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Move to install BJP-BSP govt in UP conspiracy: Mulayam Naidu to meet PM on Speaker issue Embassy: TN police hiding Kuwaiti girl
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ULFA chief rejects ‘safe passage’ offer Jet Airways’ revises flight schedule Change in lifestyle prevents diabetes Afroz gets bail Blasts near mosque, 1 killed
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Move to install BJP-BSP govt in UP Lucknow, April 5 Such a government would only lead to immense trouble for the state which has faced total mismanagement at the hands of these two parties for the past seven years when either of the two had been at the helm of affairs, he told reporters here. The MLAs were being shown “the demon of snap polls” to garner their support, he alleged. Mr Yadav said he was still hopeful that the Governor, Mr Vishnu Kant Shastri, would invite his party to form the government. He said the Governor was acting on the directions of the Centre. “Only the Samajwadi Party has staked claim to form the government and I hope good sense would prevail on the Governor and the Union Government and the SP would be asked to form the government,” he added. Asserting that the floor of the Assembly was the place to prove majority, Mr Yadav said he was confident that if invited to form the government his party would prove its majority.
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Naidu to meet PM on Speaker issue New Delhi, April 5 Mr Naidu is expected to arrive here late next week for meeting with the Prime Minister to decide whether the TDP will take the post of Lok Sabha Speaker and if so who will succeed the late Mr G.M.C. Balayogi. Political sources told The Tribune today that the government is likely to issue a notification on April 18 or 19 for holding Speaker’s election. The government is keen to fill the vacancy as early as possible since Parliament session resumes on April 15 after a month-long break. Not only the Prime Minister is being kept on the tenterhooks but even the government is kept guessing on the real intentions of Mr Naidu as the TDP supremo declined to reveal his mind even to Home Minister L.K. Advani. Mr Naidu is understood to have relented only after he extracted a price for his consent sources said. The TDP chief is understood to be increasingly of the view that he has no option but to remain with the BJP camp in the near future. In view of this, he is likely to give his consent for naming a TDP MP for the post of Speakership, sources said. |
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Embassy: TN police hiding Kuwaiti girl Chennai, April 5 Stating that he only wanted to know whether Ms Azmi wanted to stay here or return, Mr Quarani told reporters at his hotel room that the couple was not in Cuddapah as said by the police and alleged that the police was trying to “hide’’ them. He charged the Tamil Nadu Government and the police with non-cooperation. Ms Azmi would not be stoned to death, as feared, if she was deported back to Kuwait, he said, adding that if she wanted she could apply for a fresh passport with the Kuwaiti Embassy. Meanwhile, a senior police official denied Mr Quarani’s charge.
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PM’s Gujarat visit short on action: Cong New Delhi, April 5 “It was long on his evocative appeal but short on effective action,’’ Congress chief spokesman Jaipal Reddy said. He said Gujarat was not a case of “communal rioting but of largely one-sided carnage.” Mr Reddy said the Prime Minister had side-stepped the essential problem of crises of faith in the “sectarian partiality of the state government. With Narinder Modi as Chief Minister normalcy in the hearts of people of Gujarat cannot be restored and the Prime Minister had
deliberately circumvented the problem,” Mr Reddy said. He said the defensive explanations offered by the Prime Minister for his delayed visit to Gujarat had not carried conviction with the people. The delay of six weeks was extraordinary by any standard as it only betrays lack of will on the part of Prime Minister, Mr Reddy said. “The inclusion of Ms Uma Bharti in the delegation can only be viewed as part of the balancing act,” the spokesman said. Mr Reddy said Prime Minister was capable of “saying the right things but incapable of doing the right thing.” He said the third meeting of the Congress Chief Ministers at Guwahati on April 12 and 13 would seek to evolve a common programme for the Congress governments in the country. He said the focus would also be on the implementation of the party’s welfare programmes for various sections. |
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RSS flays PM’s pro-minority speech Ahmedabad, April 5 While the Bajrang Dal termed his speech as “shameful for Hindus”, other Parivar outfits like the RSS and the VHP adopted comparatively softer lines. “The question of rashtra dharm and raj dharm that he has raised is not acceptable to us in the context he made it. He has virtually insulted the entire Hindu community by saying that he was ashamed to face the Muslim world,” Gujarat unit president of Bajrang Dal Harishbhai Bhatt said. “I want to know under what pressure he made such a speech at the minority relief camp,” he said.
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ULFA chief rejects ‘safe passage’ offer Guwahati, April 5 “I don’t need permission of any illegal foreign government to meet my parents”, Rajkhowa said in a press note issued to a section of the local media here last night. Stating that he was very eager to meet his sick father, as “I have not met my parents since September 17, 1984”, the ULFA leader termed the safe passage offer as a “conspiracy” and said he was “embarrassed” at the government offer. He urged the government to instead pressure the Centre into directly holding talks with ULFA on its demands, failing which it should launch an agitation for the purpose. Referring to the government proposal on mediators for talks, the militant leader asked “who had given you (government) the permission to make such an arrangement”.
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Jet Airways’ revises flight schedule New Delhi, April 5 To be operated by a modern turbo-prop, ATR 72-500 aircraft, the flight 9W 3303 will depart from Delhi at 12 noon and arrive in Chandigarh at 1 p.m. The return flight 9W 3304 will depart from Chandigarh at 2 p.m. and arrive in Delhi at 3 p.m. The 62-seater flight will provide connections for passengers from the cities of Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bangalore to Chandigarh. The flight from Chandigarh to Delhi will also provide immediate connections to these six metro cities. The twin-engine ATR72-500 is recognised by airline operators for its efficient performance. The high-quality Jet Airways Economy Class service, identical to that offered on the Boeing 737 flights, is on the ATR flights. |
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Change in lifestyle prevents diabetes New Delhi, April 5 Speaking on physical activity which has been selected as the theme for this year’s World Health Day (April 7) and the slogan ‘Move for Health’ at a news conference here today, Dr Uton said regular weight maintenance and regular physical activity were the most effective ways of preventing cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and many other diseases. He said effective public health measures were urgently needed to promote physical activity and improve health. The challenge of promoting physical activity was as much the responsibility of the governments as of the people, he added. Prof K. Srinath Reddy, Professor of Cardiology at AIIMS, said non-communicable diseases were a major threat to developing countries. Sedentary habits result in excess body weight, increased body fat reduced muscle mass, poor condition of heart and lungs and biochemical abnormalities. Dr Reddy said the lifestyle of Haryanvis was worth preserving. The study had a sample size of 2500 men and women in the 35-64 age group. Compared to Haryana, the diabetes rate in urban Delhi was four times higher, hypertension two and a half times higher and heart attack two times higher. The WHO Representative to India, Dr Robert Kim Farley, stressed the need for reviving yoga which lays emphasis on
exercises, breathing and meditation. He said the WHO is chalking out an India programme to tackle non-communicable diseases. The National Professional Officer for Non-Communicable Diseases, WHO India office, Mr Cherian Varghese, told TNS that one of the first steps would be to get good quality, authentic data on the risk factors for non communicable diseases and step-wise surveillance recommended by the WHO. |
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Blasts near mosque, 1 killed Kolkata, April 5 Official sources said one of the miscreants, who was critically injured when a bomb he was carrying in his trouser pocket went off, died at Chinsurah hospital. Seven others suffered minor injuries.
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Afroz gets bail Mumbai, April 5 Designated Judge A.P. Bhangale granted him bail on furnishing a sum of Rs 1 lakh with two sureties of the like amount. He was granted bail as the police had failed to file charge sheet within 90 days of his arrest.
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Scribe Om Mehta dead New Delhi, April 5 Mr Mehta was travelling by train when he suffered a massive heart attack. His last rites would be performed at the local Lodhi Road crematorium tomorrow.
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