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4Says Jammu & Kashmir was an Indian state even before 1947 and will remain an integral Part of India. 4Instrument Of accession signed is complete, irreversible, irrevocable and unconditional.
Prade Ground turns Saffron as RSS Chief addresses more than 15000 Swayam Sevaks
Key Points of Bhagwat's Speech
4No comments against the integration of the state with the republic Of India will be tolerated. 4India- a culturally diverse country, so the way of coexistence has to be peacefully found out. 4Kashmir an integral part of India, those who have doubts can check history since the times of
Lalitaditya and can correct themselves. 4Citizens of the country can't do away with the responsibility, as national security is not only the issue of the security forces. 4Hindus are, by their very nature and their timeless civilization, liberals and large hearted. 4Sangh will never leave minorities in the state alone or migrate under political conspiracy. 4Recalled the saying of RabindraNath Tagore during Bengal partition in which he had
said that the path to Indian unity is through Hindu way of life.
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Brig. Suchet Singh and other office bearers of Swayam Sevak Sang in Prarthana.
NEW YORK, SEP 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif today met here for the first time and discussed ways to normalise bilateral ties, in the grim backdrop of India's concerns over continued terrorism emanating from Pakistan. During the meeting on the sidelines of UN General Assembly, Singh raised the issue of terrorism
emanating from Pakistani soil and asked Islamabad to do more to curb the cross-border terrorism. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, National Security Advisor ShivshankarMenon and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh were also present at the meeting. From Pakistani side, Sharif's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz was among those who attended the 8Contd p2
JAMMU, SEPT, 29: The RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday addressed nearly fifteen thousand RSS volunteers at Parade ground,Jammu. In his address he touched upon various issues concerning recent political conditions and the socio-political scenario of Jammu and Kashmir. He lucidly brought to light the great legacy and culture of complex diversities that make this land a myriad land of cultural confluences. Meanwhile he sought to preserve the traditional Indian ethos and values. The responsibility of national Integration lies with the Hindus of the
country. He criticised the statement of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's statement that the acession of the state with rest of the country was unconditional, Mohan Bhagvat said that Jammu & Kashmir was an Indian State even before accesion and acceded to the Republic of India like other princely states, so there should be no confusion related to the territorial integrity of the country. He termed the accession as irreversible and irrevocable for all times to come. Sh. Bhagwat also made references to Hiranagar terror attack as well as the Kishtwar communal clashes. While pay-
ing profound tributes to the martyred Army Jawans, the slain policemen and the innocent citizens who lost their lives in the dastardly terror attack at Hiranagar and Samba. He maintained that it is not only Army's responsibility to safeguards our borders and defend our land from aggression, but all of us have to participate and contribute so as to ensure that no harm befalls our motherland. He further said that till we are alert and united, no one can harm us. Besides, he expressed the indebtedness of the nation as a whole towards the supreme sacrifices made army jawans . Giving a special reference to the
Kishtwar riots in his speech, he called it as a dirty political gimmick.He said that it was a design by the political forces operating within the system to displace Hindus from their land and usher in their idea of unhindered anti-national polity. This, he said, could be only countered by being ever vigilant and united. Shri Mohan Bhagwat sought to dispel the air of despondency by emphasizing upon the great legacy and culture that has been bequeathed to us by our great ancestors. Sh. Bhagwat also said that the present fissures and divisions that plague our society is a culture alien to us. It is a foreign infliction that we 8Contd p2
Modi addresses massive rally in Delhi: Slams VERDICT ON LALU IN FODDER SCAM CASE ON MONDAY top UPA leaders,'defends' Manmohan Singh
MODI WILL WIN 2014 ELECTIONS: BABA RAMDEV
CHICAGO: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said that the BJP led by NarendraModi would return to power in the 2014 general elections. "It is 100 per cent certain that NarendraModi will win," Ramdev told reporters here after taking part in a rally marking September 28 as Swami Vivekananda Day in Illinois. "I see that India is ready for a revolution and change. In the election, Congress will get 100 seats, BJP and its alliance will get 250-300 seats. "I think a new history will be created in Indian politics in 2014," he said. On his recent detention at Heathrow airport in London, Ramdev alleged that the Government had conspired to frame him in a 8Contd p2
NEW DELHI, SEP 29: In his first rally here after being declared BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Gujarat chief minister NarendraModi launched a scathing attack on Congress for undermining Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's authority. Addressing the big rally Modi called Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi "shahzada" (prince). Modi said Rahul committed the sin of insulting the Prime Minister by calling the ordinance (protecting convicted lawmakers), passed by the
Cabinet, "nonsense". Modi said there is a fight between democracy and dynasty in the country. He asked the crowd if they would like to see the country being run by the whims of a "shahzada". "When you are treated like this 8Contd p2
RANCHI, SEP 29: The judgment on RashtriyaJanata Dal chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case will be delivered Monday. The multi-million animal husbandry department scam, popularly known as the fodder scam, accuses Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra, both former chief ministers of Bihar, ministers from the department, two IAS officials and others, of fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.37.70 crore from Chaibasa district treasury of Jharkhand. Special CBI Judge P.K. Singh will pronounce the judgment in the case No. RC 20 A/96.Lalu Prasad's lawyer completed arguments in the case Sep 17. The verdict is crucial for Lalu Prasad and his future as a political leader since the central government ordinance that would have shielded tainted and convicted parliamentarians and legislators from disqualification has been put under scanner and is likely to be withdrawn. There were a total of 56 accused in the
case. But during the trial, seven accused died, two turned approver, one admitted to the crime and one was discharged. Judge P.K. Singh had fixed July 15 as the date of verdict, and asked the remaining 45 accused to be present in the court. Lalu Prasad moved the Jharkhand High Court and later the Supreme Court, seeking change of the judge in the case. Both the courts dismissed his petition, and directed him to complete argument in the case before the CBI court. Lalu Prasad quit the chief minister's post in 1997 when his name figured in the CBI investigations in the scam, which surfaced in 1996. Around 54 of the 61 cases were transferred to Jharkhand, after it was created as a separate state from Bihar in November 2000. Different CBI courts have passed judgments in more than 43 cases. Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra are accused in five cases.
responsible for all the victory. Essentially it will not be a good prospect to see him becoming the PM for the time being. Having said so, Modi in Delhi has further matured. Calling upon the sensitivities of a population ripped apart with mal governance he has given a credible mantra of Nation First India First, since Jai Jawan Jai Kissan of Lal Bhadur Shastri. While he touched a whole range of issues there is an innately irrepressible urge in him to touch the raw nerve of the young people. Riding on a tech savvy, clean, honest image, he stormed Delhi with his wit, demeanor and verve. A sad point, in all this Modi optimism, the elder patriarch, Advani is still sulking and not coming to terms with reality. Yet having set an agenda of development, it is a long haul to 272 plus. Inner squabbles will have to be resolved. Huge rallies will have to be translated into votes and allies have to be won. It will be a road to misery and another spell of Congress misrule if Modi euphoria is not converted into votes on the D Day.
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vice-presidents are SnehBansal (Delhi) and Ravi Sawant (Mumbai). ArunJaitley paved the way for his Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) secretary Bansal to move in while Sawant, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president, succeeds Niranjan Shah. Shukla replaces Vidarbha'sSudhirDabir. Jaitley and Shah, it is understood, did not want to be part of a set-up mired in controversies. Haryana secretary AnirudhChaudhary comes in as the new treasurer, replacing Sawant. Himachal's Anurag Thakur will continue as joint secretary. The Supreme Court Friday allowed the BCCI to go ahead with Sunday's AGM and the elections but restrained Srinivasan from taking charge even if he got re-elected. Srinivasan can only take charge after the Supreme Court rules on a petition filed by CAB, which is not recognised by the BCCI. The CAB had moved the Supreme Court last Monday seeking to restrain Srinivasan from getting re-elected for a third term on the ground that his son-in-law GurunathMeiyappan is facing a probe on the allegations of betting in the IPL. Srinivasan's name also figures among those charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a corruption case involving YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. He thanked the rain God for respite from the heat that people normally face during this time of the year. Earlier Modi arrived at the venue in a helicopter, according to TV reports. There was a good turnout for NarendraModi's rally in Delhi despite heavy showers in the city. Assailing Sharif, Modi said that the Pakistani prime minister has no right to insult the Prime Minister of India. Pakistani PM had "no stature" before the PM of a nation of 1.25 billion (people), he added. Refering to the UPA government, Modi said, "We may have political differences, we may fight over policies, but that does not mean we will allow any other country to insult our Prime Minister." Modi then went on to take a dig at Manmohan Singh and wondered if he would be able to take a tough position when he meets Pakistani prime minister later in the day. "Please don't let down the kin of soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for the country," Modi said. Exhorting people to vote for the BJP, Modi said, "In 2014, India needs a dream team and not a dirty team." tions of Swami Vivekananda in Chicago and New Jersey and also visited Houston for a yoga event. He also commemorated the 120th anniversary of the famous address by Swami Vivekananda at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago on September 11, 1893.
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ordinance on convicted MPs and MLAs. Kumar said the party appeals to the President of India not to sign the ordinance. The panel also discussed the voters' right to reject and said with it the matter of compulsory voting naturally comes to the fore. BJP demanded that an all-party meeting should be called to discuss this issue.
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need to get rid of. Hindus are, by their very nature and their timeless civilization, liberals and large hearted. RSS Chief repeatedly invoked reference to Hindu ancestry and laid great stress upon to carry on that legacy and tradition further. He emphasized that it is the responsibility of the Hindus to take country into the proper direction. Kashmir has been a part of India from centuries so there is no doubt about the territorial integrity of the country. It is pertinent to mention here that the goal of RSS is to inculcate and imbibe a sense of organizational spirit within an individual so that he becomes part of one big family that is Bharat Mata. In this context, RSS Chief recalled the saying of RabindraNath Tagore during Bengal partition in which he had said that the path to Indian unity is through Hindu way of life. This goal, maintained ShriBhagwat, could not be achieved as long as we did not remain united and bonded in brotherhood. He also laid importance upon the need for selfless and people with impeccable integrity and character to take upon themselves the mantle of leadership at micro level so the people could look towards them for guidance as an example.
He virtually rejected Sharif's demand for resolution of the Kashmir issue on the basis of UN Security Council resolutions, saying India favoured settlement of all issues on the basis of the Simla Agreement. "India is committed sincerely in resolving all issues with Pakistan, including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, through bilateral dialogue on the basis of Simla Agreement," he said. India considers the UN resolutions as outdated. Singh said terrorism remained a grave threat to security and stability everywhere and extracts a heavy toll of innocent lives around the world. "State-sponsored cross-border terrorism is of particular concern to India, also on account of the fact that the epicentre of terrorism in our region is located in our neighbourhood in Pakistan."
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am awaiting the Supreme Court order. There are lot of things on me now," said Srinivasan. Senior board member Rajeev Shukla, who was elected one of the five vice-presidents, said Srinivasan was elected unopposed for a third year in office. "Mr. Srinivasan has been elected unopposed. The meeting was chaired by Srinivasan because in the last working committee meeting he was apprised that he can chair the meeting. He said he cannot take charge but asked other office bearers to take charge," Shukla said. Srinivasan also made sure that his loyalists also get important posts, but interim chief JagmohanDalmiya, who bailed out the Board during a crisis period, was left without any plum post. Dalmiya had to be satisfied with being only the chairman of the North East Development Committee. Baroda's Sanjay Patel, who diligently carried out the role of an interim secretary after the resignation of Sanjay Jagdale, will be the new full-time board secretary. Jagdale resigned in the wake of the spot-fixing and betting scandal in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Besides Shukla, who represents Uttar Pradesh, the other new
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conducted at 35 centres at Jammu and Srinagar. The examination consisted of objective type papers in General Studies and 22 optional subjects. This is the fifth consecutive exam being conducted by J&K PSC since 2009.
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meeting. The talks came days after twin terror strikes near Jammu that left 10 people dead, mostly security personnel, virtually threatening the highest-level meeting between the two sides. Singh, who was under pressure from opposition BJP to call off the meeting in the wake of attacks, went ahead with the talks, saying such strikes cannot derail the dialogue process. However, in a hard-hitting speech yesterday at the UN General Assembly, Singh asked Pakistan to shut down "terrorist machinery" on its soil while making it clear that there can "never, ever" be a compromise on the territorial integrity of India of which Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part.
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Bhalla lays foundation stone of Rs. 3.65 cr Health Centre Cum Multi Play Station: Bhalla
JAMMU, SEPT 29Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture Mr. Raman Bhalla on Sunday laid foundation stone of R e c re a t i o n -C u m - H e a l t h Centre (RCHC) and multi play station (MPS) for children here today at Channi Himmat, Sector-1. Involving an estimated cost of Rs. 3.65 crore, the RCHC and MPS is targeted to be completed in one year by Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board (JKHB). The RCHC complex would have two stories spread over a plinth area of 16348 sqft and facilities like Swimming Pool, Gymnasium, Jacuzzi, Steam Bath, Sauna Bath, Community Hall, Party Hall and Restaurant Addressing the residents after laying the foundation stone, Bhalla advised the people to doe exercise and walk in the spare time by utilizing the recreational parks and recreation- cumhealth centre developed by the Government across cities and towns of the State for their well being. Commissioner Jammu Municipal Corporation Mr. Kiran Wattal, Vice Chairman Jammu Development Authority, Mr. Kuldeep Lal Khajuria, Managing Director JKHB Mr. Ram Pal Sharma besides other senior officers of JKHB were present on the occasion. Mr. Bhalla said sedentary life style was the major cause for ill health and daily exercise in the open spaces is the only solution to keep maladies like fat, diabetics, hyper tension and heart ailment at bay. He asked the JKHB to develop the place with modern line facilities like seating, walkway, irrigation, illumination and landscaping so that the morning and evening walkers could enjoy their spare time. He called upon the people to keep their surroundings hygienic and pollution free to maintain a healthy atmosphere and to leave better impression on the tourists visiting the state. Mr. Bhalla said that Government has geared up officers for retrieving State land from the land grabbers and prepared a comprehensive plan to utilize the retrieved land at various places for the construction of social infrastructure and Government assets. The Minister further said that after inauguration of the recreation cum health centre, the place would add to the beauty of the city, which is being developed as a major tourist attraction. Mr. Bhalla said that the proposed cable car project from Mahamaya to Bahu Fort and Mahamaya to Peer Kho besides development Tawi lake and restoration of pristine glory of Mubarak Mandi Heritage complex are some major projects coming up in the Jammu city.
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G. A. Mir conducts extensive tour of hilly area of Kapran, takes stock of people's problems, dev needs
SRINAGAR, SEPT 29: Minister for Tourism Mr. Ghulam Ahmad Mir who is also local representative of Kapran, Dooru Constituency conducted extensive tour of hilly and remote areas and took stock of people's problems and developmental needs. The Minister issued on the spot instructions to the concerned officers to mitigate the genuine developmental needs of the people, besides to ensure the benefits of welfare schemes to the needy ones in the area. The Minister during the tour also visited Hingipora, Qamar and Rainchogund and gave patient hearing to the problems and developmental needs of the people assuring them for early redressal. The Minister also addressed a series of public meetings in the area. He said that the government has launched a massive programme of development in all the three regions of the state to provide basic needs of the people and also fulfilling the aspirations of the masses. Adding that implementation of flagship programmes have yielded good results across the State. Saying that the present coalition Government has set into motion a golden era of development, the Minister said that coming years will be a
tion of powers at the grassroots level is the key for securing balanced all round development. The Governor complimented the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, and the Kashmir University and their collaborators for organizing a Conference on an extremely important theme and hoped that both the institutions would join hands to organize more such programmes in the coming time. Prof. M. Aslam, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, New Delhi, in his Valedictory Address, extensively spoke
about the varied aspects of women empowerment and the need for further strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions in the State. Ms. Seema Khajuria, Additional Advocate General, J&K, dwelt on the constitutional aspects of the empowerment of women. Dr. George Mathew, Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, emphasized the need for ensuring adequate representation to women at all levels of Panchayati Raj Institutions in the State. He thanked the Governor for taking keen
interest in the empowerment of people and the functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions. In his welcome address, Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice Chancellor, Kashmir University, dwelt on the aims and objects of organizing this Conference. Prof. Nilofer Khan, Dean Students Welfare, Kashmir University, presented a Vote of Thanks. Heads of Departments, functionaries and resource persons from the Institute of Social Sciences and participants of the Conference were present on this occasion.
Bhalla lays foundation stone of Rs. 3.65 cr Health Centre Cum Multi Play Station: Bhalla
JAMMU, SEPT 29Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture Mr. Raman Bhalla on Sunday laid foundation stone of R e c r ea t i o n -C um -H e a l t h Centre (RCHC) and multi play station (MPS) for children here today at Channi Himmat, Sector-1. Involving an estimated cost of Rs. 3.65 crore, the RCHC and MPS is targeted to be completed in one year by Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board (JKHB). The RCHC complex would have two stories spread over a plinth area of 16348 sqft and facilities like Swimming Pool, Gymnasium, Jacuzzi, Steam Bath, Sauna Bath, Community Hall, Party Hall and Restaurant Addressing the residents after laying the foundation stone, Bhalla advised the people to doe exercise and walk in the spare time by utilizing the recreational parks and recreation- cum-health centre developed by the Government across cities and towns of the State for their well being. Commissioner Jammu Municipal Corporation Mr.
turnaround in socio-economic transformation of the State. He said an unprecedented era of development and peace has dawned in the State during the current dispensation He said every possible resource is being mobilized and pooled to provide basic facilities to the people with focus on equitable opportunities of development and uniform justice to poor and backward areas. He said Government is abreast with the problems of the people and no stone will be left unturned to redress their grievances. The Minister said that people fastened their hopes with public representatives and asked the
Panches and Sarpanches to work sincerely for welfare and development of the people. The Minister reaffirmed that being the local representative equal development of all the areas was his priority and no injustice would be done to any area of the Constituency in the developmental front. He assured the people that all their genuine developmental needs would be carried out in a phased manner. He also impressed upon the officers to solve the people's genuine problems and developmental needs on priority. Tourism Minister said tourism is the backbone of States' economy and its
expansion was the priority of the government. He said tourism elevation means the prosperity of the whole State. "Tourism is not enemy of anybody but the friend all of us. We should cash it by accurate way for our prosperity", he asserted and appealed one and all to contribute a bit not linking tourism with politics and conflicts for the larger interest of the State. "The government would encourage private stakeholders for investment under tourism sector for creation of varied infrastructure facilities, for the purpose besides ensuring lacerative advances incentives up to Rs 1crore to them", he added.
DM Shopian extends time period for recording statements upto 5th Oct
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 29: According to District Magistrate Shopian, time period for interested persons who want their statements recorded/shared regarding the firing incident that occurred at Gagran, Shopian on 7th and 11th September 2013 before the District Magistrate Shopian (Enquiry officer) has been extended upto 5th of October 2013, excluding holidays. The interested persons can visit the office of District Magistrate Shopian (Enquiry Officer) between 11 am to 3 pm upto extended date.
Kiran Wattal, Vice Chairman Jammu Development Authority, Mr. Kuldeep Lal Khajuria, Managing Director JKHB Mr. Ram Pal Sharma besides other senior officers of JKHB were present on the occasion. Mr. Bhalla said sedentary life style was the major cause for ill health and daily exercise in the open spaces is the only solution to keep maladies like fat, diabetics, hyper tension and heart ailment at bay. He asked the JKHB to develop the place with modern line facilities like seating, walkway, irri-
gation, illumination and landscaping so that the morning and evening walkers could enjoy their spare time. He called upon the people to keep their surroundings hygienic and pollution free to maintain a healthy atmosphere and to leave better impression on the tourists visiting the state. Mr. Bhalla said that Government has geared up officers for retrieving State land from the land grabbers and prepared a comprehensive plan to utilize the retrieved land at various places for the construction
of social infrastructure and Government assets. The Minister further said that after inauguration of the recreation cum health centre, the place would add to the beauty of the city, which is being developed as a major tourist attraction. Mr. Bhalla said that the proposed cable car project from Mahamaya to Bahu Fort and Mahamaya to Peer Kho besides development Tawi lake and restoration of pristine glory of Mubarak Mandi Heritage complex are some major projects coming up in the Jammu city.
Gaya Ge Kutthe Ha a new comedy play in Dogri featured in Natrangs Sunday Theatre Series
JAMMU: A new comedy play in Dogri, Gaya Ge Kutthe Ha staged here today at Natrang Studio Theatre in its weekly theatre series, Sunday Theatre. The play which carried many hilarious situations of day-to-day life was written by Chanchal Sharma and directed by Neeraj Kant. The play opens at the home of one middleclass couple where wife is anxiously waiting for her husband to come home as he had promised in the morning that he will take her to cinema in the evening but to her dismay he has not returned back even after the timing of the show is over. Natrang artists who performed in the play included Rahul Singh, Pawan Verma, Neha Sharma and Sakshi Parkash. The lights were operated by Uplaksh Singh Kotwal and the Music was scored by Anita Dhar. Sets were designed by Mohd. Yaseen and the show was coordinated by Sumeet Sharma.
Dr. Nazira Farooq, its Managing Director, stated that this hospital will provide facilities for general surgery, plastic surgery, gynaecology, dental services etc. The basement of the building has casualty, consultation chambers, dental clinic and diagnostic sections, while the ground, first and second floors have been kept for indoor patients. The third floor of the complex houses
operation theatres, recovery room, ICU, neonatology and labour rooms and the top floor of the building will have conference room and library, administrative section and medical records. They also informed the Governor about the arrangements made for the disposal of the hospital waste. The Governor congratulated Dr. Farooq Ahmad Bhat and Dr. Nazira Farooq for setting
up the hospital and hoped that more such initiatives would supplement the efforts of the State Government in providing quality healthcare services to all the people in the State. Prof. Showkat Ali Zargar, Director, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, a number of medicos and prominent citizens, were present on this occasion.
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Sports activity plays vital role in overall development of the youth: Vikar
BANIHAL, SEPT 29: Shahraaz Volley Ball club Neel clinched the volley Ball Tournament at Government High school Nachilana here on Sunday. Minister of State for Technical Education, CA&PD, Power and Information, Vikar Rasool was the Chief Guest on the occasion. The Sports meet was organized by the Youth Services and Sports department Ramban in collaboration with local clubs. As many as 24 teams participated in the volleyball tournament besides a number of youth from different parts of the district also participated in various other disciplines included Tug of war and Stone lifting. In the Volley Ball Finals Shahraaz Volley Ball club Neel beat Sadabahar volley Ball club Pogal, 3-0. While speaking on the occasion Minister said that the sports activity plays vital role in the overall devel-
The initial forays gave India the confidence and they were awarded a penalty corner in the 13th minute but Amit Rohidas's attempt was charged down by Izad Hakimi Jamaluddin.
In a quick counter-attack, Mohd Syamim Yusof nearly scored after evading three defenders, but he sent his shot wide of the post, much to the relief of keeper Harjot Singh. India drew first blood
opment of the youth. He said sports improves and maintains health and helps youth to think positive and contribute in their overall progress and progress of the society. Vikar appreciated the Youth Services and Sports department for organising the sports meet in the remote area of Nachilana and asked the District Youth Service and Sports officer to organise
a mega sports event in the area and other parts of the district also. He distributed trophy and certificates among the winners. Earlier, the Minister kick started a cricket tournament at Thither High school in which 32 teams from various districts are participating. The Minister announced that that the winners will be awarded with sports kits.
Yuvraj Singh set for comeback in India squad for Australia series
CHENNAI: Star batsman Yuvraj Singh is all set to make a comeback into India's limited overs squad following some good performances when the selectors meet on Monday to decide on the team for the lone T20 International as well as the first three ODIs. It is still not clear whether the selectors would choose a separate squad for the lone T20 International which will enable them to be flexible and include a few more players in both formats. While there would be few surprises in the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led squad that has performed admirably winning the Champions Trophy and tri-series in the West Indies, the return of the stylish 31-year-old left-han-
der is all but certain. Yuvraj last played for India on January 27 against England at Dharamsala and was dropped subsequently due to a poor run of form. Having undergone a rigorous physical training in France, a fitter Yuvraj made his comeback into the competitive cricket with a bang scoring 123, 40 and 61 in three List A matches against the West Indies A followed by a quickfire 52 against the same opponent in a T20 game. He carried on with his good form in the Challenger Series where he scored 84 against India Red and a 29 in the final. According to reliable sources, the selection committee is impressed in the manner Yuvraj has scored.
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Last week Somalian terrorists grabbed the centre stage of world attention through a daring strike in neighbouring Kenyas capital, killing, almost in a repeat of 26/11, nationals of several countries including India. Here is a chilling backdrop to one of the worst post-9/11 terrorist strikes
centre and political stronghold. Al-Shabab anger over its loss of territory and economic resources likely spurred the Westgate Mall attack. While the Westgate Mall siege was by far the most complex and ambitious terror attack Al-Shabab has staged within Kenya, more than two dozen smaller-scale grenade and small arms attacks linked to Al-Shabab have taken place there over the past two years. Waves of terror Kenyas deadliest terror attack, however, was the August 7, 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi. Carried out by an alQaeda cell, the coordinated attack against the American embassies in Kenya and Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania, killed a total of 234 people, 223 in Nairobi alone. Prior to the Kenyan intervention in Somalia, and with the exception of the 1998 embassy bombing, most high-level terror attacks within Kenya targeted Israelis or Israeli interests. In 1980, Arab terrorists bombed the Norfolk Hotel, killing 20 and injuring 80, in retaliation for Kenya allowing Israeli forces to refuel in the country during the 1976 hostage rescue at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. On November 28, 2002, Islamist radicals with ties to Somalia and al-Qaeda bombed the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, killing 13 and injuring 80. At the same time, terrorists fired two shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles at a Boeing 757 airliner in Kenya owned by Israel-based Arkia Airlines. The missiles failed to hit the plane, which continued on its flight to Israel. In December 2006, Ethiopia, with US backing, intervened to set up a Transitional Federal Government. But that move had the effect of catapulting the Al-Shabab, previously a mere fringe movement, into a full-blown insurgency. In 2008, alarmed by the prospect of Somalia deteriorating into an Afghanistan like cauldron of militancy, the United States, the UN, the African Union, the League of Arab States, and other actors endorsed the UN-sponsored Djibouti Peace Process. This led to the election of Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmad, a moderate figure in the ICU, as president of the TFG. However, these efforts backfired. Al-Shabab and other hardliners quickly and successfully labelled Ahmad a Western puppet, and his appointment triggered the creation of a new fundamentalist Islamist group, Hisbul Islamiyya (HI), led by Shaykh Aweys, allied with Al-Shabab but with a more nationalist agenda. In January 2009, Ethiopian soldiers withdrew from Somalia, leaving behind African Union forces (AMISOM) to help protect the coalition government and enforce its authority. On May 7, the opposition rebels attacked and captured most of the capital of Mogadishu. AMISOM managed to halt the opposition forces and protect a few square kilometres of government buildings, now the only territory under TFG authority. In June 2009, the TFG government declared a state of emergency and requested immediate international support. The TFG is currently organising its last stand. Ethnic Somalis living in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and Sudan--some reportedly recruited from refugee camps-have been trained abroad and most are now back in the capital waiting to fight. About 700 Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers will reinforce the effort, and the United States is providing funding and some tactical support. A safe haven? On one hand, Somalia is a chaotic, poor, battle-weary Muslim country with no central government and a long, unguarded coastline. Its porous borders mean that individuals can enter without visas, and once inside the country, enjoy an almost complete lack of law enforcement. Somalia has long served as a passageway from Africa to the Middle East based on its coastal location on the Horn of Africa, just a boat ride away from Yemen. These aspects make Somalia a desirable haven for transnational terrorists, something al-Qaeda has tried to capitalise on before, and is trying again now. On the other hand, Somalia is different from other failed states in several ways. While it is roughly the size of Afghanistan, its landscape lacks Afghanistans many natural hiding places and does not offer the topographical haven of other states like Yemen. It is also a fiercely clan-oriented culture with an aversion to foreign presence of any kind, including Arab jehadi organisations. These factors were responsible for alQaedas failure in the 1990s, when it tried working closely with al-Ittihad Al-Islami (AIAI). Al-Qaeda was unable to root itself in Somalias clan system, and, according to former ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn, overestimated the degree to which Somalis would become jihadists. The experience of the al-Qaeda operatives was so treacherous that Bruton says: U.S. intelligence officials came up with a verdict that Somalia was actually inoculated from foreign terrorist groups, that its just fundamentally inhospitable, that the clan system is so closed to foreigners that theres just no way that these groups can operate. Since the Ethiopian invasion, Al-Qaeda has seen a resurgent connection to the country, and HI and al-Shabab control most of the territory. However, experts disagree over whether Somalia could be the base for an international attack or whether the group will continue its domestic focus. However, a publication of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute investigated the credibility of the Shabab threat, stating that since the Ethiopian invasion, the groups rhetoric and behaviour have shifted ... reflecting an eagerness to strike internationally. It added that the group has made clear its desire and intention to strike beyond the borders of Somalia, and it currently has the means to prepare and execute such an attack. It is partners with and loyal to Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda in Somalia A US Senate report states that estimates of Al-Qaeda fighters in Somalia vary widely, from a low of twenty to a high of three hundred. Al-Shabab and Al-Qaeda appear to coordinate the administration of training camps in the south. According to Andre Le Sage from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Some of these are reserved for imparting basic ideological precepts and infantry skills to newly enlisted Somali militia members, while others provide more advanced training in explosives and assassination. However, other than training and funding, it is not clear what operational control or connection exists between the two organisations. The strongest tie between Al-Shabab and Al-Qaeda seems to be ideological. In September 2008, a senior Al-Shabab leader released a video in which he pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden and called for Muslim youth to come to Somalia. In February 2009, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaedas second-in-command, released a video that began by praising Shabaabs seizure of the Somali town of Baidoa. The group will engage in jehad against the American-made government in the same way they engaged in jehad against the Ethiopians and the warlords before them, Zawahiri said. However, although Al-Qaeda appears to support Shababs jehad, its unclear whether Al-Shabab has ambitions beyond Somalia. The December 2008 International Crisis Group report labels the group a self-radicalising movement, whose aims are local and national. (John Balley is an international commentator on Islamic fundamentalism. This article was written exclusively for Saturday Special)
Ever since Hollywood immortalised the slain Americans through Black Hawk Down, this little failed nation in Africa has remained affixed to the collective consciousness of the worlds most powerful country. Now, more Americans are joining the jehad in Somalia for inexplicable reasons
In 1992, President George H.W. Bush sent US troops to Somalia to spearhead a UNbacked humanitarian mission to relieve famine. But the United States has kept its distance from Somalia since an October 1993 operation in pursuit of Somali warlord Muhammad Farah Aidid left eighteen US soldiers dead an episode dramatized in
the film Black Hawk Down. The death toll and graphic TV images of an American soldier being dragged through Mogadishu led the Clinton administration to withdraw US forces. However, the events of 9/11 brought renewed attention on the country. US Navy planes based in Oman have been flying reconnaissance missions over Somalia, and an international fleet is monitoring sea traffic. Meanwhile, the U.S. military has stationed an aircraft carrier and three other warships off the coast to patrol the waters, and in 2007 it began conducting targeted killings or air strikes on senior Al-Qaeda leaders within the country. On May 1, 2008, American war planes reportedly killed Aden Hashi Ayro, the former leader of Al-Shabaab. The US backs the TFG, and supplies weapons and support to the AMISOM forces. Under the Bush administration, the American military used long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles and AC-130 gunships to carry out strikes against terrorism suspects in Somalia. The military has learned from its experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Obama administration favors commando missions using special-ops forces to reduce collateral damage. For example, on September 14, 2009, the United States attacked Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, an al-Qaeda trainer of Shabaab forces and a ringleader responsible for the 2002 bombing of an Israeli hotel on the Kenyan coast. This targeted killing was conducted by commando forces operating from helicopters rather than by remotely operated missiles, and if occurred during broad daylight to ensure a zero civilian casualty count and to be sure of the missions success. Leaders of the nations largest Somali
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community say some of their young men are still being enticed to join the terror group that has claimed responsibility for the deadly mall attack in Kenya, despite a concentrated effort to shut off what authorities call a deadly pipeline of men and money. Six years have passed since SomaliAmerican fighters began leaving Minnesota to become part of al-Shabab. Now the Somali community is dismayed over reports that a few of its own might have been involved in the violence at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. One thing I know is the fear is growing, said Abdirizak Bihi, whose nephew was among at least six men from Minnesota who have died in Somalia. More are presumed dead. Since 2007, at least 22 young men have left Minnesota to join Al-Shabab, including two who did so last summer. Unconfirmed reports that two more left earlier this month have deepened concerns. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Tuesday that initial reports had suggested a British woman and two or three American citizens may have been involved in the attack. But neither Kenyan authorities nor the Minneapolis FBI office had any confirmation. Minnesotas Somali community, concentrated in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, includes people who fled the long civil war in their east African homeland and children born in the US. Many are now American citizens. The movement of Somalis whove come to be known as travelers remains a priority investigation for the Minneapolis office, FBI Special Agent Kyle Loven said. At least 18 men and three women have been charged in the ongoing Minnesota investigation. Some went to Somalia while others were accused of aiding the effort mainly by raising money. Seven men pleaded guilty to various charges. One man was convicted on terrorism-related charges last year. Two women were convicted in 2011 of being fundraisers for al-Shabab. A third woman pleaded guilty last month to lying to a grand jury. The other defendants remain at large, or are confirmed or presumed dead. Al-Shabab means The Youth in Arabic. The group uses a mixture of religion, nationalism and deception to lure young people, said Omar Jamal, a longtime local activist who now serves as the first secretary for the Somali mission to the United Nations. They misinform people, and they target young, impressionable kids, Jamal said. They literally brainwash them. Its a
very dangerous cult. Al-Shababs local recruitment efforts began in 2007 when small groups began discussing returning home to fight Ethiopian troops who entered Somalia to prop up a weak U.N.-backed government and were seen by many Somalis as foreign invaders. The recruiters aimed their appeal at the young mens patriotic and religious ideals. Ethiopian troops pulled out of Somalia in 2009, but al-Shabab kept up its fight for power. According to Valentina Soria, a security analyst with London-based IHS Janes, Al-Shabab has increasingly focused in the past three years on the recruitment of western nationals and members of the Somali diaspora in the U.S. and Europe to offset its declining domestic support. Anders Folk was an assistant US attorney in Minneapolis for several years of the recruiting investigation before leaving for private practice. Al-Shababs recruiting was at least as effective after the Ethiopians left as before, he said. Al Shababs recruiting technique was essentially a call to jihad, that this is a religious duty, Folk said. It was a call to jihad to come and fight. Internet videos are a major tool for the group. Many feature scenes of men with covered faces firing automatic weapons, marching or practicing martial arts, as well as images of dead bodies and religious documents. Some show English-speaking suicide bombers reciting last wills. The group often appeals to young men whove had trouble assimilating into American life, perhaps because they are unable to get a job, dropped out of school or got involved in gangs, Jamal said. He cited a recently released al-Shabab propaganda video that lauded three Minnesotan martyrs, including the American-born non-Somali Troy Kastigar, a convert to Islam. Smiling and laughing in the footage, Kastigar called his battle experiences the real Disneyland and urged other Muslims to come and take pleasure in this fun. He was killed in 2009 in Mogadishu, according to the video. The recruiters masquerade as people who are there for you at your lowest point, said Abdul Mohamed, a spokesman for Ka Joog, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit whose name means stay away, which works to provide positive alternatives for Somali youth through education, the arts and mentorship. Instead of shying away from this issue and letting it separate us, its best if we take it on headstrong and steadfast so in the future we can prevent it from happening, Mohamed said. At the end of the day, these kids are full of potential. (Senior writer, Brookings)
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NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29,: A day after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhis dramatic denunciation of the ordinance on convicted legislators, the expectation in the party was that it would be withdrawn at the first Cabinet meeting to be held after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from abroad. If that happens, it will be read as a victory for Mr Gandhi, a senior functionary said, stressing it might embolden him to make more such interventions. It could also set the stage, party sources said, for fast-forwarding the generational change in the Congress, provided Mr Gandhi unlike on many occasions in the past maintains the momentum, leading from the front. The Prime Minister, on his part, Congress sources said, may be angry at the way his government was censured publicly by Mr Gandhi, but he is unlikely to make an issue of this because of the nature of the subject. It is not an issue, a Congress leader said, on which he would like to put in his papers, however upset he might be at the way he has been undermined; indeed, most people in the party feel his heart was not in it [the ordinance] but he went along with it as it was projected as something that would help the Congress in next years general election if the party tied up with Lalu Prasad Yadavs RJD. Mr. Yadav, government sources say, may be convicted on September 30 when a CBI court trying him in the
support for Mr. Gandhis remarks. Among the old guard, apart from general secretary Digvijaya Singh and senior leader Anil Shastri, who had anticipated Mr. Gandhi, Union Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily backed Mr Gandhi. It is learnt Mr. Moily opposed the ordinance in the Cabinet, too.Indeed, Mr. Gandhis outburst is now being framed by party
managers as the young and idealistic versus the old and cynical in the hope that it will help the Congress regain the political space it has conceded to the Opposition, as well as those who hope to benefit from what is being described as the protest vote. Even, it appears, if that entails making Dr. Singh look like a lameduck Prime Minister and Congress president Sonia Gandhi who was party to the decision on the ordinance a figment of the past.Senior party sources said the Congress leadership had drawn up a road map for a gradual transformation of the party, with Mr. Gandhi moving up slowly. But the party vice-presidents declaration of independence on Friday might force the leadership to make the generational shift apparent more quickly unless it is a flash in the pan.Structurally, however, the sources said, the scope for change is limited but Mr. Gandhi may be consulted more closely on policy matters. He could be invited to be part of the Congress Core Group so that henceforth he would have to take responsibility for key decisions.In January, when he became vice-president, it was expected that Mr. Gandhi would become a member of the Core Group but he did not, possibly because, party sources said, he could always detach himself from its decisions. However, this duality of being party number two and heir apparent and yet not taking responsibility for key decisions may not be a viable strategy any longer.
Andhra Pradesh government employees are other members of the JAC. Addressing a pro-Telangana public meeting organised by BJP at Mahabubnagar near here on Saturday, Sushma set December as the deadline for Congress to get the Bill to carve out the separate state
passed in Parliament or face the consequences. "Development could be immediately kick-started in Telangana if the Bill for creation of the new state is passed in winter session.... Congress would be "exposed" if it is not done," Swaraj said.
Amend IPC for life term till death sans remission: Supreme Court
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to amend the Indian Penal Code to provide for life imprisonment till death without any remission for heinous offences like child rape and murder which shock the collective conscience of society.Any murder would cause a shock to society but all murders may not cause revulsion in society. Certain murders shock the collective conscience of the court and community. Heinous rape of a minor followed by murder is one such instance of a crime which shocks and repulses the collective conscience of the community and the court we are of the view that such crimes, which shock the collective conscience of society by creating extreme revulsion in the minds of the people, are to be treated as the rarest of rare category, said a Bench of Justices C.K. Prasad and Kurian Joseph in its judgment in the case of rape of a child in Rajasthan. Writing the judgment, Justice Joseph said: Parliament is the collective conscience of the people. If it has mandated a minimum sentence for certain offences, the government being its delegate cannot interfere with the same in exercise of its power for remission or commutation. Neither Section 432 nor 433 of the Cr.PC hence contains a non-obstante provision. Therefore, the minimum sentence provided for any offence cannot be and shall not be remitted or commuted by the government in exercise of its power under Section 432 or 433 of the Cr.PC. Wherever the IPC or such penal statutes have provided for a minimum sentence for any offence, to that extent, the power of remission or commutation has to be read as restricted; otherwise, the whole purpose of punishment will be defeated and it will be a mockery of sentencing. The Bench said: We are of the view that it will do well in case a proper amendment under Section 53 [relating to punishments] of the IPC is provided, introducing one more category of punishment life imprisonment without commutation or remission. It noted that Justice V. S. Malimath, in his report on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System submitted in 2003, had made such a suggestion but so far no serious steps had been taken. In the instant case, the State was aggrieved over the Rajasthan High Court commuting to life imprisonment the death sentence, awarded by a sessions court, to Jamil Khan, who brutally raped the girl, who was under five, on December 23, 2002 and thereafter murdered her. He packed the body in a sack, put in a bag and abandoned it in a train. The State, in its appeal before
MPs seek PM's Pro-Telangana leaders seek intervention to Sushmas help for early Statehood The Telangana Joint Action Committee end harassment HYDERABAD: (JAC) leaders on Sunday urged Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj to help in early formation of separate Telangana.BJP has played its role in separate Telangana of IFS officer being realised. We requested her (Sushma Swaraj) that BJP
the Supreme Court, sought the death penalty for Khan. The Bench said though it was a planned crime, nine years had passed since his death sentence was substituted with life imprisonment. We are reluctantly of the view that it would not be just and proper to alter the sentence to death at this stage. [But] in future, in order to avoid such contingencies, cases where enhancement of life sentence to death is sought should be given due priority. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the present case, we make it clear that in the event of the state invoking its powers of remission, the sentence under Section 376 of IPC [rape] shall not be remitted or commuted before seven years of imprisonment. In case there is any remission after 14 years, then imprisonment for a minimum of seven years under Section 376 shall follow and thereafter three years of rigorous imprisonment under Section 201 NEW DELHI: A group of MPs and an activists' outfit have demanded Prime Minister's intervention into the alleged harassment of an Indian Foreign Service officer, who had unearthed a forestry scam in Haryana involving top politicians. The MPs Basudev Acharia (CPM), Prabodh Panda (CPI), Kushal Tiwari (BSP), Rama Devi (BJP) have written letters to the Prime Minister seeking fixing of accountability on those harassing the officer and ordering a CBI probe into this. Sanjeev Chaturvedi, who is currently posted as the chief vigilance officer in the AIIMS on deputation was allegedly harassed by Haryana government for reportedly unearthing muticrore forestry scams preventing the destruction of a wildlife sanctuary in Haryana in 2010. In their letters, the MPs said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had written to the government seeking "justice" for the officer but the personnel department had "misled" the PM and did the opposite. Executive director Anupam Jha of Transparency International India, in his letter to the Prime Minister, also echoed their views. show some initiative in implementation (of Congress announcement) as well. She responded positively. She agreed that Telangana State should be formed as early as possible. She said she would help in this regard, JAC chairman M. Kodandaram told reporters in Hyderabad. BJP, which has been in the forefront of the separate Telangana struggle, is a constituent of the JAC. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and peoples organisations like pro-Telangana unions of Andhra Pradesh government employees are other members of the JAC. Addressing a pro-Telangana public meeting organised by BJP at Mahabubnagar near Hyderabad on Saturday, Ms. Sushma set December as the deadline for Congress to get the Bill to carve out the separate State passed in Parliament or face the consequences. Development could be immediately kick-started in Telangana if the Bill for creation of the new state is passed in winter session.... Congress would be exposed if it is not done, Ms. Sushma said.
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 29: A penthouse and lands worth over Rs 27 crore belonging to a former Uttar Pradesh MLA have been ordered to be seized as "proceeds of crime" by a special money laundering court here in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. The assets of ex-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA from eastern UP's Deoria Ram Prasad Jaiswal include lands and immovable properties in his constituency, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Gorakhpur and a duplex penthouse in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram area. Jaiswal, considered a close aide of former state health minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, was arrested alongwith him by the CBI last year for alleged irregularities in the NRHM scheme that was being implemented in the state. The enforcement directorate (ED), through its zonal office in Lucknow, had slapped money laundering charges against Jaiswal and his son Shyam Sunder after taking cognizance of the CBI FIR registered in this case. Shyam Sunder was booked under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in this case as he was officiating as a director of some companies which were receiving the alleged laundered funds sourced through bribes obtained in lieu of getting work done under the flagship health scheme of the central government. "Ram Prasad Jaiswal, who is accused of commission of scheduled offences and a receiver of bribe/commission, primarily cash, against allotment of contract under NRHM, has used his companies for parking of bribe money
Court attaches assets worth Rs 27 crore Jawan injured in attack by insurgents in Manipur IM PHA L,SEP TEM BER In a statement signed by 29: An Assam Rifles (AR) Bang Kim, the chief of the of former UP MLA in NRHM scam jawan was seriously injured publicity section of insurgent
when armed insurgents attacked an AR post at IndoMyanmar border in Manipur's Ukhrul district, the police said today. About 100 insurgents, who allegedly crossed IndoMyanmar international border, attacked the post of 44th AR Battalion (D-Coy) at Komkang area by opening fire from different directions while the jawans were participating in a drill last evening. A jawan was seriously injured, they said, adding that the exchange of fire between the two lasted for more than two hours. through paper based companies at Kolkata. "I carefully perused the CBI chargesheets... the detailed investigation carried out by the complainant (ED in this case) and the facts they have thrown up (against Jaiswal and his son). I am convinced that properties provisionally attached by the complainant, are, prima facie, involved in money laundering," K Raamamoorthy, acting chairman of the adjudicating authority of PMLA said in his latest order. The ED had provisionally attached these properties, with the total value of Rs 27,78,47,159, in March this year and armed with this order the agency will take the possession of these assets as they have been termed "proceeds of crime" by the court, which is a judicial authority for laundering crime cases. outfit Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), political wing of People's Liberation Army (PLA), the attack was carried out by 'tactical command' of the PLA. He said the attack was carried out with sophisticated weapons like RPG M-79 and others and claimed that all the PLA activists who took part in the attack have returned to their camp safely. Official reports from Ukhrul district said it was not yet known whether the insurgents crossed the international border or not after the attack.
Owners want bus in which Delhi student was gang-raped back on road
NEW DELHI: Pleading that livelihoods depend on it, owners of the white-coloured bus with black-tinted windows, in which the 23-year-old student was gang-raped on the night of December 16 last year, want it back on the roads. With a Delhi court pronouncing death for the four accused, the family of the bus owner, who is behind bars for submitting forged documents to get the vehicle's registration certificate, wants it back. The bus, with Yadav Travels painted on its body in bold, is currently parked outside the Saket police station in south Delhi. Most of its windows are smashed and the tyres have gone flat. The interiors are filled of cobwebs and dust. The once yellow curtains and red seats have turned black with dirt and grime. "We want the bus back. It was unfortunate that the gang rape took place inside it. But the livelihood of Dinesh's wife and two daughters depends on the bus," an uncle of Dinesh Yadav, who did not wish to be named, told IANS. Dinesh Yadav is the owner of the bus and is behind bars for forging its registration certificate. "As the trial in the case is over, we will apply to the court to get back the bus," the relative said. The relative said they will soon apply to the district court in Saket to seek its return.
Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road to be ready by Dec Four Naxalites held in Chhattisgarh
MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 29: Under construction for a decade, the much-delayed Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) will finally be open for motorists by December. With the agencies involved in the execution of the work launching girders to connect the bridge above the railway tracks in Kurla in October-November, the project is expected to be completed by December."We plan to undertake launching of the girder scheme from October 20; it will take 21 days. If the railways approves our request for a block, work on the flyover can be completed by December," said Dilip Kawathakar, spokesperson for MMRDA, the nodal agency for project.As railway services cannot be stalled for this work, the agencies have sought a one-and-a-half hour block daily post-midnight when trains do not operate. The block has been sought for one-and-half hour every day.During this period, timings and schedule of a few mail/express trains arriving in Mumbai on the Central Railway will be revised.The 6.54-km-long SCLR comprises of a double-decker flyover with the top deck catering to traffic between Amar Mahal junction on Eastern Express Highway and Western Express Highway atVakola junction via Kalina. The lower deck will provide connectivity between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla Diary in Nehru Nagar from Kalina.The doubledecker link road project, which is being implemented by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), is part of the World Bank-funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project. Besides providing the crucial east-west connectivity, the SCLR thus save commute time between the eastern and western suburbs. Itwill also help decongest the existing stretch near SionCircle and Kalanagar as vehicles have to take a detour via Sion-Dharavi Link Road to go from Eastern Express Highway to Western Express Highway and vice-versa. A decade after the work began in 2003, the cost of the project has increased from an estimated Rs 115 crore to Rs 435 crore. The project has missed several deadlines due to poor execution, relief and rehabilitation-related issues, land acquisition and approval of drawings and designs for bridge from railways.To compliment the SCLR, the MMRDA has also drawn up plans to build two more flyovers as the traffic flow is expected to increase on the stretch between Kalina and CST road near Kurla.One flyover will come up between Bandra-Kurla and CST Road, while another be from Kalina University junction to CST bridge. The existing 40-mlong and 30-m-wide CST bridge will be remodelled and made 100m long and 45m wide. RAIPUR: Four Naxalites were arrested during a search operation in Maoist-hit Kanker district, police said on Sunday. The cadres were nabbed by a joint contingent of BSF (Border Security Force) and local police from a forest under Siksod police station limits of the district on Saturday, a senior police official said. A combing operation was being conducted by the security forces since Friday night in the Chhindbhat forest area, which is around 200km away from Raipur. On getting a tipoff about the presence of Naxalites, they rounded up the four, who admitted to being involved in the movement during interrogation, he said. Those arrested were identified as - Meghnath Dhruv (27), Piyar (23), Suklal (24) and Ramuram Usendi (30), he said. They were wanted in several cases under Arms Act, Explosive Substances Act, destroying public property and many other offences, the official said, adding that the four were being interrogated.
THOUSANDS RALLY AGAINST Restoration of US ties need TAIWANS PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU more than a phone call: Iran
TAIPEI, SEPTEMBER 29: Tens of thousands of Taiwanese were rallying on Sunday against President Ma Ying-jeou amid plummeting opinion polls and bipartisan anger over the wiretapping of legislators. Local television reports said about 50,000 protesters were gathered in front of the Presidential Office in downtown Taipei on Sunday to demand Mr. Ma step down over a host of issues, including economic management and a wiretapping scandal that has incurred the wrath of legislators across party lines. President Ma should get out so we can have a future, one group of protesters chanted. The protest by black-clad demonstrators brought together supporters of both main political parties and was the largest of several grass roots demonstrations on Sunday in the capital and the southern city of Kaohsiung. The protesters were demanding the abolition of the Special Investigation Division
(SID), a prosecutorial body whose wiretap data Mr. Ma used to demand the resignation of Legislative Speaker and party rival Wang Jin-pyng over alleged influence peddling. On Saturday, legislators across party lines attacked Mr. Ma and likened the SIDs
operations to the Watergate scandal. They demanded SID head Huang Shih-ming resign after Taipei District Court documents showed the division placed a wiretap on legislative communications for almost four months. Mr. Ma was comfortably reelected in 2012 on a platform
of improving economic ties with China, but the Wang-led legislature is delaying a key cross-strait economic agreement despite Mr. Mas Nationalists holding a majority in the chamber.
TEHRAN, SEPTEMBER 29: Iran sought on Sunday to calm hard-line worries over groundbreaking exchanges with Washington, saying a single phone conversation between the American and Iran Presidents is not a sign that relations with will be quickly restored. The comments by Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appeared tailored to address Iranian factions, including the powerful Revolutionary Guard, that have grown uneasy over fast-paced outreach last week between the White House and President Hassan Rouhani, which was capped by a 15-minute call with President Barack Obama. Definitely, a history of high tensions between Tehran and Washington will not go back to normal relations due to a phone call, meeting or negotiation, Mr.
Araghchi was quoted by the semi-official Fars news agency as saying. Mr. Rouhani seeks to restart stalled talks over its nuclear programme in the hopes of easing U.S.-led sanctions. Iran, however, has not clarified what concessions it is willing to make with its nuclear programme in exchange. Mr. Araghchi also reiterated statements by Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said he no longer opposes direct talks with Washington but is not optimistic about the potential outcome. Ayatollah Khamenei appears to have given Mr. Rouhani authority to handle the nuclear talks with world powers, scheduled to resume in Geneva in two weeks, and seek possible broader contacts with the Obama administration. We never trust America
100 per cent, said Mr. Araghchi. And, in the future, we will remain on the same path. We will never trust them 100 per cent. The divisions over Mr. Rouhanis overtures were on display on Saturday when he returned from New York. Supporters welcomed him
with cheers, but a smaller pocket of protesters shouted insults. The U.S. and Iran broke ties after the 1979 Islamic Revolution when mobs stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. A total of 52 hostages were held for 444 days.
Xi signals greater role 12 killed as Syria airstrike hits school: Activists for China in Afghanistan
BEIJING, SEPTEMBER 29: China has signalled its intention to play a greater diplomatic role in the lead-up to the 2014 withdrawal of U.S.-led NATO forces from Afghanistan, as the war-torn nations President, Hamid Karzai, held talks with the top Chinese leadership. Chinese President Xi Jinping told Mr. Karzai China was ready to deepen political, economic and security support as he described 2014 as a key year for the nations future. As a sign of its intent to play a leading diplomatic role in bringing countries in the region together, Mr. Xi said China had decided to host, next year, the fourth ministerial meeting of the Istanbul Conference, which was initiated by regional countries in 2011. Despite Mr. Xi signalling Chinas widening diplomatic ambitions, analysts say Beijing is, however, unlikely to significantly alter its cautious approach with regard to providing financial and security assistance in the near-term. The Chinese government on Saturday said it would provide a modest 200 million Yuan (around $32 million) grant to the Afghan government this year. The joint statement issued on Friday said China would provide assistance within the realm of its capabilities. Andrew Small of the German Marshall Funds Asia Program, who has extensively studied China-Afghan relations, said Beijing was likely to continue to move forward very carefully until its confident that theres a political and security environment in which it feels comfortable about expanding its economic presence. Even then, he told The Hindu, its not going to vastly increase aid or its security training. BEIRUT, SEPTEMBER 29: A Syrian government air raid struck a high school in a rebelheld city in the countrys north on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, most of them students, activists said. The airstrike took place in the city of Raqqa, which is located on the Euphrates and is the only provincial capital under rebel control in Syrias civil war, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. President Bashar Assads regime has relied heavily on its air force to strike oppositionheld areas, including Raqqa. The attack appeared to hit the yard in front of the school early Sunday morning, which is the first day of the work week at public schools in Syria. Observatory director Rami Abdul-Rahman said at least eight of the dead were students, and that the death toll is likely to rise because many of the wounded are in critical condi-
tion. Amateur videos posted online showed at least nine bodies, some of them missing limbs, lying on pockmarked-pavement strewn with rubble. At least four of the bodies appeared to be of young peo-
ple. Another video shows pools of blood on the ground and a concrete-block wall destroyed in the bombing. The videos appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting of the events depicted.
ECONOMY
RBI ban on zero per cent schemes not really a dampener for festive sales
The news that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has banned 0% interest rate schemes on consumer durables is being perceived as a dampener ahead of the festive season. But is that really the case? Actually, no. Far from taking away a benefit, RBI has actually acted in your interest. Look deeper into the schemes and you would find that these are not as attractive as they sound. The money you save by not paying any interest actually gets hidden in the processing fee and other charges. 0% interest schemes Apart from regular household consumer goods such as refrigerators, washing machines and televisions, recently the 0% scheme was seen being offered even on mobile phones. In the advertisements, mobile manufacturers and banks advertise that there is no processing charge, but if you read the fine print of the scheme, you will find that banks have started charging a processing fee on select smartphone products and for select tenors. It varies from bank to bank and even store to store. Generally, the average processing charge is in the range of 1.00-8.75% on the principal amount for three months to nine months. So for a phone costing Rs.45,500, the processing charge can be as high as Rs.3,982 or 8.75%. Same is the case with televisions too. The processing fee is in the range of 1-8%. So if you want to buy a Sony LED television worth Rs.99,900 through a loan, it will cost you Rs.1,07,882, up Rs.7,992 or 8%.In this regard, the banking regulator stated: In the 0% EMI schemes offered on credit card outstandings, the interest element is often camouflaged and passed on to the customer in the form of processing fee. Since the very concept of 0% interest is non-existent and fair practice demands that the processing charge and interest rate charged should be kept uniform across product or segment wise, irrespective of the sourcing channel, such schemes only serve the purpose of alluring and exploiting vulnerable customers.
ment in India after nationalisation of commercial banks in 1969, he pointed out. Ring-fencing He, nevertheless, asserted that the new bank guidelines had adequate arrangements for
ring-fencing the financial services activities of the promoter groups from their non-financial (manufacturing/trading/others) activities. These guidelines had also addressed the issue of conflict of interests by prohibiting
nalling a wider CAD, despite an anticipated pick-up in the service receipts. Trade deficit has been fuelled by high imports of gold and crude oil, contributing to the widening CAD, which touched an all-time high of 4.8 per cent of GDP, or USD 88.2 billion, in FY 2013. The DBS report said the country's financing ability was eroded due to significant outflow from the equity and debt markets since late-May caused by the fear of rollback of monthly asset purchases by the US Federal Reserve. "The FII equity inflows maintained strength in April-May before witnessing modest outflows in June. The debt counterpart, however, fared poorly as the scale of June 13 outflows reversed the
inflows seen in the prior eight months," the report said. The country, on net basis, registered outflows in the quarter, the DBS Bank report said. The offshore borrowings in the June quarter slowed significantly and are likely affected by rupee depreciation and financial uncertainties, the report said. The rupee depreciated nearly 9.5 per cent in the AprilJune quarter as FIIs pulled out money on concerns over early withdrawal of easy money policy by the US Fed. The report said the preferable non-debt creating flows, i.e. foreign investment flows in the meantime, fell 19 per cent. "Sign of renewed weakness in the CAD, despite being backward looking, could trigger worries," DBS Bank said.
content revenues come from smartphones, dominated by Google and Apple app stores. Google Play and Apple App store revenues are expected to cross Rs. 800 crore by 2016, the report said. While the average revenue per user for paid apps is expected to come down from Rs. 132 in 2012 to Rs. 78 in 2016, the growing 3G subscription base (11 million in 2011 to 266 million in 2016) will help the overall revenues from paid apps to touch Rs 2,065 crore. The report estimated the paid apps market in India to be worth about Rs 300 crore in 2012. Five categories that dominate
the Indian content landscape on mobile phones include cricket, music, news, video and games. Facebook, Google and Whatsapp lead in terms of time share, the report said. Feature phones with Internet capabilities will also help the apps and games ecosystem to grow. Feature phones will continue to play a key role as they continue to maintain a substantial market share. Indian players have a stronghold in this segment and the opportunities for them are in the area of (developing) hyper-local models like browser content, entertainment and m-commerce, the report said.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURA M, SEPT 29: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Development Studies, a state-of-the-art research and training centre here. The centre would be run by the Kerala unit of the Congress party. Speaking on the occasion, the Congress president said Rajiv Gandhi would be proud of the institute, and also of the workers of the party here who had made the institute a reality. "This institute should see that it creates young leaders who will take the country forward in the 21st century. Apart from the research activities that this institute would take up, the centre should see that training is given to students to gain practical knowledge which will help the country," Gandhi said. She arrived at the airport here in the afternoon by a special flight, and took a helicopter some distance, before driving to the institute on the outskirts of the city.
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only in the academic arena but also in sports and other extra-curricular activities. The Governor, who is Patron of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides, gave away certificates to the Scouts and Guides who participated in the Camp. He also presented mementos to the civil, police and Army officers for their valuable support in successfully organizing this Camp
Earlier, the Governor went around the stalls put up by the Scouts and Guides of different States depicting culture, lifestyle and crafts of their States and evinced keen interest in the products on display. The Governor was presented a memento on this occasion, as a memorabilia of his visit to the Camp. Mr. Taj Mohi-ud-Din, Minister for Youth Services and Sports, speaking
"This institute should teach students to be leaders of tomorrow who provide solutions to be implemented. We need experts to improve the condition of the marginalised, and institutes like this one will help face the challenges of the future," Gandhi said. The research centre would be housed in a 40,000 sq ft building, with a library and a convention centre. The state party president would have the overall control of the institute. State Congress president Ramesh Chennithala said that the institute was a dream come true. "This is a tribute
to Rajiv Gandhi and the entire expense for building this institute has come from our party workers and the people of Kerala. We now wish the AICC gives us the necessary direction to take this institute to the national level," said Chennithala. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said the institute will make every Congress worker happy, as it represented the fulfilment of Rajiv Gandhi's dream. Sonia Gandhi will Monday launch the Kerala government's zero-landless programme. She is set to meet senior leaders of the state unit of the party Sunday night.
follow his footsteps with a pledge to safeguard the honour of the nation. He asked them to contribute in the nation building as it would be a great service to the countrymen. He said that youth are the future hope of the country and the most significant need of the hour is to groom them
as true patriots and lover of humanity. "There is a need to transform the education system with a view to cultivate the basic values of humanism, democracy, socialism and secularism among the individuals" he added. Mr. Sham said that as the children grow up and take up
Mata Amritanandamayi, in her speech at the 150th birthday celebrations of spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda, suggested a way to ensure that at least one child from every family served in rural areas for one year after their graduation. She also recommended government funds for such a programme, saying the initiative would help awaken compassion in the youth besides uplift the poor and ensure a holistic growth of the nation. As part of the programme, Amrita University signed a memorandum of understand-
ing (MoU) with University of California (UC), San Diego, to enhance research and student exchanges. The signatories included UC executive vice-chancellor Suresh Subramani and Amrita University vice-chancellor P Venkat Rangan. The MoU will also facilitate exchanges of faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, joint research projects and publications, virtual labs, exchanges of publications, materials, and information; and special short-term programmes.
Ministry of environment and forests invites nominations for Wildlife Fellowship Award
PUNE, SEPT 29: The ministry of environment and forests has invited nominations for the Dr Salim Ali National Wildlife Fellowship Award for the year 2013. The ministry had instituted Dr Salim Ali National Wildlife Fellowship Award and Kailash Sankhla National Wildlife Fellowship award for research and experimental projects on avian wildlife and mammalian wildlife respectively in 1995 and 1996 respectively. The awards were instituted to commemorate the memory of these wildlife conservationists so as to inspire and promote the younger generations of wildlife managers and scientists in taking up research/experimental projects aimed at conservation and development of the rich wildlife heritage of our country, a statement released by the ministry said. These awards have been conferred in alternate years. The Dr Salim Ali National Wildlife Fellowship Award is given in an odd numbered year and Kailash Sankhla National Wildlife Fellowship Award in an even numbered year. The ministry has also increased the fellowship amount from Rs 4000 per month to Rs 20000 per month and the contingency amount from Rs 18000 per year to Rs 1, 00,000 per year. The fellowships are awarded normally for a period of two years. In exceptional cases, it may be extended by one more year. The enhancement of fellowship and contingency amount is aimed at generating interest among young researchers towards wildlife management, said the statement. The details are available on the ministry's website www.envfor.nic.in.
who usually write CAT for the sheer experience. It is these candidates who have not applied this year, and hence the fall," he said. Kapoor added the macroeconomy also had a role to play. He explained that while it was earlier believed that an MBA is a ticket for getting a good job, with the weak market conditions, it no longer remains true. CAT, which is the common test for admis-
sion to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and several other non-IIM business schools has a ratio of 1:20, wherein almost 120,000 candidates have applied for 10,000 seats. "It is a consolidated pool and the ratio of number of applicants to total seats is also good. Hence, this year's exam will be more competitive and having a consolidated pool of candidates is a
positive development," said Kapoor. XAT 2014, which will be held in January 2014 has seen a steady flow of applications. Professor Vishwa Ballabh, chairperson-admission, XLRI (the institute that conducts XAT) said that they are hoping to see a 5-10 per cent rise in number of applicants for the exam. XAT 2013 had seen 75,300 candidates appearing for the test.
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