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PM offers peaceful,
honourable
settlement of Naga issues
What is India News Service,
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 1700 hrs IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (I-M) leadership that the
Centre favoured a \93mutually acceptable and honourable\94 solution to the decades-old problem in Nagaland.
\93Our government will make sincere effort to find an honourable way out,\94 Dr Manmohan Singh told the visiting NSCN (I-M) Chairman Isak Chishi Swu and General Secretary T. Muivah, who called on him at his Race Course Road residence.
The Prime Minister accorded a warm welcome to the two Naga leaders, who are here to carry forward the Naga Peace Process though dialogue on \93substantive issues\94, and said that his government was committed to ensure that
the Naga people live a \93life of dignity\94.
During their 30-minute meeting with Dr Manmohan Singh, the Naga leaders emphasised that \93a solution cannot be found in violence and blood\94.
Subsequently, at a meeting with the Union Home Minister, Mr Shivraj Patil, the leaders expressed confidence in Indian leadership and said \93the whole world is seeking peace. So we also want peaceful solution.\94
Madras HC dismisses Kanchi seer's bail plea again:
Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail petition filed by Kanchi Acharya Jayendra Saraswati in the Sankararaman murder case.
Dismissing the bail plea for the second time, Mr Justice R Balasubramanian said that Sec 437(1)(1) of Cr PC came in the way of considering the bail application under Sec 439 of Cr PC and dismissed the
petiton. During the course of the arguments, senior counsel K T S Tulsi, appearing for the prosecution, submitted that Sec 437(1)(1) said no person should be granted bail when there were reasonable grounds to believe the guilt of the person for offences punishable with death or
a life sentence.
KANCHI
CASE UPDATES
Bank fraud case: NBW against Usha
The police are reportedly in the process of executing a non-bailable
warrant against Usha had allegedly cheated the SBI on the pretext of starting a cement brick factory near
Srikalahasti. Usha was last week interrogated about her
"links" with the Kanchi seer.
'Nobody is above
the law of the country...'
The manager of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam has made clear the mutt's
position on charges made against the seer. He quotes the arrested
Shankaracharya:
\93Nobody is above the law of our country. Let truth prevail,
and the guilty be punished.\94 The manager's statement also urges devotees not to
despair: "Frankly,"
it says, "what matters most is your devotion and willingness
to come out and do something. Devotees
(especially those in far off lands) feel helpless because they think,
all they can do is to protest, pray and send money.
There is no need for any one to despair in this manner."
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
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Late by a day, Dhaka Test on:
The Government gave a partial green signal to the Indian cricket team's tour of Bangladesh on Tuesday for the first Test match beginning on Friday, a day late, after receiving a favourable report from the high-level security delegation currently in that country to monitor the situation.
Pak blocks road to Muzaffarabad:
The first ever technical-level talks between India and Pakistan on the proposed Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service, which began here today, made no progress at all, despite India showing a marked flexibility on its earlier insistence that passport and visa could be the only acceptable travel documents for the bus service.
4 killed in Jharkhand landmine blast:
Extremists of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) blew up a police vehicle in Jharkhand\92s East Singhbhum
district.
Apang wants to be involved in talks
with China: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang is unhappy for not being consulted before periodic peace talks with China to resolve the border dispute by the Centre
BJP seeks PM\92s explanation on
Laloo-Paswan spat: The Bharatiya Janata Party today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take Parliament in confidence on the charges levelled by Railway Minister Laloo Prasad and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan against each other and said it was not an internal matter as charges related to corruption by a minister in the UPA government.
Plea in fodder scam politically
motivated, says CBI: The CBI, holding trial in the fodder scam cases against Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav, has claimed that the petition raising the issue is politically motivated.
But questions will be asked why the CBI is behaving
like Rip Van Winkle. Why did it take seven years after it began investigating the Rs 1,000-crore Bihar fodder scam
to wake up to the fact that the whistle-blowers are politicians?
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Flights to give fog a miss:
A coordination committee set up by the Civil Aviation Ministry will monitor clearances for managing and prioritising movement of flights during fog. This was decided at a meeting called by the ministry with the regulator, airport authorities, airlines and other concerned operators.
Employees rally for the right to strike:
Employees of Central and State Governments, whose rally from the Ram Lila grounds to Parliament was stopped at Jantar Mantar, staged a protest there demanding the restoration of the right to strike, banned by the Supreme Court.
Rumsfeld
comes visiting: The US has reportedly offered to sell its Patriot missile system to India, thereby, lending it a huge strategic advantage.
Abdul Hamid\92s family gets petrol pump after 40 years:
The family of Abdul Hamid had to wait for almost 40 years to get a petrol pump allotted. The brave soldier had died fighting the enemy in the 1965 war and was posthumouslyawarded the Param Vir Chakra.
States
Supreme Court asks Haryana cops to
protect couple: The Haryana Police was today directed by the Supreme Court to provide adequate protection to a boy and girl from Gurgaon who had defied caste barriers to tie the nuptial knot. They had also defied the diktates of the village panchayat that had declared their marriage illegal.
Court raps Bihar on law and order situation:
The Patna High Court today said the Bihar Government had failed to control law and order and summoned the State's higher authorities in this regard.
Chilka lake continues to be poachers\92 paradise:
Despite stringent measures initiated by the government, poaching continues unabated in Orissa\92s Chilka lake.
Urban body elections in J&K after two decades:
Elections for the urban bodies will be held in Jammu and Kashmir in the next two months after more than two decades. The schedule, except for Leh and Kargil districts, was announced by the Election Commission.
Kidwai clears controversial Bills:
Three controversial Bills seeking to advance the panchayat and municipal elections in Haryana are now Acts, following the Governor, Dr A.R. Kidwai, giving his assent to them today.
Cash-strapped KFCC to mortgage new building:
The ongoing rift between Kannada film producers and exhibitors is only adding to the woes of the body which is facing severe cash crunch.
Security ordered for Gawli:
Gangster-turned Maharashtra MLA Arun Gawli scored a major victory today with the State Assembly Speaker ordering the Maharashtra Government to provide him with police protection.
Lapierre to pen lives of Sunderbans folk:
French writer Dominique Lapierre's next book will revolve around the lives of people living in Sunderbans.
Neighbours
Terrorism will be rooted
out, says Karzai: Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan's first popularly-elected President, as the impoverished country tries to leave its brutal past behind and bolster a young democracy.
Pakistan senate passes
honour-killing bill: The government pushed a bill against honour killings through the Senate on Tuesday amid an opposition walkout but promised to consider opposition amendments to improve the law in the future.
2-year jail for former Minister in Sri Lanka:
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court today sentenced a former Sri Lankan Minister, S.B. Dissanayake, to two years' rigorous imprisonment for contempt of court.
Six
Taliban, four Afghan troops killed: Six Taliban militants and four Afghan soldiers were killed during a fighting in south-eastern Afghanistan, military officials said on Tuesday.
View from abroad
'Americans used my son as shield': The Indian victim's parents alleged non-Americans at Jeddah consulate were used as human shields during terror attack.
Annan inaugurates seminar on Islamophobia:
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened the first-ever UN seminar on confronting Islamophobia with a plea not to judge Muslims and Islam by the acts of extremists who deliberately target and kill civilians
Pakistanis in New York not shining!:
A study says Pakistanis face greater poverty, earn less and live in larger households.
London leak of Pervez security:
Scotland Yard is investigating a breach of security around General Pervez Musharraf after top secret documents covering details of the police protection accorded to
the Pakistan president.
Overall
PM spoke to Muivah: Manmohan Singh told top leaders of a Naga
organisation that India would offer a peaceful, honourable settlement to their
problems.
High Court rapped Bihar: It said
Indian victim's parents blamed the Americans: They said their son had
been used as a shield.
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