangements round-the-clock.
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UP, Uttaranchal lock horns Dehra dun, June 4 Although Uttar Pradesh has transferred the control of transmission and distribution of power within the state to Uttaranchal, regarding the generation and sharing of power, the parent state is maintaining silence. The Uttaranchal Government wants its control over the hydroelectric power projects situated in the hill state. Senior officials of the hill state say that since two corporations have been constituted, the control of power projects situated in Uttaranchal should be transferred. The Uttar Pradesh Government maintains that it would like to fix the formula of power-sharing and tariff for the supply of power generated from the projects situated in Uttaranchal. The problem stems from the fact that both states are plagued by a power crunch. And Uttar Pradesh being the parent state, it wants a lion’s share of the power generated in the hills. However, the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, empowers the Central Government to constitute a Ganga Management Board for administration, construction, maintenance and operation of irrigation, rural water supply and hydroelectric power generation projects. Regarding the management and development of water resources, the Act provides that the rights and liabilities in respect of the power projects would be divided in a proportion as may be fixed by the two states by a mutual agreement which will be reached in consultation with the Central Government. But in case the two states fail to arrive at an agreement within two years, the Central Government may determine the same. Sources in the Uttar Pradesh Government say that the agreement may elude the transfer of control of power projects as the parent state would not easily give up on the issue. There are indications that Uttar Pradesh will favour control by the joint management board, instead of transferring it to Uttaranchal. It is worth mentioning that the Uttar Pradesh Government’s move to sign an agreement with a private company for the Vishnu Prayag power project situated in Uttaranchal had been opposed by legislators of the hilly areas of Uttaranchal. Another controversy is the royalty from the four major power projects for which MoUs were signed few months back. They are Srinagar- Vishnu-prayag, Maneri Bhali, Iakhvar Vyasi and Dhauliganj projects. The total generation expected from these projects is around 1,500 MW when they are commissioned. Both governments are at loggerheads over this issue as to who will get the royalty from the profit. Although both governments have signed more than 24 agreements since the formation of Uttaranchal, several issues have not been settled. |
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Rao Man Singh elected to RS New Delhi, June 4 In Haryana, ruling INLD nominee Rao Man Singh was declared elected unopposed after the rejection of nomination papers of two Independents — Mr Kanwal Singh Bedhadhak and Mr Daryao Singh on June 2. The seat fell vacant following the death of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal. In Punjab, Bibi Gurcharan Kaur was elected unopposed to the Upper House. The vacancy arose due to the resignation of Mr Rajmohinder Singh Majitha after his election to the state assembly in a byelection. The chief of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the BJP, Mr Kalraj Mishra, was declared elected unopposed as he was the only candidate in the
fray.
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PPCC vacancies to be filled soon New Delhi, June 4 The meeting, presided over by committee chairman Manmohan Singh, also decided that the PCC would soon come out with a “chargesheet” against the Badal government. Party sources said that the vacancies in the PCC executive are likely to be filled within a week. The meeting also decided to form a campaign committee to launch the party’s campaign by the third week of June. The meeting was attended, among others, by Mr Moti Lal Vohra, general secretary in charge of Punjab, Mr Oscar Fernandes, Mr Ashok Gehlot, Ms Nirmala Shaktawat, Mr Virbhadra Singh, Mr Jagjit Singh Chaudhary and PCC chief Amarinder Singh. |
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Hope keeps spirits high in Kutch Bhuj, June 4 This hope lives on, whether it is under the tarpaulin sheets propped up on two sticks or in the embroideries the artisans weave. Their lives in the barren desolate land of Kutch are in complete contrast to their works of art, each a masterpiece in its own right, reflecting the varied hues of the rainbow. The sultry weather, the sun’s prickly heat or even the severe drought which has threatened their very existence, are no deterrent as the village women toil to make both ends meet. “Aje mara kutumbh ne jindagi bharat na dora uppar latkel
che,” (Today the lives of my family hang by the thread I embroider), says one such artisan while the others nod in approval. This summarises the fire within, the courage to fight hard times, the motto that “tough times don’t last, tough people do.” They see the silver lining of the dark cloud, staunchly believing that the fight must go on. In Mahadi village, Gauriben (30) cannot come to terms with her losses. The quake, she says, triggered off bad times for her family and there has been no respite since
then. "It almost sounded the death-knell for us. My husband is seriously ill and at the same time I have many mouths to feed. I cannot afford to wallow in self-pity or else where will the food come from?” she asks. Day after day, the tree in the village is a meeting ground for these women who have chosen to laugh off their worries. It seems almost ghastly to watch them work their stitches on the pieces of cloth as the sun beats down on them. While they go about “colouring the lives of the rich and the famous, their own lives are shrouded in penury. A sole candle lights their homes inside the tarpaulin sheets as they do embroidery work without so much as a whimper. “Threads and mirrors, our entire raw material, went down with our houses and our men have been rendered jobless since then. Their entire work these days revolves around the distribution of relief material, which certainly does not bring in the much-needed cash. If you were in my shoes you would know what it takes to run a house,” laments Tahiben of Gunao village where it is rare to find a household not engaged in continuing the family tradition. While the artisans contend that food requirements have been more or less met by the relief material that was pumped in, the monsoon season, just round the corner, has them worried. “These houses will be no good once it begins to pour. Work will suffer considerably and we have a deadline to meet, a promise to keep. The Self-employed Women’s Association, the organisation that has brought us together, has scheduled an exhibition of our items for July in South Africa. We can’t let them down when they have taken care of us during troubled times,” claims Jamuben (35), who has been in the profession of embroidery for the past 10 years. Meanwhile, workers at SEWA said an elaborate plan to take care of its member artisans had been chalked out. Under the project, a composite unit for a family had been approved. However, they
admitted that handing over a dwelling unit would be possible only after mid-July. However, efforts to make space available to artisans to tide over the monsoon season were on, they added. |
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Cong for White Paper on quake relief New Delhi, June 4 Party spokesman Anand Sharma said here today that the White Paper should have a detailed account of the disbursal of funds and material, especially foreign aid. Maintaining that the “non-disbursement and diversion of relief material given by the international community has been documented by the NGOs and the Opposition,’’ he said there had been allegations that relief material had been sold on the streets of Ahmedabad. “The International Red Cross has been on record to express its displeasure over the distribution of relief work. Japan has asked for a detailed account regarding the distribution of relief material,” he said. Referring to Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to the quake-affected areas yesterday, Mr Anand Sharma said the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee had given him a memorandum expressing dissatisfaction over the manner in which the Gujarat Government had “mishandled” the relief work. It also conveys protest over the “inadequate Central assistance and discrimination against the Dalits and Muslims in the relief and rehabilitation work,” he added. In Jamnagar alone, he pointed out, there were 8,000 complaints over the non-disbursement of relief material received from the international agencies. |
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230 cr package for Gujarat Bhuj, June 4 Addressing a crowded press conference at the end of his two-day visit here, Mr Vajpayee said the centre had already provided Rs 100 crore for the construction of a 500-bedded hospital and medical college here. Referring to the Congress memorandum submitted by Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Amarsinh Chaudhary, alleging negligence and apathy in rehabilitation, Mr Vajpayee said that most of the demands of the Congress were accepted by the state government and they were implementing them. Voluntary organisations were also being involved for implementing the schemes. The Prime Minister said after the January 26 earthquake cheaper quake-resistant houses were
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Id greetings by President, PM New Delhi, June 4 Mr Narayanan said, “May the message of universal brotherhood and compassion taught by the Holy Prophet lead us all to unity and harmony”. The
Vice-President in his message extended greetings to the people on the occasion
of Milad-ul-Nabi, the auspicious day on which Prophet Mohammed made
his descent on earth “to show us the path of righteousness and
tolerance”.
PTI  Ministers meet PM New Delhi, June 4 |
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Desai to continue
as MCI chief
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Businessman’s body found New Delhi, June 4 In the second incident, Gurmeet Singh was shot dead by certain persons also in the Vasant Kunj area, where he had gone to attend a marriage party. Mob turns violent Kozhikode, June 4 |
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