Friday, May 29, 2009
59 more ministers take oath - Health for Azad, Sibal gets Human Resource Development, Soni Information and Boardcasting
Team Manmohan was finally inducted Thursday with 14 cabinet ministers and 45 ministers of state taking oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan to wrap up the 79-member council of ministers that will shepherd the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) second tenure in office.
In a business like ceremony that started punctually at 11.30 a.m. at the historic Ashoka Hall in the presidential palace, President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to the 59 ministers in the second phase of ministry formation — 19 cabinet ministers were sworn in May 22.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, only the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to get a second consecutive term in office, and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were seated in the front row to watch the proceedings that was the culmination of days of intense lobbying for ministerial berths.
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In a business like ceremony that started punctually at 11.30 a.m. at the historic Ashoka Hall in the presidential palace, President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to the 59 ministers in the second phase of ministry formation — 19 cabinet ministers were sworn in May 22.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, only the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to get a second consecutive term in office, and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were seated in the front row to watch the proceedings that was the culmination of days of intense lobbying for ministerial berths.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Cyclone Aila toll in Bangladesh rises to 121
The death toll from Cyclone Aila rose to 121 in Bangladesh as thousands of people in coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal in both Bangladesh and India were marooned.
The storm that ripped through the south-western coast on Monday has left at least 32 people dead in Satkhira, 25 in Noakhali, 20 in Khulna, 13 in Bhola, nine in Barisal, seven in Patuakhali, six in Laxmipur, two each in Bagerhat and Cox’s Bazar, and one in Magura, according to reports from the affected areas.
Besides, two people in Chapainawabganj and one each in Natore and Lalmonirhat are among the cyclone fatalities, according to a news agency.
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The storm that ripped through the south-western coast on Monday has left at least 32 people dead in Satkhira, 25 in Noakhali, 20 in Khulna, 13 in Bhola, nine in Barisal, seven in Patuakhali, six in Laxmipur, two each in Bagerhat and Cox’s Bazar, and one in Magura, according to reports from the affected areas.
Besides, two people in Chapainawabganj and one each in Natore and Lalmonirhat are among the cyclone fatalities, according to a news agency.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Trains back on rails in Jammu
As Punjab showed signs of limping back to normalcy after a spate of violence, the rail traffic from Jammu was fully restored today. Inter-state bus service, however, even on the second day could not be resumed.
Meanwhile, the problems of over 40,000 passengers stranded at Jammu Railway Station and Bus stand were still far from over. There were problems galore for this stuck up lot, both at Railway Station as well as Bus stand on different accounts.
Scene was in particular chaotic at Jammu Bus Stand from where till late evening no inter-state bus had left for its destination. According to officials, out of around 220 buses comprising both government owned and private, which ply daily, only few Kullu-Manali bound-SRTC buses left for their destination.
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Meanwhile, the problems of over 40,000 passengers stranded at Jammu Railway Station and Bus stand were still far from over. There were problems galore for this stuck up lot, both at Railway Station as well as Bus stand on different accounts.
Scene was in particular chaotic at Jammu Bus Stand from where till late evening no inter-state bus had left for its destination. According to officials, out of around 220 buses comprising both government owned and private, which ply daily, only few Kullu-Manali bound-SRTC buses left for their destination.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Vienna clash sets Punjab a fire
One person was today killed and several injured as largescale violence hit Punjab and parts of Haryana following the killing of a Jalandhar - based sect leader in Vienna, prompting authorities to impose curfew in four cities and call out the army in three of them.
Nearly 1,000 personnel of the army were deployed in worst-affected Jalandhar, Phagwara and Hoshiarpur where curfew was imposed by the authorities in addition to Ludhiana to check the arson which resulted in large scale damage to public and private property, including parked buses, police said.
One person was killed and four others were injured as army personnel opened fire at Lambra village, 30 km from Jalandhar city to quell the protestors, they said.
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Nearly 1,000 personnel of the army were deployed in worst-affected Jalandhar, Phagwara and Hoshiarpur where curfew was imposed by the authorities in addition to Ludhiana to check the arson which resulted in large scale damage to public and private property, including parked buses, police said.
One person was killed and four others were injured as army personnel opened fire at Lambra village, 30 km from Jalandhar city to quell the protestors, they said.
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Monday, May 25, 2009
French tourist kidnapped in Pakistan
Gunmen kidnapped a French tourist in Pakistan on Saturday, snatching him from a group of compatriots, who included women and children, in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, police said.
The 41-year-old man was kidnapped in an area where ethnic Baluch separatist groups and Islamist fighters linked to al-Qaeda and the Taliban are known to operate, around 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border with Afghanistan.
His abduction comes seven weeks after an American UN official was released following a two month hostage or deal in Baluchistan that was claimed by a shadowy Baluch rebel group trying to extract concessions from the central government.
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The 41-year-old man was kidnapped in an area where ethnic Baluch separatist groups and Islamist fighters linked to al-Qaeda and the Taliban are known to operate, around 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the border with Afghanistan.
His abduction comes seven weeks after an American UN official was released following a two month hostage or deal in Baluchistan that was claimed by a shadowy Baluch rebel group trying to extract concessions from the central government.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Singh’s second innings from Friday
The 76-year old Dr Manmohan Singh begins his second innings from Friday. President Pratibha Patil invited him to form the government after he, accompanied by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, staked claim, citing the majority support of 322 MPs in the 543-member Lok Sabha.
The support letters that he submitted include also those of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal plus four independents. He, however, kept the suspense on their induction in the government, saying “you will know it in due course of time.”
Even before Sonia and Dr Manmohan Singh drove down together to the Rashtrapati Bhawan, they made it known to the allies through the party’s intermediaries that they will get only one-fourth of the ministerial berths and not 50:50 as agreed upon by the Congress in 2004 in view of the much larger mandate earned by it.
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The support letters that he submitted include also those of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal plus four independents. He, however, kept the suspense on their induction in the government, saying “you will know it in due course of time.”
Even before Sonia and Dr Manmohan Singh drove down together to the Rashtrapati Bhawan, they made it known to the allies through the party’s intermediaries that they will get only one-fourth of the ministerial berths and not 50:50 as agreed upon by the Congress in 2004 in view of the much larger mandate earned by it.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
New government to take oath on May 22
Fresh from the spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha polls, the new Congress-led UPA government is likely to take oath on May 22.
Challenges before us are daunting: PM According to reports, the United Progressive Alliance is likely to stake claim to the formation of government tomorrow besides having a meet at the residence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The alliance will also get letters of support tomorrow.
Earlier in the day, Dr Manmohan Singh was renominated as Congress Parliamentary Party leader by party chief Sonia Gandhi to head the new government.
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Challenges before us are daunting: PM According to reports, the United Progressive Alliance is likely to stake claim to the formation of government tomorrow besides having a meet at the residence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The alliance will also get letters of support tomorrow.
Earlier in the day, Dr Manmohan Singh was renominated as Congress Parliamentary Party leader by party chief Sonia Gandhi to head the new government.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Congress may say no to new allies
Congress gave indications that it may include only pre-poll allies in the new Union Government leaving out those who had parted company just before the Lok Sabha polls — Samajwadi Party and RJD.
The party’s highest decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee, discussed the scenario after the announcement of the results which have given it a near absolute majority, but there was no specific mention of parties or individuals such as SP or Lalu Prasad, chief of the RJD.
However, the working committee was emphatic that discussions would be held on Tuesday with “prepoll allies”, parties like DMK, Trinamool Congress and NCP, to discuss the strategy how to go about Cabinet formation.
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The party’s highest decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee, discussed the scenario after the announcement of the results which have given it a near absolute majority, but there was no specific mention of parties or individuals such as SP or Lalu Prasad, chief of the RJD.
However, the working committee was emphatic that discussions would be held on Tuesday with “prepoll allies”, parties like DMK, Trinamool Congress and NCP, to discuss the strategy how to go about Cabinet formation.
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Labels: Lok Sabha polls, new government, new union government, prepoll allies, Samajwadi Party, trinamool congress
Friday, May 15, 2009
Al Qaeda declares support for uprising in southern Yemen
The leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has declared his group’s support for the revolt by secessionist groups in southern Yemen.
“We in the al Qaeda organisation support what you are doing to reject the oppression practiced on you and to resist the regime and defend yourselves,” Nasser al-Wahishi said in an audio file posted on Jihadist web sites on Wednesday.
Violent protests called by southern separatists who want the south to secede from the rest of Yemen have in recent weeks attacked cities in three provinces, leaving dozens of casualties among protesters and security forces.
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“We in the al Qaeda organisation support what you are doing to reject the oppression practiced on you and to resist the regime and defend yourselves,” Nasser al-Wahishi said in an audio file posted on Jihadist web sites on Wednesday.
Violent protests called by southern separatists who want the south to secede from the rest of Yemen have in recent weeks attacked cities in three provinces, leaving dozens of casualties among protesters and security forces.
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
42 percent vote: 40 in Baramulla, 61 in Ladakh
The Election Commission today said that about 40 percent polling was recorded in Baramulla Kupwara parliamentary constituency, while as Ladakh recorded 61 percent voter turnout. With an average of 42 per cent polling, both the constituencies went to polls in the fifth and the final phase of the Parliamentary elections today.
Addressing a press conference here this evening, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) B R Sharma said that polling was peaceful with no untoward incident reported from any where across the 15 assembly segments of Baramulla-Kupwara and four assembly segments of Ladakh parliamentary constituencies.
The overall poll percentage of 42 in Baramulla and Ladakh is higher that 26 percent, which was recorded in Anantnag and 24 percent recorded in Srinagar parliamentary constituencies.
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Addressing a press conference here this evening, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) B R Sharma said that polling was peaceful with no untoward incident reported from any where across the 15 assembly segments of Baramulla-Kupwara and four assembly segments of Ladakh parliamentary constituencies.
The overall poll percentage of 42 in Baramulla and Ladakh is higher that 26 percent, which was recorded in Anantnag and 24 percent recorded in Srinagar parliamentary constituencies.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Indian passengers flying Air France allege racial bias
Over 50 Indian passengers flying Air France had a “harrowing” time “with hardly any water and food” at Paris airport after their aircraft developed a technical problem and complained that they were victims of “racial” profiling.
The tired passengers, who arrived in Mumbai late on Monday night after being stranded for 28 hours at Paris, said they were confined to a “small” lounge at the airport from 10 pm on Sunday till 7 am the next morning.
“We were kept in a small room (lounge) with hardly food or water and we were told we could not leave the airport. We spent a whole night over there in that condition,” a passenger, who travelled on aboard the flight-AF 218, said.
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The tired passengers, who arrived in Mumbai late on Monday night after being stranded for 28 hours at Paris, said they were confined to a “small” lounge at the airport from 10 pm on Sunday till 7 am the next morning.
“We were kept in a small room (lounge) with hardly food or water and we were told we could not leave the airport. We spent a whole night over there in that condition,” a passenger, who travelled on aboard the flight-AF 218, said.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
At least 360,000 civilians flee Pakistan offensive
At least 360,000 people have fled heavy fighting in northwest Pakistan in little over a week and registered with authorities, officials said Monday.
A spokeswoman for UN refugee agency UNHCR said: “360,600 individuals registered in camps and outside camps as part of a new influx from Swat, Buner and Lower Dir” since May 2.
Government air and ground forces launched a military offensive against Taliban fighters in the district of Lower Dir on April 26 and in neighbouring Buner on April 28.
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A spokeswoman for UN refugee agency UNHCR said: “360,600 individuals registered in camps and outside camps as part of a new influx from Swat, Buner and Lower Dir” since May 2.
Government air and ground forces launched a military offensive against Taliban fighters in the district of Lower Dir on April 26 and in neighbouring Buner on April 28.
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Monday, May 11, 2009
‘Rani cha Bagh’ to have new face shortly
Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, popularly known as ‘’Rani cha Bagh’’, will have a new face soon as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has approved a plan with an expenditure of Rs 430 crore for its modernisation. Talking to UNI, BMC Chairman (Market and Garden Committee) Kumar Pandey said the civic-run zoo in South Mumbai is expected to be revamped in the next two three years, as per a plan chalked out by the Corporation and Thailand based agency M/s HKS Designer and Consultant International Company.
He said as part of the plan, animals will be brought from South East Asia, Africa and Australia, among other regions through different agencies.
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He said as part of the plan, animals will be brought from South East Asia, Africa and Australia, among other regions through different agencies.
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Bowlers hand Rajasthan easy win
Rajasthan Royals moved to the top of he table with a convincing seven-wicket win over Bangalore Royal Challengers, who looked out of depth as they were bowled out for 105 - the tournament’s second lowest total - and conceded the win inside 15 overs. Naman Ojha scored his second consecutive half century in the brief chase but he win was set up by Amit Singh and Ravindra Jadeja, who took seven Bangalore wickets to ensure a low target for their side.
The difference lay in how the two seats of bowlers exploited the bounce offered by the Centurion pitch; Bangalore’s couldn’t, Rajasthan’s did to perfection. Bangalore used the short ball only after the strategy break, by which time the required run-rate was down to below five an over.
Shane Warne won a good toss and chose to field on a new pitch that had received rain overnight. Unlike in the last few games where he opened with spin from one end, he chose to give his fast bowlers a chance to exploit the conditions.
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The difference lay in how the two seats of bowlers exploited the bounce offered by the Centurion pitch; Bangalore’s couldn’t, Rajasthan’s did to perfection. Bangalore used the short ball only after the strategy break, by which time the required run-rate was down to below five an over.
Shane Warne won a good toss and chose to field on a new pitch that had received rain overnight. Unlike in the last few games where he opened with spin from one end, he chose to give his fast bowlers a chance to exploit the conditions.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Srinagar goes to polls today
The prestigious Srinagar Budgam Lok Sabha constituency is going to polls tomorrow. The political fate of Dr Farooq Abdullah , former chief minister and National Conference (NC) president , his sister Begum Khalida Shah, president of Awami National Conference (ANC) and Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, PDP candidate will be decided by the voters during the tomorrow’s polling.
On expected lines, Srinagar city is going to witness election boycott with voters in some outskirts taking part in polling. Brisk voting is expected in Kangan, parts of Ganderbal. Budgam, Chahar-e-Sharief, Khan Sahib and Chadoora areas also.
The polls are being conducted amid tight security cover. The polling staff and the security personnel, guarding them have already taking positions in the heavily guarded polling booths. The polling is being held amidst the separatist sponsored 50 hour long general strike, which began from 6 PM yesterday.
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On expected lines, Srinagar city is going to witness election boycott with voters in some outskirts taking part in polling. Brisk voting is expected in Kangan, parts of Ganderbal. Budgam, Chahar-e-Sharief, Khan Sahib and Chadoora areas also.
The polls are being conducted amid tight security cover. The polling staff and the security personnel, guarding them have already taking positions in the heavily guarded polling booths. The polling is being held amidst the separatist sponsored 50 hour long general strike, which began from 6 PM yesterday.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuberculos is a major threat in Bangladesh
Tuberculosis has emerged as a major threat to people in Bangladesh killing around 70,000 of them annually.
“Bangladesh ranks five among the 22 high burden TB countries in the world,” says Professor Dr Pravat Chandra Barua, Line Director of National TB and Leprosy Elimination Programme.
The government is making all efforts to provide better healthcare for the disease points Dr Barua.
“The government has been attaching utmost importance to TB, the test and training facility for the disease is now available at 481 upazila health complexes across the country.” “The TB medicine is also being provided to patients from the health complexes,” he adds.
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“Bangladesh ranks five among the 22 high burden TB countries in the world,” says Professor Dr Pravat Chandra Barua, Line Director of National TB and Leprosy Elimination Programme.
The government is making all efforts to provide better healthcare for the disease points Dr Barua.
“The government has been attaching utmost importance to TB, the test and training facility for the disease is now available at 481 upazila health complexes across the country.” “The TB medicine is also being provided to patients from the health complexes,” he adds.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
2734 people have died of sunstroke over 12 years in Orissa
As many as 2734 people have lost their lives due to sunstroke in Orissa over a period of 12 years even as the state government claims to have spent crores of rupees in creating awareness among masses to beat the heat, official sources said.
While the figure of 2042 people dying of sunstroke remains the highest in 1998, the killer heatwave has continued to take human lives every year after that.
Altogether 236 people had died in 2005, sources said. However, it was alleged that the figure had went up to 582.
As sunstroke was not part of the relief code, the victims of poor families did not get any assistance from the government.
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While the figure of 2042 people dying of sunstroke remains the highest in 1998, the killer heatwave has continued to take human lives every year after that.
Altogether 236 people had died in 2005, sources said. However, it was alleged that the figure had went up to 582.
As sunstroke was not part of the relief code, the victims of poor families did not get any assistance from the government.
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Sri Lanka rebels ask British, French to seek truce
Sri Lanka’s cornered Tamil Tiger fighters appealed to Britain and France to broker a truce to halt a government military offensive that threatens to wipe out the rebels.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said in a letter to the British and French Foreign Ministers, who visited Sri Lanka last week, that they wanted a ceasefire to end decades of conflict.
“We are ready to engage in the process to bring about a ceasefire and enter into negotiations for an enduring resolution to the conflict,” the Tigers said in the letter, which was e-mailed to news organisations.
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said in a letter to the British and French Foreign Ministers, who visited Sri Lanka last week, that they wanted a ceasefire to end decades of conflict.
“We are ready to engage in the process to bring about a ceasefire and enter into negotiations for an enduring resolution to the conflict,” the Tigers said in the letter, which was e-mailed to news organisations.
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