USA ffairs9 OpE d1 9 Lifestyle 27 SpiritualA wareness3 0 The South Asian Times NEW YORK EDITION Excellence In Journalism Vol. 4 | No.12 | July 9-15, 2011 | 60 Cents TheSouthAsianTimes.info Indian-American JAINA’s 16th Deadlock over Parsi community broadcaster fles age Convention in Houston separate Telangana, created modern discrimination suit – a huge success protests hot up India: Amitav Ghosh National Community, JAINA Convention, India Newswire, Features, Page 7 Pages 16-18 Page 12 Page 26 Pakistan turns 2G scam claims another ‘new front line’ minister: Maran quits of war on terror Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran is second DMK minister to exit Manmohan government in the spectrum scam. 53 percent of terror plots worldwide since 2004 involved jihadists, like Tehrik-e-Taliban and LeT cadres, trained in Pakistan. New Delhi/Chennai: Union While the government and the showed complicity in the scam. Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Ma- Congress party did not comment on Thursday’s turn of events is Toronto: Pakistan is now the resistance to the country’s govern- ran resigned Thursday following the big political development, an likely to impact both the shape of new front in the war on terror as it ment, the draconian imposition of allegations of involvement in the emboldened opposition described impending cabinet shufe and deli- has become a new safe haven for al- Sharia law and the waging of war 2G spectrum scam, becoming the it as “too little too late” and sought cately poised relations between the Qaeda, says the Canadian media a against NATO forces in Afghanistan. second DMK minister after A. resignation of Home Minister P. Congress and the DMK. day after the country blacklisted the Because of these militant outts Raja to exit the cabinet. Chidambaram, who they alleged 2G scam continued on page 4 Pakistani Taliban and started with- Pakistan has become “the main drawal from Afghanistan Tuesday. staging area for terrorist plots “The war on terror has shifted, around the world and - despite the Kerala temple and Pakistan is its new front li ne,” United States’ assassination of Osa- said the daily National Post. ma bin Laden in Abbotabad - a new treasure could be “These two events (blacklisting safe-haven for al-Qaeda.” of the Pakistani Taliban and the Quoting a study by the New worth $100 billion start of withdrawal from Afghani- America Foundation, the paper stan) encapsulate a shift, not only said 53 percent of terror plots New Delhi: The billion), believes former chief sec- for Canada, but for all other na- worldwide since 2004 involved valuables found in retary of Kerala CP Nair. tions on the front lines of the war jihadists trained in Pakistan, com- the secret cellars of As per a report, Thursday, the on terror. For a number of years, pared to six percent in Yemen and Kerala’s famous Sree former bureaucrat claims that the those lines have been shifting three percent in Iraq. Pakistani ji- Padmanabhaswamy estimated market value of the trea- southeast, from Afghanistan to hadi groups have directed 44 per- Temple in Thiru- sures unearthed from the temple Only ve of the six secret cellars of Padmanab-- Pakistan,” the paper said. cent of the terror plots since then, vananthapuram makes it the richest temple in the haswamy Temple have been opened, yielding It said the Tehrik-e-Taliban is according to the paper. world. could be worth Rs Gold idols, ornaments and other valuables. very dangerous as its “stated goal” is War on terror continued on page 4 5 lakh crore ($100 Kerala treasure continued on page 4 Tristate Community 3 TheSouthAsianTimes.info July 9-15, 2011 Dirtier air and higher power bills Another accolade for for NY if nuclear plant closes Dr Leena Doshi Gov. Cuomo is determined to close the Indian Point plant but Mayor Bloomberg has said it cannot be shut down for the next 4-5 years. New York: Shuttering the Indian down “for the next four or five deter the governor. He reiterated a Point nuclear power plant, 35 miles years.” That position could leave statement from last month that said north of Manhattan, would lead to him at odds with Gov. Andrew M. that “the governor’s longstanding significantly dirtier air and higher Cuomo, who has told executives of position with respect to closing In- electric bills for New York City res- Indian Point’s owner, Entergy, that dian Point has been clear, and this idents, according to a report com- he was determined to close the administration intends to follow missioned by the city. plant, which stands along the Hud- through with implementing that The report concludes that, for the son River about 35 miles north of policy.” next several years, there probably Midtown. Three projects are under way that will not be enough new power gen- The licenses for the plant’s reac- could replace some of the power erated to replace the 2,000 MW pro- tors are scheduled for renewal in that would be lost if Indian Point duced by the two reactors at Indian 2013 and 2015. Together, the reac- closed. But even after the comple- Point. That shortfall could leave the tors produce as much as 25 percent tion of all three — power plants in city with a less reliable supply of of the power consumed in Consoli- Astoria, Queens, and Bayonne, N.J., electricity and a greater risk of dated Edison’s service area, which and a transmission cable from New brownouts, the report finds. includes New York City and Jersey to Manhattan — there would Dr Leena Doshi, the founder of Doshi Diagnostic Imaging Services, Those findings reinforce the stat- Westchester County. not be enough power to meet the receiving Award for Leadership and Community Service from former ed views of Mayor Michael R. Asked for a response to the report, standards for reliability required in President of India APJ Abdul Kalam on June 23, 2011 Bloomberg, who has said that Indi- Josh Vlasto, a spokesman for Mr. the city, the report says. in a Convention at Hotel Hilton, New York.ork. an Point probably cannot be shut Cuomo, indicated that it would not When demand for electricity rises in the summer of 2016, the first er from up north into the city, but Point’s output would require more peak period after the reactors could it’s four or five years before they get fuel-burning plants. be retired, “given the current here.” A shutdown also would drive up prospects for new capacity in New On another issue important to the the wholesale cost of electricity in York, resource adequacy will fall mayor, the report says that a shut- the city and state by about 10 per- below acceptable levels at that down of Indian Point “would sub- cent, or a total of $1.5 billion a year, point,” it says. stantially reduce the possibility” of it says. That would translate to a rise Last week, the mayor addressed achieving the goals for reducing the of 5 percent to 10 percent in the that potential problem in a radio in- city’s carbon emissions that were amount residential customers pay terview. “If you want to shut down laid out in Mr. Bloomberg’s long- Con Edison for the electricity they Indian Point, you probably cannot term plan known as PlaNYC. It es- consume. Those consumers also do it for four or five years anyways timates that the amount of carbon would most likely bear some of the because we don’t have alternative emissions and nitrogen oxides in the costs of the subsidies that would be power sources,” Mr. Bloomberg air in the city and state would in- necessary to entice developers to A view of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, 35 miles said. “Now, there are plants being crease by at least 5 percent to 10 build new power plants, the report north of Manhattan. built and power lines bringing pow- percent because replacing Indian says. Shri Sanatan Mandir, Rameshbhai Oza holds Speed up visas for Parsippany, NJ, organ- ized a three day religious discourses in NJ Indians in US: Punjab discourse on Shrimad New Delhi: The Punjab govern- the backlog. Bhagawat Dasham ment has asked the external affairs Bath told reporters here soon af- Skandh “Bal Krishna ministry to remove hurdles faced ter his meeting with Kaur that she Lila” by world renowned by people of Indian origin ( PIO) in assured to address the PIOs' issue, the US in obtaining visa to visit In- not just of the US, but from other saint Rameshbhai dia. dia. Punjab Non-Resident Indian countries too. “Bhaishri” Oza. The (NRI) Affairs Minister Captain He said during his recent visit to Katha offered the atten- Balbir Singh Bath, who met Union the US, several PIOs from Punjab dees a unique opportuni- Minister of State for External Af- had brought to his notice the delay ty to learn and under- fairs Preneet Kaur here, also asked in getting visas to visit India for stand the life of Lord the central government to expedite both business purposes and to meet the visa applications from PIOs in their family members and rela- Krishna in Gokul & the US from his state and to clear tives. Vrindavan 4 Community July 9-15, 2011 TheSouthAsianTimes.info Tristate Community 5 TThheeSSoouutthhAAssiiaannTTiimmeess..iinnffoo JJuully99-- 1155,2200 1111 5 Indians in Carnegie Corporation’s IRS revives amnesty program “Americans by Choice” list for foreign accounts holders New York: Forty-five women from Temple University. Desai the Center for Advanced Study New York: The Internal Revenue and men from around the world graduated from the Indian in the Behavioral Sciences.