DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014 (PAGE 7) From page 1 Centre shelves Jammu-Poonch Cameron orders probe into Thatcher Massive searches against rail line project link to Operation Bluestar militants in Sopore elections are due in the The rail link that has to pass Ministerial oversight and Lords,” he added. on Friday and it was extend- Chirhar, Hard Shiva, Yemberzal, State could cost the Congress, through treacherous hilly areas appropriate legal advice.” Some of the documents have ed to adjoining villages after Rishipora, Rampur and Rajpur which was heading the UPA was first approved during the The documents being refer- been reproduced on the “Stop security forces felt that part of of Cherhar forests on Saturday. Government at the Centre, UPA-1 when Lalu Prasad Yadav enced were released by the Deportations” blog that focuses the group had fled to nearby vil- Army's 14, 22 and 30 RR and 5 very dearly. was the Minister. He had also National Archives in London on UK’s immigration policy, lages. Para joined the operation to A hope had generated among got a survey for the railway line under the 30-year declassifica- and claim Thatcher sent an SAS The operation was extended assist the troops who had initial- the people of border districts of conducted. tion rule as part of a series over official to advise Gandhi on the to nearby villages of Marbel, ly cordoned off the area. Rajouri and Poonch and 2008 Sources said the Centre has the New Year. operation. when survey of Jammu-Poonch decided to shelve the project on A “top secret and personal” Watson, an MP for West railway line was taken up, the basis of reports of cost esca- letter, dated February 23, 1984, Bromwich East, said he had CBI reservations over Lokpal Actor Salman Khan flies a kite as Gujarat Chief Minister which had further gained lation as the project was likely nearly four months before the been told there were other docu- claimed that charge sheets contained in Section 173 of the momentum in 2012 when the raid in Amritsar, and titled “Sikh ments that had been withheld. Narendra Modi and others watch during the kite festival in to be delayed beyond prescribed cannot be shown to any authori- Code of Criminal Procedure, Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Centre had declared it as a time period due to treacherous Community”, stated: “The “This is not good enough. It is ty other than the competent 1973, any agency (including the national project. route it had to cover beyond Indian authorities recently not unreasonable to ask for an courts. Delhi Special Police The long pending project Akhnoor due to hilly terrain. sought British advice over a explanation about the extent of So far in the matters referred Establishment (CBI) shall, in Salman flies kite with Modi, stops was then set to see light of the The route would have proved plan to remove Sikh extremists British military collusion with by CVC also, CBI investigated respect of cases referred to it by day. The projects under the very useful for the Army, which from the Golden Temple in the Government of Indira the cases and filed its final the Commission, submit the national category are taken up Amritsar. Gandhi,” he said. had been deployed in large num- report before the competent investigation report to the short of backing him for PM on priority with special financial “The Foreign Secretary He has written to Foreign ber in the two border districts of magistrate but now under the Commission. provisions from the Union decided to respond favourably Secretary William Hague and AHMEDABAD, Jan 14: Rajouri and Poonch. new law, modifications have “The Commission shall con- Government. to the Indian request and, with plans to raise the issue in the been made in the CVC Act as sider every report received by it the Prime Minister’s agreement, House of Commons. Bollywood superstar Salman Khan today lauded Narendra well. under sub-Section(2) from any Modi for development in Gujarat, but stopped short of publicly Kejriwal's Minister under attack an SAD (sic) officer has visited “I think British Sikhs and all Under the new provisions, agency...And may decide as to India and drawn up a plan which those concerned about human endorsing him as the future Prime Minister, saying "the best man Leader of the Opposition in getting over 1 crore members an investigating officer cannot a) file charge sheet or closure has been approved by Mrs rights will want to know exactly should become the PM". Delhi Assembly, Harsh Vardhan by January 26. proceed to file the final report report against the public servant Gandhi. The Foreign Secretary the extent of Britain’s collusion "God should decide who is the best man for the country and the said, “It has been proved that he Senior party leader Gopal without showing it to the CVC b) initiate the departmental pro- believes that the Indian with this period and this episode best man should be the PM," Khan, who was in town for promot- was caught tampering with evi- Rai, who is over-seeing the in the cases which have been ceedings or any other appropri- Government may put the plan and will expect some answers ing his film 'Jai Ho', told reporters at Ghatlodia in the city standing dence in Patiala House Court. routed to it through the anti-cor- ate action against the concerned national membership drive, into operation shortly.” from the Foreign Secretary,” he alongside Modi, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, during the “Even the Judge has ruption watchdog. public servant by competent said over 6.6 lakh people Lord Singh, director of the said. annual kite festival organised as part of Makar Sankranti festival. observed this. In such a situa- “Notwithstanding anything authority,” the Act said. (PTI) joined the party by giving a Network of Sikh Organisations “But trying to hide what we Notwithstanding persistent media queries about whether he tion, I think the people of Delhi missed call on a mobile num- in the UK, told : “These docu- did, not coming clean, I think backed the Gujarat Chief Minister as next prime minister, Salman, demand Somnath Bharti’s resig- Indo-Pak troops exchange sweets ber followed by 4.5 lakh who ments prove what Sikhs have would be a very grave error and whose remarks have often set off controversies, refused to be nation and if Delhi Chief registered as members through suspected all along, that plans to I very much hope that the for- Control greeted each other Last year's there was major drawn into a fresh one. Minister Arvind Kejriwal talks its website. invade the Golden Temple went eign secretary will...Reveal the on the auspicious occasion of confrontation along the LoC "I belong to the film line. I can clearly answer questions on about ethics, then he should Over 1 lakh SMSes were back months even though the documents that exist and give us Milad and also exchanged after killing of two soldiers in films. On politics, because of my limited knowledge I will not be sack his minister,” he said. sent to the (mobile) number Indian Government was claim- an explanation to the House of sweets", the spokesman added. Mendhar sector on January 8, able to give clear answers. If I begin answering your questions, I Arvinder Singh Lovely, and the rest of the people have ing even weeks before that there Commons and to the country "These meetings have 2013, and beheading of Lance will get trapped," Salman, apparently wiser with experience, said. President of State unit of joined the party by manually were no such plans.” about the role of Britain at that gained importance in light of the Naik Hemraj. This was followed "Modi Saheb should definitely get whatever is in his destiny, he Congress which gives outside filing a form. “I have already approached very difficult time for Sikhism measures being instituted by by killing of 5 soldiers in must. Modi Saheb has brought so much progress to Gujarat," the support to AAP Government, “We have finished training the Indian Government through and Sikhs.” actor said. said law protector has become a of our volunteers. We will the High Commission of India Five months after Operation With journalists still not giving up trying to prod the superstar law breaker. A party that came soon start over 300 district for the need of an independent Bluestar, Gandhi was assassi- into making a clear statement about his prime ministerial prefer- to power on the basis of morali- camps and hold membership international enquiry to estab- nated by her Sikh bodyguards in ence, he said,"I am not from Gujarat. I come from Bandra in ty should question its own con- camps. Our volunteers will do lish the exact facts. I will now retaliation for the raid on the Mumbai and for me the best candidates are Baba Siddique and science. door-to-door campaigining for raise the issue in the House of Golden Temple. (PTI) Priya Dutt. My agreeing or disagreeing will not matter much. “Are you such a big man getting more people to join the "For you Modi Saheb is the best man and for me it is Baba that when there is a sting opera- party,” Rai said. Siddique and Priya Dutt. May the best win," Salman said as crowd tion against you, then it is incor- With the party receiving Come clean on Bluestar: BJP, Akalis chanted Modi! Modi! rect. If a court gives any ver- complaints that many people Following this, British to plan operation," Brar said. "I like him very much. He is a great man, he is doing a lot for dict, then you raise question were not able to join it Prime Minister David Cameron He said the veracity of the State. I wish Modi Saheb all the best in his life," Salman said. over that verdict. What you do because of the busy mobile today ordered an urgent inves- these documents must be The actor, who earlier met Modi over lunch, said," I wish peo- is right and what others do is network, it announced two tigation into the issue. checked. "There was no ple of all states shower love on their chief minister the way you do wrong? more mobile numbers Punjab's ruling Akali Dal involvement (of UK) in it on Modi. This is our first meeting and I want more to come." “They should ask their con- (08082807715/ 08082807715) said the involvement of a for- whatsoever. As far as these Modi, sporting a cream-colour jacket and shades, was seen science if they have one, what on which people can either eign nation in issues concern- documents are concerned, I laughing heartily as the actor spoke. they are doing is just or send SMSes or call to become ing internal security matters suggest that the authenticity of The actor had stirred a major controversy by his remark that not...Today the people of Delhi members. has caused a lot of concern to these must be checked." 26/11 terror attack had got so much attention because the "elite" want to know whether is this Rai claimed the party has Sikhs. In Amritsar, radical outfit Indo-Pak Army officers exchange sweets at Aman Setu in Uri were targeted. ethical,” said Lovely. so far received support from Alleging that the 'conspira- Dal Khalsa said, "the Sikh sector on Tuesday. "It was the elite that was targeted this time. Five star hotels and At a press conference, across the country in its mem- cy' was hatched in January, diaspora has been deeply hurt" stuff. So they panicked. Then they got up and spoke about it. My Bharti claimed he was not bership campaign but it got 1984, Akali leader Naresh and wrote to British Premier India and Pakistan to restore August last year in Poonch sec- question is why not before. Attacks have happened in trains and indicted by the court. He even maximum support from North Gujral said, "You invited a for- urging him to clear the air. normalcy at the Line of Control. tor leading to escalation of ten- small towns too, but no one talked about it so much," he had told faulted the court saying it was Indian States. eign country for your internal The chief of SGPC, apex This initiative has been widely sion along the LoC. a Pakistani TV channel, triggering an uproar. (PTI) erroneous on the part of the “We have received maxi- security matter, India has never religious body of the Sikhs, appreciated by the local popula- However, the situation Judge to say “conversation” mum support from Uttar done so before." Avtar Singh Makkar said the tion as it further reinforces the improved by the end of 2013 with prosecution witness Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, commitment of the Indian Army and no major incident of the Congress to take up retail FDI amounts to tampering of proof. "The party (Congress) news has left the Sikhs Madhya Pradesh and towards ensuring tranquility, ceasefire violation has taken “What is prohibited is intim- had even gone to the extent of numbed. Rajasthan. We have also peace and prosperity in the place since then. idation. Conversation is not compromising national sover- Jaitley said instead of received good response from region", the spokesman said. issue in Delhi Assembly: Lovely prohibited,” he said. eignty for political gains," exploring alternative methods Gujarat and Maharashtra,” Rai Kejriwal said they want the SAD secretary Daljit Singh of evacuating extremists holed NEW DELHI, Jan 14: said. media to show the recording to Cheema said in Chandigarh, up in the Golden Temple, the Decision soon on NIA's move In the South, the party has the nation. asking the Congress-led UPA Government went ahead with Expressing surprise at the "arbitrary" decision of the AAP received maximum support “You decide what evidence to come clean on the matter the operation and hurt Sikh Government to disallow FDI in multi-brand retailing, the Congress from Karnataka, particularly to prosecute marines has been tampered with after after reports "exposed nefari- sentiments. party plans to take up the issue in the State Assembly. Bangalore city, followed by watching the recording. We ous designs of Congress "If British Government was NEW DELHI, Jan 14: prosecute the two Italian "I don't think there is legal backing for what (Delhi) Tamil Nadu, Kerela and against Sikhs". being consulted in February marines. Government has done. We will call for a discussion on the matter respect the court but in this The Home Ministry is likely Andhra Pradesh. 1984, it only lends credence to The meeting, attended by in the Delhi Assembly," Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee matter the court is wrong...The Lt Gen (retd) Kuldeep to decide in the next few days on Judge called the sting opera- The party also announced Singh Brar, who commanded the fact that Government of External Affairs Minister (DPCC) chief Arvinder Singh Lovely told reporters here today of Adarsh Shastri, grandson of NIA's move seeking sanction to Salman Khurshid and Law after meeting Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. tion as tampering of evidence. the Army division that carried India neither believed in nip- prosecute two Italian marines This is not tampering of evi- late Prime Minister Lal out Operation Bluestar, ping the problem at the initial Minister Kapil Sibal, looked Besides Lovely, Congress MLA Haroon Yusuf was present at Bahadur Shastri, joining the accused of killing two Kerala the meeting. dence,” Kejriwal said. claimed the operation was stage nor in exploring alterna- into various ways through party along with former IPS fishermen under a law which In a major policy reversal, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Information and planned and executed by tive methods of evacuating the which a solution could be found officer Uday Sahay. provides only death penalty. Government wrote to the Centre to withdraw the approval given by Broadcasting Minister Manish Indian military forces and extremists from the Golden to come out of the peculiar situ- Asked what prompted him The National Investigation the previous Sheila Dikshit Government for FDI in multi-brand Tewari said that the AAP had questioned the veracity of such Temple. ation that the Home Ministry is to become a member of the Agency (NIA) has sought the retailing in Delhi, saying the entry of global chains such as claimed to have set high stan- documents that indicated for- "It wanted to invade the facing. party, Shastri, a former head of Home Ministry's nod to prose- Walmart and Tesco in India would cause large-scale job losses. dards of public morality and eign advice ahead of the action. sacred precincts of the Golden One of the emerging sugges- the Apple (West India), said he cute them under the Suppression tions was that after pressing the Asked if the Congress would withdraw support to the minority the nation was watching "I just cannot believe any of Temple no matter even if it liked the “conviction” the of Unlawful Acts Against Safety charges under SUA, the NIA AAP Government on the FDI issue, Lovely said, "It is not the whether they would walk the this because the operation was hurt the national interest and party has. of Maritime Navigation and may tell the trial court not to question of withdrawing support. But one thing is sure -- that we talk. planned and executed by mili- certainly the interests of the Probed further whether he Fixed Platforms on Continental award the accused death penalty will go and see the details and legality of the letter (written to the Meanwhile, with its on- tary commanders in India. We Sikhs," he said. (PTI) Shelf Act (SUA) for killing the going nation-wide member- was keen to contest Lok Sabha if found guilty, citing India's Commerce Ministry)." never saw anyone from the UK fishermen off Kerala coast on He said a letter that the AAP had written to the Congress did ship drive, AAP claimed over elections on an AAP ticket or commitment to Italy. coming here and telling us how February 15, 2012. not mention the issue of FDI in multi-brand retailing. 10 lakh people joined the out- had applied for a party ticket, Accused Massimiliano Sources said the Ministry is "If the Government has to take some major decisions, there are fit in the last five days. he said “if the party thinks, I Latorre and Salvatore Girone, in a fix over the NIA move as certain procedures which need to be followed. We are surprised -- The party also announced will contest...I have not who were on board Italian ves- BJP revokes suspension of 5 MLAs under SUA, if anyone causes this is an arbitrary decision. A minority Government cannot one Adarsh Shastri, grandson of applied for any ticket”. sel 'Enrica Lexie' and now the BJP, sources said. Legislative Assembly Mubarak death, he or she will be awarded day write a letter and say that Delhi will not have FDI," Lovely former Prime Minister Lal Former IRS officer lodged in New Delhi's Italy State BJP president Jugal Gul about the party decision of with only death penalty but said. Commerce Minister Sharma described the Delhi Bahadur Shastri, and former Jeetendra Kumar Shukla, senior Embassy premises, allegedly Kishore, BJP legislature party revoking suspension of five India has already assured Italy Government's decision to disallow FDI in multi-brand retailing as IPS officer Uday Sahay have Supreme Court lawyer Santosh shot dead the two fishermen. leader Ashok Khajuria, former MLAs and taking them back in that the offence would not war- "abrupt, irresponsible and ill-considered," saying India is not a joined it. Kumar, social entrepreneur The NIA completed its State presidents of the party the party. rant death under established banana republic where policy decisions can be reversed. (PTI) AAP had kick-started the Richa Pandey Mishra, ‘Career probe after questioning four Launcher’ founder Satya Shamsher Singh and Dr Nirmal With the revocation of sus- jurisprudence. Italian marines, who were wit- membership drive campaign Faced with the peculiar situ- Narayanan R also joined the Singh were among those who pension, the number of mem- ness to the incident, through ‘Mein Bhi Aam Aadmi’ on attended the meeting and dis- bers of BJP legislature party ation, the Home Ministry is January 10, with an aim of party. (PTI) video conferencing after their US to hand over 3 stolen cussed the measures for further has risen from four to nine. examining various provisions of refusal to come to India. strengthening the party in It may be recalled that even law but is yet to take a decision The Supreme Court had Despite expending Rs 4.74 cr, 4 Industrial Jammu and Kashmir. after suspension of seven on NIA's move. shifted the case to Delhi, saying sandstone sculptures to India Following the latest devel- MLAs from the party, the Home Minister Sushilkumar Kerala Police has no jurisdic- Estates fail to yield desirable results opment, sources said, State Speaker had not taken any Shinde recently chaired a high- tion over it and backed the NEW YORK, Jan 14: BJP president Jugal Kishore decision on fate of the sus- level meeting to discuss NIA's Government's decision to hand Department", Krishan Lal, According to Suresh The US will hand over to India three stolen Indian sandstone and Legislature Party leader pended MLAs on the ground request seeking sanction to over the case to NIA. (PTI) General Manager, District Chander, General Manager, Ashok Khajuria are all set to that the matter was pending in sculptures valued at more than USD 1.5 million, in a display of Industries Centre (DIC) Reasi District Industries Centre formally convey the Speaker the court. cooperation between the two countries following a month-long row said when contacted, adding Kishtwar, four more persons Air travellers can now approach over the arrest and indictment of an Indian diplomat here. "we have taken up the matter have shown interest in setting Indo-Pak Secys meet today The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) with the concerned authorities up of their units in the DGCA directly with complaint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and INTERPOL and hopefully the land will be Industrial Estate. He, at the senior official said. of the External Affairs Washington will participate in a "cultural repatriation ceremony with transferred in near future". same time, said, "the Commerce and Industry Ministry has said that the NEW DELHI, Jan 14: India" at the Indian Consulate General, when the federal authorities Similarly, no unit has been Government is in the process Minister Anand Sharma and meeting of the Commerce will hand over the three stolen sculptures to Consul General established in Industrial Estate of identifying 217 kanals more Pakistan’s State Minister for Ministers of the two countries Now, harried air travellers can lodge their complaint on any Dnyaneshwar Mulay today. at Dandi Bhaderwah till date land for setting up of one more Commerce and Textile Khurram could not be construed as problem faced by them relating to flights or airport facilities The artefacts include a sculpture of Lord Vishnu and Goddess mainly because of the fact that Industrial Estate". He, howev- Dastagir Khan will meet on resumption of dialogue directly to aviation regulator DGCA for speedy action. Lakshmi, a sandstone sculpture of Vishnu and Parvati and a black- stone figure of Bodhisattva. raw material and market aspects er, could not specify as to what January 18. process. With a growing number of complaints being received on a HSI Executive Associate Director James Dinkins and INTER- were not thoroughly pondered purpose identification and Khan is coming here for the The Commerce Secretaries daily basis, a special cell called SUGAM has been set up within POL Washington Director Shawn Bray will be in attendance at the upon before development of acquiring of more land would Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to address the SAARC Business Leaders of India and Pakistan met last ceremony. The statues were seized by HSI special agents here. The Industrial Estate, sources said. serve when the existing difficulties faced by the passengers. Conclave. time in September, 2012. exchange comes just days after diplomat Devyani Khobragade was When approached, General Industrial Estate has failed to The trade liberalisation During that meeting, both the The cell, headed by Joint Director General Lalit Gupta, has been tasked by DGCA chief Prabhat Kumar to first acknowledge asked to leave the US after she was accorded diplomatic immunity Manager, DIC Doda, Dalmir yield desirable results. process between the two sides had emphasised on the by the State Department and indicted on charges of visa fraud and Choudhary said, "we have made "Similarly, the Industrial nations was hit after the need to increase trade traffic the complaint electronically and direct the airline or airport operator concerned to address the issues "latest within a fort- making false statements regarding the employment terms of her allotments to seven interested Estate at Dewal in Billawar area beheading of an Indian soldier through the Railways. domestic worker Sangeeta Richard. persons but none came forward of Kathua district has failed to in January last year. They had also agreed to night", DGCA officials said. The cell would also seek replies from airlines and airports on To ensure full diplomatic immunity from criminal charges for for establishment of units", meet the objective behind its Besides, Pakistan missing encourage two-way invest- Khobragade, India had transferred her to its Permanent Mission to a monthly basis on the complaints made and take "suitable adding "one person has raised a development", sources said. the deadline for granting the ment and enhance investor the UN from the Indian Consulate, where she was deputy Consul action" in case of non-compliance by them, they said. structure but the same is not The fate of these Industrial Most Favoured Nation (MFN) confidence on both sides. General at the time of her arrest in December. being put to any use". Estates substantiates the news status to India is also not going Besides, both had emphasised A dedicated e-mail id, '[email protected]', has been creat- Incidentally, the repatriation ceremony will take place at the As far as Industrial Estate at item carried by EXCELSIOR on down well with Indian author- on the need to eliminate non- ed in the DGCA website for the complaints to be lodged, they Indian Consulate, which had been Khobragade's office before she Sangrambhata is concerned, December 25 mentioning that ities. trade barriers and enhance air said. was transferred to the Indian mission at the UN. only two units have come up till vital surveys are not being con- Pakistan was to grant the connectivity between the two DGCA already has stringent rules to tackle flyers' problems, The ceremony is among the first displays of cooperation between date thereby indicating the pace ducted for assessing the indus- status in December 2012 by nations. including when flights are cancelled or inordinately delayed. the two nations following the diplomatic row that saw retaliatory with which the industrialization trial potential, which is other- eliminating the negative list of The bilateral trade between It is understood that work is also being undertaken to estab- actions by India, including removing security barricades from out- is taking place in backward and wise imperative before setting 1,209 items. the two countries stood at USD lish a separate mechanism to tackle corruption within DGCA side the US embassy in New Delhi and barring American officials rural areas, sources informed. up of Industrial Estates. Meanwhile, a spokesperson 2.60 billion in 2012-13. (PTI) itself. (PTI) access to duty-free liquor. (PTI)