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Police get 4 more days to grill Tejpal
‘Ganguly must quit on moral grounds’
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India ready with two-pronged approach on China
Rape case: Joshi’s bail plea deferred to Dec 11
India closely watching
China’s air defence Zone
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Police get 4 more days to grill Tejpal
Panaji, December 7 Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting a junior woman colleague in a hotel here in early November, was arrested by the Goa Police on Saturday last. During arguments before Judicial Magistrate First Class Kshama Joshi, his counsel Sandip Kapoor opposed extension of the remand. He said his client has been thoroughly interrogated by police and relevant materials besides the clothes which he wore on the day of alleged incident have been recovered. Public Prosecutor Saresh Lotlikar told the court that many witnesses were yet to be examined and hence further custody of Tejpal is required. The Tehelka founder underwent two rounds of medical tests during his 6-day custody. Three colleagues of the victim-reporter, who has since resigned from the weekly magazine, deposed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate here yesterday. The victim had confided in them about the alleged sexual assault. The statement of Shoma Chaudhury, former Managing Editor of the magazine to whom the reporter had written about the incident, is also to be recorded by the Magistrate. — PTI Shoma deposes Panjim: Former Tehelka Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury on Saturday recorded her statement before the Chief Judicial Magistrate here in connection with the case of alleged sexual assault of a journalist by the magazine’s founder-editor Tarun Tejpal. — PTI
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‘Ganguly must quit on moral grounds’
Kolkata, December 7 "The observations that has been made by the Supreme Court panel is 'unwelcome behaviour' (by the judge against the intern)," Union minister Adhir Chowdhury said. "However, in view of the ramifications of the incident, I think on moral grounds, it is better that Justice Ganguly should resign and face the consequences. I wish he comes out with flying colours," Chowdhury said. A Supreme Court committee of three judges had indicted Justice Ganguly for his 'unwelcome behaviour' and 'conduct of sexual nature' towards the intern. The intern has accused the judge of sexual harassment in a hotel room where he had called her, a charge stoutly denied by him.
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India ready with two-pronged approach on China
New Delhi, December 7 The appointment is pending approval at the highest level in the government and is expected to be announced anytime now. On CBMs, New Delhi is okay with having a telephonic hotline between Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) on either side. The DGMOs will handle flash points at the local level along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that forms the boundary between the two countries. As the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China does not have an officer designated as the DGMO, an equivalent in its military hierarchy would be identified, sources told The Tribune. “From our side, we are okay with starting off with the DGMO-level hotline followed by a similar mechanism between regional armies on either side,” a senior functionary confirmed. The regional armies would mean that the Udhampur-based Northern Command and the Kolkata-based Eastern Command in India will be connected over hotline with China’s Military Area Commands (MAC), Lanzhou and Chengdu, respectively. The military confidence-building measures are off-shoots of the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) signed on October 23 between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. The issue of hotlines will be come up during the fifth meeting of the ‘Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs’. The last meeting was conducted at Beijing on September 29-30. India will host the next round. India and Pakistan DGMOs have a hotline. On New Delhi’s own military preparedness, sources said the name of the Lieutenant-General, the first to head the Mountain Strike Corps, was finalised at the Army Commanders conference in October. His appointment is pending with the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) and an announcement is now inevitable. Once done, it will be the first step followed by force accretion using trained troops from existing formations. The Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) had cleared the Corps on July 17 and allocated Rs 64,000 crore over the next seven years. The Corps will be based in Panagarh, West Bengal. One of the divisions (each with some 15,000 troops) will be stationed east of Chicken’s neck -- a name for the Siliguri corridor -- and the other located west of it. Some six-to-seven brigades -- 5,000 troops in each -- will be littered across important ingress routes all along the Himalayas. The focus will be on rapid deployment using the road routes, sources said. It will have three artillery brigades, each with 90 guns. An air-defence brigade carrying truck-mounted missiles and an aviation brigade with helicopters for attack, reconnaissance and heavy-lift support, besides planes for special operations, is part of it. The Corps will be the first offensive capability to launch a pincher attack on China as the three other existing Strike Corps based at Ambala, Mathura and Bhopal face Pakistan. Well-prepared
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Telangana Bill: All eyes on Kiran Reddy’s next move
Hyderabad, December 7 “When the draft Bill comes to the Assembly next week, we will ensure its defeat and send out a strong message to the Union Government that a majority of the people of Andhra Pradesh are opposed to the division,” Kiran told a public meeting in the coastal district of Krishna today. The Chief Minister, who hails from Rayalaseema region, is strongly opposed to the creation of separate Telangana state and has been openly airing his views against splitting AP for some time now. With the UPA government putting the bifurcation process on a fast track to ensure that the 2014 General Election are held in two states of Telangana and residuary Andhra Pradesh, Kiran seems to be preparing for a final showdown with the Congress high command. The Assembly is all set to become a political battleground as the Chief Minister’s camp is making “all-out efforts” to enlist the support of legislators to oppose the draft Telangana bill. The President is expected to send the draft bill to the Assembly on Monday, seeking its opinion. The UPA leadership has already made it clear that the opinion of the Assembly was not binding on the Centre. Under Article 3 of the constitution, Parliament alone has the powers to create new states. However, the Chief Minister and his supporters want to put the draft Bill for voting and get the MLAs, irrespective of their party affiliation, from Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions, jointly referred to as Seemandhra, vote against it. The Chief Minister is taking an initiative to defeat an official draft legislation prepared by his own party government at the Centre. According to Congress sources, the Chief Minister has asked his senior cabinet colleagues A Ramanarayana Reddy, N Raghuveera Reddy, G Srinivas Rao and S Shailajanath to ensure floor coordination with the Opposition, particularly the main opposition Telugu Desam party and the YSR Congress Party, to oppose the draft Bill. The Assembly session is scheduled to commence on December 12.
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Rape case: Joshi’s bail plea deferred to Dec 11
Dehradun, December 7 Neeraj Chauhan, who was arrested by the police on Friday for allegedly blackmailing Joshi, was sent to 14-day judicial custody after he was presented before the local court here today. The police had arrested Chauhan and the complainant on Friday from Dehradun but the woman was released on personal bond of Rs 25,000. Notably, in his counter complaint filed at Vasant Vihar police station, Joshi has charged both with blackmailing and extortion. The police are now looking for Amit Garg and few other men whose names have come up in the investigation and were allegedly part of the group who blackmailed Joshi over his alleged obscene video clip. The police have already claimed that the girl along with few other men conspired to make the video clip of Joshi for blackmailing him. Chauhan, Garg and the woman have been booked for blackmail and extortion. Cops on lookout for Garg
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India closely watching
China’s air defence Zone
New Delhi, December 7 China’s ADIZ envisages that aircraft flying through the zone must follow its rules, including filing flight plans. The ADIZ covers a set of islands-called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan-whose sovereignty is hotly contested by the two countries. The implementation of ADIZ is also likely to affect New Delhi-Tokyo route. But India, despite being a key player in the India-Pacific strategic chess game, does not want to be seen to be taking sides just yet. External Affairs Salman Khurshid said New Delhi hoped the parties concerned would be able to find a peaceful solution to the issue through talks. New Delhi is drawing some solace from Beijing’s recent statement, ruling out establishing such a defence zone along the India-China border.
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