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Atrocities against Hindus ‘on rise’ in Bangladesh 4 new faces in Delhi Cabinet LS to discuss re-entry of George BJP leaders differ on UP poll pact Minister ‘admits’ BJYM vandalised Taj NORTH INDIA IN PARLIAMENT
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Oppn alleges
bias in paddy procurement Laloo falls ill, advised bed rest Govt mulls proxy vote for defence staff Electricity supply to SP office restored One dead, six hurt in two road accidents
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Atrocities against Hindus ‘on rise’ in Bangladesh New Delhi, December 4 Expressing serious concern over the growing incidents of persecution of minorities in Bangladesh, especially by members of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and Jamat-el-Islami (JeI), Mr Advani told the Lok Sabha that India would deal with the people from across the border with utmost compassion. He said the government would consider Opposition suggestions of holding of talks at the highest level between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his Bangladeshi counterpart Begum Khaleda Zia and sending a goodwill delegation there to curb atrocities against minorities. Congress member, P.R. Dashmunsi and Mr Adhir Chowdhary, along with leaders of the BJP, CPI-M and Trinamool Congress, while raising the matter through a Call Attention Motion demanded to know the action taken by the Centre to check the persecution of minorities in Bangladesh. Mr Advani said according to reports received from West Bengal, Assam and Tripura around 1,000 persons had crossed over the border after the Government changed in Dhaka in October. So far no large-scale migration had been noticed, he added. The matter was raised with the Bangladeshi Prime Minister by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr Brajesh Mishra and the Indian High Commission in Dhaka. The Home Minister said such incidents had been particularly noticed during the “Durga Puja” festival “when cases of physical assault on members of the minority community, damage to temples and puja pandals, disruption of festivities and vandalising of idols were reported”. He said Dhaka had reiterated its commitment to safety and security of all minorities and “categorically stated that firm action would be taken to protect them and punish the perpetrators of violence against them”. |
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4 new faces in Delhi Cabinet New Delhi, December 4 The new inductees are former Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Deep Chand Bandhu, Ajay Maken, Haroon Yusuf and Raj Kumar Chauhan. Those who have been dropped are Narendra Nath (Power, Education and Tourism), Parvez Hashmi (Transport), Yoganand Shastri (Food and Civil Supplies) and Krishna Tirath (Social Welfare). Finance Minister M.S. Saathi and Health Minister A.K. Walia have been retained in the revamped Cabinet. Ms Dikshit sent the names of the four ministers to be included in the Delhi Cabinet for approval by the President. The date and time of the swearing-in of the Cabinet is yet to be announced. Political observers described the reshuffle - the first in the Dikshit-led government - as a “climbdown” for the Chief Minister who had to yield ground to dissidence in the party’s fractious Delhi unit.
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LS to discuss re-entry of George New Delhi, December 4 The decision to this effect was arrived today at a meeting convened by Speaker G.M.C. Balayogi with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan, Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Shivraj V. Patil and party chief spokesman S. Jaipal Reddy here. The government had earlier favoured the debate under rule 193, which does not require voting, The Congress cited the precedent when the appointment of three Central Ministers chargesheeted in the Ayodhya case was discussed in the House last December under Rule 184.
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BJP leaders differ on UP poll pact Lucknow, December 4 BJP National Vice-President Sanghpriya Gautam warned that contesting elections under the NDA banner would be “suicidal” for the party. The BJP would have a bitter experience if it contested the poll in alliance with the NDA partners, he said. It was up to senior party leaders to take a final decision. “The BJP would get a better election result if it went alone in the Assembly poll,” he asserted. According to party sources, Mr Gautam said most of the MLAs of the coalition partners in the state government could not win the elections even if supported by the BJP, barring some exceptions. Mr Gautam called upon the BJP leaders to reconsider the electoral alliance with the NDA partners in the Assembly poll, sources claimed.
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Minister ‘admits’ BJYM vandalised Taj New Delhi, December 4 Possibly, Mr Jagmohan himself did not know that his reply was referring to the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) members who had created havoc in the monument of love on October 14. The minister, in a written reply to a question, went on to say that “they scribbled graffiti on the monument. In a suo motu proceedings in this matter, the Supreme Court had directed the Archaeological Survey of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh to file a report in the matter. |
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NORTH INDIA IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, December 4 In a written reply, the minister said whenever cases of human rights violations by the security forces were reported to the National Human Rights Commission, the commission proceeded under Section 19 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, and after getting a report from the Central Government on the alleged violation, made suitable recommendations. The number of such Human Rights violation cases against securitymen this year stood at 11 in Haryana, seven in Himachal and 35 in Punjab. Tourist lodges in Himachal: Minister for Tourism and Culture Jagmohan informed the Rajya Sabha that 32 tourism-related projects of Himachal with an estimated central component of Rs 575 lakh had been prioritized/reprioritized during the current financial year. Expansion of airports in Himachal: Minister of Civil Aviation Syed Shahnawaz Hussain informed the Upper House that the Centre planned to expand Bhuntar, Kangra and Shimla airports in Himachal. In a written reply to a question from Kripal Parmar, Mr Hussain said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had taken up work relating to extension/resurfacing of runway, construction of an apron/taxiway, terminal building, car park, sub-station, drainage, two conveyor belts and other miscellaneous work at Kangra airport at an estimated cost of Rs 10.34 crore. |
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Oppn alleges
bias in paddy procurement New Delhi, December 4 Members of the Congress, the Left parties, the Samajwadi Party and the RJD promptly supported Mr Devendra Prasad Yadav of the Janata Dal (U) when he raised the matter during zero hour. He further embarrassed the government by insisting that the Chair admit his notice of adjournment motion. With agitated members refusing to resume their seats, Speaker G.M.C. Balayogi adjourned the House ahead of the lunch recess. Mr Yadav, a former Food Minister, backed by Samata Party members, Mr Prabhunath Singh and Mr Raghunath Jha, described as “explosive” the situation in Bihar where not a grain of paddy had been procured. Similar conditions prevailed in Left Front-ruled West Bengal, he said. |
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Laloo falls ill, advised bed rest Patna, December 4 Patna Civil Surgeon A.K. Mishra, who examined Mr Yadav along with some other senior doctors late last evening within the jail premises, said he had complained of cold and cough. On being examined he was found to have fever and his blood pressure had also shot up, Mr Mishra said today.
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Govt mulls proxy vote for defence staff New Delhi, December 4 The Union Cabinet, which met this evening, considered an amendment to this effect in the Representation of the People Act and decided to press for the legislation which is already before Parliament, Law Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters after the meeting.
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Electricity supply to SP office restored Hanumangarh, December 4 The supply was suspended by the nigam as an amount of Rs 50,000 was pending against the SP office. The supply to Police Lines and the junction police was also disconnected due to not non-payment of bills for a long time. There is an outstanding bill of more than Rs 4 lakh against the Police Lines. The nigam has, meanwhile, decided to take similar action against other offices against which the payment are outstanding. The first on the list seems to be the Municipal Corporation. A bill of Rs 5.78 lakh of street lights is due to be paid by the corporation. Sources said the Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam had served many notices to the corporation for payment of bills, but in
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One dead, six hurt in two road accidents Hanumangarh, December 4 According to the police, the deceased was going on a scooter with his brother when the motor cycle coming from the opposite direction collided with the scooter. The motor cycle driver was injured and taken to hospital. On the same road, four persons were injured when a fire brigade vehicle collided with a jeep. |
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