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Srinagar, May 7(ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) would soon be revoked from areas where the presence of the Army is not required.
“I believe that in the months ahead you will definitely see forward movement on the selective revocation of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) from parts of the state,” Abdullah told mediapersons, while presiding over the civil secretariat here.
Mehbooba Mufti, chief of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), had recently accused the government of not having the political will to have the controversial Act repealed.
This was Abdullah’s first day at office since the secretariat’s shifting from the winter capital Jammu.
“After the span of six months, the secretariat has started functioning in Srinagar and we have come here with a hope that the coming six months would be beneficial for the people and we get the support of people like last year,” he said.
Referred to as the ‘Durbar Move’ in local lexicon, this annual century-old tradition reportedly costs the state exchequer over Rs. 100 million annually.
Abdullah said the government will try to honour the commitments it has made to the people.
“We would try our level best to fulfill the promises and commitments made by the government. Efforts would be made so that there is no laxity on the part of the government and we are able to maintain peace and order in the state,” Abdullah added.
Srinagar is located 300 kilometers north of Jammu. The state government secretariat shifts every spring and autumn between the two capitals in conformity with changing weather patterns.

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Raipur, May 6 (ANI): A day after the Centre failed to break the logjam over the anti-terror body National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), with non-Congress chief ministers stoutly opposing and some of them even demanding its withdrawal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani on Sunday expressed hope that the UPA Government will respect the federal structure, as it is an essential part of the Indian Constitution.
“I do expect that the manner in which all the chief ministers, who visited New Delhi yesterday including Dr. Raman Singh (Chattisgarh Chief Minister), have told the Central Government forcefully that the federal structure is an essential part of the Indian Constitution. And if the Centre tries to weaken it by any means, if the Centre tries to increase its right by suppressing our rights, then the states will not accept it,” Advani told mediapersons here on the sidelines of the launch of the Raipur edition of English daily ‘The Pioneer’.
“I expect that the Indian Government will respect the federal structure following the viewpoints put forward by chief ministers during the discussions that took place yesterday,” he added.
On Saturday, the state governments and the Centre differed on the powers to be allocated to the new anti-terror body.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram met with the state chief ministers in Delhi to arrive at a consensus on the NCTC issue.
Non-Congress ruled states alleged that the NCTC violates the federal structure and demanded drastic changes in the proposed law.
The main task of the NCTC would be to ensure that a wide variety of security organizations in the country work in tandem, at least on issues related to terrorism.
It will also have the power to seek information, including documents, reports, transcripts, and cyber information from any agency, including from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), National Investigation Agency, National Technical Research Organization, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and all seven central armed police forces including the National Security Guard (NSG).
The body, which will function under the Intelligence Bureau, would be given its own operational wing with powers to arrest and conduct searches under Section 43A of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

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New Delhi, May 6 (Xinhua-ANI): India’s ballistic missile defense shield is ready for deployment and it can be put in place at short notice, a top military scientist said Sunday.
“The ballistic missile defense shield is now mature. We are ready to put phase one in place and it can be put in very short time,” the chief of India’s Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), V.K. Saraswat, told the media in the national capital.
The DRDO has developed the missile shield and it has been successfully tested on an incoming missile with s range of 2,000 kilometers.
The scientist said that as of now the shield can be put in place to protect at least two cities in the country. “However, the places have not been identified,” he said.
The DRDO chief said that in the second phase, the shield would be capable of intercepting and destroying an incoming missile with a range of 5,000 kms. “This phase will be ready by 2016,” he added.

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Imphal. May 5 (NNN): Adding to the list of suspicious death occurring outside Manipur, a woman from the state reportedly died in a hotel room in Rajasthan after consuming poison.
The woman identified as Naorem Reshma (27), d/o (L) N. Manitomba of Leingkhol, near Mantripukhri died on May 1 after consuming poison along with her fiancée Soraisam Santikumar (28), s/o S. Brajamani of Heirangoithong Ningthemcha Karong, with whom she was to be married on May 26, narrated the mother of Reshma.
The incident happened in a room at Ratandeep Hotel in Udaipur district, Rajasthan at around 11:00 p.m. on May 1, in which Reshma died and her fiancée Santikumar escaped death reportedly due to timely medical attention and is now under police custody under an FIR lodged under 198/12, 306, 30 IPC, it is reported.
The mother said that she received a call on May 2 at around 10:30 a.m. from an unknown number and was informed her daughter was in a critical state after consuming poison with her fiancée, and expressed her suspicion about the death of her daughter who was going to be married shortly.
After contacting the family of Santikumar, members of the two families flew to Udaipur on the same day where it was confirmed that Reshma had died after consumption of poison but her fiancée Santikumar escaped death as a result of medical treatment and was in police custody on charge of attempting to commit suicide, said the mother of Reshma whose dead body reached her home today.
The mother of Reshma appealed to civil society organizations and other concerned authorities to help her to establish whether her daughter had really died by committing suicide or there was foul play in her death.
It may be mentioned here that the number of suspicious deaths occurring outside has been increasing day by day in the last few days and weeks. Starting with the death of a student named Richard Loitam who was a student of Architecture in Bangalore who was allegedly beaten to death by his hostel mates, to the death of another student named Okram Laaba who was doing his MBA in Haryana, to the death of another student named Heisnam Jackio doing his engineering in Bangalore and now to the death of Reshma who was working at the Hotel Sheraton in Rajasthan, the deaths of Manipuris have been reported in the media one after the other in quick succession during the last few days. Are these deaths merely coincidental? One has to wait and see.

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Imphal. May 5 (NNN): Adding to the list of suspicious death occurring outside Manipur, a woman from the state reportedly died in a hotel room in Rajasthan after consuming poison.
The woman identified as Naorem Reshma (27), d/o (L) N. Manitomba of Leingkhol, near Mantripukhri died on May 1 after consuming poison along with her fiancée Soraisam Santikumar (28), s/o S. Brajamani of Heirangoithong Ningthemcha Karong, with whom she was to be married on May 26, narrated the mother of Reshma.
The incident happened in a room at Ratandeep Hotel in Udaipur district, Rajasthan at around 11:00 p.m. on May 1, in which Reshma died and her fiancée Santikumar escaped death reportedly due to timely medical attention and is now under police custody under an FIR lodged under 198/12, 306, 30 IPC, it is reported.
The mother said that she received a call on May 2 at around 10:30 a.m. from an unknown number and was informed her daughter was in a critical state after consuming poison with her fiancée, and expressed her suspicion about the death of her daughter who was going to be married shortly.
After contacting the family of Santikumar, members of the two families flew to Udaipur on the same day where it was confirmed that Reshma had died after consumption of poison but her fiancée Santikumar escaped death as a result of medical treatment and was in police custody on charge of attempting to commit suicide, said the mother of Reshma whose dead body reached her home today.
The mother of Reshma appealed to civil society organizations and other concerned authorities to help her to establish whether her daughter had really died by committing suicide or there was foul play in her death.
It may be mentioned here that the number of suspicious deaths occurring outside has been increasing day by day in the last few days and weeks. Starting with the death of a student named Richard Loitam who was a student of Architecture in Bangalore who was allegedly beaten to death by his hostel mates, to the death of another student named Okram Laaba who was doing his MBA in Haryana, to the death of another student named Heisnam Jackio doing his engineering in Bangalore and now to the death of Reshma who was working at the Hotel Sheraton in Rajasthan, the deaths of Manipuris have been reported in the media one after the other in quick succession during the last few days. Are these deaths merely coincidental? One has to wait and see.

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Manipur Information Centre
New Delhi, May 5:
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh took the liberty of mentioning the need to care for the human rights of the citizens of the country while setting up the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).
Speaking at the Conference of the Chief Ministers on National Counter Terrorism Centre at Vigyan Bhavan here today; Manipur Chief Minister said, “It is the bounden duty of the Government to protect the basic human rights of our people while granting unbounded powers to arrest under section 43A of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.”
He suggested that the NCTC officials should share the intelligence with the State Police and carry out operations for arresting and detaining any person suspected of indulging in terrorist activities. The person arrested should be handed over to the nearest police station and interrogated jointly.
He further stated, “A similar provision in the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 whereby security forces hand over apprehended persons to the State Police has come under severe criticism for misuse and many cases of human rights abuse have been reported.”
Manipur Chief Minister said that the State Government was in-agreement with the Union Government’s decision to set up the NCTC as an institutional mechanism for independent and autonomous collection of counter terrorism intelligence and to take firm and timely action for tackling terrorism and terror related activities of subversive and anti-national elements.
Referring to Manipur; the Chief Minister said, “We, in Manipur, are facing a serious Internal Security challenge posed by a multitude of militant groups indulging in subversive and anti-national activities and terrorizing out people for extortions, kidnappings for ransom, threat and intimidation to our officials and contractors engaged in the development process.
The extortions by the NSCN (IM) cadres from transporters along our National Highways are rampant despite the deployment of Security Forces and the State Police personnel. Work on national projects like the Railway Line from Jiribam to Tupul and Imphal has been seriously hampered by demands from the militants for extortion money.”
He further stated, “The porous India-Myanmar border, scantily guarded by the Assam Rifles, enables the militant groups to induct sophisticated arms and ammunition undetected.
These arms and ammunitions are used for threats and intimidation of contractors, suppliers, engineers and officials to extort money. Almost no one in the State is left untouched by this malaise which impacts adversely on our ability to implement development and welfare schemes to our people.”
“In the given internal security scenario, the role of intelligence and an institutionalized and effective means of generating and sharing Intelligence on a real time basis is an absolute necessity”, he added.
Referring to NCTC, Manipur Chief Minister pointed out that under section 2(e) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the State Home Secretary was notified as the “Designated Authority”. As such, Manipur Chief Minister disagreed with the MHA’s proposal to confer such powers on the Heads of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) as it took away the element of independent assessment and rendered the State Govt. to the margins. The primary responsibility should remain that of the State Government, he added. He made the suggestion that all such operations should be undertaken jointly with the State Police.
He drew the attention to para 3.4 of the Memorandum constituting NCTC empowering it to requisition the services of the National Security Guards (NSG) or any other Special Forces. He opined that it would be appropriate for NCTC to obtain State Governments’ concurrence in all such cases.
However, he endorsed the proposal to constitute a Standing Council with representation from all the States.
As laid out, it would be able to evolve ways and means to ensure coordination of all counter terrorism measures and synergy in response. Setting-up of Special Teams to pursue specific Intelligence inputs or targets involving more than one State would be useful when dealing with organizations active across State borders, he added.
He believed that the NCTC was a credible step in the direction to provide institutional capability to negate and neutralize terrorist and anti-national forces from within and outside the country.
Manipur Home Minister Gaikhangam, Chief Secretary D.S.Poonia and Director General of Police Ratnakar Baral also attended in the conference.
In his inaugural address, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said, “Terrorism is today one of the most potent threats to our national security.
There can be no disagreement on putting in place an effective counter terrorism regime with efficient mechanisms and response systems both at the national level and at the State level. Neither the states nor the Centre can fulfill this task alone. The closest cooperation and coordination is therefore necessary to meet the threats that emanate from within and outside our borders.”
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that counter terrorism is a shared responsibility to make the country safer and more secure for which the country needs to work together.
Union Defence Minister, A. K. Antony and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mullappally Ramachandran also took part in the day-long conference.

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Manipur Information Centre
New Delhi, May 5:
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh took the liberty of mentioning the need to care for the human rights of the citizens of the country while setting up the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).
Speaking at the Conference of the Chief Ministers on National Counter Terrorism Centre at Vigyan Bhavan here today; Manipur Chief Minister said, “It is the bounden duty of the Government to protect the basic human rights of our people while granting unbounded powers to arrest under section 43A of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.”
He suggested that the NCTC officials should share the intelligence with the State Police and carry out operations for arresting and detaining any person suspected of indulging in terrorist activities. The person arrested should be handed over to the nearest police station and interrogated jointly.
He further stated, “A similar provision in the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 whereby security forces hand over apprehended persons to the State Police has come under severe criticism for misuse and many cases of human rights abuse have been reported.”
Manipur Chief Minister said that the State Government was in-agreement with the Union Government’s decision to set up the NCTC as an institutional mechanism for independent and autonomous collection of counter terrorism intelligence and to take firm and timely action for tackling terrorism and terror related activities of subversive and anti-national elements.
Referring to Manipur; the Chief Minister said, “We, in Manipur, are facing a serious Internal Security challenge posed by a multitude of militant groups indulging in subversive and anti-national activities and terrorizing out people for extortions, kidnappings for ransom, threat and intimidation to our officials and contractors engaged in the development process.
The extortions by the NSCN (IM) cadres from transporters along our National Highways are rampant despite the deployment of Security Forces and the State Police personnel. Work on national projects like the Railway Line from Jiribam to Tupul and Imphal has been seriously hampered by demands from the militants for extortion money.”
He further stated, “The porous India-Myanmar border, scantily guarded by the Assam Rifles, enables the militant groups to induct sophisticated arms and ammunition undetected.
These arms and ammunitions are used for threats and intimidation of contractors, suppliers, engineers and officials to extort money. Almost no one in the State is left untouched by this malaise which impacts adversely on our ability to implement development and welfare schemes to our people.”
“In the given internal security scenario, the role of intelligence and an institutionalized and effective means of generating and sharing Intelligence on a real time basis is an absolute necessity”, he added.
Referring to NCTC, Manipur Chief Minister pointed out that under section 2(e) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the State Home Secretary was notified as the “Designated Authority”. As such, Manipur Chief Minister disagreed with the MHA’s proposal to confer such powers on the Heads of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) as it took away the element of independent assessment and rendered the State Govt. to the margins. The primary responsibility should remain that of the State Government, he added. He made the suggestion that all such operations should be undertaken jointly with the State Police.
He drew the attention to para 3.4 of the Memorandum constituting NCTC empowering it to requisition the services of the National Security Guards (NSG) or any other Special Forces. He opined that it would be appropriate for NCTC to obtain State Governments’ concurrence in all such cases.
However, he endorsed the proposal to constitute a Standing Council with representation from all the States.
As laid out, it would be able to evolve ways and means to ensure coordination of all counter terrorism measures and synergy in response. Setting-up of Special Teams to pursue specific Intelligence inputs or targets involving more than one State would be useful when dealing with organizations active across State borders, he added.
He believed that the NCTC was a credible step in the direction to provide institutional capability to negate and neutralize terrorist and anti-national forces from within and outside the country.
Manipur Home Minister Gaikhangam, Chief Secretary D.S.Poonia and Director General of Police Ratnakar Baral also attended in the conference.
In his inaugural address, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said, “Terrorism is today one of the most potent threats to our national security.
There can be no disagreement on putting in place an effective counter terrorism regime with efficient mechanisms and response systems both at the national level and at the State level. Neither the states nor the Centre can fulfill this task alone. The closest cooperation and coordination is therefore necessary to meet the threats that emanate from within and outside our borders.”
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that counter terrorism is a shared responsibility to make the country safer and more secure for which the country needs to work together.
Union Defence Minister, A. K. Antony and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mullappally Ramachandran also took part in the day-long conference.

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New Delhi, May 4 : Arun Jaitley, Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha) today addressed the House regarding the alleged racial profiling faced by students from North East . He said the Home Minister has mentioned the three recent incidents which have recently increased the uneasiness and caused a lot of disquiet in the entire country. Two young lives of students from the North-East, in Manesar near Gurgaon, and in Bengaluru, were recently lost, and at the time of the BRICS Summit, a very large number of North-Eastern students studying in Delhi, as also employed in Delhi, has a serious grievance that they were being profiled and picked up even temporarily by the PolicSir, the Partition of this country in 1947, when we discuss it, certainly brought a lot of bloodshed in the Western region. Punjab suffered, other areas suffered. But North-East suffered virtually in perpetuity.
He said, “Because of the carving out of East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh, it moved away almost a thousand kilometres in terms of distance. Now, the impact of this was that the developmental activities in the North-East have considerably suffered. Despite the efforts of various Governments, North-East has not grown in the same manner in which the rest of the country has. North-East also has a genuine complaint that certain Central Schemes and projects are endeavoured to assist them and various things have not really lived up to the mark.
He added, “My recent visit to some areas of North-East found that most of the States still do not have train service. Even in Assam where the facility is available, what we used to hear in the fifties’ and sixties’ in other parts of the country, the big issue is conversion of meter gauge into broad gauge, particularly to the Barak Valley. We have a highway project going on successfully in the rest of the country. The Mahasadak Yojana which was to really extend beyond West Bengal into the North-East, you can still see only built in patches and not useable. All this has considerably suffered. The educational infrastructure in the North-East has also suffered. I have been going through certain reports of studies which have been conducted with regard to educational institutions which we have established in the North-East. Now one of the comments if I just read out, just the broad points.
In which they have said syllabus has not been updated for more than ten years, number of new courses have not been added, institute-industry interaction is not taking place, flight of faculty is taking place and adequate faculty is not available, quality and quantity of qualified faculty is declining at an alarming rate, number of PhD holders have been reduced to minority in many cases, placement of students with industry becomes a weak thing. Now, all these factors have, therefore, contributed to really a large number of North Eastern students wanting to go to other parts of the country for education. Now while the reason for this is unfortunate but there is a sliver lining in this.
Their interaction with the rest of the country contributes to national integration and it helps us really in understanding what their problems are. When I was a student, the organization to which I belong used to carry on a programme in relation to North Eastern students experiences at inter-State level. Some of them used to come, their structured tours used to be organized, not many were coming here to study at that time, they used to live here with families for a few days and we got to understand them. Now a situation is that we see it in the larger context and now we have dealt with hundreds and thousands of them. In fact, one recent study indicated that between 2005 and 2010, the number of people migrating for jobs from the North-East went up about 12 times. That was the figure. It was about 34,000 in 2005, and in 2010, it was 4,14,850. That is the pace at which it is increasing. The silver lining in this is, and if we see these students extremely charming personalities, polite, humble, very eager to Interact with the rest of the people, they have to be made to feel wanted in the rest of the society. They have left a great impact in educational institutions to which they belong. But, at the same time, most of them want to have the benefit of higher education institutions of quality in other parts of the country.They want their educational profile and personalities to evolve and then they want to be a part of this great growth story which we talk about in the rest of the country. We have to admit and it is a genuine admission which everybody has to make that the growth in those regions has not been at the pace at which we would have expected it to be. Therefore, in search of education, in search of better quality employment, they have moved to different parts of the country. Therefore, I must note that I find a line in the hon. Home Minister’s statement, when he says, “l wish to categorically state that any citizen belonging to the North-Eastern States is free to travel and reside in any part of the country. They have a right to security and peace.’ They also have a right to live free from any form of discrimination from any form of racial profiling. They have the rights to enjoy the fruits of development which in several other parts of the country people have now begun to enjoy, though to a limited extent. Under these circumstances, Sir, we need to assure all students and other citizens who have come from the North-East either in search of education or in search of jobs in this part of the country, that not only their safety and security is going to be maintained, even there is a lot that we have to learn from them
Most of them are multi-lingual; they are multi-religious; they belong to different religious denominations. Therefore, we have a lot to learn from them. In this context, therefore, I would like the hon. Home Minister to consider, in addition to the steps that he has already taken, whether in these areas, where larger numbers of students are available whether in the Union Territories or in the States, a specific helpline for them can be created. We have data of surveys and studies done on the students of the North-East. One recent study says that 86 per cent of them have complaint, of some form or the other, of harassment. If the figure is as large as this, this is certainly alarming. This is an eye-opener. Therefore, must we not have a specific helpline in these major areas where these students are studying or these people are working? It is not a very costly exercise. I think, any State Government, if properly advised, will be quiet willing to do it. The Union Territories also can do it. I also think there is a need to sensitize the rest of the Indian society. When students from Jammu & Kashmir, from the North-Eastern States come and study here, or people come and work here, I think, it is extremely important for a larger national goal that their integration with the Indian society is further strengthened by virtue of the attitude of the society has for them. Therefore, within universities, within workplaces and within the society, and, I think, media, particularly electronic media, will have a huge role to play. We have carried out campaigns how tourists have to be treated. We have carried out campaigns how weaker sections of the society are to be treated. We have carried out campaigns how women are to be treated in the society. Therefore, in relation to this, I think, we need to cany out a campaign in India so that we can sensitize our own people on how, in such events, people who come from the North-East to study or work in these places, are to be treated. Finally, I would like to request the Government, through the hon. Home Minister that the areas where very obvious developmental activities, which have contributed to the neglect of the North-East, are pending — their roads, their railways, their connectivity, improvement in their educational institutions, etc. — the Government must, through the DONER, look into these matters very seriously. There are some areas which will take time, but there are some areas which are very easily doable. I think, top priority must be given to those areas.

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Imphal, May 3: Okram Indramani father of Okram Laaba of Yaiskul Yumnam Leikai who was found dead in his hostel room no- 111, Padur, Kellambakam, Tamil Nadu in a suspicious manner covering his face with plastic carry bag on his face and alleging him suicide, sought public co-operation from the people and students organization to find out the truth in connection with the death of his son Laaba a students of BCA in the Hindustan College of Arts and Science. Rajiv Gandhi Salai (MOR) Padur Kellambakham, Chennai- 600 020 last year.
Talking to media at Manipur Press Club today Okram Indramani said the authority of the hostel said, the student committed suicide but he denied the suicide case as post mortem report reveals cause of death as suffocation and viscera negative of drug and poisoning.
He denied the theory of suicide due to some reasons which included among other things the deceased left for Imphal for joining his hostel for the then forth coming second year BCA course at HCAS on 12/6/2011 and he had about Rs. 25000 on his person in cash however by the time of death only Rs 20 was found. The right arm of the body was found completely dislocated at the shoulder joint at the time of preparing the body for performing the last rites. He received the post mortem report only in the month of December last year and the report revealed that the deceased would appear to have died of suffocation and viscera negative for drug or other poison and it may be reasonably assumed that this nature of injury could definitely not have been self inflicted.
The deceased as well as his room mate one Mr. Ayappam did not stay in their A/C fitted rooms on the previous night of his demise i.e. on 22.6.2011. Okram Indramani also informed the press that his roommate Mr. Ayappan and hostel warden K. Balasubramaniam are the two suspects in connection with the death of his son and he appealed all including the students organization to extend co-operation in connection with the death of the student.

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New Delhi, May 3 : The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that under Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Scheme, each State Government of North Eastern Region submits priority list of projects every year for retention and funding. NLCPR Committee, which administers NLCPR Scheme, considers these priority lists and retains some of the projects for detailed examination.
In a written reply in Rajya Sabha today he said, Detailed Projects Reports (DPRs) of retained projects submitted by State Governments are examined in consultation with concerned line Departments/Ministries of Government of India and after vetting of DPRs by line Department/Ministries, projects are recommended for sanction by NLCPR Committee.
Ghatowar said, for sanction of projects, State Governments in North Eastern Region are advised to submit DPRs of retained projects within two months of their retention. To reduce the time taken in
vetting of DPRs, Ministry of Development of North eastern Region has established a small Technical
Wing for preliminary examination of DPRs, before sending DPRs to line Departments/Ministries for final vetting.
He said, likewise, North Eastern Council (NEC) has been making efforts to approve developmental projects posed to it by State Governments of North Eastern Region at the earliest, subject to constraints of availability of funds and receipt of comments from line Ministries. NEC has a system of firming up Shelves of Projects to be taken up after due consideration of inter se priorities accorded to project proposed by State Governments, PMO Guidelines, availability of concept paper/DPRs, overall Sectoral and General guidelines and fund availability (subject to condition that on-going projects are fully funded).
Proposals that are included in Shelves of Projects (with in-principle approval of the Competent Authority) are either sanctioned or rejected, without any delay, once deficient information is furnished by concerned Implementing Agencies.
The Minister said, for early dispersal of funds to State Governments, release of funds under NLCPR
Scheme in approved projects have been restricted to 3 installments of 40%, 40% and 20% and State Governments have been advised to transmit funds to implementing agencies within 15 days of release by this Ministry.

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New Delhi, May 3 : The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said films played a significant role in portraying the linguistic and regional diversity of our culture. Indian cinema had successfully adapted traditional Indian narrative and oral traditions to the requirements of technology and formats of new media. Our films had become ambassadors of our culture, tradition and society. They fostered people-to-people relations and promoted our image and interests that had enduring significance. Indian commercial cinema formed a principal element of our culture and impacted the lives of the people. The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari stated this while delivering his address at the 59th National Film Awards function here today.
Elaborating further, the Vice President said selection of two films in regional languages as the Best Feature Films, was an achievement for regional film industry. It was an under-appreciated fact that over 80 per cent of the films certified for public exhibition were regional films. Complimenting Dada Sahab Phalke Award winner, the Vice President said the partnership of Shri Soumtira Chatterjee with Satyajit Ray could be counted as a memorable director-actor combination in the history of cinema. The Vice President also lauded the 11 children who had won the Best Child Artists Awards for the 59th National Film Awards.
The best supporting actress award was given to Leishangthem Tonthoi. As a student, she was part of the University’s women football team which participated in All India Women Football tournament. She has also been trained in playing the traditional music instrument Pena.
She has acted in Manipuri Feature Films and was also given the “Special Mention Award” in the 7th State Film Festival 2000. She played the role of Yaiphabee in the Manipuri Feature Film Phijigee Mami which was selected for the Indian Panorama 2011.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Smt. Ambika Soni said that the year 2013 would be observed as the Centenary year of Indian Cinema. India’s first full length feature film “Raja Harishchandra” was released on 3rd May 1913 at Mumbai’s Coronation Cinema. To commemorate the release of India’s first film, the National Film Awards Ceremony would now on be held on 3rd of May every year.
The Minister added that cinema had always been the social mirror of Indian society, acting as a catalyst and believing in the power of ideas, human relationships and the plurality of Indian culture. She stated that cinema reflected the vast diversity and the intrinsic plurality of the Indian society. These awards have encouraged young film makers to believe in the “Essence of Good and Meaningful Cinema”. Elaborating further, the Minister stated that regional languages continued to be the mainstay of Indian cinema and that the National Film Award was an acknowledgement of good cinema irrespective of language barriers and budgetary constraints. The recognition given to offbeat film reflected the depth of national awards on the one hand and at the same time would encourage film makers in many other regional languages to make quality films.
The top honour in the Feature Film category, the Best Film is shared by films Deool (Marathi) produced by Abhijeet Gholap & directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and Byari (Byari language) produced by T.H. Althaf Hussain & directed by Suveeram. The award carries Swarna Kamal and cash prize of Rs. 2,50,000/-. I The awards carries Swarna Kamal and Cash prize of Rs. 1,50,000/-. In Best Writing on Cinema category the Swarna Kamal goes to the book titled R.D. Burman – The Man, The Music written by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Balaji Vittal, published by Harper Collins India. Whereas Manoj Barpujari from Assam has been awarded Best Film Critic.
In Feature Film category, five films have won three awards each. These Films are The Dirty Picture (Hindi), Balgandharva (Marathi), Anhe Ghorey Da Daan (Punjabi), Deool (Marathi) & Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbo Na (Bengali). Six films have won two awards each. These are Chillar Party (Hindi), Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil), Aaranyakandam (Tamil), Phijigee Mani (Manipuri) , Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi) & Game (Hindi).

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Imphal. May 2 NNN : Civil societies in and around the area of Jessami village in Ukhrul district of Manipur and Meluri in Phek district of Nagaland will hold a meeting on Thursday to bring about an amicable solution to the recent flare up of trouble between the villagers of the two border villages.
The meeting which is reportedly organized by Tangkhul civil organizations and civil organizations on the Nagaland side will endeavor to bring a cordial agreement regarding the land dispute between the two villages according to the customary law of the Nagas.
The two villages, Jessami in Ukhrul district, Manipur and Meluri in Phek district, Nagaland have been facing land dispute trouble from time to time since a long time back with villagers claiming land ownership across the state boundary in both sides which has led to several fracases between the villagers of the two villages.
It is hoped and believed that the meeting on Thursday between civil society organizations from both the states will be able to bring about an amicable solution to the problem once and for all.
In the meantime, the police station at Jessami has been reported to be upgraded to the status of SDPO where additional strength of 70 police personnel will be added and 100 Manipur Rifles (MR) personnel will also be posted, said official source.
So far, only 75 Manipur Rifles personnel has reached Jessami till now, and the remaining personnel will reach their destination at the earliest possible time, added the official source.
Restriction under CrPC 144 is still being imposed in the state boundary on either side of the two villages since April 21 to prevent any further flare up of trouble at the disputed sites, where the recent trouble started with the abduction and assault of six villagers of Jessami by villagers of Meluri on April 18.

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Imphal, May 2: The Minister of HRD, Communications & IT, Shri Kapil Sibal has expressed his deep concern on the recent incidents of alleged discrimination and profiling of students from the north-eastern region pursuing their studies in educational institutions. Shri Sibal had last month requested UGC to formulate regulations to prevent discrimination in higher educational institutions. UGC in its meeting on 2/4/12 has deliberated on these Regulations and has finalized them. Every institution is required to establish an Ombudsman who would have the power to hear complaints of discrimination in institutions.
Shri Sibal felt that educational institutions should rise to the occasion to provide an inclusive and harmonious platform for students from across the country to come together and pursue studies.
Karnataka Chief Minister D SadanandaGowda has ordered the police to register an FIR in death case of Manipuri Student Loitam Richard. The order came after Sunil Deodhar, national convener of BJP’s North east India Sampark Cell, called on Gowda Monday night demanding a through investigation in the case. Gowda assured Deodhar that the investigation will be foolproof and there will be no loopholes. The Inspector General of Police (Intelligence), GopalHosur has asked the local S.P. to file a case of murder against unknown persons.
As a fallout of unrest in North Eastern population across the country in the case of death of a Student from Manipur, Richard Loitam, Shri Sunil Deodhar rushed to Bengaluru yesterday for timely intervention. North East India SamparkCelll is formed with specific object of providing helpline to the north eastern people in the rest of India.
Sunil Deodhar along with Omprakash (President, Manipuri Meitei Association Bengaluru) and Tiken (President, Manipuri Students Association Bengaluru) also met the Karnataka State home minister R. Ashoka and requested him to look in to the matter seriously. Home Minister assured immediate action once the forensic report is received which is expected within one week.
There is a view in media that this is a case of racism but Deodhar does not subscribe to this view. He asserted that one should wait for forensic report and completion of investigation by police before coming to any conclusion.
Richard Loitam a Manipur student was found dead in his hostel room on 18th of this month. He was a student of B. Arch (1st year) at Acharya College, Bengaluru. The circumstances under which he was found dead were mysterious and needs investigation.
The immediate action and support by the BJP’s cell has given some solace to the parents of the victim in particular and the Manipuri migrants in the city.

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New Delhi, May 2 : The expenditure borne by the States and Union Government on maintenance of paramilitary forces in various States of the North East Region (NER) in the last 3 years ( 2009-10 to 2011-12) is as under:
Union Government:- Rs. 12318.58 crore
State Governments:- Rs. 288.70 crore
As per existing policy the North-Eastern States, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are required to bear only 10% of the cost of deployment of Central Armed Police Forces in their States. Therefore the North Eastern States, J&K and Himachal Pradesh already have been given sufficient relief compared to the other States who are required to bear the full cost of deployment
This was stated by Shri Jitendra Singh, Minister of State of Home Affairs in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
At present, there is no proposal to raise tribal battalion for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected States. However, recruitment of constables (General Duty) in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) is being done through Staff Selection Commission, wherein 20% vacancies in Border Guarding Forces and 40% vacancies in forces other than Border Guarding Forces are allotted to militancy affected areas, including LWE affected areas.
The Government had sanctioned the construction of fencing along the IBB in two phases. The total length of Indo-Bangladesh border sanctioned to be fenced under Phase-I and Phase-II is 3436.59 km; out of which about 2760.12 km of fencing has so far been completed. In addition, the Government of India has sanctioned a project (Phase-III) for replacing the entire fencing constructed under Phase-I. So far, 790 km (out of 861 km) of fencing has been replaced under Phase-III.
277 km of floodlighting has been completed in West Bengal as a pilot project. The Government has decided to undertake additional floodlighting in 2840 km along Indo- Bangladesh border. The work of floodlighting in new border areas for a length of 1015 km has been completed of which 757 km has been energized. Additionally, in about 612 km of floodlighting work is under progress at different stages i.e. erection of poles, laying of cables, fitting of fixtures and energization.
As per the present approval, the above works were targeted to be completed by March, 2012. However, this has spilled over as the balance work lies primarily in difficult stretches and involve issues like land acquisition, public habitation, forest! wildlife clearance, fencing within 150 yards of international border etc.
The Government has sanctioned 2043.63 km of border fencing and 2009.52 km of floodlighting along the IPB; out of which 1953.50 km of border fencing and 1900.92 km of floodlighting has been completed.
As per the present approval (accorded on 20.07.2009), the above works are targeted to be completed by March‘ 2012 or three working seasons. However, this is likely to spill over as the balance work involves the difficult areas of the Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat sector.
Expenditure incurred/sanction issued are more than the allocated funds as sanctions were issued based on the BE while the allocation was revised downwards at RE stage later.
This was stated by Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister of State of Home Affairs in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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Itanagar, May 2 (ANI): The Indian Army’s 1st Arunachal Scouts battalion, two years after its formation, has taken charge of providing security to the unmanned, inhospitable and porous international border in the land-locked Himalayan state.
The battalion will help to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas, and will not only be eyes and ears, but also act as a force multiplier.
Arunachal Scouts is an infantry regiment with specialization in mountain warfare and was raised to defend India’s border with Tibet in Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal has the longest international boundary among the states in the country with 1,680 km – 160 km with Bhutan, 1,080 with China and 440 km with Myanmar.
Led by commanding officer in the rank of a colonel, the battalion reached its headquarters at Riyang on Sunday, 30 km from Pasighat, to do the most onerous duty – assisting Arunchalees, who have been serving as sentinels of the eastern frontier of the nation since the army suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Chinese in 1962.
The new battalion is born out of the Assam Regiment and will continue to be a part of the living symbol of martial strength and traditions of the Northeast.
Local recruits of the new force having inborn qualities will go a long way in ensuring the national integrity and will take the mantle of the other jawans to maintain vigilance in places that have varying altitudes from 1,500 feet to 2,400 feet of altitude from the sea level.
The proposal to raise the Arunachal Scouts along the lines of the illustrious Ladakh Scouts for defending the border with China was proposed by Governor J.J. Singh, a former army chief in 2008, who had pushed the proposal through Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal in 2009 and the 1st battalion was raised in 2010.
Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, who has been putting his weight behind the sanction of 2nd Arunachal Scouts Battalion, was the happiest man, when Defence Minister A.K. Antony announced its sanction in his address during the statehood Day celebration at Indira Gandhi Park here on February 20.
In fact, Antony had assured Arunachal Pradesh about raising three additional Arunachal Scouts Battalions with full preference to local youths. He had given this assurance when a delegation comprising of late Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy along with high-ranking officials had called on him at his New Delhi office on July 9, 2010.

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Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), April 30 NNN: The people of Tawang paid rich tribute to former Arunachal Pradesh chief minsiter Dorjee Khandu on his first death anniversary by marching 7 km from Tawang Monastery to his cremation ground at Famla. Khandu in Arunachal Pradesh today who had died in a chopper crash on April 30 last year.
Some 9,000 people gathered at Tawang monastery at 9.30am and participated in the march. The number swelled as they marched through different points in Tawang town. All along the route, the atmosphere was filled with a medley of prayer chants and the aroma of incense.
Earlier, the abbot of Tawang Monastery, Guru Rinpoche addressed the mammoth gathering and urged them to remember Khandu’s visionary deeds that ushered in an era of prosperity in the State. He later joined the monks of the monastery to offer prayers for early rebirth of Khandu in Monyul or land of Monpas, the community that dominates Tawang district.
At the cremation ground, monks and mourners lighted 108 butter lamps as per Buddhist tradition in honour of Khandu. Goleng Monpa, Khandu’s elder brother, extended gratitude to the people on behalf of the Khandu family.
It can be noted that last year, on the fifth day of searching the missing chopper carrying Dorjee Khandu and four others, the wreckage of the chopper the chief minister was traveling in, was found at Luguthang, 30 km north of Sela Pass and 60 km east of Tawang bordering China.
Dorjee Khandu, born on March 3, 1955, is one of very few school dropouts to become chief minister of an Indian state. He dropped out after the eighth standard, but his schooling was in a bhoti, the Buddhist equivalent of an Islamic madarsa.
Hailing from Gyangkhar village in Tawang district, Khandu belonged to the Monpa tribe. He was in the Indian Army Intelligence Corps and worked there for more than seven years. He received a gold medal for meritorious intelligence services rendered during Bangladesh War. He subsequently switched to social activism and politics.
He won his first assembly election from Mukto constituency in 1990 and became minister (cooperation) for the first time in March 1995. He handled various ministries including veterinary, power and mines before replacing Gegong Apang as chief minister on April 9, 2007.

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Imphal, April 28MNS: The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights-South (NPMHR-S) has written to the chief minister of Karnataka in a strong worded form demanding to book the culprits immediately in connection with the murder of Loitam Richard of Imphal. The Naga rights body also said that the Acharya NRV School of Architecture in Bangalore and its officials be held accountable for its role in hindering and impeding the case.
In a fuming memorandum dispatched to Karnataka chief minister D.V Sadananda Gowda, the Naga rights body asks,” Had Loitam Richard not been from the North East India region would his hostel mates attack and assault him and its officials taken up in a more seriois maner?”
The Naga Peoplesc Movement for Human Rights then stated that the death of Loitam Richard has caused
trauma to his family and relatives. It has angered and reinforced the sense of injustice among people from the North East India who are being racially discriminated and harassed on a daily basis in metro cities to which Banguluru is no excception, the Naga rights group said.
The memorandum of the NPMHR-south sector demanded that a special investigative task force be set up to inquire into the death of Richard, and the guilty be brought to book immediately.
The NPMHR while citing the fishy activities of the institute where Loitam Richard was studying, said that the institute and its officials instead of taking responsibility in identifying the culprits, is hindering and impeding the case by tainting Loitam Richard as a drug abuser and blaming his death on head injuries he allegedly sustained in a two wheeler accident.
“It is important to mention the doctors there treated him as outpatient. Had there been suspicion of serious injuries whatsoever, doctors would have surely advised and followed up with the righhtful tests and medical investigations as treatment protocol requires. The absence of any such advise and the fact that Richard was let off after a routine procedure was indicative enough that he was fine and therefore blaming his death in the accident was clearly done to mislead the investigation of the case.
“The mala fide action of the institute and its officials to mislead and obstruct and obstruct the course of justice is highly questionable. It suggests complicity on the part of the institute and its officials in the commission of the crime,” the Naga rights body pointed out.
Manipur Students Association Delhi said the murder of Richard occurred because of criminal negligence of the college authorities. Their acts of
commission and omission indicate criminal conspiracy to protect the criminals. At the time of the preliminary inquiry the roommates were hiding away from the campus on fabricated pretexts which contradicted the attendance record. On the other hand the criminals are still scot-free. Although a case of unnatural death was registered, No 24/2012 u/s 174 (c) at Madanayakanahali PS (Bangalore Rural District), Karnataka, in much delayed time in the evening of 18 April based on an application filed by the hostel warden, there are indications of justice being suppressed by combination of money and muscle powers and racial discrimination on persons hailing from the Northeast region.
The official apathy, negligence, and indifferent attitude in handling the case illustrate denial of justice. It seriously invokes our concern over unabatedly institutionalized mayang racism towards the Northeast people. Many Northeast emigrants in the Indian metropolitan cities in search of job and for education are being racially profiled, selectively targeted, and denied of justice in several cases. It had humiliating effect and created an alarming situation. Should we not address the issue of toying us under the indifferent hype of the Indian hooligans and law enforcing agencies who misbehave against our dignity and sense of humanity? Should we not protest to defend our fundamental rights and honour & dignity?

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Dimapur, April 27 NNN: The Isak-Muivah group of the NSCN has expressed deep concern on the reported proposed dialogue with the government of Myanmar.
On Friday, the Qhevihe Chsi Swu, convenor of the NSCN-IM’s ‘steering committee’ and T.T Among, the outfit’s home minister in a joint communique in Dimapur asks, “Under what agenda are they (Khaplang group) to talk about and under what framework?”
‘Steering committee’ is the NSCN’s highest decision making body.
The NSCN-IM’s breaking of silence came even as the Khaplang group has reportedly signed a truce with the Myanmar government on April 12. Top leaders of the NSCN-Khaplang had left Nagaland for Yangon few days before the signing of the truce, according to a report.
Reacting to this development, the Isak-Muivah group said the Naga people are concerned on the proposed talks between Khaplang and the Burmese military junta as all Nagas are inseparable parts of the whole and ‘Nagalim’ embraces all their ancestral domains. “The question is under what agenda are they to talk about and under what framework. In this connection, it is pertinent to recall that NSCN under the legitimate leadership of Isak and Muivah had declared unilateral ceasefire with the Burmese government years ago,” said Qhevihe Chisu Swu and T.T Among.
People from all quarters query whether Khaplang is mandated by the people, whether he really represents the issue/future of the Nagas, stated the NSCN-IM leaders. “When the administrative units of the Sagaing Division were arbitrarily redrawn by the Burmese government six townships namely, Tamu, Molaik, Phouwnpin, Homalin, Khamti, and Tanai were lost to Sagaing Division and Kachin state. Only the remaining three rocky townships – Layshi, Lahe and Namyung were left to the Nagas to form the so-called Autonomous District Council. Khaplang did not say anything against the move which took place right under his nose. Rather he had given his backing to that kind of colonial policy much to the chagrin of the Naga people. This is undeniable fact and he can never dispose it off as he wishes,” added Swu and Among.
The NSCN-IM leaders then alleged that it was known to one and all that Khaplang and the Burmese army have been working together hand in glove even before declaration of the ceasefire. It is highly questionable if Khaplang has seriously considered the rights and history of the Naga people when entering into a ceasefire agreement with the Burmese military junta. “The Nagas are watching closely the new development taking place in the eastern part of Nagalim. Khaplang must keep it in mind that the Naga people will never accept any agreement that betrays their right over their territory. We are also strongly opposed to the kind of ceasefire that escalates factional fighting on the one hand and makes haven for those organizations that are hostile to the Naga people on the other. Khaplang must understand that Nagas are no longer in the days of yore. They are highly political people now,” said the Qhevihe Chsi Swu and T.T Among.
“This incident did not only disturb and harass the NSCN cadres but created serious tensions in the minds of all the Naga people. The impasse however partially, so to say, resolved through the efforts of many NSCN leaders as well as the leaders of Naga social workers including the Naga Women Organizations.
This could be done through the unfailing love of Jehovah towards the Nagas. The NSCN highly appreciates the Naga womenfolk near and around the Hebron Camp. Their courage and patriotism will be remembered for all time to come. The NSCN appreciates the efforts of Naga Hoho and its frontal Organizations, the NSF and its frontal organizations, the Naga women Organizations at all level and also those individuals and groups, which cannot be named one by one, for rendering their services to defuse the tensions and resolved the crisis. God will certainly bless all those peacemakers,” the outfit’s MIP added.
On the allegation that the China is funding Maoists in the states of North East India including Nagaland, the NSCN-IM refuted the report and said that the outfit has no idea about other states “but in Nagaland, if there be any activities or presence as alleged it is certainly the creation of Assam Government and India”.
The Assam Government brought the refugees from every corner and kept them through force and as well as help in the plains sector of Nagaland bordering Assam in order to make buffer zone between Assam and Nagaland,” the Naga outfit alleged.
“But this objective of the Assam Government turned out to be counter-productive and negative impact on the Government of India. Recently, there was a hue and cry about presence of Maoists Camps and their cadres along the Nagaland Assam Disputed Area Belt, which were destroyed and the cadres expelled by the Nagaland state Government authorities in collaboration with the public of the area.
“Therefore, if there are any moaists or their camps in Nagaland border then this are the creations of the Assam and the Government of India. They should not blame others for their wrong doings,” the NSCN-IM asserted.

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New Delhi, Apr 27: The Central Bureau of Investigation has today filed a charge sheet in the court of Special Judge, Patiala House, New Delhi against the then Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Ramadoss and 10 others in a matter related to grant of approval to a Indore-based medical college for the admissions to 2nd batch of students in 2008 U/s 120 B IPC r/w 13 (2) r/w (13(1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and sections 420, 465, 468 & 471 of IPC.
It was alleged that the Chairman of a private medical college based at Indore(MP) conspired with the then Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and other two officers of the Ministry to get the college inspected by a Central Team consisting of two doctors, with a view to obtain favourable inspection report for the purpose of issuing permission for renewal of the College for admission for 2nd year, in spite of the fact that the Inspectors of Medical Council of India Executive Board along with the Adhoc Committee constituted by Supreme court had repeatedly recommended that the college was not having sufficient faculty and clinical material, as required by the MCI norms.
It was also alleged that at the time of the inspection of the college, the matter was already pending with Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and the inspection by the Central Team was not brought to the knowledge of the Court during the hearing held on the next day of inspection. \Supreme Court had disposed the matter with observation that the college may not be allowed the admissions for that session and may apply again for next session. In spite of that the approval was issued same day in the evening.
The public is reminded that the above findings are based on the investigation done by CBI and evidence collected by it. Under the Indian Law, the accused are presumed to be innocent till their guilt is finally established after a fair trial.

1. Dr. Ambumani Ramadass
2. Dr. D.K. Gupta, Safdarjung Hospital
3. Dr. J.S. Dhupia, Safdarjung Hospital
4. Sh. KVS Rao, Dy.Secy., Union Health & Family Welfare
5. Sh. Sudershan Khurana, S.O. the then Union Health & Family Welfare
6. Sh. Suresh Bhadoria, Chairman, Indore Medical College
7. Dr. S.K. Tongia, Dean, Indore Medical College
8. Dr. K.V. Saxena, M.S., Indore Medical College
9. Sh. Nitin Gothwal, Manager, HR Indore Medical College
10. Sh. Pawan Bhambani, Director(Admn.) Indore Medical College

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MNS: The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Dwarka Courts, New Delhi has convicted Bangaru Laxman, the then President of BJP u/s 9 of the P C Act 1988, in a corruption case.
A chargesheet was filed against Shri Bangaru Laxman in 2006 by CBI U/s 9 of the P C Act 1988. Shri Bangaru Laxman was secretly video recorded in a sting operation conducted by representative of a web portal while accepting alleged illegal gratification of Rs.One lakh, purportedly meant for pushing the case of procurement of Hand Held Thermal Imagers for the Indian Army. The representative of the web portal was posing as a dealer of the said equipments, as part of the sting operation.
Sh. Bangaru Laxman has been taken into Judicial Custody by the orders of court. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on 28.4.2012.

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