DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015 (PAGE 9) 'Akhand Jyot' at Kumbh: 3,617-km Cong will defeat land Conduct Jundal's trial through long wick to keep united video conferencing:NIA to Court NASHIK, July 17: bill in Parliament: Rahul NEW , July 17: spiring to carry out terror through the internet for the 'Maha Kumbh Akhand Jyot', a one-of-its-kind lamp having the JAIPUR, July 17: money stashed abroad, the activities in India, including banned LeT and conspiring to longest wick of 3,617-km, the same as the distance from Kashmir Congress Vice President said, "He Trial against suspected top the 26/11 terror carry out terror activities in to Kanykumari, was illuminated on the opening day of the Sharpening his attack on Prime (Lalit Modi) is sitting in Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terror- attacks and Aurangabad arms India. Simhastha Kumbh here and will continue to burn for all the 108 Minister Narendra Modi, Congress with lakhs of crores. Bring him back ist Abu Jundal, an alleged mas- haul case. Jundal is alleged to be one days. leader Rahul Gandhi today vowed and remove his Government here termind of the 26/11 Mumbai In its plea, NIA had of the masterminds of 26/11 According to the Kumbh organisers, the lotus-shape lamp, lit that his party will defeat the land bill and install a people's Government attacks, should be conducted referred to the resolution Mumbai terror attack in on July 14 by Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray during the flag hoist- if it comes up for passage in instead." through video conferencing as passed by Maharashtra which the lone convict Ajmal ing (dharma dhwaja rohan) ceremony, is 8-ft high and will hold the Parliament during the Monsoon ses- Taking a jibe at his promise of he faces threat to his life, NIA Government saying it "exclude Amir Kasab was hanged. Akhand Jyot up to October 10 as a symbol of India's unity and sion. not doing corruption or allowing it, told a Delhi court today. personal appearance of the Jundal was alleged to be one He also took at a dig at the diversity. Rahul said, "Please fulfil that prom- The National Investigating accused Sayed Zabiuddin of the persons directing the Prime Minister, saying the people Agency (NIA) said Jundal This unique bronze lamp, with a radius of 8 metres, is fed with ise and bring Lalit Modi back and Ansari....After taking into con- terrorists during the attacks will reduce his "56-inch chest" to alias Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, hundreds of litres of Til (sesame) oil everyday and its 4-inch thick remove his Government in sideration the request of from a so-called 'control "5.6 inches" in six months while Government with the British currently lodged in Arthur wick is driven by hand-held machines, former cabinet minister of ". Rahul, who wrapped up Commissioner of Police, room' in Pak-occupied taking repeated jibes at the Government in the pre- Road jail in Mumbai, cannot Maharashtra and Sena leader Babanrao Gholap said. his two-day visit to Rajasthan, Mumbai to exclude the above- Kashmir. Government in Independence era when the be produced here as The wick, prepared by cotton threads woven together has been where he also undertook a 10-km mentioned accused person He is also facing trial in Rajasthan calling it a "Lalit Modi "remote" of the Government was in Maharashtra Government, in bundled into a half-kilometre long ball kept nearby. London, an apparent reference to 'padayatra' and interacted with farm- from personal appearance the 2006 Aurangabad arms Describing the importance of this gigantic Diya, erected adja- sarkar". its May 2013 resolution, appre- before court in various cases haul case lodged under the The Congress Vice President's the beleaguered former IPL chief ers, said, "In earlier times, those who hends that he could be assassi- cent to the Sadhugram, Shri Ramanujacharya Himalay Baba, under Lalit Modi who had earlier close ruled over India had given their registered against him due to provisions of the Maharashtra remarks come at a time when the nated or kidnapped by rivals Control of Organised Crime whose guidance the lamp was set up said, "This is a unique way to Government is planning to bring the links with Raje. powers to London. The same way, possibility of assassination bid during his transit from jail to Act. unify devotees spiritually." contentious land bill in the "The way that Government's your Chief Minister has signed an on the life of accused by rival court. In its charge sheet filed "Our country is spread from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and this Monsoon session of Parliament remote was in London, the same authority in England and said I want group or a bid to kidnap." However, Jundal's counsel against Jundal, NIA had is why we have chosen to keep the wick of the lamp akin to the dis- beginning next week. way the remote control of this to help an absconder but Indian peo- The agency had also said tance between them (two destinations) to unite the country forever advocate M S Khan told the resolution was challenged alleged that in and around Addressing party workers here, Government is in London. He ple should not know. District Judge Amar Nath that culturally," he said. Rahul vowed not to allow passage by Jundal before Bombay 2005, Jundal, along with his presses the button there and here she "In her earlier term as Chief if the trial is conducted through "Whosoever comes here and gets the Darshan of this Diya, is of the Land bill in Parliament even (Vasundhara Raje) jumps," he High Court, but his plea was absconding associate Faiyaz Minister, they did business together video conferencing, his Riyaz Ahmad Kagzi, had bestowed with all sorts of blessings of health, wealth and spiritual- though Modi Government has alleged. dismissed. and Lalit Modi invested money in defence would be adversely joined LeT. ity," he added. thrice issued ordinances to this Accusing the Chief Minister of "By virtue of order passed her son's hotel, which I am told is a affected. In November 2005, they Many devotees visiting the Kumbh were seen overwhelmed by effect. helping a "fugitive" who had by state Government...And Government property," Rahul Khan said he would not be went to Nepal to meet LeT the size and structure of this lamp. "First time such a Government amassed black money, he said, "She order of divisional bench of charged. Citing the film 'Lagaan', able to properly communicate commander Abdul Aziz and Vijay Kumar, an industrialist from Patna who visited the place has come which is helping the broke the Indian laws by helping a Bombay High Court...The jail he said, "The characters in the film with his client through video received a three-day training and got a 'darshan' of the Diya said, "Of course, the Diya has been opposition. Whenever they get an wanted fugitive, a corrupt man who authority is not producing opportunity, Government is helping got united against the British offi- conferencing which would of bomb assembling and IED- structured very well with a blend of science and spirituality, but the made black money". accused Sayed Zabiuddin religious atmosphere here makes all the difference." (PTI) the Congress. On farmers' issue, cers who had their remote control affect his defence in the case. Ansari ... inspite of the pro- making from him, it had said. they have issued an ordinance "Here it is not a Vasundhara He, however, said he would The NIA had also claimed Government, but a Lalit Modi in London. Similarly, Raje duction warrant issued by this thrice. We will not allow the land Government's remote control was write a letter to Jundal to seek court directing jail authority that on his return to India, bill to be passed in Parliament, you Government. Everyone in Jundal fled to Pakistan via in the hands of Lalit Modi in his instruction on the issue, to produce the accused before No city can be 'Smart City' will see. Not a single inch of land Rajasthan knows, this is not a BJP Bangladesh and stayed in London." The Congress leader also after which the court posted it to answer the charges lev- will be given. Government or a Vasundhara Karachi and at the LeT's the matter for further hearing elled," the NIA had said. "This 56-inch chest will turn Government, it is Lalit Modi attacked the BJP Governments in headquarters in Muridke. on August 5. The court here is sched- if children not safe: Rijiju into 5.6 inches in six months. And Government here," he charged. various states by saying, "Here it is He did three training The NIA, in its application uled to hear arguments on who will turn this into 5.6 inches, it Rahul also accused the Prime the Lalit Modi Government, in courses in LeT training , July 17: in the court, has requested that charges in the case in which is the Congress party, people of the Minister of making empty promises Madhya Pradesh it is a Vyapam camps and came in contact the proceedings in the case NIA has chargesheeted Initiatives such as 'Smart City' project cannot be successful country, the farmers and the labour- ahead of elections and now turning Government, in Maharashtra it is a with LeT top operatives, lodged here was required to be Jundal for offences punish- unless children are provided with a safe and secure environment, ers, you will see," Rahul said, taking the other way by remaining silent on Munde Government and in including its chief Hafiz expedited and the trial should able under the IPC and Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today said as he a jibe at the Prime Minister's remark corruption. Chhattisgarh it is a 'dhaan' Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman of "56-inch chest" made at the time be commenced through video Unlawful Activities described the statistics on sexual abuse of children in the country Hitting out at the Prime Minister Government. And the Prime Lakhvi and Zarar Shah, NIA of the Lok Sabha campaign. conferencing. (Prevention) Act for allegedly as discouraging. for talking of giving Rs 15 lakh to Minister with a 56-inch chest is not had alleged, the charge sheet The Congress Vice President NIA had chargesheeted attempting to recruit men The minister further said that the statistics pose serious ques- account holders by bringing in black uttering a single word." (PTI) Jundal here for allegedly con- said. (PTI) tions before the policy makers. also compared the Raje "It is saddening to see the figures of sexual abuse of children in India are not very encouraging... I believe that for a society or a country, the level of progress is determined by how safe the chil- Vyapam scam will be dren are. "Though many child protection legislations have been brought by various Governments, incidents of child abuse pose serious raised in Parliament: Scindia questions before policy makers," Rijiju said while releasing a NEW DELHI, July 17: report on urban children in India. "The critical area of safety of children cannot be overlooked. Congress leader today said the issue of Vyapam Initiatives such as smart city cannot be successful otherwise... No scam will be raised during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament as city can be a smart city if children are not safe in it," he added. he accused Madhya Pradesh Government of "inaction" in probing the mas- 'Forgotten Voices: the world of urban children in India', a report sive irregularities, in which many accused and witnesses have lost their compiled by PwC India and Save the Children, aims at providing lives. a reality check on the situation of urban children as varying pat- "We believe that the delay has been caused on part of the State terns of migration to cities across India make them increasingly Government's inaction over all these years. Many lives have been lost. vulnerable to a variety of risks. Those who gave bribes, many thousands of them are lying in jails but those Noting that the figures of crime against children in two major who have taken bribes are still roaming around free," Scindia said here. cities -- Delhi and Mumbai -- are disappointing, Rijiju said, "Crime He said quick action on the scam and also with regard to the deaths is against children is something which really strikes the mind. It real- very much required. ly effects the way we think about security of our society." Asked whether the Congress will raise Vyapam scam in the Parliament, "We must have a mechanism to deal with that and have a prop- the Congress chief whip said, "Absolutely." er data... As it is the figures we have are not encouraging, but we CBI has registered at least four cases, following Supreme Court's direc- need to analyse much deeper to ensure that our security apparatus tion in this regard, to probe Vyapam scam. functions to ensure that no child is subjected to any kind of abuse," "We have great faith in the judicial system of our country. We are very he added. (PTI) assured now that the Supreme Court has mandated CBI probe. But we would like SC-monitored CBI probe. So that it is time bound and it is trans- parent," said Scindia, Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh's Guna con- TV ads to continue till media does not stituency. Massive irregularities in various professional examinations and show AAP good work: Kejriwal Government job tests conducted by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or 'Vyapam' have been unearthed. The first case in the NEW DELHI, July 17: scam was registered by the state police on July 7, 2013, at Rajendra Nagar Defending the television advertisements issued by the Aam police station in Indore. Aadmi Party Government in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind The scam allegedly involves several state Government officials, former Kejriwal today said the advertisements would continue till the ministers and politicians, mainly belonging to the state's ruling BJP, police media does not show the good work done by his Government. officials said. "If TV channels start running the good deeds of our At least, 55 cases have been registered by the police and 2,000 accused Government, then we will immediately shut this publicity budget. have been arrested, they said. A Government needs to publicise its work," Mr Keriwal said in an Opposition Congress has alleged at least 49 people associated with the interview. scam have so far died under "mysterious" circumstances. (PTI) Talking to the TV channel, Mr Kejriwal said his Government doubled the allocation for education in the Budget but all the Sexual harassment victims allowed media reported was that prices on all items had been increased. So, we had to put up hoardings to tell people that education budg- et has been doubled, Mr Kejriwal said. Mr Kejriwal said there was unnecessary fuss being made about three months paid leave: Govt the Rs 526 crore spend on advertisements. NEW DELHI, July 17: The amount of Rs 526 crore is just 1 per cent of the total budg- et of the Delhi Government. In any case the High Court rejected A complainant in sexual harassment case will be allowed three months the PIL on the Government ads and ruled that the ads were ok, Mr paid leave and she or the charged Government employee can be transferred Kejriwal said. (PTI) to other department during the inquiry, according to a fresh set of strict instructions by the Centre in such cases. The disciplinary authority has been directed not to dispense with the DGCA finalising psychometric inquiry in complaints of sexual harassment lightly, arbitrarily or with ulteri- or motive or merely because the case against the Government servant is weak. test norms for pilots The committees for checking sexual harassment at work place will have NEW DELHI, July 17: the powers to recommend transfer of the aggrieved woman or the charged officer to any other workplace, and to grant leave to the aggrieved woman As the Government looks to make psychometric tests compul- up to a period of three months. "The leave will not be deducted from her sory for pilots in the wake of the Germanwings crash, DGCA is leave account," it said. preparing detailed norms including that for assessment of an indi- Complaints committees have been set up in all ministries and organisa- vidual's mental health at the time of joining a flying training tions under them in pursuance to the judgement of the Supreme Court in the school. Vishakha case. These committees are to be headed by a woman and at least The plan, coming in the aftermath of a Germanwings co-pilot half of its members should be women. deliberately crashing a plane in the Alps in March this year leav- "In case a woman officer of sufficiently senior level is not available in a ing 150 people dead, has been discussed by a three-member panel particular office, an officer from another office may be so appointed. To pre- of the DGCA. vent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from senior levels, Recently, the panel submitted its report to the chief of the such complaints committees should involve a third party, either an NGO or Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), an official said. some other body which is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment," the The report has made a slew of suggestions with regard to Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said in its instructions. assessing the mental health of pilots of domestic carriers and it is The aggrieved woman or complainant is required to make a complaint believed that psychometric tests could be made mandatory for within three months of the incident and in case there has been a series of pilots. To ensure proper assessment, individuals would be subject incidents, three months of the last incident, it said. to psychometric tests at the time of joining a flying training organ- The complaints committee may, however, extend the time limit for rea- isation as well as before being inducted as pilot in a carrier, accord- sons to be recorded in writing, if it is satisfied that the circumstances were ing to the source. such which prevented the complainant from filing a complaint within the Another round of test would be done while the individual goes stipulated period, the DoPT guidelines said. for command of an airline. Again the test would be carried out in Sexual harassment includes physical contact and advances, demand or case some aberrations while carrying out duties are observed, the request for sexual favours, sexually coloured remarks, showing any pornog- official said. raphy and any other unwelcome physical, verbal, non-verbal conduct of a "DGCA is in discussions with various entities including the sexual nature. Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) and DRDO (Defence Besides, implied or explicit promise of preferential or detrimental treat- Research and Development Organisation)," the official added. ment in employment; implied or explicit threat about her present or future Before finalising the norms, the regulator would also hold dis- employment status; interference with her work, creating an intimidating, cussions with pilots. offensive or hostile work environment for her; and humiliating treatment In May, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma likely to affect her health or safety may also amount to sexual harassment, had said that if psychometric tests were in the wider interest of it said. The committee may make recommendations including deduction safety of passengers and civil aviation industry, then the from the salary or wages of the charged officer such sum as it may consid- Government would make it mandatory. er appropriate to be paid to the aggrieved woman or to her legal heirs. A Germanwings co-pilot had deliberately crashed a plane in the "Committee may recommend action to be taken against complainant, if Alps in March, leaving 150 people dead. The co-pilot is believed the allegation is malicious, or the complainant knows it to be false, or has to have suffered some sort of mental breakdown. produced any forged or misleading document. The Committee may also At present, Air India has made psychometric test mandatory for recommend action against any witness if such witness has given false evi- recruitment of trainee pilots (commercial pilot licence holders). dence or produced any forged or misleading document," the DoPT instruc- (PTI) tions read. (PTI)