रविवार, 31 अगस्त 2008

CPM blames RSS, BJP for unrest in Jammu and Kashmir

Kakinada Minggu, Agust 31 2008 : The CPI(M) Polit bureau member Sitaram Yechuri today blamed the RSS, BJP and other saffron outfits for the turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir and Orissa।
Addressing a party workers meeting at the Ambedkar Bhavan here he said RSS, BJP and other Sangh Parivar outfits were trying to consolidate the "Hindu vote bank" by arousing communal hatred and disharmony among the people।
'The situation is explosive in J and K where communal clashes and extremists activities were taking place posing a grave threat to the very integrity of the nation। It is nothing but exploiting the situation for political ends'. 'We oppose this trend in the interest of the nation.' he said.
Mr Yetchury said that the CPI(M), in a bid to prevent the communal forces from spreading their wings was trying to forge alliance with secular parties to preserve the country's integrity। Pointing out that the World Bank has mentioned that 82.8 per cent of the country's population was struggling below the poverty line, he said the UPA government had miserably failed in controlling the spiralling prices and inflation.
Attributing the present skyrocketing prices to speculative business, he said, the government, despite bringing enormous pressures by left parties could not control the speculative business on more than 17 essential commodities। As a result, the entire economy was in doldrums leading to hike in intetrest rates and credit squeeze.
It has resulted in steep fall in industrial investments and thereby reduction in industrial growth by 50 per cent, Mr Yechury said, addding that only an alternative effective economic policy would set right the present maladies. Giving out the reasons for CPI(M)'s opposition to the UPA government's nuclear policy, he said, it was detrimental to the country's sovereignity as it has to bow down to the dictates of US regime. The country was at a cross road and political polarisation was taking place rapidly, he said and added that elections to the Lok Sabha seemed imminent three months ahead of the schedule poll.
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Hooda to Tata: Welcome to mecca of automobile industry

Gurgaon:Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said his government would welcome the Tatas if they expressed interest in setting up their factory for the Nano car project in the state।
As a number of states line up to woo Ratan Tata to shift his project from Singur in West Bengal, IT and automobile hub Haryana has also put up a strong claim to attract the project।
Hooda cited the presence of auto giants like Maruti Suzuki, Honda, Hero-Honda, Yamaha, etc।, in the state.
While terming the state as a Mecca of automobile industry, Hooda said his government has mega infrastructure building plans to turn the state into a corporate hub of the country।
Hooda told Hindustan Times: “Haryana is the ideal destination for automobile companies। Haryana is manufacturing more than 50 per cent passenger cars, 35 per cent tractors and 50 per cent of the motorcycles being produced in India. We also manufacture more than 25 per cent bicycles of the country. We already have India’s biggest car producer Maruti Udyog Limited in collaboration with Suzuki, the manufacturers of two wheeler Honda Motorcycles, Hero-Honda, Yamaha and Escorts tractors in Haryana.”
When asked about the probable location where the state would offer land to the Tatas, the Chief Minister said, “Haryana has a number of options which we will show them only after they express their desire for the same।”
When asked whether he had had formal or informal discussion with the Tatas on the issue, Hooda said he had not had a formal talk।
The housing division of Tata Group recently launched its first housing project, Raisina Residency, in collaboration with Raheja Group at Golf Course Road in Gurgaon।
The Chief Minister said industrial units in Gurgaon had exported goods worth Rs 20,000 crore during the year 2006-07। Out of this, exports worth Rs 14,000 crore was in IT sector, Rs 2,500 crore in automobile sector, Rs 2,000 crore in the sector of readymade garments and of Rs 1,500 crore in other sectors.
The main items being exported from Gurgaon included cars, motorcycles, software, readymade garments, sports goods and rice to UK, Algeria, Hungary, Denmark, Netherlands, Columbia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Australia, Korea, South Africa, USA, Europe, Austria and Mexico.
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Flood situation in Bihar worsens as fresh areas go under water

Patna, Aug 31 (PTI) With the water of river Kosi engulfing fresh areas in Bihar's North Eastern 16 districts, the flood situation in the state worsened today affecting more than 30 lakh people।
However, there was some good news for the first time since the region was gripped by the deluge about two weeks ago with a senior official saying the flood situation would improve as the flow of water from Nepal has come down।
Over 30 lakh people in 16 districts are in the grip of floods, with 23 lakh in worst-hit Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura and Araria districts alone।
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said five army columns have been pressed into service for relief and rescue, while the state has requisitioned 25 more columns।
IAF helicopters and army columns deployed to assist the state government's flood fighting machinery continued relief and evacuation operations।
The floods caused by the breach in the eastern afflux embankment at upstream Kuaha village in Nepal on August 18 is the worst in the region।
The area was considered secure against the possibilities of floods after construction of hundreds of miles of embankments and Bheemnagar barrage more than four decades ago।
Though Disaster Management Additional Secretary Pratayaya Amrit said while over 4।75 lakh people have been evacuated, lakhs more were in dire need of being shifted to safer places.
Amrit said about two lakh people were taking shelter in 17 relief camps set up by the state governments and many more being run by non-government organisations (ngos)।
Amrit said Nepal government had agreed to help India in taming the river which causes huge damage to infrastructure in Bihar.
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शुक्रवार, 29 अगस्त 2008

MNS can't hold city to ransom

Mumbai, Aug 29, 2008 The Bombay High Court on Thursday told the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) it cannot "hold the people to ransom" and warned it against using violence to enforce Marathi signboards in Mumbai।
The court, which was hearing an application filed by a trade association, restrained MNS leader Raj Thackeray and his party members from "in any manner whatsoever disturbing" traders in the city, defacing or damaging their properties and assaulting or threatening them।
A division bench comprising Justices J N Patel and K K Tated also restrained Raj personally from giving any provocative or intimidating public speech regarding the issue of putting up signboards in Marathi in commercial establishments and shops।
Viren Shah, Secretary of Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association, has filed a petition which alleges that MNS had sent letters to shopkeepers warning them to display signboards in Marathi or they would be taught “a lesson in their own way''। The MNS deadline ends on Thursday.
"There is a hidden threat in this letter," Justice Patel said, asking what action was taken against Raj and whether "this gentleman has been interrogated।"
"Nobody can hold the people to ransom," Patel said।
The court ordered the police commissioners of Mumbai and Thane to safeguard the petitioners and to protect them from violence by MNS workers।
The court asked the state government to explain what it had done to protect traders and flayed it for failing to tackle MNS activists। It asked the government to announce a compensation package to the shopkeepers, who were targeted by the MNS for not displaying boards in Marathi.
The government lawyer told the court that 811 MNS activists had been arrested since August 26 and government was committed to maintaining law and order।
Thackeray has not commented on the court’s order but indicated that the MNS campaign for Marathi signboards would continue. “Whatever happened has happened. From now on, Maharashtra is for Marathi people (and) all those who are staying here from outside should remember this. Who is Shah to go to the court on an issue of Marathi pride,” he said.
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Son of policeman opens fire in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 29, 2008 A teenaged son of a Head Constable allegedly opened fire at his neighbours, injuring four of them, following an altercation in the national capital, police said on Friday।
The incident took place on Thursday night in Meeta Nagar of north-east Delhi।
Avinash, the son of Head Constable Ramvir posted at Parliament Street police station, allegedly opened fire from a double barrel gun during the arguments with his neighbours।
He allegedly fired two-three rounds at his neighbours in which four were wounded।
The injured -- Nikhil Kumar, Vijay Pal, Ramesh and Sangeeta -- were rushed to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital। They were discharged this morning after treatment.
Both the families were not on good terms and constantly indulged in quarrelling, a senior police official said।
The official denied reports Avinash allegedly opened fire as he was disturbed over the extramarital affairs of his father।
The teenager was arrested and the gun was seized, he said।
A case has been registered and further investigations are on.
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Two killed in Assam aluminium factory blast

Guwahati (PTI): Two persons were killed and five others seriously injured on Friday in an explosion at an aluminium utensil making factory in Assam's Tinuskia district।
Official sources said here that the explosion inside the factory, "Purbanchal Udyog" manufacturing aluminium utensils took place early this morning, damaging the entire unit।
The police said two persons died on the spot and their body parts were found strewn about 25 metre away while five others were critically injured।
Three of the critically injured were shifted to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh and others were admitted to Tinsukia Civil Hospital।
The entire area near the factory has been sealed off।
The cause of the explosion was yet to be ascertained but preliminary investigations suggested that it could have been caused due to some electrical snag.
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Christians rally for Orissa riot victims

KOLKATA,, Aug 29, 2008 The Christians today took out a procession here demanding protection for the members of the community and churches in violence-torn areas in Orissa's Kandhamal and Bargarh districts।
Protesters, under the banner of Bangiya Christiya Pariseba, an apex body of Christians, assembled near Utkal Bhavan and demanded immediate deployment of military and para-military forces to control the situation।
They held placards reading 'CM, answer why Christians are being persecuted in Orissa'।
The group said the organisations involved in "anti-national" activities should be banned and submitted memoranda to the Resident Commissioner of Utkal Bhavan, addressed to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Governor and Chairman of National Human Rights Commission।
All Church-run schools remained closed in West Bengal as part of protests against alleged attack on Christians in parts of Orissa.
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Dalai Lama admitted to Mumbai hospital

Mumbai, Aug 29, 2008 Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on Thursday for treatment of abdominal discomfort।
The 73-year-old Nobel laureate will undergo investigations on Friday, the hospital's spokesperson Mohan Rajan said।
"There was no cause for concern," he said।
The Dalai Lama was brought to the hospital in a chartered flight and was admitted as he was suffering from abdominal discomfort, Rajan said।
He is under the treatment of Narendra Trivedi, who is also the Vice-President of the private hospital, Rajan said।
Earlier this month, the Dalai Lama had come to the hospital for a routine medical check up, hospital sources said.
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Less relief, more trauma in Bihar

PATRAGHAT, August 29, 2008 The people in Bihar are still experiencing a lot of problems after being stranded for about a week in the flood water।
The government's relief supplies are yet to reach many flood affected areas। Only 2,500 food packets are being distributed in a day.
In the last one week, only 46,000 food packets were distributed।
Without the support of ordinary people, the scale of the destruction caused by the floods would be much worse। In many areas it's the local people who are providing food to flood victims.
And in what is potentially a dangerous situation there are no doctors and no medicines in many flood affected areas।
There is also a severe shortage of boats for rescue operations।
In many areas, flood victims have only got plastic sheets for temporary shelters and little else।
The worst affected areas are Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Katihar, Purnia and Danapur on the outskirts of Patna and Muzaffarpur।
The breach in the river has been about 20 kms upstream of the Kosi barage।
What has happened is that on one side excessive siltation has forced the river to pile on pressure on the other side of the 12 km long bund which is parallel to the Kosi river।
The breach which initially was five meters has now become 1.5 km.
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गुरुवार, 28 अगस्त 2008

We don't want all-out war with Russia: Britain

Bhubaneswar, August 28, 2008 : There is no question of launching 'all-out war' against Russia, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday, while condemning Moscow's 'invasion' of Georgia।
Miliband, asked whether NATO would go to war against Moscow if it were to attack a neighbouring country or ally again, said: "We don't want all-out war with Russia। There's no question of launching an all-out war against Russia."
NATO is committed to the principle that an attack against one or several members would be considered an attack against all, and to defending its members against aggression। Georgia is not a NATO member but it has ambitions to join.
NATO was not an 'offensive' alliance, Miliband told BBC Radio।
He said no-one ever doubted that Russia's army would defeat a much smaller Georgian military।
"The question though for Russia is whether it wants to suffer the isolation, the loss of respect and the loss of trust that comes from that," he added।
Miliband was speaking a day after he called in a speech in Ukraine for relations with Russia to be reviewed। He said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a responsibility not to start a new Cold War.
The foreign secretary denied that his words in Ukraine, whose ambitions to become a NATO member also anger Russia, had ratcheted up tensions between London and Moscow।
He said it was right to describe Moscow's actions in the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as an "international crisis" that jeopardised a growing calm and stability across Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union।
He said there was a tit-for-tat between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway regions but 'the Russian response has been to invade a neighbouring country'.
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More churches, homes burnt as trouble spreads in Orissa

Bhubaneswar, August 28, 2008 : Communal violence spread in Orissa on Thursday with fresh incidents of mobs burning churches and homes, adding to the tensions in the state that has seen at least 11 people being killed in revenge for the murder of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader last week।
The situation was so volatile that Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal and other Congress leaders, who arrived in Bhubaneswar to visit riot hit areas, were told by the state government that they could not do so and returned to New Delhi।
Though the volatile Kandhamal district continued to be the worst hit with mobs defying curfew, blocking roads and attacking churches even after shoot-at-sight orders, there were reports of churches and homes being attacked from other parts of the state too।
Police said trouble had spread to new areas, including the western district of Bolangir and the coastal district of Kendrapada।
No details were available but officials said curfew had been clamped in Kendrapada town and security intensified in Bolangir।
"There have been stray incidents of violence in Kandhamal। We have also received reports of people burning a church in the district of Bolangir," said Director General of Police Gopal Chandra Nanda, adding that more than 3,000 policemen had been deployed.
"We are hopeful normalcy would return in a week," Nanda told IANS while describing the situation as "under control"।
Police have registered at least 70 cases in different police stations related to the communal violence and 54 people have been arrested, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed the state assembly।
The state has been on the boil since Saturday evening when Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, a member of the VHP's central advisory committee, and four others were killed by suspected Maoist guerrillas at his Jalespata ashram in Kandhamal।
As violence raged in Kandhamal, particularly in isolated hamlets, despite orders to the police to shoot at sight anybody defying curfew and indulging in violence, police and paramilitary forces marched through several town on Thursday।
Curfew has been clamped in all towns of the district and is still in force, said revenue divisional commissioner Satyabrata Sahu।
On Monday, the VHP had called for a statewide shutdown। Since then, 11 people have been killed in the state, 10 in Kandhamal and a woman in Bargarh district who was burnt when the crowds attacked an orphanage. Local newspapers and television channels, however, put the toll at 17.
Saraswati was leading a campaign against cow slaughter and religious conversion in the communally sensitive Kandhamal district - which with a population of around 600,000 including 150,000 Christians has witnessed numerous clashes between Hindus and Christians in the past।
Radical Hindu groups in the state blamed Christians for the crime and alleged that Christians killed Saraswati because he was opposing religious conversion। Christian organisations deny these allegations.
Saraswati's supporters have been holding protests since Saturday night, blocking trains and vehicles।
Orissa is not new to communal violence between Hindus and Christians।
On Jan 22, 1999, Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, 10-year-old Philip and six-year-old Timothy, were burnt alive by a Hindu radical mob in their vehicle in Keonjhar district.
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Manmohan announces Rs 1000 cr as flood relief to Bihar

Patna (PTI): Describing the floods in Bihar as a "national calamity", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced an immediate assistance of Rs 1,000 crore to the state for rescue and relief operations and 1।25 lakh tonnes of foodgrains to tide over the situation.
After undertaking an aerial survey along with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi of the four worst affected districts in the state where the swollen Kosi river continued to wreak havoc, Singh also assured Bihar to provide all possible help to meet the situation।
Singh and Gandhi arrived at the Purnia airbase by a special IAF plane from New Delhi and took off in an IAF chopper to undertake the aerial survey in Supaul, Saharsa, Araria and Madhepura districts, official sources said।
They were accompanied by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil as also several union ministers including Lalu Prasad, Ram Vilas Paswan and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar।
Earlier, Kumar received Singh and Gandhi at the Purnia airbase and briefed them about the flood situation।
Over 25 lakh people in 15 districts have been hit by the impact of one of the worst floods in recent memory with victims from these four districts making up 19.78 lakh.
The Chief Minister who met the Prime Minister in New Delhi yesterday had sought central assistance of Rs 1,000 crore and one lakh tonnes of foodgrain immediately for the affected people.
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बुधवार, 27 अगस्त 2008

Five killed, four hostages rescued

Jammu, August 27, 2008 : Security forces rescued three children and a woman, who were held hostage during a gunbattle in which three civilians, an army officer and a guerrilla were killed Wednesday in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir।
The militants, holed up in a house in Chinore on the outskirts of this city, took six civilians hostage Wednesday morning। The police said they were trying to rescue the two remaining hostages before launching an assault on the guerrillas.
The police said three terrorists had crossed into Jammu and Kashmir from the Kanachak sector of the border with Pakistan Tuesday morning। They were intercepted at the police check post of Chinore Wednesday morning, about 20 km north from the centre of Jammu.
The militants, dressed in police uniforms and carrying AK-47 assault rifles, shot dead a junior commissioned officer and then hijacked a three-wheeler। They then fired indiscriminately killing Shabeet Hussain, a milk man, and motorcyclist Naseeb Singh before killing the three-wheeler driver, Vijay Kumar, said the police.
The guerrillas then entered a house in Chinore। Police and army personnel cordoned off the area and were engaged in a gunbattle with the militants.
Once the remaining hostages were rescued, there would be a "final onslaught", said an army officer, which in military terms means blowing up the building with rocket launchers or explosives।
"This (civilian hostages) is what is holding us up from launching final onslaught। We are ready for that," the army officer on the spot told IANS.
Army personnel have taken positions on roof tops of adjoining houses in densely populated Chinore, located on a hillock।
Grenade explosions and gun shots were heard in the area as the one-storey building where the militants were hiding was perforated with bullet marks।
"A high alert has been sounded in Jammu due to the terrorist infiltration from across the border," said Inspector General of Police (Jammu Zone) K। Rajendra.
The Border Security Force (BSF), along with police and army personnel, had launched a massive manhunt for the militants, who had entered the Indian territory at Kanachak, about 20 km north of here, after cutting the barbed wire fence Tuesday।
"This is a serious situation। The intruders sneaked into the Indian side under the cover of fire, which was most probably provided by the Pakistani Rangers," a BSF official said.
This is the second major gun battle in Jammu region in less than three and a half months।
Six people were killed in Samba town, 40 km south west of Jammu May 11। According to defence sources, militants had infiltrated May 8 from across the international border in Samba sector before they surfaced May 11 morning and killed civilians and soldiers. Three militants were killed in that battle.
People in the Jammu region have been holding rallies demanding the allocation of 40 hectares of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti, a coalition of some 30 Hindu groups spearheading the agitation over the land row, has planned a huge rally later Wednesday at Jammu's Parade Ground.
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मंगलवार, 26 अगस्त 2008

3 MHADA officials held in forgery case

Mumbai: August 26, 2008, The Vikhroli police on Monday arrested three MHADA officials and one person involved in forging documents to help the person claim a MHADA flat। The three officials from MHADA are reportedly in the ranks of estate manager, clerk and rent collector.
According to sources at Vikhroli police station, Bharti Pawar, who was resident of Tagore Nagar at Vikhroli east, had rented out a room to one Raghuvinder Singh, 54। However, after Pawar expired, her son Ashok received eviction notices. When he approached MHADA officials, they told them that the flat was bought by Singh from his mother for Rs 7 lakh.
“Ashok then approached the vigilance officer of MHADA, who found that Singh had forged legal documents to get the flat in his name। He had taken the help of three MHADA officials for the same. That’s when the officer approached us with the case, and we found the bogus documents,” said Habib Ansari, senior inspector at Vikhroli police station.
The three officials and Singh were arrested on Monday, and have been remanded to police custody.
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No medal, but Akhil Kumar is boxing icon

NEW DELHI: August 26, 2008, Akhil Kumar sounded like a brash young man when he spoke up for his fellow-boxers demanding clearance of South African physio Matthew Heath for the Beijing Olympics। His argument was that when people with no chance of winning a medal could go with their entourage, why not the boxers who have the potential to do well.
Still, Akhil remained an unsung hero। "Don't forget me If I fail to win a medal," was his parting shot before boarding the flight. Medal or no medal, he is highly popular among his peers.
He might have missed the medal he promised to his Bhiwani folk by a whisker, yet Akhil was given a hero's welcome on his return home from the Olympics early Tuesday।
Huge garlands drowning his neck, Akhil's homecoming reception at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport was as grand as that for India's first Olympic gold winner Abhinav Bindra। The boxer with his zeal had won the hearts of the masses and that was evident by the huge turnout of his admirers.
Akhil, along with bronze winners Vijender Singh and Jitender Kumar, put Bhiwani on the boxing map with their quarter-final appearance at the Olympics। Akhil failed to cross the next hurdle but his heroics in the ring fetched him the fame he longed for all his life.
More important, he came to be known as the "friend, philosopher and guide" of Vijender and Jitender, both of whom fought for Akhil after he lost his bout. They like his transparent sincerity and outspokenness.
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30 injured in fresh Jammu protests

Jammu, Augst 26 2008 : Thirty persons, including a Senior Superintendent of Police, were injured in renewed protests in various parts of Jammu as the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangarsh Samiti’s call for “chakka jam” caused a complete shutdown। The Samiti has already extended its strike till August 31.
There was no vehicular movement on Monday in response to a Samiti’s call but sporadic violence continued throughout the day in which SSP Manmohan Singh of 8th Battalion of the J&K Armoured Police was injured in stone pelting।
There were also incidents of stone pelting in Kathua। Crowds were dispersed by cane charge and tear gas shelling. Attempts were made in both places to block the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway 1 A, but police foiled them.
The Samiti’s decision to continue its protests is seen an attempt to hasten the decision which the government and the Samiti have almost arrived at।
There is a broad agreement that land will be given to the Shrine Board for three months during the “yatra” period।
The government is trying to get the “correct wording” of the agreement to make sure that there is no reaction in the Valley।
Samiti convener Leela Karan Sharma said, “The Centre and the State Government were delaying the decision to hand over the land to the Board due to pressure from separatists। In view of their dilly dallying tactics, the Samiti has decided to continue its agitation and so it has extended the bandh up to August 31.”
The Samiti would hold rallies on August 27 and 31 to press its demands, he added।
The bus service between Poonch and Rawalkote in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that was started in 2006 as part of the confidence building measures between India and Pakistan was suspended on Monday due to curfew in Poonch।
The Line of Control crossing was scheduled for Monday।
Officials are confident that the bus service would resume after 15 days.
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सोमवार, 25 अगस्त 2008

Committed to working with India on NSG nod: US

New Delhi :, Augast 25 2008 : Affirming its commitment to work with India in securing a "clean" waiver from the NSG, the US on Monday said that the two countries will "continue our vigorous joint advocacy", including at the highest levels, for it ahead of the grouping's next meeting on September 4।
US Ambassador to India, David C Mulford, said that Washington is committed to working with New Delhi to rapidly complete the remaining steps necessary to conclude the Indo-US civil nuclear deal for which clearance from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a key step।
"The US and India stand shoulder-to-shoulder in their desire for a clean exception and we will continue to work with our Indian partners to persuade the NSG countries that such an exemption is in the international community's best interests," he said in a statement in New Delhi।
"Ahead of the scheduled NSG plenary on September 4, the US and India will continue our vigorous joint advocacy for the initiative at the highest levels of NSG Governments," Mulford said।
His statement came in the backdrop of questions by some sections as to whether the US did its bit adequately to secure the NSG waiver as promised by it in the Joint Statement of July 18, 2005।
The questions were raised after the two-day NSG meeting in Vienna last week failed to arrive at a consensus, with several member countries seeking changes in the draft introduced by the US।
As India is not a member of the NSG, the onus of garnering consensus support of the grouping was on the US. It had sent its officials to various NSG member countries to persuade them to vote for the waiver.
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Jaipur, A'bad blasts: Key planner held frm Lucknow

Lucknow:, 25 2008 Augast : A man suspected to have been involved in the serial bombings in Jaipur and Ahmedabad was arrested from here Monday, police said।
A team of the Jaipur police and the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh police nabbed the man, whose identity was not immediately revealed, from Aminabad locality at about 2.30 p.m. And he was produced in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here, police said.
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US committed to work with India in securing NSG nod: Mulford

New Delhi (PTI): Affirming its commitment to work with India in securing a "clean" waiver from the NSG, the US on Monday said the two countries will "continue our vigorous joint advocacy", including at the highest levels, for it ahead of the grouping's next meeting on September 4।
US Ambassador to India, David C Mulford, said Washington is committed to working with New Delhi to rapidly complete the remaining steps necessary to conclude the Indo-US nuclear deal for which clearance from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a key step।
"The US and India stand shoulder-to-shoulder in their desire for a clean exception and we will continue to work with our Indian partners to persuade the NSG countries that such an exemption is in the international community's best interests," he said in a statement here।
"Ahead of the scheduled NSG plenary on September 4, the US and India will continue our vigorous joint advocacy for the initiative at the highest levels of NSG governments," Mulford said।
His statement came in the backdrop of questions by some sections as to whether the US did its bit adequately to secure the NSG waiver as promised by it in the Joint Statement of July 18, 2005।
The questions were raised after the two-day NSG meeting in Vienna last week failed to arrive at a consensus, with several member countries seeking changes in the draft introduced by the US।
As India is not a member of the NSG, the onus of garnering consensus support of the grouping was on the US. It had sent its officials to various NSG member countries to persuade them to vote for the waiver.
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Ban on SIMI to continue till Sept 24: SC

NEW DELHI, 25 2008 Augast :The Supreme Court on Monday extended stay on Tribunal order lifting the ban on Students Islamic Movement of india (SIMI) for six weeks, till the date of next hearing।
The decision has come after the UPA government told the apex court that SIMI, the fundamentalist outfit, is a threat to "peace, integrity and secular fabric of India"।
Pressing for an absolute ban on SIMI, which has been found to be increasingly involved in terrorist attacks, the Centre had told the Supreme Court that SIMI activists are not just busy spreading the message of "jihad", but have also "extended full support to extremists and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab and have been involved in various militant and disruptive activities in Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu"।
In its hard-hitting affidavit designed to overcome the setback it suffered on August 6 when the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal had turned down its plea to continue the ban on SIMI, the Centre said that allowing free run to the organization would seriously compromise national security।
The tribunal had lifted the ban on the jihadi organization on the ground that the Centre had failed to provide it with fresh evidence to back up its case। The two Yadav chieftains and Paswan swiftly latched on to this, to hand out certificates of innocence to SIMI.
In its hard-hitting affidavit, the UPA government had told the SC that SIMI had also "extended full support to extremists and terrorists in J&K and Punjab and have been involved in various militant and disruptive activities in Maharashtra, Kerala, UP and TN"।
The Centre's 42-page affidavit in the top court marked a strong refutation of the "no fresh evidence" argument cited by the tribunal and the three leaders।
Displaying a new anxiety to give as much evidence as possible before the apex court, the Centre gave a list of 349 cases that were filed against SIMI prior to February 2006 as well another 60-odd which were slapped later and may qualify to be treated as "fresh evidence"।
While the August 6 relief for SIMI had been immediately challenged by the Centre before the apex court, which ordered a freeze on the tribunal's order, the intervening period has seen the Gujarat police, in coordination with police of various states as well as the Intelligence Bureau unearthing the involvement of the fundamentalist organization in the terror attack on Ahmedabad। That is not all. Investigation into the Ahmedabad blasts have provided strong evidence that SIMI and its hardline version, Indian Mujahideen, was also involved in blasts across the country - serial explosions in Mumbai suburban trains, as well as those in jaipur and in the courts in UP towns of Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad.
The involvement of SIMI is suspected also in the bomb attacks on Hyderabad and explosions in the country's tech capital, Bangalore.
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शनिवार, 23 अगस्त 2008

First Nano will roll out in October: Buddhadeb

Kolkata (PTI): A day after Ratan Tata threatened to pull out the small car project from Singur in the wake of violence and disruptions, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday said the first 'Nano' car would roll out in October।
"Some state governments have offered land to the Tatas to shift their small car plant from Singur, but I would like to assert that the project will be a reality," Bhattacharjee told a hurriedly-called press conference here।
"I hope it will be implemented in time and the first car will roll out in October। Nobody can obstruct it," he said.
Stating that he shared the concern of the Tata Motors chairman, Bhattacharjee urged him to stay in the state। "We want the project to grow here."
He said 85 per cent of the project's construction was over and work in the ancillary units was in progress.
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BMW sting case: Lawyers protest HC's verdict

New Delhi:, August 23, 2008 : The Delhi High Court may have sent a strong message by punishing criminal lawyers R K Anand and I U khan in the BMW sting case। But lawyers in the Capital are unhappy with the verdict.
On Friday Bar Association in the Delhi district court went on strike, protesting against the order।
Lawyers in Delhi were up in arms a day after the Delhi High Court held R K Anand and I U Khan guilty of contempt of court and barred them from practicing for the next four months।
All four district courts in the Capital wore a deserted look as the Bar Association went on strike protesting the HC judgement।
"We are upset with the verdict because the judge has barred two very senior lawyers from practicing in Delhi, whereas it is not up to him to decide this," says Patiala house Bar Association's Santosh Mishra।
The High court had found Anand and Khan guilty of trying to bribe witness Sunil Kulkarni to favour accused Sanjeev Nanda in the BMW hit-and-run case।
However, the Bar Association argues that the punishment given is unjustified, as barring a lawyer from practice is the job of the Bar council and not the court।
"We've had a very successful strike today as lawyers on their own didn't practice today without any pressure since they understand that the verdict is unjust," says Patiala house Bar Association's R K Wadhwa।
But senior members of the legal fraternity point out that striking work is only damaging the reputation of the Bar।
"The entire Bar of Delhi could have chosen to file a petition in the SC or in the HC। Instead of resorting to strike as a strike gives a wrong message to the people," says advocate K T S Tulsi.
A year and a half ago the Bar council had initiated inquiry against Anand and Khan, but no action had been taken so far। And as protests continue.
questions are being raised - is the bar council serious enough to send a strong message by punishing the offending lawyers?
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Musharraf in 'protective custody'

Islamabad:, August 23, 2008 : Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf is under protective custody and will be allowed to move freely only after a new head of the state is elected and the judges he sacked after declaring an emergency in November 2007 are restored, an official said।
"He is under protective custody but is free to meet friends and relatives," said the official, adding this is mainly because of security reasons।
"Once the new president is elected and judges are restored Musharraf will be allowed to leave the country," he said।
According to sources, Musharraf, who resigned Monday, wanted to visit the US but was stopped by the authorities। "It has been conveyed to him that he will allowed (to travel) after three-four weeks after the election of the president," said the source.
The Presidential election, which was scheduled for September 17, has been brought forward to September 6।
"Some officials are suggesting Saudi Arabia as Musharraf's destination because of security reasons। There are suggestions that he would be sent to the kingdom, where he will stay for at least six months before leaving for any other country," said another official.
The official said that Musharraf would not be allowed to shift into his five-acre farmhouse in Islamabad that is under construction for the last three years. Musharraf had bought the property, valued at $5 million, after he seized power in 1999.
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Pune BPO rape victim hit by tragedies

Pune, August 23, 2008 : The woes of the 22-year-old victim of gang rape just seem to be multiplying। While the woman, who was working as a customer care executive at IBM Daksh at Phursungi on Pune-Solapur road, lost her father - a goldsmith - on Thursday, doctors treating her at Jehangir Hospital have diagnosed her with severe blood clotting in the brain (Cortical Venous Trombosis).
Deputy superintendent of police (Pune Rural) Ravindra Sinh Pardeshi told DNA that the clotting had affected her speech and comprehension, as a result of which the police was unable to record her statement, which is vital to make an headway in the case।
"She is also suffering from continuous headaches due to the blood clotting in her brain। However, the treatment administered to her is helping her recover," he added.
The victims 25-year-old friend had lodged a police complaint that she was gang raped by about eight to 10 persons, allegedly by the cab drivers hired by the company, on the night intervening of August 7 and 8।
Pardeshi told DNA that the woman, who was earlier admitted to the Sassoon General Hospital, has now been shifted to Jehangir Hospital for treatment।
According to a city neurosurgeon, the cortical venous thrombosis is caused due to various infections such as pelvic infection among pregnant women and pressure on the backbone। "Its the blockage of the veins at the surface of the brain," he said.
Though, the victims brother and mother have been by her bedside at the hospital, they havent told her about her fathers death. "Her father wasnt well since the last few days. His health deteriorated after learning about his daughter. Unfortunately, he passed away on Thursday," said Pardeshi.
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शुक्रवार, 22 अगस्त 2008

India now has to pay for Brahmaputra flood data

New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) The crucial flood data of Brahmaputra river being shared by China with India will no longer come for free।
India will now have to make payments for receiving the data that helps it prepare in advance for floods as the two countries recently signed a fresh five-year MoU।
Under the MoU, China will provide India the hydrological information, including water level, discharge and rainfall from its three stations located at Nugesha, Yangcun and Nuxia from June 1 to October 15 every year।
The details will enable India to improve flood forecasting and timely warning for mitigation measures।
The data was being given to India for free from 2002 but China now wants payment for the information it would send between 2008 and 2012, sources in the Union Water Resources Ministry told PTI।
"After a fresh bilateral understanding, we will have to provide a token amount to it to maintain the staff and equipment at the monitoring stations located in inhospitable terrains," the sources said, adding modalities would be worked out later।
New Delhi had first entered into a MoU with Beijing for sharing of hydrological information on downstream Brahmaputra river in flood season by China in 2002।
The Brahmaputra originates in south-west Tibet as Yarlung Tsangpo. It is also called Yarlung Zangbo in China.
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Vijender loses semifinal bout, settles for bronze

Beijing, Aug 22 (PTI) Vijender could not be the alchemist and turn his bronze into gold but today's semifinal defeat could not deny him the honour of being India's first Olympic medal winning boxer।
Cuban Emilio Correa Bayeaux simply outsmarted the Indian 8-5 to win the 75kg category semifinal in a comprehensive manner and the outcome meant Vijender had to be content with the bronze, which he was already assured of।
The Cuban negated Vijender's height and reach advantages by playing from a distance। He simply did not allow Vijender land a single blow in the first, third and fourth rounds.
Even two penalty points in the final round could not make any difference for the Cuban had tilted the game in his favour a long away।
Surprisingly, barring the second round, Vijender held himself back throughout the bout and mostly sprayed his punches।
Emilio, son of 1972 Munich Games gold medallist Emilio Correa Vaillant, was precise with his blows। He did not resort to wild arm swinging or uppercuts but relied mostly on straight punches, which paid him rich dividends.
Clearly the faster of the two, Emilio led 3-0 early in the second round and though a desperate Vijender managed to reduce the gap to 4-3 by the end of the round, the Cuban proved his superiority again in the lop-sided third round that virtually sealed the fate of the bout।
"Once he went 3-0 ahead, a comeback was always difficult. I tried my best and reduced the gap in the second round but could not really pull it off," a dejected Vijender said after the bout.
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गुरुवार, 21 अगस्त 2008

Indian, US warships to carry out wargames in Arabian sea

New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) The US navy will field its most powerful warships led by the latest nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan and nuclear submarine USS Springfield in a new range of wargames in the Arabian sea from October 15, a naval official here said।
Indian and US warships will undertake complex air-to-air, under-sea and warship-to-warship manoeuvres in the wargames for ten days, the official said।
Along with the carriers and submarines, the Malabar series of wargames on India's western seaboard will also see participation by latest guided missile cruisers, destroyers and frigates as well as long range maritime F-18 and Jaguar fighters।
"The naval wargames will be complex in nature involving anti-submarine warfare manoeuvres, flying operations and crossdeck embarkations," the naval official said signalling a resolve of the two countries to take their military-to- military interaction to a new high।
The new Malabar series of wargames come close on the heels of frontline Indian Air Force Sukhoi fighters taking part for the first time in fighter exercises at the world's most advanced air wargames complex at Nellis Air Base in the Nevada desert of the United States.
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Congress giving priority to BCs: Srinivas

Hyderbad Kamis, Agust 21 2008, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee President D Srinivas today denied media reports that the party was not giving priority to the Backward Classes in the selection of District Congress Committee (DCC) Presidents। Addressing a press conference here, he said the Congress was the only party in the country, which was giving priority to the weaker sections, including Backward Classes and minorities.
Stating that the Congress had given more than 50 per cent posts to the people from the weaker sections, he said the party had appointed 11 BCs , two minorities and 15 from other classes as DCC Presidents after detailed discussions with Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and other senior leaders in the state। Mr Srinivas said he along with Mr Reddy had a detailed exercise on the selection of candidates for the DCC Posts. The same list was sent to the Congress High Command and it was approved by AICC President Sonia Gandhi.
He said, ''my wish is to see more than 100 candidates from weaker section sitting in the assembly on behalf of the Congress party, and the whole exercise of reshuffling the organisational set up is for coming back to power in the next elections in the state।'' Regarding the selection of DCC Presidents for Kurnool and Khammam, he said the High Command would take a decision very soon.
Selection of President for the Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee was pending with the High Command, he added.
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Amarnath land row protests shift to Delhi

NEW DELHI: Shifting the scene to the capital, members of the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS) Thursday courted arrest here to protest the revocation of land allotted to the shrine board managing the pilgrimage to the shrine in the Kashmir valley।
Amongst those arrested were Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia and three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators in the Delhi assembly O।P. Babbar, Jagdish Mukhi and H.S. Bali.
Members of the SASS, a conglomerate of various organisations spearheading the protests in Jammu, marched to the offices of the deputy commissioners of police (DCP) in six places at 9।30 a.m.
“Over 7,000 members of the Samiti courted arrest under the All India Jail Bharo (fill-the-jails) agitation,” SASS spokesperson Vinod Bansal told IANS।
The genesis of the trouble lies in the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision in May to allot 40 hectares of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board that manages the annual pilgrimage to the high altitude shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva। The decision led to massive protests in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley. Its revocation July 1 ignited a counter agitation in the Hindu majority Jammu region.
The trouble has continued to snowball since with shutdowns, curfew and violent clashes that have polarised Jammu against Kashmir।
The death toll in the state in the waves of protests and counter-protests now stands at around 40.
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HC convicts advocates Anand, Khan in BMW expose case

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court today convicted senior advocates -- R K Anand and I U Khan -- in the BMW expose case for obstructing administration of justice।
"They are senior advocates and they did not tender either conditional or unconditional apology for their conduct in the BMW case," a Division Bench of Justices Manmohan Sarin and Madan B Lokur said, in their 112-page verdict in the contempt case relating to the expose।
Recommending that they be stripped of their designation of senior advocate, the court asked them not to appear in the Delhi High Court and its subordinate courts for the next four months as punishment।
The Bench also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on each of them and rapped them for their "irresponsible" behaviour, saying "we are not dealing with young lawyers। Both are seasoned lawyers and such conduct was not expected of them."
Meanwhile, the court recommended that amicus curiae Arvind Nigam, who assisted the court in the over year-long trial, be designated as a senior advocate।
During the proceedings, Anand was conspicuous by his absence while Khan was present in the court।
Both Anand and Khan were accused of obstructing the administration of justice by allegedly influencing a witness Sunil Kulkarni in the sensational nine-year-old BMW hit-and-run case।
Anand, the defence counsel and Khan, the prosecutor, were shown as colluding with the witness in an NDTV sting operation last year।
The court on May 31 last year had taken suo motu cognisance of the sting operation showing Anand, in collusion with Khan, allegedly offering money to Kulkarni to depose in favour of Sanjeev Nanda, the prime accused in the hit-and-run case।
Nanda, the grandson of retired Naval chief S M Nanda, is accused of mowing down six persons, including three policemen, with his BMW car on January 10, 1999.
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बुधवार, 20 अगस्त 2008

Nokia touch screen phone by year end

Delhi, August 20 2008 :Setting at rest speculations, cell phone major Nokia has confirmed it will launch a full touch screen handset by the end of this year।
'We have been working on the Series 60 platform for touch screen user interface and a mobile device is expected to be launched by the year-end,' Devinder Kishore, Nokia India's marketing director, told IANS।
The Nokia full touch screen phone, codenamed the 'Tube' was also featured in the latest Batman movie 'The Dark Knight' and will be Nokia's second full touch screen device, the first of which was launched in 2003 but was later discontinued।
The past year has seen cell phone majors such as Samsung and LG debuting their full touch screen mobile phones in the market after the success of the Apple iPhone।
It is widely anticipated that Research in Motion (RIM) - the makers of Blackberry - are also working on a full touch screen phone, codenamed 'Blackberry Thunder'।
Nokia first unveiled the touch screen S60 interface last October।
'The new software would allow licensees to develop devices with a variety of input methods, such as touch screen with traditional keypad, QWERTY keyboard, or standalone touch screen, supporting both finger or stylus optimised input,' a Nokia statement had then stated।
Mobile phone maker Symbian Ltd, in which Nokia held a majority stake till a few months ago, has developed the S60 platform।
The Finnish giant announced the acquisition of the remaining 52 percent stake in Symbian in June this year from Sony Ericsson, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Panasonic and Siemens।
'With the acquisition of Symbian, we will be able to offer our customers more innovative products and the latest technology,' Kishore said।
On being asked about the Apple's OS X, the fastest growing mobile operating system, Kishore said: 'Symbian is the largest mobile phone software developer globally and it is up to our customers to decide how popular and accepted our software is।'
OS X recently displaced Microsoft Windows for mobiles as the number three mobile phone operating system after Symbian and Blackberry।
Google, which some time back announced the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), is also working on a mobile OS - Android, based on the Linux platform।
Kishore said the Nokia Music store, which the company launched last year, will be opened in India by the year-end।
'The music store is doing well in the UK and we hope the success will be matched when it is launched in India,' he said.
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The show must go on!

Death is serious business। But in a society as self-obsessed as ours it often becomes a Woody Allen comedy. So last week, while the rest of the country was busy celebrating Independence Day, I was at a funeral.
As I walked into an apartment of wailing women and mourning men, it only took minutes for the entire façade to peel away and reveal the true emotions of those sitting around a dead man with cotton stuffed into his nostrils…
It all begins when a series of phone calls spoils the sleep of over two dozen relatives who are informed about the tragedy। “If only this had happened two days later,” thinks the dead man’s cousin. “I’ve guests at home today!” Elsewhere, the dead man’s estranged sister turns to her husband with a single drop of tear in her right eye. “Do I really have to come?” the husband asks. “Can’t I just show my face at the condolence meeting?” An hour later she is in designer mourning clothes but aghast to see her husband in a multi-coloured shirt. She snaps, “How many times have I told you to buy a white shirt for such occasions?”
As everyone sits around the dead body on display in the living room, there is an air of impatience as the mourners check their watch, fiddle with their phones and ask in hushed whispers: “Who are we waiting for?” Men are sitting in one corner and women in another, with the dead body sandwiched between the two genders। There are husbands trying to make eye contact with their wives on the other side in an effort to ask with a raised eyebrow: “What’s the delay?”
Soon news trickles that the hospital has goofed up with the paper work and the crematorium is refusing to proceed with the funeral unless someone tracks down the errant doctor and do the needful correction। “It’s going to take another hour,” text messages one of the wives to her husband who’s got two tickets for the noon show.
More text messages fly between the men and the women on either side of the dead body: “What do you want for dinner tonight?” another bored housewife texts her husband.
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Official: 149 dead in Madrid plane crash

MADRID (AP): A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands crashed and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid's Barajas airport, killing 149 people on board, officials said।
There were only 26 survivors in the mid-afternoon crash, a Spanish emergency official said।
A police officer said the bodies were so hot that police could barely touch them and told El Pais newspaper the shattered wreckage bore no resemblance to a plane।
Dozens of ambulances rushed to the site as columns of smoke billowed from the wreckage। The prime minister broke off his vacation in southern Spain and rushed back to Madrid, heading straight for the airport.
``I have never seen anything like this in my life,'' ambulance driver Luis Ferreras was quoted as saying by El Pais।
A Spanish emergency rescue official said only 26 people survived the crash and the rest of those aboard were given up for dead। The official with the SAMUR municipal rescue service gave the toll after touring the site of the crash. He spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of department rules that barred him from giving his name.
Spanair Flight JK5022 _ bound for Las Palmas during the height of Europe's summer vacation season _ sped off the end of the runway, crashed and broke into pieces, reports said।
Spanair spokesman Sergio Allard told a news conference the plane was carrying 175 people and the cause of the crash was not immediately known।
El Pais said the plane's takeoff had been an hour late because of technical problems। It eventually managed to get slightly off the ground but crashed near the end of the runway, El Pais said, quoting an employee of the national airport authority AENA.
Helicopters and fire trucks dumped water on the plane, which ended up in a wooded area at the end of the runway at Terminal 4।
A makeshift morgue was set up at the city's main convention center, officials said।
The plane was an Boeing MD-82 on a codeshare flight with Lufthansa's LH255, Spanair said। Departures from Madrid's airport were suspended for several hours but later resumed.
Boeing spokesman Jim Proulx said the company would send at least one person to assist in the investigation of the crash as soon as it receives an invitation from Spanish authorities।
``We stand ready to provide technical assistance,'' he said, reading from a prepared statement.
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मंगलवार, 19 अगस्त 2008

Police rope in students to prise out terrorists

Pune, August 19 20008 : In the backdrop of recent serial blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, the Pune police's special branch has decided to rope in over 3 lakh students across 200 educational institutions in the city to tip them off on terrorism and related activities।
To ensure that the mission is successful, Pune Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh inaugurated Mission Mrutyunjay, at Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium in Kothrud yesterday। More than 300 school and college principals participated।
Explaining the gravity of the situation, Singh said, "The terror elements often work in disguise। They change names and function as commoners. I appeal to the citizens that to immediately approach the police, if they come across any suspicious person or activity."
PMC Commissioner, Paravinsingh Pardeshi, and Divisional Commissioner Nitin Karir were also present।
Singh said, "Mrutyunjay will comprise 35-40 students in each group।"
He informed that each group would include the principal, PT and NCC instructors, while the Indian Army will impart basic training to the students। He said, "The Southern command chief will train the groups on how to handle emergency situations." Singh said, "There are 300 SIMI activists operating in the city. Kashmiri terrorists have also secured admissions in colleges at Bangalore and Naxalites in colleges at Nagpur."
Pune being an educational and IT hub, is home to thousands of foreign students, giving rise to drug trafficking and other anti-social activities. Singh said, "People should procure every detail of foreign students, before renting out flats to them."
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Anil Ambani group launches direct-to-home TV service

Mumbai, August 19 20008 : Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group launched its direct-to-home (DTH) television broadcasting service here Tuesday under the 'Reliance Big TV' banner with a bouquet of 202 channels for customers across India।
The service, starting Rs.1,490, which includes a three-month subscription, will be available from some 100,000 outlets in 6,500 towns in the country. The group has also set up a customer service cell that can handle over 50,000 calls a day.
'With the launch of Big TV DTH, we aim to accelerate the growth momentum and enhance the value of many million shareholders of Reliance Communications,' chairman Anil Ambani said।
'The huge potential of a quality and value-offering in the home entertainment service market offers us a unique opportunity to tap the strengths and synergies of telecom and entertainment sectors embedded within Reliance ADA Group।'
Some of its competitors include Dish TV, TataSky and Sun Direct TV.
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रविवार, 17 अगस्त 2008

J&K: No fresh violence, Governor reviews situation

Srinagar, August 17 2008 : The situation in bandh-hit Kashmir Valley remained peaceful even as Governor N N Vohra reviewed the developments in the state and the movement of essential commodities by road।
"There is no report of any untoward incident from any part of the Valley" this morning, official sources said।
Shops and business markets remained closed and public and private transport largely remained off the roads in Srinagar and other major towns in the Valley, the sources said।
Petty shops in the certain areas here and elsewhere in the Valley reopened in the morning to enable people to buy essentials but shopkeepers had to pull down their shutters as groups of youth asked them to observe the strike, the sources said।
The coordination committee of Hurriyat Conference and other separatist groups and traders' bodies are scheduled to meet during the day to decide whether to continue with the strike called to protest the killing of 22 persons in the Valley and 'high-handedness' of security forces in dealing with Amarnath land row stir।
Meanwhile, Vohra chaired a high-level meeting and reviewed the law and order situation in the state, particularly in Kashmir।
An official spokesman said the meeting discussed the movement of essential commodities and fruits on the Lakhanpur-Jammu-Srinagar National Highway। Special emphasis was laid on the inflow of petroleum products, LPG cylinders, livestock, medicines and other house-hold consumables, he said.
He said various issues relating to the transportation of the fruits from the Valley to various markets in the plains were also discussed.
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शनिवार, 16 अगस्त 2008

PM's I-Day speech insult to inflation-hit people: CPI(M)

New Delhi (PTI): Livid at the UPA government for seeking solace in higher inflation figures in other countries, its former ally CPI(M) on Saturday said such comments were tantamount to adding insult to injury of people, already suffering the steepest price rise in 13 years।
In a statement here, the party's politburo charged the government with "utter failure" to provide any relief to the people। "The Prime Minister's comments on price rise and inflation in his Independence Day address adds salt to the wounds."
"The government can ill afford to seek solace in relatively higher inflation figures of some other developing countries," the party said, reiterating its demands for banning futures trading in essential commodities, restoring food quotas for states and cutting duties on petrol and diesel to bring down fuel prices।
Even though the wholesale price index did not reflect the actual burden on consumers, it was a matter of "grave concern" that the rate had hit a high of 12।44 per cent as of August 2, the highest in 13 years.
The party said the retail price of wheat has gone up by over 60 per cent, that of rice by about 50 per cent and edible oil by over 40 per cent, compared with the 2004 prices। The higher procurement of wheat has had "no impact" on its prices in the open market, it observed.
"Instead of adopting such measures to provide relief to the common people, the UPA government seems hell bent on pushing through the same neo-liberal policies which are responsible for the inflationary crisis being witnessed today," the CPI(M) said.
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Akhil, Jitender to get Rs 25 lakh reward

Chandigarh, 16 2008 : They are yet to win a medal but boxers Akhil Kumar and Jitender have earned a cash reward Rs 25 lakh from the state government here for reaching the quarterfinals of their respective weight categories at the Beijing Olympics।
Lavishing praise on Akhil, Jitender Vijender for reaching fine performance, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the medal-winning boxers among the three would be made Deputy Superintendent of Police।
Jitender and Akhail have advanced to the quarter finals of 51kg and 54kg category resepctively and are just one win away from a medal।
The Chief Minister congratulated both these boxers and urged all the participating players hailing from Haryana to concentrate on their performance and give their best to clinch medals।
He said the State Government would appreciate their efforts and suitably reward their achievements।
The Haryana Government has already announced to give Rs two crore as a reward for state athletes who would win gold medals at Olympics।
The silver medallists would get Rs one crore and bronze winners would be given Rs 50 lakh.
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Shiv Sena organises Raksha Bandhan between Hindus, Muslims in Thane

THANE AGUST 16, 2008 : Thane, Raksha Bandhan this year get a secular flavour with Shivsainiks taking the initiative for it। Muslim women from the Mahagiri area of Thane will be tying rakhis to Hindu residents from the area and vice versa.
Shiv Mudra Prabodhini, a Thane-based organisation has organised Hindu Muslim Rakshabandhan Sohala on Saturday। Almost 100 citizens from the Hindu and Muslim communities are expected to gather at the Anjuman Khairul Urdu Medium High School, in Mahagiri where the programme has been organised.
Sameer Chavan, the organiser, who is also a Shiv Sena volunteer, said, “While the country is facing terrorist attacks and communal clashes, we think efforts to bond these two communities are required. Raksha Bandhan has given us the opportunity to form relationships with other communities. In future, we will have similar events in Bhiwandi and Malegaon, too.” Arun Dhere, Thane Police commissioner and Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde will also be part of the programme.
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Ahmedabad serial blasts case cracked?

NEW DELHI AGUST 16, 2008 : Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Saturday claimed that they have cracked the Ahmedabad serial blasts case।
According to Times Now sources, eight people have been arrested in connection with the same।
The men, who have been identified as SIMI activists, were arrested at in Azamgharh in Uttar Pradesh and Abdul Wasir is allegedly the mastermind of the sixteen blasts that rocked the city। The activists are reportedly from Kerela, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Sources added that these activists had meetings in Vadodara, Mumbai and Ahmedabad before the blasts। It also added that meetings in Ahmedabad was held at activist Yunus's residence.
The explosives, which was used in the serial blasts, were procured outside the state and were reportedly assembled at Ahmedabad।
Earlier, the investigators tracked the IP address of the terror e-mail to Navi Mumbai, an e-mail sent across to television channels prior to the blasts. Following which, the agencies have been active making various arrests and releasing sketches of different suspects, involved with the terror strike.
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बुधवार, 13 अगस्त 2008

Missing Sachin can be crucial: Dhoni

Colombo, August 13 2008 : Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today expressed concerns over Sachin Tendulkar's absence in the upcoming five-match ODI series and said it might have some negative impact Talking to mediapersons after he arrived here this evening, Dhoni said, ''Sachin's presence in the dressing room and in the field virtually makes a big difference, in terms of his talents and timely advice। Losing him at this point of time can be crucial.'' Tendulkar, who did not perform up to his potentials and expectations during the recently concluded three-Test series against Sri Lanka, suffered an elbow injury in the third and final Test and was subsequently ruled out for the One-day series against Sri Lanka.
The master blaster, though named for the ODI series, has flown back to India and replaced by Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath। Dhoni and few of his young teammates, including Irfan Pathan arrived in Colombo nearly four hours late due to flight delay. The Indian captain said physically he was ''fully fit'' to play the series against Sri Lanka and added that he has got a good blend of young, energetic and experience players for the series. Commenting on Sri Lanka's new spin sensation, Ajantha Mendis, who picked up 26 wickets in the Test series against Sri Lanka to become the Man-of-the-series, Dhoni said the team was having a good look at his bowling using video clips and is making preparations to take him on.
''He is certainly a different spin bowler। You have to frame your mind more than the body to face him and we have got the frame of mind,'' Dhoni said. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's jubilant captain Mahela Jayawardena said his team was very cautious about ''not to be complacent'' after the Test victory over India. ''This is a different version of the game altogether and we should get our game plan right as much as we did for the Test series,'' Jayawardene said.
Hailing the match-winning performance of his Test debutant, Ajantha Mendis, Jayawardene said his emergence as the match winning bowler along with Muralitharan had given him much options to work around with the players। ''We always focus on performing as a team and Ajantha is a member of that team. He will be workin according to the game plan and the task assigned to him,'' Jayawardene asserted.
Opening batsman Malinda Warnapura, who has shown his talent with the bat during the Test series, has been drafted in the 15-member Sri Lankan squad that will take on India in a five match ODI series beginning next week in Dambulla।
Warnapura is the third opener in the side backing up veteran Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Udawatta.
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West Bengal, August 13 2008 The police would take stern action if any political party stages a demonstration at Singur's Tata Motors factory site and poses an obstruction to the ongoing work there, said Ashok Mohon Chakraborty, West Bengal home secretary, Wednesday।
'No political party can arrange agitation programme obstructing the main gate of Tata Motors project in Singur। If there's any such incident, the police will take strong action against them,' Chakraborty said after attending a meeting in West Bengal's Singur, about 40 km from here.
He said the security at the Singur factory site would also be stepped up to tackle untoward incidents during political agitation।
A high-level meeting, chaired by Chakraborty, was held in Singur Wednesday to discuss the law and order situation there। A.B. Vora, state's director general of police, and other senior government officials also attended the meeting.
Renewed agitation by the state's principal opposition force the Trinamool Congress has threatened to delay the rollout of the world's cheapest car, Nano, from Singur।
Asked about Aug 24 agitation announced by the Trinamool Congress, Chakraborty said: 'We have discussed that issue in the meeting but will take the final decision later।'
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee earlier threatened to lay siege to the Tata Motors factory in Singur for an indefinite period from Aug 24 to force the West Bengal government to return 400 acres of land 'forcibly' acquired from farmers।
Unveiled in January at an auto exposition in New Delhi, the four-seater Nano promises a dealer price of Rs।100,000 ($2,500), about half the cost of the cheapest car in today's market Maruti 800, a 25-year-old model from Maruti Suzuki.
However, the washout of the ruling communists in the recent local body elections in Singur over the issue of land seizure triggered a volley of fresh protests by those who lost their land, led by the Trinamool Congress.
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'Panel for redevelopment of Dharavi slum'

MUMBAI Agust 13, 2008 : A coordination committee comprising locals in Dharavi would be set up for carrying out redevelopment of Asia's largest slum, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh told Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray।
The Sena leader met Deshmukh at Mantralaya, along with a delegation comprising Dharavi residents to highlight the 'lacuane' in the State Government's redevelopment plans for the slum।
"The Chief Minister also informed Thackeray that the Government would consider the demand for alloting 400 sq feet houses to Dharavi residents instead of the 225 sq feet houses announced earlier", Sena spokesperson Neelam Gorhe said।
The delegation, comprising former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi and Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly Ramdas Kadam, also apprised Deshmukh about problems faced by potters and fishermen, Gorhe said।
Kadam lodged a strong protest against the Deshmukh Government's decision to appoint Mukesh Patel as consultant for the Dharavi redevelopment project.
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मंगलवार, 12 अगस्त 2008

Sexual harassment in convent; nun ends life

Kollam: 12 August , 2008, A 23-year-old nun allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her room at the Saint Mary's Convent in the Port area of Kollam in Kerala।
The body of the nun, who belonged to the Holy Cross Order, was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside her room at the convent on Monday evening, police said।
She was identified as Sister Anoopa Mary of Kanjiracode।
According to police, a note recovered from the room of the deceased nun stated that she was taking the extreme step as she was not able to withstand 'harassment' from a senior nun of the convent।
Sister Anoopa came to the convent after she was conferred nunhood two months ago। She was a teacher in the Upper Primary School attached to the Convent, police said.
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UP police arrest AHLL CEO in cheating case

Hyderabad August 12, 2008: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Apollo Health and Life Style Limited (AHLL) Ratan Jalan, was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police from here in a cheating case booked at Aligarh।
"An Aligarh court has issued non-bailable warrant against Ratan Jalan, on charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating, following which a police team from Aligarh came to the city yesterday to arrest him," V Ramakrishnaiah, ACP Banjara Hills told PTI today।
Jalan is a resident of Srinagar Colony here. Based on a complaint filed by the promoter of Rex Healthcare India Pvt Ltd, cases were registered against Jalan, sources said.
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Bomb attack on Pak Air Force bus kills 13

Peshawar, Aug 12: At least 13 people were killed in a bomb attack on an Air Force bus here on Tuesday, Aug 12। Security officials said that the blast occurred near the Badaber Air Force Base on the outskirts of the city. They said the bomb was planted on a bridge and went off as the vehicle drove over it.
Pakistan has experienced a wave of militant violence since July last year after the Special Operations attack on the Lal Masjid in Islamabad। Hundreds of people have been killed in these incidents, including many members of the security forces. Violence subsided after a new coalition governmentwas formed after the February elections and it decided to negotiate with the militants.
The lull in violence was, however, shortlived. Militants stepped up their attacks after Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud suspended his talks with the government in June.
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Canada Afghan troop deaths mount

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 A Canadian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the 90th soldier to die since Canada's mission there began in 2002, the Canadian military says.
Master Cpl Erin Doyle died when militants attacked a post in the Panjwayi district in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said।
He was the second Canadian to be killed in Afghanistan in the past three days।
Canada has 2,500 troops deployed in Afghanistan as part of Nato-led forces battling Taleban and other militants।
MCpl Doyle died when his combat outpost came under attack on Monday, Canadian military officials said।
Another soldier was seriously injured।
The Canadians returned fire and called in air support from the Kandahar air field।
At the weekend, another Canadian soldier named as MCpl Josh Roberts died during a firefight in the Zhari district in Kandahar।
Canadian media reports said he may have been shot by members of a private security group operating in the same area।
The Canadian military has opened an investigation into his death, the AFP news agency reports।
Since 2002 when Canada began its mission in Afghanistan as part of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) 90 soldiers and a diplomat have died।
In March, Canada's parliament voted to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan to 2011, dependent on its allies sending reinforcements.
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7 killed as army fires on crowd in Kashmir

Srinagar August 12 2008,: Tension escalated in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday with three people being killed and five injured when the army fired on a crowd defying curfew restrictions in the town of Bandipora।
According to police officials, the incident took place in the morning when troops fired at an unruly mob at Bandipora, 52 km from Srinagar, for curfew violation and for resorting to violence against security personnel।
People took out processions and shouted slogans in other places where too curfew was defied, including in Srinagar and other towns।
Former minister and People's Democratic Party leader Javaid Mustafa Mir led a procession at Lasjan on the outskirts of the city।
A senior police official in Srinagar said Mir's personal security guard fired at a sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) who tried to break the procession।
"The officer has been removed to the hospital for treatment," police said।
Mir has been provided with armed security by the administration here like all other senior mainstream politicians and former ministers।
On Monday evening, indefinite curfew had been imposed throughout the valley — in the summer capital Srinagar and in the district headquarters of Baramulla, Bandipora, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Anantnag, Pulwama, Shopian, Badgam and Kulgam।
The army's assistance was sought to enforce the curfew at sensitive places like Baramulla and Bandipora।
This followed the death of the senior Hurriyat leader of the moderate Mirwaiz group, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, who was killed leading a huge march towards Muzaffarabad। Security forces had intercepted the marchers at Chahal, 25 km before the border town of Uri in Baramulla district.
Five other protesters were killed in firing incidents across the valley Monday — two at Sangrama on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway, 45 km from Srinagar, two at Chahal and one at Parimpora in Srinagar city।
More than 400 people, including 100 policemen, were injured in the outbreak of violence।
The body of the slain Hurriyat leader was taken to the Jamia mosque by hundreds of people and kept there overnight for the burial scheduled for Tuesday afternoon।
"We have not enforced the curfew restrictions around the Jamia mosque in the old city area to allow the mourners attendance in the burial," a senior police official said in Srinagar।
Authorities here are now focusing on old city areas where the funeral procession of the slain Hurriyat leader would start at 3 pm, officials in Srinagar said।
The chiefs of the two factions of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, continue to remain under house arrest in Srinagar.
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सोमवार, 11 अगस्त 2008

NCP says project Manmohan again

The Congress youth brigade and veterans like Arjun Singh may have been rooting for Rahul Gandhi as the next Prime Minister, but the UPA allies are not willing to accept the party's heir-apparent as their leader।
Latest to support the projection of Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister for a second term is Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar, who had walked out of the Congress in 1999 after refusing to accept 'foreign born' Sonia Gandhi as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate।
Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh has already gone on record expressing his preference for Manmohan Singh's continuation as the Prime Minister if the UPA returned to power after the general elections।
"Congress as the major party in the UPA has to take a call on the leadership issue। It should decide and discuss with the allies... But if we want someone who is non-controversial, then Manmohan Singh is there," Pawar told PTI in an interview.
He made it clear that "it's too early to say anything" about the leadership of Rahul Gandhi। The MP from Amethi is generally being projected by the Congress as a potential leader and a future Prime Minister.
On the problems confronting the Congress, he says, "In the days of Pandit Nehru, there were leaders like BC Roy and Govind Ballabh Pant in States... In later years, there was hardly any such thing and then representatives of the central leadership began to run the States। It is no different in the BJP."
Highly critical of the way the Congress was ignoring experienced and dedicated leaders, Pawar said, "There was no bio-data culture (in the Congress) before the seventies। There was no centralisation of power. Nowadays, it is unfortunate that those who have spent 30-40 years in the organisation are forced to give bio-data to those who have not contributed 10 to 20 years for the party."
Pawar feels that the Lok Sabha elections will be held at the scheduled time -- March-April next year -- and political uncertainty will loom over the country if either the Congress or the BJP failed to get minimum of 150 seats। Predicting that the 15th Lok Sabha could turn out to be a short affair, he said, "it is difficult for any party to get 160-170 seats".
Ruling out the prospect of Mayawati emerging as the next Prime Minsiter with the support of Left and UNPA, he said, "History has shown that Charan Singhs, Chandra Shekhars, Deve Gowdas and Gujrals cannot give stability at the Centre, but Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh can।"
Pawar feels that the regional parties are bound to rise in the coming days as the national parties, both Congress and BJP, have failed to give stewardship in States to those who are "natural leaders"।
On the Amarnath issue, the NCP chief was critical of the BJP and said the main opposition was just doing vote bank politics and is unconcerned about the consequences.
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Air India helps boost tourism in Bihar

Patna, Aug 11 2008 : In an effort to give a fillip to Bihar's moribund tourism industry, national carrier Air India has extended its helping hand by introducing a special on-flight film show on various tourist spots and other attactions of the state।
As part of the unique initiative, Air India has recently started showing in all its daily New Delhi-New York Boeing 747 flights a brief 15-minute colour film showcasing all popular tourist spots in Bihar along with the state's wide range of cuisine, festivals, music and handicraft products to woo more and more visitors,sources at the Bihar Tourism department informed here today।
Claiming that the initiative had already started paying off,the sources said encouraged by the initial response Air India was now considering to introduce similar show on all its Delhi-Los Angeles and Mumbai-New York flights too,soon।
Moreover, the sources informed that in order to make the foreign travellers more aware about the rich cultural heritage of Bihar, the National carrier had decorated inside of some of its long-haul aircraft with colourful Madhubani painings .
This had also generated a lot of curiocity amomg the India bound travellors,the sources confirmed।
Elaborating other plans to boost tourism in the state, particularly surrounding the famous Buddhist circuit comprising Bodh Gaya, Nalanda, Rajgir and Vaishali, the sources said another film on Bihar tourism was being prepared by the department showcasing various other unknown but very attractive tourist spots in the state।
A Mumbai based film unit had already been entrusted with the job and the film was likely to be ready before the festive season in October, the sources said adding that the film might also be shown to India bound passengers in other international flights too।


Describing the film of Bihar tourism and culture had already opened a new vista in terms of creating awarness about the richness of the eastern state among the foreign travellers, the sources hoped that the number of tourist inflow to Bihar was all set to increase manifold in the coming years following the new intitiative।


All out efforts were also being made simultaneously by the state government to improve the infrastructural facilities to world standard by constructing good accomodation and other facilities for foreigners as well as domestic visitors in all tourist spots.
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Senior Hurriyat leader Abdul Aziz killed in police firing

Srinagar, August 11 2008 : Senior Hurriyat Conference leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz was killed as police opened fire at violent protestors in Baramullah district of Srinagar on Monday।
The entire Srinagar city has been put under curfew following his death, as per official sources।
Police fired in the air on Monday to thwart a bid by fruit growers to march towards Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in protest against the ‘economic blockade’ of the Valley caused by the stir in Jammu over the Amarnath land row।
Police deflated tyres of 200 trucks carrying fruits in Sopore town and used tear gas shells to disperse the agitating fruit growers trying to take out a cavalcade march towards the PoK capital, official sources said।
As the fruit growers refused to give in, police and paramilitary forces fired in the air to bring the situation under control, they said। More than 100 fruit growers were detained.
Kashmir Fruit Growers Association, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Traders Federation, both factions of Hurriyat Conference and the PDP had given a call for 'Muzaffarabad chalo' to neutralise the economic blockade of the Valley ‘enforced’ by the agitators in Jammu region।
Top separatist leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and PDP leaders Abdul Aziz Zargar, Dilawar Mir and Nizamuddin Bhat were placed under house arrest last night to ensure that the proposed march does not materialise, the sources said।
Separatist leaders Zaffar Akbar Bhat, Mushtaqul Islam and Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi were picked up by the police from different places in the Valley, they said।
Police and CRPF personnel were deployed in large numbers all along the roads leading towards Baramullah and Uri townships.
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Abhinav fires India into first Olympic individual gold

Beijing (PTI): India clinched its first ever individual Olympic gold medal in 108 years when Abhinav Bindra won the 10 meter air rifle event in one of the most pulsating shooting finals in the history of the world's biggest sporting extravaganza।
The historic victory for the 25-year-old pro from Chandigarh came against heavy odds as he entered the event ranked number 17 in the world and pitted against Athens Olympic champion Zhu Qinan of China and Henri Hakkinen of Finland rated much higher than him।
But Bindra proved that reputation and history counted little as he overcame a two-point deficit against Zhu and Haikkinen after the qualifying round and annexed the title।
Bindra emerged triumphant in the 10-shot final with a finish of 104।5, taking his tally of points to 700.5 as against Zhu's silver winning performance of 699.7 (597+102.7) and 699.4 (598+101.4) by Hakkinen, which gave the Finn Army marksman the bronze.
His first shot of the final a 10।7 saw him move to the third place and by the time he was preparing to shoot his fourth, the Indian had risen to the second spot.
A 10।6 on his seventh attempt earned Bindra the lead and in the deciding shot he got 10.8, way ahead of 10.5 by the Chinese and 9.7 by the Finn to bring India the first ever gold medal by an individual since the country first participated in Olympics in 1900.
The businessman from Chandigarh also ended India's wait for a gold since the hockey team fetched a yellow metal in the Moscow Olypics in 1980.
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रविवार, 10 अगस्त 2008

VHP launches a mass agitation against land transfer row

New Delhi August 10 2008 Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday threatened a "second Ayodhya" type agitation on shrine land row as it announced launching a mass agitation in New Delhi to press for transfer of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB)।
Thousands of seers took to the streets in New Delhi on Sunday announcing their anger against the revocation of land transfer order and shouted slogans against N।N. Vohra, governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
Praveen Togadia, the leader of VHP said that the 100 acres of land should be handed over to the SASB in Kashmir failing which the organization would hold an all India road blockade on August 13 in support of the agitation।
He even threatened to launch an Ayodhya type agitation (that led to demolition of Babri mosque) to press for their demand।
"Until now, the agitation and protests were confined to Jammu। At the (on) 13th August, it will be expanded throughout the country and if need arises, we will be forced to give a call like Ayodhya, ''Chalo Amarnath, Chalo Jammu," said Togadia.
Meanwhile, an 18-member all-party delegation headed by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil met in Srinagar to assess the situation in the wake of the continuing agitation in Jammu over the Amarnath land transfer controversy।
The meeting was held a day after Patil had a meeting with the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS), who is spearheading the agitation in Jammu।
The visit is being undertaken after deliberations in the all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr। Manmohan Singh to discuss the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The dispute began after the Kashmir government had promised to give forestland to the trust that runs Amarnath shrine। Many Muslims were enraged.
The government then backed down on its decision enraging many Hindus in turn who have launched a mass agitation in Jammu region for the past five weeks.
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