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Wednesday,
December 11, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Furore in LS over
‘beating up’ of MP Congress raises BJP’s
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Cable TV amendment Bill passed 6.8 pc fall in crime against SC: Swami Mufti to hold talks with Sonia Cong, Trinamool walkout in WB House Mamata admitted to nursing home
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Furore in LS over
‘beating up’ of MP New Delhi, December 10 Speaker Manohar Joshi announced a probe into the incident by a House committee and asked the committee to report back to the House “as early as possible”. As soon as Mr Yadav got up and showed his bandages to inform the House as to what had happened to him yesterday, almost all parties demanded immediate suspension of the “erring” police officials. Allies of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) like the Samata Party, the JD (U), the Trinamool Congress, the TDP and the DMK joined hands with the opposition. Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani expressed regret in the House about the incident and announced that the farmers arrested this morning would be released. Agreeing to the Speaker’s directive to make a statement after ascertaining facts, before the House was adjourned for the day, Mr Advani said he believed that the statement made by Mr Yadav in the House was correct and expressed regret over the entire incident. He said that officials had informed him that no lathi charge took place during the agitation. On the members’ demand for immediate suspension of the police officials concerned, Mr Advani said he would like to hear the erring policemen before taking any action against them. He said he was prepared to order an inquiry in whatever manner the Speaker decided. Earlier, as soon as the House assembled, the entire Opposition as well as members of the JD (U), the Samata, the TDP and the DMK were on their feet, urging the Speaker to suspend question hour and take up discussions on notices given by different members, including Mr Yadav. Mr Yadav informed the House that his personal security officer was also seriously injured in the police lathi charge. Mr Yadav wanted to know whether the people had the right to hold a demonstration in peaceful manner. He also wanted to know from the government what provoked the police to use water cannons, teargas shells, lathis and stones
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Congress raises BJP’s
issues Sarkhej (Gandhinagar), December 10 Welcome to a Congress rally. These issues are no longer close just to the BJP, but are being raised on a daily basis by not only the Congress candidates here in Gujarat, but also by the Central leaders who are here from Delhi to ensure the defeat of the ruling party here. Unable to counter the Hindutva card of the Narendra Modi-led BJP campaign here, which has had people on their feet, the Congress now seems to have also turned around to take the religious line. Along with it, the Congress has found another combination to add to this line, the caste factor. The Congress leaders have been exhorting voters not only through religious sentiments but also through their castes to cast vote in favour of its candidates. For the purpose, the party has also roped in some of the people who are actively into delivering religious discourses. Take, for example, one gentleman with the name of Chhotte Murari Babu, known for his looks similar to the original Murari Babu. He has turned out to be a star performer at Congress rallies, urging people in the name of religion to vote for the Congress, as he says that not only religion, but also the country is safe in that party’s hands. Although being careful of not treading on the Hindutva line, the Congress seems to have taken a line almost close to it. Knowing clearly that the minority vote is strongly behind it, the Congress wants to attract the majority vote through such statements. The Congress is definitely attempting, in its own way, to pay the BJP back in its own coin. The party which has come power in the state and at the Centre on the basis of Hindutva can only be pushed back through religion seems to be the game plan of the Congress. |
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163 CRPF units deployed in Gujarat New Delhi, December 10 The companies of the CRPF, which played a key role in the peaceful conduct of Assembly elections in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, had been deployed across the state well ahead of the polling on Thursday, a CRPF press note said here today. It said while 31 companies had been deployed in Ahmedabad district, 19 had been deputed in Vadodara, 13 in Rajkot, 13 in Surat and 10 in Anand. Besides, 8 companies each had been deployed in
Bhavnagar, 7 each in Surender Nagar and Sabarkantha, 6 in Jamnagar, 4 each in
Kheda, Mehsana, Valsad, Junagarh, Gandhinagar, Dahod, Navsari and
Panchmahal. |
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NORTH INDIA IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, December 10 Allocations:
Quoting the Reserve Bank of India’s report, Mr Anandrao V Adsul, Minister of State for Finance and Company Affairs, told the Rajya Sabha that the net borrowing allocation in 2001-02 was Rs 345 crore in case of Punjab, whereas in case of Haryana it was Rs 218.30 crore; Rs 333.09 crore in case of Himachal Pradesh and Rs 205.36 crore in case of Jammu and Kashmir. The total net borrowing allocation to 28 states was Rs 12,857.30 crore. Housing loans:
Giving details of the housing loans sanctioned by HUDCO to various states, Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation O. Rajgopal told the Lok Sabha that the amount sanctioned in 2001-02 was Rs 20 crore to Punjab, Rs 24.71 crore to Haryana and Rs 8 crore to Jammu and Kashmir. Development: The Centre released Rs 12,000.44 lakh to Punjab in 2001-02 under the programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development; Rs 17,857 lakh to Haryana; Rs 19,588.98 lakh to Himachal Pradesh and Rs 12,405.09 lakh to Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for Rural Development Annasaheb MK Patil told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. |
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Cable TV amendment Bill passed New Delhi, December 10 The Bill, which has already been passed by the Lok Sabha, provides for the Central Government through a notification in the Official Gazette specify one or more free-to-air channels to be included in the package of channels forming “basic service tier” having a mix of entertainment, information, education and other programmes. It also authorises the government to fix a maximum tariff, which a cable operator can charge from each consumer for the free-to-air channels listed under the basic service tier. The Bill makes it mandatory for each cable operator to publicise the subscription rates. |
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6.8 pc fall in crime against SC: Swami New Delhi, December 10 Pointing out that while 18,685 crimes were committed in 1997, he said the number came down to 17,397 in 2000, marking a 6.8 per cent decline. He said so far incidence of crime under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955, was concerned, there was a decline of 78 per cent from 3,683 in 1990 to 810 in 2000.
Mufti to hold talks with Sonia New Delhi, December 10 The two parties may also form a coordination committee for the smooth running of the coalition government. Mr Sayeed will also meet Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. TNS |
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Cong, Trinamool walkout in WB House Kolkata, December 10 Lawyers have been on an indefinite strike since November 18 against the hike in court fees. Congress and Trinamool Congress MLAs, demanding immediate withdrawal of the ordinance, staged a walkout and the SUCI followed them. The MLAs were demanding discussions on the lawyers’ strike. They wanted to move a resolution in this regard which the Speaker disallowed. |
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Mamata admitted to nursing home Kolkata, December10 |
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