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Terror in USA may hit scheduled events Focus on Pak, Afghan nexus
WTC collapse sends people in tizzy Nostradamus’ prediction comes true |
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Shanta to visit Kashipur today Petition against Sonia’s election dismissed
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Terror in USA may hit scheduled events New Delhi September 12 In the absence of any communication from the UN headquarters following its evacuation, members of the Indian official delegation and representatives of non-government organisations are unsure of their participation in the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children, scheduled to begin in New York on September 19. Sources in the Union Human Resource Development Ministry told The Tribune here on Wednesday that a communication from the Permanent Mission of India in New York has suggested postponement of the session. The delegation headed by Union HRD Minister Murli Manohar Joshi included Minister of State for Women and Child Development (WCD) Sumitra Mahajan, Rajasthan Minister for WCD, Secretaries (WCD), Labour and Social Justice and Empowerment besides Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs, Disability Commissioner, National Commission for Women member and Joint Commissioner of Police (Southern Range). Apart from this delegation, NGOs working for the rights of children as Save the Child (SC) were invited by UNICEF to participate in a three-day forum for children beginning September 16. Shikha Ghildyal, Manager, Advocacy, SC, invited to participate in the forum as a facilitator said that their office headquartered in the UK had advised them to put on hold travel plans till further intimation. “The UNICEF is in agreement with us over the postponement of our travel plans. I have got my tickets cancelled today.” Amod Kanth, Joint Commissioner of Police (Southern Range) and founder of Prayas, a Delhi-based NGO working for neglected, street and working children, said, “I have not got any official intimation. But I think that the entire process will be rescheduled.” Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Uma Tuli said that she had learnt that the session had been cancelled because of the tense situation in the USA following multiple terrorist attacks. Kailash Satyarthi, who spearheaded the movement on the Global March Against Child Labour and was invited to the session, told The Tribune, “I have no intimation from the UN but my team members who have been camping in New York to make
preparations for the mass rally of child labourers from member countries have not given me a favourable feedback. |
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Narayanan writes to
Bush New Delhi, September 12 In a message sent to US President George W. Bush, Mr Narayanan said that he was conveying his condolences and sympathy, with a sense of grief and great indignation over the immense tragedy. |
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Dhindsa cancels
Toronto visit New Delhi, September 12 Mr Dhindsa was to participate in the proposed Bi-centenary celebrations of the Maharaja in Toronto from September 16 to 17. On Mr Dhindsa’s advice, local organisers have decided to postpone the celebration dates, for which shall be decided
later. In a separate letter to the U.S Ambassador to India Mr Robert D Backwill, Mr Dhindsa conveyed his sympathies for the loss of lives in the USA. |
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Tourism meet put off New Delhi, September 12 |
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Top officials
review situation New Delhi, September 12 The meeting chaired by the Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr M.B. Kaushal, reviewed threadbare the likely fall-out and the possible alignment or re-alignment of various fundamentalist terrorist outfits after the biggest-ever terrorist attack in the USA. |
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Sonia condemns
terrorist act New Delhi, September 12 Mrs Gandhi said that people of India understood the pain of American people and stood with them in this hour of deepest crisis. |
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Focus on Pak, Afghan nexus New Delhi, September 12 As the US intelligence system rises back on its
feet, it is becoming clear that the needle of suspicion for Tuesday’s action is pointing towards Afghanistan. Despite denials from the Taliban regime, it is strongly believed that Kabul was aware of the action. After all Osama bin Laden’s modus operandi and style of functioning has been well known to the CIA since the days of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Apart from intensifying international cooperation against terrorism, Washington will have to mount more pressure on Islamabad to share information about militant and terrorist outfits which have been operating in the region and beyond it with international and national agencies so that the menace could be effectively dealt with, experts say. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s description of militants and terrorists as “jehadis” operating in Jammu and Kashmir will have no buyers now in the USA, according to South Block experts. A positive movement on the Israel-Palestine front will have to ensured as a sign of the US sincerity towards dealing with the problem of terrorism, experts say adding that Washington will have to speak the language of reason and reconciliation rather than that of arrogance. China, Russia, the European Union, Brazil, Argentina will have to be taken into confidence and Washington’s stress on missile defence system will get increasingly reduced as Washington will need international assistance much more now. |
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Security beefed up in Delhi New Delhi, September 12 An official of the Embassy said the mission was closed on Wednesday for the public. Condolence messages are pouring from various NGOs and relatives of Indians living in the USA. As per information, the Indian Embassy in the USA has opened some special telephone lines for passing messages to the Indians living in the USA. The US Embassy in New Delhi will make a special arrangement for Indians to contact their relatives in New York and other cities, the official said. |
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WTC collapse sends people in tizzy New Delhi, September 12 “Our son is a doctor in a New York hospital and we haven’t heard from
him. We have been dialling for the past four hours. I just hope they don’t start bombing the entire city”, said a very perturbed Shiela Kaul. People rushed to nearest telephone booths and long queues of anxious faces could be
seen. Amidst complaints of not being able to get through, there were a few who were seen sighing in relief. “ My nephew works in the building next to the trade towers. He was working on the 15th floor, when the first tower collapsed. Mistaking it for a tremor they left the
building. It was only when the second building collapsed that panic spread and commuting became
impossible. He had to spend the night in New York with a friend and could not even contact his wife in New Jersey about his well being”, said Mrs Bhatia. Phone booths had to be open for long
hours. "We normally close at 11 pm, but last night people came till about 1
am. Most of the people were trying to call New York, there were however many who called their relatives in other states as well”, said Harsh Deva, who runs an STD booth in Mayur Vihar. The Internet came to the aid of many when the telephone services
failed. "The telephone lines are jammed. There is no news from our children, so we e-mailed them”, said S.K. Gupta whose children work in a building close to the destroyed Towers. The Ministry of External Affairs has done its bit by establishing two help lines in their consulate in New York to help people get in touch with their relatives and friends. |
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Nostradamus’ prediction comes true New Delhi, September 12 Michel De Nostredame, better known as Nostradamus, a famous 16th century French seer, had said in his prophecies that a turbaned man from West Asia would come and plunge the world into the third world war. If yesterday’s multiple terrorist attack on the Pentagon in Washington and the World Trade Center in New York are an indication, then the turbaned Arab could be the Saudi millionaire Osama bin Laden. In his predictions, Nostradamus referred to a great city in the new world of America near 45 degrees latitude being the first target of the third world war. Experts had said it could only be New York. He says: “The sky will burn at forty-five degrees. Fire approaches the great new city. By fire he will destroy their city, A cold and cruel heart, Blood will pour, Mercy to none.” Nostradamus also speaks of a third anti-Christ who is more hideous than all others combined. Some say it is Iraq’s Saddam Hussein while others say that he has not yet appeared. But it could be Bin Laden. “He says he will come from the Middle East. Out of the country of Greater Arabia. Shall be born a strong master. He will enter Europe wearing a blue turban. He will be the terror of mankind. Never more horror.” Here, Nostradamus says that a man from Greater Arabia will lead his forces on an invasion through Europe. This invasion will start a third world war that will be far worse than all other wars put together. When will all this take place? in one quatrain Nostradamus gives an exact date in which the war will be well under way. In century 10, quatrain 72. Nostradamus refers to the millennium: “In the year 1999 and seven months (July) From the sky will come the great king of terror. He will bring back to life the king of the Mongols; Before and after war reigns.” Nostradamus predicts the war will begin shortly before the year 1999. It will last 27 years. The war will be so terrible that the world will come face to face with final annihilation. Here, he implies that the war might involve some kind of horrible weapon, possibly nuclear. Although Nostradamus’ predictions for the future sound frightening he does provide some hope by describing how this third world war will end. It will end as a result of an unexpected alliance. “When those of the Northern Pole are united, In the East will be great fear and dread... One day the two great leaders will be friends; Their great powers will be seen to grow. The New Land will be at the height of its power: To the man of blood the number is reported.” The new land was a common term used by Nostradamus to refer to America. The countries of the Northern Pole could be Russia and the USA. We have recently seen the breakdown of communism in Russia and an increasing friendship between Russia and the USA. Born in 1503, Nostradamus became the most famous seers in the world. He wrote 1,000 four-line verses called as quatrains with 10 chapters or ten centuries. He named his book as “Centuries”. It lists hundreds of quatrains about what happened before and what will happen in our future. One of his early predictions was when he and his son, met a poor monk in the streets and addressed him as “His Holiness”. Nineteen years after Nostradamus’ death, the poor monk became Pope Sixtus V.
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Shanta to visit Kashipur today Kashipur, (Orissa), September 12 Accompanied by Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik, Mr Shanta Kumar will travel to Panasaguda, Bilamala, Pitajodi and Badamaribhata, where tribal people had died after consuming contaminated mango kernel in the past two months. The “Antodaya Anna Yojana” to be launched by Mr Shanta Kumar would provide 25 kg foodgrains - wheat at rate of Rs 2 per kg and rice at Rs 3 per kg - to every family every month. The scheme is being launched in the Rayagada district. District Collector, Bishnupada Sethi told The Tribune that the number of beneficiaries under the scheme in the district will be 18773 families. In Kashipur block, he said 2682 families would benefit by the scheme. As per the below poverty line [BPL] census done in Kashipur block in 1997, the number of BPL families increased to 24,482 in 1997 from 15,662 in 1992. The total number of households in the block is 31,321. In the district, the authorities have not issued BPL cards to the families added to the list in 1997 as the state level list is yet to be given a final shape. Hence, only 15,662 families in Kashipur are getting the benefit of the BPL card. Dorigoda of Bilamala village said “I gave my card to the moneylender and got Rs 130.” He said he has neither money to buy the rice sold under BPL scheme nor capacity to repay the loan. |
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Petition against Sonia’s election dismissed New Delhi, September 12 “We are of the opinion that a plea that a returned candidate is not a citizen of India and hence not qualified or is disqualified for being a candidate in the election can be raised in an election petition before the high court, in spite of returned candidate holding a certificate of citizenship by registration under Section 5 (1)(C) of the Citizenship Act,’’ the court held. A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice A.S. Anand, Mr Justice R.C. Lahoti and Mr Justice Doraiswamy Raju, gave the ruling. The judges said: “A plea as to constitutional validity of any law can, in appropriate cases, as dealt with here in above, also be raised and heard in an election petition where it is necessary to decide the election dispute.’’ Though the court dismissed two appeals against a judgement of the Allahabad High Court dismissing petitions against Ms Sonia Gandhi’s election, it did not agree with the “view of law” stated by the designated election judge of the high court.
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