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Monday,
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6 die of
cerebral malaria in Bihar Move to
get Interpol warrant against Masood Anti-genocide
law sought Left
govt enters 26th year Sanjay
being forgotten, says Maneka
Raj
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6 die of cerebral malaria in Bihar Patna, June 23 The District Magistrate (DM) of Munger, Mr B.S. Dubey, however, said: “Three persons, including a women have died of cerebral malaria in the tribal villages. Altogether 30-40 persons are affected by the disease in 15 villages of the subdivision”. He had just come back from the visit of six affected villages along with other officials. The villagers are, however, putting the toll at six and the number of affected persons at 200. The doctors too are of the view that the toll might be more. The villagers and the people’s representatives at the block and village levels claimed that the administration was not prompt in DDT sprinkling and drugs were not available at the government health centres. The DM and the Civil Surgeon however refuted the charges and maintained that the affected
persons had been provided with chloroquin drugs and other medicines. The Civil Surgeon has sent an SOS to the state government to provide “fast relief drugs and better blood testing equipment” to deal with the crisis. It is to be mentioned that the state is reeling under the dual attack of kala-azar and malaria. Kala-azar is caused by a fly and owing to lack of drug supply and the treatment being costly, hundreds of people have died in the recent months of if especially in north Bihar. |
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Move to get Interpol warrant against Masood New Delhi, June 23 The police would soon move for the issuance of a Red Corner notice against the three accused, though there was information about Azhar being in Pakistan, Delhi Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma said. He indicated that the warrant against the three would be of little help until Pakistan extended cooperation in arresting them. A Delhi court had last month declared the three as proclaimed offenders. Ghazi Baba, alias Abu Jehadi, is the outfit’s chief commander in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Anti-genocide
law sought Ahmedabad, June 23 Former Union Minister Arif Mohammad Khan, member of the National Minority Commission General A.N. Shethana (retd) and senior advocate of the Supreme Court Indira Jaysingh spoke at the sammelan, which was organised by three organisations — Satyajeet Trust, Janpath and Naya Marg. “If India had signed the International Court of Justice for Law, the “accused” in the Gujarat violence — Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his team of ministers — could be tried in the International Court”, the speakers said. “The time has now come to revolt against the government for its failure to maintain law and order, uphold constitutional norms and protect the citizens”, Mr Khan said. UNI |
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Left govt enters 26th year Kolkata, June 23 But the occasion was observed with much caution and warnings as the leaders felt many things still remained unfulfilled. The occasion was also celebrated with much austerity as the government was now under an acute financial distress. Speaking at a function Mr Basu, now the Chairman of the People’s Front, advised the ministers to expedite the vast unfulfilled tasks and take up more new development programme to fulfil the needs and aspirations of the people in the changing economic situation. Mr Basu warned the people against the BJP and other communal forces, which were destabilising the nation. He stressed the need for all secular parties to come to a common platform and fight against the BJP and other vested interests. He advised the CPM leadership to give up big-brotherly attitude towards the smaller parties in the Front and treat them as their equal, which could further strengthen the Left Front. He also asked leaders of various parties to clear all misunderstandings and misgivings. Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee admitted that he could not solve many problems but he had made sincere and genuine efforts to deal with the situation. He said unemployment was still a major problem and the state government alone could not be blamed for that. He alleged that the Centre’s disastrous economic and industrial polices aggravated the situation. |
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Sanjay being forgotten,
says Maneka New Delhi, June 23 Paying tributes to Sanjay Gandhi on his 22nd death anniversary, Mrs Maneka Gandhi took a dig both at the Central Government and her estranged sister-in-law Sonia Gandhi. Talking on the issue of
Maruti, she said “it is his contribution. But then, he has been forgotten and his project sold for a song.’’ She was apparently referring to the recent decision to sell majority government stakes to Maruti’s foreign collaborator. Ms Maneka Gandhi, who is believed to be unhappy over being shifted out of Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry and later from Culture Ministry, said Sanjay campaigned for demolition of slums only after ensuring that those affected were resettled but now demolition was taking place without allotting any alternative place to the poor. Referring to the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Trust, she said though it was in her husband’s name, neither she nor her son was in it. “A stranger is sitting there. One who did not know him nor his views,’’ she said apparently referring to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. |
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Raj Babbar may play Netaji Kolkata, June 23 Shyam has already selected Nandita Das for the heroine’s role. Rajeshwari Sachdeva of Sardari Begum was Benegal’s alternative choice. The shooting of the film to be produced by Sahara India is likely to be started in Kolkata in August-September. A.R. Rehman will give music in the film. Shyam is now busy in preparing the script with the help of Netaji Research Bureau (NRB) in Kolkata which is being headed by Netaji’s daughter-in-law Krishna Bose, a Trinamool Congress MP. According to Mr Kartick Chakraborty, secretary, NRB, Shyam Benegal has been collecting papers and related documents for the script from the bureau. Mr Chakraborty said Benegal was recently in the USA finalising the ‘deal’ with Sahara International’s chief executive Subrata Roy and will be in the city soon. His technical crew, editor Asim Sinha and cinematographer Rajan Kothari were doing the groundwork for the shooting. Mr Chakraborty said Shyam wanted to project Netaji not only as a freedom fighter but also a human being with love, passion, courage and hatred. But the spotlight would be on Netaji’s heading the Indian National Army (INA), which he himself built for freeing the country from the British Rule during 1940-45. Mr Chakraborty said the location of the shooting would be Netaji Bhavan at Elgin Road, where Netaji spent maximum period of his life and from where he had his dramatic escape. Other shooting spots would be the Kolkata Corporation which Netaji chaired as Mayor. Shootings would also be done in Myanmar, Germany and some other places in Europe where Netaji as INA chief had organised the force to fight against the British Raj, he said. |
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