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Kalam wants PM, President
brought under anti-corruption ombudsman
What is India News Service,
Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 2200 hrs IST
President Abdul Kalam said today that all top government dignitaries, including the President and the Prime Minister,
should fall under the purview of the
Lokpal, an institution meant to check corruption.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Eighth All-India Lokayuktas conference, President Kalam backed the power plea by the Lokayuktas, urging all states that still do not have the office of Lokayukta to set it up within three months.
Opening the three-day conference under way at the Forest Research Institute here, President Kalam recognised the need for a uniform Act for the Lokayuktas in the country and setting up of the apex office of Lokpal. Surprised at the fact that the MLAs and Chief Ministers do not fall in the purview of Lokayuktas in most states, he said the jurists and Lokayuktas at the conference must debate the issue and make appropriate recommendations to the government in this regard. The MLAs and Chief Ministers were kept out of the Lokayukta purview on the plea that they did not fall in the category of public servants, he said.
India unlikely to withdraw
forces from Siachen: Verbal assurances from Pakistan are not enough, India
said.
Siachen talks likely:
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that military-level talks between India and Pakistan would be held to defuse tension in Siachen.
Talks with Musharraf very good:
Describing his talks with Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf as "very good", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the two had agreed to carry forward their composite dialogue.
More headlines:
No parting
shots, only mutual praise
India
can do business with Musharaff: PM
No reason to doubt Singh's sincerity: Musharaff
Shabir Shah suggests Kashmir panel headed by Atal:
The senior separatist leader today suggested a Kashmir panel with Vajpayee as
its head to frame a policy to resolve the dispute.
BJP in a fix over role for Uma:
The Bharatiya Janata Party high command is engaged in a serious exercise to find a suitable assignment for former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti, who ended her Tiranga Yatra on Saturday.
India
won't hold military exercises with Israel: India has no plans to conduct military exercises with Israel
but is working towards strengthening military-to-military contacts.
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Konkan railway employees figure in FIR: An offence of alleged negligence has been registered against two employees of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (krcl) in connection with the Sky-Bus metro mishap, which claimed one life on Saturday.
Eminent English writer Mulk Raj Anand
is dead: Noted English novelist Mulk Raj Anand died this morning at Jehangir Hospital in Pune. He was 99.
States
SC adjourns hearing in \91mass leave\92 case:
The Supreme Court today adjourned for six weeks the hearing on a public interest litigation raising the issue of 25 judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court taking \91mass\92 casual leave on April 19 following alleged differences with the Chief Justice of the court.
Orissa on alert ahead of PW bandh:
With tension mounting in tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj following the conviction of a group of Naxalites, the
Orissa government has beefed up security along its borders with Andhra Pradesh and
Jharkhand.
TN
to treat video pirates as goondas: The film industry in Tamil Nadu has obtained quick redress from the State Government after shutting down for a day in protest last week against rampant VCD piracy.
Sikhs angry
over attack on Nankana Sahib: Sikh leaders in Delhi said the Pakistani
government should take immediate action against the attackers.
Centre clears major road projects
in Karnataka: Minister T R Baalu announced a slew of project approvals on
his Karnataka tour.
Congress expels five rebels:
The Congress today expelled five rebels for contesting against the official candidates of the Congress-National Congress Party alliance in
Maharashtra.
5 babies die in Kolkata hospital:
Five babies died in Dr B.C. Roy children hospital, Beliaghata (central Kolkata), last night during a power cut.
Goa hopes
film festival will bring more tourists: Goa expects four lakh more tourists to visit the State this
year, thanks to an expo of St Xavier relics and the year-end International Film Festival of India.
Neighbours
'Plotter\92 death perks up Pervez: Pakistani security forces arrested more suspected Islamic militants a day after they shot dead a key suspect wanted in a failed bid on President Pervez Musharraf\92s life and the killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
Did Col Karuna shell LTTE area in
Batticaloa?: Unidentified men allegedly fired RPG shells at a house near Vaharai area and wounded two
civilians.
BSF, Bangladeshi Rifles meet starts today:
During the three-day talks, the Indian side will furnish an updated list of 195 terrorist camps in
Bangaldesh.
View from abroad
Britain exported infected blood products to India:
Britain has exported blood products that could be contaminated with the human form of mad cow disease to at least 11 countries, including India, raising fears of further transmission of the deadly disease, a leading daily reported today.
Five killed in Dubai airport accident: Five people, including an Indian, were killed and 12 injured when a wall at a construction site in the Dubai international airport collapsed
on Tuesday.
Indian
wiz kids take on the world: Forty-eight children, each brilliant in their own right, are in Kuala Lumpur, representing India in the Fifth World Social Intellectual and Progressive (SIP) Abacus competition.
FBI independently investigating IA-IC 814 hijacking:
The American agency FBI is independently investigating hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC 814, besides assisting to Indian investigative agencies. Gangster Dawood Ibrahim's deportation from Pakistan to India was on priority to the American authorities.
Overall:
India opens up Kashmir to scribes: The Indian government has issued visas to 18 Pakistani journalists.
Supreme Court wanted burglary defined better: It found the present definition loaded against insurance claimants.
PM wrapped up US tour: He also celebrated his 73rd birthday by cutting a cake on his return plane.
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