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7 RS-elect fail to take oath TDP’s hard line is Mayawati’s gain PM releases mascot on 150 yrs of Railways
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Sabarmati: RS
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CM failed to keep word: ex-dacoits NCM takes up Nanded board issue with CM 5 planets line up for bright show
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7 RS-elect fail to take oath New Delhi, April 15 A total of 46 members were elected in the biennial elections to the House. Seven of them were absent today. Among the prominent absentees were former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, JMM leader Shibu Soren and rebel Biju Janata Dal leader and former Union Minister Dilip Ray. Those who took oath were: T. Subba Rami Reddi and Nandi Yellaiah (both from Andhra Pradesh), Karnendu Bhattacharjee, Urkhao Gwra Brahma and Dwijendra Nath Sharmah (all from Assam), Prof Ram Deo Bhandary, Prem Chand Gupta, Laloo Prasad Yadav, Vashisht Narain Singh and Shatrughan Sinha (Bihar), Ramdhar and Motilal Vora (Chhattisgarh), Jayantilal Sitaram Barot, K. Jana Krishnamurthy and Alkaben Balarambhai Kshatriya (from Gujarat), Sumitra Mahajan and Harendra Singh Malik (Haryana), Suresh Bhardwaj (Himachal Pradesh), Ajay Kumar Maroo (Jharkhand), Prema Cariapa, Vijay Mallaya, Janardhan Poojary and M.V. Rajashekaran (Karnataka), Maulana Obaidullah Khan Azmi, Maya Singh and Suresh Pachouri (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkumar Nandlal Dhoot and Mukesh Patel (Maharashtra), Rishang Keishing (Manipur), Robert Kharashing (Meghalaya), Surendra Lath (Orissa), Abrar Ahmed, K. Natwar Singh and Prabha Thakur (Rajasthan), R. Shunmugasundaram and G.K. Vasan (Tamil Nadu), and Sheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed, Prasanta Chatterjee and Dinesh Trivedi (West Bengal). There were lighter moments during the oath-taking ceremony. Members burst into laughter when re-elected member Shatrughan Sinha (BJP) began his oath with “Mein Shatrughan Prasad Yadav” (I, Shatrughan Prasad Yadav). He quickly corrected himself as “Mein Shatrughan Prasad Sinha”. |
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TDP’s hard line is Mayawati’s gain Lucknow April 15 To save the Central Government, the BJP is now forced to make Ms Mayawati the Chief Minister, said Mr Indrajit Saroj, state president of the BSP, here today. The equation is clear. If the TDP deserts NDA, then the BSP, with its 13 MPs, is going to step in and save Vajpayee government, said Mr Saroj and added, “The BSP has only one condition — make the Mayawati the Chief Minister.” The BSP high command has asked the legislators of the party to camp in Lucknow. The indications are that decision regarding formation of BSP-led government could take place any day, said Mr Amarmani Tripathi, a BSP legislator. This change of events has put the BJP in a quandary. Till other day, the party leaders were talking about dealing with the BSP on equal terms. The argument going around in the BJP headquarters was that the BSP would first have to ensure a pre-poll alliance for the Parliamentary elections, slated for 2004, before the BJP joined hands with the BSP. Moreover, the BJP had also asked for the Deputy Chief Minister and Speaker’s posts. The BJP is now not on that solid footing, admits an official of the party. “We have reached a quid pro quo situation where the BJP will scratch BSP’s back and vice versa”, he added. The anti-BSP voice in the party too has lost its sting. The leaders, who were vocal against sharing power with the BSP are now singing a different tune. The state president of the party, Mr Kalraj Mishra, told reporters before leaving for New Delhi that it was the Central Parliamentary Board which had decided that the BJP will sit in Opposition. “If now it says that the party should support the BSP, then we will follow the orders,” said Mr Mishra. The meeting of the board is expected within a day or two. The BSP leaders have started preparations for the coronation of Ms Mayawati. “We are in touch with behanji. She is in Delhi. She has asked us to stay put in Lucknow for next few days. We will stay here till we get next orders,” said Mr Saroj. |
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PM releases mascot on 150 yrs of
Railways New Delhi, April 15 Launching the 150th year celebrations of the Indian Railways at the Railways Museum here, the Prime Minister hoped that the Railways as well as the political train would not be “derailed”. “All trains should run safely and reach their destinations. It is for the benefit of the country and all,” Mr Vajpayee said here while releasing a specially prepared Railway mascot and logo to mark the occasion. “Main chahta hun ki rail gadian patri par chalti rahein aur rajneeti bhi isi tarah se patri par chalti rahe,” he said adding that “Isi mein hum subka aur desh ka bhala hai.” Recalling his first train journey on the Gwalior line, the Prime Minister said the Railways had covered a long and arduous journey, from metre gauge to broad gauge and from slow speed to high speed trains. Lauding the Railways for scrapping its third class compartment, he said such a system of class compartment should be abolished. He recalled the days when people had to wait for hours at the railway stations and the atmosphere inside the train during the journey. The Railways in those days promoted national integration and are still doing this, he said, adding that they had now become the most simple, smooth and cheap mode of mass transport both for the people and goods in the country. The Union Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, recalled the days when he had covered the longest rail journey in pre-Partition days from Kolkata to Karachi, via Lahore. Since then, he said, he had travelled many times by train, the most recent journey being to Goa. |
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NORTH INDIA IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, April 15 Under the scheme, Central assistance worth Rs 183.90 lakh was released to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir during 1999-2000. No funds could be released during 2000-01 and 2001-02 due to the non-submission of utilisation certificate in the prescribed format by the state government, the minister said. A team of experts from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), Delhi, was deputed immediately to visit affected areas of Shimla district from February 14 to February 17, 2002,after receiving information from the Himachal Pradesh government for investigating the outbreak of fever and haemoptysis, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr C.P. Thakur, told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today. Another team consisting of six health experts was sent to Chandigarh on February 2, 2002. These teams visited the affected areas and examined the patients in the hospitals. After the visit, the teams submitted their report, which confirmed the outbreak of febrile illness with haemoptysis (blood in sputum) reported in Hatkoti village of Jubbal-Kotkhai block of Shimla district, as pneumonic plague, the minister said. Out of the 16 cases of plague detected in Himachal Pradesh four plague suspected cases were detected in Himachal Pradesh and the four with plague like symptoms from Chandigarh and its adjoining areas. Five of them have died and 15 have been discharged after recovery, the minister added. |
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Sabarmati: RS
expresses anguish New Delhi, April 15 When the House reassembled after the first 10-minute adjournment, Chairman Krishan Kant read out a prepared resolution that “expressed shock and deep anguish over April 7 violence at Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat.” Earlier, the House witnessed uproarious scenes over communal violence in the western state with the Opposition members demanding the resignation of Narendra Modi. |
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CM failed to keep word: ex-dacoits Bhopal, April 15 It was at this ashram at Jaura on April 14,1972, that over 500 dacoits from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan had bid farewell to arms, at the instance of Jai Prakash Narain. Then Chief Minister P.C.Sethi had promised to rehabilitate them. They held a ‘mahapanchayat’ at the same place seven years ago to take stock of the situation and had expressed utter disappointment with the government’s efforts for their rehabilitation. They later submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Digvijay Singh who had promised to take early steps to fulfil the government's commitments. Yesterday’s ‘mahapanchayat’ was presided over by Lokman Dixit, alias Lukka Pandit, who had laid down arms in 1960. Mr S.N. Subbarao, who had, on behalf of Jai Prakash Narain, persuaded the dacoits to give up the life of outlaws, was the chief guest. He observed that the necessity for organising another ‘mahapanchayat’ arose because Chief Minister Digvijay Singh had not fulfilled the promises he had made after the last ‘mahapanchayat’ held seven years ago. He said 105 problems were brought to the notice of the Chief Minister but not even one had been solved. Bhagwan Singh, who had surrendered in 1960, said that only Chief Minister Sethi had taken interest in the rehabilitation of the dacoits; no other Chief Minister had paid any attention to their welfare. |
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NCM takes up Nanded board issue with CM New Delhi, April 15 Raising the issue with the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Vilas Rao Deshmukh, the Vice-Chairman of the Commission, Mr Tarlochan Singh, said according to representations made to the commission, 11 members had already been elected and two were to be nominated by the government. Pointing out that there was no court stay on the functioning of the board and there was stay on the election of three members from Nanded, he urged the Chief Minister to allow the members from Nanded to join whenever the stay was vacated on them. |
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5 planets line up for bright show Mumbai, April 15 “It is a rare grouping of planets and it has a unique aesthetic value. It is just an alignment of planets in a straight line,” Mr Aadil Desai of the Mumbai-based Amateur Astronomers Association said. The Nehru Planetarium here will put up telescopes outside its premises for the public to view the grouping from next Saturday till this unique phenomenon is seen, according to planetarium spokesman Suhas Naik-Satam. Dr Bharat Adur, a senior scientist with the planetarium, will lead a team to Badlapur suburbs to see this phenomenon. The five planets could also be seen without a telescope, said Mr Desai. A similar arrangement of planets happened two years ago but was not visible from the Earth.
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On the eve of the 150th
anniversary of the Indian Railways, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
flagged off a run of Fairy Queen, the "world's oldest train."
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