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September 5, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Advani to
inaugurate DGPs, IGs conference DUSU
candidate stabbed to death Govt wants
to end tuition culture Sonia to
participate in UP Cong ‘yatras’ Cong
trying to create rift in NDA: BJP Full
pension to BSF men after 30 years : HC Train accident was due to sabotage: inquiry |
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Cabinet
okays dissolution of Manipur House Vijay
Tendulkar awarded Maini is
Resident Commissioner C. P.
Thakur gets Prof Seal Award SC
refuses to vacate stay in Tansi cases Justice
Rangarajan dead
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Advani to inaugurate
DGPs, IGs conference New Delhi, September 4 The main thrust of the three-day conference will be to ensure a technologically modern and a more community-friendly police in the new millennium. In its plenary sessions and five committees constituted for the purpose, the conference will deliberate upon issues pertaining to the modernisation of the police, making the police more responsive to emerging challenges and evolving an integrated approach to counter terrorism. Trends in forensic science, management of mega events like Kumbh Mela and coordinated responses to national disasters are some of the other issues which will be deliberated upon in the conference. The main objective of holding this conference was to provide a forum to the police leadership in the states/Union Territories and the Centre to discuss various problems faced by the police throughout the country towards efficient and effective policing and better service to the people/society, an official press note said here today. The conference of IGPs is being organised by the Intelligence Bureau since 1920. In the pre-1947 period, although conferences of IGPs were held in New Delhi, from time to time, there was no fixed interval between two conferences. After Independence, however, these conferences are being held regularly at Delhi on behalf of the Ministry of Home Affairs by the Director, Intelligence Bureau, who is its ex-officio Chairman. The first conference of IGPs after Independence was held in New Delhi in 1950. Till 1972, such conferences were held biennially, but from 1973 these have become an annual feature. |
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DUSU
candidate stabbed to death New Delhi, September 4 According to the police, the incident occurred while Rehman and his friends were sticking posters on the walls near Radhu Cinema. His friends also sustained injuries. They were rushed to a hospital where Rehman was declared dead. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Mr Manoj Lall, said the deceased’s friends Akbar Khan, a student of Open School, Mohammad Adil, an alleged registered bad character of Daryagunj; Arshad, Naim, Rahis alias Nanhe, all alleged bad characters and Tasleem were discharged after first aid. Rehman, a B.A. first year student of Dr Zakir Hussain College, had formed his own party, the Yamuna Paar Students’ Union, and was contesting independently for the post of joint secretary. He was campaigning with the help of his friends last night in the Patparganj area where the incident took
place. They were reportedly attacked with a knife by Dilshad, the prime suspect, Rashid and Naushad. |
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Govt wants to end tuition culture New Delhi, September 4 “We want to stop the system of tuition and need your (teachers) assistance in this direction,” Dr Joshi said in his address at the first Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) teachers’ awards function here. However, the minister did not specify whether the government was planning a legislation in this regard. He said private tuition and coaching, emerging as a serious problem in the education sector needed to be dealt with promptly on a large scale and it was only the teachers who could deal with it effectively. “Tuitions are giving a bad name to the noble profession of teaching and unless teachers come to the fore to do something about this, their profession itself can come to harm,’’ Dr Joshi said. Congratulating award-winning teachers, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee decried the growing tendency of private tuition and said students were not taught in schools these days as much as they ought to be. “This aberration has to be checked,” he suggested. Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Murli Manohar Joshi and Minister of State for HRD Sumitra Mahajan were also present.
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Sonia to participate
in UP Cong ‘yatras’ New Delhi, September 4 Mrs Gandhi will spend a day in each of the rallies starting on September 15 from Gautam Budh Nagar, Saharanpur, Lalitpur, Devaria, Balia and Varanasi. She will also address the “maharally” being held in Lucknow on September 30 at the conclusion of the ‘yatras.’ UP Congress chief S. P. Jaiswal said a member of the CWC would accompany the ‘yatras’ along their entire route. One of the main aims of the yatras, which would be touching all 402 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, would be to identify party candidates for the Assembly elections. Mr Jaiswal said the party wanted the UP elections to be held soon after the five-year term of the Assembly concludes. “The people are not worried about the technical issues,” Mr Jaiswal said. He said that party MLAs in the UP Assembly were likely to resign if the BJP-led government failed to dissolve the Assembly by October. “A final decision on the issue would be taken by the Congress Legislature Party whose meeting is being convened soon,” Mr Jaiswal said. |
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Cong trying to create rift in NDA: BJP New Delhi, September 4 “The NDA coalition is a disciplined entity and it is not going to be affected by the Congress party spokesman’s innuendoes,” a statement from the party said. “While the BJP no doubt is a major partner in the alliance, it treats all constituents of the coalition with equal regard,” it said adding “it is symptomatic of the Congress party’s total bankruptcy and its inability to come to terms with its increasing irrelevance in the body politics.” The allocation of portfolios is an acknowledged prerogative of the Prime Minister and he has to take into consideration various factors, it added. |
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Full pension to BSF men after 30 years : HC New Delhi, September 4 Allowing a writ petition by retired BSF Commandant M.K. Khera, challenging the government decision not to grant him full pensionary benefits after completion of nearly 31 years of service, Mr Justice Mukundakam Sharma in his order said in view of various high court and apex court judgements, the qualifying service for full pension should be 30 years. “When the petitioner (Kher) superannuated, the retiring age being 55 years, the period of qualifying service should be 30 years and, therefore, he is entitled to grant of full pension and other retiral benefits in accordance with the law,” Mr Justice Sharma ruled. Directing the government to re-fix Kher’s pension on the basis of 30 years qualifying service, the court said the payment of the arrears of unpaid pension should be made to him within two months. “If the government fails to make the payment within two months, he would be entitled to 12 per cent interest on the amount due from the date of his entitlement till the actual payment,” the court said.
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Train accident was due to sabotage: inquiry New Delhi, September 4 The inquiry conducted by Commissioner of Railway Safety (Northern Circle)
G. P. Garg has disclosed that the blast occurred due to explosion of a crude bomb that was being carried in the coach. Three passengers were killed and 14 injured, three of them seriously. The Government Railway Police, Meerut, has registered a case and investigations are on, the note added.
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Cabinet
okays dissolution of Manipur House New Delhi, September 4 The Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee decided to recommend to the President under Article 174 (2B) of the Constitution for dissolution of the House, Law Minister Arun Jaitley said while briefing the media after the meeting. The state Assembly is currently under suspended animation following frequent change of loyalty by its members towards the Chief Minister. As a result the state Chief Minister had been changed twice in quick succession in the recent past. Mr Jaitley said Article 174 (2B) gave the Governor certain powers and clarified that the dissolution was not being recommended under Article 356. The Cabinet took the decision after the Governor sent his observations on the latest political developments in the
state. Manipur was placed under President’s rule with the Assembly under suspended animation on June 2 after serious differences cropped up on the leadership issue among the coalition partners. |
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Vijay Tendulkar awarded New Delhi, September 4 The award consisting of a cash prize of Rs 51,000, a citation and translation into English of his significant works, was presented to him by noted writer Mahasveta Devi at a function organised in the Capital yesterday. Inspired by Mahasveta Devi’s work in the field of tribal upliftment, Tendulkar expressed his desire to work for social causes. He said he would consider himself successful if he could change and improve the life of even one individual. “Only mad people are normal”, expounded Mahasveta Devi, referring to the “madness” that writers, painters and other artist experience before they plunge into following their heart’s bidding. She went to add that it was necessary to return to any roots, encourage “exercising of the brain cells” and protect education from being usurped by politics. Writer of well-known plays like,
"Sakharam Binder" and "Khamosh Adalat Jari Hai", a satire on power politics and male chauvinism, which was translated into 16 international languages. Tendulkar has to his credit landmark films like “Manthan”, which show-cased the brilliant talent of Smita Patil as a rural belle. “Ardh Satya”, a film which won its protagonist Om Puri accolades, is remembered for its sensitive portrayal of human emotions. Social issues which tend to be carefully vieled in our society have been brought to light by the reformer in Tendulkar. “Ghasiram Kotwal” depicted the corruption rampant among Brahamins of Pune. He raised his voice against buying and selling of tribal women in, “Kamala” and plunged deep to examine the desperation and greed that paved way for the evil. |
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Maini is
Resident Commissioner New Delhi, September 4 Mr Maini has earlier served on various important posts. He was Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Punjab, Director Industries, Director, Local Government, Director and Secretary, Information and Public Relations at Chandigarh, and Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur, Punjab. |
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C. P. Thakur
gets Prof Seal Award New Delhi, September 4 Presenting the award here today, Vice-President, Mr Krishan Kant, said Dr Thakur’s work on Kala-Azar had received both scientific and popular recognition. In another development, the first Millennium Gandhi award for outstanding work in the field of leprosy is being given by the International Leprosy Union to Mr Yohe Sasakawa of Japan. Mr Sasakawa is the president of Nippon Foundation, Japan, a press note said here today. |
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SC refuses to vacate stay in Tansi cases New Delhi, September 4 Ms Jayalalitha’s counsel K.K. Venugopal submitted before a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Mr Justice S.P. Bharucha that the apex court could hear the petition filed by special prosecutor K.V. Venkatapathy, but the hearings before the Madras High Court should be allowed to go on. |
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Justice
Rangarajan dead New Delhi, September 4 Rangarajan, (84) is survived by his wife and two sons, according to Sanjay Parikh, a Supreme Court lawyer. Popularly known as “Emergency Judge”, Rangarajan gave a bold judgment in quashing the detention of eminent journalist Kuldip Nayar who was detained during Emergency. He had also quashed the detention orders of a number of others after which he was transferred to Guwahati.
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