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Economy
& Business
Government
keen to discuss with opposition poll bar on criminals
What is India News
Service, August 09, 2004, 2000 hrs IST
The government wants a consensus on banning criminals from entering
politics. Home minister Shivraj Patil said he wanted to stop
"criminally-inclined persons" from contesting elections.
"But in what fashion that has to be done has to be decided by all of us together,''
he said. He plans to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the
ban.
Going into the complexities of the problem and the practical difficulties
involved in carrying out the Election Commission's suggestions on
electoral reforms, he said "Unless we develop a consensus, it is not going to happen.''
Patil said if a person was not allowed to contest on the grounds that a case had been filed against him or her, then
"all good politicians'' would invite a flurry of cases against them from opponents.
Top babu wants US in J&K:
In controversial remarks which are in conflict with the Indian government\92s stand, a senior IAS officer of the J&K cadre has said that the US could play a \93crucial role\94 as a facilitator in solving the J&K issue keeping in view the \93deep mistrust that Kashmiris have of India and their growing mistrust of Pakistan.\94
Pakistan returns two Indian PoWs:
Five years after they disappeared near the Line of Control and were branded as deserters by the Indian Army, Lance Naik Jagsir Singh and Sapper Mohammed on Monday afternoon returned to India.
BJP
proposes, Govt disposes: The deadlock over parliamentary
committees having taken a bulk of the recess time, the BJP has
expressed a desire that the Parliament session scheduled to start on
August 16 be delayed till August 23. This is to give House panels
enough time to prepare their reports.
Kidnappers
make fresh demands: The
Iraq hostage crisis got entangled at the last minute late last night
just when a resolution of the captives\92 ordeal was in sight as the
kidnappers yet again made fresh demands.
Amarinder\92s
future on hold:
As Punjab Chief
Amarinder Singh battles the floods in his state, his political
future appears to be on hold with the Congress leadership adopting
an ambivalent stance.
Threat to Vajpayee\92s life; man arrested:
A man who allegedly made a telephone call about a bid on the life of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was arrested in the capital on Sunday.
Kullu
tunnel traps 40: About 40 labourers were feared trapped
in a tunnel at the Parvati Hydel Power project site on Sunday as
flash floods caused by cloudburst triggered landslides and washed
away heavy machinery worth crores of rupees in Manikarna area of
this district, 60 km from here.
Indian
trade team in Pakistan: Two-day
secretary level talks between Pakistan and India on bilateral trade
will begin on August 11 in Islamabad.
A six-member Indian delegation led by Commerce Secretary Deepak
Chatterjee will arrive in Lahore on Monday. Commerce Secretary
Tasneem Noorani will head the Pakistani delegation at the talks. The
agenda includes promotion of bilateral trade, free trade, free
import and export of agricultural products, industrial growth, sea
trade, Pakistan-Iran-India gas pipeline and an end to tariff and
non-tariff barriers. The Indian delegation will arrive in Islamabad
Tuesday.
Italy
refuses to extradite Quattrocchi: Italy has refused to extradite
businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi to face trial in India in the Rs. 64
crore Bofors scam, CBI sources said.
States
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MP
Cong awaits funds from Centre:
With the benefits of power at New Delhi not trickling down to
Bhopal, the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee has been forced to
tighten its belt to the extent that it has started hurting state
leaders.
Students pay for govt apathy:
A year has passed but the administration is yet to release fee subsidies meant for SC/ST students and the deadline is over.
Tibet lake
prompts alert in Himachal:
The army and administration have been put on high alert in Himachal
Pradesh following information that an artificial lake formed in
Tibet is likely to burst, triggering flash floods in Sutlej river.
Neighbours
'Dawood
runs TV channel in Nepal': The Indian government has told Nepal
it believes one of its most wanted fugitives, Dawood Ibrahim, has
invested in a private television network here.
India has \93credible information\94 that Ibrahim, who is accused of
masterminding 1993 bombings in Mumbai that killed almost 300 people,
has invested in the Space Time network, Indian embassy press
secretary Sanjaya Verma said. It wants action taken against the
channel. Space Time Network has refuted
India's charges.
Musharraf committed to Indo-Pak peace process: Observing
that New Delhi and Islamabad are moving in the right direction,
Pakistan Minister for Health Muhammad Nasir Khan said India and
Pakistan were determined to resolve the Kashmiri crisis.
Militant
group's chief arrested:
Pakistan's Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced on
Sunday the arrest of Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, chief of Harkatul
Mujahideen and successor to Qari Saifullah Akhtar.
Twin
blasts leave 8 dead in Karachi:
At least eight people were killed and over 40 injured when two bombs
exploded in quick succession near the Jamia Binori Madressah in
Karachi on Sunday evening.
Roadside
bomb kills US soldiers in Afghanistan: A
roadside bomb hit a US military vehicle in southeastern Afghanis-tan
and killed two soldiers and an Afghan interpreter, underscoring the
rising cost of American operations aimed at preventing militants
from disrupting the country's first post-Taliban election.
Rebels
kill couple in Nepal: A
group of armed Maoist rebels killed Kul Bahadur Rai, 55, and his
35-year-old wife, Laxmimaya Rai, residents of Shitalpati VDC in
Sankhuwasabha district, after branding them 'informers' early on
Sunday.
Nine
Nepali girls rescued from Indian circus company: An
Indian child rights group has rescued nine Nepali girls from a
circus company in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The girls
were handed over to their parents Sunday.
View from
abroad
Indo-Pakistan peace rally in US: Pakistanis and Indians living in the greater Washington area have planned a peace march on Aug 14 to celebrate their 57th Independence Day.
The organizers have chosen 4 pm in the afternoon for the rally when it will still be the Pakistani independence day in the United States while people in India would have begun their independence day celebrations.
\91Iraq\92s invasion was a gift to Bin Laden\92:
War validated arguments made in the past by Osama, a former CIA expert
has said. The US invasion of Iraq was a \93tremendous gift\94 to Osama bin Laden and a major setback in the struggle against Al Qaeda, according to a CIA terrorism expert who has written a scathing account of the conduct of the US \93war on terror.\94
Banned
Indian film tells a painful tale: An award-winning documentary by Rakesh Sharma that chronicles one of India's most painful episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence has been banned by state censors who said it could trigger more unrest.
Overall:
Government said it was for barring criminals
in politics:
The home minister will hold a meeting with all parties to arrive at
a consensus on the nature of the ban.
India complained to Nepal: The Indian government fears Dawood
Ibrahim, who allegedly masterminded the Bombay blasts, has invested
in a TV channel in Nepal.
Harkatul Mujahideen chief was arrested:
Pakistan said it had arrested the head of the Kashmiri terrorist
organisation.
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