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Sexual harassment on Internet
Naxalites blow up railway track, cabin
Woman attains ‘jalsamadhi’ for divine grace
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Convict offers liver to Mahajan
Jaya promises special status for Pondy
Panel on Cauvery opposed
Indian offers on-line ticketing
Gill meets Home Secy Good response to job Act in MP
CDS Exam on Sept 17
Yechury may go to Nepal for talks
Pathak panel term may be extended
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Sexual harassment on Internet
New Delhi, April 26 In her complaint registered on the NCW website (ncw.nic.in) on March 26, the victim has alleged that she was engaged in an online conversation with her friend when a stranger with a yahoo ID (akshay-singh056) began sending her abusive messages with threats of sexual advances. The doctor has also sent to the Commission a copy of the e-mail received from the accused who has claimed that he works with a leading English television news channel. The doctor has said in her complaint that she first thought of blocking the ID but decided instead to make a complaint to the Commission as such incidents happen on the internet everyday when women are conversing. She has demanded that strict police action be taken against the accused. “This is an issue of female dignity. That is why I have decided to complain.’’ Ms Gurpreet Deo, Deputy Secretary, NCW told TNS that they have written to the Director-General of Police, Punjab, Mr S.S. Virk, and the Additional DGP (Crime), Punjab, Mr Anil Kaushik to register an FIR at the police station concerned in Mohali district and entrust investigation of the case to a senior officer conversant with the technicalities of cyber crime. The Commission has further asked the Punjab Police to apprise it of action taken in the matter within a month. The NCW Deputy Secretary said the accused has been reckless in his choice of words in the e-mail. “From the tone of the mail, it appears that he is sure of going scot free.’’ Ms Deo pointed out that the case can attract the penal provisions of Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act. While Section 509 deals with words, gestures or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman, Section 67 of the IT Act deals with publication of information which is obscene in electronic form. Section 509 prescribes a punishment of simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both to any person who intends to insult the modesty of any woman through utterances, sounds or gestures or exhibition of objects that shall be seen or heard by the woman. The NCW Deputy Secretary said they introduced for the convenience of complainants the facility of online registration of complaints last September. The Commission receives on an average four complaints on its website everyday. So far, it has received 225 complaints on the website. |
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Naxalites blow up railway track, cabin
Patna, April 26 The police said more than 100 armed Naxals attacked the station and blew up a railway cabin. It was learnt that the armed rebels tied up staff before blasting the building with dynamites. They also blew up tracks and damaged overhead electric wires. The Chapra-Tata Express train was passing through Narganjo station when the attack took place. However, there were no reports of any casualty. Going by initial findings by the police, intention of the Maoists was to damage the railway property and not to target people. A contingent of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was rushed to the spot. The DGP, Mr Ashish Ranjan Sinha, said trains plying on the Jhajha-Asansol route were affected. All trains between Chapra and Tatanagar were also diverted. A special train was sent from Howrah today morning to ferry the stranded passengers. This was the second Naxal attack on railway services in less than 20 days. On April 9, the Naxalites blew up a railway station and a track in Gaya district. According to a senior official, the sudden spurt in activities by the Maoists was primarily to disturb the forthcoming statewide panchayat polls. Meanwhile, in the wake of Aurangabad massacre, the state Election Commission has decided to defer the panchayat polls by a fortnight to ensure adequate security arrangements for the candidates in the 16 Naxal-infested districts of the state. The fresh dates for polls to the panchayat bodies will be announced on May 2. The state Home Secretary, Mr Afzal Amanullah, told mediapersons that the Union Home Ministry has assured to make available 600 companies of Central Paramilitary Forces for deployment at polling booths by mid-May for panchayat polls once the Assembly elections in five states were over by May 8. The Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Sushil Modi, who had visited Aurangabad yesterday after the brutal massacre, said the Maoists were apprehensive to get isolated from the masses once the polls for panchayat bodies were held by electing representatives at grassroots level for developmental work.
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Woman attains ‘jalsamadhi’ for divine grace
Patna, April 26 In what could be dubbed as a case of blind faith and superstition in the 21st century modern India, 28-year-old Arora Devi sacrificed her life when in order to achieve divine grace she took a plunge into the Ganga yesterday. Unlike the sati incident of Sita Devi, who did it silently, when her family members were sleeping after returning from the burning ghat, by jumping on the still burning funeral pyre of her husband Sugreev Prasad (84) in the case of Arora Devi, scores of people and her relatives not only watched the incident with a band party, but also greeted the ritual by blowing conch shells. Arora Devi, who was reportedly inspired by Dinesh Mandal, her relative, for taking a dip in the Ganga and stay for a few hours in the same state to attain salvation, finally did not emerge out of the river. The SP, Katihar, Mr Manohar Prasad Singh, said the police had registered a case against 10 persons and the main accused, Dinesh Mandal, had absconded. Arora Devi is survived by her husband and three children. Incidentally, the son of Sita Devi told the police that though none of the family members provoked her to commit sati, he felt proud of her after she had decided to do so on her own by jumping on the funeral pyre of his father.
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Convict offers liver to Mahajan
Aurangabad, April 26 One of the three bullets pumped in from point-blank range has severely damaged Mr Mahajan’s liver and there have been reports that the BJP leader could undergo liver transplant. World’s leading liver transplant specialist Mohammad Rela from London has been called in Mumbai. In an application to the jail authorities on April 24, Salunke has expressed his desire to donate his liver. According to the convict, who has been received the Maharashtra Government’s award for best literature for his poetry collelction ‘Atmazad”, the life of a politician like Pramod Mahajan is more important for society as well as the nation and, therefore, he felt it was appropriate for him to donate his liver to the BJP leader. The prisoner decided to donate his liver when Dr Rela had assessed Mr Mahajan’s condition. Mr Mahajan’s condition continues to be critical on the fifth day with a team of doctors monitoring his health round-the-clock. The jail authorities have confirmed the receipt of such an application from Salunke.
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Jaya promises special status for Pondy
Pondicherry, April 26 Comparing Pondicherry with other Union Territories like Chandigarh, which she described as one of the best cities in India, she has promised to make this place an epitome of peace which will also usher in a technological revolution. She has promised special statehood status to the Union Territory of Pondicherry besides assuring that the much-delayed local body elections, not held for 35 years, will be held if the party is voted to power. The All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) manifesto for the Pondicherry Assembly poll released by her also seeks the people’s mandatefor making Pondicherry a peaceful state, developing its economy, ushering in a technological revolution and for its overall development. Stating that despite an Assembly, all powers rest with the Lt Governor, the party has promised to get the special statehood status so that policy-decisions and schemes can be implemented as in other states. The party, contesting 16 of the total 30 seats, promises to enact a special legislation to curb the “spread of bomb culture” as also an Act to prevent video piracy. The Union Territory is infamous for video pornography and many foreigners have been booked for sexual abuse of children. The manifesto promises to set up new industrial units, including an IT park and employment to the youth. |
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Panel on Cauvery opposed Bangalore, April 26 An all-party meeting was convened here by the Chief Minister, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy, and attended by all major parties, including the Congress. The meeting decided to file its comments before the Tribunal, rejecting the decision to appoint an expert committee to look into the issue. Briefing mediapersons on the issue, state Water Resources Minister, Mr K.S. Eswarappa, and Minister for Law, Mr Basavaraj Horatti, said all political parties felt that the move was unnecessary and would only further prolong the dispute without resolving it in any manner. The ministers said the state government would oppose the move while filing its comments to the Tribunal on April 28. The ministers said the Tribunal could very well rely on already established facts by both riparian states. They said both states had already presented their arguments before the Tribunal and the same could be used to pronounce a befitting order. "Sixteen years have been spent in this process and the entire exercise will go waste if a new committee is constituted to look into the entire issue again," they said. Today's meeting was attended by Opposition Congress leader in the state Assembly N Dharam Singh, BJP leaders, G V Sriramareddy of CPM and Vatal Nagraj of the Vatal
Paksha. The meeting decided that a delegation of the state leaders led by the Chief Minister would also appeal to the Prime Minister to intervene on the issue, besides seeking a quick verdict.
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Indian offers on-line ticketing
New Delhi, April 26 The airline said today they had introduced an integrated Internet banking solution by way of net ticketing through Internet banking. A press note issued by the airline said this new feature would enable passengers, who have net banking accounts with the State Bank of India and the Union Bank of India, to make payment for their net ticket through net banking. The fliers would thus be able to pay for their net ticket on-line, directly through their bank account. Some of the other banks that are likely to be brought into the ambit of this facility are Punjab National Bank, HDFC, Citibank and ABN
Amro. After logging on to www.indianairlines.in, the passenger makes his/her reservation on Indian, and gets the payment options-through credit card or through Internet banking. In case of the latter, he has to specify his choice of the bank where he is an account holder after which he is seamlessly taken to the bank’s website where he accesses his account on-line and makes the payment. Once this process is completed, he is brought back to the Indian website. In case of a cancellation and refund, the passenger should send an on-line request only through the airline’s website. |
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Gill meets Home Secy New Delhi, April 26 During the one-hour meeting, they discussed ways and means to combat Naxalism in Chhattisgarh, where there had been a sudden spurt in killings of civilians by Naxalites. The meeting came a couple of days after Mr Gill toured
Bastar, the worst affected district.
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Good response to job Act in MP New Delhi, April 26 Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said here today that 53.58 lakh people had been provided employment out of the 72.80 lakh people who sought it. The NREGA stipulated the payment of allowance in case of the failure of state governments to provide unskilled work to those rural households which sought employment on the basis of job cards made under the programme. Madhya Pradesh had issued the maximum job cards and registered the largest demand for employment. The NREGA had also evoked a good response in Bihar, Chattisgarh and Orissa. Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal had not furnished data to the ministry about the employment provided under the NREGA so far. The minister, who briefed mediapersons about the progress of schemes of rural development in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, said the two states had done well in some areas, but lagged behind in others. He lauded Andhra Pradesh for the work done in promoting self-help groups. He said because of state subsidy, self-help groups in the state were getting seed capital at four per cent. He said he would urge the Finance Ministry to ask all states to give loans to self-help groups at low interest rates.
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CDS Exam on Sept 17
New Delhi, April 26 The exam will select candidates for admission to the Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy for the courses commencing in July, 2007, and Officers Training Academy, Chennai, for the course commencing in October, 2007. Aspirants were advised to consult the detailed notice of the examination published in the Employment News/'Rozgar Samachar' dated April 22 last for details The candidates were further advised to contact UPSC's Facilitation Counter near 'C' Gate on its campus in person or over telephone numbers 011-23385271, 011-23381125, 011-23098543 or visit the website at: http://www.upsc.gov.in. |
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Yechury may go to Nepal for talks
New Delhi, April 26 The CPM leaders, who has been coordinating with the Nepalese political parties and Maoists, and also briefing the Indian Government about the developments in Kathmandu, had played a role in the affairs which resulted in King Gyanendra giving in and restoring the parliament. Nepalese Congress leader Girja Prasad Koirala has reportedly invited the Communist leader to the world’s only Hindu country for holding talks with the SPA and Maoists for the implementation of the 12-point agreement reached between them in November last. The CPM leader, who is in the midst of the election campaign in Kerala, said he had not got any formal invitation from the Koirala government so far. |
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Pathak panel term may be extended
New Delhi, April 26 “We have received a letter from Justice Pathak for extension. We are considering. It has to go before the Cabinet for a decision,” a Finance Ministry official told PTI. The Justice Pathak Inquiry Authority was
constituted in November with a six months term till May 11 to probe the references in the Volcker report, which named former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh and the Congress party as non-contractual beneficiaries. Justice Pathak had written to the Finance Ministry seeking six months’ extension saying the probe had to be conducted abroad, including the USA.
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