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NO OPPOSITION in the Indian ILLUMINATI Parliament But GREEN Parrot, SUVA Does Speak in Our Himalayan Indigenous Folk Life!

 

This morning I called on SHAMSHER Singh Bisht in Lalabazar, Almora in Uttarakhand!

 

I got an INVITATION Letter to join the BARRAT of his son JOYMITRA who has got married to INDU daughter of Srimati Lalita and Late Laxman Singh Rana of Kaushani!

 

The Card opens with this poem in KUMAUNI:

 

SUVA RE SUVA BANKHANDI SUVA

 

JAA SUVA NAGARIN NYUT DEE AA.

 

HARIO TERO GAAT PINGLI TERI THUNA

 

JAA SUVA NAGARIN NYUT DEE AA.

 

ALMAAD MYAAR NAGAR CHHU, TWEENKE SAB KHABAR CHHU,

 

SABAI GHAR JAI BER NYUT DEE AA.

 

It Means, the Parents of the Bridegroom requests the Help from the Parrot and plead the FOREST Bird to invite the citizens for the Marriage. The Parrot is GREEN and has the Yellow Band on its neck. Hence, the couple requests the Parrot to invite the CITY. Green symbolises the Landscape and Human scape of the Himalayas and YELLOW highlights its SANCTITY! The Couple resides in the City of ALMORA and the GREEN SUVA knows everything about them. Hence the BIRD is the best Messenger!

 

Shamsher Singh Bisht had been our leader in seventies in the CHIPKO Movement as we belonged to UTTARAKHAND Sangharsh Bahini.

 

 We had coordinated with Sunderlal Bahuguna and Chandi Prasad Bhatt, but we were NEVER the PURE ECO ACTIVISTS and we were related to UTTARAKHANDI Nationality Movement. Which connected us with the People residing across the Himalayas beyond political borders including Nepal, Sikkim, Kashmir and Himachal, Bhutan, Gorkhaland and entire Northeast.

 

 We were also associated with JHARKHAND as well as Chhattish Garh Mukti Morcha. Sunderlal Bahuguna or Chandiprasad Bhatt and their Gandhian Sarvodayee Carbide OXIDE Ideology NEVER Recognised the Identity and Nationality issues as the Caste Hindu Mainstream Politics is UP AGAINST the HIMALAYAN REGION!

 

In our DSB College, two lecturers, one from History, SHEKHAR PATHAK and the Second from Economics late DR CHANDRESH Shashtri and the FOLK Poet, Girish Tiwari GIRDA made us the Social and Human Rights Activists tagged with Nature and nature Associated People!

 

 Tara Chandra Tripathi had taken us in his Change Brigade since GIC days.

Thus, we were connected to Shankar Guha Niyogi, Comrade AK Roy, Asgar Ali Engineer, Shaban Azmi and Swami AGNIVESH in seventies.

 

 our Inspiration was the CHIPKO Mother Gaura Devi of Chamoli.

 

Kapilesh Bhoj had been my ROOM partner! Pradip Tamta, now the MP from ALMORA on Congress Ticket, had been our RING leader in students movement.

 

 We had late BIPIN Tripathi, late SHASHTHI Dutt Bhatt, Late Nirmal Joshi,ZAHOOR ALAM, Narayan Singh Jantwal, KASHI SINGH AIRY and RAJA Bahuguna, Balli Singh Cheema, the poet from Terai, Professor Pandey, Chandra Shekhar Bhatta, PC JOSHI and scores of other activists amongst us.

 

 UMA Bhatta and  Kamala Pant led the Women`s movement.

 

 Rajiv Lochan Shah and Harish Pant were publishing NAINITAL SAMACHAR while SHEKHAR PATHAK published PAHAAR on Himalayan studies.

 

 Later in eighties UMA BHATTA began her UTTARA and organised a very strong Women`s Movement in UTTARAKHAND. These women were mainly RESPONSIBLE for the Creation of UTTARAKHAND.

 

We had been involved in NASHA  NAHI, ROZGAAR movement and later in UTTARAKHAND Movement.

 

I began my Professional career from Dhanbad and was elected in the EXECUTIVE Body of Bihar NAV Janwadi Sanskritik Morcha which was a major Constituent of Indian People`s Front.

 

Shamsher Singh Bisht was the CONVENOR of UP unit of IPF in the beginning.

 

Shankar Guha Niyogi was also in IPF.

 

But Shamsherda and Niyogi, left IPF very soon and focused on their Nationality Identies.

 

 Then AKHILENDRA PRATAP singh and Raja Bahuguna took over the  leadership.

 

 Meanwhile our EX Vice Chancellor DD Pant instituted the Political party named UTTARAKHAND Kranti dal. BIPIN Chacha, kashi, Jantwal and some of our friends joined it.

 

In eighties we were already divided in different groups but SHAMSHERDA has remained the UNDISPUTED Leader all these years.

 

But the Vertical DIVIDE between Hills and Plains separated us. Akhilendra Pratap Singh and Ajay singh are leading JANA MORCHA in Uttar Pradesh and UTTARAKHAND remains ISOLATED.

 

The Nationality Movement in UTTARAKHAND, Jharkhand and CHHATTISHGARH has already been Hinduized as the GORKHALAND is.

 

Anand Swaroop Verma used to publish Teesri Dunia.

 

 Naveen Joshi and Gobind Ballabh Pant have proved to be our leading journalists and Dhirendra Asthan, the most promising writer thrown by our Movement in seventies!

 

Anand Ji has his definite role in the Nepal Maoist Revolution.

 

But all of us became separated ISLANDS and virtually have no coordination amongst us. Many of us DEVIATED from Ideology in the Wildness of Parliamenatry Politics!

 

I realise it is the most right time to INVOKE the GREEN PARROT for COMMUNICATION so MONOPLISED by the India Incs and ILLUMINATI.

 

The Invitation card provoked my MEMORIES of another Days and Years!

 

I talked to Shamsherda and congratulated the family.

 

 We also discussed the PRESENT Scenerio.

 

Both of us agreed to mobilise National Resistance and Liberation Movement.

 

Both of us emphasied on greater CO Ordinations among the mass movements. But keeping in mind the OCASSION, we could not go lengthy.

 

All friends were gathering up and I had to be ABSENT.

 

Shamsherda handed over the Mobile set to Rajiv Lochan Sah.

 

We talked a little bit. He alleged me to be ABSCONDING.

 

 Well, I am not PHYSICALLY present in the Himalayas but my Heart and Mind always reside there. As far as my contribution as a Journalist or a writer is concerned , I am HELPLESS as I am totally BLACKED Out in Mainstream as well as Alternative media and publications just for my STANCE ion the affairs of this DIVIDED Geopolitics.

 

Not Enough, now my mails are being SPAMMED, BLOGS, Email IDs and groups removed or DISEBLED or HIJACKED.

 

BUT I Have not GIVEN UP, you all know.

 

I only hope to connect OLD and NEW friends across the Geopolitics and specially Manusmriti ILLUMINATI RULED India , not only Divide into GRADED Caste system and RELIGIONS but also DIVIDED LANSCAPEWISE as the HIMALAYAN Region, North East, Kashmir, Hindi heart Land, east and West India, Dandakaranya and south India!

 

Meanwhile, as the BRAHAMINICAL Hegemony with its POLITICAL Power Equations, Demographic readjustment, Media Mis Information campaign, Corporate management, Illuminati Control Manipulated Poll Rsults with Active support of Hindutva forces, Money and Muscle Power, Intelligentsia, Bureaucracy and civil society, CIA, MOSSAD  and US IMPERIALISM the MANDATE so called has been HYPED in favour of ECONOMIC Reforms means mass DESTRUCTION of the Nature Associated Indigenous, Aboriginal, Minority communities as well as Nationalities and Identities!

 

We expected too much from our Marxist and Maoist Friends to launch Anti Zionist, Anti Fascist and Anti Imperialist Resistance in this geopolitics! They BETRAYED as they betrayed in Telengana, SHREEKAKULAM, DHIMRI BLOCK and NAXAL Bari.

 

 More over MAINSTREAM LEFT tagged itself with Ruling Brahaminical Hegemony.

 

 Bengali and Malyali Brahmin Marxists sacrificed IDEOLOGY and History for Corporate Capitalism and LPG Mafia.

 

 OBC ACHUTYANANDAN is betrayed by Malayali Brahmins in Kerala.

 

We were HOPING that DECOUPLED LEFT would COME OUT on Streets and the TRADE UNION and Peasant and social movements would be RESURRECTED as the left has got the best ORGANISATIONAL, Resource and Ideological background!

 

But the LEFT is in no mood as it is Habitual in COUPLATION!

 

Marxists may not BETRAY their masters!

 

 Prime Minister`s Council for DISINVESTMENT and disinvestment Commissions during DEVEGAUADA and GUJRAL regime finalised the STRATEGIES of Moderate Disinvestment and Strategic Reforms in accordance with COMMON Minimum Programme.

 

 More over the RULING Marxists turned the Party into a REGIMENETED GESTAPO to be ENGAGED in ABSOLUTE Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide CULTURE.

 

With the REPRESSION and Genocides in Marichjhanpi, Singur and Nandigram, CPIM lost the CREDIBILITY and it is in no position to lead any National Movement whatsoever as it bites the DUST in its Traditional bases and MOURNS for the UNPRAGMATIC Withdrawal of SUPPORT of INDO US Nuke Deal Issue as well as a THIRD Front led by Dalit Leader Mayawati causing Nationwide POLARISATION of High caste Votes in favour of Congress to CONTINUE the KILLING with ROTHSCHILD in Helms!

 

The left is known to be CONCERNED with the INDUSTRIAL Scenerio in Bengal where FIFTY SIX  Production units and tea gardens in large number have been closed down due to TRADE UNION Role.

 

The Marxist Think Tank is learnt to be UP against whatsoever RESISTANCE and wants to EXPOSE UPA.

 

It would not share any RESPONSIBLITY of RESISTANCE as  the TRADE UNION movement may cause further JOB Loss, Closure and Lay Off as administrative action to JUSTIFY Disinvestment and DIVESTMENT.

 

 The Marxists all over the Country NEVER Recognise the LITERACY f the People and assume that the MASSES would never UNDERSTAND the ECONOMIC ISSUES. They are SO AIR COOLED that would never TROUBLE Themselves to use the HUGE CADRE Base to INFORM the Massses the REALITY and Facts!

 

Thus, the personality like Shamsher Singh Bisht, Social Movement like BAMCEF irrespective of factions, Nrmada bachao Andolan, Azadi Bachao Andolan , PVCR, NAFRE, Dalitreds, Nationality Movements, Dravid Movement, Individual Committed Marxists, Social Activists, Human and Civil right Activists and ENVIRONMENTALIST have no other OPTION to join Hands today to SAVE our People!

 

The GREEN PARROTS should be INVOKED every where so that we may ORGANISE and Coordinate a NATIONAL Movement!

 

So Called FLAGSHIP Programme of the UPA is nothing but EYEWASHING to ENSURE the CONTINUITY of Economic Reforms and mass Destructions under US ZIONIST UMBRELLA with Indo US Nuclear Deal  and Strategic realliance in US ISRAEL lead backed by ILLUMINATI, India Incs, CIA, Mossad and Media.

 

 Parliamentary SOP OPERA of REALITY Show has just began with UNPRECEDENTED Floor Understanding.

 

 With the REDUCED DISABLED Letf SUBORDINATED, the HINDUTVA Forces led by RSS make SURE EVERY ANTI People Legisation for the LICENSE for INDISCRIMINATE Killing in MONOPOLISTIC Aggression.

 

No Opposition is Presnt in the ILLUMINATI Parliament and BLIND nationalis is the GROSS CAPITAL which finalises the ROAD MAP for Complete DESTRUCTION in the Periphery , RLUED by Slave IMMORAL and UNETHICAL HEGEMONIES in US Interests!

 

Just see the TAMASHA!

 

Sharad Yadav's statement reflects poisoning of polity: CPI(M)

 

 JD(U) president Sharad Yadav's threat to consume poison if the women's quota bill was passed reflects the "poisoning" of the Indian democratic polity which has denied women their rights, the CPI(M) said on Saturday.

"The statement reflects the mindset in a section of our political leadership which denies the rights of women. Our democratic system has been poisoned as this bill has not been allowed to be passed for the past 14 years," party Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat told PTI here.

 

Pointing out that there were only four MPs belonging to Scheduled Castes and Tribes elected this time from general seats, she said as reservation was required for these sections, "similar constitutional mandate is required for women. The situation is equally true for women."

Ms. Karat said what was surprising was that despite "overwhelming evidence that women at the panchayat level have done so well, people like Sharad Yadavji try to whip up this kind of rhetoric against a measure whose time has come."

"He is a senior member of Parliament... Of course, it is a reflection of the frustration," she said.

Asserting that there was a need for political will to implement the measure, the CPI(M) leader said the women's quota was a promise made by the Congress, BJP and the Left parties. "Now they have to deliver."

Sharad Yadav tones down, demands quota for OBC women

 

JD-U President Sharad Yadav, who had created flutters with his threat to consume poison and die if the women's reservation bill was passed, sought to wriggle out of his statement but maintained his strong opposition to the measure in its present form.

Claiming that the present bill would only allow entry of women of "elite class of society", he demanded at a press conference that the bill should be amended to provide for quota for women belonging to SCs, STs, OBCs and minorities.

"I had taken the name of Socrates. He (the Greek philosopher) was not the one to consume poison himself. He was given poison for speaking the truth. I am a fighter and I will not give up," he told a press conference adding he had not said he would take poison.

"What I said (in Lok Sabha yesterday) should have been understood in its spirit," Yadav, a long-time opponent of the bill, said adding one should not go merely by words.

Participating in the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President's address in the Lok Sabha yesterday, he had said "We may not have the numbers. I will consume poison and die here but not allow the passage of the women's reservation bill."

He had referred to Greek philosopher Socrates who was forced to consume poison or compromise on his view. He preferred poison.

Yadav, who was among the bitter opponents to introduction of the women's reservation bill since it was first attempted in 1996 by the United Front government, said "We repeat our resolve to oppose the Bill in the present form".

He said those who are the most impoverished should be empowered first. "The Bill in its present form will empower only those women, who are already powerful. Many women like Anu Tandon (newly-elected Congress MP from Unnao who is the wife of corporate honcho Sandeep Tandon) will come to Parliament," he said.

"We are for empowerment of the women. That's why we are not against the quota for women in Indian legislatures but we will never allow the government to overlook the interests of women belonging to SCs, STs and OBCs, Minorities and farming communities," he added.

Asked whether he sticks to his statement of consuming poison if the Bill was passed, Yadav said, "It is wrong. I did not say I will consume poison. I am a man who had been fighting all along and [who] believes in dying fighting. I am against even hunger strikes. How can I talk of committing suicide?"

Asserting that caste is a reality in India, he said that the Bill should not be passed overlooking the ground realities and demanded "quota within quota" for reservation to women in legislatures.

Yadav said "In India and the sub-continent, caste is a reality. All parties distributed tickets on the basis of caste in this election but when they come to the Lok Sabha, they indulge in sweet talk."

He said insisting that women's reservation should be the "mirror of Indian society".

Referring to the 50 percent reservation in local bodies given in Bihar, Yadav demanded this formula should be adopted at the Centre to ensure representation to SCs, STs, OBCs, Minorities and Farming Communties.

He suggested that the quota could be raised to 50 percent. Yadav criticised the attempts to push in with the reservation bill through Constitutional amendment without building any consensus over it.

"So far 90 constitutional amendments have taken place but none was done without evolving a consensus. This is the first bill on which no attempt has been made by the government to reach a consensus," he said.

To a query as to how does he would proceed with the opposition of the bill when BJP, the biggest party in the NDA is inclined to support it, Yadav said, "We are together but we have differences on this issue for the last 13 years. Asked whether JD-U's opposition to the Bill would have no meaning when the government already has the majority to push through it, Yadav shot back, "if we do not have majority, should we leave the parliament. Our number is not so less either."

 

Sharif spells out Pak stand on Kashmir, supports separatism

Islamabad Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the resolution of the Kashmir issue is the key to peace in the region and for India and Pakistan to have cordial ties.

Addressing delegates of the Kashmir American Council, Sharif said Pakistan is committed to resolving the issue.

“Pakistan would continue diplomatic, political and moral support to Kashmiri people fighting for freedom,” ‘The Daily Times’ quoted Sharif, as saying.

Referring to the murder of two women in Shopian, Sahrif said Islamabad is concerned about the “growing violation of human rights in the region.”

Kashmir American Council’s Executive Director Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai said the right to self-determination of the people in Kashmir could not be compromised in the name of conflict resolution

 

If Ash can do stunts, why can't other girls?: Alan Amin

 

New Delhi After getting Aishwarya to perform gravity defying acts in thriller 'Dhoom 2', ace stuntman Alan Amin is now looking forward to more female contestants in an upcoming TV reality bike stunt show.

With Aishwarya, Amin says he succeeded in breaking through a Bollywood stereotype about women being unable to perform stunts.

"I am now looking for adventure-loving girls and boys, who are ready to take on the challenge of performing dangerous stunts under my guidance. If Aishwariya Rai can perform bike stunts in Dhoom 2, why can't other girls do it too?" Amin asks.

Amin is a judge on the "Pulsar MTV Stunt Mania," in which 10 participants will put up a show of adrenalin-pumping stunts to beat each other to achieve the title of Stunt God as well as act in a commercial with the sponsor bike company.

In his almost 25-year-old career, Amin has worked in a number of Bollywood films, including "Satya," "Company" "Dus," "Dhoom," and its sequel "Dhoom 2." The stunt director now wants to pass on through the show his experience to younger people who are equally eager to learn about motorcycling stunts.

Currently Amin is working with actors Vivek Oberoi in "Prince", an action thriller and Emraan Hashmi in "Luck".

"Haven't you seen Hrithik perform some incredible stunts in Dhoom 2? Don't you think he has done them superbly," says Amin, who has also directed Amitabh Bachchan in "Aks" and Shahrukh Khan in "Dil Se." When asked, Amin declines to pick a favourite actor.

"I have made people like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan execute their own stunts, all of them have been very good at their work."

The Mumbai-based stunt guru who has also worked in a couple of Hollywood projects says that Bollywood is no less than Hollywood.

"Hollywood has a bigger budget and they rehearse more number of times. They also hire specialists to perform the stunts, like in the James Bond movies," says Amin.

Apart than that, he finds stunts performed by Indians do match up to the international standards.

Amin also does not subscribe to the popular belief that stunts men do not get their due and actors take away all the credit for the thrilling stunts shown in the films. "If a person wanted name and fame they would star as a hero in the films, not as a stuntman. Stuntmen do their job and get paid, thats it," says Amin.

 

 

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Pranab has a master bank plan

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KOLKATA: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will chalk out an immediate road map for public sector banks (PSBs) on what he expects from them in terms

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of interest rates, credit offtake, infrastructure lending, bad loans management and financial inclusion.

Mr Mukherjee is slated to meet captains of PSBs and financial institutions on June 10 when he is slated to lay down the new UPA government’s strategy, especially in areas of infrastructure and rural development. His ministry has already circulated a memo to every bank, indicating the likely theme of the proposed meeting, senior bankers in the know told ET. The meeting will be the first of its kind since the second UPA government’s formation.

Besides regular issues like interest rates and core sector development, the FM is slated to dwell heavily on the subject of inclusive banking with specific emphasis on no-frill accounts and self-help group-bank linkage programmes. Inclusive growth, incidentally, is among the main pillars of the UPA government’s economic agenda.

At the meeting, Mr Mukherjee will also review banks’ annual performance with special reference to lending to key areas like agriculture, micro, small & medium enterprises, housing and education. Ministry officials have been collecting data from banks relating to lending to these key areas.

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Although the finance ministry has proposed a slew of issues to take up at the meeting, top PSB executives expect the issue of interest rate to be the central agenda. “We expect the FM to ask banks to reduce the benchmark prime lending rates (BPLR) by a minimum 50 basis points,” said one bank head who did not want to be named.

However, over the last six months or so, banks have typically reduced BPLR by around 150 basis points. Significantly, in its latest communication to banks on June 2, the finance ministry told banks to furnish the details of BPLR and interest rates for vehicle loans, consumer loans, housing loans and SME loans. Besides the country’s banking captains, top executives of National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development, Small Industries Development Bank of India and National Housing Bank have also been invited to meet the FM.

 

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'Pak built up army against India with US military aid'

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Posted: Jun 06, 2009 at 1316 hrs IST

Washington Pakistan has used a substantial amount of military aid from the US meant to fight terrorism to build up its army with modern weapons and equipment for a conventional warfare against India, Pentagon documents have revealed.

All this was done with the knowledge of the then Bush Administration, which not only provided USD 1.9 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) but also signed agreements with Pakistan for military sales worth nearly USD 5 billion during the period, showed the documents accessed by PTI.

The Pentagon documents also revealed that a major post-9/11 American defence supply to Pakistan under FMF had nothing to do with its fight against terrorism.

While the Taliban and al-Qaeda gained ground in the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, Islamabad bought eight P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and their refurbishment worth USD 474 million. It also placed orders for 5,250 TOW anti-armour missiles worth USD 186 million. 2,007 of these have already been delivered and the rest are in the process of being supplied.

Besides buying more than 5,600 military radio sets worth USD 163 million, Pakistan bought six AN/TPS-77 surveillance radars worth USD 100 million and six C-130E transport aircraft and their refurbishment worth USD 76 million. Under the Excess Defence Articles (EDA), it was granted 20 AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters, which were then refurbished, according to the Pentagon documents.

Pakistan also used a substantial chunk of America's FMF to purchase up to 60 mid-life update kits for F-16 A/B combat aircraft valued at USD 891 million. Of this, it paid USD 477 million from the FMF funds given by the United States.

Similarly, of the USD 87 million worth order for 115 M-109 self-propelled howitzers, it paid USD 53 million from FMF. And all this happened while Pakistan's economic situation deteriorated.

Islamabad also paid a whopping USD 1.43 billion to the US to purchase 18 new F-16 combat aircraft and another USD 629 million for F-16 armaments.

Prominent among these are 500 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles; 1,450 2,000-pound bombs; 500 JDAM tail Kits for gravity bombs and 1,600 Enhanced Paveway laser-guided kits, also for gravity bombs. F-16 has not been delivered to date. Pakistan also paid USD 298 million for 100 Harpoon anti-ship missiles; USD 95 million for 500 sidewinder air-to-air missiles and USD 80 million for six Phalanx close-in-naval guns.

Prominent Indian activist opposes protest rally in Sydney

 

Melbourne A prominent Sydney-based Indian activist has advised members of the community against attending a proposed rally in the city to protest attacks on Indians in Melbourne, warning that the effort might backfire.

Calling the proposed rally as an "entirely futile" idea, Yadu Singh said he feared it might cause inconvenience to people and backfire on the Indian community.

Singh, who is attached to the Indian Consulate in Sydney and heads a committee concerned with the welfare of Indian students in Australia, attended a meeting convened by New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees yesterday to address the issue of the safety of Indians.

He said the exercise will be futile as the issue has already been taken up at the highest level. "This rally is futile. We have already brought the issue of security and safety to the highest level," he said.

Singh, who said he has received several calls to attend the rally in Sydney on Saturday apparently being organised by members of the Indian community in the city, expressed his opposition to it.

"Nobody knows who the organisers are, even the police command does not know," he said. Hundreds of Indians, mostly students, had earlier this week organised a massive rally in Melbourne to protest the recent spate of attacks on Indians in Australia.

 

We committed no war crimes, Lanka minister tells UK paper

 

London Sri Lanka strongly rejected allegations of war-crimes by its forces during fighting with the Tamil Tigers, saying its military "never returned" LTTE fire in the no-fire-zone 'fearing civilian causalities'.

"Within the no-fire zone we never returned fire because we would never have taken that degree of chance for inflicting harm on civilians," Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told ‘The Times’ which had reported that more than 20,000 civilians were believed to have died in the NFZ.

Bogollagma's remarks came as demands for an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes by Sri Lankan forces grows. He has angrily rejected war-crime allegations.

He blamed all civilian deaths on Tamil Tigers rebels, upholding accounts by refugees who said that they were fired on by the rebels while fleeing, but discounting the same witnesses when they talked of deaths from government shelling. He claimed that not one single civilian died as a result of army action.

According to the report last month the UN calculated that the civilian death toll was more than 7,000 by the end of April, a figure that was passed on to foreign missions, including Britain and the US.

UN sources in Colombo later told 'The Times' that the final toll was probably more than 20,000, the report said.

 

Content code: Shackling press unwelcome, says Govt

New Delhi (IANS): With Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni expected to evolve the long-delayed consensus on a content code for news broadcasters, the government Saturday maintained that "any move to shackle the press would be unwelcome".

Even as the coverage of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks attracted adverse criticism, the government, however, called for a debate on the media's response to internal security issues.

At a seminar here Saturday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said while the media played an important role in forcing Pakistan to acknowledge that the lone captured survivor of the Mumbai terror attacks Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani national, the 24/7 coverage also provided inputs to the terrorists to plan their operations.

There are "questions that stare at our face on what should be the media's response to such incidents", Bansal said. He also called for a debate on contentious issues like a content code which is bogged down in differing perceptions among the government and key players in the electronic news media.

Bansal was addressing a seminar on "Media Response to National Security" here, which was organised by the All India Newspaper Editor's Conference and the Federation of Legislators of India.

The minister, however, cautioned that "any move to shackle the media would be unwelcome" as media is vital for survival of democracy.

"Without media, democracy cannot survive. It inculcates democratic values," he said.

The broadcasters fear that the imposition of a content code could fetter their freedom. Soni, who took charge as information and broadcasting minister, last week listed the building of a consensus on content code for news broadcasters as one of her top priorities and promised to take up all issues relating to the media industry in a transparent manner.

"We will speak to all the stakeholders concerned on various aspects of the media industry. Anything related to the media will be made known in a transparent manner. We will try to bring a harmonious working relationship to the benefit and advantage of all," said Soni.

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 First case of human to human transmission of A H1N1

Hyderabad/New Delhi (PTI): The first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus of A H1N1 was reported from Hyderabad, raising concerns and pushing up the number of persons afflicted by the disease to seven on Saturday.

The human-to-human transmission took place when a man, who came back from the United States on May 31, infected his younger brother who was living in Hyderabad. Both of them have tested positive for the disease.

One more case was reported in Karimnagar locality of Hyderabad. A mother-son duo, who were sitting two rows behind the the passenger from the United States, also reported symptoms of flu.

While the child tested positive, the results of the tests on the mother are yet to come.

Though the severity of the infection cannot be said to be more, human-to-human transmission is a cause of concern as this means that the virus is circulating in the environment now, Director of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) Dr V N Katoch told said.

"There might also be a spurt in the cases of A H1N1 after September as generally we see an increase in cases of common influenza during this period," he said.

The Centre has taken immediate steps and rushed Rapid Action Teams to Hyderabad to spruce up containment measures.

The total number of positive cases has gone upto seven with the latest cases from Hyderabad.

 

 DRDO, NSG may join hands to deal with terror strikes

Bangalore (PTI): State-run Defence Research and Development Organisation and elite National Security Guards (NSG) are planning to work together to deal with terror strikes, a top DRDO official said on Saturday.

The Government, during the past six months (apparently after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks), was looking "exclusively" at the role of technology in tackling terror attacks, Chief Controller R & D (Services Interaction), DRDO, Dr Prahlada said here.

"The idea is to deploy low-cost, easily portable and quick manufacturing solutions all over the country to deal with low intensity conflicts and terror attacks," he said.

Prahlada said there has been a lot of interaction between paramilitary forces and defence research labs on technologies aiding anti-terror operations. "NSG visited our (DRDO) labs", he said.

The force was impressed by the DRDO expertise in areas such as lasers, small arms, Improvised Explosive Devices and detection of explosives. "We are thinking of the possibility of working together".

 

Central team in Kolkata to assess cyclone damage

Kolkata (PTI): With killer cyclone Aila leaving a trail of massive destruction in West Bengal, a central team headed by a senior Home Ministry official arrived here on saturday to assess the damage.

The 11-member central team led by Ashok Lavasa, Joint Secretary in the ministry will visit the affected areas to take stock of the loss to life and property in the aftermath of the cyclone which hit the state on May 25.

The team's visit follows Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to send such a team and sanction Rs 1,000 crore for relief and restoration work.

The team will split into groups and visit the worst affected areas of North and South 24 Parganas as also landslide hit places of Darjeeling district.

The state government has prepared a memorandum on the basis of detailed inputs of destruction.

The chief minister had also met Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee here in support of his demand.

The cyclone has claimed 133 lives and affected 87 lakh people in different districts.

 

Canada hails 'miracle' of Indian democracy

Toronto (IANS): The election of Meira Kumar as India's first woman and Dalit speaker figured in the Canadian parliament Friday, with Indian-origin MP Deepak Obhrai describing it as a "miracle" of Indian democracy.

Mr.Obhrai, 58, who as the parliamentary secretary to Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon is the highest-ranking Indian in the government, said: "Wednesday, Meira Kumar was elected unanimously as the speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha, the lower house in the Indian Parliament."

With her election, he said, Ms. Kumar has joined "other female leaders of India, the likes of Indira Gandhi, current President Pratibha Patil and business leaders like the CEO of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar, all of whom inspire millions of women in South Asia".

With her Dalit background, he said, Ms. Kumar "has created another milestone, as her appointment breaks through centuries of discrimination against the Dalits in India".

"Like all fights against social evils, the fight against barriers for women and Dalits is a work in progress. I wish to officially congratulate Ms Kumar for this stunning achievement."

Mr. Obhrai said India has made huge strides in bettering the lot of the Dalits.

"The rise of Meira Kumar, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Indian Supreme Court chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan bears testimony to the fact that Dalits have come a long way in India," Obhrai said later outside the House of Commons.

As parliamentary secretary to the foreign minister (equivalent to a minister of state in India), he is the senior-most Indian in the Canadian government.

Tanzanian-born, India-educated Obhrai has represented the Calgary East constituency in parliament since 1997

 Pranab asks partymen to strengthen organisation

Kolkata (PTI) WBPCC President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday asked partymen to strengthen the party organisation while keeping up the alliance with the Trinamool Congress and take the UPA government's programme to the masses.

Mr. Mukherjee, the Union Finance minister, who chaired a meeting participated by PCC working presidents, general secretaries and the Congress legislature party leaders, advised them to set up booth level committees and strengthen party organisations, while keeping up the alliance with the Trinamool Congress, CLP leader Manas Bhunia said.

In the recent Lok Sabha elections, The TMC-Cong alliance captured 26 out of total 42 seats in the state which is traditionally considered to be a Left bastion.

 

Focus on amm aadmi, Manmohan tells Pranab

Special Correspondent

Wants budget to amply reflect priorities outlined in President’s speech

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI: In an unusual move, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has opted to make public his advice to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to incorporate in the budget the priorities outlined in President Pratibha Patil ’s address to the joint session of Parliament on Thursday.

The President unveiled what has been widely described and hailed as a pro-poor agenda of the new Manmohan Singh-led government.

Interestingly enough, the Prime Minister’s Office put out in public domain Dr. Singh’s advice.

The Prime Minister has asked the Finance Ministry to ensure that the budget adequately and appropriately reflects the priorities and programmes outlined in the President’s speech.

Mr. Mukherjee is scheduled to present the budget next month.

It is customary that a Prime Minister gets to set the overall direction and broad contours for his Finance Minister before he starts the budget preparation exercise with North Block officials.

However, by going public so early with his advice, according to senior aides, Dr. Singh has locked the Finance Minister on the side of the aam aadmi against widespread expectations and demands from industry.

PTI reports:

PMO sources said the Prime Minister was keen that adequate allocations were made for the flagship programmes and other measures taken for the key sectors that were hit hard by the global downturn.

The government would make every effort to get budget passed by July 31 as interim budget allows the government to go for expenditure till that day only, informed sources said.

Mr. Mukherjee has sought cooperation of other political parties in doing so.

“...here the cooperation of other political parties represented in the floor of both the houses [is needed]. As soon as Parliament session starts, I will discuss with leaders of all political parties and if they agree to dispense with scrutiny by standing committees, then that would facilitate me to complete the entire exercise by July 31,” he said.

The Finance Minister has started pre-budget interactions and for the first time would meet the State Finance Ministers as well next week.

The economy, after having grown by an annual average of 9 per cent in the first four years of the UPA government’s previous tenure, slowed to 6.7 per cent in 2008-09.

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CAEN, France (AP) President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy don't see eye to eye on whether Turkey should be allowed to join the European Union.

Mr. Obama supports EU membership for the largely Muslim country. Mr. Sarkozy opposes it.

Mr. Obama says Turkey is an important NATO ally is helping with the war in Afghanistan. He says Turkey's economy is growing and that the country wants closer relations with Europe _ something Obama says he encourages.

Mr. Sarkozy says he supports Turkey's integration into Europe, but that he and Obama disagree on how to achieve it.

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From left, U.S. President Barack Obama, Britain's Prince Charles, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrive at the American Cemetery at Colleville-Sur -Mer, near Caen, Western France, Saturday to attend a ceremony marking the 65th Anniversary of the D-day landings in Normandy. Photo: AP.

 

Defending Big Tobacco is a lonely fight these days

WASHINGTON (AP) Like smoking, defending tobacco just isn't cool anymore.

Just ask Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, home to tobacco giants RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Tobacco Co., and thousands of their employees. Last year, North Carolina farmers produced $686 million worth of tobacco, nearly half the value of the entire U.S. output.

Mr. Burr, who is running for re-election next year, spent much of the past week arguing in the Senate against a popular bill that would regulate tobacco for the first time.

Most of the time, he was alone.

It wasn't always so lonely.

Just five years ago, Mr. Burr was a congressman running for the Senate and had powerful allies such as then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who helped kill similar tobacco legislation.

Congress has a long history of legislative leaders defending the industry. Today, however, friends of Big Tobacco are few and far between.

It's not for lack of trying.

Individuals associated with the industry gave more than twice the amount of money to federal candidates during the 2008 election cycle than they had in 2006.

But that money wields less influence than it once did. Few lawmakers are willing to risk their political clout on defending an industry that many see as a political relic in an age where the public increasingly rejects tobacco products.

That shift has brought a change in strategy for the industry and its allies on Capitol Hill.

``Fifteen years ago, it was, `We don't support any regulation.' Now it's about the form and content of the regulation,'' says Tommy Payne, a top lobbyist and executive vice president at RJ Reynolds.

The Senate bill would give regulatory authority to the Food and Drug Administration and let the agency control the ingredients in tobacco products.

Instead of simply fighting the proposal, Mr. Burr and Sen. Kay Hagan, a North Carolina Democrat, have tried to highlight what they say are flaws in the legislation and have offered an alternative that would have a new agency to regulate tobacco. The senators say the current measure would not do enough to reduce smoking.

Under their plan, the new agency would study the benefits of any reduction in nicotine levels; the competing bill would not require such studies. Their proposal would encourage adult smokers to switch to smokeless tobacco products, which the lawmakers and the companies claim are less risky than cigarettes.

That would help RJ Reynolds and Altria Group Inc., parent company of Philip Morris USA, which have bought smokeless tobacco companies in recent years.

Even Mr. Burr is distancing himself from the industry. He says he is not defending tobacco companies, but helping to save jobs in the health sector because adding a new mission to the already stretched FDA could have disastrous consequences.

``The media has tried to make this a story about the tobacco companies and in fact it's about the agricultural community, adult choice and its a story about the integrity of the FDA,'' Burr said. ``I am passionate because I think we are getting ready to make a very serious mistake.''

Mr. Burr attributes the shift in Congress to an environment where regulation is more popular. Gone are the days when DeLay helped kill FDA regulation of tobacco in 2004 after it passed the Senate. He said then he was philosophically opposed to increasing government regulation.

The North Carolinians certainly are not the only opponents of the legislation. Some conservatives, along with other tobacco-state senators, including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Republicna Sen. Jim Bunning, both from Kentucky, have come to the Senate to oppose the bill.

But the Democrats are in charge, and the chairmen of the two committees of jurisdiction _ California Rep. Henry Waxman and Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy _ are among the original proponents of tobacco regulation. The House easily passed the bill this year and President Barack Obama, once a smoker, has pledged to sign it.

For most of the nation's history, tobacco has held a special place on Capitol Hill. Early lawmakers were farmers and many of them grew the plant. Tobacco leaves are carved into the speaker's rostrum in the House chamber and adorn the capitals of columns inside the building.

``The debate in both the House and Senate reflects a very new day,'' said Matthew Myers, the president of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids who has been fighting for regulation for more than 15 years.

Even mr. Burr's own state has accepted the inevitable. North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue signed a bill last month that will ban smoking in the state's restaurants and bars.

 

Snowfall in Kashmir; Heat wave persists in Punjab, Haryana

New Delhi (PTI) Snowfall and rains in the Kashmir valley and Himachal Pradesh brought down the mercury appreciably on Saturday even as Punjab and Haryana continued to remain in the grip of heat conditions.

Light to moderate snowfall was experienced in the hill resort of Sonamarg and adjoining higher reaches in the Kashmir valley, while heavy rains lashed rest of the valley dipping the mercury considerably.

Srinagar recorded a minimum of 10.6 degrees Celsius compared to Friday's 19. Hill resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir, which was lashed by heavy rains, recorded 9.8 degrees. The upper reaches also received light snowfall where Kokernag registered a low of 7.6 degrees.

Continuous rainfall in Himachal Pradesh brought down temperature in the state with capital Shimla registering a maximum of 12.3 degrees.

Punjab continued to reel under heat conditions with holy town Amritsar searing at 44.2 degrees, five degrees above normal followed by Ludhiana 42 degrees, a degree above normal.

In neighbouring Haryana, which witnessed a slight drop in mercury only at a few places, Hisar was the hottest at 43.4 degrees. The Union territory of Chandigarh also experienced a hot day at 39.8 degrees.

People had no respite from heat conditions in the desert state of Rajasthan where Kota was the hottest at 43.3 degrees followed by Churu which recorded 43.1 degrees. Pink city Jaipur witnessed a high of 41.8 degrees.

France, US stand united on Iran, Mideast peace

CAEN, France (AP): President Barack Obama and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, stood united Saturday in efforts to thwart Iran's disputed nuclear ambitions and bring about a Mideast peace that provides for separate Israeli and Palestinian states.

``We want peace. We want dialogue. We want to help them develop. But we do not want military nuclear weapons to spread and we are clear on that,'' said Sarkokzy, who hosted Obama for private talks in this Normandy city before commemorating the D-Day invasion that cemented the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Sarkozy said he worries about ``insane statements'' by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Obama, in turn, reaffirmed that there must be ``tough diplomacy'' with Tehran and said Iran's actions are contrary to its leaders' insistence that the country does not seek nuclear weapons.

Obama said he wants to see greater U.S.-Russian efforts to limit nuclear weapons and said that his work against nuclear proliferation and the efforts toward that end by other countries should signal Iran's leaders that they are not being singled out for rebuke.

On other matters, Sarkozy also agreed with Obama's call for Israel to stop building settlements in the West Bank, and said his country would take some detainees currently held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility, as the United States has asked.

Obama welcomed the support and said that he and Sarkozy will work ``in close collaboration'' on many issues, including anti-terrorism strategy.

The two countries clearly have their differences; France has resisted U.S. appeals for greater efforts to stimulate European economies and more European troops in Afghanistan, where the United States has stepped up its engagement under Obama's administration.

But the relationship that turned frosty under George W. Bush largely because of the Iraq war has seemed to thaw some with Sarkozy and Obama at the helm of their respective countries. Both have expressed fondness for each other _ and did so again Saturday.

The first couples of each country _ Obama and his wife Michelle and Sarkozy and model-turned-singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy _ greeted each other warmly with grins, hugs and, for the women, double kisses on the cheeks outside of the French Prefecture, as several hundred people cheered, shrieked and waved small French and American flags from behind security barriers around the regional headquarters. Police surrounded the crowd from all sides.

Obama and Sarkozy shook a few of the onlookers' hands and listened to each country's national anthem in the gravel palace courtyard before heading down the red carpeted walkway to retreat inside for private talks over lunch.

Their wives _ dueling style icons _ were to meet separately. They wore competing outfits: Michelle Obama was in a white dress topped by a matching white coat and a wide gold belt, while Carla Bruni-Sarkozy donned a cream dress with a thin brown belt.

The U.S. president is rounding out a Mideast and European swing in Normandy, whose cliffs and coastline are still pocked with gun batteries and other remnants of World War II. He will honor the 65th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, invasion, which was pivotal to the Allied victory against the Nazis.

Some 215,000 Allied soldiers, and roughly as many Germans, were killed or wounded during D-Day and the ensuing nearly three months it took to secure the Allied capture of Normandy, a battle that helped free France from Nazi control.

There's a personal side for Obama. His grandfather, Stanley Dunham, came ashore at Omaha Beach six weeks after D-Day. Dunham's older brother Ralph hit Omaha on D-Day plus four.

Hours before his arrival, farmers and their children stood along the narrow, winding roads toward Omaha Beach, waving at buses bringing veterans to the ceremony.

Obama will speak on what is technically U.S. soil _ the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. The leaders of France, Britain and Canada also will attend, and a 12-plane flyover by French, British and American jets also is planned.

American, British and other veterans rode a bus from Caen to Colleville-sur-Mer for the invitation-only afternoon ceremony on Omaha Beach.

``You get an invite like that, you don't turn it down,'' said Isaac Phillips of Carlton, Georgia. Now 84, he was four days shy of his 20th birthday when he climbed into the Atlantic off Utah Beach with the 22nd Infantry Regiment.

``The water was up to here,'' he said, waving a steady, wizened hand at shoulder height.

``We didn't know what was going on. There were fellows who hadn't ever seen blood before. You lose your faith, your sense of what's right,'' he said, his blue-gray eyes clouding over at the memory of the ensuing days of warfare in Normandy's pastoral villages.

Obama arrived in Paris on Friday night from Germany. He previously visited Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Michelle Obama and her two daughters paid a surprise visit to the Eiffel Tower on Friday night. It is the first excursion abroad as presidential daughters for 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha, expected to stay in France until at least Monday. The president leaves Sunday.

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Nepal govt to extend eight generals' tenure

KATHMANDU (Xinhua): The Nepali government has decided to extend the tenure of eight brigadier generals of the Nepali Army (NA) by another three years, The Himalayan Times reported on Saturday.

According to the daily, they were pensioned off by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M)-led government. "Friday's cabinet meeting decided to review the previous government's move to send the generals into retirement. Consequently, their tenure has been extended," Prakash Sharan Mahat, who is yet to get a portfolio, told reporters after the cabinet meeting.

The eight generals had received their superannuation letters, which was issued by the UCPN-M-led cabinet on March 19.

But the generals moved the Supreme Court on March 23, challenging the government's decision not to allow them to hold office for another three years. The move came under scrutiny since there is a legal provision, which authorizes the government to extend the tenure of the generals if it deems fit.

Responding to their writ petition, the apex court had issued a stay order on March 24. NA officials had maintained that the government's move to pension them off would create a vacuum in the leadership in the national army.

Mr. Mahat said no decision was taken on Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal, who was sacked by the erstwhile coalition government on May 3. President Ram Baran Yadav had subsequently revoked the decision, urging general Katawal to stay put. Government sources said that the army chief would be reinstated to his post once the cabinet got its complete shape.

 

Obama's speech historical, says Islamic Centre president

New Delhi (IANS) Sirajuddin Qureshi, president of the India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC), on Saturday described US President Barrack Obama's Cairo speech as "historical" and hoped that Muslims will judge him by actions more than words.

"It was a truly historical and very clear, but people will believe him when words will be translated into action. Obama's consent to Iranian peaceful nuclear ambition was a courageous step forward in right direction," said Mr. Qureshi when a delegation from US Embassy handed over the copy of the president's speech. Larry Schwartz of the Councillor Public Affairs Office led the delegation.

Mr. Qureshi said the speech reflected an attempt on Obama's part to leave the past behind and move ahead in partnership with the Muslim world.

Mr. Obama's stirring speech at the Cairo university struck a chord in India, home to the world's second largest Muslim population, with academics and intellectuals seeing in it a new beginning by Washington to repair the US' strained relations with the Muslim world.

"Obama is the first US President who expressed such positive opinion about Islam and its followers," Mr. Qureshi said.

Among others present on the occasion were Safdar H. Khan, vice president and Wasi Ahmed Nomani, secretary of the cultural centre.

The child actors of movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' (left to right) Mahesh Khedekar, Azharuddin Mohammed Sheikh and Rubina Qureshi pose with staff of Cathay Pacific Airways after they travelled to Hong Kong via the airways for charity fund-raising event , in Mumbai on Saturday. Photo: PTI.

 

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Chipko movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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