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Nation
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Manipur
healing touch hurts Delhi
What is India News
Service, August 13, 2004, 1800 hrs IST
The Congress-led Manipur government
on Thursday defied the Centre\92s opinion
and lifted from select areas an act that allows the armed forces to operate with special
power.
The decision comes a month after a woman\92s controversial death triggered an explosive mass agitation.
The Imphal Municipal Area \97 which covers seven Assembly constituencies in the twin districts of Imphal East and West \97 will no longer be termed a disturbed area \96 a tag that allows the enforcement of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. The rest of Manipur will continue to be declared \93disturbed\94.
Under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, even a non-commissioned officer can search without warrant and execute arrests on mere suspicion in order to \93maintain public order\94. He cannot be prosecuted without prior sanction from the Centre.
The act was lifted after the agitation over the death of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama, allegedly killed by Assam Rifles personnel, spun out of control and chaos threatened to engulf the state.
India
asks Pak to open Wagah-Attari border for trade:
India today made 35-odd path-breaking proposals to Pakistan for
boosting bilateral commercial and economic cooperation but the
attitude of Islamabad was clear from the fact that it neither
responded positively nor did it make a single proposal from its
side.
Army
on alert, 56 villages evacuated: The Centre said today it was
closely monitoring the blockage on the river Pareechu in China's
Tibet province and put the Army, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and
the Himachal Pradesh Government
on alert.
Reports
of blasts trigger panic: Palpable
panic and fear among the people residing in areas along the Sutlej
was all too visible as the feared flash floods in the state could be
hours away as China reportedly triggered a controlled blast at the
natural dam over the Parchu river this afternoon.
Nine dead in violence in Kashmir: More
violence flared in Kashmir as militants killed four people and
troops shot dead five suspected militants, four of them on the Line
of Control, police said on Thursday. Two suspected informers were
abducted by militants from their homes in the central Kashmir
district of Budgam and shot dead on Thursday morning, police said.
No militant group claimed responsibility. Indian troops killed four
suspected militans in two clashes along the LoC in southern Poonch
and Rajouri districts overnight.
India
on I-Day alert: India deployed anti-aircraft guns, snipers and
crack commandos as tens of thousands of troops and policemen fanned
out across the country to prevent terror attacks ahead of its
Independence Day.
Gallows
await Dhananjoy as SC rejects plea:
The last-ditch efforts by
Kolkata\92s condemned prisoner Dhananjoy Chatterjee to escape the
gallows for the rape and murder of a teenaged schoolgirl 14 year
ago, was dashed today with the Supreme Court refusing to stay his
execution. Dhananjoy has made his last wish
known -- he wants to listen to religious
songs as he is marched to the gallows.
Campaign
for Vidarbha
state hots up: As the Assembly election in Maharashtra gets closer, the agitation for Vidarbha statehood is also hotting up. A delegation led by former Pradesh Congress Committee president Rajit Deshmukh is expected to arrive in the national capital early next week to lobby for the cause.
'24-hr AIR news plan unfeasible':
The proposal to launch a 24-hours bilingual news channel by All-India Radio (AIR) fashioned after the 24-hour Doordarshan News,
has hit a roadblock. Market surveys have found that a Hindi-English channel may not go
down well with listeners.
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States
Minority colleges
plan test: Minority-run professional colleges in Karnataka
propose to issue application forms, conduct an admission examination,
and admit students by Aug 19.
PC inside or out, party can\92t tell:
As the Congress prepares for next week\92s AICC session in the capital, its Tamil Nadu leaders are puzzled by Union finance minister P. Chidambaram\92s \93unique\94 status in the party.
No
change in NCERT books: R'sthan HC: The
Rajasthan HC has passed an injunction that no changes would be made
in NCERT textbooks in the current academic session.
Soren remanded to 14-day judicial custody:
Former Union Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren was sent to 14 days judicial custody by a Giridih court on Thursday in another murder case took place in 1974. On Thursday, Soren was produced before first Additional Session Judge Manoranjan Kavi's court. The hearing of his bail petition will take place on Friday. Soren was brought to Giridih from Jamtara where he has been incarcerated in another massacre case.
Delhi
government mulls reduction of drinking age to 21: At 18, you can vote. At 21, you can get a bar licence, but you cannot drink liquor before 25. Sounds ridiculous? Hold on, there is now a ray of hope for the young and the spirited.
Nittoor is no more:
Veteran freedom fighter, Gandhian and former Chief Justice Nittoor Srinivas
Rau died in Bangalore.
Neighbours
Army,
rebels clash in Nepal:
Security forces and Maoist rebels clashed
for nearly eight hours near Binayak ilaka in the far-western
district of Achham on Thursday.
World
Bank loan for Education for All:
The International Development Association
(IDA) of the World Bank has agreed to provide a loan assistance of
over Rs.3.73 billion to Nepal to implement the Education For All (EFA)
project.
Indian
linked to Jundullah arrested in Lahore: Law enforcement agencies
on Thursday arrested two members of terrorist group Jundullah in
Lahore and Karachi \96 one of them believed to be an Indian
national.
Life imprisonment for Charles Shobhraj: The Kathmandu
District Court passed a life imprisonment (20 years) sentence to
Charles Shobhraj Gurmukh, a notorious international criminal,
convicting him in the murder of two foreign tourists in Kathmandu
some three decades ago.
Pak
says it is zeroing in on Osama:
Pakistani Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on
Thursday said his country's capture of top Al Qaeda suspects has
brought Islamabad closer to the arrest of the terror network's
chief, Osama bin Laden.
Pakistan
satisfied with first round of talks: Pakistan expressed
satisfaction that the first cycle of composite dialogue between
Islamabad and New Delhi has been completed according to schedule.
Tribes
agree to protect troops: Political
authorities and Ahmadzai Wazir tribesmen are inching towards an
agreement to deny sanctuary to militants in the volatile South
Waziristan tribal region.
Lockheed Martin to assist
Pakistani Air Force: James L. Jamerson, President Middle East and Africa for Corporate Business Development of the Lockheed Martin (LM) aircraft company, has expressed the desire
to assist the Pakistani Air Force.
US Marine killed in Afghan \92copter crash:
A US helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing one
American Marine and injuring 14 others.
Two
more Al Qaeda militants arrested:
The government announced on Thursday that it had
arrested two more Al Qaeda militants from various parts of the
country, bringing the total number of activists held in the last two
days to five.
View from
abroad
223
dead, 500 wounded in clashes across Iraq: One hundred
and forty-eight people were killed and nearly 500 wounded in a
series of clashes in various Iraqi cities on Thursday. US marines
backed by aircraft and tanks launched a major offensive to crush a
Shia militia rebellion in Najaf on Thursday.
Sen, Powell discuss bilateral relations:
Indo-US ties, including the "strategic partnership" and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to New York next month to attend the UN General Assembly, figured in the talks new Indian Ambassador Ranendra Sen had with Secretary of State Colin Powell after presenting his credentials.
Osama
prefers donkeys to mobiles: Bin
Laden's directions for an attack on the US are more likely to ride a donkey
than the airwaves.
Overall:
Manipal partially lifted act: The
state government took a step towards pacifying the mass movement
against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
Pakistan said it was zeroing in on Osama: Its interior
minister said his men would nab the terror mastermind sooner than
later.
Nepal gave Sobhraja a life term: The 'bikini killer' was
convicted of the murder of an American, and will server a life term
in Nepal.
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