VOL: 3 ISSUE 7Chennai, July 29, 2009

New Delhi, July 29:

PrimeMinisterManmohan Singhon Wednesdaydispelled reportsthat Pakistan hashanded over anydossier onBalochistan toIndia.Hisclarification cameduring the debateon the Indo-Pak joint statementissued at Sharm-el-Sheikh after hismeeting with PakPM Yusuf RazaGilani.At the start ofthe debate, senior BJPleader Yashwant Sinhatried to corner thegovernmentover thealleged “selloff” to Pakistanin Egypt. Healleged thatIndia hascommitted ablunder byagreeing to de-link actionagainst terrorby Pakistan tothe resumptionof thecompositedialogue.Launching apersonal attack, Sinhasaid that the PM walkedinto the Pakistani camp inEgypt.Sinha alsocame down heavily onthe PM over the inclusionof Balochistan in the jointstatement. He pointedlyasked the PM to comeclear on the issue andasked him whetherreports of Pakistanhanding over a dossierdetailing India’s allegedrole in Balochistan beenhanded in Egypt.The PM, at this juncture, intervened andsaid, “No dossier onBalochistan has beenhanded over to me.”However, thePM will later give adetailed reply on all issuepertaining to the talks withPakistan, the end useragreement with US andparlays at the G8.In another majorrelated development,media reports are nowquoting Pak PM Gilani assaying that they havesought no information onIndia’s role in Balochistan.

No Balochistan dossier fromPakistan: PM tells Parliament

New Delhi, July 29

: TheBJP Wednesday launcheda frontal assault on thegovernment forcompromising on India'sstated position on Pakistanin the Sharm-el-Sheikh joint statement and said the'waters of the seven seaswill not be able to wash theshame' brought on thecountry through this flawedinitiative."The distinctionbetween the aggressor andthe victim has beencompletely obliterated,"Bharatiya Janata Partyleader Yashwant Sinha,also a former foreignminister, said while alludingto a line in the jointstatement that says bothcountries recogniseterrorism as the "chiefthreat".Sinha wasspeaking during a debateon the July 16 India-Pakistan joint statement inparliament that was issuedafter talks between PrimeMinister Manmohan Singhand his Pakistanicounterpart Yousuf RazaGilani at Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt. Thecontroversial statement,which delinks action onterror from the compositedialogue process, hasbeen decried by theopposition as acapitulation to Pakistanover the issue ofterrorism.Sinha alsoexposed what he called"a complete turnaround"in the government'sposition on terrorismemanating from Pakistanin less than a month fromManmohan Singh'smeeting with PakistanPresident Asif Ali Zardariin Yekaterinburg on June16 and his meeting withGilani on July 16.AtYekaterinburg,Manmohan Singh hadtold Zardari withinearshot of the media thathe had "a limitedmandate" to tell him thatthe Pakistani territoryshould not be allowed tobe used for terror attacksagainst India. A monthlater, the discussionsmoved beyond terrorismto cover other issues aswell, Sinha contended."InYekaterinburg, the primeminister was confidentand assertive and wewere proud of him. Butthere was a completeturnaround in the statedposition in less than amonth," Sinha said,describing the November2008 Mumbai carnageas "an attack of Pakistanon India".Sinha alsoattacked the governmentfor including a referenceto Balochistan in the jointstatement that hasemboldened Pakistanileaders to accuse Indiaof involvement infomenting insurgency inthe region."Why wasBalochistan included in abilateral document? Nosooner was the ink dry onthe joint statement,Pakistani leaders wereaccusing India ofsupporting insurgency inBalochistan?" he said."All the watersof seven seas will notwash the shame atSharm-el-Sheikh," Sinhasaid amid applause fromopposition benches.This elicited a quickintervention fromManmohan Singh. Theprime minister toldparliament that Pakistandid not give any dossierto India on Balochistanwhen he met Gilani inEgypt, as was reportedby a section of the mediain Pakistan."No suchdossier was given,"Manmohan Singh said.

Seven seas will not wash shame atSharm el-Sheikh: BJP

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Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore, July 29 :

Thescientists of Tamil NaduAgricultural University(TNAU) have developed aherbal insect repellentbased on the physio-chemical properties ofsweet flag (Vasambu inTamil), commonly used inhouseholds for itstherapeutic values.Dr S JayarajanNelson, Professor(Entomology), AgriculturalTiruchirapall

, July 29 :

: Thetrial run on the newlyconverted broad gaugerailway line, betweenMayiladuthurai andVillupuram, will take placeon July 31, DivisionalRailway Manager SSubramhanyan said today.Talking tonewspersons here, he said

Virudhunagar, July 29 :

:Rattled by series ofexplosions in privatecracker manufacturingunits that claimed 22 livesin a span of nine days, inand around Sivakasi town,known for its fireworksmanufacturing reputation,Tamil Nadu governmenthas ordered for a majorcrack down againstunlicensed cracker units,godowns and units lackingadequate safety norms.As part of themajor drive, officials ofpolice and revenuedepartments begun a jointoperation, this morning.Led byVirudhunagarSuperintendent of PoliceKrishnamurthy, a team,comprising two Revenue

Puducherry , July 29 :

Thebudget session of thePuducherry assembly willbegin from August 3, withthe customary addess bythe new Lt Governor IqbalSingh.Chief Minister VVaithilingam, holding theFinance portfolio willpresent the full budget onAugust 5. This will be hisfirst budget since heassumed the post afterreplacing N Rangasamy onSeptember 4 last year.This will also bethe first full budget sessionafter the Lok Sabha poll onMay 13 in which CongressCollege and ResearchInstitute, Killikulam,Thoothukudi District,said, ''The extract fromthe rhizomes of this plantcontains an alkaloid,which is a potent insectrepellent.'' ''This extract isnow made into a dustform to enable farmers toapply on crops. It isreported to be veryeffective against rice earhead bug. This herbalgauge convertion in 120km distance, betweenMayiladuthurai andVillupuram, had beencompleted at a cost of Rs220 crore.Referring to theproposed Rs 900 croredoubling project betweenVillupuram andTiruchirapalli, he saidDivisional Officers, 21VillageAdministrative Officersand more than 600 policemen drawn fromVirudhunagar andMadurai divided intoseveral groups, wereconducting intensivesearch in the crackerunits.In an informalchat with newspersons,Krishnamurthy said theteams seized illegallymanufactured and storedcrackers worth Rs 20lakh fromVijayakarisalkulam andVetrilaiurani villages andarrested three women inthis connection.The raid, whichwas going on as per theinstructions from Districtnominee VNarayanasamy (who hassince become UnionMinister of State forPlanning, ParliamentaryAffairs and Culture)wrested the lone LokSabha seat from PMK.The Assemblyhas 30 elected membersand three nominatedrepellent is highly eco-friendly without anyproblem of pesticideresidues,'' according to aTNAU press releasehere today.The TNAU hasgiven licence to M/sBhuvi Care (Private) Ltd,Tirunelveli, for largescaleproduction andmarketing of this herbalinsect repellent, therelease added.work in the 53 kmdistance betweenAriyalur and Valadi wouldbe taken up in the firststage.The wholeproject would becompleted within 18months, he added.Collector Ms SigyThomas Vaidhyan, wouldcontinue for some moredays, he added.One of theteams seized 20 bundlesof unaccounted crackersfrom the house of a Sub-Inspector of Police atVijayakarisalkulamvillage during the raid.The policeofficial, Gurusamy, whoserved in Sivakasi townpolice station and latersuspended fordereliction of duty a fewmonths ago, waspresently working inChennai. The house wasgiven for rental by him.Further investigationswere on, the sourcesadded.members. The Congresshas 10, DMK seven,PMC and Independentsthree each. Theopposition AIADMK hasthree members, PMKtwo CPI and MDMK oneeach. The threenominated members areone each on the side ofCongress, CPI and PMK.

TNAU develops herbal insect repellentTrial run on newly convertedbroad gauge on July 31Tamil Nadu orders crack downof illegal cracker unitsBudget session of PuducherryAssembly begins on August 3

Chennai, Jul 29 :

TheMadras High Court todaystayed the operation of asingle judge's order toimpose cost on Union ITMinister A Raja and hiswife in a civil defamationcase.While admittingthe petitions filed by Mrand Ms Raja, a divisionbench comprisingJustices K RavirajaPandian and AJanarthana Rajadirected the JuniorVikadan Publications tofile their counter withintwo weeks.On July 23,

Tiruchirapalli, Jul 29 :

Atwo-day awareness expoon Non CommunicableDiseases (NCDs),organised by the theConfederation of IndianIndustry, Tiruchi Zone,was inaugurated heretoday.Inauguratingthe expo, DistrictCollector T Sounidahcalled on the studentcommunity to take theadvantages ofdevelopment of scienceto plan their lifestyle.Speaking onthe occasion, Dr N

Chennai, July 29:

TheMadras High Court todayquashed the detention ofPeriyar DravidarKazhagam generalsecretary KRamakrishnan under theNational Security Act.The detentionwas set aside by aDivision Benchcomprising Justice S JMukhopadhaya andJustice K Chandrudismissed Union MinisterA Raja's plea forextension of a stayrestraining the Tamil by-weekly magazine frompublishing articlesrelating to him and hisfamily over allegations ofirregularities in allocationof spectrum to telecomplayers.Justice KChandru imposed a costof Rs 10,000 on Mr Rajaand his wife MsParameswari, to be paidto the bi-weekly 'JuniorVikatan' and held thatpublic gaze was aBalasubramanian, Deanof Dr K A P ViswanathamGovernment MedicalCollege here, said themedical college hospitalhad recorded as many as46,662 diabetes cases,77,849 hyper tensioncases, 38,884 nurodecease cases and41,876 cardiologydisorder cases during thelast year and the expolike this would bringdown such higher rate ofpatients in the future.Dr SChandrakkumar,Chairman, HealthcareJustice Raja Elango on aHabeas Corpus Petitionfiled by Ramakrishnan'swife.Ramakrishnan's wife challenged hisdetention under the Actfor alleged involvementin the attack on an armyconvoy on May 2 thisyear at Sulur inCoimbatore district by amob believing that thenecessary corollary to aperson holding a publicoffice which cannot beavoided.. The judge cited aSupreme Courtobservation that ''at timespublic figures have toignore vulgar criticisms andabuses hurled at them''.On April 28 last,the court on an interimapplication from Raja on adefamation suit hadrestrained the magazinefrom carrying articles andpublishing photos of him,his advocate, wife andother family members,including his minordaughter.panel, CII Trichy Zone, saidknowledge about riskfactors would provide anopportunity to preventdreaded diseases.Stating thatepidemics wereaccelerating in India as inother developing countries,he said the number ofdeaths due to lifestylediseases in the countrywas projected to rise to7.63 million in 2020,straining the country’shealthcare infrastructure. Itwas 3.78 million in 1990, headded.convoy was carrying armsand ammunition to SriLanka.Claiming that herhusband had nothing to dowith the attack, she said hewas taken to police stationat 4pm on May two and thenext day the PalladamJudicial Magistrateremanded him to judicialcustody till May 13.

HC stays single judge orderin defamation caseAwareness expo onNCDs inauguratedDetention of PDK gen secy quashed

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New Delhi, Jul 29:

TheAIADMK today expressedconcern over non-disbursement of reliefmaterial sent for Sri LankanTamils due to disputebetween the Red Cross ofIndia and Sri Lanka andurged the Government toensure that the materialsent for the hapless peopleliving in refugee campsreach them.Raising the issueduring Zero Hour in theRajya Sabha, AIADMKleader V Maitreyan said thepeople across the worldcollected relief material forabout three lakh Sri LankanTamils living in refugeecamps and sent them in 20containers in a ship to SriLanka.Initially, the SriLankan governmentrefused to accept it on theground that the shipcontained cargo sent forLTTE and the shipremained near Chennaicoast.However, afterprotests by the people,the Indian governmenttook the relief materialand after consulting theSri Lankan governmentsent it through the RedCross to Colombo inanother ship.However, nowthe relief material is lyingin Colombo port due to atussle between the RedCross of India and SriLanka over thetransportation costs.The Indiangovernment says that ithas ensured that thematerial reached SriLanka while the latterclaims its humanitarianaspect by allowing thematerial in the country.However, the reliefmaterial has not yetreached the people livingin camps.''We aredisturbed, perturbed andconcern over the issue,''he said and urged theGovernment to ensurethat the External AffairsMinistry takes up theissue with Sri Lankangovernment so that therelief material reachesthe people it is intendedfor.

Govt must ensure relief materialreach Lankan Tamils: AIADMK

Chennai, July 29 :

EightChinese hospitalequipment makers willshowcase their products inthe “Medicall” hospitalequipment exhibition,which will start here Friday,organisers of the eventsaid.The fourth editionof the event is expected toattract around 4,500visitors comprisinghospital owners, doctorsand medical equipmentand consumablesdealers this year,organisers said.“The three-dayexhibition will featurearound 280 companies ofwhich eight are fromChina making monitors,critical medicalequipment, hospitalfurniture and otherproducts,” said S.Manivannan, chiefexecutive of Medicall,which organises theevent.The number ofexhibitors has doubledthis year, he said.

Eight Chinese firms to participatein Chennai exhibition

Chennai, July 29:

TheChennai Marathon, whichwas scheduled for August22, has been postponed toSeptember 27, organiserssaid today.The organiserssaid the event, whoseproceeds are meant to beused for charity works, hasbeen rescheduledbecause the dateclashed with WorldAthletics Championshipto be held in Germanyfrom August 15-23."The date hasbeen changed to ensurethe participation ofnational levelparticipants as the dateclashes with the worldchampionship."Further, manyslow runners wanted therace to be held during acooler season,"organisers said in astatement.

Chennai marathon postponedto September 27

Chennai, July 29 :

Theglobal economic meltdownseems to have influencedthe choice of engineeringcourses in Tamil Nadu withInformation Technology,one of the most favouredoptions till a few yearsback, losing its sheen.Interestingly,around 190 out of the 426engineering colleges havefound no takers for IT

Chennai, July 29:

TheRailway Ministry isintroducing monthlyseason tickets (MSTs)priced at Rs.25, inclusive ofsurcharges, for travel up to100 km for those working inthe unorganised sectorwith a monthly income notexceeding Rs.1500.The MSTs underthe new ‘Izzat’ scheme willbe issued for journeys withcourses. Further, onlyaround 3,450 seats for IThave been filled up, out ofthe total of 15,000 plusavailable seats in the firstphase of the admissions,counselling for whichends today, sources said.Sourcesattributed the reversal intrend to the globaleconomic meltdown, withstudents apprehensiveeffect from August 1. Thepasses will be issued onproduction of incomecertificate of theapplicant from any one ofthe following: DistrictMagistrate; Lok SabhaMPs for persons of theirown constituency; BelowPoverty Line (BPL) cardor any other certificateissued by the Centralgovernment under aabout taking up thecourse.Only 6212seats of the total 21,397seats in the ComputerScience stream havefound takers at the fagend of counselling forengineering admissions,Anna University statisticsreveal.recognised povertyalleviation programme.The MSTs willbe issued by the StationMaster/Booking Officeon collection of thephotocopy of the incomecertificate and should bepreserved for futurereference. But, at thetime of issue of ticket, theoriginal incomecertificate will be verified.

Few takers for IT courses inTN engineering colleges

Season tickets for unorganised workers

Chennai, July 29:

Thelast date for registeringaddress at ration shopshas been extended up toAugust 15, an officialrelease stated here onTuesday. The date forChennai, Tiruvallur,Kancheepuram, Maduraiand Sivaganga districtshas been extended forthe benefit of residents.Ration cardholders need not recordtheir names in theregister maintained atration shops. It is enoughif they inform the shopstaff whenever theycome to buy materials. Ifsomeone has shiftedtheir house within thesame street, it would bebetter if the change ofaddress is incorporatedin the ration card throughthe AssistantCommissioner/ZonalSupply office.Those who donot buy anything from theration shops need notregister their addressthere. It is notcompulsory for the headof the family to come andregister at the shop.Anyone whose name isentered in the card cancome and do so. In case ofsenior citizens, they couldsend their representativewith a letter.For clarifications,the city residents cancontact AssistantCommissioner (South) on28551026 and North28551028, the releaseadded.

Ration card registration:Last date extended

Rotary District3230 in associationwith Alma Matter isorganising a fund raisingevent. One of India’sfinest orator’s on LifeChange and Progress.Mr. T. T. Rangarajan,Founder, Alma Mater,will deliver a talk on “Complete Adulthood” onSunday 2nd August 2009from 4.00 to 6.00 p.m atThe UniversityCentenary Auditorium,Chepauk. The proceedsfrom this programme willgo towards the “FinalPush of Eradicating Poliofrom India”. This is thefirst time Mr. Rangarajanis doing a programme foran NGO because of thecause, Polio whichaffects children. It will be ofinterest to all Corporatesand Individuals to attendthis oration, since hisspeech will be someaningful. Donor passesare available at all Odysseyoutlets and for otherdetails please contactMr.Murali 98408 34430 &Mr. Krishna 99404 17775.

Fund raising lecture

An all-Indiaseminar on ‘Futuristicbuildings: Green,intelligent and smartbuildings’ is being heldon August 22 and 23 atthe L&T Convention Hallin Manapakkam. Paperson various aspects ofDMK RajyaSabha MP Kanimozhi onTuesday sanctioned Rs30 lakh from MP localarea development fundfor works to upgrade thebus terminus atThe Tamil NaduHandicapped FederationCharitable Trust and theNeed Trust areconducting a job fair forthe differently-abled,‘Disable the Disability’.Applications can bedownloaded fromwww.tnhfctrust.in orcollected from theorganisations’ partners invarious districts. The lastdate for receiving filled-inapplication forms isAugust 12. The fair isgreen and energy-efficient buildings wouldbe presented by civilengineers, interiordesigners, architects andprofessors from thedepartments ofarchitecture andenvironment, AnnaTiruvottiyur in NorthChennai. Passengershave been suffering dueto waterlogging duringthe monsoon as the levelof the terminus is abouttwo feet lower than that ofopen to people with allkinds of disabilities,including epilepsy andmultiple sclerosis, apartfrom those listed in thePersons With DisabilitiesAct. Completed formsshould be sent to theNeed Trust, New No. 33(Old No. 14), 48th Street,9th Avenue, AshokNagar, Chennai 83, ormailed tocareerforyou@ymail.com. Candidates selectedfor interview on the day ofUniversity. Corporationofficials and other industrystakeholders are expectedto attend the seminarorganised by the TamilNadu State Centre of theInstitution of Engineers.the road. According to arelease, 75,000 people usethe terminus everyday andbuses have been operatingfrom there on 24 routes.The fund would be spent toupgrade it.the fair will be intimated bypost. The fair is also opento corporates if they want tohire differently-abledpeople. There will be aseminar on employment,social rights and otherissues related to disability.The fair will be held onAugust 28, between 9amand 4pm at KamarajArangam. For more details,call 9841267034 or9841267035.

2-day seminar on futuristicgreen buildingsRs 30 lakh allottedJob fair for differently-abled

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