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UN Security Council seat:
Veto power or nothing, says India
What is India News Service,
Friday, 3 December 2004, 1200 hrs IST
India has categorically stated that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat without veto power is unacceptable.
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday four countries including India, Japan, Germany and Brazil were making a bid. He also said India wanted an African representation in this body.
The high-powered committee appointed on UN reforms has called for increasing the strength of the Security Council from 15 members to 24 and offers two options for the expansion.
In one, six new permanent members, with no veto power, would be among the new seats. In the other, eight new seats, with renewable four-year terms, would be
added.
Spotlight
Putin in India
Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to arrive here early tomorrow morning for the fifth annual Indo-Russian Summit during which a host of agreements and Memoranda of Understanding are expected to be signed.
'Hope U.S. will remember lessons from Iraq': Differences between key global players over Iraq led to a "significant slowdown" in developing international "anti-terrorist interaction," Vladimir Putin has
said .
Moscow looks at old ties, new chemistry:
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sit down for the first-ever regular summit level talks on a range of regional and international issues in New Delhi, much attention will be focused on their ``personal chemistry'.
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BJP
wants transfer of Acharya case to another state: Amid continuous heckling from across the political spectrum, the arrest of the Kanchi Sankaracharya was raised in both Houses of Parliament today by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Seer arrest holds up both Houses:
The Centre today sought to distance itself from the Shankaracharya arrest, even as the issue rocked both Houses during Zero Hour.
OPINION: Will the Chief Minister have a look at what is happening?:
Twentyfour hours later it turns out that Usha is a cancer patient for 15 years and has undergone radiation therapy 130 times, yes 130
times! By S Gurumurthy
Also read:
VHP gives clean chit to Jaya in seer
case
Acharya's counsel submits further arguments for
bail
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CBI probe ordered into Pappu Yadav's `meeting' in jail:
The Supreme Court today ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the incident of Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, Member of Parliament, holding a `meeting' with over 50 of his supporters
in jail. A scuffle had broken out inside
the jail on Wednesday.
'Emergency-like situation in Bihar\92:
Virtuallly kicking off BJP\92s election campaign in Bihar, BJP president L.K. Advani likened the circumstance in the state to those prevalent during the Emergency.
District
level passport offices soon: The Government is planning to decentralise the system of issuing passports by setting up district passport centres, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
More job reservation for
disabled: On the eve of World Disability Day, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said he would ask the Ministry of Personnel to reserve more categories of jobs for persons with disabilities.
Kalyan appears before Liberhan panel:
Twelve years after the demolition of Babri Masjid, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, a key witness in the case, finally appeared before the Liberhan
Commission today, promising to depose to the panel tomorrow in an affidavit.
Uma apologises to Advani:
Suspended BJP leader Uma Bharti today tendered an unconditional apology for her public spat with BJP President L.K. Advani last month.
MS in hospital:
Legendary classical singer M.S. Subbalakshmi (88), has been admitted to a private hospital on account of a viral infection that has affected her general health.
20 years on, troubling questions remain:
Disaster struck at midnight on December 2, 1984,when tonnes of the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant here.
Have we learnt any lessons?
Jaya debut with JP jolt:
Jaya Bachchan the MP has chosen for her opening lines an infamous era of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
States
Kanshi Ram\92s kin move SC for his custody:
The 95-year-old mother of BSP leader Kanshi Ram and his brothers today filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking his custody while accusing party leader Mayawati of keeping him in \93illegal confinement\94.
In West Bengal, red carpet still means a chakka jam:
For all of West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee\92s impassioned pleas that things are changing in his state, some things just don\92t. Like the bandh. The city\92s calendar of big-ticket events is crowded like never before.
Rehab
plan for Kashmir refugees: The Prime Minister\92s Office on Thursday set up a three-member team to prepare a rehabilitation plan for Kashmiri migrants.
Andhra woman escapes from Delhi brothel:
In yet another incidence of unsuspecting poor women being dragged into flesh trade, one woman returned to her widowed mother.
Neighbours
Elahi promises to protect gurdwaras in Pakistan:
West Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announced that the Government of Pakistan would not only remove encroachments from all Sikh shrines, it would also ensure preservation of each and every brick of the holy places. The original design of gurdwaras in Pakistan would be preserved while carrying out any renovation, he added.
Pakistan president defends signing of bill: Acting President Muhammadmian Soomro on Wednesday strongly defended signing of the dual-office bill that allows President Musharraf to keep the office of the army chief beyond December 31, 2004.
Zahira's
sister turns hostile: Saira, the elder sister of prime witness in the Best Bakery case Zahira Sheikh, was reprimanded by the special court here on Thursday for not answering questions properly even as she was declared hostile by the prosecution.
View from abroad
Gujarat-born woman is top US insurance agent: An Indian American woman who grew up in a small Gujarat town and taught herself English and marketing skills only after arriving here is now one of the top agents for New York Life in the US.
Rumsfeld to visit India on December 8:
United States\92 Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is visiting India on December 8 and during his talks with the Indian leadership the two sides would be conducting a general overview of the bilateral relationship, diplomatic sources said today.
Pakistan exits IMF programme:
Pakistan exits the International Monetary Fund programme as the fund's board of directors complete the ninth and final review of the country's three-year poverty reduction programme
Overall
India wants seat with veto power: External Affairs Minister Natwar
Singh says it's a UN Security seat with veto power, or nothing.
District offices to issue passports: The government is decentralising
the issue of passports.
Rumsfield will come next week: The US Defence Secretary will be in India
on December 8.
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