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NASA experts reject Kalam’s suggestion Centre questions clean chit to Geelani Charges framed in Red Fort case Cabinet
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Cop’s killing: Governor seeks explanation Talk to Pak, USA asks India
Salman turns hostile Bid to auction off Bhil women Film on Shivani murder case Laser surgery for swollen legs Minister manhandled, legislator held
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NASA experts reject Kalam’s suggestion Bangalore, January 7 President Kalam, in his address on January 4 at the Space Summit at the 90th session of the Indian Science Congress, called for an international space force to prevent terrestrial geo-political conflict from spreading into outer space. Dr James Dodge, Director of Earth Sciences at NASA and in charge of NASA’s programme of earth observation satellites, told reporters here that all these satellites were for peaceful purposes and did not pose any threat. “There are lots of satellites up there. All these are good for mankind. I do not think there is any threat to mankind from these and any need for such a force,’’ said Dr James Dodge, who presented a paper at the Space Summit. Moreover, all these satellites were very expensive and no country would like to tamper with these, he added. He, however, welcomed Dr Kalam’s concern for mankind and hoped that there would be general peace. Appreciating the country’s progress in space technology, Dr Dodge, who was addressing the press conference jointly with Mr Kenneth Hodgkins, Deputy Director of the Office of Space and Advanced Technology of the USA State Department, said the USA was “anxious’’ to help India in the field of space research. The two countries had agreed to take the cooperation in space technology further after the issue was discussed between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and US President George W. Bush during the Prime Minister’s visit to the USA. As a follow-up to that, he and Mr Hodgkins had discussed the matter with ISRO authorities during the past few days. He disclosed that an Indo-US conference on space technology would be organised in India sometimes this year. The two countries had agreed to further their cooperation in the fields of satellite navigation services, use of GPS in India and environment monitoring.
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Centre questions clean chit to Geelani New Delhi, January 7 During in-camera proceedings before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, Home Ministry Under-Secretary B.R. Dhiman informed the court that the Centre considered the DGMI's second opinion as "irrelevant, untenable and issued without authority," Geelani's counsel V.K. Ohri told reporters. According to Ohri, Dhiman also told the court that the sanction already granted for Geelani's prosecution was in order and there was no infirmity in it. The public prosecutor told the court that since the issue of troop deployment fell under the jurisdiction of the Director-General of Military Operations, the DGMI could not have given his opinion on the issue. However, the court did not agree with the prosecution plea and summoned in person the DGMI and Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Neeraj Kumar on January 13, the next date of hearing. In his second opinion on December 12, Lochab had said the documents seized from Geelani, son-in-law of Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, were not classified, as claimed by the police. The second opinion came on the request of the investigating officer after a sessions court directed him to approach the DGMI for the same.
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Charges framed in Red Fort case New Delhi, January 7 Additional Sessions Judge M.S. Sabbarwal, who had passed his order on the point of charge on December 4, formally framed charges against the accused and fixed February 4 for the commencement of trial. All the 11 accused persons pleaded “not guilty” to the charges read out to them by the court. According to the court order, Pakistani national and main accused Ashfaq has been charged with waging war against the Government of India, criminal conspiracy, murder cheating and forgery. The court framed charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and, forgery using as genuine a forged document and possessing a forged document against Mool Chand Sharma, Rajiv Kumar Malhotra, Devender Singh, Matloob Alam and Shahanshah Alam. Accused Nazir Ahmad Qasid and his son Farooq Ahmad Qasid have been charged with waging war against the Government of India and criminal conspiracy while Sadaqat Ali has been charged with criminal conspiracy, harbouring the main accused and disobedience to duly promulgated order by a public servant under IPC as also under the Foreigners Act. Out of the 11 accused, only Sharma, Malhotra and Devender Singh are on bail while others are in judicial custody.
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expansion likely by month-end New Delhi, January 7 The expansion-cum-reshuffle will also decide the exit of Coal Minister Uma Bharti, Minister of State of Personnel Vasundhara Raje and some others, sources said, adding that Mr Vajpayee was keen to bring back Ms Banerjee’s colleague Mr Ajit Panja into his Council of Ministers. With the issue of the Trinamool Congress going into an alliance with the BJP in the panchayat elections in West Bengal, the re-entry of Ms Banerjee was now a forgone conclusion, the sources pointed out. The BJP central leadership ruled out all objections over an alliance with the Trinamool Congress from Minister of State for Communications Tapan Sikdar who opposed the alliance. |
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Cop’s killing: Governor seeks explanation Kolkata, January 7 Mr Shah called the police chief at Raj Bhavan this morning and sought detailed information about the incident. Last evening, the Governor also held talks with the Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadev Bhattacharjee, in this connection. Almost all political parties, including some partners of the Left Front government, had blamed the wrong handling of the police by the Chief Minister, which helped bring indiscipline in the police force in the name of trade unionism. Mr Bhattacharjee, however, said it was a solitary incident and stressed that the guilty police personnel would be given on exemplary punishment. He claimed that the police force here was still the best in the country. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee charged Mr Bhattacharjee of using the police for the party and making them as the CPM force. She demanded a judicial probe into the killing. |
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Talk to Pak, USA asks India Hyderabad, January 7 While sharing India’s concern on cross-border terrorism, Mr Richard N. Haass, Director, Policy Planning Staff in the US State Department, said India should look for opportunities to reach out to and reinforce the civilian government in Pakistan. Disagreeing with the Indian stand that there could be no dialogue with Pakistan until cross-border terrorism was stopped, he said: “I am concerned that such a position does not provide the basis for a sound, long-term policy for India to deal with its neighbours.”
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Salman turns hostile Mumbai, January 7 He is the 13th Bollywood personality in the case to turn hostile. Others include Shah Rukh Khan, Rakesh Roshan, Ratan Jain, Harish Sughand, Mahesh Manjrekar and Sanjay Gupta. Salman denied that he had received threats to act in a film and also failed to identify accused Abdul Rahim Allah Baksh. According to the police, Abdul Rahim was a front man of Pakistan-based gangster Chhota Shakeel and was working as an assistant to film producer Nasim Rizvi. The latter is an accused in the case and has been charged with forging links with Shakeel to target film personalities for financial gains. Deposing before Mr Justice A.P. Bhangale, Salman went back on his statement to the police that Rizvi had threatened him to act in film “Chori Chori Chupke Chupke” because he was not giving dates due to busy schedule. Salman also refuted his earlier statement that Shakeel had ordered him to sign the film contract. It is the prosecution’s case that the film was made by producer Rizvi and financed by Bharat Shah at Shakeel’s behest and that all three of them were partners in the venture.
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Bid to auction off Bhil women Khandwa (MP), January 7 The crime may never have come to light but for the fact that one of the hapless victims was the wife of a Deputy Ranger, also a Bhil. The officer protested vehemently and lodged a complaint with Collector Manu Shrivastav. Confirming yesterday’s ghastly episode, Mr Shrivastav said he directed Additional Collector K.K. Khare and other senior officers to rush to the spot. Until late last night a debate raged between the administration and the gathering’s organisers but no solution could be reached at. For their part the Bhils were enraged by what they considered the administration’s interference in their community’s matters. Keeping in view the tense situation, a police force, led by Superintendent G. Akheto Sema, was standing guard at the hamlet. Sources said the sammelan began on January 3, under the aegis of the Bhil Samaj Sudhar Samiti, in the village under Pandhana block. About 1,000 persons from 70 hamlets of Khandwa and Khargone districts participated. The method adopted by the organisers, to gather finances for ‘social reform’, was nothing short of shocking. A Bhil panchayat convened and decided the fate of those women who had married outside the community. Buckling under societal pressure, parents of such women forcibly brought their daughters to the gathering. Bids ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 12,000 were openly quoted. Things reached boiling point at the sammelan when an attempt was made to auction off Deputy Ranger Bamniya’s wife Neelam.
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Film on Shivani murder case Meerut, January 7 The film, titled ‘Devanani Murder Mystery’, revolves around a woman journalist, Ashok Tyagi, director of the film, told reporters here last night. Other main characters in the film are a Mumbai don and an IPS officer, the Meerut-based film-maker said. Shooting of the first phase of the film has been completed, he said. The film is being made on a budget of Rs 2 crore.
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Laser surgery for swollen legs Mumbai, January 7 The surgery was performed at Jaslok hospital here by Dr Shoaib Padaria yesterday. Till now, the only treatment available was surgical removal of the enlarged veins entailing general anaesthesia, hospitalisation and prolonged recovery time. The patients were released yesterday itself after the 45-minute procedure, Dr Padaria said. A traditional surgery takes two to three hours. The revolutionary laser surgery involves administering a small anaesthetic injection around the enlarged vein and insertion of a laser wire into it. Using a specific dose of laser energy, the entire vein is treated, leading to its collapse thereby resolving the problem of reflux. The surgery is safe, cost effective, painless and less time consuming, Dr Padaria said.
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Minister manhandled, legislator held Firozabad, January 7 A report has been lodged against 63 SP workers, they said. Azim Bhai, along with his supporters, who went to meet Mr Yadav in the inspection house to raise the problems being faced by the locals, suddenly turned violent and started shouting anti-government slogans, the sources said. Some SP workers smashed windowpanes and in the ensuing melee the minister was
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NHRC notice to Health Ministry New Delhi, January 7 Lawyers concerned sought the intervention of the commission to immediately ban nimesulide till the report of the expert committee reviewing the matter was available. |
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SP alleges 5 starvation deaths Kota, January 7 |
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BJP LEADER GUPTA DEAD NO CASUAL LEAVE FOR SEVEN YEARS SHEKHAWAT ALL PRAISE FOR JAWANS SONIA TO VISIT JHABUA ON JAN 11 DAWOOD AIDE ARRESTED |
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