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USA may help India in hijackers’ extradition ‘No reduction in infiltration’ Libya asks India, Pak to de-escalate tension 27 top BJP leaders to campaign in UP |
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Temple construction early? Warrant against Shatrughan 25 get Bravery Awards Shah case: court to hear cassettes Renewal of traders’ licences begins
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USA may help India in hijackers’ extradition New Delhi, January 23 Their argument is based on the fact that the US investigating agency Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has also registered a case in connection with the hijack as there was one US citizen — Jeanne Moore — on board the hijacked plane and since both Indian and American case pertain to the same incident the USA can seek the extradition of the hijackers from Pakistan on the basis of its own case. Ample hint in this regard to the USA was given by none other than the CBI Director P.C. Sharma to the FBI chief Robert S. Mueller, who called on the former here yesterday as part of his visit to India. The Indian investigators strongly feel that since Pakistan is adamant on not cooperating with India, the USA, if it was really serious about global fight against terrorism will help India by seeking extradition of the hijackers to its soil. This, the Indian investigators believe, will help CBI indirectly in getting the extradition of the hijackers to India for trial without hurting the ego of Pakistan. However, the CBI, which is probing the case, is not taking for granted the US help although there had been substantial increase in the cooperation between the CBI and FBI after the September 11 terror attacks in the USA and the visiting FBI chief had insisted during the meeting that his organisation looked forward to greater cooperation in the areas of combating terrorism, computer crime and drug trafficking. “It is our case and we will continue to pursue it hard,” a senior CBI official said. |
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‘No reduction in infiltration’ New Delhi, January 23 An External Affairs Ministry spokesperson told mediapersons here that there had been a heavy snowfall which might have led to “reduction in infiltration, cross-border terrorism and shelling’’. The spokesperson said it was “too early’’ to say whether this could be “a long-term trend’’. The spokesperson had been asked to comment on a statement made in this regard by the US State Department spokesman. On whether India had thought of any time-frame within which it would assess the action taken by Pakistan on General Musharraf’s announcement, she said there could not be any time-frame for this purpose but the exercise could be undertaken “only over a period of time’’. On whether Pakistan had sought any discussion with India on the list of 20 terrorists submitted by New Delhi for extradition, the spokesperson said “to the best of my knowledge, Pakistan has not sought any discussion’’. She also stated that Pakistan had not given to India any list of terrorists wanted by Islamabad. The spokesperson denied that the USA was putting any pressure on
India with regard to the position taken by New Delhi on Pakistan. “There is no pressure being put on us...the channels of communication between the two countries are open. We have reasons to be satisfied with the progress of relations’’.
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Libya asks India, Pak to de-escalate tension New Delhi, January 23 Libyan President Muammar Al Gaddafi’s special envoy, Salimb Ben Amer expressed surprise that so far the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) and the Arab nations had not played any significant role in de-escalating Indo-Pakistan tension despite knowing that the two countries are home to a large chunk of Muslims. Mr Amer, who met Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as part of Mr Gaddafi’s peace mission in the sub-continent, said the two leaders too did not want a war to occur. He expressed fears that at a time when tensions between the two countries was running high, Al-Qaida and Taliban activists could create a situation forcing India and Pakistan to go for a full-scale war. “The Al-Qaida and the Taliban are the only parties interested in Indo-Pak war that will cause destruction in the region,’’ Mr Amer told newspersons after his meeting with Mr Vajpayee. “They want to take revenge after having been dislodged from Afghanistan,’’ he said. Mr Amer said some terrorist groups were not under the control of the Indian and the Pakistani governments and urged both to work together to rein in such disruptive forces.
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27 top BJP leaders to campaign in UP New Delhi, January 23 Although the exact itinerary of these leaders is yet to be finalised, the party has drawn up its list of star campaigners like Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharati, Venkaiah Naidu, Pramod Mahajan, Tapan Sikdar, Shanta Kumar, Shahnawaz Hussain, all ministers in Union Cabinet. Party President K. Jana Krishnamurthi, Himachal Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal, party General Secretary Sunil Shastri, former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma and BJP Yuva Morcha President Shivraj Singh Chauhan will also campaign for the success of NDA allies in UP. The leaders of the allied parties like the Rashtriya Lok Dal President Ajit Singh, Janata Dal (U) President Sharad Yadav and Lok Janshakti Party President Ramvilas Paswan will campaign for the BJP-led alliance wherever they are required, BJP spokesman Sunil Shastri told newspersons. He said, Mr Vajpayee, Mr Advani and Dr Joshi would lead the campaign in Uttaranchal and Punjab while Mr Pramod Mahajan, Minister of State for Home I.D. Swamy, Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie and BJP Vice-President Sangh Priya Gautam would go to Manipur for the party campaign. For the byelections in Jammu and Kashmir the party had deputed Dr Murli Manohar Joshi to lead the campaign along with Minister of State for Food Processing Chaman Lal Gupta, Law Minister Arun Jaitley and senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra. Mr Venkaiah Naidu and Urban Development Minister Ananth Kumar would campaign for the party in the crucial Kanakapura byelection in Karnataka. |
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Temple construction early? New Delhi, January 23 Working President of the VHP Ashok Singhal said at a press conference here that a group of eminent Hindu saints participating in the ongoing “Chetavani Yatra” would meet Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on January 27 a day after the “yatra” reaches the Capital. They would try to persuade the Prime Minister to hand over to them the land acquired by the government around the disputed site in Ayodhya.
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Warrant against Shatrughan Kanpur, January 23 Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Umesh Chandra Sharma issued notice to Mr Sinha and his counsel yesterday, directing him to appear in the court on February 18 in the case of alleged “unauthorised inclusion” of a lyric in one of his films. A local resident Kayoom Naushad had filed the case against Mr Sinha in January 1984 alleging that a song written by him for the Gramophone Company in 1978 was picked up without his permission Mr Sinha’s film “Kalka” in 1983.
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25 get Bravery Awards New Delhi, January 23 Addressing a gathering of children at the National Bravery Awards function at his residence, he said India had never attacked another nation but if it came under attack “we will not tolerate it”. The Prime Minister gave away the National Awards for Bravery for the year 2001 to 25 children, four of them posthumously, for their outstanding deeds of bravery and meritorious services. The Geeta Chopra and Sanjay Chopra Awards were given posthumously to Prem Kanwar and Nikhil Singh, respectively. Prem had taken her buffalo to drink water at the Kali Narhi on August 5, 2000, when she saw four children drowning. She jumped into the water to save them but the
children caught hold of her feet firmly as a result of which she herself drowned along with them. Nikhil had gone on a picnic with his friends to Hathiduba in the Mahananda river on July 30, 2000. Some of them went for a swim when suddenly Nikhil heard a cry for help from them. He immediately jumped into the river and dragged three of his friends safely back to shore. Unfortunately, he could not keep afloat and was carried away by the swift current.
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Shah case: court to hear cassettes Mumbai, January 23 The audio cassettes will be played in front of designated judge A.P. Bhangale before the prosecution opens its case on alleged links between Shah, Rizvi and Shakeel to target film personalities for personal gains. The judge has also ordered the police to produce Shah and Rizvi before him so that they get an opportunity to raise objection in regard to the alleged tape recorded conversations between them and the gangster before the commencement of trial. Shah is in hospital, while Rizvi has returned to Thane prison from a private hospital where he underwent an operation for removing a lump in salivary glands.
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Renewal
of traders’ licences begins Hanumangarh,
January 23 With the dispute getting settled, the process of renewing licences of traders dealing in manure, seeds and insecticides in the mandis of Rawatsar, Suratgarh, Anoopgarh, Srivijaynagar, Rawla and Gharsana has started. The licences issued for the storage and sale of insecticides expired on December 31. The licences for the selling of seeds and manure are issued for three years and these also expired on the same date. In December, when the traders applied for the renewal of licences, directions were sought from the Agriculture Directorate, Jaipur. Sources said the issue was raised in a state-level meeting of the Agriculture Department held a few days back. Some officials were of the view that along with the issuance of licences, provisions should be made in the state gazette to decide the jurisdiction issue. After discussions at the directorate level, it was said that the area of jurisdiction of the Deputy Director, Agriculture, was the whole district. As the area transferred from the Irrigated Area Development Department to the Agriculture Department has been done and Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh are revenue districts, so it comes under the jurisdiction of the respective Deputy Director, Agriculture. Following
these directions of the Agriculture Directorate, the dispute has been
settled and the Deputy Director, Agriculture, has started the renewal
of licences of various mandis of the two districts. The traders and
companies will now have to send the required information every month
to the department concerned. |
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21 killed in mishap Lucknow, January 23 |
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Hoax bomb call New Delhi, January 23 Panic gripped the court complex at around 11 a.m. when policemen descended there in hordes following the telephone call to the Police Control Room the police sources said.
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Lashkara to telecast ‘Saavi Dharti’ New Delhi, January 23 The bi-weekly programme will be telecast from January 26 this month on every Saturday and Sunday at 6.15 pm with repeat telecast on Wednesday and Thursday at 10.30 am. Highlighting the main features of the programmes, Mr Subash Menon, MD Lashkara channel, said that ‘Saavi Dharti’ has been produced after considerable research about the problems and challenges faced by the rural people in the north. |
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Seminar on
Maharaja Ranjit Singh New Delhi, January 23 Eminent historians from different parts of the globe will attend the two-day seminar and present thought-provoking papers on the rule of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The seminar is being organised as a part of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Coronation Bicentenary celebrations. |
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