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Arjun Singh Demands Quotas in Foreign Universities
2008-04-11 07:21:00
April 9, 2009.By Our Special CorrespondentBuoyed by the Indian Supreme Court decision to extend the caste based reservations in academic institutions to Other Backward Classes in India, India's Human Resources Minister Mr. Arjun Singh in a news conference held at his Ministry offices demanded that Universities around the world, starting with the Universities in the United States. United Kingdom, Australia and eventually the entire Western world should follow suite, as per Mr. Singh.Mr. Singh, a champion of weaker section of the society justified reservations in foreign universities by saying that, "We now live in a global village. It is therefore, the responsibility of the entire world to right the historic wrongs." When asked by the reporters, what type of quotas should be the global institutions set aside for SC, ST and OBC candidates from India, the Minister replied that, "The quotas should be proportional to the population of these castes. However, we are willing to settle ...
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As Tibet Burns, Congress and CPI (M) Play Fiddle (Made In China)
2008-03-27 05:26:00
On March 13, Chinese government admitted that the Tibet an monks were protesting against the Chinese occupation all week. China responded to these protests with a brutal crackdown. By March 16, media reports indicated at least 80 deaths. Recent reports put the death toll to at least 130.Amidst this turmoil across the border, the Congress ruled government's response was timid at best - but that is perhaps to be expected from Nehru's party of Panchsheel - framework of India's political capitulation to Chinese in the 1950s. The Congress government, kowtowing to the Chinese demands, assailed Tibetan protesters in India and earned compliments from the Chinese government.India has been ignoring recent small scale Chinese incursions in the Indian territories. India is also maintaining silence as China has sent its troops to Nepal for the very first time. In fact, the Congress government should have learned a lesson from US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi who made a sp...
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IndiaComments ON: Reliance Industries to close petrol pumps by April-end -
2008-03-26 04:00:00
Reliance Industries to close petrol pumps by April -end - livemintNew Delhi: Reliance Industries, India’s largest private sector oil firm, plans to shut down all its 1,400 petrol pumps by April-end as it is unable to match the fuel price offered by state-run retailers, who get compensated by the Government for selling fuel below the cost.[snip]The owner of nation’s largest refinery suffered huge losses despite selling petrol and diesel at prices higher than the state-run retailers Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum. On an average, petrol from Reliance outlets costed between Rs4 and Rs5 a litre more than the PSU pumps.Reliance still lost Rs3.4 a litre on petrol and Rs5.8 per litre on diesel and had seen its market share fall from 14.3% to less than 1% in diesel.Public sector retailers too lose Rs9.68 on sale of every litre of petrol and Rs12.21 per litre on diesel but the losses are made up by issue of oil bonds by the Government and discounts from ONGC, Gail and...
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IndiaComments On: Natwar Singh quits Congress at BJP rally
2008-02-14 11:29:00
IndianExpress.com :: Natwar Singh quits Congress at BJP rally:"Jaipur, February 13: Former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, who had to resign from the Government in the wake of the Iraqi food-for-oil scam, on Wednesday announced his resignation from the Congress, but parried questions on whether he planned to join the BJP. He made the announcement in the presence of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia at a BJP-sponsored Jat rally[snip]“Wait and see” was all that he said on whether he would join the BJP or whether he expects to get a BJP seat to Parliament as his term in Rajya Sabha is coming to an end in April. Singh, suspended from the Congress and facing a petition for his disqualification from Rajya Sabha, quit the Manmohan Singh Government after the Volcker Committee findings in the UN oil-for-food scam in which he and his son were named as beneficiaries.Comments:Natwar Singh, the former External Affairs Minister of India was implicated by UN's Volcker C...
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IndiaComments On: AP to give Christians subsidy to visit Israel-India
2008-02-12 21:17:00
AP to give Christians subsidy to visit Israel -India -The Times of India:12 Feb 2008, 0241 hrs IST,TNNHYDERABAD: Always eager to offer sops to minorities, the Andhra Pradesh government of chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Monday decided to dole out subsidies, on the lines of the Haj scheme, for Christians who want to visit holy sites in Israel.Governor N D Tiwari in his address to the joint budget session of the Assembly and Council said, 'My government has decided to extend the Haj pilgrim scheme to Christian minorities also for their religious visits to Christian Holy Lands in Israel.'The sop to Christian pilgrims by the chief minister, himself a Christian, is seen as another move by the Congress government to woo minorities ahead of the general and assembly elections scheduled for early next year.[snip]Christians comprise about 1.5% of AP's eight crore population."Comments: When it comes to religious pandering, we are now going from absurd to ridiculous! Opportunistic Chr...
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India Comments on : India shoots out of Iran's orbit
2008-02-08 07:55:00
Asia Times Online :: "India shoots out of Iran's orbit"By Praful BidwaiNEW DELHI - India's traditionally friendly relations with Iran have come under unprecedented strain because of the launching of an Israeli spy satellite by an Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) rocket.[snip]On Tuesday, Seyed Mahdi Nabizadeh, Iran's ambassador in New Delhi, publicly regretted India's assistance in lifting off the TECSAR satellite in a hush-hush manner from a launching pad in southern Andhra Pradesh state on January 21.[snip]The Indian government justified the launch on technical and commercial grounds. But Nabizadeh said, 'We hope the issue could be considered from the political point of view also. Our relationship with India is very strong and good. Many are trying to destroy [that] relationship.[snip]The Indian government is clearly divided between its formal position that Iran's current nuclear activities are legitimate ...
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CPM faces bandh from Front partner
2008-02-08 05:44:00
CPM faces bandh from Front partner: "Kolkata, Feb 5 The Forward Bloc's anger against Left Front big brother CPI(M) flared up again after police in north Bengal shot dead four Bloc supporters who were protesting the state's failure to implement the job guarantee scheme and to give enough jobs to Muslims.The violence, outside the office of the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Dinhata in Coochbehar, also left 50 people including two policemen injured."[snip]Comments: An ideal Marxist society would be a Godless, secular society where a communist ruled government would give educational and job opportunities without regards to religion.Around the country, CPM is advocating reservations and quotas based on religion. Now we have the communists fighting amongst themselves to see who is more committed to implementing illegal religion based reservations for Muslims. The reason for this advocacy is to create a Moslem vote bank. Now, if communist succeed in creating a vote bank based on reli...
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Finally, women set to get 33% quota-India-The Times of India
2008-01-29 22:17:00
Finally, women set to get 33% quota-India -The Times of India:[snip]Though the women's reservation Bill has been gathering dust in the absence of a consensus among the political parties, the two big players have now endorsed an Election Commission proposal to give 33% of the nominations to women in the parliamentary elections."The issue came under a sharp focus on Monday when the BJP national council at its meeting decided to reserve 33% of all posts in its organizational structure for women.[snip]On Monday, party projected its decision to set aside 33% of organisational posts for women as aligned with advocacy for women's quota. "This is the first leap towards women's reservations," party leader Sushma Swaraj said.When implemened within the next three months, this would mean the presence of 27 women in the party's 81-member national executive.The ploy may help refurbish credentials of political correctness, but may not result in a sharp increase in the number of women in Parliam...
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BJP marries Hindutva with welfare
2008-01-29 07:57:00
Shekhar Iyer, Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Jan 29, 2008The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday spoke of a new kind of Hindutva that would not scare away its NDA allies. With the general elections of 2009 topmost in its mind, the party’s national council decided that it will not talk about the Ram temple, Uniform Civil Code or Article 370 but would rake up issues like the destruction of Ram Sethu for a shipping canal project, the delay in the hanging of Parliament attack accused Mohd Afzal and the UPA’s religion-based affirmative actions.[snip]Comments: We can safely assume that BJP has not learned the fundamental lessons from the defeat in the previous Lok Sabha elections.The fundamental lesson BJP should have learned is that a political party cannot take its core voter base for granted and still expect to win elections.As much as Congress and leftists would like to have BJP leadership believe that the previous Lok Sabha elections were won by Congress led UPA based on uneven economi...
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CPM accuses govt against Israel collaboration- Politics/Nation-News-The Eco
2008-01-24 08:00:00
CPM accuses govt against Israel collaboration- Politics /Nation -News -The Economic Times:NEW DELHI: The CPM on Tuesday attacked the Manmohan Singh government for “collaborating” with Israel against India’s traditional friends."The CPM, which has opposed India allowing the launch of spy satellites from its territory, said the TecSar satellite had the capability to track activities in Iran and the region.[snip]The CPM has been asking the government to snap ties with Israel, the second largest supplier of arms to India after Russia. Though the government has ignored the demand, the Left, which has kept up the pressure to sever military co-operation with Israel, suspects that New Delhi’s policy on Israel is in tune with its “pro-US” line. The CPM, which is worried that the government may be putting at stake India’s relations with Iran to help Israel, had alleged that the US may use Israel as a proxy to mount attacks on Arab countries and seek to draw Iran into the conflict....
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BJP asks Tata to provide quota for low-income group for Nano-India-The Time
2008-01-22 08:41:00
BJP asks Tata to provide quota for low-income group for Nano -India -The Time s of India:20 Jan 2008, 1422 hrs IST,PTINEW DELHI: Tatas should ensure that low-income people are given a preference in bookings for the Rs one lakh car Nano to prevent the richer strata from grabbing the cheapest car from the word go, a senior BJP leader said.Apprehending black marketing of the Nano by 'rich agents', BJP national secretary Vijay Goel asked Ratan Tata to give preference to lower income group while making bookings for the car whenever it is ready for a commercial launch.[snip]'My fear is that at the time of booking, it is possible that the richer agents of the black market may book the car or even someone who can afford a bigger one may block the car from reaching the target consumer,' The former Union Minister said.To prevent the same, it would be a great idea to take some precautionary measures and give some preference to those who come from a lower-income group, he added.He said asking ...
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Hajj pilgrims to get subsidy for another year-India-The Times of India
2008-01-21 22:41:00
Hajj pilgrims to get subsidy for another year-India -The Times of India: "Hajj pilgrims to get subsidy for another year22 Jan 2008, 0046 hrs IST,TNNNEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday heaved a sigh of relief as the Supreme Court allowed it to continue its policy of subsidising the Haj pilgrimage and the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra for the year 2008.[snip]For the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, the Centre gives a subsidy of Rs 3,250 per pilgrim, its total expenditure coming to Rs 32.5 lakh. In contrast, it gives a subsidy of Rs 28,000 towards air fare of each of the one lakh Haj pilgrims entailing a total expense of Rs 280 crore on this count alone."Comments: Government of India gives a total of Rs. 32.5 lakhs (that is Rs. 3,250,000) for Hindus vs. total of Rs. 280 crores (2,800,000,000) for Moslems. Considering Hindus are 82% of 1.1B Indian population and Moslems are 11% of Indian population, the subsidy comes to Rs. 0.0036 for each Hindu and Rs. 23.14 for each Moslem in India. Where does this ...
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NDTV office vandalized in Ahmedabad, two injured - livemint
2008-01-20 03:36:00
NDTV office vandalized in Ahmedabad , two injured - livemint: "NDTV office vandalized in Ahmedabad, two injuredAhmedabad: A little known right wing Hindu outfit today vandalized NDTV’s office here and assaulted two staffers, venting their anger against a SMS poll of the news channel with noted painter M F Hussain as a contender for Bharat Ratna.Armed with hockey sticks, about 20 activists of Hindu Samarajya Sena attacked the private channel’s office located in a residential area, smashed office furniture, equipment, air-conditioner, leaving behind banners and posters of their organisation.According to NDTV journalists, the group said the channel was “anti-national” and it should apologize for including Husain’s name as a nominee in the SMS poll for the country’s top civilian honour."[snip]“If you cannot air your views with freedom, then it is a very sorry phase you have come to. Ultimately this is what fascism is all about. This is what intolerance is all about,” Cong...
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Job quota in pvt firms in UP
2008-01-19 00:19:00
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News:Shahira NaimTribune News ServiceLucknow, January 18In a significant decision, Chief Minister Mayawati today decided to introduce job reservations in projects being outsourced to private organisations under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model at present being implemented by the BSP government under its new economic policy.This makes Uttar Pradesh not only the first state in the country to implement job reservation in the private sector but also the first to make it compulsory for companies to get government contracts on outsourcing work."[snip]Of this, 10 per cent are being earmarked for the SCs, 10 per cent for OBCs and religious minorities and the remaining 10 per cent for the economically weak amongst the upper castes. “This is one more step towards fulfilling my government’s dream of a ‘sarvjan hitaye, sarvjan sukhaye’,” said the CM.[snip]Comments: In today's globally competitive business, if a private business have to ...
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LEADER ARTICLE: Where We Stand-Editorial-Opinion-The Times of India
2008-01-18 08:01:00
LEADER ARTICLE: Where We Stand-Editorial -Opinion -The Times of India [snip]And that’s the kind of liberalism we in the Times subscribe to. So, we defend the right of Taslima Nasreen to write what she likes, perhaps angering Muslim fundamentalists, as well as M F Husain to depict Saraswati as he wants, infuriating Hindu bigots, while impressing upon the state not to interfere by banning expressions of art, which are viewpoints.If people don’t like what they hear or read or see, they have the option not to. Simply don’t buy the book or visit the exhibition where any expression offensive to your taste is being depicted.Similarly, angry e-mailer sir, you don’t have to buy the Times of India if you find it a repulsive banana newspaper, whatever that means. Just don’t try to intimidate us by ridicule or threats, though we shall defend your right to do so till we cease publishing.[snip]Comments: In light of this lead article, and in the tradition of classic liberalism, you will be ...
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"Clamour for Bharat Ratna gets loud, more names proposed
2008-01-18 06:51:00
The Hindu News Update Service:New Delhi (PTI): The clamour for 'Bharat Ratna' grew louder on Monday with some more leaders including Biju Patnaik, Karpoori Thakur and Jagjivan Ram being proposed by political parties for the country's highest civilian award.Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik demanded that the award be conferred on his father and BJD founder late Biju Patnaik while the RJD, a key ally of the UPA, today asked the Centre to bestow it on Karpuri Thakur, a former Bihar Chief Minister'There have been demands for conferring Bharat Ratna to Biju Babu earlier too, but now we will do this in a dignified and correct manner to suit the legendary personality,' said Patnaik, who is also the president of Biju Janata Dal(BJD).Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad of RJD lobbied for Thakur in a letter to Home Minister Shivraj Patil.In unprecedented open lobbying for 'Bharat Ratna' which is the sole prerogative of the Union government, Union Minister Ram Vilas Pa...
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PM's China visit 'highly successful': CPI-M- Hindustan Times
2008-01-18 00:08:00
PM's China visit 'highly successful': CPI-M- Hindustan Times : "The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's China visit, saying that stronger economic relationship between the two countries could move the centre of economic gravity of the world towards Asia.According to the People's Democracy, the mouthpiece of the CPI-M, the most important achievement of Manmohan Singh's three-day visit to Beijing was 'the recognition that stronger economic relationship between India and China could well move the centre of economic gravity of the world towards Asia.''This recognition in itself will go a long way in the movement towards global multi polarity,' an editorial in the latest issue of the weekly said.A reporter of People's Democracy was part of the large media delegation that accompanied Manmohan Singh to Beijing.[snip]Although expressing disappointment over the absence of major breakthroughs on Sino-Indian border dispute, the CPI-M p...
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NDTV.com: Godrej family faces Ulema's ire over Rushdie
2008-01-17 21:19:00
NDTV.com: Godrej family faces Ulema's ire over Rushdie:"The All India Ulema Association on Thursday said socialite and member of the Godrej industries family Parmeshwar Godrej should apologise to the Muslims for hosting controversial author Salman Rushdie, failing which it would ask community members to boycott the company's products."''Despite knowing the fact that Rushdie has hurt the Muslim sentiments by making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed and terming Quran's preachings as Satanic Verses, the owner of Godrej group, Parmeshwar Godrej hosted the author. This is an insult to the Muslims of India,'' Association President Maulana Sayed Athar Ali said in a release here.''It was due to Rushdie's writings that 12 innocent youth lost their lives, when police fired on a protest march in February 1989. Godrej should immediately tender an apology otherwise the Muslim community will boycott all Godrej products,'' he said.Comments: Unlike almost all the Islamic count...
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Govt favours reservation for minorities
2008-01-17 00:43:00
Govt favours reservation for minoritiesPosted online: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 03:51:01Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 04:06:28New Delhi, January 16: Government on Wednesday said it was exploring the possibility of providing reservation for minorities in educational institutions and government jobs.Addressing a conference of the State Minorities Commission, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said reservation has been provided for Scheduled Castes and Schedules Tribes in educational institutions and government jobs."[snip]Patil said that it was the duty of any government to protect the minorities so that the country remains united.[snip]Recommendation: Read it, to understand the mind of anti-India politicians hell bent on destruction of IndiaComments: Is Shivraj Patil stupid or does he assume we are stupid? Has he read history? Or does he think that we have not read history? Is Congress politically and morally bankrupt? Or just selling itself and India for the sake of...
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Stung by govt, TN cement makers to take price control decision by Thu
2008-01-09 10:11:00
Source : The Financial ExpressURL: http://www.financialexpress. com/news/Stung-by-govt-TN-cement-makers-t o-take-price-control-decision-by-Thu/2589 07/Chennai, Jan 7 Cement manufacturers in Tamil Nadu have taken a seriously view of the government’s warning to cut prices or face nationalisation. They agreed to consider steps to reduce prices and take a decision before January 10.Representing the Tamil Nadu cement industry, N Srinivasan, vice-chairman and managing director of India Cements, called on chief minister M Karunanidhi on Monday and promised him a positive outcome by Thursday after discussing the price issue with the fellow manufacturers, an official release said. [snip]Comments: A government should have no right to threaten "nationalization" of private company. India is not a communist country and the private enterprises should be allowed to operate freely. The market forces should govern the prices, not the government.What would the nationalization of industry yield a...
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