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Nation
& States
Delhi
irked by EU panel's
remarks on Kashmir
What is India News
Service, August 24, 2004, 1700 hrs IST
Angry about the remarks of a European official who called Jammu & Kashmir the world's most beautiful prison, India has
decided not to
play host to European parliamentary delegations, news reports
said.
The Times of India said that New Delhi will not stop such visits to Jammu and Kashmir or any other place but would no longer assist them as it has been doing of late. Similar patronage was withdrawn from visits to Kashmir by the European Union's envoys in Delhi last year after they started 'lecturing' the government on improving the human rights situation there.
India reports said New Delhi had rejected an official claim by the parliamentary delegation, headed by John Cushnahan of Ireland, saying its understanding of the situation in the Jammu and Kashmir was 'not accurate'.
Spotlight
Uma
Bharati resignation
Uma Bharati has resigned as the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister. She
handed in her papers to Governor Bal Ram Jhakar. Her successor, Mr Babulal Gaur, accompanied
her when she met the
governor. She is expected to surrender before a Karnataka court on
Wednesday.
BJP to launch stir for tainted ministers' ouster:
The BJP parliamentary board today decided to make political capital out of Uma
Bharati\92s resignation.
Crown goes to
rival:
Uma Bharti ended a short stint as chief minister and headed
for a Karnataka court, winching the curtains up on what looks like a season of bitter confrontation between the principal political players in the country.
 Don't
arrest her, BJP tells Dharam government:
Warning the government against arresting Uma Bharati, BJP's Karnataka unit said
the police should pave the way for her smooth surrender.
State BJP leaders, police get busy:
It was a day of hectic preparations for both the police department and the State BJP leaders.
Deve
Gowda angry: Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda is understood to have chastised Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh for reopening the Idgah case against BJP leader Uma Bharti as it could prove politically costly for the coalition government in the state.
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Home
ministry working on terror law substitute:
The home ministry is working on a package that will not only add teeth to the born-again successor to the controversial terror-buster law but also put in place checks to prevent police from invoking the substitute indiscriminately.
Steps
to check infiltration bids discussed:
Concerned over the escalation
in the infiltration of militants from across the border, Union Home
Minister Shivraj Patil here today held a high-level meeting to
discuss measures to counter it, including speeding up the fencing
work along the Line of Control (LoC).
Nirupam Sen is India's new UN representative:
Career diplomat Nirupam Sen took over as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations succeeding Vijay K Nambiar.
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Fund
crunch may hit defence projects:
Shortage of funds in
the budgetary allocation made this year for defence can lead to
curtailment or deferment of some of the schemes and projects, which
are at various stages of finalisation.
Uproar in J&K Legislature over Women's Bill:
There was pandemonium in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council over the controversial J&K Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill, 2004.
SC
orders relook in 156 Gujarat riot acquittals:
After ordering the reopening of
over 2,000 closed riot cases in Gujarat last week, the Supreme Court
today directed the state\92s Advocate-General (AG) to personally
examine 156 cases in which a large number of accused had been
acquitted by the trial courts due to lackadaisical prosecution but
no appeals had been filed in the High Court.
Talks
to end strike fail: Talks between the striking truck operators and the Government today remained inconclusive. The All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) said its strike would continue.
States
Steps
to rescue stranded pilgrims in full swing:
Even as bulldozers and other rescue and road-clearance equipment
were rushed to the site of mudslides, the road near Rishikund could
not be cleared. Over three hundred pilgrims on their way back from
the Gangotri shrine were still stranded at Dabrani, near Rishikund
in Uttarkashi, Disaster Management Department officials said.
Mulayam on a image building exercise:
Battered by foes and friends alike for his "poor" performance the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has embarked on an image building excercise. A small coterie of officials at chief minister's office is burning midnight oil to find ways how to project Mr Yadav as `dhartiputra' in a true sense.
Ex-CM's peccadillos anger party: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta's extra-marital affair could force the party he founded to sack him.
80 docs suspended in Bihar:
In a major crackdown on doctors, the Govt has suspended 80 of them for not reporting to duty in flood-affected areas and dismissed 50 others on various charges.
Maharashtra assembly polls on October 13:
Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy on Tuesday announced the dates for polling in Maharashtra and Arunachal
Pradesh.
SC
dismisses Punjab Govt petition on SYL canal:
The apex court today dismissed the plea seeking review of its
earlier order directing the Centre to take up the construction of
SYL Canal.
Panel for deferred release of non-Kannada films:
A panel is trying to resolve the stand-off between Kannada film producers and non-Kannada film exhibitors.
Neighbours
Delhi offers help with Hasina
probe: India has offered to help Bangladesh identify those responsible for Saturday\92s grenade attack at a Sheikh Hasina Wajed rally that killed the former Prime Minister\92s personal bodyguard and 18 others.
Karzai, Musharraf unite on fight against terror:
Pakistan's leader vowed to prevent terrorists from staging attacks from Pakistani territory to disrupt landmark Afghan national elections set for October, Pakistan's state-run news agency reported.
Shujaat stresses political solution: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said efforts would be made to find a political solution to Balochistan's problems.
View from
abroad
Can desis play Bush's
saviour?: Taking cue from the Democratic Party, Republicans are now wooing the Indian-Americans.
Overall:
Delhi was miffed over EU panel
report: India may not play
the good host to visiting European parliamentary committees any
more.
Uma Bharati resigned: She is no longer
chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, and will surrender in Hubli before
a court.
India offered to help in probe: It wants to help
identify those involved in the grenade attack on a rally addressed
by ex-PM Sheikh Hasina.
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