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Uttaranchal
PCS men on warpath AI
hostesses to fly up to 58 yrs: SC Award for
Karve Samstha Judge
chains daughter-in-law Dadamoni’s
birthplace misses him President
greets nation on Id
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PM addresses Visva Bharati convocation Santiniketan, December 15 “True education could alone bring quality of life and harmony in society which in turn help ensure peace around the world”, the Prime Minister said while addressing the annual convocation (1999-2000) of Visva Bharati here. The Prime Minister flew in here this morning by a helicopter from Kolkata amid tight security to address the convocation for the first time as the Acharya of the university, founded by Rabinder Nath Tagore in 1901. Mr Vajpayee said Rabindranath’s vision of education has helped the country keep its morale high and foster the spirit of harmony among the people. “Tagore had taught us to live together”, he added. The Prime Minister said the present trend of growing materialism would not help anyone. Only comfort should not be the ideal for life. He said the holistic system of learning should be restored for making the country’s future better. He called upon the teachers, students, parents and social workers to make education more relevant and useful. There was commotion towards the close of the convocation when some awardees protested the deviation from the university’s tradition of the Prime Minister handling over the ‘Saptaparni’ (chatim) leaf. They demanded that the Prime Minister should maintain the age old convention and hand over the ‘Saptaparni’ to them personally. Mr Basu announced that the university had done away with the convention, citing security reasons and shortage of time of the deviation.
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Hawks mount pressure on PM New Delhi, December 15 Mere words could seal the political fate of the BJP in not only in the coming Assembly elections but also affect the party’s performance in the next General election, a senior leader said. Mr Vajpayee’s options are getting increasingly restricted. He was told by some MPs that the NDA government must takes concrete action against Islamabad, which has been aiding and abetting terrorist actions against the country. People’s patience is running out as the party was voted to power in the belief that a BJP government would be firm and decisive, but “we have only been using tough language which is not backed by any action”, a leader pointed out, adding that the Prime Minister would have to ensure the survival of the party. While BJP Parliamentary Party spokesman Vijay Kumar Malhotra said yesterday that some party MPs had asked the Prime Minister to undertake a similar action as was taken by Washington in Afghanistan, the RSS said the government must take stringent action against terrorism. “The USA took action against the Taliban regime when its commercial centre was attacked, now are we supposed to remain silent spectators while our vital institutions are being challenged,” a senior leader observed. When Parliament meets on Tuesday, Home Minister L.K. Advani, who is credited to be the author of the “hot pursuit line”, is expected to make a tough statement and before that pressure would be mounted by party MPs at the Parliamentary Party meeting. The Home Minister’s statement and the Parliamentary Party meeting is also expected to be fiery which is expected to create an environment for enabling the Vajpayee government to take some action. |
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India welcomes US,
Russia talks New Delhi, December 15 Observing that India had been in regular dialogue with both Russia and the USA on ballistic missile defence and the new strategic framework, an External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said “We have consistently advocated a cooperative approach and not taking recourse to unilateralism”. A formal notice of withdrawal from the 1972 bilateral ABM treaty was tendered yesterday to the Russian federation by the USA. US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have held wide-ranging consultations between their governments. They have also reiterated their commitment to working closely. “We welcome this process. We particularly welcome the reaffirmation by Russia and the USA to substantially reduce their strategic offensive nuclear weapons,” she said. She felt that the cuts would contribute very significantly towards nuclear disarmament. New Delhi supports the consultation process between Washington and Moscow towards building common ground. The USA has stated that its relationship with Russia would not be fractured by a decision to abandon the ABM treaty. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement, not supportive of the US decision to abandon the treaty it believes ensures global strategic stability, made it clear the Russians wish to continue to develop the relationship between the two countries. |
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Uttaranchal
PCS men on warpath Dehra Dun, December 15 The Government of Uttaranchal is in a fix as the two-week ultimatum given by the PCS officers’ association is likely to draw a sharp line between the IAS and PCS officers, thereby affecting the normal functioning of the administration at a time when elections to the Assembly are round the corner. Mr Anil Kumar Sharma, president of the Uttaranchal PCS Officers Association, said that a deputation representing the association met Mr Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, CM, and handed him an ultimatum of 15 days to fulfil their demands. |
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AI hostesses to fly up to 58 yrs: SC
New Delhi, December 15 Upholding the Bombay High Court order to the extent of allowing the air-hostesses to fly up to the age of 58 years, the apex court, however, granted an interim stay yesterday on the order making them equal to the male stewards in respect of promotional benefits till the pendency of the case. The Bombay High Court judgement, allowing air-hostesses to continue in flying service till the age of 58 and making them eligible for equal promotional benefits, was challenged in the apex court by the Cabin Crew Association (CCA), represented wholly by male members. The Bombay High Court, in its ruling last year, had said that such a discrimination against air hostesses merely on gender basis was violative of the Constitution treating all citizens equal without any discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, caste and race.
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Award for Karve Samstha New Delhi, December 15 The awards were given away by Rotary International president, Richard D. King in the absence of the Information and Broadcasting Minister and special invitee, Sushma Swaraj. This year, the award of Rs 2 lakh has been shared by two. The award also carries a citation and a shawl. The Chairperson of the Samstha, Sarita Bhat who received the award acknowledged the recognition as “a pat on the back. It confirms that we are on the right
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Judge chains daughter-in-law
Patna, December 15 Mundrika Prasad Upadhyay, Additional District Judge, along with his family members subjected 31-year-old Anita to all kinds of torture allegedly to extract more dowry, the police said. “They used to chain me along with their pet dog and gave me the same food they used to give the animal ... for them there was no distinction between me and the dog,” Anita told reporters at a hospital here after her family rescued her. Anita, who married the judge’s son Bhanu in June, 1990, said, “My marriage was never consummated and I was made to sleep on cement bags and starved for days on end.” She alleged that her in-laws wanted to kill her so that their son could marry again. A case has been registered with the Kadamkuan police station.
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Dadamoni’s birthplace misses him Patna Ashok Kumar, Dadamoni of the Bollywood fraternity, was born in Bhagalpur town’s Adampur locality. It was his maternal uncle’s place and his mother had come here from Khandwa for delivery. His father could not come at the time his birth as he was a busy lawyer practising there. The 65-year-old bed-ridden niece of Ashok Kumar, Ira Didi, says with tears in her eyes: “Mama wished to come here to see for the last time his birthplace, but his wish remained unfulfilled”. A local doctor, Dr Smir Kumar Ghosh, remembers fondly, “He was married to a local girl, Shobha Devi. Once when he had come here to meet his wife’s uncle, he had rendered the dialogue of his film ‘Bandini’ to the thousands gathered there”. ‘Bandini’ was shot here
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President
greets nation on Id New Delhi, December 15 In his message on the eve of Id, Mr Narayanan said, "I have great pleasure in offering Id Mubarak to all fellow citizens and Muslim brothers and sisters, in particular". Mr Kant in his message said, "The sharing and the charity associated with Id-ul-Fitr helps promote the sublime values of compassion, love and kindness in the society".
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