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Surjit says efforts JAIPUR, Nov 1: CPI (M) leader Harikishan Singh Surjit today said that efforts were going on for the formation of a "third front." ......more
Sonia is not deterred by BANGALORE, Nov 1: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asserted that she is not deterred by dissident leader......more
CVC for amendments NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Central Vigilance Commission today sought amendments in the provisions for ....more |
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on board the MUMBAI, Nov 1: There were 14 Indians, including two infants, on board the ill-fated Los Angeles-bound Singapore Airlines (SQ) Boeing 747 Flight, that ....more India asks agencies NEW DELHI, Nov 1: India has asked developing countries to reinforce efforts at the international level to render the multilateral trading regime and the .....more LUCKNOW, Nov 1: In continuation of its crackdown on bookies in the state, Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested six bookies ......more
HC advises Liberhan NEW DELHI, Nov 1: The Delhi High Court today said the Liberhan Commission, probing the sequence of events leading to demolition of the....more LUCKNOW, Nov 1: Uttar Pradesh Government has appointed 1965 batch IAS officer, Bhola Nath Tiwari as the new Chief Secretary of the state, official ....more |
Surjit says efforts on for third front JAIPUR, Nov 1: CPI (M) leader Harikishan Singh Surjit today said that efforts were going on for the formation of a "third front." "The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have disappointed the people and now only the third front is a ray of hope," Mr Surjit told UNI. About the constitution of the third front the leftist leader said he was holding talks with Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Several like-minded leaders, including former Prime Minister H D Devegowda, have started joining a common platform. He was in touch with these leaders, he said. West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, who recently resigned his post, would also play an important role in the formation of the third front but because of the coming polls in that state he would be busy there, Mr Surjit added. He pointed out that the Trinmool Congress had helped further strengthen his party as all the activities of its leader and Union Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee had proved "hollow." He said the people also felt that Ms Banerjee was not getting favourable response on any issue from the Union Government, even then she was unable to quit the Government. (UNI) |
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Sonia is not deterred by Prasada’s candidature BANGALORE, Nov 1: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asserted that she is not deterred by dissident leader Jitendra Prasada’s presence against her in the party Presidential election. "Not at all", Gandhi shot back when asked by reporters if she was deterred by the contest from Prasada, who is the first ever to take on a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family for the top party post. She was speaking to reporters during a brief stopover at the Bangalore airport en route to Lakshadweep. "Nothing in particular", Gandhi said to a query as to what she felt about Prasada’s presence. On the impact of Prasada’s contest on inner party democracy in the Congress, Gandhi said, "the whole effort is to ensure inner party democracy. That is precisely why we have set up the Central Election Committee and authorities in each state to ensure transparency and democracy within the party for these elections." Speaking to reporters separately, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, who also accompanied Gandhi to Lakshadweep said there was "not even the slightest threat" to Gandhi’s leadership from Prasada. Singh dismissed as "non-issues" points raised by Prasada regarding the organisation and the poll process, saying "he has forgotten how he became the vice-president last time. The elections (then) were worse than this time." On Prasada’s charge about coterie in the party, he said "every power Centre has a coterie. There are people who advise whom they represent." Asked whether Prasada has broken a tradition by taking on Gandhi, Singh said there was a contest last time also, when Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot were in the fray. He dismissed a question about "an intimidating atmosphere" prevailing in the party for Prasada, saying "Prasada has filed his papers. It is fair." Replying to a question earlier on the performance of Congress Chief Ministers, Gandhi said she was satisfied with it, particularly when compared to the performance of their counterparts in the BJP-ruled states. Gandhi left for Lakshadweep in a chartered aircraft accompanied by Singh and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna held a brief discussion with Gandhi at the airport. (PTI) |
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CVC for amendments in provisions for income tax refunds NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Central Vigilance Commission today sought amendments in the provisions for income tax refunds by cheque saying it is breediment. "We have proposed that income tax assessee should be given the option of taking the refund through cheque or carrying it over to the next assessment year or the amount be transferred directly to his bank account," Central Vigilance Commissioner N Vittal said at a conference here. Vittal said "we have asked Finance Ministry to do away with the provision of making income tax refunds through cheques as it was a breeding ground for corruption and many complaints have been received about Income Tax Department officials not releasing the cheque unless they were bribed." He called for bringing about transparency in the working of Government departments and providing access to information to root out corruption in India. Stating that there was a systematic attempt by departments to protect corrupt officials by going slow on investigations and giving punishment, Vittal said effective and timebound punishments should be meted out to corrupt officials. (PTI) |
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14 Indians on board the crashed Singapore plane MUMBAI, Nov 1: There were 14 Indians, including two infants, on board the ill-fated Los Angeles-bound Singapore Airlines (SQ) Boeing 747 Flight, that crashed at Taipei Airport last night, Air India sources said. One Indian, Koppaka Somasekhar Varaprasad has been admitted to a Taipei Hospital, an Air India official said adding that the fate of the others was not yet known. Seventy-seven passengers of the total 159 passengers on board the flight have died so far in the crash on Taipei runway in blinding rain. According to the manifest released by SQ here, 12 passengers boarded the flight from Hyderabad while the other two took it from Mumbai and Chennai respectively. The passengers from Hyderabad had boarded an Air India Flight (AI 422) and were connected to the ill-fated flight (SQ006) for which ai has a code sharing agreement for the Singapore-Los Angeles sector. Pramod Poddar and Penmat Raju had boarded the Singapore Airline) and Chennai (SQ409) on October 30 for Los Angeles via Singapore. Following is the list of Indian passengers: 1) Pramod Poddar 2) Penmat Raju, 3) Rabia Aliniazee, 4) Sangita Kommera, 5) Saahil Kommera (infant), 6) Sneha Kommera, 7) Srinivasan Kommer, 8) Marellapudi Suryanarayana, 9) Mohammed Moiuuddin Khan, 10) Noorjehan Begam, 11) Akash Volam (infant), 12) Janardan Volam, 13) Neelma Vuppala and 14) Kopakka Somasekha Varaprasad. A SQ official, Srinivasan, has flown in from Chennai to Hyderabad to contact the relatives, an airline official said. (PTI) |
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LUCKNOW, Nov 1: Uttar Pradesh Government has appointed 1965 batch IAS officer, Bhola Nath Tiwari as the new Chief Secretary of the state, official sources said. Tiwari was Chairman, UP Jal Nigam. He is due to retire in July 2001. (PTI) |
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