Day: September 3, 2012

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New Delhi, Sep 3 : The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Bangalore, B.M. Angadi, has convicted S.Murali, the then Branch Manager, Syndicate Bank, Indira Nagar Branch, Bangalore to undergo two years simple imprisonment with fine Rs.13,000/- in a CBI case.
CBI had filed a charge sheet against S.Murali and 3-others U/s 120-B r/w 420, 468 471 IPC and Sec. 13(2) r/w 13(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act,1988. The allegations as per the charge sheet were that S.Murali while working in Syndicate Bank, Indira Nagar Branch, Bangalore had entered into criminal conspiracy with other accused persons during 1993 in the matter of clearing cheques issued / drawn by other accused without sufficient funds in the account and enabled the accused persons to get their property out of mortgage from nationalized banks.
The accused persons caused a wrongful loss of Rs.40 lakh(approx) to Syndicate Bank and corresponding wrongful gain to themselves.
The Trial Court found S.Murali guilty and convicted him. The court acquitted one private person while other two private persons died during trial.
The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Saket, New Delhi has today sentenced O.S.Chauhan, IAS(UT-1967), Former Additional Commissioner of Sales Tax, Government of NCT, Delhi to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. Five Lakh in a disproportionate assets case.
CBI had registered a case on 19-09-1985 under section 5(1)(e) r/w 5(2) of PC Act, 1947 and filed a charge sheeted on 23-12-1996 in the Court of Special Judge, Tis Hazari, Delhi against the accused. The investigation revealed that O.S.Chauhan was found in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs. 3, 87,142/-(approx), to his known sources of income, while working as a public servant in various capacities, during the period 14-07-67 to 19-09-85, which he could not satisfactorily account for. The Court has also ordered to confiscate the properties of O.S.Chauhan acquired from his ill-gotten wealth.
The Special Court had found O.S.Chauhan guilty of the offence and convicted him on 30-08-2012.

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New Delhi , Sep 3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday insisted on Congress accepting the charges levelled against it by the opposition before allowing the Parliament to resume work.
BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said the opposition has made its stand quite clear and is firm on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s resignation over the coal blocks allocation issue.
“If you can recall in the 2G scam also, the Congress was not ready to accept the charges levelled against it. The BJP had raised the question of irregular allocation of spectrums, it was not accepted by the Congress Party. It resulted in a cash loss to this country of 1,76,000 crores,” said Rudy.
“And now the same situation has arisen, where it is question of 1,86,000 crores on coal blocks allotment issue,” he added.
Rudy pointed out that the Prime Minister had appended his signature in majority of the coal blocks, which were allotted.
“Unless and until the government decides to cancel all these blocks, it would be unacceptable for the BJP. The logjam in the Parliament would continue,” he added.
Meanwhile, Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid pointed out that the country was incurring huge loss
following the disruption of Parliament.
“What is the total loss to the country because of what BJP is doing (in Parliament)?” he asked. He pointed out that the Government has been wanting to pass legislation and take decisions to fight corruption. The BJP actions have been ‘paralysing’ , he said.
“All those legislations were being prevented from being passed by BJP. This is a clear indication that BJP is not interested in associating with the system which is transparent and makes people accountable,” he added.
The standoff over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation continued in both houses of Parliament today .

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/parliament-stalled-bjp-insistent-on-congress-accepting-charges/

IMPHAL, Sept 3 NNN: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) against the brutal killing of Pangabam Rabi at Chandigarh on Monday ruled out natural death but rather suspected foul play on the death of Rabi, saying it has proper evidence to prove that he had been murdered.
Addressing a press meet at the Manipur Press Club, Imphal, JAC spokesperson Toijam Nandababu said there is enough evidence to prove that the death of Rabi was a murder.
He, however, lamented over what he said a “careless statement” of the Manipur Students’ Association, Chandigarh (MSAC) which has said that there were no any external injuries on the body of Rabi. The JAC spokesperson termed the statement of MSAC president Meiraba as “unfortunate.”
He also accused the students’ body of making the statement by citing only the police reports and said MSAC did not cooperate with the deceased family.
A deep cut mark was discovered in Rabi’s neck, obviously a mark received after slitting the throat, he further said and added that apart from the neck, the head got injury marks with the limbs had been found cut off. The JAC will never accept the post mortem report which mentioned that Rabi’s limbs had been bitten off by wild dogs. The point made then was that it was some kind of a natural death, Nandababu said in an angry mood.
He reiterated that the Government should fulfil the demands of the JAC which have been mentioned in the memorandum submitted earlier and warned of serious agitation if the Government fails to meet the demands that include a CBI probe into the death. Rabi was a B.Sc second year student of Government College For Male, Chandigarh. He was found death in a jungle in Chandigarh on August 29 last. The post mortem was conducted at the Government Multi-speciality Hospital, Chandigarh.
The JAC has also demanded a full probe preferably by the CBI into the matter.

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AIZAWL, Sept 3 NNN: Cocoon Purchasing Centre has been set up in Saitual in Mizoram which was inaugurated by C. Lalthankhuma, Secretary, Sericulture Department recently.
This is as part of the New Land Use Policy (NLUP), a pilot project of the Mizoram government under Lal Thanhawla leadership.
The setting up of the cocoon purchasing centre has boost the morale of Mizo farmers who have been waiting for such thing to happen.
At the Centre, two cocoon drying ovens have been installed; and on the very day of the inauguration, people of Saitual and its nearby villages sold their cocoon weighing 126.5 kg worth Rs. 22,431 to the sericulture department.
People in this area will now be able to sell off their cocoons easily from the newly set up Cocoon Purchasing Centre.
The Sericulture Department distributed NLUP Phase II at Saitual BRC Hall to Beneficiaries from Saitual, Sihfa, Keifang, Tualbung, Lungpher and Rulchawm villages; the beneficiaries include 142 families who were given Rs.5,000 each for purpose of jhuming on that day.
It can be noted here that a comprehensive project for inclusive and equitable growth i.e. New Land Use Policy (NLUP) has been successfully implemented in Mizoram with the approval and active participation of Planning Commission, Government of India since January, 2011.
The main objective of this noble project is major overhauling of the State economy through structural replacement of devastating shifting cultivation by introducing systematic method of occupation based on local resources and ingenuity of the local people.
On August 26, as issued by the Planning Commission, the growth rate of ‘Gross State Domestic Product’ of Mizoram in the 11th Five Year Plan is 11%, which is higher than the national average-7.9% and the North East average- 9.95 %.
In connection with this, Planning Board member secretary and New Land Use Policy (NLUP) Implementing Board vice chairman PL Thanga had informed the media informed that Mizoram holds the second rank in the growth rate of GSDP among the North East states. He also said that the growth in GSDP is due mainly to Horticulture.

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New Delhi, Sep 3 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday defended the government over coal blocks allocation issue, saying the Bharatiya Janata Party’s demand for Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s resignation is ‘outrageous and unsound’.
Chidambaram said the BJP’s demand for cancellation of 142 coal blocks is not based on logic, and added that the cancellation of coal blocks will affect the Indian economy.
The Finance Minister said the process is underway, and added that the government has done all that required to be done in this regard.
“If coal policy is flawed, it has been flawed since 1993. Coal policy cannot be put in place through a diktat,” he said.
He also urged the opposition not to disrupt parliamentary proceedings over the coal blocks allocation issue, and said that the government is ready to start debate tomorrow.
Chidambaram further said a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the coal blocks allocation is underway, and added that the apex-investigating agency will do whatever is necessary.
With no end to the government-BJP standoff over CAG report on coal blocks allocation, the last week of the
Monsoon Session of Parliament began on Monday with a repeat of stormy scenes raising the possibility of a washout of the remaining four days.
The month-long session, which already lost the previous two weeks to BJP’s unrelenting demand for resignation of the Prime Minister, again saw uproar created by BJP members, leading to wastage of one more day of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
The BJP has held the Prime Minister, who then held direct charge of the coal ministry, responsible for what has been estimated as a notional loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crores by the CAG in coal block allocations, and demanded his resignation.
The CAG report on coal block allocations states that nearly 150 coalfields were allotted to private and state-run firms without transparency and objectivity between 2005 and 2009.
However, Dr. Singh had rejected the CAG’s observations as ‘misleading’ and ‘flawed’, and blamed the opposition parties for thwarting the efforts of his government to bring a policy of competitive bidding.
Dr. Singh also ruled out any possibility of quitting the top post despite the BJP firm on its demand for his resignation over the coal blocks allocation issue.
Interacting with mediapersons onboard the special plane while returning to New Delhi from Tehran after attending the 16th NAM summit, Dr. Singh said that he can’t get into a war of words with political leaders, and added that he has to maintain the dignity of the office of the Prime Minister.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/bjps-demand-for-pms-resignation-is-outrageous-fm/