tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73938868926481231532024-03-05T04:08:03.604-08:00Daily News Services (DNS) EnglishIndia Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-31753718862552768022008-09-20T07:10:00.000-07:002008-09-20T07:14:33.339-07:00Damage forces Hadron Collider to close for two months<div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248106466490036706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDL6_18Lv2h-tm6rD44rRZizlT7Hm_WCOlVS992OiMlxeHSmrc9lqOyzYWqScyIeMkNQTfOKctK6GzscKVUB3MF9kIvocDCfyUS9jF6BCflQjHJRnwZO5TaMKIr1awG9iWFMBsDQjzPMd/s320/images%5B38%5D.jpg" border="0" />Geneva (AP): The new particle collider that was launched with great fanfare earlier this month has been damaged worse than previously thought and will be out of commission for at least two months, its operators said on Saturday.<br />Experts have gone into 27-km circular tunnel housing the Large Hadron Collider under the Swiss-French border to examine the damage that halted operations about 36 hours after the September 10 startup, said James Gillies, spokesman for CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research.<br />"It's too early to say precisely what happened, but it seems to be a faulty electrical connection between two magnets that stopped superconducting, melted and led to a mechanical failure and let the helium out," Gillies told The Associated Press.<br />Giles said the sector that was damaged will have to be warmed up well above the absolute zero temperature used for operations so that repairs can be made.<br />"A number of magnets raised their temperature by around 100 degrees," Gillies said. "We have now to warm up the whole sector in a controlled manner before we can actually go in and repair it."<br />The $10 billion collider, in the design and construction stages for more than two decades, is the world's largest atom smasher. It fires beams of protons from the nuclei of atoms around the tunnels at nearly the speed of light.<br />It then causes the protons to collide, revealing how the tiniest particles were first created after the "big bang," which many theorise was the massive explosion that formed the stars, planets and everything.<br />He said such failures occur frequently in particle accelerators, but that it was made more complicated in this case because the Large Hadron Collider operates at near absolute zero, colder than outer space, for maximum efficiency.<br />"When they happen in our other accelerators, it's a matter of a couple of days to fix them," Gillies said. "But because this is a superconducting machine and you've got long warmup and cool-down periods, it means we're going to be off for a couple of months."<br />He said it would take "several weeks minimum'' to warm up the sector.<br />"Then we can fix it," Gillies said. "Then we cool it down again."<br />CERN announced on Thursday that it had shut down the collider after a successful startup that had beams of protons circling in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions in the collider.<br />It was at first thought the failure of an electrical transformer that handles part of the cooling was the problem, CERN said. That transformer was replaced last weekend and the machine was lowered back to operating temperature to prepare for a resumption of operations.<br />But then more inspections were needed and it was determined that the problem was worse than initially thought, said Gillies.<br />The CERN experiments with the particle collider hope to reveal more about "dark matter," antimatter and possibly hidden dimensions of space and time. They could also find evidence of a hypothetical particle -- the Higgs boson -- which is sometimes called the "God particle" because it is believed to give mass to all other particles, and thus to matter that makes up the universe.<br />Smaller colliders have been used for decades to study the makeup of the atom. Scientists once thought protons and neutrons were the smallest components of an atom's nucleus, but experiments have shown that protons and neutrons are made of quarks and gluons and that there are other forces and particles.<br />The LHC provides much greater power than earlier colliders.<br />Its start came over the objections of some who feared the collision of protons could eventually imperil the Earth by creating micro black holes -- subatomic versions of collapsed stars whose gravity is so strong they can suck in planets and other stars. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-8782154028847519172008-09-17T08:45:00.000-07:002008-09-17T08:46:56.436-07:00Walk out of nuclear deal, CPI(M) tells PM<div align="justify">New Delhi (PTI): Claiming that India could face fuel supply blockade as experienced in the case of the Tarapur nuclear power plant, the CPI(M) on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to walk out of the Indo-US nuclear deal saying it had almost the same conventionalities.<br />Maintaining the 123 Agreement as being "almost identical" to Tarapur accord where India was "forced to run from pillar to post for fuel after the US unilaterally terminated the Tarapur 123 Agreement," the CPI(M) Polit Bureau said India was now seeking fuel supply assurances and other terms, including the right to reprocess spent fuel, based only on this experience.<br />But the documents accompanying the US Presidential Determination have made the American "intentions" clear -- this 123 Agreement is no different from the earlier Tarapur one, with all the Tarapur problems.<br />"And India can again land into the Tarapur mess, as the right of the US to terminate the agreement is an unfettered one," the Polit Bureau said in a statement here.<br />Maintaining that a "different interpretation" of the 123 Agreement by India would "in no way bind the US as a supplier", it demanded that the Prime Minister "fulfil his pledge to the nation that he will walk away from the nuclear deal if it does not meet India's expectations".<br />Asserting that all points raised by the Left parties have been confirmed by the documents accompanying the US Presidential Determination, it said these have "exposed the hollowness of the claims made by the Prime Minister in Parliament."<br />The CPI(M) Polit Bureau claimed that the Presidential documents submitted to the US Congress have made it amply clear that the terms of the 123 agreement are fully in conformity with the Hyde Act and "violate" the crucial commitments made by the Prime Minister in Parliament.<br />"The time has come for the Indian government to repudiate the 123 Agreement, which is not in India's national interest," it said, adding that the argument that India has a different interpretation for it was "meaningless".<br />"The US as a supplier of nuclear equipment and material will undertake such supply only under the terms of what it calls a 'framework agreement'," the party said.<br />While India would place its civilian nuclear facilities under the IAEA Safeguards permanently, President Bush has "made it clear that the fuel supply assurance in the 123 Agreement is not legally binding".<br />The documents also showed that India would never be able to withdraw is civilian nuclear facilities from IAEA Safeguards unilaterally, even its indigenously built reactors, in the event of a disruption in fuel supply or if the 123 Agreement itself was terminated, the CPI(M) said.<br />Quoting the Prime Minister's statement in Parliament and the US Presidential Determination, it said "clearly, India will not have access to the full fuel cycle and all sensitive technologies are also denied. ... thus India is being asked to place its civilian reactors under IAEA Safeguards in perpetuity without all restrictions being lifted."<br />Referring to the "extraneous issues tied with nuclear cooperation", the major Left party said the Prime Minister had categorically assured that India would not accept the tying of any issue with civil nuclear cooperation.<br />"It is clear from the documents accompanying the Presidential Determination that extraneous issues have been coupled with the nuclear deal, which have also been accepted by India," the CPI(M) claimed.<br />In this context, it said the report pursuant to Section 104(c) of the Hyde Act "approvingly talks" about New Delhi aligning with the US on the Iran question both in the IAEA and the United Nations.<br />The report, quoted by the party, said India "maintained a strong public line of support for P5+1 and US diplomatic efforts to resolve international concerns with Iran's nuclear program".<br />The CPI(M) said with the External Affairs Minister's statement, "India has formally changed its position and opposed Iran's fuel enrichment, a right which Iran has under Article IV of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty". </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-14193056296802234612008-09-17T08:37:00.000-07:002008-09-17T08:39:38.563-07:00Delhi blasts: Police release sketches of suspects<div align="justify">New Delhi, September 16, 2008: The Delhi police on Tuesday released five sketches of three persons suspected to have planted the bombs in the national capital on Saturday।</div><div align="justify">One of the sketches was that of the person who purportedly planted the bomb in Ghaffar market in Karol Bagh, while two sketches each were of the two men who placed the bombs near a building in Barakhamba road।</div><div align="justify">"We appeal to the people to inform police if they happen to find those resembling to these sketches। Informer's identity will be kept secret," Delhi police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said.</div><div align="justify">The sketches were prepared with the help of at least five eye-witnesses, who claimed to have seen ‘planting of bombs’ in Ghaffar market and Barakhamba Road। </div><div align="justify">The eye-witnesses, including a teenaged balloon seller, who saw suspected persons placing packets in dustbin at Central Park and Barakhamba Road were called to the Police Headquarters on Sunday to assist them in making sketches। </div><div align="justify">Besides the teenaged boy, a father-son duo who sells breadrolls at Barakhamba Road were also among those called to the headquarters. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-28774969511845418662008-09-06T09:36:00.000-07:002008-09-06T09:39:57.834-07:00N-deal ready for US Congress: Mulford<div align="justify">New Delhi, September 06, 2008: Hailing the "historic" waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) as "a triumphant day for India," the US Saturday said the nuclear cartel's exemption will strengthen global non-proliferation and that it was ready to "accomplish the final step with Congress।"</div><div align="justify">"This is a triumphant day for India। The NSG consensus reached in Vienna today is the culmination of years of hard work and cooperation between India and the US to bring India into the global nuclear mainstream," Mulford, one of the key US interlocutors on the nuclear deal, told reporters here.</div><div align="justify">The US envoy congratulated the government and people of India on this "historic agreement" ending New Delhi's nearly three and a half decades of nuclear isolation and lauded US President George W। Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for achieving "this remarkable breakthrough."</div><div align="justify">Underlining that the NSG's waiver will strengthen global non-proliferation, the US envoy said it will enable India to address its critical energy requirements and contribute importantly to protecting global environment।</div><div align="justify">"We will now move forward to accomplish the final step with our Congress," Mulford assured।</div><div align="justify">The US Congress is likely to consider the 123 India-US bilateral agreement when it convenes Monday। The Congress is expected to approve the 123 pact before during the forthcoming session that ends Sep 26.</div><div align="justify">Manmohan Singh and Bush are expected to sign the bilateral pact towards the end of this month in Washington that will mark the final step leading to the restoration of civilian nuclear cooperation between the two countries after a gap of more than three decades.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-43958097005959034892008-09-05T02:34:00.000-07:002008-09-05T02:37:58.897-07:00Work stops at Nano unit, staff evacuated<div align="justify">Kolkata, August 29, 2008: Work at the Tata Motors factory in Singur finally came to a complete halt on Friday। All those inside were evacuated on Thursday night, and none of its 850 odd employees reported for duty in the morning. </div><div align="justify">"No decision has been taken on when work will be resumed," said a company official, insisting on anonymity। "Some of our employees were afraid. Our top priority is to ensure their safety."</div><div align="justify">Although the Mamata Bannerjee-led agitation outside the gates of the plant, demanding that 400 acres of the land acquired for the project be returned to farmers who had never wanted to sell, began last Sunday, the plant continued to function। Bannerjee had pledged that her struggle would remain 'a peaceful satyagraha'.</div><div align="justify">But from Thursday evening, some of the radical groups supporting Mamata began obstructing people from entering or leaving the plant, prompting the Tatas to take this decision। </div><div align="justify">Sapoorji-Pallonji, the firm entrusted with the civil construction of the plant, similarly decided that its 150 engineers deputed at Singur would stop work as well, leading to a complete shutdown। </div><div align="justify">Insiders revealed that the likelihood of Tata Motors pulling out of Singur altogether, as Ratan Tata had threatened at a press conference last week, was growing increasingly strong, and that an announcement is likely next week। Company officials have prepared estimates to show that though the company had so far invested around Rs 1500 crore in the Nano, the loss it would incur, in case it pulled out, would not be more than Rs 400 crore. </div><div align="justify">"We have received offers to set up the Nano plant not only from other Indian states, but also from foreign countries," a top official told HT over telephone from Mumbai. "We are considering them all."</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-51320297878698505172008-09-04T09:08:00.000-07:002008-09-04T09:11:17.521-07:00Central Assistance for Flood-Hit Areas of Bihar<div align="justify">New Delhi, September 4 2008: Government of India continues to extend all possible assistance to the Govt। of Bihar for supplementing their efforts in managing the ongoing flood situation. The National Crisis Management Committee reviewed the situation today.</div><div align="justify">37 Army Columns, 13 helicopters, 599 boats, 783 NDRF personnel, 7695 tents, 10 satellite phones, 4 lakh drinking water bottles, 10 water purifying plants have been deployed/ provided by the Government of India for assisting the State in rescue and relief operations। </div><div align="justify">Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has informed that 66 wagon-loads of dry fodder on rail from Amritsar and Karnal to Saharsa have reached Bihar। Additional 41 wagon-load of fodder are being sent by the Government of Haryana to Purnia. The requirement of procurement of vaccines is being met through Centrally sponsored Scheme ‘Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases’. The State has been asked to indicate the specific requirements of medicines and vaccines they need. 71 Veterinary centres have been set up to provide treatment to the sick animals. </div><div align="justify">Two crore halogen tablets to purify water are being supplied by the Ministry of Health as per the requirement of the State Government। Thirty-lakh halogen tablets have already reached. Other medicine/medical store viz. Measles vaccine, DPT, oral Polio, TT, Vaccine logistics have also been provided. On the request of State Government, 100 Fogging machines and 50 Ambulances are being organized. </div><div align="justify">Ministry of Home Affairs is in constant touch with the State Government and closely monitoring the situation round the clock. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-34624108312367405832008-09-03T23:30:00.000-07:002008-09-03T23:41:23.510-07:00NSG Meet to Decide On India Specific Waiver Begins Today<div align="justify">New Delhi,September 4 2008: Amid continued reservations of some member countries over granting waiver to India, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will hold a crucial two-day meeting in Vienna from Thursday to consider the initiative।</div><div align="justify">The NSG will consider a revised draft that is being presented before the 45-nation grouping after amendments following demands by at least 15 countries during the August 21-22 meeting।</div><div align="justify">Countries like New Zealand and Austria, which are still not satisfied with the revised draft, are expected to voice their concerns over non-proliferation issues.<br />On studying the draft circulated to them by Germany, the current Chair of the NSG, these countries feel that the amendments in the text are only cosmetic in nature and conditions are not attached।</div><div align="justify">Earlier, Prime Minister Dr। Manmohan Singh held a Congress Working Committee meeting late last night with his senior colleagues to discuss issues in the wake of the reported 26-page document that contains an assertion by the Bush Administration that its assurances of nuclear supplies to India are not meant to insulate it against the consequences of a nuclear test.</div><div align="justify">Dr. Singh told the meeting that “we have the right to test and the US has the right to react”.<br />New Delhi made it clear there is no change in its stand on the issue of nuclear testing। External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Navtej Sarna said, India’’s position on this issue is well known.</div><div align="justify">External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told that the Government can’t go beyond the commitment made to Parliament on the Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation।</div><div align="justify">India has maintained that if conditions are attached to the waiver, it could walk away। However, New Delhi refused to be drawn into a controversy over its agreement on civil nuclear cooperation with the US after the secret document.</div><div align="justify">“We do not, as a matter of policy, comment on internal correspondence between different branches of another government,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna।</div><div align="justify">“We will be guided solely by the terms of the bilateral agreement between India and the United States, the India Specific Safeguards Agreement and the clean waiver from the NSG, which we hope will be forthcoming in the meeting of the NSG on September 4-5, 2008,” he added।</div><div align="justify">Washington too down played the disclosures made in the US State Department document and said that there was nothing new in it which has not been shared with India or the US Congress।</div><div align="justify">“This letter contains no new conditions and there is no data in this letter which has not already been shared in an open and transparent way with members of the Congress and with the Government of India”" US Ambassador to India David C. Mulford said in a statement.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-55550252003436843672008-09-02T08:52:00.000-07:002008-09-02T08:57:54.430-07:00Tata Motors evaluating alternate sites to make Nano<div align="justify">MUMBAI, September 2 2008 : Tata Motors Ltd said it had suspended work at the Singur plant in West Bengal where it planned to make the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, because of violent protests and was evaluating alternate sites।</div><div align="justify">Tata Motors said it was putting together a detailed plan for the relocation of the plant and machinery, and was evaluating options for manufacturing the Nano at other company facilities।</div><div align="justify">"This decision was taken in order to ensure the safety of its employees and contract labour, who have continued to be violently obstructed from reporting to work," the company said in a statement on Tuesday।</div><div align="justify">It said the project's auto ancillary partners, who had commenced work at their respective plants at the site in Singur, had also suspended work।</div><div align="justify">Chairman Ratan Tata said last month he was prepared to move the plant from West Bengal despite having invested $350 million in the project because of the risks to employees from the protests।</div><div align="justify">The Nano project has been billed as a key to the rejuvenation of industries in West Bengal, where the world's longest-serving democratically elected Communist government has changed tack after decades of focus on helping agriculture and poor farmers।</div><div align="justify">The unveiling in January of the 100,000 rupee ($2,250) snub-nosed Nano was hailed by the state's ruling Communists, but protests have since gathered steam।</div><div align="justify">Trouble began after the government took over 1,000 acres (400 hectares) of farmland for the factory। The government offered compensation, but some farmers with smaller land holdings have refused compensation, demanding that land be given back to them.</div><div align="justify">The protests reflect a larger standoff between industry in India and farmers unwilling to part with land in a country where two-thirds of the billion-plus population depend on agriculture.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-59323874653069370522008-09-01T08:12:00.000-07:002008-09-01T08:16:21.931-07:0065% rise in girls joining IIT-Delhi<div align="justify">New Delhi: IIT-Delhi has witnessed a significant rise in the number of girls at the undergraduate level। The intake this year has increased by 65 per cent.</div><div align="justify">“For the last two to three years the number of female students had remained pretty much constant। In 2007, 50 out of the 550 students — 9 per cent — were girls. This year, however, female students have taken up 83 out of the 626 seats, which is 13 per cent. This is a significant increase,” said S.R. Kale, dean, undergraduate studies.</div><div align="justify">Electrical, chemical and bio-chemical engineering are the popular options among them।</div><div align="justify">The increase comes across as a pleasant surprise as engineering normally doesn’t figure high on girl students’ list of career options। While girls do better than boys in science subjects in the board examination, not too many make it to engineering.</div><div align="justify">M। Balakrishnan, dean, postgraduate and research, feels it is the entrance examination that acts as a deterrent.</div><div align="justify">However, the few who do enroll in the undergraduate courses do better than their male counterparts and are “more focused” in class। In 2007 girls bagged three of the 14 silver medals for undergraduate students.</div><div align="justify">Though the change is positive, professors at the institute find it difficult to attribute it a particular reason। </div><div align="justify">“This doesn’t have much to do with the increase in seats as the increase in female students’ enrollment is proportionately a lot larger। Since this is the first year it is difficult to attribute the jump to one reason. It would only amount to speculation,” added Kale.</div><div align="justify"> </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-8540661886272674532008-09-01T08:05:00.000-07:002008-09-01T08:10:51.170-07:00UP: SP, Cong to jointly contest LS polls<div align="justify">The Samajwadi Party and Congress on Monday decided to jointly contest the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh with the SP also seeking alliance in four other states including Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra and Karnataka । </div><div align="justify">After a marathon four-hour-long talk with a Congress delegation led by party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, SP general secretary Amar Singh said that the seat-sharing would be carried out with "winnability" as the । </div><div align="justify">Sending out a signal of warmth and goodwill towards the Congress leadership, Singh told reporters that if in any eventuality, the alliance does not work out, "we will not oppose Sonia Gandhi and Rahul in their constituencies"।</div><div align="justify">The SP leader said that talks in which AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh and UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi also participated, were held in cordial atmosphere and the overriding sentiment was one of unity to face the challenges ahead।</div><div align="justify">"Just like the Congress is asking for more seats in UP, despite being weak there, similarly we also asked them to help us in states like Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Karnataka, where we have a marginal presence," Singh said implying thereby that the SP was in favour of a broad-based alliance comprising several states।</div><div align="justify">"Though Digvijay Singh and Rita Bahuguna Joshi are not authorised to speak about any other state apart from UP, I took the advantage of Rahul's presence and sought the Congress' alliance in other states also," the SP leader said।</div><div align="justify">He added that in UP, both the parties would field strong candidates with grassroot support and who could give a tough fight to their opponents.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-24231959348577713042008-08-31T09:57:00.000-07:002008-08-31T10:01:45.346-07:00CPM blames RSS, BJP for unrest in Jammu and Kashmir<div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">'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.</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-84158643322982934392008-08-31T09:53:00.000-07:002008-08-31T09:56:36.170-07:00Hooda to Tata: Welcome to mecca of automobile industry<div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">Hooda cited the presence of auto giants like Maruti Suzuki, Honda, Hero-Honda, Yamaha, etc।, in the state.</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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.” </div><div align="justify">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।”</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">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. </div><div align="justify">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.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-78309126910312819922008-08-31T09:25:00.000-07:002008-08-31T09:27:59.658-07:00Flood situation in Bihar worsens as fresh areas go under water<div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">IAF helicopters and army columns deployed to assist the state government's flood fighting machinery continued relief and evacuation operations।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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)।</div><div align="justify">Amrit said Nepal government had agreed to help India in taming the river which causes huge damage to infrastructure in Bihar.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-58060215601133701832008-08-29T08:20:00.000-07:002008-08-29T08:26:42.962-07:00MNS can't hold city to ransom<div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">"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।"</div><div align="justify">"Nobody can hold the people to ransom," Patel said।</div><div align="justify">The court ordered the police commissioners of Mumbai and Thane to safeguard the petitioners and to protect them from violence by MNS workers।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-74149620244805329432008-08-29T08:15:00.000-07:002008-08-29T08:18:15.220-07:00Son of policeman opens fire in Delhi<div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">The incident took place on Thursday night in Meeta Nagar of north-east Delhi।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">He allegedly fired two-three rounds at his neighbours in which four were wounded।</div><div align="justify">The injured -- Nikhil Kumar, Vijay Pal, Ramesh and Sangeeta -- were rushed to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital। They were discharged this morning after treatment.</div><div align="justify">Both the families were not on good terms and constantly indulged in quarrelling, a senior police official said।</div><div align="justify">The official denied reports Avinash allegedly opened fire as he was disturbed over the extramarital affairs of his father।</div><div align="justify">The teenager was arrested and the gun was seized, he said।</div><div align="justify">A case has been registered and further investigations are on. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-29896760696553886762008-08-29T08:13:00.000-07:002008-08-29T08:14:35.510-07:00Two killed in Assam aluminium factory blast<div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">Official sources said here that the explosion inside the factory, "Purbanchal Udyog" manufacturing aluminium utensils took place early this morning, damaging the entire unit। </div><div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">Three of the critically injured were shifted to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh and others were admitted to Tinsukia Civil Hospital। </div><div align="justify">The entire area near the factory has been sealed off। </div><div align="justify">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. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-91689227917981169512008-08-29T07:08:00.000-07:002008-08-29T07:10:18.850-07:00Christians rally for Orissa riot victims<div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">They held placards reading 'CM, answer why Christians are being persecuted in Orissa'।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">All Church-run schools remained closed in West Bengal as part of protests against alleged attack on Christians in parts of Orissa.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-57457041731357288882008-08-29T06:29:00.000-07:002008-08-29T06:34:28.968-07:00Dalai Lama admitted to Mumbai hospital<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqs1gvFinBHDJDSn2qtdBegKnly4HBY4ly4z_JgPfkyQNB3BWj6JgMP2d9oF-mEey_Wvu0gmOFW0kGd1f3p-u09XsjNkRdawLBsuo75Izf1nVT6o8qAdMTiyjm277VjIRGkM2OgDOrLY1/s1600-h/Dalai+Lama"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239932416554074354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFqs1gvFinBHDJDSn2qtdBegKnly4HBY4ly4z_JgPfkyQNB3BWj6JgMP2d9oF-mEey_Wvu0gmOFW0kGd1f3p-u09XsjNkRdawLBsuo75Izf1nVT6o8qAdMTiyjm277VjIRGkM2OgDOrLY1/s320/Dalai+Lama" border="0" /></a>Mumbai, Aug 29, 2008 Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on Thursday for treatment of abdominal discomfort।<br /></div><div align="justify">The 73-year-old Nobel laureate will undergo investigations on Friday, the hospital's spokesperson Mohan Rajan said। </div><div align="justify">"There was no cause for concern," he said।</div><div align="justify">The Dalai Lama was brought to the hospital in a chartered flight and was admitted as he was suffering from abdominal discomfort, Rajan said। </div><div align="justify">He is under the treatment of Narendra Trivedi, who is also the Vice-President of the private hospital, Rajan said। </div><div align="justify">Earlier this month, the Dalai Lama had come to the hospital for a routine medical check up, hospital sources said. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-80593637762961117032008-08-29T05:58:00.000-07:002008-08-29T06:06:27.794-07:00Less relief, more trauma in Bihar<div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239924976064527650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVckpbquaVqmzXPyYGo3-elpUcmdayoDaUOLI98YIU1zhruC-1_gVGK15WFQ2rPsE9Pv7_K6Wo2NT9r5elHSJDAOLzeXWJHTvzpHvX46Gj7zr767JQVECqVZwiJQgtSAPz2A-Mt0JzG4s/s320/biharfloods%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" />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।<br /></div><div align="justify">The government's relief supplies are yet to reach many flood affected areas। Only 2,500 food packets are being distributed in a day. </div><div align="justify">In the last one week, only 46,000 food packets were distributed।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">And in what is potentially a dangerous situation there are no doctors and no medicines in many flood affected areas।</div><div align="justify">There is also a severe shortage of boats for rescue operations।</div><div align="justify">In many areas, flood victims have only got plastic sheets for temporary shelters and little else।</div><div align="justify">The worst affected areas are Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Katihar, Purnia and Danapur on the outskirts of Patna and Muzaffarpur।</div><div align="justify"><span class=""></span>The breach in the river has been about 20 kms upstream of the Kosi barage।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">The breach which initially was five meters has now become 1.5 km.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-7270121923044662912008-08-28T08:13:00.000-07:002008-08-28T08:17:29.758-07:00We don't want all-out war with Russia: Britain<div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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."</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">NATO was not an 'offensive' alliance, Miliband told BBC Radio।</div><div align="justify">He said no-one ever doubted that Russia's army would defeat a much smaller Georgian military।</div><div align="justify">"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।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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'.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-34729502650849331192008-08-28T07:29:00.000-07:002008-08-28T07:34:12.142-07:00More churches, homes burnt as trouble spreads in Orissa<div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">Police said trouble had spread to new areas, including the western district of Bolangir and the coastal district of Kendrapada।</div><div align="justify">No details were available but officials said curfew had been clamped in Kendrapada town and security intensified in Bolangir। </div><div align="justify">"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.</div><div align="justify">"We are hopeful normalcy would return in a week," Nanda told IANS while describing the situation as "under control"।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">Curfew has been clamped in all towns of the district and is still in force, said revenue divisional commissioner Satyabrata Sahu।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">Saraswati's supporters have been holding protests since Saturday night, blocking trains and vehicles। </div><div align="justify">Orissa is not new to communal violence between Hindus and Christians।</div><div align="justify">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.</div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-19525743725129322002008-08-28T07:10:00.000-07:002008-08-28T07:16:20.162-07:00Manmohan announces Rs 1000 cr as flood relief to Bihar<div align="justify">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. </div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">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। </div><div align="justify">Earlier, Kumar received Singh and Gandhi at the Purnia airbase and briefed them about the flood situation। </div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-84992809159361606042008-08-27T02:56:00.000-07:002008-08-27T03:01:58.416-07:00Five killed, four hostages rescued<div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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. </div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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. </div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">"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.</div><div align="justify">Army personnel have taken positions on roof tops of adjoining houses in densely populated Chinore, located on a hillock।</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">"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.</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">"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.</div><div align="justify">This is the second major gun battle in Jammu region in less than three and a half months।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-58980790656324120412008-08-26T07:35:00.000-07:002008-08-26T07:37:52.427-07:003 MHADA officials held in forgery case<div align="justify">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. </div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">“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.</div><div align="justify">The three officials and Singh were arrested on Monday, and have been remanded to police custody.</div><div align="justify"> </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393886892648123153.post-88379407776490585672008-08-26T07:13:00.000-07:002008-08-26T07:15:40.919-07:00No medal, but Akhil Kumar is boxing icon<div align="justify">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. </div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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।</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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.</div><div align="justify">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. </div>India Net Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00464123804653508606noreply@blogger.com0