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Goel briefs PM on meeting with UP Governor Riot-hit hard put to prove kin’s death Nyas trustee moves HC against Singhal, Mahant Get Prabhakaran extradited: Jaya 25 killed in Kolkata road mishap |
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Meghalaya Govt accepts ceasefire proposal Panel undecided on madrasas’ fate Book on kids’ rights on decision-making
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Goel briefs PM on meeting with UP Governor New Delhi, April 12 Mr Goel, who is viewed as Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s man on Friday, was with the UP Governor for one hour. He returned here last evening and briefed the Prime Minister about his meeting with the Governor, well-placed sources here told The Tribune today. The Vajpayee government views that the UP issue has three possible solutions: (i) the Governor invites the single largest party to form the government, or (ii) the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP reaches some understanding with the Bahujan Samaj Party paving the way either for a BJP-BSP coalition government or a BSP government with the BJP’s support from outside, or (iii) let the Presidential ordinance imposing central rule in UP come up for Parliament’s endorsement. Regarding the first of the three above-mentioned choices, one view within the BJP is that if Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party were to be given a chance to form the government, it would give an opportunity for the BJP to “expose” Mr Yadav, the BJP’s arch-rival in UP. As for the second scenario, the BJP is divided into two camps, each alternative in proposing and opposing the BJP-BSP government in UP. While former Chief Minister Rajnath Singh and senior leader Kalraj Mishra are against joining hands with the BSP, other senior leaders like Lalji Tandon and Om Prakash Singh are for this tie-up. |
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Riot-hit hard put to prove kin’s death Ahmedabad, April 12 With no bodies or post-mortem examination report to support the death of their family members, many riot-hit people are denied compensation package announced by the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when he visited Gujarat. Anwar Khan, a software engineer working in Bangalore, is running from pillar to post here along with his younger brother Faizan Khan to secure a death certificate of his father Attavai Khan, who was burnt alive by a mob on February 28 at Gulburg Society here. Although Anwar knows that his father, a textile printing press owner, was burnt alive by a mob, he is not in a position to seek compensation as he does not have the body of his father or the post-mortem examination report to support his claim. More than compensation, the biggest worry for the 28-year-old Khan is that his father owed Rs 4 lakh to some persons and now they have started demanding the money back. Although some money is lying in my father’s account, he can’t withdraw it to pay the debts as we do not have his death certificate, an emotional Khan said adding the police had put my father’s name in the missing persons list and god knows how long we would suffer. The plight of 65-year-old Ismail Mirza is even worse. He lost his wife and four children but all five have been put in the missing persons list. The only ray of hope for this ailing man is some kind of help from the Non-Governmental organisations. I have lost everything. This camp is now my home till someone helps me with some money and job offer, a visibly shaken Mirza told The Tribune at the Shah Alam camp. There are so many like Mirza and Khan languishing in various camps in Ahmedabad. Ataullah Khan, in-charge of Dariakhan Ghummat relief camp says we are preparing a list of those who have no proof of their dead ones. I hope that the Government adopts humanitarian approach and helps these hapless victims restart lives with cash-compensation. |
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Nyas trustee moves HC against Singhal, Mahant Lucknow, April 12 The Mahant said he had moved an application in the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court to remove Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s leaders Ashok Singhal and Vishnu Hari Dalmiya and Mahant Paramhans Ramchandra Das from the panel of trustees of the Nyas. He has contended that all three have failed to perform the duties as per the requirement of the trust. The three leaders have been asked for an explanation by Monday. Addressing a press conference here, the Mahant announced that a new trust named the Vishwa Dharam Raksha Parishad had been constituted, a parallel of the Ram Janambhoomi Trust, representing religious leaders from all sections of society and would be involved in the construction of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya. He said out of the total 11 trustees, eight including himself, were of the opinion of removing the three from the trust as they have misled the people on different occasions and have derailed the movement for the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya. The Mahant claimed that Mahant Nritya Gopal Das and Ramvilas Vedanti, both trustees of the Nyas, have also advocated for the removal of the three. The Mahant said he handed over the ownership of disputed 80 by 40 feet land and other movable and immovable properties to the trust on April 29,1986.
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Get Prabhakaran extradited: Jaya Chennai, April 12 “It is outrageous that a leader of a terrorist organisation, who is responsible for the death of millions of people and who has been declared a proclaimed offender by an Indian special court, should be able to walk freely in a friendly country and be treated as a hero by the media,” Ms Jayalalithaa said, while talking to reporters yesterday. She dismissed derisively Prabhakaran’s plea not to “dig up the past”, saying that “How can we not dig up the past? He will have to pay for his crimes.” There was no question of” forget and forgive” on the issue. In contrast to Ms Jayalalithaa’s strong reaction DMK leader M. Karunanidhi’s comments on the Prabhakaran press conference were somewhat muted. He said any indication of a solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka was welcomed. But he did not offer any opinion on Prabhakaran’s appeal for India’s participation in the peace process or on the LTTE chief’s remarks on the Rajiv Gandhi assassination. Leaders of the state Congress and Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) have demanded the extradition of Prabhakaran to India. But MDMK general secretary Vaiko, known for his support to the LTTE, endorsed the demand of Prabhakaran for lifting the ban on his organisation. Ms Jayalalithaa said if Sri Lanka was unable to extradite Prabhakaran then the Indian armed forces could be used to achieve the objective. She also rejected LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham’s request that he be allowed to visit Chennai for medical treatment. The LTTE would not be allowed to set foot in Tamil Nadu, she added. |
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25 killed in Kolkata road mishap Kolkata, April 12 Over 20 persons were severely injured. All victims who were on their pilgrimage to the Tarakeswar temple in Hooghly, hail from Budge Budge and Maheshtala, which are part of Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee’s Assembly constituency. According to Home Secretary, A.K. Dev, the accident occurred following an head-on collision between a Matador carrying the pilgrims and a loaded truck around 7 a.m. Both drivers and helpers of the two vehicles were killed. The accident is said to have occurred due to the rash driving by the truck driver. Traffic on the highway was suspended due to rescue operations conducted jointly by the police and local people.
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Meghalaya Govt accepts ceasefire proposal Shillong, April 12 It has also asked the Shillong Khasi Jaintia Church Leaders’ Forum, which made the proposal, to work out modalities for the implementation of the ceasefire. The forum leaders, who have been trying to establish contact with the militants belonging to the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council and initiate a peace process, met the state government last month with a proposal to act as an official negotiator with pre-conditions of “ceasefire” and “safe passage”. Finance Minister A.H. Scott Lyngdoh, briefing mediapersons about the decision of the Political Affairs Committee, which met here yesterday, said: “While accepting the forum’s first proposal for a ceasefire, the government felt that safe passage would follow the implementation of ceasefire, if agreed upon bilaterally.”
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Panel undecided on madrasas’ fate Kolkata, April 12 Some of these madrasas are alleged to have been involved in ISI activities and terrorism. Even the Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, publicly accused the madrasas of being involved in anti-national activities. But still the government could not take any firm step against these madrasas as the Chief Minister wanted the commission to come out with its report with regard to state madrasas education vis-a-vis the functioning of the unrecognised madrasas. Mr Bhattacharjee made the remarks in the wake of a spurt in terrorist activities in the state. Mr Kidwai, who met the Chief Minister yesterday at the Writers Buildings told reporters that they had no problem in dealing with some 400 madrasas which had been duly recognised and running smoothly. He said the government could immediately introduce English and modern science and technological education in 400 recognised madrasas and they would recommend to the government accordingly. He felt the Muslim children undergoing madrasa education in West Bengal would have better prospects in the country and abroad as well as, particularly in the Arab countries, if they could be brought into the main stream of modern education. But the commission has not yet decided if they will suggest banning of all such madrasas, which had mushroomed in the border districts and were being run illegally, ignoring the warnings of the State Madrasas Board and the Education Department, or they would be allowed to function for some more time and be gradually recognised'. Most of these madrasas, according to unofficial sources, the member is 900, funded by the voluntary organisations and foreign agencies of the Arab world, have been preaching specific types of education, ignoring the guidelines of the Madrasa Board which the government opposed. The six-member commission set up on March 3, 2001, was, to finalise its report within the next six months but on August 5 it was allowed six more months to complete the report and submit it to the government. |
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Book on kids’ rights on decision-making New Delhi, April 12 The book, “Our voices ... Are you Listening?”, also highlights the aims, objectives and success of the Children’s Committee for Village Development (CCVD) in Leh and Kargil over the past four years. Lauding the projects of the CCVD, an initiative of a UK-based NGO ‘Save the Children’, Deputy High Commissioner of Britain Tom Macan, who released the book, said empowerment of people, especially children, was the key to today’s age of development. Explaining the idea behind the CCDV projects, Ms Vijaylaxmi Arora, Head of the Programme Support Unit in the country, said: “We have always believed in involving children in decision-making process and that they have a right to participate in issues concerning them.
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