Thank God, we don’t have a Bal Thackeray in Delhi: Dikshit

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday ridiculed Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for attacking non-Marathis in Maharashtra and said that Delhi was truly cosmopolitan.“Thank God, we don’t have a Bal Thackeray! We have a truly cosmopolitan population. We have people from Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, from the northeast. Everybody who comes to Delhi finds it to be a very comfortable and warm place to live in,” said Dikshit.“There is no distinction here. What is happening in Mumbai certainly does not happen in Delhi,” she said.Speaking at the Asia Corporate Conference her, she said: “Delhi is a very unique city as nothing belongs to it. Even our weather is imported. If it snows somewhere we get the cold, if it does not rain somewhere, we get the heat. We get our water from outside and we also get our power from outside.” (way2online)
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I am a Public Relation chief minister, says Sheila Dikshit

Into her third consecutive term, Sheila Dikshit still considers herself a “PR (public relations) chief minister” having no control over police, civic agencies and land authority in the national capital.“I have the nomenclature of being a chief minister but I think I am more of a PR chief minister than a chief minister,” Dikshit said Saturday while speaking at the Asia Corporate Conference here.Her candid reply came when she was asked about problems she is faced with in heading the capital city.“The greatest problem is the multiplicity of authority. The federal government being in Delhi has its own advantages and very big disadvantages, as all the ministries want to have a say in Delhi,” she said.“I have to run from one ministry of government of India to other. I don’t have land with me, I need to ask for it, I need to buy it. I don’t have police with me, whenever people say that Delhi is not safe they blame me, they don’t know that I don’t have the police under me,” she added.

(way2online)
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Suspected explosive found on Kingfisher flight

A security alert was sounded at the airport here Sunday morning after a suspected explosive was found in the cargo compartment of a Kingfisher flight that arrived from Bangalore, police said.The Kingfisher flight from Bangalore arrived at 8.25 a.m. and a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official found the suspected explosive, which is the size of a cricket ball, wrapped in a newspaper, said City Police Commissioner M.R. Ajith Kumar.“This was found in the cargo compartment and the official immediately took it up. It is a suspected explosive and investigations are on,” Kumar told reporters here.The aircraft has been cordoned off and security officials have reached the site, he said.“We are investigating into how this happened. Certainly this is a security lapse. The suspected explosive is now in the possession of experts and investigations will reveal what exactly it is,” Kumar added.  (way2online)
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World Forestry Day Celebrated

(PIB NEWS) The plantation programme and On the spot painting competition were organised here today to celebrate World Forestry Day. At National Zoological park, trees of Maulshree, Bottle brush, Jamun Gurbera and Neem species were planted by the officials of the Ministry of Environment and Forest. Addressing a gathering Dr. P. J Dileep Kumar, Director General, Forests appealed all, especially children, to consume less natural resources. He said more damage has been done to lives of rural and tribal people by mining and other activities. More use of water, exploitation of land and the cutting of trees for widening roads and other requirements have disturbed the balance of lives of wild animals and birds.He appealed to grow gardens as well as wild vegetations where ever possible. Mr. R. H. Khwaja, Special Sectretary, said, “We celebrate special days like this and forget them conveniently. If we had looked after our forests consistently,vegetation, animals and birds would have been in a much better situation today.” Mr. Khwaja regretted the mindless use of natural resources and suggested to take into account the carrying capacity , management and accounting of natural resources while planning, developmental and economic activities. If we do not protect forests, global warming will disturb the environment, he added. School children presented songs, play on the theme of protecting environment, planning trees and stop usage of plastic bags. On the Spot Painting competition was organised in the morning today. The subject of the painting competition was ‘Forests and Biodiversity’. First, second and third prizes were awarded to the winners in each category, that is age group of 5 -8 years, 9- 12 years and 13 -16 years of age.
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Concert in Rashtrapathi Bhawan,

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil with the members of Louis Banks, Sivamani, Niladri Kumar and Hariharan after their concert, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 20, 2010.
The Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit is also seen.
(Photo by PIB No.CNR-30890)

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