|
|
Bill making 18 yrs NEW DELHI, Nov 30: A bill to prescribe a uniform age of eighteen years....more
Farmers’ issues dominated NEW DELHI, Nov 30: Farmers issues dominated the zero hour....more
Naidu urges PM to stick HYDERABAD, Nov 30: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister...more |
 |
Internet wedding
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Nov 30: When Amrutha and Anoop got married....more
‘Tokyo temple visit NEW DELHI, Nov 30: External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh today.....more
NEW DELHI, Nov 30: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today accused....more Women’s Reservation Bill NEW DELHI, Nov 30: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today....more Doyen of Indian BANGALORE, Nov 30: Doyen of Indian Sociology and......more |
 |
Bill making 18 yrs as uniform age of majority introduced NEW DELHI, Nov 30: A bill to prescribe a uniform age of eighteen years for attaining ‘majority’ for all including minors under guardians appointed or declared by a court of justice, was introduced in Rajya Sabha today by Law Minister Ram Jethmalani. The Indian Majority (Amendment) Bill, 1999, seeks to remove certain archaic provisions in the Indian Majority Act, 1875, which include fixing of 21 years of age for reaching majority for minors under guardians whereas for the rest it is only 18 years. The Government has received representations in this regard and on examination it has been found that there is no justification for discrimination against minors under guardians, Jethmalani said. The century-old Majority Act has been reviewed and certain archaic and redundant expressions and provisions are proposed to be omitted in the amending bill. (PTI) |
|
Farmers’ issues dominated zero hour in Lok Sabha NEW DELHI, Nov 30: Farmers issues dominated the zero hour in the Lok Sabha today, with members raising matters relating to the havoc caused by the mite disease in Kerala and falling prices of paddy, onions and sugarcane in different parts of the country. Almost all the members from Kerala were unanimous that the Centre should send an expert team of scientists and step in with financial help by declaring the situation a national calamity to save the coconut cultivation, which was being ruined by the mite disease and had affected one million farmers. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan assured the agitated members that he would convey their sentiments to the Agriculture Minister. The issue was raised by Mr N N Krishnadas and Mr T Govindan (both CPI-M, Mr V M Sudheeran and Mr A C Jose (both Congress), Mr P C Thomas (Kerala Congress-M), or E Ahmed (Muslim League) and other members from that state. Mr Kishan Singh Sangwan (Haryana Lok Dal) said that because of ruined samples of rice sent abroad, all export orders had been cancelled leading to a steep fall in the prices of paddy, particularly in North India. Mr U V Krishnam Raju in a separate mention said the farmers in Andhra Pradesh were also being affected adversely by the fall in the prices of paddy, especially since the quality available there had been declared as of low quality. Mr Ram Nag said the prices of sugarcane had fallen and several sugar mills had closed down in Uttar Pradesh, to the farmers’ detriment. He said all pleas to the Government had fallen on deaf ears, and promises by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister had not been honoured. Mr Uttamrao Dikhale (Shiv Sena) lamented that the ban on export of onions had resulted in a fall in the prices and farmers were facing hardships. He wanted the ban to be lifted and the minimum support price to be honoured. Mr Girdharilal Bhargava (BJP) referred to the problems faced by farmers because of drought conditions in Rajasthan and wanted central intervention. (UNI) |
|
Naidu urges PM to stick to Krishna water tribunal HYDERABAD, Nov 30: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today urged Prime Minister A B Vajpayee not to accord sanction for the Upper Krishna Project Stage II to be taken up by Karnataka and direct the central authorities to judiciously implement the decision of the Krishna water despite tribunal and adhere to other statutory requirements. In a letter to Mr Vajpayee, Mr Naidu also urged him not to amend the avertments of the Union Government, made in the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court. He said the Prime Minister should ensure that the interests of all the riparian states were safeguarded, he said the people of the state were distressed by the Karnataka Government’s reported move regarding the Almatti Dam case, pending in the Apex Court. Mr Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is extending unconditional support to the National Democratic Alliance Government at the Centre. Mr Naidu said the political leaders of Karnataka had reportedly criticised the affidavit, verified on July 6 this year, at a time close to November 30 (today), when the Supreme Court was scheduled to take up the case for hearing. As the matter was subjudice, it was for the court to decide on the affidavit. The reported views of the Karnataka leaders were aimed at intimidating the Union Government and interfering with the course of justice, he said. Mr Naidu said their conduct was all the more reprehensible as they had sent a delegation to the Prime Minister to seek amendments to the affidavit to suit Karnataka’s case or exert pressure on Mr Vajpayee to withdraw the affidavit. He said though Andhra Pradesh had reservations that the belated affidavit did not make full disclosure of relevant facts before the court, "we refrain from making any comment at this juncture" as the Apex Court was to take up the matter for hearing today. Mr Naidu recalled that the state, during the last 20 years, had persistently been seeking information from the central authorities about the projects proposed by Karnataka on the inter-state river Krishna, but in vain. An all-party meeting on the controversial Almatti dam issue, held here yesterday, had decided that Mr Naidu should lead a delegation, comprising legislators of all recognised political parties to the Prime Minister, to present the state’s stand on the issue. (UNI) |
|
|
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Nov 30: When Amrutha and Anoop got married at a Cochin Church yesterday, they gave it a touch of novelty: the entire proceeding was put live on the internet. The ceremonies in the St Mary’s orthodox Syrian Church and the reception that followed were covered live on the world wide web. The ‘cochinnet.com’ which arranged the show also put on its website an entire album containing the invitation, pictures of the engagement, the wedding, the reception and E-mailed greetings to the couple from different parts of the world. Amrutha, hailing from Changanacherry, is working in the Cochin office of the Bangalore-based webpoint, which designs internet websites. Anoop from Thiruvananthapuram is a chartered accountant at Vancouver, Canada. (UNI) |
|
|
|
Women’s Reservation
Bill NEW DELHI, Nov 30: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today said Government was trying to evolve a consensus on the controversial Women’s Bill in view of some opposition parties expressing reservations on it. Addressing a meeting of BJP Parliamentary Party here, he said the Government was committed to bringing the bill as promised in the manifesto of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), party general secretary Venkaiah Naidu told reporters. He said Vajpayee told the members that some opposition parties were against the Bill giving 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament and State Assemblies. Home Minister L K Advani, who also addressed the meeting, said the Government was committed to formation of Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh but due to dissolution of the Lok Sabha, it had to begin the exercise afresh for formation of these states. The Bill would be taken up by the Union Cabinet which would then forward it to President K R Narayanan for his approval and subsequently by the State Assemblies concerned, Naidu said adding the necessary Bills would also be brought to Parliament. Naidu said members expressed concern on the manner in which relief and rehabilitation measures were being undertaken in Orissa in the wake of the recent super cyclone. They wanted Members of Parliament to be involved in these measures and that a mechanism be set up to ensure better coordination between Centre and state, Naidu said. (PTI) |
|
Doyen of Indian Sociology dead BANGALORE, Nov 30: Doyen of Indian Sociology and Padmabhushan awardee M N Srinivas died here today after a brief illness, his family sources said. The world’s renowned Social Anthropologist breathed his last at the age of 83. He is survived by wife and two daughters. Srinivas, a fellow of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) here, was a pioneer in the field of Sociology and contributed towards the development of Social Anthropology in the country. Srinivas, a well-known writer and an institution builder, had chaired Sociology departments in Universities of Baroda and Delhi, besides holding visiting positions at many famous overseas Universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, Cornell and Canberra. After completing his Ph.D. from Bombay University and D Phil from Oxford, he spent three years as University lecturer in Indian Sociology at Oxford. Srinivas, widely honoured for his work within the country and abroad, was instrumental in establishing the Institute of Social and Economic Change in the city. Srinivas was also a fellow of the British Academy, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Besides Padmabhushan, Srinivas was awarded the T H Huxley Memorial medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute in 1976 and the Kannada Rajyotsava award in 1996. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee condoled the death of Srinivas saying for nearly 50 years he charted the course of innovative and path-breaking sociological research. Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna also mourned the death of Srinivas.(PTI) |
|
| home | state | national | business| editorial | advertisement | sports | |
