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Problem of Plenty
N-deal support may cost Muslim votes: CPM warns SP
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No change in stand on N-deal: Amar Singh
N-Deal
Indo-Pak talks set to gain momentum
Rural Development
Mumbai killing: SGPC seeks judicial probe
Dera chief ‘forced’ to leave Karnataka
Amar Singh for tax on windfall profits of oil cos
Govt-GJM talks likely on June 25
Rescue centres for big cats, tuskers
Sahara Sahar: SC orders status quo
Sukhoi to be armed with BrahMos
River dolphin to get new lease of life
Police inaction alleged in gang-rape case
Arushi Murder
Australia assures on Indians’ safety
BSF denies sexual harassment charges
Nobody can predict, nobody
really knows
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Problem of Plenty
New Delhi, June 23 Explaining the government's inflation control plan, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today said, “We are working on a plan to sell wheat through open market in order to increase availability. This will be done after meeting state governments' requirements on PDS”. Sources, however, say it is not just the inflation issue that the government plans to tackle through open sale, it also wants to resolve the problem of plenty through this open market sale option. “Wheat procurement this year has broken all records. The fact is the government does not want to buy anymore. Besides, holding such huge stocks are logistically difficult and mean additional costs like storage charges, maintainence and administrative costs,” officials say. There are reasons to believe that government wants to shed extra stocks. It has already planned to get rid of extra wheat by allocating 14 lakh tonnes per annum wheat in lieu of rice to some wheat-eating states, which include Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan. Besides, it also plans to give an additional three lakh tonnes in another allocation. At present, the country holds the highest ever stock of 222 lakh tonnes since Independence, exceeding the 150 lakh tonne target. Last year, the wheat procurement for the central pool was just around 111 lakh tonne. The situation for rice is also satisfactory with procurement of around 261 lakh tonne as on date, which, however, is less than the target. Though rice procurement in this period has risen nine per cent over the corresponding period last year. It is due to lower levels of rice stocks that extra wheat will be given to primarily wheat-eating states in lieu of rice for next 10 months. The monthly intake of rice in the country is around 22 lakh tonne and that wheat is between 10 to 12 lakh tonne. By reducing the quota of rice it will shed some extra wheat it holds. The remaining will be put in the open market sale. Meanwhile, on sidelines of the National Cooperative Development Corporation meeting in the Capital, Pawar said the progress of paddy sowing in the the country had been satisfactory. Regarding the MSP of Rs 850 for paddy announced for this kharif, Pawar said it was "good enough" and that the paddy MSP issue is pending with the Prime Minister's
EAC.
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UNPA to meet on nuke issue soon: Mulayam
Lucknow, June 23 Suddenly in the limelight after the withdrawal of BSP support and the likelihood of the Left pulling out from the UPA on the nuclear deal issue, Yadav said, “We are in touch with leaders of the UNPA allies and a date will be fixed soon according to the convenience of all, including SP general secretary Amar Singh, who is currently on a foreign tour”. Refusing to comment on the reported remarks of some Left leaders that his party would not support the ruling UPA over the nuclear deal issue, as it would go against his Muslim vote bank, he said, “I would not go by what others say. I would rather consult my UNPA partners on the issue”. However, he was quick to clarify that he did not have any differences with the Left parties either in the past or even in the foreseeable future. Though vociferously opposed to the nuclear deal till now, it remains to be seen if the emerging political scenario both at the Centre and the state would soften the Samajwadi Party's stance. There have been indications of both the Congress and the SP shedding their hardened positions towards each other in the recent weeks. It is being speculated that to check the BSP’s rapid strides these parties can enter some kind of a strategic understanding before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. It is in this context that the Samjwadi Party's stand on the nuclear deal issue assumes significance. Yadav has 39 MPs in his pocket who can provide stability to the UPA after the BSP walked out with its 17 MPs and the present predicament of the UPA following the stern view adopted by the Left parties on the issue.
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N-deal support may cost Muslim votes: CPM warns SP
New Delhi, June 23 CPI(M) Politburo member M K Pandhe asked Yadav to “think twice” before deciding to support the nuclear deal as overwhelming number of Muslims, his party’s perceived votebank, were against the agreement. He said the SP chief, who enjoys a good relationship with the Left parties, will have to give a lot of explanation if he decides to support the deal, one which he has opposed earlier. “Mulayam will have to think twice before supporting the deal as an overwhelming majority of Muslims are not in favour of the deal. Mulayam’s support is much more among Muslim masses,” he told reporters in New Delhi. He was responding to a question about speculation that the Uttar Pradesh-based party was cosying up to Congress to support the deal, which was strongly opposed by the Left. Noting that such reports were ‘no doubt’ a serious development, Pandhe said, “He will have to explain it to people how suddenly he has become a supporter of the deal. He has been very strongly opposing the deal.” The role of the 39-member strong party in Lok Sabha could be crucial in a trial of strength if Left allies withdraw support to the deal. Mulayam said in Lucknow that a decision on supporting the deal would be taken only after consulting leaders of UNPA allies. — Agencies
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No change in stand on N-deal: Amar Singh
New Delhi, June 23 “Nobody so far has contacted me, not a single person. And today, I saw through the internet, I saw the newspapers, all this kite flying in the newspapers, and I was surprised and astonished to see the world reportage on this issue,” Amar Singh, who is in the US, told NDTV today. He said he was not offended that no one has contacted him. “On record, I am saying that no one, no one has contacted me on the pending crisis, I am one person who is very outspoken, I am not known for talking what is not correct. If anybody would have asked me, what is wrong in admitting that?" he asked. “Absolutely not (offended). It is their internal party matter. Politics is not about an ego trip and why should they contact me or my party if they don't feel it necessary.” “When Left parties have not withdrawn their support where is the urgency, and only the day before yesterday Prakash Karat issued a statement that the government will last its full term,” he said. On being asked whether the Samajwadi Party would support the nuclear deal in Parliament, he said: “In a popular political conjecture the analysis would be that the enemy is my friend”. “But it would not hold true this time because we are already the UNPA, and it will not be prudent on our part to commit to anything publicly without holding a UNPA meeting,” he added. He also said, “No decision will be taken on the deal without talks with the Third Front leaders”. “We cannot change our stand all of a sudden until the facts are given to us,” he added. — IANS
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N-Deal New Delhi, June 23 The UPA apparently reduces to a minority in the Lok Sabha, but it can fall only if a no-confidence motion is moved against the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government. A senior BJP leader avoided a direct reply when confronted by The Tribune here on Monday. He said, “We have not decided on this. We will see when the situation demands.” The BJP has already capitulated from its earlier position of seeking a vote and parliamentary approval for the deal and has instead urged the Prime Minister to take an “executive decision” about the proposed deal. BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad had stated on June 21, “As far as the BJP is concerned, we are not against good and friendly relations with the USA. The important fact remains that whether to conclude or not to conclude the deal finally remains in the realm of the executive decision of the Government of India.” The BJP is facing a serious dilemma. On the one hand there is tremendous pressure from its non-resident Indian and upwardly mobile upper middle class constituency to pressurise the government to do the deal. On the other, there is serious concern in the party over the cap the agreement might put on any further nuclear tests. Simultaneously, the party is anxiously waiting to break the Left-UPA axis, which, it feels, is an obstacle to its dream of returning to power at the Centre. The party is therefore in two minds whether it should cut the Gordian knot in the event of Left withdrawing support. Informally, BJP sources plead that even if the Left withdraws support their numbers may still not add up to defeat the government on the floor of the House.
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Indo-Pak talks set to gain momentum
New Delhi, June 23 The external affairs ministry today announced that Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi would be on a three-day visit to India from June 27. Apart from meeting top Indian leaders in New Delhi, he will visit Jaipur, Ajmer and Chandigarh. The visit follows the invitation extended to Qureshi by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee during his visit to Islamabad in May to review the progress made by the two countries in four rounds of talks under the composite dialogue process. Meanwhile, the joint anti-terrorism mechanism between India and Pakistan is scheduled to meet in Islamabad tomorrow for the third time after it was set up following a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana on the margins of the NAM Summit in September 2006. “The two sides will discuss various counter-terrorism measures and exchange information to assist in investigations related to terrorist acts,” Indian officials said on the eve of the crucial talks. The Indian team will be headed by Vivek Katju, additional secretary (political and international organisations) while the Pakistani delegation will be led by Masood Khalid, additional secretary (Asia and Pacific). Pakistan foreign secretary Salman Bashir will visit India in mid-July to launch the fifth round of the composite dialogue with foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon, a Pakistan High Commission official said.
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After Special Forces, infantry to get Israeli rifles
Chandigarh, June 23 Earlier this year, a team from Israel Weapon Industries finished training Indian Special Forces (SF) troops in the use of the TAR-21. The Army had procured about 3,000 such rifles for the SF to replace the earlier mix of AK-47, M-16s and INSAS rifles being used by the elite troops. Over the past couple of months, the TAR-21 has been spotted during operations in Jammu and Kashmir and also during training exercises in this region. "Conversion of SF units to the Israeli weapon is complete," an officer revealed. "Currently it is being inducted into the parachute battalions and there after it would be supplied to Ghatak platoons in infantry battalions," he added. Sources said the TAR-21 would also replace the obsolete 9mm carbine issued to officers and JCOs in combat arms. The Indian Army has seven SF battalions that specialise in deep penetration and covert operations behind enemy lines and three parachute battalions that can be airdropped for employment in an offensive action. In addition, all infantry battalions have a Ghatak platoon consisting highly trained commandos belonging to the same unit. The Ghatak platoons provide the cutting edge to a battalion's surveillance, reconnaissance and offensive capability. India had signed a deal with Israel for the rifles over six year ago, but technical glitches held up the procurement process. It was only towards the second half of last years that the Rifles began arriving in India. The TAR-21 is a 5.56 mm "bull-pup" weapon, where the magazine is housed behind the trigger mechanism. These are equipped with a 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher and advanced sights. In 2005, Israel had reportedly about 400 TAR-21s without the grenade launchers to the Special Frontier Force (SFF), These were, however, declared to be "operationally unsatisfactory" following technical problems. According to reports, even the Israeli defence forces had complained about the TAR-21's unsatisfactory performance with the first batch of rifles that were delivered in 2003. A 9 mm version of the TAR-21, christened ZTAR, for use by Special Forces and para-military outfits, will be manufactured by the ordnance Factory Board under licence.
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Rural Development
New Delhi, June 23 At the end of the three-day session, the 14-member countries are expected to adopt a declaration to enable those involved with the field to formulate an action plan to guide them while taking into consideration implications of globalisation. The meeting holds importance since member countries have a population of 2.03 billion, out of which around 58 per cent live in rural areas. The session is being organised by the ministry of rural development in collaboration with the CIRDAP member countries. It will be attended by ministers and senior officials from respective rural development and agrarian reforms ministries from member countries - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. The retreat will focus on “Creation of Sustainable Livelihoods for the Rural Poor” and the members will share their experience on use of information and communication technology (ICT) for effective implementation of rural development programmes and promoting gender equality and empowerment of women through these programmes. Officials say major initiatives launched by India in these fields will be also be showcased. Indian e-governance initiatives have resulted in improving communications infrastructure and providing service to citizens, they say, adding that it has led to understanding of governance issues, paving way for designing and implementation of many e-governance projects like Bhoomi in Karnataka and e-Seva in Andhra Pradesh. Lessons learnt from these initiatives will be shared among the member countries to help them design efficient delivery systems for rural development and livelihood promotion. Since poverty reduction efforts also need to be focused on the most disadvantaged groups within societies, the issue of women empowerment, particularly in the rural areas, is also an area of concern among the member countries. Illiteracy, lack of formal education, and absence of opportunities to participate in the social and economic processes deny women their share in the gains from social and economic growth and development. The CIRDAP, an inter-governmental regional organisation, was established in 1979 by the UNFAO with its headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The centre is broadly mandated to facilitate the provision of services that will influence policy formulation and programme action towards rural development in its member countries.
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Mumbai killing: SGPC seeks judicial probe
Mumbai, June 23 The SGPC had demanded that the dera chief be booked for Balkar Singh’s murder. He said Patil had given an assurance that those arrested during protests after the killing would be let off. Avtar Singh said the protests following the murder were spontaneous as the community was outraged at the killing of an innocent, unarmed person. “The situation is now peaceful as Sikhs are a peace-loving community and have never done anything to disturb the peace and harmony in the country including Maharashtra,” he said. The SGPC, he said, was satisfied over the handling of the situation by the Maharashtra government. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has hit out at the Mumbai’s Sikh community for indulging in violence following the killing. In a strongly worded editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray asked the elders of the Sikh community to rein in the hotheads or face the consequences. “Though Punjab is quiet, the situation in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, is volatile after Sikhs unleashed violence. They should stop resorting to violence immediately and maintain peace...the elders of the community must rein in the youth,” Thackeray wrote. He further noted that the Shiv Sena was the only organisation to protect Sikhs in Maharashtra following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and “the community should therefore not misbehave and raise its swords against innocent people in the state.” He added that former president Giani Zail Singh had personally thanked the Sena chief for saving the Sikhs then. The Shiv Sena chief also hit out at the state government and the police for not taking any action against those indulging in violence. Shiv Sena leaders say that they have been asked by the party leadership to take on members of the Sikh community if they resort to waving of swords in the open. Party leaders, who briefed reporters today, said they have been told to hit back against such behaviour. Thackeray’s editorial came a day after Saamna carried out hard-hitting commentaries. Following the violent incidents, leaders of the Sikh community in Maharashtra have decided to apologise for last weekend’s violent incidents in the suburb of Mulund. An appeal by SGPC president has been put up at major gurdwaras across Maharashtra asking members of the community to maintain peace. Meanwhile, 27 persons have been arrested for indulging in violence. They have been sent in police custody.
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Dera chief ‘forced’ to leave Karnataka
Bangalore, June 23 Talking to the TNS, Harminder Singh, spokesman of the Singh Sabha said the protest demonstration by the Sikhs in Bangalore yesterday against the dera chief’s presence in the state and their subsequent meeting with the Governor Rameshwar Thakur seeking the controversial sect heads “expulsion” from Karnataka had prompted the state government to ask Gurmeet Singh to leave the state. Harminder Singh claimed they also got in touch with lok sabha deputy speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal and urged him to use his influence to rid the state of the dera chief. “We are very happy that our efforts bore fruit and the Saccha Sauda chief was forced to leave the state”, he said. Gurmeet Singh, who had come to his “ashram” at Mysore on Saturday night from Bangalore, left Mysore at the early hours of Monday. “He left the city at the dead of night and went to Bangalore from where he flew to Delhi”, V S D’souza, deputy commissioner of police (law and order), Mysore, said. “We did not tell him anything”, D’souza replied when asked whether the Mysore police had asked the Dera chief to leave. No protest demonstration was held in Mysore during the dera chief’s presence in the city, D’souza said. He, however, added that Gurmeet Singh was provided with heavy security cover during his stay in Mysore. Police also provided foolproof security to dera chief’s cavalcade when he drove to Bangalore from Mysore to catch the flight to Delhi, the DCP said.
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TDP strongman quits party
Hyderabad, June 23 Goud has reportedly sent his resignation letter through his personal secretary Harishankar. Goud, who was among the five-member core committee of the TDP on the Telangana issue, was peeved over attempts to isolate him allegedly by the party coterie since the meeting of the politburo, party's highest decision-making body, near Kakinada earlier this month. Goud, who had pitched strongly for Telangana, had not minced words to tell party president N Chandrababu Naidu hours before the politburo meet that any dithering on Telangana would adversely impact the party's fortunes in the 2009 general elections. Goud's resignation is bound to send ripples in the TDP which is already in the grip of the Telangana groups. Former ministers K Srihari, E Peddi Reddy, senior party member Rajeshwar Rao and many others had echoed Goud's sentiments.
— UNI
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Amar Singh for tax on windfall profits of oil cos
New Delhi, June 23 He has made a strong case for imposing a windfall profits tax on private sector oil companies suggesting that it was high time we followed the path of developed countries and levied windfall profit tax of 20 percent on super profits of private oil companies. The MP has also stated that such a move would politically go a long way to convince the country that your government is serious about keeping prices at bay and is not only concerned with aiding the rich to get richer. The Samajwadi Party MP has made a reference to instances in developed and mature economies like US and UK having levied windfall taxes to offset disruptions due to fundamental changes in high oil prices. All of these countries kept the interest of the common man in mind while levying these windfall taxes, writes Singh. In addition to this, the MP has also written referring to the debate in the US Senate where the Democrats have pushed for the imposition of a 25 per cent tax on any unreasonable profits of the five largest US oil companies. The US in the past has levied a petroleum profit tax on companies like British Gas , British Petroleum, ENI and Conoco Philips which led to additional government revenues totaling over Rs 86,000 crs or $ 22 bn. The UK has also imposed a similar additional profit tax called supplementary charges on players like Chevron, BP, BG , Shell and ENI leading to increased revenues of Rs 2,83,000 crore. Seven other countries in the recent past, including Venezuela, have acted similarly.
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Govt-GJM talks likely on June 25
Kolkata, June 23 On the other hand, a separate GJM delegation led by general secretary Roshar Giri also left for Delhi today to meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and other leaders of different political parties, including L.K. Advani, Muluyam Singh Jadav and Lallu Prasad Yadav to explain them about their justifications for demanding a separate state. Giri said they were still sticking to their decision of the indefinite strike but now they temporarily relaxed the bandh for 72 hours for facilitating the students living in the hostels in schools and colleges in Darjeeling, to safely return to their respective homes at the beginning of their summer holidays. He said they also wanted to see if some good sense could prevail among the Chief Minister and the CPM and they were considering their demand logically and sympathetically. Since the bandh was relaxe, there were normal activities in the hills at Kurseong, Kalimpong and Darjeeling Sadar today. Shops, markets and establishments were open. The buses, trucks and other vehicles also plied with tourists and other passengers from Darjeeling to Siliguri. Several vehicles, carrying LPG, rice, other foodgrains and essential items also reached Darjeeling today from the plains. Similarly, there were normal vehicular movement from Siliguri to Gangtok and the stranded tourists in Sikkim also could return to the plains following the temporary withdrawal of the strike. The Chief Minister expressed satisfaction that the GJM had agreed to come to the negotiating table. He said the state government was ready to hold tri-party talks if it was called by the Centre. Though the GJM had decided to re-launch the indefinite strike after Wednesday, according to intelligence reports, the bandh would be withdrawn within next two-three days since the leadership was now sharply divided over continuing the strike for an indefinite period.
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Rescue centres for big cats, tuskers
Dehra Dun, June 23 The threat of wild animals, especially that of maneaters has increased in the hilly areas of the state in the past few years. Cases of man hunting by elephants and leopards are a common phenomenon. There are many villages where leopards have killed cattle and dogs. At times, they have even attacked and killed human beings. Their targets are children and women. The rescue centres are established to provide space to those wild animals that come in contact with human beings. Speaking to The Tribune, Srikant Chandola, additional principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife) and chief wildlife warden, Uttarakhand, said, “The rescue centres are established for the animals, which are living in natural habitat These animals are said to be maneaters and therefore should be rescued. Thus, these rescue centres will solve the problem.” Two years back, the Wildlife Department used to cage such animals and used to leave them in some other areas. But this method was not effective as these very animals killed human beings in the very region they were left by the department. In the past two years, no step has been taken by the department to cage maneaters. It is now, after getting assistance from the state government that the rescue centres are being opened.
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Sahara Sahar: SC orders status quo
New Delhi, June 23 The state government had approached the apex court after the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court restrained LDA from demolishing Sahara Sahar and to restore possession of land to the company, Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL). LDA in its petition said that SICCL flouted the mandatory provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 by raising unauthorised constructions over carved zonal roads under the Master Plan, 2021 without its prior
permission. — PTI
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Sukhoi to be armed with BrahMos
Mumbai, June 23 The BrahMos missile is thrice as fast as the US-made Tomahawk Cruise missiles with a speed of Mach 2.8 range with a full payload weighing 660 pounds, according to officials. These missiles will be deployed on board the Su-30MKI fighters by 2014. In all about 140 such aircraft are due to be built in India. According to a report appearing in a Russian news agency, the designers had to rework the entire missile for the version to be mounted onboard the fighter aircraft. The missile’s weight had to be reduced and design changes on its booster had to be undertaken, the agency report said. The Indian Army and Navy have deployed BrahMos so far.
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River dolphin to get new lease of life
Guwahati, June 23 Hunting for dolphin oil that has medicinal properties, accidental killings, habitat loss and lack of food has almost wiped out the Gangetic river dolphin, popularly known as ‘xihu’ in Assam. Only 250 dolphins are said to be surviving in rivers and water bodies in the Brahmaputra valley. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's announcement that dolphin would be the state aquatic animal was made to ensure that all possible measures were taken to increase the dolphin population in the state. The government has also decided to declare the rivers and water bodies where
dolphins have been spotted as protected. The Gangetic river dolphin is now restricted to just three rivers - the Brahmaputra, the Subansiri and the Kulsi - in the North-East with 197 dolphins in the Brahmaputra and 26 and 27 in the Subansiri and the Kulsi, respectively.
— PTI
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Police inaction alleged in gang-rape case
Dehra Dun, June 23 While the police has arrested two persons, including Parmod Gupta, a senior BJP leader, and Ashok “Langra”, it failed to nab the other three accused. The Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by four persons on April 21 on the pretext of giving her a government job. Former state health minister Tilak Raj Behad, now Congress legislator from Rudrapur, today alleged that the state government had been trying to shield the culprits. “The police has not been able to arrest all culprits despite knowing everything about them,” he charged. Behad asked the Chief Minister to refer the case to the CBI. Meanwhile, several Dalit women held a protest against the police inaction.
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Arushi Murder New Delhi, June 23 He was arrested for the murder of Arushi Talwar and Hemraj by the CBI. The designated the CBI court in Ghaziabad, where Krishna was produced upon completion of his 10 days of custody, passed the order after hearing the arguments of both the sides. The CBI counsel said Krishna needed to be questioned further in connection with the case and some more scientific tests were required to be conducted on him. The defence lawyer claimed that Krishna had been in the illegal detention of the CBI from June 3 till he was shown as arrested on June 13. However, as the focus shifts from Dr Rajesh to his employees, several questions still remain unanswered. Dr Rajesh was arrested on May 23 by the Noida police on the basis of circumstantial evidence. According to the police, seeing Arushi and Hemraj in an ‘objectionable position’ on the night of May 15 sent him into a fit of rage, and he ended up killing both.
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Australia assures on Indians’ safety
New Delhi, June 23 The two sides issued a joint statement after talks in Canberra between visiting external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith. The text of the statement was simultaneously released by the external affairs ministry here. Mukherjee took up with Smith the recent attacks on Indian cabbies, mostly students, in major Australian cities.
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BSF denies sexual harassment charges
New Delhi, June 23 Prima facie, it does not look like as the case is made out to be. There is more than what meets the eye, said BSF director-general A.K. Mitra. He said there could be other angles to the incident. The force, which filed a missing report with the police in this regard, had earlier denied the allegation and maintained that the recruits, part of a 370-strong group, had left as they were unable to sustain the tough training course at Udhampur. The BMP trainees had alleged that one of the recruits was called by an instructor to his room on June 20 and attempted to sexually harass him. When the recruit raised an alarm, his colleagues rushed there and rescued him, the police said, quoting the trainees. Acting on the complaint by the trainee police personnel, the Bihar government has ordered a probe.
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Nobody can predict, nobody
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New Delhi, June 23 Siddiqui admitted,“We are interested in a long-term relation with the Congress and the Congress too is wooing us. But what will happen exactly on specifics nobody can predict and nobody really knows at the moment.” “Therefore,” he said, “whether and how the alliance will fructify at the time of elections will have to be seen when the elections are announced and seat-sharing discussions take place.” Even on the nuclear deal, the SP is not willing to lay its cards open until the last minute. |
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