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02-05-2013
THE HEADLINES
THE HEADLINES
- Sarabjit Singh's body flown to Amritsar from Lahore by a special Air India aircraft; Parliament condemns the inhuman treatment meted out to him in Pakistani jail.
- Arrest warrant issued against top Police officer P.P. Pande in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan.
- Hectic campaigning in Karnataka with just two days to go for assembly polls.
- RBI indicates limited scope for easing monetary policy because of high inflation.
- Sensex gains 232 points to close at 19,736.
- In Sudan, dozens of people killed in a gold mine collapse in Darfur region.
- P.V. Sindhu reaches women's singles semi-finals of Malaysian Badminton Grand Prix.
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Sarabjit's body has been flown to Amritsar from Lahore by a special Air India aircraft. The plane landed at Amritsar airport by 8 PM. According to government sources a second autopsy will be conducted. Sarabjit Singh's body will be cremated with state honours tomorrow afternoon at his hometown in Punjab.The state government has announced a three day mourning. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has announced an ex-gratia of 25 lakh rupees from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the bereaved family of Sarabjit Singh. Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal also has announced one crore rupees ex-gratia for his family. He has talked to Sarabjit's family to condole his death. Our correspondent reports that a pall of gloom has fallen in Sarabjit Singh's native village Bikiwind in Taran Taran district.
Bhikiwind in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, the native village of Sarabjit Singh is under shock. Markets and schools were closed as a mark of respect to the son of the soil who could not win the battle of life after being brutally beaten up by his jail inmates in Pakistan. Women were wailing inside his under construction house. The sorrow of loosing a dear one was writ large on the face of family members of Sarabjit. Unable to control their tears, both the daughters Swapandeep and Poonam and their mother Sukhpreet and aunt Dalbir Kaur were inconsolable. Three day state mourning in Punjab has been declared.With Amit Marwaha, Rajesh Bali/AIR News/Bhikiwind-Tarn Taran
Sarabjit's body has been flown to Amritsar from Lahore by a special Air India aircraft. The plane landed at Amritsar airport by 8 PM. According to government sources a second autopsy will be conducted. Sarabjit Singh's body will be cremated with state honours tomorrow afternoon at his hometown in Punjab.The state government has announced a three day mourning. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has announced an ex-gratia of 25 lakh rupees from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the bereaved family of Sarabjit Singh. Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal also has announced one crore rupees ex-gratia for his family. He has talked to Sarabjit's family to condole his death. Our correspondent reports that a pall of gloom has fallen in Sarabjit Singh's native village Bikiwind in Taran Taran district.
Bhikiwind in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, the native village of Sarabjit Singh is under shock. Markets and schools were closed as a mark of respect to the son of the soil who could not win the battle of life after being brutally beaten up by his jail inmates in Pakistan. Women were wailing inside his under construction house. The sorrow of loosing a dear one was writ large on the face of family members of Sarabjit. Unable to control their tears, both the daughters Swapandeep and Poonam and their mother Sukhpreet and aunt Dalbir Kaur were inconsolable. Three day state mourning in Punjab has been declared.With Amit Marwaha, Rajesh Bali/AIR News/Bhikiwind-Tarn Taran
Earlier Sarabjit Singh's body was handed over to Indian officials after an autopsy done by a 6 member medical board of the Jinnah Hospital in Lahore. External Affairs Minsitry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said India never considered the 49-year-old Sarabjit Sarabjit guilty of the charges imposed on him by Pakistan. Both the Houses of Parliament today expressed deep sense of shock and sorrow on the sad demise of the Indian citizen Sarabjit Singh in Lahore. The members stood in silence as a mark of respect in memory of the departed. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said there is an extreme level of sadness throughout the country over the issue and the government will provide all support to the family of the deceased prisoner.
We are in the state of mourning. We are sad and whatever we can do to comfort the family and support the family, is what we are today, working on. BJP has asked the UPA government to severe bilateral ties with Pakistan in the wake of brutal murder of Sarabjit Singh. Party spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain demanded the recall of the Indian High Commissioner from Islamabad.
This is a totally cowardly act of Pakistan. There is no point in maintaining ties with Pakistan, BJP demands that all ongoing dialogue should be stopped and High Commissioner from Pakistan recall. Talking to the media in New Delhi, Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur alleged that her brother was martyred and it was an opportunity to unite and give a befitting reply to the tormentors.
An innocent Indian has been killed in Pakistan. People of all religions must come together to protest against this and stand against Pakistan. Now is not time to sit back and tolerate all this. This is the time to give a fitting reply to Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Home Ministry has issued advisory to all states asking them to step up security of all Pakistani prisoners lodged in their respective jails. Sarabjit died at Jinnah Hospital at about 1 a.m. local time.He was brought to hospital after a fatal attack by some inmates in Lahore jail. <><><>
A Special CBI Court in Ahmedabad today ordered the issuance of arrest warrant against top Gujarat police officer P P Pande, an accused in the 2004 alleged fake encounter of Mumbai teenager Ishrat Jahan and three others. The 1980-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre is currently Additional DGP (Crime) and he was Ahmedabad's Joint Commissioner of Police at the time of the encounter. While granting the prayer of issuing warrant on a revision application filed by the CBI, Judge Gita Gopi held that the court's interference is necessary in the interest of justice. The CBI court set aside the order of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ahmedabad, rejecting the CBI plea seeking arrest warrant against Pande. Ishrat , a 19 year old college girl from Mumbra town near Mumbai, along with Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar, was killed by Ahmedabad Crime Branch in an encounter on June 15, 2004. Police had then claimed they were terrorists on a mission to assassinate Chief Minister Narendra Modi. <><><>
In Karnataka the Assembly election campaign in 223 out of 224 constituencies for the 5th May polls reaches crescendo as public campaign ends tomorrow evening. AICC President Sonia Gandhi addressed a public meeting in Gulbarga and alleged BJPs state government of corruption and misuse of central funds. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi addressed election rallies at various places today appealing to the voters not to give a re-entry to the Congress in the upcoming polls.Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, former Chief Minister Dharm Singh and Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy also addressed public meetings.
The Chief Electoral Officer in the state Mr.Anil Kumar Jha asked media persons not to organise any opinion poll, analysis, survey or exit poll after tomorrow evening. The Election Commission has asked voters not to violate their rights by voting from two constituencies or exercising vote on behalf of someone. Those who receive graft and those who give gifts to the voters will be punished equally with one year jail sentence. As on today, 14.42 crore rupees cash, over 4.5 crore worth liquor have been seized and 2203 cases booked and 633 FIRs issued against the offenders. With Devendra, this is Sudhindra for AIR News Bangalore
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Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai today said that he was never put under any pressure while finalising any report during his tenure. In an exclusive interview to All India Radio, he asserted that there was never any political interference. I must acknowledge that the government or other agencies within the country respect the independence of the CAG. And in my tenure, I have certainly not felt any kind of pressure or attempt to interfere while we are formulating a report, which I think is a major plus point. The full interview can be heard in our Countrywide programme tonight on FM Gold Channel from 9.30 p.m.
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THIS IS ALL INDIA RADIO, GIVING YOU THE NEWS For news updates, follow us on Twitter @ airnewsalerts. For regional and national news of AIR download All India Radio News app on any android based mobile phone".
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The Reserve Bank of India today indicated that it will continue to have a cautious approach while announcing the monetary policy for 2013-14. In the document titled ‘Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments in 2012-13’, RBI has said that in view of significantly high inflation and widening current account deficit - CAD, the space for monetary action for 2013-14 remains very limited. According to RBI’s estimates, India will see a modest recovery, witnessing 6 percent growth in 2013-14 and average WPI inflation will moderate to 6.5 per cent from 7.3 per cent. The report however also suggests that based on improved governance and intensive action to resolve structural bottlenecks, India’s growth story is likely to recover later this year.
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) today gave its approval to the Swedish retailer IKEA's for FDI in single-brand retail. The approval would result in FDI inflows amounting to around 10,500 crore in the country. A decision in this regard was taken in the CCEA meeting in New Delhi this evening.
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THE BUSINESS WORLD
Extending its gains for the third straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange surged 232 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at a three month high of 19,736, today, amid expectations of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank, tomorrow. The Nifty jumped 69 points, to 5,999. But Stock markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong and South Korea declined between 0.2 percent and 0.8 percent. The rupee depreciated one paise, to 53.81 against the dollar.
We are in the state of mourning. We are sad and whatever we can do to comfort the family and support the family, is what we are today, working on. BJP has asked the UPA government to severe bilateral ties with Pakistan in the wake of brutal murder of Sarabjit Singh. Party spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain demanded the recall of the Indian High Commissioner from Islamabad.
This is a totally cowardly act of Pakistan. There is no point in maintaining ties with Pakistan, BJP demands that all ongoing dialogue should be stopped and High Commissioner from Pakistan recall. Talking to the media in New Delhi, Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur alleged that her brother was martyred and it was an opportunity to unite and give a befitting reply to the tormentors.
An innocent Indian has been killed in Pakistan. People of all religions must come together to protest against this and stand against Pakistan. Now is not time to sit back and tolerate all this. This is the time to give a fitting reply to Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Home Ministry has issued advisory to all states asking them to step up security of all Pakistani prisoners lodged in their respective jails. Sarabjit died at Jinnah Hospital at about 1 a.m. local time.He was brought to hospital after a fatal attack by some inmates in Lahore jail. <><><>
A Special CBI Court in Ahmedabad today ordered the issuance of arrest warrant against top Gujarat police officer P P Pande, an accused in the 2004 alleged fake encounter of Mumbai teenager Ishrat Jahan and three others. The 1980-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre is currently Additional DGP (Crime) and he was Ahmedabad's Joint Commissioner of Police at the time of the encounter. While granting the prayer of issuing warrant on a revision application filed by the CBI, Judge Gita Gopi held that the court's interference is necessary in the interest of justice. The CBI court set aside the order of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ahmedabad, rejecting the CBI plea seeking arrest warrant against Pande. Ishrat , a 19 year old college girl from Mumbra town near Mumbai, along with Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar, was killed by Ahmedabad Crime Branch in an encounter on June 15, 2004. Police had then claimed they were terrorists on a mission to assassinate Chief Minister Narendra Modi. <><><>
In Karnataka the Assembly election campaign in 223 out of 224 constituencies for the 5th May polls reaches crescendo as public campaign ends tomorrow evening. AICC President Sonia Gandhi addressed a public meeting in Gulbarga and alleged BJPs state government of corruption and misuse of central funds. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi addressed election rallies at various places today appealing to the voters not to give a re-entry to the Congress in the upcoming polls.Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge, former Chief Minister Dharm Singh and Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy also addressed public meetings.
The Chief Electoral Officer in the state Mr.Anil Kumar Jha asked media persons not to organise any opinion poll, analysis, survey or exit poll after tomorrow evening. The Election Commission has asked voters not to violate their rights by voting from two constituencies or exercising vote on behalf of someone. Those who receive graft and those who give gifts to the voters will be punished equally with one year jail sentence. As on today, 14.42 crore rupees cash, over 4.5 crore worth liquor have been seized and 2203 cases booked and 633 FIRs issued against the offenders. With Devendra, this is Sudhindra for AIR News Bangalore
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Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai today said that he was never put under any pressure while finalising any report during his tenure. In an exclusive interview to All India Radio, he asserted that there was never any political interference. I must acknowledge that the government or other agencies within the country respect the independence of the CAG. And in my tenure, I have certainly not felt any kind of pressure or attempt to interfere while we are formulating a report, which I think is a major plus point. The full interview can be heard in our Countrywide programme tonight on FM Gold Channel from 9.30 p.m.
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THIS IS ALL INDIA RADIO, GIVING YOU THE NEWS For news updates, follow us on Twitter @ airnewsalerts. For regional and national news of AIR download All India Radio News app on any android based mobile phone".
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The Reserve Bank of India today indicated that it will continue to have a cautious approach while announcing the monetary policy for 2013-14. In the document titled ‘Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments in 2012-13’, RBI has said that in view of significantly high inflation and widening current account deficit - CAD, the space for monetary action for 2013-14 remains very limited. According to RBI’s estimates, India will see a modest recovery, witnessing 6 percent growth in 2013-14 and average WPI inflation will moderate to 6.5 per cent from 7.3 per cent. The report however also suggests that based on improved governance and intensive action to resolve structural bottlenecks, India’s growth story is likely to recover later this year.
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) today gave its approval to the Swedish retailer IKEA's for FDI in single-brand retail. The approval would result in FDI inflows amounting to around 10,500 crore in the country. A decision in this regard was taken in the CCEA meeting in New Delhi this evening.
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THE BUSINESS WORLD
Extending its gains for the third straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange surged 232 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at a three month high of 19,736, today, amid expectations of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank, tomorrow. The Nifty jumped 69 points, to 5,999. But Stock markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong and South Korea declined between 0.2 percent and 0.8 percent. The rupee depreciated one paise, to 53.81 against the dollar.
Falling for the third straight day, gold plunged 285 rupees, to 27,615 rupees per ten grams in Delhi. Silver tumbled 1,510 rupees, to 45,090 rupees per kilo. And Brent crude oil futures climbed above 100 dollars a barrel, while US crude rose 40 cents, to 91.43 dollars a barrel.Pradeep Kumar, AIR News.
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The Supreme Court today stayed proceedings on pleas filed by Sahara group and its chief Subrata Roy against refunding 24,000 crore rupees to investors and attachment of their properties after the SEBI accused them of approaching different forums for delaying the process. A bench comprising by Justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar also issued notice to them on SEBI's plea seeking transfer of all cases filed by them in Securities Appellate Tribunal and Allahabad High Court to Supreme Court. During the hearing, the market regulator accused the group and its promoter of making a mockery of apex court's order which had directed them to deposit 24,000 crore rupees to SEBI which would refund the money to over three crore investors.
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India today said diplomatic contact at various channels is on with China over the border standoff in Ladakh. MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told the media in New Delhi that the country has been able to communicate its concerns to Beijing about incursion by Chinese troops in Daulat Beg Oldi area. He said the main objective of the establishment is that the two sides return to the status quo in the area prior to 15th of last month. On External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's upcoming visit to China, Akbaruddin said the Minister intends to go to Beijing. He, however, said diplomacy requires time and space and India is working on it. On Chinese Prime Minister's visit to India, the spokesperson said discussions and planning to finalise the dates of the visit are at advance stage.
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Pakistani police today arrested and interrogated former President Pervez Musharraf over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation. It is one of three high-profile cases charged against him since he returned to the country from self-exile. A team of Balochistan Police arrested the former military ruler and grilled him for nearly four hours at his farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad, which was declared a sub-jail by authorities. Musharraf, was the army chief when the operation against Bugti was ordered.
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In Sudan, dozens of people have been killed in a gold mine collapse in Darfur region. The number of people who died is more than 60, Haroun al-Hassan, the Local Commissioner in Jebel Amir, North Darfur, said today. Rescue operations were still taking place after yesterday's accident. The operations are slow because rescuers are using traditional tools to try to reach the victims, Mr. Hassan said.
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The Supreme Court today stayed proceedings on pleas filed by Sahara group and its chief Subrata Roy against refunding 24,000 crore rupees to investors and attachment of their properties after the SEBI accused them of approaching different forums for delaying the process. A bench comprising by Justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar also issued notice to them on SEBI's plea seeking transfer of all cases filed by them in Securities Appellate Tribunal and Allahabad High Court to Supreme Court. During the hearing, the market regulator accused the group and its promoter of making a mockery of apex court's order which had directed them to deposit 24,000 crore rupees to SEBI which would refund the money to over three crore investors.
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India today said diplomatic contact at various channels is on with China over the border standoff in Ladakh. MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told the media in New Delhi that the country has been able to communicate its concerns to Beijing about incursion by Chinese troops in Daulat Beg Oldi area. He said the main objective of the establishment is that the two sides return to the status quo in the area prior to 15th of last month. On External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's upcoming visit to China, Akbaruddin said the Minister intends to go to Beijing. He, however, said diplomacy requires time and space and India is working on it. On Chinese Prime Minister's visit to India, the spokesperson said discussions and planning to finalise the dates of the visit are at advance stage.
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Pakistani police today arrested and interrogated former President Pervez Musharraf over the killing of Baloch leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation. It is one of three high-profile cases charged against him since he returned to the country from self-exile. A team of Balochistan Police arrested the former military ruler and grilled him for nearly four hours at his farmhouse on the outskirts of Islamabad, which was declared a sub-jail by authorities. Musharraf, was the army chief when the operation against Bugti was ordered.
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In Sudan, dozens of people have been killed in a gold mine collapse in Darfur region. The number of people who died is more than 60, Haroun al-Hassan, the Local Commissioner in Jebel Amir, North Darfur, said today. Rescue operations were still taking place after yesterday's accident. The operations are slow because rescuers are using traditional tools to try to reach the victims, Mr. Hassan said.
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India's rising star, P V Sindhu reached the women's singles semi-finals of the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur today, but RMV Gurusaidutt failed to make it to the semis in men's singles. Sindhu defeated seventh seeded Hera Desi of Indonesia 21-17, 21-17 in the quarter finals . Earlier in the day, Sindhu defeated Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong 11-21, 21-18, 21-10 to enter the quarter-finals. Sindhu will now take on third seed Sapasiri Teratanchai of Thailand in the semis. RMV Gursaidutt who entered quarterfinals of the men's singles by beating Riichi Takeshit of Japan 21-19, 21-16, left mid-way in his quarter-final match against Malaysia's Iskandar Zulkarnain, after losing the first two sets 19-21, 2-5. Other Indian men's singles contenders, K Srikanth and Sameer Verma bowed out of the tournament after losing their respective third round ties.
India's rising star, P V Sindhu reached the women's singles semi-finals of the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur today, but RMV Gurusaidutt failed to make it to the semis in men's singles. Sindhu defeated seventh seeded Hera Desi of Indonesia 21-17, 21-17 in the quarter finals . Earlier in the day, Sindhu defeated Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong 11-21, 21-18, 21-10 to enter the quarter-finals. Sindhu will now take on third seed Sapasiri Teratanchai of Thailand in the semis. RMV Gursaidutt who entered quarterfinals of the men's singles by beating Riichi Takeshit of Japan 21-19, 21-16, left mid-way in his quarter-final match against Malaysia's Iskandar Zulkarnain, after losing the first two sets 19-21, 2-5. Other Indian men's singles contenders, K Srikanth and Sameer Verma bowed out of the tournament after losing their respective third round ties.
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