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Yeddy-loyalist minister
sacked, MP suspended
Police custody for Zee editors
Bihar hooch tragedy claims 18 lives
615 cadets pass out from IMA
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Reunification of India, Pakistan only solution to Kashmir, says Katju
Ansari for 4-pronged attack on graft
India okays Indira centre at Oxford college
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Yeddy-loyalist minister
sacked, MP suspended
Bangalore, December 8 The action came a day ahead of Yeddyurappa formally launching his Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) at a public meeting in Haveri, about 350 km north of Bangalore. He quit the BJP and resigned from the Assembly on November 30. The disciplinary action against the two light-weight party members was announced here by state CM Jagadish Shettar and party's state unit president chief KS Eshwarappa. Basavaraj is a former Congressman. He joined the BJP before the last Lok Sabha elections in 2009 and represents Tumkur. Puttaswamy, who is a member of the legislative council, had come to the BJP fold from Janata Dal-Secular. Basavaraj and Puttaswamy are staunch followers of Yeddyurappa and have often been attacking both state and central BJP leadership. The BJP hopes the action against the two will deter other Yedyurappa loyalists from attending the Haveri rally and thus save the government headed by Shettar. The party has refrained from taking any action against other legislators, including Yeddyurappa's MP son BY Raghavendra, who have been actively helping Yeddyurappa in organising the Haveri show. Reacting to the action, Yeddyurappa told reporters in Haveri that end of the BJP government in Karnataka was near. He dared his former party to dissolve the Assembly and face people instead of taking action against his supporters in the party. The Assembly's term expires May next. Though Yeddyuappa has been saying that he has not invited any minister or legislator to attend the Haveri rally, his supporters have been making efforts to get many of them to attend a breakfast meeting in Haveri as a strategy to show the former CM's hold among the BJP legislators. The BJP has warned that it would take action against even those attending breakfast or tea parties hosted by Yeddyurappa supporters in Haveri on Sunday. The BJP has a slender majority in the 225-member House. The party has 118 members, including the speaker. It has the support of an Independent who has been rewarded with a cabinet post.
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Police custody for Zee editors
New Delhi, December 8 Investigators confronted the duo with Subhash Chandra, non-executive chairman of Zee News, and his son Punit Goenka, channel’s managing director, to unravel the conspiracy. Chandra and Goenka arrived at the inter-state cell of the Delhi Police Crime Branch at Chanakyapuri in the afternoon. They joined the investigation after a Delhi court on December 6 provided them “interim protection” till December 14, meaning the two cannot be arrested till that date. The arrested duo, Editor of Zee News Sudhir Chaudhary and Editor of Zee Business News Samir Ahluwalia, were taken to Chanakyapuri’s crime branch office at 9.30 pm. They were later confronted with Chandra and Goenka. Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Rajiv Mohan had sought three-day police custody of the editors. “During the police custody, efforts were made to join Zee group chairman Subhash Chandra and Zee Entertainment Enterprises MD Punit Goenka in the investigation, as the accused persons (Chaudhary and Ahluwalia) had to be confronted with them to reach the bottom of the criminal conspiracy,” he said. Mohan said the alleged extortion bid was not a single person’s decision. “So to unearth the whole conspiracy and to prove that the top Zee bosses are also involved in the conspiracy, we need to confront them with Chandra and Goenka,” he said. “Custodial interrogation is a must as by that only we can collect evidence in the matter, as the entire case is based on circumstantial evidence. All evidence is with Sudhir, Samir, Chandra and Goenka and we can get it only after confronting them with each other,” said the APP. He said the two Zee editors and the co-accused, Chandra and Goenka, shared “joint liability”, because it allegedly shows in the telephone record transcript that the editors spoke to their Chairman.
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Bihar hooch tragedy claims 18 lives
Patna, December 8 "Nine people, including four woman, died late Thursday night after they consumed spurious liquor and later three died on Friday and six early Saturday," a police official said. The first incident happened late Thursday in Anitha village in Bhojpur district. After consuming the liquor, the villagers started complaining of stomach pain and began vomiting. Bhojpur SP, MR. Nayak said 16 persons were arrested in this connection. "More arrest will take place as police raids are going on," he said. District Magistrate Pratima S. Verma said that a six member committee had been constituted to probe into the incident. The Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) is protesting the incident and are on a day long strike. "Workers of the CPI-ML have disrupted rail traffic to ensure their strike against death of 18 persons in hooch tragedy," a police official said. — IANS
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615 cadets pass out from IMA
Dehradun, December 8 Apart from them, 71 foreign Gentlemen Cadets too simultaneously passed out from the esteemed institution to join the armies of their respective countries. Before being formally commissioned into the Army, the cadets staged a colourful Passing Out Parade (POP) with great vigour and zeal at the drill square in front of the Chetwode Building with Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh reviewing it. In his address to the passing out Gentlemen Cadets, Gen Bikram Singh described moral and physical courage as attributes which were inseparable from a military leader. He said the courage only comes when one knows his job well and was aware of the right path.
Sudeep Kumar received the coveted Sword of Honour for being the best all-rounder during the pre-commission training. While Vikram bagged the gold medal for standing first in the order of merit in the regular course, Sudeep Kumar and Dharmpal Singh received silver and bronze medals for standing second and third in the order of merit. Later, Gentlemen Cadets crossed the ceremonial “Antim
Pag” at the Chetwode Building bidding goodbye to the IMA. Academy Adjutant Major S Thakur administered oath of office and secrecy to the new officers.
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Reunification of India, Pakistan only solution to Kashmir, says Katju
New Delhi, December 8 "The cause of the Kashmir problem is the partition of India on a totally bogus basis — the two nation theory," he said. — PTI
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Ansari for 4-pronged attack on graft
New Delhi, December 8 He said the four pillars were ethical training in norms incorporated in a legally enforceable code of ethics; comprehensive protection of human rights; a legal framework and regulatory practices; and laws and procedures that forbid nepotism in all its manifestations. Delivering the annual Bhimsen Sachar memorial lecture on ‘Virtue in public life’ here, Ansari said these steps would assist the attainment of “excellence” in terms of the duties prescribed in the Constitution emphasising that the endeavour would have to be both individual and collective.
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India okays Indira centre at Oxford college
HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju made this announcement after discussions with a delegation led by Alice Prochaska, Principal, Somerville College, here yesterday. An inter-ministerial committee is already in place to discuss the proposal named after former PM Indira Gandhi. Somerville College is a constituent college of University of Oxford. The Indira Gandhi Centre seeks to address key issues of sustainable development. It is proposed by the Somerville College to the Government of India to contribute around £3 million. University of Oxford and Somerville College will provide £5.5 million to support the centre.
Indira connection
Somerville College, University of Oxford, was the alma mater of former PM Indira Gandhi.
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TDP to waive loans Guv for fast rehab of riot-hit Pak cricketer drinks phenyl Guv for fast rehab of riot-hit
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Two Zee editors, arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 100 crore from Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s company through an advertisement agreement, were remanded in police custody for two days today.
Choppers flew past the historic Chetwode Building at the Indian Military Academy today showering flower petals on 615 cadets who passed out after successfully completing a rigorous training course to join the Indian Army as officers.
New Delhi, December 8
New Delhi, December 8
