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12 states chalk out anti-Naxalite strategy

     Hyderabad: Top police officials and bureaucrats from 12 states today met in Hyderabad to work out an efficient mechanism to deal with the menace of naxalism. Chief secretaries and directors-general of police from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal attended the day long deliberations convened by the Centre. "The Naxal problem is existing. While in some places it is more rampant and in some places it is less. But there is a problem and a huge one. We have to sort it out," J.K. Sinha, director-general of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), told reporters before going inside for the meeting. Naxalites are giving a tough fight to the police forces of various states. Andhra Pradesh and Chattishgarh are the worst affected states.

Junior doctors go on indefinite strike in Patna  (Go To Top)

     Patna: Junior Doctors of Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) have gone on an indefinite strike protesting against the worsening situation of law and order. "What we want is to live in peace. The patient will only be treated when the doctor is alive. We feel very insecure. We cannot work in this environment. We will come back only when we feel satisfied of our security arrangements," said Dr. Gauhar Alam, Secretary, Junior Doctors Association, PMCH. It is uncertain what impact the strike would make on the Government but it has certainly raised the worries of the patients and their relatives. Consequently, many of them are leaving the hospital due to the lack of medical treatment and specialist doctors at the hospital. "There is no doctor, we are very worried since last night. There is no facility here for the patients", said Sidheshwar Prasad, relative of a patient. "There is no doctor since yesterday. We have no choice left except for leaving the hospital. We cannot help it", said Lalti Devi, a relative of a patient. Not only this, the Junior Doctors at the hospital are also denying to issue patient discharge certificates to the patients. The family members of a patient demanded a release certificate. But they were forced to engage in an argument, following denials from the Junior Doctors and within some minutes, they stated to beat each other. In a display of unity, other junior doctors joined the melee and beat up other members of the family. The doctors then went outside and set the Bolero car of the patient on fire.

Muivah heads for Delhi  (Go To Top)

     Dimapur (Nagaland): NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingleng Muivah has left for New Delhi alongwith some of his colleagues and secretaries, where he is likely to hold series of formal and informal meetings. The NSCN-IM general secretary was staying in the state after his arrival on May 10. ''Mr Muivah had a series of meetings with senior NSCN leaders and the mass-based civil societies at Camp Hebron during his stay,'' NSCN-IM deputy ''kilonser of the ministry of information and publicity'' (MIP) Kraibo Chawang told newsmen at Dimapur. ''Muivah is likely to have series of formal and informal meetings in New Delhi before his departure for some European country,'' the ''kilonser'' said. Amid tight security, Mr Muivah left Dimapur airport on Monday evening after a brief meeting with his colleagues at the airport.

Advani seeks national debate on Jinnah episode (Go To Top)

     New Delhi: BJP President LK Advani on Friday called for a national debate on the controversy surrounding his comments on Pakistan's Founding Father Mohammad Ali Jinnah during his recent visit to Karachi. Speaking at a function to mark the release of former Union Minister Jagmohan's latest book titled "Soul and Structure of Governance in India" published by Allied Publishers, Advani said issues should be publicly discussed with objectivity, and then only proper governance will become a reality. He further said that only one aspect of his remark on Jinnah had been highlighted and made controversial. In fact, he said that there is a need for people to know the background of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent and the structure of administrations that the founding fathers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh visualised for their respective countries. Complimenting Jagmohan on his achievements as a bureaucrat, a Constitutional representative and as a politician, Advani said it was an outstanding and a unique example of an individual who had experienced the positives and negatives of either side of national governance.

     Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who released the book, called for a wide debate on the issue of governance in the country to enable and motivate people towards the path of socio- economic development and prosperity, besides reliving the belief that probity in public life remains the key to a country's long- term sustenance. Jagmohan used the occasion to make a case for what he called "rekindling the power of India's mind, reawakening her long suppressed soul, new designs for her institutions, creating a leadership of vision and will and building an ethically and organisationally strong state." He said that his 14-chapter book, the fourth written by him in his over four-decade-long public life, could be termed a book with a difference, in that it sought to build up against the backdrop of history and contemporary events, both national and international, a case for an ethical state and an ethical governance machinery resting upon the three foundational planks that he had elucidated above. He also that through his book he wished to emphatically state that there was no reason why India should make itself a "second or third rate appendage of a cartel of a few rich and powerful nations which had become excessivelly materialistic and acquisitive, all factors bound to cause a disorderly, disoriented and imbalanced world." In conclusion, all three were of the unanimous opinion and hope that the book would provide food for thought for the present as well as the future generations.

Pataudi's bail petition rejected (Go To Top)

     Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed the anticipatory bail petitions of former Indian Cricket Captain Manssor Ali Khan Pataudi and a co-accused, Shashi Singh, in the black buck poaching case. "Sorry Gentlemen. Petitions dismissed. All the best," Vacation Judge Rajive Bhalla said while pronouncing the verdict. The court gave the order after a marathon hearing that lasted over four hours. Earlier, the court had refused interim bail to Pataudi and Singh and directed the Haryana government to produce all relevant records pertaining to the case. Pataudi and six other accused in the case have not presented themselves to the Jhajjar Police, which issued three notices to them to join the invesitigations. The last deadline lapsed on Wednesday. The eighth accused in the case, Madan Singh was arrested and is now on bail. Haryana Police has booked Pataudi and seven others under the Wild Life Act following recovery of carcasses of a black buck and two rabbits from their vehicle on June 3 near a wild sanctuary in Jhajjar.

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