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Govt to continue river-linking project: Dasmunshi
BJP to follow Chhattisgarh style in Jharkhand poll
BJP calls Laloo joker in Cong circus
Buta lobbying for Bidar seat |
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Trinamool Cong MLAs held, freed
Lodha told to submit original will in 10 days
Burmese refugees can stay till further notice: MEA
Make Prasar Bharati ‘financially independent’
Spreading message of Gurbani
61 UP districts drought-hit
Sowing of rice, cereals, pulses slips
Provide Punjab farmers incentives, PM urged
20 cr for heart operations on 419 kids
Muslim board divided on family planning
Patil chairs high-level meeting on Kashmir
Prof Kochhar on world body
Gujarat cops in Mumbai
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Govt to continue river-linking project: Dasmunshi
New Delhi, September 14 Talking to mediapersons after a meeting with the all-party delegation of West Bengal regarding the problems concerning irrigation and desilting in the state, Mr Dasmunshi said the work on the linking of rivers in the peninsular region would begin first and a decision on the Himalayan component of the river-linking scheme would be taken up later. He claimed that the river-linking project was a scheme of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and it was she who had set up the National Water Development Authority in 1982 for achieving the purpose. The government was expecting the feasibility reports by December 2005, he added. The minister said there were so many hurdles like the environment and rehabilitation, which had to be considered before the decision was taken on the river-linking schemes. The consultations of the states were an important step because the concurrence of the states was an important process for taking the decision, he said. On the ongoing talks on the sharing of the Teesta waters between India and Bangladesh in Dhaka, he said the technical experts were seized of the issue. “We have good relationship with Bangladesh and there should be no problem in sharing the waters,” he said. He also downplayed the fears expressed by Bangladesh for the river-linking project. He said the Task Force appointed by the previous NDA government had submitted its report and the government would consider it. About the problems raised by the Bengal delegation, he said the Centre would give all necessary help and support. But the state government also should come out with its proposals, he added. The delegation was led by West Bengal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Excise Prabod Chandra Singh. |
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BJP to follow Chhattisgarh style in Jharkhand poll
New Delhi, September 14 The party has decided to have a fortnight-long rath yatra of top state leaders, beginning from October 2, from four corners of the state led by Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, senior leaders Babulal Marandi, Karia Munda and Yashwant Sinha, sources said. During the yatra, the state leaders, besides highlighting the developmental work initiated by the BJP-led government in the state in the past
five years, will take up the issues of spiralling inflation, step-motherly treatment to the state by Congress-led UPA
government at the Centre, religious conversions, reservation of jobs on religious basis
introduced in some Congress-led states. “The yatra will not only charge up the party cadre, but also project unity among the party leadership,” senior BJP leader and in charge of Jharkhand Rajnath
Singh told The Tribune here. Mr Rajnath Singh, who as in charge of Chhattisgarh guided the party to a thumping victory in the Assembly polls there last year, said, “The party is giving maximum thrust to a united fight and equal place for all state leadership to steer the party to great success.” “Our purpose is to reach out to the people in every nook and corner of the state well in advance and inform them about the party’s commitment to development and also inform them about
various projects already implemented by the BJP-led government,” Mr Singh said. |
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BJP calls Laloo joker in Cong circus
New Delhi, September 14 “In a bid to cover up his sins committed in Bihar during the past 15 years of the RJD rule, Mr Yadav has resorted to making condemnable and baseless charges against senior NDA leaders, including Mr Advani, which will not be tolerated by us,” BJP vice-president and spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told newspersons here. Reacting sharply to Mr Yadav’s allegations, quoting a Time magazine report that Mr Advani was involved in the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya, Mr Naqvi distributed photocopies of the said news report and said, “There was no such mention in the report.” He also dismissed Mr Yadav’s claims that Mr Advani had been accused of any conspiracy to assassinate Mohammad Ali Jinnah and that Pakistan had declared him “absconder”. Mr Naqvi circulated a news report of March 6, 2002, quoting the then Pakistani High Commissioner to India, Jehangir Ashraf Qazi, in which he had denied any such case. “He has launched a sustained campaign to create confusion to divert attention from his misdeeds,” Mr Naqvi said, adding that this had necessitated the issuance of a rejoinder by his party. |
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Buta
lobbying for Bidar seat New Delhi, September 14 Congress sources said he was now lobbying hard for a ticket from Bidar in Karnataka. This seat fell vacant when sitting BJP MP Ramchandra Verrappa died recently. A byelection in Bidar will be held on October 13 along with the Maharashtra Assembly elections and other byelections. Mr Buta Singh, it is learnt, has met all senior Congress leaders, including party treasurer Motilal Vora, AICC general secretaries Margaret Alva and Ambika Soni, to convince them that he stands a good chance in Bidar since it is a reserved constitutency. He has also been in touch with the Karnataka leaders . In case, the former minister does succeed in convincing the party leadership about his prospects, this will mean yet another chance for him. Mr Buta Singh had first contested from Punjab but moved to neighbouring Rajasthan when the going got too tough for him. He contested the Jalore seat in Rajasthan in the recent Lok Sabha elections, but lost.
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Trinamool Cong MLAs held, freed
Kolkata, September 14 These MLAs and other TMC workers were protesting against the “salishi Bill” and demanding Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s resignation for his failure in maintaining the law and order. They planned to gherao the Chief Minister and prevent his entry into the office. But their plan was foiled as Mr Bhattacherjee entered the Writers Buildings much before they arrived there. The TMC MLAs and others arrived near the Writers Buildings around 10 a.m. in batches to avoid arrest for violating Section 144, Cr.PC, They squatted in front of the Writers Buildings, ignoring a heavy rainfall and storm. Carrying black flags, they demanded the Chief Minister’s resignation. The police swung into action and chased away the demonstrators. This led to a clash between the police and the demonstrators. |
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Murder accused brought back to Delhi for prosecution
New Delhi, September 14 Narender was arrested from Siliguri while he was allegedly trying to escape to Nepal. The police has also arrested four other persons, including Jyoti, wife of M.K. Subba, MP from Tejpur, Assam. The police arrested Jyoti, Ramsharan, alias Salman (20), Kishor (22) and Ravi Lal Yadav for removing evidences against Narender and for hiding information from the police. Narender was arrested with the help of the Siliguri police and thereafter he was brought to Delhi on the transit remand. According to the DCP Southwest district, Mr Dipender Pathak, the deceased and the accused Narender were present at the party hosted at the farmhouse, owned by Mr Subba, near Delhi. During the party Narender, Milan and another person Ravi Kumar Mohanta, a social activist running an NGO in Siliguri, got into a heated argument. The scuffle continued for around two hours, which led to the shootout. Mr Pathak said Ravi Mohanta was the eyewitness. After committing the crime, Narender escaped to Siliguri. During investigations, Geeta Limbu Subba, wife of the deceased, informed the police that her husband Milan had been associated with Mani Kumar Subba. He was working as a personnel assistant-cum-manager. |
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Lodha told to submit original will in 10 days
Kolkata, September 14 Justice Kalyanjyoti Sengupta passed the order after hearing the submissions from Lodha’s counsel Anindya Mitra with regard to the anomalies pointed by the Testamentary Department in the probate application for legal authentication of the same will. Earlier, a copy of an unregistered deed of the will was submitted to the court, which later came to the court’s notice after verification. The court, however, did not take up other anomalies in the Lodha’s probate application, which would be considered when it would decide whether the application was maintainable. One important anomaly in Lodha’s application, as pointed out by the Testamentary Department, was that it has not been verified by any of the three witnesses of the will. The Court had earlier taken a note of the anomalies in the Lodha’s probate application mainly after he sought dismissal of probate application of Birlas for legal authentication of purported mutual wills of M P Birla and Priyamvada Birla on the ground that they had not submitted the originals. Probate applications for both disputed wills are pending before the court. The shareholders of the Birla Corporation demanded that R.S.Lodha be removed from the board of directors since they had lost all confidence in him as co-chairman of the board. Instead they demanded that an administrator be appointed to look after the corporation. Accordingly, a majority of the shareholders sent a joint petition duly signed to the Company Law Board. |
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Burmese refugees can stay till further notice: MEA
New Delhi, September 14 The MEA has, however, specified that it would have no objection to the stay of the refugees unless there was a serious allegation against them regarding involvement in criminal activities or breaking the law of the country. The MEA has issued this clarification in response to the comments sought by the NHRC with regard to the complaint filed by the Asian Centre for Human Rights about the police torture and the arrest of the Burmese on November 12 last year while demonstrating in front of the UNHCR premises in New Delhi. In a report submitted on January 14 this year, the Additional DCP, South District, had stated that the police resorted to the use of minimum force to disperse the uncontrolled and violent demonstrators. |
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Make Prasar Bharati ‘financially independent’
New Delhi, September 14 Speaking at the launch of serial “Jazba’, a joint production of Doordarshan empanelled Producers
Association and Media Vision, Mr Reddy said it was necessary to provide a mechanism that would end Prasar Bharati’s dependence on government for expenditure. He said all government departments should make it a point to pay public broadcasters who highlight their programmes and initiatives. He said public funds should be made available to Prasar Bharati as it had to perform various roles. He said Doordarshan was the only television agency that covered the Olympics for which it incurred a loss of nearly Rs 20 crore. Speaking on the occasion, Prasar Bharati CEO
K.S. Sharma said efforts were on to strengthen marketing network. He said six divisions had been created across the country. |
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Spreading message of Gurbani
Jaipur, September 14 They will travel nearly 12,500 km in over six months on a tricycle covering Anandpur Sahib, Katra, Amritsar, Vaishno Devi and a number of important places in Bihar, Maharashtra and southern states and pay obesience at gurdwaras and other sacred shrines. Mr Kuldeep Singh (40), a disabled, told The Tribune that he came to the pink city from his Kamathi village in Nagpur district of Maharashtra for the treatment of his wife, Ranjeet Kaur, and to get her Jaipur foot through the Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti at S.M.S. Hospital. During their stay, they came into contact with Mr Prakash Singh. The trio, who left Jaipur on Sunday by their tricycle, was given a hearty send-off at one of the oldest gurdwaras located at Heeda Ki Mori in old city. Before the departure they were presented siropas by Jathedar Baba Sohan Singh. |
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61 UP districts drought-hit
Lucknow, September 14 A central drought assessment team, headed by Chief Secretary
V.K. Mittal, had visited some of the affected areas in the state and discussed remedial measures with senior officials. The state government has urged the Centre for a drought-relief package of Rs 7000 crore. It has also asked for relief in repayment of loans and interests. Last night
Faizabad, Deoria, Maharajganj and Shahjahanpur were declared drought-hit by the government. The revenue recovery in these districts have been stopped with immediate effect till March 31, 2005. The lack of normal rainfall in some districts and scanty downpour in most others has created this problem. To compound the crisis, farmers had not been able to run tubewells due to the lack of power supply. With diesel being costly, most farmers were not able to buy adequate fuel to irrigate their fields.
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Sowing of rice, cereals, pulses slips
New Delhi, September 14 Only groundnut has registered a marginal fall in acreage while the country’s staple crop, rice, has shown about 7 per cent decline in area coverage so far. The area covered under pulses, rice and cereals is less than last year’s acreage. The acreage for pulses so far is normal at 128.5 lakh hectares, but is lower than 147.8 lakh hectares last year. Rice has been sown on 321.2 lakh hectares so far compared to 345.9 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year, an official statement said today. There was a record 171.5 lakh hectares acreage for oilseeds as on September 10 against 152.71 lakh hectares on the same day last year and the normal acreage of 147.1 hectares. |
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Provide Punjab farmers incentives, PM urged
New Delhi, September 14 Mr Cheema impressed upon the Prime Minister that farmers in the state also needed to be provided cash incentives to diversify and go in for contract farming. The Prime Minister assured Mr Cheema that all suggestions made were under active consideration. |
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20 cr for heart operations on 419 kids
Hyderabad, September 14 A meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy with senior officials here yesterday discussed the issue of rendering medical help to the young patients with representatives of corporate hospitals. It was decided at the meeting that the government would release funds to procure medical equipment for the government hospitals to share in the gigantic task while corporate hospitals would also put in their resources to help in the cause. The government has released Rs 25,000 each for carrying operations on 419 kids who had been diagnosed recently at various hospitals in the city as requiring heart surgery urgently. The predicament of young heart patients spread across the state who are too poor to undergo operations was brought to limelight last month by the Mahajana Sangarshna Samithi. |
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Muslim board divided on family planning
New Delhi, September 14 Board member Kamal Farooqi told The Tribune that Mr Sadiq’s views should not be taken as the view of the board. Mr Farooqi said the board was against any kind of forcible methods for limiting the family. He said the population growth was a national problem and should not discussed as a problem of a particular community. The Census data indicate that in areas of low literacy, irrespective of the community, there had been growth in population, he added. Stating that the board could discuss the issue in its December general body meeting, the board member said there has been no notice to bring the issue on the agenda. |
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Kashmiri Pandits observe Martyrs’ Day
New Delhi, September 14 They accused the successive governments of ignoring their plight and demanded their involvement in the peace process. “Nobody is concerned about the fate of the community which is on the verge of extinction”, Mr M.K. Kaw, President of the All-India Kashmiri Samaj, said. Referring to the ongoing peace process with the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mr Kaw demanded the representation of his community in the dialogue. Mr Kaw criticised the political parties for raising a hue and cry over the 2001 Census and the growth of the population of various communities. Quoting the data available with the National Human Rights Commission, he said the population of the Kashmiri Pandits had declined from 15 per cent in 1941 to 0.1 per cent in 1991. |
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Patil chairs high-level meeting on Kashmir
New Delhi, September 14 Besides Mr Patil, Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal, Union Home Secretary Dhirendra Singh, Centre’s pointsman on Kashmir N. N. Vohra, Vice-Chief of Army Staff Shatanu Chowdhury, Intelligence Bureau A. K. Doval, Director General of the CRPF J. K. Sinha and Additional Director General of BSF A. K. Mitra attended the meeting.
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Prof Kochhar on world body
New Delhi, September 14 WAITRO is an independent non-profit global network of research and technological organisations. Set up more than 30 years ago under UN auspices, it is currently headquartered in Malaysia and has a membership of about 200 labs from about 30 countries. Professor Kochhar will represent the Asia-Pacific region in the Executive Committee during his two-year term. |
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Gujarat cops in Mumbai
Mumbai, September 14 “The team will be here for two or three days and recorded the statement of Zaheera and her family,” said Mr Teesta Setalvad, a member of the Citizens for Peace and Justice, an NGO that has been helping Zaheera. The team is here following the Supreme Court notice to the Gujarat Government asking it to list steps taken in pursuance of an FIR filed by Zaheera.
— PTI |
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