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DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2014 (PAGE 7) Corruption did not get worse during UPA regime: Chidambaram NEW DELHI, Jan 30: ing reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), a Blaming constitutional constitutional body. authorities for widespread per- Chidambaram retorted by ception about corruption, saying that corrup- Finance Minister P tion was not only Chidambaram said limited to India, but that the situation is being witnessed was "not worse" in other countries during the UPA also. rule. On large number "I agree there is of Members of corruption...I won't Parliament and state say it got worse," legislator facing President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the Vice President, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, the Prime he told BBC in an criminal chargers, interview, when Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and other dignitaries at the Sarva Dharma Prarthana Sabha, at the the Finance Minister said "that Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Martyr’s Day, at Rajghat, in Delhi on Thursday. asked that 92 per cent of people is no different of what we read, surveyed believe that corruption Sikhs protesting outside the residence of Rahul Gandhi against his statement on 1984 riot in say in The Economist or The situation worsened. New Delhi on Thursday. (UNI) Time Magazine or in The Wall Corruption, the Minister Nation remembers Father of the Street Journal, about law makers said, "has been magnified...We in other countries". Reveal names of Cong men involved are now looking at policy deci- On the prospects of success sions on which there can be of forthcoming general elec- Nation on death anniversary debate as instances of corruption tions, the Minister said and since these have been mag- "(Congress Vice-President) NEW DELHI, Jan 30: Gandhi, Defence Minister AK political parties and people from in 1984 riots: Sikh groups to Rahul nified by some constitutional Rahul Gandhi is young. He has Antony, Home Minister different walks of life also paid authorities, there is a widespread The nation today remem- Sushilkumar Shinde, senior BJP homage to Gandhi. NEW DELHI, Jan 30: involvement in 1984 riots”. second barricade by police. now being named as the leader bered Mahatma Gandhi on his “We want justice. We want Many of them were detained perception that corruption has of the election campaign. He leaders LK Advani and chiefs of A multi-faith prayer service become worse". 66th death anniversary with Several Sikh groups today to know who were those people and taken to Tughlaq Road may lead us to victory in 2014. three services paid tributes to was also organised with reli- The Government, he added, President Pranab Mukherjee staged a protest outside the who were involved in the riots,” police station from where they But even if he doesn't, can you the Father of the Nation at his gious leaders of Hindus, Islam, was aware of the problem and and Prime Minister Manmohan Congress headquarters at 24, said one of the protesters. were later released. assert that he cannot lead us to memorial. Buddhism, Christianity, Jains, Akbar Road and demanded that was dealing with it. Singh leading the country in Asked about Delhi In the interview, Gandhi had victory in the next election?". Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Parsis and Sikhs participating in Congress Vice President Rahul Congress led UPA paying homage to the Father of Government’s decision to set up insisted that the Congress Chidambaram further said Kejriwal and his cabinet minis- the programme. Gandhi reveal the names of Government has faced series of the Nation. ters - Rakhi Birla, Somnath Devotional songs were also a Special Investigation Team to Government in 1984 “was not the Congress led UPA has been party members who were corruption allegations. These Mukherjee, Vice President Bharti, Satyendra Jain - also sung on the occasion. probe the riots cases, he said, aiding and abetting the riots” in office for the past 10 years involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh include 2G spectrum allocation, Hamid Ansari and Singh paid paid homage to the Father of Around 250 students from “We have been demanding an but had tried to stop the vio- and might have made some mis- riots. coal block distribution, Adarsh Nation. different schools were also pres- SIT for the past 25 years. If lence. takes and (also had) successes. floral tributes at Gandhi’s In a recent interview to a TV society and conduct of Besides, number of central ent during the programme. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Congress leaders Jagdish "People will vote and decide memorial in Rajghat here. news channel, Gandhi had said Commonwealth Games. The ministers, leaders of various (PTI) is really with us, we welcome Tytler and Sajjan Kumar are whether they want to re=elect us UPA Chairperson Sonia that “some Congress men were alleged scams surfaced follow- him, but if he is doing politics, facing allegations of involve- or not," he added. (PTI) probably involved in the 1984 we would like to request him ment in the riots which occurred anti-Sikh riots and they have not to do so”. NASA to make water on been punished for it”. in the aftermath of former Prime SC refuses to discharge Jayalalithaa The 200-odd demonstrators The protesters shouted anti- Minister Indira Gandhi’s assas- marched towards the Congress Congress slogans and held up sination on October 31, 1984. headquarters and managed to Moon and oxygen on Mars black flags and placards, one of So far, Delhi Police and CBI from income tax case break the first barricade. They have held probes into the riots. WASHINGTON, Jan 30: have to launch from the Earth of News' reported. which read, “CBI should ques- NEW DELHI, Jan 30: were stopped, however, at the (PTI) dumb mass - things like water NASA plans to launch a mis- tion Rahul Gandhi for Congress NASA is planning to launch In a setback to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, the and air and propellant - means sion called Resource Prospector robotic missions to make water that you can add a pound of that includes a rover with instru- Supreme Court today refused to discharge her and her associate S on the Moon in 2018 and oxy- Sasikalaa from three cases against them for not filing income tax intelligent mass - an experiment, ments to scout for telltale hydro- TMC to go it alone in Lok gen on Mars in 2020. a computer, something designed gen, drill out samples, heat them returns from 1991-94 and set a time limit of four months to com- The Moon mission will be to accomplish some job or give and scan for water vapour and plete the trial. the US space agency's first us some capability," said lunar other volatiles on the moon. A bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan dismissed the attempt to demonstrate in-situ petition filed by them challenging the Madras High Court’s order resource utilisation (ISRU) geologist Paul Spudis, with the Vapour also could be re-con- Sabha polls: Mamata Lunar and Planetary Institute in densed to form a drop of water. which had refused to quash the proceedings against them. beyond Earth. KOLKATA, Jan 30: want a chair. I want to serve the Giving green signal to the trial court to proceed against them, The purpose of ISRU, or Houston. "A lot of the technologies people,” she said. the apex court also vacated the stay order on the trial and directed "living off the land" is to harness "Doing ISRU gives you have broader use than just Kickstarting her party’s Lok “We want removal of cor- the lower court to complete the proceedings within four months. and utilise space resources to incredible leverage because lunar...It's just a convenient loca- Sabha campaign from a mam- ruption and to save the country. The Income Tax department had in 1996-97 launched criminal create products and services you're changing the fraction of tion to be testing the ISRU tech- moth rally here, Trinamool We want an united India. We proceedings against Jayalalithaa, Sasikalaa and Sasi Enterprises, which enable and significantly intelligent-to-dumb mass on nology," said Jason Crusan, Congress supremo Mamata want a Government which of which both were partners, for not filing returns for the assess- reduce the mass, cost, and risk of your spacecraft in favour of the director of Advanced Banerjee today said her party works for harmony and integri- ment years of 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94. near-term and long-term space intelligent part," he said. Exploration Systems at NASA would go it alone in the polls ty,” Banerjee, said amids cheers. The trial court had dismissed their discharge pleas and the exploration. The first in-space ISRU test headquarters in Washington DC. and renewed her call for a feder- Attacking the Centre for Madras High Court had upheld the same in 2006. "Every pound that you don't is targeted for 2018, 'Discovery (PTI) al front. price rise and corruption, she Subsequently, special leave petitions were filed in the apex The West Bengal Chief said, “Our fight is against cor- court against the judgement of the high court. (PTI) Minister also said that the ruption. Our fight is against Trinamool Congress was the price rise. Our fight is for unity, only alternative for the country. Delhi. We are giving a call from integrity and communal harmo- Nation's first monorail to roll “Our fight is against BJP, Bengal for change.” ny. We want to establish a our fight is against Congress, Claiming that the Trinamool Government for the welfare of our fight is against CPI(M). Our Congress would play a decisive the people.” fight is also against corruption,” out in Mumbai on Feb 1 role in the formation of a Pointing to the vast sea of she said at the rally which saw Government after the Lok humanity, she said, “Today’s MUMBAI, Jan 30: lakhs of people converging at Sabha election, Banerjee said, rally is not only historic, it the sprawling Brigade Parade The country's first Monorail service will commence operations “We have to win as many as proves that Bengal will once Ground.

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