Visit to Mumbai was a huge success, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday told a gathering of student leaders near here that his visit to Mumbai was a huge success.

“When 15 Shiv Sena activists waved black flags at me, thousands in Mumbai welcomed me. The visit was a huge success,” said Gandhi, who surprised all in the state Congress unit here with his unexpected visit.On Friday, Gandhi rode a local train in Mumbai and withdrew money from an ATM near the station, winning over the people of the city. Shiv Sena activists waved black flags to protest his visit.Gandhi arrived here by a special flight around 11.10 a.m, and drove straight to the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student’s wing of the Congress party, camp here.He asked three student leaders to speak first. After hearing them, the Congress leader said he would carry their message to Delhi.One of the suggestions that came up at the meeting was that the next time the Congress-led alliance rules the state, the education portfolio should be kept by the Congress party and not given to the allies. He assured the meeting that the next time he visits the state he will visit Kannur to address the students.He was at the meeting for more than an hour.On his way back to the airport, he gave the security people some anxious moments when he stopped and interacted with the waiting crowd.For 10-year-old Shaful, it was an exciting moment when he presented Rahul Gandhi with a flower and in return got his autograph.Later, when asked what Gandhi said to him, Shaful told reporters, “I was told that I should study well.”Gandhi returned to Delhi in the afternoon.  (thanks to way2online)

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Former Governor A.P, Shri N.D.Tiwari won’t talk,will his autobiography?

Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who quit as Andhra Pradesh governor after a sex scandal in December last year, says he has “no intention of returning to active politics and is writing an autobiography”.“I am not coming back to electoral politics any more as I have clarified earlier. I am now involved in constructive politics – the politics of development and rebuilding,” Tiwari said on a visit to the World Book Fair in the capital.The 86-year-old former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and veteran Congress leader refused to talk about the scandal and was emphatic that “he was not interested in seeking an audience with the party high command in New Delhi”.On Aug 19, 2007, he had been appointed governor of Andhra Pradesh and resigned Dec 26, 2009, after being accused of having a sex romp with three women at his official residence in Hyderabad. Tiwari had called the episode fabricated and untruthful.“I don’t want to talk about anything,”said an unsteady Tiwari, who was helped on to his feet by three personal security men at the book fair. Attired in his trademark khadi clothes and a Gandhian cap, he was there for a book release.“I am more than halfway through my autobiography which will be published at the end of the year. I signed up with Rupa & Co for the book three years ago,” Tiwari said.“The book will span my entire life, right from my childhood when I escaped from home till date. It will cover my years in politics and in public life. I have written parts of the book and now I am dictating it,” he said.Sources at Rupa & Co said “the political setback has delayed the autobiography by a few months.”Tiwari, however, was ambiguous about whether he would incorporate the “ongoing controversy” in the book.“Books have played an important part in my life. I started reading as a child and books inspired me to join the freedom struggle and then move to active politics. Books have taught me how to survive and inspired me along the way,” Tiwari told IANS.Tiwari, a former union minister who held such important portfolios of external affairs, finance and industry, as also ex-chief minister of Uttarakhand, is now keen to take stock of the development map that he had charted during his rule in Uttar Pradesh to expand the satellite townships along the border with Delhi.“I want to see Noida and Greater Noida and find out how the twin townships have developed,”he said. (thanks to way2online)

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Police frame guidelines for crime reporting by media

Cautioning the media and police over wrong reporting, the Delhi High Court Wednesday sounded a note of warning that “yellow journalism is on the rise”.

The court’s observation came after the Delhi government submitted to the court new guidelines for the media for crime reporting.Citing the case of tennis star Sania Mirza calling off her engagement and how it was played up by the electronic media, the court said, “This should be stopped.”Submitting the new guidelines, Solicitor General (SG) Gopal Subramaniam said, “Maintaining transparency and accountability is our topmost priority, and on the same hand the rights of citizens to know about a thing should not be withheld.”Citing the model of London’s Metropolitan Police, Subramaniam submitted before a division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw that “Only that information which is in public interest should be dispersed to media.”According to the new guidelines, only senior officers of the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and above will interact with the media.“Only designated officers will disseminate information to the media on major crimes. Information regarding the identity of juveniles and the victim of rape cases should not be disclosed,” the SG said.Expressing unhappiness over the media portraying the city as a crime capital, the SG said, “Even in Western cities, the crime rate is much higher than in our city but the media there is rarely seen to project crimes in such an exaggerated manner.”Cautioning the media and police over the wrong reporting, the bench said, “Every wrong reporting harms the person’s reputation like anything. It seems that yellow journalism is on the rise.”The court asked the SG to incorporate the suggestions made by the petitioners as well from the National Broadcasters Association and file a detailed draft by Monday.The court was hearing a public interest petition filed by an NGO seeking action against police officials for allegedly leaking to the media confessional statements made by suspected terrorists in the Batla House case. Two terrorists and a police inspector were killed in that shootout Sep 19, 2008.“Protection of the victim’s identity is in great danger and this practice by the media should be stopped immediately,” the court had said earlier.Advocate Prashant Bhushan said: “Any information given by police to the media during the course of the investigation should be banned and should amount to defamation and contempt.” (thanks to way2online)

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Sania and Poojashree too good for Malaysians

Sania Mirza  and Poojashree Venkatesh won their singles matches, dropping a game in each set, as India beat Malaysia 3-0 to top Group II Pool. They are now one match away to be back in the Asia-Oceania Group I.India play the winners of the Pool B match between Hong Kong China and Syria in the qualification play-off.Poojashree and Sania made short of work of their opponents, wrapping up the tie 2-0 at the National Tennis Centre in Kuala Lumpur Friday. Sanaa Bhambri and Poojashree then won the dead doubles rubber.Poojashree outclassed the 32-year-old Malaysian veteran Chin Bee Khoo 6-1,6-1.and Sania followed suit, winning 6-1. 6-1 against Jawairiah Nordin. Sanaa and Poojashree, replacing veteran Rushmi Chakravarthi, defeated Khoo and Nordin 7-6, 6- (thanks to way2online)

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PM- Addressing the Chief Minister's Conference in New Delhi,

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing the Chief Minister's Conference on Prices of Essential Commodities, in New Delhi on February 06,201.The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Agriculture, Shri Sharad Pawar, the Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee and the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia are also seen, ===================================== (Photo by PIB. No.CNR-30296)

National photographic AWARD

The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Kantilal Bhuria presenting the 3rd prize for the 3rd National Level Photographic Competition on the theme "Tribal Portrait", to Shri K. Nageswara Rao from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, organised by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with the Photo Division, Ministry of I&B, at the inaugural ceremony of the National Tribal Festival, "PRAKRITI" in New Delhi on February 05,2010.The Secretary, Tribal Affairs, Shri G.B. Mukherjee is also seen.

(Photo by PIB.No:CNR-30300)

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PM to inaugurate Chief Ministers’ Conference on Security tomorrow

(PIB NEWS) The Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security will be held here tomorrow. Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Conference. The Conference assumes importance in the backdrop of the proactive policy being pursued by the Government to combat nexalism, increased infiltration attempts from across Indo-Pak border and the success of anti-terror measures in the past 6-8 months. The Conference would inter-alia focus on the review of the action points that were identified in the last Conference held in August, 2009, which covered wide ranging areas of capacity building in the State Police, strengthening of counter terrorism and intelligence capabilities, police reforms, combating economic offences, especially Fake Indian Currency Notes, strengthening the border and coastal security, besides initiatives like the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS).
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Welcome to GHAREEB NAWAZ EXPRESS,

Aurangabad,(S.K.Sohel.Correspondent) The citizens gave rousing welcome to the Hyderabad- Ajmer Garib Nawaz Express Train at the local station Thursday at 12.15 PM.Devotees from all over Marathwada boarded the train in large numbers so as to pay obeisance to Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisty Ajmeri (RH) in Ajmer The devotees going to the pilgrimage were greeted and accorded warm welcome by local local citizens including Sajjada Nasheen Syed Moinuddin Nizami of Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya (RH) Nayab Sajjada Syed Mehboob Nizami, Prof Syed Hasan ,Tauqeer Ahmed ,priest of vithal Mandir Raju Maharaj,president of Maradwada Railway Vikas Samiti Omprakash Verma , freedom fighter tarabai ladda, Rasheed Khan Mamu,Ajmal Khan ,Retair Station Master MB Khan ,CEO of Perfect Xpress Cargo Mr.Rafiq Ahmed Shaikh, Adv Bahauddin Kazi,Station Master Laxmikant Jakhade and others,The garland were also tied with the engine. The citizens also distributed sweets amongst those present on the occasion . The engine drivers Yeshwant Sitaram and BK Salunke were also accorded warm welcome The 20 coach trains comprise one two –tier AC coach, two Three Tier AC coaches, 10 Sleeper coaches, Five general and two bogies for woman,
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