Diamond Harbour Adminstartion and TMC are erecting a Bigger Mosque in DH Criminal Court premises illegally to appease the Fundamental Muslims.

Muslim Pressure Groups put compulsion over Diamond Harbour Sub Divisional Office to reconstruct a Bigger Mosque in Diamond Harbour Criminal Court Premises barely illegal.

Hectic ongoing to reconstruct a
Mosque @ Jihadi Hub
in DH Cr. Court Prmises

Raj Khanna from Diamond Harbour || December 23rd 2011 - Under some obnoxious connections of Diamond Harbour local administration and the Islamist groups active in the locality, a hectic process of reconstruction of a bigger Mosque than before is going on in the very protection of the concerned Govt. authorities violating many civic laws and the direction of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.

As per available reports, a RTI activist and local leader of Hindu Samhati, a prominent Hindu Organization in some parts of West Bengal put an application before Sub-divisional Officer (SDO), Diamond Harbour to look into the matter for its right and justified disposal of the same.

As per Order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, all the religious structures/shrines are to removed in a time frame for some reasons as held by the bench of  Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Mukundakam Sharma on 31st July 2009.

But, violating all the norms and the Order of the Supreme Court of India, the SDO Diamond Harbour has given the permission and helping the same to reconstruct a bigger Mosque in the premises of Diamond Harbour Criminal Court, with the help of some Muslim Group headed by one Raich Molla of Mandirbazar, South 24 Parganas. Sources said that this Raich Molla has an immense influence over the Diamond Harbour SDO and controls all the tenders etc. to see the interest of local Muslim businessmen and the unauthorized money market. Moreover, this Raich Molla has illegally occupied a portion of a land owned by a Hindu Religious Trust namely "GOPAL JUE TRUST" at Tirtha Kuthir, Hazi Building Para, Diamond Harbour.

This reporter has been able to capture the video footage before and after the demolition (for reconstruction purpose) of the impugned Mosque structure, from where it is evident that a bigger Mosque is going to be erected there with the help some mysterious Islamic funding to reconstruct the same very unlawfully. It has been alleged that a fund of  Rs. 10 lac has been given as bribe to manage the permission of the illegal construction of the mosque and the mosque will be reconstructed with another Rs 5 lac from that mystery source. As a matter of fact the Islamic Groups involved with illegal money market are funding huge amount to construct or reconstruct or to renovate the Mosque all over South 24 Parganas (all over West Bengal also).

The RTI and Hindu activist, Sri Haran Chandra Mondal wanted to know from the authority that :

"(a)        The actual size and type of existing Mosque in question and the proposed reconstructed size and type after reconstruction/renovation of the same.                          

 (b)        The name of the person and the authority who/that passed the related reconstruction/renovation plan of the Mosque in question.

 (c)         The cost of estimated budget for the reconstruction/renovation plan of the Mosque in question and the source to meet the cost.

 (d)        Whether the Sub Divisional Officer, Diamond Harbour has given any permission for the reconstruction/renovation work for the Mosque in written or verbally.

 (e)        Under whose order the Police contingents are guarding the illegal reconstruction/renovation work for the Mosque in question. (Photo enclosed)." 

As per Right to Information Act, 2005, the concerned authority is bound to give the available information within one month after submission of the application with due charges for the same.

It has been gathered that the President and Secretary of the Bar Association of Diamond Harbour Criminal Court, Mohammad Nurul Amin, Advocate and Sri Sudipta Chakroborty, Advocate, respectively are morally helping the Islamic group to erect a bigger Mosque under the Islamic dictum of Trinmool Congress party as they both holds position in the party to see the minority interest even at the cost of violation of rule of the land and the verdit of Hon'ble Supreme court of India.

 

Sitting Supreme Court judge supports the inclusion of Prime Minister's Office within the ambit of Lokpal Bill.

Supreme Court judge wants PM under Lokpal's scanner

PTI / Friday, August 5, 2011 20:33 IST / DNA
 

A sitting Supreme Court judge today supported the inclusion of the Prime Minister's Office within the ambit of Lokpal Bill tabled in Parliament yesterday.

"As a student of law, I see no substance in the debate that the Prime Minister should be outside the (Lokpal) Bill. A public office of such importance cannot shy away from public scrutiny," Justice AK Ganguly said.

The judge was addressing a gathering here on the occasion of the release of a book 'Corruption and Human Rights in India', authored by Professor C Raj Kumar, the Vice Chancellor of OP Jindal Global University.

Pointing out that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had himself expressed his willingness to bring the PMO under the Lokpal's scanner, Justice Ganguly said "more efforts to keep the PM out will add to the suspicion among people."

In his address, Justice Ganguly also criticised the Prevention of Corruption Act, which stipulates sanction by competent authorities before prosecuting any government servant, bureaucrat or politician on charges of corruption.

"The Prevention of Corruption Act, to my mind, is preservation of corruption act. It has a mechanism to protect the corrupt. Without the sanction, the corrupt cannot be prosecuted. Who is to give you the sanction? They (corrupt) do not act individually and they work in a organised way," he said.

Justice Ganguly is also the part of a two-judge bench which had heard a petition by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking guidelines for the grant of sanctions to prosecute those occupying public offices on the charge of corruption and has reserved its order on the plea.

BJP demands strong Lokpal covering PM. Anna Fumes on Congress. Lokpal on Flame.

Lokpal Bill introduced in parliament, opposition protests

By IANS, Thursday, 04 August 2011 / New Delhi : The Lokpal Bill which seeks to combat corruption was introduced in parliament amid strong protests from the opposition.

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy introduced the bill in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongly opposed the introduction of the bill, demanding that the prime minister should be brought within its ambit. 

The proposed legislation's purview does not bring under it the prime minister during his or her term in office. But once the prime minister demits office, he or she can be investigated for any wrongdoing during the term, according to the bill's provisions.

It also excludes from the Lokpal's ambit the judiciary and any action of an MP in parliament or any parliamentary committee.

"I cannot understand how anyone, sitting in any position, be a holy cow? In this Lokpal why is the prime minister out of it?" Swaraj asked in the house.

"I am happy that the prime minister himself had said that it is okay if he is brought within the ambit of the Lokpal Bill. Then, why is the cabinet not paying heed to it?" she added.

Narayansamy defended the introduction of the bill, saying it has become the property of the house and it will immediately go to the parliamentary standing committee. "Parliament is supreme so the opposition by Swaraj cannot be sustained."

Replying to Swaraj's statement that former prime minister A.B. Vajpayee had accepted to be within the ambit of anti-corruption law, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said: "I was chairing the parliamentary standing committee on anti-corruption bill in 2001."

"I placed it before parliament for two consecutive years. Why wasn't it cleared then?" he asked.

To mark their protest, the civil society representatives led by social activist Anna Hazare burnt copies of the government's version of the bill at several places in the country and asked the nation to do the same. 

Allegation against P Chidambaram for winning Election by fraudulent manner and utter corruption.

Madras High Court rejects Chidambaram plea against case challenging his 2009 election

Chennai || 4th August 2011 || Agencies || Indian Express : In a setback for Home Minister P Chidambaram, the Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed his plea against a petition that had challenged his election to the Lok Sabha in 2009.

The petition, challenging his election, was filed by AIADMK's R S Raja Kannappan who had lost to him from the Sivaganga constituency by just 3,354 votes.

In his application, Chidambaram had contended there were some defects in the petition filed by Kannappan.

Chidambaram had claimed the High Court registry had noted the defects when the petition was filed by Kannappan.

Dismissing Chidambaram's application, Justice K Venkatraman said, “There cannot be any doubt that an election petition filed with defects – which cannot be curable – cannot be considered as an election petition at the end. However, in the case in hand, the defects pointed out by the officer concerned are not defects which are not curable warranting dismissal of the election petition.”

he judge said he was of the considered view that the application preferred by Chidambaram “is liable to be rejected and accordingly rejected”.

Kannappan in his petition filed on June 25, 2009 alleged that Chidambaram's election 'deserved' to be declared void due to 'manipulation' of votes and 'corrupt practices' committed by him, his election agents and others, with his consent.

He had also sought recounting of votes polled in the entire constituency, particularly in the Alangudi Assembly segment.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa during her visit to New Delhi in June last had sought the resignation of Chidambaram alleging that he got himself elected to the Parliament by 'fraudulent' means.

She had alleged Chidambaram was announced the successful candidate because of a fraud committed by a data entry operator, but the Union Minister hit back saying her remarks were 'gross contempt of court'.

2 G scam : Three musketeers : Raja, Momohan, Chidambaram : Whose hand ??

2G scam: 
Raja names PM, Chidamabaram in Court
Source: Agencies   |   Last Updated 18:20(25/07/11) || Daily Bhaskar.

New Delhi: Former telecom minister A. Raja on Monday sought to drag Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into the 2G spectrum case, prompting the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to seek his and Home Minister P Chidambaram's resignation and the Congress joining the war of words.

Appearing before the special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) presided over by Judge OP Saini, Raja's lawyer said 2G spectrum transactions were approved by then finance minister P Chidambaram in the presence of the prime minister.

"Telenor buying a stake in Unitech Wireless and Etisalat buying a stake in DB Realty -- the finance minister approved it in the presence of the prime minister," Raja's counsel Sushil Kumar told the court. 

"Let the PM deny it," the counsel told the judge, referring to the particular time in 2007-08 when Chidambaram was finance minister. "If policies pursued by me were wrong, then all former telecom ministers since 1993 should also be in jail with me," he added.

"As telecom minster Arun Shourie distributed 26 licences, Dayanidhi Maran distributed 25 and I distributed 122. Numbers make no difference. It is to be noted that that none of them auctioned the spectrum. If they had done no wrong, why am I being questioned?"

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Why Prime Minister is excluded from Lokpal ambit ?

Govt draft on Lokpal excludes Prime Minister

NEW DELHI, July 25, 2011 || PTI

A Student Union in Ranchi demonstrating for the inclusion of
PM in the ambit of Lokpal. However the Govt draft
excluded it. Photo-PTI. 

The government draft on Lokpal Bill, which is expected to be considered by the Cabinet this week, does not include the Prime Minister in the purview of the Ombudsman but the final call on the ticklish issue will be taken by Parliament and its Standing Committee.

Disclosing this, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said the Bill will be introduced in Parliament in the Monsoon session starting on August 1.

The government’s draft has been prepared by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which is the nodal ministry, and the issue is likely come up before Cabinet this week or early next week.

“Once the Cabinet approves the draft with or without changes — it is the government’s draft that will be introduced in Parliament. So we will introduce the Lokpal Bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament,” he told PTI here.

On the controversial question of bringing the Prime Minister’s post in the ambit of Lokpal, Mr. Chidambaram said, “According to present thinking, and subject to change by the Cabinet, the government’s draft keeps out the Prime Minister.

“...Our considered view at the moment, subject to change by the Cabinet, is that the PM should be kept out of Lokpal,” he added.

The Home Minister noted that there are several arguments for and against keeping the Prime Minister out of the ambit of the anti-corruption watchdog.

Read details in:  The Hindu
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Punjab DSP with Rs 1 Crore accumulated bribe, is now arrested.

CBI counting crores after nabbing Punjab DSP with Rs 1 lakh bribe

Tribune News Service || Chandigarh, July 24

A money-counting machine being taken to
the house of Punjab Police DSP Raka Gira (inset)
in Chandigarh on Sunday. Rs 1 crore cash and
jewellery were seized from there.
Tribune photos: Vinay Malik

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested Punjab Police DSP Raka Gira while she was accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh at her Sector 15 residence here. The CBI also recovered Rs 1 crore cash, jewellery and some property-related documents from her residence.

This is the second case within a fortnight when the CBI has arrested a senior Punjab Police officer in a corruption case. On July 12, the CBI had arrested Punjab AIG PS Sandhu while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000.

The CBI officials said they acted on a complaint by a Mohali-based builder Krishan Malhotra. He has cases registered against him by the Punjab Police and Raka Gira was probing two of the cases. The CBI sources said the deal was initially struck for Rs 2 lakh for conducting inquiries in Malhotra’s favour. She was arrested while accepting the first instalment of Rs 1 lakh.

Gira was recently transferred from the post of DSP (city-I), Mohali, and at present she was attached with a recruitment rally in Ropar district. She had joined the Punjab Police in 1999 as an Inspector after the death of her husband Ranbir Singh, who was also serving the Punjab Police, on compassionate grounds. She will be produced in a CBI court of Ritu Tagore tomorrow.
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We will continue to press 'hard' on Pak terror: Clinton

We can't tolerate safe havens for terror in India prompted by Pakistan : Hillary Clinton

NEW DELHI || Tue Jul 19 2011, 16:43 hrs  || iFACT AGENCIES: The US used an Indian forum to deliver a stern message to Pakistan, reminding it of its obligation to punish the 26/11 masterminds, but also acknowledged that there were limits to what it could do to goad Islamabad to take action against the perpetrators of the ghastly 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai. 

"We cannot tolerate a safe haven for terrorists anywhere," US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said at a joint press conference with foreign minister S M Krishna. 

Ms Clinton, who is visiting India barely a week after the triple blasts in Mumbai, opened the over-two-and-a-half-hour-long talks with external affairs minister Mr SM Krishna by expressing “sympathy and outrage over” the 13 July attack that killed 20 people and injured over 130. “We are allies in the fight against violent extremist networks,” she said. Ms Clinton held the second strategic dialogue with Mr Krishna and the two sides discussed a number of bilateral and global issues. Most importantly, the situation in Afghanistan and the terror infrastructure in Pakistan were discussed. 

While stating that the USA saw Pakistan as a key ally in the fight against terror, Ms Clinton said Pakistan has “a special obligation” to bring the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to justice and stressed that the USA can’t tolerate “safe haven for terrorists anywhere”. “Perpetrators need to be brought to justice. We have urged Pakistan to do so. We continue to press Pakistan as far as possible. There is a limit to what the USA and India can do,” Ms Clinton said, while welcoming the revived peace process between India and Pakistan. Clearly stating the US position that talks between India and Pakistan are a step in the right direction, she said: “We think this is the most promising approach to encourage both sides to build more confidence between them and work to implement the kinds of steps that will demonstrate the improved atmosphere that is so necessary for us to deal with the underlying problem of terrorism.” 

India and the USA agreed to intensify their counter-terror cooperation and to resolve the ‘remaining issues’ to enable full civilian cooperation between them.  She did come out in support of India’s membership of elite nuclear clubs like the NSG, the Australia Group, the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Missile Technology Control Regime that control the global flow of atomic equipment and fuel.
On another key issue of Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, Clinton said the US was "fully" committed to the pact with India but asked it to ratify the UN convention on nuclear damages and bring its domestic liability regime in line with international norms.

She also made it very clear that there were "issues" which required to be resolved by the two sides in the civil nuclear field. But she did not go into the specifics.

She also allayed fears that the recent Nuclear Suppliers Group decision to strengthen guidelines on transfer of Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology (ENR) will impact on the Indo-US deal, saying the 46-nation grouping's move should not be construed as detracting from the "unique impact and importance" of the pact between India and the US.

Govt. is not serious enough for Lokpal Bill. Don't try to make Lokpal as Jokepal : Anna Hazare.

Draft Lokpal Bill a joke, Anna tells Manmohan

U Anand Kumar || Express News Service || Last Updated : 19 Jul 2011 08:12:43 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Terming the government’s draft Lokpal Bill as a joke played on the nation, social activist Anna Hazare on Monday informed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about his decision to go on an indefinite fast from August 16 unless the government introduces an effective Lokpal Bill in Parliament by Independence Day.

In a three-page letter to the Prime Minister, Hazare said the government has to take steps against corruption. Pointing out the deficiencies in the government’s Lokpal Bill, he said the government should not present a Bill in Parliament without addressing those issues. Hazare demanded that the Jan Lokpal Bill be brought in Parliament for discussion. He said, “We want our version to be introduced in Parliament. If you send a weak bill, what will you discuss?” 

Listing the scams which came to light recently such as the Adarsh scam, Commonwealth Games scam, Taj corridor scam and cash-for-vote scam, Hazare said none of these will come under the ambit of the Lokpal.

He said the scope of the draft is so confined that it does not address corruption faced by the common man. Hazare dared the government to crush his agitation as it did in the case of Baba Ramdev and said his team is ready to make bigger sacrifices.

“It is our constitutional right to protest, so when the government says it will crush our andolan like Ramdev’s, it is not right. We are ready to get arrested and be beaten up but we have had enough of corruption,” Hazare said.
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Fast Caveat : Anna to move SC to check the Govt. hostility in Anti corruption Movements.

Hazare to move Supreme Court against any Ramlila ground-like crackdown from August 16th Fast.
PTI / Sunday, July 17, 2011 18:16 IST || DNA.


Citing the police crackdown on Ramdev and his supporters at Ramlila Ground in Delhi, activist Anna Hazare today said he will approach the Supreme Court seeking its intervention to ensure that the government does "not suppress" his fast on Lokpal issue beginning August 16.

"Government said we will suppress the agitation of Anna Hazare as had been done in the case of Ramdev. Is this democracy or autocracy? You cannot suppress.... That is why we will go to the Supreme Court tomorrow," Hazare said.Holding that the Constitution has given right to every citizen to protest democratically, the anti-corruption activist said he will launch his indefinite fast here from August 16 as announced."The Constitution has given right to every citizen to lodge a protest. We will launch the agitation from August 16," he said.The exercise to work out an agreed draft of the Lokpal Bill between the government and Hazare-led civil society had ended in failure last month after which Hazare had announced that he will go ahead with his August fast.

Hazare has been demanding that the prime minister be brought under the ambit of Lokpal which has been opposed by the government.After nine meetings spread over two months, the joint drafting committee of the two sides concluded its deliberations on a note of disagreement with the government asserting that it could not allow creation of a parallel structure which would be "answerable to nobody".An all-party meet on Lokpal earlier this month had agreed that a "strong and effective" bill should be brought in the Monsoon session of Parliament with consensus that supremacy of Parliament and established procedures be maintained.Police had carried out a crackdown on Ramdev and his supporters, who were agitating against corruption and blackmoney, at Ramlila ground on June 4 night, lobbing tear gas shells. Ramdev was bundled out of Delhi.
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ISLAMIC TERRORISTS STRIKE MUMBAI AGAIN, AT LEAST 21 KILLED, OVER 141 INJURED.

[Times of India  updates at TNN | Jul 14, 2011, 02.35am IST] No other city in the world has been the tragic target of as many serial terror attacks and bombings as Mumbai, which went through the agony in1993, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008 and now July 13, 2011. On Wednesday evening, three serial bomb blasts in the span of ten minutes ripped through three of the busiest hubs in the city—Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar—at rush hour, killing 21 people and injuring 141.

The first explosion was at 6.54pm at Zaveri Bazaar, followed by another at Opera House a minute later. The third explosion was at 7.06pm outside Kabutarkhana, a few metres from the western side of Dadar railway station. This is the third terror attack at Zaveri Bazaar.

Thanks to NDTV.

MUMBAI Jul 13, 2011 at 19-50 hrs IST :   Islamists attacked Mumbai again to challenge Hindu majority in India. Most Hindus are victims uncared as usual. Three near-simultaneous explosions rocked Mumbai at rush-hour on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people in what the government said appeared to be another terrorist strike in the city hit by a major attack nearly three years ago as 26/11. Three blasts occurred in Zaveri Bazar, Dadar and Charni Roadareas this evening, killing at least 17 and injuring more than 100 people.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said the latest attack killed 17 people, and home minister P Chidambaram said the toll was likely to rise. Television footage showed dozens of police officials, several of them armed, at the sites of the explosion and at least one car with its windows shattered. A photograph showed victims of a blast at the Zaveri Bazaar crowding into the back of a cargo truck to be taken to a hospital. Because of the close timing of the string of explosions, “we infer that this was a coordinated attack by terrorists,” home minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said.

The terror strike coincided with the birthday of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in 26/11, who turned 24 today. Kasab has been sentenced to death by a trial court.

Home Minister P Chidambaram had indicated that at least 10 people have been killed, but Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan raised that to 13, which itself was raised subsequently to 17.

After initially refusing to take a stand, Home Ministry has now described the blasts in Mumbai as serial bomb blasts.

Improvised explosive devices (IED) were used by the terrorists, says the Home Ministry.

Indian Mujahedin has emerged as the group most likely behind the terror strikes.

Read details and exclusive in Hindu Digest.
Watch exclusive video footage in World Hindu Unity.
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Chidambaram to blame for midnight swoop. SC pulls up Delhi Police for Ramdev crackdown

Apex court questions Delhi Police on Ramdev crackdown

New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) ::  The Supreme Court Monday asked Delhi Police to explain their behaviour and the need to use teargas and baton-charge in a closed enclosure when people were sleeping during yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s protest gathering at the Ramlila Ground here last month.

The apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said there were documents and DVDs to show that yoga exercises were undertaken at the camp, and if that was so, what was the justification for police to resort to baton-charge.

Delhi Police chief B.K. Gupta, in an affidavit to the apex court, had said that the permission to use the Ramlila Ground was given for a yoga camp and not for any other purpose.

The court said that it would consider Ramdev’s plea to issue notice to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on the grounds that the decision to use force against him and his followers at the anti-graft protest was not taken by Delhi Police June 4 but it was taken much earlier at the political level.

Senior counsel Ram Jethmalani, appearing for Ramdev, referred to a press release issued by the home ministry and an interview by Chidambaram to Doordarshan in support of his contention that the decision to use force was taken much earlier.

The case would next be heard July 25.

Jethmalani referred to the ministry’s press release June 8 in which Chidambaram said that ‘a decision was taken’ that Baba Ramdev would not be allowed to organise any protest fast or undertake any fast-unto-death at Ramlila Ground and that if he persisted in his efforts to do so he would be ‘directed to remove himself from Delhi’.

The senior counsel said that the minister nearly repeated the same words in his interview with Doordarshan on that day.

Jethmalani said the minister’s comment was nothing but a strong arm tactic of the government and an attempt to gag any protest against corruption.

He wondered how could there be a decision to extern the yoga guru from Delhi.

Jethmalani described the government’s decision and action as ‘murder of democracy in the country’.

He said that Baba Ramdev had the lawful permission to hold dharna and satyagraha.

Delhi Police’s senior counsel Harish Salve said that he was given the permission to hold dharna and satyagraha only at Jantar Mantar.

When Jethmalani pressed for the issuance of a notice to Chidambaram, the court said ‘let them file a rejoinder to your affidavit and at that stage we will consider your prayer to issue notice’.

The court was informed that Delhi’s chief secretary did not file an affidavit on the matter because he was abroad when police evicted the yoga guru.

The judges said that there must have been someone looking after his responsibilities in his absence and ordered that an affidavit should be filed stating what was the need for using force to disperse the gathering.

• Related reading ::  Chidambaram to blame for midnight swoop, Ramdev tells Supreme Court - India - DNA
• Court glare on force on ‘sleeping men’
• SC pulls up Delhi Police for Ramdev crackdown | Supreme Court | Ramdev | The New Indian Express
• SC pulls up Delhi Police for Ramdev crackdown 

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Let come Bullets, I will not step down from Fast for 'Strong Lokpal': Anna

Hazare flays UPA, says ‘willing to face bullets’ for agitation

PTI || MUMBAI || JULY 9, 2011

Lashing out at the government for criticising civil society activists, Gandhian Anna Hazare on Saturday vowed to continue with the proposed August 16 agitation despite “threats” to “crush” it, saying he was willing “to face bullets and not just lathis.”

Pointing that laws like Right to Information were enacted because of the pressure of civil society, Hazare said, “If this (pressure on Government over Lokpal) amounts to blackmail, I am willing to resort to blackmail through out my life.”

Dismissing criticism by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on the role of civil society activists on the Lokpal Bill issue, he reminded the Congress-led government at the Centre that it was late Rajiv Gandhi who sought their opinion while enacting the 73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments for ushering in Panchayati Raj system in the country.

“Rajiv Gandhi wrote letters to over five lakh village heads all over the country, saying his government plans to bring in constitutional amendments regarding Panchayati Raj.

He sought views of the civil society in bringing the landmark legislation,” he told reporters after inaugurating the office of `India Against Corruption’ in South Mumbai here.

Mr. Hazare said his agitation from August 16 in support of a strong Lokpal will herald the “second independence movement”. “I appeal to people to switch off their lights from 8 PM to 9 PM on that day and take to the streets shouting slogans demanding an end to corruption.” Read details in=> The Hindu

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INDIA - US dialogue on Counter-Terror Cooperation.

Counter-terror cooperation with India high priority: U.S.

PTI || WASHINGTON, || JULY 9, 2011 

President Barack Obama with 

Indian External Affairs MInister S.M. Krishna 

and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

during a India-U.S. strategic dialogue in Washington
Photo : AP

Ahead of the crucial Indo-U.S. strategic dialogue, the Obama administration has said that counter-terrorism cooperation with India is a “very high priority” for it as it would help prevent Mumbai-type attacks in future.

“I do not see any limits on our counter-terrorism cooperation with India,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told reporters during a web-chat hosted by the U.S. State Department on Friday.

“This is a very high priority for the United States to look with our Indian friends to ensure they have the best system possible to prevent future terrorist attacks such as the terrible attack that occurred in Mumbai in November 2008,” he said.

His remarks came ahead of the key visit of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to India on July 19 and 20 for the Strategic Dialogue between the two countries.

He said one of the hallmarks of India-U.S. cooperation over the last several years has been the increase in their counter-terrorism cooperation. “We are looking to build on that,” he underlined.

The two countries, he said, just had a very successful Homeland Security Dialogue that was chaired and led by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano who went to New Delhi in May to meet Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram.

“They had very successful meetings on a wide range of new collaborative arrangement to expand on homeland security cooperation and counter-terrorism cooperation,” Blake said.

“We do not in any way try to hyphenate that with Pakistan or with any other country. We do it on its own merit. We attach a very high priority,” he said. Read full report in=> THE HINDU.


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