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IT DG booked for duping
dept Shabir-Centre rift widens LJP for completion of SYL
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Our fight against ‘angreziyat’:
Advani Sabotage behind rail mishap: probe Modi: Cong speaking Pervez’s
language Jaya refutes MP’s
charge Simla Pact suicidal, says Jethmalani Probe ordered into suicide by student
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IT DG booked for duping
dept New Delhi, September 14 The official, N.P. Tripati, according to the CBI, had allegedly issued a certificate to K.A. Kartikeyan and J.R. Robinson, directors of M/s IGGI Resorts International, which enabled the duo to sell properties, which were attached with the department, due to the non-payment of tax arrears by the said company. The investigation by the CBI revealed that the accused official had abused his official position as public servant while serving as Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai in 2000-2001 and entered into a criminal conspiracy along with Kartikeyan and Robinson with an intention to cheat the department, the agency press note said here today. “In furtherance to this conspiracy, the two directors submitted a petition for issuance of certificate under Section 230-A (1) of IT Act for disposal of property which was already attached with the Income Tax Department,” it said. The accused was knowing fully well that the said property in question was under attachment and such application of the firm was earlier rejected by the Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai, on the ground that the company was habitual defaulter in paying income tax. But the accused Commissioner, who was holding additional charge of the circle during the leave period of the regular Commissioner, had dishonestly ordered issue of the certificate without ensuring that the company took a satisfactory position for the recovery of arrears amounting to Rs 73 lakh. He did it on the mere undertaking that they would immediately pay a part of tax due, Rs 10 lakh, and they would submit original deposits pertaining to properties worth Rs 85 lakh and also they would pay the balance of Rs 63 lakh due to the department as arrears in an instalment. The Company neither deposited the said document, nor paid the instalment of Rs 63 lakh, but dishonestly sold the property after receipt of certificate which was dishonestly ordered to be issued by the accused, the CBI note said, adding that the accused caused wrongful loss of Rs 63 lakh to the Income Tax Department. Incriminating documents recovered during the searches on the premises of the accused Commissioner at Chennai, Cuttack and Bhubaneshwar were being scrutinised for further investigation, it added. |
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Shabir-Centre rift widens New Delhi, September 14 During his last visit here earlier this month, Mr Shah conveyed his seven-point charter of demands for participation in state elections which the Vajpayee government rejected. Mr Shah made it clear in his parleys with the Kashmir Committee headed by Mr Ram Jethmalani that he would not contest the Assembly elections until the following seven conditions as “confidence building measures” were met: 1. Releasing those persons who have been unfairly/illegally jailed. 2. Dignified return of migrants. 3. Greater accountability of J&K Police’s Special Operations Group and other anti-insurgency groups. 4. End of custodial killings. 5. Speedy trial of those jailed for petty offences. 6. Constitution of a commission to probe custodial killings and disappearance of persons. 7. Facilitation of intra-Kashmir dialogue. It is understood that Mr Jethmalani conveyed these demands to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when he met him. Though the Prime Minister did not make any comment on Mr Shah’s demands either to Mr Jethmalani or on any other platform, the government has rejected these. Mr Jethmalani, when contacted by The Tribune this evening, confirmed that he had apprised the Prime Minister of Mr Shah’s conditions. While he expressed dismay at no response from the government, Mr Jethmalani said the next round of Kashmir talks would begin after the elections. |
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New Delhi, September 14 Inaugurating a national seminar on “Kashmir Imbroglio — a quest for equitable resolution’’ here, he said the government should take necessary steps to grant greater autonomy to the state. However, it could negotiate on retaining the jurisdiction of the Election Commission, the Supreme Court and the Auditor-General. He said the autonomy got eroded gradually after 1953, when the Sheikh Abdullah government was dismissed. He hailed the decision allowing foreign diplomats to monitor elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The former Prime Minister said the government should have also allowed international observers to the state.
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LJP for completion of SYL
canal New Delhi, September 14 Led by Haryana unit chief Shamsher Singh Malik, farmers and party workers also tried to march towards the house of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. Party leaders later submitted a memorandum regarding their demands to the President. Addressing the gathering, party President Ram Vilas Paswan said the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the SYL canal should be honoured and implemented immediately. The Central Government should intervene in the matter and ask the Punjab Government to complete the canal within the stipulated time, he said. Mr Malik said if the Punjab Government and the Centre failed to implement the Supreme Court decision, the activists of the Lok Janshakti Party would start an agitation. The LJP memorandum talks of “grave injustice” being done to Haryana by Punjab in sharing river waters for the past 35 years. “Haryana, as a part of composite Punjab, was always given a stepmotherly treatment in matters of developmental activities and employment. After the reorganisation of Punjab in 1966, a virtual death blow was dealt to the state of Haryana by denying its due share in sharing of river waters. Haryana is primarily an agricultural state and the denial of its due share in the distribution of river waters has crippled the economy of the state,” the memorandum says. It says before the reorganisation of Punjab, 73 per cent of the cultivable land was irrigated in the areas now comprising Punjab, while only 38 per cent of the cultivable land was irrigated in the areas now constituting Haryana. “The regional imbalance in the irrigation facility was the guiding factor for the rational distribution of surplus Ravi-Beas waters between Punjab and Haryana,” it says. Pointing out that Haryana had completed the SYL portion in its territory, the LJP accused the Punjab Government of not being serious about the completion of the canal. |
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Our fight against ‘angreziyat’:
Advani New Delhi, September 14 “Our fight is not against English, but ‘angreziyat’ (the attitude or mentality associated with it). There is no opposition to the English language, but only a desire to take Hindi forward,” Mr Advani said addressing a ‘Hindi Divas’ function here. “If we (Indians) have acquired mastery over the English language, it can be used for the progress and development of the country. But when we use Hindi, not only do we become self-reliant and confident, but it also strengthens democracy,” he said. Decrying the common notion that opposition to English could promote Hindi, Mr Advani said if people had equal command over both languages, it could help in the nation’s all-round development. He recalled that English was meant to be an official language till 1965, but following the anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu, both were now being used simultaneously. Mr Advani said while most parliamentary debates were in Hindi, the laws were enacted in English. Later, Mr Advani launched ‘www,rajbhasha.nic.in’, the web portal of the Department of Official Languages. He also released ‘Lila Hindi Pragya’ — a self-taught multimedia package for advanced official Hindi, developed by C-DAC. The Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank were presented with the first, second and third Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Prize, respectively, for the promotion of Hindi in the day-to-day functioning of their organisations. The Bank of India, the Bank of Baroda and the Industrial Development Bank of India also received incentive prizes. Union ministers B.C. Khanduri and B.R. Patil, Secretary, Official Languages, S.K. Tuteja and several Hindi scholars were present. |
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Sabotage behind rail mishap: probe New Delhi, September 14 Sources revealed that the Commissioner of Railway Safety conducted the statutory inquiry at th e site of the accident on May 15 after giving public notice in various local newspapers , asking all those who had any information about the accident to appear before it and give evidence. The Commissioner recorded the evidence accordingly. The District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Jaunpur also met him. The initial report of the commission, the sources said, was released on May 24 which mentioned the cause of accident as "opening fish- plates by unknown persons, causing misalignment of the rail track". The commission held that the accident fell in the category of "Failure of other than the Railway staff : tampering with the track". |
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Modi: Cong speaking Pervez’s language Jhajankar (Gujarat), September 14 Launching the yatra from Jhajankar associated with Dalit Saint Savianathji, Mr Modi, while referring to Pakistani President’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly, claimed that there was hardly any difference between the speeches of Congress leaders and the General. The Congress “had spread canards against the state throughout the world”, he alleged. Launching a stinging attack on GPCC president Shankersinh Vaghela’s statement that India had attacked Kargil, he said the Congress leader “should know the geography of the country that Kargil is a part of India and whoever spoke in this language was speaking against the interests of the country”. The Chief Minister said it was the height of shamelessness on Mr Vaghela’s part to say that India could again start a war in Kargil to win election. Accusing the Congress of trying to create divisions in the society on the basis of caste, he said the party was misleading the people saying Gujarat Gaurav Yatra would create violence.
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Jaya refutes MP’s charge Chennai, September 14 She claimed that Mr Iyer, who was an MP elected from Mayiladuthurai in the Cauvery delta region, had made no efforts to get Cauvery water for his constituency. Refuting his charge that AIADMK MPs had never highlighted the issue in Parliament, Ms Jayalalithaa claimed that all her party MPs had been provided with a dossier of her statements on important issues like this one. Replying to the criticism of the Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu that she had not convened an all-party meeting, she alleged that the 10 ministers in the Vajpayee Cabinet belonging to these parties, had not used their clout to convince the Prime Minister to render justice to the state. It was only due to the recalcitrance of the Opposition MPs from the state and their opposition to any initiative taken by her on the Cauvery issue that a collective stand could not be evolved, she said. Ms Jayalalithaa reiterated that her party had been consistent from the very beginning in opposing the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) as being incapable of dispensing justice to Tamil Nadu and hence she had moved the Supreme Court, which directed that 1.25 TMC ft of water be released to the state everyday.
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Simla Pact suicidal, says Jethmalani Pune, September 14 Speaking on “Kashmir—what next”, at the Symbiosis Vishwabhavan auditorium yesterday, the former Union Minister said after the September 11 incident, the world had begun to notice India’s strong democratic and secular system and the need to support India’s war against terrorism. Unfortunately, the disturbed state has never had a free and fair poll since 1977, he lamented.
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Probe ordered into suicide by student Lucknow, September 14 State Chief Secretary D.S. Bagga told mediapersons that taking a serious view of the incident that led 19-year-old student Anup Kapoor to commit suicide, the Chief Minister had asked a four-member committee headed by the Secretary, Technical Education, to look into the matter.
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The Haryana unit of the Lok Janshakti Party today held a demonstration near Parliament House to demand the implementation of the Supreme Court directive on the completion of the SYL canal.
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