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MHADAplans to build houses on 400

plots instead of selling them Considering the skyrocketing realty

prices in the state, Konkan Board of

the Maharashtra Housing and Area

Development Authority (MHADA)

has decided to construct affordable

housing projects on 400 plots located

in Thane, Ambarnath, Raigad,

Konkan and Sindhudurg, rather than

selling them through its lottery sys-

tem. Konkan Board Chief Officer Dr

Bhausaheb Dangade said, “Earlier, we

had plans to sell the 400 plots, but

now we have decided to construct af-

fordable housing projects on them.

This will help MHADA generate more

revenue and provide affordable hous-

ing to people.” Another official

claimed the housing body has plots

on prime locations in the above-men-

tioned areas.

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Editorial

RAHULTULI

Arunachal is "integral and im-

portant part" of India: PranabOn one of the rare Presidential visits to this part of the country,

incumbent Pranab Mukherjee on Friday asserted that Arunachal

Pradesh is an integral and important part of the Northeast region of

India and a core stake holder in country's 'Look East' foreign policy.

In comments that will be read with interest in Beijing, which lays

claim over parts of the state, he said no longer should this region be

considered remote. "The Centre and the state government should

together rapidly build the infrastructure linkages and connectivity

with the rest of India that is required and this legislature and the people

of Arunachal should extend every assistance possible to this venture,"

he said in his address to Arunachal Pradesh assembly. China, which has

raised disputes regarding India's sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh,

has of late upped the ante by issuing stapled visas to residents of the

state in a bid to buttress its claim. But the visits by Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh some years ago and the President now are seen as an

attempt by India to send a clear message to China that India has an

unassailable sovereignty over the state.

Centre to frame guidelines

to regulate TV contentsThe Supreme Court asked three central ministries and others

including Press Council of India (PCI) to respond to a PIL seeking

framing of guidelines to regulate contents of television channels.

A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi

on Friday issued notices to ministries of Information and Broad-

casting, Law and Justice and Communications & Information Tech-

nology. Besides them, PCI, Election Commission, News Broadcast-

ers Association, Indian Broadcasting Foundation and Advertising

Standards Council of India have also been asked to respond to the

PIL which has been filed by Hindu Janjagruti Samiti, a registered

public charitable trust, through its Mumbai-based lawyer Rajeev K

Panday. The plea also said the court should declare that a 2008

government order will not preclude an authorised officer under the

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act from initiating criminal

prosecution against a channel in case of violation of provisions of

the Act. It alleged that there is "complete absence" of regulatory

authority for TV Channels. The petition raises a substantial ques-

tion of public importance and public interest relating to the neces-

sity of an effective regulation of electronic media in matters involv-

ing public morality, public decorum, social tranquillity and public

order "There is no regulatory body for TV channels which is com-

parable with Press Council of India that regulates the print media.

Though TV channels are audio-visual media, there is no censor-

ship on their contents. In other words, a film that cannot be re-

leased without censor certificate can straightaway be released on a

TV channel," the PIL said. The PIL said the so-called self-regula-

tion by electronic media has proved to be "completely ineffective"

as the "self-regulating bodies" are private companies and are un-

der control of the media houses. "The private bodies have a limited

power of imposing fine upto Rs one lakh which goes into their

own kitty. There is no compensation to victim of media abuse.

There is also no control of government over these bodies. These

bodies are not accountable to people as they are not organs of

the state," it said. The law relating to emergency blocking of

objectionable website without prior notice as contained in the

Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for block-

ing for access of information by public) Rules, 2009 is much

more rigorous as compared to TV channels for which there is no

law for emergency blocking. hough objectionable programme

on TV channel can do more harm than an objectionable website,

there is no rigorous law to curb objectionable content of a TV

channel. The belated action on behalf of the Government au-

thorities against erring channels shows that the non-serious

attitude of the Centre. "...the Central Government is also non-

serious about exercising its powers with reference to control-

ling channels by suspension and revocation of license. This

has emboldened the channels to violate the programme code in

a blatant manner and has given rise to malpractices such as

'Paid News' "Extortion by blackmail", "Character Assassination

for TRP" and so on," it said.

Food preservation byradiation processing

Food is vital for human

existence. Conservation and

preservation of food is essen-

tial for food security and it

provides economic stability

and self-reliance to a nation.

The need to preserve food

has been felt by mankind

since time immemorial. The

seasonal nature of production,

long distances between pro-

duction and consumption cen-

tres and rising gap between

demand and supply have

made this need even more

relevant today. The hot and

humid climate of a country

like India is quite favourable

for growth of numerous in-

sects and microorganisms

that destroy stored crops and

cause spoilage of food every

year. Spoilage can also occur

due to chemical and physi-

ological changes in stored

foods. Sea-foods, meat and

poultry may carry harmful

microbes and parasitic or-

ganisms that cause illnesses

associated with their con-

sumption. As in other parts of

the world, India has also

practiced various methods of

food preservation such as

sun drying, pickling and fer-

mentation which were

supplemented with more en-

ergy consuming techniques

such as refrigeration, freez-

ing and canning. Each of

these methods has its merits

and limitations. Man has al-

ways been in the search for

newer methods to preserve

foods with least change in

sensory qualities. Radiation

processing of food is one of

the latest methods developed

for this purpose. Food Tech-

nology Division (FTD) of the

Bhabha Atomic Research

Centre (BARC) is involved in

the research on food preser-

vation through radiation.

Radiation processing of

food involves exposure of

food to short wave radiation

energy to achieve a specific

purpose such as extension of

shelf-life, insect

disinfestations and elimination

of food borne pathogens and

parasites. In comparison with

heat or chemical treatment,

irradiation is considered a

more effective and appropri-

ate technology to destroy

food borne pathogens. It of-

fers a number of advantages

to producers, processors, re-

tailers and consumers.

Though irradiation alone can-

not solve all the problems of

food preservation, it can play

an important role in reducing

post-harvest losses and use

of chemical fumigants.

Expertise and know-how

for designing, fabrication and

commissioning of irradiators

is available in the country

with the Department of

Atomic Energy (DAE) and

BARC. In India commercial

food irradiation could be car-

ried out in a facility licensed

by the Atomic Energy Regu-

latory Board (AERB). The

DAE has set up two tech-

nology demonstration units in

India. The Radiation Pro-

cessing Plant at Vashi, Navi

Mumbai, mainly meant for

treatment of spices, dry veg-

etable seasonings like onion

flakes, and pet foods, is be-

ing operated by the Board of

Radiation & Isotope Tech-

nology (BRIT). KRUSHAK

(Krushi Utpadan

Sanrakshan Kendra),

Lasalgaon, was set up in

2002 by BARC, to demon-

strate low dose applications

of radiation such as control

of sprouting, insect

disinfestations, and quaran-

tine treatment. KRUSHAK

became the first Cobalt-60

gamma irradiation facility in

the world, outside US, to be

certified by USDA-APHIS

for phytosanitary treatment

enabling export of mango

from India to the US in 2007

after a gap of 18 years. The

microbiological, nutritional

and chemical aspects of ra-

diation-processed foods

have been studied in detail

around the world. None of

these studies have indicated

any adverse effects of radia-

tion on food quality.

The hot and humid

climate of a country

like India is quite

favourable for growth

of numerous insects

and microorganisms

that destroy stored

crops and cause spoil-

age of food every year.

Spoilage can also occur

due to chemical and

physiological changes

in stored foods.

India has also practiced various methods

of food preservation such as sun drying,

pickling and fermentation which were

supplemented with more energy consuming

techniques such as refrigeration, freezing

and canning.

Expertise and know-how for de-

signing, fabrication and commission-

ing of irradiators is available in the

country with the Department of

Atomic Energy (DAE) and BARC.

KRUSHAK became the first Cobalt-60 gamma irra-

diation facility in the world, outside US, to be certified by

USDA-APHIS for phytosanitary treatment enabling ex-

port of mango from India to the US in 2007 after a gap of

18 years. The microbiological, nutritional and chemical

aspects of radiation-processed foods have been studied

in detail around the world. None of these studies have

indicated any adverse effects of radiation on food quality.


CBI seizes gold worth Rs. 67 lakh, FDs from SBI officer's homeMumbai/New Delhi: CBI

conducted searches at the

Mumbai residence of SBI Deputy

MD Shyamal Acharya and claimed

to have seized gold and jewellery

worth Rs. 67 lakh after he and

others were booked by the agency

in a graft case related to disbursal

of a loan of over Rs. 400 crore.

CBI's Economic Offences

Wing in Mumbai had registered a

case against Mr Acharya who is

also the head of Mid-Corporate

wing of the Bank, former SBI official

K K Kumarah and Chairman of

Worlds Window Group Piyoosh

Goyal for alleged graft.

Mr Kumarah was arrested in

the case yesterday. The agency

said that Mr Goyal had allegedly

applied for over Rs. 400 crore of

corporate loan from SBI but only

Rs. 75 crore was approved.

Mr Kumarah, who had joined

Worlds Window Group after

leaving SBI as an advisor,

allegedly tried to get loans

cleared for the company using

his contacts in the bank, the

agency said.

CBI said an arrangement was

reached between Mr Kumarah

and Mr Goyal under which he was

to get Rs. 25 lakh for his services

and Rs. 15 lakh for Mr Acharya.

Mr Kumarah allegedly

purchased two high-end

watches, Rolex and Omega

brands, worth about Rs. 7.75 lakh

to be given to Mr Acharya for his

alleged favours, they said.

Meanwhile, the agency came

to know about this deal and a trap

was laid. Mr Kumarah, who was

coming out from the residence of

Mr Acharya after allegedly giving

him watches, was nabbed by a

waiting CBI team.

Glowing tributes paid to martyrs

of 26/11 terror attacks in MumbaiMumbai (AU NEWS

NETWORK) : Five years on,

Mumbaikars remember their dear

ones and martyrs lost during 26/

11 terror attacks by holding

memorial services.

As Mumbai marks the fifth

anniversary of one of the worst-

ever terror attacks in the history,

Mumbaikars once again

remembered their lost ones with

teary eyes. Five years on,

memories of the attack that killed

166 people during the three-day

assault by 10 Pakistani terrorists,

are still fresh in the minds of

people. A memorial service was

held at Bombay Police Gymkhana,

where Chief Minister of

Maharashtra Prithviraj Chouhan

and other ministers laid wreath to

pay homage to the martyrs. At the

Nariman House, the Rabbi

conducted a memorial service, as

the Jewish Chabad House at

Colaba was completely destroyed

during the attacks. Friends and

family members of victims lay

flowers, wreaths and lit candles

at Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus

(CST), Taj Mahal Hotel, Oberoi

Trident and Leopold café.

These places also held their

own private memorial

services. The attacks, which

drew widespread global

criticism lasted for three days.

Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only

attacker of the 10 terrorists,

who was captured alive, was

hanged on 21st November

last year and buried at

Yerwada Jail in Pune.

Shipping Min launches CSR

projects of JNPT, Mumbai Union Shipping Minister, Mr. G.K. Vasan has asked

the Port Trusts to play an active role in educating the

common man about the importance of ports in the

economic development of the country. Launching a variety

of CSR projects by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust-JNPT in

Mumbai on Wednesday, Mr. Vasan informed that the JNPT

is launching various projects to aid different sections of

the society.

Apart from its tourist initiatives at 'Gateway of India'

and the Elephanta Island, the JNPT will be setting up

gymnasiums for the less privileged youth and will also

organise a 'Boat Cruise' for senior citizens. Congratulating

the Minister of State for Shipping, Milind Deora for his

efforts in making these initiatives a reality, Mr. Vasan said

that JNPT has become the first port to invite school

students to visit the port facilities, without compromising

on its operations and security.

Sachin Tendulkar is UNICEF's

first brand ambassador for S. AsiaIndia's recently-retired batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has

become UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia.Speaking to reporters in Mumbai Thursday, Sachin said that heis all set to work for promoting hygiene and sanitationin the region. He thanked theUNICEF for allowing him tostart a wonderful second innings.

The 40-year old MasterBlaster said he was baffled bythe statistics on the high numberof children dying due to lack ofproper hygiene. He expressedsurprise over the fact that 36 percent of the world's population donot have access to safe and cleantoilets. Sachin, who has been a part of UNICEF campaigns forpolio and global hand washing, said he was looking forward tospending time with children and educating them about hygiene.Sachin said he would achieve something in his second innings ifhe was able to bring down the child mortality rate caused due todiarrhoea-related diseases.

Lodha buys London embassy

building for Rs. 3300 crore

Ottawa (AU News

network) : Canada has sold

a large embassy building in

London's luxury Mayfair

district to Indian developer

Lodha Dwellers Pvt Ltd for

$530 million (or around Rs.

3,300 crore at 62 rupee per

US dollar), the Canadian

foreign ministry said on

Thursday.

Canada wanted to

dispose of the large six-

storey building in Grosvenor

Square because it plans to

consolidate all diplomatic

activities in another official

Canadian property on

Trafalgar Square. Canada

was advised by Savills PLC.

Foreign embassies are

abandoning London's

premier addresses such as

Mayfair and Kensington as

the world of diplomacy

changes in the face of

security risks and new

technology.

Canada disposed of its

mansion-like residence in

Dublin in 2008 and is trying

to sell the ambassador's

house in Rome.

Man reportedly electrocuted while using

iPhone 4S with third-party chargerMumbai (AU News network) :In a rare but

not entirely unprecedented incident, a man inThailand was reportedly declared dead after beingelectrocuted while using his Apple iPhone 4S whenit was charging. It's worthpointing out that thecharger was found to bethird-party one, and not theoriginal Apple-suppliedcharger.

The 28-year old manfrom Chanthaburi provincewas found dead in hisroom with burn marksacross the body and hand.The report claims that theman was holding hisiPhone 4S at the time ofdeath and that the smartphone was hooked to apower outlet.

While the exact cause of death has not beenascertained, the report speculates that the manmight have been talking on the smartphone whilecharging it, and that the charger could haveoverheated resulting in the electrocution.

In a similar incident, a Chinese woman waskilled by an electric shock when answering a callon her iPhone 5 while it was charging in July thisyear. Soon after, Apple announced a probe looking

into the death of the woman. Previously, anApple iPhone 5 even exploded during phonecall in Thailand.

To counter such incidents involving

unauthorised after-market accessories,Apple had in August announced a trade-inprogram for third-party chargers, wherepeople with counterfeit or third-party poweradaptors could swap them for certified Applemodels for the local equivalent of $10.

Samsung has not been far from suchincidents as well, as the company's 2013flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4reportedly exploded and burned down ahouse in Hong Kong.


'Bullett Raja' review: Saif AliKhan dazzles in this Dhulia flickAs a

Sometimes you are left

wondering why the poten-

tial of a star is not used to

its full extent more often.

Tigmanshu Dhulia’s

‘Bullett Raja' is a good ex-

ample of what Saif Ali Khan

is actually capable of, re-

minding you of ‘Langda

Tyagi’ from ‘Omkara’. Yet

it is not a repeat of the old

act. This rustic act of Saif

Ali Khan makes you want

more. Saif plays Raja

Mishra, a trigger happy

small town boy who turns

into a fully fledged gang-

ster as he gets entangled

in a shootout. The story

then plots his and his friend

Rudra’s (played by Jimmy

Shergill) journey in the poli-

tics and violence of Uttar

Pradesh. Raja and Rudra

then make their way up into

main stream politics while

playing henchmen for the

leading opposition party

leader. The movie is action

packed and the director

does not try and keep it un-

derstated to attract crowds.

He does not try to pull off

‘Dabangg’ style stunts ei-

ther. The hair raising action

sequences are fantastically

paced and the wit and

humour used to set off the

scenes remind you why

Dhulia is a genius. The

characters of Raja and

Rudra make compelling anti

heroes. They are loyal, ro-

mantic, witty, macho,

strong and exude panache

in every move. The movie

has an great cast ensemble.

Gulshan Grover and Raj

Babbar in negative charac-

ters make you nostalgic for

their performances in the

90s. Even Chunky Pandey,

who plays a negative

cameo in the first half is re-

ally commendable. Jimmy

as usual makes you think

why he is so underused in

Bollywood and why more

directors don’t take him on

board. He seems to be one

of Tigmanshu’s favourite

actors – with a splendid per-

formance in this movie, the

director is not far off the

mark. Sonakshi Sinha plays

her 'typical' Bollywood

heroine role, and does not

have much to contribute.

Even the romantic angle

given to the movie is waste-

ful. Ravi Kishen plays a

character with a lot of po-

tential in the movie and

could have been utilised

better. A special mention

should go to Vidyut

Jamwal. If after Akshay

Kumar there is dearth of a

true action hero in

Bollywood; Vidyut is the

answer. Even though he

comes onscreen only for

the last 45 minutes or so,

he delivers a power packed

performance and the jaw

dropping stunts which he

has choreographed and ex-

ecuted himself are breath

taking. Added to this his

good looks and a well toned

body would ensure his fe-

male fan following only

growing with more projects.

The movie is all about

the refreshingly original

screenplay and the tight

direction. The dialogues

(written by Tigmanshu him-

self) are crisp and witty and

don’t fizzle out at any part

of the movie. They are not

over done either. Some of

them got wolf whistles as

the audience cheered the

actors for some more.

“Brahman bhukha toh

Sudama, samjha toh

Chanakya aor rutha toh

Ravaan.” (When a Brahmin

is hungry, he is Sudama;

when he understands, he is

Chanakya; and when an-

gry, he is Raavan)

“Uttar Pradesh ki

raajneeti me koi khas nahi

hota, jo jaan deta hai wahi

khaas hota hai.” (In the poli-

tics of Uttar Pradesh, no-

body is a favourite. The one

who can give his life for

you is the favourite.) With

all the pluses in the movie

however, the songs in the

movie are disappointing.

Sajid-Wajid have provided

a good background score

with a true Hollywood

western style mouth organ

playing at the pauses and

the intense parts of the

movie. But, the songs are

badly placed. ‘Dont touch

me’ and ‘Tamanche pe

disco’ make you think why

the director needed to put

these tracks at all when he

could have easily done

without them. Dhulia’s

biggest mass entertainer

venture yet, ‘Bullett Raja’

is not your usual gravity

defying stunt filled motion

picture that asks you to

leave your brains behind.

The twists and turns in

the plot keep you rooted

to the seats for the entire

movie. They might be

somewhat predictable but

are not stretched and

don’t underestimate the

intelligence of the viewer.

The movie is a must watch

for anyone who loves hard

core action. It is not as in-

tense as Dhulia’s previous

ventures were, but ‘Bullett

Raja’ will surely not let you

down.

(AU NEWS NETWORK)

Kareena Kapoor reinvented in 'Bombay Samurai'Actress Kareena

Kapoor`s career seems

to be heading to an

exciting new level with

Dev Benegal`s film

‘Bombay Samurai’.

Post-marriage, she

seemed to flounder in her

choices with her half-

hearted crusader`s role in

Prakash Jha`s

‘Satyagraha’ and the

totally inane social

activist`s role in ‘Gori Tere

Pyaar Mein’. With

‘Bombay Samurai’,

Kareena finally seems to

have got her post-

marriage formula right.

According to

sources, the film is "a

crazy zany rollicking

roller coaster ride with

amazing twists and

turns. There are seven to

eight pivotal characters.

But Kareena and Farhan

(Akhtar) preside over the

show".

"They play a couple

like no other seen before

in our films. They are

wacky and unpredictable.

The two actors will have a

ball playing their outgoing

zestful characters," the

source added.

Both Kareena and

Farhan were keen to work

with one another.

Says Farhan: "I`ve

seen Kareena`s work.

She is consistently

excellent. I was keen to

work with her. Dev`s film

gives us a chance to try

something different."

Kareena expressed the

highest admiration for

Farhan: "I admire Farhan

for being multi-talented.

Being a GUESS girl is big deal for me: Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra is the

first Bollywood actress to be-

come the face of global fashion

brand GUESS, and the actress

considers it a big deal.

"Being a GUESS girl for me

is a really big deal because the

most iconic beautiful women

have been part of these cam-

paigns. It`s one of the most

iconic brands in the world," the

31-year-old said here Friday at

a GUESS store where she was

unveiled as the new GUESS

girl. "When I went to New York

this time, to pick up the maga-

zines and saw Julia Roberts in

the front and myself on the

back, I was like `woah`," she

added. International singer

Bryan Adams shot Priyanka

for the campaign and she re-

veals "When they first told me

that Bryan was shooting it, I

thought there must be some

other person by the same

name." "I couldn`t think that

somebody is so talented to be

a singer and a photographer.

But then I found out that he

has done a lot of campaigns for

GUESS. They showed me the

pictures of one of their most

recent campaigns. And Bryan

knew of me and I knew of

Bryan. He comes to India so

often that he is now half In-

dian," Priyanka said. Priyanka,

who went international with

her singing talent by launching

her first single ‘In my city’,

had released her second single

‘Exotic’ a few months back.

She is now working on her

third song. On the Bollywood

front, she will soon be seen in

Yash Raj Films` new project

‘Gunday’ with Arjun Kapoor

and Ranveer Singh.

(AU News network)


Mumbai International film festival to be organized from Feb 3-9

MUMBAI : (AU News network) The 13th edition of

Mumbai International film festival for Documentary, Short

and Animation Films (MIFF) will be organized by Films

Division at the National Centre for Performing Arts

(NCPA), Mumbai from February 3 to 9, 2014.

This was announced by V S Kundu, Director

General, Films Division and Director, MIFF -

2014 while addressing media persons in Panaji

Films Division sources reports that the

oldest and largest international film festival for

the non-feature and animation films in Asia,

MIFF-2014 brings a lot of valuable content for

film makers and cinefiles. Apart from best

director, awards have been introduced for

producer, cinematographer, editor, sound

recordist and animator. Awards for the most

innovative film, named after Pramod Pati, and

most popular film of the festival have also been

instituted taking the total number of awards to

32 from 22 in the MIFF 2012. A veteran Indian

documentary film maker will be honoured with

V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award.

MIFF will distribute cash awards worth 55 lac

rupees apart from Golden Conches, trophies and

certificates to the winners in different categories.

AK Ganguly named as judge

accused of harassing intern

Justice AK Ganguly

New Delhi (AU News

network) : The Supreme Court

has revealed that the former judge

accused of sexually harassing an

intern in December is AK

Ganguly. "I am totally innocent,"

he said, " I have worked with

several interns in my life... a large

number of them... I treat them like

my children."

The former judge has testified

for three serving Supreme Court

judges who are investigating the

charges. So has the young

woman lawyer who complained

against him in a blog earlier this

month, without naming him. She

said he harassed her in a hotel

room in December.

Justice Ganguly was on the

bench which delivered a landmark

verdict in February 2012,

cancelling 122 licenses for mobile

networks, on the grounds that

they had been allocated without

transparency.

The committee handling the

inquiry against him submitted its

report to the Chief Justice of India,

P Sathasivam. Justice Ganguly,

who retired earlier this year, is now

the Chairman of the West Bengal

Human Rights Commission.

MLC's kin arrested for objectionable

remarks against BhujbalMUMBAI : (AU News

network) : Former chairman of

Nashik District Central co-op

bank Advay Hiray has been

arrested and remanded in police

custody till December 2 by a

court here for allegedly posting

some "objectionable" comments

on Facebook against state

minister Chaggan Bhujbal.

Advay, brother of MLC Apurva

Hiray, was produced before the

court yesterday after he was

arrested on discharge from

Nashik civil hospital, where he

was admitted on Thursday night

following health problems. NCP

youth leader Vaibhav Devre had

lodged a complaint against

Advay in city's Ambad police

station for posting "obscene and

objectionable" remarks against

the District Guardian minister on

Facebook, police said on

Saturday. Following this, police

had registered a case against

Advay under sections 323, 504,

IT 66 (A) and 67 (A) of IPC and

IT Act, but could not place him

under arrest due to

hospitalisation.

A cross complaint was also

lodged by Advay against four

NCP youth activists-- Vaibhav

Devre, Dhiraj Magar, Mukesh

shevale and Amol Naik -- for

allegedly ransacking his office in

Pawan Nagar locality and

damaging his car on Thursday

over the FB post. The activists

were arrested and remanded in

four-day police custody

yesterday. Advay's brother

Apurva is a MLC from Nashik

division teachers' constituency.

Rs 40 lakh donated to Saibaba

Trust on behalf of late devoteeShirdi: A Chennai-based

woman donated Rs 40 lakh to the

Saibaba Sansthan Trust here to

fulfil the last wish of her late

mother-in-law Lilavati Devi.

The woman, Sarladevi, lost

her mother-in-law recently. As per

the devotee's wishes, the family

sold the property in her name and

donated the amount to the temple

trust, Sansthan sources said on

Saturday. Sarladevi and family

visited the temple on Friday and

donated a ventilator worth Rs 14

lakh to the Sansthan hospital. The

remaining amount is to be utilised

for other purposes, they added.

The donor's family was felicitated

by the Sansthan on the occasion.

Class 9 student hangs herself in Kandivali home (AU News network) A 13 year old girl committed suicide by

hanging herself from the ceiling fan at her Kandivali residence on

Saturday afternoon. The police said that the reason for her taking

the extreme step is still not known. The deceased, Sailee Chawan,

a class 9 student, hung herself using a dupatta at her apartment.

She was alone at home. Her parents discovered her body, when

they returned around 3 pm. No suicide note has been found.

CR fines over 1,200 for traveling

in ladies, handicapped coachesIn a special drive conducted by Central Railway's (CR)

Railway Protection Force in Mumbai division since Nov. 18 at

least 1,212 people were arrested for traveling in the ladies'

coach, entering the handicap coach, trespassing, traveling with-

out tickets, creating nuisance in railway premises. A total of

Rs.1.63 lakh was collected as fine from them, said Alok Bohra,

senior divisional security commissioner, RPF, CR.

Going online saves state Rs.50 cr in 5 yearsMumbai (Dev Gaurva Pawar) : The state saved up to

Rs.50 crore in the past five years by offering services over the

internet. E-service centres in villages and districts have re-

duced corruption in cash disbursement cases, a government

source said. Also, elimination of agents and their fees has helped

people save their money.

In terms of e-transactions concerning government spon-

sored schemes, the highest public response was for land record

or 7/12 extract registrations and certificates, followed by other

services such as income certificate, domicile certificate, utility

services, bank transactions, ticketing and tax payments.

Murder accused arrested from

Kolhapur hideout after 20 yearsA murder accused, who had been evading arrest for the past 20

years, was arrested by the Mumbai police from his hideout in Kolhapuron Monday. The NM Joshi Marg police said Gorakshe Bapu Patilwas produced before a local court on Tuesday and remanded in Judi-cial custody till December 12. A resident of Wani Chawl in LowerParel, he worked in a cold drink shop in the area. The incident tookplace in May 1992, when he assaulted one Mangesh Shetty, 21, witha sharp weapon after the latter picked up a fight with him for notgiving him juice as asked.

South Mumbai corporator files

molestation complaint against 4A 55 year old corporator from South Mumbai on Tuesday lodged a

complaint with the Azad Maidan police alleging that she was molestedby four people over a parking row. The police said the incident occurredon October 22, when the victim, an Andheri resident, parked her car in thecompound of GT Hospital. She said the four men told her she had parkedin a no parking area, after which a verbal fight ensued. She alleged thefour touched her inappropriately, abused her and threatened her.

Pappu Kalani convicted for mur-

der conspiracy in 23-yr-old caseThane (AU News network) : Former

Ulhasnagar MLA Suresh alias Pappu Kalani

and three others were on Friday found guilty

by a court here in a 23-year-old murder case.

Kalani was convicted for criminal con-

spiracy by Additional Sessions Judge

Rajeshwari Bapat-Sarkar here, who acquit-

ted two others for want of evidence.

One Ghanashyam Bhatija was murdered

in Ulhasnagar on February 27, 1990 near the

Pinto Resorts in Ulhasnagar in the district.

His brother Inder Bhatija, who had seen his

brother getting gunned down, was himself

shot dead on April 28, 1990 despite having

police protection.

According to police, both the murders were a

fall-out of long-standing political and criminal en-

mities.

The police filed charge sheet against Pappu

Kalani, Bacchi Pandey, Baba Gabrial, Mohamad

Asrat, Dr Narendra Ramsinghani,, and one Ri-

chard. While Bacchi, Baba and Mohamad were

held guilty of murder and conspiracy, Kalani was

convicted only for conspiracy (section 120-B of

Indian Penal Code).

The remaining two were acquitted. Sentences

would be announced tomorrow. Kalani was presi-

dent of Ulhasnagar Municipal Council and MLA

of Congress at one time. Later he floated his own

party.


TOP NEWS(AU NEWS NETWORK)

Arvind Kejriwal enrolled as voter in three places : BJP tells ECNew Delhi : The state unit of the BJP on Sunday lodged a complaint

with the Election Commission, alleging that Aam Aadmi Party chief

Arvind Kejriwal is enrolled as a voter in three places two in Delhi and

one in Uttar Pradesh. The letter dated November 22 said Kejriwal has

voter identity cards issued from Sahibabad constituency in Uttar

Pradesh, and Seemapuri and New Delhi constituencies in the national

capital. The Sahibabad and Seemapuri cards bear the same

identification numbers. We have obtained the information from the

official websites of the chief electoral officers of Uttar Pradesh and

Delhi, said BJP member Satish Upadhyay. Upadhyay and fellow party

member Harish Khurana had written the letter.

AK-47s stolen from minister's drunk guardsHazaribag : Drinking and passing out in Maoist affected areas may

have its own pit falls. Two AK-47 rifles with 150 rounds of ammunitions

and one service revolver along with 35 bullets were stolen late on

Saturday night from the bodyguards of Jharkhand minister for excise

Jai Prakash Bhai Patel.

Police sources said that the three guards were drunk and fell asleep.

DSP Arvind Kumar Singh confirmed the "theft".

MP law minister Narottam Mishra penalized for paid newsNew Delhi/Bhopal ; Election Commission has detected instances of

'paid news' in favour of Madhya Pradesh Law Minister Narottam

Mishra in the run up to the Assembly election for which Rs.42,000

have been added to his poll expenses. Mishra, who is also

parliamentary affairs minister, is contesting from the Datia Assembly

constituency and the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee

(MCMC) constituted by the Commission in the district found

reportage of the minister in local newspaper on November 1 as 'paid

news'.

Mishra is already contesting 'paid news' charges after the EC in Delhi

had issued him notices in this regard for the Assembly polls of 2008.

3 Indian writers shortlisted

for $50,000 DSC Lit PrizeNew Delhi : Three Indians are among the six authors who have been

shortlisted for the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014.

The shortlisted works include The Book of Destruction by Anand

and Goat Days by Benyamin, both fictions translated from Malayalam.

The third is Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer by Cyrus Mistry.

$3.2L found in SUV with AAP stickerNew Delhi : An SUV bearing a sticker of AAP and carrying bags of

cash amounting to Rs.3.21 lakh has been seized by police. Five brooms,

the party's election symbol, were also found in the car. Senior officials

said the white Mahindra XUV 500 was stopped during a routine traffic

check at Nangia Park. AAP said the SUV did not belong to the party.

Modi garners maximum clicks online, Rahul comes secondNew Delhi : Had elections been fought on the basis of online mentions

and conversations, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi

would have won hands down, according to a report released Thursday.

In its seventh edition on October (first released in April), the report

titled 'India's Most Mentioned Political Leaders' lists Modi as the

most mentioned political leader online. He is followed by Congress

Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Aam

Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and Congress president Sonia

Gandhi.

CBI court frames charges against

six retired judges in PF scamGhaziabad : A special CBI court here framed charges of corruption,

cheating and forgery against six retired district judges of Ghaziabad

in the multi crore Provident Fund scam. Court also framed charges

against 65 persons involved in the scam under various sections of

the IPC. Special CBI Judge AK Singh framed charges against six

retired judges RP Mishra, RP Yadav, AK Singh, RS Choubey, RN

Mishra, and Arun Kumar who were district judges of Ghaziabad

between 2001 and 2008. The scam was unearthed in February 2008

after the then Ghaziabad special CBI Judge Rama Jain registered

an FIR in this regard, he said.

Manipur (AU NEWS NETWORK) : In Manipur,

Chief Judicial Magistrate of Thoubal has

remanded five persons including a Manipur

Rifles officer to police custody till fourth of the

next month. They were arrested on Tuesday

night from Chaobok Lamkhai under Lilong

Police Station in Thoubal District while moving

towards the international border town of

Moreh from Imphal. A huge consignment of

illegal drugs was seized from their possession.

Drug haul in Manipur;

army officer among 5 held

GoM finalises report on Andhra Pradesh

bifurcation along with draft Telangana Bill (AU News network) The

Group of Ministers, GoM, set up

to look into the bifurcation of

Andhra Pradesh, has finalised

its report along with the Draft

Telengana Bill. The GoM, which

met in New Delhi Wednesday

evening, discussed various issues

concerning bifurcation and

distribution of assets between

Telangana and residuary Andhra

Pradesh. After a four-hour

meeting, Home Minister

Sushilkumar Shinde, who heads

the GoM, told reporters that some

discussions are still left but he

remained non-committal as to

when the GoM will submit its

report to the Union Cabinet.

Once the Cabinet clears the

proposal, it will go to the

President, who will refer it to

Andhra Pradesh Assembly for

approval. However, the

Assembly resolution is not

binding under the Constitution.

The Union Cabinet then can

consider the Andhra Pradesh

Reorganisation Bill and with

Union Cabinet's approval, it will

send it to the President before

being tabled in Parliament during

Winter Session commencing on

5th December.

India welcomes interim nuclear deal between Iran & six world powersdeal will make Israel and

the Middle East a safer

place. However, Israel has

described the agreement as a

historic mistake.(AU NEWS NETWORK) : India has

welcomed the interim nuclear deal

between representatives of the P5+1

group of nations - US, UK, Russia, China,

France and Germany - and Iran. External

Affairs Ministry Spokesman, Syed

Akbaruddin said that New Delhi

welcomes the prospect of resolving

questions related to Iran's nuclear

program through dialogue and diplomacy.

Iran has agreed to curb some of its nuclear

activities in return for about 7 billion dollars

in sanctions relief. US Secretary of State

John Kerry has said that the deal will make Israel

and the Middle East a safer place. However, Israel

has described the agreement as a historic mistake. British

Prime Minister David Cameron said, it demonstrates how

persistent diplomacy and tough sanctions can together

help us to advance our national interest.

AAP files criminal defamation suit

against CEO of "Media Sarkar"Aam Aadmi Party, AAP today filed a criminal

defamation complaint in a Delhi court against the

CEO of news portal "Media Sarkar" for releasing a

doctored video allegedly showing some AAP

candidates accepting funds through illegal means.

Besides CEO, the Party has also named two Officials

of a private news channel as accused, saying they

alleged carried out the sting operation without

verifying its veracity. The plea, which was filed by

AAP and Dinesh Mohania, who is contesting the

upcoming Delhi assembly polls from Sangam Vihar

constituency was shown in the sting operation. The

matter is expected to come up for hearing on

November 27.

Centre allocates Rs 1,000 cr for skill

devp of 10 L youth in this fiscalUnion Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that

the Centre has allocated 1,000 crore rupees for the

skill development of 10 lakh youth in this fiscal. The

Finance Minister said this while inaugurating a rural

skill development centre at Amaravathiputhur in Tamil

Nadu set up by the National Skill Development

Corporation. He said, only 15 per cent of students

get their skills upgraded and get jobs abroad, while

20 per cent do not have any future due to lack of

skills. Mr Chidambaram said, NSDC is currently

training youths in 17 sectors to improve and develop

their skills and help them get jobs and also to regulate

jobs in 367 sectors.


Kanchi seers acquittedin Sankararaman case

wwwwwThe Kanchi Sankaracharyas, Jayendra Saraswathi

and Vijayendra Saraswathi, come out of the

Puducherry Sessions Court, which freed them in the

Sankararaman murder case, on Wednesday.

(AU News network) :The Kanchi Sankaracharya, Sri

Jayendra Saraswathi, and the junior Acharya, Sri

Vijayendra Saraswathi, were acquitted by a Sessions

Court here on Wednesday in the Sankararaman murder

case, bringing an eight-year trial to a close.

The court also acquitted 22 other accused, including

one who had died during the trial.

In the nearly 250-page judgment, Principal District

Sessions Judge C.S. Murugan said the September

3, 2004 murder of A. Sankararaman, manager of

the Sri Varadarajaperumal temple at

Kancheepuram, had not been proved because

more than 20 prosecution witnesses turned hostile.

Further, the witnesses who identified the accused

in a parade failed to do so before the court.

The court also referred to a Supreme Court

observation - in the order granting bail to Sri

Jayendra Saraswathi - that Prem Kumar, then

Superintendent of Police, Kancheepuram (since

deceased), had taken an undue interest and active

participation in the investigation, beyond what

was required under the law. This was proved by

witnesses. What with his intervention, a fair and

proper probe was not done by the Chief

Investigating Officer.

The accused included N. Sundaresan, who was

manager of the Sankara Mutt; the junior pontiff's

brother M.K. Raghu; and K.G. Krishnasamy alias

Appu. The trial was shifted to Puducherry from

Tamil Nadu in 2005.

K'taka imposes

over Rs. 11.59

crore on doctors

for not serving in

rural areasThe Karnataka State

government had slapped a

penalty of over Rs. 11, 5900000

crore to 1159 medical graduates

in the state for failing to comply

with the mandatory one-year of

rural service stipulated on them.

Health and Family welfare

minister U T Khader informed

this in the Karnataka Legislative

Council during the question hour

on Monday.

The minister disclosed that the

state government has entered

into an agreement with over

1654 medical graduates for

rendering rural service and only

284 graduates complied with it.

MP records highest turnout 70 %; over 81 pc in Mizoram

26 reasons why CBI court sentenced Talwars in Aarushi case

Ghaziabad (AU NEWSNETWORK) : Of course there isno direct evidence but CBI hasplaced a "clinching wealth ofcircumstances" from which theguilt of Rajesh Talwar and his wifeNupur has been made out formurdering their daughter Aarushiand domestic help Hemraj, JudgeShyam Lal said while outlining 26reasons for sentencing the coupleto rigorous life imprisonment.

"From the evidence astendered by the prosecution inform of oral and documentaryevidence this court reaches to theirresistible and impeccableconclusion that only the accusedpersons are responsible forcommitting this ghastly crime asthe following circumstancesunerringly point towards thehypothesis of guilt of theaccused," the 210-page order said,while pointing out 26circumstances leading to theconviction.

1. That irrefragably on thefateful night of May 15 and 16,2008 both the accused were lastseen with both the deceased in FlatNo. L-32, Jalvayu Vihar at about9.30 pm by Umesh Sharma, thedriver of Rajesh Talwar;

2. That on the morning of May16, 2008 at about 6.00 A.M.Aarushi was found murdered inher bed-room which was adjacent

to the bedroom of the accused andthere was only partition wallbetween two bed-rooms;

3. That the dead body of theservant Hemraj was found lyingin the pool of blood on the terraceof flat no. L-32, Jalvayu Vihar onMay 17, 2008 and the door ofterrace was found locked frominside;

4. That there is a closeproximity between the point of timewhen both the accused and thedeceased persons were last seentogether alive and the deceasedwere murdered in the interveningnight of May 15 and 16, 2008 andas such the time is so small thatpossibility of any other person(s)other than the accused being theauthors of the crime becomesimpossible;

5. That the door of Aarushi'sbed-room was fitted withautomatic click-shut lock. MaheshKumar Mishra, the then S.P. (City),NOIDA has deposed that when hetalked to Rajesh Talwar on May16, 2008 in the morning, he had toldhim that in the preceding night atabout 11.30 P.M. He had gone tosleep with the key after locking thedoor of Aarushi's bed-room fromoutside. Both the accused haveadmitted that door of Aarushi'sbed-room was having automatic-clickshut lock like that of a hotel,which could not be opened from

outside without key but could beopened from inside without key.No explanation has been offeredby the accused as to how the lockof Aarushi's room was opened andby whom.

6. That the internet remainedactive in the night of the goryincident suggesting that at leastone of the accused remainedawake;

7. That there is nothing toshow that an outsider(s) cameinside the house in the said nightafter 9.30 P.M.;

8. That there was no disruptionin the supply of electricity in thatnight;

9. That no person was seenloitering near the flats insuspicious circumstances duringthat night;

10. That there is no evidenceof forcible entry of any outsider(s)in the flat in the night ofoccurrence;

11. That there is no evidenceof any larcenous act in the flat;

12. That in the morning of May16, 2008 when the maid came tothe flat for the purpose of cleaningand mopping, a false pretext wasmade by Nupur Talwar that doormight have been locked fromoutside by the servant Hemrajalthough it was not locked orlatched from outside;

13. That the house maid BhartiMandal has nowhere stated thatwhen she came inside the flat boththe accused were found weeping;

14. That from the testimony ofBharti Mandal it is manifestly clearthat when she reached the flat andtalked to Nupur Talwar then at thattime she had not complained aboutthe murder of her daughter andrather she told the maid deliberatelythat Hemraj might have gone tofetch milk from Mother dairy afterlocking the wooden door fromoutside. This lack of spontaneityis relevant under section 8 of theEvidence Act;

15. That the clothes of boththe accused were not foundsoaked with blood. It is highlyunnatural that parents ofdeceased Aarushi will not cling to

and hug her on seeing hermurdered;

16. That no outsider(s) will dareto take Hemraj to the terrace inseverely injured condition andthereafter search out a lock to beplaced in the door of the terrace;

17. That it is not possible thatan outsider(s) after committing themurders will muster courage to takeScotch whisky knowing that theparents of the deceased Aarushi arein the nearby room and his toppriority will be to run away from thecrime scene immediately.

18. That no outsider(s) willbother to take the body of Hemraj tothe terrace. Moreover, a singleperson cannot take the body to theterrace;

19. That the door of the terracewas never locked prior to theoccurrence but it was found lockedin the morning of May 16, 2008 andthe accused did not give the key ofthe lock to the police despite beingasked to give the same;

20. That the accused have takenplea in the statements under section313 Cr.P.C. That about 8-10 daysbefore the occurrence painting ofcluster had started and the navviesused to take water from water tankplaced on the terrace of the flat andthen Hemraj had started locking thedoor of the terrace and the key ofthat lock remained with him. If it wasso then it was not easily possiblefor an outsider to find out the key ofthe lock of terrace door;

21. That if an outsider(s) mayhave committed the crime in questionafter locking the door of terrace andhad gone out of the flat then theouter most mesh door or middlemesh door must have been foundlatched from outside;

22. That the motive ofcommission of the crime has beenestablished;

23. That it is not possible thatafter commission of the crime anoutsider(s) will dress-up the crimescene;

24. That golf-club no.5 wasthrown in the loft after commissionof the crime and the same wasproduced after many months by theaccused Rajesh Talwar;

25. That pattern of head andneck injuries of both the accusedpersons are almost similar in natureand can be caused by golf-club andscalpel respectively;

26.That the accused RajeshTalwar was a member of the Golf-Club NOIDA and golfclubs wereproduced by him before the CBI andscalpel is used by the dentists andboth the accused are dentists byprofession; "The manner in whichthe murders were committed is notthe handiwork of single accusedand rather the murders werecommitted and evidence destroyedby both the accused in furtheranceof their common intention which isapparent from the facts andcircumstances" mentioned, thejudge said.

Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest-ever voter turnout of over 70 percentand Mizoram of over 81 percent in anassembly poll on Monday. MPMinister of State for Women and ChildDevelopment Ranjana Baghel wasbooked under Sections 353/34 IPC forallegedly bribing of voters in Dhardistrict. Briefing reporters after polling,Madhya Pradesh Chief ElectoralOfficer Jaideep Govind said there wasfiring in the air at some places in Laharconstituency in Bhind district but saidthere was no possibility of a re-poll."Polling was brisk and peaceful but forsome stray incidents of violence - four

in Bhind and three in Morena districtand one person each was injured in thetwo districts. As many as 30 personswere arrested for inciting violence inthe two districts," Deputy ElectionCommissioner Sudhir Tripathi said inDelhi. The previous high turn-out inMP was 69.58 percent in the 2008assembly elections while it was 82.35percent in Mizoram. Govind saidpolling in three Maoist-affectedconstituencies in Balaghat district washeld was held under tight security andchoppers were also used, he said, addingan average 70 percent polling waswitnessed here. The CEO said pollinghad been boycotted in some pollingstations in 10 districts by people whowere angry with lack of constructionof roads in their areas.An EVM was broken by a crowd inChowrai but was replaced and votingresumed after a gap. In Mizoram, over81 percent of polling was reportedaround 6 PM and was expected to gohigher. The fate of 142 candidates,including Chief Minister Lal Thanhawlaand his 11 ministers, was sealed inelection to the 40-member assembly.Polling ended at 3.30 pm with anestimated turnout of 80 percent of the6.9 lakh voters, state Joint ChiefElectoral Officer H Lalengmawia saidon Monday. As a first, the EC hadused Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail(VVPAT) of votes in 10 assemblyconstituencies in Mizoram wherevoters could see which candidate theyhave voted for in a printout of theirvotes. Tripathi said a total of Rs 7.86crore was recovered in cash and Rs 9.6crore worth of other things duringelectioneering in MP, while 3.18 lakhlitres of liquor valued at 6.28 crore,besides 30.80 lakh worth drugs andnarcotics were seized. A total of 95cases of suspected paid news were alsoreported. Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan is contesting from Budhni andVidisha constituencies, while leader ofthe opposition Ajay Singh is in frayfrom Churhat constituency in Vidisha.


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Complaints against police personalMaharashtra ranked fourth in the country in the number of

complaints against police personnel last year, after Madhya Pradesh,Delhi and Uttar Pradesh

57,363 Total complaints registered against police personnel in thecountry in 2012

6,925 Maharashtra8,440 Uttar Pradesh12,342 Delhi12,412 Madhya Pradesh17,244 other states

Mumbai biggest cocaine marketIndia is increasingly consuming more synthetic drugs such as

cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and mandrax than naturalpsychotropic substances such as cannabis and hashish.

In what could be a worrying sign for the nation's health, economyand security, latest data on drugs seizure by Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) shows that smuggling and consumption of synthetic drugs,which are more addictive and injurious to health than natural ones,has been constantly rising while that of natural ones has beendecreasing. It has also been found that Punjab and Maharashtra, inparticular Mumbai, lead the pack in smuggling and consumption ofsynthetic drugs.

NARCOTICS HAULSeizure (in kg) of drugs in the past four yearsDrug name 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (upto Sept.)Morphine 42 25 53 263 3Cocaine 12 23 14 44 28Ephedrine 1,244 2,207 7,208 4,393 1,862Methaqualone (Mandrax) 5 20 72 216 274Ganja 2,08,764 1,73,128 1,22,711 77,149 45,000Hashish (charas) 3,549 4,300 3,872 3,338 2,000Heroin 1,047 766 528 1,029 863Opium 1,732 1,829 2,348 3,625 1,116Source : Nareotics Control Bureau

Caught Red handedNo. of officials nabbed in corruption casesDepartment 2008 2012 2013 (till October)Police 93 167 197Revenue 90 118 161BMC 25 32 41Public Health 09 18 18Education 06 17 22

RPF collects Rs.4 lakh in fines in six days on Central RailwayProsecution by RPF on CR between Nov. 18 and 23Offence No. of cases Fine (in Rs.)Illegal travel in disabled coaches 903 90,800Hawking 881 1.52LTrespassing 194 21,500Men traveling in ladies compartments 88 7,450Traveling on rooftop and footboards 64 7,300Ticketless travel 59 28,195Illegal sale of tickets 3 25,000

We are now in a position to counter any terror attackin the city. The policemen are equipped to face theterrorists.Satyapal Singh, Mumbai Police Commissioner.

Cabinet okays transfer of Indu Mill land to

Maharashtra Govt for Ambedkar memorialThe Cabinet has approved a proposal totransfer prime Indu Mill land in Mumbaito Maharashtra governmnet forconstructing Dr B R Ambedkar memorial.The decision was taken in the meeting ofthe Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister DrManmohan Singh.It would empower the Centre to acquirecertain area of the Mill belonging toNational Textile Corporation Limited inMumbai for facilitation of the constructionof the memorial. After the meeting of theCabinet, highly placed sources saidgovernment will bring a bill in Parliamentto facilitate the transfer of land to the StateGovernment. The ashes of Dr Ambedkarare interred at Chaitya Bhoomi, which issituated in the vicinity of the Indu Mill.

Right-wing extremists had no hand

in Dabholkar's murder: PoliceMumbai (AU Newsnetwork) : Pune Police onFriday told the Bombay HighCourt that there was noevidence suggestinginvolvement of right-wingextremists in the killing of anti-superstition activist NarendraDabholkar. Dabholkar, whospearheaded the anti-superstition movement inMaharashtra, was shot deadon August 20 in Pune; thepolice are as yet clueless aboutidentity of the culprits.A public interest litigation filedby former journalist KetanTirodkar has sought a probe byNational Investigating Agency,alleging that Hindu right wingactivists were involved.A reply by police today saidthat Dabholkar was not knownto be facing any threat, sothere was no question of police

preparing any threatperception report (prior to themurder) and monitoring hisactivities, etc.More importantly, thecontention that it was thehandiwork of right wingextremists was based only onpresumptions or petitioner'sown imagination which is notsupported by any factualevidence, said RajendraBhamare, AssistantCommissioner of Police, PuneCrime Branch, in the affidavitfiled before the court.Police also handed over to thecourt two reports oninvestigation conducted so farin sealed covers to the divisionbench headed by Justice P VHardas. The judges did notopen the covers today, and saidthey would peruse the reportsat the next hearing, posted

after two weeks.ACP Bhamare also said theoffence did not fall in thepurview of NationalInvestigation Agency Act, andthe probe should not betransferred to the Centralagency. "Our team is notunder pressure from anypolitical figure or any activist,"the affidavit said.

Dissidence won't be brooked, says Uddhav; Joshi apologisesMumbai: Showing that he was in full control of

the party, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray

on Friday said that dissidents

were free to leave; while senior

party leader Manohar Joshi, who

had criticised his leadership

style recently, apologised.

"Those who don't like my

leadership, they are free to join

other parties. The doors are

open. I will not ask them to stay,"

Uddhav said, talking to reporters

after a meeting of Sena leaders which was attended

by Joshi and Mohan Rawale, another leader who

took potshots at Uddhav recently. Uddhav, who

was anointed president of the party after the death

of his father, Bal Thackeray, also expressed

confidence that he would "fly the (Sena's) saffron

flag atop the state Legislature on the strength of

loyal cadres".

"I met the party president today and made it

clear...Uddhav Thackeray's leadership is strong. If

my statements have unwittingly disrespected the party

president, I publicly apologise

for the same as party's

discipline requires it, and hope

that the issue would now close

finally," Joshi said in a

statement this evening. Joshi,

former Speaker of Lok Sabha

and former Maharashtra Chief

Minister, had publicly

criticised Uddhav last month.

He was later booed out by party workers from the dais

during the party's annual Dusshera rally. Rawale, who

was elected five times to the Lok Sabha from Mumbai

south-central constituency and considered a Bal

Thackeray loyalist, created a flutter in political circles a

few days go when he met MNS chief Raj Thackeray at

latter's residence earlier this month. Rawale was

reportedly disgruntled as he was unlikely to get the

ticket from Shiv Sena this time.

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